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- "needs_background": "light"
- },
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- }
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- "source": [
- "from sklearn.manifold import TSNE\n",
- "import matplotlib\n",
- "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
- "\n",
- "tsne = TSNE(n_components=2, perplexity=15, random_state=42, init='random', learning_rate=200)\n",
- "vis_dims2 = tsne.fit_transform(matrix)\n",
- "\n",
- "x = [x for x,y in vis_dims2]\n",
- "y = [y for x,y in vis_dims2]\n",
- "\n",
- "for category, color in enumerate(['purple', 'green', 'red', 'blue']):\n",
- " xs = np.array(x)[df.Cluster==category]\n",
- " ys = np.array(y)[df.Cluster==category]\n",
- " plt.scatter(xs, ys, color=color, alpha=0.3)\n",
- "\n",
- " avg_x = xs.mean()\n",
- " avg_y = ys.mean()\n",
- " \n",
- " plt.scatter(avg_x, avg_y, marker='x', color=color, s=100)\n",
- "plt.title(\"Clusters identified visualized in language 2d using t-SNE\")"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "Visualization of clusters in a 2d projection. The red cluster clearly represents negative reviews. The blue cluster seems quite different from the others. Let's see a few samples from each cluster."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "### 2. Text samples in the clusters & naming the clusters\n",
- "\n",
- "Let's show random samples from each cluster. We'll use davinci-instruct-beta-v3 to name the clusters, based on a random sample of 6 reviews from that cluster."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 39,
- "metadata": {},
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- "name": "stdout",
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- "Cluster 0 Theme: All of the customer reviews mention the great flavor of the product.\n",
- "5, French Vanilla Cappuccino: Great price. Really love the the flavor. No need to add anything to \n",
- "5, great coffee: A bit pricey once you add the S & H but this is one of the best flavor\n",
- "5, Love It: First let me say I'm new to drinking tea. So you're not getting a well\n",
- "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n",
- "Cluster 1 Theme: All three reviews mention the quality of the product.\n",
- "5, Beautiful: I don't plan to grind these, have plenty other peppers for that. I go\n",
- "5, Awesome: I can't find this in the stores and thought I would like it. So I bou\n",
- "5, Came as expected: It was tasty and fresh. The other one I bought was old and tasted mold\n",
- "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n",
- "Cluster 2 Theme: All reviews are about customer's disappointment.\n",
- "1, Disappointed...: I should read the fine print, I guess. I mostly went by the picture a\n",
- "5, Excellent but Price?: I first heard about this on America's Test Kitchen where it won a blin\n",
- "1, Disappointed: I received the offer from Amazon and had never tried this brand before\n",
- "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n",
- "Cluster 3 Theme: The reviews for these products have in common that the customers' dogs love them.\n",
- "5, My Dog's Favorite Snack!: I was first introduced to this snack at my dog's training classes at p\n",
- "4, Fruitables Crunchy Dog Treats: My lab goes wild for these and I am almost tempted to have a go at som\n",
- "5, Happy with the product: My dog was suffering with itchy skin. He had been eating Natural Choi\n",
- "----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "import openai\n",
- "\n",
- "# Reading a review which belong to each group.\n",
- "rev_per_cluster = 3\n",
- "\n",
- "for i in range(n_clusters):\n",
- " print(f\"Cluster {i} Theme:\", end=\" \")\n",
- " \n",
- " reviews = \"\\n\".join(df[df.Cluster == i].combined.str.replace(\"Title: \", \"\").str.replace(\"\\n\\nContent: \", \": \").sample(rev_per_cluster, random_state=42).values)\n",
- " response = openai.Completion.create(\n",
- " engine=\"davinci-instruct-beta-v3\",\n",
- " prompt=f\"What do the following customer reviews have in common?\\n\\nCustomer reviews:\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n{reviews}\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n\\nTheme:\",\n",
- " temperature=0,\n",
- " max_tokens=64,\n",
- " top_p=1,\n",
- " frequency_penalty=0,\n",
- " presence_penalty=0\n",
- " )\n",
- " print(response[\"choices\"][0][\"text\"].replace('\\n',''))\n",
- "\n",
- " sample_cluster_rows = df[df.Cluster == i].sample(rev_per_cluster, random_state=42) \n",
- " for j in range(rev_per_cluster):\n",
- " print(sample_cluster_rows.Score.values[j], end=\", \")\n",
- " print(sample_cluster_rows.Summary.values[j], end=\": \")\n",
- " print(sample_cluster_rows.Text.str[:70].values[j])\n",
- " \n",
- " print(\"-\" * 100)"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "We can see based on the average ratings per cluster, that Cluster 2 contains mostly negative reviews. Cluster 0 and 1 contain mostly positive reviews, whilst Cluster 3 appears to contain reviews about dog products."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "It's important to note that clusters will not necessarily match what you intend to use them for. A larger amount of clusters will focus on more specific patterns, whereas a small number of clusters will usually focus on largest discrepencies in the data."
+ "This code example has moved. You can now find it in the [OpenAI Cookbook](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook) at [examples/Clustering.ipynb](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/blob/main/examples/Clustering.ipynb)."
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diff --git a/examples/embeddings/Code_search.ipynb b/examples/embeddings/Code_search.ipynb
index 02aa162068..440f8f56d5 100644
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+++ b/examples/embeddings/Code_search.ipynb
@@ -4,377 +4,14 @@
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"metadata": {},
"source": [
- "## Code search\n",
- "\n",
- "We index our own openai-python code repository, and show how it can be searched. We implement a simple version of file parsing and extracting of functions from python files. The dataset is created in the [Obtain_dataset Notebook](Obtain_dataset.ipynb)."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 1,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- "Total number of py files: 40\n",
- "Total number of functions extracted: 64\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "import os\n",
- "from glob import glob\n",
- "import pandas as pd\n",
- "\n",
- "def get_function_name(code):\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " Extract function name from a line beginning with \"def \"\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " assert code.startswith(\"def \")\n",
- " return code[len(\"def \"): code.index(\"(\")]\n",
- "\n",
- "def get_until_no_space(all_lines, i) -> str:\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " Get all lines until a line outside the function definition is found.\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " ret = [all_lines[i]]\n",
- " for j in range(i + 1, i + 10000):\n",
- " if j < len(all_lines):\n",
- " if len(all_lines[j]) == 0 or all_lines[j][0] in [\" \", \"\\t\", \")\"]:\n",
- " ret.append(all_lines[j])\n",
- " else:\n",
- " break\n",
- " return \"\\n\".join(ret)\n",
- "\n",
- "def get_functions(filepath):\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " Get all functions in a Python file.\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " whole_code = open(filepath).read().replace(\"\\r\", \"\\n\")\n",
- " all_lines = whole_code.split(\"\\n\")\n",
- " for i, l in enumerate(all_lines):\n",
- " if l.startswith(\"def \"):\n",
- " code = get_until_no_space(all_lines, i)\n",
- " function_name = get_function_name(code)\n",
- " yield {\"code\": code, \"function_name\": function_name, \"filepath\": filepath}\n",
- "\n",
- "\n",
- "# get user root directory\n",
- "root_dir = os.path.expanduser(\"~\")\n",
- "\n",
- "# path to code repository directory\n",
- "code_root = root_dir + \"/openai-python\"\n",
- "code_files = [y for x in os.walk(code_root) for y in glob(os.path.join(x[0], '*.py'))]\n",
- "print(\"Total number of py files:\", len(code_files))\n",
- "all_funcs = []\n",
- "for code_file in code_files:\n",
- " funcs = list(get_functions(code_file))\n",
- " for func in funcs:\n",
- " all_funcs.append(func)\n",
- "\n",
- "print(\"Total number of functions extracted:\", len(all_funcs))\n"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "For code search models we use code-search-{model}-code to obtain embeddings for code snippets, and code-search-{model}-text to embed natural language queries."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 2,
- "metadata": {},
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ordered a subsidiary of
petroleum giant Royal/Dutch
Shell to pay a Nigerian ethnic
group #36;1.5 billion for oil
spills in their homelands, but
the legislative body can't
enforce the resolution, an
official said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Australian troops in Baghdad
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the first time since the end
of the Iraq war when a car
bomb exploded injuring three
soldiers and damaging an
Australian armoured convoy." - ], - [ - "Pakistans decision to refuse
the International Atomic
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floods receding, rescuers
raced to deliver food to
famished survivors in
northeastern Philippine
villages isolated by back-to-
back storms that left more
than 650 people dead and
almost 400 missing." - ], - [ - "Talks on where to build the
world #39;s first nuclear
fusion reactor ended without a
deal on Tuesday but the
European Union said Japan and
the United States no longer
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said Vice President Dick
Cheney faces a \"master
litigator\" when he debates
Sen. John Edwards Tuesday
night, a backhanded compliment
issued as the Republican
administration defended itself
against criticism that it has
not acknowledged errors in
waging war in Iraq..." - ], - [ - "SEOUL (Reuters) - The chairman
of South Korea #39;s ruling
Uri Party resigned on Thursday
after saying his father had
served as a military police
officer during Japan #39;s
1910-1945 colonial rule on the
peninsula." - ], - [ - "ALERE, Uganda -- Kasmiro
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up suddenly in his bed. It was
just after sunrise on a summer
morning two years ago, and the
old man, 87 years old and
blind, knew something was
wrong." - ], - [ - "JAKARTA - Official results
have confirmed former army
general Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono as the winner of
Indonesia #39;s first direct
presidential election, while
incumbent Megawati
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coalition forces in
Afghanistan for violating
international law by allegedly
beating Afghans to death and
forcing some to remove their
clothes or wear hoods." - ], - [ - " JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
said on Thursday Yasser
Arafat's death could be a
turning point for peacemaking
but he would pursue a
unilateral plan that would
strip Palestinians of some
land they want for a state." - ], - [ - " AL-ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq
(Reuters) - Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld swept into an
airbase in Iraq's western
desert Sunday to make a
first-hand evaluation of
operations to quell a raging
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such visit in five months." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - Democrat John
Kerry accused President Bush
on Monday of sending U.S.
troops to the \"wrong war in
the wrong place at the wrong
time\" and said he'd try to
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bringing supplies to Nepal's
capital in defiance of an
indefinite blockade by Maoist
rebels." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Floods
and landslides have killed 76
people in southwest China in
the past four days and washed
away homes and roads, knocked
down power lines and cut off
at least one city, state
media said on Monday." - ], - [ - "AP - Victims of the Sept. 11
attacks were mourned worldwide
Saturday, but in the Middle
East, amid sympathy for the
dead, Arabs said Washington's
support for Israel and the war
on terror launched in the
aftermath of the World Trade
Center's collapse have only
fueled anger and violence." - ], - [ - "SEATTLE - Ichiro Suzuki set
the major league record for
hits in a season with 258,
breaking George Sisler's
84-year-old mark with a pair
of singles Friday night. The
Seattle star chopped a leadoff
single in the first inning,
then made history with a
grounder up the middle in the
third..." - ], - [ - "The intruder who entered
British Queen Elizabeth II
#39;s official Scottish
residence and caused a
security scare was a reporter
from the London-based Sunday
Times newspaper, local media
reported Friday." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - FREDERICTON
(CP) - A New Brunswick truck
driver arrested in Ontario
this week has been accused by
police of stealing 50,000 cans
of Moosehead beer." - ], - [ - "Chinese authorities detained a
prominent, U.S.-based Buddhist
leader in connection with his
plans to reopen an ancient
temple complex in the Chinese
province of Inner Mongolia
last week and have forced
dozens of his American
followers to leave the region,
local officials said
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Adorned with Turkish and EU
flags, Turkey #39;s newspapers
hailed Thursday an official EU
report recommending the
country start talks to join
the bloc, while largely
ignoring the stringent
conditions attached to the
announcement." - ], - [ - "Thailand's prime minister
visits the southern town where
scores of Muslims died in army
custody after a rally." - ], - [ - "Beijing: At least 170 miners
were trapped underground after
a gas explosion on Sunday
ignited a fire in a coalmine
in north-west China #39;s
Shaanxi province, reports
said." - ], - [ - "SAMARRA (Iraq): With renewe d
wave of skirmishes between the
Iraqi insurgents and the US-
led coalition marines, several
people including top police
officers were put to death on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "AFP - Like most US Latinos,
members of the extended
Rodriguez family say they will
cast their votes for Democrat
John Kerry in next month's
presidential polls." - ], - [ - "FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Four Iraqi
fighters huddled in a trench,
firing rocket-propelled
grenades at Lieutenant Eric
Gregory's Bradley Fighting
Vehicle and the US tanks and
Humvees that were lumbering
through tight streets between
boxlike beige houses." - ], - [ - "AP - Several thousand
Christians who packed a
cathedral compound in the
Egyptian capital hurled stones
at riot police Wednesday to
protest a woman's alleged
forced conversion to Islam. At
least 30 people were injured." - ], - [ - "A group of Saudi religious
scholars have signed an open
letter urging Iraqis to
support jihad against US-led
forces. quot;Fighting the
occupiers is a duty for all
those who are able, quot; they
said in a statement posted on
the internet at the weekend." - ], - [ - "Mountaineers retrieve three
bodies believed to have been
buried for 22 years on an
Indian glacier." - ], - [ - "President Thabo Mbeki met with
Ivory Coast Prime Minister
Seydou Diarra for three hours
yesterday as part of talks
aimed at bringing peace to the
conflict-wracked Ivory Coast." - ], - [ - " KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's
Maoist rebels have
temporarily suspended a
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the capital from Wednesday,
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and sentenced to death." - ], - [ - "Yasser Arafat, the leader for
decades of a fight for
Palestinian independence from
Israel, has died at a military
hospital in Paris, according
to news reports." - ], - [ - " JABALYA, Gaza Strip (Reuters)
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forces out of the northern
Gaza Strip Saturday after a
four-day incursion it said
was staged to halt Palestinian
rocket attacks on southern
Israeli towns." - ], - [ - "THE Turkish embassy in Baghdad
was investigating a television
report that two Turkish
hostages had been killed in
Iraq, but no confirmation was
available so far, a senior
Turkish diplomat said today." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Thousands of
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faced rare criticism over
human rights from close ally
Britain, with an official
British government report
taking Washington to task over
concerns about Iraq and the
Guantanamo Bay jail." - ], - [ - "LONDON - A bomb threat that
mentioned Iraq forced a New
York-bound Greek airliner to
make an emergency landing
Sunday at London's Stansted
Airport escorted by military
jets, authorities said. An
airport spokeswoman said an
Athens newspaper had received
a phone call saying there was
a bomb on board the Olympic
Airlines plane..." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece - Sheryl
Swoopes made three big plays
at the end - two baskets and
another on defense - to help
the United States squeeze out
a 66-62 semifinal victory over
Russia on Friday. Now, only
one game stands between the
U.S..." - ], - [ - "Scientists are developing a
device which could improve the
lives of kidney dialysis
patients." - ], - [ - "KABUL, Afghanistan The Afghan
government is blaming drug
smugglers for yesterday #39;s
attack on the leading vice
presidential candidate ." - ], - [ - "One of the leading figures in
the Greek Orthodox Church, the
Patriarch of Alexandria Peter
VII, has been killed in a
helicopter crash in the Aegean
Sea." - ], - [ - "CANBERRA, Australia -- The
sweat-stained felt hats worn
by Australian cowboys, as much
a part of the Outback as
kangaroos and sun-baked soil,
may be heading for the history
books. They fail modern
industrial safety standards." - ], - [ - "A London-to-Washington flight
is diverted after a security
alert involving the singer
formerly known as Cat Stevens." - ], - [ - "AP - President Bush declared
Friday that charges of voter
fraud have cast doubt on the
Ukrainian election, and warned
that any European-negotiated
pact on Iran's nuclear program
must ensure the world can
verify Tehran's compliance." - ], - [ - "TheSpaceShipOne team is handed
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won for claiming the Ansari
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identified six of the
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in southern Russia as being
from Chechnya, drawing a
strong connection to the
Chechen insurgents who have
been fighting Russian forces
for years." - ], - [ - "SEOUL -- North Korea set three
conditions yesterday to be met
before it would consider
returning to six-party talks
on its nuclear programs." - ], - [ - "US-backed Iraqi commandos were
poised Friday to storm rebel
strongholds in the northern
city of Mosul, as US military
commanders said they had
quot;broken the back quot; of
the insurgency with their
assault on the former rebel
bastion of Fallujah." - ], - [ - "JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon, facing
a party mutiny over his plan
to quit the Gaza Strip, has
approved 1,000 more Israeli
settler homes in the West Bank
in a move that drew a cautious
response on Tuesday from ..." - ], - [ - "GHAZNI, Afghanistan, 6 October
2004 - Wartime security was
rolled out for Afghanistans
interim President Hamid Karzai
as he addressed his first
election campaign rally
outside the capital yesterday
amid spiraling violence." - ], - [ - "China has confirmed that it
found a deadly strain of bird
flu in pigs as early as two
years ago. China #39;s
Agriculture Ministry said two
cases had been discovered, but
it did not say exactly where
the samples had been taken." - ], - [ - "AP - Ten years after the Irish
Republican Army's momentous
cease-fire, negotiations
resumed Wednesday in hope of
reviving a Catholic-Protestant
administration, an elusive
goal of Northern Ireland's
hard-fought peace process." - ], - [ - " SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican
Republic, Sept. 18 -- Tropical
Storm Jeanne headed for the
Bahamas on Saturday after an
assault on the Dominican
Republic that killed 10
people, destroyed hundreds of
houses and forced thousands
from their homes." - ], - [ - "An explosion tore apart a car
in Gaza City Monday, killing
at least one person,
Palestinian witnesses said.
They said Israeli warplanes
were circling overhead at the
time of the blast, indicating
a possible missile strike." - ], - [ - "Beijing, Oct. 25 (PTI): China
and the US today agreed to
work jointly to re-energise
the six-party talks mechanism
aimed at dismantling North
Korea #39;s nuclear programmes
while Washington urged Beijing
to resume" - ], - [ - "AFP - Sporadic gunfire and
shelling took place overnight
in the disputed Georgian
region of South Ossetia in
violation of a fragile
ceasefire, wounding seven
Georgian servicemen." - ], - [ - " FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) -
U.S. forces hit Iraq's rebel
stronghold of Falluja with the
fiercest air and ground
bombardment in months, as
insurgents struck back on
Saturday with attacks that
killed up to 37 people in
Samarra." - ], - [ - " NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - The
fate of a radical Shi'ite
rebellion in the holy city of
Najaf was uncertain Friday
amid disputed reports that
Iraqi police had gained
control of the Imam Ali
Mosque." - ], - [ - "Until this week, only a few
things about the strange,
long-ago disappearance of
Charles Robert Jenkins were
known beyond a doubt. In the
bitter cold of Jan. 5, 1965,
the 24-year-old US Army
sergeant was leading" - ], - [ - "The United States on Tuesday
modified slightly a threat of
sanctions on Sudan #39;s oil
industry in a revised text of
its UN resolution on
atrocities in the country
#39;s Darfur region." - ], - [ - "AP - France intensified
efforts Tuesday to save the
lives of two journalists held
hostage in Iraq, and the Arab
League said the militants'
deadline for France to revoke
a ban on Islamic headscarves
in schools had been extended." - ], - [ - "At least 12 people die in an
explosion at a fuel pipeline
on the outskirts of Nigeria's
biggest city, Lagos." - ], - [ - "Volkswagen demanded a two-year
wage freeze for the
170,000-strong workforce at
Europe #39;s biggest car maker
yesterday, provoking union
warnings of imminent conflict
at key pay and conditions
negotiations." - ], - [ - "Citing security concerns, the
U.S. Embassy on Thursday
banned its employees from
using the highway linking the
embassy area to the
international airport, a
10-mile stretch of road
plagued by frequent suicide
car-bomb attacks." - ], - [ - "AP - Tom Daschle bade his
fellow Senate Democrats
farewell Tuesday with a plea
that they seek common ground
with Republicans yet continue
to fight for the less
fortunate." - ], - [ - "AP - Police defused a bomb in
a town near Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi's villa on
the island of Sardinia on
Wednesday shortly after
British Prime Minister Tony
Blair finished a visit there
with the Italian leader." - ], - [ - "The coffin of Yasser Arafat,
draped with the Palestinian
flag, was bound for Ramallah
in the West Bank Friday,
following a formal funeral on
a military compound near
Cairo." - ], - [ - "US Ambassador to the United
Nations John Danforth resigned
on Thursday after serving in
the post for less than six
months. Danforth, 68, said in
a letter released Thursday" - ], - [ - "ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Photos
were published yesterday in
newspapers across Pakistan of
six terror suspects, including
a senior Al Qaeda operative,
the government says were
behind attempts to assassinate
the nation's president." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - The Athens
Paralympics canceled
celebrations at its closing
ceremony after seven
schoolchildren traveling to
watch the event died in a bus
crash on Monday." - ], - [ - "DUBAI : An Islamist group has
threatened to kill two Italian
women held hostage in Iraq if
Rome does not withdraw its
troops from the war-torn
country within 24 hours,
according to an internet
statement." - ], - [ - "A heavy quake rocked Indonesia
#39;s Papua province killing
at least 11 people and
wounding 75. The quake
destroyed 150 buildings,
including churches, mosques
and schools." - ], - [ - "Reuters - A small group of
suspected\\gunmen stormed
Uganda's Water Ministry
Wednesday and took
three\\people hostage to
protest against proposals to
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that exiles living in Florida
may have masterminded the
assassination of a prosecutor
investigating a short-lived
coup against leftist President
Hugo Chvez" - ], - [ - "Facing a popular outcry at
home and stern warnings from
Europe, the Turkish government
discreetly stepped back
Tuesday from a plan to
introduce a motion into a
crucial penal reform bill to
make adultery a crime
punishable by prison." - ], - [ - "North-west Norfolk MP Henry
Bellingham has called for the
release of an old college
friend accused of plotting a
coup in Equatorial Guinea." - ], - [ - "AFP - Want to buy a castle?
Head for the former East
Germany." - ], - [ - "AFP - Steven Gerrard has moved
to allay Liverpool fans' fears
that he could be out until
Christmas after breaking a
metatarsal bone in his left
foot." - ], - [ - "MINSK - Legislative elections
in Belarus held at the same
time as a referendum on
whether President Alexander
Lukashenko should be allowed
to seek a third term fell
significantly short of
democratic standards, foreign
observers said here Monday." - ], - [ - "An Olympic sailor is charged
with the manslaughter of a
Briton who died after being
hit by a car in Athens." - ], - [ - "AP - Secretary of State Colin
Powell on Friday praised the
peace deal that ended fighting
in Iraq's holy city of Najaf
and said the presence of U.S.
forces in the area helped make
it possible." - ], - [ - "26 August 2004 -- Iraq #39;s
top Shi #39;ite cleric, Grand
Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,
arrived in the city of Al-
Najaf today in a bid to end a
weeks-long conflict between US
forces and militiamen loyal to
Shi #39;ite cleric Muqtada al-
Sadr." - ], - [ - "PARIS : French trade unions
called on workers at France
Telecom to stage a 24-hour
strike September 7 to protest
government plans to privatize
the public telecommunications
operator, union sources said." - ], - [ - "The Indonesian tourism
industry has so far not been
affected by last week #39;s
bombing outside the Australian
embassy in Jakarta and
officials said they do not
expect a significant drop in
visitor numbers as a result of
the attack." - ], - [ - "MARK Thatcher will have to
wait until at least next April
to face trial on allegations
he helped bankroll a coup
attempt in oil-rich Equatorial
Guinea." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - A drop in oil
prices and upbeat outlooks
from Wal-Mart and Lowe's
helped send stocks sharply
higher Monday on Wall Street,
with the swing exaggerated by
thin late summer trading. The
Dow Jones industrials surged
nearly 130 points..." - ], - [ - "ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia --
Hundreds of protesters
ransacked and occupied the
regional administration
building in a southern Russian
province Tuesday, demanding
the resignation of the region
#39;s president, whose former
son-in-law has been linked to
a multiple" - ], - [ - "AFP - Iraqi Foreign Minister
Hoshyar Zebari arrived
unexpectedly in the holy city
of Mecca Wednesday where he
met Crown Prince Abdullah bin
Abdul Aziz, the official SPA
news agency reported." - ], - [ - "Haitian police and UN troops
moved into a slum neighborhood
on Sunday and cleared street
barricades that paralyzed a
part of the capital." - ], - [ - "withdrawal of troops and
settlers from occupied Gaza
next year. Militants seek to
claim any pullout as a
victory. quot;Islamic Jihad
will not be broken by this
martyrdom, quot; said Khaled
al-Batsh, a senior political
leader in Gaza." - ], - [ - "The U.S. military has found
nearly 20 houses where
intelligence officers believe
hostages were tortured or
killed in this city, including
the house with the cage that
held a British contractor who
was beheaded last month." - ], - [ - "AFP - Opponents of the Lao
government may be plotting
bomb attacks in Vientiane and
other areas of Laos timed to
coincide with a summit of
Southeast Asian leaders the
country is hosting next month,
the United States said." - ], - [ - "AP - Russia agreed Thursday to
send warships to help NATO
naval patrols that monitor
suspicious vessels in the
Mediterranean, part of a push
for closer counterterrorism
cooperation between Moscow and
the western alliance." - ], - [ - "A military plane crashed in
the mountains near Caracas,
killing all 16 persons on
board, including two high-
ranking military officers,
officials said." - ], - [ - "A voice recording said to be
that of suspected Al Qaeda
commander Abu Mussab al-
Zarqawi, claims Iraq #39;s
Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is
the militant network #39;s
number one target." - ], - [ - "BEIJING -- More than a year
after becoming China's
president, Hu Jintao was
handed the full reins of power
yesterday when his
predecessor, Jiang Zemin, gave
up the nation's most powerful
military post." - ], - [ - "AP - Greenpeace activists
scaled the walls of Ford Motor
Co.'s Norwegian headquarters
Tuesday to protest plans to
destroy hundreds of non-
polluting electric cars." - ], - [ - "AFP - The chances of Rupert
Murdoch's News Corp relocating
from Australia to the United
States have increased after
one of its biggest
institutional investors has
chosen to abstain from a vote
next week on the move." - ], - [ - "AFP - An Indian minister said
a school text-book used in the
violence-prone western state
of Gujarat portrayed Adolf
Hitler as a role model." - ], - [ - "DOVER, N.H. (AP) -- Democrat
John Kerry is seizing on the
Bush administration's failure
to secure hundreds of tons of
explosives now missing in
Iraq." - ], - [ - "United Nations officials
report security breaches in
internally displaced people
and refugee camps in Sudan
#39;s embattled Darfur region
and neighboring Chad." - ], - [ - "KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hurricane
Ivan's deadly winds and
monstrous waves bore down on
Jamaica on Friday, threatening
a direct hit on its densely
populated capital after
ravaging Grenada and killing
at least 33 people. The
Jamaican government ordered
the evacuation of half a
million people from coastal
areas, where rains on Ivan's
outer edges were already
flooding roads..." - ], - [ - "North Korea has denounced as
quot;wicked terrorists quot;
the South Korean officials who
orchestrated last month #39;s
airlift to Seoul of 468 North
Korean defectors." - ], - [ - "The Black Watch regiment has
returned to its base in Basra
in southern Iraq after a
month-long mission standing in
for US troops in a more
violent part of the country,
the Ministry of Defence says." - ], - [ - "AP - A senior Congolese
official said Tuesday his
nation had been invaded by
neighboring Rwanda, and U.N.
officials said they were
investigating claims of
Rwandan forces clashing with
militias in the east." - ], - [ - "UNITED NATIONS - The United
Nations #39; nuclear agency
says it is concerned about the
disappearance of equipment and
materials from Iraq that could
be used to make nuclear
weapons." - ], - [ - " BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's
historic deal with Turkey to
open entry talks with the vast
Muslim country was hailed by
supporters as a bridge builder
between Europe and the Islamic
world." - ], - [ - "Iraqi President Ghazi al-
Yawar, who was due in Paris on
Sunday to start a European
tour, has postponed his visit
to France due to the ongoing
hostage drama involving two
French journalists, Arab
diplomats said Friday." - ], - [ - " SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) -
President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva's Workers' Party (PT)
won the mayoralty of six state
capitals in Sunday's municipal
vote but was forced into a
run-off to defend its hold on
the race's biggest prize, the
city of Sao Paulo." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece - They are
America's newest golden girls
- powerful and just a shade
from perfection. The U.S..." - ], - [ - "AMMAN, Sept. 15. - The owner
of a Jordanian truck company
announced today that he had
ordered its Iraq operations
stopped in a bid to save the
life of a driver held hostage
by a militant group." - ], - [ - "Israel is prepared to back a
Middle East conference
convened by Tony Blair early
next year despite having
expressed fears that the
British plans were over-
ambitious and designed" - ], - [ - "AP - U.S. State Department
officials learned that seven
American children had been
abandoned at a Nigerian
orphanage but waited more than
a week to check on the youths,
who were suffering from
malnutrition, malaria and
typhoid, a newspaper reported
Saturday." - ], - [ - "\\Angry mobs in Ivory Coast's
main city, Abidjan, marched on
the airport, hours after it
came under French control." - ], - [ - "Several workers are believed
to have been killed and others
injured after a contruction
site collapsed at Dubai
airport. The workers were
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government and two rebel
groups to resolve the nearly
two-year battle resume Friday.
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writer of The Christian
Science Monitor." - ], - [ - "Stansted airport is the
designated emergency landing
ground for planes in British
airspace hit by in-flight
security alerts. Emergency
services at Stansted have
successfully dealt" - ], - [ - "The massive military operation
to retake Fallujah has been
quot;accomplished quot;, a
senior Iraqi official said.
Fierce fighting continued in
the war-torn city where
pockets of resistance were
still holding out against US
forces." - ], - [ - "There are some signs of
progress in resolving the
Nigerian conflict that is
riling global oil markets. The
leader of militia fighters
threatening to widen a battle
for control of Nigeria #39;s
oil-rich south has" - ], - [ - "A strong earthquake hit Taiwan
on Monday, shaking buildings
in the capital Taipei for
several seconds. No casualties
were reported." - ], - [ - "A policeman ran amok at a
security camp in Indian-
controlled Kashmir after an
argument and shot dead seven
colleagues before he was
gunned down, police said on
Sunday." - ], - [ - "New York police have developed
a pre-emptive strike policy,
cutting off demonstrations
before they grow large." - ], - [ - "Bulgaria has started its first
co-mission with the EU in
Bosnia and Herzegovina, along
with some 30 countries,
including Canada and Turkey." - ], - [ - "AP - The pileup of events in
the city next week, including
the Republican National
Convention, will add to the
security challenge for the New
York Police Department, but
commissioner Ray Kelly says,
\"With a big, experienced
police force, we can do it.\"" - ], - [ - "LONDON, Dec 11 (IranMania) -
Iraqi Vice-President Ibrahim
al-Jaafari refused to believe
in remarks published Friday
that Iran was attempting to
influence Iraqi polls with the
aim of creating a
quot;crescent quot; dominated
by Shiites in the region." - ], - [ - "The late Princess Dianas
former bodyguard, Ken Wharfe,
dismisses her suspicions that
one of her lovers was bumped
off. Princess Diana had an
affair with Barry Mannakee, a
policeman who was assigned to
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reach of mainland mores, the
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limit blatant displays of
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war on terror and Osama bin
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captured two Indonesian women
in Iraq has said it will
release them if Jakarta frees
Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir
being held for alleged
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yesterday that DNA tests had
identified a suicide bomber
involved in a deadly attack
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embassy in Jakarta." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores
Inc.'s warning of
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investors' concerns about a
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uprising in the quot;burning
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pickup truck with bullets
after it failed to stop at a
roadblock in central
Afghanistan, killing two women
and a man and critically
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Howard of Australia, a key US
ally and supporter of the Iraq
war, celebrated his election
win over opposition Labor
after voters enjoying the
fruits of a strong economy
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hit a downtown Baghdad hotel
housing foreigners and
journalists Thursday, and
gunfire erupted in the
neighborhood across the Tigris
River from the U.S. Embassy
compound..." - ], - [ - "The Prevention of Terrorism
Act 2002 (Pota) polarised the
country, not just by the
manner in which it was pushed
through by the NDA government
through a joint session of
Parliament but by the shabby
and often biased manner in
which it was enforced." - ], - [ - "The US military says marines
in Fallujah shot and killed an
insurgent who engaged them as
he was faking being dead, a
week after footage of a marine
killing an apparently unarmed
and wounded Iraqi caused a
stir in the region." - ], - [ - "Description: NPR #39;s Alex
Chadwick talks to Colin Brown,
deputy political editor for
the United Kingdom #39;s
Independent newspaper,
currently covering the British
Labour Party Conference." - ], - [ - "Hamas vowed revenge yesterday
after an Israeli airstrike in
Gaza killed one of its senior
commanders - the latest
assassination to have weakened
the militant group." - ], - [ - "A senior member of the
Palestinian resistance group
Hamas has been released from
an Israeli prison after
completing a two-year
sentence." - ], - [ - "MPs have announced a new
inquiry into family courts and
whether parents are treated
fairly over issues such as
custody or contact with their
children." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - MELBOURNE,
Australia (AP) - A 36-year-old
businesswoman was believed to
be the first woman to walk
around Australia on Friday
after striding into her
hometown of Melbourne to
complete her 16,700-kilometre
trek in 365 days." - ], - [ - "Most remaining Pakistani
prisoners held at the US
Guantanamo Bay prison camp are
freed, officials say." - ], - [ - "French police are
investigating an arson-caused
fire at a Jewish Social Center
that might have killed dozens
without the quick response of
firefighters." - ], - [ - "Rodney King, whose videotaped
beating led to riots in Los
Angeles in 1992, is out of
jail now and talking frankly
for the first time about the
riots, himself and the
American way of life." - ], - [ - "AFP - Radical Islamic cleric
Abu Hamza al-Masri was set to
learn Thursday whether he
would be charged under
Britain's anti-terrorism law,
thus delaying his possible
extradition to the United
States to face terrorism-
related charges." - ], - [ - "Louisen Louis, 30, walked
Monday in the middle of a
street that resembled a small
river with brown rivulets and
waves. He wore sandals and had
a cut on one of his big toes." - ], - [ - "A car bomb exploded outside
the main hospital in Chechny
#39;s capital, Grozny, on
Sunday, injuring 17 people in
an attack apparently targeting
members of a Chechen security
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an earlier explosion" - ], - [ - "AP - Gay marriage is emerging
as a big enough issue in
several states to influence
races both for Congress and
the presidency." - ], - [ - "More than 30 aid workers have
been airlifted to safety from
a town in Sudan #39;s troubled
Darfur region after fighting
broke out and their base was
bombed, a British charity
says." - ], - [ - "It #39;s the mildest of mild
winters down here in the south
of Italy and, last weekend at
Bcoli, a pretty suburb by the
seaside west of Naples, the
customers of Pizzeria quot;Da
Enrico quot; were making the
most of it." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - A spotty job
market and stagnant paychecks
cloud this Labor Day holiday
for many workers, highlighting
the importance of pocketbook
issues in the presidential
election. \"Working harder
and enjoying it less,\" said
economist Ken Mayland,
president of ClearView
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state of working America..." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - MONTREAL (CP)
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a firebombing at a Jewish
elementary school pleaded
guilty Thursday to arson." - ], - [ - " quot;Resuming uranium
enrichment is not in our
agenda. We are still committed
to the suspension, quot;
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Iraq will grow to 150,000
troops by next month, the
highest level since the
invasion last year." - ], - [ - "UPDATE, SUN 9PM: More than a
million people have left their
homes in Cuba, as Hurricane
Ivan approaches. The ferocious
storm is headed that way,
after ripping through the
Cayman Islands, tearing off
roofs, flooding homes and
causing general havoc." - ], - [ - "German Chancellor Gerhard
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there was quot;no problem
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popular actor who challenged
President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo in the presidential
elections this year, died
early Tuesday." - ], - [ - "AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - A
Dutch filmmaker who outraged
members of the Muslim
community by making a film
critical of the mistreatment
of women in Islamic society
was gunned down and stabbed to
death Tuesday on an Amsterdam
street." - ], - [ - "Zimbabwe #39;s most persecuted
white MP began a year of hard
labour last night after
parliament voted to jail him
for shoving the Justice
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land seizures." - ], - [ - "A smashing blow is being dealt
to thousands of future
pensioners by a law that has
just been brought into force
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fired two missiles in Gaza
City after nightfall
Wednesday, one at a building
in the Zeitoun neighborhood,
witnesses said, setting a
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battered the Bahamas and bore
down on Florida Saturday,
sending huge waves crashing
onto beaches and forcing
thousands into shelters just
weeks after Frances ravaged
this area..." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Elena Dementieva
shook off a subpar serve that
produced 15 double-faults, an
aching left thigh and an upset
stomach to advance to the
semifinals at the U.S. Open
with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1)
victory Tuesday over Amelie
Mauresmo..." - ], - [ - "Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh inaugurated a research
centre in the Capital on
Thursday to mark 400 years of
compilation of Sikh holy book
the Guru Granth Sahib." - ], - [ - "THE re-election of British
Prime Minister Tony Blair
would be seen as an
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action in Iraq, Prime Minister
John Howard said today." - ], - [ - "President George W. Bush
pledged Friday to spend some
of the political capital from
his re-election trying to
secure a lasting Middle East
peace, and he envisioned the
establishment" - ], - [ - "NEW DELHI - A bomb exploded
during an Independence Day
parade in India's remote
northeast on Sunday, killing
at least 15 people, officials
said, just an hour after Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh
pledged to fight terrorism.
The outlawed United Liberation
Front of Asom was suspected of
being behind the attack in
Assam state and a second one
later in the area, said Assam
Inspector General of Police
Khagen Sharma..." - ], - [ - "A UN envoy to Sudan will visit
Darfur tomorrow to check on
the government #39;s claim
that some 70,000 people
displaced by conflict there
have voluntarily returned to
their homes, a spokesman said." - ], - [ - "AP - Most of the presidential
election provisional ballots
rejected so far in Ohio came
from people who were not even
registered to vote, election
officials said after spending
nearly two weeks poring over
thousands of disputed votes." - ], - [ - "AP - Rival inmates fought each
other with knives and sticks
Wednesday at a San Salvador
prison, leaving at least 31
people dead and two dozen
injured, officials said." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD - Two Egyptian
employees of a mobile phone
company were seized when
gunmen stormed into their
Baghdad office, the latest in
a series of kidnappings in the
country." - ], - [ - "BRISBANE, Australia - The body
of a whale resembling a giant
dolphin that washed up on an
eastern Australian beach has
intrigued local scientists,
who agreed Wednesday that it
is rare but are not sure just
how rare." - ], - [ - "President Bush aims to
highlight American drug-
fighting aid in Colombia and
boost a conservative Latin
American leader with a stop in
the Andean nation where
thousands of security forces
are deployed to safeguard his
brief stay." - ], - [ - "Dubai - Former Palestinian
security minister Mohammed
Dahlan said on Monday that a
quot;gang of mercenaries quot;
known to the Palestinian
police were behind the
shooting that resulted in two
deaths in a mourning tent for
Yasser Arafat in Gaza." - ], - [ - "A Frenchman working for Thales
SA, Europe #39;s biggest maker
of military electronics, was
shot dead while driving home
at night in the Saudi Arabian
city of Jeddah." - ], - [ - "China will take tough measures
this winter to improve the
country #39;s coal mine safety
and prevent accidents. State
Councilor Hua Jianmin said
Thursday the industry should
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intensity of skirmishes
swelled on the soils of Iraq,
dozens of people were put to
death with toxic shots by the
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where it wrecked houses and
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scientist is reported to have
observed a surprising jump in
the amount of carbon dioxide,
the main greenhouse gas." - ], - [ - "Zimbabwe #39;s ruling Zanu-PF
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after a bitter power struggle
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trying to \"buy peace\", his
lawyer says." - ], - [ - "North Korea says it will not
abandon its weapons programme
after the South admitted
nuclear activities." - ], - [ - "While there is growing
attention to ongoing genocide
in Darfur, this has not
translated into either a
meaningful international
response or an accurate
rendering of the scale and
evident course of the
catastrophe." - ], - [ - "THE prosecution on terrorism
charges of extremist Islamic
cleric and accused Jemaah
Islamiah leader Abu Bakar
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the potentially tainted
testimony of at least two
convicted Bali bombers, his
lawyers have said." - ], - [ - "Clashes between US troops and
Sadr militiamen escalated
Thursday, as the US surrounded
Najaf for possible siege." - ], - [ - "AFP - A battle group of
British troops rolled out of
southern Iraq on a US-
requested mission to deadlier
areas near Baghdad, in a major
political gamble for British
Prime Minister Tony Blair." - ], - [ - "over half the children in the
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seven people dead." - ], - [ - "Gardez (Afghanistan), Sept. 16
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Hamid Karzai escaped an
assassination bid today when a
rocket was fired at his US
military helicopter as it was
landing in the southeastern
town of Gardez." - ], - [ - "The Jets came up with four
turnovers by Dolphins
quarterback Jay Fiedler in the
second half, including an
interception returned 66 yards
for a touchdown." - ], - [ - "DUBLIN -- Prime Minister
Bertie Ahern urged Irish
Republican Army commanders
yesterday to meet what he
acknowledged was ''a heavy
burden quot;: disarming and
disbanding their organization
in support of Northern
Ireland's 1998 peace accord." - ], - [ - "While reproductive planning
and women #39;s equality have
improved substantially over
the past decade, says a United
Nations report, world
population will increase from
6.4 billion today to 8.9
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poorest countries tripling in" - ], - [ - "BAR's Anthony Davidson and
Jenson Button set the pace at
the first Chinese Grand Prix." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - Contradicting the
main argument for a war that
has cost more than 1,000
American lives, the top U.S.
arms inspector reported
Wednesday that he found no
evidence that Iraq produced
any weapons of mass
destruction after 1991..." - ], - [ - "AFP - Style mavens will be
scanning the catwalks in Paris
this week for next spring's
must-have handbag, as a
sweeping exhibition at the
French capital's fashion and
textile museum reveals the bag
in all its forms." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - SAINT-
QUENTIN, N.B. (CP) - A major
highway in northern New
Brunswick remained closed to
almost all traffic Monday, as
local residents protested
planned health care cuts." - ], - [ - " NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - A
radical Iraqi cleric leading a
Shi'ite uprising agreed on
Wednesday to disarm his
militia and leave one of the
country's holiest Islamic
shrines after warnings of an
onslaught by government
forces." - ], - [ - "Saudi security forces have
killed a wanted militant near
the scene of a deadly shootout
Thursday. Officials say the
militant was killed in a
gunbattle Friday in the
northern town of Buraida,
hours after one" - ], - [ - "Two South Africans acquitted
by a Zimbabwean court of
charges related to the alleged
coup plot in Equatorial Guinea
are to be questioned today by
the South African authorities." - ], - [ - "MOSCOW (CP) - Russia mourned
89 victims of a double air
disaster today as debate
intensified over whether the
two passenger liners could
have plunged almost
simultaneously from the sky by
accident." - ], - [ - "Australia #39;s prime minister
says a body found in Fallujah
is likely that of kidnapped
aid worker Margaret Hassan.
John Howard told Parliament a
videotape of an Iraqi
terrorist group executing a
Western woman appears to have
been genuine." - ], - [ - "AP - Their first debate less
than a week away, President
Bush and Democrat John Kerry
kept their public schedules
clear on Saturday and began to
focus on their prime-time
showdown." - ], - [ - "PARIS Getting to the bottom of
what killed Yassar Arafat
could shape up to be an ugly
family tug-of-war. Arafat
#39;s half-brother and nephew
want copies of Arafat #39;s
medical records from the
suburban Paris hospital" - ], - [ - " THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former
Yugoslav President Slobodan
Milosevic condemned his war
crimes trial as a \"pure farce\"
on Wednesday in a defiant
finish to his opening defense
statement against charges of
ethnic cleansing in the
Balkans." - ], - [ - " GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) -
People braved a steady drizzle
to come out to vote in a
remote northeast Indian state
on Thursday, as troops
guarded polling stations in an
election being held under the
shadow of violence." - ], - [ - "AFP - Three of the nine
Canadian sailors injured when
their newly-delivered,
British-built submarine caught
fire in the North Atlantic
were airlifted Wednesday to
hospital in northwest Ireland,
officials said." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Iraq - A series of
strong explosions shook
central Baghdad near dawn
Sunday, and columns of thick
black smoke rose from the
Green Zone where U.S. and
Iraqi government offices are
located..." - ], - [ - "Sven-Goran Eriksson may gamble
by playing goalkeeper Paul
Robinson and striker Jermain
Defoe in Poland." - ], - [ - "Foreign Secretary Jack Straw
has flown to Khartoum on a
mission to pile the pressure
on the Sudanese government to
tackle the humanitarian
catastrophe in Darfur." - ], - [ - "Reuters - A senior U.S.
official said on
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done with hostage-takers ahead
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have\\threatened to kill three
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has put the pressure for the
success or failure of the
Northern Ireland assembly
talks firmly on the shoulders
of Ian Paisley." - ], - [ - " JAKARTA (Reuters) - President
Megawati Sukarnoputri urged
Indonesians on Thursday to
accept the results of the
country's first direct
election of a leader, but
stopped short of conceding
defeat." - ], - [ - "ISLAMABAD: Pakistan early
Monday test-fired its
indigenously developed short-
range nuclear-capable Ghaznavi
missile, the Inter Services
Public Relations (ISPR) said
in a statement." - ], - [ - "The trial of a man accused of
murdering York backpacker
Caroline Stuttle begins in
Australia." - ], - [ - "BRUSSELS: The EU sought
Wednesday to keep pressure on
Turkey over its bid to start
talks on joining the bloc, as
last-minute haggling seemed
set to go down to the wire at
a summit poised to give a
green light to Ankara." - ], - [ - "AP - J. Cofer Black, the State
Department official in charge
of counterterrorism, is
leaving government in the next
few weeks." - ], - [ - "AFP - The United States
presented a draft UN
resolution that steps up the
pressure on Sudan over the
crisis in Darfur, including
possible international
sanctions against its oil
sector." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least 33 people were
killed and dozens others
wounded when two bombs ripped
through a congregation of
Sunni Muslims in Pakistan's
central city of Multan, police
said." - ], - [ - "AFP - A series of torchlight
rallies and vigils were held
after darkness fell on this
central Indian city as victims
and activists jointly
commemorated a night of horror
20 years ago when lethal gas
leaked from a pesticide plant
and killed thousands." - ], - [ - "A Zimbabwe court Friday
convicted a British man
accused of leading a coup plot
against the government of oil-
rich Equatorial Guinea on
weapons charges, but acquitted
most of the 69 other men held
with him." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP)
- The fatal stabbing of a
young man trying to eject
unwanted party guests from his
family home, the third such
knifing in just weeks, has
police worried about a
potentially fatal holiday
recipe: teens, alcohol and
knives." - ], - [ - "MOSCOW - A female suicide
bomber set off a shrapnel-
filled explosive device
outside a busy Moscow subway
station on Tuesday night,
officials said, killing 10
people and injuring more than
50." - ], - [ - "ABIDJAN (AFP) - Two Ivory
Coast military aircraft
carried out a second raid on
Bouake, the stronghold of the
former rebel New Forces (FN)
in the divided west African
country, a French military
source told AFP." - ], - [ - "AFP - A state of civil
emergency in the rebellion-hit
Indonesian province of Aceh
has been formally extended by
six month, as the country's
president pledged to end
violence there without foreign
help." - ], - [ - "US Secretary of State Colin
Powell on Monday said he had
spoken to both Indian Foreign
Minister K Natwar Singh and
his Pakistani counterpart
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri late
last week before the two met
in New Delhi this week for
talks." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Victor Diaz hit a
tying, three-run homer with
two outs in the ninth inning,
and Craig Brazell's first
major league home run in the
11th gave the New York Mets a
stunning 4-3 victory over the
Chicago Cubs on Saturday.
The Cubs had much on the
line..." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least 54 people have
died and more than a million
have fled their homes as
torrential rains lashed parts
of India and Bangladesh,
officials said." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES - California has
adopted the world's first
rules to reduce greenhouse
emissions for autos, taking
what supporters see as a
dramatic step toward cleaning
up the environment but also
ensuring higher costs for
drivers. The rules may lead
to sweeping changes in
vehicles nationwide,
especially if other states opt
to follow California's
example..." - ], - [ - "AFP - Republican and
Democratic leaders each
declared victory after the
first head-to-head sparring
match between President George
W. Bush and Democratic
presidential hopeful John
Kerry." - ], - [ - "Last night in New York, the UN
secretary-general was given a
standing ovation - a robust
response to a series of
attacks in past weeks." - ], - [ - "JOHANNESBURG -- Meeting in
Nigeria four years ago,
African leaders set a goal
that 60 percent of children
and pregnant women in malaria-
affected areas around the
continent would be sleeping
under bed nets by the end of
2005." - ], - [ - "AP - Duke Bainum outspent Mufi
Hannemann in Honolulu's most
expensive mayoral race, but
apparently failed to garner
enough votes in Saturday's
primary to claim the office
outright." - ], - [ - "POLITICIANS and aid agencies
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Contrary to Immigration
Department claims, there is no
shortage of native-borne
exotic dancers in Canada, says
a University of Toronto law
professor who has studied the
strip club business." - ], - [ - "The European Union presidency
yesterday expressed optimism
that a deal could be struck
over Turkey #39;s refusal to
recognize Cyprus in the lead-
up to next weekend #39;s EU
summit, which will decide
whether to give Ankara a date
for the start of accession
talks." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
President Bush on Friday set a
four-year goal of seeing a
Palestinian state established
and he and British Prime
Minister Tony Blair vowed to
mobilize international
support to help make it happen
now that Yasser Arafat is
dead." - ], - [ - " KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan on
Saturday questioned U.N.
estimates that up to 70,000
people have died from hunger
and disease in its remote
Darfur region since a
rebellion began 20 months
ago." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least four Georgian
soldiers were killed and five
wounded in overnight clashes
in Georgia's separatist, pro-
Russian region of South
Ossetia, Georgian officers
near the frontline with
Ossetian forces said early
Thursday." - ], - [ - "The European Commission is
expected later this week to
recommend EU membership talks
with Turkey. Meanwhile, German
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
and Turkish Prime Minister
Tayyip Erdogan are
anticipating a quot;positive
report." - ], - [ - "The Canadian government
signalled its intention
yesterday to reintroduce
legislation to decriminalise
the possession of small
amounts of marijuana." - ], - [ - "A screensaver targeting spam-
related websites appears to
have been too successful." - ], - [ - " ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory
Coast warplanes killed nine
French soldiers on Saturday in
a bombing raid during the
fiercest clashes with rebels
for 18 months and France hit
back by destroying most of
the West African country's
small airforce." - ], - [ - "GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip --
Islamic militant groups behind
many suicide bombings
dismissed yesterday a call
from Mahmoud Abbas, the
interim Palestinian leader, to
halt attacks in the run-up to
a Jan. 9 election to replace
Yasser Arafat." - ], - [ - "Secretary of State Colin
Powell is wrapping up an East
Asia trip focused on prodding
North Korea to resume talks
aimed at ending its nuclear-
weapons program." - ], - [ - "The risk of intestinal damage
from common painkillers may be
higher than thought, research
suggests." - ], - [ - "AN earthquake measuring 7.3 on
the Richter Scale hit western
Japan this morning, just hours
after another strong quake
rocked the area." - ], - [ - "Britain #39;s Prince Harry,
struggling to shed a growing
quot;wild child quot; image,
won #39;t apologize to a
photographer he scuffled with
outside an exclusive London
nightclub, a royal spokesman
said on Saturday." - ], - [ - "Pakistan #39;s interim Prime
Minister Chaudhry Shaujaat
Hussain has announced his
resignation, paving the way
for his successor Shauket
Aziz." - ], - [ - "A previously unknown group
calling itself Jamaat Ansar
al-Jihad al-Islamiya says it
set fire to a Jewish soup
kitchen in Paris, according to
an Internet statement." - ], - [ - "The deadliest attack on
Americans in Iraq since May
came as Iraqi officials
announced that Saddam
Hussein's deputy had not been
captured on Sunday." - ], - [ - "A fundraising concert will be
held in London in memory of
the hundreds of victims of the
Beslan school siege." - ], - [ - "AFP - The landmark trial of a
Rwandan Roman Catholic priest
accused of supervising the
massacre of 2,000 of his Tutsi
parishioners during the
central African country's 1994
genocide opens at a UN court
in Tanzania." - ], - [ - "The Irish government has
stepped up its efforts to free
the British hostage in Iraq,
Ken Bigley, whose mother is
from Ireland, by talking to
diplomats from Iran and
Jordan." - ], - [ - "AP - Republican Sen. Lincoln
Chafee, who flirted with
changing political parties in
the wake of President Bush's
re-election victory, says he
will stay in the GOP." - ], - [ - "South Korean President Roh
Moo-hyun pays a surprise visit
to troops in Iraq, after his
government decided to extend
their mandate." - ], - [ - "As the European Union
approaches a contentious
decision - whether to let
Turkey join the club - the
Continent #39;s rulers seem to
have left their citizens
behind." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A
deadline set by militants who
have threatened to kill two
Americans and a Briton seized
in Iraq was due to expire
Monday, and more than two
dozen other hostages were
also facing death unless rebel
demands were met." - ], - [ - "Some Venezuelan television
channels began altering their
programs Thursday, citing
fears of penalties under a new
law restricting violence and
sexual content over the
airwaves." - ], - [ - "afrol News, 4 October -
Hundred years of conservation
efforts have lifted the
southern black rhino
population from about hundred
to 11,000 animals." - ], - [ - "THE death of Philippine movie
star and defeated presidential
candidate Fernando Poe has
drawn some political backlash,
with some people seeking to
use his sudden demise as a
platform to attack President
Gloria Arroyo." - ], - [ - "VIENTIANE, Laos China moved
yet another step closer in
cementing its economic and
diplomatic relationships with
Southeast Asia today when
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao
signed a trade accord at a
regional summit that calls for
zero tariffs on a wide range
of" - ], - [ - "British judges in London
Tuesday ordered radical Muslim
imam Abu Hamza to stand trial
for soliciting murder and
inciting racial hatred." - ], - [ - "SARASOTA, Fla. - The
devastation brought on by
Hurricane Charley has been
especially painful for an
elderly population that is
among the largest in the
nation..." - ], - [ - " quot;He is charged for having
a part in the Bali incident,
quot; state prosecutor Andi
Herman told Reuters on
Saturday. bombing attack at
the US-run JW." - ], - [ - "The United Nations called on
Monday for an immediate
ceasefire in eastern Congo as
fighting between rival army
factions flared for a third
day." - ], - [ - "Allowing dozens of casinos to
be built in the UK would bring
investment and thousands of
jobs, Tony Blair says." - ], - [ - "The shock here was not just
from the awful fact itself,
that two vibrant young Italian
women were kidnapped in Iraq,
dragged from their office by
attackers who, it seems, knew
their names." - ], - [ - "Tehran/Vianna, Sept. 19 (NNN):
Iran on Sunday rejected the
International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) call to suspend
of all its nuclear activities,
saying that it will not agree
to halt uranium enrichment." - ], - [ - "A 15-year-old Argentine
student opened fire at his
classmates on Tuesday in a
middle school in the south of
the Buenos Aires province,
leaving at least four dead and
five others wounded, police
said." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - A cable pay-per-
view company has decided not
to show a three-hour election
eve special with filmmaker
Michael Moore that included a
showing of his documentary
\"Fahrenheit 9/11,\" which is
sharply critical of President
Bush. The company, iN
DEMAND, said Friday that its
decision is due to \"legitimate
business and legal concerns.\"
A spokesman would not
elaborate..." - ], - [ - "Democracy candidates picked up
at least one more seat in
parliament, according to exit
polls." - ], - [ - "The IOC wants suspended
Olympic member Ivan Slavkov to
be thrown out of the
organisation." - ], - [ - " BANGKOK (Reuters) - The
ouster of Myanmar's prime
minister, architect of a
tentative \"roadmap to
democracy,\" has dashed faint
hopes for an end to military
rule and leaves Southeast
Asia's policy of constructive
engagement in tatters." - ], - [ - "The anguish of hostage Kenneth
Bigley in Iraq hangs over
Prime Minister Tony Blair
today as he faces the twin
test of a local election and a
debate by his Labour Party
about the divisive war." - ], - [ - " quot;There were 16 people
travelling aboard. ... It
crashed into a mountain, quot;
Col. Antonio Rivero, head of
the Civil Protection service,
told." - ], - [ - "President Bush is reveling in
winning the popular vote and
feels he can no longer be
considered a one-term accident
of history." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP)
- Thousands of Royal Bank
clerks are being asked to
display rainbow stickers at
their desks and cubicles to
promote a safe work
environment for gays,
lesbians, and bisexuals." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car
bomb killed two American
soldiers and wounded eight
when it exploded in Baghdad on
Saturday, the U.S. military
said in a statement." - ], - [ - "Sudanese authorities have
moved hundreds of pro-
government fighters from the
crisis-torn Darfur region to
other parts of the country to
keep them out of sight of
foreign military observers
demanding the militia #39;s
disarmament, a rebel leader
charged" - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb
Tuesday ripped through a busy
market near a Baghdad police
headquarters where Iraqis were
waiting to apply for jobs on
the force, and gunmen opened
fire on a van carrying police
home from work in Baqouba,
killing at least 59 people
total and wounding at least
114. The attacks were the
latest attempts by militants
to wreck the building of a
strong Iraqi security force, a
keystone of the U.S..." - ], - [ - "The Israeli prime minister
said today that he wanted to
begin withdrawing settlers
from Gaza next May or June." - ], - [ - "Queen Elizabeth II stopped
short of apologizing for the
Allies #39; bombing of Dresden
during her first state visit
to Germany in 12 years and
instead acknowledged quot;the
appalling suffering of war on
both sides." - ], - [ - "AP - Fugitive Taliban leader
Mullah Mohammed Omar has
fallen out with some of his
lieutenants, who blame him for
the rebels' failure to disrupt
the landmark Afghan
presidential election, the
U.S. military said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "HAVANA -- Cuban President
Fidel Castro's advancing age
-- and ultimately his
mortality -- were brought home
yesterday, a day after he
fractured a knee and arm when
he tripped and fell at a
public event." - ], - [ - " BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) -
The United States and Brazil
predicted on Tuesday Latin
America's largest country
would resolve a dispute with
the U.N. nuclear watchdog over
inspections of a uranium
enrichment plant." - ], - [ - "Two bombs exploded today near
a tea shop and wounded 20
people in southern Thailand,
police said, as violence
continued unabated in the
Muslim-majority region where
residents are seething over
the deaths of 78 detainees
while in military custody." - ], - [ - "Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi, back in Tokyo after
an 11-day diplomatic mission
to the Americas, hunkered down
with senior ruling party
officials on Friday to focus
on a major reshuffle of
cabinet and top party posts." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - A sluggish gross
domestic product reading was
nonetheless better than
expected, prompting investors
to send stocks slightly higher
Friday on hopes that the
economic slowdown would not be
as bad as first thought.
The 2.8 percent GDP growth in
the second quarter, a revision
from the 3 percent preliminary
figure reported in July, is a
far cry from the 4.5 percent
growth in the first quarter..." - ], - [ - " SEOUL (Reuters) - A huge
explosion in North Korea last
week may have been due to a
combination of demolition work
for a power plant and
atmospheric clouds, South
Korea's spy agency said on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Sudan's U.N. ambassador
challenged the United States
to send troops to the Darfur
region if it really believes a
genocide is taking place as
the U.S. Congress and
President Bush's
administration have
determined." - ], - [ - "AFP - A junior British
minister said that people
living in camps after fleeing
their villages because of
conflict in Sudan's Darfur
region lived in fear of
leaving their temporary homes
despite a greater presence now
of aid workers." - ], - [ - "US Deputy Secretary of State
Richard Armitage (L) shakes
hands with Pakistani Foreign
Minister Khurshid Kasuri prior
to their meeting in Islamabad,
09 November 2004." - ], - [ - "AP - Democrat John Edwards
kept up a long-distance debate
over his \"two Americas\"
campaign theme with Vice
President Dick Cheney on
Tuesday, saying it was no
illusion to thousands of laid-
off workers in Ohio." - ], - [ - "A group of 76 Eritreans on a
repatriation flight from Libya
Friday forced their plane to
change course and land in the
Sudanese capital, Khartoum,
where they" - ], - [ - "AP - They say that opposites
attract, and in the case of
Sen. John Kerry and Teresa
Heinz Kerry, that may be true
#151; at least in their public
personas." - ], - [ - "AP - Impoverished North Korea
might resort to selling
weapons-grade plutonium to
terrorists for much-needed
cash, and that would be
\"disastrous for the world,\"
the top U.S. military
commander in South Korea said
Friday." - ], - [ - "Dubai: Osama bin Laden on
Thursday called on his
fighters to strike Gulf oil
supplies and warned Saudi
leaders they risked a popular
uprising in an audio message
said to be by the Western
world #39;s most wanted terror
mastermind." - ], - [ - "BEIJING -- Chinese authorities
have arrested or reprimanded
more than 750 officials in
recent months in connection
with billions of dollars in
financial irregularities
ranging from unpaid taxes to
embezzlement, according to a
report made public yesterday." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - GAUHATI,
India (AP) - Residents of
northeastern India were
bracing for more violence
Friday, a day after bombs
ripped through two buses and a
grenade was hurled into a
crowded market in attacks that
killed four people and wounded
54." - ], - [ - "Some 28 people are charged
with trying to overthrow
Sudan's President Bashir,
reports say." - ], - [ - "Hong Kong #39;s Beijing-backed
chief executive yesterday
ruled out any early moves to
pass a controversial national
security law which last year
sparked a street protest by
half a million people." - ], - [ - "Beer consumption has doubled
over the past five years,
prompting legislators to
implement new rules." - ], - [ - "At least 79 people were killed
and 74 were missing after some
of the worst rainstorms in
recent years triggered
landslides and flash floods in
southwest China, disaster
relief officials said
yesterday." - ], - [ - "BANGKOK Thai military aircraft
dropped 100 million paper
birds over southern Thailand
on Sunday in a gesture
intended to promote peace in
mainly Muslim provinces, where
more than 500 people have died
this year in attacks by
separatist militants and" - ], - [ - "Insurgents threatened on
Saturday to cut the throats of
two Americans and a Briton
seized in Baghdad, and
launched a suicide car bomb
attack on Iraqi security
forces in Kirkuk that killed
at least 23 people." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Secretary
of State Colin Powell will
urge China Monday to exert its
influence over North Korea to
resume six-party negotiations
on scrapping its suspected
nuclear weapons program." - ], - [ - "Reuters - An Israeli missile
strike killed at least\\two
Hamas gunmen in Gaza City
Monday, a day after a
top\\commander of the Islamic
militant group was killed in a
similar\\attack, Palestinian
witnesses and security sources
said." - ], - [ - "AP - The Pentagon has restored
access to a Web site that
assists soldiers and other
Americans living overseas in
voting, after receiving
complaints that its security
measures were preventing
legitimate voters from using
it." - ], - [ - "Montreal - The British-built
Canadian submarine HMCS
Chicoutimi, crippled since a
fire at sea that killed one of
its crew, is under tow and is
expected in Faslane, Scotland,
early next week, Canadian
naval commander Tyrone Pile
said on Friday." - ], - [ - "Thirty-five Pakistanis freed
from the US Guantanamo Bay
prison camp arrived home on
Saturday and were taken
straight to prison for further
interrogation, the interior
minister said." - ], - [ - "Witnesses in the trial of a US
soldier charged with abusing
prisoners at Abu Ghraib have
told the court that the CIA
sometimes directed abuse and
orders were received from
military command to toughen
interrogations." - ], - [ - "AP - Italian and Lebanese
authorities have arrested 10
suspected terrorists who
planned to blow up the Italian
Embassy in Beirut, an Italian
news agency and the Defense
Ministry said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- John F.
Kerry and President Bush
clashed sharply over the war
in Iraq last night during the
first debate of the
presidential campaign season,
with the senator from
Massachusetts accusing" - ], - [ - "GONAIVES, Haiti -- While
desperately hungry flood
victims wander the streets of
Gonaives searching for help,
tons of food aid is stacking
up in a warehouse guarded by
United Nations peacekeepers." - ], - [ - "AFP - The resignation of
disgraced Fiji Vice-President
Ratu Jope Seniloli failed to
quell anger among opposition
leaders and the military over
his surprise release from
prison after serving just
three months of a four-year
jail term for his role in a
failed 2000 coup." - ], - [ - "Sourav Ganguly files an appeal
against a two-match ban
imposed for time-wasting." - ], - [ - "Greek police surrounded a bus
full of passengers seized by
armed hijackers along a
highway from an Athens suburb
Wednesday, police said." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD: A suicide car bomber
attacked a police convoy in
Baghdad yesterday as guerillas
kept pressure on Iraq #39;s
security forces despite a
bloody rout of insurgents in
Fallujah." - ], - [ - "Fixtures and fittings from
Damien Hirst's restaurant
Pharmacy sell for 11.1, 8m
more than expected." - ], - [ - "Five years after catastrophic
floods and mudslides killed
thousands along Venezuela's
Caribbean coast, survivors in
this town still see the signs
of destruction - shattered
concrete walls and tall weeds
growing atop streets covered
in dried mud." - ], - [ - "The UN nuclear watchdog
confirmed Monday that nearly
400 tons of powerful
explosives that could be used
in conventional or nuclear
missiles disappeared from an
unguarded military
installation in Iraq." - ], - [ - "Militants in Iraq have killed
the second of two US civilians
they were holding hostage,
according to a statement on an
Islamist website." - ], - [ - "More than 4,000 American and
Iraqi soldiers mounted a
military assault on the
insurgent-held city of
Samarra." - ], - [ - " MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -
Mexican President Vicente Fox
said on Monday he hoped
President Bush's re-election
meant a bilateral accord on
migration would be reached
before his own term runs out
at the end of 2006." - ], - [ - " BRUSSELS (Reuters) - French
President Jacques Chirac said
on Friday he had not refused
to meet Iraqi interim Prime
Minister Iyad Allawi after
reports he was snubbing the
Iraqi leader by leaving an EU
meeting in Brussels early." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Former President
Bill Clinton was in good
spirits Saturday, walking
around his hospital room in
street clothes and buoyed by
thousands of get-well messages
as he awaited heart bypass
surgery early this coming
week, people close to the
family said. Clinton was
expected to undergo surgery as
early as Monday but probably
Tuesday, said Democratic Party
Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who
said the former president was
\"upbeat\" when he spoke to him
by phone Friday..." - ], - [ - "Poland will cut its troops in
Iraq early next year and won
#39;t stay in the country
quot;an hour longer quot; than
needed, the country #39;s
prime minister said Friday." - ], - [ - "A car bomb exploded at a US
military convoy in the
northern Iraqi city of Mosul,
causing several casualties,
the army and Iraqi officials
said." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece - Michael
Phelps took care of qualifying
for the Olympic 200-meter
freestyle semifinals Sunday,
and then found out he had been
added to the American team for
the evening's 400 freestyle
relay final. Phelps' rivals
Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den
Hoogenband and teammate Klete
Keller were faster than the
teenager in the 200 free
preliminaries..." - ], - [ - " JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
intends to present a timetable
for withdrawal from Gaza to
lawmakers from his Likud Party
Tuesday despite a mutiny in
the right-wing bloc over the
plan." - ], - [ - " KABUL (Reuters) - Three U.N.
workers held by militants in
Afghanistan were in their
third week of captivity on
Friday after calls from both
sides for the crisis to be
resolved ahead of this
weekend's Muslim festival of
Eid al-Fitr." - ], - [ - "ROME, Oct 29 (AFP) - French
President Jacques Chirac urged
the head of the incoming
European Commission Friday to
take quot;the appropriate
decisions quot; to resolve a
row over his EU executive team
which has left the EU in
limbo." - ], - [ - "Russia's parliament will
launch an inquiry into a
school siege that killed over
300 hostages, President
Vladimir Putin said on Friday,
but analysts doubt it will
satisfy those who blame the
carnage on security services." - ], - [ - "Tony Blair talks to business
leaders about new proposals
for a major shake-up of the
English exam system." - ], - [ - "KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia A
Malaysian woman has claimed a
new world record after living
with over six-thousand
scorpions for 36 days
straight." - ], - [ - "could take drastic steps if
the talks did not proceed as
Tehran wants. Mehr news agency
quoted him as saying on
Wednesday. that could be used" - ], - [ - "Israeli authorities have
launched an investigation into
death threats against Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
and other officials supporting
his disengagement plan from
Gaza and parts of the West
Bank, Jerusalem police said
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "It was a carefully scripted
moment when Russian President
Vladimir Putin began quoting
Taras Shevchenko, this country
#39;s 19th-century bard,
during a live television" - ], - [ - "China says it welcomes Russia
#39;s ratification of the
Kyoto Protocol that aims to
stem global warming by
reducing greenhouse-gas
emissions." - ], - [ - "The Metropolitan
Transportation Authority is
proposing a tax increase to
raise \\$900 million a year to
help pay for a five-year
rebuilding program." - ], - [ - "AFP - The Canadian armed
forces chief of staff on was
elected to take over as head
of NATO's Military Committee,
the alliance's highest
military authority, military
and diplomatic sources said." - ], - [ - "AFP - Two proposed resolutions
condemning widespread rights
abuses in Sudan and Zimbabwe
failed to pass a UN committee,
mired in debate between
African and western nations." - ], - [ - "The return of noted reformer
Nabil Amr to Palestinian
politics comes at a crucial
juncture." - ], - [ - "AP - After two debates, voters
have seen President Bush look
peevish and heard him pass the
buck. They've watched Sen.
John Kerry deny he's a flip-
flopper and then argue that
Saddam Hussein was a threat
#151; and wasn't. It's no
wonder so few minds have
changed." - ], - [ - "The United States says the
Lebanese parliament #39;s
decision Friday to extend the
term of pro-Syrian President
Emile Lahoud made a
quot;crude mockery of
democratic principles." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) -
The prime minister says he's
been assured by President
George W. Bush that the U.S.
missile defence plan does not
necessarily involve the
weaponization of space." - ], - [ - "Fifty-six miners are dead and
another 92 are still stranded
underground after a gas blast
at the Daping coal mine in
Central China #39;s Henan
Province, safety officials
said Thursday." - ], - [ - "BEIRUT, Lebanon - Three
Lebanese men and their Iraqi
driver have been kidnapped in
Iraq, the Lebanese Foreign
Ministry said Sunday, as
Iraq's prime minister said his
government was working for the
release of two Americans and a
Briton also being held
hostage. Gunmen snatched
the three Lebanese, who worked
for a travel agency with a
branch in Baghdad, as they
drove on the highway between
the capital and Fallujah on
Friday night, a ministry
official said..." - ], - [ - "PORTLAND, Ore. - It's been
almost a year since singer-
songwriter Elliott Smith
committed suicide, and fans
and friends will be looking
for answers as the posthumous
\"From a Basement on the Hill\"
is released..." - ], - [ - " GAZA (Reuters) - Israel
expanded its military
offensive in northern Gaza,
launching two air strikes
early on Monday that killed
at least three Palestinians
and wounded two, including a
senior Hamas leader, witnesses
and medics said." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Sudan's government
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embattled technology sector
was due for a recovery sent
stocks modestly higher Monday
despite a new revenue warning
from semiconductor company
Broadcom Inc. While
Broadcom, which makes chips
for television set-top boxes
and other electronics, said
high inventories resulted in
delayed shipments, investors
were encouraged as it said
future quarters looked
brighter..." - ], - [ - "Carlos Barrios Orta squeezed
himself into his rubber diving
suit, pulled on an 18-pound
helmet that made him look like
an astronaut, then lowered
himself into the sewer. He
disappeared into the filthy
water, which looked like some
cauldron of rancid beef stew,
until the only sign of him was
air bubbles breaking the
surface." - ], - [ - "The mutilated body of a woman
of about sixty years,
amputated of arms and legs and
with the sliced throat, has
been discovered this morning
in a street of the south of
Faluya by the Marines,
according to a statement by
AFP photographer." - ], - [ - "(SH) - In Afghanistan, Hamid
Karzai defeated a raft of
candidates to win his historic
election. In Iraq, more than
200 political parties have
registered for next month
#39;s elections." - ], - [ - "Margaret Hassan, who works for
charity Care International,
was taken hostage while on her
way to work in Baghdad. Here
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kidnapping." - ], - [ - "Reuters - The United States
modified its\\call for U.N.
sanctions against Sudan on
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threat of punitive measures if
Khartoum did not
stop\\atrocities in its Darfur
region." - ], - [ - "Human rights and environmental
activists have hailed the
award of the 2004 Nobel Peace
Prize to Wangari Maathai of
Kenya as fitting recognition
of the growing role of civil
society" - ], - [ - "An Al Qaeda-linked militant
group beheaded an American
hostage in Iraq and threatened
last night to kill another two
Westerners in 24 hours unless
women prisoners were freed
from Iraqi jails." - ], - [ - "Argentina, Denmark, Greece,
Japan and Tanzania on Friday
won coveted two-year terms on
the UN Security Council at a
time when pressure is mounting
to expand the powerful
15-nation body." - ], - [ - "ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India
agreed on Friday to re-open
the Khokhropar-Munabao railway
link, which was severed nearly
40 years ago." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Stocks moved higher
Friday as a stronger than
expected retail sales report
showed that higher oil prices
aren't scaring consumers away
from spending. Federal Reserve
Chairman Alan Greenspan's
positive comments on oil
prices also encouraged
investors..." - ], - [ - "Saddam Hussein lives in an
air-conditioned 10-by-13 foot
cell on the grounds of one of
his former palaces, tending
plants and proclaiming himself
Iraq's lawful ruler." - ], - [ - "AP - Brazilian U.N.
peacekeepers will remain in
Haiti until presidential
elections are held in that
Caribbean nation sometime next
year, President Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva said Monday." - ], - [ - "Iraq is quot;working 24 hours
a day to ... stop the
terrorists, quot; interim
Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad
Allawi said Monday. Iraqis are
pushing ahead with reforms and
improvements, Allawi told" - ], - [ - "AP - Musicians, composers and
authors were among the more
than two dozen people
Wednesday honored with
National Medal of Arts and
National Humanities awards at
the White House." - ], - [ - "Wynton Marsalis, the trumpet-
playing star and artistic
director of Jazz at Lincoln
Center, has become an entity
above and around the daily
jazz world." - ], - [ - "BUENOS AIRES: Pakistan has
ratified the Kyoto Protocol on
Climatic Change, Environment
Minister Malik Khan said on
Thursday. He said that
Islamabad has notified UN
authorities of ratification,
which formally comes into
effect in February 2005." - ], - [ - "Staff Sgt. Johnny Horne, Jr.,
and Staff Sgt. Cardenas Alban
have been charged with murder
in the death of an Iraqi, the
1st Cavalry Division announced
Monday." - ], - [ - "President Vladimir Putin makes
a speech as he hosts Russia
#39;s Olympic athletes at a
Kremlin banquet in Moscow,
Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004." - ], - [ - "AFP - Hundreds of Buddhists in
southern Russia marched
through snow to see and hear
the Dalai Lama as he continued
a long-awaited visit to the
country in spite of Chinese
protests." - ], - [ - "British officials were on
diplomatic tenterhooks as they
awaited the arrival on
Thursday of French President
Jacques Chirac for a two-day
state visit to Britain." - ], - [ - " SYDNEY (Reuters) - A group of
women on Pitcairn Island in
the South Pacific are standing
by their men, who face
underage sex charges, saying
having sex at age 12 is a
tradition dating back to 18th
century mutineers who settled
on the island." - ], - [ - "Two aircraft are flying out
from the UK on Sunday to
deliver vital aid and supplies
to Haiti, which has been
devastated by tropical storm
Jeanne." - ], - [ - "A scare triggered by a
vibrating sex toy shut down a
major Australian regional
airport for almost an hour
Monday, police said. The
vibrating object was
discovered Monday morning" - ], - [ - "AP - An Indiana congressional
candidate abruptly walked off
the set of a debate because
she got stage fright." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Having reached out
to Kashmiris during a two-day
visit to the region, the prime
minister heads this weekend to
the country's volatile
northeast, where public anger
is high over alleged abuses by
Indian soldiers." - ], - [ - "SAN JUAN IXTAYOPAN, Mexico --
A pair of wooden crosses
outside the elementary school
are all that mark the macabre
site where, just weeks ago, an
angry mob captured two federal
police officers, beat them
unconscious, and set them on
fire." - ], - [ - "DUBLIN : An Olympic Airlines
plane diverted to Ireland
following a bomb alert, the
second faced by the Greek
carrier in four days, resumed
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no device was found on board,
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United States said on Friday
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resolution on Darfur and that
Secretary of State Colin
Powell might address next week
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western Sudan constitutes
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control of Najaf #39;s Imam
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militia occupation, met amid
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step aside." - ], - [ - "AFP - Australia has accounted
for all its nationals known to
be working in Iraq following a
claim by a radical Islamic
group to have kidnapped two
Australians, Foreign Affairs
Minister Alexander Downer
said." - ], - [ - "The hurricane appeared to be
strengthening and forecasters
warned of an increased threat
of serious flooding and wind
damage." - ], - [ - "Four homeless men were
bludgeoned to death and six
were in critical condition on
Friday following early morning
attacks by unknown assailants
in downtown streets of Sao
Paulo, a police spokesman
said." - ], - [ - "Phone companies are not doing
enough to warn customers about
internet \"rogue-dialling\"
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takes action against senior
party member Uma Bharti after
a public row." - ], - [ - "The Russian military yesterday
extended its offer of a \\$10
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leading to the capture of two
separatist leaders who, the
Kremlin claims, were behind
the Beslan massacre." - ], - [ - "Israels Shin Bet security
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Syria on Wednesday of aiding
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Kentucky stayed at fever pitch
on Thursday as Democratic
challenger Daniel Mongiardo
stressed his opposition to gay
marriage while accusing
Republican incumbent Jim
Bunning of fueling personal
attacks that seemed to suggest
Mongiardo is gay." - ], - [ - " PORT LOUIS, Aug. 17
(Xinhuanet) -- Southern
African countries Tuesday
pledged better trade and
investment relations with
China as well as India in the
final communique released at
the end of their two-day
summit." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD - A militant group has
released a video saying it
kidnapped a missing journalist
in Iraq and would kill him
unless US forces left Najaf
within 48 hours." - ], - [ - "18 August 2004 -- There has
been renewed fighting in the
Iraqi city of Al-Najaf between
US and Iraqi troops and Shi
#39;a militiamen loyal to
radical cleric Muqtada al-
Sadr." - ], - [ - "Australia tighten their grip
on the third Test and the
series after dominating India
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Korea's two-year-old nuclear
crisis has taxed the world's
patience, the chief United
Nations nuclear regulator
said on Wednesday, urging
communist Pyongyang to return
to its disarmament treaty
obligations." - ], - [ - "GROZNY, Russia - The Russian
government's choice for
president of war-ravaged
Chechnya appeared to be the
victor Sunday in an election
tainted by charges of fraud
and shadowed by last week's
terrorist destruction of two
airliners. Little more than
two hours after polls closed,
acting Chechen president
Sergei Abramov said
preliminary results showed
Maj..." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Sept 5 (AFP) - Izzat
Ibrahim al-Duri, Saddam
Hussein #39;s deputy whose
capture was announced Sunday,
is 62 and riddled with cancer,
but was public enemy number
two in Iraq for the world
#39;s most powerful military." - ], - [ - "AP - An explosion targeted the
Baghdad governor's convoy as
he was traveling through the
capital Tuesday, killing two
people but leaving him
uninjured, the Interior
Ministry said." - ], - [ - "GENEVA: Rescuers have found
the bodies of five Swiss
firemen who died after the
ceiling of an underground car
park collapsed during a fire,
a police spokesman said last
night." - ], - [ - "John Kerry has held 10 \"front
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perhaps 100 people ask
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Conservative Party and Liberal
Center Union won 43 seats in
the 141-member Lithuanian
parliament, after more than 99
percent of the votes were
counted" - ], - [ - "KHARTOUM, Aug 18 (Reuters) -
The United Nations said on
Wednesday it was very
concerned by Sudan #39;s lack
of practical progress in
bringing security to Darfur,
where more than a million
people have fled their homes
for fear of militia ..." - ], - [ - "AFP - With less than two
months until the November 2
election, President George W.
Bush is working to shore up
support among his staunchest
supporters even as he courts
undecided voters." - ], - [ - "Chile's government says it
will build a prison for
officers convicted of human
rights abuses in the Pinochet
era." - ], - [ - "Palestinian leader Mahmoud
Abbas reiterated calls for his
people to drop their weapons
in the struggle for a state. a
clear change of strategy for
peace with Israel after Yasser
Arafat #39;s death." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's
U.S.-backed government said on
Tuesday that \"major neglect\"
by its American-led military
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army recruits at the weekend." - ], - [ - "BEIJING -- Police have
detained a man accused of
slashing as many as nine boys
to death as they slept in
their high school dormitory in
central China, state media
reported today." - ], - [ - "Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon #39;s Likud party
agreed on Thursday to a
possible alliance with
opposition Labour in a vote
that averted a snap election
and strengthened his Gaza
withdrawal plan." - ], - [ - "While the American forces are
preparing to launch a large-
scale attack against Falluja
and al-Ramadi, one of the
chieftains of Falluja said
that contacts are still
continuous yesterday between
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#39;s delegation and the
interim" - ], - [ - "UN Security Council
ambassadors were still
quibbling over how best to
pressure Sudan and rebels to
end two different wars in the
country even as they left for
Kenya on Tuesday for a meeting
on the crisis." - ], - [ - "HENDALA, Sri Lanka -- Day
after day, locked in a cement
room somewhere in Iraq, the
hooded men beat him. They told
him he would be beheaded.
''Ameriqi! quot; they shouted,
even though he comes from this
poor Sri Lankan fishing
village." - ], - [ - "THE kidnappers of British aid
worker Margaret Hassan last
night threatened to turn her
over to the group which
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officerswere killed on Tuesday
in an ambush by the National
LiberationArmy, or ELN, in the
worst attack by the Marxist
group inyears, authorities
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Bush called his Philippines
counterpart Gloria Arroyo and
said their countries should
keep strong ties, a spokesman
said after a spat over
Arroyo's handling of an Iraq
kidnapping." - ], - [ - "A scathing judgment from the
UK #39;s highest court
condemning the UK government
#39;s indefinite detention of
foreign terror suspects as a
threat to the life of the
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generation,\\got down to work
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telecommunications,\\labor and
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slammed ashore in northern
Japan on Friday, bringing the
death toll to at least 13 and
cutting power to thousands of
homes before heading out into
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Hosni Mubarak held telephone
talks with Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat about Israel
#39;s plan to pull troops and
the 8,000 Jewish settlers out
of the Gaza Strip next year,
the Egyptian news agency Mena
said." - ], - [ - "The first American military
intelligence soldier to be
court-martialed over the Abu
Ghraib abuse scandal was
sentenced Saturday to eight
months in jail, a reduction in
rank and a bad-conduct
discharge." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will
seek an explanation at weekend
talks with North Korea on
activity indicating Pyongyang
may be preparing a missile
test, although Tokyo does not
think a launch is imminent,
Japan's top government
spokesman said." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Iran will
never be prepared to
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entirely but remains committed
to the non-proliferation
treaty (NPT), its chief
delegate to the International
Atomic Energy Agency said on
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President Bush on
Saturdayreached into a throng
of squabbling bodyguards and
pulled aSecret Service agent
away from Chilean security
officers afterthey stopped the
U.S. agent from accompanying
the president ata
dinner.</p>" - ], - [ - "Iranian deputy foreign
minister Gholamali Khoshrou
denied Tuesday that his
country #39;s top leaders were
at odds over whether nuclear
weapons were un-Islamic,
insisting that it will
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bomb." - ], - [ - " quot;Israel mercenaries
assisting the Ivory Coast army
operated unmanned aircraft
that aided aerial bombings of
a French base in the country,
quot; claimed" - ], - [ - "AFP - SAP, the world's leading
maker of business software,
may need an extra year to
achieve its medium-term profit
target of an operating margin
of 30 percent, its chief
financial officer said." - ], - [ - "AFP - The airline Swiss said
it had managed to cut its
first-half net loss by about
90 percent but warned that
spiralling fuel costs were
hampering a turnaround despite
increasing passenger travel." - ], - [ - "Vulnerable youngsters expelled
from schools in England are
being let down by the system,
say inspectors." - ], - [ - "Yasser Arafat was undergoing
tests for possible leukaemia
at a military hospital outside
Paris last night after being
airlifted from his Ramallah
headquarters to an anxious
farewell from Palestinian
well-wishers." - ], - [ - "Nepal #39;s main opposition
party urged the government on
Monday to call a unilateral
ceasefire with Maoist rebels
and seek peace talks to end a
road blockade that has cut the
capital off from the rest of
the country." - ], - [ - "BOSTON - The New York Yankees
and Boston were tied 4-4 after
13 innings Monday night with
the Red Sox trying to stay
alive in the AL championship
series. Boston tied the
game with two runs in the
eighth inning on David Ortiz's
solo homer, a walk to Kevin
Millar, a single by Trot Nixon
and a sacrifice fly by Jason
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prevailed in\\the Nielsen
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final push before next
Tuesday's election, talk of
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Computer (Quote, Chart)
unveiled a batch of new iPods,
iTunes software and promos
designed to keep it atop the
heap of digital music players." - ], - [ - "Any product, any shape, any
size -- manufactured on your
desktop! The future is the
fabricator. By Bruce Sterling
from Wired magazine." - ], - [ - "The Microsoft CEO says one way
to stem growing piracy of
Windows and Office in emerging
markets is to offer low-cost
computers." - ], - [ - "PalmSource surprised the
mobile vendor community today
with the announcement that it
will acquire China MobileSoft
(CMS), ostensibly to leverage
that company's expertise in
building a mobile version of
the Linux operating system." - ], - [ - "JEFFERSON CITY - An election
security expert has raised
questions about Missouri
Secretary of State Matt Blunt
#39;s plan to let soldiers at
remote duty stations or in
combat areas cast their
ballots with the help of
e-mail." - ], - [ - "A new, optional log-on service
from America Online that makes
it harder for scammers to
access a persons online
account will not be available
for Macintosh" - ], - [ - "It #39;s official. Microsoft
recently stated
definitivelyand contrary to
rumorsthat there will be no
new versions of Internet
Explorer for users of older
versions of Windows." - ], - [ - "But fresh antitrust suit is in
the envelope, says Novell" - ], - [ - "Chips that help a computer's
main microprocessors perform
specific types of math
problems are becoming a big
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cosmonauts and an American
astronaut to the international
space station streaked into
orbit on Thursday, the latest
flight of a Russian space
vehicle to fill in for
grounded US shuttles." - ], - [ - "OCTOBER 12, 2004
(COMPUTERWORLD) - Microsoft
Corp. #39;s monthly patch
release cycle may be making it
more predictable for users to
deploy software updates, but
there appears to be little
letup in the number of holes
being discovered in the
company #39;s software" - ], - [ - "Wearable tech goes mainstream
as the Gap introduces jacket
with built-in radio.\\" - ], - [ - "Funding round of \\$105 million
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to \\$208 million." - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com - Anthony
Casalena was 17 when he got
his first job as a programmer
for a start-up called
HyperOffice, a software
company that makes e-mail and
contact management
applications for the Web.
Hired as an intern, he became
a regular programmer after two
weeks and rewrote the main
product line." - ], - [ - "The fossilized neck bones of a
230-million-year-old sea
creature have features
suggesting that the animal
#39;s snakelike throat could
flare open and create suction
that would pull in prey." - ], - [ - "IBM late on Tuesday announced
the biggest update of its
popular WebSphere business
software in two years, adding
features such as automatically
detecting and fixing problems." - ], - [ - "AP - British entrepreneur
Richard Branson said Monday
that his company plans to
launch commercial space
flights over the next few
years." - ], - [ - "A group of Internet security
and instant messaging
providers have teamed up to
detect and thwart the growing
threat of IM and peer-to-peer
viruses and worms, they said
this week." - ], - [ - "His first space flight was in
1965 when he piloted the first
manned Gemini mission. Later
he made two trips to the moon
-- orbiting during a 1969
flight and then walking on the
lunar surface during a mission
in 1972." - ], - [ - "By RACHEL KONRAD SAN
FRANCISCO (AP) -- EBay Inc.,
which has been aggressively
expanding in Asia, plans to
increase its stake in South
Korea's largest online auction
company. The Internet
auction giant said Tuesday
night that it would purchase
nearly 3 million publicly held
shares of Internet Auction
Co..." - ], - [ - "AP - China's biggest computer
maker, Lenovo Group, said
Wednesday it has acquired a
majority stake in
International Business
Machines Corp.'s personal
computer business for
#36;1.75 billion, one of the
biggest Chinese overseas
acquisitions ever." - ], - [ - "Big evolutionary insights
sometimes come in little
packages. Witness the
startling discovery, in a cave
on the eastern Indonesian
island of Flores, of the
partial skeleton of a half-
size Homo species that" - ], - [ - "Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader
may get all the glory, but a
new Star Wars video game
finally gives credit to the
everyday grunts who couldn
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Federal authorities raided
three Washington, D.C.-area
video game stores and arrested
two people for modifying
video game consoles to play
pirated video games, a video
game industry group said on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Thornbugs communicate by
vibrating the branches they
live on. Now scientists are
discovering just what the bugs
are \"saying.\"" - ], - [ - "Federal prosecutors cracked a
global cartel that had
illegally fixed prices of
memory chips in personal
computers and servers for
three years." - ], - [ - "AP - Oracle Corp. CEO Larry
Ellison reiterated his
determination to prevail in a
long-running takeover battle
with rival business software
maker PeopleSoft Inc.,
predicting the proposed deal
will create a more competitive
company with improved customer
service." - ], - [ - "AP - Scientists warned Tuesday
that a long-term increase in
global temperature of 3.5
degrees could threaten Latin
American water supplies,
reduce food yields in Asia and
result in a rise in extreme
weather conditions in the
Caribbean." - ], - [ - "AP - Further proof New York's
real estate market is
inflated: The city plans to
sell space on top of lampposts
to wireless phone companies
for #36;21.6 million a year." - ], - [ - "The rollout of new servers and
networking switches in stores
is part of a five-year
agreement supporting 7-Eleven
#39;s Retail Information
System." - ], - [ - "Top Hollywood studios have
launched a wave of court cases
against internet users who
illegally download film files.
The Motion Picture Association
of America, which acts as the
representative of major film" - ], - [ - "AUSTRALIANS went into a
television-buying frenzy the
run-up to the Athens Olympics,
suggesting that as a nation we
could easily have scored a
gold medal for TV purchasing." - ], - [ - "The next time you are in your
bedroom with your PC plus
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think that your privacy is all
intact. If you have a Webcam
plugged into an infected
computer, there is a
possibility that" - ], - [ - "AP - Shawn Fanning's Napster
software enabled countless
music fans to swap songs on
the Internet for free, turning
him into the recording
industry's enemy No. 1 in the
process." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Walt Disney Co.
is\\increasing investment in
video games for hand-held
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acquisitions of small game
publishers and\\developers,
Disney consumer products
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week banned commercial trade
in the rare Irrawaddy dolphin,
a move environmentalists said
was needed to save the
threatened species." - ], - [ - "PC World - Updated antivirus
software for businesses adds
intrusion prevention features." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Online media company
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start\\pages for its popular
Yahoo.com and My.Yahoo.com
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thousands or even millions of
asteroids from another
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encounter more than four
billion years ago, astronomers
are reporting." - ], - [ - "Thumb through the book - then
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Inc. on Monday released an
update for Apple Remote
Desktop (ARD), the company's
software solution to assist
Mac system administrators and
computer managers with asset
management, software
distribution and help desk
support. ARD 2.1 includes
several enhancements and bug
fixes." - ], - [ - "The fastest-swiveling space
science observatory ever built
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million downloads of its
Windows-based Web search
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desktop search product that
users are saying is far ..." - ], - [ - "The DVD Forum moved a step
further toward the advent of
HD DVD media and drives with
the approval of key physical
specifications at a meeting of
the organisations steering
committee last week." - ], - [ - "Often pigeonholed as just a
seller of televisions and DVD
players, Royal Philips
Electronics said third-quarter
profit surged despite a slide
into the red by its consumer
electronics division." - ], - [ - "AP - Google, the Internet
search engine, has done
something that law enforcement
officials and their computer
tools could not: Identify a
man who died in an apparent
hit-and-run accident 11 years
ago in this small town outside
Yakima." - ], - [ - "We are all used to IE getting
a monthly new security bug
found, but Winamp? In fact,
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flaw found in the application." - ], - [ - "The Apache Software Foundation
and the Debian Project said
they won't support the Sender
ID e-mail authentication
standard in their products." - ], - [ - "USATODAY.com - The newly
restored THX 1138 arrives on
DVD today with Star Wars
creator George Lucas' vision
of a Brave New World-like
future." - ], - [ - "The chances of scientists
making any one of five
discoveries by 2010 have been
hugely underestimated,
according to bookmakers." - ], - [ - "Deepening its commitment to
help corporate users create
SOAs (service-oriented
architectures) through the use
of Web services, IBM's Global
Services unit on Thursday
announced the formation of an
SOA Management Practice." - ], - [ - "Toshiba Corp. #39;s new
desktop-replacement multimedia
notebooks, introduced on
Tuesday, are further evidence
that US consumers still have
yet to embrace the mobility
offered by Intel Corp." - ], - [ - "Aregular Amazon customer,
Yvette Thompson has found
shopping online to be mostly
convenient and trouble-free.
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two CDs on Amazon.com, the
Silver Spring reader
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charged for the \\$26.98 order.
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described its new Preminet
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virtually every turn, Intel
Corp. executives are heaping
praise on an emerging long-
range wireless technology
known as WiMAX, which can
blanket entire cities with
high-speed Internet access." - ], - [ - "Phishing is one of the
fastest-growing forms of
personal fraud in the world.
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obvious victims, the damage
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oil-rich Alpine field on
Alaska's North Slope." - ], - [ - "Atari has opened the initial
sign-up phase of the closed
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title, Dragonshard." - ], - [ - "Big Blue adds features, beefs
up training efforts in China;
rival Unisys debuts new line
and pricing plan." - ], - [ - "South Korea's Hynix
Semiconductor Inc. and Swiss-
based STMicroelectronics NV
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agreement on Tuesday to
construct a memory chip
manufacturing plant in Wuxi,
about 100 kilometers west of
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dismissively of course - that
wasn #39;t going to try to
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Germany's Postbank\\(DPBGn.DE)
fell for an e-mail fraud that
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transfer codes to a bogus Web
site -- the first case of\\this
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technology goods, services,
and staff will grow seven
percent in 2005 and continue
at a similar pace through
2008, according to a study
released Monday by Forrester
Research." - ], - [ - "Look, Ma, no hands! The U.S.
space agency's latest
spacecraft can run an entire
mission by itself. By Amit
Asaravala." - ], - [ - "Joining America Online,
EarthLink and Yahoo against
spamming, Microsoft Corp.
today announced the filing of
three new anti-Spam lawsuits
under the CAN-SPAM federal law
as part of its initiative in
solving the Spam problem for
Internet users worldwide." - ], - [ - "A nationwide inspection shows
Internet users are not as safe
online as they believe. The
inspections found most
consumers have no firewall
protection, outdated antivirus
software and dozens of spyware
programs secretly running on
their computers." - ], - [ - "More than three out of four
(76 percent) consumers are
experiencing an increase in
spoofing and phishing
incidents, and 35 percent
receive fake e-mails at least
once a week, according to a
recent national study." - ], - [ - "AP - Deep in the Atlantic
Ocean, undersea explorers are
living a safer life thanks to
germ-fighting clothing made in
Kinston." - ], - [ - "Computer Associates Monday
announced the general
availability of three
Unicenter performance
management products for
mainframe data management." - ], - [ - "Reuters - The European Union
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misleading by Britain #39;s
Advertising Standards
Authority (ASA)." - ], - [ - "The retail sector overall may
be reporting a sluggish start
to the season, but holiday
shoppers are scooping up tech
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British Mars lander." - ], - [ - "Survey points to popularity in
Europe, the Middle East and
Asia of receivers that skip
the pay TV and focus on free
programming." - ], - [ - "Linux publisher Red Hat Inc.
said Tuesday that information-
technology consulting firm
Unisys Corp. will begin
offering a business version of
the company #39;s open-source
operating system on its
servers." - ], - [ - "IBM's p5-575, a specialized
server geared for high-
performance computing, has
eight 1.9GHz Power5
processors." - ], - [ - "Reuters - British police said
on Monday they had\\charged a
man with sending hoax emails
to relatives of people\\missing
since the Asian tsunami,
saying their loved ones
had\\been confirmed dead." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES - On Sept. 1,
former secretary of
Agriculture Dan Glickman
replaced the legendary Jack
Valenti as president and CEO
of Hollywood #39;s trade
group, the Motion Picture
Association of America." - ], - [ - "The director of the National
Hurricane Center stays calm in
the midst of a storm, but
wants everyone in hurricane-
prone areas to get the message
from his media advisories:
Respect the storm's power and
make proper response plans." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO Several
California cities and
counties, including Los
Angeles and San Francisco, are
suing Microsoft for what could
amount to billions of dollars." - ], - [ - "Google plans to release a
version of its desktop search
tool for computers that run
Apple Computer #39;s Mac
operating system, Google #39;s
chief executive, Eric Schmidt,
said Friday." - ], - [ - "AMD : sicurezza e prestazioni
ottimali con il nuovo
processore mobile per notebook
leggeri e sottili; Acer Inc.
preme sull #39;acceleratore
con il nuovo notebook a
marchio Ferrari." - ], - [ - "Firefox use around the world
climbed 34 percent in the last
month, according to a report
published by Web analytics
company WebSideStory Monday." - ], - [ - "If a plastic card that gives
you credit for something you
don't want isn't your idea of
a great gift, you can put it
up for sale or swap." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON Aug. 17, 2004
Scientists are planning to
take the pulse of the planet
and more in an effort to
improve weather forecasts,
predict energy needs months in
advance, anticipate disease
outbreaks and even tell
fishermen where the catch will
be ..." - ], - [ - "New communications technology
could spawn future products.
Could your purse tell you to
bring an umbrella?" - ], - [ - "SAP has won a \\$35 million
contract to install its human
resources software for the US
Postal Service. The NetWeaver-
based system will replace the
Post Office #39;s current
25-year-old legacy application" - ], - [ - "NewsFactor - For years,
companies large and small have
been convinced that if they
want the sophisticated
functionality of enterprise-
class software like ERP and
CRM systems, they must buy
pre-packaged applications.
And, to a large extent, that
remains true." - ], - [ - "Following in the footsteps of
the RIAA, the MPAA (Motion
Picture Association of
America) announced that they
have began filing lawsuits
against people who use peer-
to-peer software to download
copyrighted movies off the
Internet." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - At a special
music event featuring Bono and
The Edge from rock group U2
held on Tuesday, Apple took
the wraps off the iPod Photo,
a color iPod available in 40GB
or 60GB storage capacities.
The company also introduced
the iPod U2, a special edition
of Apple's 20GB player clad in
black, equipped with a red
Click Wheel and featuring
engraved U2 band member
signatures. The iPod Photo is
available immediately, and
Apple expects the iPod U2 to
ship in mid-November." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Oracle Corp is
likely to win clearance\\from
the European Commission for
its hostile #36;7.7
billion\\takeover of rival
software firm PeopleSoft Inc.,
a source close\\to the
situation said on Friday." - ], - [ - "IBM (Quote, Chart) said it
would spend a quarter of a
billion dollars over the next
year and a half to grow its
RFID (define) business." - ], - [ - "SPACE.com - NASA released one
of the best pictures ever made
of Saturn's moon Titan as the
Cassini spacecraft begins a
close-up inspection of the
satellite today. Cassini is
making the nearest flyby ever
of the smog-shrouded moon." - ], - [ - "ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, NS - Nova
Scotia Power officials
continued to keep the sluice
gates open at one of the
utility #39;s hydroelectric
plants Wednesday in hopes a
wayward whale would leave the
area and head for the open
waters of the Bay of Fundy." - ], - [ - "In fact, Larry Ellison
compares himself to the
warlord, according to
PeopleSoft's former CEO,
defending previous remarks he
made." - ], - [ - "You can empty your pockets of
change, take off your belt and
shoes and stick your keys in
the little tray. But if you've
had radiation therapy
recently, you still might set
off Homeland Security alarms." - ], - [ - "SEOUL, Oct 19 Asia Pulse -
LG.Philips LCD Co.
(KSE:034220), the world #39;s
second-largest maker of liquid
crystal display (LCD), said
Tuesday it has developed the
world #39;s largest organic
light emitting diode" - ], - [ - "Security experts warn of
banner ads with a bad attitude
--and a link to malicious
code. Also: Phishers, be gone." - ], - [ - "com October 15, 2004, 5:11 AM
PT. Wood paneling and chrome
made your dad #39;s station
wagon look like a million
bucks, and they might also be
just the ticket for Microsoft
#39;s fledgling" - ], - [ - "Computer Associates
International yesterday
reported a 6 increase in
revenue during its second
fiscal quarter, but posted a
\\$94 million loss after paying
to settle government
investigations into the
company, it said yesterday." - ], - [ - "PC World - Send your video
throughout your house--
wirelessly--with new gateways
and media adapters." - ], - [ - "Links to this week's topics
from search engine forums
across the web: New MSN Search
Goes LIVE in Beta - Microsoft
To Launch New Search Engine -
Google Launches 'Google
Advertising Professionals' -
Organic vs Paid Traffic ROI? -
Making Money With AdWords? -
Link Building 101" - ], - [ - "Eight conservation groups are
fighting the US government
over a plan to poison
thousands of prairie dogs in
the grasslands of South
Dakota, saying wildlife should
not take a backseat to
ranching interests." - ], - [ - "Siding with chip makers,
Microsoft said it won't charge
double for its per-processor
licenses when dual-core chips
come to market next year." - ], - [ - "IBM and the Spanish government
have introduced a new
supercomputer they hope will
be the most powerful in
Europe, and one of the 10 most
powerful in the world." - ], - [ - "Mozilla's new web browser is
smart, fast and user-friendly
while offering a slew of
advanced, customizable
functions. By Michelle Delio." - ], - [ - "originally offered on notebook
PCs -- to its Opteron 32- and
64-bit x86 processors for
server applications. The
technology will help servers
to run" - ], - [ - "MacCentral - After Apple
unveiled the iMac G5 in Paris
this week, Vice President of
Hardware Product Marketing
Greg Joswiak gave Macworld
editors a guided tour of the
desktop's new design. Among
the topics of conversation:
the iMac's cooling system, why
pre-installed Bluetooth
functionality and FireWire 800
were left out, and how this
new model fits in with Apple's
objectives." - ], - [ - "We #39;ve known about
quot;strained silicon quot;
for a while--but now there
#39;s a better way to do it.
Straining silicon improves
chip performance." - ], - [ - "This week, Sir Richard Branson
announced his new company,
Virgin Galactic, has the
rights to the first commercial
flights into space." - ], - [ - "71-inch HDTV comes with a home
stereo system and components
painted in 24-karat gold." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - RealNetworks Inc.
said on Tuesday that it has
sold more than a million songs
at its online music store
since slashing prices last
week as part of a limited-time
sale aimed at growing the user
base of its new digital media
software." - ], - [ - "With the presidential election
less than six weeks away,
activists and security experts
are ratcheting up concern over
the use of touch-screen
machines to cast votes.
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Ratings) - Yahoo! Inc
(YHOO.NAS) has agreed to
acquire Musicmatch Inc, a
privately held digital music
software company, for about
\\$160 million in cash." - ], - [ - "Gov. Rod Blagojevich plans to
propose a ban Thursday on the
sale of violent and sexually
explicit video games to
minors, something other states
have tried with little
success." - ], - [ - "A cable channel plans to
resurrect each of the 1,230
regular-season games listed on
the league's defunct 2004-2005
schedule by setting them in
motion on a video game
console." - ], - [ - "SiliconValley.com - When
\"Halo\" became a smash video
game hit following Microsoft's
launch of the Xbox console in
2001, it was a no-brainer that
there would be a sequel to the
science fiction shoot-em-up." - ], - [ - "PARIS -- The city of Paris
intends to reduce its
dependence on software
suppliers with \"de facto
monopolies,\" but considers an
immediate switch of its 17,000
desktops to open source
software too costly, it said
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "The vast majority of consumers
are unaware that an Apple iPod
digital music player only
plays proprietary iTunes
files, while a smaller
majority agree that it is
within RealNetworks #39;
rights to develop a program
that will make its music files
compatible" - ], - [ - " PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Reuters) -
You change the oil in your car
every 5,000 miles or so. You
clean your house every week or
two. Your PC needs regular
maintenance as well --
especially if you're using
Windows and you spend a lot of
time on the Internet." - ], - [ - "The Motley Fool - Here's
something you don't see every
day -- the continuing brouhaha
between Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL -
News) and PeopleSoft (Nasdaq:
PSFT - News) being a notable
exception. South Africa's
Harmony Gold Mining Company
(NYSE: HMY - News) has
announced a hostile takeover
bid to acquire fellow South
African miner Gold Fields
Limited (NYSE: GFI - News).
The transaction, if it takes
place, would be an all-stock
acquisition, with Harmony
issuing 1.275 new shares in
payment for each share of Gold
Fields. The deal would value
Gold Fields at more than
#36;8 billion. ..." - ], - [ - "SPACE.com - NASA's Mars \\rover
Opportunity nbsp;will back its
\\way out of a nbsp;crater it
has spent four months
exploring after reaching
terrain nbsp;that appears \\too
treacherous to tread. nbsp;" - ], - [ - "Sony Corp. announced Tuesday a
new 20 gigabyte digital music
player with MP3 support that
will be available in Great
Britain and Japan before
Christmas and elsewhere in
Europe in early 2005." - ], - [ - "TOKYO (AP) -- The electronics
and entertainment giant Sony
Corp. (SNE) is talking with
Wal-Mart Stores Inc..." - ], - [ - "After an unprecedented span of
just five days, SpaceShipOne
is ready for a return trip to
space on Monday, its final
flight to clinch a \\$10
million prize." - ], - [ - "Hi-tech monitoring of
livestock at pig farms could
help improve the animal growth
process and reduce costs." - ], - [ - "Cable amp; Wireless plc
(NYSE: CWP - message board) is
significantly ramping up its
investment in local loop
unbundling (LLU) in the UK,
and it plans to spend up to 85
million (\\$152." - ], - [ - "AFP - Microsoft said that it
had launched a new desktop
search tool that allows
personal computer users to
find documents or messages on
their PCs." - ], - [ - "The three largest computer
makers spearheaded a program
today designed to standardize
working conditions for their
non-US workers." - ], - [ - "Description: Illinois Gov. Rod
Blagojevich is backing state
legislation that would ban
sales or rentals of video
games with graphic sexual or
violent content to children
under 18." - ], - [ - "Are you bidding on keywords
through Overture's Precision
Match, Google's AdWords or
another pay-for-placement
service? If so, you're
eligible to participate in
their contextual advertising
programs." - ], - [ - "Nobel Laureate Wilkins, 87,
played an important role in
the discovery of the double
helix structure of DNA, the
molecule that carries our
quot;life code quot;,
Kazinform refers to BBC News." - ], - [ - "A number of signs point to
increasing demand for tech
workers, but not all the
clouds have been driven away." - ], - [ - "Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O:
Quote, Profile, Research)
filed nine new lawsuits
against spammers who send
unsolicited e-mail, including
an e-mail marketing Web
hosting company, the world
#39;s largest software maker
said on Thursday." - ], - [ - "The rocket plane SpaceShipOne
is just one flight away from
claiming the Ansari X-Prize, a
\\$10m award designed to kick-
start private space travel." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Three American
scientists won the\\2004 Nobel
physics prize on Tuesday for
showing how tiny
quark\\particles interact,
helping to explain everything
from how a\\coin spins to how
the universe was built." - ], - [ - "AP - Sharp Electronics Corp.
plans to stop selling its
Linux-based handheld computer
in the United States, another
sign of the slowing market for
personal digital assistants." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Glaciers once held
up by a floating\\ice shelf off
Antarctica are now sliding off
into the sea --\\and they are
going fast, scientists said on
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Warning lights flashed
atop four police cars as the
caravan wound its way up the
driveway in a procession fit
for a presidential candidate.
At long last, Azy and Indah
had arrived. They even flew
through a hurricane to get
here." - ], - [ - "\\Female undergraduates work
harder and are more open-
minded than males, leading to
better results, say
scientists." - ], - [ - "The United Nations annual
World Robotics Survey predicts
the use of robots around the
home will surge seven-fold by
2007. The boom is expected to
be seen in robots that can mow
lawns and vacuum floors, among
other chores." - ], - [ - "Want to dive deep -- really
deep -- into the technical
literature about search
engines? Here's a road map to
some of the best web
information retrieval
resources available online." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Ancel Keys, a
pioneer in public health\\best
known for identifying the
connection between
a\\cholesterol-rich diet and
heart disease, has died." - ], - [ - "Reuters - T-Mobile USA, the
U.S. wireless unit\\of Deutsche
Telekom AG (DTEGn.DE), does
not expect to offer\\broadband
mobile data services for at
least the next two years,\\its
chief executive said on
Thursday." - ], - [ - "Verizon Communications is
stepping further into video as
a way to compete against cable
companies." - ], - [ - "Oracle Corp. plans to release
the latest version of its CRM
(customer relationship
management) applications
within the next two months, as
part of an ongoing update of
its E-Business Suite." - ], - [ - "Hosted CRM service provider
Salesforce.com took another
step forward last week in its
strategy to build an online
ecosystem of vendors that
offer software as a service." - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com -
Technology giants IBM and
Hewlett-Packard are injecting
hundreds of millions of
dollars into radio-frequency
identification technology,
which aims to advance the
tracking of items from ho-hum
bar codes to smart tags packed
with data." - ], - [ - "The Norfolk Broads are on
their way to getting a clean
bill of ecological health
after a century of stagnation." - ], - [ - "For the second time this year,
an alliance of major Internet
providers - including Atlanta-
based EarthLink -iled a
coordinated group of lawsuits
aimed at stemming the flood of
online junk mail." - ], - [ - "Via Technologies has released
a version of the open-source
Xine media player that is
designed to take advantage of
hardware digital video
acceleration capabilities in
two of the company #39;s PC
chipsets, the CN400 and
CLE266." - ], - [ - "SCO Group has a plan to keep
itself fit enough to continue
its legal battles against
Linux and to develop its Unix-
on-Intel operating systems." - ], - [ - "New software helps corporate
travel managers track down
business travelers who
overspend. But it also poses a
dilemma for honest travelers
who are only trying to save
money." - ], - [ - "NATO Secretary-General Jaap de
Hoop Scheffer has called a
meeting of NATO states and
Russia on Tuesday to discuss
the siege of a school by
Chechen separatists in which
more than 335 people died, a
NATO spokesman said." - ], - [ - "AFP - Senior executives at
business software group
PeopleSoft unanimously
recommended that its
shareholders reject a 8.8
billion dollar takeover bid
from Oracle Corp, PeopleSoft
said in a statement Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Neolithic people in
China may have\\been the first
in the world to make wine,
according to\\scientists who
have found the earliest
evidence of winemaking\\from
pottery shards dating from
7,000 BC in northern China." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Electronics
conglomerate Sony Corp.
unveiled eight new flat-screen
televisions on Thursday in a
product push it hopes will
help it secure a leading 35
percent of the domestic
market in the key month of
December." - ], - [ - "Donald Halsted, one target of
a class-action suit alleging
financial improprieties at
bankrupt Polaroid, officially
becomes CFO." - ], - [ - "The 7710 model features a
touch screen, pen input, a
digital camera, an Internet
browser, a radio, video
playback and streaming and
recording capabilities, the
company said." - ], - [ - "A top Red Hat executive has
attacked the open-source
credentials of its sometime
business partner Sun
Microsystems. In a Web log
posting Thursday, Michael
Tiemann, Red Hat #39;s vice
president of open-source
affairs" - ], - [ - "MySQL developers turn to an
unlikely source for database
tool: Microsoft. Also: SGI
visualizes Linux, and the
return of Java veteran Kim
Polese." - ], - [ - "Dell Inc. said its profit
surged 25 percent in the third
quarter as the world's largest
personal computer maker posted
record sales due to rising
technology spending in the
corporate and government
sectors in the United States
and abroad." - ], - [ - "Reuters - SBC Communications
said on Monday it\\would offer
a television set-top box that
can handle music,\\photos and
Internet downloads, part of
SBC's efforts to expand\\into
home entertainment." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hopes
-- and worries -- that U.S.
regulators will soon end the
ban on using wireless phones
during U.S. commercial flights
are likely at least a year or
two early, government
officials and analysts say." - ], - [ - "After a year of pilots and
trials, Siebel Systems jumped
with both feet into the SMB
market Tuesday, announcing a
new approach to offer Siebel
Professional CRM applications
to SMBs (small and midsize
businesses) -- companies with
revenues up to about \\$500
million." - ], - [ - "Intel won't release a 4-GHz
version of its flagship
Pentium 4 product, having
decided instead to realign its
engineers around the company's
new design priorities, an
Intel spokesman said today.
\\\\" - ], - [ - "AP - A Soyuz spacecraft
carrying two Russians and an
American rocketed closer
Friday to its docking with the
international space station,
where the current three-man
crew made final departure
preparations." - ], - [ - "Scientists have manipulated
carbon atoms to create a
material that could be used to
create light-based, versus
electronic, switches. The
material could lead to a
supercharged Internet based
entirely on light, scientists
say." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES (Reuters)
Qualcomm has dropped an \\$18
million claim for monetary
damages from rival Texas
Instruments for publicly
discussing terms of a
licensing pact, a TI
spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Hewlett-Packard is the latest
IT vendor to try blogging. But
analysts wonder if the weblog
trend is the 21st century
equivalent of CB radios, which
made a big splash in the 1970s
before fading." - ], - [ - "The scientists behind Dolly
the sheep apply for a license
to clone human embryos. They
want to take stem cells from
the embryos to study Lou
Gehrig's disease." - ], - [ - "Some of the silly tunes
Japanese pay to download to
use as the ring tone for their
mobile phones sure have their
knockers, but it #39;s for
precisely that reason that a
well-known counselor is raking
it in at the moment, according
to Shukan Gendai (10/2)." - ], - [ - "IBM announced yesterday that
it will invest US\\$250 million
(S\\$425 million) over the next
five years and employ 1,000
people in a new business unit
to support products and
services related to sensor
networks." - ], - [ - "AP - Microsoft Corp. goes into
round two Friday of its battle
to get the European Union's
sweeping antitrust ruling
lifted having told a judge
that it had been prepared
during settlement talks to
share more software code with
its rivals than the EU
ultimately demanded." - ], - [ - "AP - Sears, Roebuck and Co.,
which has successfully sold
its tools and appliances on
the Web, is counting on having
the same magic with bedspreads
and sweaters, thanks in part
to expertise gained by its
purchase of Lands' End Inc." - ], - [ - "Austin police are working with
overseas officials to bring
charges against an English man
for sexual assault of a child,
a second-degree felony." - ], - [ - "San Francisco
developer/publisher lands
coveted Paramount sci-fi
license, \\$6.5 million in
funding on same day. Although
it is less than two years old,
Perpetual Entertainment has
acquired one of the most
coveted sci-fi licenses on the
market." - ], - [ - "By KELLY WIESE JEFFERSON
CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri
will allow members of the
military stationed overseas to
return absentee ballots via
e-mail, raising concerns from
Internet security experts
about fraud and ballot
secrecy..." - ], - [ - "Avis Europe PLC has dumped a
new ERP system based on
software from PeopleSoft Inc.
before it was even rolled out,
citing substantial delays and
higher-than-expected costs." - ], - [ - "Yahoo #39;s (Quote, Chart)
public embrace of the RSS
content syndication format
took a major leap forward with
the release of a revamped My
Yahoo portal seeking to
introduce the technology to
mainstream consumers." - ], - [ - "TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese
electronics and entertainment
giant Sony Corp. (SNE) plans
to begin selling a camcorder
designed for consumers that
takes video at digital high-
definition quality and is
being priced at about
\\$3,600..." - ], - [ - "In a meeting of the cinematic
with the scientific, Hollywood
helicopter stunt pilots will
try to snatch a returning NASA
space probe out of the air
before it hits the ground." - ], - [ - "Legend has it (incorrectly, it
seems) that infamous bank
robber Willie Sutton, when
asked why banks were his
favorite target, responded,
quot;Because that #39;s where
the money is." - ], - [ - "Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and
Purdue Pharma are the first
drugmakers willing to take the
plunge and use radio frequency
identification technology to
protect their US drug supply
chains from counterfeiters." - ], - [ - "Search any fee-based digital
music service for the best-
loved musical artists of the
20th century and most of the
expected names show up." - ], - [ - "America Online Inc. is
packaging new features to
combat viruses, spam and
spyware in response to growing
online security threats.
Subscribers will be able to
get the free tools" - ], - [ - "CAPE CANAVERAL-- NASA aims to
launch its first post-Columbia
shuttle mission during a
shortened nine-day window
March, and failure to do so
likely would delay a planned
return to flight until at
least May." - ], - [ - "The Chinese city of Beijing
has cancelled an order for
Microsoft software, apparently
bowing to protectionist
sentiment. The deal has come
under fire in China, which is
trying to build a domestic
software industry." - ], - [ - "Apple says it will deliver its
iTunes music service to more
European countries next month.
Corroborating several reports
in recent months, Reuters is
reporting today that Apple
Computer is planning the next" - ], - [ - "Reuters - Motorola Inc., the
world's\\second-largest mobile
phone maker, said on Tuesday
it expects\\to sustain strong
sales growth in the second
half of 2004\\thanks to new
handsets with innovative
designs and features." - ], - [ - "PRAGUE, Czech Republic --
Eugene Cernan, the last man to
walk on the moon during the
final Apollo landing, said
Thursday he doesn't expect
space tourism to become
reality in the near future,
despite a strong demand.
Cernan, now 70, who was
commander of NASA's Apollo 17
mission and set foot on the
lunar surface in December 1972
during his third space flight,
acknowledged that \"there are
many people interested in
space tourism.\" But the
former astronaut said he
believed \"we are a long way
away from the day when we can
send a bus of tourists to the
moon.\" He spoke to reporters
before being awarded a medal
by the Czech Academy of
Sciences for his contribution
to science..." - ], - [ - "Never shy about entering a
market late, Microsoft Corp.
is planning to open the
virtual doors of its long-
planned Internet music store
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Thursday, giant panda cub Mei
Sheng delighted visitors by
playing for the first time in
snow delivered to him at the
San Diego Zoo. He also sat on
his ice cake, wrestled with
his mom, got his coat
incredibly dirty, and didn't
read any of the more than 700
birthday wishes sent him via
e-mail from as far away as
Ireland and Argentina." - ], - [ - "AP - Researchers put a
satellite tracking device on a
15-foot shark that appeared to
be lost in shallow water off
Cape Cod, the first time a
great white has been tagged
that way in the Atlantic." - ], - [ - "The Windows Future Storage
(WinFS) technology that got
cut out of Windows
quot;Longhorn quot; is in
serious trouble, and not just
the hot water a feature might
encounter for missing its
intended production vehicle." - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com - Let the
games begin. Not the Olympics
again, but the all-out battle
between video game giants Sony
Corp. and Nintendo Co. Ltd.
The two Japanese companies are
rolling out new gaming
consoles, but Nintendo has
beaten Sony to the punch by
announcing an earlier launch
date for its new hand-held
game player." - ], - [ - "AP - Echoing what NASA
officials said a day earlier,
a Russian space official on
Friday said the two-man crew
on the international space
station could be forced to
return to Earth if a planned
resupply flight cannot reach
them with food supplies later
this month." - ], - [ - "InfoWorld - SANTA CLARA,
CALIF. -- Accommodating large
patch sets in Linux is
expected to mean forking off
of the 2.7 version of the
platform to accommodate these
changes, according to Andrew
Morton, lead maintainer of the
Linux kernel for Open Source
Development Labs (OSDL)." - ], - [ - "AMSTERDAM The mobile phone
giants Vodafone and Nokia
teamed up on Thursday to
simplify cellphone software
written with the Java computer
language." - ], - [ - "The overall Linux market is
far larger than previous
estimates show, a new study
says. In an analysis of the
Linux market released late
Tuesday, market research firm
IDC estimated that the Linux
market -- including" - ], - [ - "By PAUL ELIAS SAN FRANCISCO
(AP) -- Several California
cities and counties, including
San Francisco and Los Angeles,
sued Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) on
Friday, accusing the software
giant of illegally charging
inflated prices for its
products because of monopoly
control of the personal
computer operating system
market..." - ], - [ - "Public opinion of the database
giant sinks to 12-year low, a
new report indicates." - ], - [ - "For spammers, it #39;s been a
summer of love. Two newly
issued reports tracking the
circulation of unsolicited
e-mails say pornographic spam
dominated this summer, nearly
all of it originating from
Internet addresses in North
America." - ], - [ - "Microsoft portrayed its
Longhorn decision as a
necessary winnowing to hit the
2006 timetable. The
announcement on Friday,
Microsoft executives insisted,
did not point to a setback in
software" - ], - [ - "A problem in the Service Pack
2 update for Windows XP may
keep owners of AMD-based
computers from using the long-
awaited security package,
according to Microsoft." - ], - [ - "Five years ago, running a
telephone company was an
immensely profitable
proposition. Since then, those
profits have inexorably
declined, and now that decline
has taken another gut-
wrenching dip." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - The litigious
Recording Industry Association
of America (RIAA) is involved
in another legal dispute with
a P-to-P (peer-to-peer)
technology maker, but this
time, the RIAA is on defense.
Altnet Inc. filed a lawsuit
Wednesday accusing the RIAA
and several of its partners of
infringing an Altnet patent
covering technology for
identifying requested files on
a P-to-P network." - ], - [ - "For two weeks before MTV
debuted U2 #39;s video for the
new single quot;Vertigo,
quot; fans had a chance to see
the band perform the song on
TV -- in an iPod commercial." - ], - [ - "Oct. 26, 2004 - The US-
European spacecraft Cassini-
Huygens on Tuesday made a
historic flyby of Titan,
Saturn #39;s largest moon,
passing so low as to almost
touch the fringes of its
atmosphere." - ], - [ - "Reuters - A volcano in central
Japan sent smoke and\\ash high
into the sky and spat out
molten rock as it erupted\\for
a fourth straight day on
Friday, but experts said the
peak\\appeared to be quieting
slightly." - ], - [ - "Shares of Google Inc. made
their market debut on Thursday
and quickly traded up 19
percent at \\$101.28. The Web
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public offering priced at \\$85" - ], - [ - "Reuters - Global warming is
melting\\Ecuador's cherished
mountain glaciers and could
cause several\\of them to
disappear over the next two
decades, Ecuadorean and\\French
scientists said on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Rather than tell you, Dan
Kranzler chooses instead to
show you how he turned Mforma
into a worldwide publisher of
video games, ringtones and
other hot downloads for mobile
phones." - ], - [ - "Not being part of a culture
with a highly developed
language, could limit your
thoughts, at least as far as
numbers are concerned, reveals
a new study conducted by a
psychologist at the Columbia
University in New York." - ], - [ - "CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A native of
Red Oak, Iowa, who was a
pioneer in astronomy who
proposed the quot;dirty
snowball quot; theory for the
substance of comets, has died." - ], - [ - "A Portuguese-sounding version
of the virus has appeared in
the wild. Be wary of mail from
Manaus." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Hunters soon may be
able to sit at\\their computers
and blast away at animals on a
Texas ranch via\\the Internet,
a prospect that has state
wildlife officials up\\in arms." - ], - [ - "The Bedminster-based company
yesterday said it was pushing
into 21 new markets with the
service, AT amp;T CallVantage,
and extending an introductory
rate offer until Sept. 30. In
addition, the company is
offering in-home installation
of up to five ..." - ], - [ - "Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
has developed a new LCD
(liquid crystal display)
technology that builds a touch
screen into the display, a
development that could lead to
thinner and cheaper display
panels for mobile phones, the
company said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "The message against illegally
copying CDs for uses such as
in file-sharing over the
Internet has widely sunk in,
said the company in it #39;s
recent announcement to drop
the Copy-Control program." - ], - [ - "Reuters - California will
become hotter and\\drier by the
end of the century, menacing
the valuable wine and\\dairy
industries, even if dramatic
steps are taken to curb\\global
warming, researchers said on
Monday." - ], - [ - "IBM said Monday that it won a
500 million (AUD\\$1.25
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contract to help move UK bank
Lloyds TBS from its
traditional voice
infrastructure to a converged
voice and data network." - ], - [ - "Space shuttle astronauts will
fly next year without the
ability to repair in orbit the
type of damage that destroyed
the Columbia vehicle in
February 2003." - ], - [ - "By cutting WinFS from Longhorn
and indefinitely delaying the
storage system, Microsoft
Corp. has also again delayed
the Microsoft Business
Framework (MBF), a new Windows
programming layer that is
closely tied to WinFS." - ], - [ - "Samsung's new SPH-V5400 mobile
phone sports a built-in
1-inch, 1.5-gigabyte hard disk
that can store about 15 times
more data than conventional
handsets, Samsung said." - ], - [ - "Vendor says it #39;s
developing standards-based
servers in various form
factors for the telecom
market. By Darrell Dunn.
Hewlett-Packard on Thursday
unveiled plans to create a
portfolio of products and
services" - ], - [ - "Ziff Davis - The company this
week will unveil more programs
and technologies designed to
ease users of its high-end
servers onto its Integrity
line, which uses Intel's
64-bit Itanium processor." - ], - [ - "The Mac maker says it will
replace about 28,000 batteries
in one model of PowerBook G4
and tells people to stop using
the notebook." - ], - [ - "Millions of casual US anglers
are having are larger than
appreciated impact on sea fish
stocks, scientists claim." - ], - [ - "Microsoft Xbox Live traffic on
service provider networks
quadrupled following the
November 9th launch of Halo-II
-- which set entertainment
industry records by selling
2.4-million units in the US
and Canada on the first day of
availability, driving cash" - ], - [ - "Lawyers in a California class
action suit against Microsoft
will get less than half the
payout they had hoped for. A
judge in San Francisco ruled
that the attorneys will
collect only \\$112." - ], - [ - "Google Browser May Become
Reality\\\\There has been much
fanfare in the Mozilla fan
camps about the possibility of
Google using Mozilla browser
technology to produce a
GBrowser - the Google Browser.
Over the past two weeks, the
news and speculation has
escalated to the point where
even Google itself is ..." - ], - [ - "Hewlett-Packard has joined
with Brocade to integrate
Brocade #39;s storage area
network switching technology
into HP Bladesystem servers to
reduce the amount of fabric
infrastructure needed in a
datacentre." - ], - [ - "The US Senate Commerce
Committee on Wednesday
approved a measure that would
provide up to \\$1 billion to
ensure consumers can still
watch television when
broadcasters switch to new,
crisp digital signals." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Internet stocks
are\\as volatile as ever, with
growth-starved investors
flocking to\\the sector in the
hope they've bought shares in
the next online\\blue chip." - ], - [ - "NASA has released an inventory
of the scientific devices to
be put on board the Mars
Science Laboratory rover
scheduled to land on the
surface of Mars in 2009, NASAs
news release reads." - ], - [ - "The U.S. Congress needs to
invest more in the U.S.
education system and do more
to encourage broadband
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of Cisco said Wednesday.<p&
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regions will participate the
Fifth China International
Aviation and Aerospace
Exhibition, opening Nov. 1 in
Zhuhai, a city in south China
#39;s Guangdong Province." - ], - [ - "p2pnet.net News:- Virgin
Electronics has joined the mp3
race with a \\$250, five gig
player which also handles
Microsoft #39;s WMA format." - ], - [ - "Microsoft has suspended the
beta testing of the next
version of its MSN Messenger
client because of a potential
security problem, a company
spokeswoman said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Business software maker
Oracle Corp. attacked the
credibility and motives of
PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of
directors Monday, hoping to
rally investor support as the
17-month takeover battle
between the bitter business
software rivals nears a
climactic showdown." - ], - [ - "A new worm has been discovered
in the wild that #39;s not
just settling for invading
users #39; PCs--it wants to
invade their homes too." - ], - [ - "Researchers have for the first
time established the existence
of odd-parity superconductors,
materials that can carry
electric current without any
resistance." - ], - [ - "BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) --
European antitrust regulators
said Monday they have extended
their review of a deal between
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and
Time Warner Inc..." - ], - [ - "Fans who can't get enough of
\"The Apprentice\" can visit a
new companion Web site each
week and watch an extra 40
minutes of video not broadcast
on the Thursday
show.<br><FONT
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suing Google, saying the
search engine company made it
easier for users to see the
site #39;s copyrighted nude
photographs without paying or
gaining access through the
proper channels." - ], - [ - "A Washington-based public
opinion firm has released the
results of an election day
survey of Nevada voters
showing 81 support for the
issuance of paper receipts
when votes are cast
electronically." - ], - [ - "NAPSTER creator SHAWN FANNING
has revealed his plans for a
new licensed file-sharing
service with an almost
unlimited selection of tracks." - ], - [ - "Two separate studies by U.S.
researchers find that super
drug-resistant strains of
tuberculosis are at the
tipping point of a global
epidemic, and only small
changes could help them spread
quickly." - ], - [ - "Dell cut prices on some
servers and PCs by as much as
22 percent because it #39;s
paying less for parts. The
company will pass the savings
on components such as memory
and liquid crystal displays" - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON: The European-
American Cassini-Huygens space
probe has detected traces of
ice flowing on the surface of
Saturn #39;s largest moon,
Titan, suggesting the
existence of an ice volcano,
NASA said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "All ISS systems continue to
function nominally, except
those noted previously or
below. Day 7 of joint
Exp.9/Exp.10 operations and
last full day before 8S
undocking." - ], - [ - " quot;Magic can happen. quot;
Sirius Satellite Radio
(nasdaq: SIRI - news - people
) may have signed Howard Stern
and the men #39;s NCAA
basketball tournaments, but XM
Satellite Radio (nasdaq: XMSR
- news - people ) has its
sights on your cell phone." - ], - [ - "Trick-or-treaters can expect
an early Halloween treat on
Wednesday night, when a total
lunar eclipse makes the moon
look like a glowing pumpkin." - ], - [ - "Sifting through millions of
documents to locate a valuable
few is tedious enough, but
what happens when those files
are scattered across different
repositories?" - ], - [ - "NASA #39;s Mars rovers have
uncovered more tantalizing
evidence of a watery past on
the Red Planet, scientists
said Wednesday. And the
rovers, Spirit and
Opportunity, are continuing to
do their jobs months after
they were expected to ..." - ], - [ - "Intel Chief Technology Officer
Pat Gelsinger said on
Thursday, Sept. 9, that the
Internet needed to be upgraded
in order to deal with problems
that will become real issues
soon." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Television
junkies of the world, get
ready for \"Friends,\" \"Big
Brother\" and \"The Simpsons\" to
phone home." - ], - [ - "I #39;M FEELING a little bit
better about the hundreds of
junk e-mails I get every day
now that I #39;ve read that
someone else has much bigger
e-mail troubles." - ], - [ - "Microsoft's antispam Sender ID
technology continues to get
the cold shoulder. Now AOL
adds its voice to a growing
chorus of businesses and
organizations shunning the
proprietary e-mail
authentication system." - ], - [ - "Through the World Community
Grid, your computer could help
address the world's health and
social problems." - ], - [ - "A planned component for
Microsoft #39;s next version
of Windows is causing
consternation among antivirus
experts, who say that the new
module, a scripting platform
called Microsoft Shell, could
give birth to a whole new
generation of viruses and
remotely" - ], - [ - "SAN JOSE, California Yahoo
will likely have a tough time
getting American courts to
intervene in a dispute over
the sale of Nazi memorabilia
in France after a US appeals
court ruling." - ], - [ - "eBay Style director Constance
White joins Post fashion
editor Robin Givhan and host
Janet Bennett to discuss how
to find trends and bargains
and pull together a wardrobe
online." - ], - [ - "With a sudden shudder, the
ground collapsed and the pipe
pushed upward, buckling into a
humped shape as Cornell
University scientists produced
the first simulated earthquake" - ], - [ - "Microsoft (Quote, Chart) has
fired another salvo in its
ongoing spam battle, this time
against porn peddlers who don
#39;t keep their smut inside
the digital equivalent of a
quot;Brown Paper Wrapper." - ], - [ - " SEATTLE (Reuters) - The next
version of the Windows
operating system, Microsoft
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flagship product, will ship
in 2006, the world's largest
software maker said on
Friday." - ], - [ - "Fossil remains of the oldest
and smallest known ancestor of
Tyrannosaurus rex, the world
#39;s favorite ferocious
dinosaur, have been discovered
in China with evidence that
its body was cloaked in downy
quot;protofeathers." - ], - [ - "People fishing for sport are
doing far more damage to US
marine fish stocks than anyone
thought, accounting for nearly
a quarter of the" - ], - [ - "This particular index is
produced by the University of
Michigan Business School, in
partnership with the American
Society for Quality and CFI
Group, and is supported in
part by ForeSee Results" - ], - [ - "PC World - Symantec, McAfee
hope raising virus-definition
fees will move users to\\
suites." - ], - [ - "By byron kho. A consortium of
movie and record companies
joined forces on Friday to
request that the US Supreme
Court take another look at
peer-to-peer file-sharing
programs." - ], - [ - "LONDON - Wild capuchin monkeys
can understand cause and
effect well enough to use
rocks to dig for food,
scientists have found.
Capuchin monkeys often use
tools and solve problems in
captivity and sometimes" - ], - [ - "The key to hidden treasure
lies in your handheld GPS
unit. GPS-based \"geocaching\"
is a high-tech sport being
played by thousands of people
across the globe." - ], - [ - "The U.S. information tech
sector lost 403,300 jobs
between March 2001 and April
2004, and the market for tech
workers remains bleak,
according to a new report." - ], - [ - "com September 30, 2004, 11:11
AM PT. SanDisk announced
Thursday increased capacities
for several different flash
memory cards. The Sunnyvale,
Calif." - ], - [ - "roundup Plus: Tech firms rally
against copyright bill...Apple
.Mac customers suffer e-mail
glitches...Alvarion expands
wireless broadband in China." - ], - [ - "Red Hat is acquiring security
and authentication tools from
Netscape Security Solutions to
bolster its software arsenal.
Red Hat #39;s CEO and chairman
Matthew Szulik spoke about the
future strategy of the Linux
supplier." - ], - [ - "Global Web portal Yahoo! Inc.
Wednesday night made available
a beta version of a new search
service for videos. Called
Yahoo! Video Search, the
search engine crawls the Web
for different types of media
files" - ], - [ - "Interactive posters at 25
underground stations are
helping Londoners travel
safely over Christmas." - ], - [ - "According to Swiss
authorities, history was made
Sunday when 2723 people in
four communities in canton
Geneva, Switzerland, voted
online in a national federal
referendum." - ], - [ - " Nextel was the big story in
telecommunications yesterday,
thanks to the Reston company's
mega-merger with Sprint, but
the future of wireless may be
percolating in dozens of
Washington area start-ups." - ], - [ - "I have been anticipating this
day like a child waits for
Christmas. Today, PalmOne
introduces the Treo 650, the
answer to my quot;what smart
phone will I buy?" - ], - [ - "Wikipedia has surprised Web
watchers by growing fast and
maturing into one of the most
popular reference sites." - ], - [ - "It only takes 20 minutes on
the Internet for an
unprotected computer running
Microsoft Windows to be taken
over by a hacker. Any personal
or financial information
stored" - ], - [ - "Prices for flash memory cards
-- the little modules used by
digital cameras, handheld
organizers, MP3 players and
cell phones to store pictures,
music and other data -- are
headed down -- way down. Past
trends suggest that prices
will drop 35 percent a year,
but industry analysts think
that rate will be more like 40
or 50 percent this year and
next, due to more
manufacturers entering the
market." - ], - [ - "While the US software giant
Microsoft has achieved almost
sweeping victories in
government procurement
projects in several Chinese
provinces and municipalities,
the process" - ], - [ - "Microsoft Corp. has delayed
automated distribution of a
major security upgrade to its
Windows XP Professional
operating system, citing a
desire to give companies more
time to test it." - ], - [ - "Gateway computers will be more
widely available at Office
Depot, in the PC maker #39;s
latest move to broaden
distribution at retail stores
since acquiring rival
eMachines this year." - ], - [ - "Intel Corp. is refreshing its
64-bit Itanium 2 processor
line with six new chips based
on the Madison core. The new
processors represent the last
single-core Itanium chips that
the Santa Clara, Calif." - ], - [ - "For the first time, broadband
connections are reaching more
than half (51 percent) of the
American online population at
home, according to measurement
taken in July by
Nielsen/NetRatings, a
Milpitas-based Internet
audience measurement and
research ..." - ], - [ - "Consider the New World of
Information - stuff that,
unlike the paper days of the
past, doesn't always
physically exist. You've got
notes, scrawlings and
snippets, Web graphics, photos
and sounds. Stuff needs to be
cut, pasted, highlighted,
annotated, crossed out,
dragged away. And, as Ross
Perot used to say (or maybe it
was Dana Carvey impersonating
him), don't forget the graphs
and charts." - ], - [ - "Major Hollywood studios on
Tuesday announced scores of
lawsuits against computer
server operators worldwide,
including eDonkey, BitTorrent
and DirectConnect networks,
for allowing trading of
pirated movies." - ], - [ - "But will Wi-Fi, high-
definition broadcasts, mobile
messaging and other
enhancements improve the game,
or wreck it?\\<br />
Photos of tech-friendly parks\\" - ], - [ - "On-demand viewing isn't just
for TiVo owners anymore.
Television over internet
protocol, or TVIP, offers
custom programming over
standard copper wires." - ], - [ - "PalmSource #39;s European
developer conference is going
on now in Germany, and this
company is using this
opportunity to show off Palm
OS Cobalt 6.1, the latest
version of its operating
system." - ], - [ - "Speaking to members of the
Massachusetts Software
Council, Microsoft CEO Steve
Ballmer touted a bright future
for technology but warned his
listeners to think twice
before adopting open-source
products like Linux." - ], - [ - "MIAMI - The Trillian instant
messaging (IM) application
will feature several
enhancements in its upcoming
version 3.0, including new
video and audio chat
capabilities, enhanced IM
session logs and integration
with the Wikipedia online
encyclopedia, according to
information posted Friday on
the product developer's Web
site." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Online DVD rental
service Netflix Inc.\\and TiVo
Inc., maker of a digital video
recorder, on Thursday\\said
they have agreed to develop a
joint entertainment\\offering,
driving shares of both
companies higher." - ], - [ - "THIS YULE is all about console
supply and there #39;s
precious little units around,
it has emerged. Nintendo has
announced that it is going to
ship another 400,000 units of
its DS console to the United
States to meet the shortfall
there." - ], - [ - "Annual global semiconductor
sales growth will probably
fall by half in 2005 and
memory chip sales could
collapse as a supply glut saps
prices, world-leading memory
chip maker Samsung Electronics
said on Monday." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Traditional phone
systems may be going the way
of the Pony Express. Voice-
over-Internet Protocol,
technology that allows users
to make and receive phone
calls using the Internet, is
giving the old circuit-
switched system a run for its
money." - ], - [ - "AP - The first U.S. cases of
the fungus soybean rust, which
hinders plant growth and
drastically cuts crop
production, were found at two
research sites in Louisiana,
officials said Wednesday." - ], - [ - " quot;There #39;s no way
anyone would hire them to
fight viruses, quot; said
Sophos security analyst Gregg
Mastoras. quot;For one, no
security firm could maintain
its reputation by employing
hackers." - ], - [ - "Symantec has revoked its
decision to blacklist a
program that allows Web
surfers in China to browse
government-blocked Web sites.
The move follows reports that
the firm labelled the Freegate
program, which" - ], - [ - "Microsoft has signed a pact to
work with the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
to increase computer use,
Internet access and teacher
training in developing
countries." - ], - [ - "roundup Plus: Microsoft tests
Windows Marketplace...Nortel
delays financials
again...Microsoft updates
SharePoint." - ], - [ - "OPEN SOURCE champion Microsoft
is expanding its programme to
give government organisations
some of its source code. In a
communique from the lair of
the Vole, in Redmond,
spinsters have said that
Microsoft" - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON Can you always tell
when somebody #39;s lying? If
so, you might be a wizard of
the fib. A California
psychology professor says
there #39;s a tiny subculture
of people that can pick out a
lie nearly every time they
hear one." - ], - [ - "Type design was once the
province of skilled artisans.
With the help of new computer
programs, neophytes have
flooded the Internet with
their creations." - ], - [ - "RCN Inc., co-owner of
Starpower Communications LLC,
the Washington area
television, telephone and
Internet provider, filed a
plan of reorganization
yesterday that it said puts
the company" - ], - [ - "<strong>Letters</stro
ng> Reports of demise
premature" - ], - [ - "Intel, the world #39;s largest
chip maker, scrapped a plan
Thursday to enter the digital
television chip business,
marking a major retreat from
its push into consumer
electronics." - ], - [ - "The US is the originator of
over 42 of the worlds
unsolicited commercial e-mail,
making it the worst offender
in a league table of the top
12 spam producing countries
published yesterday by anti-
virus firm Sophos." - ], - [ - "Intel is drawing the curtain
on some of its future research
projects to continue making
transistors smaller, faster,
and less power-hungry out as
far as 2020." - ], - [ - "Plus: Experts fear Check 21
could lead to massive bank
fraud." - ], - [ - "By SIOBHAN McDONOUGH
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fewer
American youths are using
marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy,
but more are abusing
prescription drugs, says a
government report released
Thursday. The 2003 National
Survey on Drug Use and Health
also found youths and young
adults are more aware of the
risks of using pot once a
month or more frequently..." - ], - [ - "A TNO engineer prepares to
start capturing images for the
world's biggest digital photo." - ], - [ - "PalmOne is aiming to sharpen
up its image with the launch
of the Treo 650 on Monday. As
previously reported, the smart
phone update has a higher-
resolution screen and a faster
processor than the previous
top-of-the-line model, the
Treo 600." - ], - [ - "kinrowan writes quot;MIT,
inventor of Kerberos, has
announced a pair of
vulnerabities in the software
that will allow an attacker to
either execute a DOS attack or
execute code on the machine." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Former Pink Floyd
mainman Roger\\Waters released
two new songs, both inspired
by the U.S.-led\\invasion of
Iraq, via online download
outlets Tuesday." - ], - [ - "NASA has been working on a
test flight project for the
last few years involving
hypersonic flight. Hypersonic
flight is fight at speeds
greater than Mach 5, or five
times the speed of sound." - ], - [ - "AP - Microsoft Corp. announced
Wednesday that it would offer
a low-cost, localized version
of its Windows XP operating
system in India to tap the
large market potential in this
country of 1 billion people,
most of whom do not speak
English." - ], - [ - "AP - Utah State University has
secured a #36;40 million
contract with NASA to build an
orbiting telescope that will
examine galaxies and try to
find new stars." - ], - [ - "I spend anywhere from three to
eight hours every week
sweating along with a motley
crew of local misfits,
shelving, sorting, and hauling
ton after ton of written
matter in a rowhouse basement
in Baltimore. We have no heat
nor air conditioning, but
still, every week, we come and
work. Volunteer night is
Wednesday, but many of us also
work on the weekends, when
we're open to the public.
There are times when we're
freezing and we have to wear
coats and gloves inside,
making handling books somewhat
tricky; other times, we're all
soaked with sweat, since it's
90 degrees out and the
basement is thick with bodies.
One learns to forget about
personal space when working at
The Book Thing, since you can
scarcely breathe without
bumping into someone, and we
are all so accustomed to
having to scrape by each other
that most of us no longer
bother to say \"excuse me\"
unless some particularly
dramatic brushing occurs." - ], - [ - "Alarmed by software glitches,
security threats and computer
crashes with ATM-like voting
machines, officials from
Washington, D.C., to
California are considering an
alternative from an unlikely
place: Nevada." - ], - [ - "More Americans are quitting
their jobs and taking the risk
of starting a business despite
a still-lackluster job market." - ], - [ - "SPACE.com - With nbsp;food
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slim Virgin Player, which
debuts today and is smaller
than a deck of cards, will
rise as a lead competitor to
Apple's iPod." - ], - [ - "Researchers train a monkey to
feed itself by guiding a
mechanical arm with its mind.
It could be a big step forward
for prosthetics. By David
Cohn." - ], - [ - "AP - Scientists in 17
countries will scout waterways
to locate and study the
world's largest freshwater
fish species, many of which
are declining in numbers,
hoping to learn how to better
protect them, researchers
announced Thursday." - ], - [ - "AP - Google Inc.'s plans to
move ahead with its initial
public stock offering ran into
a roadblock when the
Securities and Exchange
Commission didn't approve the
Internet search giant's
regulatory paperwork as
requested." - ], - [ - "Citing security risks, a state
university is urging students
to drop Internet Explorer in
favor of alternative Web
browsers such as Firefox and
Safari." - ], - [ - "Despite being ranked eleventh
in the world in broadband
penetration, the United States
is rolling out high-speed
services on a quot;reasonable
and timely basis to all
Americans, quot; according to
a new report narrowly approved
today by the Federal
Communications" - ], - [ - "NewsFactor - Taking an
innovative approach to the
marketing of high-performance
\\computing, Sun Microsystems
(Nasdaq: SUNW) is offering its
N1 Grid program in a pay-for-
use pricing model that mimics
the way such commodities as
electricity and wireless phone
plans are sold." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Madonna and m-Qube
have\\made it possible for the
star's North American fans to
download\\polyphonic ring tones
and other licensed mobile
content from\\her official Web
site, across most major
carriers and without\\the need
for a credit card." - ], - [ - "The chipmaker is back on a
buying spree, having scooped
up five other companies this
year." - ], - [ - "The company hopes to lure
software partners by promising
to save them from
infrastructure headaches." - ], - [ - "Call it the Maximus factor.
Archaeologists working at the
site of an old Roman temple
near Guy #39;s hospital in
London have uncovered a pot of
cosmetic cream dating back to
AD2." - ], - [ - "The deal comes as Cisco pushes
to develop a market for CRS-1,
a new line of routers aimed at
telephone, wireless and cable
companies." - ], - [ - "SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 (IDG NEWS
SERVICE) - Sun Microsystems
Inc. and Microsoft Corp. next
month plan to provide more
details on the work they are
doing to make their products
interoperable, a Sun executive
said yesterday." - ], - [ - "AP - Astronomy buffs and
amateur stargazers turned out
to watch a total lunar eclipse
Wednesday night #151; the
last one Earth will get for
nearly two and a half years." - ], - [ - "The compact disc has at least
another five years as the most
popular music format before
online downloads chip away at
its dominance, a new study
said on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Does Your Site Need a Custom
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aren't always too comfortable
installing software on their
computers. Especially free
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necessarily understand. With
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viruses, spyware, and adware
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days, it's no wonder. So is
there ..." - ], - [ - "Spammers aren't ducking
antispam laws by operating
offshore, they're just
ignoring it." - ], - [ - "AP - Biologists plan to use
large nets and traps this week
in Chicago's Burnham Harbor to
search for the northern
snakehead #151; a type of
fish known for its voracious
appetite and ability to wreak
havoc on freshwater
ecosystems." - ], - [ - "BAE Systems PLC and Northrop
Grumman Corp. won \\$45 million
contracts yesterday to develop
prototypes of anti-missile
technology that could protect
commercial aircraft from
shoulder-fired missiles." - ], - [ - "Users of Microsoft #39;s
Hotmail, most of whom are
accustomed to getting regular
sales pitches for premium
e-mail accounts, got a
pleasant surprise in their
inboxes this week: extra
storage for free." - ], - [ - "IT services provider
Electronic Data Systems
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quarter, with earnings hit in
part by an asset impairment
charge of \\$375 million
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project." - ], - [ - "International Business
Machines Corp. said Wednesday
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of the issues in a suit over
changes in its pension plans
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chief technology officer,
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seller Red Hat." - ], - [ - "Reuters - International
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mission, originally scheduled
to end on Tuesday, has been
granted a stay of execution
until at least September 2006,
reveal NASA scientists." - ], - [ - "BusinessWeek Online - The
jubilation that swept East
Germany after the fall of the
Berlin Wall in 1989 long ago
gave way to the sober reality
of globalization and market
forces. Now a decade of
resentment seems to be boiling
over. In Eastern cities such
as Leipzig or Chemnitz,
thousands have taken to the
streets since July to protest
cuts in unemployment benefits,
the main source of livelihood
for 1.6 million East Germans.
Discontent among
reunification's losers fueled
big gains by the far left and
far right in Brandenburg and
Saxony state elections Sept.
19. ..." - ], - [ - "In a discovery sure to set off
a firestorm of debate over
human migration to the western
hemisphere, archaeologists in
South Carolina say they have
uncovered evidence that people
lived in eastern North America
at least 50,000 years ago -
far earlier than" - ], - [ - "AP - Former president Bill
Clinton on Monday helped
launch a new Internet search
company backed by the Chinese
government which says its
technology uses artificial
intelligence to produce better
results than Google Inc." - ], - [ - "Sun Microsystems plans to
release its Sun Studio 10
development tool in the fourth
quarter of this year,
featuring support for 64-bit
applications running on AMD
Opteron and Nocona processors,
Sun officials said on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Most IT Managers won #39;t
question the importance of
security, but this priority
has been sliding between the
third and fourth most
important focus for companies." - ], - [ - "AP - The Federal Trade
Commission on Thursday filed
the first case in the country
against software companies
accused of infecting computers
with intrusive \"spyware\" and
then trying to sell people the
solution." - ], - [ - "While shares of Apple have
climbed more than 10 percent
this week, reaching 52-week
highs, two research firms told
investors Friday they continue
to remain highly bullish about
the stock." - ], - [ - "States are now barred from
imposing telecommunications
regulations on Net phone
providers." - ], - [ - "Strong sales of new mobile
phone models boosts profits at
Carphone Warehouse but the
retailer's shares fall on
concerns at a decline in
profits from pre-paid phones." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM and
top scientific research
organizations are joining
forces in a humanitarian
effort to tap the unused
power of millions of computers
and help solve complex social
problems." - ], - [ - "AP - Grizzly and black bears
killed a majority of elk
calves in northern Yellowstone
National Park for the second
year in a row, preliminary
study results show." - ], - [ - "PC World - The one-time World
Class Product of the Year PDA
gets a much-needed upgrade." - ], - [ - "As part of its much-touted new
MSN Music offering, Microsoft
Corp. (MSFT) is testing a Web-
based radio service that
mimics nearly 1,000 local
radio stations, allowing users
to hear a version of their
favorite radio station with
far fewer interruptions." - ], - [ - "Ziff Davis - A quick
resolution to the Mambo open-
source copyright dispute seems
unlikely now that one of the
parties has rejected an offer
for mediation." - ], - [ - "Students take note - endless
journeys to the library could
become a thing of the past
thanks to a new multimillion-
pound scheme to make classic
texts available at the click
of a mouse." - ], - [ - "Moscow - The next crew of the
International Space Station
(ISS) is to contribute to the
Russian search for a vaccine
against Aids, Russian
cosmonaut Salijan Sharipovthe
said on Thursday." - ], - [ - "Locked away in fossils is
evidence of a sudden solar
cooling. Kate Ravilious meets
the experts who say it could
explain a 3,000-year-old mass
migration - and today #39;s
global warming." - ], - [ - "By ANICK JESDANUN NEW YORK
(AP) -- Taran Rampersad didn't
complain when he failed to
find anything on his hometown
in the online encyclopedia
Wikipedia. Instead, he simply
wrote his own entry for San
Fernando, Trinidad and
Tobago..." - ], - [ - "How do you top a battle
between Marines and an alien
religious cult fighting to the
death on a giant corona in
outer space? The next logical
step is to take that battle to
Earth, which is exactly what
Microsoft" - ], - [ - "Four U.S. agencies yesterday
announced a coordinated attack
to stem the global trade in
counterfeit merchandise and
pirated music and movies, an
underground industry that law-
enforcement officials estimate
to be worth \\$500 billion each
year." - ], - [ - "Half of all U.S. Secret
Service agents are dedicated
to protecting President
Washington #151;and all the
other Presidents on U.S.
currency #151;from
counterfeiters." - ], - [ - "Maxime Faget conceived and
proposed the development of
the one-man spacecraft used in
Project Mercury, which put the
first American astronauts into
suborbital flight, then
orbital flight" - ], - [ - "The patch fixes a flaw in the
e-mail server software that
could be used to get access to
in-boxes and information." - ], - [ - "AP - Being the biggest dog may
pay off at feeding time, but
species that grow too large
may be more vulnerable to
extinction, new research
suggests." - ], - [ - "Newest Efficeon processor also
offers higher frequency using
less power." - ], - [ - "AP - In what it calls a first
in international air travel,
Finnair says it will let its
frequent fliers check in using
text messages on mobile
phones." - ], - [ - "Search Engine for Programming
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pointed me to Koders (
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search engine for finding
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front page allows you to
specify keywords, sixteen
languages (from ASP to VB.NET)
and sixteen licenses (from AFL
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star of the show at the annual
MacUser awards, #148; reports
MacUser, #147;taking away six
Maxine statues including
Product of the Year for the
iTunes Music Store. #148;
Other Apple award winners:
Power Mac G5, AirPort Express,
20-inch Apple Cinema Display,
GarageBand and DVD Studio Pro
3. Nov 22" - ], - [ - "AP - A sweeping wildlife
preserve in southwestern
Arizona is among the nation's
10 most endangered refuges,
due in large part to illegal
drug and immigrant traffic and
Border Patrol operations, a
conservation group said
Friday." - ], - [ - "SEPTEMBER 20, 2004
(COMPUTERWORLD) - At
PeopleSoft Inc. #39;s Connect
2004 conference in San
Francisco this week, the
software vendor is expected to
face questions from users
about its ability to fend off
Oracle Corp." - ], - [ - "PBS's Charlie Rose quizzes Sun
co-founder Bill Joy,
Monster.com chief Jeff Taylor,
and venture capitalist John
Doerr." - ], - [ - "Skype Technologies is teaming
with Siemens to offer cordless
phone users the ability to
make Internet telephony calls,
in addition to traditional
calls, from their handsets." - ], - [ - "AP - After years of
resistance, the U.S. trucking
industry says it will not try
to impede or delay a new
federal rule aimed at cutting
diesel pollution." - ], - [ - "Umesh Patel, a 36-year old
software engineer from
California, debated until the
last minute." - ], - [ - "AP - From now until the start
of winter, male tarantulas are
roaming around, searching for
female mates, an ideal time to
find out where the spiders
flourish in Arkansas." - ], - [ - "NewsFactor - While a U.S.
District Court continues to
weigh the legality of
\\Oracle's (Nasdaq: ORCL)
attempted takeover of
\\PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT),
Oracle has taken the necessary
steps to ensure the offer does
not die on the vine with
PeopleSoft's shareholders." - ], - [ - "Analysts said the smartphone
enhancements hold the
potential to bring PalmSource
into an expanding market that
still has room despite early
inroads by Symbian and
Microsoft." - ], - [ - "TOKYO (AFP) - Japan #39;s
Fujitsu and Cisco Systems of
the US said they have agreed
to form a strategic alliance
focusing on routers and
switches that will enable
businesses to build advanced
Internet Protocol (IP)
networks." - ], - [ - "It #39;s a new internet
browser. The first full
version, Firefox 1.0, was
launched earlier this month.
In the sense it #39;s a
browser, yes, but the
differences are larger than
the similarities." - ], - [ - "Microsoft will accelerate SP2
distribution to meet goal of
100 million downloads in two
months." - ], - [ - "International Business
Machines Corp., taken to court
by workers over changes it
made to its traditional
pension plan, has decided to
stop offering any such plan to
new employees." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - With four of its
executives pleading guilty to
price-fixing charges today,
Infineon will have a hard time
arguing that it didn #39;t fix
prices in its ongoing
litigation with Rambus." - ], - [ - "A report indicates that many
giants of the industry have
been able to capture lasting
feelings of customer loyalty." - ], - [ - "It is the news that Internet
users do not want to hear: the
worldwide web is in danger of
collapsing around us. Patrick
Gelsinger, the chief
technology officer for
computer chip maker Intel,
told a conference" - ], - [ - "Cisco Systems CEO John
Chambers said today that his
company plans to offer twice
as many new products this year
as ever before." - ], - [ - "Every day, somewhere in the
universe, there #39;s an
explosion that puts the power
of the Sun in the shade. Steve
Connor investigates the riddle
of gamma-ray bursts." - ], - [ - "Ten months after NASA #39;s
twin rovers landed on Mars,
scientists reported this week
that both robotic vehicles are
still navigating their rock-
studded landscapes with all
instruments operating" - ], - [ - "British scientists say they
have found a new, greener way
to power cars and homes using
sunflower oil, a commodity
more commonly used for cooking
fries." - ], - [ - "The United States #39; top
computer-security official has
resigned after a little more
than a year on the job, the US
Department of Homeland
Security said on Friday." - ], - [ - " SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -
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on Thursday outlined its
vision of the Internet of the
future, one in which millions
of computer servers would
analyze and direct network
traffic to make the Web safer
and more efficient." - ], - [ - "Check out new gadgets as
holiday season approaches." - ], - [ - "TOKYO, Sep 08, 2004 (AFX-UK
via COMTEX) -- Sony Corp will
launch its popular projection
televisions with large liquid
crystal display (LCD) screens
in China early next year, a
company spokeswoman said." - ], - [ - "AFP - Outgoing EU competition
commissioner Mario Monti wants
to reach a decision on
Oracle's proposed takeover of
business software rival
PeopleSoft by the end of next
month, an official said." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Satellite companies would be
able to retransmit
broadcasters' television
signals for another five
years but would have to offer
those signals on a single
dish, under legislation
approved by Congress on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "Sven Jaschan, who may face
five years in prison for
spreading the Netsky and
Sasser worms, is now working
in IT security. Photo: AFP." - ], - [ - "TechWeb - An Indian Institute
of Technology professor--and
open-source evangelist--
discusses the role of Linux
and open source in India." - ], - [ - "Here are some of the latest
health and medical news
developments, compiled by
editors of HealthDay: -----
Contaminated Fish in Many U.S.
Lakes and Rivers Fish
that may be contaminated with
dioxin, mercury, PCBs and
pesticides are swimming in
more than one-third of the
United States' lakes and
nearly one-quarter of its
rivers, according to a list of
advisories released by the
Environmental Protection
Agency..." - ], - [ - "Bill Gates is giving his big
speech right now at Microsofts
big Digital Entertainment
Anywhere event in Los Angeles.
Well have a proper report for
you soon, but in the meantime
we figured wed" - ], - [ - "Spinal and non-spinal
fractures are reduced by
almost a third in women age 80
or older who take a drug
called strontium ranelate,
European investigators
announced" - ], - [ - "BERLIN: Apple Computer Inc is
planning the next wave of
expansion for its popular
iTunes online music store with
a multi-country European
launch in October, the
services chief architect said
on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Calls to 13 other countries
will be blocked to thwart
auto-dialer software." - ], - [ - "com September 27, 2004, 5:00
AM PT. This fourth priority
#39;s main focus has been
improving or obtaining CRM and
ERP software for the past year
and a half." - ], - [ - "SPACE.com - The Zero Gravity
Corporation \\ has been given
the thumbs up by the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA)
to \\ conduct quot;weightless
flights quot; for the general
public, providing the \\
sensation of floating in
space." - ], - [ - "A 32-year-old woman in Belgium
has become the first woman
ever to give birth after
having ovarian tissue removed,
frozen and then implanted back
in her body." - ], - [ - "No sweat, says the new CEO,
who's imported from IBM. He
also knows this will be the
challenge of a lifetime." - ], - [ - "AP - Their discoveries may be
hard for many to comprehend,
but this year's Nobel Prize
winners still have to explain
what they did and how they did
it." - ], - [ - "More than 15 million homes in
the UK will be able to get on-
demand movies by 2008, say
analysts." - ], - [ - "A well-researched study by the
National Academy of Sciences
makes a persuasive case for
refurbishing the Hubble Space
Telescope. NASA, which is
reluctant to take this
mission, should rethink its
position." - ], - [ - "LONDON -- In a deal that
appears to buck the growing
trend among governments to
adopt open-source
alternatives, the U.K.'s
Office of Government Commerce
(OGC) is negotiating a renewal
of a three-year agreement with
Microsoft Corp." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania
law requiring Internet service
providers (ISPs) to block Web
sites the state's prosecuting
attorneys deem to be child
pornography has been reversed
by a U.S. federal court, with
the judge ruling the law
violated free speech rights." - ], - [ - "The Microsoft Corp. chairman
receives four million e-mails
a day, but practically an
entire department at the
company he founded is
dedicated to ensuring that
nothing unwanted gets into his
inbox, the company #39;s chief
executive said Thursday." - ], - [ - "The 7100t has a mobile phone,
e-mail, instant messaging, Web
browsing and functions as an
organiser. The device looks
like a mobile phone and has
the features of the other
BlackBerry models, with a
large screen" - ], - [ - "Apple Computer has unveiled
two new versions of its hugely
successful iPod: the iPod
Photo and the U2 iPod. Apple
also has expanded" - ], - [ - "AP - This year's hurricanes
spread citrus canker to at
least 11,000 trees in
Charlotte County, one of the
largest outbreaks of the
fruit-damaging infection to
ever affect Florida's citrus
industry, state officials
said." - ], - [ - "IBM moved back into the iSCSI
(Internet SCSI) market Friday
with a new array priced at
US\\$3,000 and aimed at the
small and midsize business
market." - ], - [ - "American Technology Research
analyst Shaw Wu has initiated
coverage of Apple Computer
(AAPL) with a #39;buy #39;
recommendation, and a 12-month
target of US\\$78 per share." - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com - Cell
phone shoppers looking for new
deals and features didn't find
them yesterday, a day after
Sprint Corp. and Nextel
Communications Inc. announced
a merger that the phone
companies promised would shake
up the wireless business." - ], - [ - "JAPANESE GIANT Sharp has
pulled the plug on its Linux-
based PDAs in the United
States as no-one seems to want
them. The company said that it
will continue to sell them in
Japan where they sell like hot
cakes" - ], - [ - "New NavOne offers handy PDA
and Pocket PC connectivity,
but fails to impress on
everything else." - ], - [ - "The Marvel deal calls for
Mforma to work with the comic
book giant to develop a
variety of mobile applications
based on Marvel content." - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com - The
Portable Media Center -- a
new, Microsoft-conceived
handheld device that presents
video and photos as well as
music -- would be a decent
idea if there weren't such a
thing as lampposts. Or street
signs. Or trees. Or other
cars." - ], - [ - "The Air Force Reserve #39;s
Hurricane Hunters, those
fearless crews who dive into
the eyewalls of hurricanes to
relay critical data on
tropical systems, were chased
from their base on the
Mississippi Gulf Coast by
Hurricane Ivan." - ], - [ - "Embargo or not, Fidel Castro's
socialist paradise has quietly
become a pharmaceutical
powerhouse. (They're still
working on the capitalism
thing.) By Douglas Starr from
Wired magazine." - ], - [ - "A new worm can spy on users by
hijacking their Web cameras, a
security firm warned Monday.
The Rbot.gr worm -- the latest
in a long line of similar
worms; one security firm
estimates that more than 4,000
variations" - ], - [ - "The separation of PalmOne and
PalmSource will be complete
with Eric Benhamou's
resignation as the latter's
chairman." - ], - [ - "\\\\\"(CNN) -- A longtime
associate of al Qaeda leader
Osama bin Laden surrendered
to\\Saudi Arabian officials
Tuesday, a Saudi Interior
Ministry official said.\"\\\\\"But
it is unclear what role, if
any, Khaled al-Harbi may have
had in any terror\\attacks
because no public charges have
been filed against him.\"\\\\\"The
Saudi government -- in a
statement released by its
embassy in Washington
--\\called al-Harbi's surrender
\"the latest direct result\" of
its limited, one-month\\offer
of leniency to terror
suspects.\"\\\\This is great! I
hope this really starts to pay
off. Creative solutions
to\\terrorism that don't
involve violence. \\\\How
refreshing! \\\\Are you paying
attention Bush
administration?\\\\" - ], - [ - "AT T Corp. is cutting 7,400
more jobs and slashing the
book value of its assets by
\\$11.4 billion, drastic moves
prompted by the company's plan
to retreat from the
traditional consumer telephone
business following a lost
court battle." - ], - [ - "Celerons form the basis of
Intel #39;s entry-level
platform which includes
integrated/value motherboards
as well. The Celeron 335D is
the fastest - until the
Celeron 340D - 2.93GHz -
becomes mainstream - of the" - ], - [ - "The entertainment industry
asks the Supreme Court to
reverse the Grokster decision,
which held that peer-to-peer
networks are not liable for
copyright abuses of their
users. By Michael Grebb." - ], - [ - "Hewlett-Packard will shell out
\\$16.1 billion for chips in
2005, but Dell's wallet is
wide open, too." - ], - [ - "A remote attacker could take
complete control over
computers running many
versions of Microsoft software
by inserting malicious code in
a JPEG image that executes
through an unchecked buffer" - ], - [ - "The lawsuit claims the
companies use a patented
Honeywell technology for
brightening images and
reducing interference on
displays." - ], - [ - "The co-president of Oracle
testified that her company was
serious about its takeover
offer for PeopleSoft and was
not trying to scare off its
customers." - ], - [ - "An extremely rare Hawaiian
bird dies in captivity,
possibly marking the
extinction of its entire
species only 31 years after it
was first discovered." - ], - [ - "Does Geico's trademark lawsuit
against Google have merit? How
will the case be argued?
What's the likely outcome of
the trial? A mock court of
trademark experts weighs in
with their verdict." - ], - [ - "Treo 650 boasts a high-res
display, an improved keyboard
and camera, a removable
battery, and more. PalmOne
this week is announcing the
Treo 650, a hybrid PDA/cell-
phone device that addresses
many of the shortcomings" - ], - [ - "International Business
Machines Corp.'s possible exit
from the personal computer
business would be the latest
move in what amounts to a long
goodbye from a field it
pioneered and revolutionized." - ], - [ - "Leipzig Game Convention in
Germany, the stage for price-
slash revelations. Sony has
announced that it #39;s
slashing the cost of PS2 in
the UK and Europe to 104.99
GBP." - ], - [ - "In yet another devastating
body blow to the company,
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) announced
it would be canceling its
4-GHz Pentium chip. The
semiconductor bellwether said
it was switching" - ], - [ - "Seagate #39;s native SATA
interface technology with
Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
allows the Barracuda 7200.8 to
match the performance of
10,000-rpm SATA drives without
sacrificing capacity" - ], - [ - "You #39;re probably already
familiar with one of the most
common questions we hear at
iPodlounge: quot;how can I
load my iPod up with free
music?" - ], - [ - "Vice chairman of the office of
the chief executive officer in
Novell Inc, Chris Stone is
leaving the company to pursue
other opportunities in life." - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com - Microsoft
is going to Tinseltown today
to announce plans for its
revamped Windows XP Media
Center, part of an aggressive
push to get ahead in the
digital entertainment race." - ], - [ - "AP - Most of the turkeys
gracing the nation's dinner
tables Thursday have been
selectively bred for their
white meat for so many
generations that simply
walking can be a problem for
many of the big-breasted birds
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week to get its software into
living rooms with the launch
of a new version of its
Windows XP Media Center, a
personal computer designed for
viewing movies, listening to
music and scrolling through
digital pictures." - ], - [ - "The new software is designed
to simplify the process of
knitting together back-office
business applications." - ], - [ - "FRANKFURT, GERMANY -- The
German subsidiaries of
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) and
Novell Inc. are teaming to
offer Linux-based products to
the country's huge public
sector." - ], - [ - "SiliconValley.com - \"I'm
back,\" declared Apple
Computer's Steve Jobs on
Thursday morning in his first
public appearance before
reporters since cancer surgery
in late July." - ], - [ - "Health India: London, Nov 4 :
Cosmetic face cream used by
fashionable Roman women was
discovered at an ongoing
archaeological dig in London,
in a metal container, complete
with the lid and contents." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - Microsoft's
Macintosh Business Unit on
Tuesday issued a patch for
Virtual PC 7 that fixes a
problem that occurred when
running the software on Power
Mac G5 computers with more
than 2GB of RAM installed.
Previously, Virtual PC 7 would
not run on those computers,
causing a fatal error that
crashed the application.
Microsoft also noted that
Virtual PC 7.0.1 also offers
stability improvements,
although it wasn't more
specific than that -- some
users have reported problems
with using USB devices and
other issues." - ], - [ - "Don't bother buying Star Wars:
Battlefront if you're looking
for a first-class shooter --
there are far better games out
there. But if you're a Star
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this title will suffice. Lore
Sjberg reviews Battlefront." - ], - [ - "More than by brain size or
tool-making ability, the human
species was set apart from its
ancestors by the ability to
jog mile after lung-stabbing
mile with greater endurance
than any other primate,
according to research
published today in the journal" - ], - [ - "Woodland Hills-based Brilliant
Digital Entertainment and its
subsidiary Altnet announced
yesterday that they have filed
a patent infringement suit
against the Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA)." - ], - [ - "Sony Ericsson and Cingular
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a proof-of-concept file-
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said. quot;You should be able
to choose how and where you
read it. You can even switch
to other e-mail services
without having to worry about
losing access to your
messages." - ], - [ - "The world #39;s only captive
great white shark made history
this week when she ate several
salmon fillets, marking the
first time that a white shark
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adding in-flight Internet
access to its access
portfolio. Specifically, iPass
said it will add access
offered by Connexion by Boeing
to its list of access
providers." - ], - [ - "Company launches free test
version of service that
fosters popular Internet
activity." - ], - [ - "Outdated computer systems are
hampering the work of
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mixture of exhilaration that
the Athens Olympics proved
successful, and relief that
they passed off without any
major setback." - ], - [ - "Loudon, NH -- As the rain
began falling late Friday
afternoon at New Hampshire
International Speedway, the
rich in the Nextel Cup garage
got richer." - ], - [ - "AP - Ottawa Senators right
wing Marian Hossa is switching
European teams during the NHL
lockout." - ], - [ - "Chelsea terminated Romania
striker Adrian Mutu #39;s
contract, citing gross
misconduct after the player
failed a doping test for
cocaine and admitted taking
the drug, the English soccer
club said in a statement." - ], - [ - "The success of Paris #39; bid
for Olympic Games 2012 would
bring an exceptional
development for France for at
least 6 years, said Jean-
Francois Lamour, French
minister for Youth and Sports
on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Madison, WI (Sports Network) -
Anthony Davis ran for 122
yards and two touchdowns to
lead No. 6 Wisconsin over
Northwestern, 24-12, to
celebrate Homecoming weekend
at Camp Randall Stadium." - ], - [ - "LaVar Arrington participated
in his first practice since
Oct. 25, when he aggravated a
knee injury that sidelined him
for 10 games." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billie
Jean King cut her final tie
with the U.S. Fed Cup team
Tuesday when she retired as
coach." - ], - [ - "The Miami Dolphins arrived for
their final exhibition game
last night in New Orleans
short nine players." - ], - [ - "AP - From LSU at No. 1 to Ohio
State at No. 10, The AP
women's basketball poll had no
changes Monday." - ], - [ - "nother stage victory for race
leader Petter Solberg, his
fifth since the start of the
rally. The Subaru driver is
not pulling away at a fast
pace from Gronholm and Loeb
but the gap is nonetheless
increasing steadily." - ], - [ - "April 1980 -- Players strike
the last eight days of spring
training. Ninety-two
exhibition games are canceled.
June 1981 -- Players stage
first midseason strike in
history." - ], - [ - "On Sunday, the day after Ohio
State dropped to 0-3 in the
Big Ten with a 33-7 loss at
Iowa, the Columbus Dispatch
ran a single word above its
game story on the Buckeyes:
quot;Embarrassing." - ], - [ - "BOSTON - Curt Schilling got
his 20th win on the eve of
Boston #39;s big series with
the New York Yankees. Now he
wants much more. quot;In a
couple of weeks, hopefully, it
will get a lot better, quot;
he said after becoming" - ], - [ - "Shooed the ghosts of the
Bambino and the Iron Horse and
the Yankee Clipper and the
Mighty Mick, on his 73rd
birthday, no less, and turned
Yankee Stadium into a morgue." - ], - [ - "Gold medal-winning Marlon
Devonish says the men #39;s
4x100m Olympic relay triumph
puts British sprinting back on
the map. Devonish, Darren
Campbell, Jason Gardener and
Mark Lewis-Francis edged out
the American" - ], - [ - "he difficult road conditions
created a few incidents in the
first run of the Epynt stage.
Francois Duval takes his
second stage victory since the
start of the rally, nine
tenths better than Sebastien
Loeb #39;s performance in
second position." - ], - [ - "Tallahassee, FL (Sports
Network) - Florida State head
coach Bobby Bowden has
suspended senior wide receiver
Craphonso Thorpe for the
Seminoles #39; game against
fellow Atlantic Coast
Conference member Duke on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "Former champion Lleyton Hewitt
bristled, battled and
eventually blossomed as he
took another step towards a
second US Open title with a
second-round victory over
Moroccan Hicham Arazi on
Friday." - ], - [ - "As the Mets round out their
search for a new manager, the
club is giving a last-minute
nod to its past. Wally
Backman, an infielder for the
Mets from 1980-88 who played
second base on the 1986" - ], - [ - "AMSTERDAM, Aug 18 (Reuters) -
Midfielder Edgar Davids #39;s
leadership qualities and
never-say-die attitude have
earned him the captaincy of
the Netherlands under new
coach Marco van Basten." - ], - [ - "COUNTY KILKENNY, Ireland (PA)
-- Hurricane Jeanne has led to
world No. 1 Vijay Singh
pulling out of this week #39;s
WGC-American Express
Championship at Mount Juliet." - ], - [ - "Green Bay, WI (Sports Network)
- The Green Bay Packers will
be without the services of Pro
Bowl center Mike Flanagan for
the remainder of the season,
as he will undergo left knee
surgery." - ], - [ - "COLUMBUS, Ohio -- NCAA
investigators will return to
Ohio State University Monday
to take another look at the
football program after the
latest round of allegations
made by former players,
according to the Akron Beacon
Journal." - ], - [ - "Manchester United gave Alex
Ferguson a 1,000th game
anniversary present by
reaching the last 16 of the
Champions League yesterday,
while four-time winners Bayern
Munich romped into the second
round with a 5-1 beating of
Maccabi Tel Aviv." - ], - [ - "The last time the Angels
played the Texas Rangers, they
dropped two consecutive
shutouts at home in their most
agonizing lost weekend of the
season." - ], - [ - "SEATTLE - Chasing a nearly
forgotten ghost of the game,
Ichiro Suzuki broke one of
baseball #39;s oldest records
Friday night, smoking a single
up the middle for his 258th
hit of the year and breaking
George Sisler #39;s record for
the most hits in a season" - ], - [ - "Grace Park, her caddie - and
fans - were poking around in
the desert brush alongside the
18th fairway desperately
looking for her ball." - ], - [ - "Washington Redskins kicker
John Hall strained his right
groin during practice
Thursday, his third leg injury
of the season. Hall will be
held out of practice Friday
and is questionable for Sunday
#39;s game against the Chicago
Bears." - ], - [ - "The Florida Gators and
Arkansas Razorbacks meet for
just the sixth time Saturday.
The Gators hold a 4-1
advantage in the previous five
meetings, including last year
#39;s 33-28 win." - ], - [ - "AP - 1941 #151; Brooklyn
catcher Mickey Owen dropped a
third strike on Tommy Henrich
of what would have been the
last out of a Dodgers victory
against the New York Yankees.
Given the second chance, the
Yankees scored four runs for a
7-4 victory and a 3-1 lead in
the World Series, which they
ended up winning." - ], - [ - "Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal
was arrested on drunken
driving charges Friday, his
second D.U.I. arrest in four
years." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - Natalie
Coughlin's run of bad luck
finally took a turn for the
better when she won the gold
medal in the women's 100
meters backstroke at the
Athens Olympics Monday." - ], - [ - "AP - Pedro Feliz hit a
tiebreaking grand slam with
two outs in the eighth inning
for his fourth hit of the day,
and the Giants helped their
playoff chances with a 9-5
victory over the Los Angeles
Dodgers on Saturday." - ], - [ - "LEVERKUSEN/ROME, Dec 7 (SW) -
Dynamo Kiev, Bayer Leverkusen,
and Real Madrid all have a
good chance of qualifying for
the Champions League Round of
16 if they can get the right
results in Group F on
Wednesday night." - ], - [ - "Ed Hinkel made a diving,
fingertip catch for a key
touchdown and No. 16 Iowa
stiffened on defense when it
needed to most to beat Iowa
State 17-10 Saturday." - ], - [ - "During last Sunday #39;s
Nextel Cup race, amid the
ongoing furor over Dale
Earnhardt Jr. #39;s salty
language, NBC ran a commercial
for a show coming on later
that night called quot;Law
amp; Order: Criminal Intent." - ], - [ - "AP - After playing in hail,
fog and chill, top-ranked
Southern California finishes
its season in familiar
comfort. The Trojans (9-0, 6-0
Pacific-10) have two games at
home #151; against Arizona on
Saturday and Notre Dame on
Nov. 27 #151; before their
rivalry game at UCLA." - ], - [ - "The remnants of Hurricane
Jeanne rained out Monday's
game between the Mets and the
Atlanta Braves. It will be
made up Tuesday as part of a
doubleheader." - ], - [ - "AP - NASCAR is not expecting
any immediate changes to its
top-tier racing series
following the merger between
telecommunications giant
Sprint Corp. and Nextel
Communications Inc." - ], - [ - "Like wide-open races? You
#39;ll love the Big 12 North.
Here #39;s a quick morning
line of the Big 12 North as it
opens conference play this
weekend." - ], - [ - "Taquan Dean scored 22 points,
Francisco Garcia added 19 and
No. 13 Louisville withstood a
late rally to beat Florida
74-70 Saturday." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK -- This was all about
Athens, about redemption for
one and validation for the
other. Britain's Paula
Radcliffe, the fastest female
marathoner in history, failed
to finish either of her
Olympic races last summer.
South Africa's Hendrik Ramaala
was a five-ringed dropout,
too, reinforcing his
reputation as a man who could
go only half the distance." - ], - [ - "LONDON -- Ernie Els has set
his sights on an improved
putting display this week at
the World Golf Championships
#39; NEC Invitational in
Akron, Ohio, after the
disappointment of tying for
fourth place at the PGA
Championship last Sunday." - ], - [ - "Fiji #39;s Vijay Singh
replaced Tiger Woods as the
world #39;s No.1 ranked golfer
today by winning the PGA
Deutsche Bank Championship." - ], - [ - "LEIPZIG, Germany : Jurgen
Klinsmann enjoyed his first
home win as German manager
with his team defeating ten-
man Cameroon 3-0 in a friendly
match." - ], - [ - "AP - Kevin Brown had a chance
to claim a place in Yankees
postseason history with his
start in Game 7 of the AL
championship series." - ], - [ - "HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Kurt Busch
got his first big break in
NASCAR by winning a 1999
talent audition nicknamed
quot;The Gong Show. quot; He
was selected from dozens of
unknown, young race drivers to
work for one of the sport
#39;s most famous team owners,
Jack Roush." - ], - [ - "Zurich, Switzerland (Sports
Network) - Former world No. 1
Venus Williams advanced on
Thursday and will now meet
Wimbledon champion Maria
Sharapova in the quarterfinals
at the \\$1." - ], - [ - "INDIA #39;S cricket chiefs
began a frenetic search today
for a broadcaster to show next
month #39;s home series
against world champion
Australia after cancelling a
controversial \\$US308 million
(\\$440 million) television
deal." - ], - [ - "The International Olympic
Committee (IOC) has urged
Beijing to ensure the city is
ready to host the 2008 Games
well in advance, an official
said on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Virginia Tech scores 24 points
off four first-half turnovers
in a 55-6 wipeout of Maryland
on Thursday to remain alone
atop the ACC." - ], - [ - "AP - Martina Navratilova's
long, illustrious career will
end without an Olympic medal.
The 47-year-old Navratilova
and Lisa Raymond lost 6-4,
4-6, 6-4 on Thursday night to
fifth-seeded Shinobu Asagoe
and Ai Sugiyama of Japan in
the quarterfinals, one step
shy of the medal round." - ], - [ - "PSV Eindhoven re-established
their five-point lead at the
top of the Dutch Eredivisie
today with a 2-0 win at
Vitesse Arnhem. Former
Sheffield Wednesday striker
Gerald Sibon put PSV ahead in
the 56th minute" - ], - [ - "TODAY AUTO RACING 3 p.m. --
NASCAR Nextel Cup Sylvania 300
qualifying at N.H.
International Speedway,
Loudon, N.H., TNT PRO BASEBALL
7 p.m. -- Red Sox at New York
Yankees, Ch. 38, WEEI (850)
(on cable systems where Ch. 38
is not available, the game
will air on NESN); Chicago
Cubs at Cincinnati, ESPN 6
p.m. -- Eastern League finals:
..." - ], - [ - "MUMBAI, SEPTEMBER 21: The
Board of Control for Cricket
in India (BCCI) today informed
the Bombay High Court that it
was cancelling the entire
tender process regarding
cricket telecast rights as
also the conditional deal with
Zee TV." - ], - [ - "JEJU, South Korea : Grace Park
of South Korea won an LPGA
Tour tournament, firing a
seven-under-par 65 in the
final round of the
1.35-million dollar CJ Nine
Bridges Classic." - ], - [ - "AP - The NHL will lock out its
players Thursday, starting a
work stoppage that threatens
to keep the sport off the ice
for the entire 2004-05 season." - ], - [ - "When Paula Radcliffe dropped
out of the Olympic marathon
miles from the finish, she
sobbed uncontrollably.
Margaret Okayo knew the
feeling." - ], - [ - "First baseman Richie Sexson
agrees to a four-year contract
with the Seattle Mariners on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Notes and quotes from various
drivers following California
Speedway #39;s Pop Secret 500.
Jeff Gordon slipped to second
in points following an engine
failure while Jimmie Johnson
moved back into first." - ], - [ - " MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Sports
Network) - The Memphis
Grizzlies signed All-Star
forward Pau Gasol to a multi-
year contract on Friday.
Terms of the deal were not
announced." - ], - [ - "Andre Agassi brushed past
Jonas Bjorkman 6-3 6-4 at the
Stockholm Open on Thursday to
set up a quarter-final meeting
with Spanish sixth seed
Fernando Verdasco." - ], - [ - " BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston was
tingling with anticipation on
Saturday as the Red Sox
prepared to host Game One of
the World Series against the
St. Louis Cardinals and take a
step toward ridding
themselves of a hex that has
hung over the team for eight
decades." - ], - [ - "FOR the first time since his
appointment as Newcastle
United manager, Graeme Souness
has been required to display
the strong-arm disciplinary
qualities that, to Newcastle
directors, made" - ], - [ - "WHY IT HAPPENED Tom Coughlin
won his first game as Giants
coach and immediately
announced a fine amnesty for
all Giants. Just kidding." - ], - [ - "A second-place finish in his
first tournament since getting
married was good enough to
take Tiger Woods from third to
second in the world rankings." - ], - [ - " COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado
(Reuters) - World 400 meters
champion Jerome Young has been
given a lifetime ban from
athletics for a second doping
offense, the U.S. Anti-Doping
Agency (USADA) said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "LONDON - In two years, Arsenal
will play their home matches
in the Emirates stadium. That
is what their new stadium at
Ashburton Grove will be called
after the Premiership
champions yesterday agreed to
the" - ], - [ - "KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Jason
Campbell threw for 252 yards
and two touchdowns, and No. 8
Auburn proved itself as a
national title contender by
overwhelming No. 10 Tennessee,
34-10, last night." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON -- Another
Revolution season concluded
with an overtime elimination.
Last night, the Revolution
thrice rallied from deficits
for a 3-3 tie with D.C. United
in the Eastern Conference
final, then lost in the first-
ever Major League Soccer match
decided by penalty kicks." - ], - [ - "Dwyane Wade calls himself a
quot;sidekick, quot; gladly
accepting the role Kobe Bryant
never wanted in Los Angeles.
And not only does second-year
Heat point" - ], - [ - "World number one golfer Vijay
Singh of Fiji has captured his
eighth PGA Tour event of the
year with a win at the 84
Lumber Classic in Farmington,
Pennsylvania." - ], - [ - "The noise was deafening and
potentially unsettling in the
minutes before the start of
the men #39;s Olympic
200-meter final. The Olympic
Stadium crowd chanted
quot;Hellas!" - ], - [ - "Brazilian forward Ronaldinho
scored a sensational goal for
Barcelona against Milan,
making for a last-gasp 2-1.
The 24-year-old #39;s
brilliant left-foot hit at the
Nou Camp Wednesday night sent
Barcelona atop of Group F." - ], - [ - "Bee Staff Writer. SANTA CLARA
- Andre Carter #39;s back
injury has kept him out of the
49ers #39; lineup since Week
1. It #39;s also interfering
with him rooting on his alma
mater in person." - ], - [ - "AP - Kellen Winslow Jr. ended
his second NFL holdout Friday." - ], - [ - "HOUSTON - With only a few
seconds left in a certain
victory for Miami, Peyton
Manning threw a meaningless
6-yard touchdown pass to
Marvin Harrison to cut the
score to 24-15." - ], - [ - "DEADLY SCORER: Manchester
United #39;s Wayne Rooney
celebrating his three goals
against Fenerbahce this week
at Old Trafford. (AP)." - ], - [ - "You can feel the confidence
level, not just with Team
Canada but with all of Canada.
There #39;s every expectation,
from one end of the bench to
the other, that Martin Brodeur
is going to hold the fort." - ], - [ - "Heading into the first game of
a new season, every team has
question marks. But in 2004,
the Denver Broncos seemed to
have more than normal." - ], - [ - "Anaheim, Calif. - There is a
decidedly right lean to the
three-time champions of the
American League Central. In a
span of 26 days, the Minnesota
Twins lost the left side of
their infield to free agency." - ], - [ - "With the NFL trading deadline
set for 4 p.m. Tuesday,
Patriots coach Bill Belichick
said there didn't seem to be
much happening on the trade
front around the league." - ], - [ - "AP - David Beckham broke his
rib moments after scoring
England's second goal in
Saturday's 2-0 win over Wales
in a World Cup qualifying
game." - ], - [ - "Nothing changed at the top of
Serie A as all top teams won
their games to keep the
distance between one another
unaltered. Juventus came back
from behind against Lazio to
win thanks to another goal by
Ibrahimovic" - ], - [ - "RICHMOND, Va. Jeremy Mayfield
won his first race in over
four years, taking the
Chevrolet 400 at Richmond
International Raceway after
leader Kurt Busch ran out of
gas eight laps from the
finish." - ], - [ - "AP - Track star Marion Jones
filed a defamation lawsuit
Wednesday against the man
whose company is at the center
of a federal investigation
into illegal steroid use among
some of the nation's top
athletes." - ], - [ - "England #39;s players hit out
at cricket #39;s authorities
tonight and claimed they had
been used as quot;political
pawns quot; after the Zimbabwe
government produced a
spectacular U-turn to ensure
the controversial one-day
series will go ahead." - ], - [ - "AP - The Japanese won the
pregame home run derby. Then
the game started and the major
league All-Stars put their
bats to work. Back-to-back
home runs by Moises Alou and
Vernon Wells in the fourth
inning and by Johnny Estrada
and Brad Wilkerson in the
ninth powered the major
leaguers past the Japanese
stars 7-3 Sunday for a 3-0
lead in the eight-game series." - ], - [ - "With Chelsea losing their
unbeaten record and Manchester
United failing yet again to
win, William Hill now make
Arsenal red-hot 2/5 favourites
to retain the title." - ], - [ - "Theresa special bookcase in Al
Grohs office completely full
of game plans from his days in
the NFL. Green ones are from
the Jets." - ], - [ - "Newcastle ensured their place
as top seeds in Friday #39;s
third round UEFA Cup draw
after holding Sporting Lisbon
to a 1-1 draw at St James #39;
Park." - ], - [ - "CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Bode
Miller continued his
impressive 2004-05 World Cup
skiing season by winning a
night slalom race in
Sestriere, Italy on Monday." - ], - [ - "Damien Rhodes scored on a
2-yard run in the second
overtime, then Syracuse's
defense stopped Pittsburgh on
fourth and 1, sending the
Orange to a 38-31 victory
yesterday in Syracuse, N.Y." - ], - [ - "AP - Anthony Harris scored 18
of his career-high 23 points
in the second half to help
Miami upset No. 19 Florida
72-65 Saturday and give first-
year coach Frank Haith his
biggest victory." - ], - [ - "AP - The five cities looking
to host the 2012 Summer Games
submitted bids to the
International Olympic
Committee on Monday, entering
the final stage of a long
process in hopes of landing
one of the biggest prizes in
sports." - ], - [ - "The FIA has already cancelled
todays activities at Suzuka as
Super Typhoon Ma-On heads
towards the 5.807km circuit.
Saturday practice has been
cancelled altogether while
pre-qualifying and final
qualifying" - ], - [ - " GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas
(Reuters) - Betting on horses
was banned in Texas until as
recently as 1987. Times have
changed rapidly since.
Saturday, Lone Star Park race
track hosts the \\$14 million
Breeders Cup, global racing's
end-of-season extravaganza." - ], - [ - "It might be a stay of
execution for Coach P, or it
might just be a Christmas
miracle come early. SU #39;s
upset win over BC has given
hope to the Orange playing in
a post season Bowl game." - ], - [ - "PHIL Neville insists
Manchester United don #39;t
fear anyone in the Champions
League last 16 and declared:
quot;Bring on the Italians." - ], - [ - "TORONTO -- Toronto Raptors
point guard Alvin Williams
will miss the rest of the
season after undergoing
surgery on his right knee
Monday." - ], - [ - "AP - Tennessee's two freshmen
quarterbacks have Volunteers
fans fantasizing about the
next four years. Brent
Schaeffer and Erik Ainge
surprised many with the nearly
seamless way they rotated
throughout a 42-17 victory
over UNLV on Sunday night." - ], - [ - "MADRID, Aug 18 (Reuters) -
Portugal captain Luis Figo
said on Wednesday he was
taking an indefinite break
from international football,
but would not confirm whether
his decision was final." - ], - [ - "AP - Shaun Rogers is in the
backfield as often as some
running backs. Whether teams
dare to block Detroit's star
defensive tackle with one
player or follow the trend of
double-teaming him, he often
rips through offensive lines
with a rare combination of
size, speed, strength and
nimble footwork." - ], - [ - "The Lions and Eagles entered
Sunday #39;s game at Ford
Field in the same place --
atop their respective
divisions -- and with
identical 2-0 records." - ], - [ - "After Marcos Moreno threw four
more interceptions in last
week's 14-13 overtime loss at
N.C. A T, Bison Coach Ray
Petty will start Antoine
Hartfield against Norfolk
State on Saturday." - ], - [ - "SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. --
Looking ahead to the US
championship game almost cost
Conejo Valley in the
semifinals of the Little
League World Series." - ], - [ - "The Cubs didn #39;t need to
fly anywhere near Florida to
be in the eye of the storm.
For a team that is going on
100 years since last winning a
championship, the only thing
they never are at a loss for
is controversy." - ], - [ - "KETTERING, Ohio Oct. 12, 2004
- Cincinnati Bengals defensive
end Justin Smith pleaded not
guilty to a driving under the
influence charge." - ], - [ - "MINNEAPOLIS -- For much of the
2004 season, Twins pitcher
Johan Santana didn #39;t just
beat opposing hitters. Often,
he overwhelmed and owned them
in impressive fashion." - ], - [ - "At a charity auction in New
Jersey last weekend, baseball
memorabilia dealer Warren
Heller was approached by a man
with an unusual but topical
request." - ], - [ - "INTER Milan coach Roberto
Mancini believes the club
#39;s lavish (northern) summer
signings will enable them to
mount a serious Serie A
challenge this season." - ], - [ - "AP - Brad Ott shot an 8-under
64 on Sunday to win the
Nationwide Tour's Price Cutter
Charity Championship for his
first Nationwide victory." - ], - [ - "AP - New York Jets running
back Curtis Martin passed Eric
Dickerson and Jerome Bettis on
the NFL career rushing list
Sunday against the St. Louis
Rams, moving to fourth all-
time." - ], - [ - "Instead of standing for ante
meridian and post meridian,
though, fans will remember the
time periods of pre-Mia and
after-Mia. After playing for
18 years and shattering nearly
every record" - ], - [ - "Stephon Marbury, concerned
about his lousy shooting in
Athens, used an off day to go
to the gym and work on his
shot. By finding his range, he
saved the United States #39;
hopes for a basketball gold
medal." - ], - [ - "AP - Randy Moss is expected to
play a meaningful role for the
Minnesota Vikings this weekend
against the Giants, even
without a fully healed right
hamstring." - ], - [ - "Pros: Fits the recent profile
(44, past PGA champion, fiery
Ryder Cup player); the job is
his if he wants it. Cons:
Might be too young to be
willing to burn two years of
play on tour." - ], - [ - "Elmer Santos scored in the
second half, lifting East
Boston to a 1-0 win over
Brighton yesterday afternoon
and giving the Jets an early
leg up in what is shaping up
to be a tight Boston City
League race." - ], - [ - "Saints special teams captain
Steve Gleason expects to be
fined by the league after
being ejected from Sunday's
game against the Carolina
Panthers for throwing a punch." - ], - [ - "Play has begun in the
Australian Masters at
Huntingdale in Melbourne with
around half the field of 120
players completing their first
rounds." - ], - [ - "LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville
men #39;s basketball head
coach Rick Pitino and senior
forward Ellis Myles met with
members of the media on Friday
to preview the Cardinals #39;
home game against rival
Kentucky on Satursday." - ], - [ - "AP - Sounds like David
Letterman is as big a \"Pops\"
fan as most everyone else." - ], - [ - "Arsenal was held to a 1-1 tie
by struggling West Bromwich
Albion on Saturday, failing to
pick up a Premier League
victory when Rob Earnshaw
scored with 11 minutes left." - ], - [ - "Baseball #39;s executive vice
president Sandy Alderson
insisted last month that the
Cubs, disciplined for an
assortment of run-ins with
umpires, would not be targeted
the rest of the season by
umpires who might hold a
grudge." - ], - [ - "As Superman and Batman would
no doubt reflect during their
cigarette breaks, the really
draining thing about being a
hero was that you have to keep
riding to the rescue." - ], - [ - "AP - Eric Hinske and Vernon
Wells homered, and the Toronto
Blue Jays completed a three-
game sweep of the Baltimore
Orioles with an 8-5 victory
Sunday." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Todd
Walker homered, had three hits
and drove in four runs to lead
the Chicago Cubs to a 12-5 win
over the Cincinnati Reds in
National League play at
Wrigley Field on Monday." - ], - [ - "MIAMI (Sports Network) -
Shaquille O #39;Neal made his
home debut, but once again it
was Dwyane Wade stealing the
show with 28 points as the
Miami Heat downed the
Cleveland Cavaliers, 92-86, in
front of a record crowd at
AmericanAirlines Arena." - ], - [ - "AP - The San Diego Chargers
looked sharp #151; and played
the same way. Wearing their
powder-blue throwback jerseys
and white helmets from the
1960s, the Chargers did almost
everything right in beating
the Jacksonville Jaguars 34-21
on Sunday." - ], - [ - "NERVES - no problem. That
#39;s the verdict of Jose
Mourinho today after his
Chelsea side gave a resolute
display of character at
Highbury." - ], - [ - "AP - The latest low point in
Ron Zook's tenure at Florida
even has the coach wondering
what went wrong. Meanwhile,
Sylvester Croom's first big
win at Mississippi State has
given the Bulldogs and their
fans a reason to believe in
their first-year leader.
Jerious Norwood's 37-yard
touchdown run with 32 seconds
remaining lifted the Bulldogs
to a 38-31 upset of the 20th-
ranked Gators on Saturday." - ], - [ - "Someone forgot to inform the
US Olympic basketball team
that it was sent to Athens to
try to win a gold medal, not
to embarrass its country." - ], - [ - "Ten-man Paris St Germain
clinched their seventh
consecutive victory over arch-
rivals Olympique Marseille
with a 2-1 triumph in Ligue 1
on Sunday thanks to a second-
half winner by substitute
Edouard Cisse." - ], - [ - "Roy Oswalt wasn #39;t
surprised to hear the Astros
were flying Sunday night
through the remnants of a
tropical depression that
dumped several inches of rain
in Louisiana and could bring
showers today in Atlanta." - ], - [ - "AP - This hardly seemed
possible when Pitt needed
frantic rallies to overcome
Division I-AA Furman or Big
East cellar dweller Temple. Or
when the Panthers could barely
move the ball against Ohio
#151; not Ohio State, but Ohio
U." - ], - [ - "Everyone is moaning about the
fallout from last weekend but
they keep on reporting the
aftermath. #39;The fall-out
from the so-called
quot;Battle of Old Trafford
quot; continues to settle over
the nation and the debate" - ], - [ - "American Lindsay Davenport
regained the No. 1 ranking in
the world for the first time
since early 2002 by defeating
Dinara Safina of Russia 6-4,
6-2 in the second round of the
Kremlin Cup on Thursday." - ], - [ - "Freshman Jeremy Ito kicked
four field goals and Ryan
Neill scored on a 31-yard
interception return to lead
improving Rutgers to a 19-14
victory on Saturday over
visiting Michigan State." - ], - [ - "Third-seeded Guillermo Canas
defeated Guillermo Garcia-
Lopez of Spain 7-6 (1), 6-3
Monday on the first day of the
Shanghai Open on Monday." - ], - [ - "But to play as feebly as it
did for about 35 minutes last
night in Game 1 of the WNBA
Finals and lose by only four
points -- on the road, no less
-- has to be the best
confidence builder since Cindy
St." - ], - [ - "With yesterday #39;s report on
its athletic department
violations completed, the
University of Washington says
it is pleased to be able to
move forward." - ], - [ - "Sammy Sosa was fined \\$87,400
-- one day's salary -- for
arriving late to the Cubs'
regular-season finale at
Wrigley Field and leaving the
game early. The slugger's
agent, Adam Katz , said
yesterday Sosa most likely
will file a grievance. Sosa
arrived 70 minutes before
Sunday's first pitch, and he
apparently left 15 minutes
after the game started without
..." - ], - [ - "Is the Oklahoma defense a
notch below its predecessors?
Is Texas #39; offense a step-
ahead? Why is Texas Tech
feeling good about itself
despite its recent loss?" - ], - [ - "New York gets 57 combined
points from its starting
backcourt of Jamal Crawford
and Stephon Marbury and tops
Denver, 107-96." - ], - [ - "AP - Shawn Marion had a
season-high 33 points and 15
rebounds, leading the Phoenix
Suns on a fourth-quarter
comeback despite the absence
of Steve Nash in a 95-86 win
over the New Orleans Hornets
on Friday night." - ], - [ - "Messina upset defending
champion AC Milan 2-1
Wednesday, while Juventus won
its third straight game to
stay alone atop the Italian
league standings." - ], - [ - "AP - Padraig Harrington
rallied to a three-stroke
victory in the German Masters
on a windy Sunday, closing
with a 2-under-par 70 and
giving his game a big boost
before the Ryder Cup." - ], - [ - "Ironically it was the first
regular season game for the
Carolina Panthers that not
only began the history of the
franchise, but also saw the
beginning of a rivalry that
goes on to this day." - ], - [ - "Baltimore Ravens running back
Jamal Lewis did not appear at
his arraignment Friday, but
his lawyers entered a not
guilty plea on charges in an
expanded drug conspiracy
indictment." - ], - [ - "After serving a five-game
suspension, Milton Bradley
worked out with the Dodgers as
they prepared for Tuesday's
opener against the St. Louis
Cardinals." - ], - [ - "AP - Prime Time won't be
playing in prime time this
time. Deion Sanders was on the
inactive list and missed a
chance to strut his stuff on
\"Monday Night Football.\"" - ], - [ - "The man who delivered the
knockout punch was picked up
from the Seattle scrap heap
just after the All-Star Game.
Before that, John Olerud
certainly hadn't figured on
facing Pedro Martinez in
Yankee Stadium in October." - ], - [ - "LONDON : A consortium,
including former world
champion Nigel Mansell, claims
it has agreed terms to ensure
Silverstone remains one of the
venues for the 2005 Formula
One world championship." - ], - [ - " BATON ROUGE, La. (Sports
Network) - LSU has named Les
Miles its new head football
coach, replacing Nick Saban." - ], - [ - "AP - The Chicago Blackhawks
re-signed goaltender Michael
Leighton to a one-year
contract Wednesday." - ], - [ - "ATHENS -- She won her first
Olympic gold medal in kayaking
when she was 18, the youngest
paddler to do so in Games
history. Yesterday, at 42,
Germany #39;s golden girl
Birgit Fischer won her eighth
Olympic gold in the four-woman
500-metre kayak race." - ], - [ - "England boss Sven Goran
Eriksson has defended
goalkeeper David James after
last night #39;s 2-2 draw in
Austria. James allowed Andreas
Ivanschitz #39;s shot to slip
through his fingers to
complete Austria comeback from
two goals down." - ], - [ - "The quot;future quot; is
getting a chance to revive the
presently struggling New York
Giants. Two other teams also
decided it was time for a
change at quarterback, but the
Buffalo Bills are not one of
them." - ], - [ - "Flushing Meadows, NY (Sports
Network) - The men #39;s
semifinals at the 2004 US Open
will be staged on Saturday,
with three of the tournament
#39;s top-five seeds ready for
action at the USTA National
Tennis Center." - ], - [ - "Given nearly a week to examine
the security issues raised by
the now-infamous brawl between
players and fans in Auburn
Hills, Mich., Nov. 19, the
Celtics returned to the
FleetCenter last night with
two losses and few concerns
about their on-court safety." - ], - [ - "Arsenals Thierry Henry today
missed out on the European
Footballer of the Year award
as Andriy Shevchenko took the
honour. AC Milan frontman
Shevchenko held off
competition from Barcelona
pair Deco and" - ], - [ - "Neil Mellor #39;s sensational
late winner for Liverpool
against Arsenal on Sunday has
earned the back-up striker the
chance to salvage a career
that had appeared to be
drifting irrevocably towards
the lower divisions." - ], - [ - "ABOUT 70,000 people were
forced to evacuate Real Madrid
#39;s Santiago Bernabeu
stadium minutes before the end
of a Primera Liga match
yesterday after a bomb threat
in the name of ETA Basque
separatist guerillas." - ], - [ - "The team learned on Monday
that full-back Jon Ritchie
will miss the rest of the
season with a torn anterior
cruciate ligament in his left
knee." - ], - [ - "Venus Williams barely kept
alive her hopes of qualifying
for next week #39;s WTA Tour
Championships. Williams,
seeded fifth, survived a
third-set tiebreaker to
outlast Yuilana Fedak of the
Ukraine, 6-4 2-6 7-6" - ], - [ - " SYDNEY (Reuters) - Arnold
Palmer has taken a swing at
America's top players,
criticizing their increasing
reluctance to travel abroad
to play in tournaments." - ], - [ - "Although he was well-beaten by
Retief Goosen in Sunday #39;s
final round of The Tour
Championship in Atlanta, there
has been some compensation for
the former world number one,
Tiger Woods." - ], - [ - "WAYNE Rooney and Henrik
Larsson are among the players
nominated for FIFAs
prestigious World Player of
the Year award. Rooney is one
of four Manchester United
players on a list which is
heavily influenced by the
Premiership." - ], - [ - "It didn #39;t look good when
it happened on the field, and
it looked worse in the
clubhouse. Angels second
baseman Adam Kennedy left the
Angels #39; 5-2 win over the
Seattle Mariners" - ], - [ - "Freshman Darius Walker ran for
115 yards and scored two
touchdowns, helping revive an
Irish offense that had managed
just one touchdown in the
season's first six quarters." - ], - [ - "AP - NBC is adding a 5-second
delay to its NASCAR telecasts
after Dale Earnhardt Jr. used
a vulgarity during a postrace
TV interview last weekend." - ], - [ - " BOSTON (Sports Network) - The
New York Yankees will start
Orlando \"El Duque\" Hernandez
in Game 4 of the American
League Championship Series on
Saturday against the Boston
Red Sox." - ], - [ - "The future of Sven-Goran
Eriksson as England coach is
the subject of intense
discussion after the draw in
Austria. Has the Swede lost
the confidence of the nation
or does he remain the best man
for the job?" - ], - [ - "Spain begin their third final
in five seasons at the Olympic
stadium hoping to secure their
second title since their first
in Barcelona against Australia
in 2000." - ], - [ - "Second-seeded David Nalbandian
of Argentina lost at the Japan
Open on Thursday, beaten by
Gilles Muller of Luxembourg
7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4 in the third
round." - ], - [ - "Thursday #39;s unexpected
resignation of Memphis
Grizzlies coach Hubie Brown
left a lot of questions
unanswered. In his unique way
of putting things, the
71-year-old Brown seemed to
indicate he was burned out and
had some health concerns." - ], - [ - "RUDI Voller had quit as coach
of Roma after a 3-1 defeat
away to Bologna, the Serie A
club said today. Under the
former Germany coach, Roma had
taken just four league points
from a possible 12." - ], - [ - "ONE by one, the players #39;
faces had flashed up on the
giant Ibrox screens offering
season #39;s greetings to the
Rangers fans. But the main
presents were reserved for
Auxerre." - ], - [ - "South Korea #39;s Grace Park
shot a seven-under-par 65 to
triumph at the CJ Nine Bridges
Classic on Sunday. Park #39;s
victory made up her final-
round collapse at the Samsung
World Championship two weeks
ago." - ], - [ - "Titans QB Steve McNair was
released from a Nashville
hospital after a two-night
stay for treatment of a
bruised sternum. McNair was
injured during the fourth
quarter of the Titans #39;
15-12 loss to Jacksonville on
Sunday." - ], - [ - "Keith Miller, Australia #39;s
most prolific all-rounder in
Test cricket, died today at a
nursing home, Cricket
Australia said. He was 84." - ], - [ - "TORONTO Former Toronto pitcher
John Cerutti (seh-ROO
#39;-tee) was found dead in
his hotel room today,
according to the team. He was
44." - ], - [ - "Defense: Ken Lucas. His
biggest play was his first
one. The fourth-year
cornerback intercepted a Ken
Dorsey pass that kissed off
the hands of wide receiver
Rashaun Woods and returned it
25 yards to set up the
Seahawks #39; first score." - ], - [ - "The powerful St. Louis trio of
Albert Pujols, Scott Rolen and
Jim Edmonds is 4 for 23 with
one RBI in the series and with
runners on base, they are 1
for 13." - ], - [ - "The Jets signed 33-year-old
cornerback Terrell Buckley,
who was released by New
England on Sunday, after
putting nickel back Ray
Mickens on season-ending
injured reserve yesterday with
a torn ACL in his left knee." - ], - [ - "WEST INDIES thrilling victory
yesterday in the International
Cricket Council Champions
Trophy meant the world to the
five million people of the
Caribbean." - ], - [ - "Scotland manager Berti Vogts
insists he is expecting
nothing but victory against
Moldova on Wednesday. The game
certainly is a must-win affair
if the Scots are to have any
chance of qualifying for the
2006 World Cup finals." - ], - [ - " INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) -
Jenny Thompson will take the
spotlight from injured U.S.
team mate Michael Phelps at
the world short course
championships Saturday as she
brings down the curtain on a
spectacular swimming career." - ], - [ - "Martin Brodeur made 27 saves,
and Brad Richards, Kris Draper
and Joe Sakic scored goals to
help Canada beat Russia 3-1
last night in the World Cup of
Hockey, giving the Canadians a
3-0 record in round-robin
play." - ], - [ - "ST. LOUIS -- Mike Martz #39;s
week of anger was no empty
display. He saw the defending
NFC West champions slipping
and thought taking potshots at
his players might be his best
shot at turning things around." - ], - [ - "Romanian soccer star Adrian
Mutu as he arrives at the
British Football Association
in London, ahead of his
disciplinary hearing, Thursday
Nov. 4, 2004." - ], - [ - "Australia completed an
emphatic Test series sweep
over New Zealand with a
213-run win Tuesday, prompting
a caution from Black Caps
skipper Stephen Fleming for
other cricket captains around
the globe." - ], - [ - "Liverpool, England (Sports
Network) - Former English
international and Liverpool
great Emlyn Hughes passed away
Tuesday from a brain tumor." - ], - [ - "JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- They
were singing in the Colts #39;
locker room today, singing
like a bunch of wounded
songbirds. Never mind that
Marcus Pollard, Dallas Clark
and Ben Hartsock won #39;t be
recording a remake of Kenny
Chesney #39;s song,
quot;Young, quot; any time
soon." - ], - [ - "As the close-knit NASCAR
community mourns the loss of
team owner Rick Hendrick #39;s
son, brother, twin nieces and
six others in a plane crash
Sunday, perhaps no one outside
of the immediate family
grieves more deeply than
Darrell Waltrip." - ], - [ - "AP - Purdue quarterback Kyle
Orton has no trouble
remembering how he felt after
last year's game at Michigan." - ], - [ - "Brown is a second year player
from Memphis and has spent the
2004 season on the Steelers
#39; practice squad. He played
in two games last year." - ], - [ - "Barret Jackman, the last of
the Blues left to sign before
the league #39;s probable
lockout on Wednesday,
finalized a deal Monday that
is rare in the current
economic climate but fitting
for him." - ], - [ - "AP - In the tumult of the
visitors' clubhouse at Yankee
Stadium, champagne pouring all
around him, Theo Epstein held
a beer. \"I came in and there
was no champagne left,\" he
said this week. \"I said, 'I'll
have champagne if we win it
all.'\" Get ready to pour a
glass of bubbly for Epstein.
No I.D. necessary." - ], - [ - "Barcelona held on from an
early Deco goal to edge game
local rivals Espanyol 1-0 and
carve out a five point
tabletop cushion. Earlier,
Ronaldo rescued a point for
Real Madrid, who continued
their middling form with a 1-1
draw at Real Betis." - ], - [ - "MONTREAL (CP) - The Expos may
be history, but their demise
has heated up the market for
team memorabilia. Vintage
1970s and 1980s shirts are
already sold out, but
everything from caps, beer
glasses and key-chains to
dolls of mascot Youppi!" - ], - [ - "A 76th minute goal from
European Footballer of the
Year Pavel Nedved gave
Juventus a 1-0 win over Bayern
Munich on Tuesday handing the
Italians clear control at the
top of Champions League Group
C." - ], - [ - "ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Some NHL
players who took part in a
charity hockey game at the
University of Michigan on
Thursday were hopeful the news
that the NHL and the players
association will resume talks
next week" - ], - [ - "BOULDER, Colo. -- Vernand
Morency ran for 165 yards and
two touchdowns and Donovan
Woods threw for three more
scores, lifting No. 22
Oklahoma State to a 42-14
victory over Colorado
yesterday." - ], - [ - "PULLMAN - Last week, in
studying USC game film, Cougar
coaches thought they found a
chink in the national
champions armor. And not just
any chink - one with the
potential, right from the get
go, to" - ], - [ - "AP - Matt Leinart was quite a
baseball prospect growing up,
showing so much promise as a
left-handed pitcher that
scouts took notice before high
school." - ], - [ - "LSU will stick with a two-
quarterback rotation Saturday
at Auburn, according to Tigers
coach Nick Saban, who seemed
to have some fun telling the
media what he will and won
#39;t discuss Monday." - ], - [ - "Seattle -- - Not so long ago,
the 49ers were inflicting on
other teams the kind of pain
and embarrassment they felt in
their 34-0 loss to the
Seahawks on Sunday." - ], - [ - "London - Manchester City held
fierce crosstown rivals
Manchester United to a 0-0
draw on Sunday, keeping the
Red Devils eleven points
behind leaders Chelsea." - ], - [ - "New Ole Miss head coach Ed
Orgeron, speaking for the
first time since his hiring,
made clear the goal of his
football program. quot;The
goal of this program will be
to go to the Sugar Bowl, quot;
Orgeron said." - ], - [ - "It is much too easy to call
Pedro Martinez the selfish
one, to say he is walking out
on the Red Sox, his baseball
family, for the extra year of
the Mets #39; crazy money." - ], - [ - "It is impossible for young
tennis players today to know
what it was like to be Althea
Gibson and not to be able to
quot;walk in the front door,
quot; Garrison said." - ], - [ - "Here #39;s an obvious word of
advice to Florida athletic
director Jeremy Foley as he
kicks off another search for
the Gators football coach: Get
Steve Spurrier on board." - ], - [ - "Amid the stormy gloom in
Gotham, the rain-idled Yankees
last night had plenty of time
to gather in front of their
televisions and watch the Red
Sox Express roar toward them.
The national telecast might
have been enough to send a
jittery Boss Steinbrenner
searching his Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations for some
quot;Little Engine That Could
quot; metaphor." - ], - [ - "FULHAM fans would have been
singing the late Elvis #39;
hit #39;The wonder of you
#39; to their player Elvis
Hammond. If not for Frank
Lampard spoiling the party,
with his dedication to his
late grandfather." - ], - [ - "A bird #39;s eye view of the
circuit at Shanghai shows what
an event Sunday #39;s Chinese
Grand Prix will be. The course
is arguably one of the best
there is, and so it should be
considering the amount of
money that has been spent on
it." - ], - [ - "AP - Sirius Satellite Radio
signed a deal to air the men's
NCAA basketball tournament
through 2007, the latest move
made in an attempt to draw
customers through sports
programming." - ], - [ - "(Sports Network) - The
inconsistent San Diego Padres
will try for consecutive wins
for the first time since
August 28-29 tonight, when
they begin a huge four-game
set against the Los Angeles
Dodgers at Dodger Stadium." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top seed
Roger Federer survived a
stirring comeback from twice
champion Andre Agassi to reach
the semifinals of the U.S.
Open for the first time on
Thursday, squeezing through
6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO - What Babe Ruth
was to the first half of the
20th century and Hank Aaron
was to the second, Barry Bonds
has become for the home run
generation." - ], - [ - "Birgit Fischer settled for
silver, leaving the 42-year-
old Olympian with two medals
in two days against decidedly
younger competition." - ], - [ - "There was no mystery ... no
secret strategy ... no baited
trap that snapped shut and
changed the course of history
#39;s most lucrative non-
heavyweight fight." - ], - [ - "Notre Dame accepted an
invitation Sunday to play in
the Insight Bowl in Phoenix
against a Pac-10 team on Dec.
28. The Irish (6-5) accepted
the bid a day after losing to
Southern California" - ], - [ - "Greg Anderson has so dominated
Pro Stock this season that his
championship quest has evolved
into a pursuit of NHRA
history. By Bob Hesser, Racers
Edge Photography." - ], - [ - "Michael Powell, chairman of
the FCC, said Wednesday he was
disappointed with ABC for
airing a sexually suggestive
opening to \"Monday Night
Football.\"" - ], - [ - "Former Washington football
coach Rick Neuheisel looked
forward to a return to
coaching Wednesday after being
cleared by the NCAA of
wrongdoing related to his
gambling on basketball games." - ], - [ - "AP - Rutgers basketball player
Shalicia Hurns was suspended
from the team after pleading
guilty to punching and tying
up her roommate during a
dispute over painkilling
drugs." - ], - [ - "This was the event Michael
Phelps didn't really need to
compete in if his goal was to
win eight golds. He probably
would have had a better chance
somewhere else." - ], - [ - "Gabe Kapler became the first
player to leave the World
Series champion Boston Red
Sox, agreeing to a one-year
contract with the Yomiuri
Giants in Tokyo." - ], - [ - "BALI, Indonesia - Svetlana
Kuznetsova, fresh off her
championship at the US Open,
defeated Australian qualifier
Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-4
Thursday to reach the
quarterfinals of the Wismilak
International." - ], - [ - "AP - Just like the old days in
Dallas, Emmitt Smith made life
miserable for the New York
Giants on Sunday." - ], - [ - "TAMPA, Fla. - Chris Simms
first NFL start lasted 19
plays, and it might be a while
before he plays again for the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers." - ], - [ - "Jarno Trulli made the most of
the conditions in qualifying
to claim pole ahead of Michael
Schumacher, while Fernando
finished third." - ], - [ - "AP - Authorities are
investigating whether bettors
at New York's top thoroughbred
tracks were properly informed
when jockeys came in
overweight at races, a source
familiar with the probe told
The Associated Press." - ], - [ - "Michael Owen scored his first
goal for Real Madrid in a 1-0
home victory over Dynamo Kiev
in the Champions League. The
England striker toe-poked home
Ronaldo #39;s cross in the
35th minute to join the
Russians" - ], - [ - "Jason Giambi has returned to
the New York Yankees'
clubhouse but is still
clueless as to when he will be
able to play again." - ], - [ - "Seventy-five National Hockey
League players met with union
leaders yesterday to get an
update on a lockout that shows
no sign of ending." - ], - [ - "Howard, at 6-4 overall and 3-3
in the Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference, can clinch a
winning record in the MEAC
with a win over Delaware State
on Saturday." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - Top-ranked
Argentina booked their berth
in the women's hockey semi-
finals at the Athens Olympics
on Friday but defending
champions Australia now face
an obstacle course to qualify
for the medal matches." - ], - [ - "The Notre Dame message boards
are no longer discussing
whether Tyrone Willingham
should be fired. Theyre
already arguing about whether
the next coach should be Barry
Alvarez or Steve Spurrier." - ], - [ - " THOMASTOWN, Ireland (Reuters)
- World number three Ernie
Els overcame difficult weather
conditions to fire a sparkling
eight-under-par 64 and move
two shots clear after two
rounds of the WGC-American
Express Championship Friday." - ], - [ - "Lamar Odom supplemented 20
points with 13 rebounds and
Kobe Bryant added 19 points to
overcome a big night from Yao
Ming as the Los Angeles Lakers
ground out an 84-79 win over
the Rockets in Houston
Saturday." - ], - [ - "It rained Sunday, of course,
and but another soppy, sloppy
gray day at Westside Tennis
Club did nothing to deter
Roger Federer from his
appointed rounds." - ], - [ - "Amelie Mauresmo was handed a
place in the Advanta
Championships final after
Maria Sharapova withdrew from
their semi-final because of
injury." - ], - [ - " EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey
(Sports Network) - Retired NBA
center and seven-time All-
Star Alonzo Mourning is going
to give his playing career
one more shot." - ], - [ - "Jordan have confirmed that
Timo Glock will replace
Giorgio Pantano for this
weekend #39;s Chinese GP as
the team has terminated its
contract with Pantano." - ], - [ - "The continuing heartache of
Wake Forest #39;s ACC football
season was best described by
fifth-ranked Florida State
coach Bobby Bowden, after his
Seminoles had edged the
Deacons 20-17 Saturday at
Groves Stadium." - ], - [ - "THE glory days have returned
to White Hart Lane. When Spurs
new first-team coach Martin
Jol promised a return to the
traditions of the 1960s,
nobody could have believed he
was so determined to act so
quickly and so literally." - ], - [ - "AP - When Paula Radcliffe
dropped out of the Olympic
marathon miles from the
finish, she sobbed
uncontrollably. Margaret Okayo
knew the feeling. Okayo pulled
out of the marathon at the
15th mile with a left leg
injury, and she cried, too.
When she watched Radcliffe
quit, Okayo thought, \"Let's
cry together.\"" - ], - [ - " ATLANTA (Sports Network) -
The Atlanta Hawks signed free
agent Kevin Willis on
Wednesday, nearly a decade
after the veteran big man
ended an 11- year stint with
the team." - ], - [ - "When his right-front tire went
flying off early in the Ford
400, the final race of the
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
season, Kurt Busch, it seemed,
was destined to spend his
offseason" - ], - [ - "Brandon Backe and Woody
Williams pitched well last
night even though neither
earned a win. But their
outings will show up in the
record books." - ], - [ - "The Football Association today
decided not to charge David
Beckham with bringing the game
into disrepute. The FA made
the surprise announcement
after their compliance unit
ruled" - ], - [ - " CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland
(Reuters) - World number
three Ernie Els says he feels
a failure after narrowly
missing out on three of the
year's four major
championships." - ], - [ - "Striker Bonaventure Kalou
netted twice to send AJ
Auxerre through to the first
knockout round of the UEFA Cup
at the expense of Rangers on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "THIS weekend sees the
quot;other quot; showdown
between New York and New
England as the Jets and
Patriots clash in a battle of
the unbeaten teams." - ], - [ - "Nicolas Anelka is fit for
Manchester City #39;s
Premiership encounter against
Tottenham at Eastlands, but
the 13million striker will
have to be content with a
place on the bench." - ], - [ - " PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Ben
Roethlisberger passed for 183
yards and two touchdowns,
Hines Ward scored twice and
the Pittsburgh Steelers
rolled to a convincing 27-3
victory over Philadelphia on
Sunday for their second
straight win against an
undefeated opponent." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - The U.S.
men's basketball team got
their first comfortable win
at the Olympic basketball
tournament Monday, routing
winless Angola 89-53 in their
final preliminary round game." - ], - [ - "Often, the older a pitcher
becomes, the less effective he
is on the mound. Roger Clemens
apparently didn #39;t get that
memo. On Tuesday, the 42-year-
old Clemens won an
unprecedented" - ], - [ - "PSV Eindhoven faces Arsenal at
Highbury tomorrow night on the
back of a free-scoring start
to the season. Despite losing
Mateja Kezman to Chelsea in
the summer, the Dutch side has
scored 12 goals in the first" - ], - [ - "PLAYER OF THE GAME: Playing
with a broken nose, Seattle
point guard Sue Bird set a
WNBA playoff record for
assists with 14, also pumping
in 10 points as the Storm
claimed the Western Conference
title last night." - ], - [ - "Frankfurt - World Cup winners
Brazil were on Monday drawn to
meet European champions
Greece, Gold Cup winners
Mexico and Asian champions
Japan at the 2005
Confederations Cup." - ], - [ - "Third baseman Vinny Castilla
said he fits fine with the
Colorado youth movement, even
though he #39;ll turn 38 next
season and the Rockies are
coming off the second-worst" - ], - [ - "(Sports Network) - Two of the
top teams in the American
League tangle in a possible
American League Division
Series preview tonight, as the
West-leading Oakland Athletics
host the wild card-leading
Boston Red Sox for the first
of a three-game set at the" - ], - [ - "Inverness Caledonian Thistle
appointed Craig Brewster as
its new manager-player
Thursday although he #39;s
unable to play for the team
until January." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece -- Alan Shearer
converted an 87th-minute
penalty to give Newcastle a
1-0 win over Panionios in
their UEFA Cup Group D match." - ], - [ - "Derek Jeter turned a season
that started with a terrible
slump into one of the best in
his accomplished 10-year
career. quot;I don #39;t
think there is any question,
quot; the New York Yankees
manager said." - ], - [ - "China's Guo Jingjing easily
won the women's 3-meter
springboard last night, and Wu
Minxia made it a 1-2 finish
for the world's diving
superpower, taking the silver." - ], - [ - "GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (Ticker)
-- Brett Favre will be hoping
his 200th consecutive start
turns out better than his last
two have against the St." - ], - [ - "When an NFL team opens with a
prolonged winning streak,
former Miami Dolphins coach
Don Shula and his players from
the 17-0 team of 1972 root
unabashedly for the next
opponent." - ], - [ - "MIANNE Bagger, the transsexual
golfer who prompted a change
in the rules to allow her to
compete on the professional
circuit, made history
yesterday by qualifying to
play full-time on the Ladies
European Tour." - ], - [ - "Great Britain #39;s gold medal
tally now stands at five after
Leslie Law was handed the
individual three day eventing
title - in a courtroom." - ], - [ - "Mayor Tom Menino must be
proud. His Boston Red Sox just
won their first World Series
in 86 years and his Hyde Park
Blue Stars yesterday clinched
their first Super Bowl berth
in 32 years, defeating
O'Bryant, 14-0. Who would have
thought?" - ], - [ - "South Korea have appealed to
sport #39;s supreme legal body
in an attempt to award Yang
Tae-young the Olympic
gymnastics all-round gold
medal after a scoring error
robbed him of the title in
Athens." - ], - [ - "AP - Johan Santana had an
early lead and was well on his
way to his 10th straight win
when the rain started to fall." - ], - [ - "ATHENS-In one of the biggest
shocks in Olympic judo
history, defending champion
Kosei Inoue was defeated by
Dutchman Elco van der Geest in
the men #39;s 100-kilogram
category Thursday." - ], - [ - "NBC is adding a 5-second delay
to its Nascar telecasts after
Dale Earnhardt Jr. used a
vulgarity during a postrace
interview last weekend." - ], - [ - "San Francisco Giants
outfielder Barry Bonds, who
became the third player in
Major League Baseball history
to hit 700 career home runs,
won the National League Most
Valuable Player Award" - ], - [ - "Portsmouth chairman Milan
Mandaric said on Tuesday that
Harry Redknapp, who resigned
as manager last week, was
innocent of any wrong-doing
over agent or transfer fees." - ], - [ - "This record is for all the
little guys, for all the
players who have to leg out
every hit instead of taking a
relaxing trot around the
bases, for all the batters
whose muscles aren #39;t" - ], - [ - "Charlie Hodgson #39;s record-
equalling performance against
South Africa was praised by
coach Andy Robinson after the
Sale flyhalf scored 27 points
in England #39;s 32-16 victory
here at Twickenham on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "BASEBALL Atlanta (NL):
Optioned P Roman Colon to
Greenville (Southern);
recalled OF Dewayne Wise from
Richmond (IL). Boston (AL):
Purchased C Sandy Martinez
from Cleveland (AL) and
assigned him to Pawtucket
(IL). Cleveland (AL): Recalled
OF Ryan Ludwick from Buffalo
(IL). Chicago (NL): Acquired
OF Ben Grieve from Milwaukee
(NL) for player to be named
and cash; acquired C Mike ..." - ], - [ - "BRONX, New York (Ticker) --
Kelvim Escobar was the latest
Anaheim Angels #39; pitcher to
subdue the New York Yankees.
Escobar pitched seven strong
innings and Bengie Molina tied
a career-high with four hits,
including" - ], - [ - "Sep 08 - Vijay Singh revelled
in his status as the new world
number one after winning the
Deutsche Bank Championship by
three shots in Boston on
Monday." - ], - [ - "Many people in golf are asking
that today. He certainly wasn
#39;t A-list and he wasn #39;t
Larry Nelson either. But you
couldn #39;t find a more solid
guy to lead the United States
into Ireland for the 2006
Ryder Cup Matches." - ], - [ - "Australian Stuart Appleby, who
was the joint second-round
leader, returned a two-over 74
to drop to third at three-
under while American Chris
DiMarco moved into fourth with
a round of 69." - ], - [ - "With a doubleheader sweep of
the Minnesota Twins, the New
York Yankees moved to the
verge of clinching their
seventh straight AL East
title." - ], - [ - "Athens, Greece (Sports
Network) - The first official
track event took place this
morning and Italy #39;s Ivano
Brugnetti won the men #39;s
20km walk at the Summer
Olympics in Athens." - ], - [ - "Champions Arsenal opened a
five-point lead at the top of
the Premier League after a 4-0
thrashing of Charlton Athletic
at Highbury Saturday." - ], - [ - "The Redskins and Browns have
traded field goals and are
tied, 3-3, in the first
quarter in Cleveland." - ], - [ - "Forget September call-ups. The
Red Sox may tap their minor
league system for an extra
player or two when the rules
allow them to expand their
25-man roster Wednesday, but
any help from the farm is
likely to pale against the
abundance of talent they gain
from the return of numerous
players, including Trot Nixon
, from the disabled list." - ], - [ - "THOUSAND OAKS -- Anonymity is
only a problem if you want it
to be, and it is obvious Vijay
Singh doesn #39;t want it to
be. Let others chase fame." - ], - [ - "David Coulthard #39;s season-
long search for a Formula One
drive next year is almost
over. Negotiations between Red
Bull Racing and Coulthard, who
tested for the Austrian team
for the first time" - ], - [ - "AP - Southern California
tailback LenDale White
remembers Justin Holland from
high school. The Colorado
State quarterback made quite
an impression." - ], - [ - "TIM HENMAN last night admitted
all of his energy has been
drained away as he bowed out
of the Madrid Masters. The top
seed, who had a blood test on
Wednesday to get to the bottom
of his fatigue, went down" - ], - [ - "ATHENS -- US sailors needed a
big day to bring home gold and
bronze medals from the sailing
finale here yesterday. But
rolling the dice on windshifts
and starting tactics backfired
both in Star and Tornado
classes, and the Americans had
to settle for a single silver
medal." - ], - [ - "AP - Cavaliers forward Luke
Jackson was activated
Wednesday after missing five
games because of tendinitis in
his right knee. Cleveland also
placed forward Sasha Pavlovic
on the injured list." - ], - [ - "The Brisbane Lions #39;
football manager stepped out
of the changerooms just before
six o #39;clock last night and
handed one of the milling
supporters a six-pack of beer." - ], - [ - "Cavaliers owner Gordon Gund is
in quot;serious quot;
negotiations to sell the NBA
franchise, which has enjoyed a
dramatic financial turnaround
since the arrival of star
LeBron James." - ], - [ - "After two days of gloom, China
was back on the winning rails
on Thursday with Liu Chunhong
winning a weightlifting title
on her record-shattering binge
and its shuttlers contributing
two golds in the cliff-hanging
finals." - ], - [ - "One question that arises
whenever a player is linked to
steroids is, \"What would he
have done without them?\"
Baseball history whispers an
answer." - ], - [ - "The second round of the
Canadian Open golf tournament
continues Saturday Glenn Abbey
Golf Club in Oakville,
Ontario, after play was
suspended late Friday due to
darkness." - ], - [ - "A massive plan to attract the
2012 Summer Olympics to New
York, touting the city's
diversity, financial and media
power, was revealed Wednesday." - ], - [ - "NICK Heidfeld #39;s test with
Williams has been brought
forward after BAR blocked
plans for Anthony Davidson to
drive its Formula One rival
#39;s car." - ], - [ - "Grace Park closed with an
eagle and two birdies for a
7-under-par 65 and a two-
stroke lead after three rounds
of the Wachovia LPGA Classic
on Saturday." - ], - [ - "Carlos Beltran drives in five
runs to carry the Astros to a
12-3 rout of the Braves in
Game 5 of their first-round NL
playoff series." - ], - [ - "Since Lennox Lewis #39;s
retirement, the heavyweight
division has been knocked for
having more quantity than
quality. Eight heavyweights on
Saturday night #39;s card at
Madison Square Garden hope to
change that perception, at
least for one night." - ], - [ - "Tim Duncan had 17 points and
10 rebounds, helping the San
Antonio Spurs to a 99-81
victory over the New York
Kicks. This was the Spurs
fourth straight win this
season." - ], - [ - "Nagpur: India suffered a
double blow even before the
first ball was bowled in the
crucial third cricket Test
against Australia on Tuesday
when captain Sourav Ganguly
and off spinner Harbhajan
Singh were ruled out of the
match." - ], - [ - "AP - Former New York Yankees
hitting coach Rick Down was
hired for the same job by the
Mets on Friday, reuniting him
with new manager Willie
Randolph." - ], - [ - "FILDERSTADT (Germany) - Amelie
Mauresmo and Lindsay Davenport
took their battle for the No.
1 ranking and Porsche Grand
Prix title into the semi-
finals with straight-sets
victories on Friday." - ], - [ - "Carter returned, but it was
running back Curtis Martin and
the offensive line that put
the Jets ahead. Martin rushed
for all but 10 yards of a
45-yard drive that stalled at
the Cardinals 10." - ], - [ - "DENVER (Ticker) -- Jake
Plummer more than made up for
a lack of a running game.
Plummer passed for 294 yards
and two touchdowns as the
Denver Broncos posted a 23-13
victory over the San Diego
Chargers in a battle of AFC
West Division rivals." - ], - [ - "It took all of about five
minutes of an introductory
press conference Wednesday at
Heritage Hall for USC
basketball to gain something
it never really had before." - ], - [ - "AP - The Boston Red Sox looked
at the out-of-town scoreboard
and could hardly believe what
they saw. The New York Yankees
were trailing big at home
against the Cleveland Indians
in what would be the worst
loss in the 101-year history
of the storied franchise." - ], - [ - "The Red Sox will either
complete an amazing comeback
as the first team to rebound
from a 3-0 deficit in
postseason history, or the
Yankees will stop them." - ], - [ - "The Red Sox have reached
agreement with free agent
pitcher Matt Clement yesterday
on a three-year deal that will
pay him around \\$25 million,
his agent confirmed yesterday." - ], - [ - "HEN Manny Ramirez and David
Ortiz hit consecutive home
runs Sunday night in Chicago
to put the Red Sox ahead,
there was dancing in the
streets in Boston." - ], - [ - "MIAMI -- Bryan Randall grabbed
a set of Mardi Gras beads and
waved them aloft, while his
teammates exalted in the
prospect of a trip to New
Orleans." - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - With an injured
Vince Carter on the bench, the
Toronto Raptors dropped their
sixth straight game Friday,
101-87 to the Denver Nuggets." - ], - [ - "While not quite a return to
glory, Monday represents the
Redskins' return to the
national consciousness." - ], - [ - "Vijay Singh has won the US PGA
Tour player of the year award
for the first time, ending
Tiger Woods #39;s five-year
hold on the honour." - ], - [ - "England got strikes from
sparkling debut starter
Jermain Defoe and Michael Owen
to defeat Poland in a Uefa
World Cup qualifier in
Chorzow." - ], - [ - "Titleholder Ernie Els moved
within sight of a record sixth
World Match Play title on
Saturday by solving a putting
problem to overcome injured
Irishman Padraig Harrington 5
and 4." - ], - [ - "If the Washington Nationals
never win a pennant, they have
no reason to ever doubt that
DC loves them. Yesterday, the
District City Council
tentatively approved a tab for
a publicly financed ballpark
that could amount to as much
as \\$630 million." - ], - [ - "Defensive back Brandon
Johnson, who had two
interceptions for Tennessee at
Mississippi, was suspended
indefinitely Monday for
violation of team rules." - ], - [ - "Points leader Kurt Busch spun
out and ran out of fuel, and
his misfortune was one of the
reasons crew chief Jimmy
Fennig elected not to pit with
20 laps to go." - ], - [ - "(CP) - The NHL all-star game
hasn #39;t been cancelled
after all. It #39;s just been
moved to Russia. The agent for
New York Rangers winger
Jaromir Jagr confirmed Monday
that the Czech star had joined
Omsk Avangard" - ], - [ - "HERE in the land of myth, that
familiar god of sports --
karma -- threw a bolt of
lightning into the Olympic
stadium yesterday. Marion
Jones lunged desperately with
her baton in the 4 x 100m
relay final, but couldn #39;t
reach her target." - ], - [ - "AP - Kenny Rogers lost at the
Coliseum for the first time in
more than 10 years, with Bobby
Crosby's three-run double in
the fifth inning leading the
Athletics to a 5-4 win over
the Texas Rangers on Thursday." - ], - [ - "Dambulla, Sri Lanka - Kumar
Sangakkara and Avishka
Gunawardene slammed impressive
half-centuries to help an
under-strength Sri Lanka crush
South Africa by seven wickets
in the fourth one-day
international here on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "Fresh off being the worst team
in baseball, the Arizona
Diamondbacks set a new record
this week: fastest team to
both hire and fire a manager." - ], - [ - "Nebraska head coach Bill
Callahan runs off the field at
halftime of the game against
Baylor in Lincoln, Neb.,
Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004." - ], - [ - " EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Sports
Network) - The Toronto
Raptors have traded All-Star
swingman Vince Carter to the
New Jersey Nets in exchange
for center Alonzo Mourning,
forward Eric Williams,
center/forward Aaron Williams
and two first- round draft
picks." - ], - [ - "What riot? quot;An Argentine
friend of mine was a little
derisive of the Pacers-Pistons
eruption, quot; says reader
Mike Gaynes. quot;He snorted,
#39;Is that what Americans
call a riot?" - ], - [ - "All season, Chris Barnicle
seemed prepared for just about
everything, but the Newton
North senior was not ready for
the hot weather he encountered
yesterday in San Diego at the
Footlocker Cross-Country
National Championships. Racing
in humid conditions with
temperatures in the 70s, the
Massachusetts Division 1 state
champion finished sixth in 15
minutes 34 seconds in the
5-kilometer race. ..." - ], - [ - "AP - Coach Tyrone Willingham
was fired by Notre Dame on
Tuesday after three seasons in
which he failed to return one
of the nation's most storied
football programs to
prominence." - ], - [ - "COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Joel
Statham completed 18 of 25
passes for 268 yards and two
touchdowns in No. 23
Maryland's 45-22 victory over
Temple last night, the
Terrapins' 12th straight win
at Byrd Stadium." - ], - [ - "Manchester United boss Sir
Alex Ferguson wants the FA to
punish Arsenal good guy Dennis
Bergkamp for taking a swing at
Alan Smith last Sunday." - ], - [ - "Published reports say Barry
Bonds has testified that he
used a clear substance and a
cream given to him by a
trainer who was indicted in a
steroid-distribution ring." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - Christos
Angourakis added his name to
Greece's list of Paralympic
medal winners when he claimed
a bronze in the T53 shot put
competition Thursday." - ], - [ - "Jay Fiedler threw for one
touchdown, Sage Rosenfels
threw for another and the
Miami Dolphins got a victory
in a game they did not want to
play, beating the New Orleans
Saints 20-19 Friday night." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Terrell
Owens scored three touchdowns
and the Philadelphia Eagles
amassed 35 first-half points
on the way to a 49-21
drubbing of the Dallas Cowboys
in Irving, Texas, Monday." - ], - [ - "A late strike by Salomon Kalou
sealed a 2-1 win for Feyenoord
over NEC Nijmegen, while
second placed AZ Alkmaar
defeated ADO Den Haag 2-0 in
the Dutch first division on
Sunday." - ], - [ - "What a disgrace Ron Artest has
become. And the worst part is,
the Indiana Pacers guard just
doesn #39;t get it. Four days
after fueling one of the
biggest brawls in the history
of pro sports, Artest was on
national" - ], - [ - "Jenson Button has revealed
dissatisfaction with the way
his management handled a
fouled switch to Williams. Not
only did the move not come
off, his reputation may have
been irreparably damaged amid
news headline" - ], - [ - "Redknapp and his No2 Jim Smith
resigned from Portsmouth
yesterday, leaving
controversial new director
Velimir Zajec in temporary
control." - ], - [ - "As the season winds down for
the Frederick Keys, Manager
Tom Lawless is starting to
enjoy the progress his
pitching staff has made this
season." - ], - [ - "Britain #39;s Bradley Wiggins
won the gold medal in men
#39;s individual pursuit
Saturday, finishing the
4,000-meter final in 4:16." - ], - [ - "And when David Akers #39;
50-yard field goal cleared the
crossbar in overtime, they did
just that. They escaped a
raucous Cleveland Browns
Stadium relieved but not
broken, tested but not
cracked." - ], - [ - "San Antonio, TX (Sports
Network) - Dean Wilson shot a
five-under 65 on Friday to
move into the lead at the
halfway point of the Texas
Open." - ], - [ - "Now that Chelsea have added
Newcastle United to the list
of clubs that they have given
what for lately, what price
Jose Mourinho covering the
Russian-funded aristocrats of
west London in glittering
glory to the tune of four
trophies?" - ], - [ - "AP - Former Seattle Seahawks
running back Chris Warren has
been arrested in Virginia on a
federal warrant, accused of
failing to pay #36;137,147 in
child support for his two
daughters in Washington state." - ], - [ - "It #39;s official: US Open had
never gone into the third
round with only two American
men, including the defending
champion, Andy Roddick." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON, Aug. 17
(Xinhuanet) -- England coach
Sven-Goran Eriksson has urged
the international soccer
authorities to preserve the
health of the world superstar
footballers for major
tournaments, who expressed his
will in Slaley of England on
Tuesday ..." - ], - [ - "Juventus coach Fabio Capello
has ordered his players not to
kick the ball out of play when
an opponent falls to the
ground apparently hurt because
he believes some players fake
injury to stop the match." - ], - [ - "You #39;re angry. You want to
lash out. The Red Sox are
doing it to you again. They
#39;re blowing a playoff
series, and to the Yankees no
less." - ], - [ - "TORONTO -- There is no
mystique to it anymore,
because after all, the
Russians have become commoners
in today's National Hockey
League, and Finns, Czechs,
Slovaks, and Swedes also have
been entrenched in the
Original 30 long enough to
turn the ongoing World Cup of
Hockey into a protracted
trailer for the NHL season." - ], - [ - "Indianapolis, IN (Sports
Network) - The Indiana Pacers
try to win their second
straight game tonight, as they
host Kevin Garnett and the
Minnesota Timberwolves in the
third of a four-game homestand
at Conseco Fieldhouse." - ], - [ - "It is a team game, this Ryder
Cup stuff that will commence
Friday at Oakland Hills
Country Club. So what are the
teams? For the Americans,
captain Hal Sutton isn't
saying." - ], - [ - "MANCHESTER United today
dramatically rejected the
advances of Malcolm Glazer,
the US sports boss who is
mulling an 825m bid for the
football club." - ], - [ - "As usual, the Big Ten coaches
were out in full force at
today #39;s Big Ten
Teleconference. Both OSU head
coach Jim Tressel and Iowa
head coach Kirk Ferentz
offered some thoughts on the
upcoming game between OSU" - ], - [ - "New York Knicks #39; Stephon
Marbury (3) fires over New
Orleans Hornets #39; Dan
Dickau (2) during the second
half in New Orleans Wednesday
night, Dec. 8, 2004." - ], - [ - "At the very moment when the
Red Sox desperately need
someone slightly larger than
life to rally around, they
suddenly have the man for the
job: Thrilling Schilling." - ], - [ - "Dale Earnhardt Jr, right,
talks with Matt Kenseth, left,
during a break in practice at
Lowe #39;s Motor Speedway in
Concord, NC, Thursday Oct. 14,
2004 before qualifying for
Saturday #39;s UAW-GM Quality
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have been usurped or at least
threatened after relatively
solid understudy showings
Sunday, but few players
welcome the kind of shot
delivered to Oakland" - ], - [ - "TEMPE, Ariz. -- Neil Rackers
kicked four field goals and
the Arizona Cardinals stifled
rookie Chris Simms and the
rest of the Tampa Bay offense
for a 12-7 victory yesterday
in a matchup of two sputtering
teams out of playoff
contention. Coach Jon Gruden's
team lost its fourth in a row
to finish 5-11, Tampa Bay's
worst record since going ..." - ], - [ - "ATHENS France, Britain and the
United States issued a joint
challenge Thursday to Germany
#39;s gold medal in equestrian
team three-day eventing." - ], - [ - "ATLANTA - Who could have
imagined Tommy Tuberville in
this position? Yet there he
was Friday, standing alongside
the SEC championship trophy,
posing for pictures and
undoubtedly chuckling a bit on
the inside." - ], - [ - "John Thomson threw shutout
ball for seven innings
Wednesday night in carrying
Atlanta to a 2-0 blanking of
the New York Mets. New York
lost for the 21st time in 25
games on the" - ], - [ - "Vikram Solanki beat the rain
clouds to register his second
one-day international century
as England won the third one-
day international to wrap up a
series victory." - ], - [ - "A three-touchdown point spread
and a recent history of late-
season collapses had many
thinking the UCLA football
team would provide little
opposition to rival USC #39;s
march to the BCS-championship
game at the Orange Bowl." - ], - [ - " PHOENIX (Sports Network) -
Free agent third baseman Troy
Glaus is reportedly headed to
the Arizona Diamondbacks." - ], - [ - "Third-string tailback Chris
Markey ran for 131 yards to
lead UCLA to a 34-26 victory
over Oregon on Saturday.
Markey, playing because of an
injury to starter Maurice
Drew, also caught five passes
for 84 yards" - ], - [ - "Jay Payton #39;s three-run
homer led the San Diego Padres
to a 5-1 win over the San
Francisco Giants in National
League play Saturday, despite
a 701st career blast from
Barry Bonds." - ], - [ - "The optimists among Rutgers
fans were delighted, but the
Scarlet Knights still gave the
pessimists something to worry
about." - ], - [ - "Perhaps the sight of Maria
Sharapova opposite her tonight
will jog Serena Williams #39;
memory. Wimbledon. The final.
You and Maria." - ], - [ - "Five days after making the
putt that won the Ryder Cup,
Colin Montgomerie looked set
to miss the cut at a European
PGA tour event." - ], - [ - "Karachi - Captain Inzamam ul-
Haq and coach Bob Woolmer came
under fire on Thursday for
choosing to bat first on a
tricky pitch after Pakistan
#39;s humiliating defeat in
the ICC Champions Trophy semi-
final." - ], - [ - "Scottish champions Celtic saw
their three-year unbeaten home
record in Europe broken
Tuesday as they lost 3-1 to
Barcelona in the Champions
League Group F opener." - ], - [ - "AP - Andy Roddick searched out
Carlos Moya in the throng of
jumping, screaming Spanish
tennis players, hoping to
shake hands." - ], - [ - "ENGLAND captain and Real
Madrid midfielder David
Beckham has played down
speculation that his club are
moving for England manager
Sven-Goran Eriksson." - ], - [ - "AFP - National Basketball
Association players trying to
win a fourth consecutive
Olympic gold medal for the
United States have gotten the
wake-up call that the \"Dream
Team\" days are done even if
supporters have not." - ], - [ - "England will be seeking their
third clean sweep of the
summer when the NatWest
Challenge against India
concludes at Lord #39;s. After
beating New Zealand and West
Indies 3-0 and 4-0 in Tests,
they have come alive" - ], - [ - "AP - Mark Richt knows he'll
have to get a little creative
when he divvies up playing
time for Georgia's running
backs next season. Not so on
Saturday. Thomas Brown is the
undisputed starter for the
biggest game of the season." - ], - [ - "Michael Phelps, the six-time
Olympic champion, issued an
apology yesterday after being
arrested and charged with
drunken driving in the United
States." - ], - [ - "ATHENS Larry Brown, the US
coach, leaned back against the
scorer #39;s table, searching
for support on a sinking ship.
His best player, Tim Duncan,
had just fouled out, and the
options for an American team
that" - ], - [ - "Spain have named an unchanged
team for the Davis Cup final
against the United States in
Seville on 3-5 December.
Carlos Moya, Juan Carlos
Ferrero, Rafael Nadal and
Tommy Robredo will take on the
US in front of 22,000 fans at
the converted Olympic stadium." - ], - [ - "Last Tuesday night, Harvard
knocked off rival Boston
College, which was ranked No.
1 in the country. Last night,
the Crimson knocked off
another local foe, Boston
University, 2-1, at Walter
Brown Arena, which marked the
first time since 1999 that
Harvard had beaten them both
in the same season." - ], - [ - "About 500 prospective jurors
will be in an Eagle, Colorado,
courtroom Friday, answering an
82-item questionnaire in
preparation for the Kobe
Bryant sexual assault trial." - ], - [ - "BEIJING The NBA has reached
booming, basketball-crazy
China _ but the league doesn
#39;t expect to make any money
soon. The NBA flew more than
100 people halfway around the
world for its first games in
China, featuring" - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Curt
Schilling pitched 6 2/3
innings and Manny Ramirez hit
a three-run homer in a seven-
run fourth frame to lead the
Boston Red Sox to a 9-3 win
over the host Anaheim Angels
in their American League
Divisional Series opener
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "AP - The game between the
Minnesota Twins and the New
York Yankees on Tuesday night
was postponed by rain." - ], - [ - "PARIS The verdict is in: The
world #39;s greatest race car
driver, the champion of
champions - all disciplines
combined - is Heikki
Kovalainen." - ], - [ - "Pakistan won the toss and
unsurprisingly chose to bowl
first as they and West Indies
did battle at the Rose Bowl
today for a place in the ICC
Champions Trophy final against
hosts England." - ], - [ - "AP - Boston Red Sox center
fielder Johnny Damon is having
a recurrence of migraine
headaches that first bothered
him after a collision in last
year's playoffs." - ], - [ - "Felix Cardenas of Colombia won
the 17th stage of the Spanish
Vuelta cycling race Wednesday,
while defending champion
Roberto Heras held onto the
overall leader #39;s jersey
for the sixth day in a row." - ], - [ - "Established star Landon
Donovan and rising sensation
Eddie Johnson carried the
United States into the
regional qualifying finals for
the 2006 World Cup in emphatic
fashion Wednesday night." - ], - [ - "Wizards coach Eddie Jordan
says the team is making a
statement that immaturity will
not be tolerated by suspending
Kwame Brown one game for not
taking part in a team huddle
during a loss to Denver." - ], - [ - "AP - Andy Roddick has yet to
face a challenge in his U.S.
Open title defense. He beat
No. 18 Tommy Robredo of Spain
6-3, 6-2, 6-4 Tuesday night to
move into the quarterfinals
without having lost a set." - ], - [ - "Now that hell froze over in
Boston, New England braces for
its rarest season -- a winter
of content. Red Sox fans are
adrift from the familiar
torture of the past." - ], - [ - "THE South Africans have called
the Wallabies scrum cheats as
a fresh round of verbal
warfare opened in the Republic
last night." - ], - [ - "An overwhelming majority of
NHL players who expressed
their opinion in a poll said
they would not support a
salary cap even if it meant
saving a season that was
supposed to have started Oct.
13." - ], - [ - "Tony Eury Sr. oversees Dale
Earnhardt Jr. on the
racetrack, but Sunday he
extended his domain to Victory
Lane. Earnhardt was unbuckling
to crawl out of the No." - ], - [ - "(Sports Network) - The New
York Yankees try to move one
step closer to a division
title when they conclude their
critical series with the
Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park." - ], - [ - "Kurt Busch claimed a stake in
the points lead in the NASCAR
Chase for the Nextel Cup
yesterday, winning the
Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire
International Speedway." - ], - [ - "LOUDON, NH - As this
newfangled stretch drive for
the Nextel Cup championship
ensues, Jeff Gordon has to be
considered the favorite for a
fifth title." - ], - [ - "By nick giongco. YOU KNOW you
have reached the status of a
boxing star when ring
announcer extraordinaire
Michael Buffer calls out your
name in his trademark booming
voice during a high-profile
event like yesterday" - ], - [ - "AP - Even with a big lead,
Eric Gagne wanted to pitch in
front of his hometown fans one
last time." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece -- Larry Brown
was despondent, the head of
the US selection committee was
defensive and an irritated
Allen Iverson was hanging up
on callers who asked what went
wrong." - ], - [ - "AP - Courtney Brown refuses to
surrender to injuries. He's
already planning another
comeback." - ], - [ - "It took an off-the-cuff
reference to a serial
murderer/cannibal to punctuate
the Robby Gordon storyline.
Gordon has been vilified by
his peers and put on probation" - ], - [ - "By BOBBY ROSS JR. Associated
Press Writer. play the Atlanta
Hawks. They will be treated to
free food and drink and have.
their pictures taken with
Mavericks players, dancers and
team officials." - ], - [ - "ARSENAL #39;S Brazilian World
Cup winning midfielder
Gilberto Silva is set to be
out for at least a month with
a back injury, the Premiership
leaders said." - ], - [ - "INDIANAPOLIS -- With a package
of academic reforms in place,
the NCAA #39;s next crusade
will address what its
president calls a dangerous
drift toward professionalism
and sports entertainment." - ], - [ - "AP - It was difficult for
Southern California's Pete
Carroll and Oklahoma's Bob
Stoops to keep from repeating
each other when the two
coaches met Thursday." - ], - [ - "Andy Roddick, along with
Olympic silver medalist Mardy
Fish and the doubles pair of
twins Bob and Mike Bryan will
make up the US team to compete
with Belarus in the Davis Cup,
reported CRIENGLISH." - ], - [ - "While the world #39;s best
athletes fight the noble
Olympic battle in stadiums and
pools, their fans storm the
streets of Athens, turning the
Greek capital into a huge
international party every
night." - ], - [ - "EVERTON showed they would not
be bullied into selling Wayne
Rooney last night by rejecting
a 23.5million bid from
Newcastle - as Manchester
United gamble on Goodison
#39;s resolve to keep the
striker." - ], - [ - "After months of legal
wrangling, the case of
<em>People v. Kobe Bean
Bryant</em> commences on
Friday in Eagle, Colo., with
testimony set to begin next
month." - ], - [ - "Lyon coach Paul le Guen has
admitted his side would be
happy with a draw at Old
Trafford on Tuesday night. The
three-times French champions
have assured themselves of
qualification for the
Champions League" - ], - [ - "Reuters - Barry Bonds failed
to collect a hit in\\his bid to
join the 700-homer club, but
he did score a run to\\help the
San Francisco Giants edge the
host Milwaukee Brewers\\3-2 in
National League action on
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "After waiting an entire summer
for the snow to fall and
Beaver Creek to finally open,
skiers from around the planet
are coming to check out the
Birds of Prey World Cup action
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ignoramus when it comes to
women #39;s beach volleyball.
In fact, I know only one thing
about the sport - that it is
the supreme aesthetic
experience available on planet
Earth." - ], - [ - "Manchester United Plc may
offer US billionaire Malcolm
Glazer a seat on its board if
he agrees to drop a takeover
bid for a year, the Observer
said, citing an unidentified
person in the soccer industry." - ], - [ - "For a guy who spent most of
his first four professional
seasons on the disabled list,
Houston Astros reliever Brad
Lidge has developed into quite
the ironman these past two
days." - ], - [ - "Former Bengal Corey Dillon
found his stride Sunday in his
second game for the New
England Patriots. Dillon
gained 158 yards on 32 carries
as the Patriots beat the
Arizona Cardinals, 23-12, for
their 17th victory in a row." - ], - [ - "If legend is to be believed,
the end of a victorious war
was behind Pheidippides #39;
trek from Marathon to Athens
2,500 years ago." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Wimbledon
champion Maria Sharapova
demolished fellow Russian
Tatiana Panova 6-1, 6-1 to
advance to the quarter-finals
of the China Open on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Padres general manager Kevin
Towers called Expos general
manager Omar Minaya on
Thursday afternoon and told
him he needed a shortstop
because Khalil Greene had
broken his" - ], - [ - "Motorsport.com. Nine of the
ten Formula One teams have
united to propose cost-cutting
measures for the future, with
the notable exception of
Ferrari." - ], - [ - "Steve Francis and Shaquille O
#39;Neal enjoyed big debuts
with their new teams. Kobe
Bryant found out he can #39;t
carry the Lakers all by
himself." - ], - [ - "Australia, by winning the
third Test at Nagpur on
Friday, also won the four-
match series 2-0 with one
match to go. Australia had
last won a Test series in
India way back in December
1969 when Bill Lawry #39;s
team beat Nawab Pataudi #39;s
Indian team 3-1." - ], - [ - "Final Score: Connecticut 61,
New York 51 New York, NY
(Sports Network) - Nykesha
Sales scored 15 points to lead
Connecticut to a 61-51 win
over New York in Game 1 of
their best-of-three Eastern
Conference Finals series at
Madison Square Garden." - ], - [ - "Charlotte, NC -- LeBron James
poured in a game-high 19
points and Jeff McInnis scored
18 as the Cleveland Cavaliers
routed the Charlotte Bobcats,
106-89, at the Charlotte
Coliseum." - ], - [ - "Lehmann, who was at fault in
two matches in the tournament
last season, was blundering
again with the German set to
take the rap for both Greek
goals." - ], - [ - "Jeju Island, South Korea
(Sports Network) - Grace Park
and Carin Koch posted matching
rounds of six-under-par 66 on
Friday to share the lead after
the first round of the CJ Nine
Bridges Classic." - ], - [ - "Benfica and Real Madrid set
the standard for soccer
success in Europe in the late
1950s and early #39;60s. The
clubs have evolved much
differently, but both have
struggled" - ], - [ - "Pakistan are closing in fast
on Sri Lanka #39;s first
innings total after impressing
with both ball and bat on the
second day of the opening Test
in Faisalabad." - ], - [ - "Ron Artest has been hit with a
season long suspension,
unprecedented for the NBA
outside doping cases; Stephen
Jackson banned for 30 games;
Jermaine O #39;Neal for 25
games and Anthony Johnson for
five." - ], - [ - "Three shots behind Grace Park
with five holes to go, six-
time LPGA player of the year
Sorenstam rallied with an
eagle, birdie and three pars
to win her fourth Samsung
World Championship by three
shots over Park on Sunday." - ], - [ - "NSW Rugby CEO Fraser Neill
believes Waratah star Mat
Rogers has learned his lesson
after he was fined and ordered
to do community service
following his controversial
comments about the club rugby
competition." - ], - [ - "ATHENS: China, the dominant
force in world diving for the
best part of 20 years, won six
out of eight Olympic titles in
Athens and prompted
speculation about a clean
sweep when they stage the
Games in Beijing in 2008." - ], - [ - "The Houston Astros won their
19th straight game at home and
are one game from winning
their first playoff series in
42 years." - ], - [ - "The eighth-seeded American
fell to sixth-seeded Elena
Dementieva of Russia, 0-6 6-2
7-6 (7-5), on Friday - despite
being up a break on four
occasions in the third set." - ], - [ - "TUCSON, Arizona (Ticker) --
No. 20 Arizona State tries to
post its first three-game
winning streak over Pac-10
Conference rival Arizona in 26
years when they meet Friday." - ], - [ - "AP - Phillip Fulmer kept his
cool when starting center
Jason Respert drove off in the
coach's golf cart at practice." - ], - [ - "GOALS from Wayne Rooney and
Ruud van Nistelrooy gave
Manchester United the win at
Newcastle. Alan Shearer
briefly levelled matters for
the Magpies but United managed
to scrape through." - ], - [ - "AP - Two-time U.S. Open
doubles champion Max Mirnyi
will lead the Belarus team
that faces the United States
in the Davis Cup semifinals in
Charleston later this month." - ], - [ - "AP - New York Jets safety Erik
Coleman got his souvenir
football from the equipment
manager and held it tightly." - ], - [ - "Ivan Hlinka coached the Czech
Republic to the hockey gold
medal at the 1998 Nagano
Olympics and became the coach
of the Pittsburgh Penguins two
years later." - ], - [ - "AUBURN - Ah, easy street. No
game this week. Light
practices. And now Auburn is
being touted as the No. 3 team
in the Bowl Championship
Series standings." - ], - [ - "Portsmouth #39;s Harry
Redknapp has been named as the
Barclays manager of the month
for October. Redknapp #39;s
side were unbeaten during the
month and maintained an
impressive climb to ninth in
the Premiership." - ], - [ - "Three directors of Manchester
United have been ousted from
the board after US tycoon
Malcolm Glazer, who is
attempting to buy the club,
voted against their re-
election." - ], - [ - "AP - Manny Ramirez singled and
scored before leaving with a
bruised knee, and the
streaking Boston Red Sox beat
the Detroit Tigers 5-3 Friday
night for their 10th victory
in 11 games." - ], - [ - "The news comes fast and
furious. Pedro Martinez goes
to Tampa to visit George
Steinbrenner. Theo Epstein and
John Henry go to Florida for
their turn with Pedro. Carl
Pavano comes to Boston to
visit Curt Schilling. Jason
Varitek says he's not a goner.
Derek Lowe is a goner, but he
says he wishes it could be
different. Orlando Cabrera ..." - ], - [ - "FRED Hale Sr, documented as
the worlds oldest man, has
died at the age of 113. Hale
died in his sleep on Friday at
a hospital in Syracuse, New
York, while trying to recover
from a bout of pneumonia, his
grandson, Fred Hale III said." - ], - [ - "The Oakland Raiders have
traded Jerry Rice to the
Seattle Seahawks in a move
expected to grant the most
prolific receiver in National
Football League history his
wish to get more playing time." - ], - [ - "AP - Florida coach Ron Zook
was fired Monday but will be
allowed to finish the season,
athletic director Jeremy Foley
told The Gainesville Sun." - ], - [ - "Troy Brown has had to make a
lot of adjustments while
playing both sides of the
football. quot;You always
want to score when you get the
ball -- offense or defense" - ], - [ - "Jenson Button will tomorrow
discover whether he is allowed
to quit BAR and move to
Williams for 2005. The
Englishman has signed
contracts with both teams but
prefers a switch to Williams,
where he began his Formula One
career in 2000." - ], - [ - "ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger
last night suffered a
Champions League setback as
Brazilian midfielder Gilberto
Silva (above) was left facing
a long-term injury absence." - ], - [ - "American improves to 3-1 on
the season with a hard-fought
overtime win, 74-63, against
Loyala at Bender Arena on
Friday night." - ], - [ - "Bee Staff Writers. SAN
FRANCISCO - As Eric Johnson
drove to the stadium Sunday
morning, his bruised ribs were
so sore, he wasn #39;t sure he
#39;d be able to suit up for
the game." - ], - [ - "The New England Patriots are
so single-minded in pursuing
their third Super Bowl triumph
in four years that they almost
have no room for any other
history." - ], - [ - "Because, while the Eagles are
certain to stumble at some
point during the regular
season, it seems inconceivable
that they will falter against
a team with as many offensive
problems as Baltimore has
right now." - ], - [ - "AP - J.J. Arrington ran for 84
of his 121 yards in the second
half and Aaron Rodgers shook
off a slow start to throw two
touchdown passes to help No. 5
California beat Washington
42-12 on Saturday." - ], - [ - "SHANGHAI, China The Houston
Rockets have arrived in
Shanghai with hometown
favorite Yao Ming declaring
himself quot;here on
business." - ], - [ - "Charleston, SC (Sports
Network) - Andy Roddick and
Mardy Fish will play singles
for the United States in this
weekend #39;s Davis Cup
semifinal matchup against
Belarus." - ], - [ - "RICKY PONTING believes the
game #39;s watchers have
fallen for the quot;myth
quot; that New Zealand know
how to rattle Australia." - ], - [ - "MILWAUKEE (SportsTicker) -
Barry Bonds tries to go where
just two players have gone
before when the San Francisco
Giants visit the Milwaukee
Brewers on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "AP - With Tom Brady as their
quarterback and a stingy,
opportunistic defense, it's
difficult to imagine when the
New England Patriots might
lose again. Brady and
defensive end Richard Seymour
combined to secure the
Patriots' record-tying 18th
straight victory, 31-17 over
the Buffalo Bills on Sunday." - ], - [ - "Approaching Hurricane Ivan has
led to postponement of the
game Thursday night between
10th-ranked California and
Southern Mississippi in
Hattiesburg, Cal #39;s
athletic director said Monday." - ], - [ - "SAN DIEGO (Ticker) - The San
Diego Padres lacked speed and
an experienced bench last
season, things veteran
infielder Eric Young is
capable of providing." - ], - [ - "This is an eye chart,
reprinted as a public service
to the New York Mets so they
may see from what they suffer:
myopia. Has ever a baseball
franchise been so shortsighted
for so long?" - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - A medical
product used to treat both
male hair loss and prostate
problems has been added to the
list of banned drugs for
athletes." - ], - [ - "AP - Curtis Martin and Jerome
Bettis have the opportunity to
go over 13,000 career yards
rushing in the same game when
Bettis and the Pittsburgh
Steelers play Martin and the
New York Jets in a big AFC
matchup Sunday." - ], - [ - "Michigan Stadium was mostly
filled with empty seats. The
only cheers were coming from
near one end zone -he Iowa
section. By Carlos Osorio, AP." - ], - [ - "The International Rugby Board
today confirmed that three
countries have expressed an
interest in hosting the 2011
World Cup. New Zealand, South
Africa and Japan are leading
the race to host rugby union
#39;s global spectacular in
seven years #39; time." - ], - [ - "MIAMI (Ticker) -- In its first
season in the Atlantic Coast
Conference, No. 11 Virginia
Tech is headed to the BCS.
Bryan Randall threw two
touchdown passes and the
Virginia Tech defense came up
big all day as the Hokies
knocked off No." - ], - [ - "(CP) - Somehow, in the span of
half an hour, the Detroit
Tigers #39; pitching went from
brutal to brilliant. Shortly
after being on the wrong end
of several records in a 26-5
thrashing from to the Kansas
City" - ], - [ - "With the Huskies reeling at
0-4 - the only member of a
Bowl Championship Series
conference left without a win
-an Jose State suddenly looms
as the only team left on the
schedule that UW will be
favored to beat." - ], - [ - "Darryl Sutter, who coached the
Calgary Flames to the Stanley
Cup finals last season, had an
emergency appendectomy and was
recovering Friday." - ], - [ - "Athens, Greece (Sports
Network) - For the second
straight day a Briton captured
gold at the Olympic Velodrome.
Bradley Wiggins won the men
#39;s individual 4,000-meter
pursuit Saturday, one day
after teammate" - ], - [ - "A Steffen Iversen penalty was
sufficient to secure the
points for Norway at Hampden
on Saturday. James McFadden
was ordered off after 53
minutes for deliberate
handball as he punched Claus
Lundekvam #39;s header off the
line." - ], - [ - "AP - Ailing St. Louis reliever
Steve Kline was unavailable
for Game 3 of the NL
championship series on
Saturday, but Cardinals
manager Tony LaRussa hopes the
left-hander will pitch later
this postseason." - ], - [ - "MADRID: A stunning first-half
free kick from David Beckham
gave Real Madrid a 1-0 win
over newly promoted Numancia
at the Bernabeu last night." - ], - [ - "Favourites Argentina beat
Italy 3-0 this morning to
claim their place in the final
of the men #39;s Olympic
football tournament. Goals by
leading goalscorer Carlos
Tevez, with a smart volley
after 16 minutes, and" - ], - [ - "Shortly after Steve Spurrier
arrived at Florida in 1990,
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profit, beating analysts'
estimates, on strong demand
for high-end running and
basketball shoes in the
United States." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - US stocks
traded mixed Thurday as Merck
shares lost a quarter of their
value, dragging blue chips
lower, but the Nasdaq moved
higher, buoyed by gains in the
semiconductor sector." - ], - [ - "Bankrupt ATA Airlines #39;
withdrawal from Chicago #39;s
Midway International Airport
presents a juicy opportunity
for another airline to beef up
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China has slowed for the third
quarter in a row, falling to
9.1 per cent, third-quarter
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strike after finalising an
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second quarter of 2004, a
touch slower than in the first
three months of the year,
according to initial estimates
released Tuesday by the
European Union." - ], - [ - "A few years ago, casinos
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tightfisted amid soaring
gasoline costs in August and
hurricane-related disruptions
last week sent applications
for jobless benefits to their
highest level in seven months." - ], - [ - "Talking kitchens and vanities.
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weeding out fraudulent credit
card orders, a new survey
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year in a restructuring of its
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management shake-up as part of
efforts to revive its
fortunes, saying trading has
become tougher ahead of the
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Swiss franc on Wednesday as
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in the wake of the Federal
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as part of its purchase of
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Siberia-based electricity
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Communications." - ], - [ - "At the head of the class,
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Origin by more than a half." - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - Two-thirds of
banks around the world have
reported an increase in the
volume of suspicious
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police, a new report by KPMG
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central England, resulting in
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following poor sales in the
key US market." - ], - [ - "John Gibson said Friday that
he decided to resign as chief
executive officer of
Halliburton Energy Services
when it became apparent he
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Steakhouse Inc. said Tuesday
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days and up to \\$2 million in
revenue because it had to
close some restaurants in the
South due to Hurricane
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expected profits for the rest
of the year because of
disruptions from the string of
hurricanes" - ], - [ - "THE photo-equipment maker
Kodak yesterday announced
plans to axe 600 jobs in the
UK and close a factory in
Nottinghamshire, in a move in
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unveiled last January." - ], - [ - "China's central bank on
Thursday raised interest rates
for the first time in nearly a
decade, signaling deepening
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of development and an intent
to reign in a construction
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to eliminate between 6,000 and
6,900 jobs during the next 18
months, implement a 10 across-
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flat on Wednesday, with high
oil prices and profit warnings
weighing on the market before
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rapidly rolling out new
products and muscling into
Microsoft's stronghold: the
computer desktop. The
competition means consumers
get more choices and better
products." - ], - [ - " MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's
Gazprom said on Tuesday it
will bid for embattled oil
firm YUKOS' main unit next
month, as the Kremlin seeks
to turn the world's biggest
gas producer into a major oil
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raised a key short-term
interest rate Tuesday for the
fifth time this year, and
indicated they will gradually
move rates higher next year to
keep inflation under control
as the economy expands." - ], - [ - "Canadians are paying more to
borrow money for homes, cars
and other purchases today
after a quarter-point
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Bank of Canada yesterday was
quickly matched by the
chartered banks." - ], - [ - "Delta Air Lines is to issue
millions of new shares without
shareholder consent as part of
moves to ensure its survival." - ], - [ - "Genta (GNTA:Nasdaq - news -
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Monday night, the company
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Genasense study in chronic
lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) met
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was tumor shrinkage." - ], - [ - "While the entire airline
industry #39;s finances are
under water, ATA Airlines will
have to hold its breath longer
than its competitors to keep
from going belly up." - ], - [ - "One day after ousting its
chief executive, the nation's
largest insurance broker said
it will tell clients exactly
how much they are paying for
services and renounce back-
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US economy, a survey by
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doing so." - ], - [ - "The UK's inflation rate fell
in September, thanks in part
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largest personal computer
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in 1981." - ], - [ - "Nordstrom reported a strong
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keep interest rates on hold
following the latest meeting
of the its Monetary Policy
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penalty tariffs on shrimp
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Vietnam, handing a victory to
beleaguered US shrimp
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in September compared with the
month before to stand up 17.8
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Nationwide Building Society
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for the second time in 14
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executive Jonathan Klein, who
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editorial direction at the
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Australian airports is
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three months in August. The
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on the Long Beach Promenade,
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Justice Department is
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accounting fraud at Fannie
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government scrutiny to bear on
the mortgage finance company,
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south Asian country." - ], - [ - "The steel tubing company
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plans to phase out slowly
subsidies on basic products,
such as oil and electricity,
which comprise 50 percent of
public spending, equal to 15
billion dollars, the planning
minister said." - ], - [ - "The federal agency that
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hearings into whether to put
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Europe #39;s biggest fraud
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assessed whether borrowing
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Food and Drug Administration
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Chicago today that it intends
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Berkeley, has signed an
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monopoly on imports of jet
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a prized member of Singapore
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the second straight day
yesterday as investors reveled
in sharply falling oil prices
and the probusiness agenda of
the second Bush
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real estate funds scoring some
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first case of soybean rust has
been found on the mainland
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Wednesday." - ], - [ - "The Supreme Court today
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said he #39;ll provide
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regulator squared off on
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morning trade." - ], - [ - "ALBANY, N.Y. -- A California-
based company that brokers
life, accident, and disability
policies for leading US
companies pocketed millions of
dollars a year in hidden
payments from insurers and
from charges on clients'
unsuspecting workers, New York
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
charged yesterday." - ], - [ - "NORTEL Networks plans to slash
its workforce by 3500, or ten
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executives and led to a
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spinoff of Noranda #39;s
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shareholders." - ], - [ - "Google warned Thursday that
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the world #39;s 11th largest
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components giant with
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before the European Union
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made a renewed effort to
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probably know that earnings of
Section 529 college savings
accounts are free of federal
tax if used for higher
education. But taxes are only
part of the problem. What if
your investments tank? Just
ask Laurence and Margo
Williams of Alexandria, Va. In
2000 they put #36;45,000 into
the Virginia Education Savings
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animal suspected of having mad
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complete, the U.S. Agriculture
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bid contract for maintaining
airport security equipment has
turned into a non-starter for
the Transportation Security
Administration." - ], - [ - "Eyetech (EYET:Nasdaq - news -
research) did not open for
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technology that allows people
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investment is set to bounce in
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decline, reflecting a stronger
world economy and more
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the United Nations (UN) said
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of its Eclipse breath strips
at a plant in Phoenix, Arizona
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set a record: the first half
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hard money alone." - ], - [ - "It #39;s one more blow to
patients who suffer from
arthritis. Pfizer, the maker
of Celebrex, says it #39;s
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the July-September period was
revised slightly downward from
an already weak preliminary
report, the government said
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "A drug company executive who
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to import drugs from Canada
and similar legislation before
Congress said that his company
has launched an investigation
into his political activities." - ], - [ - "SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia #39;s
commodity exports are forecast
to increase by 15 percent to a
record 95 billion dollars (71
million US), the government
#39;s key economic forecaster
said." - ], - [ - "Google won a major legal
victory when a federal judge
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strength in the housing
industry. But the short
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giant Lukoil to add billions
of barrels of reserves to its
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largest airline, reached an
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900 jobs, qualifying the
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believed to be one of several
competing offers emerging for
the restructuring but
profitable Hamilton steel
producer." - ], - [ - "Walt Disney Co. #39;s
directors nominated Michael
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lawsuit against 34 electronics
companies including Apple
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claiming patent infringement
of its liquid crystal display
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Treasury Department sold \\$18
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the company said, the latest
casualties of an industry
probe by New York's attorney
general." - ], - [ - "USDA #39;s Animal Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS)
this morning announced it has
confirmed a detection of
soybean rust from two test
plots at Louisiana State
University near Baton Rouge,
Louisiana." - ], - [ - "Mexican Cemex, being the third
largest cement maker in the
world, agreed to buy its
British competitor - RMC Group
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part of a settlement with US
regulators over its dealings
with two firms." - ], - [ - "The tobacco firm John Player
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to lay off 90 workers at its
cigarette factory in Dublin.
The company said it was
planning a phased closure of
the factory between now and
February as part of a review
of its global operations." - ], - [ - "AP - Consumers borrowed more
freely in September,
especially when it came to
racking up charges on their
credit cards, the Federal
Reserve reported Friday." - ], - [ - "Bold, innovative solutions are
key to addressing the rapidly
rising costs of higher
education and the steady
reduction in government-
subsidized help to finance
such education." - ], - [ - "Just as the PhD crowd emerge
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of today's economy, everyday
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the checkbook hold diverse
opinions about where things
stand now and in the future." - ], - [ - "Authorities here are always
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Beijing hosted the World
Toilet Organization conference
last week, delegates were
given a grand tour of the
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deadlock on energy policy, a
diverse group of
environmentalists, academics
and former government
officials were to publish a
report on Wednesday that
presents strategies for making
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more competitive" - ], - [ - "A consortium led by Royal
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Russia #39;s Sakhalin Island
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President Hugo Chavez a
victory over a recall vote
against him, the secretary-
general of the Organisation of
American States announced." - ], - [ - "Apple is recalling 28,000
faulty batteries for its
15-inch Powerbook G4 laptops." - ], - [ - "The former Chief Executive
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grand jury in New York
Wednesday for allegedly
participating in a massive
fraud conspiracy and an
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that cost investors" - ], - [ - "Honeywell International Inc.,
the world #39;s largest
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security, fire and
ventilation-systems business
in Europe." - ], - [ - "San Francisco investment bank
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during the Internet boom was
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tapped an unusual source to
fund his new business, which
makes hot-dog-shaped ice cream
treats known as Cool Dogs: Two
investors, one a friend and
the other a professional
venture capitalist, put in
more than #36;100,000 each
from their Individual
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from his own IRA." - ], - [ - "A San Diego insurance
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York Attorney General Elliot
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Monday to lift penalties that
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the biopharmaceutical company
said it is delaying shipment
of its flu vaccine, Fluvirin,
because lots containing 4
million vaccines do not meet
product sterility standards." - ], - [ - "The nation's top
telecommunications regulator
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before the next president is
inaugurated -- to protect
fledgling Internet telephone
services from getting taxed
and heavily regulated by the
50 state governments." - ], - [ - "DALLAS -- Belo Corp. said
yesterday that it would cut
250 jobs, more than half of
them at its flagship
newspaper, The Dallas Morning
News, and that an internal
investigation into circulation
overstatements" - ], - [ - "The Federal Reserve still has
some way to go to restore US
interest rates to more normal
levels, Philadelphia Federal
Reserve President Anthony
Santomero said on Monday." - ], - [ - "Delta Air Lines (DAL.N: Quote,
Profile, Research) said on
Wednesday its auditors have
expressed doubt about the
airline #39;s financial
viability." - ], - [ - "Takeover target Ronin Property
Group said it would respond to
an offer by Multiplex Group
for all the securities in the
company in about three weeks." - ], - [ - "Google Inc. is trying to
establish an online reading
room for five major libraries
by scanning stacks of hard-to-
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used Internet search engine." - ], - [ - "HOUSTON--(BUSINESS
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riddled with excess supply,
will see a significant drop in
capacity, or far fewer seats,
as a result of at least one
airline liquidating in the
next year, according to
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Executive Joe Leonard." - ], - [ - "Boeing (nyse: BA - news -
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Stonecipher is keeping the
faith. On Monday, the head of
the aerospace and military
contractor insists he #39;s
confident his firm will
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supplier of fresh milk,
National Foods, has posted a
net profit of \\$68.7 million,
an increase of 14 per cent on
last financial year." - ], - [ - "Lawyers for customers suing
Merck amp; Co. want to
question CEO Raymond Gilmartin
about what he knew about the
dangers of Vioxx before the
company withdrew the drug from
the market because of health
hazards." - ], - [ - "New York; September 23, 2004 -
The Department of Justice
(DoJ), FBI and US Attorney
#39;s Office handed down a
10-count indictment against
former Computer Associates
(CA) chairman and CEO Sanjay
Kumar and Stephen Richards,
former CA head of worldwide
sales." - ], - [ - "PACIFIC Hydro shares yesterday
caught an updraught that sent
them more than 20 per cent
higher after the wind farmer
moved to flush out a bidder." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
consumer confidence retreated
in August while Chicago-area
business activity slowed,
according to reports on
Tuesday that added to worries
the economy's patch of slow
growth may last beyond the
summer." - ], - [ - "Unilever has reported a three
percent rise in third-quarter
earnings but warned it is
reviewing its targets up to
2010, after issuing a shock
profits warning last month." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
extended recent heavy losses
on Wednesday ahead of weekly
U.S. data expected to show
fuel stocks rising in time
for peak winter demand." - ], - [ - "Vodafone has increased the
competition ahead of Christmas
with plans to launch 10
handsets before the festive
season. The Newbury-based
group said it will begin
selling the phones in
November." - ], - [ - "A former assistant treasurer
at Enron Corp. (ENRNQ.PK:
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agreed to plead guilty to
conspiracy to commit
securities fraud on Tuesday
and will cooperate with" - ], - [ - "UK house prices fell by 1.1 in
October, confirming a
softening of the housing
market, Halifax has said. The
UK #39;s biggest mortgage
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companies have received
letters from the Securities
and Exchange Commission
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their circulation practices." - ], - [ - "THE 64,000 dollar -
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up, the government reported
Wednesday. The Commerce
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July, down from a 1.1 rise in
June." - ], - [ - "Shares of Genta Inc. (GNTA.O:
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Monday after the biotechnology
company presented promising
data on an experimental
treatment for blood cancers." - ], - [ - "SBC Communications Inc. plans
to cut at least 10,000 jobs,
or 6 percent of its work
force, by the end of next year
to compensate for a drop in
the number of local-telephone
customers." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major
cigarette makers go on trial
on Tuesday in the U.S.
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charges the tobacco industry
with deliberately deceiving
the public about the risks of
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raised the benchmark US
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third setback in two months on
Friday as lung cancer drug
Iressa failed to help patients
live longer" - ], - [ - "Bruce Wasserstein, the
combative chief executive of
investment bank Lazard, is
expected to agree this week
that he will quit the group
unless he can pull off a
successful" - ], - [ - "Dr. David J. Graham, the FDA
drug safety reviewer who
sounded warnings over five
drugs he felt could become the
next Vioxx has turned to a
Whistleblower protection group
for legal help." - ], - [ - "The Kmart purchase of Sears,
Roebuck may be the ultimate
expression of that old saying
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location, location." - ], - [ - "Sprint Corp. (FON.N: Quote,
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said it plans to cut up to 700
jobs as it realigns its
business to focus on wireless
and Internet services and
takes a non-cash network
impairment charge." - ], - [ - "Says that amount would have
been earned for the first 9
months of 2004, before AT
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in its engineered products and
chemical units as part of its
cost-reduction efforts,
resulting in a third-quarter
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for bankruptcy protection in
the US in a last ditch effort
to stop the Kremlin auctioning
its main production unit." - ], - [ - "British Airways #39; (BA)
chief executive Rod Eddington
has admitted that the company
quot;got it wrong quot; after
staff shortages led to three
days of travel chaos for
passengers." - ], - [ - "The issue of drug advertising
directly aimed at consumers is
becoming political." - ], - [ - "AP - China's economic boom is
still roaring despite efforts
to cool sizzling growth, with
the gross domestic product
climbing 9.5 percent in the
first three quarters of this
year, the government reported
Friday." - ], - [ - "Soaring petroleum prices
pushed the cost of goods
imported into the U.S. much
higher than expected in
August, the government said
today." - ], - [ - "Anheuser-Busch teams up with
Vietnam's largest brewer,
laying the groundwork for
future growth in the region." - ], - [ - "CHARLOTTE, NC - Shares of
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.
#39;s fell sharply Monday as a
79 percent plunge in third-
quarter earnings and an
intensifying accounting
investigation overshadowed the
pastrymaker #39;s statement
that the low-carb craze might
be easing." - ], - [ - "OXNARD - A leak of explosive
natural gas forced dozens of
workers to evacuate an
offshore oil platform for
hours Thursday but no damage
or injuries were reported." - ], - [ - "AP - Assets of the nation's
retail money market mutual
funds rose by #36;2.85
billion in the latest week to
#36;845.69 billion, the
Investment Company Institute
said Thursday." - ], - [ - "Peter Mandelson provoked fresh
Labour in-fighting yesterday
with an implied attack on
Gordon Brown #39;s
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quot; about the health of the
British economy." - ], - [ - "JC Penney said yesterday that
Allen I. Questrom, the chief
executive who has restyled the
once-beleaguered chain into a
sleeker and more profitable
entity, would be succeeded by
Myron E. Ullman III, another
longtime retail executive." - ], - [ - " In the cosmetics department
at Hecht's in downtown
Washington, construction crews
have ripped out the
traditional glass display
cases, replacing them with a
system of open shelves stacked
high with fragrances from
Chanel, Burberry and Armani,
now easily within arm's reach
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U.S. government reported a
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stocks and rebels in Nigeria's
oil-rich delta region agreed
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accretive acquisition -- and
gets Dickies and John Deere as
part of the deal." - ], - [ - "BONN: Deutsche Telekom is
bidding 2.9 bn for the 26 it
does not own in T-Online
International, pulling the
internet service back into the
fold four years after selling
stock to the public." - ], - [ - "Motorola Inc. says it #39;s
ready to make inroads in the
cell-phone market after
posting a third straight
strong quarter and rolling out
a series of new handsets in
time for the holiday selling
season." - ], - [ - "Costs of employer-sponsored
health plans are expected to
climb an average of 8 percent
in 2005, the first time in
five years increases have been
in single digits." - ], - [ - "After again posting record
earnings for the third
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Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
expects to see its first
sequential drop in fourth-
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utilization rates." - ], - [ - "Many people who have never
bounced a check in their life
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check if they write checks to
pay bills a couple of days
before their paycheck is
deposited into their checking
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Thursday that the European
Commission must be stopped
from ordering it to give up
secret technology to
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an upcoming report on
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executive of WPP, yesterday
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advertising company." - ], - [ - "Like introductory credit card
rates and superior customer
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TV Guide International Inc.\\,
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of the \\$15 billion cake that
is the Pritzker Empire,
Circuit Court Judge David
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the case will be conducted in
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mortgage company Freddie Mac
had rates on 30-year fixed-
rate mortgages inching higher
this week, up to an average
5.82 percent from last week
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between Walt Disney Co. CEO
Michael Eisner and former
feared talent agent Michael
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the courtroom - and apparently
on cable." - ], - [ - "LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Elan
(UK:ELA) (ELN) and partner
Biogen (BIIB) said the FDA has
approved new drug Tysabri to
treat relapsing forms of
multiple sclerosis." - ], - [ - "Bank of New Zealand has frozen
all accounts held in the name
of Access Brokerage, which was
yesterday placed in
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financial institutions are
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in lawsuits seeking hundreds
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parent of United Airlines
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office issued a bleak economic
report Tuesday, warning that
the sharp rise in oil prices
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on economic growth next year
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climb could threaten crucial
exports." - ], - [ - "Though Howard Stern's
defection from broadcast to
satellite radio is still 16
months off, the industry is
already trying to figure out
what will fill the crater in
ad revenue and listenership
that he is expected to leave
behind." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
United States set final anti-
dumping duties of up to 112.81
percent on shrimp imported
from China and up to 25.76
percent on shrimp from Vietnam
to offset unfair pricing, the
Commerce Department said on
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK -- When Office Depot
Inc. stores ran an electronics
recycling drive last summer
that accepted everything from
cellphones to televisions,
some stores were overwhelmed
by the amount of e-trash they
received." - ], - [ - "The International Monetary
Fund expressed concern Tuesday
about the impact of the
troubles besetting oil major
Yukos on Russia #39;s standing
as a place to invest." - ], - [ - "LinuxWorld Conference amp;
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the first time in February,
underscoring the area's
standing as a hub for the
open-source software being
adopted by thousands of
businesses." - ], - [ - "Interest rates on short-term
Treasury securities rose in
yesterday's auction. The
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Merck #38; Co. in the five
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Thursday posted a rise in
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Nikkei stock average opened
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Wednesday as investors took a
breather from the market's
recent rises and sold shares
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lawsuit over former Walt
Disney Co. president Michael
Ovitz's \\$140 million
severance package attempted
Thursday to portray Ovitz as a
dishonest bumbler who botched
the hiring of a major
television executive and
pushed the release of a movie
that angered the Chinese
government, damaging Disney's
business prospects in the
country." - ], - [ - "US stocks gained ground in
early trading Thursday after
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better than expected jobless
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as Hurricane Ivan battered the
Gulf coast, where oil
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of fuel- saving hybrid engines
in hopes of cashing in on an
expanding market dominated by
hybrid leaders Toyota and
Honda." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo
Co. Ltd. raised its 2004
shipment target for its DS
handheld video game device by
40 percent to 2.8 million
units on Thursday after many
stores in Japan and the
United States sold out in the
first week of sales." - ], - [ - "Autodesk this week unwrapped
an updated version of its
hosted project collaboration
service targeted at the
construction and manufacturing
industries. Autodesk Buzzsaw
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project participants --
including building owners,
developers, architects,
construction teams, and
facility managers -- share and
manage data throughout the
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employers hired just 96,000
workers in September, the
government said on Friday in a
weak jobs snapshot, the final
one ahead of presidential
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magazine known for evaluating
cars and electronics is
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the best value and quality of
prescription drugs on the
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tax-planning spouse all factor
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settle a Securities and
Exchange Commission
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overstatement of nearly 4.5
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electrified third rail of
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Beverly Hills-based discount
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yesterday handed a five-year
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funeral director accused of
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complete funeral arrangements
for a client because she had
purchased a lower-priced
casket elsewhere." - ], - [ - "The California Public
Utilities Commission on
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that left South Africa in 1986
after apartheid protests, may
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in the nation." - ], - [ - "Italian-based Parmalat is
suing its former auditors --
Grant Thornton International
and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
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finances." - ], - [ - "update An alliance of
technology workers on Tuesday
accused conglomerate Honeywell
International of planning to
move thousands of jobs to low-
cost regions over the next
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percent increase in sales on
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Iamgold fell more than 10 per
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South Africa #39;s Harmony
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warn Greece about publishing
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initial public offering." - ], - [ - "The telemarketer at the other
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higher oil prices cutting into
corporate profits and
consumer demand weighed on
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risk of heart attack and
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value." - ], - [ - "The government on Wednesday
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radically revise the country
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of a European Commission
meeting to consider possible
disciplinary action against
Greece for submitting faulty
figures." - ], - [ - "OPEC ministers yesterday
agreed to increase their
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help bring down stubbornly
high prices in a decision that
traders and analysts dismissed
as symbolic because the cartel
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second- quarter profit rose 55
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addition of Pottery Barn
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furniture." - ], - [ - " HONG KONG/SAN FRANCISCO
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personal computer maker,
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Monday that Kellogg chief
executive Carlos Gutierrez
would replace Don Evans as
Commerce secretary, naming the
first of many expected changes
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controlled by a Chinese state-
owned enterprise lost \\$550
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firm won #39;t sell 1.2
million doses of influenza
vaccine to the United States
after all, announcing Tuesday
that it will sell the doses
within Canada instead." - ], - [ - "consortium led by the Sony
Corporation of America reached
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chain has agreed to pay \\$8.7
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electronics firms such as
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prices." - ], - [ - "Ace Ltd. will stop paying
brokers for steering business
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the five days since New York
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
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insurance industry." - ], - [ - "Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., the world
#39;s largest maker of chewing
gum, agreed to buy candy
businesses including Altoids
mints and Life Savers from
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mortgage rates following a
decision by the Bank of Canada
to raise its overnight rate by
one-quarter of a percentage
point to 2.25 per cent." - ], - [ - "OTTAWA (CP) - The economy
created another 43,000 jobs
last month, pushing the
unemployment rate down to 7.1
per cent from 7.2 per cent in
August, Statistics Canada said
Friday." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's
Nikkei average rose 0.39
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new hybrid motors to compete
against Japanese rivals on
the fuel-saving technology
that reduces harmful
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on Monday." - ], - [ - "The bass should be in your
face. That's what Matt Kelly,
of Boston's popular punk rock
band Dropkick Murphys, thinks
is the mark of a great stereo
system. And he should know.
Kelly, 29, is the drummer for
the band that likes to think
of itself as a bit of an Irish
lucky charm for the Red Sox." - ], - [ - "Slumping corporate spending
and exports caused the economy
to slow to a crawl in the
July-September period, with
real gross domestic product
expanding just 0.1 percent
from the previous quarter,
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Friday." - ], - [ - "US President George W. Bush
signed into law a bill
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subsidy that violated
international trade rules with
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corporate tax cuts and a
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entering a boy's club when she
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Australian footwear and
clothing retailer, said Monday
it expects net profit for the
fiscal year ending Jan. 29 to
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a year earlier." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - What are the odds
that a tiny nation like
Antigua and Barbuda could take
on the United States in an
international dispute and win?" - ], - [ - "SBC Communications expects to
cut 10,000 or more jobs by the
end of next year through
layoffs and attrition. That
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San Antonio-based company
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is seeking to oust senior
management at the troubled
airline, saying its strategies
are reckless and incompetent." - ], - [ - "Global oil prices boomed on
Wednesday, spreading fear that
energy prices will restrain
economic activity, as traders
worried about a heating oil
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winter." - ], - [ - "Custom-designed imported
furniture was once an
exclusive realm. Now, it's the
economical alternative for
commercial developers and
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from seats to beds to desks
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futures struggled on Thursday
after a government report
showing US core inflation for
August below market
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views on Federal Reserve rate
policy." - ], - [ - "Samsung is now the world #39;s
second-largest mobile phone
maker, behind Nokia. According
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South Korean company has
finally knocked Motorola into
third place." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo
stocks climbed to a two week
high on Friday after Tokyo
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by a bullish revenue outlook
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software." - ], - [ - "Dow Jones amp; Co., publisher
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financial news provider
MarketWatch Inc. for about
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boost its revenue from the
fast-growing Internet
advertising market." - ], - [ - "Low-fare airline ATA has
announced plans to lay off
hundreds of employees and to
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conspiracy to fix the prices
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price, Russia #39;s No. 1 oil
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partner, and Putin polished
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a cake bar and a piece of
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second- largest US hospital
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foreign minister appealed
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French journalists abducted in
Baghdad, saying the French
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space station streaked into
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forms in the offices of an
Iranian aid group were offered
three choices: Train for
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troops in Iraq, for suicide
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the most talented yet star-
crossed hurdler of her
generation, was unable to
complete even one hurdle in
100-meter event Sunday -
failing once again to win an
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more predictable for users to
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Sudanese government and its
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Kenyan capital on Friday to
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Mexican city he fled two
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Trade Organization agreed to
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that Tehran has a secret atom
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FRANCISCO (AP) -- EBay Inc.,
which has been aggressively
expanding in Asia, plans to
increase its stake in South
Korea's largest online auction
company. The Internet
auction giant said Tuesday
night that it would purchase
nearly 3 million publicly held
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Colin Powell wrapped up a
three-nation tour of Asia
after winning pledges from
Japan, China and South Korea
to press North Korea to resume
stalled talks on its nuclear
weapons programs." - ], - [ - "Tallahassee, FL (Sports
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suspended senior wide receiver
Craphonso Thorpe for the
Seminoles #39; game against
fellow Atlantic Coast
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make space for more popular
and lucrative slot machines." - ], - [ - "CAIRO, Egypt An Egyptian
company says one of its four
workers who had been kidnapped
in Iraq has been freed. It
says it can #39;t give the
status of the others being
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tightfisted amid soaring
gasoline costs in August and
hurricane-related disruptions
last week sent applications
for jobless benefits to their
highest level in seven months." - ], - [ - "Talking kitchens and vanities.
Musical jump ropes and potty
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cleaners -- almost as loud as
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weeding out fraudulent credit
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indicates. But shipping
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venture. By Joanna Glasner." - ], - [ - "Former champion Lleyton Hewitt
bristled, battled and
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second US Open title with a
second-round victory over
Moroccan Hicham Arazi on
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maker, Lenovo Group, said
Wednesday it has acquired a
majority stake in
International Business
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computer business for
#36;1.75 billion, one of the
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to recharge it used to mean
downtime, but these days
chargers are doing double
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devices playing even when
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themselves for a harrowing
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Canada urged Haitian leaders
on Sunday to allow the
political party of the deposed
president, Jean-Bertrand
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elections." - ], - [ - "Hostage takers holding up to
240 people at a school in
southern Russia have refused
to talk with a top Islamic
leader and demanded to meet
with regional leaders instead,
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search for a new manager, the
club is giving a last-minute
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mall owner Westfield Group
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everyday grunts who couldn
#39;t summon the Force for
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Midfielder Edgar Davids #39;s
leadership qualities and
never-say-die attitude have
earned him the captaincy of
the Netherlands under new
coach Marco van Basten." - ], - [ - "COUNTY KILKENNY, Ireland (PA)
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world No. 1 Vijay Singh
pulling out of this week #39;s
WGC-American Express
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be without the services of Pro
Bowl center Mike Flanagan for
the remainder of the season,
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surgery." - ], - [ - "Diabetics should test their
blood sugar levels more
regularly to reduce the risk
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study says." - ], - [ - "COLUMBUS, Ohio -- NCAA
investigators will return to
Ohio State University Monday
to take another look at the
football program after the
latest round of allegations
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three Washington, D.C.-area
video game stores and arrested
two people for modifying
video game consoles to play
pirated video games, a video
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Ferguson a 1,000th game
anniversary present by
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Champions League yesterday,
while four-time winners Bayern
Munich romped into the second
round with a 5-1 beating of
Maccabi Tel Aviv." - ], - [ - "Iraq's interim Prime Minister
Ayad Allawi announced that
proceedings would begin
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performance review." - ], - [ - "Northwest Airlines Corp., the
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powered by Microsoft software
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forgotten ghost of the game,
Ichiro Suzuki broke one of
baseball #39;s oldest records
Friday night, smoking a single
up the middle for his 258th
hit of the year and breaking
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the most hits in a season" - ], - [ - "Grace Park, her caddie - and
fans - were poking around in
the desert brush alongside the
18th fairway desperately
looking for her ball." - ], - [ - "Philippines mobile phone
operator Smart Communications
Inc. is in talks with
Singapore #39;s Mobile One for
a possible tie-up,
BusinessWorld reported Monday." - ], - [ - "Washington Redskins kicker
John Hall strained his right
groin during practice
Thursday, his third leg injury
of the season. Hall will be
held out of practice Friday
and is questionable for Sunday
#39;s game against the Chicago
Bears." - ], - [ - "Airline warns it may file for
bankruptcy if too many senior
pilots take early retirement
option. Delta Air LInes #39;
CEO says it faces bankruptcy
if it can #39;t slow the pace
of pilots taking early
retirement." - ], - [ - "A toxic batch of home-brewed
alcohol has killed 31 people
in several towns in central
Pakistan, police and hospital
officials say." - ], - [ - "Thornbugs communicate by
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live on. Now scientists are
discovering just what the bugs
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Arkansas Razorbacks meet for
just the sixth time Saturday.
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advantage in the previous five
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company, Eastman Kodak Co.,
reported Tuesday it plans to
eliminate almost 900 jobs this
year in a restructuring of its
overseas operations." - ], - [ - "A top official of the US Food
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Korea is committed to holding
six-party talks aimed at
resolving the crisis over its
nuclear weapons program, but
has not indicated when, a top
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catcher Mickey Owen dropped a
third strike on Tommy Henrich
of what would have been the
last out of a Dodgers victory
against the New York Yankees.
Given the second chance, the
Yankees scored four runs for a
7-4 victory and a 3-1 lead in
the World Series, which they
ended up winning." - ], - [ - "Federal prosecutors cracked a
global cartel that had
illegally fixed prices of
memory chips in personal
computers and servers for
three years." - ], - [ - "AP - Oracle Corp. CEO Larry
Ellison reiterated his
determination to prevail in a
long-running takeover battle
with rival business software
maker PeopleSoft Inc.,
predicting the proposed deal
will create a more competitive
company with improved customer
service." - ], - [ - "Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal
was arrested on drunken
driving charges Friday, his
second D.U.I. arrest in four
years." - ], - [ - "AFP - British retailer Marks
and Spencer announced a major
management shake-up as part of
efforts to revive its
fortunes, saying trading has
become tougher ahead of the
crucial Christmas period." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's
interim government extended
the closure of Baghdad
international airport
indefinitely on Saturday
under emergency rule imposed
ahead of this week's U.S.-led
offensive on Falluja." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - Natalie
Coughlin's run of bad luck
finally took a turn for the
better when she won the gold
medal in the women's 100
meters backstroke at the
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rise in third-quarter profit,
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installed services and sales
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fought back from one-month
lows against the euro and
Swiss franc on Wednesday as
investors viewed its sell-off
in the wake of the Federal
Reserve's verdict on interest
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bitterness, doctors and trial
lawyers are squaring off this
fall in an unprecedented four-
state struggle over limiting
malpractice awards..." - ], - [ - "Boston Scientific Corp said on
Friday it has recalled an ear
implant the company acquired
as part of its purchase of
Advanced Bionics in June." - ], - [ - "AP - Pedro Feliz hit a
tiebreaking grand slam with
two outs in the eighth inning
for his fourth hit of the day,
and the Giants helped their
playoff chances with a 9-5
victory over the Los Angeles
Dodgers on Saturday." - ], - [ - "MarketWatch.com. Richemont
sees significant H1 lift,
unclear on FY (2:53 AM ET)
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luxury goods maker
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\\$1 in New York on the re-
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W. Bush, who has been filling
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Reserve." - ], - [ - "AP - Hundreds of tribesmen
gathered Tuesday near the area
where suspected al-Qaida-
linked militants are holding
two Chinese engineers and
demanding safe passage to
their reputed leader, a former
U.S. prisoner from Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, officials and
residents said." - ], - [ - "AP - Scientists warned Tuesday
that a long-term increase in
global temperature of 3.5
degrees could threaten Latin
American water supplies,
reduce food yields in Asia and
result in a rise in extreme
weather conditions in the
Caribbean." - ], - [ - "AP - Further proof New York's
real estate market is
inflated: The city plans to
sell space on top of lampposts
to wireless phone companies
for #36;21.6 million a year." - ], - [ - "In an alarming development,
high-precision equipment and
materials which could be used
for making nuclear bombs have
disappeared from some Iraqi
facilities, the United Nations
watchdog agency has said." - ], - [ - "Yukos #39; largest oil-
producing unit regained power
supplies from Tyumenenergo, a
Siberia-based electricity
generator, Friday after the
subsidiary pledged to pay 440
million rubles (\\$15 million)
in debt by Oct. 3." - ], - [ - "The rollout of new servers and
networking switches in stores
is part of a five-year
agreement supporting 7-Eleven
#39;s Retail Information
System." - ], - [ - "Top Hollywood studios have
launched a wave of court cases
against internet users who
illegally download film files.
The Motion Picture Association
of America, which acts as the
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television-buying frenzy the
run-up to the Athens Olympics,
suggesting that as a nation we
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strong results from Lehman
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Communications." - ], - [ - "The next time you are in your
bedroom with your PC plus
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intact. If you have a Webcam
plugged into an infected
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Rosabeth Moss Kanter is an
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expansive, in constant motion." - ], - [ - "LEVERKUSEN/ROME, Dec 7 (SW) -
Dynamo Kiev, Bayer Leverkusen,
and Real Madrid all have a
good chance of qualifying for
the Champions League Round of
16 if they can get the right
results in Group F on
Wednesday night." - ], - [ - "Ed Hinkel made a diving,
fingertip catch for a key
touchdown and No. 16 Iowa
stiffened on defense when it
needed to most to beat Iowa
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Nextel Cup race, amid the
ongoing furor over Dale
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language, NBC ran a commercial
for a show coming on later
that night called quot;Law
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fog and chill, top-ranked
Southern California finishes
its season in familiar
comfort. The Trojans (9-0, 6-0
Pacific-10) have two games at
home #151; against Arizona on
Saturday and Notre Dame on
Nov. 27 #151; before their
rivalry game at UCLA." - ], - [ - "A US airman dies and two are
hurt as a helicopter crashes
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western Afghanistan." - ], - [ - "Jacques Chirac has ruled out
any withdrawal of French
troops from Ivory Coast,
despite unrest and anti-French
attacks, which have forced the
evacuation of thousands of
Westerners." - ], - [ - "Japanese Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled
his cabinet yesterday,
replacing several top
ministers in an effort to
boost his popularity,
consolidate political support
and quicken the pace of
reforms in the world #39;s
second-largest economy." - ], - [ - "The remnants of Hurricane
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game between the Mets and the
Atlanta Braves. It will be
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any immediate changes to its
top-tier racing series
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telecommunications giant
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software enabled countless
music fans to swap songs on
the Internet for free, turning
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process." - ], - [ - "TBILISI (Reuters) - At least
two Georgian soldiers were
killed and five wounded in
artillery fire with
separatists in the breakaway
region of South Ossetia,
Georgian officials said on
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week banned commercial trade
in the rare Irrawaddy dolphin,
a move environmentalists said
was needed to save the
threatened species." - ], - [ - "Laksamana.Net - Two Indonesian
female migrant workers freed
by militants in Iraq are
expected to arrive home within
a day or two, the Foreign
Affairs Ministry said
Wednesday (6/10/04)." - ], - [ - "A bitter row between America
and the European Union over
alleged subsidies to rival
aircraft makers Boeing and
Airbus intensified yesterday." - ], - [ - "PC World - Updated antivirus
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Athens, about redemption for
one and validation for the
other. Britain's Paula
Radcliffe, the fastest female
marathoner in history, failed
to finish either of her
Olympic races last summer.
South Africa's Hendrik Ramaala
was a five-ringed dropout,
too, reinforcing his
reputation as a man who could
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banks around the world have
reported an increase in the
volume of suspicious
activities that they report to
police, a new report by KPMG
suggests." - ], - [ - "The Sun may have captured
thousands or even millions of
asteroids from another
planetary system during an
encounter more than four
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are reporting." - ], - [ - "LONDON -- Ernie Els has set
his sights on an improved
putting display this week at
the World Golf Championships
#39; NEC Invitational in
Akron, Ohio, after the
disappointment of tying for
fourth place at the PGA
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central England, resulting in
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following poor sales in the
key US market." - ], - [ - "A bus was hijacked today and
shots were fired at police who
surrounded it on the outskirts
of Athens. Police did not know
how many passengers were
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shuffled his Cabinet on
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United States and the United
Nations challenged Syria over
its military presence in
Lebanon and the security
situation along its border
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world #39;s No.1 ranked golfer
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Klinsmann enjoyed his first
home win as German manager
with his team defeating ten-
man Cameroon 3-0 in a friendly
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to claim a place in Yankees
postseason history with his
start in Game 7 of the AL
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NASCAR by winning a 1999
talent audition nicknamed
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was selected from dozens of
unknown, young race drivers to
work for one of the sport
#39;s most famous team owners,
Jack Roush." - ], - [ - "AP - President Vladimir Putin
has signed a bill confirming
Russia's ratification of the
Kyoto Protocol, the Kremlin
said Friday, clearing the way
for the global climate pact to
come into force early next
year." - ], - [ - "John Gibson said Friday that
he decided to resign as chief
executive officer of
Halliburton Energy Services
when it became apparent he
couldn #39;t become the CEO of
the entire corporation, after
getting a taste of the No." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - Apple Computer
Inc. on Monday released an
update for Apple Remote
Desktop (ARD), the company's
software solution to assist
Mac system administrators and
computer managers with asset
management, software
distribution and help desk
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several enhancements and bug
fixes." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK (Reuters) - Outback
Steakhouse Inc. said Tuesday
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days and up to \\$2 million in
revenue because it had to
close some restaurants in the
South due to Hurricane
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from across the country have
proposed new rules governing
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industry group and criticism
from" - ], - [ - "AP - The authenticity of newly
unearthed memos stating that
George W. Bush failed to meet
standards of the Texas Air
National Guard during the
Vietnam War was questioned
Thursday by the son of the
late officer who reportedly
wrote the memos." - ], - [ - "Zurich, Switzerland (Sports
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Ont. (CP) - The body of a
missing autistic man was
pulled from a creek Monday,
just metres from where a key
piece of evidence was
uncovered but originally
overlooked because searchers
had the wrong information." - ], - [ - "SOFTWARE giant Oracle #39;s
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Committee (IOC) has urged
Beijing to ensure the city is
ready to host the 2008 Games
well in advance, an official
said on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AFP - German Chancellor
Gerhard Schroeder arrived in
Libya for an official visit
during which he is to hold
talks with Libyan leader
Moamer Kadhafi." - ], - [ - "The fastest-swiveling space
science observatory ever built
rocketed into orbit on
Saturday to scan the universe
for celestial explosions." - ], - [ - "The government will examine
claims 100,000 Iraqi civilians
have been killed since the US-
led invasion, Jack Straw says." - ], - [ - "Virginia Tech scores 24 points
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in a 55-6 wipeout of Maryland
on Thursday to remain alone
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million downloads of its
Windows-based Web search
software to develop CDS, a
desktop search product that
users are saying is far ..." - ], - [ - "The DVD Forum moved a step
further toward the advent of
HD DVD media and drives with
the approval of key physical
specifications at a meeting of
the organisations steering
committee last week." - ], - [ - "Eton College and Clarence
House joined forces yesterday
to deny allegations due to be
made at an employment tribunal
today by a former art teacher
that she improperly helped
Prince Harry secure an A-level
pass in art two years ago." - ], - [ - "AFP - Great Britain's chances
of qualifying for the World
Group of the Davis Cup were
evaporating rapidly after
Austria moved into a 2-1 lead
following the doubles." - ], - [ - "AP - Martina Navratilova's
long, illustrious career will
end without an Olympic medal.
The 47-year-old Navratilova
and Lisa Raymond lost 6-4,
4-6, 6-4 on Thursday night to
fifth-seeded Shinobu Asagoe
and Ai Sugiyama of Japan in
the quarterfinals, one step
shy of the medal round." - ], - [ - "Often pigeonholed as just a
seller of televisions and DVD
players, Royal Philips
Electronics said third-quarter
profit surged despite a slide
into the red by its consumer
electronics division." - ], - [ - "AP - Google, the Internet
search engine, has done
something that law enforcement
officials and their computer
tools could not: Identify a
man who died in an apparent
hit-and-run accident 11 years
ago in this small town outside
Yakima." - ], - [ - "We are all used to IE getting
a monthly new security bug
found, but Winamp? In fact,
this is not the first security
flaw found in the application." - ], - [ - "The Apache Software Foundation
and the Debian Project said
they won't support the Sender
ID e-mail authentication
standard in their products." - ], - [ - "USATODAY.com - The newly
restored THX 1138 arrives on
DVD today with Star Wars
creator George Lucas' vision
of a Brave New World-like
future." - ], - [ - "Office Depot Inc. (ODP.N:
Quote, Profile, Research) on
Tuesday warned of weaker-than-
expected profits for the rest
of the year because of
disruptions from the string of
hurricanes" - ], - [ - "THE photo-equipment maker
Kodak yesterday announced
plans to axe 600 jobs in the
UK and close a factory in
Nottinghamshire, in a move in
line with the giants global
restructuring strategy
unveiled last January." - ], - [ - "The chances of scientists
making any one of five
discoveries by 2010 have been
hugely underestimated,
according to bookmakers." - ], - [ - "Asia-Pacific leaders meet in
Australia to discuss how to
keep nuclear weapons out of
the hands of extremists." - ], - [ - " TALL AFAR, Iraq -- A three-
foot-high coil of razor wire,
21-ton armored vehicles and
American soldiers with black
M-4 assault rifles stood
between tens of thousands of
people and their homes last
week." - ], - [ - "PSV Eindhoven re-established
their five-point lead at the
top of the Dutch Eredivisie
today with a 2-0 win at
Vitesse Arnhem. Former
Sheffield Wednesday striker
Gerald Sibon put PSV ahead in
the 56th minute" - ], - [ - "China's central bank on
Thursday raised interest rates
for the first time in nearly a
decade, signaling deepening
unease with the breakneck pace
of development and an intent
to reign in a construction
boom now sowing fears of
runaway inflation." - ], - [ - "Deepening its commitment to
help corporate users create
SOAs (service-oriented
architectures) through the use
of Web services, IBM's Global
Services unit on Thursday
announced the formation of an
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Yankees, Ch. 38, WEEI (850)
(on cable systems where Ch. 38
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will air on NESN); Chicago
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p.m. -- Eastern League finals:
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Board of Control for Cricket
in India (BCCI) today informed
the Bombay High Court that it
was cancelling the entire
tender process regarding
cricket telecast rights as
also the conditional deal with
Zee TV." - ], - [ - "CHICAGO - Delta Air Lines
(DAL) said Wednesday it plans
to eliminate between 6,000 and
6,900 jobs during the next 18
months, implement a 10 across-
the-board pay reduction and
reduce employee benefits." - ], - [ - "LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. - Even
though he's facing double hip
replacement surgery, Bill
Smith is more than happy to
struggle out the door each
morning, limp past his brand
new P.T..." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
stocks were likely to open
flat on Wednesday, with high
oil prices and profit warnings
weighing on the market before
earnings reports start and key
jobs data is released this
week." - ], - [ - "Best known for its popular
search engine, Google is
rapidly rolling out new
products and muscling into
Microsoft's stronghold: the
computer desktop. The
competition means consumers
get more choices and better
products." - ], - [ - "Toshiba Corp. #39;s new
desktop-replacement multimedia
notebooks, introduced on
Tuesday, are further evidence
that US consumers still have
yet to embrace the mobility
offered by Intel Corp." - ], - [ - "JEJU, South Korea : Grace Park
of South Korea won an LPGA
Tour tournament, firing a
seven-under-par 65 in the
final round of the
1.35-million dollar CJ Nine
Bridges Classic." - ], - [ - " JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
poured cold water on Tuesday
on recent international
efforts to restart stalled
peace talks with Syria, saying
there was \"no possibility\" of
returning to previous
discussions." - ], - [ - "Dutch smugness was slapped
hard during the past
fortnight. The rude awakening
began with the barbaric
slaying of controversial
filmmaker Theo van Gogh on
November 2. Then followed a
reciprocal cycle of some" - ], - [ - "AP - The NHL will lock out its
players Thursday, starting a
work stoppage that threatens
to keep the sport off the ice
for the entire 2004-05 season." - ], - [ - " MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's
Gazprom said on Tuesday it
will bid for embattled oil
firm YUKOS' main unit next
month, as the Kremlin seeks
to turn the world's biggest
gas producer into a major oil
player." - ], - [ - "pee writes quot;A passenger
on a commuter plane in
northern Norway attacked both
pilots and at least one
passenger with an axe as the
aircraft was coming in to
land." - ], - [ - "Aregular Amazon customer,
Yvette Thompson has found
shopping online to be mostly
convenient and trouble-free.
But last month, after ordering
two CDs on Amazon.com, the
Silver Spring reader
discovered on her bank
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pledged Sunday to escalate a
broad Israeli offensive in
northern Gaza, saying troops
will remain until Palestinian
rocket attacks are halted.
Israeli officials said the
offensive -- in which 58
Palestinians and three
Israelis have been killed --
will help clear the way for an
Israeli withdrawal." - ], - [ - "Federal Reserve officials
raised a key short-term
interest rate Tuesday for the
fifth time this year, and
indicated they will gradually
move rates higher next year to
keep inflation under control
as the economy expands." - ], - [ - "Canadians are paying more to
borrow money for homes, cars
and other purchases today
after a quarter-point
interest-rate increase by the
Bank of Canada yesterday was
quickly matched by the
chartered banks." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Wall Street
professionals know to keep
their expectations in check in
September, historically the
worst month of the year for
stocks. As summertime draws to
a close, money managers are
getting back to business,
cleaning house, and often
sending the market lower in
the process..." - ], - [ - "A group linked to al Qaeda
ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said
it had tried to kill Iraq
#39;s environment minister on
Tuesday and warned it would
not miss next time, according
to an Internet statement." - ], - [ - "The Israeli military killed
four Palestinian militants on
Wednesday as troops in tanks
and armored vehicles pushed
into another town in the
northern Gaza Strip, extending" - ], - [ - "When Paula Radcliffe dropped
out of the Olympic marathon
miles from the finish, she
sobbed uncontrollably.
Margaret Okayo knew the
feeling." - ], - [ - "Delta Air Lines is to issue
millions of new shares without
shareholder consent as part of
moves to ensure its survival." - ], - [ - "First baseman Richie Sexson
agrees to a four-year contract
with the Seattle Mariners on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "KIRKUK, Iraq - A suicide
attacker detonated a car bomb
Saturday outside a police
academy in the northern Iraqi
city of Kirkuk as hundreds of
trainees and civilians were
leaving for the day, killing
at least 20 people and
wounding 36, authorities said.
Separately, U.S and Iraqi
forces clashed with insurgents
in another part of northern
Iraq after launching an
operation to destroy an
alleged militant cell in the
town of Tal Afar, the U.S..." - ], - [ - "Genta (GNTA:Nasdaq - news -
research) is never boring!
Monday night, the company
announced that its phase III
Genasense study in chronic
lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) met
its primary endpoint, which
was tumor shrinkage." - ], - [ - "Finnish mobile giant Nokia has
described its new Preminet
solution, which it launched
Monday (Oct. 25), as a
quot;major worldwide
initiative." - ], - [ - "While the entire airline
industry #39;s finances are
under water, ATA Airlines will
have to hold its breath longer
than its competitors to keep
from going belly up." - ], - [ - " SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - At
virtually every turn, Intel
Corp. executives are heaping
praise on an emerging long-
range wireless technology
known as WiMAX, which can
blanket entire cities with
high-speed Internet access." - ], - [ - "One day after ousting its
chief executive, the nation's
largest insurance broker said
it will tell clients exactly
how much they are paying for
services and renounce back-
door payments from carriers." - ], - [ - "LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Outlining
an expectation for higher oil
prices and increasing demand,
Royal Dutch/Shell on Wednesday
said it #39;s lifting project
spending to \\$45 billion over
the next three years." - ], - [ - "Tuesday #39;s meeting could
hold clues to whether it
#39;ll be a November or
December pause in rate hikes.
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senior writer." - ], - [ - "Phishing is one of the
fastest-growing forms of
personal fraud in the world.
While consumers are the most
obvious victims, the damage
spreads far wider--hurting
companies #39; finances and
reputations and potentially" - ], - [ - "Reuters - The U.S. Interior
Department on\\Friday gave
final approval to a plan by
ConocoPhillips and\\partner
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to
develop five tracts around\\the
oil-rich Alpine field on
Alaska's North Slope." - ], - [ - "The dollar may fall against
the euro for a third week in
four on concern near-record
crude oil prices will temper
the pace of expansion in the
US economy, a survey by
Bloomberg News indicates." - ], - [ - "The battle for the British-
based Chelsfield plc hotted up
at the weekend, with reports
from London that the property
giant #39;s management was
working on its own bid to
thwart the 585 million (\\$A1." - ], - [ - "Atari has opened the initial
sign-up phase of the closed
beta for its Dungeons amp;
Dragons real-time-strategy
title, Dragonshard." - ], - [ - "AP - Many states are facing
legal challenges over possible
voting problems Nov. 2. A look
at some of the developments
Thursday:" - ], - [ - "Israeli troops withdrew from
the southern Gaza Strip town
of Khan Yunis on Tuesday
morning, following a 30-hour
operation that left 17
Palestinians dead." - ], - [ - "Notes and quotes from various
drivers following California
Speedway #39;s Pop Secret 500.
Jeff Gordon slipped to second
in points following an engine
failure while Jimmie Johnson
moved back into first." - ], - [ - "PM-designate Omar Karameh
forms a new 30-member cabinet
which includes women for the
first time." - ], - [ - "Bahrain #39;s king pardoned a
human rights activist who
convicted of inciting hatred
of the government and
sentenced to one year in
prison Sunday in a case linked
to criticism of the prime
minister." - ], - [ - "Big Blue adds features, beefs
up training efforts in China;
rival Unisys debuts new line
and pricing plan." - ], - [ - " MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Sports
Network) - The Memphis
Grizzlies signed All-Star
forward Pau Gasol to a multi-
year contract on Friday.
Terms of the deal were not
announced." - ], - [ - "Leaders from 38 Asian and
European nations are gathering
in Vietnam for a summit of the
Asia-Europe Meeting, know as
ASEM. One thousand delegates
are to discuss global trade
and regional politics during
the two-day forum." - ], - [ - "A US soldier has pleaded
guilty to murdering a wounded
16-year-old Iraqi boy. Staff
Sergeant Johnny Horne was
convicted Friday of the
unpremeditated murder" - ], - [ - "Andre Agassi brushed past
Jonas Bjorkman 6-3 6-4 at the
Stockholm Open on Thursday to
set up a quarter-final meeting
with Spanish sixth seed
Fernando Verdasco." - ], - [ - "South Korea's Hynix
Semiconductor Inc. and Swiss-
based STMicroelectronics NV
signed a joint-venture
agreement on Tuesday to
construct a memory chip
manufacturing plant in Wuxi,
about 100 kilometers west of
Shanghai, in China." - ], - [ - "SAN DIEGO --(Business Wire)--
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Manufacturers to Become
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Friday as tight\\supplies of
distillate fuel, including
heating oil, ahead of\\the
northern hemisphere winter
spurred buying." - ], - [ - "Well, Intel did say -
dismissively of course - that
wasn #39;t going to try to
match AMD #39;s little dual-
core Opteron demo coup of last
week and show off a dual-core
Xeon at the Intel Developer
Forum this week and - as good
as its word - it didn #39;t." - ], - [ - "Guinea-Bissau #39;s army chief
of staff and former interim
president, General Verissimo
Correia Seabra, was killed
Wednesday during unrest by
mutinous soldiers in the
former Portuguese" - ], - [ - "31 October 2004 -- Exit polls
show that Prime Minister
Viktor Yanukovich and
challenger Viktor Yushchenko
finished on top in Ukraine
#39;s presidential election
today and will face each other
in a run-off next month." - ], - [ - "Nov. 18, 2004 - An FDA
scientist says the FDA, which
is charged with protecting
America #39;s prescription
drug supply, is incapable of
doing so." - ], - [ - "Rock singer Bono pledges to
spend the rest of his life
trying to eradicate extreme
poverty around the world." - ], - [ - "AP - Just when tourists
thought it was safe to go back
to the Princess Diana memorial
fountain, the mud has struck." - ], - [ - "The UK's inflation rate fell
in September, thanks in part
to a fall in the price of
airfares, increasing the
chance that interest rates
will be kept on hold." - ], - [ - " HONG KONG/SAN FRANCISCO
(Reuters) - IBM is selling its
PC-making business to China's
largest personal computer
company, Lenovo Group Ltd.,
for \\$1.25 billion, marking
the U.S. firm's retreat from
an industry it helped pioneer
in 1981." - ], - [ - "AP - Three times a week, The
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and Democratic presidential
candidate John Kerry a
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tingling with anticipation on
Saturday as the Red Sox
prepared to host Game One of
the World Series against the
St. Louis Cardinals and take a
step toward ridding
themselves of a hex that has
hung over the team for eight
decades." - ], - [ - "FOR the first time since his
appointment as Newcastle
United manager, Graeme Souness
has been required to display
the strong-arm disciplinary
qualities that, to Newcastle
directors, made" - ], - [ - "In an apparent damage control
exercise, Russian President
Vladimir Putin on Saturday
said he favored veto rights
for India as new permanent
member of the UN Security
Council." - ], - [ - "Nordstrom reported a strong
second-quarter profit as it
continued to select more
relevant inventory and sell
more items at full price." - ], - [ - "WHY IT HAPPENED Tom Coughlin
won his first game as Giants
coach and immediately
announced a fine amnesty for
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first tournament since getting
married was good enough to
take Tiger Woods from third to
second in the world rankings." - ], - [ - " COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado
(Reuters) - World 400 meters
champion Jerome Young has been
given a lifetime ban from
athletics for a second doping
offense, the U.S. Anti-Doping
Agency (USADA) said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Nigeria's Senate has
ordered a subsidiary of
petroleum giant Royal/Dutch
Shell to pay a Nigerian ethnic
group #36;1.5 billion for oil
spills in their homelands, but
the legislative body can't
enforce the resolution, an
official said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "IT #39;S BEEN a heck of an
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some inventive speeches and
met some people with different
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keep interest rates on hold
following the latest meeting
of the its Monetary Policy
Committee." - ], - [ - "Australian troops in Baghdad
came under attack today for
the first time since the end
of the Iraq war when a car
bomb exploded injuring three
soldiers and damaging an
Australian armoured convoy." - ], - [ - "The Bush administration upheld
yesterday the imposition of
penalty tariffs on shrimp
imports from China and
Vietnam, handing a victory to
beleaguered US shrimp
producers." - ], - [ - "House prices rose 0.2 percent
in September compared with the
month before to stand up 17.8
percent on a year ago, the
Nationwide Building Society
says." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Two clients of
Germany's Postbank\\(DPBGn.DE)
fell for an e-mail fraud that
led them to reveal\\money
transfer codes to a bogus Web
site -- the first case of\\this
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technology goods, services,
and staff will grow seven
percent in 2005 and continue
at a similar pace through
2008, according to a study
released Monday by Forrester
Research." - ], - [ - "LONDON - In two years, Arsenal
will play their home matches
in the Emirates stadium. That
is what their new stadium at
Ashburton Grove will be called
after the Premiership
champions yesterday agreed to
the" - ], - [ - "KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Jason
Campbell threw for 252 yards
and two touchdowns, and No. 8
Auburn proved itself as a
national title contender by
overwhelming No. 10 Tennessee,
34-10, last night." - ], - [ - "Look, Ma, no hands! The U.S.
space agency's latest
spacecraft can run an entire
mission by itself. By Amit
Asaravala." - ], - [ - "Pakistans decision to refuse
the International Atomic
Energy Agency to have direct
access to Dr AQ Khan is
correct on both legal and
political counts." - ], - [ - "MANILA, 4 December 2004 - With
floods receding, rescuers
raced to deliver food to
famished survivors in
northeastern Philippine
villages isolated by back-to-
back storms that left more
than 650 people dead and
almost 400 missing." - ], - [ - "Talks on where to build the
world #39;s first nuclear
fusion reactor ended without a
deal on Tuesday but the
European Union said Japan and
the United States no longer
firmly opposed its bid to put
the plant in France." - ], - [ - "Joining America Online,
EarthLink and Yahoo against
spamming, Microsoft Corp.
today announced the filing of
three new anti-Spam lawsuits
under the CAN-SPAM federal law
as part of its initiative in
solving the Spam problem for
Internet users worldwide." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON -- Another
Revolution season concluded
with an overtime elimination.
Last night, the Revolution
thrice rallied from deficits
for a 3-3 tie with D.C. United
in the Eastern Conference
final, then lost in the first-
ever Major League Soccer match
decided by penalty kicks." - ], - [ - "Dwyane Wade calls himself a
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never wanted in Los Angeles.
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Internet users are not as safe
online as they believe. The
inspections found most
consumers have no firewall
protection, outdated antivirus
software and dozens of spyware
programs secretly running on
their computers." - ], - [ - "World number one golfer Vijay
Singh of Fiji has captured his
eighth PGA Tour event of the
year with a win at the 84
Lumber Classic in Farmington,
Pennsylvania." - ], - [ - "The noise was deafening and
potentially unsettling in the
minutes before the start of
the men #39;s Olympic
200-meter final. The Olympic
Stadium crowd chanted
quot;Hellas!" - ], - [ - "CLEVELAND - The White House
said Vice President Dick
Cheney faces a \"master
litigator\" when he debates
Sen. John Edwards Tuesday
night, a backhanded compliment
issued as the Republican
administration defended itself
against criticism that it has
not acknowledged errors in
waging war in Iraq..." - ], - [ - "Brazilian forward Ronaldinho
scored a sensational goal for
Barcelona against Milan,
making for a last-gasp 2-1.
The 24-year-old #39;s
brilliant left-foot hit at the
Nou Camp Wednesday night sent
Barcelona atop of Group F." - ], - [ - "Nortel Networks says it will
again delay the release of its
restated financial results.
The Canadian telecom vendor
originally promised to release
the restated results in
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glance, paying \\$13 or \\$14
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room might seem expensive." - ], - [ - "SEOUL (Reuters) - The chairman
of South Korea #39;s ruling
Uri Party resigned on Thursday
after saying his father had
served as a military police
officer during Japan #39;s
1910-1945 colonial rule on the
peninsula." - ], - [ - "ALERE, Uganda -- Kasmiro
Bongonyinge remembers sitting
up suddenly in his bed. It was
just after sunrise on a summer
morning two years ago, and the
old man, 87 years old and
blind, knew something was
wrong." - ], - [ - "Reuters - An investigation
into U.S. insurers\\and brokers
rattled insurance industry
stocks for a second day\\on
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further by subpoenas
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injury has kept him out of the
49ers #39; lineup since Week
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mater in person." - ], - [ - "AP - Kellen Winslow Jr. ended
his second NFL holdout Friday." - ], - [ - "JAKARTA - Official results
have confirmed former army
general Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono as the winner of
Indonesia #39;s first direct
presidential election, while
incumbent Megawati
Sukarnoputri urged her nation
Thursday to wait for the
official announcement" - ], - [ - "HOUSTON - With only a few
seconds left in a certain
victory for Miami, Peyton
Manning threw a meaningless
6-yard touchdown pass to
Marvin Harrison to cut the
score to 24-15." - ], - [ - "Reuters - A ragged band of
children\\emerges ghost-like
from mists in Ethiopia's
highlands,\\thrusting bunches
of carrots at a car full of
foreigners." - ], - [ - "DEADLY SCORER: Manchester
United #39;s Wayne Rooney
celebrating his three goals
against Fenerbahce this week
at Old Trafford. (AP)." - ], - [ - "AP - A U.N. human rights
expert criticized the U.S.-led
coalition forces in
Afghanistan for violating
international law by allegedly
beating Afghans to death and
forcing some to remove their
clothes or wear hoods." - ], - [ - "You can feel the confidence
level, not just with Team
Canada but with all of Canada.
There #39;s every expectation,
from one end of the bench to
the other, that Martin Brodeur
is going to hold the fort." - ], - [ - "Heading into the first game of
a new season, every team has
question marks. But in 2004,
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
said on Thursday Yasser
Arafat's death could be a
turning point for peacemaking
but he would pursue a
unilateral plan that would
strip Palestinians of some
land they want for a state." - ], - [ - " AL-ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq
(Reuters) - Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld swept into an
airbase in Iraq's western
desert Sunday to make a
first-hand evaluation of
operations to quell a raging
Iraqi insurgency in his first
such visit in five months." - ], - [ - "More than three out of four
(76 percent) consumers are
experiencing an increase in
spoofing and phishing
incidents, and 35 percent
receive fake e-mails at least
once a week, according to a
recent national study." - ], - [ - "The Dow Jones Industrial
Average failed three times
this year to exceed its
previous high and fell to
about 10,000 each time, most
recently a week ago." - ], - [ - "AP - Deep in the Atlantic
Ocean, undersea explorers are
living a safer life thanks to
germ-fighting clothing made in
Kinston." - ], - [ - "Anaheim, Calif. - There is a
decidedly right lean to the
three-time champions of the
American League Central. In a
span of 26 days, the Minnesota
Twins lost the left side of
their infield to free agency." - ], - [ - "Computer Associates Monday
announced the general
availability of three
Unicenter performance
management products for
mainframe data management." - ], - [ - "Reuters - The European Union
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set for 4 p.m. Tuesday,
Patriots coach Bill Belichick
said there didn't seem to be
much happening on the trade
front around the league." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - Democrat John
Kerry accused President Bush
on Monday of sending U.S.
troops to the \"wrong war in
the wrong place at the wrong
time\" and said he'd try to
bring them all home in four
years..." - ], - [ - " SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian
share markets staged a broad-
based retreat on Wednesday,
led by steelmakers amid
warnings of price declines,
but also enveloping technology
and financial stocks on
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magazine ad has been nailed as
misleading by Britain #39;s
Advertising Standards
Authority (ASA)." - ], - [ - "More lorry drivers are
bringing supplies to Nepal's
capital in defiance of an
indefinite blockade by Maoist
rebels." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - CNN has a new boss
for the second time in 14
months: former CBS News
executive Jonathan Klein, who
will oversee programming and
editorial direction at the
second-ranked cable news
network." - ], - [ - "Cut-price carrier Virgin Blue
said Tuesday the cost of using
Australian airports is
spiraling upward and asked the
government to review the
deregulated system of charges." - ], - [ - "The retail sector overall may
be reporting a sluggish start
to the season, but holiday
shoppers are scooping up tech
goods at a brisk pace -- and
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United Arab Emirates, which
account for almost half of
OPEC #39;s oil output, said
they #39;re committed to
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soaring demand that has driven
prices to a record." - ], - [ - "The US Commerce Department
said Thursday personal income
posted its biggest increase in
three months in August. The
government agency also said
personal spending was
unchanged after rising
strongly in July." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's
Nikkei average opened up 0.54
percent on Monday with banks
and exporters leading the way
as a stronger finish on Wall
Street and declining oil
prices soothed worries over
the global economic outlook." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Floods
and landslides have killed 76
people in southwest China in
the past four days and washed
away homes and roads, knocked
down power lines and cut off
at least one city, state
media said on Monday." - ], - [ - "Nothing changed at the top of
Serie A as all top teams won
their games to keep the
distance between one another
unaltered. Juventus came back
from behind against Lazio to
win thanks to another goal by
Ibrahimovic" - ], - [ - "The team behind the Beagle 2
mission has unveiled its
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British Mars lander." - ], - [ - "Survey points to popularity in
Europe, the Middle East and
Asia of receivers that skip
the pay TV and focus on free
programming." - ], - [ - "RICHMOND, Va. Jeremy Mayfield
won his first race in over
four years, taking the
Chevrolet 400 at Richmond
International Raceway after
leader Kurt Busch ran out of
gas eight laps from the
finish." - ], - [ - "AP - Victims of the Sept. 11
attacks were mourned worldwide
Saturday, but in the Middle
East, amid sympathy for the
dead, Arabs said Washington's
support for Israel and the war
on terror launched in the
aftermath of the World Trade
Center's collapse have only
fueled anger and violence." - ], - [ - "Linux publisher Red Hat Inc.
said Tuesday that information-
technology consulting firm
Unisys Corp. will begin
offering a business version of
the company #39;s open-source
operating system on its
servers." - ], - [ - "SEATTLE - Ichiro Suzuki set
the major league record for
hits in a season with 258,
breaking George Sisler's
84-year-old mark with a pair
of singles Friday night. The
Seattle star chopped a leadoff
single in the first inning,
then made history with a
grounder up the middle in the
third..." - ], - [ - "The intruder who entered
British Queen Elizabeth II
#39;s official Scottish
residence and caused a
security scare was a reporter
from the London-based Sunday
Times newspaper, local media
reported Friday." - ], - [ - "IBM's p5-575, a specialized
server geared for high-
performance computing, has
eight 1.9GHz Power5
processors." - ], - [ - "Bruce Wasserstein, head of
Lazard LLC, is asking partners
to take a one-third pay cut as
he readies the world #39;s
largest closely held
investment bank for a share
sale, people familiar with the
situation said." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - FREDERICTON
(CP) - A New Brunswick truck
driver arrested in Ontario
this week has been accused by
police of stealing 50,000 cans
of Moosehead beer." - ], - [ - "Reuters - British police said
on Monday they had\\charged a
man with sending hoax emails
to relatives of people\\missing
since the Asian tsunami,
saying their loved ones
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practice field for the first
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a campaign in California
trying to win approval of a
measure calling for the state
to sell \\$3 billion in bonds
to fund stem-cell research." - ], - [ - "AP - Track star Marion Jones
filed a defamation lawsuit
Wednesday against the man
whose company is at the center
of a federal investigation
into illegal steroid use among
some of the nation's top
athletes." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES - On Sept. 1,
former secretary of
Agriculture Dan Glickman
replaced the legendary Jack
Valenti as president and CEO
of Hollywood #39;s trade
group, the Motion Picture
Association of America." - ], - [ - "England #39;s players hit out
at cricket #39;s authorities
tonight and claimed they had
been used as quot;political
pawns quot; after the Zimbabwe
government produced a
spectacular U-turn to ensure
the controversial one-day
series will go ahead." - ], - [ - "Newspaper publisher Pulitzer
Inc. said Sunday that company
officials are considering a
possible sale of the firm to
boost shareholder value." - ], - [ - "Shares of Merck amp; Co.
plunged almost 10 percent
yesterday after a media report
said that documents show the
pharmaceutical giant hid or
denied" - ], - [ - "AP - The Japanese won the
pregame home run derby. Then
the game started and the major
league All-Stars put their
bats to work. Back-to-back
home runs by Moises Alou and
Vernon Wells in the fourth
inning and by Johnny Estrada
and Brad Wilkerson in the
ninth powered the major
leaguers past the Japanese
stars 7-3 Sunday for a 3-0
lead in the eight-game series." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Wall Street was
expected to dip at\\Thursday's
opening, but shares of Texas
Instruments Inc.\\, may climb
after it gave upbeat earnings
guidance." - ], - [ - "Chinese authorities detained a
prominent, U.S.-based Buddhist
leader in connection with his
plans to reopen an ancient
temple complex in the Chinese
province of Inner Mongolia
last week and have forced
dozens of his American
followers to leave the region,
local officials said
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "The director of the National
Hurricane Center stays calm in
the midst of a storm, but
wants everyone in hurricane-
prone areas to get the message
from his media advisories:
Respect the storm's power and
make proper response plans." - ], - [ - "With Chelsea losing their
unbeaten record and Manchester
United failing yet again to
win, William Hill now make
Arsenal red-hot 2/5 favourites
to retain the title." - ], - [ - "Late in August, Boeing #39;s
top sales execs flew to
Singapore for a crucial sales
pitch. They were close to
persuading Singapore Airlines,
one of the world #39;s leading
airlines, to buy the American
company #39;s new jet, the
mid-sized 7E7." - ], - [ - "SBC Communications and
BellSouth will acquire
YellowPages.com with the goal
of building the site into a
nationwide online business
index, the companies said
Thursday." - ], - [ - "Theresa special bookcase in Al
Grohs office completely full
of game plans from his days in
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the Jets." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO Several
California cities and
counties, including Los
Angeles and San Francisco, are
suing Microsoft for what could
amount to billions of dollars." - ], - [ - "Newcastle ensured their place
as top seeds in Friday #39;s
third round UEFA Cup draw
after holding Sporting Lisbon
to a 1-1 draw at St James #39;
Park." - ], - [ - "Adorned with Turkish and EU
flags, Turkey #39;s newspapers
hailed Thursday an official EU
report recommending the
country start talks to join
the bloc, while largely
ignoring the stringent
conditions attached to the
announcement." - ], - [ - "Google plans to release a
version of its desktop search
tool for computers that run
Apple Computer #39;s Mac
operating system, Google #39;s
chief executive, Eric Schmidt,
said Friday." - ], - [ - "AMD : sicurezza e prestazioni
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leggeri e sottili; Acer Inc.
preme sull #39;acceleratore
con il nuovo notebook a
marchio Ferrari." - ], - [ - "The sounds of tinkling bells
could be heard above the
bustle of the Farmers Market
on the Long Beach Promenade,
leading shoppers to a row of
bright red tin kettles dotting
a pathway Friday." - ], - [ - "CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Bode
Miller continued his
impressive 2004-05 World Cup
skiing season by winning a
night slalom race in
Sestriere, Italy on Monday." - ], - [ - "Firefox use around the world
climbed 34 percent in the last
month, according to a report
published by Web analytics
company WebSideStory Monday." - ], - [ - "If a plastic card that gives
you credit for something you
don't want isn't your idea of
a great gift, you can put it
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Scientists are planning to
take the pulse of the planet
and more in an effort to
improve weather forecasts,
predict energy needs months in
advance, anticipate disease
outbreaks and even tell
fishermen where the catch will
be ..." - ], - [ - "Damien Rhodes scored on a
2-yard run in the second
overtime, then Syracuse's
defense stopped Pittsburgh on
fourth and 1, sending the
Orange to a 38-31 victory
yesterday in Syracuse, N.Y." - ], - [ - "AP - Anthony Harris scored 18
of his career-high 23 points
in the second half to help
Miami upset No. 19 Florida
72-65 Saturday and give first-
year coach Frank Haith his
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Hispano of Spain looked
certain to clinch its bid for
the British mortgage lender
Abbey National, after HBOS,
Britain #39;s biggest home-
loan company, said Wednesday
it would not counterbid, and
after the European Commission
cleared" - ], - [ - "New communications technology
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bring an umbrella?" - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
Justice Department is
investigating possible
accounting fraud at Fannie
Mae, bringing greater
government scrutiny to bear on
the mortgage finance company,
already facing a parallel
inquiry by the SEC, a source
close to the matter said on
Thursday." - ], - [ - "AP - The five cities looking
to host the 2012 Summer Games
submitted bids to the
International Olympic
Committee on Monday, entering
the final stage of a long
process in hopes of landing
one of the biggest prizes in
sports." - ], - [ - "SAP has won a \\$35 million
contract to install its human
resources software for the US
Postal Service. The NetWeaver-
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Post Office #39;s current
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todays activities at Suzuka as
Super Typhoon Ma-On heads
towards the 5.807km circuit.
Saturday practice has been
cancelled altogether while
pre-qualifying and final
qualifying" - ], - [ - "Thailand's prime minister
visits the southern town where
scores of Muslims died in army
custody after a rally." - ], - [ - "Indian industrial group Tata
agrees to invest \\$2bn in
Bangladesh, the biggest single
deal agreed by a firm in the
south Asian country." - ], - [ - "NewsFactor - For years,
companies large and small have
been convinced that if they
want the sophisticated
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class software like ERP and
CRM systems, they must buy
pre-packaged applications.
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remains true." - ], - [ - "Following in the footsteps of
the RIAA, the MPAA (Motion
Picture Association of
America) announced that they
have began filing lawsuits
against people who use peer-
to-peer software to download
copyrighted movies off the
Internet." - ], - [ - " GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas
(Reuters) - Betting on horses
was banned in Texas until as
recently as 1987. Times have
changed rapidly since.
Saturday, Lone Star Park race
track hosts the \\$14 million
Breeders Cup, global racing's
end-of-season extravaganza." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - At a special
music event featuring Bono and
The Edge from rock group U2
held on Tuesday, Apple took
the wraps off the iPod Photo,
a color iPod available in 40GB
or 60GB storage capacities.
The company also introduced
the iPod U2, a special edition
of Apple's 20GB player clad in
black, equipped with a red
Click Wheel and featuring
engraved U2 band member
signatures. The iPod Photo is
available immediately, and
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ship in mid-November." - ], - [ - "Beijing: At least 170 miners
were trapped underground after
a gas explosion on Sunday
ignited a fire in a coalmine
in north-west China #39;s
Shaanxi province, reports
said." - ], - [ - "The steel tubing company
reports sharply higher
earnings, but the stock is
falling." - ], - [ - "It might be a stay of
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Manchester United don #39;t
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entertainment company, has
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private members club in
Shanghai even though the
company #39;s flagship men
#39;s magazine is still banned
in China." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Oracle Corp is
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the European Commission for
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software firm PeopleSoft Inc.,
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warnings from Celestica and
Coca-Cola along with a
slowdown in US industrial
production sent stock markets
lower Wednesday." - ], - [ - "IBM (Quote, Chart) said it
would spend a quarter of a
billion dollars over the next
year and a half to grow its
RFID (define) business." - ], - [ - "Eastman Kodak Co., the world
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of the best pictures ever made
of Saturn's moon Titan as the
Cassini spacecraft begins a
close-up inspection of the
satellite today. Cassini is
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plans to phase out slowly
subsidies on basic products,
such as oil and electricity,
which comprise 50 percent of
public spending, equal to 15
billion dollars, the planning
minister said." - ], - [ - "ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, NS - Nova
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gates open at one of the
utility #39;s hydroelectric
plants Wednesday in hopes a
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point guard Alvin Williams
will miss the rest of the
season after undergoing
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Monday." - ], - [ - "The federal agency that
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the highest in its history,
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members of the extended
Rodriguez family say they will
cast their votes for Democrat
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presidential polls." - ], - [ - "A Milan judge on Tuesday opens
hearings into whether to put
on trial 32 executives and
financial institutions over
the collapse of international
food group Parmalat in one of
Europe #39;s biggest fraud
cases." - ], - [ - "AP - Tennessee's two freshmen
quarterbacks have Volunteers
fans fantasizing about the
next four years. Brent
Schaeffer and Erik Ainge
surprised many with the nearly
seamless way they rotated
throughout a 42-17 victory
over UNLV on Sunday night." - ], - [ - "In fact, Larry Ellison
compares himself to the
warlord, according to
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defending previous remarks he
made." - ], - [ - "FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Four Iraqi
fighters huddled in a trench,
firing rocket-propelled
grenades at Lieutenant Eric
Gregory's Bradley Fighting
Vehicle and the US tanks and
Humvees that were lumbering
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boxlike beige houses." - ], - [ - "MADRID, Aug 18 (Reuters) -
Portugal captain Luis Figo
said on Wednesday he was
taking an indefinite break
from international football,
but would not confirm whether
his decision was final." - ], - [ - "The Bank of England on
Thursday left its benchmark
interest rate unchanged, at
4.75 percent, as policy makers
assessed whether borrowing
costs, already the highest in
the Group of Seven, are
constraining consumer demand." - ], - [ - "AP - Several thousand
Christians who packed a
cathedral compound in the
Egyptian capital hurled stones
at riot police Wednesday to
protest a woman's alleged
forced conversion to Islam. At
least 30 people were injured." - ], - [ - "A group of Saudi religious
scholars have signed an open
letter urging Iraqis to
support jihad against US-led
forces. quot;Fighting the
occupiers is a duty for all
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and Ted Baker have reported
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backfield as often as some
running backs. Whether teams
dare to block Detroit's star
defensive tackle with one
player or follow the trend of
double-teaming him, he often
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Sunday #39;s game at Ford
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cochlear implants to help
people with severe hearing
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because they may malfunction
due to ear moisture, the US
Food and Drug Administration
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Japan after the fast-food
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burgers." - ], - [ - "After Marcos Moreno threw four
more interceptions in last
week's 14-13 overtime loss at
N.C. A T, Bison Coach Ray
Petty will start Antoine
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change, take off your belt and
shoes and stick your keys in
the little tray. But if you've
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bodies believed to have been
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Indian glacier." - ], - [ - "SEOUL, Oct 19 Asia Pulse -
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second-largest maker of liquid
crystal display (LCD), said
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championship game almost cost
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semifinals of the Little
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be in the eye of the storm.
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Johan Santana didn #39;t just
beat opposing hitters. Often,
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in impressive fashion." - ], - [ - "Britain #39;s inflation rate
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its 2.0 percent government-set
upper limit target with
clothing and footwear prices
actually falling, official
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Maoist rebels have
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decades of a fight for
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hospital in Paris, according
to news reports." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - European
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the euro to a fresh all-time
high Wednesday, with telecoms
again leading the way higher
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government estimated in the
April-June quarter, as higher
oil prices limited consumer
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cuts than anticipated to get
out of bankruptcy. United told
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Chicago today that it intends
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forces out of the northern
Gaza Strip Saturday after a
four-day incursion it said
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human rights from close ally
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British government report
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concerns about Iraq and the
Guantanamo Bay jail." - ], - [ - "The University of California,
Berkeley, has signed an
agreement with the Samoan
government to isolate, from a
tree, the gene for a promising
anti- Aids drug and to share
any royalties from the sale of
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people of Samoa." - ], - [ - "PC World - Send your video
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Nikkei average jumped 2.5
percent by mid-afternoon on
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related stocks such as
Advantest Corp. mirrored a
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while banks and brokerages
extended last week's gains." - ], - [ - "INTER Milan coach Roberto
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mentioned Iraq forced a New
York-bound Greek airliner to
make an emergency landing
Sunday at London's Stansted
Airport escorted by military
jets, authorities said. An
airport spokeswoman said an
Athens newspaper had received
a phone call saying there was
a bomb on board the Olympic
Airlines plane..." - ], - [ - "Links to this week's topics
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64 on Sunday to win the
Nationwide Tour's Price Cutter
Charity Championship for his
first Nationwide victory." - ], - [ - "AP - New York Jets running
back Curtis Martin passed Eric
Dickerson and Jerome Bettis on
the NFL career rushing list
Sunday against the St. Louis
Rams, moving to fourth all-
time." - ], - [ - "Eight conservation groups are
fighting the US government
over a plan to poison
thousands of prairie dogs in
the grasslands of South
Dakota, saying wildlife should
not take a backseat to
ranching interests." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece - Sheryl
Swoopes made three big plays
at the end - two baskets and
another on defense - to help
the United States squeeze out
a 66-62 semifinal victory over
Russia on Friday. Now, only
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U.S..." - ], - [ - "Instead of standing for ante
meridian and post meridian,
though, fans will remember the
time periods of pre-Mia and
after-Mia. After playing for
18 years and shattering nearly
every record" - ], - [ - "General Motors (GM) plans to
announce a massive
restructuring Thursday that
will eliminate as many as
12,000 jobs in Europe in a
move to stem the five-year
flow of red ink from its auto
operations in the region." - ], - [ - "Scientists are developing a
device which could improve the
lives of kidney dialysis
patients." - ], - [ - "KABUL, Afghanistan The Afghan
government is blaming drug
smugglers for yesterday #39;s
attack on the leading vice
presidential candidate ." - ], - [ - "Stephon Marbury, concerned
about his lousy shooting in
Athens, used an off day to go
to the gym and work on his
shot. By finding his range, he
saved the United States #39;
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medal." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
held firm on Wednesday as
Hurricane Ivan closed off
crude output and shut
refineries in the Gulf of
Mexico, while OPEC's Gulf
producers tried to reassure
traders by recommending an
output hike." - ], - [ - "State-owned, running a
monopoly on imports of jet
fuel to China #39;s fast-
growing aviation industry and
a prized member of Singapore
#39;s Stock Exchange." - ], - [ - "Google has won a trade mark
dispute, with a District Court
judge finding that the search
engines sale of sponsored
search terms Geico and Geico
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insurance firm GEICOs rights
in the trade marked terms." - ], - [ - "Wall Street bounded higher for
the second straight day
yesterday as investors reveled
in sharply falling oil prices
and the probusiness agenda of
the second Bush
administration. The Dow Jones
industrials gained more than
177 points for its best day of
2004, while the Standard amp;
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highest level since early
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ban on beef from hormone-
treated cattle is now
justified by science and that
US and Canadian retaliatory
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the Greek Orthodox Church, the
Patriarch of Alexandria Peter
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helicopter crash in the Aegean
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Microsoft said it won't charge
double for its per-processor
licenses when dual-core chips
come to market next year." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK -- Wall Street's
fourth-quarter rally gave
stock mutual funds a solid
performance for 2004, with
small-cap equity funds and
real estate funds scoring some
of the biggest returns. Large-
cap growth equities and
technology-focused funds had
the slimmest gains." - ], - [ - "CANBERRA, Australia -- The
sweat-stained felt hats worn
by Australian cowboys, as much
a part of the Outback as
kangaroos and sun-baked soil,
may be heading for the history
books. They fail modern
industrial safety standards." - ], - [ - "Big Food Group Plc, the UK
owner of the Iceland grocery
chain, said second-quarter
sales at stores open at least
a year dropped 3.3 percent,
the second consecutive
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prices." - ], - [ - "A London-to-Washington flight
is diverted after a security
alert involving the singer
formerly known as Cat Stevens." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
first case of soybean rust has
been found on the mainland
United States and could affect
U.S. crops for the near
future, costing farmers
millions of dollars, the
Agriculture Department said on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "IBM and the Spanish government
have introduced a new
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be the most powerful in
Europe, and one of the 10 most
powerful in the world." - ], - [ - "The Supreme Court today
overturned a five-figure
damage award to an Alexandria
man for a local auto dealer
#39;s alleged loan scam,
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identified six of the
militants who seized a school
in southern Russia as being
from Chechnya, drawing a
strong connection to the
Chechen insurgents who have
been fighting Russian forces
for years." - ], - [ - "AP - Randy Moss is expected to
play a meaningful role for the
Minnesota Vikings this weekend
against the Giants, even
without a fully healed right
hamstring." - ], - [ - "Pros: Fits the recent profile
(44, past PGA champion, fiery
Ryder Cup player); the job is
his if he wants it. Cons:
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conditions yesterday to be met
before it would consider
returning to six-party talks
on its nuclear programs." - ], - [ - "Official figures show the
12-nation eurozone economy
continues to grow, but there
are warnings it may slow down
later in the year." - ], - [ - "Elmer Santos scored in the
second half, lifting East
Boston to a 1-0 win over
Brighton yesterday afternoon
and giving the Jets an early
leg up in what is shaping up
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#39;s ruling, the Supreme
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the Do Not Call list violates
telemarketers #39; First
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poised Friday to storm rebel
strongholds in the northern
city of Mosul, as US military
commanders said they had
quot;broken the back quot; of
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assault on the former rebel
bastion of Fallujah." - ], - [ - "Infineon Technologies, the
second-largest chip maker in
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Malaysia to expand its
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Steve Gleason expects to be
fined by the league after
being ejected from Sunday's
game against the Carolina
Panthers for throwing a punch." - ], - [ - "JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon, facing
a party mutiny over his plan
to quit the Gaza Strip, has
approved 1,000 more Israeli
settler homes in the West Bank
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rolled out for Afghanistans
interim President Hamid Karzai
as he addressed his first
election campaign rally
outside the capital yesterday
amid spiraling violence." - ], - [ - "LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville
men #39;s basketball head
coach Rick Pitino and senior
forward Ellis Myles met with
members of the media on Friday
to preview the Cardinals #39;
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September, held back by a big
drop in orders for
transportation goods, the US
Commerce Department said
today." - ], - [ - "Siblings are the first ever to
be convicted for sending
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Nokia begins legal battle
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counterparts.... and more." - ], - [ - "I always get a kick out of the
annual list published by
Forbes singling out the
richest people in the country.
It #39;s almost as amusing as
those on the list bickering
over their placement." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - After Apple
unveiled the iMac G5 in Paris
this week, Vice President of
Hardware Product Marketing
Greg Joswiak gave Macworld
editors a guided tour of the
desktop's new design. Among
the topics of conversation:
the iMac's cooling system, why
pre-installed Bluetooth
functionality and FireWire 800
were left out, and how this
new model fits in with Apple's
objectives." - ], - [ - "Williams-Sonoma Inc., operator
of home furnishing chains
including Pottery Barn, said
third-quarter earnings rose 19
percent, boosted by store
openings and catalog sales." - ], - [ - "We #39;ve known about
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chip performance." - ], - [ - "This week, Sir Richard Branson
announced his new company,
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stereo system and components
painted in 24-karat gold." - ], - [ - "Arsenal was held to a 1-1 tie
by struggling West Bromwich
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pick up a Premier League
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scored with 11 minutes left." - ], - [ - "TOKYO - Mitsubishi Heavy
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in talks to buy a plot of land
in central Japan #39;s Nagoya
city from Mitsubishi Motors
for building aircraft parts." - ], - [ - "China has confirmed that it
found a deadly strain of bird
flu in pigs as early as two
years ago. China #39;s
Agriculture Ministry said two
cases had been discovered, but
it did not say exactly where
the samples had been taken." - ], - [ - "Baseball #39;s executive vice
president Sandy Alderson
insisted last month that the
Cubs, disciplined for an
assortment of run-ins with
umpires, would not be targeted
the rest of the season by
umpires who might hold a
grudge." - ], - [ - "As Superman and Batman would
no doubt reflect during their
cigarette breaks, the really
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hero was that you have to keep
riding to the rescue." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - RealNetworks Inc.
said on Tuesday that it has
sold more than a million songs
at its online music store
since slashing prices last
week as part of a limited-time
sale aimed at growing the user
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changed Thursday as traders
anxiously watched for
indications that the supply or
demand picture would change in
some way to add pressure to
the market or take some away." - ], - [ - "Gov. Rod Blagojevich plans to
propose a ban Thursday on the
sale of violent and sexually
explicit video games to
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have tried with little
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executive will go unpaid for
the rest of the year, but it
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within weeks unless more cuts
are made." - ], - [ - "AP - Ten years after the Irish
Republican Army's momentous
cease-fire, negotiations
resumed Wednesday in hope of
reviving a Catholic-Protestant
administration, an elusive
goal of Northern Ireland's
hard-fought peace process." - ], - [ - "A cable channel plans to
resurrect each of the 1,230
regular-season games listed on
the league's defunct 2004-2005
schedule by setting them in
motion on a video game
console." - ], - [ - " SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican
Republic, Sept. 18 -- Tropical
Storm Jeanne headed for the
Bahamas on Saturday after an
assault on the Dominican
Republic that killed 10
people, destroyed hundreds of
houses and forced thousands
from their homes." - ], - [ - "An explosion tore apart a car
in Gaza City Monday, killing
at least one person,
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testify as planned before a
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work jointly to re-energise
the six-party talks mechanism
aimed at dismantling North
Korea #39;s nuclear programmes
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to resume" - ], - [ - "AFP - Sporadic gunfire and
shelling took place overnight
in the disputed Georgian
region of South Ossetia in
violation of a fragile
ceasefire, wounding seven
Georgian servicemen." - ], - [ - "PARIS, Nov 4 (AFP) - The
European Aeronautic Defence
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Thursday that its nine-month
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thanks largely to sales of
Airbus aircraft, and raised
its full-year forecast." - ], - [ - "AP - Eric Hinske and Vernon
Wells homered, and the Toronto
Blue Jays completed a three-
game sweep of the Baltimore
Orioles with an 8-5 victory
Sunday." - ], - [ - "SiliconValley.com - When
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game hit following Microsoft's
launch of the Xbox console in
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Office for National
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the Chicago Cubs to a 12-5 win
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dependence on software
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immediate switch of its 17,000
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had launched a new desktop
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personal computer users to
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their PCs." - ], - [ - "At least 12 people die in an
explosion at a fuel pipeline
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game early. The slugger's
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six terror suspects, including
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season-high 33 points and 15
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of Steve Nash in a 95-86 win
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against spammers who send
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on a windy Sunday, closing
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goes on to this day." - ], - [ - "Baltimore Ravens running back
Jamal Lewis did not appear at
his arraignment Friday, but
his lawyers entered a not
guilty plea on charges in an
expanded drug conspiracy
indictment." - ], - [ - "AP - Sharp Electronics Corp.
plans to stop selling its
Linux-based handheld computer
in the United States, another
sign of the slowing market for
personal digital assistants." - ], - [ - "After serving a five-game
suspension, Milton Bradley
worked out with the Dodgers as
they prepared for Tuesday's
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Cardinals." - ], - [ - "AP - Prime Time won't be
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Rome does not withdraw its
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country within 24 hours,
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atop four police cars as the
caravan wound its way up the
driveway in a procession fit
for a presidential candidate.
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including former world
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it has agreed terms to ensure
Silverstone remains one of the
venues for the 2005 Formula
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Miles its new head football
coach, replacing Nick Saban." - ], - [ - "The United Nations annual
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lenders and lessors to
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of its mainline and US Airways
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that exiles living in Florida
may have masterminded the
assassination of a prosecutor
investigating a short-lived
coup against leftist President
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literature about search
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World Trade Organisation to
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discreetly stepped back
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introduce a motion into a
crucial penal reform bill to
make adultery a crime
punishable by prison." - ], - [ - "Boston Scientific Corp.
(BSX.N: Quote, Profile,
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received US regulatory
approval for a device to treat
complications that arise in
patients with end-stage kidney
disease who need dialysis." - ], - [ - "North-west Norfolk MP Henry
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release of an old college
friend accused of plotting a
coup in Equatorial Guinea." - ], - [ - "With the economy slowly
turning up, upgrading hardware
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number two priority." - ], - [ - "AP - The Chicago Blackhawks
re-signed goaltender Michael
Leighton to a one-year
contract Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Oracle Corp. plans to release
the latest version of its CRM
(customer relationship
management) applications
within the next two months, as
part of an ongoing update of
its E-Business Suite." - ], - [ - "Toyota Motor Corp. #39;s
shares fell for a second day,
after the world #39;s second-
biggest automaker had an
unexpected quarterly profit
drop." - ], - [ - "AFP - Want to buy a castle?
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Germany." - ], - [ - "Hosted CRM service provider
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step forward last week in its
strategy to build an online
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offer software as a service." - ], - [ - "Britain-based HBOS says it
will file a complaint to the
European Commission against
Spanish bank Santander Central
Hispano (SCH) in connection
with SCH #39;s bid to acquire
British bank Abbey National" - ], - [ - "AFP - Steven Gerrard has moved
to allay Liverpool fans' fears
that he could be out until
Christmas after breaking a
metatarsal bone in his left
foot." - ], - [ - "Verizon Wireless on Thursday
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hundreds of millions of
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tracking of items from ho-hum
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with data." - ], - [ - "ATHENS -- She won her first
Olympic gold medal in kayaking
when she was 18, the youngest
paddler to do so in Games
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Birgit Fischer won her eighth
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Eriksson has defended
goalkeeper David James after
last night #39;s 2-2 draw in
Austria. James allowed Andreas
Ivanschitz #39;s shot to slip
through his fingers to
complete Austria comeback from
two goals down." - ], - [ - "MINSK - Legislative elections
in Belarus held at the same
time as a referendum on
whether President Alexander
Lukashenko should be allowed
to seek a third term fell
significantly short of
democratic standards, foreign
observers said here Monday." - ], - [ - "An Olympic sailor is charged
with the manslaughter of a
Briton who died after being
hit by a car in Athens." - ], - [ - "The Norfolk Broads are on
their way to getting a clean
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peace deal that ended fighting
in Iraq's holy city of Najaf
and said the presence of U.S.
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it possible." - ], - [ - "The quot;future quot; is
getting a chance to revive the
presently struggling New York
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an alliance of major Internet
providers - including Atlanta-
based EarthLink -iled a
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designed to take advantage of
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Photoshop and Acrobat software
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fiscal 2005." - ], - [ - "William Morrison Supermarkets
has agreed to sell 114 small
Safeway stores and a
distribution centre for 260.2
million pounds. Morrison
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its 3 billion pound" - ], - [ - "SCO Group has a plan to keep
itself fit enough to continue
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semifinals at the 2004 US Open
will be staged on Saturday,
with three of the tournament
#39;s top-five seeds ready for
action at the USTA National
Tennis Center." - ], - [ - "Pepsi pushes a blue version of
Mountain Dew only at Taco
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strategy?" - ], - [ - "New software helps corporate
travel managers track down
business travelers who
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dilemma for honest travelers
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money." - ], - [ - "NATO Secretary-General Jaap de
Hoop Scheffer has called a
meeting of NATO states and
Russia on Tuesday to discuss
the siege of a school by
Chechen separatists in which
more than 335 people died, a
NATO spokesman said." - ], - [ - "26 August 2004 -- Iraq #39;s
top Shi #39;ite cleric, Grand
Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,
arrived in the city of Al-
Najaf today in a bid to end a
weeks-long conflict between US
forces and militiamen loyal to
Shi #39;ite cleric Muqtada al-
Sadr." - ], - [ - "AFP - Senior executives at
business software group
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recommended that its
shareholders reject a 8.8
billion dollar takeover bid
from Oracle Corp, PeopleSoft
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the security issues raised by
the now-infamous brawl between
players and fans in Auburn
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Celtics returned to the
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two losses and few concerns
about their on-court safety." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Electronics
conglomerate Sony Corp.
unveiled eight new flat-screen
televisions on Thursday in a
product push it hopes will
help it secure a leading 35
percent of the domestic
market in the key month of
December." - ], - [ - "As the election approaches,
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called on workers at France
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honour. AC Milan frontman
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will miss the rest of the
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said on Wednesday she wants
to start serving her prison
sentence for lying about a
suspicious stock sale as soon
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the king of digital music
players, but robust pretenders
to the throne have begun to
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touch screen, pen input, a
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recording capabilities, the
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unleaded gasoline prices
dropped more than 6 percent
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inventories." - ], - [ - "The University of Iowa #39;s
market for US presidential
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Dublin-based exchange that is
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alive her hopes of qualifying
for next week #39;s WTA Tour
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seeded fifth, survived a
third-set tiebreaker to
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America's top players,
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wait until at least next April
to face trial on allegations
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attacked the open-source
credentials of its sometime
business partner Sun
Microsystems. In a Web log
posting Thursday, Michael
Tiemann, Red Hat #39;s vice
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deploy a multibillion-dollar
shield against ballistic
missiles was set back on
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its first full flight test in
two years." - ], - [ - "Although he was well-beaten by
Retief Goosen in Sunday #39;s
final round of The Tour
Championship in Atlanta, there
has been some compensation for
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of four Manchester United
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clubhouse. Angels second
baseman Adam Kennedy left the
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Federal Communications
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from Wal-Mart and Lowe's
helped send stocks sharply
higher Monday on Wall Street,
with the swing exaggerated by
thin late summer trading. The
Dow Jones industrials surged
nearly 130 points..." - ], - [ - "Freshman Darius Walker ran for
115 yards and scored two
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Irish offense that had managed
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season's first six quarters." - ], - [ - "Consumers who cut it close by
paying bills from their
checking accounts a couple of
days before depositing funds
will be out of luck under a
new law that takes effect Oct.
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surged 25 percent in the third
quarter as the world's largest
personal computer maker posted
record sales due to rising
technology spending in the
corporate and government
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and abroad." - ], - [ - "AP - NBC is adding a 5-second
delay to its NASCAR telecasts
after Dale Earnhardt Jr. used
a vulgarity during a postrace
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New York Yankees will start
Orlando \"El Duque\" Hernandez
in Game 4 of the American
League Championship Series on
Saturday against the Boston
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Eriksson as England coach is
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Brillian's new big screens
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party." - ], - [ - "Spain begin their third final
in five seasons at the Olympic
stadium hoping to secure their
second title since their first
in Barcelona against Australia
in 2000." - ], - [ - "Second-seeded David Nalbandian
of Argentina lost at the Japan
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Gilles Muller of Luxembourg
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away to Bologna, the Serie A
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ransacked and occupied the
regional administration
building in a southern Russian
province Tuesday, demanding
the resignation of the region
#39;s president, whose former
son-in-law has been linked to
a multiple" - ], - [ - "SIPTU has said it is strongly
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of Aer Lingus as pressure
mounts on the Government to
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home entertainment." - ], - [ - "Molson Inc. Chief Executive
Officer Daniel O #39;Neill
said he #39;ll provide
investors with a positive #39;
#39; response to their
concerns over the company
#39;s plan to let stock-
option holders vote on its
planned merger with Adolph
Coors Co." - ], - [ - "South Korea #39;s Grace Park
shot a seven-under-par 65 to
triumph at the CJ Nine Bridges
Classic on Sunday. Park #39;s
victory made up her final-
round collapse at the Samsung
World Championship two weeks
ago." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hopes
-- and worries -- that U.S.
regulators will soon end the
ban on using wireless phones
during U.S. commercial flights
are likely at least a year or
two early, government
officials and analysts say." - ], - [ - "AFP - Iraqi Foreign Minister
Hoshyar Zebari arrived
unexpectedly in the holy city
of Mecca Wednesday where he
met Crown Prince Abdullah bin
Abdul Aziz, the official SPA
news agency reported." - ], - [ - "Titans QB Steve McNair was
released from a Nashville
hospital after a two-night
stay for treatment of a
bruised sternum. McNair was
injured during the fourth
quarter of the Titans #39;
15-12 loss to Jacksonville on
Sunday." - ], - [ - "Keith Miller, Australia #39;s
most prolific all-rounder in
Test cricket, died today at a
nursing home, Cricket
Australia said. He was 84." - ], - [ - "Haitian police and UN troops
moved into a slum neighborhood
on Sunday and cleared street
barricades that paralyzed a
part of the capital." - ], - [ - "TORONTO Former Toronto pitcher
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#39;-tee) was found dead in
his hotel room today,
according to the team. He was
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settlers from occupied Gaza
next year. Militants seek to
claim any pullout as a
victory. quot;Islamic Jihad
will not be broken by this
martyrdom, quot; said Khaled
al-Batsh, a senior political
leader in Gaza." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - The
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profit by 12.5 percent, even
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precious metal." - ], - [ - "The U.S. military has found
nearly 20 houses where
intelligence officers believe
hostages were tortured or
killed in this city, including
the house with the cage that
held a British contractor who
was beheaded last month." - ], - [ - "AFP - Opponents of the Lao
government may be plotting
bomb attacks in Vientiane and
other areas of Laos timed to
coincide with a summit of
Southeast Asian leaders the
country is hosting next month,
the United States said." - ], - [ - "After a year of pilots and
trials, Siebel Systems jumped
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send warships to help NATO
naval patrols that monitor
suspicious vessels in the
Mediterranean, part of a push
for closer counterterrorism
cooperation between Moscow and
the western alliance." - ], - [ - "Intel won't release a 4-GHz
version of its flagship
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decided instead to realign its
engineers around the company's
new design priorities, an
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carrying two Russians and an
American rocketed closer
Friday to its docking with the
international space station,
where the current three-man
crew made final departure
preparations." - ], - [ - "Defense: Ken Lucas. His
biggest play was his first
one. The fourth-year
cornerback intercepted a Ken
Dorsey pass that kissed off
the hands of wide receiver
Rashaun Woods and returned it
25 yards to set up the
Seahawks #39; first score." - ], - [ - "Scientists have manipulated
carbon atoms to create a
material that could be used to
create light-based, versus
electronic, switches. The
material could lead to a
supercharged Internet based
entirely on light, scientists
say." - ], - [ - "A military plane crashed in
the mountains near Caracas,
killing all 16 persons on
board, including two high-
ranking military officers,
officials said." - ], - [ - "The powerful St. Louis trio of
Albert Pujols, Scott Rolen and
Jim Edmonds is 4 for 23 with
one RBI in the series and with
runners on base, they are 1
for 13." - ], - [ - "A voice recording said to be
that of suspected Al Qaeda
commander Abu Mussab al-
Zarqawi, claims Iraq #39;s
Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is
the militant network #39;s
number one target." - ], - [ - "BEIJING -- More than a year
after becoming China's
president, Hu Jintao was
handed the full reins of power
yesterday when his
predecessor, Jiang Zemin, gave
up the nation's most powerful
military post." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES (Reuters)
Qualcomm has dropped an \\$18
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damages from rival Texas
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discussing terms of a
licensing pact, a TI
spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Hewlett-Packard is the latest
IT vendor to try blogging. But
analysts wonder if the weblog
trend is the 21st century
equivalent of CB radios, which
made a big splash in the 1970s
before fading." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fannie
Mae executives and their
regulator squared off on
Wednesday, with executives
denying any accounting
irregularity and the regulator
saying the housing finance
company's management may need
to go." - ], - [ - "The scientists behind Dolly
the sheep apply for a license
to clone human embryos. They
want to take stem cells from
the embryos to study Lou
Gehrig's disease." - ], - [ - "As the first criminal trial
stemming from the financial
deals at Enron opened in
Houston on Monday, it is
notable as much for who is not
among the six defendants as
who is - and for how little
money was involved compared
with how much in other Enron" - ], - [ - "LONDON (CBS.MW) -- British
bank Barclays on Thursday said
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majority stake in South
African bank ABSA. Free!" - ], - [ - "The Jets signed 33-year-old
cornerback Terrell Buckley,
who was released by New
England on Sunday, after
putting nickel back Ray
Mickens on season-ending
injured reserve yesterday with
a torn ACL in his left knee." - ], - [ - "Some of the silly tunes
Japanese pay to download to
use as the ring tone for their
mobile phones sure have their
knockers, but it #39;s for
precisely that reason that a
well-known counselor is raking
it in at the moment, according
to Shukan Gendai (10/2)." - ], - [ - "WEST INDIES thrilling victory
yesterday in the International
Cricket Council Champions
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five million people of the
Caribbean." - ], - [ - "AP - Greenpeace activists
scaled the walls of Ford Motor
Co.'s Norwegian headquarters
Tuesday to protest plans to
destroy hundreds of non-
polluting electric cars." - ], - [ - "Investors sent stocks sharply
lower yesterday as oil prices
continued their climb higher
and new questions about the
safety of arthritis drugs
pressured pharmaceutical
stocks." - ], - [ - "Scotland manager Berti Vogts
insists he is expecting
nothing but victory against
Moldova on Wednesday. The game
certainly is a must-win affair
if the Scots are to have any
chance of qualifying for the
2006 World Cup finals." - ], - [ - "IBM announced yesterday that
it will invest US\\$250 million
(S\\$425 million) over the next
five years and employ 1,000
people in a new business unit
to support products and
services related to sensor
networks." - ], - [ - "AFP - The chances of Rupert
Murdoch's News Corp relocating
from Australia to the United
States have increased after
one of its biggest
institutional investors has
chosen to abstain from a vote
next week on the move." - ], - [ - "AFP - An Indian minister said
a school text-book used in the
violence-prone western state
of Gujarat portrayed Adolf
Hitler as a role model." - ], - [ - "Reuters - The head of UAL
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John Kerry is seizing on the
Bush administration's failure
to secure hundreds of tons of
explosives now missing in
Iraq." - ], - [ - "AP - Microsoft Corp. goes into
round two Friday of its battle
to get the European Union's
sweeping antitrust ruling
lifted having told a judge
that it had been prepared
during settlement talks to
share more software code with
its rivals than the EU
ultimately demanded." - ], - [ - " INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) -
Jenny Thompson will take the
spotlight from injured U.S.
team mate Michael Phelps at
the world short course
championships Saturday as she
brings down the curtain on a
spectacular swimming career." - ], - [ - "Martin Brodeur made 27 saves,
and Brad Richards, Kris Draper
and Joe Sakic scored goals to
help Canada beat Russia 3-1
last night in the World Cup of
Hockey, giving the Canadians a
3-0 record in round-robin
play." - ], - [ - "AP - Sears, Roebuck and Co.,
which has successfully sold
its tools and appliances on
the Web, is counting on having
the same magic with bedspreads
and sweaters, thanks in part
to expertise gained by its
purchase of Lands' End Inc." - ], - [ - "com September 14, 2004, 9:12
AM PT. With the economy slowly
turning up, upgrading hardware
has been on businesses radar
in the past 12 months as their
number two priority." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) -
Children's Place Retail Stores
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retail stores from Walt
Disney Co., and its stock rose
more than 14 percent in early
morning trade." - ], - [ - "ALBANY, N.Y. -- A California-
based company that brokers
life, accident, and disability
policies for leading US
companies pocketed millions of
dollars a year in hidden
payments from insurers and
from charges on clients'
unsuspecting workers, New York
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
charged yesterday." - ], - [ - "NORTEL Networks plans to slash
its workforce by 3500, or ten
per cent, as it struggles to
recover from an accounting
scandal that toppled three top
executives and led to a
criminal investigation and
lawsuits." - ], - [ - "Ebay Inc. (EBAY.O: Quote,
Profile, Research) said on
Friday it would buy Rent.com,
an Internet housing rental
listing service, for \\$415
million in a deal that gives
it access to a new segment of
the online real estate market." - ], - [ - "Austin police are working with
overseas officials to bring
charges against an English man
for sexual assault of a child,
a second-degree felony." - ], - [ - "United Nations officials
report security breaches in
internally displaced people
and refugee camps in Sudan
#39;s embattled Darfur region
and neighboring Chad." - ], - [ - "Noranda Inc., Canada #39;s
biggest mining company, began
exclusive talks on a takeover
proposal from China Minmetals
Corp. that would lead to the
spinoff of Noranda #39;s
aluminum business to
shareholders." - ], - [ - "San Francisco
developer/publisher lands
coveted Paramount sci-fi
license, \\$6.5 million in
funding on same day. Although
it is less than two years old,
Perpetual Entertainment has
acquired one of the most
coveted sci-fi licenses on the
market." - ], - [ - "ST. LOUIS -- Mike Martz #39;s
week of anger was no empty
display. He saw the defending
NFC West champions slipping
and thought taking potshots at
his players might be his best
shot at turning things around." - ], - [ - "Google warned Thursday that
increased competition and the
maturing of the company would
result in an quot;inevitable
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CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri
will allow members of the
military stationed overseas to
return absentee ballots via
e-mail, raising concerns from
Internet security experts
about fraud and ballot
secrecy..." - ], - [ - "Avis Europe PLC has dumped a
new ERP system based on
software from PeopleSoft Inc.
before it was even rolled out,
citing substantial delays and
higher-than-expected costs." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei
average rose 0.55 percent by
midsession on Wednesday as
some techs including Advantest
Corp. gained ground after
Wall Street reacted positively
to results from Intel Corp.
released after the U.S. market
close." - ], - [ - "Yahoo #39;s (Quote, Chart)
public embrace of the RSS
content syndication format
took a major leap forward with
the release of a revamped My
Yahoo portal seeking to
introduce the technology to
mainstream consumers." - ], - [ - "KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hurricane
Ivan's deadly winds and
monstrous waves bore down on
Jamaica on Friday, threatening
a direct hit on its densely
populated capital after
ravaging Grenada and killing
at least 33 people. The
Jamaican government ordered
the evacuation of half a
million people from coastal
areas, where rains on Ivan's
outer edges were already
flooding roads..." - ], - [ - "North Korea has denounced as
quot;wicked terrorists quot;
the South Korean officials who
orchestrated last month #39;s
airlift to Seoul of 468 North
Korean defectors." - ], - [ - "The Black Watch regiment has
returned to its base in Basra
in southern Iraq after a
month-long mission standing in
for US troops in a more
violent part of the country,
the Ministry of Defence says." - ], - [ - "Romanian soccer star Adrian
Mutu as he arrives at the
British Football Association
in London, ahead of his
disciplinary hearing, Thursday
Nov. 4, 2004." - ], - [ - "Australia completed an
emphatic Test series sweep
over New Zealand with a
213-run win Tuesday, prompting
a caution from Black Caps
skipper Stephen Fleming for
other cricket captains around
the globe." - ], - [ - "AP - A senior Congolese
official said Tuesday his
nation had been invaded by
neighboring Rwanda, and U.N.
officials said they were
investigating claims of
Rwandan forces clashing with
militias in the east." - ], - [ - "Liverpool, England (Sports
Network) - Former English
international and Liverpool
great Emlyn Hughes passed away
Tuesday from a brain tumor." - ], - [ - " ATLANTA (Reuters) - Soft
drink giant Coca-Cola Co.
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downturn in North America,
Germany and other major
markets, on Thursday lowered
its key long-term earnings
and sales targets." - ], - [ - "JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- They
were singing in the Colts #39;
locker room today, singing
like a bunch of wounded
songbirds. Never mind that
Marcus Pollard, Dallas Clark
and Ben Hartsock won #39;t be
recording a remake of Kenny
Chesney #39;s song,
quot;Young, quot; any time
soon." - ], - [ - "TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese
electronics and entertainment
giant Sony Corp. (SNE) plans
to begin selling a camcorder
designed for consumers that
takes video at digital high-
definition quality and is
being priced at about
\\$3,600..." - ], - [ - "As the close-knit NASCAR
community mourns the loss of
team owner Rick Hendrick #39;s
son, brother, twin nieces and
six others in a plane crash
Sunday, perhaps no one outside
of the immediate family
grieves more deeply than
Darrell Waltrip." - ], - [ - "AP - Purdue quarterback Kyle
Orton has no trouble
remembering how he felt after
last year's game at Michigan." - ], - [ - "UNITED NATIONS - The United
Nations #39; nuclear agency
says it is concerned about the
disappearance of equipment and
materials from Iraq that could
be used to make nuclear
weapons." - ], - [ - " BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's
historic deal with Turkey to
open entry talks with the vast
Muslim country was hailed by
supporters as a bridge builder
between Europe and the Islamic
world." - ], - [ - "Iraqi President Ghazi al-
Yawar, who was due in Paris on
Sunday to start a European
tour, has postponed his visit
to France due to the ongoing
hostage drama involving two
French journalists, Arab
diplomats said Friday." - ], - [ - " SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) -
President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva's Workers' Party (PT)
won the mayoralty of six state
capitals in Sunday's municipal
vote but was forced into a
run-off to defend its hold on
the race's biggest prize, the
city of Sao Paulo." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece - They are
America's newest golden girls
- powerful and just a shade
from perfection. The U.S..." - ], - [ - "AMMAN, Sept. 15. - The owner
of a Jordanian truck company
announced today that he had
ordered its Iraq operations
stopped in a bid to save the
life of a driver held hostage
by a militant group." - ], - [ - "AP - U.S. State Department
officials learned that seven
American children had been
abandoned at a Nigerian
orphanage but waited more than
a week to check on the youths,
who were suffering from
malnutrition, malaria and
typhoid, a newspaper reported
Saturday." - ], - [ - "\\Angry mobs in Ivory Coast's
main city, Abidjan, marched on
the airport, hours after it
came under French control." - ], - [ - "Several workers are believed
to have been killed and others
injured after a contruction
site collapsed at Dubai
airport. The workers were
trapped under rubble at the
site of a \\$4." - ], - [ - "Talks between Sudan #39;s
government and two rebel
groups to resolve the nearly
two-year battle resume Friday.
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writer of The Christian
Science Monitor." - ], - [ - "In a meeting of the cinematic
with the scientific, Hollywood
helicopter stunt pilots will
try to snatch a returning NASA
space probe out of the air
before it hits the ground." - ], - [ - "Legend has it (incorrectly, it
seems) that infamous bank
robber Willie Sutton, when
asked why banks were his
favorite target, responded,
quot;Because that #39;s where
the money is." - ], - [ - "Brown is a second year player
from Memphis and has spent the
2004 season on the Steelers
#39; practice squad. He played
in two games last year." - ], - [ - "A Canadian court approved Air
Canada #39;s (AC.TO: Quote,
Profile, Research) plan of
arrangement with creditors on
Monday, clearing the way for
the world #39;s 11th largest
airline to emerge from
bankruptcy protection at the
end of next month" - ], - [ - "Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and
Purdue Pharma are the first
drugmakers willing to take the
plunge and use radio frequency
identification technology to
protect their US drug supply
chains from counterfeiters." - ], - [ - "Barret Jackman, the last of
the Blues left to sign before
the league #39;s probable
lockout on Wednesday,
finalized a deal Monday that
is rare in the current
economic climate but fitting
for him." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
eased on Monday after rebels
in Nigeria withdrew a threat
to target oil operations, but
lingering concerns over
stretched supplies ahead of
winter kept prices close to
\\$50." - ], - [ - "AP - In the tumult of the
visitors' clubhouse at Yankee
Stadium, champagne pouring all
around him, Theo Epstein held
a beer. \"I came in and there
was no champagne left,\" he
said this week. \"I said, 'I'll
have champagne if we win it
all.'\" Get ready to pour a
glass of bubbly for Epstein.
No I.D. necessary." - ], - [ - "Search any fee-based digital
music service for the best-
loved musical artists of the
20th century and most of the
expected names show up." - ], - [ - "Barcelona held on from an
early Deco goal to edge game
local rivals Espanyol 1-0 and
carve out a five point
tabletop cushion. Earlier,
Ronaldo rescued a point for
Real Madrid, who continued
their middling form with a 1-1
draw at Real Betis." - ], - [ - "MONTREAL (CP) - The Expos may
be history, but their demise
has heated up the market for
team memorabilia. Vintage
1970s and 1980s shirts are
already sold out, but
everything from caps, beer
glasses and key-chains to
dolls of mascot Youppi!" - ], - [ - "Stansted airport is the
designated emergency landing
ground for planes in British
airspace hit by in-flight
security alerts. Emergency
services at Stansted have
successfully dealt" - ], - [ - "The massive military operation
to retake Fallujah has been
quot;accomplished quot;, a
senior Iraqi official said.
Fierce fighting continued in
the war-torn city where
pockets of resistance were
still holding out against US
forces." - ], - [ - "There are some signs of
progress in resolving the
Nigerian conflict that is
riling global oil markets. The
leader of militia fighters
threatening to widen a battle
for control of Nigeria #39;s
oil-rich south has" - ], - [ - "A strong earthquake hit Taiwan
on Monday, shaking buildings
in the capital Taipei for
several seconds. No casualties
were reported." - ], - [ - "America Online Inc. is
packaging new features to
combat viruses, spam and
spyware in response to growing
online security threats.
Subscribers will be able to
get the free tools" - ], - [ - "A 76th minute goal from
European Footballer of the
Year Pavel Nedved gave
Juventus a 1-0 win over Bayern
Munich on Tuesday handing the
Italians clear control at the
top of Champions League Group
C." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
climbed above \\$42 a barrel on
Wednesday, rising for the
third day in a row as cold
weather gripped the U.S.
Northeast, the world's biggest
heating fuel market." - ], - [ - "A policeman ran amok at a
security camp in Indian-
controlled Kashmir after an
argument and shot dead seven
colleagues before he was
gunned down, police said on
Sunday." - ], - [ - "ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Some NHL
players who took part in a
charity hockey game at the
University of Michigan on
Thursday were hopeful the news
that the NHL and the players
association will resume talks
next week" - ], - [ - "New York police have developed
a pre-emptive strike policy,
cutting off demonstrations
before they grow large." - ], - [ - "CAPE CANAVERAL-- NASA aims to
launch its first post-Columbia
shuttle mission during a
shortened nine-day window
March, and failure to do so
likely would delay a planned
return to flight until at
least May." - ], - [ - "Travelers headed home for
Thanksgiving were greeted
Wednesday with snow-covered
highways in the Midwest, heavy
rain and tornadoes in parts of
the South, and long security
lines at some of the nation
#39;s airports." - ], - [ - "BOULDER, Colo. -- Vernand
Morency ran for 165 yards and
two touchdowns and Donovan
Woods threw for three more
scores, lifting No. 22
Oklahoma State to a 42-14
victory over Colorado
yesterday." - ], - [ - "The Chinese city of Beijing
has cancelled an order for
Microsoft software, apparently
bowing to protectionist
sentiment. The deal has come
under fire in China, which is
trying to build a domestic
software industry." - ], - [ - "Apple says it will deliver its
iTunes music service to more
European countries next month.
Corroborating several reports
in recent months, Reuters is
reporting today that Apple
Computer is planning the next" - ], - [ - "Reuters - Motorola Inc., the
world's\\second-largest mobile
phone maker, said on Tuesday
it expects\\to sustain strong
sales growth in the second
half of 2004\\thanks to new
handsets with innovative
designs and features." - ], - [ - "PULLMAN - Last week, in
studying USC game film, Cougar
coaches thought they found a
chink in the national
champions armor. And not just
any chink - one with the
potential, right from the get
go, to" - ], - [ - "The union representing flight
attendants on Friday said it
mailed more than 5,000 strike
authorization ballots to its
members employed by US Airways
as both sides continued talks
that are expected to stretch
through the weekend." - ], - [ - "AP - Matt Leinart was quite a
baseball prospect growing up,
showing so much promise as a
left-handed pitcher that
scouts took notice before high
school." - ], - [ - "PRAGUE, Czech Republic --
Eugene Cernan, the last man to
walk on the moon during the
final Apollo landing, said
Thursday he doesn't expect
space tourism to become
reality in the near future,
despite a strong demand.
Cernan, now 70, who was
commander of NASA's Apollo 17
mission and set foot on the
lunar surface in December 1972
during his third space flight,
acknowledged that \"there are
many people interested in
space tourism.\" But the
former astronaut said he
believed \"we are a long way
away from the day when we can
send a bus of tourists to the
moon.\" He spoke to reporters
before being awarded a medal
by the Czech Academy of
Sciences for his contribution
to science..." - ], - [ - "Never shy about entering a
market late, Microsoft Corp.
is planning to open the
virtual doors of its long-
planned Internet music store
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Thursday, giant panda cub Mei
Sheng delighted visitors by
playing for the first time in
snow delivered to him at the
San Diego Zoo. He also sat on
his ice cake, wrestled with
his mom, got his coat
incredibly dirty, and didn't
read any of the more than 700
birthday wishes sent him via
e-mail from as far away as
Ireland and Argentina." - ], - [ - "AP - Researchers put a
satellite tracking device on a
15-foot shark that appeared to
be lost in shallow water off
Cape Cod, the first time a
great white has been tagged
that way in the Atlantic." - ], - [ - "LSU will stick with a two-
quarterback rotation Saturday
at Auburn, according to Tigers
coach Nick Saban, who seemed
to have some fun telling the
media what he will and won
#39;t discuss Monday." - ], - [ - "Bulgaria has started its first
co-mission with the EU in
Bosnia and Herzegovina, along
with some 30 countries,
including Canada and Turkey." - ], - [ - "The Windows Future Storage
(WinFS) technology that got
cut out of Windows
quot;Longhorn quot; is in
serious trouble, and not just
the hot water a feature might
encounter for missing its
intended production vehicle." - ], - [ - "Seattle -- - Not so long ago,
the 49ers were inflicting on
other teams the kind of pain
and embarrassment they felt in
their 34-0 loss to the
Seahawks on Sunday." - ], - [ - "AP - The pileup of events in
the city next week, including
the Republican National
Convention, will add to the
security challenge for the New
York Police Department, but
commissioner Ray Kelly says,
\"With a big, experienced
police force, we can do it.\"" - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com - Let the
games begin. Not the Olympics
again, but the all-out battle
between video game giants Sony
Corp. and Nintendo Co. Ltd.
The two Japanese companies are
rolling out new gaming
consoles, but Nintendo has
beaten Sony to the punch by
announcing an earlier launch
date for its new hand-held
game player." - ], - [ - "London - Manchester City held
fierce crosstown rivals
Manchester United to a 0-0
draw on Sunday, keeping the
Red Devils eleven points
behind leaders Chelsea." - ], - [ - "LONDON, Dec 11 (IranMania) -
Iraqi Vice-President Ibrahim
al-Jaafari refused to believe
in remarks published Friday
that Iran was attempting to
influence Iraqi polls with the
aim of creating a
quot;crescent quot; dominated
by Shiites in the region." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) - The US
Securities and Exchange
Commission is probing
transactions between Delphi
Corp and EDS, which supplies
the automotive parts and
components giant with
technology services, Delphi
said late Wednesday." - ], - [ - "MONTREAL (CP) - Molson Inc.
and Adolph Coors Co. are
sweetening their brewery
merger plan with a special
dividend to Molson
shareholders worth \\$381
million." - ], - [ - "AP - Echoing what NASA
officials said a day earlier,
a Russian space official on
Friday said the two-man crew
on the international space
station could be forced to
return to Earth if a planned
resupply flight cannot reach
them with food supplies later
this month." - ], - [ - "InfoWorld - SANTA CLARA,
CALIF. -- Accommodating large
patch sets in Linux is
expected to mean forking off
of the 2.7 version of the
platform to accommodate these
changes, according to Andrew
Morton, lead maintainer of the
Linux kernel for Open Source
Development Labs (OSDL)." - ], - [ - "AMSTERDAM The mobile phone
giants Vodafone and Nokia
teamed up on Thursday to
simplify cellphone software
written with the Java computer
language." - ], - [ - "WELLINGTON: National carrier
Air New Zealand said yesterday
the Australian Competition
Tribunal has approved a
proposed alliance with Qantas
Airways Ltd, despite its
rejection in New Zealand." - ], - [ - "The late Princess Dianas
former bodyguard, Ken Wharfe,
dismisses her suspicions that
one of her lovers was bumped
off. Princess Diana had an
affair with Barry Mannakee, a
policeman who was assigned to
protect her." - ], - [ - "Long considered beyond the
reach of mainland mores, the
Florida city is trying to
limit blatant displays of
sexual behavior." - ], - [ - "The overall Linux market is
far larger than previous
estimates show, a new study
says. In an analysis of the
Linux market released late
Tuesday, market research firm
IDC estimated that the Linux
market -- including" - ], - [ - "By PAUL ELIAS SAN FRANCISCO
(AP) -- Several California
cities and counties, including
San Francisco and Los Angeles,
sued Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) on
Friday, accusing the software
giant of illegally charging
inflated prices for its
products because of monopoly
control of the personal
computer operating system
market..." - ], - [ - "New Ole Miss head coach Ed
Orgeron, speaking for the
first time since his hiring,
made clear the goal of his
football program. quot;The
goal of this program will be
to go to the Sugar Bowl, quot;
Orgeron said." - ], - [ - "\"Everyone's nervous,\" Acting
Undersecretary of Defense
Michael W. Wynne warned in a
confidential e-mail to Air
Force Secretary James G. Roche
on July 8, 2003." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Alpharma Inc. on
Friday began\\selling a cheaper
generic version of Pfizer
Inc.'s #36;3\\billion a year
epilepsy drug Neurontin
without waiting for a\\court
ruling on Pfizer's request to
block the copycat medicine." - ], - [ - "Public opinion of the database
giant sinks to 12-year low, a
new report indicates." - ], - [ - "Opinion: Privacy hysterics
bring old whine in new bottles
to the Internet party. The
desktop search beta from this
Web search leader doesn #39;t
do anything you can #39;t do
already." - ], - [ - "It is much too easy to call
Pedro Martinez the selfish
one, to say he is walking out
on the Red Sox, his baseball
family, for the extra year of
the Mets #39; crazy money." - ], - [ - "It is impossible for young
tennis players today to know
what it was like to be Althea
Gibson and not to be able to
quot;walk in the front door,
quot; Garrison said." - ], - [ - "Senator John Kerry said today
that the war in Iraq was a
\"profound diversion\" from the
war on terror and Osama bin
Laden." - ], - [ - "For spammers, it #39;s been a
summer of love. Two newly
issued reports tracking the
circulation of unsolicited
e-mails say pornographic spam
dominated this summer, nearly
all of it originating from
Internet addresses in North
America." - ], - [ - "The Nordics fared well because
of their long-held ideals of
keeping corruption clamped
down and respect for
contracts, rule of law and
dedication to one-on-one
business relationships." - ], - [ - "Microsoft portrayed its
Longhorn decision as a
necessary winnowing to hit the
2006 timetable. The
announcement on Friday,
Microsoft executives insisted,
did not point to a setback in
software" - ], - [ - "Here #39;s an obvious word of
advice to Florida athletic
director Jeremy Foley as he
kicks off another search for
the Gators football coach: Get
Steve Spurrier on board." - ], - [ - "Don't bother with the small
stuff. Here's what really
matters to your lender." - ], - [ - "A problem in the Service Pack
2 update for Windows XP may
keep owners of AMD-based
computers from using the long-
awaited security package,
according to Microsoft." - ], - [ - "Five years ago, running a
telephone company was an
immensely profitable
proposition. Since then, those
profits have inexorably
declined, and now that decline
has taken another gut-
wrenching dip." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - The litigious
Recording Industry Association
of America (RIAA) is involved
in another legal dispute with
a P-to-P (peer-to-peer)
technology maker, but this
time, the RIAA is on defense.
Altnet Inc. filed a lawsuit
Wednesday accusing the RIAA
and several of its partners of
infringing an Altnet patent
covering technology for
identifying requested files on
a P-to-P network." - ], - [ - "A group claiming to have
captured two Indonesian women
in Iraq has said it will
release them if Jakarta frees
Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir
being held for alleged
terrorist links." - ], - [ - "Amid the stormy gloom in
Gotham, the rain-idled Yankees
last night had plenty of time
to gather in front of their
televisions and watch the Red
Sox Express roar toward them.
The national telecast might
have been enough to send a
jittery Boss Steinbrenner
searching his Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations for some
quot;Little Engine That Could
quot; metaphor." - ], - [ - "FULHAM fans would have been
singing the late Elvis #39;
hit #39;The wonder of you
#39; to their player Elvis
Hammond. If not for Frank
Lampard spoiling the party,
with his dedication to his
late grandfather." - ], - [ - "Indonesian police said
yesterday that DNA tests had
identified a suicide bomber
involved in a deadly attack
this month on the Australian
embassy in Jakarta." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores
Inc.'s warning of
disappointing sales sent
stocks fluctuating Monday as
investors' concerns about a
slowing economy offset their
relief over a drop in oil
prices. October contracts
for a barrel of light crude
were quoted at \\$46.48, down
24 cents, on the New York
Mercantile Exchange..." - ], - [ - "Iraq #39;s top Shi #39;ite
cleric made a sudden return to
the country on Wednesday and
said he had a plan to end an
uprising in the quot;burning
city quot; of Najaf, where
fighting is creeping ever
closer to its holiest shrine." - ], - [ - "For two weeks before MTV
debuted U2 #39;s video for the
new single quot;Vertigo,
quot; fans had a chance to see
the band perform the song on
TV -- in an iPod commercial." - ], - [ - "A bird #39;s eye view of the
circuit at Shanghai shows what
an event Sunday #39;s Chinese
Grand Prix will be. The course
is arguably one of the best
there is, and so it should be
considering the amount of
money that has been spent on
it." - ], - [ - "KABUL, Afghanistan Aug. 22,
2004 - US soldiers sprayed a
pickup truck with bullets
after it failed to stop at a
roadblock in central
Afghanistan, killing two women
and a man and critically
wounding two other" - ], - [ - "Oct. 26, 2004 - The US-
European spacecraft Cassini-
Huygens on Tuesday made a
historic flyby of Titan,
Saturn #39;s largest moon,
passing so low as to almost
touch the fringes of its
atmosphere." - ], - [ - "Reuters - A volcano in central
Japan sent smoke and\\ash high
into the sky and spat out
molten rock as it erupted\\for
a fourth straight day on
Friday, but experts said the
peak\\appeared to be quieting
slightly." - ], - [ - "Shares of Google Inc. made
their market debut on Thursday
and quickly traded up 19
percent at \\$101.28. The Web
search company #39;s initial
public offering priced at \\$85" - ], - [ - "SYDNEY -- Prime Minister John
Howard of Australia, a key US
ally and supporter of the Iraq
war, celebrated his election
win over opposition Labor
after voters enjoying the
fruits of a strong economy
gave him another term." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Global warming is
melting\\Ecuador's cherished
mountain glaciers and could
cause several\\of them to
disappear over the next two
decades, Ecuadorean and\\French
scientists said on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Sirius Satellite Radio
signed a deal to air the men's
NCAA basketball tournament
through 2007, the latest move
made in an attempt to draw
customers through sports
programming." - ], - [ - "Rather than tell you, Dan
Kranzler chooses instead to
show you how he turned Mforma
into a worldwide publisher of
video games, ringtones and
other hot downloads for mobile
phones." - ], - [ - "UK interest rates have been
kept on hold at 4.75 following
the latest meeting of the Bank
of England #39;s rate-setting
committee." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two rockets
hit a downtown Baghdad hotel
housing foreigners and
journalists Thursday, and
gunfire erupted in the
neighborhood across the Tigris
River from the U.S. Embassy
compound..." - ], - [ - "The Prevention of Terrorism
Act 2002 (Pota) polarised the
country, not just by the
manner in which it was pushed
through by the NDA government
through a joint session of
Parliament but by the shabby
and often biased manner in
which it was enforced." - ], - [ - "Not being part of a culture
with a highly developed
language, could limit your
thoughts, at least as far as
numbers are concerned, reveals
a new study conducted by a
psychologist at the Columbia
University in New York." - ], - [ - "CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A native of
Red Oak, Iowa, who was a
pioneer in astronomy who
proposed the quot;dirty
snowball quot; theory for the
substance of comets, has died." - ], - [ - "Resurgent oil prices paused
for breath as the United
States prepared to draw on its
emergency reserves to ease
supply strains caused by
Hurricane Ivan." - ], - [ - "(Sports Network) - The
inconsistent San Diego Padres
will try for consecutive wins
for the first time since
August 28-29 tonight, when
they begin a huge four-game
set against the Los Angeles
Dodgers at Dodger Stadium." - ], - [ - "A Portuguese-sounding version
of the virus has appeared in
the wild. Be wary of mail from
Manaus." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top seed
Roger Federer survived a
stirring comeback from twice
champion Andre Agassi to reach
the semifinals of the U.S.
Open for the first time on
Thursday, squeezing through
6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3." - ], - [ - "President Bush, who credits
three years of tax relief
programs with helping
strengthen the slow economy,
said Saturday he would sign
into law the Working Families
Tax Relief Act to preserve tax
cuts." - ], - [ - "HEN investors consider the
bond market these days, the
low level of interest rates
should be more cause for worry
than for gratitude." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Hunters soon may be
able to sit at\\their computers
and blast away at animals on a
Texas ranch via\\the Internet,
a prospect that has state
wildlife officials up\\in arms." - ], - [ - "The Bedminster-based company
yesterday said it was pushing
into 21 new markets with the
service, AT amp;T CallVantage,
and extending an introductory
rate offer until Sept. 30. In
addition, the company is
offering in-home installation
of up to five ..." - ], - [ - "Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
has developed a new LCD
(liquid crystal display)
technology that builds a touch
screen into the display, a
development that could lead to
thinner and cheaper display
panels for mobile phones, the
company said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "The US military says marines
in Fallujah shot and killed an
insurgent who engaged them as
he was faking being dead, a
week after footage of a marine
killing an apparently unarmed
and wounded Iraqi caused a
stir in the region." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
stocks rallied on Monday after
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other big deals raised
expectations of more
takeovers." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO - What Babe Ruth
was to the first half of the
20th century and Hank Aaron
was to the second, Barry Bonds
has become for the home run
generation." - ], - [ - "Description: NPR #39;s Alex
Chadwick talks to Colin Brown,
deputy political editor for
the United Kingdom #39;s
Independent newspaper,
currently covering the British
Labour Party Conference." - ], - [ - "Birgit Fischer settled for
silver, leaving the 42-year-
old Olympian with two medals
in two days against decidedly
younger competition." - ], - [ - "The New Jersey-based Accoona
Corporation, an industry
pioneer in artificial
intelligence search
technology, announced on
Monday the launch of Accoona." - ], - [ - "Hamas vowed revenge yesterday
after an Israeli airstrike in
Gaza killed one of its senior
commanders - the latest
assassination to have weakened
the militant group." - ], - [ - "There was no mystery ... no
secret strategy ... no baited
trap that snapped shut and
changed the course of history
#39;s most lucrative non-
heavyweight fight." - ], - [ - "Notre Dame accepted an
invitation Sunday to play in
the Insight Bowl in Phoenix
against a Pac-10 team on Dec.
28. The Irish (6-5) accepted
the bid a day after losing to
Southern California" - ], - [ - "Greg Anderson has so dominated
Pro Stock this season that his
championship quest has evolved
into a pursuit of NHRA
history. By Bob Hesser, Racers
Edge Photography." - ], - [ - "Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on
Thursday said fourth-quarter
profit rose as its fixed-
income, currency and
commodities business soared
while a rebounding stock
market boosted investment
banking." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - The
dollar rose on Monday in a
retracement from last week's
steep losses, but dealers said
the bias toward a weaker
greenback remained intact." - ], - [ - "Michael Powell, chairman of
the FCC, said Wednesday he was
disappointed with ABC for
airing a sexually suggestive
opening to \"Monday Night
Football.\"" - ], - [ - "The message against illegally
copying CDs for uses such as
in file-sharing over the
Internet has widely sunk in,
said the company in it #39;s
recent announcement to drop
the Copy-Control program." - ], - [ - "Former Washington football
coach Rick Neuheisel looked
forward to a return to
coaching Wednesday after being
cleared by the NCAA of
wrongdoing related to his
gambling on basketball games." - ], - [ - "Reuters - California will
become hotter and\\drier by the
end of the century, menacing
the valuable wine and\\dairy
industries, even if dramatic
steps are taken to curb\\global
warming, researchers said on
Monday." - ], - [ - "A senior member of the
Palestinian resistance group
Hamas has been released from
an Israeli prison after
completing a two-year
sentence." - ], - [ - "IBM said Monday that it won a
500 million (AUD\\$1.25
billion), seven-year services
contract to help move UK bank
Lloyds TBS from its
traditional voice
infrastructure to a converged
voice and data network." - ], - [ - "MPs have announced a new
inquiry into family courts and
whether parents are treated
fairly over issues such as
custody or contact with their
children." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - MELBOURNE,
Australia (AP) - A 36-year-old
businesswoman was believed to
be the first woman to walk
around Australia on Friday
after striding into her
hometown of Melbourne to
complete her 16,700-kilometre
trek in 365 days." - ], - [ - "Most remaining Pakistani
prisoners held at the US
Guantanamo Bay prison camp are
freed, officials say." - ], - [ - "Space shuttle astronauts will
fly next year without the
ability to repair in orbit the
type of damage that destroyed
the Columbia vehicle in
February 2003." - ], - [ - "Moscow - Russia plans to
combine Gazprom, the world
#39;s biggest natural gas
producer, with state-owned oil
producer Rosneft, easing rules
for trading Gazprom shares and
creating a company that may
dominate the country #39;s
energy industry." - ], - [ - "AP - Rutgers basketball player
Shalicia Hurns was suspended
from the team after pleading
guilty to punching and tying
up her roommate during a
dispute over painkilling
drugs." - ], - [ - "By cutting WinFS from Longhorn
and indefinitely delaying the
storage system, Microsoft
Corp. has also again delayed
the Microsoft Business
Framework (MBF), a new Windows
programming layer that is
closely tied to WinFS." - ], - [ - "French police are
investigating an arson-caused
fire at a Jewish Social Center
that might have killed dozens
without the quick response of
firefighters." - ], - [ - "Rodney King, whose videotaped
beating led to riots in Los
Angeles in 1992, is out of
jail now and talking frankly
for the first time about the
riots, himself and the
American way of life." - ], - [ - "AFP - Radical Islamic cleric
Abu Hamza al-Masri was set to
learn Thursday whether he
would be charged under
Britain's anti-terrorism law,
thus delaying his possible
extradition to the United
States to face terrorism-
related charges." - ], - [ - "Diversified manufacturer
Honeywell International Inc.
(HON.N: Quote, Profile,
Research) posted a rise in
quarterly profit as strong
demand for aerospace equipment
and automobile components" - ], - [ - "This was the event Michael
Phelps didn't really need to
compete in if his goal was to
win eight golds. He probably
would have had a better chance
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street that resembled a small
river with brown rivulets and
waves. He wore sandals and had
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championship at the US Open,
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funds to stop paying higher
commissions to brokers who
promote the companies' funds
and required portfolio
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in funds they supervise." - ], - [ - "A car bomb exploded outside
the main hospital in Chechny
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an attack apparently targeting
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Dallas, Emmitt Smith made life
miserable for the New York
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several states to influence
races both for Congress and
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plays, and it might be a while
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the conditions in qualifying
to claim pole ahead of Michael
Schumacher, while Fernando
finished third." - ], - [ - "More than 30 aid workers have
been airlifted to safety from
a town in Sudan #39;s troubled
Darfur region after fighting
broke out and their base was
bombed, a British charity
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chain store retail sales
slipped during the
Thanksgiving holiday week, as
consumers took advantage of
discounted merchandise, a
retail report said on
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Ziff Davis - The company this
week will unveil more programs
and technologies designed to
ease users of its high-end
servers onto its Integrity
line, which uses Intel's
64-bit Itanium processor." - ], - [ - "The Mac maker says it will
replace about 28,000 batteries
in one model of PowerBook G4
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the notebook." - ], - [ - "It #39;s the mildest of mild
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of Italy and, last weekend at
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seaside west of Naples, the
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Correspondent. Concerns about
oil production leading into
the winter months sent shivers
through the stock market
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Airbus has withdrawn a filing
that gave support for
Microsoft in an antitrust case
before the European Union
#39;s Court of First Instance,
a source close to the
situation said on Friday." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - A spotty job
market and stagnant paychecks
cloud this Labor Day holiday
for many workers, highlighting
the importance of pocketbook
issues in the presidential
election. \"Working harder
and enjoying it less,\" said
economist Ken Mayland,
president of ClearView
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lifted by a merger between
retailers Kmart and Sears,
better-than-expected earnings
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investigating whether bettors
at New York's top thoroughbred
tracks were properly informed
when jockeys came in
overweight at races, a source
familiar with the probe told
The Associated Press." - ], - [ - "European Commission president
Romano Prodi has unveiled
proposals to loosen the
deficit rules under the EU
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was drafted by monetary
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president at the announcement." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - MONTREAL (CP)
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engines for delivery in 2004." - ], - [ - "Michael Owen scored his first
goal for Real Madrid in a 1-0
home victory over Dynamo Kiev
in the Champions League. The
England striker toe-poked home
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Arabia said on Monday in
Vienna, Austria, that it had
made a renewed effort to
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again." - ], - [ - "The U.S. military presence in
Iraq will grow to 150,000
troops by next month, the
highest level since the
invasion last year." - ], - [ - "UPDATE, SUN 9PM: More than a
million people have left their
homes in Cuba, as Hurricane
Ivan approaches. The ferocious
storm is headed that way,
after ripping through the
Cayman Islands, tearing off
roofs, flooding homes and
causing general havoc." - ], - [ - "Jason Giambi has returned to
the New York Yankees'
clubhouse but is still
clueless as to when he will be
able to play again." - ], - [ - "Seventy-five National Hockey
League players met with union
leaders yesterday to get an
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no sign of ending." - ], - [ - "Howard, at 6-4 overall and 3-3
in the Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference, can clinch a
winning record in the MEAC
with a win over Delaware State
on Saturday." - ], - [ - "Millions of casual US anglers
are having are larger than
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stocks, scientists claim." - ], - [ - "The founders of the Pilgrim
Baxter amp; Associates money-
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to" - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - Top-ranked
Argentina booked their berth
in the women's hockey semi-
finals at the Athens Olympics
on Friday but defending
champions Australia now face
an obstacle course to qualify
for the medal matches." - ], - [ - "IBM Corp. Tuesday announced
plans to acquire software
vendor Systemcorp ALG for an
undisclosed amount. Systemcorp
of Montreal makes project
portfolio management software
aimed at helping companies
better manage their IT
projects." - ], - [ - "The Notre Dame message boards
are no longer discussing
whether Tyrone Willingham
should be fired. Theyre
already arguing about whether
the next coach should be Barry
Alvarez or Steve Spurrier." - ], - [ - "Forbes.com - By now you
probably know that earnings of
Section 529 college savings
accounts are free of federal
tax if used for higher
education. But taxes are only
part of the problem. What if
your investments tank? Just
ask Laurence and Margo
Williams of Alexandria, Va. In
2000 they put #36;45,000 into
the Virginia Education Savings
Trust to open accounts for
daughters Lea, now 5, and
Anne, now 3. Since then their
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Schroeder said Sunday that
there was quot;no problem
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support to the start of
negotiations on Turkey #39;s
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Australia #39;s biggest soft-
drink maker, offered A\\$500
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canner SPC Ardmona Ltd." - ], - [ - "US technology shares tumbled
on Friday after technology
bellwether Intel Corp.
(INTC.O: Quote, Profile,
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forecast, but blue chips were
only moderately lower as drug
and industrial stocks made
solid gains." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Final
U.S. government tests on an
animal suspected of having mad
cow disease were not yet
complete, the U.S. Agriculture
Department said, with no
announcement on the results
expected on Monday." - ], - [ - "MANILA Fernando Poe Jr., the
popular actor who challenged
President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo in the presidential
elections this year, died
early Tuesday." - ], - [ - " THOMASTOWN, Ireland (Reuters)
- World number three Ernie
Els overcame difficult weather
conditions to fire a sparkling
eight-under-par 64 and move
two shots clear after two
rounds of the WGC-American
Express Championship Friday." - ], - [ - "Lamar Odom supplemented 20
points with 13 rebounds and
Kobe Bryant added 19 points to
overcome a big night from Yao
Ming as the Los Angeles Lakers
ground out an 84-79 win over
the Rockets in Houston
Saturday." - ], - [ - "AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - A
Dutch filmmaker who outraged
members of the Muslim
community by making a film
critical of the mistreatment
of women in Islamic society
was gunned down and stabbed to
death Tuesday on an Amsterdam
street." - ], - [ - "Microsoft Xbox Live traffic on
service provider networks
quadrupled following the
November 9th launch of Halo-II
-- which set entertainment
industry records by selling
2.4-million units in the US
and Canada on the first day of
availability, driving cash" - ], - [ - "Lawyers in a California class
action suit against Microsoft
will get less than half the
payout they had hoped for. A
judge in San Francisco ruled
that the attorneys will
collect only \\$112." - ], - [ - "Google Browser May Become
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fanfare in the Mozilla fan
camps about the possibility of
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retailer, turns in weaker-
than-expected profits as sales
at its core supermarkets
division dip lower." - ], - [ - "It rained Sunday, of course,
and but another soppy, sloppy
gray day at Westside Tennis
Club did nothing to deter
Roger Federer from his
appointed rounds." - ], - [ - "Hewlett-Packard has joined
with Brocade to integrate
Brocade #39;s storage area
network switching technology
into HP Bladesystem servers to
reduce the amount of fabric
infrastructure needed in a
datacentre." - ], - [ - "Zimbabwe #39;s most persecuted
white MP began a year of hard
labour last night after
parliament voted to jail him
for shoving the Justice
Minister during a debate over
land seizures." - ], - [ - "BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- First
Command has reached a \\$12
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federal regulators for making
misleading statements and
omitting important information
when selling mutual funds to
US military personnel." - ], - [ - "A smashing blow is being dealt
to thousands of future
pensioners by a law that has
just been brought into force
by the Federal Government." - ], - [ - "The US Senate Commerce
Committee on Wednesday
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provide up to \\$1 billion to
ensure consumers can still
watch television when
broadcasters switch to new,
crisp digital signals." - ], - [ - "Amelie Mauresmo was handed a
place in the Advanta
Championships final after
Maria Sharapova withdrew from
their semi-final because of
injury." - ], - [ - "AP - An Israeli helicopter
fired two missiles in Gaza
City after nightfall
Wednesday, one at a building
in the Zeitoun neighborhood,
witnesses said, setting a
fire." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Internet stocks
are\\as volatile as ever, with
growth-starved investors
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hope they've bought shares in
the next online\\blue chip." - ], - [ - "The federal government, banks
and aircraft lenders are
putting the clamps on
airlines, particularly those
operating under bankruptcy
protection." - ], - [ - "EURO DISNEY, the financially
crippled French theme park
operator, has admitted that
its annual losses more than
doubled last financial year as
it was hit by a surge in
costs." - ], - [ - " EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey
(Sports Network) - Retired NBA
center and seven-time All-
Star Alonzo Mourning is going
to give his playing career
one more shot." - ], - [ - "NASA has released an inventory
of the scientific devices to
be put on board the Mars
Science Laboratory rover
scheduled to land on the
surface of Mars in 2009, NASAs
news release reads." - ], - [ - "The U.S. Congress needs to
invest more in the U.S.
education system and do more
to encourage broadband
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regions will participate the
Fifth China International
Aviation and Aerospace
Exhibition, opening Nov. 1 in
Zhuhai, a city in south China
#39;s Guangdong Province." - ], - [ - "Jordan have confirmed that
Timo Glock will replace
Giorgio Pantano for this
weekend #39;s Chinese GP as
the team has terminated its
contract with Pantano." - ], - [ - "WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -
Hurricane Jeanne got stronger,
bigger and faster as it
battered the Bahamas and bore
down on Florida Saturday,
sending huge waves crashing
onto beaches and forcing
thousands into shelters just
weeks after Frances ravaged
this area..." - ], - [ - "p2pnet.net News:- Virgin
Electronics has joined the mp3
race with a \\$250, five gig
player which also handles
Microsoft #39;s WMA format." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON The idea of a no-
bid contract for maintaining
airport security equipment has
turned into a non-starter for
the Transportation Security
Administration." - ], - [ - "Eyetech (EYET:Nasdaq - news -
research) did not open for
trading Friday because a Food
and Drug Administration
advisory committee is meeting
to review the small New York-
based biotech #39;s
experimental eye disease drug." - ], - [ - "The continuing heartache of
Wake Forest #39;s ACC football
season was best described by
fifth-ranked Florida State
coach Bobby Bowden, after his
Seminoles had edged the
Deacons 20-17 Saturday at
Groves Stadium." - ], - [ - "On September 13, 2001, most
Americans were still reeling
from the shock of the
terrorist attacks on New York
and the Pentagon two days
before." - ], - [ - "Microsoft has suspended the
beta testing of the next
version of its MSN Messenger
client because of a potential
security problem, a company
spokeswoman said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Business software maker
Oracle Corp. attacked the
credibility and motives of
PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of
directors Monday, hoping to
rally investor support as the
17-month takeover battle
between the bitter business
software rivals nears a
climactic showdown." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Elena Dementieva
shook off a subpar serve that
produced 15 double-faults, an
aching left thigh and an upset
stomach to advance to the
semifinals at the U.S. Open
with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1)
victory Tuesday over Amelie
Mauresmo..." - ], - [ - "THE glory days have returned
to White Hart Lane. When Spurs
new first-team coach Martin
Jol promised a return to the
traditions of the 1960s,
nobody could have believed he
was so determined to act so
quickly and so literally." - ], - [ - "A new worm has been discovered
in the wild that #39;s not
just settling for invading
users #39; PCs--it wants to
invade their homes too." - ], - [ - "Domestic air travelers could
be surfing the Web by 2006
with government-approved
technology that allows people
access to high-speed Internet
connections while they fly." - ], - [ - "GENEVA: Cross-border
investment is set to bounce in
2004 after three years of deep
decline, reflecting a stronger
world economy and more
international merger activity,
the United Nations (UN) said
overnight." - ], - [ - "Researchers have for the first
time established the existence
of odd-parity superconductors,
materials that can carry
electric current without any
resistance." - ], - [ - "Chewing gum giant Wm. Wrigley
Jr. Co. on Thursday said it
plans to phase out production
of its Eclipse breath strips
at a plant in Phoenix, Arizona
and shift manufacturing to
Poznan, Poland." - ], - [ - "Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh inaugurated a research
centre in the Capital on
Thursday to mark 400 years of
compilation of Sikh holy book
the Guru Granth Sahib." - ], - [ - "com September 16, 2004, 7:58
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ERP software for the past year
and a half." - ], - [ - "BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) --
European antitrust regulators
said Monday they have extended
their review of a deal between
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and
Time Warner Inc..." - ], - [ - "AP - When Paula Radcliffe
dropped out of the Olympic
marathon miles from the
finish, she sobbed
uncontrollably. Margaret Okayo
knew the feeling. Okayo pulled
out of the marathon at the
15th mile with a left leg
injury, and she cried, too.
When she watched Radcliffe
quit, Okayo thought, \"Let's
cry together.\"" - ], - [ - "Tightness in the labour market
notwithstanding, the prospects
for hiring in the third
quarter are down from the
second quarter, according to
the new Manpower Employment
Outlook Survey." - ], - [ - "Fans who can't get enough of
\"The Apprentice\" can visit a
new companion Web site each
week and watch an extra 40
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The Atlanta Hawks signed free
agent Kevin Willis on
Wednesday, nearly a decade
after the veteran big man
ended an 11- year stint with
the team." - ], - [ - "An adult Web site publisher is
suing Google, saying the
search engine company made it
easier for users to see the
site #39;s copyrighted nude
photographs without paying or
gaining access through the
proper channels." - ], - [ - "When his right-front tire went
flying off early in the Ford
400, the final race of the
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
season, Kurt Busch, it seemed,
was destined to spend his
offseason" - ], - [ - "A Washington-based public
opinion firm has released the
results of an election day
survey of Nevada voters
showing 81 support for the
issuance of paper receipts
when votes are cast
electronically." - ], - [ - "NAPSTER creator SHAWN FANNING
has revealed his plans for a
new licensed file-sharing
service with an almost
unlimited selection of tracks." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - The
dollar rose on Friday, after a
U.S. report showed consumer
prices in line with
expections, reminding
investors that the Federal
Reserve was likely to
continue raising interest
rates, analysts said." - ], - [ - "Brandon Backe and Woody
Williams pitched well last
night even though neither
earned a win. But their
outings will show up in the
record books." - ], - [ - "President George W. Bush
pledged Friday to spend some
of the political capital from
his re-election trying to
secure a lasting Middle East
peace, and he envisioned the
establishment" - ], - [ - "The Football Association today
decided not to charge David
Beckham with bringing the game
into disrepute. The FA made
the surprise announcement
after their compliance unit
ruled" - ], - [ - "Last year some election
watchers made a bold
prediction that this
presidential election would
set a record: the first half
billion dollar campaign in
hard money alone." - ], - [ - "It #39;s one more blow to
patients who suffer from
arthritis. Pfizer, the maker
of Celebrex, says it #39;s
painkiller poses an increased
risk of heart attacks to
patients using the drugs." - ], - [ - "NEW DELHI - A bomb exploded
during an Independence Day
parade in India's remote
northeast on Sunday, killing
at least 15 people, officials
said, just an hour after Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh
pledged to fight terrorism.
The outlawed United Liberation
Front of Asom was suspected of
being behind the attack in
Assam state and a second one
later in the area, said Assam
Inspector General of Police
Khagen Sharma..." - ], - [ - "Two separate studies by U.S.
researchers find that super
drug-resistant strains of
tuberculosis are at the
tipping point of a global
epidemic, and only small
changes could help them spread
quickly." - ], - [ - " CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland
(Reuters) - World number
three Ernie Els says he feels
a failure after narrowly
missing out on three of the
year's four major
championships." - ], - [ - "A UN envoy to Sudan will visit
Darfur tomorrow to check on
the government #39;s claim
that some 70,000 people
displaced by conflict there
have voluntarily returned to
their homes, a spokesman said." - ], - [ - "Dell cut prices on some
servers and PCs by as much as
22 percent because it #39;s
paying less for parts. The
company will pass the savings
on components such as memory
and liquid crystal displays" - ], - [ - "AP - Most of the presidential
election provisional ballots
rejected so far in Ohio came
from people who were not even
registered to vote, election
officials said after spending
nearly two weeks poring over
thousands of disputed votes." - ], - [ - "Striker Bonaventure Kalou
netted twice to send AJ
Auxerre through to the first
knockout round of the UEFA Cup
at the expense of Rangers on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Rival inmates fought each
other with knives and sticks
Wednesday at a San Salvador
prison, leaving at least 31
people dead and two dozen
injured, officials said." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON: The European-
American Cassini-Huygens space
probe has detected traces of
ice flowing on the surface of
Saturn #39;s largest moon,
Titan, suggesting the
existence of an ice volcano,
NASA said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "The economic growth rate in
the July-September period was
revised slightly downward from
an already weak preliminary
report, the government said
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "All ISS systems continue to
function nominally, except
those noted previously or
below. Day 7 of joint
Exp.9/Exp.10 operations and
last full day before 8S
undocking." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD - Two Egyptian
employees of a mobile phone
company were seized when
gunmen stormed into their
Baghdad office, the latest in
a series of kidnappings in the
country." - ], - [ - "BRISBANE, Australia - The body
of a whale resembling a giant
dolphin that washed up on an
eastern Australian beach has
intrigued local scientists,
who agreed Wednesday that it
is rare but are not sure just
how rare." - ], - [ - " quot;Magic can happen. quot;
Sirius Satellite Radio
(nasdaq: SIRI - news - people
) may have signed Howard Stern
and the men #39;s NCAA
basketball tournaments, but XM
Satellite Radio (nasdaq: XMSR
- news - people ) has its
sights on your cell phone." - ], - [ - "Trick-or-treaters can expect
an early Halloween treat on
Wednesday night, when a total
lunar eclipse makes the moon
look like a glowing pumpkin." - ], - [ - "THIS weekend sees the
quot;other quot; showdown
between New York and New
England as the Jets and
Patriots clash in a battle of
the unbeaten teams." - ], - [ - "Sifting through millions of
documents to locate a valuable
few is tedious enough, but
what happens when those files
are scattered across different
repositories?" - ], - [ - "President Bush aims to
highlight American drug-
fighting aid in Colombia and
boost a conservative Latin
American leader with a stop in
the Andean nation where
thousands of security forces
are deployed to safeguard his
brief stay." - ], - [ - "Dubai - Former Palestinian
security minister Mohammed
Dahlan said on Monday that a
quot;gang of mercenaries quot;
known to the Palestinian
police were behind the
shooting that resulted in two
deaths in a mourning tent for
Yasser Arafat in Gaza." - ], - [ - "A drug company executive who
spoke out in support of
Montgomery County's proposal
to import drugs from Canada
and similar legislation before
Congress said that his company
has launched an investigation
into his political activities." - ], - [ - "Nicolas Anelka is fit for
Manchester City #39;s
Premiership encounter against
Tottenham at Eastlands, but
the 13million striker will
have to be content with a
place on the bench." - ], - [ - " PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Ben
Roethlisberger passed for 183
yards and two touchdowns,
Hines Ward scored twice and
the Pittsburgh Steelers
rolled to a convincing 27-3
victory over Philadelphia on
Sunday for their second
straight win against an
undefeated opponent." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - The U.S.
men's basketball team got
their first comfortable win
at the Olympic basketball
tournament Monday, routing
winless Angola 89-53 in their
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Republican Army commanders
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company Corgentech Inc." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - Contradicting the
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arms inspector reported
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across the globe." - ], - [ - "AFP - Style mavens will be
scanning the catwalks in Paris
this week for next spring's
must-have handbag, as a
sweeping exhibition at the
French capital's fashion and
textile museum reveals the bag
in all its forms." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - SAINT-
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highway in northern New
Brunswick remained closed to
almost all traffic Monday, as
local residents protested
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sector lost 403,300 jobs
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89 victims of a double air
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intensified over whether the
two passenger liners could
have plunged almost
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government data showed better-
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for durable goods other than
transportation equipment, but
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Greenville (Southern);
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Richmond (IL). Boston (AL):
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from Cleveland (AL) and
assigned him to Pawtucket
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says a body found in Fallujah
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John Howard told Parliament a
videotape of an Iraqi
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expectation began for to the
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than a week away, President
Bush and Democrat John Kerry
kept their public schedules
clear on Saturday and began to
focus on their prime-time
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that today. He certainly wasn
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Larry Nelson either. But you
couldn #39;t find a more solid
guy to lead the United States
into Ireland for the 2006
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ConocoPhillips is seeking to
buy up to 25 in Russian oil
giant Lukoil to add billions
of barrels of reserves to its
books, an industry source
familiar with the matter said
on Friday." - ], - [ - "Australian Stuart Appleby, who
was the joint second-round
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to drop to third at three-
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what killed Yassar Arafat
could shape up to be an ugly
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#39;s half-brother and nephew
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suburban Paris hospital" - ], - [ - "Red Hat is acquiring security
and authentication tools from
Netscape Security Solutions to
bolster its software arsenal.
Red Hat #39;s CEO and chairman
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the Minnesota Twins, the New
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verge of clinching their
seventh straight AL East
title." - ], - [ - "Global Web portal Yahoo! Inc.
Wednesday night made available
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service for videos. Called
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for different types of media
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underground stations are
helping Londoners travel
safely over Christmas." - ], - [ - "Athens, Greece (Sports
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morning and Italy #39;s Ivano
Brugnetti won the men #39;s
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Yugoslav President Slobodan
Milosevic condemned his war
crimes trial as a \"pure farce\"
on Wednesday in a defiant
finish to his opening defense
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strike by disaffected unions." - ], - [ - "Shares in Unilever fall after
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five-point lead at the top of
the Premier League after a 4-0
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at Highbury Saturday." - ], - [ - "The Redskins and Browns have
traded field goals and are
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authorities, history was made
Sunday when 2723 people in
four communities in canton
Geneva, Switzerland, voted
online in a national federal
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to come out to vote in a
remote northeast Indian state
on Thursday, as troops
guarded polling stations in an
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shadow of violence." - ], - [ - "AFP - Three of the nine
Canadian sailors injured when
their newly-delivered,
British-built submarine caught
fire in the North Atlantic
were airlifted Wednesday to
hospital in northwest Ireland,
officials said." - ], - [ - "Alitalia SpA, Italy #39;s
largest airline, reached an
agreement with its flight
attendants #39; unions to cut
900 jobs, qualifying the
company for a government
bailout that will keep it in
business for another six
months." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Iraq - A series of
strong explosions shook
central Baghdad near dawn
Sunday, and columns of thick
black smoke rose from the
Green Zone where U.S. and
Iraqi government offices are
located..." - ], - [ - "Forget September call-ups. The
Red Sox may tap their minor
league system for an extra
player or two when the rules
allow them to expand their
25-man roster Wednesday, but
any help from the farm is
likely to pale against the
abundance of talent they gain
from the return of numerous
players, including Trot Nixon
, from the disabled list." - ], - [ - "P amp;Os cutbacks announced
today are the result of the
waves of troubles that have
swamped the ferry industry of
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weather the storms for as long
as it has." - ], - [ - "Sven-Goran Eriksson may gamble
by playing goalkeeper Paul
Robinson and striker Jermain
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has flown to Khartoum on a
mission to pile the pressure
on the Sudanese government to
tackle the humanitarian
catastrophe in Darfur." - ], - [ - " Nextel was the big story in
telecommunications yesterday,
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mega-merger with Sprint, but
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percolating in dozens of
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watchers by growing fast and
maturing into one of the most
popular reference sites." - ], - [ - "It only takes 20 minutes on
the Internet for an
unprotected computer running
Microsoft Windows to be taken
over by a hacker. Any personal
or financial information
stored" - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - Russia #39;s
Severstal has made an offer to
buy Stelco Inc., in what #39;s
believed to be one of several
competing offers emerging for
the restructuring but
profitable Hamilton steel
producer." - ], - [ - "Prices for flash memory cards
-- the little modules used by
digital cameras, handheld
organizers, MP3 players and
cell phones to store pictures,
music and other data -- are
headed down -- way down. Past
trends suggest that prices
will drop 35 percent a year,
but industry analysts think
that rate will be more like 40
or 50 percent this year and
next, due to more
manufacturers entering the
market." - ], - [ - "Walt Disney Co. #39;s
directors nominated Michael
Ovitz to serve on its board
for another three years at a
meeting just weeks before
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Brazil and five other
countries won World Trade
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Honeywell International on
Wednesday said it has filed a
lawsuit against 34 electronics
companies including Apple
Computer and Eastman Kodak,
claiming patent infringement
of its liquid crystal display
technology." - ], - [ - "Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams
has put the pressure for the
success or failure of the
Northern Ireland assembly
talks firmly on the shoulders
of Ian Paisley." - ], - [ - "Australia #39;s Computershare
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the United States for US\\$292
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registrar and driving its
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long search for a Formula One
drive next year is almost
over. Negotiations between Red
Bull Racing and Coulthard, who
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Treasury securities were mixed
in yesterday's auction. The
Treasury Department sold \\$18
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the company said, the latest
casualties of an industry
probe by New York's attorney
general." - ], - [ - "AP - Southern California
tailback LenDale White
remembers Justin Holland from
high school. The Colorado
State quarterback made quite
an impression." - ], - [ - "TIM HENMAN last night admitted
all of his energy has been
drained away as he bowed out
of the Madrid Masters. The top
seed, who had a blood test on
Wednesday to get to the bottom
of his fatigue, went down" - ], - [ - "USDA #39;s Animal Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS)
this morning announced it has
confirmed a detection of
soybean rust from two test
plots at Louisiana State
University near Baton Rouge,
Louisiana." - ], - [ - " JAKARTA (Reuters) - President
Megawati Sukarnoputri urged
Indonesians on Thursday to
accept the results of the
country's first direct
election of a leader, but
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Monday test-fired its
indigenously developed short-
range nuclear-capable Ghaznavi
missile, the Inter Services
Public Relations (ISPR) said
in a statement." - ], - [ - "While the US software giant
Microsoft has achieved almost
sweeping victories in
government procurement
projects in several Chinese
provinces and municipalities,
the process" - ], - [ - "Mexican Cemex, being the third
largest cement maker in the
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British competitor - RMC Group
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building materials market of
the USA and Europe." - ], - [ - "Microsoft Corp. has delayed
automated distribution of a
major security upgrade to its
Windows XP Professional
operating system, citing a
desire to give companies more
time to test it." - ], - [ - "The trial of a man accused of
murdering York backpacker
Caroline Stuttle begins in
Australia." - ], - [ - "Gateway computers will be more
widely available at Office
Depot, in the PC maker #39;s
latest move to broaden
distribution at retail stores
since acquiring rival
eMachines this year." - ], - [ - "ATHENS -- US sailors needed a
big day to bring home gold and
bronze medals from the sailing
finale here yesterday. But
rolling the dice on windshifts
and starting tactics backfired
both in Star and Tornado
classes, and the Americans had
to settle for a single silver
medal." - ], - [ - "Intel Corp. is refreshing its
64-bit Itanium 2 processor
line with six new chips based
on the Madison core. The new
processors represent the last
single-core Itanium chips that
the Santa Clara, Calif." - ], - [ - "The world's largest insurance
group pays \\$126m in fines as
part of a settlement with US
regulators over its dealings
with two firms." - ], - [ - "BRUSSELS: The EU sought
Wednesday to keep pressure on
Turkey over its bid to start
talks on joining the bloc, as
last-minute haggling seemed
set to go down to the wire at
a summit poised to give a
green light to Ankara." - ], - [ - "AP - J. Cofer Black, the State
Department official in charge
of counterterrorism, is
leaving government in the next
few weeks." - ], - [ - "For the first time, broadband
connections are reaching more
than half (51 percent) of the
American online population at
home, according to measurement
taken in July by
Nielsen/NetRatings, a
Milpitas-based Internet
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research ..." - ], - [ - "AP - Cavaliers forward Luke
Jackson was activated
Wednesday after missing five
games because of tendinitis in
his right knee. Cleveland also
placed forward Sasha Pavlovic
on the injured list." - ], - [ - "The tobacco firm John Player
amp; Sons has announced plans
to lay off 90 workers at its
cigarette factory in Dublin.
The company said it was
planning a phased closure of
the factory between now and
February as part of a review
of its global operations." - ], - [ - "AP - Consumers borrowed more
freely in September,
especially when it came to
racking up charges on their
credit cards, the Federal
Reserve reported Friday." - ], - [ - "AFP - The United States
presented a draft UN
resolution that steps up the
pressure on Sudan over the
crisis in Darfur, including
possible international
sanctions against its oil
sector." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least 33 people were
killed and dozens others
wounded when two bombs ripped
through a congregation of
Sunni Muslims in Pakistan's
central city of Multan, police
said." - ], - [ - "Bold, innovative solutions are
key to addressing the rapidly
rising costs of higher
education and the steady
reduction in government-
subsidized help to finance
such education." - ], - [ - "Just as the PhD crowd emerge
with different interpretations
of today's economy, everyday
Americans battling to balance
the checkbook hold diverse
opinions about where things
stand now and in the future." - ], - [ - "The Brisbane Lions #39;
football manager stepped out
of the changerooms just before
six o #39;clock last night and
handed one of the milling
supporters a six-pack of beer." - ], - [ - "Authorities here are always
eager to show off their
accomplishments, so when
Beijing hosted the World
Toilet Organization conference
last week, delegates were
given a grand tour of the
city's toilets." - ], - [ - "Cavaliers owner Gordon Gund is
in quot;serious quot;
negotiations to sell the NBA
franchise, which has enjoyed a
dramatic financial turnaround
since the arrival of star
LeBron James." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON Trying to break a
deadlock on energy policy, a
diverse group of
environmentalists, academics
and former government
officials were to publish a
report on Wednesday that
presents strategies for making
the United States cleaner,
more competitive" - ], - [ - "After two days of gloom, China
was back on the winning rails
on Thursday with Liu Chunhong
winning a weightlifting title
on her record-shattering binge
and its shuttlers contributing
two golds in the cliff-hanging
finals." - ], - [ - "One question that arises
whenever a player is linked to
steroids is, \"What would he
have done without them?\"
Baseball history whispers an
answer." - ], - [ - "AFP - A series of torchlight
rallies and vigils were held
after darkness fell on this
central Indian city as victims
and activists jointly
commemorated a night of horror
20 years ago when lethal gas
leaked from a pesticide plant
and killed thousands." - ], - [ - "Consider the New World of
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unlike the paper days of the
past, doesn't always
physically exist. You've got
notes, scrawlings and
snippets, Web graphics, photos
and sounds. Stuff needs to be
cut, pasted, highlighted,
annotated, crossed out,
dragged away. And, as Ross
Perot used to say (or maybe it
was Dana Carvey impersonating
him), don't forget the graphs
and charts." - ], - [ - "The second round of the
Canadian Open golf tournament
continues Saturday Glenn Abbey
Golf Club in Oakville,
Ontario, after play was
suspended late Friday due to
darkness." - ], - [ - "A consortium led by Royal
Dutch/Shell Group that is
developing gas reserves off
Russia #39;s Sakhalin Island
said Thursday it has struck a
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Tuesday announced scores of
lawsuits against computer
server operators worldwide,
including eDonkey, BitTorrent
and DirectConnect networks,
for allowing trading of
pirated movies." - ], - [ - "A massive plan to attract the
2012 Summer Olympics to New
York, touting the city's
diversity, financial and media
power, was revealed Wednesday." - ], - [ - "A Zimbabwe court Friday
convicted a British man
accused of leading a coup plot
against the government of oil-
rich Equatorial Guinea on
weapons charges, but acquitted
most of the 69 other men held
with him." - ], - [ - "But will Wi-Fi, high-
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observers supported official
elections results that gave
President Hugo Chavez a
victory over a recall vote
against him, the secretary-
general of the Organisation of
American States announced." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP)
- The fatal stabbing of a
young man trying to eject
unwanted party guests from his
family home, the third such
knifing in just weeks, has
police worried about a
potentially fatal holiday
recipe: teens, alcohol and
knives." - ], - [ - "NICK Heidfeld #39;s test with
Williams has been brought
forward after BAR blocked
plans for Anthony Davidson to
drive its Formula One rival
#39;s car." - ], - [ - "MOSCOW - A female suicide
bomber set off a shrapnel-
filled explosive device
outside a busy Moscow subway
station on Tuesday night,
officials said, killing 10
people and injuring more than
50." - ], - [ - "Grace Park closed with an
eagle and two birdies for a
7-under-par 65 and a two-
stroke lead after three rounds
of the Wachovia LPGA Classic
on Saturday." - ], - [ - "ABIDJAN (AFP) - Two Ivory
Coast military aircraft
carried out a second raid on
Bouake, the stronghold of the
former rebel New Forces (FN)
in the divided west African
country, a French military
source told AFP." - ], - [ - "Carlos Beltran drives in five
runs to carry the Astros to a
12-3 rout of the Braves in
Game 5 of their first-round NL
playoff series." - ], - [ - "On-demand viewing isn't just
for TiVo owners anymore.
Television over internet
protocol, or TVIP, offers
custom programming over
standard copper wires." - ], - [ - "Apple is recalling 28,000
faulty batteries for its
15-inch Powerbook G4 laptops." - ], - [ - "Since Lennox Lewis #39;s
retirement, the heavyweight
division has been knocked for
having more quantity than
quality. Eight heavyweights on
Saturday night #39;s card at
Madison Square Garden hope to
change that perception, at
least for one night." - ], - [ - "PalmSource #39;s European
developer conference is going
on now in Germany, and this
company is using this
opportunity to show off Palm
OS Cobalt 6.1, the latest
version of its operating
system." - ], - [ - "The former Chief Executive
Officer of Computer Associates
was indicted by a federal
grand jury in New York
Wednesday for allegedly
participating in a massive
fraud conspiracy and an
elaborate cover up of a scheme
that cost investors" - ], - [ - "Speaking to members of the
Massachusetts Software
Council, Microsoft CEO Steve
Ballmer touted a bright future
for technology but warned his
listeners to think twice
before adopting open-source
products like Linux." - ], - [ - "MIAMI - The Trillian instant
messaging (IM) application
will feature several
enhancements in its upcoming
version 3.0, including new
video and audio chat
capabilities, enhanced IM
session logs and integration
with the Wikipedia online
encyclopedia, according to
information posted Friday on
the product developer's Web
site." - ], - [ - "Honeywell International Inc.,
the world #39;s largest
supplier of building controls,
agreed to buy Novar Plc for
798 million pounds (\\$1.53
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security, fire and
ventilation-systems business
in Europe." - ], - [ - "San Francisco investment bank
Thomas Weisel Partners on
Thursday agreed to pay \\$12.5
million to settle allegations
that some of the stock
research the bank published
during the Internet boom was
tainted by conflicts of
interest." - ], - [ - "AFP - A state of civil
emergency in the rebellion-hit
Indonesian province of Aceh
has been formally extended by
six month, as the country's
president pledged to end
violence there without foreign
help." - ], - [ - "Forbes.com - Peter Frankling
tapped an unusual source to
fund his new business, which
makes hot-dog-shaped ice cream
treats known as Cool Dogs: Two
investors, one a friend and
the other a professional
venture capitalist, put in
more than #36;100,000 each
from their Individual
Retirement Accounts. Later
Franklin added #36;150,000
from his own IRA." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Online DVD rental
service Netflix Inc.\\and TiVo
Inc., maker of a digital video
recorder, on Thursday\\said
they have agreed to develop a
joint entertainment\\offering,
driving shares of both
companies higher." - ], - [ - "A San Diego insurance
brokerage has been sued by New
York Attorney General Elliot
Spitzer for allegedly
soliciting payoffs in exchange
for steering business to
preferred insurance companies." - ], - [ - "The European Union agreed
Monday to lift penalties that
have cost American exporters
\\$300 million, following the
repeal of a US corporate tax
break deemed illegal under
global trade rules." - ], - [ - "US Secretary of State Colin
Powell on Monday said he had
spoken to both Indian Foreign
Minister K Natwar Singh and
his Pakistani counterpart
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri late
last week before the two met
in New Delhi this week for
talks." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Victor Diaz hit a
tying, three-run homer with
two outs in the ninth inning,
and Craig Brazell's first
major league home run in the
11th gave the New York Mets a
stunning 4-3 victory over the
Chicago Cubs on Saturday.
The Cubs had much on the
line..." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least 54 people have
died and more than a million
have fled their homes as
torrential rains lashed parts
of India and Bangladesh,
officials said." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES - California has
adopted the world's first
rules to reduce greenhouse
emissions for autos, taking
what supporters see as a
dramatic step toward cleaning
up the environment but also
ensuring higher costs for
drivers. The rules may lead
to sweeping changes in
vehicles nationwide,
especially if other states opt
to follow California's
example..." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - European
stock markets scaled
near-2-1/2 year highs on
Friday as oil prices held
below \\$48 a barrel, and the
euro held off from mounting
another assault on \\$1.30 but
hovered near record highs
against the dollar." - ], - [ - "Tim Duncan had 17 points and
10 rebounds, helping the San
Antonio Spurs to a 99-81
victory over the New York
Kicks. This was the Spurs
fourth straight win this
season." - ], - [ - "Nagpur: India suffered a
double blow even before the
first ball was bowled in the
crucial third cricket Test
against Australia on Tuesday
when captain Sourav Ganguly
and off spinner Harbhajan
Singh were ruled out of the
match." - ], - [ - "AFP - Republican and
Democratic leaders each
declared victory after the
first head-to-head sparring
match between President George
W. Bush and Democratic
presidential hopeful John
Kerry." - ], - [ - "THIS YULE is all about console
supply and there #39;s
precious little units around,
it has emerged. Nintendo has
announced that it is going to
ship another 400,000 units of
its DS console to the United
States to meet the shortfall
there." - ], - [ - "Annual global semiconductor
sales growth will probably
fall by half in 2005 and
memory chip sales could
collapse as a supply glut saps
prices, world-leading memory
chip maker Samsung Electronics
said on Monday." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Traditional phone
systems may be going the way
of the Pony Express. Voice-
over-Internet Protocol,
technology that allows users
to make and receive phone
calls using the Internet, is
giving the old circuit-
switched system a run for its
money." - ], - [ - "AP - Former New York Yankees
hitting coach Rick Down was
hired for the same job by the
Mets on Friday, reuniting him
with new manager Willie
Randolph." - ], - [ - "Last night in New York, the UN
secretary-general was given a
standing ovation - a robust
response to a series of
attacks in past weeks." - ], - [ - "FILDERSTADT (Germany) - Amelie
Mauresmo and Lindsay Davenport
took their battle for the No.
1 ranking and Porsche Grand
Prix title into the semi-
finals with straight-sets
victories on Friday." - ], - [ - "Reuters - The company behind
the Atkins Diet\\on Friday
shrugged off a recent decline
in interest in low-carb\\diets
as a seasonal blip, and its
marketing chief said\\consumers
would cut out starchy foods
again after picking up\\pounds
over the holidays." - ], - [ - "There #39;s something to be
said for being the quot;first
mover quot; in an industry
trend. Those years of extra
experience in tinkering with a
new idea can be invaluable in
helping the first" - ], - [ - "JOHANNESBURG -- Meeting in
Nigeria four years ago,
African leaders set a goal
that 60 percent of children
and pregnant women in malaria-
affected areas around the
continent would be sleeping
under bed nets by the end of
2005." - ], - [ - "AP - The first U.S. cases of
the fungus soybean rust, which
hinders plant growth and
drastically cuts crop
production, were found at two
research sites in Louisiana,
officials said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Carter returned, but it was
running back Curtis Martin and
the offensive line that put
the Jets ahead. Martin rushed
for all but 10 yards of a
45-yard drive that stalled at
the Cardinals 10." - ], - [ - " quot;There #39;s no way
anyone would hire them to
fight viruses, quot; said
Sophos security analyst Gregg
Mastoras. quot;For one, no
security firm could maintain
its reputation by employing
hackers." - ], - [ - "Symantec has revoked its
decision to blacklist a
program that allows Web
surfers in China to browse
government-blocked Web sites.
The move follows reports that
the firm labelled the Freegate
program, which" - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares
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7 percent before the market
open on Friday, a day after
the biopharmaceutical company
said it is delaying shipment
of its flu vaccine, Fluvirin,
because lots containing 4
million vaccines do not meet
product sterility standards." - ], - [ - "The nation's top
telecommunications regulator
said yesterday he will push --
before the next president is
inaugurated -- to protect
fledgling Internet telephone
services from getting taxed
and heavily regulated by the
50 state governments." - ], - [ - "Microsoft has signed a pact to
work with the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
to increase computer use,
Internet access and teacher
training in developing
countries." - ], - [ - "DENVER (Ticker) -- Jake
Plummer more than made up for
a lack of a running game.
Plummer passed for 294 yards
and two touchdowns as the
Denver Broncos posted a 23-13
victory over the San Diego
Chargers in a battle of AFC
West Division rivals." - ], - [ - "DALLAS -- Belo Corp. said
yesterday that it would cut
250 jobs, more than half of
them at its flagship
newspaper, The Dallas Morning
News, and that an internal
investigation into circulation
overstatements" - ], - [ - "AP - Duke Bainum outspent Mufi
Hannemann in Honolulu's most
expensive mayoral race, but
apparently failed to garner
enough votes in Saturday's
primary to claim the office
outright." - ], - [ - "roundup Plus: Microsoft tests
Windows Marketplace...Nortel
delays financials
again...Microsoft updates
SharePoint." - ], - [ - "The Federal Reserve still has
some way to go to restore US
interest rates to more normal
levels, Philadelphia Federal
Reserve President Anthony
Santomero said on Monday." - ], - [ - "It took all of about five
minutes of an introductory
press conference Wednesday at
Heritage Hall for USC
basketball to gain something
it never really had before." - ], - [ - "Delta Air Lines (DAL.N: Quote,
Profile, Research) said on
Wednesday its auditors have
expressed doubt about the
airline #39;s financial
viability." - ], - [ - "POLITICIANS and aid agencies
yesterday stressed the
importance of the media in
keeping the spotlight on the
appalling human rights abuses
taking place in the Darfur
region of Sudan." - ], - [ - "AP - The Boston Red Sox looked
at the out-of-town scoreboard
and could hardly believe what
they saw. The New York Yankees
were trailing big at home
against the Cleveland Indians
in what would be the worst
loss in the 101-year history
of the storied franchise." - ], - [ - "The Red Sox will either
complete an amazing comeback
as the first team to rebound
from a 3-0 deficit in
postseason history, or the
Yankees will stop them." - ], - [ - "\\Children who have a poor diet
are more likely to become
aggressive and anti-social, US
researchers believe." - ], - [ - "OPEN SOURCE champion Microsoft
is expanding its programme to
give government organisations
some of its source code. In a
communique from the lair of
the Vole, in Redmond,
spinsters have said that
Microsoft" - ], - [ - "The Red Sox have reached
agreement with free agent
pitcher Matt Clement yesterday
on a three-year deal that will
pay him around \\$25 million,
his agent confirmed yesterday." - ], - [ - "Takeover target Ronin Property
Group said it would respond to
an offer by Multiplex Group
for all the securities in the
company in about three weeks." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) -
Contrary to Immigration
Department claims, there is no
shortage of native-borne
exotic dancers in Canada, says
a University of Toronto law
professor who has studied the
strip club business." - ], - [ - "HEN Manny Ramirez and David
Ortiz hit consecutive home
runs Sunday night in Chicago
to put the Red Sox ahead,
there was dancing in the
streets in Boston." - ], - [ - "Google Inc. is trying to
establish an online reading
room for five major libraries
by scanning stacks of hard-to-
find books into its widely
used Internet search engine." - ], - [ - "HOUSTON--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Sept. 1, 2004-- L
#39;operazione crea una
centrale globale per l
#39;analisi strategica el
#39;approfondimento del
settore energetico IHS Energy,
fonte globale leader di
software, analisi e
informazioni" - ], - [ - "The European Union presidency
yesterday expressed optimism
that a deal could be struck
over Turkey #39;s refusal to
recognize Cyprus in the lead-
up to next weekend #39;s EU
summit, which will decide
whether to give Ankara a date
for the start of accession
talks." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON Can you always tell
when somebody #39;s lying? If
so, you might be a wizard of
the fib. A California
psychology professor says
there #39;s a tiny subculture
of people that can pick out a
lie nearly every time they
hear one." - ], - [ - " KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan on
Saturday questioned U.N.
estimates that up to 70,000
people have died from hunger
and disease in its remote
Darfur region since a
rebellion began 20 months
ago." - ], - [ - "Type design was once the
province of skilled artisans.
With the help of new computer
programs, neophytes have
flooded the Internet with
their creations." - ], - [ - "RCN Inc., co-owner of
Starpower Communications LLC,
the Washington area
television, telephone and
Internet provider, filed a
plan of reorganization
yesterday that it said puts
the company" - ], - [ - "MIAMI -- Bryan Randall grabbed
a set of Mardi Gras beads and
waved them aloft, while his
teammates exalted in the
prospect of a trip to New
Orleans." - ], - [ - "<strong>Letters</stro
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premature" - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - With an injured
Vince Carter on the bench, the
Toronto Raptors dropped their
sixth straight game Friday,
101-87 to the Denver Nuggets." - ], - [ - "The US airline industry,
riddled with excess supply,
will see a significant drop in
capacity, or far fewer seats,
as a result of at least one
airline liquidating in the
next year, according to
AirTran Airways Chief
Executive Joe Leonard." - ], - [ - "Boeing (nyse: BA - news -
people ) Chief Executive Harry
Stonecipher is keeping the
faith. On Monday, the head of
the aerospace and military
contractor insists he #39;s
confident his firm will
ultimately win out" - ], - [ - "While not quite a return to
glory, Monday represents the
Redskins' return to the
national consciousness." - ], - [ - "Australia #39;s biggest
supplier of fresh milk,
National Foods, has posted a
net profit of \\$68.7 million,
an increase of 14 per cent on
last financial year." - ], - [ - "Lawyers for customers suing
Merck amp; Co. want to
question CEO Raymond Gilmartin
about what he knew about the
dangers of Vioxx before the
company withdrew the drug from
the market because of health
hazards." - ], - [ - "Vijay Singh has won the US PGA
Tour player of the year award
for the first time, ending
Tiger Woods #39;s five-year
hold on the honour." - ], - [ - "New York; September 23, 2004 -
The Department of Justice
(DoJ), FBI and US Attorney
#39;s Office handed down a
10-count indictment against
former Computer Associates
(CA) chairman and CEO Sanjay
Kumar and Stephen Richards,
former CA head of worldwide
sales." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least four Georgian
soldiers were killed and five
wounded in overnight clashes
in Georgia's separatist, pro-
Russian region of South
Ossetia, Georgian officers
near the frontline with
Ossetian forces said early
Thursday." - ], - [ - "Intel, the world #39;s largest
chip maker, scrapped a plan
Thursday to enter the digital
television chip business,
marking a major retreat from
its push into consumer
electronics." - ], - [ - "PACIFIC Hydro shares yesterday
caught an updraught that sent
them more than 20 per cent
higher after the wind farmer
moved to flush out a bidder." - ], - [ - "The European Commission is
expected later this week to
recommend EU membership talks
with Turkey. Meanwhile, German
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
and Turkish Prime Minister
Tayyip Erdogan are
anticipating a quot;positive
report." - ], - [ - "The US is the originator of
over 42 of the worlds
unsolicited commercial e-mail,
making it the worst offender
in a league table of the top
12 spam producing countries
published yesterday by anti-
virus firm Sophos." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
consumer confidence retreated
in August while Chicago-area
business activity slowed,
according to reports on
Tuesday that added to worries
the economy's patch of slow
growth may last beyond the
summer." - ], - [ - "Intel is drawing the curtain
on some of its future research
projects to continue making
transistors smaller, faster,
and less power-hungry out as
far as 2020." - ], - [ - "England got strikes from
sparkling debut starter
Jermain Defoe and Michael Owen
to defeat Poland in a Uefa
World Cup qualifier in
Chorzow." - ], - [ - "The Canadian government
signalled its intention
yesterday to reintroduce
legislation to decriminalise
the possession of small
amounts of marijuana." - ], - [ - "A screensaver targeting spam-
related websites appears to
have been too successful." - ], - [ - "Titleholder Ernie Els moved
within sight of a record sixth
World Match Play title on
Saturday by solving a putting
problem to overcome injured
Irishman Padraig Harrington 5
and 4." - ], - [ - "If the Washington Nationals
never win a pennant, they have
no reason to ever doubt that
DC loves them. Yesterday, the
District City Council
tentatively approved a tab for
a publicly financed ballpark
that could amount to as much
as \\$630 million." - ], - [ - "Plus: Experts fear Check 21
could lead to massive bank
fraud." - ], - [ - "By SIOBHAN McDONOUGH
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fewer
American youths are using
marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy,
but more are abusing
prescription drugs, says a
government report released
Thursday. The 2003 National
Survey on Drug Use and Health
also found youths and young
adults are more aware of the
risks of using pot once a
month or more frequently..." - ], - [ - " ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory
Coast warplanes killed nine
French soldiers on Saturday in
a bombing raid during the
fiercest clashes with rebels
for 18 months and France hit
back by destroying most of
the West African country's
small airforce." - ], - [ - "Unilever has reported a three
percent rise in third-quarter
earnings but warned it is
reviewing its targets up to
2010, after issuing a shock
profits warning last month." - ], - [ - "A TNO engineer prepares to
start capturing images for the
world's biggest digital photo." - ], - [ - "Defensive back Brandon
Johnson, who had two
interceptions for Tennessee at
Mississippi, was suspended
indefinitely Monday for
violation of team rules." - ], - [ - "Points leader Kurt Busch spun
out and ran out of fuel, and
his misfortune was one of the
reasons crew chief Jimmy
Fennig elected not to pit with
20 laps to go." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
extended recent heavy losses
on Wednesday ahead of weekly
U.S. data expected to show
fuel stocks rising in time
for peak winter demand." - ], - [ - "(CP) - The NHL all-star game
hasn #39;t been cancelled
after all. It #39;s just been
moved to Russia. The agent for
New York Rangers winger
Jaromir Jagr confirmed Monday
that the Czech star had joined
Omsk Avangard" - ], - [ - "PalmOne is aiming to sharpen
up its image with the launch
of the Treo 650 on Monday. As
previously reported, the smart
phone update has a higher-
resolution screen and a faster
processor than the previous
top-of-the-line model, the
Treo 600." - ], - [ - "GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip --
Islamic militant groups behind
many suicide bombings
dismissed yesterday a call
from Mahmoud Abbas, the
interim Palestinian leader, to
halt attacks in the run-up to
a Jan. 9 election to replace
Yasser Arafat." - ], - [ - "Secretary of State Colin
Powell is wrapping up an East
Asia trip focused on prodding
North Korea to resume talks
aimed at ending its nuclear-
weapons program." - ], - [ - "HERE in the land of myth, that
familiar god of sports --
karma -- threw a bolt of
lightning into the Olympic
stadium yesterday. Marion
Jones lunged desperately with
her baton in the 4 x 100m
relay final, but couldn #39;t
reach her target." - ], - [ - "kinrowan writes quot;MIT,
inventor of Kerberos, has
announced a pair of
vulnerabities in the software
that will allow an attacker to
either execute a DOS attack or
execute code on the machine." - ], - [ - "The risk of intestinal damage
from common painkillers may be
higher than thought, research
suggests." - ], - [ - "AN earthquake measuring 7.3 on
the Richter Scale hit western
Japan this morning, just hours
after another strong quake
rocked the area." - ], - [ - "Vodafone has increased the
competition ahead of Christmas
with plans to launch 10
handsets before the festive
season. The Newbury-based
group said it will begin
selling the phones in
November." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Former Pink Floyd
mainman Roger\\Waters released
two new songs, both inspired
by the U.S.-led\\invasion of
Iraq, via online download
outlets Tuesday." - ], - [ - "A former assistant treasurer
at Enron Corp. (ENRNQ.PK:
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agreed to plead guilty to
conspiracy to commit
securities fraud on Tuesday
and will cooperate with" - ], - [ - "Britain #39;s Prince Harry,
struggling to shed a growing
quot;wild child quot; image,
won #39;t apologize to a
photographer he scuffled with
outside an exclusive London
nightclub, a royal spokesman
said on Saturday." - ], - [ - "UK house prices fell by 1.1 in
October, confirming a
softening of the housing
market, Halifax has said. The
UK #39;s biggest mortgage
lender said prices rose 18." - ], - [ - "Pakistan #39;s interim Prime
Minister Chaudhry Shaujaat
Hussain has announced his
resignation, paving the way
for his successor Shauket
Aziz." - ], - [ - "A previously unknown group
calling itself Jamaat Ansar
al-Jihad al-Islamiya says it
set fire to a Jewish soup
kitchen in Paris, according to
an Internet statement." - ], - [ - "More than six newspaper
companies have received
letters from the Securities
and Exchange Commission
seeking information about
their circulation practices." - ], - [ - "THE 64,000 dollar -
correction, make that 500
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hanging over Shire
Pharmaceuticals is whether the
5 per cent jump in the
companys shares yesterday
reflects relief that US
regulators have finally
approved its drug for" - ], - [ - "The deadliest attack on
Americans in Iraq since May
came as Iraqi officials
announced that Saddam
Hussein's deputy had not been
captured on Sunday." - ], - [ - "AP - Kenny Rogers lost at the
Coliseum for the first time in
more than 10 years, with Bobby
Crosby's three-run double in
the fifth inning leading the
Athletics to a 5-4 win over
the Texas Rangers on Thursday." - ], - [ - "A fundraising concert will be
held in London in memory of
the hundreds of victims of the
Beslan school siege." - ], - [ - "Dambulla, Sri Lanka - Kumar
Sangakkara and Avishka
Gunawardene slammed impressive
half-centuries to help an
under-strength Sri Lanka crush
South Africa by seven wickets
in the fourth one-day
international here on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "Fresh off being the worst team
in baseball, the Arizona
Diamondbacks set a new record
this week: fastest team to
both hire and fire a manager." - ], - [ - "Nebraska head coach Bill
Callahan runs off the field at
halftime of the game against
Baylor in Lincoln, Neb.,
Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004." - ], - [ - "NASA has been working on a
test flight project for the
last few years involving
hypersonic flight. Hypersonic
flight is fight at speeds
greater than Mach 5, or five
times the speed of sound." - ], - [ - "AFP - The landmark trial of a
Rwandan Roman Catholic priest
accused of supervising the
massacre of 2,000 of his Tutsi
parishioners during the
central African country's 1994
genocide opens at a UN court
in Tanzania." - ], - [ - "The Irish government has
stepped up its efforts to free
the British hostage in Iraq,
Ken Bigley, whose mother is
from Ireland, by talking to
diplomats from Iran and
Jordan." - ], - [ - "AP - Republican Sen. Lincoln
Chafee, who flirted with
changing political parties in
the wake of President Bush's
re-election victory, says he
will stay in the GOP." - ], - [ - "AP - Microsoft Corp. announced
Wednesday that it would offer
a low-cost, localized version
of its Windows XP operating
system in India to tap the
large market potential in this
country of 1 billion people,
most of whom do not speak
English." - ], - [ - "Businesses saw inventories
rise in July and sales picked
up, the government reported
Wednesday. The Commerce
Department said that stocks of
unsold goods increased 0.9 in
July, down from a 1.1 rise in
June." - ], - [ - " EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Sports
Network) - The Toronto
Raptors have traded All-Star
swingman Vince Carter to the
New Jersey Nets in exchange
for center Alonzo Mourning,
forward Eric Williams,
center/forward Aaron Williams
and two first- round draft
picks." - ], - [ - "AP - Utah State University has
secured a #36;40 million
contract with NASA to build an
orbiting telescope that will
examine galaxies and try to
find new stars." - ], - [ - "South Korean President Roh
Moo-hyun pays a surprise visit
to troops in Iraq, after his
government decided to extend
their mandate." - ], - [ - "As the European Union
approaches a contentious
decision - whether to let
Turkey join the club - the
Continent #39;s rulers seem to
have left their citizens
behind." - ], - [ - "What riot? quot;An Argentine
friend of mine was a little
derisive of the Pacers-Pistons
eruption, quot; says reader
Mike Gaynes. quot;He snorted,
#39;Is that what Americans
call a riot?" - ], - [ - "All season, Chris Barnicle
seemed prepared for just about
everything, but the Newton
North senior was not ready for
the hot weather he encountered
yesterday in San Diego at the
Footlocker Cross-Country
National Championships. Racing
in humid conditions with
temperatures in the 70s, the
Massachusetts Division 1 state
champion finished sixth in 15
minutes 34 seconds in the
5-kilometer race. ..." - ], - [ - "Shares of Genta Inc. (GNTA.O:
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soared nearly 50 percent on
Monday after the biotechnology
company presented promising
data on an experimental
treatment for blood cancers." - ], - [ - "I spend anywhere from three to
eight hours every week
sweating along with a motley
crew of local misfits,
shelving, sorting, and hauling
ton after ton of written
matter in a rowhouse basement
in Baltimore. We have no heat
nor air conditioning, but
still, every week, we come and
work. Volunteer night is
Wednesday, but many of us also
work on the weekends, when
we're open to the public.
There are times when we're
freezing and we have to wear
coats and gloves inside,
making handling books somewhat
tricky; other times, we're all
soaked with sweat, since it's
90 degrees out and the
basement is thick with bodies.
One learns to forget about
personal space when working at
The Book Thing, since you can
scarcely breathe without
bumping into someone, and we
are all so accustomed to
having to scrape by each other
that most of us no longer
bother to say \"excuse me\"
unless some particularly
dramatic brushing occurs." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A
deadline set by militants who
have threatened to kill two
Americans and a Briton seized
in Iraq was due to expire
Monday, and more than two
dozen other hostages were
also facing death unless rebel
demands were met." - ], - [ - "Alarmed by software glitches,
security threats and computer
crashes with ATM-like voting
machines, officials from
Washington, D.C., to
California are considering an
alternative from an unlikely
place: Nevada." - ], - [ - "Some Venezuelan television
channels began altering their
programs Thursday, citing
fears of penalties under a new
law restricting violence and
sexual content over the
airwaves." - ], - [ - "SBC Communications Inc. plans
to cut at least 10,000 jobs,
or 6 percent of its work
force, by the end of next year
to compensate for a drop in
the number of local-telephone
customers." - ], - [ - "afrol News, 4 October -
Hundred years of conservation
efforts have lifted the
southern black rhino
population from about hundred
to 11,000 animals." - ], - [ - "THE death of Philippine movie
star and defeated presidential
candidate Fernando Poe has
drawn some political backlash,
with some people seeking to
use his sudden demise as a
platform to attack President
Gloria Arroyo." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major
cigarette makers go on trial
on Tuesday in the U.S.
government's \\$280 billion
racketeering case that
charges the tobacco industry
with deliberately deceiving
the public about the risks of
smoking since the 1950s." - ], - [ - "More Americans are quitting
their jobs and taking the risk
of starting a business despite
a still-lackluster job market." - ], - [ - "AP - Coach Tyrone Willingham
was fired by Notre Dame on
Tuesday after three seasons in
which he failed to return one
of the nation's most storied
football programs to
prominence." - ], - [ - "COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Joel
Statham completed 18 of 25
passes for 268 yards and two
touchdowns in No. 23
Maryland's 45-22 victory over
Temple last night, the
Terrapins' 12th straight win
at Byrd Stadium." - ], - [ - "Manchester United boss Sir
Alex Ferguson wants the FA to
punish Arsenal good guy Dennis
Bergkamp for taking a swing at
Alan Smith last Sunday." - ], - [ - "VIENTIANE, Laos China moved
yet another step closer in
cementing its economic and
diplomatic relationships with
Southeast Asia today when
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao
signed a trade accord at a
regional summit that calls for
zero tariffs on a wide range
of" - ], - [ - "SPACE.com - With nbsp;food
stores nbsp;running low, the
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Tuesday ordered radical Muslim
imam Abu Hamza to stand trial
for soliciting murder and
inciting racial hatred." - ], - [ - "Federal Reserve policy-makers
raised the benchmark US
interest rate a quarter point
to 2.25 per cent and restated
a plan to carry out" - ], - [ - " DETROIT (Reuters) - A
Canadian law firm on Tuesday
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of the automaker's popular
pickup trucks and SUVs." - ], - [ - "Published reports say Barry
Bonds has testified that he
used a clear substance and a
cream given to him by a
trainer who was indicted in a
steroid-distribution ring." - ], - [ - "SARASOTA, Fla. - The
devastation brought on by
Hurricane Charley has been
especially painful for an
elderly population that is
among the largest in the
nation..." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - Christos
Angourakis added his name to
Greece's list of Paralympic
medal winners when he claimed
a bronze in the T53 shot put
competition Thursday." - ], - [ - " quot;He is charged for having
a part in the Bali incident,
quot; state prosecutor Andi
Herman told Reuters on
Saturday. bombing attack at
the US-run JW." - ], - [ - "Jay Fiedler threw for one
touchdown, Sage Rosenfels
threw for another and the
Miami Dolphins got a victory
in a game they did not want to
play, beating the New Orleans
Saints 20-19 Friday night." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Terrell
Owens scored three touchdowns
and the Philadelphia Eagles
amassed 35 first-half points
on the way to a 49-21
drubbing of the Dallas Cowboys
in Irving, Texas, Monday." - ], - [ - "AstraZeneca Plc suffered its
third setback in two months on
Friday as lung cancer drug
Iressa failed to help patients
live longer" - ], - [ - "Virgin Electronics hopes its
slim Virgin Player, which
debuts today and is smaller
than a deck of cards, will
rise as a lead competitor to
Apple's iPod." - ], - [ - "Researchers train a monkey to
feed itself by guiding a
mechanical arm with its mind.
It could be a big step forward
for prosthetics. By David
Cohn." - ], - [ - "Bruce Wasserstein, the
combative chief executive of
investment bank Lazard, is
expected to agree this week
that he will quit the group
unless he can pull off a
successful" - ], - [ - "A late strike by Salomon Kalou
sealed a 2-1 win for Feyenoord
over NEC Nijmegen, while
second placed AZ Alkmaar
defeated ADO Den Haag 2-0 in
the Dutch first division on
Sunday." - ], - [ - "The United Nations called on
Monday for an immediate
ceasefire in eastern Congo as
fighting between rival army
factions flared for a third
day." - ], - [ - "What a disgrace Ron Artest has
become. And the worst part is,
the Indiana Pacers guard just
doesn #39;t get it. Four days
after fueling one of the
biggest brawls in the history
of pro sports, Artest was on
national" - ], - [ - "Allowing dozens of casinos to
be built in the UK would bring
investment and thousands of
jobs, Tony Blair says." - ], - [ - "The shock here was not just
from the awful fact itself,
that two vibrant young Italian
women were kidnapped in Iraq,
dragged from their office by
attackers who, it seems, knew
their names." - ], - [ - "Tehran/Vianna, Sept. 19 (NNN):
Iran on Sunday rejected the
International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) call to suspend
of all its nuclear activities,
saying that it will not agree
to halt uranium enrichment." - ], - [ - "A 15-year-old Argentine
student opened fire at his
classmates on Tuesday in a
middle school in the south of
the Buenos Aires province,
leaving at least four dead and
five others wounded, police
said." - ], - [ - "Dr. David J. Graham, the FDA
drug safety reviewer who
sounded warnings over five
drugs he felt could become the
next Vioxx has turned to a
Whistleblower protection group
for legal help." - ], - [ - "AP - Scientists in 17
countries will scout waterways
to locate and study the
world's largest freshwater
fish species, many of which
are declining in numbers,
hoping to learn how to better
protect them, researchers
announced Thursday." - ], - [ - "AP - Google Inc.'s plans to
move ahead with its initial
public stock offering ran into
a roadblock when the
Securities and Exchange
Commission didn't approve the
Internet search giant's
regulatory paperwork as
requested." - ], - [ - "Jenson Button has revealed
dissatisfaction with the way
his management handled a
fouled switch to Williams. Not
only did the move not come
off, his reputation may have
been irreparably damaged amid
news headline" - ], - [ - "The Kmart purchase of Sears,
Roebuck may be the ultimate
expression of that old saying
in real estate: location,
location, location." - ], - [ - "Citing security risks, a state
university is urging students
to drop Internet Explorer in
favor of alternative Web
browsers such as Firefox and
Safari." - ], - [ - "Redknapp and his No2 Jim Smith
resigned from Portsmouth
yesterday, leaving
controversial new director
Velimir Zajec in temporary
control." - ], - [ - "Despite being ranked eleventh
in the world in broadband
penetration, the United States
is rolling out high-speed
services on a quot;reasonable
and timely basis to all
Americans, quot; according to
a new report narrowly approved
today by the Federal
Communications" - ], - [ - "Sprint Corp. (FON.N: Quote,
Profile, Research) on Friday
said it plans to cut up to 700
jobs as it realigns its
business to focus on wireless
and Internet services and
takes a non-cash network
impairment charge." - ], - [ - "As the season winds down for
the Frederick Keys, Manager
Tom Lawless is starting to
enjoy the progress his
pitching staff has made this
season." - ], - [ - "Britain #39;s Bradley Wiggins
won the gold medal in men
#39;s individual pursuit
Saturday, finishing the
4,000-meter final in 4:16." - ], - [ - "And when David Akers #39;
50-yard field goal cleared the
crossbar in overtime, they did
just that. They escaped a
raucous Cleveland Browns
Stadium relieved but not
broken, tested but not
cracked." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - A cable pay-per-
view company has decided not
to show a three-hour election
eve special with filmmaker
Michael Moore that included a
showing of his documentary
\"Fahrenheit 9/11,\" which is
sharply critical of President
Bush. The company, iN
DEMAND, said Friday that its
decision is due to \"legitimate
business and legal concerns.\"
A spokesman would not
elaborate..." - ], - [ - "Democracy candidates picked up
at least one more seat in
parliament, according to exit
polls." - ], - [ - "The IOC wants suspended
Olympic member Ivan Slavkov to
be thrown out of the
organisation." - ], - [ - " BANGKOK (Reuters) - The
ouster of Myanmar's prime
minister, architect of a
tentative \"roadmap to
democracy,\" has dashed faint
hopes for an end to military
rule and leaves Southeast
Asia's policy of constructive
engagement in tatters." - ], - [ - "San Antonio, TX (Sports
Network) - Dean Wilson shot a
five-under 65 on Friday to
move into the lead at the
halfway point of the Texas
Open." - ], - [ - "Now that Chelsea have added
Newcastle United to the list
of clubs that they have given
what for lately, what price
Jose Mourinho covering the
Russian-funded aristocrats of
west London in glittering
glory to the tune of four
trophies?" - ], - [ - "AP - Former Seattle Seahawks
running back Chris Warren has
been arrested in Virginia on a
federal warrant, accused of
failing to pay #36;137,147 in
child support for his two
daughters in Washington state." - ], - [ - "The anguish of hostage Kenneth
Bigley in Iraq hangs over
Prime Minister Tony Blair
today as he faces the twin
test of a local election and a
debate by his Labour Party
about the divisive war." - ], - [ - "Says that amount would have
been earned for the first 9
months of 2004, before AT
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(Reuters) - Cingular Wireless
would have posted a net profit
of \\$650 million for the first
nine months" - ], - [ - "NewsFactor - Taking an
innovative approach to the
marketing of high-performance
\\computing, Sun Microsystems
(Nasdaq: SUNW) is offering its
N1 Grid program in a pay-for-
use pricing model that mimics
the way such commodities as
electricity and wireless phone
plans are sold." - ], - [ - " CHICAGO (Reuters) - Goodyear
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in its engineered products and
chemical units as part of its
cost-reduction efforts,
resulting in a third-quarter
charge." - ], - [ - " quot;There were 16 people
travelling aboard. ... It
crashed into a mountain, quot;
Col. Antonio Rivero, head of
the Civil Protection service,
told." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Shares of long-
distance phone\\companies AT T
Corp. and MCI Inc. have
plunged\\about 20 percent this
year, but potential buyers
seem to be\\holding out for
clearance sales." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Madonna and m-Qube
have\\made it possible for the
star's North American fans to
download\\polyphonic ring tones
and other licensed mobile
content from\\her official Web
site, across most major
carriers and without\\the need
for a credit card." - ], - [ - "President Bush is reveling in
winning the popular vote and
feels he can no longer be
considered a one-term accident
of history." - ], - [ - "Russian oil giant Yukos files
for bankruptcy protection in
the US in a last ditch effort
to stop the Kremlin auctioning
its main production unit." - ], - [ - "British Airways #39; (BA)
chief executive Rod Eddington
has admitted that the company
quot;got it wrong quot; after
staff shortages led to three
days of travel chaos for
passengers." - ], - [ - "It #39;s official: US Open had
never gone into the third
round with only two American
men, including the defending
champion, Andy Roddick." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP)
- Thousands of Royal Bank
clerks are being asked to
display rainbow stickers at
their desks and cubicles to
promote a safe work
environment for gays,
lesbians, and bisexuals." - ], - [ - "The chipmaker is back on a
buying spree, having scooped
up five other companies this
year." - ], - [ - "The issue of drug advertising
directly aimed at consumers is
becoming political." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON, Aug. 17
(Xinhuanet) -- England coach
Sven-Goran Eriksson has urged
the international soccer
authorities to preserve the
health of the world superstar
footballers for major
tournaments, who expressed his
will in Slaley of England on
Tuesday ..." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car
bomb killed two American
soldiers and wounded eight
when it exploded in Baghdad on
Saturday, the U.S. military
said in a statement." - ], - [ - "Juventus coach Fabio Capello
has ordered his players not to
kick the ball out of play when
an opponent falls to the
ground apparently hurt because
he believes some players fake
injury to stop the match." - ], - [ - "AP - China's economic boom is
still roaring despite efforts
to cool sizzling growth, with
the gross domestic product
climbing 9.5 percent in the
first three quarters of this
year, the government reported
Friday." - ], - [ - "Soaring petroleum prices
pushed the cost of goods
imported into the U.S. much
higher than expected in
August, the government said
today." - ], - [ - "Anheuser-Busch teams up with
Vietnam's largest brewer,
laying the groundwork for
future growth in the region." - ], - [ - "You #39;re angry. You want to
lash out. The Red Sox are
doing it to you again. They
#39;re blowing a playoff
series, and to the Yankees no
less." - ], - [ - "TORONTO -- There is no
mystique to it anymore,
because after all, the
Russians have become commoners
in today's National Hockey
League, and Finns, Czechs,
Slovaks, and Swedes also have
been entrenched in the
Original 30 long enough to
turn the ongoing World Cup of
Hockey into a protracted
trailer for the NHL season." - ], - [ - "Sudanese authorities have
moved hundreds of pro-
government fighters from the
crisis-torn Darfur region to
other parts of the country to
keep them out of sight of
foreign military observers
demanding the militia #39;s
disarmament, a rebel leader
charged" - ], - [ - "CHARLOTTE, NC - Shares of
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.
#39;s fell sharply Monday as a
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quarter earnings and an
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pastrymaker #39;s statement
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Tuesday ripped through a busy
market near a Baghdad police
headquarters where Iraqis were
waiting to apply for jobs on
the force, and gunmen opened
fire on a van carrying police
home from work in Baqouba,
killing at least 59 people
total and wounding at least
114. The attacks were the
latest attempts by militants
to wreck the building of a
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begin withdrawing settlers
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straight game tonight, as they
host Kevin Garnett and the
Minnesota Timberwolves in the
third of a four-game homestand
at Conseco Fieldhouse." - ], - [ - "OXNARD - A leak of explosive
natural gas forced dozens of
workers to evacuate an
offshore oil platform for
hours Thursday but no damage
or injuries were reported." - ], - [ - "AP - Assets of the nation's
retail money market mutual
funds rose by #36;2.85
billion in the latest week to
#36;845.69 billion, the
Investment Company Institute
said Thursday." - ], - [ - "Peter Mandelson provoked fresh
Labour in-fighting yesterday
with an implied attack on
Gordon Brown #39;s
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short of apologizing for the
Allies #39; bombing of Dresden
during her first state visit
to Germany in 12 years and
instead acknowledged quot;the
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Allen I. Questrom, the chief
executive who has restyled the
once-beleaguered chain into a
sleeker and more profitable
entity, would be succeeded by
Myron E. Ullman III, another
longtime retail executive." - ], - [ - " In the cosmetics department
at Hecht's in downtown
Washington, construction crews
have ripped out the
traditional glass display
cases, replacing them with a
system of open shelves stacked
high with fragrances from
Chanel, Burberry and Armani,
now easily within arm's reach
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slid from record highs above
\\$50 a barrel Wednesday as the
U.S. government reported a
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stocks and rebels in Nigeria's
oil-rich delta region agreed
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accretive acquisition -- and
gets Dickies and John Deere as
part of the deal." - ], - [ - "AP - Fugitive Taliban leader
Mullah Mohammed Omar has
fallen out with some of his
lieutenants, who blame him for
the rebels' failure to disrupt
the landmark Afghan
presidential election, the
U.S. military said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "HAVANA -- Cuban President
Fidel Castro's advancing age
-- and ultimately his
mortality -- were brought home
yesterday, a day after he
fractured a knee and arm when
he tripped and fell at a
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The United States and Brazil
predicted on Tuesday Latin
America's largest country
would resolve a dispute with
the U.N. nuclear watchdog over
inspections of a uranium
enrichment plant." - ], - [ - "Call it the Maximus factor.
Archaeologists working at the
site of an old Roman temple
near Guy #39;s hospital in
London have uncovered a pot of
cosmetic cream dating back to
AD2." - ], - [ - "It is a team game, this Ryder
Cup stuff that will commence
Friday at Oakland Hills
Country Club. So what are the
teams? For the Americans,
captain Hal Sutton isn't
saying." - ], - [ - "Two bombs exploded today near
a tea shop and wounded 20
people in southern Thailand,
police said, as violence
continued unabated in the
Muslim-majority region where
residents are seething over
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bidding 2.9 bn for the 26 it
does not own in T-Online
International, pulling the
internet service back into the
fold four years after selling
stock to the public." - ], - [ - "Motorola Inc. says it #39;s
ready to make inroads in the
cell-phone market after
posting a third straight
strong quarter and rolling out
a series of new handsets in
time for the holiday selling
season." - ], - [ - "Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi, back in Tokyo after
an 11-day diplomatic mission
to the Americas, hunkered down
with senior ruling party
officials on Friday to focus
on a major reshuffle of
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health plans are expected to
climb an average of 8 percent
in 2005, the first time in
five years increases have been
in single digits." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - A sluggish gross
domestic product reading was
nonetheless better than
expected, prompting investors
to send stocks slightly higher
Friday on hopes that the
economic slowdown would not be
as bad as first thought.
The 2.8 percent GDP growth in
the second quarter, a revision
from the 3 percent preliminary
figure reported in July, is a
far cry from the 4.5 percent
growth in the first quarter..." - ], - [ - "After again posting record
earnings for the third
quarter, Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
expects to see its first
sequential drop in fourth-
quarter revenues, coupled with
a sharp drop in capacity
utilization rates." - ], - [ - " SEOUL (Reuters) - A huge
explosion in North Korea last
week may have been due to a
combination of demolition work
for a power plant and
atmospheric clouds, South
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Wednesday." - ], - [ - "The deal comes as Cisco pushes
to develop a market for CRS-1,
a new line of routers aimed at
telephone, wireless and cable
companies." - ], - [ - "Many people who have never
bounced a check in their life
could soon bounce their first
check if they write checks to
pay bills a couple of days
before their paycheck is
deposited into their checking
account." - ], - [ - " LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) -
Microsoft Corp told a judge on
Thursday that the European
Commission must be stopped
from ordering it to give up
secret technology to
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Inc. and Microsoft Corp. next
month plan to provide more
details on the work they are
doing to make their products
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said yesterday." - ], - [ - "MANCHESTER United today
dramatically rejected the
advances of Malcolm Glazer,
the US sports boss who is
mulling an 825m bid for the
football club." - ], - [ - "Dow Jones Industrial Average
futures declined amid concern
an upcoming report on
manufacturing may point to
slowing economic growth." - ], - [ - "AP - Astronomy buffs and
amateur stargazers turned out
to watch a total lunar eclipse
Wednesday night #151; the
last one Earth will get for
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American factories operated at
their highest capacity\\in more
than three years, a Federal
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were out in full force at
today #39;s Big Ten
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coach Jim Tressel and Iowa
head coach Kirk Ferentz
offered some thoughts on the
upcoming game between OSU" - ], - [ - "Sir Martin Sorrell, chief
executive of WPP, yesterday
declared he was quot;very
impressed quot; with Grey
Global, stoking speculation
WPP will bid for the US
advertising company." - ], - [ - "The compact disc has at least
another five years as the most
popular music format before
online downloads chip away at
its dominance, a new study
said on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "New York Knicks #39; Stephon
Marbury (3) fires over New
Orleans Hornets #39; Dan
Dickau (2) during the second
half in New Orleans Wednesday
night, Dec. 8, 2004." - ], - [ - "AP - Sudan's U.N. ambassador
challenged the United States
to send troops to the Darfur
region if it really believes a
genocide is taking place as
the U.S. Congress and
President Bush's
administration have
determined." - ], - [ - "At the very moment when the
Red Sox desperately need
someone slightly larger than
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days, it's no wonder. So is
there ..." - ], - [ - "Dale Earnhardt Jr, right,
talks with Matt Kenseth, left,
during a break in practice at
Lowe #39;s Motor Speedway in
Concord, NC, Thursday Oct. 14,
2004 before qualifying for
Saturday #39;s UAW-GM Quality
500 NASCAR Nextel Cup race." - ], - [ - "Several starting spots may
have been usurped or at least
threatened after relatively
solid understudy showings
Sunday, but few players
welcome the kind of shot
delivered to Oakland" - ], - [ - "TEMPE, Ariz. -- Neil Rackers
kicked four field goals and
the Arizona Cardinals stifled
rookie Chris Simms and the
rest of the Tampa Bay offense
for a 12-7 victory yesterday
in a matchup of two sputtering
teams out of playoff
contention. Coach Jon Gruden's
team lost its fourth in a row
to finish 5-11, Tampa Bay's
worst record since going ..." - ], - [ - "AFP - A junior British
minister said that people
living in camps after fleeing
their villages because of
conflict in Sudan's Darfur
region lived in fear of
leaving their temporary homes
despite a greater presence now
of aid workers." - ], - [ - "US Deputy Secretary of State
Richard Armitage (L) shakes
hands with Pakistani Foreign
Minister Khurshid Kasuri prior
to their meeting in Islamabad,
09 November 2004." - ], - [ - "Spammers aren't ducking
antispam laws by operating
offshore, they're just
ignoring it." - ], - [ - "AP - Biologists plan to use
large nets and traps this week
in Chicago's Burnham Harbor to
search for the northern
snakehead #151; a type of
fish known for its voracious
appetite and ability to wreak
havoc on freshwater
ecosystems." - ], - [ - "BAE Systems PLC and Northrop
Grumman Corp. won \\$45 million
contracts yesterday to develop
prototypes of anti-missile
technology that could protect
commercial aircraft from
shoulder-fired missiles." - ], - [ - "AP - Democrat John Edwards
kept up a long-distance debate
over his \"two Americas\"
campaign theme with Vice
President Dick Cheney on
Tuesday, saying it was no
illusion to thousands of laid-
off workers in Ohio." - ], - [ - "Like introductory credit card
rates and superior customer
service, some promises just
aren #39;t built to last. And
so it is that Bank of America
- mere months after its pledge
to preserve" - ], - [ - "A group of 76 Eritreans on a
repatriation flight from Libya
Friday forced their plane to
change course and land in the
Sudanese capital, Khartoum,
where they" - ], - [ - "Reuters - Accounting firm KPMG
will pay #36;10\\million to
settle charges of improper
professional conduct\\while
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TV Guide International Inc.\\,
the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission said
on\\Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Family matters made public: As
eager cousins wait for a slice
of the \\$15 billion cake that
is the Pritzker Empire,
Circuit Court Judge David
Donnersberger has ruled that
the case will be conducted in
open court." - ], - [ - "Users of Microsoft #39;s
Hotmail, most of whom are
accustomed to getting regular
sales pitches for premium
e-mail accounts, got a
pleasant surprise in their
inboxes this week: extra
storage for free." - ], - [ - "AP - They say that opposites
attract, and in the case of
Sen. John Kerry and Teresa
Heinz Kerry, that may be true
#151; at least in their public
personas." - ], - [ - "The weekly survey from
mortgage company Freddie Mac
had rates on 30-year fixed-
rate mortgages inching higher
this week, up to an average
5.82 percent from last week
#39;s 5.81 percent." - ], - [ - "The classic power struggle
between Walt Disney Co. CEO
Michael Eisner and former
feared talent agent Michael
Ovitz makes for high drama in
the courtroom - and apparently
on cable." - ], - [ - "ATHENS France, Britain and the
United States issued a joint
challenge Thursday to Germany
#39;s gold medal in equestrian
team three-day eventing." - ], - [ - "LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Elan
(UK:ELA) (ELN) and partner
Biogen (BIIB) said the FDA has
approved new drug Tysabri to
treat relapsing forms of
multiple sclerosis." - ], - [ - "IT services provider
Electronic Data Systems
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of \\$153 million for the third
quarter, with earnings hit in
part by an asset impairment
charge of \\$375 million
connected with EDS's N/MCI
project." - ], - [ - "ATLANTA - Who could have
imagined Tommy Tuberville in
this position? Yet there he
was Friday, standing alongside
the SEC championship trophy,
posing for pictures and
undoubtedly chuckling a bit on
the inside." - ], - [ - "AP - Impoverished North Korea
might resort to selling
weapons-grade plutonium to
terrorists for much-needed
cash, and that would be
\"disastrous for the world,\"
the top U.S. military
commander in South Korea said
Friday." - ], - [ - "International Business
Machines Corp. said Wednesday
it had agreed to settle most
of the issues in a suit over
changes in its pension plans
on terms that allow the
company to continue to appeal
a key question while capping
its liability at \\$1.7
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Thursday called on his
fighters to strike Gulf oil
supplies and warned Saudi
leaders they risked a popular
uprising in an audio message
said to be by the Western
world #39;s most wanted terror
mastermind." - ], - [ - "Bank of New Zealand has frozen
all accounts held in the name
of Access Brokerage, which was
yesterday placed in
liquidation after a client
fund shortfall of around \\$5
million was discovered." - ], - [ - "Edward Kozel, Cisco's former
chief technology officer,
joins the board of Linux
seller Red Hat." - ], - [ - "Reuters - International
Business Machines\\Corp. late
on Wednesday rolled out a new
version of its\\database
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hopes will help the company
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market leader Oracle Corp. ." - ], - [ - "NASA #39;s Mars Odyssey
mission, originally scheduled
to end on Tuesday, has been
granted a stay of execution
until at least September 2006,
reveal NASA scientists." - ], - [ - "ZDNet #39;s survey of IT
professionals in August kept
Wired amp; Wireless on top
for the 18th month in a row.
Telecommunications equipment
maker Motorola said Tuesday
that it would cut 1,000 jobs
and take related" - ], - [ - "John Thomson threw shutout
ball for seven innings
Wednesday night in carrying
Atlanta to a 2-0 blanking of
the New York Mets. New York
lost for the 21st time in 25
games on the" - ], - [ - "BEIJING -- Chinese authorities
have arrested or reprimanded
more than 750 officials in
recent months in connection
with billions of dollars in
financial irregularities
ranging from unpaid taxes to
embezzlement, according to a
report made public yesterday." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - GAUHATI,
India (AP) - Residents of
northeastern India were
bracing for more violence
Friday, a day after bombs
ripped through two buses and a
grenade was hurled into a
crowded market in attacks that
killed four people and wounded
54." - ], - [ - "Vikram Solanki beat the rain
clouds to register his second
one-day international century
as England won the third one-
day international to wrap up a
series victory." - ], - [ - "Some 28 people are charged
with trying to overthrow
Sudan's President Bashir,
reports say." - ], - [ - "Hong Kong #39;s Beijing-backed
chief executive yesterday
ruled out any early moves to
pass a controversial national
security law which last year
sparked a street protest by
half a million people." - ], - [ - "BRITAIN #39;S largest
financial institutions are
being urged to take lead roles
in lawsuits seeking hundreds
of millions of dollars from
the scandal-struck US
insurance industry." - ], - [ - "Bankrupt UAL Corp. (UALAQ.OB:
Quote, Profile, Research) on
Thursday reported a narrower
third-quarter net loss. The
parent of United Airlines
posted a loss of \\$274
million, or" - ], - [ - "A three-touchdown point spread
and a recent history of late-
season collapses had many
thinking the UCLA football
team would provide little
opposition to rival USC #39;s
march to the BCS-championship
game at the Orange Bowl." - ], - [ - " PHOENIX (Sports Network) -
Free agent third baseman Troy
Glaus is reportedly headed to
the Arizona Diamondbacks." - ], - [ - "The European Union #39;s head
office issued a bleak economic
report Tuesday, warning that
the sharp rise in oil prices
will quot;take its toll quot;
on economic growth next year
while the euro #39;s renewed
climb could threaten crucial
exports." - ], - [ - "Third-string tailback Chris
Markey ran for 131 yards to
lead UCLA to a 34-26 victory
over Oregon on Saturday.
Markey, playing because of an
injury to starter Maurice
Drew, also caught five passes
for 84 yards" - ], - [ - "Though Howard Stern's
defection from broadcast to
satellite radio is still 16
months off, the industry is
already trying to figure out
what will fill the crater in
ad revenue and listenership
that he is expected to leave
behind." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
United States set final anti-
dumping duties of up to 112.81
percent on shrimp imported
from China and up to 25.76
percent on shrimp from Vietnam
to offset unfair pricing, the
Commerce Department said on
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Jay Payton #39;s three-run
homer led the San Diego Padres
to a 5-1 win over the San
Francisco Giants in National
League play Saturday, despite
a 701st career blast from
Barry Bonds." - ], - [ - "The optimists among Rutgers
fans were delighted, but the
Scarlet Knights still gave the
pessimists something to worry
about." - ], - [ - "Beer consumption has doubled
over the past five years,
prompting legislators to
implement new rules." - ], - [ - "BusinessWeek Online - The
jubilation that swept East
Germany after the fall of the
Berlin Wall in 1989 long ago
gave way to the sober reality
of globalization and market
forces. Now a decade of
resentment seems to be boiling
over. In Eastern cities such
as Leipzig or Chemnitz,
thousands have taken to the
streets since July to protest
cuts in unemployment benefits,
the main source of livelihood
for 1.6 million East Germans.
Discontent among
reunification's losers fueled
big gains by the far left and
far right in Brandenburg and
Saxony state elections Sept.
19. ..." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK -- When Office Depot
Inc. stores ran an electronics
recycling drive last summer
that accepted everything from
cellphones to televisions,
some stores were overwhelmed
by the amount of e-trash they
received." - ], - [ - "In a discovery sure to set off
a firestorm of debate over
human migration to the western
hemisphere, archaeologists in
South Carolina say they have
uncovered evidence that people
lived in eastern North America
at least 50,000 years ago -
far earlier than" - ], - [ - "AP - Former president Bill
Clinton on Monday helped
launch a new Internet search
company backed by the Chinese
government which says its
technology uses artificial
intelligence to produce better
results than Google Inc." - ], - [ - "The International Monetary
Fund expressed concern Tuesday
about the impact of the
troubles besetting oil major
Yukos on Russia #39;s standing
as a place to invest." - ], - [ - "Perhaps the sight of Maria
Sharapova opposite her tonight
will jog Serena Williams #39;
memory. Wimbledon. The final.
You and Maria." - ], - [ - "At least 79 people were killed
and 74 were missing after some
of the worst rainstorms in
recent years triggered
landslides and flash floods in
southwest China, disaster
relief officials said
yesterday." - ], - [ - "LinuxWorld Conference amp;
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the first time in February,
underscoring the area's
standing as a hub for the
open-source software being
adopted by thousands of
businesses." - ], - [ - "BANGKOK Thai military aircraft
dropped 100 million paper
birds over southern Thailand
on Sunday in a gesture
intended to promote peace in
mainly Muslim provinces, where
more than 500 people have died
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Saturday to cut the throats of
two Americans and a Briton
seized in Baghdad, and
launched a suicide car bomb
attack on Iraqi security
forces in Kirkuk that killed
at least 23 people." - ], - [ - "Five days after making the
putt that won the Ryder Cup,
Colin Montgomerie looked set
to miss the cut at a European
PGA tour event." - ], - [ - "Sun Microsystems plans to
release its Sun Studio 10
development tool in the fourth
quarter of this year,
featuring support for 64-bit
applications running on AMD
Opteron and Nocona processors,
Sun officials said on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Karachi - Captain Inzamam ul-
Haq and coach Bob Woolmer came
under fire on Thursday for
choosing to bat first on a
tricky pitch after Pakistan
#39;s humiliating defeat in
the ICC Champions Trophy semi-
final." - ], - [ - "Scottish champions Celtic saw
their three-year unbeaten home
record in Europe broken
Tuesday as they lost 3-1 to
Barcelona in the Champions
League Group F opener." - ], - [ - "Interest rates on short-term
Treasury securities rose in
yesterday's auction. The
Treasury Department sold \\$19
billion in three-month bills
at a discount rate of 1.710
percent, up from 1.685 percent
last week. An additional \\$17
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bills at a rate of 1.950
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has been sliding between the
third and fourth most
important focus for companies." - ], - [ - "AP - Andy Roddick searched out
Carlos Moya in the throng of
jumping, screaming Spanish
tennis players, hoping to
shake hands." - ], - [ - "AP - The Federal Trade
Commission on Thursday filed
the first case in the country
against software companies
accused of infecting computers
with intrusive \"spyware\" and
then trying to sell people the
solution." - ], - [ - "While shares of Apple have
climbed more than 10 percent
this week, reaching 52-week
highs, two research firms told
investors Friday they continue
to remain highly bullish about
the stock." - ], - [ - "Moody #39;s Investors Service
on Wednesday said it may cut
its bond ratings on HCA Inc.
(HCA.N: Quote, Profile,
Research) deeper into junk,
citing the hospital operator
#39;s plan to buy back about
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imposing telecommunications
regulations on Net phone
providers." - ], - [ - "Telekom Austria AG, the
country #39;s biggest phone
operator, won the right to buy
Bulgaria #39;s largest mobile
phone company, MobilTel EAD,
for 1.6 billion euros (\\$2.1
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would add 3 million
subscribers." - ], - [ - "Shares of ID Biomedical jumped
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term agreements with the three
largest flu vaccine
wholesalers in the United
States in light of the
shortage of vaccine for the
current flu season." - ], - [ - "ENGLAND captain and Real
Madrid midfielder David
Beckham has played down
speculation that his club are
moving for England manager
Sven-Goran Eriksson." - ], - [ - "The federal government closed
its window on the oil industry
Thursday, saying that it is
selling its last 19 per cent
stake in Calgary-based Petro-
Canada." - ], - [ - "Strong sales of new mobile
phone models boosts profits at
Carphone Warehouse but the
retailer's shares fall on
concerns at a decline in
profits from pre-paid phones." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM and
top scientific research
organizations are joining
forces in a humanitarian
effort to tap the unused
power of millions of computers
and help solve complex social
problems." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK, Nov. 11 -- The 40
percent share price slide in
Merck #38; Co. in the five
weeks after it pulled the
painkiller Vioxx off the
market highlighted larger
problems in the pharmaceutical
industry that may depress
performance for years,
according to academics and
stock analysts who follow the
sector." - ], - [ - "Low-fare carrier Southwest
Airlines Co. said Thursday
that its third-quarter profit
rose 12.3 percent to beat Wall
Street expectations despite
higher fuel costs." - ], - [ - "Another shock hit the drug
sector Friday when
pharmaceutical giant Pfizer
Inc. announced that it found
an increased heart risk to
patients for its blockbuster
arthritis drug Celebrex." - ], - [ - "AFP - National Basketball
Association players trying to
win a fourth consecutive
Olympic gold medal for the
United States have gotten the
wake-up call that the \"Dream
Team\" days are done even if
supporters have not." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Secretary
of State Colin Powell will
urge China Monday to exert its
influence over North Korea to
resume six-party negotiations
on scrapping its suspected
nuclear weapons program." - ], - [ - "Reuters - An Israeli missile
strike killed at least\\two
Hamas gunmen in Gaza City
Monday, a day after a
top\\commander of the Islamic
militant group was killed in a
similar\\attack, Palestinian
witnesses and security sources
said." - ], - [ - "England will be seeking their
third clean sweep of the
summer when the NatWest
Challenge against India
concludes at Lord #39;s. After
beating New Zealand and West
Indies 3-0 and 4-0 in Tests,
they have come alive" - ], - [ - "AP - The Pentagon has restored
access to a Web site that
assists soldiers and other
Americans living overseas in
voting, after receiving
complaints that its security
measures were preventing
legitimate voters from using
it." - ], - [ - "The number of US information
technology workers rose 2
percent to 10.5 million in the
first quarter of this year,
but demand for them is
dropping, according to a new
report." - ], - [ - "Montreal - The British-built
Canadian submarine HMCS
Chicoutimi, crippled since a
fire at sea that killed one of
its crew, is under tow and is
expected in Faslane, Scotland,
early next week, Canadian
naval commander Tyrone Pile
said on Friday." - ], - [ - "AP - Grizzly and black bears
killed a majority of elk
calves in northern Yellowstone
National Park for the second
year in a row, preliminary
study results show." - ], - [ - "Thirty-five Pakistanis freed
from the US Guantanamo Bay
prison camp arrived home on
Saturday and were taken
straight to prison for further
interrogation, the interior
minister said." - ], - [ - "AP - Mark Richt knows he'll
have to get a little creative
when he divvies up playing
time for Georgia's running
backs next season. Not so on
Saturday. Thomas Brown is the
undisputed starter for the
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prisoners at Abu Ghraib have
told the court that the CIA
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now consists of its new CEO
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Olympic champion, issued an
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authorities have arrested 10
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planned to blow up the Italian
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MSN Music offering, Microsoft
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disgraced Fiji Vice-President
Ratu Jope Seniloli failed to
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leaders and the military over
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resolution to the Mambo open-
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parties has rejected an offer
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full of passengers seized by
armed hijackers along a
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kept pressure on Iraq #39;s
security forces despite a
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Brown Arena, which marked the
first time since 1999 that
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courtroom Friday, answering an
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become a thing of the past
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pound scheme to make classic
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International Space Station
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Russian search for a vaccine
against Aids, Russian
cosmonaut Salijan Sharipovthe
said on Thursday." - ], - [ - "Locked away in fossils is
evidence of a sudden solar
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(AP) -- Taran Rampersad didn't
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in the online encyclopedia
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Tobago..." - ], - [ - "Five years after catastrophic
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thousands along Venezuela's
Caribbean coast, survivors in
this town still see the signs
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death on a giant corona in
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core North American
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year." - ], - [ - "BEIJING The NBA has reached
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in conventional or nuclear
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Schilling pitched 6 2/3
innings and Manny Ramirez hit
a three-run homer in a seven-
run fourth frame to lead the
Boston Red Sox to a 9-3 win
over the host Anaheim Angels
in their American League
Divisional Series opener
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "AP - The game between the
Minnesota Twins and the New
York Yankees on Tuesday night
was postponed by rain." - ], - [ - "Oil giant Shell swept aside
nearly 100 years of history
today when it unveiled plans
to merge its UK and Dutch
parent companies. Shell said
scrapping its twin-board
structure" - ], - [ - "Caesars Entertainment Inc. on
Thursday posted a rise in
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Vegas hotels filled up and
Atlantic City properties
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telecommunications providers
will use Cisco Systems #39;
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they were holding hostage,
according to a statement on an
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world #39;s greatest race car
driver, the champion of
champions - all disciplines
combined - is Heikki
Kovalainen." - ], - [ - "Pakistan won the toss and
unsurprisingly chose to bowl
first as they and West Indies
did battle at the Rose Bowl
today for a place in the ICC
Champions Trophy final against
hosts England." - ], - [ - "Shares of Beacon Roofing
Suppler Inc. shot up as much
as 26 percent in its trading
debut Thursday, edging out
bank holding company Valley
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military assault on the
insurgent-held city of
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proposed the development of
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Mexican President Vicente Fox
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President Bush's re-election
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last week's record low against
the euro on Thursday after
capital inflows data added to
worries the United States may
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President Jacques Chirac said
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to meet Iraqi interim Prime
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reports he was snubbing the
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Bill Clinton was in good
spirits Saturday, walking
around his hospital room in
street clothes and buoyed by
thousands of get-well messages
as he awaited heart bypass
surgery early this coming
week, people close to the
family said. Clinton was
expected to undergo surgery as
early as Monday but probably
Tuesday, said Democratic Party
Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who
said the former president was
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by phone Friday..." - ], - [ - "Toyota Motor Corp., the world
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partner Guangzhou Automobile
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prime minister said Friday." - ], - [ - "AP - Boston Red Sox center
fielder Johnny Damon is having
a recurrence of migraine
headaches that first bothered
him after a collision in last
year's playoffs." - ], - [ - "The patch fixes a flaw in the
e-mail server software that
could be used to get access to
in-boxes and information." - ], - [ - "Felix Cardenas of Colombia won
the 17th stage of the Spanish
Vuelta cycling race Wednesday,
while defending champion
Roberto Heras held onto the
overall leader #39;s jersey
for the sixth day in a row." - ], - [ - "AP - Being the biggest dog may
pay off at feeding time, but
species that grow too large
may be more vulnerable to
extinction, new research
suggests." - ], - [ - "A car bomb exploded at a US
military convoy in the
northern Iraqi city of Mosul,
causing several casualties,
the army and Iraqi officials
said." - ], - [ - "Newest Efficeon processor also
offers higher frequency using
less power." - ], - [ - "BAE Systems has launched a
search for a senior American
businessman to become a non-
executive director. The high-
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designed to strengthen the
board at a time when the
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in international air travel,
Finnair says it will let its
frequent fliers check in using
text messages on mobile
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International is expected to
announce that its new chief
executive will be John
Swainson, an I.B.M. executive
with strong technical and
sales credentials." - ], - [ - "Established star Landon
Donovan and rising sensation
Eddie Johnson carried the
United States into the
regional qualifying finals for
the 2006 World Cup in emphatic
fashion Wednesday night." - ], - [ - "STOCKHOLM (Dow
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Phelps took care of qualifying
for the Olympic 200-meter
freestyle semifinals Sunday,
and then found out he had been
added to the American team for
the evening's 400 freestyle
relay final. Phelps' rivals
Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den
Hoogenband and teammate Klete
Keller were faster than the
teenager in the 200 free
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
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for withdrawal from Gaza to
lawmakers from his Likud Party
Tuesday despite a mutiny in
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Maxine statues including
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workers held by militants in
Afghanistan were in their
third week of captivity on
Friday after calls from both
sides for the crisis to be
resolved ahead of this
weekend's Muslim festival of
Eid al-Fitr." - ], - [ - "AP - A sweeping wildlife
preserve in southwestern
Arizona is among the nation's
10 most endangered refuges,
due in large part to illegal
drug and immigrant traffic and
Border Patrol operations, a
conservation group said
Friday." - ], - [ - "ROME, Oct 29 (AFP) - French
President Jacques Chirac urged
the head of the incoming
European Commission Friday to
take quot;the appropriate
decisions quot; to resolve a
row over his EU executive team
which has left the EU in
limbo." - ], - [ - "The Anglo-Dutch oil giant
Shell today sought to draw a
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replenish reserves and develop
production in its oil and gas
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PeopleSoft Inc. #39;s Connect
2004 conference in San
Francisco this week, the
software vendor is expected to
face questions from users
about its ability to fend off
Oracle Corp." - ], - [ - "Russia's parliament will
launch an inquiry into a
school siege that killed over
300 hostages, President
Vladimir Putin said on Friday,
but analysts doubt it will
satisfy those who blame the
carnage on security services." - ], - [ - "Tony Blair talks to business
leaders about new proposals
for a major shake-up of the
English exam system." - ], - [ - "KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia A
Malaysian woman has claimed a
new world record after living
with over six-thousand
scorpions for 36 days
straight." - ], - [ - "PBS's Charlie Rose quizzes Sun
co-founder Bill Joy,
Monster.com chief Jeff Taylor,
and venture capitalist John
Doerr." - ], - [ - "Circulation declined at most
major US newspapers in the
last half year, the latest
blow for an industry already
rocked by a scandal involving
circulation misstatements that
has undermined the confidence
of investors and advertisers." - ], - [ - "Skype Technologies is teaming
with Siemens to offer cordless
phone users the ability to
make Internet telephony calls,
in addition to traditional
calls, from their handsets." - ], - [ - "AP - After years of
resistance, the U.S. trucking
industry says it will not try
to impede or delay a new
federal rule aimed at cutting
diesel pollution." - ], - [ - "INDIANAPOLIS - ATA Airlines
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Wednesday. that could be used" - ], - [ - "Wizards coach Eddie Jordan
says the team is making a
statement that immaturity will
not be tolerated by suspending
Kwame Brown one game for not
taking part in a team huddle
during a loss to Denver." - ], - [ - "EVERETT Fire investigators
are still trying to determine
what caused a two-alarm that
destroyed a portion of a South
Everett shopping center this
morning." - ], - [ - "Umesh Patel, a 36-year old
software engineer from
California, debated until the
last minute." - ], - [ - "Sure, the PeopleSoft board
told shareholders to just say
no. This battle will go down
to the wire, and even
afterward Ellison could
prevail." - ], - [ - "Investors cheered by falling
oil prices and an improving
job picture sent stocks higher
Tuesday, hoping that the news
signals a renewal of economic
strength and a fall rally in
stocks." - ], - [ - "AP - Andy Roddick has yet to
face a challenge in his U.S.
Open title defense. He beat
No. 18 Tommy Robredo of Spain
6-3, 6-2, 6-4 Tuesday night to
move into the quarterfinals
without having lost a set." - ], - [ - "Now that hell froze over in
Boston, New England braces for
its rarest season -- a winter
of content. Red Sox fans are
adrift from the familiar
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anticipates September U.S.
sales to be up 2 percent to 4
percent at stores open at
least a year." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's
Nikkei stock average opened
down 0.15 percent on
Wednesday as investors took a
breather from the market's
recent rises and sold shares
of gainers such as Sharp
Corp." - ], - [ - "AP - From now until the start
of winter, male tarantulas are
roaming around, searching for
female mates, an ideal time to
find out where the spiders
flourish in Arkansas." - ], - [ - "Israeli authorities have
launched an investigation into
death threats against Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
and other officials supporting
his disengagement plan from
Gaza and parts of the West
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than 14 percent in a two-and-
a-half-week slide triggered by
a perception of growing US
crude oil inventories." - ], - [ - "SUFFOLK -- Virginia Tech
scientists are preparing to
protect the state #39;s
largest crop from a disease
with strong potential to do
damage." - ], - [ - "It was a carefully scripted
moment when Russian President
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Taras Shevchenko, this country
#39;s 19th-century bard,
during a live television" - ], - [ - "China says it welcomes Russia
#39;s ratification of the
Kyoto Protocol that aims to
stem global warming by
reducing greenhouse-gas
emissions." - ], - [ - "Analysts said the smartphone
enhancements hold the
potential to bring PalmSource
into an expanding market that
still has room despite early
inroads by Symbian and
Microsoft." - ], - [ - "The Metropolitan
Transportation Authority is
proposing a tax increase to
raise \\$900 million a year to
help pay for a five-year
rebuilding program." - ], - [ - "AFP - The Canadian armed
forces chief of staff on was
elected to take over as head
of NATO's Military Committee,
the alliance's highest
military authority, military
and diplomatic sources said." - ], - [ - "AFP - Two proposed resolutions
condemning widespread rights
abuses in Sudan and Zimbabwe
failed to pass a UN committee,
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Texas market." - ], - [ - " SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S.
oil prices hovered just below
\\$50 a barrel on Tuesday,
holding recent gains on a rash
of crude supply outages and
fears over thin heating oil
tanks." - ], - [ - "THE South Africans have called
the Wallabies scrum cheats as
a fresh round of verbal
warfare opened in the Republic
last night." - ], - [ - "The return of noted reformer
Nabil Amr to Palestinian
politics comes at a crucial
juncture." - ], - [ - "An overwhelming majority of
NHL players who expressed
their opinion in a poll said
they would not support a
salary cap even if it meant
saving a season that was
supposed to have started Oct.
13." - ], - [ - "Tony Eury Sr. oversees Dale
Earnhardt Jr. on the
racetrack, but Sunday he
extended his domain to Victory
Lane. Earnhardt was unbuckling
to crawl out of the No." - ], - [ - "AP - After two debates, voters
have seen President Bush look
peevish and heard him pass the
buck. They've watched Sen.
John Kerry deny he's a flip-
flopper and then argue that
Saddam Hussein was a threat
#151; and wasn't. It's no
wonder so few minds have
changed." - ], - [ - "(Sports Network) - The New
York Yankees try to move one
step closer to a division
title when they conclude their
critical series with the
Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park." - ], - [ - "US retail sales fell 0.3 in
August as rising energy costs
and bad weather persuaded
shoppers to reduce their
spending." - ], - [ - "The United States says the
Lebanese parliament #39;s
decision Friday to extend the
term of pro-Syrian President
Emile Lahoud made a
quot;crude mockery of
democratic principles." - ], - [ - "Kurt Busch claimed a stake in
the points lead in the NASCAR
Chase for the Nextel Cup
yesterday, winning the
Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire
International Speedway." - ], - [ - "TOKYO (AFP) - Japan #39;s
Fujitsu and Cisco Systems of
the US said they have agreed
to form a strategic alliance
focusing on routers and
switches that will enable
businesses to build advanced
Internet Protocol (IP)
networks." - ], - [ - "GEORGETOWN, Del., Oct. 28 --
Plaintiffs in a shareholder
lawsuit over former Walt
Disney Co. president Michael
Ovitz's \\$140 million
severance package attempted
Thursday to portray Ovitz as a
dishonest bumbler who botched
the hiring of a major
television executive and
pushed the release of a movie
that angered the Chinese
government, damaging Disney's
business prospects in the
country." - ], - [ - "US stocks gained ground in
early trading Thursday after
tame inflation reports and
better than expected jobless
news. Oil prices held steady
as Hurricane Ivan battered the
Gulf coast, where oil
operations have halted." - ], - [ - "It #39;s a new internet
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the similarities." - ], - [ - "LOUDON, NH - As this
newfangled stretch drive for
the Nextel Cup championship
ensues, Jeff Gordon has to be
considered the favorite for a
fifth title." - ], - [ - "PepsiCo. Inc., the world #39;s
No. 2 soft- drink maker, plans
to buy General Mills Inc.
#39;s stake in their European
joint venture for \\$750
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complete ownership of Europe
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company." - ], - [ - "Microsoft will accelerate SP2
distribution to meet goal of
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months." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
stocks opened little changed
on Friday, after third-
quarter gross domestic product
data showed the U.S. economy
grew at a slower-than-expected
pace." - ], - [ - "International Business
Machines Corp., taken to court
by workers over changes it
made to its traditional
pension plan, has decided to
stop offering any such plan to
new employees." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - With four of its
executives pleading guilty to
price-fixing charges today,
Infineon will have a hard time
arguing that it didn #39;t fix
prices in its ongoing
litigation with Rambus." - ], - [ - "By nick giongco. YOU KNOW you
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been assured by President
George W. Bush that the U.S.
missile defence plan does not
necessarily involve the
weaponization of space." - ], - [ - "AP - Even with a big lead,
Eric Gagne wanted to pitch in
front of his hometown fans one
last time." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Limited
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quarterly operating profit as
cost controls and strong
lingerie sales offset poor
results at the retailer's
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DaimlerChrysler are
collaborating on development
of fuel- saving hybrid engines
in hopes of cashing in on an
expanding market dominated by
hybrid leaders Toyota and
Honda." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece -- Larry Brown
was despondent, the head of
the US selection committee was
defensive and an irritated
Allen Iverson was hanging up
on callers who asked what went
wrong." - ], - [ - "Fifty-six miners are dead and
another 92 are still stranded
underground after a gas blast
at the Daping coal mine in
Central China #39;s Henan
Province, safety officials
said Thursday." - ], - [ - "BEIRUT, Lebanon - Three
Lebanese men and their Iraqi
driver have been kidnapped in
Iraq, the Lebanese Foreign
Ministry said Sunday, as
Iraq's prime minister said his
government was working for the
release of two Americans and a
Briton also being held
hostage. Gunmen snatched
the three Lebanese, who worked
for a travel agency with a
branch in Baghdad, as they
drove on the highway between
the capital and Fallujah on
Friday night, a ministry
official said..." - ], - [ - "PORTLAND, Ore. - It's been
almost a year since singer-
songwriter Elliott Smith
committed suicide, and fans
and friends will be looking
for answers as the posthumous
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is released..." - ], - [ - "AP - Courtney Brown refuses to
surrender to injuries. He's
already planning another
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expanded its military
offensive in northern Gaza,
launching two air strikes
early on Monday that killed
at least three Palestinians
and wounded two, including a
senior Hamas leader, witnesses
and medics said." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo
Co. Ltd. raised its 2004
shipment target for its DS
handheld video game device by
40 percent to 2.8 million
units on Thursday after many
stores in Japan and the
United States sold out in the
first week of sales." - ], - [ - "It took an off-the-cuff
reference to a serial
murderer/cannibal to punctuate
the Robby Gordon storyline.
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his peers and put on probation" - ], - [ - "By BOBBY ROSS JR. Associated
Press Writer. play the Atlanta
Hawks. They will be treated to
free food and drink and have.
their pictures taken with
Mavericks players, dancers and
team officials." - ], - [ - "ARSENAL #39;S Brazilian World
Cup winning midfielder
Gilberto Silva is set to be
out for at least a month with
a back injury, the Premiership
leaders said." - ], - [ - "INDIANAPOLIS -- With a package
of academic reforms in place,
the NCAA #39;s next crusade
will address what its
president calls a dangerous
drift toward professionalism
and sports entertainment." - ], - [ - "Autodesk this week unwrapped
an updated version of its
hosted project collaboration
service targeted at the
construction and manufacturing
industries. Autodesk Buzzsaw
lets multiple, dispersed
project participants --
including building owners,
developers, architects,
construction teams, and
facility managers -- share and
manage data throughout the
life of a project, according
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Southern California's Pete
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each other when the two
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Olympic silver medalist Mardy
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twins Bob and Mike Bryan will
make up the US team to compete
with Belarus in the Davis Cup,
reported CRIENGLISH." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Optimism that the
embattled technology sector
was due for a recovery sent
stocks modestly higher Monday
despite a new revenue warning
from semiconductor company
Broadcom Inc. While
Broadcom, which makes chips
for television set-top boxes
and other electronics, said
high inventories resulted in
delayed shipments, investors
were encouraged as it said
future quarters looked
brighter..." - ], - [ - "A report indicates that many
giants of the industry have
been able to capture lasting
feelings of customer loyalty." - ], - [ - "It is the news that Internet
users do not want to hear: the
worldwide web is in danger of
collapsing around us. Patrick
Gelsinger, the chief
technology officer for
computer chip maker Intel,
told a conference" - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.
employers hired just 96,000
workers in September, the
government said on Friday in a
weak jobs snapshot, the final
one ahead of presidential
elections that also fueled
speculation about a pause in
interest-rate rises." - ], - [ - "Cisco Systems CEO John
Chambers said today that his
company plans to offer twice
as many new products this year
as ever before." - ], - [ - "While the world #39;s best
athletes fight the noble
Olympic battle in stadiums and
pools, their fans storm the
streets of Athens, turning the
Greek capital into a huge
international party every
night." - ], - [ - "Carlos Barrios Orta squeezed
himself into his rubber diving
suit, pulled on an 18-pound
helmet that made him look like
an astronaut, then lowered
himself into the sewer. He
disappeared into the filthy
water, which looked like some
cauldron of rancid beef stew,
until the only sign of him was
air bubbles breaking the
surface." - ], - [ - "The mutilated body of a woman
of about sixty years,
amputated of arms and legs and
with the sliced throat, has
been discovered this morning
in a street of the south of
Faluya by the Marines,
according to a statement by
AFP photographer." - ], - [ - "Every day, somewhere in the
universe, there #39;s an
explosion that puts the power
of the Sun in the shade. Steve
Connor investigates the riddle
of gamma-ray bursts." - ], - [ - "Ten months after NASA #39;s
twin rovers landed on Mars,
scientists reported this week
that both robotic vehicles are
still navigating their rock-
studded landscapes with all
instruments operating" - ], - [ - "EVERTON showed they would not
be bullied into selling Wayne
Rooney last night by rejecting
a 23.5million bid from
Newcastle - as Manchester
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#39;s resolve to keep the
striker." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The
magazine known for evaluating
cars and electronics is
setting its sights on finding
the best value and quality of
prescription drugs on the
market." - ], - [ - "After months of legal
wrangling, the case of
<em>People v. Kobe Bean
Bryant</em> commences on
Friday in Eagle, Colo., with
testimony set to begin next
month." - ], - [ - "(SH) - In Afghanistan, Hamid
Karzai defeated a raft of
candidates to win his historic
election. In Iraq, more than
200 political parties have
registered for next month
#39;s elections." - ], - [ - "Lyon coach Paul le Guen has
admitted his side would be
happy with a draw at Old
Trafford on Tuesday night. The
three-times French champions
have assured themselves of
qualification for the
Champions League" - ], - [ - "British scientists say they
have found a new, greener way
to power cars and homes using
sunflower oil, a commodity
more commonly used for cooking
fries." - ], - [ - "A mouse, a house, and your
tax-planning spouse all factor
huge in the week of earnings
that lies ahead." - ], - [ - "The United States #39; top
computer-security official has
resigned after a little more
than a year on the job, the US
Department of Homeland
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San Francisco Giants edge the
host Milwaukee Brewers\\3-2 in
National League action on
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vision of the Internet of the
future, one in which millions
of computer servers would
analyze and direct network
traffic to make the Web safer
and more efficient." - ], - [ - "Margaret Hassan, who works for
charity Care International,
was taken hostage while on her
way to work in Baghdad. Here
are the main events since her
kidnapping." - ], - [ - "Check out new gadgets as
holiday season approaches." - ], - [ - "DALLAS (CBS.MW) -- Royal
Dutch/Shell Group will pay a
\\$120 million penalty to
settle a Securities and
Exchange Commission
investigation of its
overstatement of nearly 4.5
billion barrels of proven
reserves, the federal agency
said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "After waiting an entire summer
for the snow to fall and
Beaver Creek to finally open,
skiers from around the planet
are coming to check out the
Birds of Prey World Cup action
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via COMTEX) -- Sony Corp will
launch its popular projection
televisions with large liquid
crystal display (LCD) screens
in China early next year, a
company spokeswoman said." - ], - [ - "I confess that I am a complete
ignoramus when it comes to
women #39;s beach volleyball.
In fact, I know only one thing
about the sport - that it is
the supreme aesthetic
experience available on planet
Earth." - ], - [ - "Manchester United Plc may
offer US billionaire Malcolm
Glazer a seat on its board if
he agrees to drop a takeover
bid for a year, the Observer
said, citing an unidentified
person in the soccer industry." - ], - [ - "PHOENIX America West Airlines
has backed away from a
potential bidding war for
bankrupt ATA Airlines, paving
the way for AirTran to take
over ATA operations." - ], - [ - "US stock-index futures
declined. Dow Jones Industrial
Average shares including
General Electric Co. slipped
in Europe. Citigroup Inc." - ], - [ - "For a guy who spent most of
his first four professional
seasons on the disabled list,
Houston Astros reliever Brad
Lidge has developed into quite
the ironman these past two
days." - ], - [ - "AFP - Outgoing EU competition
commissioner Mario Monti wants
to reach a decision on
Oracle's proposed takeover of
business software rival
PeopleSoft by the end of next
month, an official said." - ], - [ - "Former Bengal Corey Dillon
found his stride Sunday in his
second game for the New
England Patriots. Dillon
gained 158 yards on 32 carries
as the Patriots beat the
Arizona Cardinals, 23-12, for
their 17th victory in a row." - ], - [ - "If legend is to be believed,
the end of a victorious war
was behind Pheidippides #39;
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2,500 years ago." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Satellite companies would be
able to retransmit
broadcasters' television
signals for another five
years but would have to offer
those signals on a single
dish, under legislation
approved by Congress on
Saturday." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Wimbledon
champion Maria Sharapova
demolished fellow Russian
Tatiana Panova 6-1, 6-1 to
advance to the quarter-finals
of the China Open on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Sven Jaschan, who may face
five years in prison for
spreading the Netsky and
Sasser worms, is now working
in IT security. Photo: AFP." - ], - [ - "Padres general manager Kevin
Towers called Expos general
manager Omar Minaya on
Thursday afternoon and told
him he needed a shortstop
because Khalil Greene had
broken his" - ], - [ - "Motorsport.com. Nine of the
ten Formula One teams have
united to propose cost-cutting
measures for the future, with
the notable exception of
Ferrari." - ], - [ - "Reuters - The United States
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sanctions against Sudan on
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threat of punitive measures if
Khartoum did not
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region." - ], - [ - "Human rights and environmental
activists have hailed the
award of the 2004 Nobel Peace
Prize to Wangari Maathai of
Kenya as fitting recognition
of the growing role of civil
society" - ], - [ - "Federal Reserve Chairman Alan
Greenspan has done it again.
For at least the fourth time
this year, he has touched the
electrified third rail of
American politics - Social
Security." - ], - [ - "An Al Qaeda-linked militant
group beheaded an American
hostage in Iraq and threatened
last night to kill another two
Westerners in 24 hours unless
women prisoners were freed
from Iraqi jails." - ], - [ - "TechWeb - An Indian Institute
of Technology professor--and
open-source evangelist--
discusses the role of Linux
and open source in India." - ], - [ - "Here are some of the latest
health and medical news
developments, compiled by
editors of HealthDay: -----
Contaminated Fish in Many U.S.
Lakes and Rivers Fish
that may be contaminated with
dioxin, mercury, PCBs and
pesticides are swimming in
more than one-third of the
United States' lakes and
nearly one-quarter of its
rivers, according to a list of
advisories released by the
Environmental Protection
Agency..." - ], - [ - "Argentina, Denmark, Greece,
Japan and Tanzania on Friday
won coveted two-year terms on
the UN Security Council at a
time when pressure is mounting
to expand the powerful
15-nation body." - ], - [ - "Description: Scientists say
the arthritis drug Bextra may
pose increased risk of
cardiovascular troubles.
Bextra is related to Vioxx,
which was pulled off the
market in September for the
same reason." - ], - [ - "Steve Francis and Shaquille O
#39;Neal enjoyed big debuts
with their new teams. Kobe
Bryant found out he can #39;t
carry the Lakers all by
himself." - ], - [ - "The trial of a lawsuit by Walt
Disney Co. shareholders who
accuse the board of directors
of rubberstamping a deal to
hire Michael Ovitz" - ], - [ - "Australia, by winning the
third Test at Nagpur on
Friday, also won the four-
match series 2-0 with one
match to go. Australia had
last won a Test series in
India way back in December
1969 when Bill Lawry #39;s
team beat Nawab Pataudi #39;s
Indian team 3-1." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES Grocery giant
Albertsons says it has
purchased Bristol Farms, which
operates eleven upscale stores
in Southern California." - ], - [ - "ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India
agreed on Friday to re-open
the Khokhropar-Munabao railway
link, which was severed nearly
40 years ago." - ], - [ - "Final Score: Connecticut 61,
New York 51 New York, NY
(Sports Network) - Nykesha
Sales scored 15 points to lead
Connecticut to a 61-51 win
over New York in Game 1 of
their best-of-three Eastern
Conference Finals series at
Madison Square Garden." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Stocks moved higher
Friday as a stronger than
expected retail sales report
showed that higher oil prices
aren't scaring consumers away
from spending. Federal Reserve
Chairman Alan Greenspan's
positive comments on oil
prices also encouraged
investors..." - ], - [ - "The figures from a survey
released today are likely to
throw more people into the
ranks of the uninsured,
analysts said." - ], - [ - "Bill Gates is giving his big
speech right now at Microsofts
big Digital Entertainment
Anywhere event in Los Angeles.
Well have a proper report for
you soon, but in the meantime
we figured wed" - ], - [ - "Spinal and non-spinal
fractures are reduced by
almost a third in women age 80
or older who take a drug
called strontium ranelate,
European investigators
announced" - ], - [ - "JB Oxford Holdings Inc., a
Beverly Hills-based discount
brokerage firm, was sued by
the Securities and Exchange
Commission for allegedly
allowing thousands of improper
trades in more than 600 mutual
funds." - ], - [ - "BERLIN: Apple Computer Inc is
planning the next wave of
expansion for its popular
iTunes online music store with
a multi-country European
launch in October, the
services chief architect said
on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Charlotte, NC -- LeBron James
poured in a game-high 19
points and Jeff McInnis scored
18 as the Cleveland Cavaliers
routed the Charlotte Bobcats,
106-89, at the Charlotte
Coliseum." - ], - [ - "Goldman Sachs reported strong
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per cent on the previous
quarter. Full year profit rose
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air-conditioned 10-by-13 foot
cell on the grounds of one of
his former palaces, tending
plants and proclaiming himself
Iraq's lawful ruler." - ], - [ - "Lehmann, who was at fault in
two matches in the tournament
last season, was blundering
again with the German set to
take the rap for both Greek
goals." - ], - [ - "Calls to 13 other countries
will be blocked to thwart
auto-dialer software." - ], - [ - "AP - Brazilian U.N.
peacekeepers will remain in
Haiti until presidential
elections are held in that
Caribbean nation sometime next
year, President Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva said Monday." - ], - [ - "com September 27, 2004, 5:00
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rounds of six-under-par 66 on
Friday to share the lead after
the first round of the CJ Nine
Bridges Classic." - ], - [ - "SPACE.com - The Zero Gravity
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has become the first woman
ever to give birth after
having ovarian tissue removed,
frozen and then implanted back
in her body." - ], - [ - "Argosy Gaming (AGY:NYSE - news
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad
Allawi said Monday. Iraqis are
pushing ahead with reforms and
improvements, Allawi told" - ], - [ - "AP - Their discoveries may be
hard for many to comprehend,
but this year's Nobel Prize
winners still have to explain
what they did and how they did
it." - ], - [ - "The DuPont Co. has agreed to
pay up to \\$340 million to
settle a lawsuit that it
contaminated water supplies in
West Virginia and Ohio with a
chemical used to make Teflon,
one of its best-known brands." - ], - [ - "Benfica and Real Madrid set
the standard for soccer
success in Europe in the late
1950s and early #39;60s. The
clubs have evolved much
differently, but both have
struggled" - ], - [ - "AP - Musicians, composers and
authors were among the more
than two dozen people
Wednesday honored with
National Medal of Arts and
National Humanities awards at
the White House." - ], - [ - "More than 15 million homes in
the UK will be able to get on-
demand movies by 2008, say
analysts." - ], - [ - "Wynton Marsalis, the trumpet-
playing star and artistic
director of Jazz at Lincoln
Center, has become an entity
above and around the daily
jazz world." - ], - [ - "A well-researched study by the
National Academy of Sciences
makes a persuasive case for
refurbishing the Hubble Space
Telescope. NASA, which is
reluctant to take this
mission, should rethink its
position." - ], - [ - "BUENOS AIRES: Pakistan has
ratified the Kyoto Protocol on
Climatic Change, Environment
Minister Malik Khan said on
Thursday. He said that
Islamabad has notified UN
authorities of ratification,
which formally comes into
effect in February 2005." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Jeffrey Greenberg,
chairman and chief\\executive
of embattled insurance broker
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expected to step down within
hours, a newspaper\\reported on
Friday, citing people close to
the discussions." - ], - [ - "Staff Sgt. Johnny Horne, Jr.,
and Staff Sgt. Cardenas Alban
have been charged with murder
in the death of an Iraqi, the
1st Cavalry Division announced
Monday." - ], - [ - "LONDON -- In a deal that
appears to buck the growing
trend among governments to
adopt open-source
alternatives, the U.K.'s
Office of Government Commerce
(OGC) is negotiating a renewal
of a three-year agreement with
Microsoft Corp." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania
law requiring Internet service
providers (ISPs) to block Web
sites the state's prosecuting
attorneys deem to be child
pornography has been reversed
by a U.S. federal court, with
the judge ruling the law
violated free speech rights." - ], - [ - "The Microsoft Corp. chairman
receives four million e-mails
a day, but practically an
entire department at the
company he founded is
dedicated to ensuring that
nothing unwanted gets into his
inbox, the company #39;s chief
executive said Thursday." - ], - [ - "The 7100t has a mobile phone,
e-mail, instant messaging, Web
browsing and functions as an
organiser. The device looks
like a mobile phone and has
the features of the other
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large screen" - ], - [ - "President Vladimir Putin makes
a speech as he hosts Russia
#39;s Olympic athletes at a
Kremlin banquet in Moscow,
Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004." - ], - [ - "Apple Computer has unveiled
two new versions of its hugely
successful iPod: the iPod
Photo and the U2 iPod. Apple
also has expanded" - ], - [ - "Pakistan are closing in fast
on Sri Lanka #39;s first
innings total after impressing
with both ball and bat on the
second day of the opening Test
in Faisalabad." - ], - [ - "A state regulatory board
yesterday handed a five-year
suspension to a Lawrence
funeral director accused of
unprofessional conduct and
deceptive practices, including
one case where he refused to
complete funeral arrangements
for a client because she had
purchased a lower-priced
casket elsewhere." - ], - [ - "AP - This year's hurricanes
spread citrus canker to at
least 11,000 trees in
Charlotte County, one of the
largest outbreaks of the
fruit-damaging infection to
ever affect Florida's citrus
industry, state officials
said." - ], - [ - "AFP - Hundreds of Buddhists in
southern Russia marched
through snow to see and hear
the Dalai Lama as he continued
a long-awaited visit to the
country in spite of Chinese
protests." - ], - [ - "British officials were on
diplomatic tenterhooks as they
awaited the arrival on
Thursday of French President
Jacques Chirac for a two-day
state visit to Britain." - ], - [ - " SYDNEY (Reuters) - A group of
women on Pitcairn Island in
the South Pacific are standing
by their men, who face
underage sex charges, saying
having sex at age 12 is a
tradition dating back to 18th
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on the island." - ], - [ - "Two aircraft are flying out
from the UK on Sunday to
deliver vital aid and supplies
to Haiti, which has been
devastated by tropical storm
Jeanne." - ], - [ - "A scare triggered by a
vibrating sex toy shut down a
major Australian regional
airport for almost an hour
Monday, police said. The
vibrating object was
discovered Monday morning" - ], - [ - "IBM moved back into the iSCSI
(Internet SCSI) market Friday
with a new array priced at
US\\$3,000 and aimed at the
small and midsize business
market." - ], - [ - "Ron Artest has been hit with a
season long suspension,
unprecedented for the NBA
outside doping cases; Stephen
Jackson banned for 30 games;
Jermaine O #39;Neal for 25
games and Anthony Johnson for
five." - ], - [ - "The California Public
Utilities Commission on
Thursday upheld a \\$12.1
million fine against Cingular
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year investigation into the
cellular telephone company
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that left South Africa in 1986
after apartheid protests, may
soon resume retail operations
in the nation." - ], - [ - "AP - An Indiana congressional
candidate abruptly walked off
the set of a debate because
she got stage fright." - ], - [ - "Italian-based Parmalat is
suing its former auditors --
Grant Thornton International
and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
-- for billions of dollars in
damages. Parmalat blames its
demise on the two companies
#39; mismanagement of its
finances." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Having reached out
to Kashmiris during a two-day
visit to the region, the prime
minister heads this weekend to
the country's volatile
northeast, where public anger
is high over alleged abuses by
Indian soldiers." - ], - [ - "SAN JUAN IXTAYOPAN, Mexico --
A pair of wooden crosses
outside the elementary school
are all that mark the macabre
site where, just weeks ago, an
angry mob captured two federal
police officers, beat them
unconscious, and set them on
fire." - ], - [ - "Three shots behind Grace Park
with five holes to go, six-
time LPGA player of the year
Sorenstam rallied with an
eagle, birdie and three pars
to win her fourth Samsung
World Championship by three
shots over Park on Sunday." - ], - [ - "update An alliance of
technology workers on Tuesday
accused conglomerate Honeywell
International of planning to
move thousands of jobs to low-
cost regions over the next
five years--a charge that
Honeywell denies." - ], - [ - "NSW Rugby CEO Fraser Neill
believes Waratah star Mat
Rogers has learned his lesson
after he was fined and ordered
to do community service
following his controversial
comments about the club rugby
competition." - ], - [ - "American Technology Research
analyst Shaw Wu has initiated
coverage of Apple Computer
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target of US\\$78 per share." - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com - Cell
phone shoppers looking for new
deals and features didn't find
them yesterday, a day after
Sprint Corp. and Nextel
Communications Inc. announced
a merger that the phone
companies promised would shake
up the wireless business." - ], - [ - "ATHENS: China, the dominant
force in world diving for the
best part of 20 years, won six
out of eight Olympic titles in
Athens and prompted
speculation about a clean
sweep when they stage the
Games in Beijing in 2008." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Northrop
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ships and space technology
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pulled the plug on its Linux-
based PDAs in the United
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will continue to sell them in
Japan where they sell like hot
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plane diverted to Ireland
following a bomb alert, the
second faced by the Greek
carrier in four days, resumed
its journey to New York after
no device was found on board,
airport officials said." - ], - [ - "New NavOne offers handy PDA
and Pocket PC connectivity,
but fails to impress on
everything else." - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - Shares of
Iamgold fell more than 10 per
cent after its proposed merger
with Gold Fields Ltd. was
thrown into doubt Monday as
South Africa #39;s Harmony
Gold Mining Company Ltd." - ], - [ - "The Marvel deal calls for
Mforma to work with the comic
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variety of mobile applications
based on Marvel content." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
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8-week low under \\$46 a
barrel, as growing fuel stocks
in the United States eased
fears of a winter supply
crunch." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
United States said on Friday
it is preparing a new U.N.
resolution on Darfur and that
Secretary of State Colin
Powell might address next week
whether the violence in
western Sudan constitutes
genocide." - ], - [ - "The Houston Astros won their
19th straight game at home and
are one game from winning
their first playoff series in
42 years." - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com - The
Portable Media Center -- a
new, Microsoft-conceived
handheld device that presents
video and photos as well as
music -- would be a decent
idea if there weren't such a
thing as lampposts. Or street
signs. Or trees. Or other
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relay critical data on
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shares were expected to open
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crude oil pushed to a fresh
high overnight, while Web
search engine Google Inc.
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cool when starting center
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for all its nationals known to
be working in Iraq following a
claim by a radical Islamic
group to have kidnapped two
Australians, Foreign Affairs
Minister Alexander Downer
said." - ], - [ - "A new worm can spy on users by
hijacking their Web cameras, a
security firm warned Monday.
The Rbot.gr worm -- the latest
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higher oil prices cutting into
corporate profits and
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chairman." - ], - [ - "AP - Two-time U.S. Open
doubles champion Max Mirnyi
will lead the Belarus team
that faces the United States
in the Davis Cup semifinals in
Charleston later this month." - ], - [ - "The hurricane appeared to be
strengthening and forecasters
warned of an increased threat
of serious flooding and wind
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traditional consumer telephone
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of a European Commission
meeting to consider possible
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Republic to the hockey gold
medal at the 1998 Nagano
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of the Pittsburgh Penguins two
years later." - ], - [ - "Four homeless men were
bludgeoned to death and six
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Friday following early morning
attacks by unknown assailants
in downtown streets of Sao
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said." - ], - [ - "OPEC ministers yesterday
agreed to increase their
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help bring down stubbornly
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second- quarter profit rose 55
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which held that peer-to-peer
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personal computer maker,
Lenovo Group Ltd., said on
Tuesday it was in acquisition
talks with a major technology
company, which a source
familiar with the situation
said was IBM." - ], - [ - "Phone companies are not doing
enough to warn customers about
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Barclays manager of the month
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side were unbeaten during the
month and maintained an
impressive climb to ninth in
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party member Uma Bharti after
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Monday that Kellogg chief
executive Carlos Gutierrez
would replace Don Evans as
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first of many expected changes
to his economic team." - ], - [ - "Iron Mountain moved further
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extended its offer of a \\$10
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leading to the capture of two
separatist leaders who, the
Kremlin claims, were behind
the Beslan massacre." - ], - [ - "AP - Manny Ramirez singled and
scored before leaving with a
bruised knee, and the
streaking Boston Red Sox beat
the Detroit Tigers 5-3 Friday
night for their 10th victory
in 11 games." - ], - [ - "A remote attacker could take
complete control over
computers running many
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a JPEG image that executes
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drugs north of the border. On
a 7-2 vote, the County Council
is approving a plan that would
give county" - ], - [ - "Israels Shin Bet security
service has tightened
protection of the prime
minister, MPs and parliament
ahead of next weeks crucial
vote on a Gaza withdrawal." - ], - [ - "The news comes fast and
furious. Pedro Martinez goes
to Tampa to visit George
Steinbrenner. Theo Epstein and
John Henry go to Florida for
their turn with Pedro. Carl
Pavano comes to Boston to
visit Curt Schilling. Jason
Varitek says he's not a goner.
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says he wishes it could be
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Kentucky stayed at fever pitch
on Thursday as Democratic
challenger Daniel Mongiardo
stressed his opposition to gay
marriage while accusing
Republican incumbent Jim
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attacks that seemed to suggest
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companies use a patented
Honeywell technology for
brightening images and
reducing interference on
displays." - ], - [ - "The co-president of Oracle
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serious about its takeover
offer for PeopleSoft and was
not trying to scare off its
customers." - ], - [ - "VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-based
firm won #39;t sell 1.2
million doses of influenza
vaccine to the United States
after all, announcing Tuesday
that it will sell the doses
within Canada instead." - ], - [ - "An extremely rare Hawaiian
bird dies in captivity,
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a hospital in Syracuse, New
York, while trying to recover
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grandson, Fred Hale III said." - ], - [ - "The Oakland Raiders have
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expected to grant the most
prolific receiver in National
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buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the
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Machines Corp.'s possible exit
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move in what amounts to a long
goodbye from a field it
pioneered and revolutionized." - ], - [ - "Leipzig Game Convention in
Germany, the stage for price-
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announced that it #39;s
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was fired Monday but will be
allowed to finish the season,
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told The Gainesville Sun." - ], - [ - "The country-cooking restaurant
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(Xinhuanet) -- Southern
African countries Tuesday
pledged better trade and
investment relations with
China as well as India in the
final communique released at
the end of their two-day
summit." - ], - [ - "In yet another devastating
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it would be canceling its
4-GHz Pentium chip. The
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discover whether he is allowed
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Englishman has signed
contracts with both teams but
prefers a switch to Williams,
where he began his Formula One
career in 2000." - ], - [ - "Seagate #39;s native SATA
interface technology with
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match the performance of
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last night suffered a
Champions League setback as
Brazilian midfielder Gilberto
Silva (above) was left facing
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released a video saying it
kidnapped a missing journalist
in Iraq and would kill him
unless US forces left Najaf
within 48 hours." - ], - [ - "18 August 2004 -- There has
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US and Iraqi troops and Shi
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radical cleric Muqtada al-
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familiar with one of the most
common questions we hear at
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music?" - ], - [ - " SINGAPORE (Reuters) -
Investors bought shares in
Asian exporters and
electronics firms such as
Fujitsu Ltd. on Tuesday,
buoyed by a favorable outlook
from U.S. technology
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prices." - ], - [ - "Ace Ltd. will stop paying
brokers for steering business
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the five days since New York
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
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insurance industry." - ], - [ - "Vice chairman of the office of
the chief executive officer in
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gum, agreed to buy candy
businesses including Altoids
mints and Life Savers from
Kraft Foods Inc." - ], - [ - "American improves to 3-1 on
the season with a hard-fought
overtime win, 74-63, against
Loyala at Bender Arena on
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on the third Test and the
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drove to the stadium Sunday
morning, his bruised ribs were
so sore, he wasn #39;t sure he
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so single-minded in pursuing
their third Super Bowl triumph
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have no room for any other
history." - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - Canada #39;s
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decision by the Bank of Canada
to raise its overnight rate by
one-quarter of a percentage
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Korea's two-year-old nuclear
crisis has taxed the world's
patience, the chief United
Nations nuclear regulator
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communist Pyongyang to return
to its disarmament treaty
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to announce plans for its
revamped Windows XP Media
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government's choice for
president of war-ravaged
Chechnya appeared to be the
victor Sunday in an election
tainted by charges of fraud
and shadowed by last week's
terrorist destruction of two
airliners. Little more than
two hours after polls closed,
acting Chechen president
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certain to stumble at some
point during the regular
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a team with as many offensive
problems as Baltimore has
right now." - ], - [ - "AP - J.J. Arrington ran for 84
of his 121 yards in the second
half and Aaron Rodgers shook
off a slow start to throw two
touchdown passes to help No. 5
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Ibrahim al-Duri, Saddam
Hussein #39;s deputy whose
capture was announced Sunday,
is 62 and riddled with cancer,
but was public enemy number
two in Iraq for the world
#39;s most powerful military." - ], - [ - "AP - An explosion targeted the
Baghdad governor's convoy as
he was traveling through the
capital Tuesday, killing two
people but leaving him
uninjured, the Interior
Ministry said." - ], - [ - "GENEVA: Rescuers have found
the bodies of five Swiss
firemen who died after the
ceiling of an underground car
park collapsed during a fire,
a police spokesman said last
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front porch is optional where
perhaps 100 people ask
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gracing the nation's dinner
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selectively bred for their
white meat for so many
generations that simply
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many of the big-breasted birds
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created another 43,000 jobs
last month, pushing the
unemployment rate down to 7.1
per cent from 7.2 per cent in
August, Statistics Canada said
Friday." - ], - [ - "The right-win opposition
Conservative Party and Liberal
Center Union won 43 seats in
the 141-member Lithuanian
parliament, after more than 99
percent of the votes were
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new hybrid motors to compete
against Japanese rivals on
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living rooms with the launch
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Windows XP Media Center, a
personal computer designed for
viewing movies, listening to
music and scrolling through
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of practical progress in
bringing security to Darfur,
where more than a million
people have fled their homes
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Shanghai with hometown
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himself quot;here on
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Network) - Andy Roddick and
Mardy Fish will play singles
for the United States in this
weekend #39;s Davis Cup
semifinal matchup against
Belarus." - ], - [ - "AFP - With less than two
months until the November 2
election, President George W.
Bush is working to shore up
support among his staunchest
supporters even as he courts
undecided voters." - ], - [ - "The bass should be in your
face. That's what Matt Kelly,
of Boston's popular punk rock
band Dropkick Murphys, thinks
is the mark of a great stereo
system. And he should know.
Kelly, 29, is the drummer for
the band that likes to think
of itself as a bit of an Irish
lucky charm for the Red Sox." - ], - [ - "Chile's government says it
will build a prison for
officers convicted of human
rights abuses in the Pinochet
era." - ], - [ - "Slumping corporate spending
and exports caused the economy
to slow to a crawl in the
July-September period, with
real gross domestic product
expanding just 0.1 percent
from the previous quarter,
Cabinet Office data showed
Friday." - ], - [ - "US President George W. Bush
signed into law a bill
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subsidy that violated
international trade rules with
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corporate tax cuts and a
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the dollar helped auto makers
among other exporters, but
trade was slow as investors
waited for important Japanese
economic data." - ], - [ - "Jennifer Canada knew she was
entering a boy's club when she
enrolled in Southern Methodist
University's Guildhall school
of video-game making." - ], - [ - "RICKY PONTING believes the
game #39;s watchers have
fallen for the quot;myth
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how to rattle Australia." - ], - [ - "MILWAUKEE (SportsTicker) -
Barry Bonds tries to go where
just two players have gone
before when the San Francisco
Giants visit the Milwaukee
Brewers on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Palestinian leader Mahmoud
Abbas reiterated calls for his
people to drop their weapons
in the struggle for a state. a
clear change of strategy for
peace with Israel after Yasser
Arafat #39;s death." - ], - [ - "The new software is designed
to simplify the process of
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business applications." - ], - [ - "SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Colorado
Group Ltd. (CDO.AU), an
Australian footwear and
clothing retailer, said Monday
it expects net profit for the
fiscal year ending Jan. 29 to
be over 30 higher than that of
a year earlier." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - What are the odds
that a tiny nation like
Antigua and Barbuda could take
on the United States in an
international dispute and win?" - ], - [ - "AP - With Tom Brady as their
quarterback and a stingy,
opportunistic defense, it's
difficult to imagine when the
New England Patriots might
lose again. Brady and
defensive end Richard Seymour
combined to secure the
Patriots' record-tying 18th
straight victory, 31-17 over
the Buffalo Bills on Sunday." - ], - [ - "FRANKFURT, GERMANY -- The
German subsidiaries of
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) and
Novell Inc. are teaming to
offer Linux-based products to
the country's huge public
sector." - ], - [ - "SBC Communications expects to
cut 10,000 or more jobs by the
end of next year through
layoffs and attrition. That
#39;s about six percent of the
San Antonio-based company
#39;s work force." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's
U.S.-backed government said on
Tuesday that \"major neglect\"
by its American-led military
allies led to a massacre of 49
army recruits at the weekend." - ], - [ - "SiliconValley.com - \"I'm
back,\" declared Apple
Computer's Steve Jobs on
Thursday morning in his first
public appearance before
reporters since cancer surgery
in late July." - ], - [ - "BEIJING -- Police have
detained a man accused of
slashing as many as nine boys
to death as they slept in
their high school dormitory in
central China, state media
reported today." - ], - [ - "Health India: London, Nov 4 :
Cosmetic face cream used by
fashionable Roman women was
discovered at an ongoing
archaeological dig in London,
in a metal container, complete
with the lid and contents." - ], - [ - "Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon #39;s Likud party
agreed on Thursday to a
possible alliance with
opposition Labour in a vote
that averted a snap election
and strengthened his Gaza
withdrawal plan." - ], - [ - "Another United Airlines union
is seeking to oust senior
management at the troubled
airline, saying its strategies
are reckless and incompetent." - ], - [ - "Approaching Hurricane Ivan has
led to postponement of the
game Thursday night between
10th-ranked California and
Southern Mississippi in
Hattiesburg, Cal #39;s
athletic director said Monday." - ], - [ - "Global oil prices boomed on
Wednesday, spreading fear that
energy prices will restrain
economic activity, as traders
worried about a heating oil
supply crunch in the American
winter." - ], - [ - "Custom-designed imported
furniture was once an
exclusive realm. Now, it's the
economical alternative for
commercial developers and
designers needing everything
from seats to beds to desks
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Tuesday issued a patch for
Virtual PC 7 that fixes a
problem that occurred when
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Previously, Virtual PC 7 would
not run on those computers,
causing a fatal error that
crashed the application.
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counterpart Gloria Arroyo and
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Bradley Wiggins won the men
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13 innings Monday night with
the Red Sox trying to stay
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for Game 3 of the NL
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next year despite having
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Prime Minister Tony Blair
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John Howard said today." - ], - [ - "AFP - A battle group of
British troops rolled out of
southern Iraq on a US-
requested mission to deadlier
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political gamble for British
Prime Minister Tony Blair." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
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threat and agree on a plan of
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mixture of exhilaration that
the Athens Olympics proved
successful, and relief that
they passed off without any
major setback." - ], - [ - "SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple
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unveiled a batch of new iPods,
iTunes software and promos
designed to keep it atop the
heap of digital music players." - ], - [ - "Any product, any shape, any
size -- manufactured on your
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fabricator. By Bruce Sterling
from Wired magazine." - ], - [ - "KABUL, Sept 22 (AFP): Three US
soldiers were killed and 14
wounded in a series of fierce
clashes with suspected Taliban
fighters in south and eastern
Afghanistan this week, the US
military said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "The EU and US moved closer to
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failing to reach agreement
during talks Thursday on
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after spending 24 hours in the
hands of Iraqi militants at
the weekend. Martinkus was in
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Dateline TV current affairs
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helicopter fired a missile
into a town in the southern
Gaza Strip late on Wednesday,
witnesses said, hours after a
Palestinian suicide bomber
blew herself up in Jerusalem,
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to stem growing piracy of
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markets is to offer low-cost
computers." - ], - [ - "RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi
police are seeking two young
men in the killing of a Briton
in a Riyadh parking lot, the
Interior Ministry said today,
and the British ambassador
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began falling late Friday
afternoon at New Hampshire
International Speedway, the
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got richer." - ], - [ - "PalmSource surprised the
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with the announcement that it
will acquire China MobileSoft
(CMS), ostensibly to leverage
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building a mobile version of
the Linux operating system." - ], - [ - "JEFFERSON CITY - An election
security expert has raised
questions about Missouri
Secretary of State Matt Blunt
#39;s plan to let soldiers at
remote duty stations or in
combat areas cast their
ballots with the help of
e-mail." - ], - [ - "A gas explosion at a coal mine
in northern China killed 33
workers in the 10th deadly
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from America Online that makes
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leader Yasser Arafat, handed
Arafat #39;s death report to
the Palestinian National
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foreign minister appealed
Monday for the release of two
French journalists abducted in
Baghdad, saying the French
respect all religions. He did
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on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "AFP - Maybe it's something to
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space station streaked into
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forms in the offices of an
Iranian aid group were offered
three choices: Train for
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troops in Iraq, for suicide
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crossed hurdler of her
generation, was unable to
complete even one hurdle in
100-meter event Sunday -
failing once again to win an
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at the Olympics, pulled up
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more predictable for users to
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in his first practice since
Oct. 25, when he aggravated a
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agreed to sign a pledge in the
Kenyan capital on Friday to
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President Alfonso Portillo
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working part-time in the same
Mexican city he fled two
decades ago to avoid arrest on
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launch commercial space
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European Union over biotech
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Trade Organization agreed to
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second quarter of 2004, a
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which has been aggressively
expanding in Asia, plans to
increase its stake in South
Korea's largest online auction
company. The Internet
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night that it would purchase
nearly 3 million publicly held
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Colin Powell wrapped up a
three-nation tour of Asia
after winning pledges from
Japan, China and South Korea
to press North Korea to resume
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suspended senior wide receiver
Craphonso Thorpe for the
Seminoles #39; game against
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tightfisted amid soaring
gasoline costs in August and
hurricane-related disruptions
last week sent applications
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card orders, a new survey
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bristled, battled and
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second US Open title with a
second-round victory over
Moroccan Hicham Arazi on
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maker, Lenovo Group, said
Wednesday it has acquired a
majority stake in
International Business
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computer business for
#36;1.75 billion, one of the
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themselves for a harrowing
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on Sunday to allow the
political party of the deposed
president, Jean-Bertrand
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southern Russia have refused
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#39;t summon the Force for
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Midfielder Edgar Davids #39;s
leadership qualities and
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earned him the captaincy of
the Netherlands under new
coach Marco van Basten." - ], - [ - "COUNTY KILKENNY, Ireland (PA)
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world No. 1 Vijay Singh
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be without the services of Pro
Bowl center Mike Flanagan for
the remainder of the season,
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blood sugar levels more
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Ohio State University Monday
to take another look at the
football program after the
latest round of allegations
made by former players,
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Federal authorities raided
three Washington, D.C.-area
video game stores and arrested
two people for modifying
video game consoles to play
pirated video games, a video
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Ferguson a 1,000th game
anniversary present by
reaching the last 16 of the
Champions League yesterday,
while four-time winners Bayern
Munich romped into the second
round with a 5-1 beating of
Maccabi Tel Aviv." - ], - [ - "Iraq's interim Prime Minister
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proceedings would begin
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Monday that they would begin
deploying set-top boxes
powered by Microsoft software
starting next week." - ], - [ - "SEATTLE - Chasing a nearly
forgotten ghost of the game,
Ichiro Suzuki broke one of
baseball #39;s oldest records
Friday night, smoking a single
up the middle for his 258th
hit of the year and breaking
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the most hits in a season" - ], - [ - "Grace Park, her caddie - and
fans - were poking around in
the desert brush alongside the
18th fairway desperately
looking for her ball." - ], - [ - "Philippines mobile phone
operator Smart Communications
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Singapore #39;s Mobile One for
a possible tie-up,
BusinessWorld reported Monday." - ], - [ - "Washington Redskins kicker
John Hall strained his right
groin during practice
Thursday, his third leg injury
of the season. Hall will be
held out of practice Friday
and is questionable for Sunday
#39;s game against the Chicago
Bears." - ], - [ - "Airline warns it may file for
bankruptcy if too many senior
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retirement." - ], - [ - "A toxic batch of home-brewed
alcohol has killed 31 people
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Arkansas Razorbacks meet for
just the sixth time Saturday.
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year in a restructuring of its
overseas operations." - ], - [ - "A top official of the US Food
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colleagues quot;categorically
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Korea is committed to holding
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resolving the crisis over its
nuclear weapons program, but
has not indicated when, a top
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catcher Mickey Owen dropped a
third strike on Tommy Henrich
of what would have been the
last out of a Dodgers victory
against the New York Yankees.
Given the second chance, the
Yankees scored four runs for a
7-4 victory and a 3-1 lead in
the World Series, which they
ended up winning." - ], - [ - "Federal prosecutors cracked a
global cartel that had
illegally fixed prices of
memory chips in personal
computers and servers for
three years." - ], - [ - "AP - Oracle Corp. CEO Larry
Ellison reiterated his
determination to prevail in a
long-running takeover battle
with rival business software
maker PeopleSoft Inc.,
predicting the proposed deal
will create a more competitive
company with improved customer
service." - ], - [ - "Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal
was arrested on drunken
driving charges Friday, his
second D.U.I. arrest in four
years." - ], - [ - "AFP - British retailer Marks
and Spencer announced a major
management shake-up as part of
efforts to revive its
fortunes, saying trading has
become tougher ahead of the
crucial Christmas period." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's
interim government extended
the closure of Baghdad
international airport
indefinitely on Saturday
under emergency rule imposed
ahead of this week's U.S.-led
offensive on Falluja." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - Natalie
Coughlin's run of bad luck
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better when she won the gold
medal in the women's 100
meters backstroke at the
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rise in third-quarter profit,
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installed services and sales
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fought back from one-month
lows against the euro and
Swiss franc on Wednesday as
investors viewed its sell-off
in the wake of the Federal
Reserve's verdict on interest
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bitterness, doctors and trial
lawyers are squaring off this
fall in an unprecedented four-
state struggle over limiting
malpractice awards..." - ], - [ - "Boston Scientific Corp said on
Friday it has recalled an ear
implant the company acquired
as part of its purchase of
Advanced Bionics in June." - ], - [ - "AP - Pedro Feliz hit a
tiebreaking grand slam with
two outs in the eighth inning
for his fourth hit of the day,
and the Giants helped their
playoff chances with a 9-5
victory over the Los Angeles
Dodgers on Saturday." - ], - [ - "MarketWatch.com. Richemont
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\\$1 in New York on the re-
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Reserve." - ], - [ - "AP - Hundreds of tribesmen
gathered Tuesday near the area
where suspected al-Qaida-
linked militants are holding
two Chinese engineers and
demanding safe passage to
their reputed leader, a former
U.S. prisoner from Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, officials and
residents said." - ], - [ - "AP - Scientists warned Tuesday
that a long-term increase in
global temperature of 3.5
degrees could threaten Latin
American water supplies,
reduce food yields in Asia and
result in a rise in extreme
weather conditions in the
Caribbean." - ], - [ - "AP - Further proof New York's
real estate market is
inflated: The city plans to
sell space on top of lampposts
to wireless phone companies
for #36;21.6 million a year." - ], - [ - "In an alarming development,
high-precision equipment and
materials which could be used
for making nuclear bombs have
disappeared from some Iraqi
facilities, the United Nations
watchdog agency has said." - ], - [ - "Yukos #39; largest oil-
producing unit regained power
supplies from Tyumenenergo, a
Siberia-based electricity
generator, Friday after the
subsidiary pledged to pay 440
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in debt by Oct. 3." - ], - [ - "The rollout of new servers and
networking switches in stores
is part of a five-year
agreement supporting 7-Eleven
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against internet users who
illegally download film files.
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of America, which acts as the
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television-buying frenzy the
run-up to the Athens Olympics,
suggesting that as a nation we
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intact. If you have a Webcam
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expansive, in constant motion." - ], - [ - "LEVERKUSEN/ROME, Dec 7 (SW) -
Dynamo Kiev, Bayer Leverkusen,
and Real Madrid all have a
good chance of qualifying for
the Champions League Round of
16 if they can get the right
results in Group F on
Wednesday night." - ], - [ - "Ed Hinkel made a diving,
fingertip catch for a key
touchdown and No. 16 Iowa
stiffened on defense when it
needed to most to beat Iowa
State 17-10 Saturday." - ], - [ - "During last Sunday #39;s
Nextel Cup race, amid the
ongoing furor over Dale
Earnhardt Jr. #39;s salty
language, NBC ran a commercial
for a show coming on later
that night called quot;Law
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fog and chill, top-ranked
Southern California finishes
its season in familiar
comfort. The Trojans (9-0, 6-0
Pacific-10) have two games at
home #151; against Arizona on
Saturday and Notre Dame on
Nov. 27 #151; before their
rivalry game at UCLA." - ], - [ - "A US airman dies and two are
hurt as a helicopter crashes
due to technical problems in
western Afghanistan." - ], - [ - "Jacques Chirac has ruled out
any withdrawal of French
troops from Ivory Coast,
despite unrest and anti-French
attacks, which have forced the
evacuation of thousands of
Westerners." - ], - [ - "Japanese Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled
his cabinet yesterday,
replacing several top
ministers in an effort to
boost his popularity,
consolidate political support
and quicken the pace of
reforms in the world #39;s
second-largest economy." - ], - [ - "The remnants of Hurricane
Jeanne rained out Monday's
game between the Mets and the
Atlanta Braves. It will be
made up Tuesday as part of a
doubleheader." - ], - [ - "AP - NASCAR is not expecting
any immediate changes to its
top-tier racing series
following the merger between
telecommunications giant
Sprint Corp. and Nextel
Communications Inc." - ], - [ - "AP - Shawn Fanning's Napster
software enabled countless
music fans to swap songs on
the Internet for free, turning
him into the recording
industry's enemy No. 1 in the
process." - ], - [ - "TBILISI (Reuters) - At least
two Georgian soldiers were
killed and five wounded in
artillery fire with
separatists in the breakaway
region of South Ossetia,
Georgian officials said on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Like wide-open races? You
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line of the Big 12 North as it
opens conference play this
weekend." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Walt Disney Co.
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video games for hand-held
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acquisitions of small game
publishers and\\developers,
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Francisco Garcia added 19 and
No. 13 Louisville withstood a
late rally to beat Florida
74-70 Saturday." - ], - [ - "BANGKOK - A UN conference last
week banned commercial trade
in the rare Irrawaddy dolphin,
a move environmentalists said
was needed to save the
threatened species." - ], - [ - "Laksamana.Net - Two Indonesian
female migrant workers freed
by militants in Iraq are
expected to arrive home within
a day or two, the Foreign
Affairs Ministry said
Wednesday (6/10/04)." - ], - [ - "A bitter row between America
and the European Union over
alleged subsidies to rival
aircraft makers Boeing and
Airbus intensified yesterday." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK -- This was all about
Athens, about redemption for
one and validation for the
other. Britain's Paula
Radcliffe, the fastest female
marathoner in history, failed
to finish either of her
Olympic races last summer.
South Africa's Hendrik Ramaala
was a five-ringed dropout,
too, reinforcing his
reputation as a man who could
go only half the distance." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Online media company
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Origin by more than a half." - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - Two-thirds of
banks around the world have
reported an increase in the
volume of suspicious
activities that they report to
police, a new report by KPMG
suggests." - ], - [ - "The Sun may have captured
thousands or even millions of
asteroids from another
planetary system during an
encounter more than four
billion years ago, astronomers
are reporting." - ], - [ - "LONDON -- Ernie Els has set
his sights on an improved
putting display this week at
the World Golf Championships
#39; NEC Invitational in
Akron, Ohio, after the
disappointment of tying for
fourth place at the PGA
Championship last Sunday." - ], - [ - "The Atkins diet frenzy slowed
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with \\$105 billion in sales
last year." - ], - [ - "Luxury carmaker Jaguar said
Friday it was stopping
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central England, resulting in
a loss of 1,100 jobs,
following poor sales in the
key US market." - ], - [ - "A bus was hijacked today and
shots were fired at police who
surrounded it on the outskirts
of Athens. Police did not know
how many passengers were
aboard the bus." - ], - [ - "Thumb through the book - then
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shuffled his Cabinet on
Monday, just weeks after the
United States and the United
Nations challenged Syria over
its military presence in
Lebanon and the security
situation along its border
with Iraq." - ], - [ - "Fiji #39;s Vijay Singh
replaced Tiger Woods as the
world #39;s No.1 ranked golfer
today by winning the PGA
Deutsche Bank Championship." - ], - [ - "LEIPZIG, Germany : Jurgen
Klinsmann enjoyed his first
home win as German manager
with his team defeating ten-
man Cameroon 3-0 in a friendly
match." - ], - [ - "AP - Kevin Brown had a chance
to claim a place in Yankees
postseason history with his
start in Game 7 of the AL
championship series." - ], - [ - "Reuters - High-definition
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racing." - ], - [ - "HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Kurt Busch
got his first big break in
NASCAR by winning a 1999
talent audition nicknamed
quot;The Gong Show. quot; He
was selected from dozens of
unknown, young race drivers to
work for one of the sport
#39;s most famous team owners,
Jack Roush." - ], - [ - "AP - President Vladimir Putin
has signed a bill confirming
Russia's ratification of the
Kyoto Protocol, the Kremlin
said Friday, clearing the way
for the global climate pact to
come into force early next
year." - ], - [ - "John Gibson said Friday that
he decided to resign as chief
executive officer of
Halliburton Energy Services
when it became apparent he
couldn #39;t become the CEO of
the entire corporation, after
getting a taste of the No." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - Apple Computer
Inc. on Monday released an
update for Apple Remote
Desktop (ARD), the company's
software solution to assist
Mac system administrators and
computer managers with asset
management, software
distribution and help desk
support. ARD 2.1 includes
several enhancements and bug
fixes." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK (Reuters) - Outback
Steakhouse Inc. said Tuesday
it lost about 130 operating
days and up to \\$2 million in
revenue because it had to
close some restaurants in the
South due to Hurricane
Charley." - ], - [ - "State insurance commissioners
from across the country have
proposed new rules governing
insurance brokerage fees,
winning praise from an
industry group and criticism
from" - ], - [ - "AP - The authenticity of newly
unearthed memos stating that
George W. Bush failed to meet
standards of the Texas Air
National Guard during the
Vietnam War was questioned
Thursday by the son of the
late officer who reportedly
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Ont. (CP) - The body of a
missing autistic man was
pulled from a creek Monday,
just metres from where a key
piece of evidence was
uncovered but originally
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Committee (IOC) has urged
Beijing to ensure the city is
ready to host the 2008 Games
well in advance, an official
said on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AFP - German Chancellor
Gerhard Schroeder arrived in
Libya for an official visit
during which he is to hold
talks with Libyan leader
Moamer Kadhafi." - ], - [ - "The fastest-swiveling space
science observatory ever built
rocketed into orbit on
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for celestial explosions." - ], - [ - "The government will examine
claims 100,000 Iraqi civilians
have been killed since the US-
led invasion, Jack Straw says." - ], - [ - "Virginia Tech scores 24 points
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Windows-based Web search
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further toward the advent of
HD DVD media and drives with
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the organisations steering
committee last week." - ], - [ - "Eton College and Clarence
House joined forces yesterday
to deny allegations due to be
made at an employment tribunal
today by a former art teacher
that she improperly helped
Prince Harry secure an A-level
pass in art two years ago." - ], - [ - "AFP - Great Britain's chances
of qualifying for the World
Group of the Davis Cup were
evaporating rapidly after
Austria moved into a 2-1 lead
following the doubles." - ], - [ - "AP - Martina Navratilova's
long, illustrious career will
end without an Olympic medal.
The 47-year-old Navratilova
and Lisa Raymond lost 6-4,
4-6, 6-4 on Thursday night to
fifth-seeded Shinobu Asagoe
and Ai Sugiyama of Japan in
the quarterfinals, one step
shy of the medal round." - ], - [ - "Often pigeonholed as just a
seller of televisions and DVD
players, Royal Philips
Electronics said third-quarter
profit surged despite a slide
into the red by its consumer
electronics division." - ], - [ - "AP - Google, the Internet
search engine, has done
something that law enforcement
officials and their computer
tools could not: Identify a
man who died in an apparent
hit-and-run accident 11 years
ago in this small town outside
Yakima." - ], - [ - "We are all used to IE getting
a monthly new security bug
found, but Winamp? In fact,
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flaw found in the application." - ], - [ - "The Apache Software Foundation
and the Debian Project said
they won't support the Sender
ID e-mail authentication
standard in their products." - ], - [ - "USATODAY.com - The newly
restored THX 1138 arrives on
DVD today with Star Wars
creator George Lucas' vision
of a Brave New World-like
future." - ], - [ - "Office Depot Inc. (ODP.N:
Quote, Profile, Research) on
Tuesday warned of weaker-than-
expected profits for the rest
of the year because of
disruptions from the string of
hurricanes" - ], - [ - "THE photo-equipment maker
Kodak yesterday announced
plans to axe 600 jobs in the
UK and close a factory in
Nottinghamshire, in a move in
line with the giants global
restructuring strategy
unveiled last January." - ], - [ - "The chances of scientists
making any one of five
discoveries by 2010 have been
hugely underestimated,
according to bookmakers." - ], - [ - "Asia-Pacific leaders meet in
Australia to discuss how to
keep nuclear weapons out of
the hands of extremists." - ], - [ - " TALL AFAR, Iraq -- A three-
foot-high coil of razor wire,
21-ton armored vehicles and
American soldiers with black
M-4 assault rifles stood
between tens of thousands of
people and their homes last
week." - ], - [ - "PSV Eindhoven re-established
their five-point lead at the
top of the Dutch Eredivisie
today with a 2-0 win at
Vitesse Arnhem. Former
Sheffield Wednesday striker
Gerald Sibon put PSV ahead in
the 56th minute" - ], - [ - "China's central bank on
Thursday raised interest rates
for the first time in nearly a
decade, signaling deepening
unease with the breakneck pace
of development and an intent
to reign in a construction
boom now sowing fears of
runaway inflation." - ], - [ - "Deepening its commitment to
help corporate users create
SOAs (service-oriented
architectures) through the use
of Web services, IBM's Global
Services unit on Thursday
announced the formation of an
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NASCAR Nextel Cup Sylvania 300
qualifying at N.H.
International Speedway,
Loudon, N.H., TNT PRO BASEBALL
7 p.m. -- Red Sox at New York
Yankees, Ch. 38, WEEI (850)
(on cable systems where Ch. 38
is not available, the game
will air on NESN); Chicago
Cubs at Cincinnati, ESPN 6
p.m. -- Eastern League finals:
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Board of Control for Cricket
in India (BCCI) today informed
the Bombay High Court that it
was cancelling the entire
tender process regarding
cricket telecast rights as
also the conditional deal with
Zee TV." - ], - [ - "CHICAGO - Delta Air Lines
(DAL) said Wednesday it plans
to eliminate between 6,000 and
6,900 jobs during the next 18
months, implement a 10 across-
the-board pay reduction and
reduce employee benefits." - ], - [ - "LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. - Even
though he's facing double hip
replacement surgery, Bill
Smith is more than happy to
struggle out the door each
morning, limp past his brand
new P.T..." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
stocks were likely to open
flat on Wednesday, with high
oil prices and profit warnings
weighing on the market before
earnings reports start and key
jobs data is released this
week." - ], - [ - "Best known for its popular
search engine, Google is
rapidly rolling out new
products and muscling into
Microsoft's stronghold: the
computer desktop. The
competition means consumers
get more choices and better
products." - ], - [ - "Toshiba Corp. #39;s new
desktop-replacement multimedia
notebooks, introduced on
Tuesday, are further evidence
that US consumers still have
yet to embrace the mobility
offered by Intel Corp." - ], - [ - "JEJU, South Korea : Grace Park
of South Korea won an LPGA
Tour tournament, firing a
seven-under-par 65 in the
final round of the
1.35-million dollar CJ Nine
Bridges Classic." - ], - [ - " JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
poured cold water on Tuesday
on recent international
efforts to restart stalled
peace talks with Syria, saying
there was \"no possibility\" of
returning to previous
discussions." - ], - [ - "Dutch smugness was slapped
hard during the past
fortnight. The rude awakening
began with the barbaric
slaying of controversial
filmmaker Theo van Gogh on
November 2. Then followed a
reciprocal cycle of some" - ], - [ - "AP - The NHL will lock out its
players Thursday, starting a
work stoppage that threatens
to keep the sport off the ice
for the entire 2004-05 season." - ], - [ - " MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's
Gazprom said on Tuesday it
will bid for embattled oil
firm YUKOS' main unit next
month, as the Kremlin seeks
to turn the world's biggest
gas producer into a major oil
player." - ], - [ - "pee writes quot;A passenger
on a commuter plane in
northern Norway attacked both
pilots and at least one
passenger with an axe as the
aircraft was coming in to
land." - ], - [ - "Aregular Amazon customer,
Yvette Thompson has found
shopping online to be mostly
convenient and trouble-free.
But last month, after ordering
two CDs on Amazon.com, the
Silver Spring reader
discovered on her bank
statement that she was double-
charged for the \\$26.98 order.
And there was a \\$25 charge
that was a mystery." - ], - [ - "Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
pledged Sunday to escalate a
broad Israeli offensive in
northern Gaza, saying troops
will remain until Palestinian
rocket attacks are halted.
Israeli officials said the
offensive -- in which 58
Palestinians and three
Israelis have been killed --
will help clear the way for an
Israeli withdrawal." - ], - [ - "Federal Reserve officials
raised a key short-term
interest rate Tuesday for the
fifth time this year, and
indicated they will gradually
move rates higher next year to
keep inflation under control
as the economy expands." - ], - [ - "Canadians are paying more to
borrow money for homes, cars
and other purchases today
after a quarter-point
interest-rate increase by the
Bank of Canada yesterday was
quickly matched by the
chartered banks." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Wall Street
professionals know to keep
their expectations in check in
September, historically the
worst month of the year for
stocks. As summertime draws to
a close, money managers are
getting back to business,
cleaning house, and often
sending the market lower in
the process..." - ], - [ - "A group linked to al Qaeda
ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said
it had tried to kill Iraq
#39;s environment minister on
Tuesday and warned it would
not miss next time, according
to an Internet statement." - ], - [ - "The Israeli military killed
four Palestinian militants on
Wednesday as troops in tanks
and armored vehicles pushed
into another town in the
northern Gaza Strip, extending" - ], - [ - "When Paula Radcliffe dropped
out of the Olympic marathon
miles from the finish, she
sobbed uncontrollably.
Margaret Okayo knew the
feeling." - ], - [ - "Delta Air Lines is to issue
millions of new shares without
shareholder consent as part of
moves to ensure its survival." - ], - [ - "First baseman Richie Sexson
agrees to a four-year contract
with the Seattle Mariners on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "KIRKUK, Iraq - A suicide
attacker detonated a car bomb
Saturday outside a police
academy in the northern Iraqi
city of Kirkuk as hundreds of
trainees and civilians were
leaving for the day, killing
at least 20 people and
wounding 36, authorities said.
Separately, U.S and Iraqi
forces clashed with insurgents
in another part of northern
Iraq after launching an
operation to destroy an
alleged militant cell in the
town of Tal Afar, the U.S..." - ], - [ - "Genta (GNTA:Nasdaq - news -
research) is never boring!
Monday night, the company
announced that its phase III
Genasense study in chronic
lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) met
its primary endpoint, which
was tumor shrinkage." - ], - [ - "Finnish mobile giant Nokia has
described its new Preminet
solution, which it launched
Monday (Oct. 25), as a
quot;major worldwide
initiative." - ], - [ - "While the entire airline
industry #39;s finances are
under water, ATA Airlines will
have to hold its breath longer
than its competitors to keep
from going belly up." - ], - [ - " SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - At
virtually every turn, Intel
Corp. executives are heaping
praise on an emerging long-
range wireless technology
known as WiMAX, which can
blanket entire cities with
high-speed Internet access." - ], - [ - "One day after ousting its
chief executive, the nation's
largest insurance broker said
it will tell clients exactly
how much they are paying for
services and renounce back-
door payments from carriers." - ], - [ - "LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Outlining
an expectation for higher oil
prices and increasing demand,
Royal Dutch/Shell on Wednesday
said it #39;s lifting project
spending to \\$45 billion over
the next three years." - ], - [ - "Tuesday #39;s meeting could
hold clues to whether it
#39;ll be a November or
December pause in rate hikes.
By Chris Isidore, CNN/Money
senior writer." - ], - [ - "Phishing is one of the
fastest-growing forms of
personal fraud in the world.
While consumers are the most
obvious victims, the damage
spreads far wider--hurting
companies #39; finances and
reputations and potentially" - ], - [ - "Reuters - The U.S. Interior
Department on\\Friday gave
final approval to a plan by
ConocoPhillips and\\partner
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to
develop five tracts around\\the
oil-rich Alpine field on
Alaska's North Slope." - ], - [ - "The dollar may fall against
the euro for a third week in
four on concern near-record
crude oil prices will temper
the pace of expansion in the
US economy, a survey by
Bloomberg News indicates." - ], - [ - "The battle for the British-
based Chelsfield plc hotted up
at the weekend, with reports
from London that the property
giant #39;s management was
working on its own bid to
thwart the 585 million (\\$A1." - ], - [ - "Atari has opened the initial
sign-up phase of the closed
beta for its Dungeons amp;
Dragons real-time-strategy
title, Dragonshard." - ], - [ - "AP - Many states are facing
legal challenges over possible
voting problems Nov. 2. A look
at some of the developments
Thursday:" - ], - [ - "Israeli troops withdrew from
the southern Gaza Strip town
of Khan Yunis on Tuesday
morning, following a 30-hour
operation that left 17
Palestinians dead." - ], - [ - "Notes and quotes from various
drivers following California
Speedway #39;s Pop Secret 500.
Jeff Gordon slipped to second
in points following an engine
failure while Jimmie Johnson
moved back into first." - ], - [ - "PM-designate Omar Karameh
forms a new 30-member cabinet
which includes women for the
first time." - ], - [ - "Bahrain #39;s king pardoned a
human rights activist who
convicted of inciting hatred
of the government and
sentenced to one year in
prison Sunday in a case linked
to criticism of the prime
minister." - ], - [ - "Big Blue adds features, beefs
up training efforts in China;
rival Unisys debuts new line
and pricing plan." - ], - [ - " MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Sports
Network) - The Memphis
Grizzlies signed All-Star
forward Pau Gasol to a multi-
year contract on Friday.
Terms of the deal were not
announced." - ], - [ - "Leaders from 38 Asian and
European nations are gathering
in Vietnam for a summit of the
Asia-Europe Meeting, know as
ASEM. One thousand delegates
are to discuss global trade
and regional politics during
the two-day forum." - ], - [ - "A US soldier has pleaded
guilty to murdering a wounded
16-year-old Iraqi boy. Staff
Sergeant Johnny Horne was
convicted Friday of the
unpremeditated murder" - ], - [ - "Andre Agassi brushed past
Jonas Bjorkman 6-3 6-4 at the
Stockholm Open on Thursday to
set up a quarter-final meeting
with Spanish sixth seed
Fernando Verdasco." - ], - [ - "South Korea's Hynix
Semiconductor Inc. and Swiss-
based STMicroelectronics NV
signed a joint-venture
agreement on Tuesday to
construct a memory chip
manufacturing plant in Wuxi,
about 100 kilometers west of
Shanghai, in China." - ], - [ - "SAN DIEGO --(Business Wire)--
Oct. 11, 2004 -- Breakthrough
PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne 8.11
Applications Enable
Manufacturers to Become
Demand-Driven." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Oil prices rose on
Friday as tight\\supplies of
distillate fuel, including
heating oil, ahead of\\the
northern hemisphere winter
spurred buying." - ], - [ - "Well, Intel did say -
dismissively of course - that
wasn #39;t going to try to
match AMD #39;s little dual-
core Opteron demo coup of last
week and show off a dual-core
Xeon at the Intel Developer
Forum this week and - as good
as its word - it didn #39;t." - ], - [ - "Guinea-Bissau #39;s army chief
of staff and former interim
president, General Verissimo
Correia Seabra, was killed
Wednesday during unrest by
mutinous soldiers in the
former Portuguese" - ], - [ - "31 October 2004 -- Exit polls
show that Prime Minister
Viktor Yanukovich and
challenger Viktor Yushchenko
finished on top in Ukraine
#39;s presidential election
today and will face each other
in a run-off next month." - ], - [ - "Nov. 18, 2004 - An FDA
scientist says the FDA, which
is charged with protecting
America #39;s prescription
drug supply, is incapable of
doing so." - ], - [ - "Rock singer Bono pledges to
spend the rest of his life
trying to eradicate extreme
poverty around the world." - ], - [ - "AP - Just when tourists
thought it was safe to go back
to the Princess Diana memorial
fountain, the mud has struck." - ], - [ - "The UK's inflation rate fell
in September, thanks in part
to a fall in the price of
airfares, increasing the
chance that interest rates
will be kept on hold." - ], - [ - " HONG KONG/SAN FRANCISCO
(Reuters) - IBM is selling its
PC-making business to China's
largest personal computer
company, Lenovo Group Ltd.,
for \\$1.25 billion, marking
the U.S. firm's retreat from
an industry it helped pioneer
in 1981." - ], - [ - "AP - Three times a week, The
Associated Press picks an
issue and asks President Bush
and Democratic presidential
candidate John Kerry a
question about it. Today's
question and their responses:" - ], - [ - " BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston was
tingling with anticipation on
Saturday as the Red Sox
prepared to host Game One of
the World Series against the
St. Louis Cardinals and take a
step toward ridding
themselves of a hex that has
hung over the team for eight
decades." - ], - [ - "FOR the first time since his
appointment as Newcastle
United manager, Graeme Souness
has been required to display
the strong-arm disciplinary
qualities that, to Newcastle
directors, made" - ], - [ - "In an apparent damage control
exercise, Russian President
Vladimir Putin on Saturday
said he favored veto rights
for India as new permanent
member of the UN Security
Council." - ], - [ - "Nordstrom reported a strong
second-quarter profit as it
continued to select more
relevant inventory and sell
more items at full price." - ], - [ - "WHY IT HAPPENED Tom Coughlin
won his first game as Giants
coach and immediately
announced a fine amnesty for
all Giants. Just kidding." - ], - [ - "A second-place finish in his
first tournament since getting
married was good enough to
take Tiger Woods from third to
second in the world rankings." - ], - [ - " COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado
(Reuters) - World 400 meters
champion Jerome Young has been
given a lifetime ban from
athletics for a second doping
offense, the U.S. Anti-Doping
Agency (USADA) said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Nigeria's Senate has
ordered a subsidiary of
petroleum giant Royal/Dutch
Shell to pay a Nigerian ethnic
group #36;1.5 billion for oil
spills in their homelands, but
the legislative body can't
enforce the resolution, an
official said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "IT #39;S BEEN a heck of an
interesting two days here in
Iceland. I #39;ve seen some
interesting technology, heard
some inventive speeches and
met some people with different
ideas." - ], - [ - "The Bank of England is set to
keep interest rates on hold
following the latest meeting
of the its Monetary Policy
Committee." - ], - [ - "Australian troops in Baghdad
came under attack today for
the first time since the end
of the Iraq war when a car
bomb exploded injuring three
soldiers and damaging an
Australian armoured convoy." - ], - [ - "The Bush administration upheld
yesterday the imposition of
penalty tariffs on shrimp
imports from China and
Vietnam, handing a victory to
beleaguered US shrimp
producers." - ], - [ - "House prices rose 0.2 percent
in September compared with the
month before to stand up 17.8
percent on a year ago, the
Nationwide Building Society
says." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Two clients of
Germany's Postbank\\(DPBGn.DE)
fell for an e-mail fraud that
led them to reveal\\money
transfer codes to a bogus Web
site -- the first case of\\this
scam in German, prosecutors
said on Thursday." - ], - [ - "US spending on information
technology goods, services,
and staff will grow seven
percent in 2005 and continue
at a similar pace through
2008, according to a study
released Monday by Forrester
Research." - ], - [ - "LONDON - In two years, Arsenal
will play their home matches
in the Emirates stadium. That
is what their new stadium at
Ashburton Grove will be called
after the Premiership
champions yesterday agreed to
the" - ], - [ - "KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Jason
Campbell threw for 252 yards
and two touchdowns, and No. 8
Auburn proved itself as a
national title contender by
overwhelming No. 10 Tennessee,
34-10, last night." - ], - [ - "Look, Ma, no hands! The U.S.
space agency's latest
spacecraft can run an entire
mission by itself. By Amit
Asaravala." - ], - [ - "Pakistans decision to refuse
the International Atomic
Energy Agency to have direct
access to Dr AQ Khan is
correct on both legal and
political counts." - ], - [ - "MANILA, 4 December 2004 - With
floods receding, rescuers
raced to deliver food to
famished survivors in
northeastern Philippine
villages isolated by back-to-
back storms that left more
than 650 people dead and
almost 400 missing." - ], - [ - "Talks on where to build the
world #39;s first nuclear
fusion reactor ended without a
deal on Tuesday but the
European Union said Japan and
the United States no longer
firmly opposed its bid to put
the plant in France." - ], - [ - "Joining America Online,
EarthLink and Yahoo against
spamming, Microsoft Corp.
today announced the filing of
three new anti-Spam lawsuits
under the CAN-SPAM federal law
as part of its initiative in
solving the Spam problem for
Internet users worldwide." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON -- Another
Revolution season concluded
with an overtime elimination.
Last night, the Revolution
thrice rallied from deficits
for a 3-3 tie with D.C. United
in the Eastern Conference
final, then lost in the first-
ever Major League Soccer match
decided by penalty kicks." - ], - [ - "Dwyane Wade calls himself a
quot;sidekick, quot; gladly
accepting the role Kobe Bryant
never wanted in Los Angeles.
And not only does second-year
Heat point" - ], - [ - "A nationwide inspection shows
Internet users are not as safe
online as they believe. The
inspections found most
consumers have no firewall
protection, outdated antivirus
software and dozens of spyware
programs secretly running on
their computers." - ], - [ - "World number one golfer Vijay
Singh of Fiji has captured his
eighth PGA Tour event of the
year with a win at the 84
Lumber Classic in Farmington,
Pennsylvania." - ], - [ - "The noise was deafening and
potentially unsettling in the
minutes before the start of
the men #39;s Olympic
200-meter final. The Olympic
Stadium crowd chanted
quot;Hellas!" - ], - [ - "CLEVELAND - The White House
said Vice President Dick
Cheney faces a \"master
litigator\" when he debates
Sen. John Edwards Tuesday
night, a backhanded compliment
issued as the Republican
administration defended itself
against criticism that it has
not acknowledged errors in
waging war in Iraq..." - ], - [ - "Brazilian forward Ronaldinho
scored a sensational goal for
Barcelona against Milan,
making for a last-gasp 2-1.
The 24-year-old #39;s
brilliant left-foot hit at the
Nou Camp Wednesday night sent
Barcelona atop of Group F." - ], - [ - "Nortel Networks says it will
again delay the release of its
restated financial results.
The Canadian telecom vendor
originally promised to release
the restated results in
September." - ], - [ - " CHICAGO (Reuters) - At first
glance, paying \\$13 or \\$14
for a hard-wired Internet
laptop connection in a hotel
room might seem expensive." - ], - [ - "SEOUL (Reuters) - The chairman
of South Korea #39;s ruling
Uri Party resigned on Thursday
after saying his father had
served as a military police
officer during Japan #39;s
1910-1945 colonial rule on the
peninsula." - ], - [ - "ALERE, Uganda -- Kasmiro
Bongonyinge remembers sitting
up suddenly in his bed. It was
just after sunrise on a summer
morning two years ago, and the
old man, 87 years old and
blind, knew something was
wrong." - ], - [ - "Reuters - An investigation
into U.S. insurers\\and brokers
rattled insurance industry
stocks for a second day\\on
Friday as investors, shaken
further by subpoenas
delivered\\to the top U.S. life
insurer, struggled to gauge
how deep the\\probe might
reach." - ], - [ - "Bee Staff Writer. SANTA CLARA
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injury has kept him out of the
49ers #39; lineup since Week
1. It #39;s also interfering
with him rooting on his alma
mater in person." - ], - [ - "AP - Kellen Winslow Jr. ended
his second NFL holdout Friday." - ], - [ - "JAKARTA - Official results
have confirmed former army
general Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono as the winner of
Indonesia #39;s first direct
presidential election, while
incumbent Megawati
Sukarnoputri urged her nation
Thursday to wait for the
official announcement" - ], - [ - "HOUSTON - With only a few
seconds left in a certain
victory for Miami, Peyton
Manning threw a meaningless
6-yard touchdown pass to
Marvin Harrison to cut the
score to 24-15." - ], - [ - "Reuters - A ragged band of
children\\emerges ghost-like
from mists in Ethiopia's
highlands,\\thrusting bunches
of carrots at a car full of
foreigners." - ], - [ - "DEADLY SCORER: Manchester
United #39;s Wayne Rooney
celebrating his three goals
against Fenerbahce this week
at Old Trafford. (AP)." - ], - [ - "AP - A U.N. human rights
expert criticized the U.S.-led
coalition forces in
Afghanistan for violating
international law by allegedly
beating Afghans to death and
forcing some to remove their
clothes or wear hoods." - ], - [ - "You can feel the confidence
level, not just with Team
Canada but with all of Canada.
There #39;s every expectation,
from one end of the bench to
the other, that Martin Brodeur
is going to hold the fort." - ], - [ - "Heading into the first game of
a new season, every team has
question marks. But in 2004,
the Denver Broncos seemed to
have more than normal." - ], - [ - " JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
said on Thursday Yasser
Arafat's death could be a
turning point for peacemaking
but he would pursue a
unilateral plan that would
strip Palestinians of some
land they want for a state." - ], - [ - " AL-ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq
(Reuters) - Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld swept into an
airbase in Iraq's western
desert Sunday to make a
first-hand evaluation of
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this year to exceed its
previous high and fell to
about 10,000 each time, most
recently a week ago." - ], - [ - "AP - Deep in the Atlantic
Ocean, undersea explorers are
living a safer life thanks to
germ-fighting clothing made in
Kinston." - ], - [ - "Anaheim, Calif. - There is a
decidedly right lean to the
three-time champions of the
American League Central. In a
span of 26 days, the Minnesota
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Kerry accused President Bush
on Monday of sending U.S.
troops to the \"wrong war in
the wrong place at the wrong
time\" and said he'd try to
bring them all home in four
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share markets staged a broad-
based retreat on Wednesday,
led by steelmakers amid
warnings of price declines,
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and financial stocks on
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misleading by Britain #39;s
Advertising Standards
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bringing supplies to Nepal's
capital in defiance of an
indefinite blockade by Maoist
rebels." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - CNN has a new boss
for the second time in 14
months: former CBS News
executive Jonathan Klein, who
will oversee programming and
editorial direction at the
second-ranked cable news
network." - ], - [ - "Cut-price carrier Virgin Blue
said Tuesday the cost of using
Australian airports is
spiraling upward and asked the
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deregulated system of charges." - ], - [ - "The retail sector overall may
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to the season, but holiday
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posted its biggest increase in
three months in August. The
government agency also said
personal spending was
unchanged after rising
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Nikkei average opened up 0.54
percent on Monday with banks
and exporters leading the way
as a stronger finish on Wall
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and landslides have killed 76
people in southwest China in
the past four days and washed
away homes and roads, knocked
down power lines and cut off
at least one city, state
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Serie A as all top teams won
their games to keep the
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from behind against Lazio to
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mission has unveiled its
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Asia of receivers that skip
the pay TV and focus on free
programming." - ], - [ - "RICHMOND, Va. Jeremy Mayfield
won his first race in over
four years, taking the
Chevrolet 400 at Richmond
International Raceway after
leader Kurt Busch ran out of
gas eight laps from the
finish." - ], - [ - "AP - Victims of the Sept. 11
attacks were mourned worldwide
Saturday, but in the Middle
East, amid sympathy for the
dead, Arabs said Washington's
support for Israel and the war
on terror launched in the
aftermath of the World Trade
Center's collapse have only
fueled anger and violence." - ], - [ - "Linux publisher Red Hat Inc.
said Tuesday that information-
technology consulting firm
Unisys Corp. will begin
offering a business version of
the company #39;s open-source
operating system on its
servers." - ], - [ - "SEATTLE - Ichiro Suzuki set
the major league record for
hits in a season with 258,
breaking George Sisler's
84-year-old mark with a pair
of singles Friday night. The
Seattle star chopped a leadoff
single in the first inning,
then made history with a
grounder up the middle in the
third..." - ], - [ - "The intruder who entered
British Queen Elizabeth II
#39;s official Scottish
residence and caused a
security scare was a reporter
from the London-based Sunday
Times newspaper, local media
reported Friday." - ], - [ - "IBM's p5-575, a specialized
server geared for high-
performance computing, has
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processors." - ], - [ - "Bruce Wasserstein, head of
Lazard LLC, is asking partners
to take a one-third pay cut as
he readies the world #39;s
largest closely held
investment bank for a share
sale, people familiar with the
situation said." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - FREDERICTON
(CP) - A New Brunswick truck
driver arrested in Ontario
this week has been accused by
police of stealing 50,000 cans
of Moosehead beer." - ], - [ - "Reuters - British police said
on Monday they had\\charged a
man with sending hoax emails
to relatives of people\\missing
since the Asian tsunami,
saying their loved ones
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a campaign in California
trying to win approval of a
measure calling for the state
to sell \\$3 billion in bonds
to fund stem-cell research." - ], - [ - "AP - Track star Marion Jones
filed a defamation lawsuit
Wednesday against the man
whose company is at the center
of a federal investigation
into illegal steroid use among
some of the nation's top
athletes." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES - On Sept. 1,
former secretary of
Agriculture Dan Glickman
replaced the legendary Jack
Valenti as president and CEO
of Hollywood #39;s trade
group, the Motion Picture
Association of America." - ], - [ - "England #39;s players hit out
at cricket #39;s authorities
tonight and claimed they had
been used as quot;political
pawns quot; after the Zimbabwe
government produced a
spectacular U-turn to ensure
the controversial one-day
series will go ahead." - ], - [ - "Newspaper publisher Pulitzer
Inc. said Sunday that company
officials are considering a
possible sale of the firm to
boost shareholder value." - ], - [ - "Shares of Merck amp; Co.
plunged almost 10 percent
yesterday after a media report
said that documents show the
pharmaceutical giant hid or
denied" - ], - [ - "AP - The Japanese won the
pregame home run derby. Then
the game started and the major
league All-Stars put their
bats to work. Back-to-back
home runs by Moises Alou and
Vernon Wells in the fourth
inning and by Johnny Estrada
and Brad Wilkerson in the
ninth powered the major
leaguers past the Japanese
stars 7-3 Sunday for a 3-0
lead in the eight-game series." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Wall Street was
expected to dip at\\Thursday's
opening, but shares of Texas
Instruments Inc.\\, may climb
after it gave upbeat earnings
guidance." - ], - [ - "Chinese authorities detained a
prominent, U.S.-based Buddhist
leader in connection with his
plans to reopen an ancient
temple complex in the Chinese
province of Inner Mongolia
last week and have forced
dozens of his American
followers to leave the region,
local officials said
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "The director of the National
Hurricane Center stays calm in
the midst of a storm, but
wants everyone in hurricane-
prone areas to get the message
from his media advisories:
Respect the storm's power and
make proper response plans." - ], - [ - "With Chelsea losing their
unbeaten record and Manchester
United failing yet again to
win, William Hill now make
Arsenal red-hot 2/5 favourites
to retain the title." - ], - [ - "Late in August, Boeing #39;s
top sales execs flew to
Singapore for a crucial sales
pitch. They were close to
persuading Singapore Airlines,
one of the world #39;s leading
airlines, to buy the American
company #39;s new jet, the
mid-sized 7E7." - ], - [ - "SBC Communications and
BellSouth will acquire
YellowPages.com with the goal
of building the site into a
nationwide online business
index, the companies said
Thursday." - ], - [ - "Theresa special bookcase in Al
Grohs office completely full
of game plans from his days in
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the Jets." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO Several
California cities and
counties, including Los
Angeles and San Francisco, are
suing Microsoft for what could
amount to billions of dollars." - ], - [ - "Newcastle ensured their place
as top seeds in Friday #39;s
third round UEFA Cup draw
after holding Sporting Lisbon
to a 1-1 draw at St James #39;
Park." - ], - [ - "Adorned with Turkish and EU
flags, Turkey #39;s newspapers
hailed Thursday an official EU
report recommending the
country start talks to join
the bloc, while largely
ignoring the stringent
conditions attached to the
announcement." - ], - [ - "Google plans to release a
version of its desktop search
tool for computers that run
Apple Computer #39;s Mac
operating system, Google #39;s
chief executive, Eric Schmidt,
said Friday." - ], - [ - "AMD : sicurezza e prestazioni
ottimali con il nuovo
processore mobile per notebook
leggeri e sottili; Acer Inc.
preme sull #39;acceleratore
con il nuovo notebook a
marchio Ferrari." - ], - [ - "The sounds of tinkling bells
could be heard above the
bustle of the Farmers Market
on the Long Beach Promenade,
leading shoppers to a row of
bright red tin kettles dotting
a pathway Friday." - ], - [ - "CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Bode
Miller continued his
impressive 2004-05 World Cup
skiing season by winning a
night slalom race in
Sestriere, Italy on Monday." - ], - [ - "Firefox use around the world
climbed 34 percent in the last
month, according to a report
published by Web analytics
company WebSideStory Monday." - ], - [ - "If a plastic card that gives
you credit for something you
don't want isn't your idea of
a great gift, you can put it
up for sale or swap." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON Aug. 17, 2004
Scientists are planning to
take the pulse of the planet
and more in an effort to
improve weather forecasts,
predict energy needs months in
advance, anticipate disease
outbreaks and even tell
fishermen where the catch will
be ..." - ], - [ - "Damien Rhodes scored on a
2-yard run in the second
overtime, then Syracuse's
defense stopped Pittsburgh on
fourth and 1, sending the
Orange to a 38-31 victory
yesterday in Syracuse, N.Y." - ], - [ - "AP - Anthony Harris scored 18
of his career-high 23 points
in the second half to help
Miami upset No. 19 Florida
72-65 Saturday and give first-
year coach Frank Haith his
biggest victory." - ], - [ - "LONDON Santander Central
Hispano of Spain looked
certain to clinch its bid for
the British mortgage lender
Abbey National, after HBOS,
Britain #39;s biggest home-
loan company, said Wednesday
it would not counterbid, and
after the European Commission
cleared" - ], - [ - "New communications technology
could spawn future products.
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bring an umbrella?" - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
Justice Department is
investigating possible
accounting fraud at Fannie
Mae, bringing greater
government scrutiny to bear on
the mortgage finance company,
already facing a parallel
inquiry by the SEC, a source
close to the matter said on
Thursday." - ], - [ - "AP - The five cities looking
to host the 2012 Summer Games
submitted bids to the
International Olympic
Committee on Monday, entering
the final stage of a long
process in hopes of landing
one of the biggest prizes in
sports." - ], - [ - "SAP has won a \\$35 million
contract to install its human
resources software for the US
Postal Service. The NetWeaver-
based system will replace the
Post Office #39;s current
25-year-old legacy application" - ], - [ - "The FIA has already cancelled
todays activities at Suzuka as
Super Typhoon Ma-On heads
towards the 5.807km circuit.
Saturday practice has been
cancelled altogether while
pre-qualifying and final
qualifying" - ], - [ - "Thailand's prime minister
visits the southern town where
scores of Muslims died in army
custody after a rally." - ], - [ - "Indian industrial group Tata
agrees to invest \\$2bn in
Bangladesh, the biggest single
deal agreed by a firm in the
south Asian country." - ], - [ - "NewsFactor - For years,
companies large and small have
been convinced that if they
want the sophisticated
functionality of enterprise-
class software like ERP and
CRM systems, they must buy
pre-packaged applications.
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remains true." - ], - [ - "Following in the footsteps of
the RIAA, the MPAA (Motion
Picture Association of
America) announced that they
have began filing lawsuits
against people who use peer-
to-peer software to download
copyrighted movies off the
Internet." - ], - [ - " GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas
(Reuters) - Betting on horses
was banned in Texas until as
recently as 1987. Times have
changed rapidly since.
Saturday, Lone Star Park race
track hosts the \\$14 million
Breeders Cup, global racing's
end-of-season extravaganza." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - At a special
music event featuring Bono and
The Edge from rock group U2
held on Tuesday, Apple took
the wraps off the iPod Photo,
a color iPod available in 40GB
or 60GB storage capacities.
The company also introduced
the iPod U2, a special edition
of Apple's 20GB player clad in
black, equipped with a red
Click Wheel and featuring
engraved U2 band member
signatures. The iPod Photo is
available immediately, and
Apple expects the iPod U2 to
ship in mid-November." - ], - [ - "Beijing: At least 170 miners
were trapped underground after
a gas explosion on Sunday
ignited a fire in a coalmine
in north-west China #39;s
Shaanxi province, reports
said." - ], - [ - "The steel tubing company
reports sharply higher
earnings, but the stock is
falling." - ], - [ - "It might be a stay of
execution for Coach P, or it
might just be a Christmas
miracle come early. SU #39;s
upset win over BC has given
hope to the Orange playing in
a post season Bowl game." - ], - [ - "PHIL Neville insists
Manchester United don #39;t
fear anyone in the Champions
League last 16 and declared:
quot;Bring on the Italians." - ], - [ - "Playboy Enterprises, the adult
entertainment company, has
announced plans to open a
private members club in
Shanghai even though the
company #39;s flagship men
#39;s magazine is still banned
in China." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Oracle Corp is
likely to win clearance\\from
the European Commission for
its hostile #36;7.7
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software firm PeopleSoft Inc.,
a source close\\to the
situation said on Friday." - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - Earnings
warnings from Celestica and
Coca-Cola along with a
slowdown in US industrial
production sent stock markets
lower Wednesday." - ], - [ - "IBM (Quote, Chart) said it
would spend a quarter of a
billion dollars over the next
year and a half to grow its
RFID (define) business." - ], - [ - "Eastman Kodak Co., the world
#39;s largest maker of
photographic film, said
Wednesday it expects sales of
digital products and services
to grow at an annual rate of
36 percent between 2003 and
2007, above prior growth rate
estimates of 26 percent
between 2002" - ], - [ - "SAMARRA (Iraq): With renewe d
wave of skirmishes between the
Iraqi insurgents and the US-
led coalition marines, several
people including top police
officers were put to death on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "SPACE.com - NASA released one
of the best pictures ever made
of Saturn's moon Titan as the
Cassini spacecraft begins a
close-up inspection of the
satellite today. Cassini is
making the nearest flyby ever
of the smog-shrouded moon." - ], - [ - "AFP - The Iraqi government
plans to phase out slowly
subsidies on basic products,
such as oil and electricity,
which comprise 50 percent of
public spending, equal to 15
billion dollars, the planning
minister said." - ], - [ - "ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, NS - Nova
Scotia Power officials
continued to keep the sluice
gates open at one of the
utility #39;s hydroelectric
plants Wednesday in hopes a
wayward whale would leave the
area and head for the open
waters of the Bay of Fundy." - ], - [ - "TORONTO -- Toronto Raptors
point guard Alvin Williams
will miss the rest of the
season after undergoing
surgery on his right knee
Monday." - ], - [ - "The federal agency that
insures pension plans said
that its deficit, already at
the highest in its history,
had doubled in its last fiscal
year, to \\$23.3 billion." - ], - [ - "AFP - Like most US Latinos,
members of the extended
Rodriguez family say they will
cast their votes for Democrat
John Kerry in next month's
presidential polls." - ], - [ - "A Milan judge on Tuesday opens
hearings into whether to put
on trial 32 executives and
financial institutions over
the collapse of international
food group Parmalat in one of
Europe #39;s biggest fraud
cases." - ], - [ - "AP - Tennessee's two freshmen
quarterbacks have Volunteers
fans fantasizing about the
next four years. Brent
Schaeffer and Erik Ainge
surprised many with the nearly
seamless way they rotated
throughout a 42-17 victory
over UNLV on Sunday night." - ], - [ - "In fact, Larry Ellison
compares himself to the
warlord, according to
PeopleSoft's former CEO,
defending previous remarks he
made." - ], - [ - "FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Four Iraqi
fighters huddled in a trench,
firing rocket-propelled
grenades at Lieutenant Eric
Gregory's Bradley Fighting
Vehicle and the US tanks and
Humvees that were lumbering
through tight streets between
boxlike beige houses." - ], - [ - "MADRID, Aug 18 (Reuters) -
Portugal captain Luis Figo
said on Wednesday he was
taking an indefinite break
from international football,
but would not confirm whether
his decision was final." - ], - [ - "The Bank of England on
Thursday left its benchmark
interest rate unchanged, at
4.75 percent, as policy makers
assessed whether borrowing
costs, already the highest in
the Group of Seven, are
constraining consumer demand." - ], - [ - "AP - Several thousand
Christians who packed a
cathedral compound in the
Egyptian capital hurled stones
at riot police Wednesday to
protest a woman's alleged
forced conversion to Islam. At
least 30 people were injured." - ], - [ - "A group of Saudi religious
scholars have signed an open
letter urging Iraqis to
support jihad against US-led
forces. quot;Fighting the
occupiers is a duty for all
those who are able, quot; they
said in a statement posted on
the internet at the weekend." - ], - [ - "Fashion retailers Austin Reed
and Ted Baker have reported
contrasting fortunes on the
High Street. Austin Reed
reported interim losses of 2." - ], - [ - "AP - Shaun Rogers is in the
backfield as often as some
running backs. Whether teams
dare to block Detroit's star
defensive tackle with one
player or follow the trend of
double-teaming him, he often
rips through offensive lines
with a rare combination of
size, speed, strength and
nimble footwork." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - A
federal judge on Friday
approved Citigroup Inc.'s
\\$2.6 billion settlement with
WorldCom Inc. investors who
lost billions when an
accounting scandal plunged
the telecommunications company
into bankruptcy protection." - ], - [ - "The Lions and Eagles entered
Sunday #39;s game at Ford
Field in the same place --
atop their respective
divisions -- and with
identical 2-0 records." - ], - [ - "An unspecified number of
cochlear implants to help
people with severe hearing
loss are being recalled
because they may malfunction
due to ear moisture, the US
Food and Drug Administration
announced." - ], - [ - "Profits triple at McDonald's
Japan after the fast-food
chain starts selling larger
burgers." - ], - [ - "After Marcos Moreno threw four
more interceptions in last
week's 14-13 overtime loss at
N.C. A T, Bison Coach Ray
Petty will start Antoine
Hartfield against Norfolk
State on Saturday." - ], - [ - "You can empty your pockets of
change, take off your belt and
shoes and stick your keys in
the little tray. But if you've
had radiation therapy
recently, you still might set
off Homeland Security alarms." - ], - [ - "Mountaineers retrieve three
bodies believed to have been
buried for 22 years on an
Indian glacier." - ], - [ - "SEOUL, Oct 19 Asia Pulse -
LG.Philips LCD Co.
(KSE:034220), the world #39;s
second-largest maker of liquid
crystal display (LCD), said
Tuesday it has developed the
world #39;s largest organic
light emitting diode" - ], - [ - "SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. --
Looking ahead to the US
championship game almost cost
Conejo Valley in the
semifinals of the Little
League World Series." - ], - [ - "The Cubs didn #39;t need to
fly anywhere near Florida to
be in the eye of the storm.
For a team that is going on
100 years since last winning a
championship, the only thing
they never are at a loss for
is controversy." - ], - [ - "Security experts warn of
banner ads with a bad attitude
--and a link to malicious
code. Also: Phishers, be gone." - ], - [ - "KETTERING, Ohio Oct. 12, 2004
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end Justin Smith pleaded not
guilty to a driving under the
influence charge." - ], - [ - "com October 15, 2004, 5:11 AM
PT. Wood paneling and chrome
made your dad #39;s station
wagon look like a million
bucks, and they might also be
just the ticket for Microsoft
#39;s fledgling" - ], - [ - "President Thabo Mbeki met with
Ivory Coast Prime Minister
Seydou Diarra for three hours
yesterday as part of talks
aimed at bringing peace to the
conflict-wracked Ivory Coast." - ], - [ - "MINNEAPOLIS -- For much of the
2004 season, Twins pitcher
Johan Santana didn #39;t just
beat opposing hitters. Often,
he overwhelmed and owned them
in impressive fashion." - ], - [ - "Britain #39;s inflation rate
fell in August further below
its 2.0 percent government-set
upper limit target with
clothing and footwear prices
actually falling, official
data showed on Tuesday." - ], - [ - " KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's
Maoist rebels have
temporarily suspended a
crippling economic blockade of
the capital from Wednesday,
saying the move was in
response to popular appeals." - ], - [ - "Reuters - An Algerian
suspected of being a leader\\of
the Madrid train bombers has
been identified as one of
seven\\people who blew
themselves up in April to
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Ministry said on Friday." - ], - [ - "KABUL: An Afghan man was found
guilty on Saturday of killing
four journalists in 2001,
including two from Reuters,
and sentenced to death." - ], - [ - "Yasser Arafat, the leader for
decades of a fight for
Palestinian independence from
Israel, has died at a military
hospital in Paris, according
to news reports." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - European
shares shrugged off a spike in
the euro to a fresh all-time
high Wednesday, with telecoms
again leading the way higher
after interim profits at
Britain's mm02 beat
expectations." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - Weighed down by
high energy prices, the US
economy grew slower than the
government estimated in the
April-June quarter, as higher
oil prices limited consumer
spending and contributed to a
record trade deficit." - ], - [ - "CHICAGO United Airlines says
it will need even more labor
cuts than anticipated to get
out of bankruptcy. United told
a bankruptcy court judge in
Chicago today that it intends
to start talks with unions
next month on a new round of
cost savings." - ], - [ - " JABALYA, Gaza Strip (Reuters)
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forces out of the northern
Gaza Strip Saturday after a
four-day incursion it said
was staged to halt Palestinian
rocket attacks on southern
Israeli towns." - ], - [ - "Computer Associates
International yesterday
reported a 6 increase in
revenue during its second
fiscal quarter, but posted a
\\$94 million loss after paying
to settle government
investigations into the
company, it said yesterday." - ], - [ - "THE Turkish embassy in Baghdad
was investigating a television
report that two Turkish
hostages had been killed in
Iraq, but no confirmation was
available so far, a senior
Turkish diplomat said today." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Thousands of
supporters of
Ukraine's\\opposition leader,
Viktor Yushchenko, celebrated
on the streets\\in the early
hours on Monday after an exit
poll showed him\\winner of a
bitterly fought presidential
election." - ], - [ - "LONDON : The United States
faced rare criticism over
human rights from close ally
Britain, with an official
British government report
taking Washington to task over
concerns about Iraq and the
Guantanamo Bay jail." - ], - [ - "The University of California,
Berkeley, has signed an
agreement with the Samoan
government to isolate, from a
tree, the gene for a promising
anti- Aids drug and to share
any royalties from the sale of
a gene-derived drug with the
people of Samoa." - ], - [ - "At a charity auction in New
Jersey last weekend, baseball
memorabilia dealer Warren
Heller was approached by a man
with an unusual but topical
request." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's
Nikkei average jumped 2.5
percent by mid-afternoon on
Monday as semiconductor-
related stocks such as
Advantest Corp. mirrored a
rally by their U.S. peers
while banks and brokerages
extended last week's gains." - ], - [ - "INTER Milan coach Roberto
Mancini believes the club
#39;s lavish (northern) summer
signings will enable them to
mount a serious Serie A
challenge this season." - ], - [ - "LONDON - A bomb threat that
mentioned Iraq forced a New
York-bound Greek airliner to
make an emergency landing
Sunday at London's Stansted
Airport escorted by military
jets, authorities said. An
airport spokeswoman said an
Athens newspaper had received
a phone call saying there was
a bomb on board the Olympic
Airlines plane..." - ], - [ - "Links to this week's topics
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64 on Sunday to win the
Nationwide Tour's Price Cutter
Charity Championship for his
first Nationwide victory." - ], - [ - "AP - New York Jets running
back Curtis Martin passed Eric
Dickerson and Jerome Bettis on
the NFL career rushing list
Sunday against the St. Louis
Rams, moving to fourth all-
time." - ], - [ - "Eight conservation groups are
fighting the US government
over a plan to poison
thousands of prairie dogs in
the grasslands of South
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Swoopes made three big plays
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announce a massive
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shot. By finding his range, he
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crude output and shut
refineries in the Gulf of
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fourth-quarter rally gave
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performance for 2004, with
small-cap equity funds and
real estate funds scoring some
of the biggest returns. Large-
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sweat-stained felt hats worn
by Australian cowboys, as much
a part of the Outback as
kangaroos and sun-baked soil,
may be heading for the history
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owner of the Iceland grocery
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a year dropped 3.3 percent,
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play a meaningful role for the
Minnesota Vikings this weekend
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to quit the Gaza Strip, has
approved 1,000 more Israeli
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interim President Hamid Karzai
as he addressed his first
election campaign rally
outside the capital yesterday
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men #39;s basketball head
coach Rick Pitino and senior
forward Ellis Myles met with
members of the media on Friday
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drop in orders for
transportation goods, the US
Commerce Department said
today." - ], - [ - "Siblings are the first ever to
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unveiled the iMac G5 in Paris
this week, Vice President of
Hardware Product Marketing
Greg Joswiak gave Macworld
editors a guided tour of the
desktop's new design. Among
the topics of conversation:
the iMac's cooling system, why
pre-installed Bluetooth
functionality and FireWire 800
were left out, and how this
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scored with 11 minutes left." - ], - [ - "TOKYO - Mitsubishi Heavy
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years ago. China #39;s
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president Sandy Alderson
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assortment of run-ins with
umpires, would not be targeted
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cigarette breaks, the really
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said on Tuesday that it has
sold more than a million songs
at its online music store
since slashing prices last
week as part of a limited-time
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indications that the supply or
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some way to add pressure to
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executive will go unpaid for
the rest of the year, but it
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Republican Army's momentous
cease-fire, negotiations
resumed Wednesday in hope of
reviving a Catholic-Protestant
administration, an elusive
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resurrect each of the 1,230
regular-season games listed on
the league's defunct 2004-2005
schedule by setting them in
motion on a video game
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Bahamas on Saturday after an
assault on the Dominican
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houses and forced thousands
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in Gaza City Monday, killing
at least one person,
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aimed at dismantling North
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to resume" - ], - [ - "AFP - Sporadic gunfire and
shelling took place overnight
in the disputed Georgian
region of South Ossetia in
violation of a fragile
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Thursday that its nine-month
net profit more than doubled,
thanks largely to sales of
Airbus aircraft, and raised
its full-year forecast." - ], - [ - "AP - Eric Hinske and Vernon
Wells homered, and the Toronto
Blue Jays completed a three-
game sweep of the Baltimore
Orioles with an 8-5 victory
Sunday." - ], - [ - "SiliconValley.com - When
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game hit following Microsoft's
launch of the Xbox console in
2001, it was a no-brainer that
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Office for National
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and drove in four runs to lead
the Chicago Cubs to a 12-5 win
over the Cincinnati Reds in
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Wrigley Field on Monday." - ], - [ - "PARIS -- The city of Paris
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immediate switch of its 17,000
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U.S. forces hit Iraq's rebel
stronghold of Falluja with the
fiercest air and ground
bombardment in months, as
insurgents struck back on
Saturday with attacks that
killed up to 37 people in
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Shaquille O #39;Neal made his
home debut, but once again it
was Dwyane Wade stealing the
show with 28 points as the
Miami Heat downed the
Cleveland Cavaliers, 92-86, in
front of a record crowd at
AmericanAirlines Arena." - ], - [ - "AP - The San Diego Chargers
looked sharp #151; and played
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powder-blue throwback jerseys
and white helmets from the
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the Jacksonville Jaguars 34-21
on Sunday." - ], - [ - "The vast majority of consumers
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Ron Zook's tenure at Florida
even has the coach wondering
what went wrong. Meanwhile,
Sylvester Croom's first big
win at Mississippi State has
given the Bulldogs and their
fans a reason to believe in
their first-year leader.
Jerious Norwood's 37-yard
touchdown run with 32 seconds
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day -- the continuing brouhaha
between Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL -
News) and PeopleSoft (Nasdaq:
PSFT - News) being a notable
exception. South Africa's
Harmony Gold Mining Company
(NYSE: HMY - News) has
announced a hostile takeover
bid to acquire fellow South
African miner Gold Fields
Limited (NYSE: GFI - News).
The transaction, if it takes
place, would be an all-stock
acquisition, with Harmony
issuing 1.275 new shares in
payment for each share of Gold
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the last three months,
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Charles Robert Jenkins were
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marketing of Rituxan, a cancer
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efforts Tuesday to save the
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League said the militants'
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had launched a new desktop
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personal computer users to
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their PCs." - ], - [ - "At least 12 people die in an
explosion at a fuel pipeline
on the outskirts of Nigeria's
biggest city, Lagos." - ], - [ - "The three largest computer
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violent content to children
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wage freeze for the
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yesterday, provoking union
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could pit the two carmakers
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six terror suspects, including
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against spammers who send
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his arraignment Friday, but
his lawyers entered a not
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plans to stop selling its
Linux-based handheld computer
in the United States, another
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personal digital assistants." - ], - [ - "After serving a five-game
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worked out with the Dodgers as
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threatened to kill two Italian
women held hostage in Iraq if
Rome does not withdraw its
troops from the war-torn
country within 24 hours,
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atop four police cars as the
caravan wound its way up the
driveway in a procession fit
for a presidential candidate.
At long last, Azy and Indah
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including former world
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it has agreed terms to ensure
Silverstone remains one of the
venues for the 2005 Formula
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Miles its new head football
coach, replacing Nick Saban." - ], - [ - "The United Nations annual
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home will surge seven-fold by
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lenders and lessors to
continue operating nearly all
of its mainline and US Airways
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that exiles living in Florida
may have masterminded the
assassination of a prosecutor
investigating a short-lived
coup against leftist President
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World Trade Organisation to
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Europe, the Turkish government
discreetly stepped back
Tuesday from a plan to
introduce a motion into a
crucial penal reform bill to
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received US regulatory
approval for a device to treat
complications that arise in
patients with end-stage kidney
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release of an old college
friend accused of plotting a
coup in Equatorial Guinea." - ], - [ - "With the economy slowly
turning up, upgrading hardware
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number two priority." - ], - [ - "AP - The Chicago Blackhawks
re-signed goaltender Michael
Leighton to a one-year
contract Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Oracle Corp. plans to release
the latest version of its CRM
(customer relationship
management) applications
within the next two months, as
part of an ongoing update of
its E-Business Suite." - ], - [ - "Toyota Motor Corp. #39;s
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after the world #39;s second-
biggest automaker had an
unexpected quarterly profit
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Germany." - ], - [ - "Hosted CRM service provider
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step forward last week in its
strategy to build an online
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offer software as a service." - ], - [ - "Britain-based HBOS says it
will file a complaint to the
European Commission against
Spanish bank Santander Central
Hispano (SCH) in connection
with SCH #39;s bid to acquire
British bank Abbey National" - ], - [ - "AFP - Steven Gerrard has moved
to allay Liverpool fans' fears
that he could be out until
Christmas after breaking a
metatarsal bone in his left
foot." - ], - [ - "Verizon Wireless on Thursday
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hundreds of millions of
dollars into radio-frequency
identification technology,
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tracking of items from ho-hum
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with data." - ], - [ - "ATHENS -- She won her first
Olympic gold medal in kayaking
when she was 18, the youngest
paddler to do so in Games
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Germany #39;s golden girl
Birgit Fischer won her eighth
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Eriksson has defended
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last night #39;s 2-2 draw in
Austria. James allowed Andreas
Ivanschitz #39;s shot to slip
through his fingers to
complete Austria comeback from
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in Belarus held at the same
time as a referendum on
whether President Alexander
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to seek a third term fell
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settle fraud charges involving
improper rapid dealing in
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distribution centre for 260.2
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semifinals at the 2004 US Open
will be staged on Saturday,
with three of the tournament
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action at the USTA National
Tennis Center." - ], - [ - "Pepsi pushes a blue version of
Mountain Dew only at Taco
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strategy?" - ], - [ - "New software helps corporate
travel managers track down
business travelers who
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dilemma for honest travelers
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meeting of NATO states and
Russia on Tuesday to discuss
the siege of a school by
Chechen separatists in which
more than 335 people died, a
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top Shi #39;ite cleric, Grand
Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,
arrived in the city of Al-
Najaf today in a bid to end a
weeks-long conflict between US
forces and militiamen loyal to
Shi #39;ite cleric Muqtada al-
Sadr." - ], - [ - "AFP - Senior executives at
business software group
PeopleSoft unanimously
recommended that its
shareholders reject a 8.8
billion dollar takeover bid
from Oracle Corp, PeopleSoft
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Celtics returned to the
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two losses and few concerns
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conglomerate Sony Corp.
unveiled eight new flat-screen
televisions on Thursday in a
product push it hopes will
help it secure a leading 35
percent of the domestic
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called on workers at France
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strike September 7 to protest
government plans to privatize
the public telecommunications
operator, union sources said." - ], - [ - "ServiceMaster profitably
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healthy 3.5 dividend." - ], - [ - "The Indonesian tourism
industry has so far not been
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officials said they do not
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honour. AC Milan frontman
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stadium minutes before the end
of a Primera Liga match
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in the name of ETA Basque
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that full-back Jon Ritchie
will miss the rest of the
season with a torn anterior
cruciate ligament in his left
knee." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) -
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said on Wednesday she wants
to start serving her prison
sentence for lying about a
suspicious stock sale as soon
as possible, so she can put
her \"nightmare\" behind her." - ], - [ - "Apple Computer's iPod remains
the king of digital music
players, but robust pretenders
to the throne have begun to
emerge in the Windows
universe. One of them is the
Zen Touch, from Creative Labs." - ], - [ - "The 7710 model features a
touch screen, pen input, a
digital camera, an Internet
browser, a radio, video
playback and streaming and
recording capabilities, the
company said." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) --
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the first time since late
September and heating-oil and
unleaded gasoline prices
dropped more than 6 percent
following an across-the-board
climb in US petroleum
inventories." - ], - [ - "The University of Iowa #39;s
market for US presidential
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has been overtaken by a
Dublin-based exchange that is
now 25 times larger." - ], - [ - "Venus Williams barely kept
alive her hopes of qualifying
for next week #39;s WTA Tour
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seeded fifth, survived a
third-set tiebreaker to
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America's top players,
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to play in tournaments." - ], - [ - "MARK Thatcher will have to
wait until at least next April
to face trial on allegations
he helped bankroll a coup
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business partner Sun
Microsystems. In a Web log
posting Thursday, Michael
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deploy a multibillion-dollar
shield against ballistic
missiles was set back on
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called a stunning failure of
its first full flight test in
two years." - ], - [ - "Although he was well-beaten by
Retief Goosen in Sunday #39;s
final round of The Tour
Championship in Atlanta, there
has been some compensation for
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of four Manchester United
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it looked worse in the
clubhouse. Angels second
baseman Adam Kennedy left the
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from Wal-Mart and Lowe's
helped send stocks sharply
higher Monday on Wall Street,
with the swing exaggerated by
thin late summer trading. The
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115 yards and scored two
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Irish offense that had managed
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season's first six quarters." - ], - [ - "Consumers who cut it close by
paying bills from their
checking accounts a couple of
days before depositing funds
will be out of luck under a
new law that takes effect Oct.
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surged 25 percent in the third
quarter as the world's largest
personal computer maker posted
record sales due to rising
technology spending in the
corporate and government
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delay to its NASCAR telecasts
after Dale Earnhardt Jr. used
a vulgarity during a postrace
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New York Yankees will start
Orlando \"El Duque\" Hernandez
in Game 4 of the American
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Eriksson as England coach is
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Brillian's new big screens
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stadium hoping to secure their
second title since their first
in Barcelona against Australia
in 2000." - ], - [ - "Second-seeded David Nalbandian
of Argentina lost at the Japan
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Gilles Muller of Luxembourg
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round." - ], - [ - "Thursday #39;s unexpected
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province Tuesday, demanding
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option holders vote on its
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regulators will soon end the
ban on using wireless phones
during U.S. commercial flights
are likely at least a year or
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Hoshyar Zebari arrived
unexpectedly in the holy city
of Mecca Wednesday where he
met Crown Prince Abdullah bin
Abdul Aziz, the official SPA
news agency reported." - ], - [ - "Titans QB Steve McNair was
released from a Nashville
hospital after a two-night
stay for treatment of a
bruised sternum. McNair was
injured during the fourth
quarter of the Titans #39;
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Sunday." - ], - [ - "Keith Miller, Australia #39;s
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Test cricket, died today at a
nursing home, Cricket
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next year. Militants seek to
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precious metal." - ], - [ - "The U.S. military has found
nearly 20 houses where
intelligence officers believe
hostages were tortured or
killed in this city, including
the house with the cage that
held a British contractor who
was beheaded last month." - ], - [ - "AFP - Opponents of the Lao
government may be plotting
bomb attacks in Vientiane and
other areas of Laos timed to
coincide with a summit of
Southeast Asian leaders the
country is hosting next month,
the United States said." - ], - [ - "After a year of pilots and
trials, Siebel Systems jumped
with both feet into the SMB
market Tuesday, announcing a
new approach to offer Siebel
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to SMBs (small and midsize
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send warships to help NATO
naval patrols that monitor
suspicious vessels in the
Mediterranean, part of a push
for closer counterterrorism
cooperation between Moscow and
the western alliance." - ], - [ - "Intel won't release a 4-GHz
version of its flagship
Pentium 4 product, having
decided instead to realign its
engineers around the company's
new design priorities, an
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carrying two Russians and an
American rocketed closer
Friday to its docking with the
international space station,
where the current three-man
crew made final departure
preparations." - ], - [ - "Defense: Ken Lucas. His
biggest play was his first
one. The fourth-year
cornerback intercepted a Ken
Dorsey pass that kissed off
the hands of wide receiver
Rashaun Woods and returned it
25 yards to set up the
Seahawks #39; first score." - ], - [ - "Scientists have manipulated
carbon atoms to create a
material that could be used to
create light-based, versus
electronic, switches. The
material could lead to a
supercharged Internet based
entirely on light, scientists
say." - ], - [ - "A military plane crashed in
the mountains near Caracas,
killing all 16 persons on
board, including two high-
ranking military officers,
officials said." - ], - [ - "The powerful St. Louis trio of
Albert Pujols, Scott Rolen and
Jim Edmonds is 4 for 23 with
one RBI in the series and with
runners on base, they are 1
for 13." - ], - [ - "A voice recording said to be
that of suspected Al Qaeda
commander Abu Mussab al-
Zarqawi, claims Iraq #39;s
Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is
the militant network #39;s
number one target." - ], - [ - "BEIJING -- More than a year
after becoming China's
president, Hu Jintao was
handed the full reins of power
yesterday when his
predecessor, Jiang Zemin, gave
up the nation's most powerful
military post." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES (Reuters)
Qualcomm has dropped an \\$18
million claim for monetary
damages from rival Texas
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discussing terms of a
licensing pact, a TI
spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Hewlett-Packard is the latest
IT vendor to try blogging. But
analysts wonder if the weblog
trend is the 21st century
equivalent of CB radios, which
made a big splash in the 1970s
before fading." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fannie
Mae executives and their
regulator squared off on
Wednesday, with executives
denying any accounting
irregularity and the regulator
saying the housing finance
company's management may need
to go." - ], - [ - "The scientists behind Dolly
the sheep apply for a license
to clone human embryos. They
want to take stem cells from
the embryos to study Lou
Gehrig's disease." - ], - [ - "As the first criminal trial
stemming from the financial
deals at Enron opened in
Houston on Monday, it is
notable as much for who is not
among the six defendants as
who is - and for how little
money was involved compared
with how much in other Enron" - ], - [ - "LONDON (CBS.MW) -- British
bank Barclays on Thursday said
it is in talks to buy a
majority stake in South
African bank ABSA. Free!" - ], - [ - "The Jets signed 33-year-old
cornerback Terrell Buckley,
who was released by New
England on Sunday, after
putting nickel back Ray
Mickens on season-ending
injured reserve yesterday with
a torn ACL in his left knee." - ], - [ - "Some of the silly tunes
Japanese pay to download to
use as the ring tone for their
mobile phones sure have their
knockers, but it #39;s for
precisely that reason that a
well-known counselor is raking
it in at the moment, according
to Shukan Gendai (10/2)." - ], - [ - "WEST INDIES thrilling victory
yesterday in the International
Cricket Council Champions
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five million people of the
Caribbean." - ], - [ - "AP - Greenpeace activists
scaled the walls of Ford Motor
Co.'s Norwegian headquarters
Tuesday to protest plans to
destroy hundreds of non-
polluting electric cars." - ], - [ - "Investors sent stocks sharply
lower yesterday as oil prices
continued their climb higher
and new questions about the
safety of arthritis drugs
pressured pharmaceutical
stocks." - ], - [ - "Scotland manager Berti Vogts
insists he is expecting
nothing but victory against
Moldova on Wednesday. The game
certainly is a must-win affair
if the Scots are to have any
chance of qualifying for the
2006 World Cup finals." - ], - [ - "IBM announced yesterday that
it will invest US\\$250 million
(S\\$425 million) over the next
five years and employ 1,000
people in a new business unit
to support products and
services related to sensor
networks." - ], - [ - "AFP - The chances of Rupert
Murdoch's News Corp relocating
from Australia to the United
States have increased after
one of its biggest
institutional investors has
chosen to abstain from a vote
next week on the move." - ], - [ - "AFP - An Indian minister said
a school text-book used in the
violence-prone western state
of Gujarat portrayed Adolf
Hitler as a role model." - ], - [ - "Reuters - The head of UAL
Corp.'s United\\Airlines said
on Thursday the airline's
restructuring plan\\would lead
to a significant number of job
losses, but it was\\not clear
how many." - ], - [ - "DOVER, N.H. (AP) -- Democrat
John Kerry is seizing on the
Bush administration's failure
to secure hundreds of tons of
explosives now missing in
Iraq." - ], - [ - "AP - Microsoft Corp. goes into
round two Friday of its battle
to get the European Union's
sweeping antitrust ruling
lifted having told a judge
that it had been prepared
during settlement talks to
share more software code with
its rivals than the EU
ultimately demanded." - ], - [ - " INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) -
Jenny Thompson will take the
spotlight from injured U.S.
team mate Michael Phelps at
the world short course
championships Saturday as she
brings down the curtain on a
spectacular swimming career." - ], - [ - "Martin Brodeur made 27 saves,
and Brad Richards, Kris Draper
and Joe Sakic scored goals to
help Canada beat Russia 3-1
last night in the World Cup of
Hockey, giving the Canadians a
3-0 record in round-robin
play." - ], - [ - "AP - Sears, Roebuck and Co.,
which has successfully sold
its tools and appliances on
the Web, is counting on having
the same magic with bedspreads
and sweaters, thanks in part
to expertise gained by its
purchase of Lands' End Inc." - ], - [ - "com September 14, 2004, 9:12
AM PT. With the economy slowly
turning up, upgrading hardware
has been on businesses radar
in the past 12 months as their
number two priority." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) -
Children's Place Retail Stores
Inc. <A HREF=\"http://www.i
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aspx?ticker=PLCE.O target=/sto
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CE.O</A> said on
Wednesday it will buy 313
retail stores from Walt
Disney Co., and its stock rose
more than 14 percent in early
morning trade." - ], - [ - "ALBANY, N.Y. -- A California-
based company that brokers
life, accident, and disability
policies for leading US
companies pocketed millions of
dollars a year in hidden
payments from insurers and
from charges on clients'
unsuspecting workers, New York
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
charged yesterday." - ], - [ - "NORTEL Networks plans to slash
its workforce by 3500, or ten
per cent, as it struggles to
recover from an accounting
scandal that toppled three top
executives and led to a
criminal investigation and
lawsuits." - ], - [ - "Ebay Inc. (EBAY.O: Quote,
Profile, Research) said on
Friday it would buy Rent.com,
an Internet housing rental
listing service, for \\$415
million in a deal that gives
it access to a new segment of
the online real estate market." - ], - [ - "Austin police are working with
overseas officials to bring
charges against an English man
for sexual assault of a child,
a second-degree felony." - ], - [ - "United Nations officials
report security breaches in
internally displaced people
and refugee camps in Sudan
#39;s embattled Darfur region
and neighboring Chad." - ], - [ - "Noranda Inc., Canada #39;s
biggest mining company, began
exclusive talks on a takeover
proposal from China Minmetals
Corp. that would lead to the
spinoff of Noranda #39;s
aluminum business to
shareholders." - ], - [ - "San Francisco
developer/publisher lands
coveted Paramount sci-fi
license, \\$6.5 million in
funding on same day. Although
it is less than two years old,
Perpetual Entertainment has
acquired one of the most
coveted sci-fi licenses on the
market." - ], - [ - "ST. LOUIS -- Mike Martz #39;s
week of anger was no empty
display. He saw the defending
NFC West champions slipping
and thought taking potshots at
his players might be his best
shot at turning things around." - ], - [ - "Google warned Thursday that
increased competition and the
maturing of the company would
result in an quot;inevitable
quot; slowing of its growth." - ], - [ - "By KELLY WIESE JEFFERSON
CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri
will allow members of the
military stationed overseas to
return absentee ballots via
e-mail, raising concerns from
Internet security experts
about fraud and ballot
secrecy..." - ], - [ - "Avis Europe PLC has dumped a
new ERP system based on
software from PeopleSoft Inc.
before it was even rolled out,
citing substantial delays and
higher-than-expected costs." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei
average rose 0.55 percent by
midsession on Wednesday as
some techs including Advantest
Corp. gained ground after
Wall Street reacted positively
to results from Intel Corp.
released after the U.S. market
close." - ], - [ - "Yahoo #39;s (Quote, Chart)
public embrace of the RSS
content syndication format
took a major leap forward with
the release of a revamped My
Yahoo portal seeking to
introduce the technology to
mainstream consumers." - ], - [ - "KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hurricane
Ivan's deadly winds and
monstrous waves bore down on
Jamaica on Friday, threatening
a direct hit on its densely
populated capital after
ravaging Grenada and killing
at least 33 people. The
Jamaican government ordered
the evacuation of half a
million people from coastal
areas, where rains on Ivan's
outer edges were already
flooding roads..." - ], - [ - "North Korea has denounced as
quot;wicked terrorists quot;
the South Korean officials who
orchestrated last month #39;s
airlift to Seoul of 468 North
Korean defectors." - ], - [ - "The Black Watch regiment has
returned to its base in Basra
in southern Iraq after a
month-long mission standing in
for US troops in a more
violent part of the country,
the Ministry of Defence says." - ], - [ - "Romanian soccer star Adrian
Mutu as he arrives at the
British Football Association
in London, ahead of his
disciplinary hearing, Thursday
Nov. 4, 2004." - ], - [ - "Australia completed an
emphatic Test series sweep
over New Zealand with a
213-run win Tuesday, prompting
a caution from Black Caps
skipper Stephen Fleming for
other cricket captains around
the globe." - ], - [ - "AP - A senior Congolese
official said Tuesday his
nation had been invaded by
neighboring Rwanda, and U.N.
officials said they were
investigating claims of
Rwandan forces clashing with
militias in the east." - ], - [ - "Liverpool, England (Sports
Network) - Former English
international and Liverpool
great Emlyn Hughes passed away
Tuesday from a brain tumor." - ], - [ - " ATLANTA (Reuters) - Soft
drink giant Coca-Cola Co.
<A HREF=\"http://www.investo
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>, stung by a prolonged
downturn in North America,
Germany and other major
markets, on Thursday lowered
its key long-term earnings
and sales targets." - ], - [ - "JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- They
were singing in the Colts #39;
locker room today, singing
like a bunch of wounded
songbirds. Never mind that
Marcus Pollard, Dallas Clark
and Ben Hartsock won #39;t be
recording a remake of Kenny
Chesney #39;s song,
quot;Young, quot; any time
soon." - ], - [ - "TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese
electronics and entertainment
giant Sony Corp. (SNE) plans
to begin selling a camcorder
designed for consumers that
takes video at digital high-
definition quality and is
being priced at about
\\$3,600..." - ], - [ - "As the close-knit NASCAR
community mourns the loss of
team owner Rick Hendrick #39;s
son, brother, twin nieces and
six others in a plane crash
Sunday, perhaps no one outside
of the immediate family
grieves more deeply than
Darrell Waltrip." - ], - [ - "AP - Purdue quarterback Kyle
Orton has no trouble
remembering how he felt after
last year's game at Michigan." - ], - [ - "UNITED NATIONS - The United
Nations #39; nuclear agency
says it is concerned about the
disappearance of equipment and
materials from Iraq that could
be used to make nuclear
weapons." - ], - [ - " BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's
historic deal with Turkey to
open entry talks with the vast
Muslim country was hailed by
supporters as a bridge builder
between Europe and the Islamic
world." - ], - [ - "Iraqi President Ghazi al-
Yawar, who was due in Paris on
Sunday to start a European
tour, has postponed his visit
to France due to the ongoing
hostage drama involving two
French journalists, Arab
diplomats said Friday." - ], - [ - " SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) -
President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva's Workers' Party (PT)
won the mayoralty of six state
capitals in Sunday's municipal
vote but was forced into a
run-off to defend its hold on
the race's biggest prize, the
city of Sao Paulo." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece - They are
America's newest golden girls
- powerful and just a shade
from perfection. The U.S..." - ], - [ - "AMMAN, Sept. 15. - The owner
of a Jordanian truck company
announced today that he had
ordered its Iraq operations
stopped in a bid to save the
life of a driver held hostage
by a militant group." - ], - [ - "Israel is prepared to back a
Middle East conference
convened by Tony Blair early
next year despite having
expressed fears that the
British plans were over-
ambitious and designed" - ], - [ - "AP - U.S. State Department
officials learned that seven
American children had been
abandoned at a Nigerian
orphanage but waited more than
a week to check on the youths,
who were suffering from
malnutrition, malaria and
typhoid, a newspaper reported
Saturday." - ], - [ - "\\Angry mobs in Ivory Coast's
main city, Abidjan, marched on
the airport, hours after it
came under French control." - ], - [ - "Several workers are believed
to have been killed and others
injured after a contruction
site collapsed at Dubai
airport. The workers were
trapped under rubble at the
site of a \\$4." - ], - [ - "Talks between Sudan #39;s
government and two rebel
groups to resolve the nearly
two-year battle resume Friday.
By Abraham McLaughlin Staff
writer of The Christian
Science Monitor." - ], - [ - "In a meeting of the cinematic
with the scientific, Hollywood
helicopter stunt pilots will
try to snatch a returning NASA
space probe out of the air
before it hits the ground." - ], - [ - "Legend has it (incorrectly, it
seems) that infamous bank
robber Willie Sutton, when
asked why banks were his
favorite target, responded,
quot;Because that #39;s where
the money is." - ], - [ - "Brown is a second year player
from Memphis and has spent the
2004 season on the Steelers
#39; practice squad. He played
in two games last year." - ], - [ - "A Canadian court approved Air
Canada #39;s (AC.TO: Quote,
Profile, Research) plan of
arrangement with creditors on
Monday, clearing the way for
the world #39;s 11th largest
airline to emerge from
bankruptcy protection at the
end of next month" - ], - [ - "Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and
Purdue Pharma are the first
drugmakers willing to take the
plunge and use radio frequency
identification technology to
protect their US drug supply
chains from counterfeiters." - ], - [ - "Barret Jackman, the last of
the Blues left to sign before
the league #39;s probable
lockout on Wednesday,
finalized a deal Monday that
is rare in the current
economic climate but fitting
for him." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
eased on Monday after rebels
in Nigeria withdrew a threat
to target oil operations, but
lingering concerns over
stretched supplies ahead of
winter kept prices close to
\\$50." - ], - [ - "AP - In the tumult of the
visitors' clubhouse at Yankee
Stadium, champagne pouring all
around him, Theo Epstein held
a beer. \"I came in and there
was no champagne left,\" he
said this week. \"I said, 'I'll
have champagne if we win it
all.'\" Get ready to pour a
glass of bubbly for Epstein.
No I.D. necessary." - ], - [ - "Search any fee-based digital
music service for the best-
loved musical artists of the
20th century and most of the
expected names show up." - ], - [ - "Barcelona held on from an
early Deco goal to edge game
local rivals Espanyol 1-0 and
carve out a five point
tabletop cushion. Earlier,
Ronaldo rescued a point for
Real Madrid, who continued
their middling form with a 1-1
draw at Real Betis." - ], - [ - "MONTREAL (CP) - The Expos may
be history, but their demise
has heated up the market for
team memorabilia. Vintage
1970s and 1980s shirts are
already sold out, but
everything from caps, beer
glasses and key-chains to
dolls of mascot Youppi!" - ], - [ - "Stansted airport is the
designated emergency landing
ground for planes in British
airspace hit by in-flight
security alerts. Emergency
services at Stansted have
successfully dealt" - ], - [ - "The massive military operation
to retake Fallujah has been
quot;accomplished quot;, a
senior Iraqi official said.
Fierce fighting continued in
the war-torn city where
pockets of resistance were
still holding out against US
forces." - ], - [ - "There are some signs of
progress in resolving the
Nigerian conflict that is
riling global oil markets. The
leader of militia fighters
threatening to widen a battle
for control of Nigeria #39;s
oil-rich south has" - ], - [ - "A strong earthquake hit Taiwan
on Monday, shaking buildings
in the capital Taipei for
several seconds. No casualties
were reported." - ], - [ - "America Online Inc. is
packaging new features to
combat viruses, spam and
spyware in response to growing
online security threats.
Subscribers will be able to
get the free tools" - ], - [ - "A 76th minute goal from
European Footballer of the
Year Pavel Nedved gave
Juventus a 1-0 win over Bayern
Munich on Tuesday handing the
Italians clear control at the
top of Champions League Group
C." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
climbed above \\$42 a barrel on
Wednesday, rising for the
third day in a row as cold
weather gripped the U.S.
Northeast, the world's biggest
heating fuel market." - ], - [ - "A policeman ran amok at a
security camp in Indian-
controlled Kashmir after an
argument and shot dead seven
colleagues before he was
gunned down, police said on
Sunday." - ], - [ - "ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Some NHL
players who took part in a
charity hockey game at the
University of Michigan on
Thursday were hopeful the news
that the NHL and the players
association will resume talks
next week" - ], - [ - "New York police have developed
a pre-emptive strike policy,
cutting off demonstrations
before they grow large." - ], - [ - "CAPE CANAVERAL-- NASA aims to
launch its first post-Columbia
shuttle mission during a
shortened nine-day window
March, and failure to do so
likely would delay a planned
return to flight until at
least May." - ], - [ - "Travelers headed home for
Thanksgiving were greeted
Wednesday with snow-covered
highways in the Midwest, heavy
rain and tornadoes in parts of
the South, and long security
lines at some of the nation
#39;s airports." - ], - [ - "BOULDER, Colo. -- Vernand
Morency ran for 165 yards and
two touchdowns and Donovan
Woods threw for three more
scores, lifting No. 22
Oklahoma State to a 42-14
victory over Colorado
yesterday." - ], - [ - "The Chinese city of Beijing
has cancelled an order for
Microsoft software, apparently
bowing to protectionist
sentiment. The deal has come
under fire in China, which is
trying to build a domestic
software industry." - ], - [ - "Apple says it will deliver its
iTunes music service to more
European countries next month.
Corroborating several reports
in recent months, Reuters is
reporting today that Apple
Computer is planning the next" - ], - [ - "Reuters - Motorola Inc., the
world's\\second-largest mobile
phone maker, said on Tuesday
it expects\\to sustain strong
sales growth in the second
half of 2004\\thanks to new
handsets with innovative
designs and features." - ], - [ - "PULLMAN - Last week, in
studying USC game film, Cougar
coaches thought they found a
chink in the national
champions armor. And not just
any chink - one with the
potential, right from the get
go, to" - ], - [ - "The union representing flight
attendants on Friday said it
mailed more than 5,000 strike
authorization ballots to its
members employed by US Airways
as both sides continued talks
that are expected to stretch
through the weekend." - ], - [ - "AP - Matt Leinart was quite a
baseball prospect growing up,
showing so much promise as a
left-handed pitcher that
scouts took notice before high
school." - ], - [ - "PRAGUE, Czech Republic --
Eugene Cernan, the last man to
walk on the moon during the
final Apollo landing, said
Thursday he doesn't expect
space tourism to become
reality in the near future,
despite a strong demand.
Cernan, now 70, who was
commander of NASA's Apollo 17
mission and set foot on the
lunar surface in December 1972
during his third space flight,
acknowledged that \"there are
many people interested in
space tourism.\" But the
former astronaut said he
believed \"we are a long way
away from the day when we can
send a bus of tourists to the
moon.\" He spoke to reporters
before being awarded a medal
by the Czech Academy of
Sciences for his contribution
to science..." - ], - [ - "Never shy about entering a
market late, Microsoft Corp.
is planning to open the
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Thursday, giant panda cub Mei
Sheng delighted visitors by
playing for the first time in
snow delivered to him at the
San Diego Zoo. He also sat on
his ice cake, wrestled with
his mom, got his coat
incredibly dirty, and didn't
read any of the more than 700
birthday wishes sent him via
e-mail from as far away as
Ireland and Argentina." - ], - [ - "AP - Researchers put a
satellite tracking device on a
15-foot shark that appeared to
be lost in shallow water off
Cape Cod, the first time a
great white has been tagged
that way in the Atlantic." - ], - [ - "LSU will stick with a two-
quarterback rotation Saturday
at Auburn, according to Tigers
coach Nick Saban, who seemed
to have some fun telling the
media what he will and won
#39;t discuss Monday." - ], - [ - "Bulgaria has started its first
co-mission with the EU in
Bosnia and Herzegovina, along
with some 30 countries,
including Canada and Turkey." - ], - [ - "The Windows Future Storage
(WinFS) technology that got
cut out of Windows
quot;Longhorn quot; is in
serious trouble, and not just
the hot water a feature might
encounter for missing its
intended production vehicle." - ], - [ - "Seattle -- - Not so long ago,
the 49ers were inflicting on
other teams the kind of pain
and embarrassment they felt in
their 34-0 loss to the
Seahawks on Sunday." - ], - [ - "AP - The pileup of events in
the city next week, including
the Republican National
Convention, will add to the
security challenge for the New
York Police Department, but
commissioner Ray Kelly says,
\"With a big, experienced
police force, we can do it.\"" - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com - Let the
games begin. Not the Olympics
again, but the all-out battle
between video game giants Sony
Corp. and Nintendo Co. Ltd.
The two Japanese companies are
rolling out new gaming
consoles, but Nintendo has
beaten Sony to the punch by
announcing an earlier launch
date for its new hand-held
game player." - ], - [ - "London - Manchester City held
fierce crosstown rivals
Manchester United to a 0-0
draw on Sunday, keeping the
Red Devils eleven points
behind leaders Chelsea." - ], - [ - "LONDON, Dec 11 (IranMania) -
Iraqi Vice-President Ibrahim
al-Jaafari refused to believe
in remarks published Friday
that Iran was attempting to
influence Iraqi polls with the
aim of creating a
quot;crescent quot; dominated
by Shiites in the region." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) - The US
Securities and Exchange
Commission is probing
transactions between Delphi
Corp and EDS, which supplies
the automotive parts and
components giant with
technology services, Delphi
said late Wednesday." - ], - [ - "MONTREAL (CP) - Molson Inc.
and Adolph Coors Co. are
sweetening their brewery
merger plan with a special
dividend to Molson
shareholders worth \\$381
million." - ], - [ - "AP - Echoing what NASA
officials said a day earlier,
a Russian space official on
Friday said the two-man crew
on the international space
station could be forced to
return to Earth if a planned
resupply flight cannot reach
them with food supplies later
this month." - ], - [ - "InfoWorld - SANTA CLARA,
CALIF. -- Accommodating large
patch sets in Linux is
expected to mean forking off
of the 2.7 version of the
platform to accommodate these
changes, according to Andrew
Morton, lead maintainer of the
Linux kernel for Open Source
Development Labs (OSDL)." - ], - [ - "AMSTERDAM The mobile phone
giants Vodafone and Nokia
teamed up on Thursday to
simplify cellphone software
written with the Java computer
language." - ], - [ - "WELLINGTON: National carrier
Air New Zealand said yesterday
the Australian Competition
Tribunal has approved a
proposed alliance with Qantas
Airways Ltd, despite its
rejection in New Zealand." - ], - [ - "The late Princess Dianas
former bodyguard, Ken Wharfe,
dismisses her suspicions that
one of her lovers was bumped
off. Princess Diana had an
affair with Barry Mannakee, a
policeman who was assigned to
protect her." - ], - [ - "Long considered beyond the
reach of mainland mores, the
Florida city is trying to
limit blatant displays of
sexual behavior." - ], - [ - "The overall Linux market is
far larger than previous
estimates show, a new study
says. In an analysis of the
Linux market released late
Tuesday, market research firm
IDC estimated that the Linux
market -- including" - ], - [ - "By PAUL ELIAS SAN FRANCISCO
(AP) -- Several California
cities and counties, including
San Francisco and Los Angeles,
sued Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) on
Friday, accusing the software
giant of illegally charging
inflated prices for its
products because of monopoly
control of the personal
computer operating system
market..." - ], - [ - "New Ole Miss head coach Ed
Orgeron, speaking for the
first time since his hiring,
made clear the goal of his
football program. quot;The
goal of this program will be
to go to the Sugar Bowl, quot;
Orgeron said." - ], - [ - "\"Everyone's nervous,\" Acting
Undersecretary of Defense
Michael W. Wynne warned in a
confidential e-mail to Air
Force Secretary James G. Roche
on July 8, 2003." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Alpharma Inc. on
Friday began\\selling a cheaper
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block the copycat medicine." - ], - [ - "Public opinion of the database
giant sinks to 12-year low, a
new report indicates." - ], - [ - "Opinion: Privacy hysterics
bring old whine in new bottles
to the Internet party. The
desktop search beta from this
Web search leader doesn #39;t
do anything you can #39;t do
already." - ], - [ - "It is much too easy to call
Pedro Martinez the selfish
one, to say he is walking out
on the Red Sox, his baseball
family, for the extra year of
the Mets #39; crazy money." - ], - [ - "It is impossible for young
tennis players today to know
what it was like to be Althea
Gibson and not to be able to
quot;walk in the front door,
quot; Garrison said." - ], - [ - "Senator John Kerry said today
that the war in Iraq was a
\"profound diversion\" from the
war on terror and Osama bin
Laden." - ], - [ - "For spammers, it #39;s been a
summer of love. Two newly
issued reports tracking the
circulation of unsolicited
e-mails say pornographic spam
dominated this summer, nearly
all of it originating from
Internet addresses in North
America." - ], - [ - "The Nordics fared well because
of their long-held ideals of
keeping corruption clamped
down and respect for
contracts, rule of law and
dedication to one-on-one
business relationships." - ], - [ - "Microsoft portrayed its
Longhorn decision as a
necessary winnowing to hit the
2006 timetable. The
announcement on Friday,
Microsoft executives insisted,
did not point to a setback in
software" - ], - [ - "Here #39;s an obvious word of
advice to Florida athletic
director Jeremy Foley as he
kicks off another search for
the Gators football coach: Get
Steve Spurrier on board." - ], - [ - "Don't bother with the small
stuff. Here's what really
matters to your lender." - ], - [ - "A problem in the Service Pack
2 update for Windows XP may
keep owners of AMD-based
computers from using the long-
awaited security package,
according to Microsoft." - ], - [ - "Five years ago, running a
telephone company was an
immensely profitable
proposition. Since then, those
profits have inexorably
declined, and now that decline
has taken another gut-
wrenching dip." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - The litigious
Recording Industry Association
of America (RIAA) is involved
in another legal dispute with
a P-to-P (peer-to-peer)
technology maker, but this
time, the RIAA is on defense.
Altnet Inc. filed a lawsuit
Wednesday accusing the RIAA
and several of its partners of
infringing an Altnet patent
covering technology for
identifying requested files on
a P-to-P network." - ], - [ - "A group claiming to have
captured two Indonesian women
in Iraq has said it will
release them if Jakarta frees
Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir
being held for alleged
terrorist links." - ], - [ - "Amid the stormy gloom in
Gotham, the rain-idled Yankees
last night had plenty of time
to gather in front of their
televisions and watch the Red
Sox Express roar toward them.
The national telecast might
have been enough to send a
jittery Boss Steinbrenner
searching his Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations for some
quot;Little Engine That Could
quot; metaphor." - ], - [ - "FULHAM fans would have been
singing the late Elvis #39;
hit #39;The wonder of you
#39; to their player Elvis
Hammond. If not for Frank
Lampard spoiling the party,
with his dedication to his
late grandfather." - ], - [ - "Indonesian police said
yesterday that DNA tests had
identified a suicide bomber
involved in a deadly attack
this month on the Australian
embassy in Jakarta." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores
Inc.'s warning of
disappointing sales sent
stocks fluctuating Monday as
investors' concerns about a
slowing economy offset their
relief over a drop in oil
prices. October contracts
for a barrel of light crude
were quoted at \\$46.48, down
24 cents, on the New York
Mercantile Exchange..." - ], - [ - "Iraq #39;s top Shi #39;ite
cleric made a sudden return to
the country on Wednesday and
said he had a plan to end an
uprising in the quot;burning
city quot; of Najaf, where
fighting is creeping ever
closer to its holiest shrine." - ], - [ - "For two weeks before MTV
debuted U2 #39;s video for the
new single quot;Vertigo,
quot; fans had a chance to see
the band perform the song on
TV -- in an iPod commercial." - ], - [ - "A bird #39;s eye view of the
circuit at Shanghai shows what
an event Sunday #39;s Chinese
Grand Prix will be. The course
is arguably one of the best
there is, and so it should be
considering the amount of
money that has been spent on
it." - ], - [ - "KABUL, Afghanistan Aug. 22,
2004 - US soldiers sprayed a
pickup truck with bullets
after it failed to stop at a
roadblock in central
Afghanistan, killing two women
and a man and critically
wounding two other" - ], - [ - "Oct. 26, 2004 - The US-
European spacecraft Cassini-
Huygens on Tuesday made a
historic flyby of Titan,
Saturn #39;s largest moon,
passing so low as to almost
touch the fringes of its
atmosphere." - ], - [ - "Reuters - A volcano in central
Japan sent smoke and\\ash high
into the sky and spat out
molten rock as it erupted\\for
a fourth straight day on
Friday, but experts said the
peak\\appeared to be quieting
slightly." - ], - [ - "Shares of Google Inc. made
their market debut on Thursday
and quickly traded up 19
percent at \\$101.28. The Web
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public offering priced at \\$85" - ], - [ - "SYDNEY -- Prime Minister John
Howard of Australia, a key US
ally and supporter of the Iraq
war, celebrated his election
win over opposition Labor
after voters enjoying the
fruits of a strong economy
gave him another term." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Global warming is
melting\\Ecuador's cherished
mountain glaciers and could
cause several\\of them to
disappear over the next two
decades, Ecuadorean and\\French
scientists said on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Sirius Satellite Radio
signed a deal to air the men's
NCAA basketball tournament
through 2007, the latest move
made in an attempt to draw
customers through sports
programming." - ], - [ - "Rather than tell you, Dan
Kranzler chooses instead to
show you how he turned Mforma
into a worldwide publisher of
video games, ringtones and
other hot downloads for mobile
phones." - ], - [ - "UK interest rates have been
kept on hold at 4.75 following
the latest meeting of the Bank
of England #39;s rate-setting
committee." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two rockets
hit a downtown Baghdad hotel
housing foreigners and
journalists Thursday, and
gunfire erupted in the
neighborhood across the Tigris
River from the U.S. Embassy
compound..." - ], - [ - "The Prevention of Terrorism
Act 2002 (Pota) polarised the
country, not just by the
manner in which it was pushed
through by the NDA government
through a joint session of
Parliament but by the shabby
and often biased manner in
which it was enforced." - ], - [ - "Not being part of a culture
with a highly developed
language, could limit your
thoughts, at least as far as
numbers are concerned, reveals
a new study conducted by a
psychologist at the Columbia
University in New York." - ], - [ - "CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A native of
Red Oak, Iowa, who was a
pioneer in astronomy who
proposed the quot;dirty
snowball quot; theory for the
substance of comets, has died." - ], - [ - "Resurgent oil prices paused
for breath as the United
States prepared to draw on its
emergency reserves to ease
supply strains caused by
Hurricane Ivan." - ], - [ - "(Sports Network) - The
inconsistent San Diego Padres
will try for consecutive wins
for the first time since
August 28-29 tonight, when
they begin a huge four-game
set against the Los Angeles
Dodgers at Dodger Stadium." - ], - [ - "A Portuguese-sounding version
of the virus has appeared in
the wild. Be wary of mail from
Manaus." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top seed
Roger Federer survived a
stirring comeback from twice
champion Andre Agassi to reach
the semifinals of the U.S.
Open for the first time on
Thursday, squeezing through
6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3." - ], - [ - "President Bush, who credits
three years of tax relief
programs with helping
strengthen the slow economy,
said Saturday he would sign
into law the Working Families
Tax Relief Act to preserve tax
cuts." - ], - [ - "HEN investors consider the
bond market these days, the
low level of interest rates
should be more cause for worry
than for gratitude." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Hunters soon may be
able to sit at\\their computers
and blast away at animals on a
Texas ranch via\\the Internet,
a prospect that has state
wildlife officials up\\in arms." - ], - [ - "The Bedminster-based company
yesterday said it was pushing
into 21 new markets with the
service, AT amp;T CallVantage,
and extending an introductory
rate offer until Sept. 30. In
addition, the company is
offering in-home installation
of up to five ..." - ], - [ - "Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
has developed a new LCD
(liquid crystal display)
technology that builds a touch
screen into the display, a
development that could lead to
thinner and cheaper display
panels for mobile phones, the
company said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "The US military says marines
in Fallujah shot and killed an
insurgent who engaged them as
he was faking being dead, a
week after footage of a marine
killing an apparently unarmed
and wounded Iraqi caused a
stir in the region." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
stocks rallied on Monday after
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other big deals raised
expectations of more
takeovers." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO - What Babe Ruth
was to the first half of the
20th century and Hank Aaron
was to the second, Barry Bonds
has become for the home run
generation." - ], - [ - "Description: NPR #39;s Alex
Chadwick talks to Colin Brown,
deputy political editor for
the United Kingdom #39;s
Independent newspaper,
currently covering the British
Labour Party Conference." - ], - [ - "Birgit Fischer settled for
silver, leaving the 42-year-
old Olympian with two medals
in two days against decidedly
younger competition." - ], - [ - "The New Jersey-based Accoona
Corporation, an industry
pioneer in artificial
intelligence search
technology, announced on
Monday the launch of Accoona." - ], - [ - "Hamas vowed revenge yesterday
after an Israeli airstrike in
Gaza killed one of its senior
commanders - the latest
assassination to have weakened
the militant group." - ], - [ - "There was no mystery ... no
secret strategy ... no baited
trap that snapped shut and
changed the course of history
#39;s most lucrative non-
heavyweight fight." - ], - [ - "Notre Dame accepted an
invitation Sunday to play in
the Insight Bowl in Phoenix
against a Pac-10 team on Dec.
28. The Irish (6-5) accepted
the bid a day after losing to
Southern California" - ], - [ - "Greg Anderson has so dominated
Pro Stock this season that his
championship quest has evolved
into a pursuit of NHRA
history. By Bob Hesser, Racers
Edge Photography." - ], - [ - "Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on
Thursday said fourth-quarter
profit rose as its fixed-
income, currency and
commodities business soared
while a rebounding stock
market boosted investment
banking." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - The
dollar rose on Monday in a
retracement from last week's
steep losses, but dealers said
the bias toward a weaker
greenback remained intact." - ], - [ - "Michael Powell, chairman of
the FCC, said Wednesday he was
disappointed with ABC for
airing a sexually suggestive
opening to \"Monday Night
Football.\"" - ], - [ - "The message against illegally
copying CDs for uses such as
in file-sharing over the
Internet has widely sunk in,
said the company in it #39;s
recent announcement to drop
the Copy-Control program." - ], - [ - "Former Washington football
coach Rick Neuheisel looked
forward to a return to
coaching Wednesday after being
cleared by the NCAA of
wrongdoing related to his
gambling on basketball games." - ], - [ - "Reuters - California will
become hotter and\\drier by the
end of the century, menacing
the valuable wine and\\dairy
industries, even if dramatic
steps are taken to curb\\global
warming, researchers said on
Monday." - ], - [ - "A senior member of the
Palestinian resistance group
Hamas has been released from
an Israeli prison after
completing a two-year
sentence." - ], - [ - "IBM said Monday that it won a
500 million (AUD\\$1.25
billion), seven-year services
contract to help move UK bank
Lloyds TBS from its
traditional voice
infrastructure to a converged
voice and data network." - ], - [ - "MPs have announced a new
inquiry into family courts and
whether parents are treated
fairly over issues such as
custody or contact with their
children." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - MELBOURNE,
Australia (AP) - A 36-year-old
businesswoman was believed to
be the first woman to walk
around Australia on Friday
after striding into her
hometown of Melbourne to
complete her 16,700-kilometre
trek in 365 days." - ], - [ - "Most remaining Pakistani
prisoners held at the US
Guantanamo Bay prison camp are
freed, officials say." - ], - [ - "Space shuttle astronauts will
fly next year without the
ability to repair in orbit the
type of damage that destroyed
the Columbia vehicle in
February 2003." - ], - [ - "Moscow - Russia plans to
combine Gazprom, the world
#39;s biggest natural gas
producer, with state-owned oil
producer Rosneft, easing rules
for trading Gazprom shares and
creating a company that may
dominate the country #39;s
energy industry." - ], - [ - "AP - Rutgers basketball player
Shalicia Hurns was suspended
from the team after pleading
guilty to punching and tying
up her roommate during a
dispute over painkilling
drugs." - ], - [ - "By cutting WinFS from Longhorn
and indefinitely delaying the
storage system, Microsoft
Corp. has also again delayed
the Microsoft Business
Framework (MBF), a new Windows
programming layer that is
closely tied to WinFS." - ], - [ - "French police are
investigating an arson-caused
fire at a Jewish Social Center
that might have killed dozens
without the quick response of
firefighters." - ], - [ - "Rodney King, whose videotaped
beating led to riots in Los
Angeles in 1992, is out of
jail now and talking frankly
for the first time about the
riots, himself and the
American way of life." - ], - [ - "AFP - Radical Islamic cleric
Abu Hamza al-Masri was set to
learn Thursday whether he
would be charged under
Britain's anti-terrorism law,
thus delaying his possible
extradition to the United
States to face terrorism-
related charges." - ], - [ - "Diversified manufacturer
Honeywell International Inc.
(HON.N: Quote, Profile,
Research) posted a rise in
quarterly profit as strong
demand for aerospace equipment
and automobile components" - ], - [ - "This was the event Michael
Phelps didn't really need to
compete in if his goal was to
win eight golds. He probably
would have had a better chance
somewhere else." - ], - [ - "Samsung's new SPH-V5400 mobile
phone sports a built-in
1-inch, 1.5-gigabyte hard disk
that can store about 15 times
more data than conventional
handsets, Samsung said." - ], - [ - "Reuters - U.S. housing starts
jumped a\\larger-than-expected
6.4 percent in October to the
busiest pace\\since December as
buyers took advantage of low
mortgage rates,\\a government
report showed on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Gabe Kapler became the first
player to leave the World
Series champion Boston Red
Sox, agreeing to a one-year
contract with the Yomiuri
Giants in Tokyo." - ], - [ - "Louisen Louis, 30, walked
Monday in the middle of a
street that resembled a small
river with brown rivulets and
waves. He wore sandals and had
a cut on one of his big toes." - ], - [ - "BALI, Indonesia - Svetlana
Kuznetsova, fresh off her
championship at the US Open,
defeated Australian qualifier
Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-4
Thursday to reach the
quarterfinals of the Wismilak
International." - ], - [ - "The Securities and Exchange
Commission ordered mutual
funds to stop paying higher
commissions to brokers who
promote the companies' funds
and required portfolio
managers to reveal investments
in funds they supervise." - ], - [ - "A car bomb exploded outside
the main hospital in Chechny
#39;s capital, Grozny, on
Sunday, injuring 17 people in
an attack apparently targeting
members of a Chechen security
force bringing in wounded from
an earlier explosion" - ], - [ - "AP - Just like the old days in
Dallas, Emmitt Smith made life
miserable for the New York
Giants on Sunday." - ], - [ - "Sumitomo Mitsui Financial
Group (SMFG), Japans second
largest bank, today put
forward a 3,200 billion (\\$29
billion) takeover bid for
United Financial Group (UFJ),
the countrys fourth biggest
lender, in an effort to regain
initiative in its bidding" - ], - [ - "AP - Gay marriage is emerging
as a big enough issue in
several states to influence
races both for Congress and
the presidency." - ], - [ - "TAMPA, Fla. - Chris Simms
first NFL start lasted 19
plays, and it might be a while
before he plays again for the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers." - ], - [ - "Vendor says it #39;s
developing standards-based
servers in various form
factors for the telecom
market. By Darrell Dunn.
Hewlett-Packard on Thursday
unveiled plans to create a
portfolio of products and
services" - ], - [ - "Jarno Trulli made the most of
the conditions in qualifying
to claim pole ahead of Michael
Schumacher, while Fernando
finished third." - ], - [ - "More than 30 aid workers have
been airlifted to safety from
a town in Sudan #39;s troubled
Darfur region after fighting
broke out and their base was
bombed, a British charity
says." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
chain store retail sales
slipped during the
Thanksgiving holiday week, as
consumers took advantage of
discounted merchandise, a
retail report said on
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "The Mac maker says it will
replace about 28,000 batteries
in one model of PowerBook G4
and tells people to stop using
the notebook." - ], - [ - "It #39;s the mildest of mild
winters down here in the south
of Italy and, last weekend at
Bcoli, a pretty suburb by the
seaside west of Naples, the
customers of Pizzeria quot;Da
Enrico quot; were making the
most of it." - ], - [ - "By George Chamberlin , Daily
Transcript Financial
Correspondent. Concerns about
oil production leading into
the winter months sent shivers
through the stock market
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Airbus has withdrawn a filing
that gave support for
Microsoft in an antitrust case
before the European Union
#39;s Court of First Instance,
a source close to the
situation said on Friday." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - A spotty job
market and stagnant paychecks
cloud this Labor Day holiday
for many workers, highlighting
the importance of pocketbook
issues in the presidential
election. \"Working harder
and enjoying it less,\" said
economist Ken Mayland,
president of ClearView
Economics, summing up the
state of working America..." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
stocks rose on Wednesday
lifted by a merger between
retailers Kmart and Sears,
better-than-expected earnings
from Hewlett-Packard and data
showing a slight rise in core
inflation." - ], - [ - "AP - Authorities are
investigating whether bettors
at New York's top thoroughbred
tracks were properly informed
when jockeys came in
overweight at races, a source
familiar with the probe told
The Associated Press." - ], - [ - "European Commission president
Romano Prodi has unveiled
proposals to loosen the
deficit rules under the EU
Stability Pact. The loosening
was drafted by monetary
affairs commissioner Joaquin
Almunia, who stood beside the
president at the announcement." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - MONTREAL (CP)
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a firebombing at a Jewish
elementary school pleaded
guilty Thursday to arson." - ], - [ - "Retail sales in Britain saw
the fastest growth in
September since January,
casting doubts on the view
that the economy is slowing
down, according to official
figures released Thursday." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) -
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in debt and high costs." - ], - [ - "Delta Air Lines (DAL.N: Quote,
Profile, Research) on Thursday
said it reached a deal with
FedEx Express to sell eight
McDonnell Douglas MD11
aircraft and four spare
engines for delivery in 2004." - ], - [ - "Michael Owen scored his first
goal for Real Madrid in a 1-0
home victory over Dynamo Kiev
in the Champions League. The
England striker toe-poked home
Ronaldo #39;s cross in the
35th minute to join the
Russians" - ], - [ - " quot;Resuming uranium
enrichment is not in our
agenda. We are still committed
to the suspension, quot;
Foreign Ministry spokesman
Hamid Reza." - ], - [ - "Leading OPEC producer Saudi
Arabia said on Monday in
Vienna, Austria, that it had
made a renewed effort to
deflate record high world oil
prices by upping crude output
again." - ], - [ - "The U.S. military presence in
Iraq will grow to 150,000
troops by next month, the
highest level since the
invasion last year." - ], - [ - "UPDATE, SUN 9PM: More than a
million people have left their
homes in Cuba, as Hurricane
Ivan approaches. The ferocious
storm is headed that way,
after ripping through the
Cayman Islands, tearing off
roofs, flooding homes and
causing general havoc." - ], - [ - "Jason Giambi has returned to
the New York Yankees'
clubhouse but is still
clueless as to when he will be
able to play again." - ], - [ - "Seventy-five National Hockey
League players met with union
leaders yesterday to get an
update on a lockout that shows
no sign of ending." - ], - [ - "Howard, at 6-4 overall and 3-3
in the Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference, can clinch a
winning record in the MEAC
with a win over Delaware State
on Saturday." - ], - [ - "Millions of casual US anglers
are having are larger than
appreciated impact on sea fish
stocks, scientists claim." - ], - [ - "The founders of the Pilgrim
Baxter amp; Associates money-
management firm agreed
yesterday to personally fork
over \\$160 million to settle
charges they allowed a friend
to" - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - Top-ranked
Argentina booked their berth
in the women's hockey semi-
finals at the Athens Olympics
on Friday but defending
champions Australia now face
an obstacle course to qualify
for the medal matches." - ], - [ - "IBM Corp. Tuesday announced
plans to acquire software
vendor Systemcorp ALG for an
undisclosed amount. Systemcorp
of Montreal makes project
portfolio management software
aimed at helping companies
better manage their IT
projects." - ], - [ - "The Notre Dame message boards
are no longer discussing
whether Tyrone Willingham
should be fired. Theyre
already arguing about whether
the next coach should be Barry
Alvarez or Steve Spurrier." - ], - [ - "Forbes.com - By now you
probably know that earnings of
Section 529 college savings
accounts are free of federal
tax if used for higher
education. But taxes are only
part of the problem. What if
your investments tank? Just
ask Laurence and Margo
Williams of Alexandria, Va. In
2000 they put #36;45,000 into
the Virginia Education Savings
Trust to open accounts for
daughters Lea, now 5, and
Anne, now 3. Since then their
investment has shrunk 5 while
the average private college
tuition has climbed 18 to
#36;18,300." - ], - [ - "German Chancellor Gerhard
Schroeder said Sunday that
there was quot;no problem
quot; with Germany #39;s
support to the start of
negotiations on Turkey #39;s
entrance into EU." - ], - [ - "Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.,
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drink maker, offered A\\$500
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cash and stock for fruit
canner SPC Ardmona Ltd." - ], - [ - "US technology shares tumbled
on Friday after technology
bellwether Intel Corp.
(INTC.O: Quote, Profile,
Research) slashed its revenue
forecast, but blue chips were
only moderately lower as drug
and industrial stocks made
solid gains." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Final
U.S. government tests on an
animal suspected of having mad
cow disease were not yet
complete, the U.S. Agriculture
Department said, with no
announcement on the results
expected on Monday." - ], - [ - "MANILA Fernando Poe Jr., the
popular actor who challenged
President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo in the presidential
elections this year, died
early Tuesday." - ], - [ - " THOMASTOWN, Ireland (Reuters)
- World number three Ernie
Els overcame difficult weather
conditions to fire a sparkling
eight-under-par 64 and move
two shots clear after two
rounds of the WGC-American
Express Championship Friday." - ], - [ - "Lamar Odom supplemented 20
points with 13 rebounds and
Kobe Bryant added 19 points to
overcome a big night from Yao
Ming as the Los Angeles Lakers
ground out an 84-79 win over
the Rockets in Houston
Saturday." - ], - [ - "AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - A
Dutch filmmaker who outraged
members of the Muslim
community by making a film
critical of the mistreatment
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credibility and motives of
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produced 15 double-faults, an
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2004 after three years of deep
decline, reflecting a stronger
world economy and more
international merger activity,
the United Nations (UN) said
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time established the existence
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of its Eclipse breath strips
at a plant in Phoenix, Arizona
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Poznan, Poland." - ], - [ - "Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
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dropped out of the Olympic
marathon miles from the
finish, she sobbed
uncontrollably. Margaret Okayo
knew the feeling. Okayo pulled
out of the marathon at the
15th mile with a left leg
injury, and she cried, too.
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search engine company made it
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NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
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dollar rose on Friday, after a
U.S. report showed consumer
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during an Independence Day
parade in India's remote
northeast on Sunday, killing
at least 15 people, officials
said, just an hour after Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh
pledged to fight terrorism.
The outlawed United Liberation
Front of Asom was suspected of
being behind the attack in
Assam state and a second one
later in the area, said Assam
Inspector General of Police
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researchers find that super
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tuberculosis are at the
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a failure after narrowly
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year's four major
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Darfur tomorrow to check on
the government #39;s claim
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displaced by conflict there
have voluntarily returned to
their homes, a spokesman said." - ], - [ - "Dell cut prices on some
servers and PCs by as much as
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paying less for parts. The
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election provisional ballots
rejected so far in Ohio came
from people who were not even
registered to vote, election
officials said after spending
nearly two weeks poring over
thousands of disputed votes." - ], - [ - "Striker Bonaventure Kalou
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Wednesday at a San Salvador
prison, leaving at least 31
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American Cassini-Huygens space
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ice flowing on the surface of
Saturn #39;s largest moon,
Titan, suggesting the
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an already weak preliminary
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dolphin that washed up on an
eastern Australian beach has
intrigued local scientists,
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boost a conservative Latin
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the Andean nation where
thousands of security forces
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brief stay." - ], - [ - "Dubai - Former Palestinian
security minister Mohammed
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police were behind the
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deaths in a mourning tent for
Yasser Arafat in Gaza." - ], - [ - "A drug company executive who
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and similar legislation before
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Tottenham at Eastlands, but
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Hines Ward scored twice and
the Pittsburgh Steelers
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victory over Philadelphia on
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at the Olympic basketball
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commodity exports are forecast
to increase by 15 percent to a
record 95 billion dollars (71
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cooperation in the energy
sector, which could lead to
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amounts of diesel fuel from
its neighbour, according to
Pakistani Foreign Minister
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scientist is reported to have
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chorus of businesses and
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translated into either a
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Microsoft #39;s next version
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module, a scripting platform
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to find trends and bargains
and pull together a wardrobe
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ground collapsed and the pipe
pushed upward, buckling into a
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British troops rolled out of
southern Iraq on a US-
requested mission to deadlier
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Hamid Karzai escaped an
assassination bid today when a
rocket was fired at his US
military helicopter as it was
landing in the southeastern
town of Gardez." - ], - [ - "The Jets came up with four
turnovers by Dolphins
quarterback Jay Fiedler in the
second half, including an
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for a touchdown." - ], - [ - "China's Guo Jingjing easily
won the women's 3-meter
springboard last night, and Wu
Minxia made it a 1-2 finish
for the world's diving
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turns out better than his last
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doing far more damage to US
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golfer who prompted a change
in the rules to allow her to
compete on the professional
circuit, made history
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tally now stands at five after
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Michigan Business School, in
partnership with the American
Society for Quality and CFI
Group, and is supported in
part by ForeSee Results" - ], - [ - "CHICAGO : Interstate Bakeries
Corp., the maker of popular,
old-style snacks Twinkies and
Hostess Cakes, filed for
bankruptcy, citing rising
costs and falling sales." - ], - [ - "Delta Air Lines (DAL:NYSE -
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cut employees and benefits but
give a bigger-than-expected
role to Song, its low-cost
unit, in a widely anticipated
but still unannounced
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learned." - ], - [ - "By byron kho. A consortium of
movie and record companies
joined forces on Friday to
request that the US Supreme
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Bertie Ahern urged Irish
Republican Army commanders
yesterday to meet what he
acknowledged was ''a heavy
burden quot;: disarming and
disbanding their organization
in support of Northern
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proud. His Boston Red Sox just
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Blue Stars yesterday clinched
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thought?" - ], - [ - "While reproductive planning
and women #39;s equality have
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couple of alternative graphics
to depict where the storms
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announcement this week that it
has forged a new partnership
deal with Malaysian carmaker
Proton comes as a strong euro
and Europe #39;s weak economic
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Asia." - ], - [ - "AP - Johan Santana had an
early lead and was well on his
way to his 10th straight win
when the rain started to fall." - ], - [ - "ATHENS-In one of the biggest
shocks in Olympic judo
history, defending champion
Kosei Inoue was defeated by
Dutchman Elco van der Geest in
the men #39;s 100-kilogram
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for basic goods and services
that people elsewhere in the
country, according to figures
released today by the Central
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week to grab up to 17.1 per
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to its Nascar telecasts after
Dale Earnhardt Jr. used a
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interview last weekend." - ], - [ - "LONDON - Wild capuchin monkeys
can understand cause and
effect well enough to use
rocks to dig for food,
scientists have found.
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outfielder Barry Bonds, who
became the third player in
Major League Baseball history
to hit 700 career home runs,
won the National League Most
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rose 171.88 points, or 1.22
percent, to 14,066.91. On
Friday, the index had slipped
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Jenson Button set the pace at
the first Chinese Grand Prix." - ], - [ - "Shares plunge after company
says its vein graft treatment
failed to show benefit in
late-stage test. CHICAGO
(Reuters) - Biotechnology
company Corgentech Inc." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - Contradicting the
main argument for a war that
has cost more than 1,000
American lives, the top U.S.
arms inspector reported
Wednesday that he found no
evidence that Iraq produced
any weapons of mass
destruction after 1991..." - ], - [ - "The key to hidden treasure
lies in your handheld GPS
unit. GPS-based \"geocaching\"
is a high-tech sport being
played by thousands of people
across the globe." - ], - [ - "AFP - Style mavens will be
scanning the catwalks in Paris
this week for next spring's
must-have handbag, as a
sweeping exhibition at the
French capital's fashion and
textile museum reveals the bag
in all its forms." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - SAINT-
QUENTIN, N.B. (CP) - A major
highway in northern New
Brunswick remained closed to
almost all traffic Monday, as
local residents protested
planned health care cuts." - ], - [ - "The U.S. information tech
sector lost 403,300 jobs
between March 2001 and April
2004, and the market for tech
workers remains bleak,
according to a new report." - ], - [ - " NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - A
radical Iraqi cleric leading a
Shi'ite uprising agreed on
Wednesday to disarm his
militia and leave one of the
country's holiest Islamic
shrines after warnings of an
onslaught by government
forces." - ], - [ - "Saudi security forces have
killed a wanted militant near
the scene of a deadly shootout
Thursday. Officials say the
militant was killed in a
gunbattle Friday in the
northern town of Buraida,
hours after one" - ], - [ - "Portsmouth chairman Milan
Mandaric said on Tuesday that
Harry Redknapp, who resigned
as manager last week, was
innocent of any wrong-doing
over agent or transfer fees." - ], - [ - "This record is for all the
little guys, for all the
players who have to leg out
every hit instead of taking a
relaxing trot around the
bases, for all the batters
whose muscles aren #39;t" - ], - [ - "Two South Africans acquitted
by a Zimbabwean court of
charges related to the alleged
coup plot in Equatorial Guinea
are to be questioned today by
the South African authorities." - ], - [ - "Charlie Hodgson #39;s record-
equalling performance against
South Africa was praised by
coach Andy Robinson after the
Sale flyhalf scored 27 points
in England #39;s 32-16 victory
here at Twickenham on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "com September 30, 2004, 11:11
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Thursday increased capacities
for several different flash
memory cards. The Sunnyvale,
Calif." - ], - [ - "MOSCOW (CP) - Russia mourned
89 victims of a double air
disaster today as debate
intensified over whether the
two passenger liners could
have plunged almost
simultaneously from the sky by
accident." - ], - [ - "US blue-chip stocks rose
slightly on Friday as
government data showed better-
than-expected demand in August
for durable goods other than
transportation equipment, but
climbing oil prices limited
gains." - ], - [ - "BASEBALL Atlanta (NL):
Optioned P Roman Colon to
Greenville (Southern);
recalled OF Dewayne Wise from
Richmond (IL). Boston (AL):
Purchased C Sandy Martinez
from Cleveland (AL) and
assigned him to Pawtucket
(IL). Cleveland (AL): Recalled
OF Ryan Ludwick from Buffalo
(IL). Chicago (NL): Acquired
OF Ben Grieve from Milwaukee
(NL) for player to be named
and cash; acquired C Mike ..." - ], - [ - "Australia #39;s prime minister
says a body found in Fallujah
is likely that of kidnapped
aid worker Margaret Hassan.
John Howard told Parliament a
videotape of an Iraqi
terrorist group executing a
Western woman appears to have
been genuine." - ], - [ - "roundup Plus: Tech firms rally
against copyright bill...Apple
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glitches...Alvarion expands
wireless broadband in China." - ], - [ - "BRONX, New York (Ticker) --
Kelvim Escobar was the latest
Anaheim Angels #39; pitcher to
subdue the New York Yankees.
Escobar pitched seven strong
innings and Bengie Molina tied
a career-high with four hits,
including" - ], - [ - "Business software maker
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in his status as the new world
number one after winning the
Deutsche Bank Championship by
three shots in Boston on
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targets, \"parked\" unwanted
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Merrill Lynch in a sham sale
designed to be reversed,
a\\prosecutor said on Tuesday
in the first criminal trial
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dollar rebounded on Monday
after a heavy selloff last
week, but analysts were
uncertain if the rally could
hold as the drumbeat of
expectation began for to the
December U.S. jobs report due
Friday." - ], - [ - "AP - Their first debate less
than a week away, President
Bush and Democrat John Kerry
kept their public schedules
clear on Saturday and began to
focus on their prime-time
showdown." - ], - [ - "Many people in golf are asking
that today. He certainly wasn
#39;t A-list and he wasn #39;t
Larry Nelson either. But you
couldn #39;t find a more solid
guy to lead the United States
into Ireland for the 2006
Ryder Cup Matches." - ], - [ - "Coles Myer Ltd. Australia
#39;s biggest retailer,
increased second-half profit
by 26 percent after opening
fuel and convenience stores,
selling more-profitable
groceries and cutting costs." - ], - [ - "MOSCOW: Us oil major
ConocoPhillips is seeking to
buy up to 25 in Russian oil
giant Lukoil to add billions
of barrels of reserves to its
books, an industry source
familiar with the matter said
on Friday." - ], - [ - "Australian Stuart Appleby, who
was the joint second-round
leader, returned a two-over 74
to drop to third at three-
under while American Chris
DiMarco moved into fourth with
a round of 69." - ], - [ - "PARIS Getting to the bottom of
what killed Yassar Arafat
could shape up to be an ugly
family tug-of-war. Arafat
#39;s half-brother and nephew
want copies of Arafat #39;s
medical records from the
suburban Paris hospital" - ], - [ - "Red Hat is acquiring security
and authentication tools from
Netscape Security Solutions to
bolster its software arsenal.
Red Hat #39;s CEO and chairman
Matthew Szulik spoke about the
future strategy of the Linux
supplier." - ], - [ - "With a doubleheader sweep of
the Minnesota Twins, the New
York Yankees moved to the
verge of clinching their
seventh straight AL East
title." - ], - [ - "Global Web portal Yahoo! Inc.
Wednesday night made available
a beta version of a new search
service for videos. Called
Yahoo! Video Search, the
search engine crawls the Web
for different types of media
files" - ], - [ - "Interactive posters at 25
underground stations are
helping Londoners travel
safely over Christmas." - ], - [ - "Athens, Greece (Sports
Network) - The first official
track event took place this
morning and Italy #39;s Ivano
Brugnetti won the men #39;s
20km walk at the Summer
Olympics in Athens." - ], - [ - " THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former
Yugoslav President Slobodan
Milosevic condemned his war
crimes trial as a \"pure farce\"
on Wednesday in a defiant
finish to his opening defense
statement against charges of
ethnic cleansing in the
Balkans." - ], - [ - "US Airways Group (otc: UAIRQ -
news - people ) on Thursday
said it #39;ll seek a court
injunction to prohibit a
strike by disaffected unions." - ], - [ - "Shares in Unilever fall after
the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods
giant issued a surprise
profits warning." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - The
Canadian government will sell
its 19 percent stake in Petro-
Canada for \\$2.49 billion,
according to the final
prospectus filed with the US
Securities and Exchange
Commission Thursday." - ], - [ - "Champions Arsenal opened a
five-point lead at the top of
the Premier League after a 4-0
thrashing of Charlton Athletic
at Highbury Saturday." - ], - [ - "The Redskins and Browns have
traded field goals and are
tied, 3-3, in the first
quarter in Cleveland." - ], - [ - " HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) -
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at its new Indian campus in
the next year, its chief
executive said on Monday, in a
move aimed at strengthening
its presence in Asia's fourth-
biggest economy." - ], - [ - "According to Swiss
authorities, history was made
Sunday when 2723 people in
four communities in canton
Geneva, Switzerland, voted
online in a national federal
referendum." - ], - [ - " GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) -
People braved a steady drizzle
to come out to vote in a
remote northeast Indian state
on Thursday, as troops
guarded polling stations in an
election being held under the
shadow of violence." - ], - [ - "AFP - Three of the nine
Canadian sailors injured when
their newly-delivered,
British-built submarine caught
fire in the North Atlantic
were airlifted Wednesday to
hospital in northwest Ireland,
officials said." - ], - [ - "Alitalia SpA, Italy #39;s
largest airline, reached an
agreement with its flight
attendants #39; unions to cut
900 jobs, qualifying the
company for a government
bailout that will keep it in
business for another six
months." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Iraq - A series of
strong explosions shook
central Baghdad near dawn
Sunday, and columns of thick
black smoke rose from the
Green Zone where U.S. and
Iraqi government offices are
located..." - ], - [ - "Forget September call-ups. The
Red Sox may tap their minor
league system for an extra
player or two when the rules
allow them to expand their
25-man roster Wednesday, but
any help from the farm is
likely to pale against the
abundance of talent they gain
from the return of numerous
players, including Trot Nixon
, from the disabled list." - ], - [ - "P amp;Os cutbacks announced
today are the result of the
waves of troubles that have
swamped the ferry industry of
late. Some would say the
company has done well to
weather the storms for as long
as it has." - ], - [ - "Sven-Goran Eriksson may gamble
by playing goalkeeper Paul
Robinson and striker Jermain
Defoe in Poland." - ], - [ - "Foreign Secretary Jack Straw
has flown to Khartoum on a
mission to pile the pressure
on the Sudanese government to
tackle the humanitarian
catastrophe in Darfur." - ], - [ - " Nextel was the big story in
telecommunications yesterday,
thanks to the Reston company's
mega-merger with Sprint, but
the future of wireless may be
percolating in dozens of
Washington area start-ups." - ], - [ - "Reuters - A senior U.S.
official said on
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done with hostage-takers ahead
of the\\latest deadline set by
Afghan Islamic militants who
have\\threatened to kill three
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day like a child waits for
Christmas. Today, PalmOne
introduces the Treo 650, the
answer to my quot;what smart
phone will I buy?" - ], - [ - "THOUSAND OAKS -- Anonymity is
only a problem if you want it
to be, and it is obvious Vijay
Singh doesn #39;t want it to
be. Let others chase fame." - ], - [ - "Wikipedia has surprised Web
watchers by growing fast and
maturing into one of the most
popular reference sites." - ], - [ - "It only takes 20 minutes on
the Internet for an
unprotected computer running
Microsoft Windows to be taken
over by a hacker. Any personal
or financial information
stored" - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - Russia #39;s
Severstal has made an offer to
buy Stelco Inc., in what #39;s
believed to be one of several
competing offers emerging for
the restructuring but
profitable Hamilton steel
producer." - ], - [ - "Prices for flash memory cards
-- the little modules used by
digital cameras, handheld
organizers, MP3 players and
cell phones to store pictures,
music and other data -- are
headed down -- way down. Past
trends suggest that prices
will drop 35 percent a year,
but industry analysts think
that rate will be more like 40
or 50 percent this year and
next, due to more
manufacturers entering the
market." - ], - [ - "Walt Disney Co. #39;s
directors nominated Michael
Ovitz to serve on its board
for another three years at a
meeting just weeks before
forcing him out of his job as" - ], - [ - "The European Union, Japan,
Brazil and five other
countries won World Trade
Organization approval to
impose tariffs worth more than
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Honeywell International on
Wednesday said it has filed a
lawsuit against 34 electronics
companies including Apple
Computer and Eastman Kodak,
claiming patent infringement
of its liquid crystal display
technology." - ], - [ - "Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams
has put the pressure for the
success or failure of the
Northern Ireland assembly
talks firmly on the shoulders
of Ian Paisley." - ], - [ - "Australia #39;s Computershare
has agreed to buy EquiServe of
the United States for US\\$292
million (\\$423 million),
making it the largest US share
registrar and driving its
shares up by a third." - ], - [ - "David Coulthard #39;s season-
long search for a Formula One
drive next year is almost
over. Negotiations between Red
Bull Racing and Coulthard, who
tested for the Austrian team
for the first time" - ], - [ - "Interest rates on short-term
Treasury securities were mixed
in yesterday's auction. The
Treasury Department sold \\$18
billion in three-month bills
at a discount rate of 1.640
percent, up from 1.635 percent
last week. An additional \\$16
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bills at a rate of 1.840
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tarred insurance firm Marsh
Inc. were ousted yesterday,
the company said, the latest
casualties of an industry
probe by New York's attorney
general." - ], - [ - "AP - Southern California
tailback LenDale White
remembers Justin Holland from
high school. The Colorado
State quarterback made quite
an impression." - ], - [ - "TIM HENMAN last night admitted
all of his energy has been
drained away as he bowed out
of the Madrid Masters. The top
seed, who had a blood test on
Wednesday to get to the bottom
of his fatigue, went down" - ], - [ - "USDA #39;s Animal Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS)
this morning announced it has
confirmed a detection of
soybean rust from two test
plots at Louisiana State
University near Baton Rouge,
Louisiana." - ], - [ - " JAKARTA (Reuters) - President
Megawati Sukarnoputri urged
Indonesians on Thursday to
accept the results of the
country's first direct
election of a leader, but
stopped short of conceding
defeat." - ], - [ - "ISLAMABAD: Pakistan early
Monday test-fired its
indigenously developed short-
range nuclear-capable Ghaznavi
missile, the Inter Services
Public Relations (ISPR) said
in a statement." - ], - [ - "While the US software giant
Microsoft has achieved almost
sweeping victories in
government procurement
projects in several Chinese
provinces and municipalities,
the process" - ], - [ - "Mexican Cemex, being the third
largest cement maker in the
world, agreed to buy its
British competitor - RMC Group
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as their debts in order to
expand their activity on the
building materials market of
the USA and Europe." - ], - [ - "Microsoft Corp. has delayed
automated distribution of a
major security upgrade to its
Windows XP Professional
operating system, citing a
desire to give companies more
time to test it." - ], - [ - "The trial of a man accused of
murdering York backpacker
Caroline Stuttle begins in
Australia." - ], - [ - "Gateway computers will be more
widely available at Office
Depot, in the PC maker #39;s
latest move to broaden
distribution at retail stores
since acquiring rival
eMachines this year." - ], - [ - "ATHENS -- US sailors needed a
big day to bring home gold and
bronze medals from the sailing
finale here yesterday. But
rolling the dice on windshifts
and starting tactics backfired
both in Star and Tornado
classes, and the Americans had
to settle for a single silver
medal." - ], - [ - "Intel Corp. is refreshing its
64-bit Itanium 2 processor
line with six new chips based
on the Madison core. The new
processors represent the last
single-core Itanium chips that
the Santa Clara, Calif." - ], - [ - "The world's largest insurance
group pays \\$126m in fines as
part of a settlement with US
regulators over its dealings
with two firms." - ], - [ - "BRUSSELS: The EU sought
Wednesday to keep pressure on
Turkey over its bid to start
talks on joining the bloc, as
last-minute haggling seemed
set to go down to the wire at
a summit poised to give a
green light to Ankara." - ], - [ - "AP - J. Cofer Black, the State
Department official in charge
of counterterrorism, is
leaving government in the next
few weeks." - ], - [ - "For the first time, broadband
connections are reaching more
than half (51 percent) of the
American online population at
home, according to measurement
taken in July by
Nielsen/NetRatings, a
Milpitas-based Internet
audience measurement and
research ..." - ], - [ - "AP - Cavaliers forward Luke
Jackson was activated
Wednesday after missing five
games because of tendinitis in
his right knee. Cleveland also
placed forward Sasha Pavlovic
on the injured list." - ], - [ - "The tobacco firm John Player
amp; Sons has announced plans
to lay off 90 workers at its
cigarette factory in Dublin.
The company said it was
planning a phased closure of
the factory between now and
February as part of a review
of its global operations." - ], - [ - "AP - Consumers borrowed more
freely in September,
especially when it came to
racking up charges on their
credit cards, the Federal
Reserve reported Friday." - ], - [ - "AFP - The United States
presented a draft UN
resolution that steps up the
pressure on Sudan over the
crisis in Darfur, including
possible international
sanctions against its oil
sector." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least 33 people were
killed and dozens others
wounded when two bombs ripped
through a congregation of
Sunni Muslims in Pakistan's
central city of Multan, police
said." - ], - [ - "Bold, innovative solutions are
key to addressing the rapidly
rising costs of higher
education and the steady
reduction in government-
subsidized help to finance
such education." - ], - [ - "Just as the PhD crowd emerge
with different interpretations
of today's economy, everyday
Americans battling to balance
the checkbook hold diverse
opinions about where things
stand now and in the future." - ], - [ - "The Brisbane Lions #39;
football manager stepped out
of the changerooms just before
six o #39;clock last night and
handed one of the milling
supporters a six-pack of beer." - ], - [ - "Authorities here are always
eager to show off their
accomplishments, so when
Beijing hosted the World
Toilet Organization conference
last week, delegates were
given a grand tour of the
city's toilets." - ], - [ - "Cavaliers owner Gordon Gund is
in quot;serious quot;
negotiations to sell the NBA
franchise, which has enjoyed a
dramatic financial turnaround
since the arrival of star
LeBron James." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON Trying to break a
deadlock on energy policy, a
diverse group of
environmentalists, academics
and former government
officials were to publish a
report on Wednesday that
presents strategies for making
the United States cleaner,
more competitive" - ], - [ - "After two days of gloom, China
was back on the winning rails
on Thursday with Liu Chunhong
winning a weightlifting title
on her record-shattering binge
and its shuttlers contributing
two golds in the cliff-hanging
finals." - ], - [ - "One question that arises
whenever a player is linked to
steroids is, \"What would he
have done without them?\"
Baseball history whispers an
answer." - ], - [ - "AFP - A series of torchlight
rallies and vigils were held
after darkness fell on this
central Indian city as victims
and activists jointly
commemorated a night of horror
20 years ago when lethal gas
leaked from a pesticide plant
and killed thousands." - ], - [ - "Consider the New World of
Information - stuff that,
unlike the paper days of the
past, doesn't always
physically exist. You've got
notes, scrawlings and
snippets, Web graphics, photos
and sounds. Stuff needs to be
cut, pasted, highlighted,
annotated, crossed out,
dragged away. And, as Ross
Perot used to say (or maybe it
was Dana Carvey impersonating
him), don't forget the graphs
and charts." - ], - [ - "The second round of the
Canadian Open golf tournament
continues Saturday Glenn Abbey
Golf Club in Oakville,
Ontario, after play was
suspended late Friday due to
darkness." - ], - [ - "A consortium led by Royal
Dutch/Shell Group that is
developing gas reserves off
Russia #39;s Sakhalin Island
said Thursday it has struck a
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lawsuits against computer
server operators worldwide,
including eDonkey, BitTorrent
and DirectConnect networks,
for allowing trading of
pirated movies." - ], - [ - "A massive plan to attract the
2012 Summer Olympics to New
York, touting the city's
diversity, financial and media
power, was revealed Wednesday." - ], - [ - "A Zimbabwe court Friday
convicted a British man
accused of leading a coup plot
against the government of oil-
rich Equatorial Guinea on
weapons charges, but acquitted
most of the 69 other men held
with him." - ], - [ - "But will Wi-Fi, high-
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messaging and other
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observers supported official
elections results that gave
President Hugo Chavez a
victory over a recall vote
against him, the secretary-
general of the Organisation of
American States announced." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP)
- The fatal stabbing of a
young man trying to eject
unwanted party guests from his
family home, the third such
knifing in just weeks, has
police worried about a
potentially fatal holiday
recipe: teens, alcohol and
knives." - ], - [ - "NICK Heidfeld #39;s test with
Williams has been brought
forward after BAR blocked
plans for Anthony Davidson to
drive its Formula One rival
#39;s car." - ], - [ - "MOSCOW - A female suicide
bomber set off a shrapnel-
filled explosive device
outside a busy Moscow subway
station on Tuesday night,
officials said, killing 10
people and injuring more than
50." - ], - [ - "Grace Park closed with an
eagle and two birdies for a
7-under-par 65 and a two-
stroke lead after three rounds
of the Wachovia LPGA Classic
on Saturday." - ], - [ - "ABIDJAN (AFP) - Two Ivory
Coast military aircraft
carried out a second raid on
Bouake, the stronghold of the
former rebel New Forces (FN)
in the divided west African
country, a French military
source told AFP." - ], - [ - "Carlos Beltran drives in five
runs to carry the Astros to a
12-3 rout of the Braves in
Game 5 of their first-round NL
playoff series." - ], - [ - "On-demand viewing isn't just
for TiVo owners anymore.
Television over internet
protocol, or TVIP, offers
custom programming over
standard copper wires." - ], - [ - "Apple is recalling 28,000
faulty batteries for its
15-inch Powerbook G4 laptops." - ], - [ - "Since Lennox Lewis #39;s
retirement, the heavyweight
division has been knocked for
having more quantity than
quality. Eight heavyweights on
Saturday night #39;s card at
Madison Square Garden hope to
change that perception, at
least for one night." - ], - [ - "PalmSource #39;s European
developer conference is going
on now in Germany, and this
company is using this
opportunity to show off Palm
OS Cobalt 6.1, the latest
version of its operating
system." - ], - [ - "The former Chief Executive
Officer of Computer Associates
was indicted by a federal
grand jury in New York
Wednesday for allegedly
participating in a massive
fraud conspiracy and an
elaborate cover up of a scheme
that cost investors" - ], - [ - "Speaking to members of the
Massachusetts Software
Council, Microsoft CEO Steve
Ballmer touted a bright future
for technology but warned his
listeners to think twice
before adopting open-source
products like Linux." - ], - [ - "MIAMI - The Trillian instant
messaging (IM) application
will feature several
enhancements in its upcoming
version 3.0, including new
video and audio chat
capabilities, enhanced IM
session logs and integration
with the Wikipedia online
encyclopedia, according to
information posted Friday on
the product developer's Web
site." - ], - [ - "Honeywell International Inc.,
the world #39;s largest
supplier of building controls,
agreed to buy Novar Plc for
798 million pounds (\\$1.53
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security, fire and
ventilation-systems business
in Europe." - ], - [ - "San Francisco investment bank
Thomas Weisel Partners on
Thursday agreed to pay \\$12.5
million to settle allegations
that some of the stock
research the bank published
during the Internet boom was
tainted by conflicts of
interest." - ], - [ - "AFP - A state of civil
emergency in the rebellion-hit
Indonesian province of Aceh
has been formally extended by
six month, as the country's
president pledged to end
violence there without foreign
help." - ], - [ - "Forbes.com - Peter Frankling
tapped an unusual source to
fund his new business, which
makes hot-dog-shaped ice cream
treats known as Cool Dogs: Two
investors, one a friend and
the other a professional
venture capitalist, put in
more than #36;100,000 each
from their Individual
Retirement Accounts. Later
Franklin added #36;150,000
from his own IRA." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Online DVD rental
service Netflix Inc.\\and TiVo
Inc., maker of a digital video
recorder, on Thursday\\said
they have agreed to develop a
joint entertainment\\offering,
driving shares of both
companies higher." - ], - [ - "A San Diego insurance
brokerage has been sued by New
York Attorney General Elliot
Spitzer for allegedly
soliciting payoffs in exchange
for steering business to
preferred insurance companies." - ], - [ - "The European Union agreed
Monday to lift penalties that
have cost American exporters
\\$300 million, following the
repeal of a US corporate tax
break deemed illegal under
global trade rules." - ], - [ - "US Secretary of State Colin
Powell on Monday said he had
spoken to both Indian Foreign
Minister K Natwar Singh and
his Pakistani counterpart
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri late
last week before the two met
in New Delhi this week for
talks." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Victor Diaz hit a
tying, three-run homer with
two outs in the ninth inning,
and Craig Brazell's first
major league home run in the
11th gave the New York Mets a
stunning 4-3 victory over the
Chicago Cubs on Saturday.
The Cubs had much on the
line..." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least 54 people have
died and more than a million
have fled their homes as
torrential rains lashed parts
of India and Bangladesh,
officials said." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES - California has
adopted the world's first
rules to reduce greenhouse
emissions for autos, taking
what supporters see as a
dramatic step toward cleaning
up the environment but also
ensuring higher costs for
drivers. The rules may lead
to sweeping changes in
vehicles nationwide,
especially if other states opt
to follow California's
example..." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - European
stock markets scaled
near-2-1/2 year highs on
Friday as oil prices held
below \\$48 a barrel, and the
euro held off from mounting
another assault on \\$1.30 but
hovered near record highs
against the dollar." - ], - [ - "Tim Duncan had 17 points and
10 rebounds, helping the San
Antonio Spurs to a 99-81
victory over the New York
Kicks. This was the Spurs
fourth straight win this
season." - ], - [ - "Nagpur: India suffered a
double blow even before the
first ball was bowled in the
crucial third cricket Test
against Australia on Tuesday
when captain Sourav Ganguly
and off spinner Harbhajan
Singh were ruled out of the
match." - ], - [ - "AFP - Republican and
Democratic leaders each
declared victory after the
first head-to-head sparring
match between President George
W. Bush and Democratic
presidential hopeful John
Kerry." - ], - [ - "THIS YULE is all about console
supply and there #39;s
precious little units around,
it has emerged. Nintendo has
announced that it is going to
ship another 400,000 units of
its DS console to the United
States to meet the shortfall
there." - ], - [ - "Annual global semiconductor
sales growth will probably
fall by half in 2005 and
memory chip sales could
collapse as a supply glut saps
prices, world-leading memory
chip maker Samsung Electronics
said on Monday." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Traditional phone
systems may be going the way
of the Pony Express. Voice-
over-Internet Protocol,
technology that allows users
to make and receive phone
calls using the Internet, is
giving the old circuit-
switched system a run for its
money." - ], - [ - "AP - Former New York Yankees
hitting coach Rick Down was
hired for the same job by the
Mets on Friday, reuniting him
with new manager Willie
Randolph." - ], - [ - "Last night in New York, the UN
secretary-general was given a
standing ovation - a robust
response to a series of
attacks in past weeks." - ], - [ - "FILDERSTADT (Germany) - Amelie
Mauresmo and Lindsay Davenport
took their battle for the No.
1 ranking and Porsche Grand
Prix title into the semi-
finals with straight-sets
victories on Friday." - ], - [ - "Reuters - The company behind
the Atkins Diet\\on Friday
shrugged off a recent decline
in interest in low-carb\\diets
as a seasonal blip, and its
marketing chief said\\consumers
would cut out starchy foods
again after picking up\\pounds
over the holidays." - ], - [ - "There #39;s something to be
said for being the quot;first
mover quot; in an industry
trend. Those years of extra
experience in tinkering with a
new idea can be invaluable in
helping the first" - ], - [ - "JOHANNESBURG -- Meeting in
Nigeria four years ago,
African leaders set a goal
that 60 percent of children
and pregnant women in malaria-
affected areas around the
continent would be sleeping
under bed nets by the end of
2005." - ], - [ - "AP - The first U.S. cases of
the fungus soybean rust, which
hinders plant growth and
drastically cuts crop
production, were found at two
research sites in Louisiana,
officials said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Carter returned, but it was
running back Curtis Martin and
the offensive line that put
the Jets ahead. Martin rushed
for all but 10 yards of a
45-yard drive that stalled at
the Cardinals 10." - ], - [ - " quot;There #39;s no way
anyone would hire them to
fight viruses, quot; said
Sophos security analyst Gregg
Mastoras. quot;For one, no
security firm could maintain
its reputation by employing
hackers." - ], - [ - "Symantec has revoked its
decision to blacklist a
program that allows Web
surfers in China to browse
government-blocked Web sites.
The move follows reports that
the firm labelled the Freegate
program, which" - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares
of Chiron Corp. <A HREF=\"ht
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7 percent before the market
open on Friday, a day after
the biopharmaceutical company
said it is delaying shipment
of its flu vaccine, Fluvirin,
because lots containing 4
million vaccines do not meet
product sterility standards." - ], - [ - "The nation's top
telecommunications regulator
said yesterday he will push --
before the next president is
inaugurated -- to protect
fledgling Internet telephone
services from getting taxed
and heavily regulated by the
50 state governments." - ], - [ - "Microsoft has signed a pact to
work with the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
to increase computer use,
Internet access and teacher
training in developing
countries." - ], - [ - "DENVER (Ticker) -- Jake
Plummer more than made up for
a lack of a running game.
Plummer passed for 294 yards
and two touchdowns as the
Denver Broncos posted a 23-13
victory over the San Diego
Chargers in a battle of AFC
West Division rivals." - ], - [ - "DALLAS -- Belo Corp. said
yesterday that it would cut
250 jobs, more than half of
them at its flagship
newspaper, The Dallas Morning
News, and that an internal
investigation into circulation
overstatements" - ], - [ - "AP - Duke Bainum outspent Mufi
Hannemann in Honolulu's most
expensive mayoral race, but
apparently failed to garner
enough votes in Saturday's
primary to claim the office
outright." - ], - [ - "roundup Plus: Microsoft tests
Windows Marketplace...Nortel
delays financials
again...Microsoft updates
SharePoint." - ], - [ - "The Federal Reserve still has
some way to go to restore US
interest rates to more normal
levels, Philadelphia Federal
Reserve President Anthony
Santomero said on Monday." - ], - [ - "It took all of about five
minutes of an introductory
press conference Wednesday at
Heritage Hall for USC
basketball to gain something
it never really had before." - ], - [ - "Delta Air Lines (DAL.N: Quote,
Profile, Research) said on
Wednesday its auditors have
expressed doubt about the
airline #39;s financial
viability." - ], - [ - "POLITICIANS and aid agencies
yesterday stressed the
importance of the media in
keeping the spotlight on the
appalling human rights abuses
taking place in the Darfur
region of Sudan." - ], - [ - "AP - The Boston Red Sox looked
at the out-of-town scoreboard
and could hardly believe what
they saw. The New York Yankees
were trailing big at home
against the Cleveland Indians
in what would be the worst
loss in the 101-year history
of the storied franchise." - ], - [ - "The Red Sox will either
complete an amazing comeback
as the first team to rebound
from a 3-0 deficit in
postseason history, or the
Yankees will stop them." - ], - [ - "\\Children who have a poor diet
are more likely to become
aggressive and anti-social, US
researchers believe." - ], - [ - "OPEN SOURCE champion Microsoft
is expanding its programme to
give government organisations
some of its source code. In a
communique from the lair of
the Vole, in Redmond,
spinsters have said that
Microsoft" - ], - [ - "The Red Sox have reached
agreement with free agent
pitcher Matt Clement yesterday
on a three-year deal that will
pay him around \\$25 million,
his agent confirmed yesterday." - ], - [ - "Takeover target Ronin Property
Group said it would respond to
an offer by Multiplex Group
for all the securities in the
company in about three weeks." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) -
Contrary to Immigration
Department claims, there is no
shortage of native-borne
exotic dancers in Canada, says
a University of Toronto law
professor who has studied the
strip club business." - ], - [ - "HEN Manny Ramirez and David
Ortiz hit consecutive home
runs Sunday night in Chicago
to put the Red Sox ahead,
there was dancing in the
streets in Boston." - ], - [ - "Google Inc. is trying to
establish an online reading
room for five major libraries
by scanning stacks of hard-to-
find books into its widely
used Internet search engine." - ], - [ - "HOUSTON--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Sept. 1, 2004-- L
#39;operazione crea una
centrale globale per l
#39;analisi strategica el
#39;approfondimento del
settore energetico IHS Energy,
fonte globale leader di
software, analisi e
informazioni" - ], - [ - "The European Union presidency
yesterday expressed optimism
that a deal could be struck
over Turkey #39;s refusal to
recognize Cyprus in the lead-
up to next weekend #39;s EU
summit, which will decide
whether to give Ankara a date
for the start of accession
talks." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
President Bush on Friday set a
four-year goal of seeing a
Palestinian state established
and he and British Prime
Minister Tony Blair vowed to
mobilize international
support to help make it happen
now that Yasser Arafat is
dead." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON Can you always tell
when somebody #39;s lying? If
so, you might be a wizard of
the fib. A California
psychology professor says
there #39;s a tiny subculture
of people that can pick out a
lie nearly every time they
hear one." - ], - [ - " KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan on
Saturday questioned U.N.
estimates that up to 70,000
people have died from hunger
and disease in its remote
Darfur region since a
rebellion began 20 months
ago." - ], - [ - "Type design was once the
province of skilled artisans.
With the help of new computer
programs, neophytes have
flooded the Internet with
their creations." - ], - [ - "RCN Inc., co-owner of
Starpower Communications LLC,
the Washington area
television, telephone and
Internet provider, filed a
plan of reorganization
yesterday that it said puts
the company" - ], - [ - "MIAMI -- Bryan Randall grabbed
a set of Mardi Gras beads and
waved them aloft, while his
teammates exalted in the
prospect of a trip to New
Orleans." - ], - [ - "<strong>Letters</stro
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premature" - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - With an injured
Vince Carter on the bench, the
Toronto Raptors dropped their
sixth straight game Friday,
101-87 to the Denver Nuggets." - ], - [ - "The US airline industry,
riddled with excess supply,
will see a significant drop in
capacity, or far fewer seats,
as a result of at least one
airline liquidating in the
next year, according to
AirTran Airways Chief
Executive Joe Leonard." - ], - [ - "Boeing (nyse: BA - news -
people ) Chief Executive Harry
Stonecipher is keeping the
faith. On Monday, the head of
the aerospace and military
contractor insists he #39;s
confident his firm will
ultimately win out" - ], - [ - "While not quite a return to
glory, Monday represents the
Redskins' return to the
national consciousness." - ], - [ - "Australia #39;s biggest
supplier of fresh milk,
National Foods, has posted a
net profit of \\$68.7 million,
an increase of 14 per cent on
last financial year." - ], - [ - "Lawyers for customers suing
Merck amp; Co. want to
question CEO Raymond Gilmartin
about what he knew about the
dangers of Vioxx before the
company withdrew the drug from
the market because of health
hazards." - ], - [ - "Vijay Singh has won the US PGA
Tour player of the year award
for the first time, ending
Tiger Woods #39;s five-year
hold on the honour." - ], - [ - "New York; September 23, 2004 -
The Department of Justice
(DoJ), FBI and US Attorney
#39;s Office handed down a
10-count indictment against
former Computer Associates
(CA) chairman and CEO Sanjay
Kumar and Stephen Richards,
former CA head of worldwide
sales." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least four Georgian
soldiers were killed and five
wounded in overnight clashes
in Georgia's separatist, pro-
Russian region of South
Ossetia, Georgian officers
near the frontline with
Ossetian forces said early
Thursday." - ], - [ - "Intel, the world #39;s largest
chip maker, scrapped a plan
Thursday to enter the digital
television chip business,
marking a major retreat from
its push into consumer
electronics." - ], - [ - "PACIFIC Hydro shares yesterday
caught an updraught that sent
them more than 20 per cent
higher after the wind farmer
moved to flush out a bidder." - ], - [ - "The European Commission is
expected later this week to
recommend EU membership talks
with Turkey. Meanwhile, German
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
and Turkish Prime Minister
Tayyip Erdogan are
anticipating a quot;positive
report." - ], - [ - "The US is the originator of
over 42 of the worlds
unsolicited commercial e-mail,
making it the worst offender
in a league table of the top
12 spam producing countries
published yesterday by anti-
virus firm Sophos." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
consumer confidence retreated
in August while Chicago-area
business activity slowed,
according to reports on
Tuesday that added to worries
the economy's patch of slow
growth may last beyond the
summer." - ], - [ - "Intel is drawing the curtain
on some of its future research
projects to continue making
transistors smaller, faster,
and less power-hungry out as
far as 2020." - ], - [ - "England got strikes from
sparkling debut starter
Jermain Defoe and Michael Owen
to defeat Poland in a Uefa
World Cup qualifier in
Chorzow." - ], - [ - "The Canadian government
signalled its intention
yesterday to reintroduce
legislation to decriminalise
the possession of small
amounts of marijuana." - ], - [ - "A screensaver targeting spam-
related websites appears to
have been too successful." - ], - [ - "Titleholder Ernie Els moved
within sight of a record sixth
World Match Play title on
Saturday by solving a putting
problem to overcome injured
Irishman Padraig Harrington 5
and 4." - ], - [ - "If the Washington Nationals
never win a pennant, they have
no reason to ever doubt that
DC loves them. Yesterday, the
District City Council
tentatively approved a tab for
a publicly financed ballpark
that could amount to as much
as \\$630 million." - ], - [ - "Plus: Experts fear Check 21
could lead to massive bank
fraud." - ], - [ - "By SIOBHAN McDONOUGH
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fewer
American youths are using
marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy,
but more are abusing
prescription drugs, says a
government report released
Thursday. The 2003 National
Survey on Drug Use and Health
also found youths and young
adults are more aware of the
risks of using pot once a
month or more frequently..." - ], - [ - " ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory
Coast warplanes killed nine
French soldiers on Saturday in
a bombing raid during the
fiercest clashes with rebels
for 18 months and France hit
back by destroying most of
the West African country's
small airforce." - ], - [ - "Unilever has reported a three
percent rise in third-quarter
earnings but warned it is
reviewing its targets up to
2010, after issuing a shock
profits warning last month." - ], - [ - "A TNO engineer prepares to
start capturing images for the
world's biggest digital photo." - ], - [ - "Defensive back Brandon
Johnson, who had two
interceptions for Tennessee at
Mississippi, was suspended
indefinitely Monday for
violation of team rules." - ], - [ - "Points leader Kurt Busch spun
out and ran out of fuel, and
his misfortune was one of the
reasons crew chief Jimmy
Fennig elected not to pit with
20 laps to go." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
extended recent heavy losses
on Wednesday ahead of weekly
U.S. data expected to show
fuel stocks rising in time
for peak winter demand." - ], - [ - "(CP) - The NHL all-star game
hasn #39;t been cancelled
after all. It #39;s just been
moved to Russia. The agent for
New York Rangers winger
Jaromir Jagr confirmed Monday
that the Czech star had joined
Omsk Avangard" - ], - [ - "PalmOne is aiming to sharpen
up its image with the launch
of the Treo 650 on Monday. As
previously reported, the smart
phone update has a higher-
resolution screen and a faster
processor than the previous
top-of-the-line model, the
Treo 600." - ], - [ - "GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip --
Islamic militant groups behind
many suicide bombings
dismissed yesterday a call
from Mahmoud Abbas, the
interim Palestinian leader, to
halt attacks in the run-up to
a Jan. 9 election to replace
Yasser Arafat." - ], - [ - "Secretary of State Colin
Powell is wrapping up an East
Asia trip focused on prodding
North Korea to resume talks
aimed at ending its nuclear-
weapons program." - ], - [ - "HERE in the land of myth, that
familiar god of sports --
karma -- threw a bolt of
lightning into the Olympic
stadium yesterday. Marion
Jones lunged desperately with
her baton in the 4 x 100m
relay final, but couldn #39;t
reach her target." - ], - [ - "kinrowan writes quot;MIT,
inventor of Kerberos, has
announced a pair of
vulnerabities in the software
that will allow an attacker to
either execute a DOS attack or
execute code on the machine." - ], - [ - "The risk of intestinal damage
from common painkillers may be
higher than thought, research
suggests." - ], - [ - "AN earthquake measuring 7.3 on
the Richter Scale hit western
Japan this morning, just hours
after another strong quake
rocked the area." - ], - [ - "Vodafone has increased the
competition ahead of Christmas
with plans to launch 10
handsets before the festive
season. The Newbury-based
group said it will begin
selling the phones in
November." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Former Pink Floyd
mainman Roger\\Waters released
two new songs, both inspired
by the U.S.-led\\invasion of
Iraq, via online download
outlets Tuesday." - ], - [ - "A former assistant treasurer
at Enron Corp. (ENRNQ.PK:
Quote, Profile, Research)
agreed to plead guilty to
conspiracy to commit
securities fraud on Tuesday
and will cooperate with" - ], - [ - "Britain #39;s Prince Harry,
struggling to shed a growing
quot;wild child quot; image,
won #39;t apologize to a
photographer he scuffled with
outside an exclusive London
nightclub, a royal spokesman
said on Saturday." - ], - [ - "UK house prices fell by 1.1 in
October, confirming a
softening of the housing
market, Halifax has said. The
UK #39;s biggest mortgage
lender said prices rose 18." - ], - [ - "Pakistan #39;s interim Prime
Minister Chaudhry Shaujaat
Hussain has announced his
resignation, paving the way
for his successor Shauket
Aziz." - ], - [ - "A previously unknown group
calling itself Jamaat Ansar
al-Jihad al-Islamiya says it
set fire to a Jewish soup
kitchen in Paris, according to
an Internet statement." - ], - [ - "More than six newspaper
companies have received
letters from the Securities
and Exchange Commission
seeking information about
their circulation practices." - ], - [ - "THE 64,000 dollar -
correction, make that 500
million dollar -uestion
hanging over Shire
Pharmaceuticals is whether the
5 per cent jump in the
companys shares yesterday
reflects relief that US
regulators have finally
approved its drug for" - ], - [ - "The deadliest attack on
Americans in Iraq since May
came as Iraqi officials
announced that Saddam
Hussein's deputy had not been
captured on Sunday." - ], - [ - "AP - Kenny Rogers lost at the
Coliseum for the first time in
more than 10 years, with Bobby
Crosby's three-run double in
the fifth inning leading the
Athletics to a 5-4 win over
the Texas Rangers on Thursday." - ], - [ - "A fundraising concert will be
held in London in memory of
the hundreds of victims of the
Beslan school siege." - ], - [ - "Dambulla, Sri Lanka - Kumar
Sangakkara and Avishka
Gunawardene slammed impressive
half-centuries to help an
under-strength Sri Lanka crush
South Africa by seven wickets
in the fourth one-day
international here on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "Fresh off being the worst team
in baseball, the Arizona
Diamondbacks set a new record
this week: fastest team to
both hire and fire a manager." - ], - [ - "Nebraska head coach Bill
Callahan runs off the field at
halftime of the game against
Baylor in Lincoln, Neb.,
Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004." - ], - [ - "NASA has been working on a
test flight project for the
last few years involving
hypersonic flight. Hypersonic
flight is fight at speeds
greater than Mach 5, or five
times the speed of sound." - ], - [ - "AFP - The landmark trial of a
Rwandan Roman Catholic priest
accused of supervising the
massacre of 2,000 of his Tutsi
parishioners during the
central African country's 1994
genocide opens at a UN court
in Tanzania." - ], - [ - "The Irish government has
stepped up its efforts to free
the British hostage in Iraq,
Ken Bigley, whose mother is
from Ireland, by talking to
diplomats from Iran and
Jordan." - ], - [ - "AP - Republican Sen. Lincoln
Chafee, who flirted with
changing political parties in
the wake of President Bush's
re-election victory, says he
will stay in the GOP." - ], - [ - "AP - Microsoft Corp. announced
Wednesday that it would offer
a low-cost, localized version
of its Windows XP operating
system in India to tap the
large market potential in this
country of 1 billion people,
most of whom do not speak
English." - ], - [ - "Businesses saw inventories
rise in July and sales picked
up, the government reported
Wednesday. The Commerce
Department said that stocks of
unsold goods increased 0.9 in
July, down from a 1.1 rise in
June." - ], - [ - " EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Sports
Network) - The Toronto
Raptors have traded All-Star
swingman Vince Carter to the
New Jersey Nets in exchange
for center Alonzo Mourning,
forward Eric Williams,
center/forward Aaron Williams
and two first- round draft
picks." - ], - [ - "AP - Utah State University has
secured a #36;40 million
contract with NASA to build an
orbiting telescope that will
examine galaxies and try to
find new stars." - ], - [ - "South Korean President Roh
Moo-hyun pays a surprise visit
to troops in Iraq, after his
government decided to extend
their mandate." - ], - [ - "As the European Union
approaches a contentious
decision - whether to let
Turkey join the club - the
Continent #39;s rulers seem to
have left their citizens
behind." - ], - [ - "What riot? quot;An Argentine
friend of mine was a little
derisive of the Pacers-Pistons
eruption, quot; says reader
Mike Gaynes. quot;He snorted,
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North senior was not ready for
the hot weather he encountered
yesterday in San Diego at the
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temperatures in the 70s, the
Massachusetts Division 1 state
champion finished sixth in 15
minutes 34 seconds in the
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eight hours every week
sweating along with a motley
crew of local misfits,
shelving, sorting, and hauling
ton after ton of written
matter in a rowhouse basement
in Baltimore. We have no heat
nor air conditioning, but
still, every week, we come and
work. Volunteer night is
Wednesday, but many of us also
work on the weekends, when
we're open to the public.
There are times when we're
freezing and we have to wear
coats and gloves inside,
making handling books somewhat
tricky; other times, we're all
soaked with sweat, since it's
90 degrees out and the
basement is thick with bodies.
One learns to forget about
personal space when working at
The Book Thing, since you can
scarcely breathe without
bumping into someone, and we
are all so accustomed to
having to scrape by each other
that most of us no longer
bother to say \"excuse me\"
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have threatened to kill two
Americans and a Briton seized
in Iraq was due to expire
Monday, and more than two
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security threats and computer
crashes with ATM-like voting
machines, officials from
Washington, D.C., to
California are considering an
alternative from an unlikely
place: Nevada." - ], - [ - "Some Venezuelan television
channels began altering their
programs Thursday, citing
fears of penalties under a new
law restricting violence and
sexual content over the
airwaves." - ], - [ - "SBC Communications Inc. plans
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force, by the end of next year
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star and defeated presidential
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drawn some political backlash,
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touchdowns in No. 23
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Temple last night, the
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punish Arsenal good guy Dennis
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used a clear substance and a
cream given to him by a
trainer who was indicted in a
steroid-distribution ring." - ], - [ - "SARASOTA, Fla. - The
devastation brought on by
Hurricane Charley has been
especially painful for an
elderly population that is
among the largest in the
nation..." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - Christos
Angourakis added his name to
Greece's list of Paralympic
medal winners when he claimed
a bronze in the T53 shot put
competition Thursday." - ], - [ - " quot;He is charged for having
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the US-run JW." - ], - [ - "Jay Fiedler threw for one
touchdown, Sage Rosenfels
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Miami Dolphins got a victory
in a game they did not want to
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Owens scored three touchdowns
and the Philadelphia Eagles
amassed 35 first-half points
on the way to a 49-21
drubbing of the Dallas Cowboys
in Irving, Texas, Monday." - ], - [ - "AstraZeneca Plc suffered its
third setback in two months on
Friday as lung cancer drug
Iressa failed to help patients
live longer" - ], - [ - "Virgin Electronics hopes its
slim Virgin Player, which
debuts today and is smaller
than a deck of cards, will
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Apple's iPod." - ], - [ - "Researchers train a monkey to
feed itself by guiding a
mechanical arm with its mind.
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for prosthetics. By David
Cohn." - ], - [ - "Bruce Wasserstein, the
combative chief executive of
investment bank Lazard, is
expected to agree this week
that he will quit the group
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sealed a 2-1 win for Feyenoord
over NEC Nijmegen, while
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Monday for an immediate
ceasefire in eastern Congo as
fighting between rival army
factions flared for a third
day." - ], - [ - "What a disgrace Ron Artest has
become. And the worst part is,
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doesn #39;t get it. Four days
after fueling one of the
biggest brawls in the history
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national" - ], - [ - "Allowing dozens of casinos to
be built in the UK would bring
investment and thousands of
jobs, Tony Blair says." - ], - [ - "The shock here was not just
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women were kidnapped in Iraq,
dragged from their office by
attackers who, it seems, knew
their names." - ], - [ - "Tehran/Vianna, Sept. 19 (NNN):
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International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) call to suspend
of all its nuclear activities,
saying that it will not agree
to halt uranium enrichment." - ], - [ - "A 15-year-old Argentine
student opened fire at his
classmates on Tuesday in a
middle school in the south of
the Buenos Aires province,
leaving at least four dead and
five others wounded, police
said." - ], - [ - "Dr. David J. Graham, the FDA
drug safety reviewer who
sounded warnings over five
drugs he felt could become the
next Vioxx has turned to a
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for legal help." - ], - [ - "AP - Scientists in 17
countries will scout waterways
to locate and study the
world's largest freshwater
fish species, many of which
are declining in numbers,
hoping to learn how to better
protect them, researchers
announced Thursday." - ], - [ - "AP - Google Inc.'s plans to
move ahead with its initial
public stock offering ran into
a roadblock when the
Securities and Exchange
Commission didn't approve the
Internet search giant's
regulatory paperwork as
requested." - ], - [ - "Jenson Button has revealed
dissatisfaction with the way
his management handled a
fouled switch to Williams. Not
only did the move not come
off, his reputation may have
been irreparably damaged amid
news headline" - ], - [ - "The Kmart purchase of Sears,
Roebuck may be the ultimate
expression of that old saying
in real estate: location,
location, location." - ], - [ - "Citing security risks, a state
university is urging students
to drop Internet Explorer in
favor of alternative Web
browsers such as Firefox and
Safari." - ], - [ - "Redknapp and his No2 Jim Smith
resigned from Portsmouth
yesterday, leaving
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control." - ], - [ - "Despite being ranked eleventh
in the world in broadband
penetration, the United States
is rolling out high-speed
services on a quot;reasonable
and timely basis to all
Americans, quot; according to
a new report narrowly approved
today by the Federal
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jobs as it realigns its
business to focus on wireless
and Internet services and
takes a non-cash network
impairment charge." - ], - [ - "As the season winds down for
the Frederick Keys, Manager
Tom Lawless is starting to
enjoy the progress his
pitching staff has made this
season." - ], - [ - "Britain #39;s Bradley Wiggins
won the gold medal in men
#39;s individual pursuit
Saturday, finishing the
4,000-meter final in 4:16." - ], - [ - "And when David Akers #39;
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crossbar in overtime, they did
just that. They escaped a
raucous Cleveland Browns
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broken, tested but not
cracked." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - A cable pay-per-
view company has decided not
to show a three-hour election
eve special with filmmaker
Michael Moore that included a
showing of his documentary
\"Fahrenheit 9/11,\" which is
sharply critical of President
Bush. The company, iN
DEMAND, said Friday that its
decision is due to \"legitimate
business and legal concerns.\"
A spokesman would not
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at least one more seat in
parliament, according to exit
polls." - ], - [ - "The IOC wants suspended
Olympic member Ivan Slavkov to
be thrown out of the
organisation." - ], - [ - " BANGKOK (Reuters) - The
ouster of Myanmar's prime
minister, architect of a
tentative \"roadmap to
democracy,\" has dashed faint
hopes for an end to military
rule and leaves Southeast
Asia's policy of constructive
engagement in tatters." - ], - [ - "San Antonio, TX (Sports
Network) - Dean Wilson shot a
five-under 65 on Friday to
move into the lead at the
halfway point of the Texas
Open." - ], - [ - "Now that Chelsea have added
Newcastle United to the list
of clubs that they have given
what for lately, what price
Jose Mourinho covering the
Russian-funded aristocrats of
west London in glittering
glory to the tune of four
trophies?" - ], - [ - "AP - Former Seattle Seahawks
running back Chris Warren has
been arrested in Virginia on a
federal warrant, accused of
failing to pay #36;137,147 in
child support for his two
daughters in Washington state." - ], - [ - "The anguish of hostage Kenneth
Bigley in Iraq hangs over
Prime Minister Tony Blair
today as he faces the twin
test of a local election and a
debate by his Labour Party
about the divisive war." - ], - [ - "Says that amount would have
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innovative approach to the
marketing of high-performance
\\computing, Sun Microsystems
(Nasdaq: SUNW) is offering its
N1 Grid program in a pay-for-
use pricing model that mimics
the way such commodities as
electricity and wireless phone
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chemical units as part of its
cost-reduction efforts,
resulting in a third-quarter
charge." - ], - [ - " quot;There were 16 people
travelling aboard. ... It
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the Civil Protection service,
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winning the popular vote and
feels he can no longer be
considered a one-term accident
of history." - ], - [ - "Russian oil giant Yukos files
for bankruptcy protection in
the US in a last ditch effort
to stop the Kremlin auctioning
its main production unit." - ], - [ - "British Airways #39; (BA)
chief executive Rod Eddington
has admitted that the company
quot;got it wrong quot; after
staff shortages led to three
days of travel chaos for
passengers." - ], - [ - "It #39;s official: US Open had
never gone into the third
round with only two American
men, including the defending
champion, Andy Roddick." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP)
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clerks are being asked to
display rainbow stickers at
their desks and cubicles to
promote a safe work
environment for gays,
lesbians, and bisexuals." - ], - [ - "The chipmaker is back on a
buying spree, having scooped
up five other companies this
year." - ], - [ - "The issue of drug advertising
directly aimed at consumers is
becoming political." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON, Aug. 17
(Xinhuanet) -- England coach
Sven-Goran Eriksson has urged
the international soccer
authorities to preserve the
health of the world superstar
footballers for major
tournaments, who expressed his
will in Slaley of England on
Tuesday ..." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car
bomb killed two American
soldiers and wounded eight
when it exploded in Baghdad on
Saturday, the U.S. military
said in a statement." - ], - [ - "Juventus coach Fabio Capello
has ordered his players not to
kick the ball out of play when
an opponent falls to the
ground apparently hurt because
he believes some players fake
injury to stop the match." - ], - [ - "AP - China's economic boom is
still roaring despite efforts
to cool sizzling growth, with
the gross domestic product
climbing 9.5 percent in the
first three quarters of this
year, the government reported
Friday." - ], - [ - "Soaring petroleum prices
pushed the cost of goods
imported into the U.S. much
higher than expected in
August, the government said
today." - ], - [ - "Anheuser-Busch teams up with
Vietnam's largest brewer,
laying the groundwork for
future growth in the region." - ], - [ - "You #39;re angry. You want to
lash out. The Red Sox are
doing it to you again. They
#39;re blowing a playoff
series, and to the Yankees no
less." - ], - [ - "TORONTO -- There is no
mystique to it anymore,
because after all, the
Russians have become commoners
in today's National Hockey
League, and Finns, Czechs,
Slovaks, and Swedes also have
been entrenched in the
Original 30 long enough to
turn the ongoing World Cup of
Hockey into a protracted
trailer for the NHL season." - ], - [ - "Sudanese authorities have
moved hundreds of pro-
government fighters from the
crisis-torn Darfur region to
other parts of the country to
keep them out of sight of
foreign military observers
demanding the militia #39;s
disarmament, a rebel leader
charged" - ], - [ - "CHARLOTTE, NC - Shares of
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.
#39;s fell sharply Monday as a
79 percent plunge in third-
quarter earnings and an
intensifying accounting
investigation overshadowed the
pastrymaker #39;s statement
that the low-carb craze might
be easing." - ], - [ - "The company hopes to lure
software partners by promising
to save them from
infrastructure headaches." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb
Tuesday ripped through a busy
market near a Baghdad police
headquarters where Iraqis were
waiting to apply for jobs on
the force, and gunmen opened
fire on a van carrying police
home from work in Baqouba,
killing at least 59 people
total and wounding at least
114. The attacks were the
latest attempts by militants
to wreck the building of a
strong Iraqi security force, a
keystone of the U.S..." - ], - [ - "The Israeli prime minister
said today that he wanted to
begin withdrawing settlers
from Gaza next May or June." - ], - [ - "Indianapolis, IN (Sports
Network) - The Indiana Pacers
try to win their second
straight game tonight, as they
host Kevin Garnett and the
Minnesota Timberwolves in the
third of a four-game homestand
at Conseco Fieldhouse." - ], - [ - "OXNARD - A leak of explosive
natural gas forced dozens of
workers to evacuate an
offshore oil platform for
hours Thursday but no damage
or injuries were reported." - ], - [ - "AP - Assets of the nation's
retail money market mutual
funds rose by #36;2.85
billion in the latest week to
#36;845.69 billion, the
Investment Company Institute
said Thursday." - ], - [ - "Peter Mandelson provoked fresh
Labour in-fighting yesterday
with an implied attack on
Gordon Brown #39;s
quot;exaggerated gloating
quot; about the health of the
British economy." - ], - [ - "Queen Elizabeth II stopped
short of apologizing for the
Allies #39; bombing of Dresden
during her first state visit
to Germany in 12 years and
instead acknowledged quot;the
appalling suffering of war on
both sides." - ], - [ - "JC Penney said yesterday that
Allen I. Questrom, the chief
executive who has restyled the
once-beleaguered chain into a
sleeker and more profitable
entity, would be succeeded by
Myron E. Ullman III, another
longtime retail executive." - ], - [ - " In the cosmetics department
at Hecht's in downtown
Washington, construction crews
have ripped out the
traditional glass display
cases, replacing them with a
system of open shelves stacked
high with fragrances from
Chanel, Burberry and Armani,
now easily within arm's reach
of the impulse buyer." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
slid from record highs above
\\$50 a barrel Wednesday as the
U.S. government reported a
surprise increase in crude
stocks and rebels in Nigeria's
oil-rich delta region agreed
to a preliminary cease-fire." - ], - [ - "Rocky Shoes and Boots makes an
accretive acquisition -- and
gets Dickies and John Deere as
part of the deal." - ], - [ - "AP - Fugitive Taliban leader
Mullah Mohammed Omar has
fallen out with some of his
lieutenants, who blame him for
the rebels' failure to disrupt
the landmark Afghan
presidential election, the
U.S. military said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "HAVANA -- Cuban President
Fidel Castro's advancing age
-- and ultimately his
mortality -- were brought home
yesterday, a day after he
fractured a knee and arm when
he tripped and fell at a
public event." - ], - [ - " BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) -
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predicted on Tuesday Latin
America's largest country
would resolve a dispute with
the U.N. nuclear watchdog over
inspections of a uranium
enrichment plant." - ], - [ - "Call it the Maximus factor.
Archaeologists working at the
site of an old Roman temple
near Guy #39;s hospital in
London have uncovered a pot of
cosmetic cream dating back to
AD2." - ], - [ - "It is a team game, this Ryder
Cup stuff that will commence
Friday at Oakland Hills
Country Club. So what are the
teams? For the Americans,
captain Hal Sutton isn't
saying." - ], - [ - "Two bombs exploded today near
a tea shop and wounded 20
people in southern Thailand,
police said, as violence
continued unabated in the
Muslim-majority region where
residents are seething over
the deaths of 78 detainees
while in military custody." - ], - [ - "BONN: Deutsche Telekom is
bidding 2.9 bn for the 26 it
does not own in T-Online
International, pulling the
internet service back into the
fold four years after selling
stock to the public." - ], - [ - "Motorola Inc. says it #39;s
ready to make inroads in the
cell-phone market after
posting a third straight
strong quarter and rolling out
a series of new handsets in
time for the holiday selling
season." - ], - [ - "Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi, back in Tokyo after
an 11-day diplomatic mission
to the Americas, hunkered down
with senior ruling party
officials on Friday to focus
on a major reshuffle of
cabinet and top party posts." - ], - [ - "Costs of employer-sponsored
health plans are expected to
climb an average of 8 percent
in 2005, the first time in
five years increases have been
in single digits." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - A sluggish gross
domestic product reading was
nonetheless better than
expected, prompting investors
to send stocks slightly higher
Friday on hopes that the
economic slowdown would not be
as bad as first thought.
The 2.8 percent GDP growth in
the second quarter, a revision
from the 3 percent preliminary
figure reported in July, is a
far cry from the 4.5 percent
growth in the first quarter..." - ], - [ - "After again posting record
earnings for the third
quarter, Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
expects to see its first
sequential drop in fourth-
quarter revenues, coupled with
a sharp drop in capacity
utilization rates." - ], - [ - " SEOUL (Reuters) - A huge
explosion in North Korea last
week may have been due to a
combination of demolition work
for a power plant and
atmospheric clouds, South
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Wednesday." - ], - [ - "The deal comes as Cisco pushes
to develop a market for CRS-1,
a new line of routers aimed at
telephone, wireless and cable
companies." - ], - [ - "Many people who have never
bounced a check in their life
could soon bounce their first
check if they write checks to
pay bills a couple of days
before their paycheck is
deposited into their checking
account." - ], - [ - " LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) -
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Thursday that the European
Commission must be stopped
from ordering it to give up
secret technology to
competitors." - ], - [ - "SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 (IDG NEWS
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Inc. and Microsoft Corp. next
month plan to provide more
details on the work they are
doing to make their products
interoperable, a Sun executive
said yesterday." - ], - [ - "MANCHESTER United today
dramatically rejected the
advances of Malcolm Glazer,
the US sports boss who is
mulling an 825m bid for the
football club." - ], - [ - "Dow Jones Industrial Average
futures declined amid concern
an upcoming report on
manufacturing may point to
slowing economic growth." - ], - [ - "AP - Astronomy buffs and
amateur stargazers turned out
to watch a total lunar eclipse
Wednesday night #151; the
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nearly two and a half years." - ], - [ - "Reuters - U.S. industrial
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their highest capacity\\in more
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were out in full force at
today #39;s Big Ten
Teleconference. Both OSU head
coach Jim Tressel and Iowa
head coach Kirk Ferentz
offered some thoughts on the
upcoming game between OSU" - ], - [ - "Sir Martin Sorrell, chief
executive of WPP, yesterday
declared he was quot;very
impressed quot; with Grey
Global, stoking speculation
WPP will bid for the US
advertising company." - ], - [ - "The compact disc has at least
another five years as the most
popular music format before
online downloads chip away at
its dominance, a new study
said on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "New York Knicks #39; Stephon
Marbury (3) fires over New
Orleans Hornets #39; Dan
Dickau (2) during the second
half in New Orleans Wednesday
night, Dec. 8, 2004." - ], - [ - "AP - Sudan's U.N. ambassador
challenged the United States
to send troops to the Darfur
region if it really believes a
genocide is taking place as
the U.S. Congress and
President Bush's
administration have
determined." - ], - [ - "At the very moment when the
Red Sox desperately need
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installing software on their
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days, it's no wonder. So is
there ..." - ], - [ - "Dale Earnhardt Jr, right,
talks with Matt Kenseth, left,
during a break in practice at
Lowe #39;s Motor Speedway in
Concord, NC, Thursday Oct. 14,
2004 before qualifying for
Saturday #39;s UAW-GM Quality
500 NASCAR Nextel Cup race." - ], - [ - "Several starting spots may
have been usurped or at least
threatened after relatively
solid understudy showings
Sunday, but few players
welcome the kind of shot
delivered to Oakland" - ], - [ - "TEMPE, Ariz. -- Neil Rackers
kicked four field goals and
the Arizona Cardinals stifled
rookie Chris Simms and the
rest of the Tampa Bay offense
for a 12-7 victory yesterday
in a matchup of two sputtering
teams out of playoff
contention. Coach Jon Gruden's
team lost its fourth in a row
to finish 5-11, Tampa Bay's
worst record since going ..." - ], - [ - "AFP - A junior British
minister said that people
living in camps after fleeing
their villages because of
conflict in Sudan's Darfur
region lived in fear of
leaving their temporary homes
despite a greater presence now
of aid workers." - ], - [ - "US Deputy Secretary of State
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hands with Pakistani Foreign
Minister Khurshid Kasuri prior
to their meeting in Islamabad,
09 November 2004." - ], - [ - "Spammers aren't ducking
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large nets and traps this week
in Chicago's Burnham Harbor to
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prototypes of anti-missile
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kept up a long-distance debate
over his \"two Americas\"
campaign theme with Vice
President Dick Cheney on
Tuesday, saying it was no
illusion to thousands of laid-
off workers in Ohio." - ], - [ - "Like introductory credit card
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- mere months after its pledge
to preserve" - ], - [ - "A group of 76 Eritreans on a
repatriation flight from Libya
Friday forced their plane to
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TV Guide International Inc.\\,
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is the Pritzker Empire,
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Donnersberger has ruled that
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Hotmail, most of whom are
accustomed to getting regular
sales pitches for premium
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attract, and in the case of
Sen. John Kerry and Teresa
Heinz Kerry, that may be true
#151; at least in their public
personas." - ], - [ - "The weekly survey from
mortgage company Freddie Mac
had rates on 30-year fixed-
rate mortgages inching higher
this week, up to an average
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#39;s 5.81 percent." - ], - [ - "The classic power struggle
between Walt Disney Co. CEO
Michael Eisner and former
feared talent agent Michael
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United States issued a joint
challenge Thursday to Germany
#39;s gold medal in equestrian
team three-day eventing." - ], - [ - "LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Elan
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Biogen (BIIB) said the FDA has
approved new drug Tysabri to
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posing for pictures and
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might resort to selling
weapons-grade plutonium to
terrorists for much-needed
cash, and that would be
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commander in South Korea said
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of the issues in a suit over
changes in its pension plans
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and take related" - ], - [ - "John Thomson threw shutout
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Wednesday night in carrying
Atlanta to a 2-0 blanking of
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have arrested or reprimanded
more than 750 officials in
recent months in connection
with billions of dollars in
financial irregularities
ranging from unpaid taxes to
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India (AP) - Residents of
northeastern India were
bracing for more violence
Friday, a day after bombs
ripped through two buses and a
grenade was hurled into a
crowded market in attacks that
killed four people and wounded
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clouds to register his second
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series victory." - ], - [ - "Some 28 people are charged
with trying to overthrow
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reports say." - ], - [ - "Hong Kong #39;s Beijing-backed
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half a million people." - ], - [ - "BRITAIN #39;S largest
financial institutions are
being urged to take lead roles
in lawsuits seeking hundreds
of millions of dollars from
the scandal-struck US
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Quote, Profile, Research) on
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third-quarter net loss. The
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million, or" - ], - [ - "A three-touchdown point spread
and a recent history of late-
season collapses had many
thinking the UCLA football
team would provide little
opposition to rival USC #39;s
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Free agent third baseman Troy
Glaus is reportedly headed to
the Arizona Diamondbacks." - ], - [ - "The European Union #39;s head
office issued a bleak economic
report Tuesday, warning that
the sharp rise in oil prices
will quot;take its toll quot;
on economic growth next year
while the euro #39;s renewed
climb could threaten crucial
exports." - ], - [ - "Third-string tailback Chris
Markey ran for 131 yards to
lead UCLA to a 34-26 victory
over Oregon on Saturday.
Markey, playing because of an
injury to starter Maurice
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satellite radio is still 16
months off, the industry is
already trying to figure out
what will fill the crater in
ad revenue and listenership
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behind." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
United States set final anti-
dumping duties of up to 112.81
percent on shrimp imported
from China and up to 25.76
percent on shrimp from Vietnam
to offset unfair pricing, the
Commerce Department said on
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Jay Payton #39;s three-run
homer led the San Diego Padres
to a 5-1 win over the San
Francisco Giants in National
League play Saturday, despite
a 701st career blast from
Barry Bonds." - ], - [ - "The optimists among Rutgers
fans were delighted, but the
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jubilation that swept East
Germany after the fall of the
Berlin Wall in 1989 long ago
gave way to the sober reality
of globalization and market
forces. Now a decade of
resentment seems to be boiling
over. In Eastern cities such
as Leipzig or Chemnitz,
thousands have taken to the
streets since July to protest
cuts in unemployment benefits,
the main source of livelihood
for 1.6 million East Germans.
Discontent among
reunification's losers fueled
big gains by the far left and
far right in Brandenburg and
Saxony state elections Sept.
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Inc. stores ran an electronics
recycling drive last summer
that accepted everything from
cellphones to televisions,
some stores were overwhelmed
by the amount of e-trash they
received." - ], - [ - "In a discovery sure to set off
a firestorm of debate over
human migration to the western
hemisphere, archaeologists in
South Carolina say they have
uncovered evidence that people
lived in eastern North America
at least 50,000 years ago -
far earlier than" - ], - [ - "AP - Former president Bill
Clinton on Monday helped
launch a new Internet search
company backed by the Chinese
government which says its
technology uses artificial
intelligence to produce better
results than Google Inc." - ], - [ - "The International Monetary
Fund expressed concern Tuesday
about the impact of the
troubles besetting oil major
Yukos on Russia #39;s standing
as a place to invest." - ], - [ - "Perhaps the sight of Maria
Sharapova opposite her tonight
will jog Serena Williams #39;
memory. Wimbledon. The final.
You and Maria." - ], - [ - "At least 79 people were killed
and 74 were missing after some
of the worst rainstorms in
recent years triggered
landslides and flash floods in
southwest China, disaster
relief officials said
yesterday." - ], - [ - "LinuxWorld Conference amp;
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open-source software being
adopted by thousands of
businesses." - ], - [ - "BANGKOK Thai military aircraft
dropped 100 million paper
birds over southern Thailand
on Sunday in a gesture
intended to promote peace in
mainly Muslim provinces, where
more than 500 people have died
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two Americans and a Briton
seized in Baghdad, and
launched a suicide car bomb
attack on Iraqi security
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at least 23 people." - ], - [ - "Five days after making the
putt that won the Ryder Cup,
Colin Montgomerie looked set
to miss the cut at a European
PGA tour event." - ], - [ - "Sun Microsystems plans to
release its Sun Studio 10
development tool in the fourth
quarter of this year,
featuring support for 64-bit
applications running on AMD
Opteron and Nocona processors,
Sun officials said on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Karachi - Captain Inzamam ul-
Haq and coach Bob Woolmer came
under fire on Thursday for
choosing to bat first on a
tricky pitch after Pakistan
#39;s humiliating defeat in
the ICC Champions Trophy semi-
final." - ], - [ - "Scottish champions Celtic saw
their three-year unbeaten home
record in Europe broken
Tuesday as they lost 3-1 to
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yesterday's auction. The
Treasury Department sold \\$19
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has been sliding between the
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Carlos Moya in the throng of
jumping, screaming Spanish
tennis players, hoping to
shake hands." - ], - [ - "AP - The Federal Trade
Commission on Thursday filed
the first case in the country
against software companies
accused of infecting computers
with intrusive \"spyware\" and
then trying to sell people the
solution." - ], - [ - "While shares of Apple have
climbed more than 10 percent
this week, reaching 52-week
highs, two research firms told
investors Friday they continue
to remain highly bullish about
the stock." - ], - [ - "Moody #39;s Investors Service
on Wednesday said it may cut
its bond ratings on HCA Inc.
(HCA.N: Quote, Profile,
Research) deeper into junk,
citing the hospital operator
#39;s plan to buy back about
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imposing telecommunications
regulations on Net phone
providers." - ], - [ - "Telekom Austria AG, the
country #39;s biggest phone
operator, won the right to buy
Bulgaria #39;s largest mobile
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for 1.6 billion euros (\\$2.1
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would add 3 million
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largest flu vaccine
wholesalers in the United
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current flu season." - ], - [ - "ENGLAND captain and Real
Madrid midfielder David
Beckham has played down
speculation that his club are
moving for England manager
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its window on the oil industry
Thursday, saying that it is
selling its last 19 per cent
stake in Calgary-based Petro-
Canada." - ], - [ - "Strong sales of new mobile
phone models boosts profits at
Carphone Warehouse but the
retailer's shares fall on
concerns at a decline in
profits from pre-paid phones." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM and
top scientific research
organizations are joining
forces in a humanitarian
effort to tap the unused
power of millions of computers
and help solve complex social
problems." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK, Nov. 11 -- The 40
percent share price slide in
Merck #38; Co. in the five
weeks after it pulled the
painkiller Vioxx off the
market highlighted larger
problems in the pharmaceutical
industry that may depress
performance for years,
according to academics and
stock analysts who follow the
sector." - ], - [ - "Low-fare carrier Southwest
Airlines Co. said Thursday
that its third-quarter profit
rose 12.3 percent to beat Wall
Street expectations despite
higher fuel costs." - ], - [ - "Another shock hit the drug
sector Friday when
pharmaceutical giant Pfizer
Inc. announced that it found
an increased heart risk to
patients for its blockbuster
arthritis drug Celebrex." - ], - [ - "AFP - National Basketball
Association players trying to
win a fourth consecutive
Olympic gold medal for the
United States have gotten the
wake-up call that the \"Dream
Team\" days are done even if
supporters have not." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Secretary
of State Colin Powell will
urge China Monday to exert its
influence over North Korea to
resume six-party negotiations
on scrapping its suspected
nuclear weapons program." - ], - [ - "Reuters - An Israeli missile
strike killed at least\\two
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militant group was killed in a
similar\\attack, Palestinian
witnesses and security sources
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third clean sweep of the
summer when the NatWest
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concludes at Lord #39;s. After
beating New Zealand and West
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they have come alive" - ], - [ - "AP - The Pentagon has restored
access to a Web site that
assists soldiers and other
Americans living overseas in
voting, after receiving
complaints that its security
measures were preventing
legitimate voters from using
it." - ], - [ - "The number of US information
technology workers rose 2
percent to 10.5 million in the
first quarter of this year,
but demand for them is
dropping, according to a new
report." - ], - [ - "Montreal - The British-built
Canadian submarine HMCS
Chicoutimi, crippled since a
fire at sea that killed one of
its crew, is under tow and is
expected in Faslane, Scotland,
early next week, Canadian
naval commander Tyrone Pile
said on Friday." - ], - [ - "AP - Grizzly and black bears
killed a majority of elk
calves in northern Yellowstone
National Park for the second
year in a row, preliminary
study results show." - ], - [ - "Thirty-five Pakistanis freed
from the US Guantanamo Bay
prison camp arrived home on
Saturday and were taken
straight to prison for further
interrogation, the interior
minister said." - ], - [ - "AP - Mark Richt knows he'll
have to get a little creative
when he divvies up playing
time for Georgia's running
backs next season. Not so on
Saturday. Thomas Brown is the
undisputed starter for the
biggest game of the season." - ], - [ - "Witnesses in the trial of a US
soldier charged with abusing
prisoners at Abu Ghraib have
told the court that the CIA
sometimes directed abuse and
orders were received from
military command to toughen
interrogations." - ], - [ - "Insurance firm says its board
now consists of its new CEO
Michael Cherkasky and 10
outside members. NEW YORK
(Reuters) - Marsh amp;
McLennan Cos." - ], - [ - "Michael Phelps, the six-time
Olympic champion, issued an
apology yesterday after being
arrested and charged with
drunken driving in the United
States." - ], - [ - "AP - Italian and Lebanese
authorities have arrested 10
suspected terrorists who
planned to blow up the Italian
Embassy in Beirut, an Italian
news agency and the Defense
Ministry said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- John F.
Kerry and President Bush
clashed sharply over the war
in Iraq last night during the
first debate of the
presidential campaign season,
with the senator from
Massachusetts accusing" - ], - [ - "GONAIVES, Haiti -- While
desperately hungry flood
victims wander the streets of
Gonaives searching for help,
tons of food aid is stacking
up in a warehouse guarded by
United Nations peacekeepers." - ], - [ - "As part of its much-touted new
MSN Music offering, Microsoft
Corp. (MSFT) is testing a Web-
based radio service that
mimics nearly 1,000 local
radio stations, allowing users
to hear a version of their
favorite radio station with
far fewer interruptions." - ], - [ - "AFP - The resignation of
disgraced Fiji Vice-President
Ratu Jope Seniloli failed to
quell anger among opposition
leaders and the military over
his surprise release from
prison after serving just
three months of a four-year
jail term for his role in a
failed 2000 coup." - ], - [ - "ATHENS Larry Brown, the US
coach, leaned back against the
scorer #39;s table, searching
for support on a sinking ship.
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had just fouled out, and the
options for an American team
that" - ], - [ - "Sourav Ganguly files an appeal
against a two-match ban
imposed for time-wasting." - ], - [ - "Ziff Davis - A quick
resolution to the Mambo open-
source copyright dispute seems
unlikely now that one of the
parties has rejected an offer
for mediation." - ], - [ - "Greek police surrounded a bus
full of passengers seized by
armed hijackers along a
highway from an Athens suburb
Wednesday, police said." - ], - [ - "Spain have named an unchanged
team for the Davis Cup final
against the United States in
Seville on 3-5 December.
Carlos Moya, Juan Carlos
Ferrero, Rafael Nadal and
Tommy Robredo will take on the
US in front of 22,000 fans at
the converted Olympic stadium." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD: A suicide car bomber
attacked a police convoy in
Baghdad yesterday as guerillas
kept pressure on Iraq #39;s
security forces despite a
bloody rout of insurgents in
Fallujah." - ], - [ - "Slot machine maker
International Game Technology
(IGT.N: Quote, Profile,
Research) on Tuesday posted
better-than-expected quarterly
earnings, as casinos bought" - ], - [ - "Fixtures and fittings from
Damien Hirst's restaurant
Pharmacy sell for 11.1, 8m
more than expected." - ], - [ - "Last Tuesday night, Harvard
knocked off rival Boston
College, which was ranked No.
1 in the country. Last night,
the Crimson knocked off
another local foe, Boston
University, 2-1, at Walter
Brown Arena, which marked the
first time since 1999 that
Harvard had beaten them both
in the same season." - ], - [ - "Venezuelan election officials
say they expect to announce
Saturday, results of a partial
audit of last Sunday #39;s
presidential recall
referendum." - ], - [ - "About 500 prospective jurors
will be in an Eagle, Colorado,
courtroom Friday, answering an
82-item questionnaire in
preparation for the Kobe
Bryant sexual assault trial." - ], - [ - "Students take note - endless
journeys to the library could
become a thing of the past
thanks to a new multimillion-
pound scheme to make classic
texts available at the click
of a mouse." - ], - [ - "Moscow - The next crew of the
International Space Station
(ISS) is to contribute to the
Russian search for a vaccine
against Aids, Russian
cosmonaut Salijan Sharipovthe
said on Thursday." - ], - [ - "Locked away in fossils is
evidence of a sudden solar
cooling. Kate Ravilious meets
the experts who say it could
explain a 3,000-year-old mass
migration - and today #39;s
global warming." - ], - [ - "By ANICK JESDANUN NEW YORK
(AP) -- Taran Rampersad didn't
complain when he failed to
find anything on his hometown
in the online encyclopedia
Wikipedia. Instead, he simply
wrote his own entry for San
Fernando, Trinidad and
Tobago..." - ], - [ - "Five years after catastrophic
floods and mudslides killed
thousands along Venezuela's
Caribbean coast, survivors in
this town still see the signs
of destruction - shattered
concrete walls and tall weeds
growing atop streets covered
in dried mud." - ], - [ - "How do you top a battle
between Marines and an alien
religious cult fighting to the
death on a giant corona in
outer space? The next logical
step is to take that battle to
Earth, which is exactly what
Microsoft" - ], - [ - "Sony Ericsson Mobile
Communications Ltd., the
mobile-phone venture owned by
Sony Corp. and Ericsson AB,
said third-quarter profit rose
45 percent on camera phone
demand and forecast this
quarter will be its strongest." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK, September 17
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(ALA.NYS) has expanded its
operations and presence in the
core North American
telecommunication market with
two separate acquisitions for
about \\$277 million." - ], - [ - "Four U.S. agencies yesterday
announced a coordinated attack
to stem the global trade in
counterfeit merchandise and
pirated music and movies, an
underground industry that law-
enforcement officials estimate
to be worth \\$500 billion each
year." - ], - [ - "BEIJING The NBA has reached
booming, basketball-crazy
China _ but the league doesn
#39;t expect to make any money
soon. The NBA flew more than
100 people halfway around the
world for its first games in
China, featuring" - ], - [ - "The UN nuclear watchdog
confirmed Monday that nearly
400 tons of powerful
explosives that could be used
in conventional or nuclear
missiles disappeared from an
unguarded military
installation in Iraq." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Curt
Schilling pitched 6 2/3
innings and Manny Ramirez hit
a three-run homer in a seven-
run fourth frame to lead the
Boston Red Sox to a 9-3 win
over the host Anaheim Angels
in their American League
Divisional Series opener
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "AP - The game between the
Minnesota Twins and the New
York Yankees on Tuesday night
was postponed by rain." - ], - [ - "Oil giant Shell swept aside
nearly 100 years of history
today when it unveiled plans
to merge its UK and Dutch
parent companies. Shell said
scrapping its twin-board
structure" - ], - [ - "Caesars Entertainment Inc. on
Thursday posted a rise in
third-quarter profit as Las
Vegas hotels filled up and
Atlantic City properties
squeaked out a profit that was
unexpected by the company." - ], - [ - "Half of all U.S. Secret
Service agents are dedicated
to protecting President
Washington #151;and all the
other Presidents on U.S.
currency #151;from
counterfeiters." - ], - [ - "One of India #39;s leading
telecommunications providers
will use Cisco Systems #39;
gear to build its new
Ethernet-based broadband
network." - ], - [ - "Militants in Iraq have killed
the second of two US civilians
they were holding hostage,
according to a statement on an
Islamist website." - ], - [ - "PARIS The verdict is in: The
world #39;s greatest race car
driver, the champion of
champions - all disciplines
combined - is Heikki
Kovalainen." - ], - [ - "Pakistan won the toss and
unsurprisingly chose to bowl
first as they and West Indies
did battle at the Rose Bowl
today for a place in the ICC
Champions Trophy final against
hosts England." - ], - [ - "Shares of Beacon Roofing
Suppler Inc. shot up as much
as 26 percent in its trading
debut Thursday, edging out
bank holding company Valley
Bancorp as the biggest gainer
among a handful of new stocks
that went public this week." - ], - [ - "More than 4,000 American and
Iraqi soldiers mounted a
military assault on the
insurgent-held city of
Samarra." - ], - [ - "Maxime Faget conceived and
proposed the development of
the one-man spacecraft used in
Project Mercury, which put the
first American astronauts into
suborbital flight, then
orbital flight" - ], - [ - "The first weekend of holiday
shopping went from red-hot to
dead white, as a storm that
delivered freezing, snowy
weather across Colorado kept
consumers at home." - ], - [ - " MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -
Mexican President Vicente Fox
said on Monday he hoped
President Bush's re-election
meant a bilateral accord on
migration would be reached
before his own term runs out
at the end of 2006." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar
fell within half a cent of
last week's record low against
the euro on Thursday after
capital inflows data added to
worries the United States may
struggle to fund its current
account deficit." - ], - [ - " BRUSSELS (Reuters) - French
President Jacques Chirac said
on Friday he had not refused
to meet Iraqi interim Prime
Minister Iyad Allawi after
reports he was snubbing the
Iraqi leader by leaving an EU
meeting in Brussels early." - ], - [ - "China has pledged to invest
\\$20 billion in Argentina in
the next 10 years, La Nacion
reported Wednesday. The
announcement came during the
first day of a two-day visit" - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Former President
Bill Clinton was in good
spirits Saturday, walking
around his hospital room in
street clothes and buoyed by
thousands of get-well messages
as he awaited heart bypass
surgery early this coming
week, people close to the
family said. Clinton was
expected to undergo surgery as
early as Monday but probably
Tuesday, said Democratic Party
Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who
said the former president was
\"upbeat\" when he spoke to him
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fielder Johnny Damon is having
a recurrence of migraine
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him after a collision in last
year's playoffs." - ], - [ - "The patch fixes a flaw in the
e-mail server software that
could be used to get access to
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the 17th stage of the Spanish
Vuelta cycling race Wednesday,
while defending champion
Roberto Heras held onto the
overall leader #39;s jersey
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pay off at feeding time, but
species that grow too large
may be more vulnerable to
extinction, new research
suggests." - ], - [ - "A car bomb exploded at a US
military convoy in the
northern Iraqi city of Mosul,
causing several casualties,
the army and Iraqi officials
said." - ], - [ - "Newest Efficeon processor also
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search for a senior American
businessman to become a non-
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in international air travel,
Finnair says it will let its
frequent fliers check in using
text messages on mobile
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International is expected to
announce that its new chief
executive will be John
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for the Olympic 200-meter
freestyle semifinals Sunday,
and then found out he had been
added to the American team for
the evening's 400 freestyle
relay final. Phelps' rivals
Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den
Hoogenband and teammate Klete
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
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workers held by militants in
Afghanistan were in their
third week of captivity on
Friday after calls from both
sides for the crisis to be
resolved ahead of this
weekend's Muslim festival of
Eid al-Fitr." - ], - [ - "AP - A sweeping wildlife
preserve in southwestern
Arizona is among the nation's
10 most endangered refuges,
due in large part to illegal
drug and immigrant traffic and
Border Patrol operations, a
conservation group said
Friday." - ], - [ - "ROME, Oct 29 (AFP) - French
President Jacques Chirac urged
the head of the incoming
European Commission Friday to
take quot;the appropriate
decisions quot; to resolve a
row over his EU executive team
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limbo." - ], - [ - "The Anglo-Dutch oil giant
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PeopleSoft Inc. #39;s Connect
2004 conference in San
Francisco this week, the
software vendor is expected to
face questions from users
about its ability to fend off
Oracle Corp." - ], - [ - "Russia's parliament will
launch an inquiry into a
school siege that killed over
300 hostages, President
Vladimir Putin said on Friday,
but analysts doubt it will
satisfy those who blame the
carnage on security services." - ], - [ - "Tony Blair talks to business
leaders about new proposals
for a major shake-up of the
English exam system." - ], - [ - "KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia A
Malaysian woman has claimed a
new world record after living
with over six-thousand
scorpions for 36 days
straight." - ], - [ - "PBS's Charlie Rose quizzes Sun
co-founder Bill Joy,
Monster.com chief Jeff Taylor,
and venture capitalist John
Doerr." - ], - [ - "Circulation declined at most
major US newspapers in the
last half year, the latest
blow for an industry already
rocked by a scandal involving
circulation misstatements that
has undermined the confidence
of investors and advertisers." - ], - [ - "Skype Technologies is teaming
with Siemens to offer cordless
phone users the ability to
make Internet telephony calls,
in addition to traditional
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resistance, the U.S. trucking
industry says it will not try
to impede or delay a new
federal rule aimed at cutting
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statement that immaturity will
not be tolerated by suspending
Kwame Brown one game for not
taking part in a team huddle
during a loss to Denver." - ], - [ - "EVERETT Fire investigators
are still trying to determine
what caused a two-alarm that
destroyed a portion of a South
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morning." - ], - [ - "Umesh Patel, a 36-year old
software engineer from
California, debated until the
last minute." - ], - [ - "Sure, the PeopleSoft board
told shareholders to just say
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to the wire, and even
afterward Ellison could
prevail." - ], - [ - "Investors cheered by falling
oil prices and an improving
job picture sent stocks higher
Tuesday, hoping that the news
signals a renewal of economic
strength and a fall rally in
stocks." - ], - [ - "AP - Andy Roddick has yet to
face a challenge in his U.S.
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No. 18 Tommy Robredo of Spain
6-3, 6-2, 6-4 Tuesday night to
move into the quarterfinals
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Boston, New England braces for
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percent at stores open at
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Nikkei stock average opened
down 0.15 percent on
Wednesday as investors took a
breather from the market's
recent rises and sold shares
of gainers such as Sharp
Corp." - ], - [ - "AP - From now until the start
of winter, male tarantulas are
roaming around, searching for
female mates, an ideal time to
find out where the spiders
flourish in Arkansas." - ], - [ - "Israeli authorities have
launched an investigation into
death threats against Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
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than 14 percent in a two-and-
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a perception of growing US
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scientists are preparing to
protect the state #39;s
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with strong potential to do
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moment when Russian President
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Taras Shevchenko, this country
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#39;s ratification of the
Kyoto Protocol that aims to
stem global warming by
reducing greenhouse-gas
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enhancements hold the
potential to bring PalmSource
into an expanding market that
still has room despite early
inroads by Symbian and
Microsoft." - ], - [ - "The Metropolitan
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raise \\$900 million a year to
help pay for a five-year
rebuilding program." - ], - [ - "AFP - The Canadian armed
forces chief of staff on was
elected to take over as head
of NATO's Military Committee,
the alliance's highest
military authority, military
and diplomatic sources said." - ], - [ - "AFP - Two proposed resolutions
condemning widespread rights
abuses in Sudan and Zimbabwe
failed to pass a UN committee,
mired in debate between
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holding recent gains on a rash
of crude supply outages and
fears over thin heating oil
tanks." - ], - [ - "THE South Africans have called
the Wallabies scrum cheats as
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last night." - ], - [ - "The return of noted reformer
Nabil Amr to Palestinian
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juncture." - ], - [ - "An overwhelming majority of
NHL players who expressed
their opinion in a poll said
they would not support a
salary cap even if it meant
saving a season that was
supposed to have started Oct.
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Earnhardt Jr. on the
racetrack, but Sunday he
extended his domain to Victory
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to crawl out of the No." - ], - [ - "AP - After two debates, voters
have seen President Bush look
peevish and heard him pass the
buck. They've watched Sen.
John Kerry deny he's a flip-
flopper and then argue that
Saddam Hussein was a threat
#151; and wasn't. It's no
wonder so few minds have
changed." - ], - [ - "(Sports Network) - The New
York Yankees try to move one
step closer to a division
title when they conclude their
critical series with the
Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park." - ], - [ - "US retail sales fell 0.3 in
August as rising energy costs
and bad weather persuaded
shoppers to reduce their
spending." - ], - [ - "The United States says the
Lebanese parliament #39;s
decision Friday to extend the
term of pro-Syrian President
Emile Lahoud made a
quot;crude mockery of
democratic principles." - ], - [ - "Kurt Busch claimed a stake in
the points lead in the NASCAR
Chase for the Nextel Cup
yesterday, winning the
Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire
International Speedway." - ], - [ - "TOKYO (AFP) - Japan #39;s
Fujitsu and Cisco Systems of
the US said they have agreed
to form a strategic alliance
focusing on routers and
switches that will enable
businesses to build advanced
Internet Protocol (IP)
networks." - ], - [ - "GEORGETOWN, Del., Oct. 28 --
Plaintiffs in a shareholder
lawsuit over former Walt
Disney Co. president Michael
Ovitz's \\$140 million
severance package attempted
Thursday to portray Ovitz as a
dishonest bumbler who botched
the hiring of a major
television executive and
pushed the release of a movie
that angered the Chinese
government, damaging Disney's
business prospects in the
country." - ], - [ - "US stocks gained ground in
early trading Thursday after
tame inflation reports and
better than expected jobless
news. Oil prices held steady
as Hurricane Ivan battered the
Gulf coast, where oil
operations have halted." - ], - [ - "It #39;s a new internet
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launched earlier this month.
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newfangled stretch drive for
the Nextel Cup championship
ensues, Jeff Gordon has to be
considered the favorite for a
fifth title." - ], - [ - "PepsiCo. Inc., the world #39;s
No. 2 soft- drink maker, plans
to buy General Mills Inc.
#39;s stake in their European
joint venture for \\$750
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company." - ], - [ - "Microsoft will accelerate SP2
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months." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
stocks opened little changed
on Friday, after third-
quarter gross domestic product
data showed the U.S. economy
grew at a slower-than-expected
pace." - ], - [ - "International Business
Machines Corp., taken to court
by workers over changes it
made to its traditional
pension plan, has decided to
stop offering any such plan to
new employees." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - With four of its
executives pleading guilty to
price-fixing charges today,
Infineon will have a hard time
arguing that it didn #39;t fix
prices in its ongoing
litigation with Rambus." - ], - [ - "By nick giongco. YOU KNOW you
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The prime minister says he's
been assured by President
George W. Bush that the U.S.
missile defence plan does not
necessarily involve the
weaponization of space." - ], - [ - "AP - Even with a big lead,
Eric Gagne wanted to pitch in
front of his hometown fans one
last time." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Limited
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quarterly operating profit as
cost controls and strong
lingerie sales offset poor
results at the retailer's
Express apparel stores." - ], - [ - "General Motors and
DaimlerChrysler are
collaborating on development
of fuel- saving hybrid engines
in hopes of cashing in on an
expanding market dominated by
hybrid leaders Toyota and
Honda." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece -- Larry Brown
was despondent, the head of
the US selection committee was
defensive and an irritated
Allen Iverson was hanging up
on callers who asked what went
wrong." - ], - [ - "Fifty-six miners are dead and
another 92 are still stranded
underground after a gas blast
at the Daping coal mine in
Central China #39;s Henan
Province, safety officials
said Thursday." - ], - [ - "BEIRUT, Lebanon - Three
Lebanese men and their Iraqi
driver have been kidnapped in
Iraq, the Lebanese Foreign
Ministry said Sunday, as
Iraq's prime minister said his
government was working for the
release of two Americans and a
Briton also being held
hostage. Gunmen snatched
the three Lebanese, who worked
for a travel agency with a
branch in Baghdad, as they
drove on the highway between
the capital and Fallujah on
Friday night, a ministry
official said..." - ], - [ - "PORTLAND, Ore. - It's been
almost a year since singer-
songwriter Elliott Smith
committed suicide, and fans
and friends will be looking
for answers as the posthumous
\"From a Basement on the Hill\"
is released..." - ], - [ - "AP - Courtney Brown refuses to
surrender to injuries. He's
already planning another
comeback." - ], - [ - " GAZA (Reuters) - Israel
expanded its military
offensive in northern Gaza,
launching two air strikes
early on Monday that killed
at least three Palestinians
and wounded two, including a
senior Hamas leader, witnesses
and medics said." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo
Co. Ltd. raised its 2004
shipment target for its DS
handheld video game device by
40 percent to 2.8 million
units on Thursday after many
stores in Japan and the
United States sold out in the
first week of sales." - ], - [ - "It took an off-the-cuff
reference to a serial
murderer/cannibal to punctuate
the Robby Gordon storyline.
Gordon has been vilified by
his peers and put on probation" - ], - [ - "By BOBBY ROSS JR. Associated
Press Writer. play the Atlanta
Hawks. They will be treated to
free food and drink and have.
their pictures taken with
Mavericks players, dancers and
team officials." - ], - [ - "ARSENAL #39;S Brazilian World
Cup winning midfielder
Gilberto Silva is set to be
out for at least a month with
a back injury, the Premiership
leaders said." - ], - [ - "INDIANAPOLIS -- With a package
of academic reforms in place,
the NCAA #39;s next crusade
will address what its
president calls a dangerous
drift toward professionalism
and sports entertainment." - ], - [ - "Autodesk this week unwrapped
an updated version of its
hosted project collaboration
service targeted at the
construction and manufacturing
industries. Autodesk Buzzsaw
lets multiple, dispersed
project participants --
including building owners,
developers, architects,
construction teams, and
facility managers -- share and
manage data throughout the
life of a project, according
to Autodesk officials." - ], - [ - "AP - It was difficult for
Southern California's Pete
Carroll and Oklahoma's Bob
Stoops to keep from repeating
each other when the two
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Olympic silver medalist Mardy
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twins Bob and Mike Bryan will
make up the US team to compete
with Belarus in the Davis Cup,
reported CRIENGLISH." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Optimism that the
embattled technology sector
was due for a recovery sent
stocks modestly higher Monday
despite a new revenue warning
from semiconductor company
Broadcom Inc. While
Broadcom, which makes chips
for television set-top boxes
and other electronics, said
high inventories resulted in
delayed shipments, investors
were encouraged as it said
future quarters looked
brighter..." - ], - [ - "A report indicates that many
giants of the industry have
been able to capture lasting
feelings of customer loyalty." - ], - [ - "It is the news that Internet
users do not want to hear: the
worldwide web is in danger of
collapsing around us. Patrick
Gelsinger, the chief
technology officer for
computer chip maker Intel,
told a conference" - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.
employers hired just 96,000
workers in September, the
government said on Friday in a
weak jobs snapshot, the final
one ahead of presidential
elections that also fueled
speculation about a pause in
interest-rate rises." - ], - [ - "Cisco Systems CEO John
Chambers said today that his
company plans to offer twice
as many new products this year
as ever before." - ], - [ - "While the world #39;s best
athletes fight the noble
Olympic battle in stadiums and
pools, their fans storm the
streets of Athens, turning the
Greek capital into a huge
international party every
night." - ], - [ - "Carlos Barrios Orta squeezed
himself into his rubber diving
suit, pulled on an 18-pound
helmet that made him look like
an astronaut, then lowered
himself into the sewer. He
disappeared into the filthy
water, which looked like some
cauldron of rancid beef stew,
until the only sign of him was
air bubbles breaking the
surface." - ], - [ - "The mutilated body of a woman
of about sixty years,
amputated of arms and legs and
with the sliced throat, has
been discovered this morning
in a street of the south of
Faluya by the Marines,
according to a statement by
AFP photographer." - ], - [ - "Every day, somewhere in the
universe, there #39;s an
explosion that puts the power
of the Sun in the shade. Steve
Connor investigates the riddle
of gamma-ray bursts." - ], - [ - "Ten months after NASA #39;s
twin rovers landed on Mars,
scientists reported this week
that both robotic vehicles are
still navigating their rock-
studded landscapes with all
instruments operating" - ], - [ - "EVERTON showed they would not
be bullied into selling Wayne
Rooney last night by rejecting
a 23.5million bid from
Newcastle - as Manchester
United gamble on Goodison
#39;s resolve to keep the
striker." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The
magazine known for evaluating
cars and electronics is
setting its sights on finding
the best value and quality of
prescription drugs on the
market." - ], - [ - "After months of legal
wrangling, the case of
<em>People v. Kobe Bean
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Friday in Eagle, Colo., with
testimony set to begin next
month." - ], - [ - "(SH) - In Afghanistan, Hamid
Karzai defeated a raft of
candidates to win his historic
election. In Iraq, more than
200 political parties have
registered for next month
#39;s elections." - ], - [ - "Lyon coach Paul le Guen has
admitted his side would be
happy with a draw at Old
Trafford on Tuesday night. The
three-times French champions
have assured themselves of
qualification for the
Champions League" - ], - [ - "British scientists say they
have found a new, greener way
to power cars and homes using
sunflower oil, a commodity
more commonly used for cooking
fries." - ], - [ - "A mouse, a house, and your
tax-planning spouse all factor
huge in the week of earnings
that lies ahead." - ], - [ - "The United States #39; top
computer-security official has
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Department of Homeland
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vision of the Internet of the
future, one in which millions
of computer servers would
analyze and direct network
traffic to make the Web safer
and more efficient." - ], - [ - "Margaret Hassan, who works for
charity Care International,
was taken hostage while on her
way to work in Baghdad. Here
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kidnapping." - ], - [ - "Check out new gadgets as
holiday season approaches." - ], - [ - "DALLAS (CBS.MW) -- Royal
Dutch/Shell Group will pay a
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settle a Securities and
Exchange Commission
investigation of its
overstatement of nearly 4.5
billion barrels of proven
reserves, the federal agency
said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "After waiting an entire summer
for the snow to fall and
Beaver Creek to finally open,
skiers from around the planet
are coming to check out the
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via COMTEX) -- Sony Corp will
launch its popular projection
televisions with large liquid
crystal display (LCD) screens
in China early next year, a
company spokeswoman said." - ], - [ - "I confess that I am a complete
ignoramus when it comes to
women #39;s beach volleyball.
In fact, I know only one thing
about the sport - that it is
the supreme aesthetic
experience available on planet
Earth." - ], - [ - "Manchester United Plc may
offer US billionaire Malcolm
Glazer a seat on its board if
he agrees to drop a takeover
bid for a year, the Observer
said, citing an unidentified
person in the soccer industry." - ], - [ - "PHOENIX America West Airlines
has backed away from a
potential bidding war for
bankrupt ATA Airlines, paving
the way for AirTran to take
over ATA operations." - ], - [ - "US stock-index futures
declined. Dow Jones Industrial
Average shares including
General Electric Co. slipped
in Europe. Citigroup Inc." - ], - [ - "For a guy who spent most of
his first four professional
seasons on the disabled list,
Houston Astros reliever Brad
Lidge has developed into quite
the ironman these past two
days." - ], - [ - "AFP - Outgoing EU competition
commissioner Mario Monti wants
to reach a decision on
Oracle's proposed takeover of
business software rival
PeopleSoft by the end of next
month, an official said." - ], - [ - "Former Bengal Corey Dillon
found his stride Sunday in his
second game for the New
England Patriots. Dillon
gained 158 yards on 32 carries
as the Patriots beat the
Arizona Cardinals, 23-12, for
their 17th victory in a row." - ], - [ - "If legend is to be believed,
the end of a victorious war
was behind Pheidippides #39;
trek from Marathon to Athens
2,500 years ago." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Satellite companies would be
able to retransmit
broadcasters' television
signals for another five
years but would have to offer
those signals on a single
dish, under legislation
approved by Congress on
Saturday." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Wimbledon
champion Maria Sharapova
demolished fellow Russian
Tatiana Panova 6-1, 6-1 to
advance to the quarter-finals
of the China Open on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Sven Jaschan, who may face
five years in prison for
spreading the Netsky and
Sasser worms, is now working
in IT security. Photo: AFP." - ], - [ - "Padres general manager Kevin
Towers called Expos general
manager Omar Minaya on
Thursday afternoon and told
him he needed a shortstop
because Khalil Greene had
broken his" - ], - [ - "Motorsport.com. Nine of the
ten Formula One teams have
united to propose cost-cutting
measures for the future, with
the notable exception of
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sanctions against Sudan on
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threat of punitive measures if
Khartoum did not
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activists have hailed the
award of the 2004 Nobel Peace
Prize to Wangari Maathai of
Kenya as fitting recognition
of the growing role of civil
society" - ], - [ - "Federal Reserve Chairman Alan
Greenspan has done it again.
For at least the fourth time
this year, he has touched the
electrified third rail of
American politics - Social
Security." - ], - [ - "An Al Qaeda-linked militant
group beheaded an American
hostage in Iraq and threatened
last night to kill another two
Westerners in 24 hours unless
women prisoners were freed
from Iraqi jails." - ], - [ - "TechWeb - An Indian Institute
of Technology professor--and
open-source evangelist--
discusses the role of Linux
and open source in India." - ], - [ - "Here are some of the latest
health and medical news
developments, compiled by
editors of HealthDay: -----
Contaminated Fish in Many U.S.
Lakes and Rivers Fish
that may be contaminated with
dioxin, mercury, PCBs and
pesticides are swimming in
more than one-third of the
United States' lakes and
nearly one-quarter of its
rivers, according to a list of
advisories released by the
Environmental Protection
Agency..." - ], - [ - "Argentina, Denmark, Greece,
Japan and Tanzania on Friday
won coveted two-year terms on
the UN Security Council at a
time when pressure is mounting
to expand the powerful
15-nation body." - ], - [ - "Description: Scientists say
the arthritis drug Bextra may
pose increased risk of
cardiovascular troubles.
Bextra is related to Vioxx,
which was pulled off the
market in September for the
same reason." - ], - [ - "Steve Francis and Shaquille O
#39;Neal enjoyed big debuts
with their new teams. Kobe
Bryant found out he can #39;t
carry the Lakers all by
himself." - ], - [ - "The trial of a lawsuit by Walt
Disney Co. shareholders who
accuse the board of directors
of rubberstamping a deal to
hire Michael Ovitz" - ], - [ - "Australia, by winning the
third Test at Nagpur on
Friday, also won the four-
match series 2-0 with one
match to go. Australia had
last won a Test series in
India way back in December
1969 when Bill Lawry #39;s
team beat Nawab Pataudi #39;s
Indian team 3-1." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES Grocery giant
Albertsons says it has
purchased Bristol Farms, which
operates eleven upscale stores
in Southern California." - ], - [ - "ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India
agreed on Friday to re-open
the Khokhropar-Munabao railway
link, which was severed nearly
40 years ago." - ], - [ - "Final Score: Connecticut 61,
New York 51 New York, NY
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Connecticut to a 61-51 win
over New York in Game 1 of
their best-of-three Eastern
Conference Finals series at
Madison Square Garden." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Stocks moved higher
Friday as a stronger than
expected retail sales report
showed that higher oil prices
aren't scaring consumers away
from spending. Federal Reserve
Chairman Alan Greenspan's
positive comments on oil
prices also encouraged
investors..." - ], - [ - "The figures from a survey
released today are likely to
throw more people into the
ranks of the uninsured,
analysts said." - ], - [ - "Bill Gates is giving his big
speech right now at Microsofts
big Digital Entertainment
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Well have a proper report for
you soon, but in the meantime
we figured wed" - ], - [ - "Spinal and non-spinal
fractures are reduced by
almost a third in women age 80
or older who take a drug
called strontium ranelate,
European investigators
announced" - ], - [ - "JB Oxford Holdings Inc., a
Beverly Hills-based discount
brokerage firm, was sued by
the Securities and Exchange
Commission for allegedly
allowing thousands of improper
trades in more than 600 mutual
funds." - ], - [ - "BERLIN: Apple Computer Inc is
planning the next wave of
expansion for its popular
iTunes online music store with
a multi-country European
launch in October, the
services chief architect said
on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Charlotte, NC -- LeBron James
poured in a game-high 19
points and Jeff McInnis scored
18 as the Cleveland Cavaliers
routed the Charlotte Bobcats,
106-89, at the Charlotte
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his former palaces, tending
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two matches in the tournament
last season, was blundering
again with the German set to
take the rap for both Greek
goals." - ], - [ - "Calls to 13 other countries
will be blocked to thwart
auto-dialer software." - ], - [ - "AP - Brazilian U.N.
peacekeepers will remain in
Haiti until presidential
elections are held in that
Caribbean nation sometime next
year, President Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva said Monday." - ], - [ - "com September 27, 2004, 5:00
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rounds of six-under-par 66 on
Friday to share the lead after
the first round of the CJ Nine
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pushing ahead with reforms and
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hard for many to comprehend,
but this year's Nobel Prize
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what they did and how they did
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pay up to \\$340 million to
settle a lawsuit that it
contaminated water supplies in
West Virginia and Ohio with a
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struggled" - ], - [ - "AP - Musicians, composers and
authors were among the more
than two dozen people
Wednesday honored with
National Medal of Arts and
National Humanities awards at
the White House." - ], - [ - "More than 15 million homes in
the UK will be able to get on-
demand movies by 2008, say
analysts." - ], - [ - "Wynton Marsalis, the trumpet-
playing star and artistic
director of Jazz at Lincoln
Center, has become an entity
above and around the daily
jazz world." - ], - [ - "A well-researched study by the
National Academy of Sciences
makes a persuasive case for
refurbishing the Hubble Space
Telescope. NASA, which is
reluctant to take this
mission, should rethink its
position." - ], - [ - "BUENOS AIRES: Pakistan has
ratified the Kyoto Protocol on
Climatic Change, Environment
Minister Malik Khan said on
Thursday. He said that
Islamabad has notified UN
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expected to step down within
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Friday, citing people close to
the discussions." - ], - [ - "Staff Sgt. Johnny Horne, Jr.,
and Staff Sgt. Cardenas Alban
have been charged with murder
in the death of an Iraqi, the
1st Cavalry Division announced
Monday." - ], - [ - "LONDON -- In a deal that
appears to buck the growing
trend among governments to
adopt open-source
alternatives, the U.K.'s
Office of Government Commerce
(OGC) is negotiating a renewal
of a three-year agreement with
Microsoft Corp." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania
law requiring Internet service
providers (ISPs) to block Web
sites the state's prosecuting
attorneys deem to be child
pornography has been reversed
by a U.S. federal court, with
the judge ruling the law
violated free speech rights." - ], - [ - "The Microsoft Corp. chairman
receives four million e-mails
a day, but practically an
entire department at the
company he founded is
dedicated to ensuring that
nothing unwanted gets into his
inbox, the company #39;s chief
executive said Thursday." - ], - [ - "The 7100t has a mobile phone,
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a speech as he hosts Russia
#39;s Olympic athletes at a
Kremlin banquet in Moscow,
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two new versions of its hugely
successful iPod: the iPod
Photo and the U2 iPod. Apple
also has expanded" - ], - [ - "Pakistan are closing in fast
on Sri Lanka #39;s first
innings total after impressing
with both ball and bat on the
second day of the opening Test
in Faisalabad." - ], - [ - "A state regulatory board
yesterday handed a five-year
suspension to a Lawrence
funeral director accused of
unprofessional conduct and
deceptive practices, including
one case where he refused to
complete funeral arrangements
for a client because she had
purchased a lower-priced
casket elsewhere." - ], - [ - "AP - This year's hurricanes
spread citrus canker to at
least 11,000 trees in
Charlotte County, one of the
largest outbreaks of the
fruit-damaging infection to
ever affect Florida's citrus
industry, state officials
said." - ], - [ - "AFP - Hundreds of Buddhists in
southern Russia marched
through snow to see and hear
the Dalai Lama as he continued
a long-awaited visit to the
country in spite of Chinese
protests." - ], - [ - "British officials were on
diplomatic tenterhooks as they
awaited the arrival on
Thursday of French President
Jacques Chirac for a two-day
state visit to Britain." - ], - [ - " SYDNEY (Reuters) - A group of
women on Pitcairn Island in
the South Pacific are standing
by their men, who face
underage sex charges, saying
having sex at age 12 is a
tradition dating back to 18th
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on the island." - ], - [ - "Two aircraft are flying out
from the UK on Sunday to
deliver vital aid and supplies
to Haiti, which has been
devastated by tropical storm
Jeanne." - ], - [ - "A scare triggered by a
vibrating sex toy shut down a
major Australian regional
airport for almost an hour
Monday, police said. The
vibrating object was
discovered Monday morning" - ], - [ - "IBM moved back into the iSCSI
(Internet SCSI) market Friday
with a new array priced at
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small and midsize business
market." - ], - [ - "Ron Artest has been hit with a
season long suspension,
unprecedented for the NBA
outside doping cases; Stephen
Jackson banned for 30 games;
Jermaine O #39;Neal for 25
games and Anthony Johnson for
five." - ], - [ - "The California Public
Utilities Commission on
Thursday upheld a \\$12.1
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year investigation into the
cellular telephone company
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that left South Africa in 1986
after apartheid protests, may
soon resume retail operations
in the nation." - ], - [ - "AP - An Indiana congressional
candidate abruptly walked off
the set of a debate because
she got stage fright." - ], - [ - "Italian-based Parmalat is
suing its former auditors --
Grant Thornton International
and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
-- for billions of dollars in
damages. Parmalat blames its
demise on the two companies
#39; mismanagement of its
finances." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Having reached out
to Kashmiris during a two-day
visit to the region, the prime
minister heads this weekend to
the country's volatile
northeast, where public anger
is high over alleged abuses by
Indian soldiers." - ], - [ - "SAN JUAN IXTAYOPAN, Mexico --
A pair of wooden crosses
outside the elementary school
are all that mark the macabre
site where, just weeks ago, an
angry mob captured two federal
police officers, beat them
unconscious, and set them on
fire." - ], - [ - "Three shots behind Grace Park
with five holes to go, six-
time LPGA player of the year
Sorenstam rallied with an
eagle, birdie and three pars
to win her fourth Samsung
World Championship by three
shots over Park on Sunday." - ], - [ - "update An alliance of
technology workers on Tuesday
accused conglomerate Honeywell
International of planning to
move thousands of jobs to low-
cost regions over the next
five years--a charge that
Honeywell denies." - ], - [ - "NSW Rugby CEO Fraser Neill
believes Waratah star Mat
Rogers has learned his lesson
after he was fined and ordered
to do community service
following his controversial
comments about the club rugby
competition." - ], - [ - "American Technology Research
analyst Shaw Wu has initiated
coverage of Apple Computer
(AAPL) with a #39;buy #39;
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target of US\\$78 per share." - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com - Cell
phone shoppers looking for new
deals and features didn't find
them yesterday, a day after
Sprint Corp. and Nextel
Communications Inc. announced
a merger that the phone
companies promised would shake
up the wireless business." - ], - [ - "ATHENS: China, the dominant
force in world diving for the
best part of 20 years, won six
out of eight Olympic titles in
Athens and prompted
speculation about a clean
sweep when they stage the
Games in Beijing in 2008." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Northrop
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on Wednesday and an 11
percent increase in sales on
strength in its mission
systems, integrated systems,
ships and space technology
businesses." - ], - [ - "JAPANESE GIANT Sharp has
pulled the plug on its Linux-
based PDAs in the United
States as no-one seems to want
them. The company said that it
will continue to sell them in
Japan where they sell like hot
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plane diverted to Ireland
following a bomb alert, the
second faced by the Greek
carrier in four days, resumed
its journey to New York after
no device was found on board,
airport officials said." - ], - [ - "New NavOne offers handy PDA
and Pocket PC connectivity,
but fails to impress on
everything else." - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - Shares of
Iamgold fell more than 10 per
cent after its proposed merger
with Gold Fields Ltd. was
thrown into doubt Monday as
South Africa #39;s Harmony
Gold Mining Company Ltd." - ], - [ - "The Marvel deal calls for
Mforma to work with the comic
book giant to develop a
variety of mobile applications
based on Marvel content." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
tumbled again on Monday to an
8-week low under \\$46 a
barrel, as growing fuel stocks
in the United States eased
fears of a winter supply
crunch." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
United States said on Friday
it is preparing a new U.N.
resolution on Darfur and that
Secretary of State Colin
Powell might address next week
whether the violence in
western Sudan constitutes
genocide." - ], - [ - "The Houston Astros won their
19th straight game at home and
are one game from winning
their first playoff series in
42 years." - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com - The
Portable Media Center -- a
new, Microsoft-conceived
handheld device that presents
video and photos as well as
music -- would be a decent
idea if there weren't such a
thing as lampposts. Or street
signs. Or trees. Or other
cars." - ], - [ - "Alcoa Inc., one of the world
#39;s top producers of
aluminum, said Monday that it
received an unsolicited
quot;mini-tender quot; offer
from Toronto-based TRC Capital
Corp." - ], - [ - "The European Commission is to
warn Greece about publishing
false information about its
public finances." - ], - [ - "The Air Force Reserve #39;s
Hurricane Hunters, those
fearless crews who dive into
the eyewalls of hurricanes to
relay critical data on
tropical systems, were chased
from their base on the
Mississippi Gulf Coast by
Hurricane Ivan." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - U.S.
shares were expected to open
lower on Wednesday after
crude oil pushed to a fresh
high overnight, while Web
search engine Google Inc.
dented sentiment as it
slashed the price range on its
initial public offering." - ], - [ - "The eighth-seeded American
fell to sixth-seeded Elena
Dementieva of Russia, 0-6 6-2
7-6 (7-5), on Friday - despite
being up a break on four
occasions in the third set." - ], - [ - "TUCSON, Arizona (Ticker) --
No. 20 Arizona State tries to
post its first three-game
winning streak over Pac-10
Conference rival Arizona in 26
years when they meet Friday." - ], - [ - "NAJAF, Iraq : Iraq #39;s top
Shiite Muslim clerics, back in
control of Najaf #39;s Imam
Ali shrine after a four-month
militia occupation, met amid
the ruins of the city as life
spluttered back to normality." - ], - [ - "Embargo or not, Fidel Castro's
socialist paradise has quietly
become a pharmaceutical
powerhouse. (They're still
working on the capitalism
thing.) By Douglas Starr from
Wired magazine." - ], - [ - "AP - Phillip Fulmer kept his
cool when starting center
Jason Respert drove off in the
coach's golf cart at practice." - ], - [ - "GOALS from Wayne Rooney and
Ruud van Nistelrooy gave
Manchester United the win at
Newcastle. Alan Shearer
briefly levelled matters for
the Magpies but United managed
to scrape through." - ], - [ - "The telemarketer at the other
end of Orlando Castelblanco
#39;s line promised to reduce
the consumer #39;s credit card
debt by at least \\$2,500 and
get his 20 percent -- and
growing -- interest rates down
to single digits." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blue-
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Monday after No. 1 retailer
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Thanksgiving sales, while
technology shares were lifted
by a rally in Apple Computer
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admonished twice in six days
by his chamber's\\ethics
committee, withstood calls on
Thursday by rival\\Democrats
and citizen groups that he
step aside." - ], - [ - "WPP Group Inc., the world
#39;s second- largest
marketing and advertising
company, said it won the
bidding for Grey Global Group
Inc." - ], - [ - "AFP - Australia has accounted
for all its nationals known to
be working in Iraq following a
claim by a radical Islamic
group to have kidnapped two
Australians, Foreign Affairs
Minister Alexander Downer
said." - ], - [ - "A new worm can spy on users by
hijacking their Web cameras, a
security firm warned Monday.
The Rbot.gr worm -- the latest
in a long line of similar
worms; one security firm
estimates that more than 4,000
variations" - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks
were slightly lower on
Tuesday, as concerns about
higher oil prices cutting into
corporate profits and
consumer demand weighed on
sentiment, while retail sales
posted a larger-than-expected
decline in August." - ], - [ - "The separation of PalmOne and
PalmSource will be complete
with Eric Benhamou's
resignation as the latter's
chairman." - ], - [ - "AP - Two-time U.S. Open
doubles champion Max Mirnyi
will lead the Belarus team
that faces the United States
in the Davis Cup semifinals in
Charleston later this month." - ], - [ - "The hurricane appeared to be
strengthening and forecasters
warned of an increased threat
of serious flooding and wind
damage." - ], - [ - "AP - New York Jets safety Erik
Coleman got his souvenir
football from the equipment
manager and held it tightly." - ], - [ - " SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil
prices climbed above \\$42 a
barrel on Wednesday, rising
for the third day in a row as
the heavy consuming U.S.
Northeast feels the first
chills of winter." - ], - [ - "\\\\\"(CNN) -- A longtime
associate of al Qaeda leader
Osama bin Laden surrendered
to\\Saudi Arabian officials
Tuesday, a Saudi Interior
Ministry official said.\"\\\\\"But
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had in any terror\\attacks
because no public charges have
been filed against him.\"\\\\\"The
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its limited, one-month\\offer
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involve violence. \\\\How
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administration?\\\\" - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merck
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pulled its arthritis drug
Vioxx off the market after a
study showed it doubled the
risk of heart attack and
stroke, a move that sent its
shares plunging and erased
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value." - ], - [ - "AT T Corp. is cutting 7,400
more jobs and slashing the
book value of its assets by
\\$11.4 billion, drastic moves
prompted by the company's plan
to retreat from the
traditional consumer telephone
business following a lost
court battle." - ], - [ - "The government on Wednesday
defended its decision to
radically revise the country
#39;s deficit figures, ahead
of a European Commission
meeting to consider possible
disciplinary action against
Greece for submitting faulty
figures." - ], - [ - "Ivan Hlinka coached the Czech
Republic to the hockey gold
medal at the 1998 Nagano
Olympics and became the coach
of the Pittsburgh Penguins two
years later." - ], - [ - "Four homeless men were
bludgeoned to death and six
were in critical condition on
Friday following early morning
attacks by unknown assailants
in downtown streets of Sao
Paulo, a police spokesman
said." - ], - [ - "OPEC ministers yesterday
agreed to increase their
ceiling for oil production to
help bring down stubbornly
high prices in a decision that
traders and analysts dismissed
as symbolic because the cartel
already is pumping more than
its new target." - ], - [ - "Williams-Sonoma Inc. said
second- quarter profit rose 55
percent, boosted by the
addition of Pottery Barn
stores and sale of outdoor
furniture." - ], - [ - "Celerons form the basis of
Intel #39;s entry-level
platform which includes
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the fastest - until the
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becomes mainstream - of the" - ], - [ - "The entertainment industry
asks the Supreme Court to
reverse the Grokster decision,
which held that peer-to-peer
networks are not liable for
copyright abuses of their
users. By Michael Grebb." - ], - [ - " HONG KONG/SAN FRANCISCO
(Reuters) - China's largest
personal computer maker,
Lenovo Group Ltd., said on
Tuesday it was in acquisition
talks with a major technology
company, which a source
familiar with the situation
said was IBM." - ], - [ - "Phone companies are not doing
enough to warn customers about
internet \"rogue-dialling\"
scams, watchdog Icstis warns." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Oil prices stayed
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Thursday, supported by a
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heating fuel." - ], - [ - "AUBURN - Ah, easy street. No
game this week. Light
practices. And now Auburn is
being touted as the No. 3 team
in the Bowl Championship
Series standings." - ], - [ - "Portsmouth #39;s Harry
Redknapp has been named as the
Barclays manager of the month
for October. Redknapp #39;s
side were unbeaten during the
month and maintained an
impressive climb to ninth in
the Premiership." - ], - [ - "India's main opposition party
takes action against senior
party member Uma Bharti after
a public row." - ], - [ - "Hewlett-Packard will shell out
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2005, but Dell's wallet is
wide open, too." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) --
President Bush announced
Monday that Kellogg chief
executive Carlos Gutierrez
would replace Don Evans as
Commerce secretary, naming the
first of many expected changes
to his economic team." - ], - [ - "Iron Mountain moved further
into the backup and recovery
space Tuesday with the
acquisition of Connected Corp.
for \\$117 million. Connected
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than 600 corporations, with
more than" - ], - [ - "Three directors of Manchester
United have been ousted from
the board after US tycoon
Malcolm Glazer, who is
attempting to buy the club,
voted against their re-
election." - ], - [ - "The Russian military yesterday
extended its offer of a \\$10
million reward for information
leading to the capture of two
separatist leaders who, the
Kremlin claims, were behind
the Beslan massacre." - ], - [ - "AP - Manny Ramirez singled and
scored before leaving with a
bruised knee, and the
streaking Boston Red Sox beat
the Detroit Tigers 5-3 Friday
night for their 10th victory
in 11 games." - ], - [ - "A remote attacker could take
complete control over
computers running many
versions of Microsoft software
by inserting malicious code in
a JPEG image that executes
through an unchecked buffer" - ], - [ - "Montgomery County (website -
news) is a big step closer to
shopping for prescription
drugs north of the border. On
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to Tampa to visit George
Steinbrenner. Theo Epstein and
John Henry go to Florida for
their turn with Pedro. Carl
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visit Curt Schilling. Jason
Varitek says he's not a goner.
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Kentucky stayed at fever pitch
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marriage while accusing
Republican incumbent Jim
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attacks that seemed to suggest
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companies use a patented
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serious about its takeover
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firm won #39;t sell 1.2
million doses of influenza
vaccine to the United States
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within Canada instead." - ], - [ - "An extremely rare Hawaiian
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announced that it #39;s
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was fired Monday but will be
allowed to finish the season,
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final communique released at
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Brazilian midfielder Gilberto
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released a video saying it
kidnapped a missing journalist
in Iraq and would kill him
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Asian exporters and
electronics firms such as
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from U.S. technology
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morning, his bruised ribs were
so sore, he wasn #39;t sure he
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so single-minded in pursuing
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government's choice for
president of war-ravaged
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victor Sunday in an election
tainted by charges of fraud
and shadowed by last week's
terrorist destruction of two
airliners. Little more than
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certain to stumble at some
point during the regular
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half and Aaron Rodgers shook
off a slow start to throw two
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Ibrahim al-Duri, Saddam
Hussein #39;s deputy whose
capture was announced Sunday,
is 62 and riddled with cancer,
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capital Tuesday, killing two
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ceiling of an underground car
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selectively bred for their
white meat for so many
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last month, pushing the
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per cent from 7.2 per cent in
August, Statistics Canada said
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bringing security to Darfur,
where more than a million
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Mardy Fish will play singles
for the United States in this
weekend #39;s Davis Cup
semifinal matchup against
Belarus." - ], - [ - "AFP - With less than two
months until the November 2
election, President George W.
Bush is working to shore up
support among his staunchest
supporters even as he courts
undecided voters." - ], - [ - "The bass should be in your
face. That's what Matt Kelly,
of Boston's popular punk rock
band Dropkick Murphys, thinks
is the mark of a great stereo
system. And he should know.
Kelly, 29, is the drummer for
the band that likes to think
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will build a prison for
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and exports caused the economy
to slow to a crawl in the
July-September period, with
real gross domestic product
expanding just 0.1 percent
from the previous quarter,
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among other exporters, but
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entering a boy's club when she
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game #39;s watchers have
fallen for the quot;myth
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Barry Bonds tries to go where
just two players have gone
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Giants visit the Milwaukee
Brewers on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Palestinian leader Mahmoud
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people to drop their weapons
in the struggle for a state. a
clear change of strategy for
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clothing retailer, said Monday
it expects net profit for the
fiscal year ending Jan. 29 to
be over 30 higher than that of
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that a tiny nation like
Antigua and Barbuda could take
on the United States in an
international dispute and win?" - ], - [ - "AP - With Tom Brady as their
quarterback and a stingy,
opportunistic defense, it's
difficult to imagine when the
New England Patriots might
lose again. Brady and
defensive end Richard Seymour
combined to secure the
Patriots' record-tying 18th
straight victory, 31-17 over
the Buffalo Bills on Sunday." - ], - [ - "FRANKFURT, GERMANY -- The
German subsidiaries of
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) and
Novell Inc. are teaming to
offer Linux-based products to
the country's huge public
sector." - ], - [ - "SBC Communications expects to
cut 10,000 or more jobs by the
end of next year through
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#39;s about six percent of the
San Antonio-based company
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U.S.-backed government said on
Tuesday that \"major neglect\"
by its American-led military
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back,\" declared Apple
Computer's Steve Jobs on
Thursday morning in his first
public appearance before
reporters since cancer surgery
in late July." - ], - [ - "BEIJING -- Police have
detained a man accused of
slashing as many as nine boys
to death as they slept in
their high school dormitory in
central China, state media
reported today." - ], - [ - "Health India: London, Nov 4 :
Cosmetic face cream used by
fashionable Roman women was
discovered at an ongoing
archaeological dig in London,
in a metal container, complete
with the lid and contents." - ], - [ - "Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon #39;s Likud party
agreed on Thursday to a
possible alliance with
opposition Labour in a vote
that averted a snap election
and strengthened his Gaza
withdrawal plan." - ], - [ - "Another United Airlines union
is seeking to oust senior
management at the troubled
airline, saying its strategies
are reckless and incompetent." - ], - [ - "Approaching Hurricane Ivan has
led to postponement of the
game Thursday night between
10th-ranked California and
Southern Mississippi in
Hattiesburg, Cal #39;s
athletic director said Monday." - ], - [ - "Global oil prices boomed on
Wednesday, spreading fear that
energy prices will restrain
economic activity, as traders
worried about a heating oil
supply crunch in the American
winter." - ], - [ - "Custom-designed imported
furniture was once an
exclusive realm. Now, it's the
economical alternative for
commercial developers and
designers needing everything
from seats to beds to desks
for their projects." - ], - [ - "SAN DIEGO (Ticker) - The San
Diego Padres lacked speed and
an experienced bench last
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infielder Eric Young is
capable of providing." - ], - [ - "This is an eye chart,
reprinted as a public service
to the New York Mets so they
may see from what they suffer:
myopia. Has ever a baseball
franchise been so shortsighted
for so long?" - ], - [ - "Short-term interest rate
futures struggled on Thursday
after a government report
showing US core inflation for
August below market
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views on Federal Reserve rate
policy." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - Microsoft's
Macintosh Business Unit on
Tuesday issued a patch for
Virtual PC 7 that fixes a
problem that occurred when
running the software on Power
Mac G5 computers with more
than 2GB of RAM installed.
Previously, Virtual PC 7 would
not run on those computers,
causing a fatal error that
crashed the application.
Microsoft also noted that
Virtual PC 7.0.1 also offers
stability improvements,
although it wasn't more
specific than that -- some
users have reported problems
with using USB devices and
other issues." - ], - [ - "Samsung is now the world #39;s
second-largest mobile phone
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to market watcher Gartner, the
South Korean company has
finally knocked Motorola into
third place." - ], - [ - "Don't bother buying Star Wars:
Battlefront if you're looking
for a first-class shooter --
there are far better games out
there. But if you're a Star
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this title will suffice. Lore
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preparing to launch a large-
scale attack against Falluja
and al-Ramadi, one of the
chieftains of Falluja said
that contacts are still
continuous yesterday between
members representing the city
#39;s delegation and the
interim" - ], - [ - "UN Security Council
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pressure Sudan and rebels to
end two different wars in the
country even as they left for
Kenya on Tuesday for a meeting
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after day, locked in a cement
room somewhere in Iraq, the
hooded men beat him. They told
him he would be beheaded.
''Ameriqi! quot; they shouted,
even though he comes from this
poor Sri Lankan fishing
village." - ], - [ - "THE kidnappers of British aid
worker Margaret Hassan last
night threatened to turn her
over to the group which
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British Government refuses to
pull its troops out of Iraq." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo
stocks climbed to a two week
high on Friday after Tokyo
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related stocks were boosted
by a bullish revenue outlook
from industry leader Intel
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tool-making ability, the human
species was set apart from its
ancestors by the ability to
jog mile after lung-stabbing
mile with greater endurance
than any other primate,
according to research
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product used to treat both
male hair loss and prostate
problems has been added to the
list of banned drugs for
athletes." - ], - [ - "AP - Curtis Martin and Jerome
Bettis have the opportunity to
go over 13,000 career yards
rushing in the same game when
Bettis and the Pittsburgh
Steelers play Martin and the
New York Jets in a big AFC
matchup Sunday." - ], - [ - "<p></p><p>
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officerswere killed on Tuesday
in an ambush by the National
LiberationArmy, or ELN, in the
worst attack by the Marxist
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Digital Entertainment and its
subsidiary Altnet announced
yesterday that they have filed
a patent infringement suit
against the Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA)." - ], - [ - "AFP - US President George W.
Bush called his Philippines
counterpart Gloria Arroyo and
said their countries should
keep strong ties, a spokesman
said after a spat over
Arroyo's handling of an Iraq
kidnapping." - ], - [ - "A scathing judgment from the
UK #39;s highest court
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foreign terror suspects as a
threat to the life of the
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laws in the UK in tatters on
Thursday." - ], - [ - "Sony Ericsson and Cingular
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slammed ashore in northern
Japan on Friday, bringing the
death toll to at least 13 and
cutting power to thousands of
homes before heading out into
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Hosni Mubarak held telephone
talks with Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat about Israel
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the 8,000 Jewish settlers out
of the Gaza Strip next year,
the Egyptian news agency Mena
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software." - ], - [ - "Dow Jones amp; Co., publisher
of The Wall Street Journal,
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MarketWatch Inc. for about
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boost its revenue from the
fast-growing Internet
advertising market." - ], - [ - "The first American military
intelligence soldier to be
court-martialed over the Abu
Ghraib abuse scandal was
sentenced Saturday to eight
months in jail, a reduction in
rank and a bad-conduct
discharge." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will
seek an explanation at weekend
talks with North Korea on
activity indicating Pyongyang
may be preparing a missile
test, although Tokyo does not
think a launch is imminent,
Japan's top government
spokesman said." - ], - [ - "Michigan Stadium was mostly
filled with empty seats. The
only cheers were coming from
near one end zone -he Iowa
section. By Carlos Osorio, AP." - ], - [ - "The International Rugby Board
today confirmed that three
countries have expressed an
interest in hosting the 2011
World Cup. New Zealand, South
Africa and Japan are leading
the race to host rugby union
#39;s global spectacular in
seven years #39; time." - ], - [ - "Officials at EarthLink #39;s
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a proof-of-concept file-
sharing application based on
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announced plans to lay off
hundreds of employees and to
drop most of its flights out
of Midway Airport in Chicago." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Iran will
never be prepared to
dismantle its nuclear program
entirely but remains committed
to the non-proliferation
treaty (NPT), its chief
delegate to the International
Atomic Energy Agency said on
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conspiracy to fix the prices
of synthetic rubber, the U.S.
Justice Department said on
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season in the Atlantic Coast
Conference, No. 11 Virginia
Tech is headed to the BCS.
Bryan Randall threw two
touchdown passes and the
Virginia Tech defense came up
big all day as the Hokies
knocked off No." - ], - [ - "(CP) - Somehow, in the span of
half an hour, the Detroit
Tigers #39; pitching went from
brutal to brilliant. Shortly
after being on the wrong end
of several records in a 26-5
thrashing from to the Kansas
City" - ], - [ - "<p></p><p>
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President Bush on
Saturdayreached into a throng
of squabbling bodyguards and
pulled aSecret Service agent
away from Chilean security
officers afterthey stopped the
U.S. agent from accompanying
the president ata
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read it. You can even switch
to other e-mail services
without having to worry about
losing access to your
messages." - ], - [ - "The US oil giant got a good
price, Russia #39;s No. 1 oil
company acquired a savvy
partner, and Putin polished
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0-4 - the only member of a
Bowl Championship Series
conference left without a win
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as the only team left on the
schedule that UW will be
favored to beat." - ], - [ - "Darryl Sutter, who coached the
Calgary Flames to the Stanley
Cup finals last season, had an
emergency appendectomy and was
recovering Friday." - ], - [ - "The maker of Hostess Twinkies,
a cake bar and a piece of
Americana children have
snacked on for almost 75
years, yesterday raised
concerns about the company
#39;s ability to stay in
business." - ], - [ - "Iranian deputy foreign
minister Gholamali Khoshrou
denied Tuesday that his
country #39;s top leaders were
at odds over whether nuclear
weapons were un-Islamic,
insisting that it will
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assisting the Ivory Coast army
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that aided aerial bombings of
a French base in the country,
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straight day a Briton captured
gold at the Olympic Velodrome.
Bradley Wiggins won the men
#39;s individual 4,000-meter
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Their whole wheat pasta is the best I have ever had.\n", - "\n", - "sooo good: tastes so good. Worth the money. My boyfriend hates wheat pasta and LOVES this. cooks fast tastes great.I love this brand and started buying more of their pastas. Bulk is best.\n", - "\n", - "Wonderful: Came quickly. Was plentiful and delicious and cheaper than in the store. You will enjoy it if you like thick pasta.\n", - "\n" - ] - } - ], - "source": [ - "res = search_reviews(df, 'whole wheat pasta', n=3)" - ] - }, - { - "cell_type": "markdown", - "metadata": {}, - "source": [ - "We can search through these reviews easily. To speed up computation, we can use a special algorithm, aimed at faster search through embeddings." - ] - }, - { - "cell_type": "code", - "execution_count": 4, - "metadata": {}, - "outputs": [ - { - "name": "stdout", - "output_type": "stream", - "text": [ - "great product, poor delivery: The coffee is excellent and I am a repeat buyer. Problem this time was with the UPS delivery. They left the box in front of my garage door in the middle of the drivewa\n", - "\n" - ] - } - ], - "source": [ - "res = search_reviews(df, 'bad delivery', n=1)" - ] - }, - { - "cell_type": "markdown", - "metadata": {}, - "source": [ - "As we can see, this can immediately deliver a lot of value. In this example we show being able to quickly find the examples of delivery failures." - ] - }, - { - "cell_type": "code", - "execution_count": 5, - "metadata": {}, - "outputs": [ - { - "name": "stdout", - "output_type": "stream", - "text": [ - "Extremely dissapointed: Hi,
I am very disappointed with the past shipment I received of the ONE coconut water. 3 of the boxes were leaking and the coconut water was spoiled.
Thanks."
- ]
- },
- "metadata": {
- "needs_background": "light"
- },
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- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
- "import statsmodels.api as sm\n",
- "\n",
- "\n",
- "correlation = X_test[['percentile_cosine_similarity', 'Score']].corr().values[0,1]\n",
- "print('Correlation between user & vector similarity percentile metric and review number of stars (score): %.2f%%' % (100*correlation))\n",
- "\n",
- "# boxplot of cosine similarity for each score\n",
- "X_test.boxplot(column='percentile_cosine_similarity', by='Score')\n",
- "plt.title('')\n",
- "plt.show()\n",
- "plt.close()"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "We can observe a weak trend, showing that the higher the similarity score between the user and the product embedding, the higher the review score. Therefore, the user and product embeddings can weakly predict the review score - even before the user receives the product!\n",
- "\n",
- "Because this signal works in a different way than the more commonly used collaborative filtering, it can act as an additional feature to slightly improve the performance on existing problems."
+ "This code example has moved. You can now find it in the [OpenAI Cookbook](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook) at [examples/User_and_product_embeddings.ipynb](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/blob/main/examples/User_and_product_embeddings.ipynb)."
]
}
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+ "language": "python",
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},
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diff --git a/examples/embeddings/Visualize_in_2d.ipynb b/examples/embeddings/Visualize_in_2d.ipynb
index acb6b886b7..4638b58e95 100644
--- a/examples/embeddings/Visualize_in_2d.ipynb
+++ b/examples/embeddings/Visualize_in_2d.ipynb
@@ -4,123 +4,14 @@
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
- "## Visualizing the embeddings in 2D\n",
- "\n",
- "We will use t-SNE to reduce the dimensionality of the embeddings from 2048 to 2. Once the embeddings are reduced to two dimensions, we can plot them in a 2D scatter plot. The dataset is created in the [Obtain_dataset Notebook](Obtain_dataset.ipynb)."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "### 1. Reduce dimensionality\n",
- "\n",
- "We reduce the dimensionality to 2 dimensions using t-SNE decomposition."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 19,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- "(1000, 2)"
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 19,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "import pandas as pd\n",
- "from sklearn.manifold import TSNE\n",
- "\n",
- "# Load the embeddings\n",
- "df = pd.read_csv('output/embedded_1k_reviews.csv')\n",
- "\n",
- "# Convert to a list of lists of floats\n",
- "matrix = df.babbage_similarity.apply(eval).to_list()\n",
- "\n",
- "# Create a t-SNE model and transform the data\n",
- "tsne = TSNE(n_components=2, perplexity=15, random_state=42, init='random', learning_rate=200)\n",
- "vis_dims = tsne.fit_transform(matrix)\n",
- "vis_dims.shape"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "### 2. Plotting the embeddings\n",
- "\n",
- "We colour each review by its star rating, ranging from red to green."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "We can observe a decent data separation even in the reduced 2 dimensions. There seems to be a cluster of mostly negative reviews."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 20,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- "Text(0.5, 1.0, 'Amazon ratings visualized in language using t-SNE')"
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 20,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- },
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- "0 [-0.038976121693849564, -0.0031428150832653046... \n",
- "1 [-0.024289356544613838, -0.017748363316059113,... \n",
- "2 [-0.04161201789975166, -0.0169310811907053, 0.... \n",
- "3 [-0.027255680412054062, -0.007931121625006199,... \n",
- "4 [-0.00999179296195507, -0.01640152558684349, 0... "
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 2,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "from openai.embeddings_utils import get_embedding\n",
- "\n",
- "df = pd.DataFrame(all_funcs)\n",
- "df['code_embedding'] = df['code'].apply(lambda x: get_embedding(x, engine='code-search-babbage-code-001'))\n",
- "df['filepath'] = df['filepath'].apply(lambda x: x.replace(code_root, \"\"))\n",
- "df.to_csv(\"output/code_search_openai-python.csv\", index=False)\n",
- "df.head()"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 5,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- "/openai/tests/test_endpoints.py:test_completions_multiple_prompts score=0.681\n",
- "def test_completions_multiple_prompts():\n",
- " result = openai.Completion.create(\n",
- " prompt=[\"This was a test\", \"This was another test\"], n=5, engine=\"ada\"\n",
- " )\n",
- " assert len(result.choices) == 10\n",
- "\n",
- "----------------------------------------------------------------------\n",
- "/openai/tests/test_endpoints.py:test_completions score=0.675\n",
- "def test_completions():\n",
- " result = openai.Completion.create(prompt=\"This was a test\", n=5, engine=\"ada\")\n",
- " assert len(result.choices) == 5\n",
- "\n",
- "\n",
- "----------------------------------------------------------------------\n",
- "/openai/tests/test_api_requestor.py:test_requestor_sets_request_id score=0.635\n",
- "def test_requestor_sets_request_id(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:\n",
- " # Fake out 'requests' and confirm that the X-Request-Id header is set.\n",
- "\n",
- " got_headers = {}\n",
- "\n",
- " def fake_request(self, *args, **kwargs):\n",
- " nonlocal got_headers\n",
- "----------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "from openai.embeddings_utils import cosine_similarity\n",
- "\n",
- "def search_functions(df, code_query, n=3, pprint=True, n_lines=7):\n",
- " embedding = get_embedding(code_query, engine='code-search-babbage-text-001')\n",
- " df['similarities'] = df.code_embedding.apply(lambda x: cosine_similarity(x, embedding))\n",
- "\n",
- " res = df.sort_values('similarities', ascending=False).head(n)\n",
- " if pprint:\n",
- " for r in res.iterrows():\n",
- " print(r[1].filepath+\":\"+r[1].function_name + \" score=\" + str(round(r[1].similarities, 3)))\n",
- " print(\"\\n\".join(r[1].code.split(\"\\n\")[:n_lines]))\n",
- " print('-'*70)\n",
- " return res\n",
- "res = search_functions(df, 'Completions API tests', n=3)\n"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 6,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- "/openai/validators.py:format_inferrer_validator score=0.655\n",
- "def format_inferrer_validator(df):\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " This validator will infer the likely fine-tuning format of the data, and display it to the user if it is classification.\n",
- " It will also suggest to use ada and explain train/validation split benefits.\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " ft_type = infer_task_type(df)\n",
- " immediate_msg = None\n",
- "----------------------------------------------------------------------\n",
- "/openai/validators.py:long_examples_validator score=0.649\n",
- "def long_examples_validator(df):\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " This validator will suggest to the user to remove examples that are too long.\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " immediate_msg = None\n",
- " optional_msg = None\n",
- " optional_fn = None\n",
- "----------------------------------------------------------------------\n",
- "/openai/validators.py:non_empty_completion_validator score=0.646\n",
- "def non_empty_completion_validator(df):\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " This validator will ensure that no completion is empty.\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " necessary_msg = None\n",
- " necessary_fn = None\n",
- " immediate_msg = None\n",
- "----------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "res = search_functions(df, 'fine-tuning input data validation logic', n=3)"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 7,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- "/openai/validators.py:common_completion_suffix_validator score=0.665\n",
- "def common_completion_suffix_validator(df):\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " This validator will suggest to add a common suffix to the completion if one doesn't already exist in case of classification or conditional generation.\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " error_msg = None\n",
- " immediate_msg = None\n",
- " optional_msg = None\n",
- " optional_fn = None\n",
- "\n",
- " ft_type = infer_task_type(df)\n",
- "----------------------------------------------------------------------\n",
- "/openai/validators.py:get_outfnames score=0.66\n",
- "def get_outfnames(fname, split):\n",
- " suffixes = [\"_train\", \"_valid\"] if split else [\"\"]\n",
- " i = 0\n",
- " while True:\n",
- " index_suffix = f\" ({i})\" if i > 0 else \"\"\n",
- " candidate_fnames = [\n",
- " fname.split(\".\")[0] + \"_prepared\" + suffix + index_suffix + \".jsonl\"\n",
- " for suffix in suffixes\n",
- " ]\n",
- " if not any(os.path.isfile(f) for f in candidate_fnames):\n",
- "----------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "res = search_functions(df, 'find common suffix', n=2, n_lines=10)"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 8,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- "/openai/cli.py:tools_register score=0.651\n",
- "def tools_register(parser):\n",
- " subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(\n",
- " title=\"Tools\", help=\"Convenience client side tools\"\n",
- " )\n",
- "\n",
- " def help(args):\n",
- " parser.print_help()\n",
- "\n",
- " parser.set_defaults(func=help)\n",
- "\n",
- " sub = subparsers.add_parser(\"fine_tunes.prepare_data\")\n",
- " sub.add_argument(\n",
- " \"-f\",\n",
- " \"--file\",\n",
- " required=True,\n",
- " help=\"JSONL, JSON, CSV, TSV, TXT or XLSX file containing prompt-completion examples to be analyzed.\"\n",
- " \"This should be the local file path.\",\n",
- " )\n",
- " sub.add_argument(\n",
- " \"-q\",\n",
- "----------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "res = search_functions(df, 'Command line interface for fine-tuning', n=1, n_lines=20)"
+ "This code example has moved. You can now find it in the [OpenAI Cookbook](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook) at [examples/Code_search.ipynb](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/blob/main/examples/Code_search.ipynb)."
]
}
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- "hash": "be4b5d5b73a21c599de40d6deb1129796d12dc1cc33a738f7bac13269cfcafe8"
- },
"kernelspec": {
- "display_name": "Python 3.7.3 64-bit ('base': conda)",
+ "display_name": "Python 3.9.9 ('openai')",
+ "language": "python",
"name": "python3"
},
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@@ -387,9 +24,14 @@
"name": "python",
"nbconvert_exporter": "python",
"pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
- "version": "3.7.3"
+ "version": "3.9.9"
},
- "orig_nbformat": 4
+ "orig_nbformat": 4,
+ "vscode": {
+ "interpreter": {
+ "hash": "365536dcbde60510dc9073d6b991cd35db2d9bac356a11f5b64279a5e6708b97"
+ }
+ }
},
"nbformat": 4,
"nbformat_minor": 2
diff --git a/examples/embeddings/Get_embeddings.ipynb b/examples/embeddings/Get_embeddings.ipynb
index e1b17327e2..199c2dd156 100644
--- a/examples/embeddings/Get_embeddings.ipynb
+++ b/examples/embeddings/Get_embeddings.ipynb
@@ -4,88 +4,14 @@
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
- "## Get embeddings\n",
- "\n",
- "The function `get_embedding` will give us an embedding for an input text."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 1,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
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- "12288"
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 1,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "import openai\n",
- "\n",
- "embedding = openai.Embedding.create(input=\"Sample document text goes here\", engine=\"text-similarity-davinci-001\")['data'][0]['embedding']\n",
- "len(embedding)"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 2,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- "1024\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "import openai\n",
- "from tenacity import retry, wait_random_exponential, stop_after_attempt\n",
- "\n",
- "@retry(wait=wait_random_exponential(min=1, max=20), stop=stop_after_attempt(6))\n",
- "def get_embedding(text: str, engine=\"text-similarity-davinci-001\") -> List[float]:\n",
- "\n",
- " # replace newlines, which can negatively affect performance.\n",
- " text = text.replace(\"\\n\", \" \")\n",
- "\n",
- " return openai.Embedding.create(input=[text], engine=engine)[\"data\"][0][\"embedding\"]\n",
- "\n",
- "embedding = get_embedding(\"Sample query text goes here\", engine=\"text-search-ada-query-001\")\n",
- "print(len(embedding))"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 53,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- "1024\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "embedding = get_embedding(\"Sample document text goes here\", engine=\"text-search-ada-doc-001\")\n",
- "print(len(embedding))"
+ "This code example has moved. You can now find it in the [OpenAI Cookbook](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook) at [examples/Get_embeddings.ipynb](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/blob/main/examples/Get_embeddings.ipynb)."
]
}
],
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- "interpreter": {
- "hash": "be4b5d5b73a21c599de40d6deb1129796d12dc1cc33a738f7bac13269cfcafe8"
- },
"kernelspec": {
- "display_name": "Python 3.7.3 64-bit ('base': conda)",
+ "display_name": "Python 3.9.9 ('openai')",
+ "language": "python",
"name": "python3"
},
"language_info": {
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"name": "python",
"nbconvert_exporter": "python",
"pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
- "version": "3.7.3"
+ "version": "3.9.9"
},
- "orig_nbformat": 4
+ "orig_nbformat": 4,
+ "vscode": {
+ "interpreter": {
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+ }
+ }
},
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diff --git a/examples/embeddings/Obtain_dataset.ipynb b/examples/embeddings/Obtain_dataset.ipynb
index 80d1db33a9..9d04f9bce9 100644
--- a/examples/embeddings/Obtain_dataset.ipynb
+++ b/examples/embeddings/Obtain_dataset.ipynb
@@ -4,173 +4,14 @@
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
- "## 1. Load the dataset\n",
- "\n",
- "The dataset used in this example is [fine-food reviews](https://www.kaggle.com/snap/amazon-fine-food-reviews) from Amazon. The dataset contains a total of 568,454 food reviews Amazon users left up to October 2012. We will use a subset of this dataset, consisting of 1,000 most recent reviews for illustration purposes. The reviews are in English and tend to be positive or negative. Each review has a ProductId, UserId, Score, review title (Summary) and review body (Text).\n",
- "\n",
- "We will combine the review summary and review text into a single combined text. The model will encode this combined text and it will output a single vector embedding."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 1,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
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- "\n",
- " Text \\\n",
- "Id \n",
- "1 I have bought several of the Vitality canned d... \n",
- "2 Product arrived labeled as Jumbo Salted Peanut... \n",
- "\n",
- " combined \n",
- "Id \n",
- "1 Title: Good Quality Dog Food; Content: I have ... \n",
- "2 Title: Not as Advertised; Content: Product arr... "
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 1,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "import pandas as pd\n",
- "\n",
- "df = pd.read_csv('input/Reviews.csv', index_col=0)\n",
- "df = df[['Time', 'ProductId', 'UserId', 'Score', 'Summary', 'Text']]\n",
- "df = df.dropna()\n",
- "df['combined'] = \"Title: \" + df.Summary.str.strip() + \"; Content: \" + df.Text.str.strip()\n",
- "df.head(2)"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 2,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
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- "1000"
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 2,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "# subsample to 1k most recent reviews and remove samples that are too long\n",
- "df = df.sort_values('Time').tail(1_100)\n",
- "df.drop('Time', axis=1, inplace=True)\n",
- "\n",
- "from transformers import GPT2TokenizerFast\n",
- "tokenizer = GPT2TokenizerFast.from_pretrained(\"gpt2\")\n",
- "\n",
- "# remove reviews that are too long\n",
- "df['n_tokens'] = df.combined.apply(lambda x: len(tokenizer.encode(x)))\n",
- "df = df[df.n_tokens<2000].tail(1_000)\n",
- "len(df)"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "### 2. Get embeddings and save them for future reuse"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 3,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [],
- "source": [
- "from openai.embeddings_utils import get_embedding\n",
- "\n",
- "# This will take just under 10 minutes\n",
- "df['babbage_similarity'] = df.combined.apply(lambda x: get_embedding(x, engine='text-similarity-babbage-001'))\n",
- "df['babbage_search'] = df.combined.apply(lambda x: get_embedding(x, engine='text-search-babbage-doc-001'))\n",
- "df.to_csv('output/embedded_1k_reviews.csv')"
+ "This code example has moved. You can now find it in the [OpenAI Cookbook](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook) at [examples/Obtain_dataset.ipynb](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/blob/main/examples/Obtain_dataset.ipynb)."
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- },
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- "display_name": "Python 3.7.3 64-bit ('base': conda)",
+ "display_name": "Python 3.9.9 ('openai')",
+ "language": "python",
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diff --git a/examples/embeddings/Recommendation.ipynb b/examples/embeddings/Recommendation.ipynb
index 9a2cce82c0..7be5be31d7 100644
--- a/examples/embeddings/Recommendation.ipynb
+++ b/examples/embeddings/Recommendation.ipynb
@@ -4,33417 +4,7 @@
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
- "# Recommendation using embeddings and nearest neighbor search\n",
- "\n",
- "Recommendations are widespread across the web.\n",
- "\n",
- "- 'Bought that item? Try these similar items.'\n",
- "- 'Enjoy that book? Try these similar titles.'\n",
- "- 'Not the help page you were looking for? Try these similar pages.'\n",
- "\n",
- "This notebook demonstrates how to use embeddings to find similar items to recommend. In particular, we use [AG's corpus of news articles](http://groups.di.unipi.it/~gulli/AG_corpus_of_news_articles.html) as our dataset.\n",
- "\n",
- "Our model will answer the question: given an article, what are the articles most similar to it?"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "### 1. Imports\n",
- "\n",
- "First, let's import the packages and functions we'll need for later. If you don't have these, you'll need to install them. You can install them via your terminal by running `pip install {package_name}`, e.g. `pip install pandas`."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 1,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [],
- "source": [
- "# imports\n",
- "from typing import List\n",
- "\n",
- "import pandas as pd\n",
- "import pickle\n",
- "\n",
- "from openai.embeddings_utils import (\n",
- " get_embedding,\n",
- " distances_from_embeddings,\n",
- " tsne_components_from_embeddings,\n",
- " chart_from_components,\n",
- " indices_of_nearest_neighbors_from_distances,\n",
- ")"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "### 2. Load data\n",
- "\n",
- "Next, let's load the AG news data and see what it looks like."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 2,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
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| 2 | \n", - "1346976000 | \n", - "B00813GRG4 | \n", - "A1D87F6ZCVE5NK | \n", - "1 | \n", - "Not as Advertised | \n", - "Product arrived labeled as Jumbo Salted Peanut... | \n", - "Title: Not as Advertised; Content: Product arr... | \n", - "
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- " title \\\n",
- "0 World Briefings \n",
- "1 Nvidia Puts a Firewall on a Motherboard (PC Wo... \n",
- "2 Olympic joy in Greek, Chinese press \n",
- "3 U2 Can iPod with Pictures \n",
- "4 The Dream Factory \n",
- "\n",
- " description label_int label \n",
- "0 BRITAIN: BLAIR WARNS OF CLIMATE THREAT Prime M... 1 World \n",
- "1 PC World - Upcoming chip set will include buil... 4 Sci/Tech \n",
- "2 Newspapers in Greece reflect a mixture of exhi... 2 Sports \n",
- "3 SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple Computer (Quote, Cha... 4 Sci/Tech \n",
- "4 Any product, any shape, any size -- manufactur... 4 Sci/Tech "
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 2,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "# load data\n",
- "dataset_path = \"https://cdn.openai.com/API/examples/data/AG_news_samples.csv\"\n",
- "df = pd.read_csv(dataset_path)\n",
- "\n",
- "# print dataframe\n",
- "n_examples = 5\n",
- "df.head(n_examples)"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "Let's take a look at those same examples, but not truncated by ellipses."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 3,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- "\n",
- "Title: World Briefings\n",
- "Description: BRITAIN: BLAIR WARNS OF CLIMATE THREAT Prime Minister Tony Blair urged the international community to consider global warming a dire threat and agree on a plan of action to curb the quot;alarming quot; growth of greenhouse gases.\n",
- "Label: World\n",
- "\n",
- "Title: Nvidia Puts a Firewall on a Motherboard (PC World)\n",
- "Description: PC World - Upcoming chip set will include built-in security features for your PC.\n",
- "Label: Sci/Tech\n",
- "\n",
- "Title: Olympic joy in Greek, Chinese press\n",
- "Description: Newspapers in Greece reflect a mixture of exhilaration that the Athens Olympics proved successful, and relief that they passed off without any major setback.\n",
- "Label: Sports\n",
- "\n",
- "Title: U2 Can iPod with Pictures\n",
- "Description: SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple Computer (Quote, Chart) unveiled a batch of new iPods, iTunes software and promos designed to keep it atop the heap of digital music players.\n",
- "Label: Sci/Tech\n",
- "\n",
- "Title: The Dream Factory\n",
- "Description: Any product, any shape, any size -- manufactured on your desktop! The future is the fabricator. By Bruce Sterling from Wired magazine.\n",
- "Label: Sci/Tech\n"
- ]
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- "source": [
- "# print the title, description, and label of each example\n",
- "for idx, row in df.head(n_examples).iterrows():\n",
- " print(\"\")\n",
- " print(f\"Title: {row['title']}\")\n",
- " print(f\"Description: {row['description']}\")\n",
- " print(f\"Label: {row['label']}\")"
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- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "### 3. Build cache to save embeddings\n",
- "\n",
- "Before getting embeddings for these articles, let's set up a cache to save the embeddings we generate. In general, it's a good idea to save your embeddings so you can re-use them later. If you don't save them, you'll pay again each time you compute them again.\n",
- "\n",
- "To save you the expense of computing the embeddings needed for this demo, we've provided a pre-filled cache via the URL below. The cache is a dictionary that maps tuples of `(text, engine)` to a `list of floats` embedding. The cache is saved as a Python pickle file."
- ]
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- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 4,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [],
- "source": [
- "# establish a cache of embeddings to avoid recomputing\n",
- "# cache is a dict of tuples (text, engine) -> embedding, saved as a pickle file\n",
- "\n",
- "# set path to embedding cache\n",
- "embedding_cache_path_to_load = \"https://cdn.openai.com/API/examples/data/example_embeddings_cache.pkl\"\n",
- "embedding_cache_path_to_save = \"example_embeddings_cache.pkl\"\n",
- "\n",
- "# load the cache if it exists, and save a copy to disk\n",
- "try:\n",
- " embedding_cache = pd.read_pickle(embedding_cache_path_to_load)\n",
- "except FileNotFoundError:\n",
- " embedding_cache = {}\n",
- "with open(embedding_cache_path_to_save, \"wb\") as embedding_cache_file:\n",
- " pickle.dump(embedding_cache, embedding_cache_file)\n",
- "\n",
- "# define a function to retrieve embeddings from the cache if present, and otherwise request via the API\n",
- "def embedding_from_string(\n",
- " string: str,\n",
- " engine: str = \"text-similarity-babbage-001\",\n",
- " embedding_cache=embedding_cache\n",
- ") -> List:\n",
- " \"\"\"Return embedding of given string, using a cache to avoid recomputing.\"\"\"\n",
- " if (string, engine) not in embedding_cache.keys():\n",
- " embedding_cache[(string, engine)] = get_embedding(string, engine)\n",
- " print('NOT FOUND')\n",
- " with open(embedding_cache_path_to_save, \"wb\") as embedding_cache_file:\n",
- " pickle.dump(embedding_cache, embedding_cache_file)\n",
- " return embedding_cache[(string, engine)]"
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- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "Let's check that it works by getting an embedding."
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- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 5,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
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- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- "\n",
- "Example string: BRITAIN: BLAIR WARNS OF CLIMATE THREAT Prime Minister Tony Blair urged the international community to consider global warming a dire threat and agree on a plan of action to curb the quot;alarming quot; growth of greenhouse gases.\n",
- "\n",
- "Example embedding: [-0.029093433171510696, 0.007570988964289427, -0.011933144181966782, -0.016499919816851616, 0.026675179600715637, -0.016704540699720383, -0.019439026713371277, 0.015421006828546524, -0.009700911119580269, -0.02580088935792446]...\n"
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- "source": [
- "# as an example, take the first description from the dataset\n",
- "example_string = df[\"description\"].values[0]\n",
- "print(f\"\\nExample string: {example_string}\")\n",
- "\n",
- "# print the first 10 dimensions of the embedding\n",
- "example_embedding = embedding_from_string(example_string, engine=\"text-similarity-babbage-001\")\n",
- "print(f\"\\nExample embedding: {example_embedding[:10]}...\")"
- ]
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- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "### 4. Recommend similar articles based on embeddings\n",
- "\n",
- "To find similar articles, let's follow a three-step plan:\n",
- "1. Get the similarity embeddings of all the article descriptions\n",
- "2. Calculate the distance between a source title and all other articles\n",
- "3. Print out the other articles closest to the source title"
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- "def print_recommendations_from_strings(\n",
- " strings: List[str],\n",
- " index_of_source_string: int,\n",
- " k_nearest_neighbors: int = 1,\n",
- " engine=\"text-similarity-babbage-001\",\n",
- ") -> List[int]:\n",
- " \"\"\"Print out the k nearest neighbors of a given string.\"\"\"\n",
- " # get embeddings for all strings\n",
- " embeddings = [embedding_from_string(string, engine=engine) for string in strings]\n",
- " # get the embedding of the source string\n",
- " query_embedding = embeddings[index_of_source_string]\n",
- " # get distances between the source embedding and other embeddings (function from embeddings_utils.py)\n",
- " distances = distances_from_embeddings(query_embedding, embeddings, distance_metric=\"cosine\")\n",
- " # get indices of nearest neighbors (function from embeddings_utils.py)\n",
- " indices_of_nearest_neighbors = indices_of_nearest_neighbors_from_distances(distances)\n",
- "\n",
- " # print out source string\n",
- " query_string = strings[index_of_source_string]\n",
- " print(f\"Source string: {query_string}\")\n",
- " # print out its k nearest neighbors\n",
- " k_counter = 0\n",
- " for i in indices_of_nearest_neighbors:\n",
- " # skip any strings that are identical matches to the starting string\n",
- " if query_string == strings[i]:\n",
- " continue\n",
- " # stop after printing out k articles\n",
- " if k_counter >= k_nearest_neighbors:\n",
- " break\n",
- " k_counter += 1\n",
- "\n",
- " # print out the similar strings and their distances\n",
- " print(\n",
- " f\"\"\"\n",
- " --- Recommendation #{k_counter} (nearest neighbor {k_counter} of {k_nearest_neighbors}) ---\n",
- " String: {strings[i]}\n",
- " Distance: {distances[i]:0.3f}\"\"\"\n",
- " )\n",
- "\n",
- " return indices_of_nearest_neighbors"
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- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "### 5. Example recommendations\n",
- "\n",
- "Let's look for articles similar to first one, which was about Tony Blair."
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- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 7,
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- "name": "stdout",
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- "Source string: BRITAIN: BLAIR WARNS OF CLIMATE THREAT Prime Minister Tony Blair urged the international community to consider global warming a dire threat and agree on a plan of action to curb the quot;alarming quot; growth of greenhouse gases.\n",
- "\n",
- " --- Recommendation #1 (nearest neighbor 1 of 5) ---\n",
- " String: THE re-election of British Prime Minister Tony Blair would be seen as an endorsement of the military action in Iraq, Prime Minister John Howard said today.\n",
- " Distance: 0.164\n",
- "\n",
- " --- Recommendation #2 (nearest neighbor 2 of 5) ---\n",
- " String: Israel is prepared to back a Middle East conference convened by Tony Blair early next year despite having expressed fears that the British plans were over-ambitious and designed \n",
- " Distance: 0.169\n",
- "\n",
- " --- Recommendation #3 (nearest neighbor 3 of 5) ---\n",
- " String: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush on Friday set a four-year goal of seeing a Palestinian state established and he and British Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed to mobilize international support to help make it happen now that Yasser Arafat is dead.\n",
- " Distance: 0.174\n",
- "\n",
- " --- Recommendation #4 (nearest neighbor 4 of 5) ---\n",
- " String: AP - President Bush declared Friday that charges of voter fraud have cast doubt on the Ukrainian election, and warned that any European-negotiated pact on Iran's nuclear program must ensure the world can verify Tehran's compliance.\n",
- " Distance: 0.179\n",
- "\n",
- " --- Recommendation #5 (nearest neighbor 5 of 5) ---\n",
- " String: AFP - A battle group of British troops rolled out of southern Iraq on a US-requested mission to deadlier areas near Baghdad, in a major political gamble for British Prime Minister Tony Blair.\n",
- " Distance: 0.182\n"
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- "source": [
- "article_descriptions = df[\"description\"].tolist()\n",
- "\n",
- "tony_blair_articles = print_recommendations_from_strings(\n",
- " strings=article_descriptions, # let's base similarity off of the article description\n",
- " index_of_source_string=0, # let's look at articles similar to the first one about Tony Blair\n",
- " k_nearest_neighbors=5, # let's look at the 5 most similar articles\n",
- ")"
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- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
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- "Pretty good! All 5 of the recommendations look similar to the original article about Tony Blair. Interestingly, note that #4 doesn't mention the words Tony Blair, but is nonetheless recommended by the model, presumably because the model understands that Tony Blair tends to be related to President Bush or European pacts over Iran's nuclear program. This illustrates the potential power of using embeddings rather than basic string matching; our models understand what topics are related to one another, even when their words don't overlap."
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- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "Let's see how our recommender does on the second example article about NVIDIA's new chipset with more security."
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- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 8,
- "metadata": {},
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- "text": [
- "Source string: PC World - Upcoming chip set will include built-in security features for your PC.\n",
- "\n",
- " --- Recommendation #1 (nearest neighbor 1 of 5) ---\n",
- " String: PC World - Updated antivirus software for businesses adds intrusion prevention features.\n",
- " Distance: 0.108\n",
- "\n",
- " --- Recommendation #2 (nearest neighbor 2 of 5) ---\n",
- " String: PC World - Send your video throughout your house--wirelessly--with new gateways and media adapters.\n",
- " Distance: 0.160\n",
- "\n",
- " --- Recommendation #3 (nearest neighbor 3 of 5) ---\n",
- " String: PC World - The one-time World Class Product of the Year PDA gets a much-needed upgrade.\n",
- " Distance: 0.161\n",
- "\n",
- " --- Recommendation #4 (nearest neighbor 4 of 5) ---\n",
- " String: PC World - Symantec, McAfee hope raising virus-definition fees will move users to\\ suites.\n",
- " Distance: 0.166\n",
- "\n",
- " --- Recommendation #5 (nearest neighbor 5 of 5) ---\n",
- " String: Ziff Davis - The company this week will unveil more programs and technologies designed to ease users of its high-end servers onto its Integrity line, which uses Intel's 64-bit Itanium processor.\n",
- " Distance: 0.193\n"
- ]
- }
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- "source": [
- "chipset_security_articles = print_recommendations_from_strings(\n",
- " strings=article_descriptions, # let's base similarity off of the article description\n",
- " index_of_source_string=1, # let's look at articles similar to the second one about a more secure chipset\n",
- " k_nearest_neighbors=5, # let's look at the 5 most similar articles\n",
- ")"
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- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "From the printed distances, you can see that the #1 recommendation is much closer than all the others (0.108 vs 0.160+). And the #1 recommendation looks very similar to the starting article - it's another article from PC World about increasing computer security. Pretty good! "
- ]
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- "## Appendix: Using embeddings in more sophisticated recommenders\n",
- "\n",
- "A more sophisticated way to build a recommender system is to train a machine learning model that takes in tens or hundreds of signals, such as item popularity or user click data. Even in this system, embeddings can be a very useful signal into the recommender, especially for items that are being 'cold started' with no user data yet (e.g., a brand new product added to the catalog without any clicks yet)."
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- "## Appendix: Using embeddings to visualize similar articles"
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- "To get a sense of what our nearest neighbor recommender is doing, let's visualize the article embeddings. Although we can't plot the 2048 dimensions of each embedding vector, we can use techniques like [t-SNE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-distributed_stochastic_neighbor_embedding) or [PCA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_component_analysis) to compress the embeddings down into 2 or 3 dimensions, which we can chart.\n",
- "\n",
- "Before visualizing the nearest neighbors, let's visualize all of the article descriptions using t-SNE. Note that t-SNE is not deterministic, meaning that results may vary from run to run."
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region of South Ossetia,
Georgian officials said on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Laksamana.Net - Two Indonesian
female migrant workers freed
by militants in Iraq are
expected to arrive home within
a day or two, the Foreign
Affairs Ministry said
Wednesday (6/10/04)." - ], - [ - "A bus was hijacked today and
shots were fired at police who
surrounded it on the outskirts
of Athens. Police did not know
how many passengers were
aboard the bus." - ], - [ - "AP - President Bashar Assad
shuffled his Cabinet on
Monday, just weeks after the
United States and the United
Nations challenged Syria over
its military presence in
Lebanon and the security
situation along its border
with Iraq." - ], - [ - "AP - President Vladimir Putin
has signed a bill confirming
Russia's ratification of the
Kyoto Protocol, the Kremlin
said Friday, clearing the way
for the global climate pact to
come into force early next
year." - ], - [ - "AP - The authenticity of newly
unearthed memos stating that
George W. Bush failed to meet
standards of the Texas Air
National Guard during the
Vietnam War was questioned
Thursday by the son of the
late officer who reportedly
wrote the memos." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - OAKVILLE,
Ont. (CP) - The body of a
missing autistic man was
pulled from a creek Monday,
just metres from where a key
piece of evidence was
uncovered but originally
overlooked because searchers
had the wrong information." - ], - [ - "AFP - German Chancellor
Gerhard Schroeder arrived in
Libya for an official visit
during which he is to hold
talks with Libyan leader
Moamer Kadhafi." - ], - [ - "The government will examine
claims 100,000 Iraqi civilians
have been killed since the US-
led invasion, Jack Straw says." - ], - [ - "Eton College and Clarence
House joined forces yesterday
to deny allegations due to be
made at an employment tribunal
today by a former art teacher
that she improperly helped
Prince Harry secure an A-level
pass in art two years ago." - ], - [ - "AFP - Great Britain's chances
of qualifying for the World
Group of the Davis Cup were
evaporating rapidly after
Austria moved into a 2-1 lead
following the doubles." - ], - [ - "Asia-Pacific leaders meet in
Australia to discuss how to
keep nuclear weapons out of
the hands of extremists." - ], - [ - " TALL AFAR, Iraq -- A three-
foot-high coil of razor wire,
21-ton armored vehicles and
American soldiers with black
M-4 assault rifles stood
between tens of thousands of
people and their homes last
week." - ], - [ - "LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. - Even
though he's facing double hip
replacement surgery, Bill
Smith is more than happy to
struggle out the door each
morning, limp past his brand
new P.T..." - ], - [ - " JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
poured cold water on Tuesday
on recent international
efforts to restart stalled
peace talks with Syria, saying
there was \"no possibility\" of
returning to previous
discussions." - ], - [ - "Dutch smugness was slapped
hard during the past
fortnight. The rude awakening
began with the barbaric
slaying of controversial
filmmaker Theo van Gogh on
November 2. Then followed a
reciprocal cycle of some" - ], - [ - "pee writes quot;A passenger
on a commuter plane in
northern Norway attacked both
pilots and at least one
passenger with an axe as the
aircraft was coming in to
land." - ], - [ - "Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
pledged Sunday to escalate a
broad Israeli offensive in
northern Gaza, saying troops
will remain until Palestinian
rocket attacks are halted.
Israeli officials said the
offensive -- in which 58
Palestinians and three
Israelis have been killed --
will help clear the way for an
Israeli withdrawal." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Wall Street
professionals know to keep
their expectations in check in
September, historically the
worst month of the year for
stocks. As summertime draws to
a close, money managers are
getting back to business,
cleaning house, and often
sending the market lower in
the process..." - ], - [ - "A group linked to al Qaeda
ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said
it had tried to kill Iraq
#39;s environment minister on
Tuesday and warned it would
not miss next time, according
to an Internet statement." - ], - [ - "The Israeli military killed
four Palestinian militants on
Wednesday as troops in tanks
and armored vehicles pushed
into another town in the
northern Gaza Strip, extending" - ], - [ - "KIRKUK, Iraq - A suicide
attacker detonated a car bomb
Saturday outside a police
academy in the northern Iraqi
city of Kirkuk as hundreds of
trainees and civilians were
leaving for the day, killing
at least 20 people and
wounding 36, authorities said.
Separately, U.S and Iraqi
forces clashed with insurgents
in another part of northern
Iraq after launching an
operation to destroy an
alleged militant cell in the
town of Tal Afar, the U.S..." - ], - [ - "AP - Many states are facing
legal challenges over possible
voting problems Nov. 2. A look
at some of the developments
Thursday:" - ], - [ - "Israeli troops withdrew from
the southern Gaza Strip town
of Khan Yunis on Tuesday
morning, following a 30-hour
operation that left 17
Palestinians dead." - ], - [ - "PM-designate Omar Karameh
forms a new 30-member cabinet
which includes women for the
first time." - ], - [ - "Bahrain #39;s king pardoned a
human rights activist who
convicted of inciting hatred
of the government and
sentenced to one year in
prison Sunday in a case linked
to criticism of the prime
minister." - ], - [ - "Leaders from 38 Asian and
European nations are gathering
in Vietnam for a summit of the
Asia-Europe Meeting, know as
ASEM. One thousand delegates
are to discuss global trade
and regional politics during
the two-day forum." - ], - [ - "A US soldier has pleaded
guilty to murdering a wounded
16-year-old Iraqi boy. Staff
Sergeant Johnny Horne was
convicted Friday of the
unpremeditated murder" - ], - [ - "Guinea-Bissau #39;s army chief
of staff and former interim
president, General Verissimo
Correia Seabra, was killed
Wednesday during unrest by
mutinous soldiers in the
former Portuguese" - ], - [ - "31 October 2004 -- Exit polls
show that Prime Minister
Viktor Yanukovich and
challenger Viktor Yushchenko
finished on top in Ukraine
#39;s presidential election
today and will face each other
in a run-off next month." - ], - [ - "Rock singer Bono pledges to
spend the rest of his life
trying to eradicate extreme
poverty around the world." - ], - [ - "AP - Just when tourists
thought it was safe to go back
to the Princess Diana memorial
fountain, the mud has struck." - ], - [ - "AP - Three times a week, The
Associated Press picks an
issue and asks President Bush
and Democratic presidential
candidate John Kerry a
question about it. Today's
question and their responses:" - ], - [ - "In an apparent damage control
exercise, Russian President
Vladimir Putin on Saturday
said he favored veto rights
for India as new permanent
member of the UN Security
Council." - ], - [ - "AP - Nigeria's Senate has
ordered a subsidiary of
petroleum giant Royal/Dutch
Shell to pay a Nigerian ethnic
group #36;1.5 billion for oil
spills in their homelands, but
the legislative body can't
enforce the resolution, an
official said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Australian troops in Baghdad
came under attack today for
the first time since the end
of the Iraq war when a car
bomb exploded injuring three
soldiers and damaging an
Australian armoured convoy." - ], - [ - "Pakistans decision to refuse
the International Atomic
Energy Agency to have direct
access to Dr AQ Khan is
correct on both legal and
political counts." - ], - [ - "MANILA, 4 December 2004 - With
floods receding, rescuers
raced to deliver food to
famished survivors in
northeastern Philippine
villages isolated by back-to-
back storms that left more
than 650 people dead and
almost 400 missing." - ], - [ - "Talks on where to build the
world #39;s first nuclear
fusion reactor ended without a
deal on Tuesday but the
European Union said Japan and
the United States no longer
firmly opposed its bid to put
the plant in France." - ], - [ - "CLEVELAND - The White House
said Vice President Dick
Cheney faces a \"master
litigator\" when he debates
Sen. John Edwards Tuesday
night, a backhanded compliment
issued as the Republican
administration defended itself
against criticism that it has
not acknowledged errors in
waging war in Iraq..." - ], - [ - "SEOUL (Reuters) - The chairman
of South Korea #39;s ruling
Uri Party resigned on Thursday
after saying his father had
served as a military police
officer during Japan #39;s
1910-1945 colonial rule on the
peninsula." - ], - [ - "ALERE, Uganda -- Kasmiro
Bongonyinge remembers sitting
up suddenly in his bed. It was
just after sunrise on a summer
morning two years ago, and the
old man, 87 years old and
blind, knew something was
wrong." - ], - [ - "JAKARTA - Official results
have confirmed former army
general Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono as the winner of
Indonesia #39;s first direct
presidential election, while
incumbent Megawati
Sukarnoputri urged her nation
Thursday to wait for the
official announcement" - ], - [ - "Reuters - A ragged band of
children\\emerges ghost-like
from mists in Ethiopia's
highlands,\\thrusting bunches
of carrots at a car full of
foreigners." - ], - [ - "AP - A U.N. human rights
expert criticized the U.S.-led
coalition forces in
Afghanistan for violating
international law by allegedly
beating Afghans to death and
forcing some to remove their
clothes or wear hoods." - ], - [ - " JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
said on Thursday Yasser
Arafat's death could be a
turning point for peacemaking
but he would pursue a
unilateral plan that would
strip Palestinians of some
land they want for a state." - ], - [ - " AL-ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq
(Reuters) - Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld swept into an
airbase in Iraq's western
desert Sunday to make a
first-hand evaluation of
operations to quell a raging
Iraqi insurgency in his first
such visit in five months." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - Democrat John
Kerry accused President Bush
on Monday of sending U.S.
troops to the \"wrong war in
the wrong place at the wrong
time\" and said he'd try to
bring them all home in four
years..." - ], - [ - "More lorry drivers are
bringing supplies to Nepal's
capital in defiance of an
indefinite blockade by Maoist
rebels." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Floods
and landslides have killed 76
people in southwest China in
the past four days and washed
away homes and roads, knocked
down power lines and cut off
at least one city, state
media said on Monday." - ], - [ - "AP - Victims of the Sept. 11
attacks were mourned worldwide
Saturday, but in the Middle
East, amid sympathy for the
dead, Arabs said Washington's
support for Israel and the war
on terror launched in the
aftermath of the World Trade
Center's collapse have only
fueled anger and violence." - ], - [ - "SEATTLE - Ichiro Suzuki set
the major league record for
hits in a season with 258,
breaking George Sisler's
84-year-old mark with a pair
of singles Friday night. The
Seattle star chopped a leadoff
single in the first inning,
then made history with a
grounder up the middle in the
third..." - ], - [ - "The intruder who entered
British Queen Elizabeth II
#39;s official Scottish
residence and caused a
security scare was a reporter
from the London-based Sunday
Times newspaper, local media
reported Friday." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - FREDERICTON
(CP) - A New Brunswick truck
driver arrested in Ontario
this week has been accused by
police of stealing 50,000 cans
of Moosehead beer." - ], - [ - "Chinese authorities detained a
prominent, U.S.-based Buddhist
leader in connection with his
plans to reopen an ancient
temple complex in the Chinese
province of Inner Mongolia
last week and have forced
dozens of his American
followers to leave the region,
local officials said
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Adorned with Turkish and EU
flags, Turkey #39;s newspapers
hailed Thursday an official EU
report recommending the
country start talks to join
the bloc, while largely
ignoring the stringent
conditions attached to the
announcement." - ], - [ - "Thailand's prime minister
visits the southern town where
scores of Muslims died in army
custody after a rally." - ], - [ - "Beijing: At least 170 miners
were trapped underground after
a gas explosion on Sunday
ignited a fire in a coalmine
in north-west China #39;s
Shaanxi province, reports
said." - ], - [ - "SAMARRA (Iraq): With renewe d
wave of skirmishes between the
Iraqi insurgents and the US-
led coalition marines, several
people including top police
officers were put to death on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "AFP - Like most US Latinos,
members of the extended
Rodriguez family say they will
cast their votes for Democrat
John Kerry in next month's
presidential polls." - ], - [ - "FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Four Iraqi
fighters huddled in a trench,
firing rocket-propelled
grenades at Lieutenant Eric
Gregory's Bradley Fighting
Vehicle and the US tanks and
Humvees that were lumbering
through tight streets between
boxlike beige houses." - ], - [ - "AP - Several thousand
Christians who packed a
cathedral compound in the
Egyptian capital hurled stones
at riot police Wednesday to
protest a woman's alleged
forced conversion to Islam. At
least 30 people were injured." - ], - [ - "A group of Saudi religious
scholars have signed an open
letter urging Iraqis to
support jihad against US-led
forces. quot;Fighting the
occupiers is a duty for all
those who are able, quot; they
said in a statement posted on
the internet at the weekend." - ], - [ - "Mountaineers retrieve three
bodies believed to have been
buried for 22 years on an
Indian glacier." - ], - [ - "President Thabo Mbeki met with
Ivory Coast Prime Minister
Seydou Diarra for three hours
yesterday as part of talks
aimed at bringing peace to the
conflict-wracked Ivory Coast." - ], - [ - " KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's
Maoist rebels have
temporarily suspended a
crippling economic blockade of
the capital from Wednesday,
saying the move was in
response to popular appeals." - ], - [ - "Reuters - An Algerian
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the Madrid train bombers has
been identified as one of
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themselves up in April to
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Ministry said on Friday." - ], - [ - "KABUL: An Afghan man was found
guilty on Saturday of killing
four journalists in 2001,
including two from Reuters,
and sentenced to death." - ], - [ - "Yasser Arafat, the leader for
decades of a fight for
Palestinian independence from
Israel, has died at a military
hospital in Paris, according
to news reports." - ], - [ - " JABALYA, Gaza Strip (Reuters)
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forces out of the northern
Gaza Strip Saturday after a
four-day incursion it said
was staged to halt Palestinian
rocket attacks on southern
Israeli towns." - ], - [ - "THE Turkish embassy in Baghdad
was investigating a television
report that two Turkish
hostages had been killed in
Iraq, but no confirmation was
available so far, a senior
Turkish diplomat said today." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Thousands of
supporters of
Ukraine's\\opposition leader,
Viktor Yushchenko, celebrated
on the streets\\in the early
hours on Monday after an exit
poll showed him\\winner of a
bitterly fought presidential
election." - ], - [ - "LONDON : The United States
faced rare criticism over
human rights from close ally
Britain, with an official
British government report
taking Washington to task over
concerns about Iraq and the
Guantanamo Bay jail." - ], - [ - "LONDON - A bomb threat that
mentioned Iraq forced a New
York-bound Greek airliner to
make an emergency landing
Sunday at London's Stansted
Airport escorted by military
jets, authorities said. An
airport spokeswoman said an
Athens newspaper had received
a phone call saying there was
a bomb on board the Olympic
Airlines plane..." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece - Sheryl
Swoopes made three big plays
at the end - two baskets and
another on defense - to help
the United States squeeze out
a 66-62 semifinal victory over
Russia on Friday. Now, only
one game stands between the
U.S..." - ], - [ - "Scientists are developing a
device which could improve the
lives of kidney dialysis
patients." - ], - [ - "KABUL, Afghanistan The Afghan
government is blaming drug
smugglers for yesterday #39;s
attack on the leading vice
presidential candidate ." - ], - [ - "One of the leading figures in
the Greek Orthodox Church, the
Patriarch of Alexandria Peter
VII, has been killed in a
helicopter crash in the Aegean
Sea." - ], - [ - "CANBERRA, Australia -- The
sweat-stained felt hats worn
by Australian cowboys, as much
a part of the Outback as
kangaroos and sun-baked soil,
may be heading for the history
books. They fail modern
industrial safety standards." - ], - [ - "A London-to-Washington flight
is diverted after a security
alert involving the singer
formerly known as Cat Stevens." - ], - [ - "AP - President Bush declared
Friday that charges of voter
fraud have cast doubt on the
Ukrainian election, and warned
that any European-negotiated
pact on Iran's nuclear program
must ensure the world can
verify Tehran's compliance." - ], - [ - "TheSpaceShipOne team is handed
the \\$10m cheque and trophy it
won for claiming the Ansari
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identified six of the
militants who seized a school
in southern Russia as being
from Chechnya, drawing a
strong connection to the
Chechen insurgents who have
been fighting Russian forces
for years." - ], - [ - "SEOUL -- North Korea set three
conditions yesterday to be met
before it would consider
returning to six-party talks
on its nuclear programs." - ], - [ - "US-backed Iraqi commandos were
poised Friday to storm rebel
strongholds in the northern
city of Mosul, as US military
commanders said they had
quot;broken the back quot; of
the insurgency with their
assault on the former rebel
bastion of Fallujah." - ], - [ - "JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon, facing
a party mutiny over his plan
to quit the Gaza Strip, has
approved 1,000 more Israeli
settler homes in the West Bank
in a move that drew a cautious
response on Tuesday from ..." - ], - [ - "GHAZNI, Afghanistan, 6 October
2004 - Wartime security was
rolled out for Afghanistans
interim President Hamid Karzai
as he addressed his first
election campaign rally
outside the capital yesterday
amid spiraling violence." - ], - [ - "China has confirmed that it
found a deadly strain of bird
flu in pigs as early as two
years ago. China #39;s
Agriculture Ministry said two
cases had been discovered, but
it did not say exactly where
the samples had been taken." - ], - [ - "AP - Ten years after the Irish
Republican Army's momentous
cease-fire, negotiations
resumed Wednesday in hope of
reviving a Catholic-Protestant
administration, an elusive
goal of Northern Ireland's
hard-fought peace process." - ], - [ - " SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican
Republic, Sept. 18 -- Tropical
Storm Jeanne headed for the
Bahamas on Saturday after an
assault on the Dominican
Republic that killed 10
people, destroyed hundreds of
houses and forced thousands
from their homes." - ], - [ - "An explosion tore apart a car
in Gaza City Monday, killing
at least one person,
Palestinian witnesses said.
They said Israeli warplanes
were circling overhead at the
time of the blast, indicating
a possible missile strike." - ], - [ - "Beijing, Oct. 25 (PTI): China
and the US today agreed to
work jointly to re-energise
the six-party talks mechanism
aimed at dismantling North
Korea #39;s nuclear programmes
while Washington urged Beijing
to resume" - ], - [ - "AFP - Sporadic gunfire and
shelling took place overnight
in the disputed Georgian
region of South Ossetia in
violation of a fragile
ceasefire, wounding seven
Georgian servicemen." - ], - [ - " FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) -
U.S. forces hit Iraq's rebel
stronghold of Falluja with the
fiercest air and ground
bombardment in months, as
insurgents struck back on
Saturday with attacks that
killed up to 37 people in
Samarra." - ], - [ - " NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - The
fate of a radical Shi'ite
rebellion in the holy city of
Najaf was uncertain Friday
amid disputed reports that
Iraqi police had gained
control of the Imam Ali
Mosque." - ], - [ - "Until this week, only a few
things about the strange,
long-ago disappearance of
Charles Robert Jenkins were
known beyond a doubt. In the
bitter cold of Jan. 5, 1965,
the 24-year-old US Army
sergeant was leading" - ], - [ - "The United States on Tuesday
modified slightly a threat of
sanctions on Sudan #39;s oil
industry in a revised text of
its UN resolution on
atrocities in the country
#39;s Darfur region." - ], - [ - "AP - France intensified
efforts Tuesday to save the
lives of two journalists held
hostage in Iraq, and the Arab
League said the militants'
deadline for France to revoke
a ban on Islamic headscarves
in schools had been extended." - ], - [ - "At least 12 people die in an
explosion at a fuel pipeline
on the outskirts of Nigeria's
biggest city, Lagos." - ], - [ - "Volkswagen demanded a two-year
wage freeze for the
170,000-strong workforce at
Europe #39;s biggest car maker
yesterday, provoking union
warnings of imminent conflict
at key pay and conditions
negotiations." - ], - [ - "Citing security concerns, the
U.S. Embassy on Thursday
banned its employees from
using the highway linking the
embassy area to the
international airport, a
10-mile stretch of road
plagued by frequent suicide
car-bomb attacks." - ], - [ - "AP - Tom Daschle bade his
fellow Senate Democrats
farewell Tuesday with a plea
that they seek common ground
with Republicans yet continue
to fight for the less
fortunate." - ], - [ - "AP - Police defused a bomb in
a town near Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi's villa on
the island of Sardinia on
Wednesday shortly after
British Prime Minister Tony
Blair finished a visit there
with the Italian leader." - ], - [ - "The coffin of Yasser Arafat,
draped with the Palestinian
flag, was bound for Ramallah
in the West Bank Friday,
following a formal funeral on
a military compound near
Cairo." - ], - [ - "US Ambassador to the United
Nations John Danforth resigned
on Thursday after serving in
the post for less than six
months. Danforth, 68, said in
a letter released Thursday" - ], - [ - "ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Photos
were published yesterday in
newspapers across Pakistan of
six terror suspects, including
a senior Al Qaeda operative,
the government says were
behind attempts to assassinate
the nation's president." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - The Athens
Paralympics canceled
celebrations at its closing
ceremony after seven
schoolchildren traveling to
watch the event died in a bus
crash on Monday." - ], - [ - "DUBAI : An Islamist group has
threatened to kill two Italian
women held hostage in Iraq if
Rome does not withdraw its
troops from the war-torn
country within 24 hours,
according to an internet
statement." - ], - [ - "A heavy quake rocked Indonesia
#39;s Papua province killing
at least 11 people and
wounding 75. The quake
destroyed 150 buildings,
including churches, mosques
and schools." - ], - [ - "Reuters - A small group of
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Uganda's Water Ministry
Wednesday and took
three\\people hostage to
protest against proposals to
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capital Kampala." - ], - [ - "Venezuela suggested Friday
that exiles living in Florida
may have masterminded the
assassination of a prosecutor
investigating a short-lived
coup against leftist President
Hugo Chvez" - ], - [ - "Facing a popular outcry at
home and stern warnings from
Europe, the Turkish government
discreetly stepped back
Tuesday from a plan to
introduce a motion into a
crucial penal reform bill to
make adultery a crime
punishable by prison." - ], - [ - "North-west Norfolk MP Henry
Bellingham has called for the
release of an old college
friend accused of plotting a
coup in Equatorial Guinea." - ], - [ - "AFP - Want to buy a castle?
Head for the former East
Germany." - ], - [ - "AFP - Steven Gerrard has moved
to allay Liverpool fans' fears
that he could be out until
Christmas after breaking a
metatarsal bone in his left
foot." - ], - [ - "MINSK - Legislative elections
in Belarus held at the same
time as a referendum on
whether President Alexander
Lukashenko should be allowed
to seek a third term fell
significantly short of
democratic standards, foreign
observers said here Monday." - ], - [ - "An Olympic sailor is charged
with the manslaughter of a
Briton who died after being
hit by a car in Athens." - ], - [ - "AP - Secretary of State Colin
Powell on Friday praised the
peace deal that ended fighting
in Iraq's holy city of Najaf
and said the presence of U.S.
forces in the area helped make
it possible." - ], - [ - "26 August 2004 -- Iraq #39;s
top Shi #39;ite cleric, Grand
Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,
arrived in the city of Al-
Najaf today in a bid to end a
weeks-long conflict between US
forces and militiamen loyal to
Shi #39;ite cleric Muqtada al-
Sadr." - ], - [ - "PARIS : French trade unions
called on workers at France
Telecom to stage a 24-hour
strike September 7 to protest
government plans to privatize
the public telecommunications
operator, union sources said." - ], - [ - "The Indonesian tourism
industry has so far not been
affected by last week #39;s
bombing outside the Australian
embassy in Jakarta and
officials said they do not
expect a significant drop in
visitor numbers as a result of
the attack." - ], - [ - "MARK Thatcher will have to
wait until at least next April
to face trial on allegations
he helped bankroll a coup
attempt in oil-rich Equatorial
Guinea." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - A drop in oil
prices and upbeat outlooks
from Wal-Mart and Lowe's
helped send stocks sharply
higher Monday on Wall Street,
with the swing exaggerated by
thin late summer trading. The
Dow Jones industrials surged
nearly 130 points..." - ], - [ - "ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia --
Hundreds of protesters
ransacked and occupied the
regional administration
building in a southern Russian
province Tuesday, demanding
the resignation of the region
#39;s president, whose former
son-in-law has been linked to
a multiple" - ], - [ - "AFP - Iraqi Foreign Minister
Hoshyar Zebari arrived
unexpectedly in the holy city
of Mecca Wednesday where he
met Crown Prince Abdullah bin
Abdul Aziz, the official SPA
news agency reported." - ], - [ - "Haitian police and UN troops
moved into a slum neighborhood
on Sunday and cleared street
barricades that paralyzed a
part of the capital." - ], - [ - "withdrawal of troops and
settlers from occupied Gaza
next year. Militants seek to
claim any pullout as a
victory. quot;Islamic Jihad
will not be broken by this
martyrdom, quot; said Khaled
al-Batsh, a senior political
leader in Gaza." - ], - [ - "The U.S. military has found
nearly 20 houses where
intelligence officers believe
hostages were tortured or
killed in this city, including
the house with the cage that
held a British contractor who
was beheaded last month." - ], - [ - "AFP - Opponents of the Lao
government may be plotting
bomb attacks in Vientiane and
other areas of Laos timed to
coincide with a summit of
Southeast Asian leaders the
country is hosting next month,
the United States said." - ], - [ - "AP - Russia agreed Thursday to
send warships to help NATO
naval patrols that monitor
suspicious vessels in the
Mediterranean, part of a push
for closer counterterrorism
cooperation between Moscow and
the western alliance." - ], - [ - "A military plane crashed in
the mountains near Caracas,
killing all 16 persons on
board, including two high-
ranking military officers,
officials said." - ], - [ - "A voice recording said to be
that of suspected Al Qaeda
commander Abu Mussab al-
Zarqawi, claims Iraq #39;s
Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is
the militant network #39;s
number one target." - ], - [ - "BEIJING -- More than a year
after becoming China's
president, Hu Jintao was
handed the full reins of power
yesterday when his
predecessor, Jiang Zemin, gave
up the nation's most powerful
military post." - ], - [ - "AP - Greenpeace activists
scaled the walls of Ford Motor
Co.'s Norwegian headquarters
Tuesday to protest plans to
destroy hundreds of non-
polluting electric cars." - ], - [ - "AFP - The chances of Rupert
Murdoch's News Corp relocating
from Australia to the United
States have increased after
one of its biggest
institutional investors has
chosen to abstain from a vote
next week on the move." - ], - [ - "AFP - An Indian minister said
a school text-book used in the
violence-prone western state
of Gujarat portrayed Adolf
Hitler as a role model." - ], - [ - "DOVER, N.H. (AP) -- Democrat
John Kerry is seizing on the
Bush administration's failure
to secure hundreds of tons of
explosives now missing in
Iraq." - ], - [ - "United Nations officials
report security breaches in
internally displaced people
and refugee camps in Sudan
#39;s embattled Darfur region
and neighboring Chad." - ], - [ - "KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hurricane
Ivan's deadly winds and
monstrous waves bore down on
Jamaica on Friday, threatening
a direct hit on its densely
populated capital after
ravaging Grenada and killing
at least 33 people. The
Jamaican government ordered
the evacuation of half a
million people from coastal
areas, where rains on Ivan's
outer edges were already
flooding roads..." - ], - [ - "North Korea has denounced as
quot;wicked terrorists quot;
the South Korean officials who
orchestrated last month #39;s
airlift to Seoul of 468 North
Korean defectors." - ], - [ - "The Black Watch regiment has
returned to its base in Basra
in southern Iraq after a
month-long mission standing in
for US troops in a more
violent part of the country,
the Ministry of Defence says." - ], - [ - "AP - A senior Congolese
official said Tuesday his
nation had been invaded by
neighboring Rwanda, and U.N.
officials said they were
investigating claims of
Rwandan forces clashing with
militias in the east." - ], - [ - "UNITED NATIONS - The United
Nations #39; nuclear agency
says it is concerned about the
disappearance of equipment and
materials from Iraq that could
be used to make nuclear
weapons." - ], - [ - " BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's
historic deal with Turkey to
open entry talks with the vast
Muslim country was hailed by
supporters as a bridge builder
between Europe and the Islamic
world." - ], - [ - "Iraqi President Ghazi al-
Yawar, who was due in Paris on
Sunday to start a European
tour, has postponed his visit
to France due to the ongoing
hostage drama involving two
French journalists, Arab
diplomats said Friday." - ], - [ - " SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) -
President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva's Workers' Party (PT)
won the mayoralty of six state
capitals in Sunday's municipal
vote but was forced into a
run-off to defend its hold on
the race's biggest prize, the
city of Sao Paulo." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece - They are
America's newest golden girls
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from perfection. The U.S..." - ], - [ - "AMMAN, Sept. 15. - The owner
of a Jordanian truck company
announced today that he had
ordered its Iraq operations
stopped in a bid to save the
life of a driver held hostage
by a militant group." - ], - [ - "Israel is prepared to back a
Middle East conference
convened by Tony Blair early
next year despite having
expressed fears that the
British plans were over-
ambitious and designed" - ], - [ - "AP - U.S. State Department
officials learned that seven
American children had been
abandoned at a Nigerian
orphanage but waited more than
a week to check on the youths,
who were suffering from
malnutrition, malaria and
typhoid, a newspaper reported
Saturday." - ], - [ - "\\Angry mobs in Ivory Coast's
main city, Abidjan, marched on
the airport, hours after it
came under French control." - ], - [ - "Several workers are believed
to have been killed and others
injured after a contruction
site collapsed at Dubai
airport. The workers were
trapped under rubble at the
site of a \\$4." - ], - [ - "Talks between Sudan #39;s
government and two rebel
groups to resolve the nearly
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writer of The Christian
Science Monitor." - ], - [ - "Stansted airport is the
designated emergency landing
ground for planes in British
airspace hit by in-flight
security alerts. Emergency
services at Stansted have
successfully dealt" - ], - [ - "The massive military operation
to retake Fallujah has been
quot;accomplished quot;, a
senior Iraqi official said.
Fierce fighting continued in
the war-torn city where
pockets of resistance were
still holding out against US
forces." - ], - [ - "There are some signs of
progress in resolving the
Nigerian conflict that is
riling global oil markets. The
leader of militia fighters
threatening to widen a battle
for control of Nigeria #39;s
oil-rich south has" - ], - [ - "A strong earthquake hit Taiwan
on Monday, shaking buildings
in the capital Taipei for
several seconds. No casualties
were reported." - ], - [ - "A policeman ran amok at a
security camp in Indian-
controlled Kashmir after an
argument and shot dead seven
colleagues before he was
gunned down, police said on
Sunday." - ], - [ - "New York police have developed
a pre-emptive strike policy,
cutting off demonstrations
before they grow large." - ], - [ - "Bulgaria has started its first
co-mission with the EU in
Bosnia and Herzegovina, along
with some 30 countries,
including Canada and Turkey." - ], - [ - "AP - The pileup of events in
the city next week, including
the Republican National
Convention, will add to the
security challenge for the New
York Police Department, but
commissioner Ray Kelly says,
\"With a big, experienced
police force, we can do it.\"" - ], - [ - "LONDON, Dec 11 (IranMania) -
Iraqi Vice-President Ibrahim
al-Jaafari refused to believe
in remarks published Friday
that Iran was attempting to
influence Iraqi polls with the
aim of creating a
quot;crescent quot; dominated
by Shiites in the region." - ], - [ - "The late Princess Dianas
former bodyguard, Ken Wharfe,
dismisses her suspicions that
one of her lovers was bumped
off. Princess Diana had an
affair with Barry Mannakee, a
policeman who was assigned to
protect her." - ], - [ - "Long considered beyond the
reach of mainland mores, the
Florida city is trying to
limit blatant displays of
sexual behavior." - ], - [ - "Senator John Kerry said today
that the war in Iraq was a
\"profound diversion\" from the
war on terror and Osama bin
Laden." - ], - [ - "A group claiming to have
captured two Indonesian women
in Iraq has said it will
release them if Jakarta frees
Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir
being held for alleged
terrorist links." - ], - [ - "Indonesian police said
yesterday that DNA tests had
identified a suicide bomber
involved in a deadly attack
this month on the Australian
embassy in Jakarta." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores
Inc.'s warning of
disappointing sales sent
stocks fluctuating Monday as
investors' concerns about a
slowing economy offset their
relief over a drop in oil
prices. October contracts
for a barrel of light crude
were quoted at \\$46.48, down
24 cents, on the New York
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cleric made a sudden return to
the country on Wednesday and
said he had a plan to end an
uprising in the quot;burning
city quot; of Najaf, where
fighting is creeping ever
closer to its holiest shrine." - ], - [ - "KABUL, Afghanistan Aug. 22,
2004 - US soldiers sprayed a
pickup truck with bullets
after it failed to stop at a
roadblock in central
Afghanistan, killing two women
and a man and critically
wounding two other" - ], - [ - "SYDNEY -- Prime Minister John
Howard of Australia, a key US
ally and supporter of the Iraq
war, celebrated his election
win over opposition Labor
after voters enjoying the
fruits of a strong economy
gave him another term." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two rockets
hit a downtown Baghdad hotel
housing foreigners and
journalists Thursday, and
gunfire erupted in the
neighborhood across the Tigris
River from the U.S. Embassy
compound..." - ], - [ - "The Prevention of Terrorism
Act 2002 (Pota) polarised the
country, not just by the
manner in which it was pushed
through by the NDA government
through a joint session of
Parliament but by the shabby
and often biased manner in
which it was enforced." - ], - [ - "The US military says marines
in Fallujah shot and killed an
insurgent who engaged them as
he was faking being dead, a
week after footage of a marine
killing an apparently unarmed
and wounded Iraqi caused a
stir in the region." - ], - [ - "Description: NPR #39;s Alex
Chadwick talks to Colin Brown,
deputy political editor for
the United Kingdom #39;s
Independent newspaper,
currently covering the British
Labour Party Conference." - ], - [ - "Hamas vowed revenge yesterday
after an Israeli airstrike in
Gaza killed one of its senior
commanders - the latest
assassination to have weakened
the militant group." - ], - [ - "A senior member of the
Palestinian resistance group
Hamas has been released from
an Israeli prison after
completing a two-year
sentence." - ], - [ - "MPs have announced a new
inquiry into family courts and
whether parents are treated
fairly over issues such as
custody or contact with their
children." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - MELBOURNE,
Australia (AP) - A 36-year-old
businesswoman was believed to
be the first woman to walk
around Australia on Friday
after striding into her
hometown of Melbourne to
complete her 16,700-kilometre
trek in 365 days." - ], - [ - "Most remaining Pakistani
prisoners held at the US
Guantanamo Bay prison camp are
freed, officials say." - ], - [ - "French police are
investigating an arson-caused
fire at a Jewish Social Center
that might have killed dozens
without the quick response of
firefighters." - ], - [ - "Rodney King, whose videotaped
beating led to riots in Los
Angeles in 1992, is out of
jail now and talking frankly
for the first time about the
riots, himself and the
American way of life." - ], - [ - "AFP - Radical Islamic cleric
Abu Hamza al-Masri was set to
learn Thursday whether he
would be charged under
Britain's anti-terrorism law,
thus delaying his possible
extradition to the United
States to face terrorism-
related charges." - ], - [ - "Louisen Louis, 30, walked
Monday in the middle of a
street that resembled a small
river with brown rivulets and
waves. He wore sandals and had
a cut on one of his big toes." - ], - [ - "A car bomb exploded outside
the main hospital in Chechny
#39;s capital, Grozny, on
Sunday, injuring 17 people in
an attack apparently targeting
members of a Chechen security
force bringing in wounded from
an earlier explosion" - ], - [ - "AP - Gay marriage is emerging
as a big enough issue in
several states to influence
races both for Congress and
the presidency." - ], - [ - "More than 30 aid workers have
been airlifted to safety from
a town in Sudan #39;s troubled
Darfur region after fighting
broke out and their base was
bombed, a British charity
says." - ], - [ - "It #39;s the mildest of mild
winters down here in the south
of Italy and, last weekend at
Bcoli, a pretty suburb by the
seaside west of Naples, the
customers of Pizzeria quot;Da
Enrico quot; were making the
most of it." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - A spotty job
market and stagnant paychecks
cloud this Labor Day holiday
for many workers, highlighting
the importance of pocketbook
issues in the presidential
election. \"Working harder
and enjoying it less,\" said
economist Ken Mayland,
president of ClearView
Economics, summing up the
state of working America..." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - MONTREAL (CP)
- A 19-year-old man charged in
a firebombing at a Jewish
elementary school pleaded
guilty Thursday to arson." - ], - [ - " quot;Resuming uranium
enrichment is not in our
agenda. We are still committed
to the suspension, quot;
Foreign Ministry spokesman
Hamid Reza." - ], - [ - "The U.S. military presence in
Iraq will grow to 150,000
troops by next month, the
highest level since the
invasion last year." - ], - [ - "UPDATE, SUN 9PM: More than a
million people have left their
homes in Cuba, as Hurricane
Ivan approaches. The ferocious
storm is headed that way,
after ripping through the
Cayman Islands, tearing off
roofs, flooding homes and
causing general havoc." - ], - [ - "German Chancellor Gerhard
Schroeder said Sunday that
there was quot;no problem
quot; with Germany #39;s
support to the start of
negotiations on Turkey #39;s
entrance into EU." - ], - [ - "MANILA Fernando Poe Jr., the
popular actor who challenged
President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo in the presidential
elections this year, died
early Tuesday." - ], - [ - "AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - A
Dutch filmmaker who outraged
members of the Muslim
community by making a film
critical of the mistreatment
of women in Islamic society
was gunned down and stabbed to
death Tuesday on an Amsterdam
street." - ], - [ - "Zimbabwe #39;s most persecuted
white MP began a year of hard
labour last night after
parliament voted to jail him
for shoving the Justice
Minister during a debate over
land seizures." - ], - [ - "A smashing blow is being dealt
to thousands of future
pensioners by a law that has
just been brought into force
by the Federal Government." - ], - [ - "AP - An Israeli helicopter
fired two missiles in Gaza
City after nightfall
Wednesday, one at a building
in the Zeitoun neighborhood,
witnesses said, setting a
fire." - ], - [ - "The Philippines put the toll
at more than 1,000 dead or
missing in four storms in two
weeks but, even with a break
in the weather on Saturday" - ], - [ - "Reuters - Four explosions were
reported at petrol\\stations in
the Madrid area on Friday,
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following a phone warning in
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Hurricane Jeanne got stronger,
bigger and faster as it
battered the Bahamas and bore
down on Florida Saturday,
sending huge waves crashing
onto beaches and forcing
thousands into shelters just
weeks after Frances ravaged
this area..." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Elena Dementieva
shook off a subpar serve that
produced 15 double-faults, an
aching left thigh and an upset
stomach to advance to the
semifinals at the U.S. Open
with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1)
victory Tuesday over Amelie
Mauresmo..." - ], - [ - "Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh inaugurated a research
centre in the Capital on
Thursday to mark 400 years of
compilation of Sikh holy book
the Guru Granth Sahib." - ], - [ - "THE re-election of British
Prime Minister Tony Blair
would be seen as an
endorsement of the military
action in Iraq, Prime Minister
John Howard said today." - ], - [ - "President George W. Bush
pledged Friday to spend some
of the political capital from
his re-election trying to
secure a lasting Middle East
peace, and he envisioned the
establishment" - ], - [ - "NEW DELHI - A bomb exploded
during an Independence Day
parade in India's remote
northeast on Sunday, killing
at least 15 people, officials
said, just an hour after Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh
pledged to fight terrorism.
The outlawed United Liberation
Front of Asom was suspected of
being behind the attack in
Assam state and a second one
later in the area, said Assam
Inspector General of Police
Khagen Sharma..." - ], - [ - "A UN envoy to Sudan will visit
Darfur tomorrow to check on
the government #39;s claim
that some 70,000 people
displaced by conflict there
have voluntarily returned to
their homes, a spokesman said." - ], - [ - "AP - Most of the presidential
election provisional ballots
rejected so far in Ohio came
from people who were not even
registered to vote, election
officials said after spending
nearly two weeks poring over
thousands of disputed votes." - ], - [ - "AP - Rival inmates fought each
other with knives and sticks
Wednesday at a San Salvador
prison, leaving at least 31
people dead and two dozen
injured, officials said." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD - Two Egyptian
employees of a mobile phone
company were seized when
gunmen stormed into their
Baghdad office, the latest in
a series of kidnappings in the
country." - ], - [ - "BRISBANE, Australia - The body
of a whale resembling a giant
dolphin that washed up on an
eastern Australian beach has
intrigued local scientists,
who agreed Wednesday that it
is rare but are not sure just
how rare." - ], - [ - "President Bush aims to
highlight American drug-
fighting aid in Colombia and
boost a conservative Latin
American leader with a stop in
the Andean nation where
thousands of security forces
are deployed to safeguard his
brief stay." - ], - [ - "Dubai - Former Palestinian
security minister Mohammed
Dahlan said on Monday that a
quot;gang of mercenaries quot;
known to the Palestinian
police were behind the
shooting that resulted in two
deaths in a mourning tent for
Yasser Arafat in Gaza." - ], - [ - "A Frenchman working for Thales
SA, Europe #39;s biggest maker
of military electronics, was
shot dead while driving home
at night in the Saudi Arabian
city of Jeddah." - ], - [ - "China will take tough measures
this winter to improve the
country #39;s coal mine safety
and prevent accidents. State
Councilor Hua Jianmin said
Thursday the industry should
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intensity of skirmishes
swelled on the soils of Iraq,
dozens of people were put to
death with toxic shots by the
US helicopter gunship, which
targeted the civilians,
milling around a burning
American vehicle in a Baghdad
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national coach Luis Aragones." - ], - [ - "Bricks and plaster blew inward
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hit the Caribbean, killed at
least 16 people in Jamaica,
where it wrecked houses and
washed away roads on Saturday,
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scientist is reported to have
observed a surprising jump in
the amount of carbon dioxide,
the main greenhouse gas." - ], - [ - "Zimbabwe #39;s ruling Zanu-PF
old guard has emerged on top
after a bitter power struggle
in the deeply divided party
during its five-yearly
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demonstrators pressing
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in the capital\\for the third
day Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Michael Jackson wishes he had
fought previous child
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trying to \"buy peace\", his
lawyer says." - ], - [ - "North Korea says it will not
abandon its weapons programme
after the South admitted
nuclear activities." - ], - [ - "While there is growing
attention to ongoing genocide
in Darfur, this has not
translated into either a
meaningful international
response or an accurate
rendering of the scale and
evident course of the
catastrophe." - ], - [ - "THE prosecution on terrorism
charges of extremist Islamic
cleric and accused Jemaah
Islamiah leader Abu Bakar
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the potentially tainted
testimony of at least two
convicted Bali bombers, his
lawyers have said." - ], - [ - "Clashes between US troops and
Sadr militiamen escalated
Thursday, as the US surrounded
Najaf for possible siege." - ], - [ - "AFP - A battle group of
British troops rolled out of
southern Iraq on a US-
requested mission to deadlier
areas near Baghdad, in a major
political gamble for British
Prime Minister Tony Blair." - ], - [ - "over half the children in the
world - suffer extreme
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attack which left at least
seven people dead." - ], - [ - "Gardez (Afghanistan), Sept. 16
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Hamid Karzai escaped an
assassination bid today when a
rocket was fired at his US
military helicopter as it was
landing in the southeastern
town of Gardez." - ], - [ - "The Jets came up with four
turnovers by Dolphins
quarterback Jay Fiedler in the
second half, including an
interception returned 66 yards
for a touchdown." - ], - [ - "DUBLIN -- Prime Minister
Bertie Ahern urged Irish
Republican Army commanders
yesterday to meet what he
acknowledged was ''a heavy
burden quot;: disarming and
disbanding their organization
in support of Northern
Ireland's 1998 peace accord." - ], - [ - "While reproductive planning
and women #39;s equality have
improved substantially over
the past decade, says a United
Nations report, world
population will increase from
6.4 billion today to 8.9
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poorest countries tripling in" - ], - [ - "BAR's Anthony Davidson and
Jenson Button set the pace at
the first Chinese Grand Prix." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - Contradicting the
main argument for a war that
has cost more than 1,000
American lives, the top U.S.
arms inspector reported
Wednesday that he found no
evidence that Iraq produced
any weapons of mass
destruction after 1991..." - ], - [ - "AFP - Style mavens will be
scanning the catwalks in Paris
this week for next spring's
must-have handbag, as a
sweeping exhibition at the
French capital's fashion and
textile museum reveals the bag
in all its forms." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - SAINT-
QUENTIN, N.B. (CP) - A major
highway in northern New
Brunswick remained closed to
almost all traffic Monday, as
local residents protested
planned health care cuts." - ], - [ - " NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - A
radical Iraqi cleric leading a
Shi'ite uprising agreed on
Wednesday to disarm his
militia and leave one of the
country's holiest Islamic
shrines after warnings of an
onslaught by government
forces." - ], - [ - "Saudi security forces have
killed a wanted militant near
the scene of a deadly shootout
Thursday. Officials say the
militant was killed in a
gunbattle Friday in the
northern town of Buraida,
hours after one" - ], - [ - "Two South Africans acquitted
by a Zimbabwean court of
charges related to the alleged
coup plot in Equatorial Guinea
are to be questioned today by
the South African authorities." - ], - [ - "MOSCOW (CP) - Russia mourned
89 victims of a double air
disaster today as debate
intensified over whether the
two passenger liners could
have plunged almost
simultaneously from the sky by
accident." - ], - [ - "Australia #39;s prime minister
says a body found in Fallujah
is likely that of kidnapped
aid worker Margaret Hassan.
John Howard told Parliament a
videotape of an Iraqi
terrorist group executing a
Western woman appears to have
been genuine." - ], - [ - "AP - Their first debate less
than a week away, President
Bush and Democrat John Kerry
kept their public schedules
clear on Saturday and began to
focus on their prime-time
showdown." - ], - [ - "PARIS Getting to the bottom of
what killed Yassar Arafat
could shape up to be an ugly
family tug-of-war. Arafat
#39;s half-brother and nephew
want copies of Arafat #39;s
medical records from the
suburban Paris hospital" - ], - [ - " THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former
Yugoslav President Slobodan
Milosevic condemned his war
crimes trial as a \"pure farce\"
on Wednesday in a defiant
finish to his opening defense
statement against charges of
ethnic cleansing in the
Balkans." - ], - [ - " GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) -
People braved a steady drizzle
to come out to vote in a
remote northeast Indian state
on Thursday, as troops
guarded polling stations in an
election being held under the
shadow of violence." - ], - [ - "AFP - Three of the nine
Canadian sailors injured when
their newly-delivered,
British-built submarine caught
fire in the North Atlantic
were airlifted Wednesday to
hospital in northwest Ireland,
officials said." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Iraq - A series of
strong explosions shook
central Baghdad near dawn
Sunday, and columns of thick
black smoke rose from the
Green Zone where U.S. and
Iraqi government offices are
located..." - ], - [ - "Sven-Goran Eriksson may gamble
by playing goalkeeper Paul
Robinson and striker Jermain
Defoe in Poland." - ], - [ - "Foreign Secretary Jack Straw
has flown to Khartoum on a
mission to pile the pressure
on the Sudanese government to
tackle the humanitarian
catastrophe in Darfur." - ], - [ - "Reuters - A senior U.S.
official said on
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done with hostage-takers ahead
of the\\latest deadline set by
Afghan Islamic militants who
have\\threatened to kill three
kidnapped U.N. workers." - ], - [ - "Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams
has put the pressure for the
success or failure of the
Northern Ireland assembly
talks firmly on the shoulders
of Ian Paisley." - ], - [ - " JAKARTA (Reuters) - President
Megawati Sukarnoputri urged
Indonesians on Thursday to
accept the results of the
country's first direct
election of a leader, but
stopped short of conceding
defeat." - ], - [ - "ISLAMABAD: Pakistan early
Monday test-fired its
indigenously developed short-
range nuclear-capable Ghaznavi
missile, the Inter Services
Public Relations (ISPR) said
in a statement." - ], - [ - "The trial of a man accused of
murdering York backpacker
Caroline Stuttle begins in
Australia." - ], - [ - "BRUSSELS: The EU sought
Wednesday to keep pressure on
Turkey over its bid to start
talks on joining the bloc, as
last-minute haggling seemed
set to go down to the wire at
a summit poised to give a
green light to Ankara." - ], - [ - "AP - J. Cofer Black, the State
Department official in charge
of counterterrorism, is
leaving government in the next
few weeks." - ], - [ - "AFP - The United States
presented a draft UN
resolution that steps up the
pressure on Sudan over the
crisis in Darfur, including
possible international
sanctions against its oil
sector." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least 33 people were
killed and dozens others
wounded when two bombs ripped
through a congregation of
Sunni Muslims in Pakistan's
central city of Multan, police
said." - ], - [ - "AFP - A series of torchlight
rallies and vigils were held
after darkness fell on this
central Indian city as victims
and activists jointly
commemorated a night of horror
20 years ago when lethal gas
leaked from a pesticide plant
and killed thousands." - ], - [ - "A Zimbabwe court Friday
convicted a British man
accused of leading a coup plot
against the government of oil-
rich Equatorial Guinea on
weapons charges, but acquitted
most of the 69 other men held
with him." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP)
- The fatal stabbing of a
young man trying to eject
unwanted party guests from his
family home, the third such
knifing in just weeks, has
police worried about a
potentially fatal holiday
recipe: teens, alcohol and
knives." - ], - [ - "MOSCOW - A female suicide
bomber set off a shrapnel-
filled explosive device
outside a busy Moscow subway
station on Tuesday night,
officials said, killing 10
people and injuring more than
50." - ], - [ - "ABIDJAN (AFP) - Two Ivory
Coast military aircraft
carried out a second raid on
Bouake, the stronghold of the
former rebel New Forces (FN)
in the divided west African
country, a French military
source told AFP." - ], - [ - "AFP - A state of civil
emergency in the rebellion-hit
Indonesian province of Aceh
has been formally extended by
six month, as the country's
president pledged to end
violence there without foreign
help." - ], - [ - "US Secretary of State Colin
Powell on Monday said he had
spoken to both Indian Foreign
Minister K Natwar Singh and
his Pakistani counterpart
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri late
last week before the two met
in New Delhi this week for
talks." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Victor Diaz hit a
tying, three-run homer with
two outs in the ninth inning,
and Craig Brazell's first
major league home run in the
11th gave the New York Mets a
stunning 4-3 victory over the
Chicago Cubs on Saturday.
The Cubs had much on the
line..." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least 54 people have
died and more than a million
have fled their homes as
torrential rains lashed parts
of India and Bangladesh,
officials said." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES - California has
adopted the world's first
rules to reduce greenhouse
emissions for autos, taking
what supporters see as a
dramatic step toward cleaning
up the environment but also
ensuring higher costs for
drivers. The rules may lead
to sweeping changes in
vehicles nationwide,
especially if other states opt
to follow California's
example..." - ], - [ - "AFP - Republican and
Democratic leaders each
declared victory after the
first head-to-head sparring
match between President George
W. Bush and Democratic
presidential hopeful John
Kerry." - ], - [ - "Last night in New York, the UN
secretary-general was given a
standing ovation - a robust
response to a series of
attacks in past weeks." - ], - [ - "JOHANNESBURG -- Meeting in
Nigeria four years ago,
African leaders set a goal
that 60 percent of children
and pregnant women in malaria-
affected areas around the
continent would be sleeping
under bed nets by the end of
2005." - ], - [ - "AP - Duke Bainum outspent Mufi
Hannemann in Honolulu's most
expensive mayoral race, but
apparently failed to garner
enough votes in Saturday's
primary to claim the office
outright." - ], - [ - "POLITICIANS and aid agencies
yesterday stressed the
importance of the media in
keeping the spotlight on the
appalling human rights abuses
taking place in the Darfur
region of Sudan." - ], - [ - "\\Children who have a poor diet
are more likely to become
aggressive and anti-social, US
researchers believe." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) -
Contrary to Immigration
Department claims, there is no
shortage of native-borne
exotic dancers in Canada, says
a University of Toronto law
professor who has studied the
strip club business." - ], - [ - "The European Union presidency
yesterday expressed optimism
that a deal could be struck
over Turkey #39;s refusal to
recognize Cyprus in the lead-
up to next weekend #39;s EU
summit, which will decide
whether to give Ankara a date
for the start of accession
talks." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
President Bush on Friday set a
four-year goal of seeing a
Palestinian state established
and he and British Prime
Minister Tony Blair vowed to
mobilize international
support to help make it happen
now that Yasser Arafat is
dead." - ], - [ - " KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan on
Saturday questioned U.N.
estimates that up to 70,000
people have died from hunger
and disease in its remote
Darfur region since a
rebellion began 20 months
ago." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least four Georgian
soldiers were killed and five
wounded in overnight clashes
in Georgia's separatist, pro-
Russian region of South
Ossetia, Georgian officers
near the frontline with
Ossetian forces said early
Thursday." - ], - [ - "The European Commission is
expected later this week to
recommend EU membership talks
with Turkey. Meanwhile, German
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
and Turkish Prime Minister
Tayyip Erdogan are
anticipating a quot;positive
report." - ], - [ - "The Canadian government
signalled its intention
yesterday to reintroduce
legislation to decriminalise
the possession of small
amounts of marijuana." - ], - [ - "A screensaver targeting spam-
related websites appears to
have been too successful." - ], - [ - " ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory
Coast warplanes killed nine
French soldiers on Saturday in
a bombing raid during the
fiercest clashes with rebels
for 18 months and France hit
back by destroying most of
the West African country's
small airforce." - ], - [ - "GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip --
Islamic militant groups behind
many suicide bombings
dismissed yesterday a call
from Mahmoud Abbas, the
interim Palestinian leader, to
halt attacks in the run-up to
a Jan. 9 election to replace
Yasser Arafat." - ], - [ - "Secretary of State Colin
Powell is wrapping up an East
Asia trip focused on prodding
North Korea to resume talks
aimed at ending its nuclear-
weapons program." - ], - [ - "The risk of intestinal damage
from common painkillers may be
higher than thought, research
suggests." - ], - [ - "AN earthquake measuring 7.3 on
the Richter Scale hit western
Japan this morning, just hours
after another strong quake
rocked the area." - ], - [ - "Britain #39;s Prince Harry,
struggling to shed a growing
quot;wild child quot; image,
won #39;t apologize to a
photographer he scuffled with
outside an exclusive London
nightclub, a royal spokesman
said on Saturday." - ], - [ - "Pakistan #39;s interim Prime
Minister Chaudhry Shaujaat
Hussain has announced his
resignation, paving the way
for his successor Shauket
Aziz." - ], - [ - "A previously unknown group
calling itself Jamaat Ansar
al-Jihad al-Islamiya says it
set fire to a Jewish soup
kitchen in Paris, according to
an Internet statement." - ], - [ - "The deadliest attack on
Americans in Iraq since May
came as Iraqi officials
announced that Saddam
Hussein's deputy had not been
captured on Sunday." - ], - [ - "A fundraising concert will be
held in London in memory of
the hundreds of victims of the
Beslan school siege." - ], - [ - "AFP - The landmark trial of a
Rwandan Roman Catholic priest
accused of supervising the
massacre of 2,000 of his Tutsi
parishioners during the
central African country's 1994
genocide opens at a UN court
in Tanzania." - ], - [ - "The Irish government has
stepped up its efforts to free
the British hostage in Iraq,
Ken Bigley, whose mother is
from Ireland, by talking to
diplomats from Iran and
Jordan." - ], - [ - "AP - Republican Sen. Lincoln
Chafee, who flirted with
changing political parties in
the wake of President Bush's
re-election victory, says he
will stay in the GOP." - ], - [ - "South Korean President Roh
Moo-hyun pays a surprise visit
to troops in Iraq, after his
government decided to extend
their mandate." - ], - [ - "As the European Union
approaches a contentious
decision - whether to let
Turkey join the club - the
Continent #39;s rulers seem to
have left their citizens
behind." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A
deadline set by militants who
have threatened to kill two
Americans and a Briton seized
in Iraq was due to expire
Monday, and more than two
dozen other hostages were
also facing death unless rebel
demands were met." - ], - [ - "Some Venezuelan television
channels began altering their
programs Thursday, citing
fears of penalties under a new
law restricting violence and
sexual content over the
airwaves." - ], - [ - "afrol News, 4 October -
Hundred years of conservation
efforts have lifted the
southern black rhino
population from about hundred
to 11,000 animals." - ], - [ - "THE death of Philippine movie
star and defeated presidential
candidate Fernando Poe has
drawn some political backlash,
with some people seeking to
use his sudden demise as a
platform to attack President
Gloria Arroyo." - ], - [ - "VIENTIANE, Laos China moved
yet another step closer in
cementing its economic and
diplomatic relationships with
Southeast Asia today when
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao
signed a trade accord at a
regional summit that calls for
zero tariffs on a wide range
of" - ], - [ - "British judges in London
Tuesday ordered radical Muslim
imam Abu Hamza to stand trial
for soliciting murder and
inciting racial hatred." - ], - [ - "SARASOTA, Fla. - The
devastation brought on by
Hurricane Charley has been
especially painful for an
elderly population that is
among the largest in the
nation..." - ], - [ - " quot;He is charged for having
a part in the Bali incident,
quot; state prosecutor Andi
Herman told Reuters on
Saturday. bombing attack at
the US-run JW." - ], - [ - "The United Nations called on
Monday for an immediate
ceasefire in eastern Congo as
fighting between rival army
factions flared for a third
day." - ], - [ - "Allowing dozens of casinos to
be built in the UK would bring
investment and thousands of
jobs, Tony Blair says." - ], - [ - "The shock here was not just
from the awful fact itself,
that two vibrant young Italian
women were kidnapped in Iraq,
dragged from their office by
attackers who, it seems, knew
their names." - ], - [ - "Tehran/Vianna, Sept. 19 (NNN):
Iran on Sunday rejected the
International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) call to suspend
of all its nuclear activities,
saying that it will not agree
to halt uranium enrichment." - ], - [ - "A 15-year-old Argentine
student opened fire at his
classmates on Tuesday in a
middle school in the south of
the Buenos Aires province,
leaving at least four dead and
five others wounded, police
said." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - A cable pay-per-
view company has decided not
to show a three-hour election
eve special with filmmaker
Michael Moore that included a
showing of his documentary
\"Fahrenheit 9/11,\" which is
sharply critical of President
Bush. The company, iN
DEMAND, said Friday that its
decision is due to \"legitimate
business and legal concerns.\"
A spokesman would not
elaborate..." - ], - [ - "Democracy candidates picked up
at least one more seat in
parliament, according to exit
polls." - ], - [ - "The IOC wants suspended
Olympic member Ivan Slavkov to
be thrown out of the
organisation." - ], - [ - " BANGKOK (Reuters) - The
ouster of Myanmar's prime
minister, architect of a
tentative \"roadmap to
democracy,\" has dashed faint
hopes for an end to military
rule and leaves Southeast
Asia's policy of constructive
engagement in tatters." - ], - [ - "The anguish of hostage Kenneth
Bigley in Iraq hangs over
Prime Minister Tony Blair
today as he faces the twin
test of a local election and a
debate by his Labour Party
about the divisive war." - ], - [ - " quot;There were 16 people
travelling aboard. ... It
crashed into a mountain, quot;
Col. Antonio Rivero, head of
the Civil Protection service,
told." - ], - [ - "President Bush is reveling in
winning the popular vote and
feels he can no longer be
considered a one-term accident
of history." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP)
- Thousands of Royal Bank
clerks are being asked to
display rainbow stickers at
their desks and cubicles to
promote a safe work
environment for gays,
lesbians, and bisexuals." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car
bomb killed two American
soldiers and wounded eight
when it exploded in Baghdad on
Saturday, the U.S. military
said in a statement." - ], - [ - "Sudanese authorities have
moved hundreds of pro-
government fighters from the
crisis-torn Darfur region to
other parts of the country to
keep them out of sight of
foreign military observers
demanding the militia #39;s
disarmament, a rebel leader
charged" - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb
Tuesday ripped through a busy
market near a Baghdad police
headquarters where Iraqis were
waiting to apply for jobs on
the force, and gunmen opened
fire on a van carrying police
home from work in Baqouba,
killing at least 59 people
total and wounding at least
114. The attacks were the
latest attempts by militants
to wreck the building of a
strong Iraqi security force, a
keystone of the U.S..." - ], - [ - "The Israeli prime minister
said today that he wanted to
begin withdrawing settlers
from Gaza next May or June." - ], - [ - "Queen Elizabeth II stopped
short of apologizing for the
Allies #39; bombing of Dresden
during her first state visit
to Germany in 12 years and
instead acknowledged quot;the
appalling suffering of war on
both sides." - ], - [ - "AP - Fugitive Taliban leader
Mullah Mohammed Omar has
fallen out with some of his
lieutenants, who blame him for
the rebels' failure to disrupt
the landmark Afghan
presidential election, the
U.S. military said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "HAVANA -- Cuban President
Fidel Castro's advancing age
-- and ultimately his
mortality -- were brought home
yesterday, a day after he
fractured a knee and arm when
he tripped and fell at a
public event." - ], - [ - " BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) -
The United States and Brazil
predicted on Tuesday Latin
America's largest country
would resolve a dispute with
the U.N. nuclear watchdog over
inspections of a uranium
enrichment plant." - ], - [ - "Two bombs exploded today near
a tea shop and wounded 20
people in southern Thailand,
police said, as violence
continued unabated in the
Muslim-majority region where
residents are seething over
the deaths of 78 detainees
while in military custody." - ], - [ - "Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi, back in Tokyo after
an 11-day diplomatic mission
to the Americas, hunkered down
with senior ruling party
officials on Friday to focus
on a major reshuffle of
cabinet and top party posts." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - A sluggish gross
domestic product reading was
nonetheless better than
expected, prompting investors
to send stocks slightly higher
Friday on hopes that the
economic slowdown would not be
as bad as first thought.
The 2.8 percent GDP growth in
the second quarter, a revision
from the 3 percent preliminary
figure reported in July, is a
far cry from the 4.5 percent
growth in the first quarter..." - ], - [ - " SEOUL (Reuters) - A huge
explosion in North Korea last
week may have been due to a
combination of demolition work
for a power plant and
atmospheric clouds, South
Korea's spy agency said on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Sudan's U.N. ambassador
challenged the United States
to send troops to the Darfur
region if it really believes a
genocide is taking place as
the U.S. Congress and
President Bush's
administration have
determined." - ], - [ - "AFP - A junior British
minister said that people
living in camps after fleeing
their villages because of
conflict in Sudan's Darfur
region lived in fear of
leaving their temporary homes
despite a greater presence now
of aid workers." - ], - [ - "US Deputy Secretary of State
Richard Armitage (L) shakes
hands with Pakistani Foreign
Minister Khurshid Kasuri prior
to their meeting in Islamabad,
09 November 2004." - ], - [ - "AP - Democrat John Edwards
kept up a long-distance debate
over his \"two Americas\"
campaign theme with Vice
President Dick Cheney on
Tuesday, saying it was no
illusion to thousands of laid-
off workers in Ohio." - ], - [ - "A group of 76 Eritreans on a
repatriation flight from Libya
Friday forced their plane to
change course and land in the
Sudanese capital, Khartoum,
where they" - ], - [ - "AP - They say that opposites
attract, and in the case of
Sen. John Kerry and Teresa
Heinz Kerry, that may be true
#151; at least in their public
personas." - ], - [ - "AP - Impoverished North Korea
might resort to selling
weapons-grade plutonium to
terrorists for much-needed
cash, and that would be
\"disastrous for the world,\"
the top U.S. military
commander in South Korea said
Friday." - ], - [ - "Dubai: Osama bin Laden on
Thursday called on his
fighters to strike Gulf oil
supplies and warned Saudi
leaders they risked a popular
uprising in an audio message
said to be by the Western
world #39;s most wanted terror
mastermind." - ], - [ - "BEIJING -- Chinese authorities
have arrested or reprimanded
more than 750 officials in
recent months in connection
with billions of dollars in
financial irregularities
ranging from unpaid taxes to
embezzlement, according to a
report made public yesterday." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - GAUHATI,
India (AP) - Residents of
northeastern India were
bracing for more violence
Friday, a day after bombs
ripped through two buses and a
grenade was hurled into a
crowded market in attacks that
killed four people and wounded
54." - ], - [ - "Some 28 people are charged
with trying to overthrow
Sudan's President Bashir,
reports say." - ], - [ - "Hong Kong #39;s Beijing-backed
chief executive yesterday
ruled out any early moves to
pass a controversial national
security law which last year
sparked a street protest by
half a million people." - ], - [ - "Beer consumption has doubled
over the past five years,
prompting legislators to
implement new rules." - ], - [ - "At least 79 people were killed
and 74 were missing after some
of the worst rainstorms in
recent years triggered
landslides and flash floods in
southwest China, disaster
relief officials said
yesterday." - ], - [ - "BANGKOK Thai military aircraft
dropped 100 million paper
birds over southern Thailand
on Sunday in a gesture
intended to promote peace in
mainly Muslim provinces, where
more than 500 people have died
this year in attacks by
separatist militants and" - ], - [ - "Insurgents threatened on
Saturday to cut the throats of
two Americans and a Briton
seized in Baghdad, and
launched a suicide car bomb
attack on Iraqi security
forces in Kirkuk that killed
at least 23 people." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Secretary
of State Colin Powell will
urge China Monday to exert its
influence over North Korea to
resume six-party negotiations
on scrapping its suspected
nuclear weapons program." - ], - [ - "Reuters - An Israeli missile
strike killed at least\\two
Hamas gunmen in Gaza City
Monday, a day after a
top\\commander of the Islamic
militant group was killed in a
similar\\attack, Palestinian
witnesses and security sources
said." - ], - [ - "AP - The Pentagon has restored
access to a Web site that
assists soldiers and other
Americans living overseas in
voting, after receiving
complaints that its security
measures were preventing
legitimate voters from using
it." - ], - [ - "Montreal - The British-built
Canadian submarine HMCS
Chicoutimi, crippled since a
fire at sea that killed one of
its crew, is under tow and is
expected in Faslane, Scotland,
early next week, Canadian
naval commander Tyrone Pile
said on Friday." - ], - [ - "Thirty-five Pakistanis freed
from the US Guantanamo Bay
prison camp arrived home on
Saturday and were taken
straight to prison for further
interrogation, the interior
minister said." - ], - [ - "Witnesses in the trial of a US
soldier charged with abusing
prisoners at Abu Ghraib have
told the court that the CIA
sometimes directed abuse and
orders were received from
military command to toughen
interrogations." - ], - [ - "AP - Italian and Lebanese
authorities have arrested 10
suspected terrorists who
planned to blow up the Italian
Embassy in Beirut, an Italian
news agency and the Defense
Ministry said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- John F.
Kerry and President Bush
clashed sharply over the war
in Iraq last night during the
first debate of the
presidential campaign season,
with the senator from
Massachusetts accusing" - ], - [ - "GONAIVES, Haiti -- While
desperately hungry flood
victims wander the streets of
Gonaives searching for help,
tons of food aid is stacking
up in a warehouse guarded by
United Nations peacekeepers." - ], - [ - "AFP - The resignation of
disgraced Fiji Vice-President
Ratu Jope Seniloli failed to
quell anger among opposition
leaders and the military over
his surprise release from
prison after serving just
three months of a four-year
jail term for his role in a
failed 2000 coup." - ], - [ - "Sourav Ganguly files an appeal
against a two-match ban
imposed for time-wasting." - ], - [ - "Greek police surrounded a bus
full of passengers seized by
armed hijackers along a
highway from an Athens suburb
Wednesday, police said." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD: A suicide car bomber
attacked a police convoy in
Baghdad yesterday as guerillas
kept pressure on Iraq #39;s
security forces despite a
bloody rout of insurgents in
Fallujah." - ], - [ - "Fixtures and fittings from
Damien Hirst's restaurant
Pharmacy sell for 11.1, 8m
more than expected." - ], - [ - "Five years after catastrophic
floods and mudslides killed
thousands along Venezuela's
Caribbean coast, survivors in
this town still see the signs
of destruction - shattered
concrete walls and tall weeds
growing atop streets covered
in dried mud." - ], - [ - "The UN nuclear watchdog
confirmed Monday that nearly
400 tons of powerful
explosives that could be used
in conventional or nuclear
missiles disappeared from an
unguarded military
installation in Iraq." - ], - [ - "Militants in Iraq have killed
the second of two US civilians
they were holding hostage,
according to a statement on an
Islamist website." - ], - [ - "More than 4,000 American and
Iraqi soldiers mounted a
military assault on the
insurgent-held city of
Samarra." - ], - [ - " MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -
Mexican President Vicente Fox
said on Monday he hoped
President Bush's re-election
meant a bilateral accord on
migration would be reached
before his own term runs out
at the end of 2006." - ], - [ - " BRUSSELS (Reuters) - French
President Jacques Chirac said
on Friday he had not refused
to meet Iraqi interim Prime
Minister Iyad Allawi after
reports he was snubbing the
Iraqi leader by leaving an EU
meeting in Brussels early." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Former President
Bill Clinton was in good
spirits Saturday, walking
around his hospital room in
street clothes and buoyed by
thousands of get-well messages
as he awaited heart bypass
surgery early this coming
week, people close to the
family said. Clinton was
expected to undergo surgery as
early as Monday but probably
Tuesday, said Democratic Party
Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who
said the former president was
\"upbeat\" when he spoke to him
by phone Friday..." - ], - [ - "Poland will cut its troops in
Iraq early next year and won
#39;t stay in the country
quot;an hour longer quot; than
needed, the country #39;s
prime minister said Friday." - ], - [ - "A car bomb exploded at a US
military convoy in the
northern Iraqi city of Mosul,
causing several casualties,
the army and Iraqi officials
said." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece - Michael
Phelps took care of qualifying
for the Olympic 200-meter
freestyle semifinals Sunday,
and then found out he had been
added to the American team for
the evening's 400 freestyle
relay final. Phelps' rivals
Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den
Hoogenband and teammate Klete
Keller were faster than the
teenager in the 200 free
preliminaries..." - ], - [ - " JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
intends to present a timetable
for withdrawal from Gaza to
lawmakers from his Likud Party
Tuesday despite a mutiny in
the right-wing bloc over the
plan." - ], - [ - " KABUL (Reuters) - Three U.N.
workers held by militants in
Afghanistan were in their
third week of captivity on
Friday after calls from both
sides for the crisis to be
resolved ahead of this
weekend's Muslim festival of
Eid al-Fitr." - ], - [ - "ROME, Oct 29 (AFP) - French
President Jacques Chirac urged
the head of the incoming
European Commission Friday to
take quot;the appropriate
decisions quot; to resolve a
row over his EU executive team
which has left the EU in
limbo." - ], - [ - "Russia's parliament will
launch an inquiry into a
school siege that killed over
300 hostages, President
Vladimir Putin said on Friday,
but analysts doubt it will
satisfy those who blame the
carnage on security services." - ], - [ - "Tony Blair talks to business
leaders about new proposals
for a major shake-up of the
English exam system." - ], - [ - "KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia A
Malaysian woman has claimed a
new world record after living
with over six-thousand
scorpions for 36 days
straight." - ], - [ - "could take drastic steps if
the talks did not proceed as
Tehran wants. Mehr news agency
quoted him as saying on
Wednesday. that could be used" - ], - [ - "Israeli authorities have
launched an investigation into
death threats against Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
and other officials supporting
his disengagement plan from
Gaza and parts of the West
Bank, Jerusalem police said
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "It was a carefully scripted
moment when Russian President
Vladimir Putin began quoting
Taras Shevchenko, this country
#39;s 19th-century bard,
during a live television" - ], - [ - "China says it welcomes Russia
#39;s ratification of the
Kyoto Protocol that aims to
stem global warming by
reducing greenhouse-gas
emissions." - ], - [ - "The Metropolitan
Transportation Authority is
proposing a tax increase to
raise \\$900 million a year to
help pay for a five-year
rebuilding program." - ], - [ - "AFP - The Canadian armed
forces chief of staff on was
elected to take over as head
of NATO's Military Committee,
the alliance's highest
military authority, military
and diplomatic sources said." - ], - [ - "AFP - Two proposed resolutions
condemning widespread rights
abuses in Sudan and Zimbabwe
failed to pass a UN committee,
mired in debate between
African and western nations." - ], - [ - "The return of noted reformer
Nabil Amr to Palestinian
politics comes at a crucial
juncture." - ], - [ - "AP - After two debates, voters
have seen President Bush look
peevish and heard him pass the
buck. They've watched Sen.
John Kerry deny he's a flip-
flopper and then argue that
Saddam Hussein was a threat
#151; and wasn't. It's no
wonder so few minds have
changed." - ], - [ - "The United States says the
Lebanese parliament #39;s
decision Friday to extend the
term of pro-Syrian President
Emile Lahoud made a
quot;crude mockery of
democratic principles." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) -
The prime minister says he's
been assured by President
George W. Bush that the U.S.
missile defence plan does not
necessarily involve the
weaponization of space." - ], - [ - "Fifty-six miners are dead and
another 92 are still stranded
underground after a gas blast
at the Daping coal mine in
Central China #39;s Henan
Province, safety officials
said Thursday." - ], - [ - "BEIRUT, Lebanon - Three
Lebanese men and their Iraqi
driver have been kidnapped in
Iraq, the Lebanese Foreign
Ministry said Sunday, as
Iraq's prime minister said his
government was working for the
release of two Americans and a
Briton also being held
hostage. Gunmen snatched
the three Lebanese, who worked
for a travel agency with a
branch in Baghdad, as they
drove on the highway between
the capital and Fallujah on
Friday night, a ministry
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songwriter Elliott Smith
committed suicide, and fans
and friends will be looking
for answers as the posthumous
\"From a Basement on the Hill\"
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expanded its military
offensive in northern Gaza,
launching two air strikes
early on Monday that killed
at least three Palestinians
and wounded two, including a
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and medics said." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Sudan's government
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the oil-producing south on
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embattled technology sector
was due for a recovery sent
stocks modestly higher Monday
despite a new revenue warning
from semiconductor company
Broadcom Inc. While
Broadcom, which makes chips
for television set-top boxes
and other electronics, said
high inventories resulted in
delayed shipments, investors
were encouraged as it said
future quarters looked
brighter..." - ], - [ - "Carlos Barrios Orta squeezed
himself into his rubber diving
suit, pulled on an 18-pound
helmet that made him look like
an astronaut, then lowered
himself into the sewer. He
disappeared into the filthy
water, which looked like some
cauldron of rancid beef stew,
until the only sign of him was
air bubbles breaking the
surface." - ], - [ - "The mutilated body of a woman
of about sixty years,
amputated of arms and legs and
with the sliced throat, has
been discovered this morning
in a street of the south of
Faluya by the Marines,
according to a statement by
AFP photographer." - ], - [ - "(SH) - In Afghanistan, Hamid
Karzai defeated a raft of
candidates to win his historic
election. In Iraq, more than
200 political parties have
registered for next month
#39;s elections." - ], - [ - "Margaret Hassan, who works for
charity Care International,
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way to work in Baghdad. Here
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threat of punitive measures if
Khartoum did not
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award of the 2004 Nobel Peace
Prize to Wangari Maathai of
Kenya as fitting recognition
of the growing role of civil
society" - ], - [ - "An Al Qaeda-linked militant
group beheaded an American
hostage in Iraq and threatened
last night to kill another two
Westerners in 24 hours unless
women prisoners were freed
from Iraqi jails." - ], - [ - "Argentina, Denmark, Greece,
Japan and Tanzania on Friday
won coveted two-year terms on
the UN Security Council at a
time when pressure is mounting
to expand the powerful
15-nation body." - ], - [ - "ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India
agreed on Friday to re-open
the Khokhropar-Munabao railway
link, which was severed nearly
40 years ago." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Stocks moved higher
Friday as a stronger than
expected retail sales report
showed that higher oil prices
aren't scaring consumers away
from spending. Federal Reserve
Chairman Alan Greenspan's
positive comments on oil
prices also encouraged
investors..." - ], - [ - "Saddam Hussein lives in an
air-conditioned 10-by-13 foot
cell on the grounds of one of
his former palaces, tending
plants and proclaiming himself
Iraq's lawful ruler." - ], - [ - "AP - Brazilian U.N.
peacekeepers will remain in
Haiti until presidential
elections are held in that
Caribbean nation sometime next
year, President Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva said Monday." - ], - [ - "Iraq is quot;working 24 hours
a day to ... stop the
terrorists, quot; interim
Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad
Allawi said Monday. Iraqis are
pushing ahead with reforms and
improvements, Allawi told" - ], - [ - "AP - Musicians, composers and
authors were among the more
than two dozen people
Wednesday honored with
National Medal of Arts and
National Humanities awards at
the White House." - ], - [ - "Wynton Marsalis, the trumpet-
playing star and artistic
director of Jazz at Lincoln
Center, has become an entity
above and around the daily
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ratified the Kyoto Protocol on
Climatic Change, Environment
Minister Malik Khan said on
Thursday. He said that
Islamabad has notified UN
authorities of ratification,
which formally comes into
effect in February 2005." - ], - [ - "Staff Sgt. Johnny Horne, Jr.,
and Staff Sgt. Cardenas Alban
have been charged with murder
in the death of an Iraqi, the
1st Cavalry Division announced
Monday." - ], - [ - "President Vladimir Putin makes
a speech as he hosts Russia
#39;s Olympic athletes at a
Kremlin banquet in Moscow,
Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004." - ], - [ - "AFP - Hundreds of Buddhists in
southern Russia marched
through snow to see and hear
the Dalai Lama as he continued
a long-awaited visit to the
country in spite of Chinese
protests." - ], - [ - "British officials were on
diplomatic tenterhooks as they
awaited the arrival on
Thursday of French President
Jacques Chirac for a two-day
state visit to Britain." - ], - [ - " SYDNEY (Reuters) - A group of
women on Pitcairn Island in
the South Pacific are standing
by their men, who face
underage sex charges, saying
having sex at age 12 is a
tradition dating back to 18th
century mutineers who settled
on the island." - ], - [ - "Two aircraft are flying out
from the UK on Sunday to
deliver vital aid and supplies
to Haiti, which has been
devastated by tropical storm
Jeanne." - ], - [ - "A scare triggered by a
vibrating sex toy shut down a
major Australian regional
airport for almost an hour
Monday, police said. The
vibrating object was
discovered Monday morning" - ], - [ - "AP - An Indiana congressional
candidate abruptly walked off
the set of a debate because
she got stage fright." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Having reached out
to Kashmiris during a two-day
visit to the region, the prime
minister heads this weekend to
the country's volatile
northeast, where public anger
is high over alleged abuses by
Indian soldiers." - ], - [ - "SAN JUAN IXTAYOPAN, Mexico --
A pair of wooden crosses
outside the elementary school
are all that mark the macabre
site where, just weeks ago, an
angry mob captured two federal
police officers, beat them
unconscious, and set them on
fire." - ], - [ - "DUBLIN : An Olympic Airlines
plane diverted to Ireland
following a bomb alert, the
second faced by the Greek
carrier in four days, resumed
its journey to New York after
no device was found on board,
airport officials said." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
United States said on Friday
it is preparing a new U.N.
resolution on Darfur and that
Secretary of State Colin
Powell might address next week
whether the violence in
western Sudan constitutes
genocide." - ], - [ - "NAJAF, Iraq : Iraq #39;s top
Shiite Muslim clerics, back in
control of Najaf #39;s Imam
Ali shrine after a four-month
militia occupation, met amid
the ruins of the city as life
spluttered back to normality." - ], - [ - "Reuters - House of
Representatives
Majority\\Leader Tom DeLay,
admonished twice in six days
by his chamber's\\ethics
committee, withstood calls on
Thursday by rival\\Democrats
and citizen groups that he
step aside." - ], - [ - "AFP - Australia has accounted
for all its nationals known to
be working in Iraq following a
claim by a radical Islamic
group to have kidnapped two
Australians, Foreign Affairs
Minister Alexander Downer
said." - ], - [ - "The hurricane appeared to be
strengthening and forecasters
warned of an increased threat
of serious flooding and wind
damage." - ], - [ - "Four homeless men were
bludgeoned to death and six
were in critical condition on
Friday following early morning
attacks by unknown assailants
in downtown streets of Sao
Paulo, a police spokesman
said." - ], - [ - "Phone companies are not doing
enough to warn customers about
internet \"rogue-dialling\"
scams, watchdog Icstis warns." - ], - [ - "India's main opposition party
takes action against senior
party member Uma Bharti after
a public row." - ], - [ - "The Russian military yesterday
extended its offer of a \\$10
million reward for information
leading to the capture of two
separatist leaders who, the
Kremlin claims, were behind
the Beslan massacre." - ], - [ - "Israels Shin Bet security
service has tightened
protection of the prime
minister, MPs and parliament
ahead of next weeks crucial
vote on a Gaza withdrawal." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Iraq's interim
defense minister
accused\\neighbors Iran and
Syria on Wednesday of aiding
al Qaeda\\Islamist Abu Musab
al-Zarqawi and former agents
of Saddam\\Hussein to promote a
\"terrorist\" insurgency in
Iraq." - ], - [ - "AP - The Senate race in
Kentucky stayed at fever pitch
on Thursday as Democratic
challenger Daniel Mongiardo
stressed his opposition to gay
marriage while accusing
Republican incumbent Jim
Bunning of fueling personal
attacks that seemed to suggest
Mongiardo is gay." - ], - [ - " PORT LOUIS, Aug. 17
(Xinhuanet) -- Southern
African countries Tuesday
pledged better trade and
investment relations with
China as well as India in the
final communique released at
the end of their two-day
summit." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD - A militant group has
released a video saying it
kidnapped a missing journalist
in Iraq and would kill him
unless US forces left Najaf
within 48 hours." - ], - [ - "18 August 2004 -- There has
been renewed fighting in the
Iraqi city of Al-Najaf between
US and Iraqi troops and Shi
#39;a militiamen loyal to
radical cleric Muqtada al-
Sadr." - ], - [ - "Australia tighten their grip
on the third Test and the
series after dominating India
on day two in Nagpur." - ], - [ - " SEOUL (Reuters) - North
Korea's two-year-old nuclear
crisis has taxed the world's
patience, the chief United
Nations nuclear regulator
said on Wednesday, urging
communist Pyongyang to return
to its disarmament treaty
obligations." - ], - [ - "GROZNY, Russia - The Russian
government's choice for
president of war-ravaged
Chechnya appeared to be the
victor Sunday in an election
tainted by charges of fraud
and shadowed by last week's
terrorist destruction of two
airliners. Little more than
two hours after polls closed,
acting Chechen president
Sergei Abramov said
preliminary results showed
Maj..." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Sept 5 (AFP) - Izzat
Ibrahim al-Duri, Saddam
Hussein #39;s deputy whose
capture was announced Sunday,
is 62 and riddled with cancer,
but was public enemy number
two in Iraq for the world
#39;s most powerful military." - ], - [ - "AP - An explosion targeted the
Baghdad governor's convoy as
he was traveling through the
capital Tuesday, killing two
people but leaving him
uninjured, the Interior
Ministry said." - ], - [ - "GENEVA: Rescuers have found
the bodies of five Swiss
firemen who died after the
ceiling of an underground car
park collapsed during a fire,
a police spokesman said last
night." - ], - [ - "John Kerry has held 10 \"front
porch visit\" events an actual
front porch is optional where
perhaps 100 people ask
questions in a low-key
campaigning style." - ], - [ - "The right-win opposition
Conservative Party and Liberal
Center Union won 43 seats in
the 141-member Lithuanian
parliament, after more than 99
percent of the votes were
counted" - ], - [ - "KHARTOUM, Aug 18 (Reuters) -
The United Nations said on
Wednesday it was very
concerned by Sudan #39;s lack
of practical progress in
bringing security to Darfur,
where more than a million
people have fled their homes
for fear of militia ..." - ], - [ - "AFP - With less than two
months until the November 2
election, President George W.
Bush is working to shore up
support among his staunchest
supporters even as he courts
undecided voters." - ], - [ - "Chile's government says it
will build a prison for
officers convicted of human
rights abuses in the Pinochet
era." - ], - [ - "Palestinian leader Mahmoud
Abbas reiterated calls for his
people to drop their weapons
in the struggle for a state. a
clear change of strategy for
peace with Israel after Yasser
Arafat #39;s death." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's
U.S.-backed government said on
Tuesday that \"major neglect\"
by its American-led military
allies led to a massacre of 49
army recruits at the weekend." - ], - [ - "BEIJING -- Police have
detained a man accused of
slashing as many as nine boys
to death as they slept in
their high school dormitory in
central China, state media
reported today." - ], - [ - "Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon #39;s Likud party
agreed on Thursday to a
possible alliance with
opposition Labour in a vote
that averted a snap election
and strengthened his Gaza
withdrawal plan." - ], - [ - "While the American forces are
preparing to launch a large-
scale attack against Falluja
and al-Ramadi, one of the
chieftains of Falluja said
that contacts are still
continuous yesterday between
members representing the city
#39;s delegation and the
interim" - ], - [ - "UN Security Council
ambassadors were still
quibbling over how best to
pressure Sudan and rebels to
end two different wars in the
country even as they left for
Kenya on Tuesday for a meeting
on the crisis." - ], - [ - "HENDALA, Sri Lanka -- Day
after day, locked in a cement
room somewhere in Iraq, the
hooded men beat him. They told
him he would be beheaded.
''Ameriqi! quot; they shouted,
even though he comes from this
poor Sri Lankan fishing
village." - ], - [ - "THE kidnappers of British aid
worker Margaret Hassan last
night threatened to turn her
over to the group which
beheaded Ken Bigley if the
British Government refuses to
pull its troops out of Iraq." - ], - [ - "<p></p><p>
BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) -
Ten Colombian police
officerswere killed on Tuesday
in an ambush by the National
LiberationArmy, or ELN, in the
worst attack by the Marxist
group inyears, authorities
told Reuters.</p>" - ], - [ - "AFP - US President George W.
Bush called his Philippines
counterpart Gloria Arroyo and
said their countries should
keep strong ties, a spokesman
said after a spat over
Arroyo's handling of an Iraq
kidnapping." - ], - [ - "A scathing judgment from the
UK #39;s highest court
condemning the UK government
#39;s indefinite detention of
foreign terror suspects as a
threat to the life of the
nation, left anti-terrorist
laws in the UK in tatters on
Thursday." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Australia's
conservative Prime
Minister\\John Howard, handed
the most powerful mandate in a
generation,\\got down to work
on Monday with reform of
telecommunications,\\labor and
media laws high on his agenda." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Typhoon
Megi killed one person as it
slammed ashore in northern
Japan on Friday, bringing the
death toll to at least 13 and
cutting power to thousands of
homes before heading out into
the Pacific." - ], - [ - "Cairo: Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak held telephone
talks with Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat about Israel
#39;s plan to pull troops and
the 8,000 Jewish settlers out
of the Gaza Strip next year,
the Egyptian news agency Mena
said." - ], - [ - "The first American military
intelligence soldier to be
court-martialed over the Abu
Ghraib abuse scandal was
sentenced Saturday to eight
months in jail, a reduction in
rank and a bad-conduct
discharge." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will
seek an explanation at weekend
talks with North Korea on
activity indicating Pyongyang
may be preparing a missile
test, although Tokyo does not
think a launch is imminent,
Japan's top government
spokesman said." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Iran will
never be prepared to
dismantle its nuclear program
entirely but remains committed
to the non-proliferation
treaty (NPT), its chief
delegate to the International
Atomic Energy Agency said on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "<p></p><p>
SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) -
President Bush on
Saturdayreached into a throng
of squabbling bodyguards and
pulled aSecret Service agent
away from Chilean security
officers afterthey stopped the
U.S. agent from accompanying
the president ata
dinner.</p>" - ], - [ - "Iranian deputy foreign
minister Gholamali Khoshrou
denied Tuesday that his
country #39;s top leaders were
at odds over whether nuclear
weapons were un-Islamic,
insisting that it will
quot;never quot; make the
bomb." - ], - [ - " quot;Israel mercenaries
assisting the Ivory Coast army
operated unmanned aircraft
that aided aerial bombings of
a French base in the country,
quot; claimed" - ], - [ - "AFP - SAP, the world's leading
maker of business software,
may need an extra year to
achieve its medium-term profit
target of an operating margin
of 30 percent, its chief
financial officer said." - ], - [ - "AFP - The airline Swiss said
it had managed to cut its
first-half net loss by about
90 percent but warned that
spiralling fuel costs were
hampering a turnaround despite
increasing passenger travel." - ], - [ - "Vulnerable youngsters expelled
from schools in England are
being let down by the system,
say inspectors." - ], - [ - "Yasser Arafat was undergoing
tests for possible leukaemia
at a military hospital outside
Paris last night after being
airlifted from his Ramallah
headquarters to an anxious
farewell from Palestinian
well-wishers." - ], - [ - "Nepal #39;s main opposition
party urged the government on
Monday to call a unilateral
ceasefire with Maoist rebels
and seek peace talks to end a
road blockade that has cut the
capital off from the rest of
the country." - ], - [ - "BOSTON - The New York Yankees
and Boston were tied 4-4 after
13 innings Monday night with
the Red Sox trying to stay
alive in the AL championship
series. Boston tied the
game with two runs in the
eighth inning on David Ortiz's
solo homer, a walk to Kevin
Millar, a single by Trot Nixon
and a sacrifice fly by Jason
Varitek..." - ], - [ - "Reuters - The country may be
more\\or less evenly divided
along partisan lines when it
comes to\\the presidential
race, but the Republican Party
prevailed in\\the Nielsen
polling of this summer's
nominating conventions." - ], - [ - " In Vice President Cheney's
final push before next
Tuesday's election, talk of
nuclear annihilation and
escalating war rhetoric have
blended with balloon drops,
confetti cannons and the other
trappings of modern
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features for your PC." - ], - [ - "SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple
Computer (Quote, Chart)
unveiled a batch of new iPods,
iTunes software and promos
designed to keep it atop the
heap of digital music players." - ], - [ - "Any product, any shape, any
size -- manufactured on your
desktop! The future is the
fabricator. By Bruce Sterling
from Wired magazine." - ], - [ - "The Microsoft CEO says one way
to stem growing piracy of
Windows and Office in emerging
markets is to offer low-cost
computers." - ], - [ - "PalmSource surprised the
mobile vendor community today
with the announcement that it
will acquire China MobileSoft
(CMS), ostensibly to leverage
that company's expertise in
building a mobile version of
the Linux operating system." - ], - [ - "JEFFERSON CITY - An election
security expert has raised
questions about Missouri
Secretary of State Matt Blunt
#39;s plan to let soldiers at
remote duty stations or in
combat areas cast their
ballots with the help of
e-mail." - ], - [ - "A new, optional log-on service
from America Online that makes
it harder for scammers to
access a persons online
account will not be available
for Macintosh" - ], - [ - "It #39;s official. Microsoft
recently stated
definitivelyand contrary to
rumorsthat there will be no
new versions of Internet
Explorer for users of older
versions of Windows." - ], - [ - "But fresh antitrust suit is in
the envelope, says Novell" - ], - [ - "Chips that help a computer's
main microprocessors perform
specific types of math
problems are becoming a big
business once again.\\" - ], - [ - "A rocket carrying two Russian
cosmonauts and an American
astronaut to the international
space station streaked into
orbit on Thursday, the latest
flight of a Russian space
vehicle to fill in for
grounded US shuttles." - ], - [ - "OCTOBER 12, 2004
(COMPUTERWORLD) - Microsoft
Corp. #39;s monthly patch
release cycle may be making it
more predictable for users to
deploy software updates, but
there appears to be little
letup in the number of holes
being discovered in the
company #39;s software" - ], - [ - "Wearable tech goes mainstream
as the Gap introduces jacket
with built-in radio.\\" - ], - [ - "Funding round of \\$105 million
brings broadband Internet
telephony company's total haul
to \\$208 million." - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com - Anthony
Casalena was 17 when he got
his first job as a programmer
for a start-up called
HyperOffice, a software
company that makes e-mail and
contact management
applications for the Web.
Hired as an intern, he became
a regular programmer after two
weeks and rewrote the main
product line." - ], - [ - "The fossilized neck bones of a
230-million-year-old sea
creature have features
suggesting that the animal
#39;s snakelike throat could
flare open and create suction
that would pull in prey." - ], - [ - "IBM late on Tuesday announced
the biggest update of its
popular WebSphere business
software in two years, adding
features such as automatically
detecting and fixing problems." - ], - [ - "AP - British entrepreneur
Richard Branson said Monday
that his company plans to
launch commercial space
flights over the next few
years." - ], - [ - "A group of Internet security
and instant messaging
providers have teamed up to
detect and thwart the growing
threat of IM and peer-to-peer
viruses and worms, they said
this week." - ], - [ - "His first space flight was in
1965 when he piloted the first
manned Gemini mission. Later
he made two trips to the moon
-- orbiting during a 1969
flight and then walking on the
lunar surface during a mission
in 1972." - ], - [ - "By RACHEL KONRAD SAN
FRANCISCO (AP) -- EBay Inc.,
which has been aggressively
expanding in Asia, plans to
increase its stake in South
Korea's largest online auction
company. The Internet
auction giant said Tuesday
night that it would purchase
nearly 3 million publicly held
shares of Internet Auction
Co..." - ], - [ - "AP - China's biggest computer
maker, Lenovo Group, said
Wednesday it has acquired a
majority stake in
International Business
Machines Corp.'s personal
computer business for
#36;1.75 billion, one of the
biggest Chinese overseas
acquisitions ever." - ], - [ - "Big evolutionary insights
sometimes come in little
packages. Witness the
startling discovery, in a cave
on the eastern Indonesian
island of Flores, of the
partial skeleton of a half-
size Homo species that" - ], - [ - "Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader
may get all the glory, but a
new Star Wars video game
finally gives credit to the
everyday grunts who couldn
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help." - ], - [ - " LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -
Federal authorities raided
three Washington, D.C.-area
video game stores and arrested
two people for modifying
video game consoles to play
pirated video games, a video
game industry group said on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Thornbugs communicate by
vibrating the branches they
live on. Now scientists are
discovering just what the bugs
are \"saying.\"" - ], - [ - "Federal prosecutors cracked a
global cartel that had
illegally fixed prices of
memory chips in personal
computers and servers for
three years." - ], - [ - "AP - Oracle Corp. CEO Larry
Ellison reiterated his
determination to prevail in a
long-running takeover battle
with rival business software
maker PeopleSoft Inc.,
predicting the proposed deal
will create a more competitive
company with improved customer
service." - ], - [ - "AP - Scientists warned Tuesday
that a long-term increase in
global temperature of 3.5
degrees could threaten Latin
American water supplies,
reduce food yields in Asia and
result in a rise in extreme
weather conditions in the
Caribbean." - ], - [ - "AP - Further proof New York's
real estate market is
inflated: The city plans to
sell space on top of lampposts
to wireless phone companies
for #36;21.6 million a year." - ], - [ - "The rollout of new servers and
networking switches in stores
is part of a five-year
agreement supporting 7-Eleven
#39;s Retail Information
System." - ], - [ - "Top Hollywood studios have
launched a wave of court cases
against internet users who
illegally download film files.
The Motion Picture Association
of America, which acts as the
representative of major film" - ], - [ - "AUSTRALIANS went into a
television-buying frenzy the
run-up to the Athens Olympics,
suggesting that as a nation we
could easily have scored a
gold medal for TV purchasing." - ], - [ - "The next time you are in your
bedroom with your PC plus
Webcam switched on, don #39;t
think that your privacy is all
intact. If you have a Webcam
plugged into an infected
computer, there is a
possibility that" - ], - [ - "AP - Shawn Fanning's Napster
software enabled countless
music fans to swap songs on
the Internet for free, turning
him into the recording
industry's enemy No. 1 in the
process." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Walt Disney Co.
is\\increasing investment in
video games for hand-held
devices and\\plans to look for
acquisitions of small game
publishers and\\developers,
Disney consumer products
Chairman Andy Mooney said\\on
Monday." - ], - [ - "BANGKOK - A UN conference last
week banned commercial trade
in the rare Irrawaddy dolphin,
a move environmentalists said
was needed to save the
threatened species." - ], - [ - "PC World - Updated antivirus
software for businesses adds
intrusion prevention features." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Online media company
Yahoo Inc.\\ late on Monday
rolled out tests of redesigned
start\\pages for its popular
Yahoo.com and My.Yahoo.com
sites." - ], - [ - "The Sun may have captured
thousands or even millions of
asteroids from another
planetary system during an
encounter more than four
billion years ago, astronomers
are reporting." - ], - [ - "Thumb through the book - then
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television can\\show the sweat
beading on an athlete's brow,
but the cost of\\all the
necessary electronic equipment
can get a shopper's own\\pulse
racing." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - Apple Computer
Inc. on Monday released an
update for Apple Remote
Desktop (ARD), the company's
software solution to assist
Mac system administrators and
computer managers with asset
management, software
distribution and help desk
support. ARD 2.1 includes
several enhancements and bug
fixes." - ], - [ - "The fastest-swiveling space
science observatory ever built
rocketed into orbit on
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Technologies Inc. today
announced Copernic Desktop
Search(TM) (CDS(TM)), \"The
Search Engine For Your PC
(TM).\" Copernic has used the
experience gained from over 30
million downloads of its
Windows-based Web search
software to develop CDS, a
desktop search product that
users are saying is far ..." - ], - [ - "The DVD Forum moved a step
further toward the advent of
HD DVD media and drives with
the approval of key physical
specifications at a meeting of
the organisations steering
committee last week." - ], - [ - "Often pigeonholed as just a
seller of televisions and DVD
players, Royal Philips
Electronics said third-quarter
profit surged despite a slide
into the red by its consumer
electronics division." - ], - [ - "AP - Google, the Internet
search engine, has done
something that law enforcement
officials and their computer
tools could not: Identify a
man who died in an apparent
hit-and-run accident 11 years
ago in this small town outside
Yakima." - ], - [ - "We are all used to IE getting
a monthly new security bug
found, but Winamp? In fact,
this is not the first security
flaw found in the application." - ], - [ - "The Apache Software Foundation
and the Debian Project said
they won't support the Sender
ID e-mail authentication
standard in their products." - ], - [ - "USATODAY.com - The newly
restored THX 1138 arrives on
DVD today with Star Wars
creator George Lucas' vision
of a Brave New World-like
future." - ], - [ - "The chances of scientists
making any one of five
discoveries by 2010 have been
hugely underestimated,
according to bookmakers." - ], - [ - "Deepening its commitment to
help corporate users create
SOAs (service-oriented
architectures) through the use
of Web services, IBM's Global
Services unit on Thursday
announced the formation of an
SOA Management Practice." - ], - [ - "Toshiba Corp. #39;s new
desktop-replacement multimedia
notebooks, introduced on
Tuesday, are further evidence
that US consumers still have
yet to embrace the mobility
offered by Intel Corp." - ], - [ - "Aregular Amazon customer,
Yvette Thompson has found
shopping online to be mostly
convenient and trouble-free.
But last month, after ordering
two CDs on Amazon.com, the
Silver Spring reader
discovered on her bank
statement that she was double-
charged for the \\$26.98 order.
And there was a \\$25 charge
that was a mystery." - ], - [ - "Finnish mobile giant Nokia has
described its new Preminet
solution, which it launched
Monday (Oct. 25), as a
quot;major worldwide
initiative." - ], - [ - " SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - At
virtually every turn, Intel
Corp. executives are heaping
praise on an emerging long-
range wireless technology
known as WiMAX, which can
blanket entire cities with
high-speed Internet access." - ], - [ - "Phishing is one of the
fastest-growing forms of
personal fraud in the world.
While consumers are the most
obvious victims, the damage
spreads far wider--hurting
companies #39; finances and
reputations and potentially" - ], - [ - "Reuters - The U.S. Interior
Department on\\Friday gave
final approval to a plan by
ConocoPhillips and\\partner
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to
develop five tracts around\\the
oil-rich Alpine field on
Alaska's North Slope." - ], - [ - "Atari has opened the initial
sign-up phase of the closed
beta for its Dungeons amp;
Dragons real-time-strategy
title, Dragonshard." - ], - [ - "Big Blue adds features, beefs
up training efforts in China;
rival Unisys debuts new line
and pricing plan." - ], - [ - "South Korea's Hynix
Semiconductor Inc. and Swiss-
based STMicroelectronics NV
signed a joint-venture
agreement on Tuesday to
construct a memory chip
manufacturing plant in Wuxi,
about 100 kilometers west of
Shanghai, in China." - ], - [ - "Well, Intel did say -
dismissively of course - that
wasn #39;t going to try to
match AMD #39;s little dual-
core Opteron demo coup of last
week and show off a dual-core
Xeon at the Intel Developer
Forum this week and - as good
as its word - it didn #39;t." - ], - [ - "IT #39;S BEEN a heck of an
interesting two days here in
Iceland. I #39;ve seen some
interesting technology, heard
some inventive speeches and
met some people with different
ideas." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Two clients of
Germany's Postbank\\(DPBGn.DE)
fell for an e-mail fraud that
led them to reveal\\money
transfer codes to a bogus Web
site -- the first case of\\this
scam in German, prosecutors
said on Thursday." - ], - [ - "US spending on information
technology goods, services,
and staff will grow seven
percent in 2005 and continue
at a similar pace through
2008, according to a study
released Monday by Forrester
Research." - ], - [ - "Look, Ma, no hands! The U.S.
space agency's latest
spacecraft can run an entire
mission by itself. By Amit
Asaravala." - ], - [ - "Joining America Online,
EarthLink and Yahoo against
spamming, Microsoft Corp.
today announced the filing of
three new anti-Spam lawsuits
under the CAN-SPAM federal law
as part of its initiative in
solving the Spam problem for
Internet users worldwide." - ], - [ - "A nationwide inspection shows
Internet users are not as safe
online as they believe. The
inspections found most
consumers have no firewall
protection, outdated antivirus
software and dozens of spyware
programs secretly running on
their computers." - ], - [ - "More than three out of four
(76 percent) consumers are
experiencing an increase in
spoofing and phishing
incidents, and 35 percent
receive fake e-mails at least
once a week, according to a
recent national study." - ], - [ - "AP - Deep in the Atlantic
Ocean, undersea explorers are
living a safer life thanks to
germ-fighting clothing made in
Kinston." - ], - [ - "Computer Associates Monday
announced the general
availability of three
Unicenter performance
management products for
mainframe data management." - ], - [ - "Reuters - The European Union
approved on\\Wednesday the
first biotech seeds for
planting and sale across\\EU
territory, flying in the face
of widespread
consumer\\resistance to
genetically modified (GMO)
crops and foods." - ], - [ - "p2pnet.net News:- A Microsoft
UK quot;WEIGHING THE COST OF
LINUX VS. WINDOWS? LET #39;S
REVIEW THE FACTS quot;
magazine ad has been nailed as
misleading by Britain #39;s
Advertising Standards
Authority (ASA)." - ], - [ - "The retail sector overall may
be reporting a sluggish start
to the season, but holiday
shoppers are scooping up tech
goods at a brisk pace -- and
they're scouring the Web for
bargains more than ever.
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mission has unveiled its
design for a successor to the
British Mars lander." - ], - [ - "Survey points to popularity in
Europe, the Middle East and
Asia of receivers that skip
the pay TV and focus on free
programming." - ], - [ - "Linux publisher Red Hat Inc.
said Tuesday that information-
technology consulting firm
Unisys Corp. will begin
offering a business version of
the company #39;s open-source
operating system on its
servers." - ], - [ - "IBM's p5-575, a specialized
server geared for high-
performance computing, has
eight 1.9GHz Power5
processors." - ], - [ - "Reuters - British police said
on Monday they had\\charged a
man with sending hoax emails
to relatives of people\\missing
since the Asian tsunami,
saying their loved ones
had\\been confirmed dead." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES - On Sept. 1,
former secretary of
Agriculture Dan Glickman
replaced the legendary Jack
Valenti as president and CEO
of Hollywood #39;s trade
group, the Motion Picture
Association of America." - ], - [ - "The director of the National
Hurricane Center stays calm in
the midst of a storm, but
wants everyone in hurricane-
prone areas to get the message
from his media advisories:
Respect the storm's power and
make proper response plans." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO Several
California cities and
counties, including Los
Angeles and San Francisco, are
suing Microsoft for what could
amount to billions of dollars." - ], - [ - "Google plans to release a
version of its desktop search
tool for computers that run
Apple Computer #39;s Mac
operating system, Google #39;s
chief executive, Eric Schmidt,
said Friday." - ], - [ - "AMD : sicurezza e prestazioni
ottimali con il nuovo
processore mobile per notebook
leggeri e sottili; Acer Inc.
preme sull #39;acceleratore
con il nuovo notebook a
marchio Ferrari." - ], - [ - "Firefox use around the world
climbed 34 percent in the last
month, according to a report
published by Web analytics
company WebSideStory Monday." - ], - [ - "If a plastic card that gives
you credit for something you
don't want isn't your idea of
a great gift, you can put it
up for sale or swap." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON Aug. 17, 2004
Scientists are planning to
take the pulse of the planet
and more in an effort to
improve weather forecasts,
predict energy needs months in
advance, anticipate disease
outbreaks and even tell
fishermen where the catch will
be ..." - ], - [ - "New communications technology
could spawn future products.
Could your purse tell you to
bring an umbrella?" - ], - [ - "SAP has won a \\$35 million
contract to install its human
resources software for the US
Postal Service. The NetWeaver-
based system will replace the
Post Office #39;s current
25-year-old legacy application" - ], - [ - "NewsFactor - For years,
companies large and small have
been convinced that if they
want the sophisticated
functionality of enterprise-
class software like ERP and
CRM systems, they must buy
pre-packaged applications.
And, to a large extent, that
remains true." - ], - [ - "Following in the footsteps of
the RIAA, the MPAA (Motion
Picture Association of
America) announced that they
have began filing lawsuits
against people who use peer-
to-peer software to download
copyrighted movies off the
Internet." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - At a special
music event featuring Bono and
The Edge from rock group U2
held on Tuesday, Apple took
the wraps off the iPod Photo,
a color iPod available in 40GB
or 60GB storage capacities.
The company also introduced
the iPod U2, a special edition
of Apple's 20GB player clad in
black, equipped with a red
Click Wheel and featuring
engraved U2 band member
signatures. The iPod Photo is
available immediately, and
Apple expects the iPod U2 to
ship in mid-November." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Oracle Corp is
likely to win clearance\\from
the European Commission for
its hostile #36;7.7
billion\\takeover of rival
software firm PeopleSoft Inc.,
a source close\\to the
situation said on Friday." - ], - [ - "IBM (Quote, Chart) said it
would spend a quarter of a
billion dollars over the next
year and a half to grow its
RFID (define) business." - ], - [ - "SPACE.com - NASA released one
of the best pictures ever made
of Saturn's moon Titan as the
Cassini spacecraft begins a
close-up inspection of the
satellite today. Cassini is
making the nearest flyby ever
of the smog-shrouded moon." - ], - [ - "ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, NS - Nova
Scotia Power officials
continued to keep the sluice
gates open at one of the
utility #39;s hydroelectric
plants Wednesday in hopes a
wayward whale would leave the
area and head for the open
waters of the Bay of Fundy." - ], - [ - "In fact, Larry Ellison
compares himself to the
warlord, according to
PeopleSoft's former CEO,
defending previous remarks he
made." - ], - [ - "You can empty your pockets of
change, take off your belt and
shoes and stick your keys in
the little tray. But if you've
had radiation therapy
recently, you still might set
off Homeland Security alarms." - ], - [ - "SEOUL, Oct 19 Asia Pulse -
LG.Philips LCD Co.
(KSE:034220), the world #39;s
second-largest maker of liquid
crystal display (LCD), said
Tuesday it has developed the
world #39;s largest organic
light emitting diode" - ], - [ - "Security experts warn of
banner ads with a bad attitude
--and a link to malicious
code. Also: Phishers, be gone." - ], - [ - "com October 15, 2004, 5:11 AM
PT. Wood paneling and chrome
made your dad #39;s station
wagon look like a million
bucks, and they might also be
just the ticket for Microsoft
#39;s fledgling" - ], - [ - "Computer Associates
International yesterday
reported a 6 increase in
revenue during its second
fiscal quarter, but posted a
\\$94 million loss after paying
to settle government
investigations into the
company, it said yesterday." - ], - [ - "PC World - Send your video
throughout your house--
wirelessly--with new gateways
and media adapters." - ], - [ - "Links to this week's topics
from search engine forums
across the web: New MSN Search
Goes LIVE in Beta - Microsoft
To Launch New Search Engine -
Google Launches 'Google
Advertising Professionals' -
Organic vs Paid Traffic ROI? -
Making Money With AdWords? -
Link Building 101" - ], - [ - "Eight conservation groups are
fighting the US government
over a plan to poison
thousands of prairie dogs in
the grasslands of South
Dakota, saying wildlife should
not take a backseat to
ranching interests." - ], - [ - "Siding with chip makers,
Microsoft said it won't charge
double for its per-processor
licenses when dual-core chips
come to market next year." - ], - [ - "IBM and the Spanish government
have introduced a new
supercomputer they hope will
be the most powerful in
Europe, and one of the 10 most
powerful in the world." - ], - [ - "Mozilla's new web browser is
smart, fast and user-friendly
while offering a slew of
advanced, customizable
functions. By Michelle Delio." - ], - [ - "originally offered on notebook
PCs -- to its Opteron 32- and
64-bit x86 processors for
server applications. The
technology will help servers
to run" - ], - [ - "MacCentral - After Apple
unveiled the iMac G5 in Paris
this week, Vice President of
Hardware Product Marketing
Greg Joswiak gave Macworld
editors a guided tour of the
desktop's new design. Among
the topics of conversation:
the iMac's cooling system, why
pre-installed Bluetooth
functionality and FireWire 800
were left out, and how this
new model fits in with Apple's
objectives." - ], - [ - "We #39;ve known about
quot;strained silicon quot;
for a while--but now there
#39;s a better way to do it.
Straining silicon improves
chip performance." - ], - [ - "This week, Sir Richard Branson
announced his new company,
Virgin Galactic, has the
rights to the first commercial
flights into space." - ], - [ - "71-inch HDTV comes with a home
stereo system and components
painted in 24-karat gold." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - RealNetworks Inc.
said on Tuesday that it has
sold more than a million songs
at its online music store
since slashing prices last
week as part of a limited-time
sale aimed at growing the user
base of its new digital media
software." - ], - [ - "With the presidential election
less than six weeks away,
activists and security experts
are ratcheting up concern over
the use of touch-screen
machines to cast votes.
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Ratings) - Yahoo! Inc
(YHOO.NAS) has agreed to
acquire Musicmatch Inc, a
privately held digital music
software company, for about
\\$160 million in cash." - ], - [ - "Gov. Rod Blagojevich plans to
propose a ban Thursday on the
sale of violent and sexually
explicit video games to
minors, something other states
have tried with little
success." - ], - [ - "A cable channel plans to
resurrect each of the 1,230
regular-season games listed on
the league's defunct 2004-2005
schedule by setting them in
motion on a video game
console." - ], - [ - "SiliconValley.com - When
\"Halo\" became a smash video
game hit following Microsoft's
launch of the Xbox console in
2001, it was a no-brainer that
there would be a sequel to the
science fiction shoot-em-up." - ], - [ - "PARIS -- The city of Paris
intends to reduce its
dependence on software
suppliers with \"de facto
monopolies,\" but considers an
immediate switch of its 17,000
desktops to open source
software too costly, it said
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "The vast majority of consumers
are unaware that an Apple iPod
digital music player only
plays proprietary iTunes
files, while a smaller
majority agree that it is
within RealNetworks #39;
rights to develop a program
that will make its music files
compatible" - ], - [ - " PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Reuters) -
You change the oil in your car
every 5,000 miles or so. You
clean your house every week or
two. Your PC needs regular
maintenance as well --
especially if you're using
Windows and you spend a lot of
time on the Internet." - ], - [ - "The Motley Fool - Here's
something you don't see every
day -- the continuing brouhaha
between Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL -
News) and PeopleSoft (Nasdaq:
PSFT - News) being a notable
exception. South Africa's
Harmony Gold Mining Company
(NYSE: HMY - News) has
announced a hostile takeover
bid to acquire fellow South
African miner Gold Fields
Limited (NYSE: GFI - News).
The transaction, if it takes
place, would be an all-stock
acquisition, with Harmony
issuing 1.275 new shares in
payment for each share of Gold
Fields. The deal would value
Gold Fields at more than
#36;8 billion. ..." - ], - [ - "SPACE.com - NASA's Mars \\rover
Opportunity nbsp;will back its
\\way out of a nbsp;crater it
has spent four months
exploring after reaching
terrain nbsp;that appears \\too
treacherous to tread. nbsp;" - ], - [ - "Sony Corp. announced Tuesday a
new 20 gigabyte digital music
player with MP3 support that
will be available in Great
Britain and Japan before
Christmas and elsewhere in
Europe in early 2005." - ], - [ - "TOKYO (AP) -- The electronics
and entertainment giant Sony
Corp. (SNE) is talking with
Wal-Mart Stores Inc..." - ], - [ - "After an unprecedented span of
just five days, SpaceShipOne
is ready for a return trip to
space on Monday, its final
flight to clinch a \\$10
million prize." - ], - [ - "Hi-tech monitoring of
livestock at pig farms could
help improve the animal growth
process and reduce costs." - ], - [ - "Cable amp; Wireless plc
(NYSE: CWP - message board) is
significantly ramping up its
investment in local loop
unbundling (LLU) in the UK,
and it plans to spend up to 85
million (\\$152." - ], - [ - "AFP - Microsoft said that it
had launched a new desktop
search tool that allows
personal computer users to
find documents or messages on
their PCs." - ], - [ - "The three largest computer
makers spearheaded a program
today designed to standardize
working conditions for their
non-US workers." - ], - [ - "Description: Illinois Gov. Rod
Blagojevich is backing state
legislation that would ban
sales or rentals of video
games with graphic sexual or
violent content to children
under 18." - ], - [ - "Are you bidding on keywords
through Overture's Precision
Match, Google's AdWords or
another pay-for-placement
service? If so, you're
eligible to participate in
their contextual advertising
programs." - ], - [ - "Nobel Laureate Wilkins, 87,
played an important role in
the discovery of the double
helix structure of DNA, the
molecule that carries our
quot;life code quot;,
Kazinform refers to BBC News." - ], - [ - "A number of signs point to
increasing demand for tech
workers, but not all the
clouds have been driven away." - ], - [ - "Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O:
Quote, Profile, Research)
filed nine new lawsuits
against spammers who send
unsolicited e-mail, including
an e-mail marketing Web
hosting company, the world
#39;s largest software maker
said on Thursday." - ], - [ - "The rocket plane SpaceShipOne
is just one flight away from
claiming the Ansari X-Prize, a
\\$10m award designed to kick-
start private space travel." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Three American
scientists won the\\2004 Nobel
physics prize on Tuesday for
showing how tiny
quark\\particles interact,
helping to explain everything
from how a\\coin spins to how
the universe was built." - ], - [ - "AP - Sharp Electronics Corp.
plans to stop selling its
Linux-based handheld computer
in the United States, another
sign of the slowing market for
personal digital assistants." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Glaciers once held
up by a floating\\ice shelf off
Antarctica are now sliding off
into the sea --\\and they are
going fast, scientists said on
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Warning lights flashed
atop four police cars as the
caravan wound its way up the
driveway in a procession fit
for a presidential candidate.
At long last, Azy and Indah
had arrived. They even flew
through a hurricane to get
here." - ], - [ - "\\Female undergraduates work
harder and are more open-
minded than males, leading to
better results, say
scientists." - ], - [ - "The United Nations annual
World Robotics Survey predicts
the use of robots around the
home will surge seven-fold by
2007. The boom is expected to
be seen in robots that can mow
lawns and vacuum floors, among
other chores." - ], - [ - "Want to dive deep -- really
deep -- into the technical
literature about search
engines? Here's a road map to
some of the best web
information retrieval
resources available online." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Ancel Keys, a
pioneer in public health\\best
known for identifying the
connection between
a\\cholesterol-rich diet and
heart disease, has died." - ], - [ - "Reuters - T-Mobile USA, the
U.S. wireless unit\\of Deutsche
Telekom AG (DTEGn.DE), does
not expect to offer\\broadband
mobile data services for at
least the next two years,\\its
chief executive said on
Thursday." - ], - [ - "Verizon Communications is
stepping further into video as
a way to compete against cable
companies." - ], - [ - "Oracle Corp. plans to release
the latest version of its CRM
(customer relationship
management) applications
within the next two months, as
part of an ongoing update of
its E-Business Suite." - ], - [ - "Hosted CRM service provider
Salesforce.com took another
step forward last week in its
strategy to build an online
ecosystem of vendors that
offer software as a service." - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com -
Technology giants IBM and
Hewlett-Packard are injecting
hundreds of millions of
dollars into radio-frequency
identification technology,
which aims to advance the
tracking of items from ho-hum
bar codes to smart tags packed
with data." - ], - [ - "The Norfolk Broads are on
their way to getting a clean
bill of ecological health
after a century of stagnation." - ], - [ - "For the second time this year,
an alliance of major Internet
providers - including Atlanta-
based EarthLink -iled a
coordinated group of lawsuits
aimed at stemming the flood of
online junk mail." - ], - [ - "Via Technologies has released
a version of the open-source
Xine media player that is
designed to take advantage of
hardware digital video
acceleration capabilities in
two of the company #39;s PC
chipsets, the CN400 and
CLE266." - ], - [ - "SCO Group has a plan to keep
itself fit enough to continue
its legal battles against
Linux and to develop its Unix-
on-Intel operating systems." - ], - [ - "New software helps corporate
travel managers track down
business travelers who
overspend. But it also poses a
dilemma for honest travelers
who are only trying to save
money." - ], - [ - "NATO Secretary-General Jaap de
Hoop Scheffer has called a
meeting of NATO states and
Russia on Tuesday to discuss
the siege of a school by
Chechen separatists in which
more than 335 people died, a
NATO spokesman said." - ], - [ - "AFP - Senior executives at
business software group
PeopleSoft unanimously
recommended that its
shareholders reject a 8.8
billion dollar takeover bid
from Oracle Corp, PeopleSoft
said in a statement Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Neolithic people in
China may have\\been the first
in the world to make wine,
according to\\scientists who
have found the earliest
evidence of winemaking\\from
pottery shards dating from
7,000 BC in northern China." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Electronics
conglomerate Sony Corp.
unveiled eight new flat-screen
televisions on Thursday in a
product push it hopes will
help it secure a leading 35
percent of the domestic
market in the key month of
December." - ], - [ - "Donald Halsted, one target of
a class-action suit alleging
financial improprieties at
bankrupt Polaroid, officially
becomes CFO." - ], - [ - "The 7710 model features a
touch screen, pen input, a
digital camera, an Internet
browser, a radio, video
playback and streaming and
recording capabilities, the
company said." - ], - [ - "A top Red Hat executive has
attacked the open-source
credentials of its sometime
business partner Sun
Microsystems. In a Web log
posting Thursday, Michael
Tiemann, Red Hat #39;s vice
president of open-source
affairs" - ], - [ - "MySQL developers turn to an
unlikely source for database
tool: Microsoft. Also: SGI
visualizes Linux, and the
return of Java veteran Kim
Polese." - ], - [ - "Dell Inc. said its profit
surged 25 percent in the third
quarter as the world's largest
personal computer maker posted
record sales due to rising
technology spending in the
corporate and government
sectors in the United States
and abroad." - ], - [ - "Reuters - SBC Communications
said on Monday it\\would offer
a television set-top box that
can handle music,\\photos and
Internet downloads, part of
SBC's efforts to expand\\into
home entertainment." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hopes
-- and worries -- that U.S.
regulators will soon end the
ban on using wireless phones
during U.S. commercial flights
are likely at least a year or
two early, government
officials and analysts say." - ], - [ - "After a year of pilots and
trials, Siebel Systems jumped
with both feet into the SMB
market Tuesday, announcing a
new approach to offer Siebel
Professional CRM applications
to SMBs (small and midsize
businesses) -- companies with
revenues up to about \\$500
million." - ], - [ - "Intel won't release a 4-GHz
version of its flagship
Pentium 4 product, having
decided instead to realign its
engineers around the company's
new design priorities, an
Intel spokesman said today.
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carrying two Russians and an
American rocketed closer
Friday to its docking with the
international space station,
where the current three-man
crew made final departure
preparations." - ], - [ - "Scientists have manipulated
carbon atoms to create a
material that could be used to
create light-based, versus
electronic, switches. The
material could lead to a
supercharged Internet based
entirely on light, scientists
say." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES (Reuters)
Qualcomm has dropped an \\$18
million claim for monetary
damages from rival Texas
Instruments for publicly
discussing terms of a
licensing pact, a TI
spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Hewlett-Packard is the latest
IT vendor to try blogging. But
analysts wonder if the weblog
trend is the 21st century
equivalent of CB radios, which
made a big splash in the 1970s
before fading." - ], - [ - "The scientists behind Dolly
the sheep apply for a license
to clone human embryos. They
want to take stem cells from
the embryos to study Lou
Gehrig's disease." - ], - [ - "Some of the silly tunes
Japanese pay to download to
use as the ring tone for their
mobile phones sure have their
knockers, but it #39;s for
precisely that reason that a
well-known counselor is raking
it in at the moment, according
to Shukan Gendai (10/2)." - ], - [ - "IBM announced yesterday that
it will invest US\\$250 million
(S\\$425 million) over the next
five years and employ 1,000
people in a new business unit
to support products and
services related to sensor
networks." - ], - [ - "AP - Microsoft Corp. goes into
round two Friday of its battle
to get the European Union's
sweeping antitrust ruling
lifted having told a judge
that it had been prepared
during settlement talks to
share more software code with
its rivals than the EU
ultimately demanded." - ], - [ - "AP - Sears, Roebuck and Co.,
which has successfully sold
its tools and appliances on
the Web, is counting on having
the same magic with bedspreads
and sweaters, thanks in part
to expertise gained by its
purchase of Lands' End Inc." - ], - [ - "Austin police are working with
overseas officials to bring
charges against an English man
for sexual assault of a child,
a second-degree felony." - ], - [ - "San Francisco
developer/publisher lands
coveted Paramount sci-fi
license, \\$6.5 million in
funding on same day. Although
it is less than two years old,
Perpetual Entertainment has
acquired one of the most
coveted sci-fi licenses on the
market." - ], - [ - "By KELLY WIESE JEFFERSON
CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri
will allow members of the
military stationed overseas to
return absentee ballots via
e-mail, raising concerns from
Internet security experts
about fraud and ballot
secrecy..." - ], - [ - "Avis Europe PLC has dumped a
new ERP system based on
software from PeopleSoft Inc.
before it was even rolled out,
citing substantial delays and
higher-than-expected costs." - ], - [ - "Yahoo #39;s (Quote, Chart)
public embrace of the RSS
content syndication format
took a major leap forward with
the release of a revamped My
Yahoo portal seeking to
introduce the technology to
mainstream consumers." - ], - [ - "TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese
electronics and entertainment
giant Sony Corp. (SNE) plans
to begin selling a camcorder
designed for consumers that
takes video at digital high-
definition quality and is
being priced at about
\\$3,600..." - ], - [ - "In a meeting of the cinematic
with the scientific, Hollywood
helicopter stunt pilots will
try to snatch a returning NASA
space probe out of the air
before it hits the ground." - ], - [ - "Legend has it (incorrectly, it
seems) that infamous bank
robber Willie Sutton, when
asked why banks were his
favorite target, responded,
quot;Because that #39;s where
the money is." - ], - [ - "Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and
Purdue Pharma are the first
drugmakers willing to take the
plunge and use radio frequency
identification technology to
protect their US drug supply
chains from counterfeiters." - ], - [ - "Search any fee-based digital
music service for the best-
loved musical artists of the
20th century and most of the
expected names show up." - ], - [ - "America Online Inc. is
packaging new features to
combat viruses, spam and
spyware in response to growing
online security threats.
Subscribers will be able to
get the free tools" - ], - [ - "CAPE CANAVERAL-- NASA aims to
launch its first post-Columbia
shuttle mission during a
shortened nine-day window
March, and failure to do so
likely would delay a planned
return to flight until at
least May." - ], - [ - "The Chinese city of Beijing
has cancelled an order for
Microsoft software, apparently
bowing to protectionist
sentiment. The deal has come
under fire in China, which is
trying to build a domestic
software industry." - ], - [ - "Apple says it will deliver its
iTunes music service to more
European countries next month.
Corroborating several reports
in recent months, Reuters is
reporting today that Apple
Computer is planning the next" - ], - [ - "Reuters - Motorola Inc., the
world's\\second-largest mobile
phone maker, said on Tuesday
it expects\\to sustain strong
sales growth in the second
half of 2004\\thanks to new
handsets with innovative
designs and features." - ], - [ - "PRAGUE, Czech Republic --
Eugene Cernan, the last man to
walk on the moon during the
final Apollo landing, said
Thursday he doesn't expect
space tourism to become
reality in the near future,
despite a strong demand.
Cernan, now 70, who was
commander of NASA's Apollo 17
mission and set foot on the
lunar surface in December 1972
during his third space flight,
acknowledged that \"there are
many people interested in
space tourism.\" But the
former astronaut said he
believed \"we are a long way
away from the day when we can
send a bus of tourists to the
moon.\" He spoke to reporters
before being awarded a medal
by the Czech Academy of
Sciences for his contribution
to science..." - ], - [ - "Never shy about entering a
market late, Microsoft Corp.
is planning to open the
virtual doors of its long-
planned Internet music store
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Thursday, giant panda cub Mei
Sheng delighted visitors by
playing for the first time in
snow delivered to him at the
San Diego Zoo. He also sat on
his ice cake, wrestled with
his mom, got his coat
incredibly dirty, and didn't
read any of the more than 700
birthday wishes sent him via
e-mail from as far away as
Ireland and Argentina." - ], - [ - "AP - Researchers put a
satellite tracking device on a
15-foot shark that appeared to
be lost in shallow water off
Cape Cod, the first time a
great white has been tagged
that way in the Atlantic." - ], - [ - "The Windows Future Storage
(WinFS) technology that got
cut out of Windows
quot;Longhorn quot; is in
serious trouble, and not just
the hot water a feature might
encounter for missing its
intended production vehicle." - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com - Let the
games begin. Not the Olympics
again, but the all-out battle
between video game giants Sony
Corp. and Nintendo Co. Ltd.
The two Japanese companies are
rolling out new gaming
consoles, but Nintendo has
beaten Sony to the punch by
announcing an earlier launch
date for its new hand-held
game player." - ], - [ - "AP - Echoing what NASA
officials said a day earlier,
a Russian space official on
Friday said the two-man crew
on the international space
station could be forced to
return to Earth if a planned
resupply flight cannot reach
them with food supplies later
this month." - ], - [ - "InfoWorld - SANTA CLARA,
CALIF. -- Accommodating large
patch sets in Linux is
expected to mean forking off
of the 2.7 version of the
platform to accommodate these
changes, according to Andrew
Morton, lead maintainer of the
Linux kernel for Open Source
Development Labs (OSDL)." - ], - [ - "AMSTERDAM The mobile phone
giants Vodafone and Nokia
teamed up on Thursday to
simplify cellphone software
written with the Java computer
language." - ], - [ - "The overall Linux market is
far larger than previous
estimates show, a new study
says. In an analysis of the
Linux market released late
Tuesday, market research firm
IDC estimated that the Linux
market -- including" - ], - [ - "By PAUL ELIAS SAN FRANCISCO
(AP) -- Several California
cities and counties, including
San Francisco and Los Angeles,
sued Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) on
Friday, accusing the software
giant of illegally charging
inflated prices for its
products because of monopoly
control of the personal
computer operating system
market..." - ], - [ - "Public opinion of the database
giant sinks to 12-year low, a
new report indicates." - ], - [ - "For spammers, it #39;s been a
summer of love. Two newly
issued reports tracking the
circulation of unsolicited
e-mails say pornographic spam
dominated this summer, nearly
all of it originating from
Internet addresses in North
America." - ], - [ - "Microsoft portrayed its
Longhorn decision as a
necessary winnowing to hit the
2006 timetable. The
announcement on Friday,
Microsoft executives insisted,
did not point to a setback in
software" - ], - [ - "A problem in the Service Pack
2 update for Windows XP may
keep owners of AMD-based
computers from using the long-
awaited security package,
according to Microsoft." - ], - [ - "Five years ago, running a
telephone company was an
immensely profitable
proposition. Since then, those
profits have inexorably
declined, and now that decline
has taken another gut-
wrenching dip." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - The litigious
Recording Industry Association
of America (RIAA) is involved
in another legal dispute with
a P-to-P (peer-to-peer)
technology maker, but this
time, the RIAA is on defense.
Altnet Inc. filed a lawsuit
Wednesday accusing the RIAA
and several of its partners of
infringing an Altnet patent
covering technology for
identifying requested files on
a P-to-P network." - ], - [ - "For two weeks before MTV
debuted U2 #39;s video for the
new single quot;Vertigo,
quot; fans had a chance to see
the band perform the song on
TV -- in an iPod commercial." - ], - [ - "Oct. 26, 2004 - The US-
European spacecraft Cassini-
Huygens on Tuesday made a
historic flyby of Titan,
Saturn #39;s largest moon,
passing so low as to almost
touch the fringes of its
atmosphere." - ], - [ - "Reuters - A volcano in central
Japan sent smoke and\\ash high
into the sky and spat out
molten rock as it erupted\\for
a fourth straight day on
Friday, but experts said the
peak\\appeared to be quieting
slightly." - ], - [ - "Shares of Google Inc. made
their market debut on Thursday
and quickly traded up 19
percent at \\$101.28. The Web
search company #39;s initial
public offering priced at \\$85" - ], - [ - "Reuters - Global warming is
melting\\Ecuador's cherished
mountain glaciers and could
cause several\\of them to
disappear over the next two
decades, Ecuadorean and\\French
scientists said on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Rather than tell you, Dan
Kranzler chooses instead to
show you how he turned Mforma
into a worldwide publisher of
video games, ringtones and
other hot downloads for mobile
phones." - ], - [ - "Not being part of a culture
with a highly developed
language, could limit your
thoughts, at least as far as
numbers are concerned, reveals
a new study conducted by a
psychologist at the Columbia
University in New York." - ], - [ - "CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A native of
Red Oak, Iowa, who was a
pioneer in astronomy who
proposed the quot;dirty
snowball quot; theory for the
substance of comets, has died." - ], - [ - "A Portuguese-sounding version
of the virus has appeared in
the wild. Be wary of mail from
Manaus." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Hunters soon may be
able to sit at\\their computers
and blast away at animals on a
Texas ranch via\\the Internet,
a prospect that has state
wildlife officials up\\in arms." - ], - [ - "The Bedminster-based company
yesterday said it was pushing
into 21 new markets with the
service, AT amp;T CallVantage,
and extending an introductory
rate offer until Sept. 30. In
addition, the company is
offering in-home installation
of up to five ..." - ], - [ - "Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
has developed a new LCD
(liquid crystal display)
technology that builds a touch
screen into the display, a
development that could lead to
thinner and cheaper display
panels for mobile phones, the
company said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "The message against illegally
copying CDs for uses such as
in file-sharing over the
Internet has widely sunk in,
said the company in it #39;s
recent announcement to drop
the Copy-Control program." - ], - [ - "Reuters - California will
become hotter and\\drier by the
end of the century, menacing
the valuable wine and\\dairy
industries, even if dramatic
steps are taken to curb\\global
warming, researchers said on
Monday." - ], - [ - "IBM said Monday that it won a
500 million (AUD\\$1.25
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contract to help move UK bank
Lloyds TBS from its
traditional voice
infrastructure to a converged
voice and data network." - ], - [ - "Space shuttle astronauts will
fly next year without the
ability to repair in orbit the
type of damage that destroyed
the Columbia vehicle in
February 2003." - ], - [ - "By cutting WinFS from Longhorn
and indefinitely delaying the
storage system, Microsoft
Corp. has also again delayed
the Microsoft Business
Framework (MBF), a new Windows
programming layer that is
closely tied to WinFS." - ], - [ - "Samsung's new SPH-V5400 mobile
phone sports a built-in
1-inch, 1.5-gigabyte hard disk
that can store about 15 times
more data than conventional
handsets, Samsung said." - ], - [ - "Vendor says it #39;s
developing standards-based
servers in various form
factors for the telecom
market. By Darrell Dunn.
Hewlett-Packard on Thursday
unveiled plans to create a
portfolio of products and
services" - ], - [ - "Ziff Davis - The company this
week will unveil more programs
and technologies designed to
ease users of its high-end
servers onto its Integrity
line, which uses Intel's
64-bit Itanium processor." - ], - [ - "The Mac maker says it will
replace about 28,000 batteries
in one model of PowerBook G4
and tells people to stop using
the notebook." - ], - [ - "Millions of casual US anglers
are having are larger than
appreciated impact on sea fish
stocks, scientists claim." - ], - [ - "Microsoft Xbox Live traffic on
service provider networks
quadrupled following the
November 9th launch of Halo-II
-- which set entertainment
industry records by selling
2.4-million units in the US
and Canada on the first day of
availability, driving cash" - ], - [ - "Lawyers in a California class
action suit against Microsoft
will get less than half the
payout they had hoped for. A
judge in San Francisco ruled
that the attorneys will
collect only \\$112." - ], - [ - "Google Browser May Become
Reality\\\\There has been much
fanfare in the Mozilla fan
camps about the possibility of
Google using Mozilla browser
technology to produce a
GBrowser - the Google Browser.
Over the past two weeks, the
news and speculation has
escalated to the point where
even Google itself is ..." - ], - [ - "Hewlett-Packard has joined
with Brocade to integrate
Brocade #39;s storage area
network switching technology
into HP Bladesystem servers to
reduce the amount of fabric
infrastructure needed in a
datacentre." - ], - [ - "The US Senate Commerce
Committee on Wednesday
approved a measure that would
provide up to \\$1 billion to
ensure consumers can still
watch television when
broadcasters switch to new,
crisp digital signals." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Internet stocks
are\\as volatile as ever, with
growth-starved investors
flocking to\\the sector in the
hope they've bought shares in
the next online\\blue chip." - ], - [ - "NASA has released an inventory
of the scientific devices to
be put on board the Mars
Science Laboratory rover
scheduled to land on the
surface of Mars in 2009, NASAs
news release reads." - ], - [ - "The U.S. Congress needs to
invest more in the U.S.
education system and do more
to encourage broadband
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regions will participate the
Fifth China International
Aviation and Aerospace
Exhibition, opening Nov. 1 in
Zhuhai, a city in south China
#39;s Guangdong Province." - ], - [ - "p2pnet.net News:- Virgin
Electronics has joined the mp3
race with a \\$250, five gig
player which also handles
Microsoft #39;s WMA format." - ], - [ - "Microsoft has suspended the
beta testing of the next
version of its MSN Messenger
client because of a potential
security problem, a company
spokeswoman said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Business software maker
Oracle Corp. attacked the
credibility and motives of
PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of
directors Monday, hoping to
rally investor support as the
17-month takeover battle
between the bitter business
software rivals nears a
climactic showdown." - ], - [ - "A new worm has been discovered
in the wild that #39;s not
just settling for invading
users #39; PCs--it wants to
invade their homes too." - ], - [ - "Researchers have for the first
time established the existence
of odd-parity superconductors,
materials that can carry
electric current without any
resistance." - ], - [ - "BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) --
European antitrust regulators
said Monday they have extended
their review of a deal between
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and
Time Warner Inc..." - ], - [ - "Fans who can't get enough of
\"The Apprentice\" can visit a
new companion Web site each
week and watch an extra 40
minutes of video not broadcast
on the Thursday
show.<br><FONT
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suing Google, saying the
search engine company made it
easier for users to see the
site #39;s copyrighted nude
photographs without paying or
gaining access through the
proper channels." - ], - [ - "A Washington-based public
opinion firm has released the
results of an election day
survey of Nevada voters
showing 81 support for the
issuance of paper receipts
when votes are cast
electronically." - ], - [ - "NAPSTER creator SHAWN FANNING
has revealed his plans for a
new licensed file-sharing
service with an almost
unlimited selection of tracks." - ], - [ - "Two separate studies by U.S.
researchers find that super
drug-resistant strains of
tuberculosis are at the
tipping point of a global
epidemic, and only small
changes could help them spread
quickly." - ], - [ - "Dell cut prices on some
servers and PCs by as much as
22 percent because it #39;s
paying less for parts. The
company will pass the savings
on components such as memory
and liquid crystal displays" - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON: The European-
American Cassini-Huygens space
probe has detected traces of
ice flowing on the surface of
Saturn #39;s largest moon,
Titan, suggesting the
existence of an ice volcano,
NASA said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "All ISS systems continue to
function nominally, except
those noted previously or
below. Day 7 of joint
Exp.9/Exp.10 operations and
last full day before 8S
undocking." - ], - [ - " quot;Magic can happen. quot;
Sirius Satellite Radio
(nasdaq: SIRI - news - people
) may have signed Howard Stern
and the men #39;s NCAA
basketball tournaments, but XM
Satellite Radio (nasdaq: XMSR
- news - people ) has its
sights on your cell phone." - ], - [ - "Trick-or-treaters can expect
an early Halloween treat on
Wednesday night, when a total
lunar eclipse makes the moon
look like a glowing pumpkin." - ], - [ - "Sifting through millions of
documents to locate a valuable
few is tedious enough, but
what happens when those files
are scattered across different
repositories?" - ], - [ - "NASA #39;s Mars rovers have
uncovered more tantalizing
evidence of a watery past on
the Red Planet, scientists
said Wednesday. And the
rovers, Spirit and
Opportunity, are continuing to
do their jobs months after
they were expected to ..." - ], - [ - "Intel Chief Technology Officer
Pat Gelsinger said on
Thursday, Sept. 9, that the
Internet needed to be upgraded
in order to deal with problems
that will become real issues
soon." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Television
junkies of the world, get
ready for \"Friends,\" \"Big
Brother\" and \"The Simpsons\" to
phone home." - ], - [ - "I #39;M FEELING a little bit
better about the hundreds of
junk e-mails I get every day
now that I #39;ve read that
someone else has much bigger
e-mail troubles." - ], - [ - "Microsoft's antispam Sender ID
technology continues to get
the cold shoulder. Now AOL
adds its voice to a growing
chorus of businesses and
organizations shunning the
proprietary e-mail
authentication system." - ], - [ - "Through the World Community
Grid, your computer could help
address the world's health and
social problems." - ], - [ - "A planned component for
Microsoft #39;s next version
of Windows is causing
consternation among antivirus
experts, who say that the new
module, a scripting platform
called Microsoft Shell, could
give birth to a whole new
generation of viruses and
remotely" - ], - [ - "SAN JOSE, California Yahoo
will likely have a tough time
getting American courts to
intervene in a dispute over
the sale of Nazi memorabilia
in France after a US appeals
court ruling." - ], - [ - "eBay Style director Constance
White joins Post fashion
editor Robin Givhan and host
Janet Bennett to discuss how
to find trends and bargains
and pull together a wardrobe
online." - ], - [ - "With a sudden shudder, the
ground collapsed and the pipe
pushed upward, buckling into a
humped shape as Cornell
University scientists produced
the first simulated earthquake" - ], - [ - "Microsoft (Quote, Chart) has
fired another salvo in its
ongoing spam battle, this time
against porn peddlers who don
#39;t keep their smut inside
the digital equivalent of a
quot;Brown Paper Wrapper." - ], - [ - " SEATTLE (Reuters) - The next
version of the Windows
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flagship product, will ship
in 2006, the world's largest
software maker said on
Friday." - ], - [ - "Fossil remains of the oldest
and smallest known ancestor of
Tyrannosaurus rex, the world
#39;s favorite ferocious
dinosaur, have been discovered
in China with evidence that
its body was cloaked in downy
quot;protofeathers." - ], - [ - "People fishing for sport are
doing far more damage to US
marine fish stocks than anyone
thought, accounting for nearly
a quarter of the" - ], - [ - "This particular index is
produced by the University of
Michigan Business School, in
partnership with the American
Society for Quality and CFI
Group, and is supported in
part by ForeSee Results" - ], - [ - "PC World - Symantec, McAfee
hope raising virus-definition
fees will move users to\\
suites." - ], - [ - "By byron kho. A consortium of
movie and record companies
joined forces on Friday to
request that the US Supreme
Court take another look at
peer-to-peer file-sharing
programs." - ], - [ - "LONDON - Wild capuchin monkeys
can understand cause and
effect well enough to use
rocks to dig for food,
scientists have found.
Capuchin monkeys often use
tools and solve problems in
captivity and sometimes" - ], - [ - "The key to hidden treasure
lies in your handheld GPS
unit. GPS-based \"geocaching\"
is a high-tech sport being
played by thousands of people
across the globe." - ], - [ - "The U.S. information tech
sector lost 403,300 jobs
between March 2001 and April
2004, and the market for tech
workers remains bleak,
according to a new report." - ], - [ - "com September 30, 2004, 11:11
AM PT. SanDisk announced
Thursday increased capacities
for several different flash
memory cards. The Sunnyvale,
Calif." - ], - [ - "roundup Plus: Tech firms rally
against copyright bill...Apple
.Mac customers suffer e-mail
glitches...Alvarion expands
wireless broadband in China." - ], - [ - "Red Hat is acquiring security
and authentication tools from
Netscape Security Solutions to
bolster its software arsenal.
Red Hat #39;s CEO and chairman
Matthew Szulik spoke about the
future strategy of the Linux
supplier." - ], - [ - "Global Web portal Yahoo! Inc.
Wednesday night made available
a beta version of a new search
service for videos. Called
Yahoo! Video Search, the
search engine crawls the Web
for different types of media
files" - ], - [ - "Interactive posters at 25
underground stations are
helping Londoners travel
safely over Christmas." - ], - [ - "According to Swiss
authorities, history was made
Sunday when 2723 people in
four communities in canton
Geneva, Switzerland, voted
online in a national federal
referendum." - ], - [ - " Nextel was the big story in
telecommunications yesterday,
thanks to the Reston company's
mega-merger with Sprint, but
the future of wireless may be
percolating in dozens of
Washington area start-ups." - ], - [ - "I have been anticipating this
day like a child waits for
Christmas. Today, PalmOne
introduces the Treo 650, the
answer to my quot;what smart
phone will I buy?" - ], - [ - "Wikipedia has surprised Web
watchers by growing fast and
maturing into one of the most
popular reference sites." - ], - [ - "It only takes 20 minutes on
the Internet for an
unprotected computer running
Microsoft Windows to be taken
over by a hacker. Any personal
or financial information
stored" - ], - [ - "Prices for flash memory cards
-- the little modules used by
digital cameras, handheld
organizers, MP3 players and
cell phones to store pictures,
music and other data -- are
headed down -- way down. Past
trends suggest that prices
will drop 35 percent a year,
but industry analysts think
that rate will be more like 40
or 50 percent this year and
next, due to more
manufacturers entering the
market." - ], - [ - "While the US software giant
Microsoft has achieved almost
sweeping victories in
government procurement
projects in several Chinese
provinces and municipalities,
the process" - ], - [ - "Microsoft Corp. has delayed
automated distribution of a
major security upgrade to its
Windows XP Professional
operating system, citing a
desire to give companies more
time to test it." - ], - [ - "Gateway computers will be more
widely available at Office
Depot, in the PC maker #39;s
latest move to broaden
distribution at retail stores
since acquiring rival
eMachines this year." - ], - [ - "Intel Corp. is refreshing its
64-bit Itanium 2 processor
line with six new chips based
on the Madison core. The new
processors represent the last
single-core Itanium chips that
the Santa Clara, Calif." - ], - [ - "For the first time, broadband
connections are reaching more
than half (51 percent) of the
American online population at
home, according to measurement
taken in July by
Nielsen/NetRatings, a
Milpitas-based Internet
audience measurement and
research ..." - ], - [ - "Consider the New World of
Information - stuff that,
unlike the paper days of the
past, doesn't always
physically exist. You've got
notes, scrawlings and
snippets, Web graphics, photos
and sounds. Stuff needs to be
cut, pasted, highlighted,
annotated, crossed out,
dragged away. And, as Ross
Perot used to say (or maybe it
was Dana Carvey impersonating
him), don't forget the graphs
and charts." - ], - [ - "Major Hollywood studios on
Tuesday announced scores of
lawsuits against computer
server operators worldwide,
including eDonkey, BitTorrent
and DirectConnect networks,
for allowing trading of
pirated movies." - ], - [ - "But will Wi-Fi, high-
definition broadcasts, mobile
messaging and other
enhancements improve the game,
or wreck it?\\<br />
Photos of tech-friendly parks\\" - ], - [ - "On-demand viewing isn't just
for TiVo owners anymore.
Television over internet
protocol, or TVIP, offers
custom programming over
standard copper wires." - ], - [ - "PalmSource #39;s European
developer conference is going
on now in Germany, and this
company is using this
opportunity to show off Palm
OS Cobalt 6.1, the latest
version of its operating
system." - ], - [ - "Speaking to members of the
Massachusetts Software
Council, Microsoft CEO Steve
Ballmer touted a bright future
for technology but warned his
listeners to think twice
before adopting open-source
products like Linux." - ], - [ - "MIAMI - The Trillian instant
messaging (IM) application
will feature several
enhancements in its upcoming
version 3.0, including new
video and audio chat
capabilities, enhanced IM
session logs and integration
with the Wikipedia online
encyclopedia, according to
information posted Friday on
the product developer's Web
site." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Online DVD rental
service Netflix Inc.\\and TiVo
Inc., maker of a digital video
recorder, on Thursday\\said
they have agreed to develop a
joint entertainment\\offering,
driving shares of both
companies higher." - ], - [ - "THIS YULE is all about console
supply and there #39;s
precious little units around,
it has emerged. Nintendo has
announced that it is going to
ship another 400,000 units of
its DS console to the United
States to meet the shortfall
there." - ], - [ - "Annual global semiconductor
sales growth will probably
fall by half in 2005 and
memory chip sales could
collapse as a supply glut saps
prices, world-leading memory
chip maker Samsung Electronics
said on Monday." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Traditional phone
systems may be going the way
of the Pony Express. Voice-
over-Internet Protocol,
technology that allows users
to make and receive phone
calls using the Internet, is
giving the old circuit-
switched system a run for its
money." - ], - [ - "AP - The first U.S. cases of
the fungus soybean rust, which
hinders plant growth and
drastically cuts crop
production, were found at two
research sites in Louisiana,
officials said Wednesday." - ], - [ - " quot;There #39;s no way
anyone would hire them to
fight viruses, quot; said
Sophos security analyst Gregg
Mastoras. quot;For one, no
security firm could maintain
its reputation by employing
hackers." - ], - [ - "Symantec has revoked its
decision to blacklist a
program that allows Web
surfers in China to browse
government-blocked Web sites.
The move follows reports that
the firm labelled the Freegate
program, which" - ], - [ - "Microsoft has signed a pact to
work with the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
to increase computer use,
Internet access and teacher
training in developing
countries." - ], - [ - "roundup Plus: Microsoft tests
Windows Marketplace...Nortel
delays financials
again...Microsoft updates
SharePoint." - ], - [ - "OPEN SOURCE champion Microsoft
is expanding its programme to
give government organisations
some of its source code. In a
communique from the lair of
the Vole, in Redmond,
spinsters have said that
Microsoft" - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON Can you always tell
when somebody #39;s lying? If
so, you might be a wizard of
the fib. A California
psychology professor says
there #39;s a tiny subculture
of people that can pick out a
lie nearly every time they
hear one." - ], - [ - "Type design was once the
province of skilled artisans.
With the help of new computer
programs, neophytes have
flooded the Internet with
their creations." - ], - [ - "RCN Inc., co-owner of
Starpower Communications LLC,
the Washington area
television, telephone and
Internet provider, filed a
plan of reorganization
yesterday that it said puts
the company" - ], - [ - "<strong>Letters</stro
ng> Reports of demise
premature" - ], - [ - "Intel, the world #39;s largest
chip maker, scrapped a plan
Thursday to enter the digital
television chip business,
marking a major retreat from
its push into consumer
electronics." - ], - [ - "The US is the originator of
over 42 of the worlds
unsolicited commercial e-mail,
making it the worst offender
in a league table of the top
12 spam producing countries
published yesterday by anti-
virus firm Sophos." - ], - [ - "Intel is drawing the curtain
on some of its future research
projects to continue making
transistors smaller, faster,
and less power-hungry out as
far as 2020." - ], - [ - "Plus: Experts fear Check 21
could lead to massive bank
fraud." - ], - [ - "By SIOBHAN McDONOUGH
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fewer
American youths are using
marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy,
but more are abusing
prescription drugs, says a
government report released
Thursday. The 2003 National
Survey on Drug Use and Health
also found youths and young
adults are more aware of the
risks of using pot once a
month or more frequently..." - ], - [ - "A TNO engineer prepares to
start capturing images for the
world's biggest digital photo." - ], - [ - "PalmOne is aiming to sharpen
up its image with the launch
of the Treo 650 on Monday. As
previously reported, the smart
phone update has a higher-
resolution screen and a faster
processor than the previous
top-of-the-line model, the
Treo 600." - ], - [ - "kinrowan writes quot;MIT,
inventor of Kerberos, has
announced a pair of
vulnerabities in the software
that will allow an attacker to
either execute a DOS attack or
execute code on the machine." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Former Pink Floyd
mainman Roger\\Waters released
two new songs, both inspired
by the U.S.-led\\invasion of
Iraq, via online download
outlets Tuesday." - ], - [ - "NASA has been working on a
test flight project for the
last few years involving
hypersonic flight. Hypersonic
flight is fight at speeds
greater than Mach 5, or five
times the speed of sound." - ], - [ - "AP - Microsoft Corp. announced
Wednesday that it would offer
a low-cost, localized version
of its Windows XP operating
system in India to tap the
large market potential in this
country of 1 billion people,
most of whom do not speak
English." - ], - [ - "AP - Utah State University has
secured a #36;40 million
contract with NASA to build an
orbiting telescope that will
examine galaxies and try to
find new stars." - ], - [ - "I spend anywhere from three to
eight hours every week
sweating along with a motley
crew of local misfits,
shelving, sorting, and hauling
ton after ton of written
matter in a rowhouse basement
in Baltimore. We have no heat
nor air conditioning, but
still, every week, we come and
work. Volunteer night is
Wednesday, but many of us also
work on the weekends, when
we're open to the public.
There are times when we're
freezing and we have to wear
coats and gloves inside,
making handling books somewhat
tricky; other times, we're all
soaked with sweat, since it's
90 degrees out and the
basement is thick with bodies.
One learns to forget about
personal space when working at
The Book Thing, since you can
scarcely breathe without
bumping into someone, and we
are all so accustomed to
having to scrape by each other
that most of us no longer
bother to say \"excuse me\"
unless some particularly
dramatic brushing occurs." - ], - [ - "Alarmed by software glitches,
security threats and computer
crashes with ATM-like voting
machines, officials from
Washington, D.C., to
California are considering an
alternative from an unlikely
place: Nevada." - ], - [ - "More Americans are quitting
their jobs and taking the risk
of starting a business despite
a still-lackluster job market." - ], - [ - "SPACE.com - With nbsp;food
stores nbsp;running low, the
two \\astronauts living aboard
the International Space
Station (ISS) are cutting back
\\their meal intake and
awaiting a critical cargo
nbsp;delivery expected to
arrive \\on Dec. 25." - ], - [ - "Virgin Electronics hopes its
slim Virgin Player, which
debuts today and is smaller
than a deck of cards, will
rise as a lead competitor to
Apple's iPod." - ], - [ - "Researchers train a monkey to
feed itself by guiding a
mechanical arm with its mind.
It could be a big step forward
for prosthetics. By David
Cohn." - ], - [ - "AP - Scientists in 17
countries will scout waterways
to locate and study the
world's largest freshwater
fish species, many of which
are declining in numbers,
hoping to learn how to better
protect them, researchers
announced Thursday." - ], - [ - "AP - Google Inc.'s plans to
move ahead with its initial
public stock offering ran into
a roadblock when the
Securities and Exchange
Commission didn't approve the
Internet search giant's
regulatory paperwork as
requested." - ], - [ - "Citing security risks, a state
university is urging students
to drop Internet Explorer in
favor of alternative Web
browsers such as Firefox and
Safari." - ], - [ - "Despite being ranked eleventh
in the world in broadband
penetration, the United States
is rolling out high-speed
services on a quot;reasonable
and timely basis to all
Americans, quot; according to
a new report narrowly approved
today by the Federal
Communications" - ], - [ - "NewsFactor - Taking an
innovative approach to the
marketing of high-performance
\\computing, Sun Microsystems
(Nasdaq: SUNW) is offering its
N1 Grid program in a pay-for-
use pricing model that mimics
the way such commodities as
electricity and wireless phone
plans are sold." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Madonna and m-Qube
have\\made it possible for the
star's North American fans to
download\\polyphonic ring tones
and other licensed mobile
content from\\her official Web
site, across most major
carriers and without\\the need
for a credit card." - ], - [ - "The chipmaker is back on a
buying spree, having scooped
up five other companies this
year." - ], - [ - "The company hopes to lure
software partners by promising
to save them from
infrastructure headaches." - ], - [ - "Call it the Maximus factor.
Archaeologists working at the
site of an old Roman temple
near Guy #39;s hospital in
London have uncovered a pot of
cosmetic cream dating back to
AD2." - ], - [ - "The deal comes as Cisco pushes
to develop a market for CRS-1,
a new line of routers aimed at
telephone, wireless and cable
companies." - ], - [ - "SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 (IDG NEWS
SERVICE) - Sun Microsystems
Inc. and Microsoft Corp. next
month plan to provide more
details on the work they are
doing to make their products
interoperable, a Sun executive
said yesterday." - ], - [ - "AP - Astronomy buffs and
amateur stargazers turned out
to watch a total lunar eclipse
Wednesday night #151; the
last one Earth will get for
nearly two and a half years." - ], - [ - "The compact disc has at least
another five years as the most
popular music format before
online downloads chip away at
its dominance, a new study
said on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Does Your Site Need a Custom
Search Engine
Toolbar?\\\\Today's surfers
aren't always too comfortable
installing software on their
computers. Especially free
software that they don't
necessarily understand. With
all the horror stories of
viruses, spyware, and adware
that make the front page these
days, it's no wonder. So is
there ..." - ], - [ - "Spammers aren't ducking
antispam laws by operating
offshore, they're just
ignoring it." - ], - [ - "AP - Biologists plan to use
large nets and traps this week
in Chicago's Burnham Harbor to
search for the northern
snakehead #151; a type of
fish known for its voracious
appetite and ability to wreak
havoc on freshwater
ecosystems." - ], - [ - "BAE Systems PLC and Northrop
Grumman Corp. won \\$45 million
contracts yesterday to develop
prototypes of anti-missile
technology that could protect
commercial aircraft from
shoulder-fired missiles." - ], - [ - "Users of Microsoft #39;s
Hotmail, most of whom are
accustomed to getting regular
sales pitches for premium
e-mail accounts, got a
pleasant surprise in their
inboxes this week: extra
storage for free." - ], - [ - "IT services provider
Electronic Data Systems
yesterday reported a net loss
of \\$153 million for the third
quarter, with earnings hit in
part by an asset impairment
charge of \\$375 million
connected with EDS's N/MCI
project." - ], - [ - "International Business
Machines Corp. said Wednesday
it had agreed to settle most
of the issues in a suit over
changes in its pension plans
on terms that allow the
company to continue to appeal
a key question while capping
its liability at \\$1.7
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Post</B></FONT>" - ], - [ - "Edward Kozel, Cisco's former
chief technology officer,
joins the board of Linux
seller Red Hat." - ], - [ - "Reuters - International
Business Machines\\Corp. late
on Wednesday rolled out a new
version of its\\database
software aimed at users of
Linux and Unix
operating\\systems that it
hopes will help the company
take away market\\share from
market leader Oracle Corp. ." - ], - [ - "NASA #39;s Mars Odyssey
mission, originally scheduled
to end on Tuesday, has been
granted a stay of execution
until at least September 2006,
reveal NASA scientists." - ], - [ - "BusinessWeek Online - The
jubilation that swept East
Germany after the fall of the
Berlin Wall in 1989 long ago
gave way to the sober reality
of globalization and market
forces. Now a decade of
resentment seems to be boiling
over. In Eastern cities such
as Leipzig or Chemnitz,
thousands have taken to the
streets since July to protest
cuts in unemployment benefits,
the main source of livelihood
for 1.6 million East Germans.
Discontent among
reunification's losers fueled
big gains by the far left and
far right in Brandenburg and
Saxony state elections Sept.
19. ..." - ], - [ - "In a discovery sure to set off
a firestorm of debate over
human migration to the western
hemisphere, archaeologists in
South Carolina say they have
uncovered evidence that people
lived in eastern North America
at least 50,000 years ago -
far earlier than" - ], - [ - "AP - Former president Bill
Clinton on Monday helped
launch a new Internet search
company backed by the Chinese
government which says its
technology uses artificial
intelligence to produce better
results than Google Inc." - ], - [ - "Sun Microsystems plans to
release its Sun Studio 10
development tool in the fourth
quarter of this year,
featuring support for 64-bit
applications running on AMD
Opteron and Nocona processors,
Sun officials said on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Most IT Managers won #39;t
question the importance of
security, but this priority
has been sliding between the
third and fourth most
important focus for companies." - ], - [ - "AP - The Federal Trade
Commission on Thursday filed
the first case in the country
against software companies
accused of infecting computers
with intrusive \"spyware\" and
then trying to sell people the
solution." - ], - [ - "While shares of Apple have
climbed more than 10 percent
this week, reaching 52-week
highs, two research firms told
investors Friday they continue
to remain highly bullish about
the stock." - ], - [ - "States are now barred from
imposing telecommunications
regulations on Net phone
providers." - ], - [ - "Strong sales of new mobile
phone models boosts profits at
Carphone Warehouse but the
retailer's shares fall on
concerns at a decline in
profits from pre-paid phones." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM and
top scientific research
organizations are joining
forces in a humanitarian
effort to tap the unused
power of millions of computers
and help solve complex social
problems." - ], - [ - "AP - Grizzly and black bears
killed a majority of elk
calves in northern Yellowstone
National Park for the second
year in a row, preliminary
study results show." - ], - [ - "PC World - The one-time World
Class Product of the Year PDA
gets a much-needed upgrade." - ], - [ - "As part of its much-touted new
MSN Music offering, Microsoft
Corp. (MSFT) is testing a Web-
based radio service that
mimics nearly 1,000 local
radio stations, allowing users
to hear a version of their
favorite radio station with
far fewer interruptions." - ], - [ - "Ziff Davis - A quick
resolution to the Mambo open-
source copyright dispute seems
unlikely now that one of the
parties has rejected an offer
for mediation." - ], - [ - "Students take note - endless
journeys to the library could
become a thing of the past
thanks to a new multimillion-
pound scheme to make classic
texts available at the click
of a mouse." - ], - [ - "Moscow - The next crew of the
International Space Station
(ISS) is to contribute to the
Russian search for a vaccine
against Aids, Russian
cosmonaut Salijan Sharipovthe
said on Thursday." - ], - [ - "Locked away in fossils is
evidence of a sudden solar
cooling. Kate Ravilious meets
the experts who say it could
explain a 3,000-year-old mass
migration - and today #39;s
global warming." - ], - [ - "By ANICK JESDANUN NEW YORK
(AP) -- Taran Rampersad didn't
complain when he failed to
find anything on his hometown
in the online encyclopedia
Wikipedia. Instead, he simply
wrote his own entry for San
Fernando, Trinidad and
Tobago..." - ], - [ - "How do you top a battle
between Marines and an alien
religious cult fighting to the
death on a giant corona in
outer space? The next logical
step is to take that battle to
Earth, which is exactly what
Microsoft" - ], - [ - "Four U.S. agencies yesterday
announced a coordinated attack
to stem the global trade in
counterfeit merchandise and
pirated music and movies, an
underground industry that law-
enforcement officials estimate
to be worth \\$500 billion each
year." - ], - [ - "Half of all U.S. Secret
Service agents are dedicated
to protecting President
Washington #151;and all the
other Presidents on U.S.
currency #151;from
counterfeiters." - ], - [ - "Maxime Faget conceived and
proposed the development of
the one-man spacecraft used in
Project Mercury, which put the
first American astronauts into
suborbital flight, then
orbital flight" - ], - [ - "The patch fixes a flaw in the
e-mail server software that
could be used to get access to
in-boxes and information." - ], - [ - "AP - Being the biggest dog may
pay off at feeding time, but
species that grow too large
may be more vulnerable to
extinction, new research
suggests." - ], - [ - "Newest Efficeon processor also
offers higher frequency using
less power." - ], - [ - "AP - In what it calls a first
in international air travel,
Finnair says it will let its
frequent fliers check in using
text messages on mobile
phones." - ], - [ - "Search Engine for Programming
Code\\\\An article at Newsforge
pointed me to Koders (
http://www.koders.com ) a
search engine for finding
programming code. Nifty.\\\\The
front page allows you to
specify keywords, sixteen
languages (from ASP to VB.NET)
and sixteen licenses (from AFL
to ZPL -- fortunately there's
an information page to ..." - ], - [ - " #147;Apple once again was the
star of the show at the annual
MacUser awards, #148; reports
MacUser, #147;taking away six
Maxine statues including
Product of the Year for the
iTunes Music Store. #148;
Other Apple award winners:
Power Mac G5, AirPort Express,
20-inch Apple Cinema Display,
GarageBand and DVD Studio Pro
3. Nov 22" - ], - [ - "AP - A sweeping wildlife
preserve in southwestern
Arizona is among the nation's
10 most endangered refuges,
due in large part to illegal
drug and immigrant traffic and
Border Patrol operations, a
conservation group said
Friday." - ], - [ - "SEPTEMBER 20, 2004
(COMPUTERWORLD) - At
PeopleSoft Inc. #39;s Connect
2004 conference in San
Francisco this week, the
software vendor is expected to
face questions from users
about its ability to fend off
Oracle Corp." - ], - [ - "PBS's Charlie Rose quizzes Sun
co-founder Bill Joy,
Monster.com chief Jeff Taylor,
and venture capitalist John
Doerr." - ], - [ - "Skype Technologies is teaming
with Siemens to offer cordless
phone users the ability to
make Internet telephony calls,
in addition to traditional
calls, from their handsets." - ], - [ - "AP - After years of
resistance, the U.S. trucking
industry says it will not try
to impede or delay a new
federal rule aimed at cutting
diesel pollution." - ], - [ - "Umesh Patel, a 36-year old
software engineer from
California, debated until the
last minute." - ], - [ - "AP - From now until the start
of winter, male tarantulas are
roaming around, searching for
female mates, an ideal time to
find out where the spiders
flourish in Arkansas." - ], - [ - "NewsFactor - While a U.S.
District Court continues to
weigh the legality of
\\Oracle's (Nasdaq: ORCL)
attempted takeover of
\\PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT),
Oracle has taken the necessary
steps to ensure the offer does
not die on the vine with
PeopleSoft's shareholders." - ], - [ - "Analysts said the smartphone
enhancements hold the
potential to bring PalmSource
into an expanding market that
still has room despite early
inroads by Symbian and
Microsoft." - ], - [ - "TOKYO (AFP) - Japan #39;s
Fujitsu and Cisco Systems of
the US said they have agreed
to form a strategic alliance
focusing on routers and
switches that will enable
businesses to build advanced
Internet Protocol (IP)
networks." - ], - [ - "It #39;s a new internet
browser. The first full
version, Firefox 1.0, was
launched earlier this month.
In the sense it #39;s a
browser, yes, but the
differences are larger than
the similarities." - ], - [ - "Microsoft will accelerate SP2
distribution to meet goal of
100 million downloads in two
months." - ], - [ - "International Business
Machines Corp., taken to court
by workers over changes it
made to its traditional
pension plan, has decided to
stop offering any such plan to
new employees." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - With four of its
executives pleading guilty to
price-fixing charges today,
Infineon will have a hard time
arguing that it didn #39;t fix
prices in its ongoing
litigation with Rambus." - ], - [ - "A report indicates that many
giants of the industry have
been able to capture lasting
feelings of customer loyalty." - ], - [ - "It is the news that Internet
users do not want to hear: the
worldwide web is in danger of
collapsing around us. Patrick
Gelsinger, the chief
technology officer for
computer chip maker Intel,
told a conference" - ], - [ - "Cisco Systems CEO John
Chambers said today that his
company plans to offer twice
as many new products this year
as ever before." - ], - [ - "Every day, somewhere in the
universe, there #39;s an
explosion that puts the power
of the Sun in the shade. Steve
Connor investigates the riddle
of gamma-ray bursts." - ], - [ - "Ten months after NASA #39;s
twin rovers landed on Mars,
scientists reported this week
that both robotic vehicles are
still navigating their rock-
studded landscapes with all
instruments operating" - ], - [ - "British scientists say they
have found a new, greener way
to power cars and homes using
sunflower oil, a commodity
more commonly used for cooking
fries." - ], - [ - "The United States #39; top
computer-security official has
resigned after a little more
than a year on the job, the US
Department of Homeland
Security said on Friday." - ], - [ - " SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -
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on Thursday outlined its
vision of the Internet of the
future, one in which millions
of computer servers would
analyze and direct network
traffic to make the Web safer
and more efficient." - ], - [ - "Check out new gadgets as
holiday season approaches." - ], - [ - "TOKYO, Sep 08, 2004 (AFX-UK
via COMTEX) -- Sony Corp will
launch its popular projection
televisions with large liquid
crystal display (LCD) screens
in China early next year, a
company spokeswoman said." - ], - [ - "AFP - Outgoing EU competition
commissioner Mario Monti wants
to reach a decision on
Oracle's proposed takeover of
business software rival
PeopleSoft by the end of next
month, an official said." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Satellite companies would be
able to retransmit
broadcasters' television
signals for another five
years but would have to offer
those signals on a single
dish, under legislation
approved by Congress on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "Sven Jaschan, who may face
five years in prison for
spreading the Netsky and
Sasser worms, is now working
in IT security. Photo: AFP." - ], - [ - "TechWeb - An Indian Institute
of Technology professor--and
open-source evangelist--
discusses the role of Linux
and open source in India." - ], - [ - "Here are some of the latest
health and medical news
developments, compiled by
editors of HealthDay: -----
Contaminated Fish in Many U.S.
Lakes and Rivers Fish
that may be contaminated with
dioxin, mercury, PCBs and
pesticides are swimming in
more than one-third of the
United States' lakes and
nearly one-quarter of its
rivers, according to a list of
advisories released by the
Environmental Protection
Agency..." - ], - [ - "Bill Gates is giving his big
speech right now at Microsofts
big Digital Entertainment
Anywhere event in Los Angeles.
Well have a proper report for
you soon, but in the meantime
we figured wed" - ], - [ - "Spinal and non-spinal
fractures are reduced by
almost a third in women age 80
or older who take a drug
called strontium ranelate,
European investigators
announced" - ], - [ - "BERLIN: Apple Computer Inc is
planning the next wave of
expansion for its popular
iTunes online music store with
a multi-country European
launch in October, the
services chief architect said
on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Calls to 13 other countries
will be blocked to thwart
auto-dialer software." - ], - [ - "com September 27, 2004, 5:00
AM PT. This fourth priority
#39;s main focus has been
improving or obtaining CRM and
ERP software for the past year
and a half." - ], - [ - "SPACE.com - The Zero Gravity
Corporation \\ has been given
the thumbs up by the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA)
to \\ conduct quot;weightless
flights quot; for the general
public, providing the \\
sensation of floating in
space." - ], - [ - "A 32-year-old woman in Belgium
has become the first woman
ever to give birth after
having ovarian tissue removed,
frozen and then implanted back
in her body." - ], - [ - "No sweat, says the new CEO,
who's imported from IBM. He
also knows this will be the
challenge of a lifetime." - ], - [ - "AP - Their discoveries may be
hard for many to comprehend,
but this year's Nobel Prize
winners still have to explain
what they did and how they did
it." - ], - [ - "More than 15 million homes in
the UK will be able to get on-
demand movies by 2008, say
analysts." - ], - [ - "A well-researched study by the
National Academy of Sciences
makes a persuasive case for
refurbishing the Hubble Space
Telescope. NASA, which is
reluctant to take this
mission, should rethink its
position." - ], - [ - "LONDON -- In a deal that
appears to buck the growing
trend among governments to
adopt open-source
alternatives, the U.K.'s
Office of Government Commerce
(OGC) is negotiating a renewal
of a three-year agreement with
Microsoft Corp." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania
law requiring Internet service
providers (ISPs) to block Web
sites the state's prosecuting
attorneys deem to be child
pornography has been reversed
by a U.S. federal court, with
the judge ruling the law
violated free speech rights." - ], - [ - "The Microsoft Corp. chairman
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a day, but practically an
entire department at the
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dedicated to ensuring that
nothing unwanted gets into his
inbox, the company #39;s chief
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two new versions of its hugely
successful iPod: the iPod
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spread citrus canker to at
least 11,000 trees in
Charlotte County, one of the
largest outbreaks of the
fruit-damaging infection to
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industry, state officials
said." - ], - [ - "IBM moved back into the iSCSI
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small and midsize business
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phone shoppers looking for new
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Sprint Corp. and Nextel
Communications Inc. announced
a merger that the phone
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pulled the plug on its Linux-
based PDAs in the United
States as no-one seems to want
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will continue to sell them in
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and Pocket PC connectivity,
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Mforma to work with the comic
book giant to develop a
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Portable Media Center -- a
new, Microsoft-conceived
handheld device that presents
video and photos as well as
music -- would be a decent
idea if there weren't such a
thing as lampposts. Or street
signs. Or trees. Or other
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Hurricane Hunters, those
fearless crews who dive into
the eyewalls of hurricanes to
relay critical data on
tropical systems, were chased
from their base on the
Mississippi Gulf Coast by
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socialist paradise has quietly
become a pharmaceutical
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working on the capitalism
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Wired magazine." - ], - [ - "A new worm can spy on users by
hijacking their Web cameras, a
security firm warned Monday.
The Rbot.gr worm -- the latest
in a long line of similar
worms; one security firm
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to retreat from the
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Intel #39;s entry-level
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the fastest - until the
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asks the Supreme Court to
reverse the Grokster decision,
which held that peer-to-peer
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wide open, too." - ], - [ - "A remote attacker could take
complete control over
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a JPEG image that executes
through an unchecked buffer" - ], - [ - "The lawsuit claims the
companies use a patented
Honeywell technology for
brightening images and
reducing interference on
displays." - ], - [ - "The co-president of Oracle
testified that her company was
serious about its takeover
offer for PeopleSoft and was
not trying to scare off its
customers." - ], - [ - "An extremely rare Hawaiian
bird dies in captivity,
possibly marking the
extinction of its entire
species only 31 years after it
was first discovered." - ], - [ - "Does Geico's trademark lawsuit
against Google have merit? How
will the case be argued?
What's the likely outcome of
the trial? A mock court of
trademark experts weighs in
with their verdict." - ], - [ - "Treo 650 boasts a high-res
display, an improved keyboard
and camera, a removable
battery, and more. PalmOne
this week is announcing the
Treo 650, a hybrid PDA/cell-
phone device that addresses
many of the shortcomings" - ], - [ - "International Business
Machines Corp.'s possible exit
from the personal computer
business would be the latest
move in what amounts to a long
goodbye from a field it
pioneered and revolutionized." - ], - [ - "Leipzig Game Convention in
Germany, the stage for price-
slash revelations. Sony has
announced that it #39;s
slashing the cost of PS2 in
the UK and Europe to 104.99
GBP." - ], - [ - "In yet another devastating
body blow to the company,
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) announced
it would be canceling its
4-GHz Pentium chip. The
semiconductor bellwether said
it was switching" - ], - [ - "Seagate #39;s native SATA
interface technology with
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allows the Barracuda 7200.8 to
match the performance of
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sacrificing capacity" - ], - [ - "You #39;re probably already
familiar with one of the most
common questions we hear at
iPodlounge: quot;how can I
load my iPod up with free
music?" - ], - [ - "Vice chairman of the office of
the chief executive officer in
Novell Inc, Chris Stone is
leaving the company to pursue
other opportunities in life." - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com - Microsoft
is going to Tinseltown today
to announce plans for its
revamped Windows XP Media
Center, part of an aggressive
push to get ahead in the
digital entertainment race." - ], - [ - "AP - Most of the turkeys
gracing the nation's dinner
tables Thursday have been
selectively bred for their
white meat for so many
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living rooms with the launch
of a new version of its
Windows XP Media Center, a
personal computer designed for
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music and scrolling through
digital pictures." - ], - [ - "The new software is designed
to simplify the process of
knitting together back-office
business applications." - ], - [ - "FRANKFURT, GERMANY -- The
German subsidiaries of
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) and
Novell Inc. are teaming to
offer Linux-based products to
the country's huge public
sector." - ], - [ - "SiliconValley.com - \"I'm
back,\" declared Apple
Computer's Steve Jobs on
Thursday morning in his first
public appearance before
reporters since cancer surgery
in late July." - ], - [ - "Health India: London, Nov 4 :
Cosmetic face cream used by
fashionable Roman women was
discovered at an ongoing
archaeological dig in London,
in a metal container, complete
with the lid and contents." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - Microsoft's
Macintosh Business Unit on
Tuesday issued a patch for
Virtual PC 7 that fixes a
problem that occurred when
running the software on Power
Mac G5 computers with more
than 2GB of RAM installed.
Previously, Virtual PC 7 would
not run on those computers,
causing a fatal error that
crashed the application.
Microsoft also noted that
Virtual PC 7.0.1 also offers
stability improvements,
although it wasn't more
specific than that -- some
users have reported problems
with using USB devices and
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there are far better games out
there. But if you're a Star
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tool-making ability, the human
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ancestors by the ability to
jog mile after lung-stabbing
mile with greater endurance
than any other primate,
according to research
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Digital Entertainment and its
subsidiary Altnet announced
yesterday that they have filed
a patent infringement suit
against the Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA)." - ], - [ - "Sony Ericsson and Cingular
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read it. You can even switch
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said it will add access
offered by Connexion by Boeing
to its list of access
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version of service that
fosters popular Internet
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mixture of exhilaration that
the Athens Olympics proved
successful, and relief that
they passed off without any
major setback." - ], - [ - "Loudon, NH -- As the rain
began falling late Friday
afternoon at New Hampshire
International Speedway, the
rich in the Nextel Cup garage
got richer." - ], - [ - "AP - Ottawa Senators right
wing Marian Hossa is switching
European teams during the NHL
lockout." - ], - [ - "Chelsea terminated Romania
striker Adrian Mutu #39;s
contract, citing gross
misconduct after the player
failed a doping test for
cocaine and admitted taking
the drug, the English soccer
club said in a statement." - ], - [ - "The success of Paris #39; bid
for Olympic Games 2012 would
bring an exceptional
development for France for at
least 6 years, said Jean-
Francois Lamour, French
minister for Youth and Sports
on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Madison, WI (Sports Network) -
Anthony Davis ran for 122
yards and two touchdowns to
lead No. 6 Wisconsin over
Northwestern, 24-12, to
celebrate Homecoming weekend
at Camp Randall Stadium." - ], - [ - "LaVar Arrington participated
in his first practice since
Oct. 25, when he aggravated a
knee injury that sidelined him
for 10 games." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billie
Jean King cut her final tie
with the U.S. Fed Cup team
Tuesday when she retired as
coach." - ], - [ - "The Miami Dolphins arrived for
their final exhibition game
last night in New Orleans
short nine players." - ], - [ - "AP - From LSU at No. 1 to Ohio
State at No. 10, The AP
women's basketball poll had no
changes Monday." - ], - [ - "nother stage victory for race
leader Petter Solberg, his
fifth since the start of the
rally. The Subaru driver is
not pulling away at a fast
pace from Gronholm and Loeb
but the gap is nonetheless
increasing steadily." - ], - [ - "April 1980 -- Players strike
the last eight days of spring
training. Ninety-two
exhibition games are canceled.
June 1981 -- Players stage
first midseason strike in
history." - ], - [ - "On Sunday, the day after Ohio
State dropped to 0-3 in the
Big Ten with a 33-7 loss at
Iowa, the Columbus Dispatch
ran a single word above its
game story on the Buckeyes:
quot;Embarrassing." - ], - [ - "BOSTON - Curt Schilling got
his 20th win on the eve of
Boston #39;s big series with
the New York Yankees. Now he
wants much more. quot;In a
couple of weeks, hopefully, it
will get a lot better, quot;
he said after becoming" - ], - [ - "Shooed the ghosts of the
Bambino and the Iron Horse and
the Yankee Clipper and the
Mighty Mick, on his 73rd
birthday, no less, and turned
Yankee Stadium into a morgue." - ], - [ - "Gold medal-winning Marlon
Devonish says the men #39;s
4x100m Olympic relay triumph
puts British sprinting back on
the map. Devonish, Darren
Campbell, Jason Gardener and
Mark Lewis-Francis edged out
the American" - ], - [ - "he difficult road conditions
created a few incidents in the
first run of the Epynt stage.
Francois Duval takes his
second stage victory since the
start of the rally, nine
tenths better than Sebastien
Loeb #39;s performance in
second position." - ], - [ - "Tallahassee, FL (Sports
Network) - Florida State head
coach Bobby Bowden has
suspended senior wide receiver
Craphonso Thorpe for the
Seminoles #39; game against
fellow Atlantic Coast
Conference member Duke on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "Former champion Lleyton Hewitt
bristled, battled and
eventually blossomed as he
took another step towards a
second US Open title with a
second-round victory over
Moroccan Hicham Arazi on
Friday." - ], - [ - "As the Mets round out their
search for a new manager, the
club is giving a last-minute
nod to its past. Wally
Backman, an infielder for the
Mets from 1980-88 who played
second base on the 1986" - ], - [ - "AMSTERDAM, Aug 18 (Reuters) -
Midfielder Edgar Davids #39;s
leadership qualities and
never-say-die attitude have
earned him the captaincy of
the Netherlands under new
coach Marco van Basten." - ], - [ - "COUNTY KILKENNY, Ireland (PA)
-- Hurricane Jeanne has led to
world No. 1 Vijay Singh
pulling out of this week #39;s
WGC-American Express
Championship at Mount Juliet." - ], - [ - "Green Bay, WI (Sports Network)
- The Green Bay Packers will
be without the services of Pro
Bowl center Mike Flanagan for
the remainder of the season,
as he will undergo left knee
surgery." - ], - [ - "COLUMBUS, Ohio -- NCAA
investigators will return to
Ohio State University Monday
to take another look at the
football program after the
latest round of allegations
made by former players,
according to the Akron Beacon
Journal." - ], - [ - "Manchester United gave Alex
Ferguson a 1,000th game
anniversary present by
reaching the last 16 of the
Champions League yesterday,
while four-time winners Bayern
Munich romped into the second
round with a 5-1 beating of
Maccabi Tel Aviv." - ], - [ - "The last time the Angels
played the Texas Rangers, they
dropped two consecutive
shutouts at home in their most
agonizing lost weekend of the
season." - ], - [ - "SEATTLE - Chasing a nearly
forgotten ghost of the game,
Ichiro Suzuki broke one of
baseball #39;s oldest records
Friday night, smoking a single
up the middle for his 258th
hit of the year and breaking
George Sisler #39;s record for
the most hits in a season" - ], - [ - "Grace Park, her caddie - and
fans - were poking around in
the desert brush alongside the
18th fairway desperately
looking for her ball." - ], - [ - "Washington Redskins kicker
John Hall strained his right
groin during practice
Thursday, his third leg injury
of the season. Hall will be
held out of practice Friday
and is questionable for Sunday
#39;s game against the Chicago
Bears." - ], - [ - "The Florida Gators and
Arkansas Razorbacks meet for
just the sixth time Saturday.
The Gators hold a 4-1
advantage in the previous five
meetings, including last year
#39;s 33-28 win." - ], - [ - "AP - 1941 #151; Brooklyn
catcher Mickey Owen dropped a
third strike on Tommy Henrich
of what would have been the
last out of a Dodgers victory
against the New York Yankees.
Given the second chance, the
Yankees scored four runs for a
7-4 victory and a 3-1 lead in
the World Series, which they
ended up winning." - ], - [ - "Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal
was arrested on drunken
driving charges Friday, his
second D.U.I. arrest in four
years." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - Natalie
Coughlin's run of bad luck
finally took a turn for the
better when she won the gold
medal in the women's 100
meters backstroke at the
Athens Olympics Monday." - ], - [ - "AP - Pedro Feliz hit a
tiebreaking grand slam with
two outs in the eighth inning
for his fourth hit of the day,
and the Giants helped their
playoff chances with a 9-5
victory over the Los Angeles
Dodgers on Saturday." - ], - [ - "LEVERKUSEN/ROME, Dec 7 (SW) -
Dynamo Kiev, Bayer Leverkusen,
and Real Madrid all have a
good chance of qualifying for
the Champions League Round of
16 if they can get the right
results in Group F on
Wednesday night." - ], - [ - "Ed Hinkel made a diving,
fingertip catch for a key
touchdown and No. 16 Iowa
stiffened on defense when it
needed to most to beat Iowa
State 17-10 Saturday." - ], - [ - "During last Sunday #39;s
Nextel Cup race, amid the
ongoing furor over Dale
Earnhardt Jr. #39;s salty
language, NBC ran a commercial
for a show coming on later
that night called quot;Law
amp; Order: Criminal Intent." - ], - [ - "AP - After playing in hail,
fog and chill, top-ranked
Southern California finishes
its season in familiar
comfort. The Trojans (9-0, 6-0
Pacific-10) have two games at
home #151; against Arizona on
Saturday and Notre Dame on
Nov. 27 #151; before their
rivalry game at UCLA." - ], - [ - "The remnants of Hurricane
Jeanne rained out Monday's
game between the Mets and the
Atlanta Braves. It will be
made up Tuesday as part of a
doubleheader." - ], - [ - "AP - NASCAR is not expecting
any immediate changes to its
top-tier racing series
following the merger between
telecommunications giant
Sprint Corp. and Nextel
Communications Inc." - ], - [ - "Like wide-open races? You
#39;ll love the Big 12 North.
Here #39;s a quick morning
line of the Big 12 North as it
opens conference play this
weekend." - ], - [ - "Taquan Dean scored 22 points,
Francisco Garcia added 19 and
No. 13 Louisville withstood a
late rally to beat Florida
74-70 Saturday." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK -- This was all about
Athens, about redemption for
one and validation for the
other. Britain's Paula
Radcliffe, the fastest female
marathoner in history, failed
to finish either of her
Olympic races last summer.
South Africa's Hendrik Ramaala
was a five-ringed dropout,
too, reinforcing his
reputation as a man who could
go only half the distance." - ], - [ - "LONDON -- Ernie Els has set
his sights on an improved
putting display this week at
the World Golf Championships
#39; NEC Invitational in
Akron, Ohio, after the
disappointment of tying for
fourth place at the PGA
Championship last Sunday." - ], - [ - "Fiji #39;s Vijay Singh
replaced Tiger Woods as the
world #39;s No.1 ranked golfer
today by winning the PGA
Deutsche Bank Championship." - ], - [ - "LEIPZIG, Germany : Jurgen
Klinsmann enjoyed his first
home win as German manager
with his team defeating ten-
man Cameroon 3-0 in a friendly
match." - ], - [ - "AP - Kevin Brown had a chance
to claim a place in Yankees
postseason history with his
start in Game 7 of the AL
championship series." - ], - [ - "HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Kurt Busch
got his first big break in
NASCAR by winning a 1999
talent audition nicknamed
quot;The Gong Show. quot; He
was selected from dozens of
unknown, young race drivers to
work for one of the sport
#39;s most famous team owners,
Jack Roush." - ], - [ - "Zurich, Switzerland (Sports
Network) - Former world No. 1
Venus Williams advanced on
Thursday and will now meet
Wimbledon champion Maria
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at the \\$1." - ], - [ - "INDIA #39;S cricket chiefs
began a frenetic search today
for a broadcaster to show next
month #39;s home series
against world champion
Australia after cancelling a
controversial \\$US308 million
(\\$440 million) television
deal." - ], - [ - "The International Olympic
Committee (IOC) has urged
Beijing to ensure the city is
ready to host the 2008 Games
well in advance, an official
said on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Virginia Tech scores 24 points
off four first-half turnovers
in a 55-6 wipeout of Maryland
on Thursday to remain alone
atop the ACC." - ], - [ - "AP - Martina Navratilova's
long, illustrious career will
end without an Olympic medal.
The 47-year-old Navratilova
and Lisa Raymond lost 6-4,
4-6, 6-4 on Thursday night to
fifth-seeded Shinobu Asagoe
and Ai Sugiyama of Japan in
the quarterfinals, one step
shy of the medal round." - ], - [ - "PSV Eindhoven re-established
their five-point lead at the
top of the Dutch Eredivisie
today with a 2-0 win at
Vitesse Arnhem. Former
Sheffield Wednesday striker
Gerald Sibon put PSV ahead in
the 56th minute" - ], - [ - "TODAY AUTO RACING 3 p.m. --
NASCAR Nextel Cup Sylvania 300
qualifying at N.H.
International Speedway,
Loudon, N.H., TNT PRO BASEBALL
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Yankees, Ch. 38, WEEI (850)
(on cable systems where Ch. 38
is not available, the game
will air on NESN); Chicago
Cubs at Cincinnati, ESPN 6
p.m. -- Eastern League finals:
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Board of Control for Cricket
in India (BCCI) today informed
the Bombay High Court that it
was cancelling the entire
tender process regarding
cricket telecast rights as
also the conditional deal with
Zee TV." - ], - [ - "JEJU, South Korea : Grace Park
of South Korea won an LPGA
Tour tournament, firing a
seven-under-par 65 in the
final round of the
1.35-million dollar CJ Nine
Bridges Classic." - ], - [ - "AP - The NHL will lock out its
players Thursday, starting a
work stoppage that threatens
to keep the sport off the ice
for the entire 2004-05 season." - ], - [ - "When Paula Radcliffe dropped
out of the Olympic marathon
miles from the finish, she
sobbed uncontrollably.
Margaret Okayo knew the
feeling." - ], - [ - "First baseman Richie Sexson
agrees to a four-year contract
with the Seattle Mariners on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Notes and quotes from various
drivers following California
Speedway #39;s Pop Secret 500.
Jeff Gordon slipped to second
in points following an engine
failure while Jimmie Johnson
moved back into first." - ], - [ - " MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Sports
Network) - The Memphis
Grizzlies signed All-Star
forward Pau Gasol to a multi-
year contract on Friday.
Terms of the deal were not
announced." - ], - [ - "Andre Agassi brushed past
Jonas Bjorkman 6-3 6-4 at the
Stockholm Open on Thursday to
set up a quarter-final meeting
with Spanish sixth seed
Fernando Verdasco." - ], - [ - " BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston was
tingling with anticipation on
Saturday as the Red Sox
prepared to host Game One of
the World Series against the
St. Louis Cardinals and take a
step toward ridding
themselves of a hex that has
hung over the team for eight
decades." - ], - [ - "FOR the first time since his
appointment as Newcastle
United manager, Graeme Souness
has been required to display
the strong-arm disciplinary
qualities that, to Newcastle
directors, made" - ], - [ - "WHY IT HAPPENED Tom Coughlin
won his first game as Giants
coach and immediately
announced a fine amnesty for
all Giants. Just kidding." - ], - [ - "A second-place finish in his
first tournament since getting
married was good enough to
take Tiger Woods from third to
second in the world rankings." - ], - [ - " COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado
(Reuters) - World 400 meters
champion Jerome Young has been
given a lifetime ban from
athletics for a second doping
offense, the U.S. Anti-Doping
Agency (USADA) said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "LONDON - In two years, Arsenal
will play their home matches
in the Emirates stadium. That
is what their new stadium at
Ashburton Grove will be called
after the Premiership
champions yesterday agreed to
the" - ], - [ - "KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Jason
Campbell threw for 252 yards
and two touchdowns, and No. 8
Auburn proved itself as a
national title contender by
overwhelming No. 10 Tennessee,
34-10, last night." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON -- Another
Revolution season concluded
with an overtime elimination.
Last night, the Revolution
thrice rallied from deficits
for a 3-3 tie with D.C. United
in the Eastern Conference
final, then lost in the first-
ever Major League Soccer match
decided by penalty kicks." - ], - [ - "Dwyane Wade calls himself a
quot;sidekick, quot; gladly
accepting the role Kobe Bryant
never wanted in Los Angeles.
And not only does second-year
Heat point" - ], - [ - "World number one golfer Vijay
Singh of Fiji has captured his
eighth PGA Tour event of the
year with a win at the 84
Lumber Classic in Farmington,
Pennsylvania." - ], - [ - "The noise was deafening and
potentially unsettling in the
minutes before the start of
the men #39;s Olympic
200-meter final. The Olympic
Stadium crowd chanted
quot;Hellas!" - ], - [ - "Brazilian forward Ronaldinho
scored a sensational goal for
Barcelona against Milan,
making for a last-gasp 2-1.
The 24-year-old #39;s
brilliant left-foot hit at the
Nou Camp Wednesday night sent
Barcelona atop of Group F." - ], - [ - "Bee Staff Writer. SANTA CLARA
- Andre Carter #39;s back
injury has kept him out of the
49ers #39; lineup since Week
1. It #39;s also interfering
with him rooting on his alma
mater in person." - ], - [ - "AP - Kellen Winslow Jr. ended
his second NFL holdout Friday." - ], - [ - "HOUSTON - With only a few
seconds left in a certain
victory for Miami, Peyton
Manning threw a meaningless
6-yard touchdown pass to
Marvin Harrison to cut the
score to 24-15." - ], - [ - "DEADLY SCORER: Manchester
United #39;s Wayne Rooney
celebrating his three goals
against Fenerbahce this week
at Old Trafford. (AP)." - ], - [ - "You can feel the confidence
level, not just with Team
Canada but with all of Canada.
There #39;s every expectation,
from one end of the bench to
the other, that Martin Brodeur
is going to hold the fort." - ], - [ - "Heading into the first game of
a new season, every team has
question marks. But in 2004,
the Denver Broncos seemed to
have more than normal." - ], - [ - "Anaheim, Calif. - There is a
decidedly right lean to the
three-time champions of the
American League Central. In a
span of 26 days, the Minnesota
Twins lost the left side of
their infield to free agency." - ], - [ - "With the NFL trading deadline
set for 4 p.m. Tuesday,
Patriots coach Bill Belichick
said there didn't seem to be
much happening on the trade
front around the league." - ], - [ - "AP - David Beckham broke his
rib moments after scoring
England's second goal in
Saturday's 2-0 win over Wales
in a World Cup qualifying
game." - ], - [ - "Nothing changed at the top of
Serie A as all top teams won
their games to keep the
distance between one another
unaltered. Juventus came back
from behind against Lazio to
win thanks to another goal by
Ibrahimovic" - ], - [ - "RICHMOND, Va. Jeremy Mayfield
won his first race in over
four years, taking the
Chevrolet 400 at Richmond
International Raceway after
leader Kurt Busch ran out of
gas eight laps from the
finish." - ], - [ - "AP - Track star Marion Jones
filed a defamation lawsuit
Wednesday against the man
whose company is at the center
of a federal investigation
into illegal steroid use among
some of the nation's top
athletes." - ], - [ - "England #39;s players hit out
at cricket #39;s authorities
tonight and claimed they had
been used as quot;political
pawns quot; after the Zimbabwe
government produced a
spectacular U-turn to ensure
the controversial one-day
series will go ahead." - ], - [ - "AP - The Japanese won the
pregame home run derby. Then
the game started and the major
league All-Stars put their
bats to work. Back-to-back
home runs by Moises Alou and
Vernon Wells in the fourth
inning and by Johnny Estrada
and Brad Wilkerson in the
ninth powered the major
leaguers past the Japanese
stars 7-3 Sunday for a 3-0
lead in the eight-game series." - ], - [ - "With Chelsea losing their
unbeaten record and Manchester
United failing yet again to
win, William Hill now make
Arsenal red-hot 2/5 favourites
to retain the title." - ], - [ - "Theresa special bookcase in Al
Grohs office completely full
of game plans from his days in
the NFL. Green ones are from
the Jets." - ], - [ - "Newcastle ensured their place
as top seeds in Friday #39;s
third round UEFA Cup draw
after holding Sporting Lisbon
to a 1-1 draw at St James #39;
Park." - ], - [ - "CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Bode
Miller continued his
impressive 2004-05 World Cup
skiing season by winning a
night slalom race in
Sestriere, Italy on Monday." - ], - [ - "Damien Rhodes scored on a
2-yard run in the second
overtime, then Syracuse's
defense stopped Pittsburgh on
fourth and 1, sending the
Orange to a 38-31 victory
yesterday in Syracuse, N.Y." - ], - [ - "AP - Anthony Harris scored 18
of his career-high 23 points
in the second half to help
Miami upset No. 19 Florida
72-65 Saturday and give first-
year coach Frank Haith his
biggest victory." - ], - [ - "AP - The five cities looking
to host the 2012 Summer Games
submitted bids to the
International Olympic
Committee on Monday, entering
the final stage of a long
process in hopes of landing
one of the biggest prizes in
sports." - ], - [ - "The FIA has already cancelled
todays activities at Suzuka as
Super Typhoon Ma-On heads
towards the 5.807km circuit.
Saturday practice has been
cancelled altogether while
pre-qualifying and final
qualifying" - ], - [ - " GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas
(Reuters) - Betting on horses
was banned in Texas until as
recently as 1987. Times have
changed rapidly since.
Saturday, Lone Star Park race
track hosts the \\$14 million
Breeders Cup, global racing's
end-of-season extravaganza." - ], - [ - "It might be a stay of
execution for Coach P, or it
might just be a Christmas
miracle come early. SU #39;s
upset win over BC has given
hope to the Orange playing in
a post season Bowl game." - ], - [ - "PHIL Neville insists
Manchester United don #39;t
fear anyone in the Champions
League last 16 and declared:
quot;Bring on the Italians." - ], - [ - "TORONTO -- Toronto Raptors
point guard Alvin Williams
will miss the rest of the
season after undergoing
surgery on his right knee
Monday." - ], - [ - "AP - Tennessee's two freshmen
quarterbacks have Volunteers
fans fantasizing about the
next four years. Brent
Schaeffer and Erik Ainge
surprised many with the nearly
seamless way they rotated
throughout a 42-17 victory
over UNLV on Sunday night." - ], - [ - "MADRID, Aug 18 (Reuters) -
Portugal captain Luis Figo
said on Wednesday he was
taking an indefinite break
from international football,
but would not confirm whether
his decision was final." - ], - [ - "AP - Shaun Rogers is in the
backfield as often as some
running backs. Whether teams
dare to block Detroit's star
defensive tackle with one
player or follow the trend of
double-teaming him, he often
rips through offensive lines
with a rare combination of
size, speed, strength and
nimble footwork." - ], - [ - "The Lions and Eagles entered
Sunday #39;s game at Ford
Field in the same place --
atop their respective
divisions -- and with
identical 2-0 records." - ], - [ - "After Marcos Moreno threw four
more interceptions in last
week's 14-13 overtime loss at
N.C. A T, Bison Coach Ray
Petty will start Antoine
Hartfield against Norfolk
State on Saturday." - ], - [ - "SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. --
Looking ahead to the US
championship game almost cost
Conejo Valley in the
semifinals of the Little
League World Series." - ], - [ - "The Cubs didn #39;t need to
fly anywhere near Florida to
be in the eye of the storm.
For a team that is going on
100 years since last winning a
championship, the only thing
they never are at a loss for
is controversy." - ], - [ - "KETTERING, Ohio Oct. 12, 2004
- Cincinnati Bengals defensive
end Justin Smith pleaded not
guilty to a driving under the
influence charge." - ], - [ - "MINNEAPOLIS -- For much of the
2004 season, Twins pitcher
Johan Santana didn #39;t just
beat opposing hitters. Often,
he overwhelmed and owned them
in impressive fashion." - ], - [ - "At a charity auction in New
Jersey last weekend, baseball
memorabilia dealer Warren
Heller was approached by a man
with an unusual but topical
request." - ], - [ - "INTER Milan coach Roberto
Mancini believes the club
#39;s lavish (northern) summer
signings will enable them to
mount a serious Serie A
challenge this season." - ], - [ - "AP - Brad Ott shot an 8-under
64 on Sunday to win the
Nationwide Tour's Price Cutter
Charity Championship for his
first Nationwide victory." - ], - [ - "AP - New York Jets running
back Curtis Martin passed Eric
Dickerson and Jerome Bettis on
the NFL career rushing list
Sunday against the St. Louis
Rams, moving to fourth all-
time." - ], - [ - "Instead of standing for ante
meridian and post meridian,
though, fans will remember the
time periods of pre-Mia and
after-Mia. After playing for
18 years and shattering nearly
every record" - ], - [ - "Stephon Marbury, concerned
about his lousy shooting in
Athens, used an off day to go
to the gym and work on his
shot. By finding his range, he
saved the United States #39;
hopes for a basketball gold
medal." - ], - [ - "AP - Randy Moss is expected to
play a meaningful role for the
Minnesota Vikings this weekend
against the Giants, even
without a fully healed right
hamstring." - ], - [ - "Pros: Fits the recent profile
(44, past PGA champion, fiery
Ryder Cup player); the job is
his if he wants it. Cons:
Might be too young to be
willing to burn two years of
play on tour." - ], - [ - "Elmer Santos scored in the
second half, lifting East
Boston to a 1-0 win over
Brighton yesterday afternoon
and giving the Jets an early
leg up in what is shaping up
to be a tight Boston City
League race." - ], - [ - "Saints special teams captain
Steve Gleason expects to be
fined by the league after
being ejected from Sunday's
game against the Carolina
Panthers for throwing a punch." - ], - [ - "Play has begun in the
Australian Masters at
Huntingdale in Melbourne with
around half the field of 120
players completing their first
rounds." - ], - [ - "LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville
men #39;s basketball head
coach Rick Pitino and senior
forward Ellis Myles met with
members of the media on Friday
to preview the Cardinals #39;
home game against rival
Kentucky on Satursday." - ], - [ - "AP - Sounds like David
Letterman is as big a \"Pops\"
fan as most everyone else." - ], - [ - "Arsenal was held to a 1-1 tie
by struggling West Bromwich
Albion on Saturday, failing to
pick up a Premier League
victory when Rob Earnshaw
scored with 11 minutes left." - ], - [ - "Baseball #39;s executive vice
president Sandy Alderson
insisted last month that the
Cubs, disciplined for an
assortment of run-ins with
umpires, would not be targeted
the rest of the season by
umpires who might hold a
grudge." - ], - [ - "As Superman and Batman would
no doubt reflect during their
cigarette breaks, the really
draining thing about being a
hero was that you have to keep
riding to the rescue." - ], - [ - "AP - Eric Hinske and Vernon
Wells homered, and the Toronto
Blue Jays completed a three-
game sweep of the Baltimore
Orioles with an 8-5 victory
Sunday." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Todd
Walker homered, had three hits
and drove in four runs to lead
the Chicago Cubs to a 12-5 win
over the Cincinnati Reds in
National League play at
Wrigley Field on Monday." - ], - [ - "MIAMI (Sports Network) -
Shaquille O #39;Neal made his
home debut, but once again it
was Dwyane Wade stealing the
show with 28 points as the
Miami Heat downed the
Cleveland Cavaliers, 92-86, in
front of a record crowd at
AmericanAirlines Arena." - ], - [ - "AP - The San Diego Chargers
looked sharp #151; and played
the same way. Wearing their
powder-blue throwback jerseys
and white helmets from the
1960s, the Chargers did almost
everything right in beating
the Jacksonville Jaguars 34-21
on Sunday." - ], - [ - "NERVES - no problem. That
#39;s the verdict of Jose
Mourinho today after his
Chelsea side gave a resolute
display of character at
Highbury." - ], - [ - "AP - The latest low point in
Ron Zook's tenure at Florida
even has the coach wondering
what went wrong. Meanwhile,
Sylvester Croom's first big
win at Mississippi State has
given the Bulldogs and their
fans a reason to believe in
their first-year leader.
Jerious Norwood's 37-yard
touchdown run with 32 seconds
remaining lifted the Bulldogs
to a 38-31 upset of the 20th-
ranked Gators on Saturday." - ], - [ - "Someone forgot to inform the
US Olympic basketball team
that it was sent to Athens to
try to win a gold medal, not
to embarrass its country." - ], - [ - "Ten-man Paris St Germain
clinched their seventh
consecutive victory over arch-
rivals Olympique Marseille
with a 2-1 triumph in Ligue 1
on Sunday thanks to a second-
half winner by substitute
Edouard Cisse." - ], - [ - "Roy Oswalt wasn #39;t
surprised to hear the Astros
were flying Sunday night
through the remnants of a
tropical depression that
dumped several inches of rain
in Louisiana and could bring
showers today in Atlanta." - ], - [ - "AP - This hardly seemed
possible when Pitt needed
frantic rallies to overcome
Division I-AA Furman or Big
East cellar dweller Temple. Or
when the Panthers could barely
move the ball against Ohio
#151; not Ohio State, but Ohio
U." - ], - [ - "Everyone is moaning about the
fallout from last weekend but
they keep on reporting the
aftermath. #39;The fall-out
from the so-called
quot;Battle of Old Trafford
quot; continues to settle over
the nation and the debate" - ], - [ - "American Lindsay Davenport
regained the No. 1 ranking in
the world for the first time
since early 2002 by defeating
Dinara Safina of Russia 6-4,
6-2 in the second round of the
Kremlin Cup on Thursday." - ], - [ - "Freshman Jeremy Ito kicked
four field goals and Ryan
Neill scored on a 31-yard
interception return to lead
improving Rutgers to a 19-14
victory on Saturday over
visiting Michigan State." - ], - [ - "Third-seeded Guillermo Canas
defeated Guillermo Garcia-
Lopez of Spain 7-6 (1), 6-3
Monday on the first day of the
Shanghai Open on Monday." - ], - [ - "But to play as feebly as it
did for about 35 minutes last
night in Game 1 of the WNBA
Finals and lose by only four
points -- on the road, no less
-- has to be the best
confidence builder since Cindy
St." - ], - [ - "With yesterday #39;s report on
its athletic department
violations completed, the
University of Washington says
it is pleased to be able to
move forward." - ], - [ - "Sammy Sosa was fined \\$87,400
-- one day's salary -- for
arriving late to the Cubs'
regular-season finale at
Wrigley Field and leaving the
game early. The slugger's
agent, Adam Katz , said
yesterday Sosa most likely
will file a grievance. Sosa
arrived 70 minutes before
Sunday's first pitch, and he
apparently left 15 minutes
after the game started without
..." - ], - [ - "Is the Oklahoma defense a
notch below its predecessors?
Is Texas #39; offense a step-
ahead? Why is Texas Tech
feeling good about itself
despite its recent loss?" - ], - [ - "New York gets 57 combined
points from its starting
backcourt of Jamal Crawford
and Stephon Marbury and tops
Denver, 107-96." - ], - [ - "AP - Shawn Marion had a
season-high 33 points and 15
rebounds, leading the Phoenix
Suns on a fourth-quarter
comeback despite the absence
of Steve Nash in a 95-86 win
over the New Orleans Hornets
on Friday night." - ], - [ - "Messina upset defending
champion AC Milan 2-1
Wednesday, while Juventus won
its third straight game to
stay alone atop the Italian
league standings." - ], - [ - "AP - Padraig Harrington
rallied to a three-stroke
victory in the German Masters
on a windy Sunday, closing
with a 2-under-par 70 and
giving his game a big boost
before the Ryder Cup." - ], - [ - "Ironically it was the first
regular season game for the
Carolina Panthers that not
only began the history of the
franchise, but also saw the
beginning of a rivalry that
goes on to this day." - ], - [ - "Baltimore Ravens running back
Jamal Lewis did not appear at
his arraignment Friday, but
his lawyers entered a not
guilty plea on charges in an
expanded drug conspiracy
indictment." - ], - [ - "After serving a five-game
suspension, Milton Bradley
worked out with the Dodgers as
they prepared for Tuesday's
opener against the St. Louis
Cardinals." - ], - [ - "AP - Prime Time won't be
playing in prime time this
time. Deion Sanders was on the
inactive list and missed a
chance to strut his stuff on
\"Monday Night Football.\"" - ], - [ - "The man who delivered the
knockout punch was picked up
from the Seattle scrap heap
just after the All-Star Game.
Before that, John Olerud
certainly hadn't figured on
facing Pedro Martinez in
Yankee Stadium in October." - ], - [ - "LONDON : A consortium,
including former world
champion Nigel Mansell, claims
it has agreed terms to ensure
Silverstone remains one of the
venues for the 2005 Formula
One world championship." - ], - [ - " BATON ROUGE, La. (Sports
Network) - LSU has named Les
Miles its new head football
coach, replacing Nick Saban." - ], - [ - "AP - The Chicago Blackhawks
re-signed goaltender Michael
Leighton to a one-year
contract Wednesday." - ], - [ - "ATHENS -- She won her first
Olympic gold medal in kayaking
when she was 18, the youngest
paddler to do so in Games
history. Yesterday, at 42,
Germany #39;s golden girl
Birgit Fischer won her eighth
Olympic gold in the four-woman
500-metre kayak race." - ], - [ - "England boss Sven Goran
Eriksson has defended
goalkeeper David James after
last night #39;s 2-2 draw in
Austria. James allowed Andreas
Ivanschitz #39;s shot to slip
through his fingers to
complete Austria comeback from
two goals down." - ], - [ - "The quot;future quot; is
getting a chance to revive the
presently struggling New York
Giants. Two other teams also
decided it was time for a
change at quarterback, but the
Buffalo Bills are not one of
them." - ], - [ - "Flushing Meadows, NY (Sports
Network) - The men #39;s
semifinals at the 2004 US Open
will be staged on Saturday,
with three of the tournament
#39;s top-five seeds ready for
action at the USTA National
Tennis Center." - ], - [ - "Given nearly a week to examine
the security issues raised by
the now-infamous brawl between
players and fans in Auburn
Hills, Mich., Nov. 19, the
Celtics returned to the
FleetCenter last night with
two losses and few concerns
about their on-court safety." - ], - [ - "Arsenals Thierry Henry today
missed out on the European
Footballer of the Year award
as Andriy Shevchenko took the
honour. AC Milan frontman
Shevchenko held off
competition from Barcelona
pair Deco and" - ], - [ - "Neil Mellor #39;s sensational
late winner for Liverpool
against Arsenal on Sunday has
earned the back-up striker the
chance to salvage a career
that had appeared to be
drifting irrevocably towards
the lower divisions." - ], - [ - "ABOUT 70,000 people were
forced to evacuate Real Madrid
#39;s Santiago Bernabeu
stadium minutes before the end
of a Primera Liga match
yesterday after a bomb threat
in the name of ETA Basque
separatist guerillas." - ], - [ - "The team learned on Monday
that full-back Jon Ritchie
will miss the rest of the
season with a torn anterior
cruciate ligament in his left
knee." - ], - [ - "Venus Williams barely kept
alive her hopes of qualifying
for next week #39;s WTA Tour
Championships. Williams,
seeded fifth, survived a
third-set tiebreaker to
outlast Yuilana Fedak of the
Ukraine, 6-4 2-6 7-6" - ], - [ - " SYDNEY (Reuters) - Arnold
Palmer has taken a swing at
America's top players,
criticizing their increasing
reluctance to travel abroad
to play in tournaments." - ], - [ - "Although he was well-beaten by
Retief Goosen in Sunday #39;s
final round of The Tour
Championship in Atlanta, there
has been some compensation for
the former world number one,
Tiger Woods." - ], - [ - "WAYNE Rooney and Henrik
Larsson are among the players
nominated for FIFAs
prestigious World Player of
the Year award. Rooney is one
of four Manchester United
players on a list which is
heavily influenced by the
Premiership." - ], - [ - "It didn #39;t look good when
it happened on the field, and
it looked worse in the
clubhouse. Angels second
baseman Adam Kennedy left the
Angels #39; 5-2 win over the
Seattle Mariners" - ], - [ - "Freshman Darius Walker ran for
115 yards and scored two
touchdowns, helping revive an
Irish offense that had managed
just one touchdown in the
season's first six quarters." - ], - [ - "AP - NBC is adding a 5-second
delay to its NASCAR telecasts
after Dale Earnhardt Jr. used
a vulgarity during a postrace
TV interview last weekend." - ], - [ - " BOSTON (Sports Network) - The
New York Yankees will start
Orlando \"El Duque\" Hernandez
in Game 4 of the American
League Championship Series on
Saturday against the Boston
Red Sox." - ], - [ - "The future of Sven-Goran
Eriksson as England coach is
the subject of intense
discussion after the draw in
Austria. Has the Swede lost
the confidence of the nation
or does he remain the best man
for the job?" - ], - [ - "Spain begin their third final
in five seasons at the Olympic
stadium hoping to secure their
second title since their first
in Barcelona against Australia
in 2000." - ], - [ - "Second-seeded David Nalbandian
of Argentina lost at the Japan
Open on Thursday, beaten by
Gilles Muller of Luxembourg
7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4 in the third
round." - ], - [ - "Thursday #39;s unexpected
resignation of Memphis
Grizzlies coach Hubie Brown
left a lot of questions
unanswered. In his unique way
of putting things, the
71-year-old Brown seemed to
indicate he was burned out and
had some health concerns." - ], - [ - "RUDI Voller had quit as coach
of Roma after a 3-1 defeat
away to Bologna, the Serie A
club said today. Under the
former Germany coach, Roma had
taken just four league points
from a possible 12." - ], - [ - "ONE by one, the players #39;
faces had flashed up on the
giant Ibrox screens offering
season #39;s greetings to the
Rangers fans. But the main
presents were reserved for
Auxerre." - ], - [ - "South Korea #39;s Grace Park
shot a seven-under-par 65 to
triumph at the CJ Nine Bridges
Classic on Sunday. Park #39;s
victory made up her final-
round collapse at the Samsung
World Championship two weeks
ago." - ], - [ - "Titans QB Steve McNair was
released from a Nashville
hospital after a two-night
stay for treatment of a
bruised sternum. McNair was
injured during the fourth
quarter of the Titans #39;
15-12 loss to Jacksonville on
Sunday." - ], - [ - "Keith Miller, Australia #39;s
most prolific all-rounder in
Test cricket, died today at a
nursing home, Cricket
Australia said. He was 84." - ], - [ - "TORONTO Former Toronto pitcher
John Cerutti (seh-ROO
#39;-tee) was found dead in
his hotel room today,
according to the team. He was
44." - ], - [ - "Defense: Ken Lucas. His
biggest play was his first
one. The fourth-year
cornerback intercepted a Ken
Dorsey pass that kissed off
the hands of wide receiver
Rashaun Woods and returned it
25 yards to set up the
Seahawks #39; first score." - ], - [ - "The powerful St. Louis trio of
Albert Pujols, Scott Rolen and
Jim Edmonds is 4 for 23 with
one RBI in the series and with
runners on base, they are 1
for 13." - ], - [ - "The Jets signed 33-year-old
cornerback Terrell Buckley,
who was released by New
England on Sunday, after
putting nickel back Ray
Mickens on season-ending
injured reserve yesterday with
a torn ACL in his left knee." - ], - [ - "WEST INDIES thrilling victory
yesterday in the International
Cricket Council Champions
Trophy meant the world to the
five million people of the
Caribbean." - ], - [ - "Scotland manager Berti Vogts
insists he is expecting
nothing but victory against
Moldova on Wednesday. The game
certainly is a must-win affair
if the Scots are to have any
chance of qualifying for the
2006 World Cup finals." - ], - [ - " INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) -
Jenny Thompson will take the
spotlight from injured U.S.
team mate Michael Phelps at
the world short course
championships Saturday as she
brings down the curtain on a
spectacular swimming career." - ], - [ - "Martin Brodeur made 27 saves,
and Brad Richards, Kris Draper
and Joe Sakic scored goals to
help Canada beat Russia 3-1
last night in the World Cup of
Hockey, giving the Canadians a
3-0 record in round-robin
play." - ], - [ - "ST. LOUIS -- Mike Martz #39;s
week of anger was no empty
display. He saw the defending
NFC West champions slipping
and thought taking potshots at
his players might be his best
shot at turning things around." - ], - [ - "Romanian soccer star Adrian
Mutu as he arrives at the
British Football Association
in London, ahead of his
disciplinary hearing, Thursday
Nov. 4, 2004." - ], - [ - "Australia completed an
emphatic Test series sweep
over New Zealand with a
213-run win Tuesday, prompting
a caution from Black Caps
skipper Stephen Fleming for
other cricket captains around
the globe." - ], - [ - "Liverpool, England (Sports
Network) - Former English
international and Liverpool
great Emlyn Hughes passed away
Tuesday from a brain tumor." - ], - [ - "JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- They
were singing in the Colts #39;
locker room today, singing
like a bunch of wounded
songbirds. Never mind that
Marcus Pollard, Dallas Clark
and Ben Hartsock won #39;t be
recording a remake of Kenny
Chesney #39;s song,
quot;Young, quot; any time
soon." - ], - [ - "As the close-knit NASCAR
community mourns the loss of
team owner Rick Hendrick #39;s
son, brother, twin nieces and
six others in a plane crash
Sunday, perhaps no one outside
of the immediate family
grieves more deeply than
Darrell Waltrip." - ], - [ - "AP - Purdue quarterback Kyle
Orton has no trouble
remembering how he felt after
last year's game at Michigan." - ], - [ - "Brown is a second year player
from Memphis and has spent the
2004 season on the Steelers
#39; practice squad. He played
in two games last year." - ], - [ - "Barret Jackman, the last of
the Blues left to sign before
the league #39;s probable
lockout on Wednesday,
finalized a deal Monday that
is rare in the current
economic climate but fitting
for him." - ], - [ - "AP - In the tumult of the
visitors' clubhouse at Yankee
Stadium, champagne pouring all
around him, Theo Epstein held
a beer. \"I came in and there
was no champagne left,\" he
said this week. \"I said, 'I'll
have champagne if we win it
all.'\" Get ready to pour a
glass of bubbly for Epstein.
No I.D. necessary." - ], - [ - "Barcelona held on from an
early Deco goal to edge game
local rivals Espanyol 1-0 and
carve out a five point
tabletop cushion. Earlier,
Ronaldo rescued a point for
Real Madrid, who continued
their middling form with a 1-1
draw at Real Betis." - ], - [ - "MONTREAL (CP) - The Expos may
be history, but their demise
has heated up the market for
team memorabilia. Vintage
1970s and 1980s shirts are
already sold out, but
everything from caps, beer
glasses and key-chains to
dolls of mascot Youppi!" - ], - [ - "A 76th minute goal from
European Footballer of the
Year Pavel Nedved gave
Juventus a 1-0 win over Bayern
Munich on Tuesday handing the
Italians clear control at the
top of Champions League Group
C." - ], - [ - "ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Some NHL
players who took part in a
charity hockey game at the
University of Michigan on
Thursday were hopeful the news
that the NHL and the players
association will resume talks
next week" - ], - [ - "BOULDER, Colo. -- Vernand
Morency ran for 165 yards and
two touchdowns and Donovan
Woods threw for three more
scores, lifting No. 22
Oklahoma State to a 42-14
victory over Colorado
yesterday." - ], - [ - "PULLMAN - Last week, in
studying USC game film, Cougar
coaches thought they found a
chink in the national
champions armor. And not just
any chink - one with the
potential, right from the get
go, to" - ], - [ - "AP - Matt Leinart was quite a
baseball prospect growing up,
showing so much promise as a
left-handed pitcher that
scouts took notice before high
school." - ], - [ - "LSU will stick with a two-
quarterback rotation Saturday
at Auburn, according to Tigers
coach Nick Saban, who seemed
to have some fun telling the
media what he will and won
#39;t discuss Monday." - ], - [ - "Seattle -- - Not so long ago,
the 49ers were inflicting on
other teams the kind of pain
and embarrassment they felt in
their 34-0 loss to the
Seahawks on Sunday." - ], - [ - "London - Manchester City held
fierce crosstown rivals
Manchester United to a 0-0
draw on Sunday, keeping the
Red Devils eleven points
behind leaders Chelsea." - ], - [ - "New Ole Miss head coach Ed
Orgeron, speaking for the
first time since his hiring,
made clear the goal of his
football program. quot;The
goal of this program will be
to go to the Sugar Bowl, quot;
Orgeron said." - ], - [ - "It is much too easy to call
Pedro Martinez the selfish
one, to say he is walking out
on the Red Sox, his baseball
family, for the extra year of
the Mets #39; crazy money." - ], - [ - "It is impossible for young
tennis players today to know
what it was like to be Althea
Gibson and not to be able to
quot;walk in the front door,
quot; Garrison said." - ], - [ - "Here #39;s an obvious word of
advice to Florida athletic
director Jeremy Foley as he
kicks off another search for
the Gators football coach: Get
Steve Spurrier on board." - ], - [ - "Amid the stormy gloom in
Gotham, the rain-idled Yankees
last night had plenty of time
to gather in front of their
televisions and watch the Red
Sox Express roar toward them.
The national telecast might
have been enough to send a
jittery Boss Steinbrenner
searching his Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations for some
quot;Little Engine That Could
quot; metaphor." - ], - [ - "FULHAM fans would have been
singing the late Elvis #39;
hit #39;The wonder of you
#39; to their player Elvis
Hammond. If not for Frank
Lampard spoiling the party,
with his dedication to his
late grandfather." - ], - [ - "A bird #39;s eye view of the
circuit at Shanghai shows what
an event Sunday #39;s Chinese
Grand Prix will be. The course
is arguably one of the best
there is, and so it should be
considering the amount of
money that has been spent on
it." - ], - [ - "AP - Sirius Satellite Radio
signed a deal to air the men's
NCAA basketball tournament
through 2007, the latest move
made in an attempt to draw
customers through sports
programming." - ], - [ - "(Sports Network) - The
inconsistent San Diego Padres
will try for consecutive wins
for the first time since
August 28-29 tonight, when
they begin a huge four-game
set against the Los Angeles
Dodgers at Dodger Stadium." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top seed
Roger Federer survived a
stirring comeback from twice
champion Andre Agassi to reach
the semifinals of the U.S.
Open for the first time on
Thursday, squeezing through
6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO - What Babe Ruth
was to the first half of the
20th century and Hank Aaron
was to the second, Barry Bonds
has become for the home run
generation." - ], - [ - "Birgit Fischer settled for
silver, leaving the 42-year-
old Olympian with two medals
in two days against decidedly
younger competition." - ], - [ - "There was no mystery ... no
secret strategy ... no baited
trap that snapped shut and
changed the course of history
#39;s most lucrative non-
heavyweight fight." - ], - [ - "Notre Dame accepted an
invitation Sunday to play in
the Insight Bowl in Phoenix
against a Pac-10 team on Dec.
28. The Irish (6-5) accepted
the bid a day after losing to
Southern California" - ], - [ - "Greg Anderson has so dominated
Pro Stock this season that his
championship quest has evolved
into a pursuit of NHRA
history. By Bob Hesser, Racers
Edge Photography." - ], - [ - "Michael Powell, chairman of
the FCC, said Wednesday he was
disappointed with ABC for
airing a sexually suggestive
opening to \"Monday Night
Football.\"" - ], - [ - "Former Washington football
coach Rick Neuheisel looked
forward to a return to
coaching Wednesday after being
cleared by the NCAA of
wrongdoing related to his
gambling on basketball games." - ], - [ - "AP - Rutgers basketball player
Shalicia Hurns was suspended
from the team after pleading
guilty to punching and tying
up her roommate during a
dispute over painkilling
drugs." - ], - [ - "This was the event Michael
Phelps didn't really need to
compete in if his goal was to
win eight golds. He probably
would have had a better chance
somewhere else." - ], - [ - "Gabe Kapler became the first
player to leave the World
Series champion Boston Red
Sox, agreeing to a one-year
contract with the Yomiuri
Giants in Tokyo." - ], - [ - "BALI, Indonesia - Svetlana
Kuznetsova, fresh off her
championship at the US Open,
defeated Australian qualifier
Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-4
Thursday to reach the
quarterfinals of the Wismilak
International." - ], - [ - "AP - Just like the old days in
Dallas, Emmitt Smith made life
miserable for the New York
Giants on Sunday." - ], - [ - "TAMPA, Fla. - Chris Simms
first NFL start lasted 19
plays, and it might be a while
before he plays again for the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers." - ], - [ - "Jarno Trulli made the most of
the conditions in qualifying
to claim pole ahead of Michael
Schumacher, while Fernando
finished third." - ], - [ - "AP - Authorities are
investigating whether bettors
at New York's top thoroughbred
tracks were properly informed
when jockeys came in
overweight at races, a source
familiar with the probe told
The Associated Press." - ], - [ - "Michael Owen scored his first
goal for Real Madrid in a 1-0
home victory over Dynamo Kiev
in the Champions League. The
England striker toe-poked home
Ronaldo #39;s cross in the
35th minute to join the
Russians" - ], - [ - "Jason Giambi has returned to
the New York Yankees'
clubhouse but is still
clueless as to when he will be
able to play again." - ], - [ - "Seventy-five National Hockey
League players met with union
leaders yesterday to get an
update on a lockout that shows
no sign of ending." - ], - [ - "Howard, at 6-4 overall and 3-3
in the Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference, can clinch a
winning record in the MEAC
with a win over Delaware State
on Saturday." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - Top-ranked
Argentina booked their berth
in the women's hockey semi-
finals at the Athens Olympics
on Friday but defending
champions Australia now face
an obstacle course to qualify
for the medal matches." - ], - [ - "The Notre Dame message boards
are no longer discussing
whether Tyrone Willingham
should be fired. Theyre
already arguing about whether
the next coach should be Barry
Alvarez or Steve Spurrier." - ], - [ - " THOMASTOWN, Ireland (Reuters)
- World number three Ernie
Els overcame difficult weather
conditions to fire a sparkling
eight-under-par 64 and move
two shots clear after two
rounds of the WGC-American
Express Championship Friday." - ], - [ - "Lamar Odom supplemented 20
points with 13 rebounds and
Kobe Bryant added 19 points to
overcome a big night from Yao
Ming as the Los Angeles Lakers
ground out an 84-79 win over
the Rockets in Houston
Saturday." - ], - [ - "It rained Sunday, of course,
and but another soppy, sloppy
gray day at Westside Tennis
Club did nothing to deter
Roger Federer from his
appointed rounds." - ], - [ - "Amelie Mauresmo was handed a
place in the Advanta
Championships final after
Maria Sharapova withdrew from
their semi-final because of
injury." - ], - [ - " EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey
(Sports Network) - Retired NBA
center and seven-time All-
Star Alonzo Mourning is going
to give his playing career
one more shot." - ], - [ - "Jordan have confirmed that
Timo Glock will replace
Giorgio Pantano for this
weekend #39;s Chinese GP as
the team has terminated its
contract with Pantano." - ], - [ - "The continuing heartache of
Wake Forest #39;s ACC football
season was best described by
fifth-ranked Florida State
coach Bobby Bowden, after his
Seminoles had edged the
Deacons 20-17 Saturday at
Groves Stadium." - ], - [ - "THE glory days have returned
to White Hart Lane. When Spurs
new first-team coach Martin
Jol promised a return to the
traditions of the 1960s,
nobody could have believed he
was so determined to act so
quickly and so literally." - ], - [ - "AP - When Paula Radcliffe
dropped out of the Olympic
marathon miles from the
finish, she sobbed
uncontrollably. Margaret Okayo
knew the feeling. Okayo pulled
out of the marathon at the
15th mile with a left leg
injury, and she cried, too.
When she watched Radcliffe
quit, Okayo thought, \"Let's
cry together.\"" - ], - [ - " ATLANTA (Sports Network) -
The Atlanta Hawks signed free
agent Kevin Willis on
Wednesday, nearly a decade
after the veteran big man
ended an 11- year stint with
the team." - ], - [ - "When his right-front tire went
flying off early in the Ford
400, the final race of the
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
season, Kurt Busch, it seemed,
was destined to spend his
offseason" - ], - [ - "Brandon Backe and Woody
Williams pitched well last
night even though neither
earned a win. But their
outings will show up in the
record books." - ], - [ - "The Football Association today
decided not to charge David
Beckham with bringing the game
into disrepute. The FA made
the surprise announcement
after their compliance unit
ruled" - ], - [ - " CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland
(Reuters) - World number
three Ernie Els says he feels
a failure after narrowly
missing out on three of the
year's four major
championships." - ], - [ - "Striker Bonaventure Kalou
netted twice to send AJ
Auxerre through to the first
knockout round of the UEFA Cup
at the expense of Rangers on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "THIS weekend sees the
quot;other quot; showdown
between New York and New
England as the Jets and
Patriots clash in a battle of
the unbeaten teams." - ], - [ - "Nicolas Anelka is fit for
Manchester City #39;s
Premiership encounter against
Tottenham at Eastlands, but
the 13million striker will
have to be content with a
place on the bench." - ], - [ - " PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Ben
Roethlisberger passed for 183
yards and two touchdowns,
Hines Ward scored twice and
the Pittsburgh Steelers
rolled to a convincing 27-3
victory over Philadelphia on
Sunday for their second
straight win against an
undefeated opponent." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - The U.S.
men's basketball team got
their first comfortable win
at the Olympic basketball
tournament Monday, routing
winless Angola 89-53 in their
final preliminary round game." - ], - [ - "Often, the older a pitcher
becomes, the less effective he
is on the mound. Roger Clemens
apparently didn #39;t get that
memo. On Tuesday, the 42-year-
old Clemens won an
unprecedented" - ], - [ - "PSV Eindhoven faces Arsenal at
Highbury tomorrow night on the
back of a free-scoring start
to the season. Despite losing
Mateja Kezman to Chelsea in
the summer, the Dutch side has
scored 12 goals in the first" - ], - [ - "PLAYER OF THE GAME: Playing
with a broken nose, Seattle
point guard Sue Bird set a
WNBA playoff record for
assists with 14, also pumping
in 10 points as the Storm
claimed the Western Conference
title last night." - ], - [ - "Frankfurt - World Cup winners
Brazil were on Monday drawn to
meet European champions
Greece, Gold Cup winners
Mexico and Asian champions
Japan at the 2005
Confederations Cup." - ], - [ - "Third baseman Vinny Castilla
said he fits fine with the
Colorado youth movement, even
though he #39;ll turn 38 next
season and the Rockies are
coming off the second-worst" - ], - [ - "(Sports Network) - Two of the
top teams in the American
League tangle in a possible
American League Division
Series preview tonight, as the
West-leading Oakland Athletics
host the wild card-leading
Boston Red Sox for the first
of a three-game set at the" - ], - [ - "Inverness Caledonian Thistle
appointed Craig Brewster as
its new manager-player
Thursday although he #39;s
unable to play for the team
until January." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece -- Alan Shearer
converted an 87th-minute
penalty to give Newcastle a
1-0 win over Panionios in
their UEFA Cup Group D match." - ], - [ - "Derek Jeter turned a season
that started with a terrible
slump into one of the best in
his accomplished 10-year
career. quot;I don #39;t
think there is any question,
quot; the New York Yankees
manager said." - ], - [ - "China's Guo Jingjing easily
won the women's 3-meter
springboard last night, and Wu
Minxia made it a 1-2 finish
for the world's diving
superpower, taking the silver." - ], - [ - "GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (Ticker)
-- Brett Favre will be hoping
his 200th consecutive start
turns out better than his last
two have against the St." - ], - [ - "When an NFL team opens with a
prolonged winning streak,
former Miami Dolphins coach
Don Shula and his players from
the 17-0 team of 1972 root
unabashedly for the next
opponent." - ], - [ - "MIANNE Bagger, the transsexual
golfer who prompted a change
in the rules to allow her to
compete on the professional
circuit, made history
yesterday by qualifying to
play full-time on the Ladies
European Tour." - ], - [ - "Great Britain #39;s gold medal
tally now stands at five after
Leslie Law was handed the
individual three day eventing
title - in a courtroom." - ], - [ - "Mayor Tom Menino must be
proud. His Boston Red Sox just
won their first World Series
in 86 years and his Hyde Park
Blue Stars yesterday clinched
their first Super Bowl berth
in 32 years, defeating
O'Bryant, 14-0. Who would have
thought?" - ], - [ - "South Korea have appealed to
sport #39;s supreme legal body
in an attempt to award Yang
Tae-young the Olympic
gymnastics all-round gold
medal after a scoring error
robbed him of the title in
Athens." - ], - [ - "AP - Johan Santana had an
early lead and was well on his
way to his 10th straight win
when the rain started to fall." - ], - [ - "ATHENS-In one of the biggest
shocks in Olympic judo
history, defending champion
Kosei Inoue was defeated by
Dutchman Elco van der Geest in
the men #39;s 100-kilogram
category Thursday." - ], - [ - "NBC is adding a 5-second delay
to its Nascar telecasts after
Dale Earnhardt Jr. used a
vulgarity during a postrace
interview last weekend." - ], - [ - "San Francisco Giants
outfielder Barry Bonds, who
became the third player in
Major League Baseball history
to hit 700 career home runs,
won the National League Most
Valuable Player Award" - ], - [ - "Portsmouth chairman Milan
Mandaric said on Tuesday that
Harry Redknapp, who resigned
as manager last week, was
innocent of any wrong-doing
over agent or transfer fees." - ], - [ - "This record is for all the
little guys, for all the
players who have to leg out
every hit instead of taking a
relaxing trot around the
bases, for all the batters
whose muscles aren #39;t" - ], - [ - "Charlie Hodgson #39;s record-
equalling performance against
South Africa was praised by
coach Andy Robinson after the
Sale flyhalf scored 27 points
in England #39;s 32-16 victory
here at Twickenham on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "BASEBALL Atlanta (NL):
Optioned P Roman Colon to
Greenville (Southern);
recalled OF Dewayne Wise from
Richmond (IL). Boston (AL):
Purchased C Sandy Martinez
from Cleveland (AL) and
assigned him to Pawtucket
(IL). Cleveland (AL): Recalled
OF Ryan Ludwick from Buffalo
(IL). Chicago (NL): Acquired
OF Ben Grieve from Milwaukee
(NL) for player to be named
and cash; acquired C Mike ..." - ], - [ - "BRONX, New York (Ticker) --
Kelvim Escobar was the latest
Anaheim Angels #39; pitcher to
subdue the New York Yankees.
Escobar pitched seven strong
innings and Bengie Molina tied
a career-high with four hits,
including" - ], - [ - "Sep 08 - Vijay Singh revelled
in his status as the new world
number one after winning the
Deutsche Bank Championship by
three shots in Boston on
Monday." - ], - [ - "Many people in golf are asking
that today. He certainly wasn
#39;t A-list and he wasn #39;t
Larry Nelson either. But you
couldn #39;t find a more solid
guy to lead the United States
into Ireland for the 2006
Ryder Cup Matches." - ], - [ - "Australian Stuart Appleby, who
was the joint second-round
leader, returned a two-over 74
to drop to third at three-
under while American Chris
DiMarco moved into fourth with
a round of 69." - ], - [ - "With a doubleheader sweep of
the Minnesota Twins, the New
York Yankees moved to the
verge of clinching their
seventh straight AL East
title." - ], - [ - "Athens, Greece (Sports
Network) - The first official
track event took place this
morning and Italy #39;s Ivano
Brugnetti won the men #39;s
20km walk at the Summer
Olympics in Athens." - ], - [ - "Champions Arsenal opened a
five-point lead at the top of
the Premier League after a 4-0
thrashing of Charlton Athletic
at Highbury Saturday." - ], - [ - "The Redskins and Browns have
traded field goals and are
tied, 3-3, in the first
quarter in Cleveland." - ], - [ - "Forget September call-ups. The
Red Sox may tap their minor
league system for an extra
player or two when the rules
allow them to expand their
25-man roster Wednesday, but
any help from the farm is
likely to pale against the
abundance of talent they gain
from the return of numerous
players, including Trot Nixon
, from the disabled list." - ], - [ - "THOUSAND OAKS -- Anonymity is
only a problem if you want it
to be, and it is obvious Vijay
Singh doesn #39;t want it to
be. Let others chase fame." - ], - [ - "David Coulthard #39;s season-
long search for a Formula One
drive next year is almost
over. Negotiations between Red
Bull Racing and Coulthard, who
tested for the Austrian team
for the first time" - ], - [ - "AP - Southern California
tailback LenDale White
remembers Justin Holland from
high school. The Colorado
State quarterback made quite
an impression." - ], - [ - "TIM HENMAN last night admitted
all of his energy has been
drained away as he bowed out
of the Madrid Masters. The top
seed, who had a blood test on
Wednesday to get to the bottom
of his fatigue, went down" - ], - [ - "ATHENS -- US sailors needed a
big day to bring home gold and
bronze medals from the sailing
finale here yesterday. But
rolling the dice on windshifts
and starting tactics backfired
both in Star and Tornado
classes, and the Americans had
to settle for a single silver
medal." - ], - [ - "AP - Cavaliers forward Luke
Jackson was activated
Wednesday after missing five
games because of tendinitis in
his right knee. Cleveland also
placed forward Sasha Pavlovic
on the injured list." - ], - [ - "The Brisbane Lions #39;
football manager stepped out
of the changerooms just before
six o #39;clock last night and
handed one of the milling
supporters a six-pack of beer." - ], - [ - "Cavaliers owner Gordon Gund is
in quot;serious quot;
negotiations to sell the NBA
franchise, which has enjoyed a
dramatic financial turnaround
since the arrival of star
LeBron James." - ], - [ - "After two days of gloom, China
was back on the winning rails
on Thursday with Liu Chunhong
winning a weightlifting title
on her record-shattering binge
and its shuttlers contributing
two golds in the cliff-hanging
finals." - ], - [ - "One question that arises
whenever a player is linked to
steroids is, \"What would he
have done without them?\"
Baseball history whispers an
answer." - ], - [ - "The second round of the
Canadian Open golf tournament
continues Saturday Glenn Abbey
Golf Club in Oakville,
Ontario, after play was
suspended late Friday due to
darkness." - ], - [ - "A massive plan to attract the
2012 Summer Olympics to New
York, touting the city's
diversity, financial and media
power, was revealed Wednesday." - ], - [ - "NICK Heidfeld #39;s test with
Williams has been brought
forward after BAR blocked
plans for Anthony Davidson to
drive its Formula One rival
#39;s car." - ], - [ - "Grace Park closed with an
eagle and two birdies for a
7-under-par 65 and a two-
stroke lead after three rounds
of the Wachovia LPGA Classic
on Saturday." - ], - [ - "Carlos Beltran drives in five
runs to carry the Astros to a
12-3 rout of the Braves in
Game 5 of their first-round NL
playoff series." - ], - [ - "Since Lennox Lewis #39;s
retirement, the heavyweight
division has been knocked for
having more quantity than
quality. Eight heavyweights on
Saturday night #39;s card at
Madison Square Garden hope to
change that perception, at
least for one night." - ], - [ - "Tim Duncan had 17 points and
10 rebounds, helping the San
Antonio Spurs to a 99-81
victory over the New York
Kicks. This was the Spurs
fourth straight win this
season." - ], - [ - "Nagpur: India suffered a
double blow even before the
first ball was bowled in the
crucial third cricket Test
against Australia on Tuesday
when captain Sourav Ganguly
and off spinner Harbhajan
Singh were ruled out of the
match." - ], - [ - "AP - Former New York Yankees
hitting coach Rick Down was
hired for the same job by the
Mets on Friday, reuniting him
with new manager Willie
Randolph." - ], - [ - "FILDERSTADT (Germany) - Amelie
Mauresmo and Lindsay Davenport
took their battle for the No.
1 ranking and Porsche Grand
Prix title into the semi-
finals with straight-sets
victories on Friday." - ], - [ - "Carter returned, but it was
running back Curtis Martin and
the offensive line that put
the Jets ahead. Martin rushed
for all but 10 yards of a
45-yard drive that stalled at
the Cardinals 10." - ], - [ - "DENVER (Ticker) -- Jake
Plummer more than made up for
a lack of a running game.
Plummer passed for 294 yards
and two touchdowns as the
Denver Broncos posted a 23-13
victory over the San Diego
Chargers in a battle of AFC
West Division rivals." - ], - [ - "It took all of about five
minutes of an introductory
press conference Wednesday at
Heritage Hall for USC
basketball to gain something
it never really had before." - ], - [ - "AP - The Boston Red Sox looked
at the out-of-town scoreboard
and could hardly believe what
they saw. The New York Yankees
were trailing big at home
against the Cleveland Indians
in what would be the worst
loss in the 101-year history
of the storied franchise." - ], - [ - "The Red Sox will either
complete an amazing comeback
as the first team to rebound
from a 3-0 deficit in
postseason history, or the
Yankees will stop them." - ], - [ - "The Red Sox have reached
agreement with free agent
pitcher Matt Clement yesterday
on a three-year deal that will
pay him around \\$25 million,
his agent confirmed yesterday." - ], - [ - "HEN Manny Ramirez and David
Ortiz hit consecutive home
runs Sunday night in Chicago
to put the Red Sox ahead,
there was dancing in the
streets in Boston." - ], - [ - "MIAMI -- Bryan Randall grabbed
a set of Mardi Gras beads and
waved them aloft, while his
teammates exalted in the
prospect of a trip to New
Orleans." - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - With an injured
Vince Carter on the bench, the
Toronto Raptors dropped their
sixth straight game Friday,
101-87 to the Denver Nuggets." - ], - [ - "While not quite a return to
glory, Monday represents the
Redskins' return to the
national consciousness." - ], - [ - "Vijay Singh has won the US PGA
Tour player of the year award
for the first time, ending
Tiger Woods #39;s five-year
hold on the honour." - ], - [ - "England got strikes from
sparkling debut starter
Jermain Defoe and Michael Owen
to defeat Poland in a Uefa
World Cup qualifier in
Chorzow." - ], - [ - "Titleholder Ernie Els moved
within sight of a record sixth
World Match Play title on
Saturday by solving a putting
problem to overcome injured
Irishman Padraig Harrington 5
and 4." - ], - [ - "If the Washington Nationals
never win a pennant, they have
no reason to ever doubt that
DC loves them. Yesterday, the
District City Council
tentatively approved a tab for
a publicly financed ballpark
that could amount to as much
as \\$630 million." - ], - [ - "Defensive back Brandon
Johnson, who had two
interceptions for Tennessee at
Mississippi, was suspended
indefinitely Monday for
violation of team rules." - ], - [ - "Points leader Kurt Busch spun
out and ran out of fuel, and
his misfortune was one of the
reasons crew chief Jimmy
Fennig elected not to pit with
20 laps to go." - ], - [ - "(CP) - The NHL all-star game
hasn #39;t been cancelled
after all. It #39;s just been
moved to Russia. The agent for
New York Rangers winger
Jaromir Jagr confirmed Monday
that the Czech star had joined
Omsk Avangard" - ], - [ - "HERE in the land of myth, that
familiar god of sports --
karma -- threw a bolt of
lightning into the Olympic
stadium yesterday. Marion
Jones lunged desperately with
her baton in the 4 x 100m
relay final, but couldn #39;t
reach her target." - ], - [ - "AP - Kenny Rogers lost at the
Coliseum for the first time in
more than 10 years, with Bobby
Crosby's three-run double in
the fifth inning leading the
Athletics to a 5-4 win over
the Texas Rangers on Thursday." - ], - [ - "Dambulla, Sri Lanka - Kumar
Sangakkara and Avishka
Gunawardene slammed impressive
half-centuries to help an
under-strength Sri Lanka crush
South Africa by seven wickets
in the fourth one-day
international here on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "Fresh off being the worst team
in baseball, the Arizona
Diamondbacks set a new record
this week: fastest team to
both hire and fire a manager." - ], - [ - "Nebraska head coach Bill
Callahan runs off the field at
halftime of the game against
Baylor in Lincoln, Neb.,
Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004." - ], - [ - " EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Sports
Network) - The Toronto
Raptors have traded All-Star
swingman Vince Carter to the
New Jersey Nets in exchange
for center Alonzo Mourning,
forward Eric Williams,
center/forward Aaron Williams
and two first- round draft
picks." - ], - [ - "What riot? quot;An Argentine
friend of mine was a little
derisive of the Pacers-Pistons
eruption, quot; says reader
Mike Gaynes. quot;He snorted,
#39;Is that what Americans
call a riot?" - ], - [ - "All season, Chris Barnicle
seemed prepared for just about
everything, but the Newton
North senior was not ready for
the hot weather he encountered
yesterday in San Diego at the
Footlocker Cross-Country
National Championships. Racing
in humid conditions with
temperatures in the 70s, the
Massachusetts Division 1 state
champion finished sixth in 15
minutes 34 seconds in the
5-kilometer race. ..." - ], - [ - "AP - Coach Tyrone Willingham
was fired by Notre Dame on
Tuesday after three seasons in
which he failed to return one
of the nation's most storied
football programs to
prominence." - ], - [ - "COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Joel
Statham completed 18 of 25
passes for 268 yards and two
touchdowns in No. 23
Maryland's 45-22 victory over
Temple last night, the
Terrapins' 12th straight win
at Byrd Stadium." - ], - [ - "Manchester United boss Sir
Alex Ferguson wants the FA to
punish Arsenal good guy Dennis
Bergkamp for taking a swing at
Alan Smith last Sunday." - ], - [ - "Published reports say Barry
Bonds has testified that he
used a clear substance and a
cream given to him by a
trainer who was indicted in a
steroid-distribution ring." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - Christos
Angourakis added his name to
Greece's list of Paralympic
medal winners when he claimed
a bronze in the T53 shot put
competition Thursday." - ], - [ - "Jay Fiedler threw for one
touchdown, Sage Rosenfels
threw for another and the
Miami Dolphins got a victory
in a game they did not want to
play, beating the New Orleans
Saints 20-19 Friday night." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Terrell
Owens scored three touchdowns
and the Philadelphia Eagles
amassed 35 first-half points
on the way to a 49-21
drubbing of the Dallas Cowboys
in Irving, Texas, Monday." - ], - [ - "A late strike by Salomon Kalou
sealed a 2-1 win for Feyenoord
over NEC Nijmegen, while
second placed AZ Alkmaar
defeated ADO Den Haag 2-0 in
the Dutch first division on
Sunday." - ], - [ - "What a disgrace Ron Artest has
become. And the worst part is,
the Indiana Pacers guard just
doesn #39;t get it. Four days
after fueling one of the
biggest brawls in the history
of pro sports, Artest was on
national" - ], - [ - "Jenson Button has revealed
dissatisfaction with the way
his management handled a
fouled switch to Williams. Not
only did the move not come
off, his reputation may have
been irreparably damaged amid
news headline" - ], - [ - "Redknapp and his No2 Jim Smith
resigned from Portsmouth
yesterday, leaving
controversial new director
Velimir Zajec in temporary
control." - ], - [ - "As the season winds down for
the Frederick Keys, Manager
Tom Lawless is starting to
enjoy the progress his
pitching staff has made this
season." - ], - [ - "Britain #39;s Bradley Wiggins
won the gold medal in men
#39;s individual pursuit
Saturday, finishing the
4,000-meter final in 4:16." - ], - [ - "And when David Akers #39;
50-yard field goal cleared the
crossbar in overtime, they did
just that. They escaped a
raucous Cleveland Browns
Stadium relieved but not
broken, tested but not
cracked." - ], - [ - "San Antonio, TX (Sports
Network) - Dean Wilson shot a
five-under 65 on Friday to
move into the lead at the
halfway point of the Texas
Open." - ], - [ - "Now that Chelsea have added
Newcastle United to the list
of clubs that they have given
what for lately, what price
Jose Mourinho covering the
Russian-funded aristocrats of
west London in glittering
glory to the tune of four
trophies?" - ], - [ - "AP - Former Seattle Seahawks
running back Chris Warren has
been arrested in Virginia on a
federal warrant, accused of
failing to pay #36;137,147 in
child support for his two
daughters in Washington state." - ], - [ - "It #39;s official: US Open had
never gone into the third
round with only two American
men, including the defending
champion, Andy Roddick." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON, Aug. 17
(Xinhuanet) -- England coach
Sven-Goran Eriksson has urged
the international soccer
authorities to preserve the
health of the world superstar
footballers for major
tournaments, who expressed his
will in Slaley of England on
Tuesday ..." - ], - [ - "Juventus coach Fabio Capello
has ordered his players not to
kick the ball out of play when
an opponent falls to the
ground apparently hurt because
he believes some players fake
injury to stop the match." - ], - [ - "You #39;re angry. You want to
lash out. The Red Sox are
doing it to you again. They
#39;re blowing a playoff
series, and to the Yankees no
less." - ], - [ - "TORONTO -- There is no
mystique to it anymore,
because after all, the
Russians have become commoners
in today's National Hockey
League, and Finns, Czechs,
Slovaks, and Swedes also have
been entrenched in the
Original 30 long enough to
turn the ongoing World Cup of
Hockey into a protracted
trailer for the NHL season." - ], - [ - "Indianapolis, IN (Sports
Network) - The Indiana Pacers
try to win their second
straight game tonight, as they
host Kevin Garnett and the
Minnesota Timberwolves in the
third of a four-game homestand
at Conseco Fieldhouse." - ], - [ - "It is a team game, this Ryder
Cup stuff that will commence
Friday at Oakland Hills
Country Club. So what are the
teams? For the Americans,
captain Hal Sutton isn't
saying." - ], - [ - "MANCHESTER United today
dramatically rejected the
advances of Malcolm Glazer,
the US sports boss who is
mulling an 825m bid for the
football club." - ], - [ - "As usual, the Big Ten coaches
were out in full force at
today #39;s Big Ten
Teleconference. Both OSU head
coach Jim Tressel and Iowa
head coach Kirk Ferentz
offered some thoughts on the
upcoming game between OSU" - ], - [ - "New York Knicks #39; Stephon
Marbury (3) fires over New
Orleans Hornets #39; Dan
Dickau (2) during the second
half in New Orleans Wednesday
night, Dec. 8, 2004." - ], - [ - "At the very moment when the
Red Sox desperately need
someone slightly larger than
life to rally around, they
suddenly have the man for the
job: Thrilling Schilling." - ], - [ - "Dale Earnhardt Jr, right,
talks with Matt Kenseth, left,
during a break in practice at
Lowe #39;s Motor Speedway in
Concord, NC, Thursday Oct. 14,
2004 before qualifying for
Saturday #39;s UAW-GM Quality
500 NASCAR Nextel Cup race." - ], - [ - "Several starting spots may
have been usurped or at least
threatened after relatively
solid understudy showings
Sunday, but few players
welcome the kind of shot
delivered to Oakland" - ], - [ - "TEMPE, Ariz. -- Neil Rackers
kicked four field goals and
the Arizona Cardinals stifled
rookie Chris Simms and the
rest of the Tampa Bay offense
for a 12-7 victory yesterday
in a matchup of two sputtering
teams out of playoff
contention. Coach Jon Gruden's
team lost its fourth in a row
to finish 5-11, Tampa Bay's
worst record since going ..." - ], - [ - "ATHENS France, Britain and the
United States issued a joint
challenge Thursday to Germany
#39;s gold medal in equestrian
team three-day eventing." - ], - [ - "ATLANTA - Who could have
imagined Tommy Tuberville in
this position? Yet there he
was Friday, standing alongside
the SEC championship trophy,
posing for pictures and
undoubtedly chuckling a bit on
the inside." - ], - [ - "John Thomson threw shutout
ball for seven innings
Wednesday night in carrying
Atlanta to a 2-0 blanking of
the New York Mets. New York
lost for the 21st time in 25
games on the" - ], - [ - "Vikram Solanki beat the rain
clouds to register his second
one-day international century
as England won the third one-
day international to wrap up a
series victory." - ], - [ - "A three-touchdown point spread
and a recent history of late-
season collapses had many
thinking the UCLA football
team would provide little
opposition to rival USC #39;s
march to the BCS-championship
game at the Orange Bowl." - ], - [ - " PHOENIX (Sports Network) -
Free agent third baseman Troy
Glaus is reportedly headed to
the Arizona Diamondbacks." - ], - [ - "Third-string tailback Chris
Markey ran for 131 yards to
lead UCLA to a 34-26 victory
over Oregon on Saturday.
Markey, playing because of an
injury to starter Maurice
Drew, also caught five passes
for 84 yards" - ], - [ - "Jay Payton #39;s three-run
homer led the San Diego Padres
to a 5-1 win over the San
Francisco Giants in National
League play Saturday, despite
a 701st career blast from
Barry Bonds." - ], - [ - "The optimists among Rutgers
fans were delighted, but the
Scarlet Knights still gave the
pessimists something to worry
about." - ], - [ - "Perhaps the sight of Maria
Sharapova opposite her tonight
will jog Serena Williams #39;
memory. Wimbledon. The final.
You and Maria." - ], - [ - "Five days after making the
putt that won the Ryder Cup,
Colin Montgomerie looked set
to miss the cut at a European
PGA tour event." - ], - [ - "Karachi - Captain Inzamam ul-
Haq and coach Bob Woolmer came
under fire on Thursday for
choosing to bat first on a
tricky pitch after Pakistan
#39;s humiliating defeat in
the ICC Champions Trophy semi-
final." - ], - [ - "Scottish champions Celtic saw
their three-year unbeaten home
record in Europe broken
Tuesday as they lost 3-1 to
Barcelona in the Champions
League Group F opener." - ], - [ - "AP - Andy Roddick searched out
Carlos Moya in the throng of
jumping, screaming Spanish
tennis players, hoping to
shake hands." - ], - [ - "ENGLAND captain and Real
Madrid midfielder David
Beckham has played down
speculation that his club are
moving for England manager
Sven-Goran Eriksson." - ], - [ - "AFP - National Basketball
Association players trying to
win a fourth consecutive
Olympic gold medal for the
United States have gotten the
wake-up call that the \"Dream
Team\" days are done even if
supporters have not." - ], - [ - "England will be seeking their
third clean sweep of the
summer when the NatWest
Challenge against India
concludes at Lord #39;s. After
beating New Zealand and West
Indies 3-0 and 4-0 in Tests,
they have come alive" - ], - [ - "AP - Mark Richt knows he'll
have to get a little creative
when he divvies up playing
time for Georgia's running
backs next season. Not so on
Saturday. Thomas Brown is the
undisputed starter for the
biggest game of the season." - ], - [ - "Michael Phelps, the six-time
Olympic champion, issued an
apology yesterday after being
arrested and charged with
drunken driving in the United
States." - ], - [ - "ATHENS Larry Brown, the US
coach, leaned back against the
scorer #39;s table, searching
for support on a sinking ship.
His best player, Tim Duncan,
had just fouled out, and the
options for an American team
that" - ], - [ - "Spain have named an unchanged
team for the Davis Cup final
against the United States in
Seville on 3-5 December.
Carlos Moya, Juan Carlos
Ferrero, Rafael Nadal and
Tommy Robredo will take on the
US in front of 22,000 fans at
the converted Olympic stadium." - ], - [ - "Last Tuesday night, Harvard
knocked off rival Boston
College, which was ranked No.
1 in the country. Last night,
the Crimson knocked off
another local foe, Boston
University, 2-1, at Walter
Brown Arena, which marked the
first time since 1999 that
Harvard had beaten them both
in the same season." - ], - [ - "About 500 prospective jurors
will be in an Eagle, Colorado,
courtroom Friday, answering an
82-item questionnaire in
preparation for the Kobe
Bryant sexual assault trial." - ], - [ - "BEIJING The NBA has reached
booming, basketball-crazy
China _ but the league doesn
#39;t expect to make any money
soon. The NBA flew more than
100 people halfway around the
world for its first games in
China, featuring" - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Curt
Schilling pitched 6 2/3
innings and Manny Ramirez hit
a three-run homer in a seven-
run fourth frame to lead the
Boston Red Sox to a 9-3 win
over the host Anaheim Angels
in their American League
Divisional Series opener
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "AP - The game between the
Minnesota Twins and the New
York Yankees on Tuesday night
was postponed by rain." - ], - [ - "PARIS The verdict is in: The
world #39;s greatest race car
driver, the champion of
champions - all disciplines
combined - is Heikki
Kovalainen." - ], - [ - "Pakistan won the toss and
unsurprisingly chose to bowl
first as they and West Indies
did battle at the Rose Bowl
today for a place in the ICC
Champions Trophy final against
hosts England." - ], - [ - "AP - Boston Red Sox center
fielder Johnny Damon is having
a recurrence of migraine
headaches that first bothered
him after a collision in last
year's playoffs." - ], - [ - "Felix Cardenas of Colombia won
the 17th stage of the Spanish
Vuelta cycling race Wednesday,
while defending champion
Roberto Heras held onto the
overall leader #39;s jersey
for the sixth day in a row." - ], - [ - "Established star Landon
Donovan and rising sensation
Eddie Johnson carried the
United States into the
regional qualifying finals for
the 2006 World Cup in emphatic
fashion Wednesday night." - ], - [ - "Wizards coach Eddie Jordan
says the team is making a
statement that immaturity will
not be tolerated by suspending
Kwame Brown one game for not
taking part in a team huddle
during a loss to Denver." - ], - [ - "AP - Andy Roddick has yet to
face a challenge in his U.S.
Open title defense. He beat
No. 18 Tommy Robredo of Spain
6-3, 6-2, 6-4 Tuesday night to
move into the quarterfinals
without having lost a set." - ], - [ - "Now that hell froze over in
Boston, New England braces for
its rarest season -- a winter
of content. Red Sox fans are
adrift from the familiar
torture of the past." - ], - [ - "THE South Africans have called
the Wallabies scrum cheats as
a fresh round of verbal
warfare opened in the Republic
last night." - ], - [ - "An overwhelming majority of
NHL players who expressed
their opinion in a poll said
they would not support a
salary cap even if it meant
saving a season that was
supposed to have started Oct.
13." - ], - [ - "Tony Eury Sr. oversees Dale
Earnhardt Jr. on the
racetrack, but Sunday he
extended his domain to Victory
Lane. Earnhardt was unbuckling
to crawl out of the No." - ], - [ - "(Sports Network) - The New
York Yankees try to move one
step closer to a division
title when they conclude their
critical series with the
Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park." - ], - [ - "Kurt Busch claimed a stake in
the points lead in the NASCAR
Chase for the Nextel Cup
yesterday, winning the
Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire
International Speedway." - ], - [ - "LOUDON, NH - As this
newfangled stretch drive for
the Nextel Cup championship
ensues, Jeff Gordon has to be
considered the favorite for a
fifth title." - ], - [ - "By nick giongco. YOU KNOW you
have reached the status of a
boxing star when ring
announcer extraordinaire
Michael Buffer calls out your
name in his trademark booming
voice during a high-profile
event like yesterday" - ], - [ - "AP - Even with a big lead,
Eric Gagne wanted to pitch in
front of his hometown fans one
last time." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece -- Larry Brown
was despondent, the head of
the US selection committee was
defensive and an irritated
Allen Iverson was hanging up
on callers who asked what went
wrong." - ], - [ - "AP - Courtney Brown refuses to
surrender to injuries. He's
already planning another
comeback." - ], - [ - "It took an off-the-cuff
reference to a serial
murderer/cannibal to punctuate
the Robby Gordon storyline.
Gordon has been vilified by
his peers and put on probation" - ], - [ - "By BOBBY ROSS JR. Associated
Press Writer. play the Atlanta
Hawks. They will be treated to
free food and drink and have.
their pictures taken with
Mavericks players, dancers and
team officials." - ], - [ - "ARSENAL #39;S Brazilian World
Cup winning midfielder
Gilberto Silva is set to be
out for at least a month with
a back injury, the Premiership
leaders said." - ], - [ - "INDIANAPOLIS -- With a package
of academic reforms in place,
the NCAA #39;s next crusade
will address what its
president calls a dangerous
drift toward professionalism
and sports entertainment." - ], - [ - "AP - It was difficult for
Southern California's Pete
Carroll and Oklahoma's Bob
Stoops to keep from repeating
each other when the two
coaches met Thursday." - ], - [ - "Andy Roddick, along with
Olympic silver medalist Mardy
Fish and the doubles pair of
twins Bob and Mike Bryan will
make up the US team to compete
with Belarus in the Davis Cup,
reported CRIENGLISH." - ], - [ - "While the world #39;s best
athletes fight the noble
Olympic battle in stadiums and
pools, their fans storm the
streets of Athens, turning the
Greek capital into a huge
international party every
night." - ], - [ - "EVERTON showed they would not
be bullied into selling Wayne
Rooney last night by rejecting
a 23.5million bid from
Newcastle - as Manchester
United gamble on Goodison
#39;s resolve to keep the
striker." - ], - [ - "After months of legal
wrangling, the case of
<em>People v. Kobe Bean
Bryant</em> commences on
Friday in Eagle, Colo., with
testimony set to begin next
month." - ], - [ - "Lyon coach Paul le Guen has
admitted his side would be
happy with a draw at Old
Trafford on Tuesday night. The
three-times French champions
have assured themselves of
qualification for the
Champions League" - ], - [ - "Reuters - Barry Bonds failed
to collect a hit in\\his bid to
join the 700-homer club, but
he did score a run to\\help the
San Francisco Giants edge the
host Milwaukee Brewers\\3-2 in
National League action on
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "After waiting an entire summer
for the snow to fall and
Beaver Creek to finally open,
skiers from around the planet
are coming to check out the
Birds of Prey World Cup action
Dec. 1 - 5. Although everyones" - ], - [ - "I confess that I am a complete
ignoramus when it comes to
women #39;s beach volleyball.
In fact, I know only one thing
about the sport - that it is
the supreme aesthetic
experience available on planet
Earth." - ], - [ - "Manchester United Plc may
offer US billionaire Malcolm
Glazer a seat on its board if
he agrees to drop a takeover
bid for a year, the Observer
said, citing an unidentified
person in the soccer industry." - ], - [ - "For a guy who spent most of
his first four professional
seasons on the disabled list,
Houston Astros reliever Brad
Lidge has developed into quite
the ironman these past two
days." - ], - [ - "Former Bengal Corey Dillon
found his stride Sunday in his
second game for the New
England Patriots. Dillon
gained 158 yards on 32 carries
as the Patriots beat the
Arizona Cardinals, 23-12, for
their 17th victory in a row." - ], - [ - "If legend is to be believed,
the end of a victorious war
was behind Pheidippides #39;
trek from Marathon to Athens
2,500 years ago." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Wimbledon
champion Maria Sharapova
demolished fellow Russian
Tatiana Panova 6-1, 6-1 to
advance to the quarter-finals
of the China Open on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Padres general manager Kevin
Towers called Expos general
manager Omar Minaya on
Thursday afternoon and told
him he needed a shortstop
because Khalil Greene had
broken his" - ], - [ - "Motorsport.com. Nine of the
ten Formula One teams have
united to propose cost-cutting
measures for the future, with
the notable exception of
Ferrari." - ], - [ - "Steve Francis and Shaquille O
#39;Neal enjoyed big debuts
with their new teams. Kobe
Bryant found out he can #39;t
carry the Lakers all by
himself." - ], - [ - "Australia, by winning the
third Test at Nagpur on
Friday, also won the four-
match series 2-0 with one
match to go. Australia had
last won a Test series in
India way back in December
1969 when Bill Lawry #39;s
team beat Nawab Pataudi #39;s
Indian team 3-1." - ], - [ - "Final Score: Connecticut 61,
New York 51 New York, NY
(Sports Network) - Nykesha
Sales scored 15 points to lead
Connecticut to a 61-51 win
over New York in Game 1 of
their best-of-three Eastern
Conference Finals series at
Madison Square Garden." - ], - [ - "Charlotte, NC -- LeBron James
poured in a game-high 19
points and Jeff McInnis scored
18 as the Cleveland Cavaliers
routed the Charlotte Bobcats,
106-89, at the Charlotte
Coliseum." - ], - [ - "Lehmann, who was at fault in
two matches in the tournament
last season, was blundering
again with the German set to
take the rap for both Greek
goals." - ], - [ - "Jeju Island, South Korea
(Sports Network) - Grace Park
and Carin Koch posted matching
rounds of six-under-par 66 on
Friday to share the lead after
the first round of the CJ Nine
Bridges Classic." - ], - [ - "Benfica and Real Madrid set
the standard for soccer
success in Europe in the late
1950s and early #39;60s. The
clubs have evolved much
differently, but both have
struggled" - ], - [ - "Pakistan are closing in fast
on Sri Lanka #39;s first
innings total after impressing
with both ball and bat on the
second day of the opening Test
in Faisalabad." - ], - [ - "Ron Artest has been hit with a
season long suspension,
unprecedented for the NBA
outside doping cases; Stephen
Jackson banned for 30 games;
Jermaine O #39;Neal for 25
games and Anthony Johnson for
five." - ], - [ - "Three shots behind Grace Park
with five holes to go, six-
time LPGA player of the year
Sorenstam rallied with an
eagle, birdie and three pars
to win her fourth Samsung
World Championship by three
shots over Park on Sunday." - ], - [ - "NSW Rugby CEO Fraser Neill
believes Waratah star Mat
Rogers has learned his lesson
after he was fined and ordered
to do community service
following his controversial
comments about the club rugby
competition." - ], - [ - "ATHENS: China, the dominant
force in world diving for the
best part of 20 years, won six
out of eight Olympic titles in
Athens and prompted
speculation about a clean
sweep when they stage the
Games in Beijing in 2008." - ], - [ - "The Houston Astros won their
19th straight game at home and
are one game from winning
their first playoff series in
42 years." - ], - [ - "The eighth-seeded American
fell to sixth-seeded Elena
Dementieva of Russia, 0-6 6-2
7-6 (7-5), on Friday - despite
being up a break on four
occasions in the third set." - ], - [ - "TUCSON, Arizona (Ticker) --
No. 20 Arizona State tries to
post its first three-game
winning streak over Pac-10
Conference rival Arizona in 26
years when they meet Friday." - ], - [ - "AP - Phillip Fulmer kept his
cool when starting center
Jason Respert drove off in the
coach's golf cart at practice." - ], - [ - "GOALS from Wayne Rooney and
Ruud van Nistelrooy gave
Manchester United the win at
Newcastle. Alan Shearer
briefly levelled matters for
the Magpies but United managed
to scrape through." - ], - [ - "AP - Two-time U.S. Open
doubles champion Max Mirnyi
will lead the Belarus team
that faces the United States
in the Davis Cup semifinals in
Charleston later this month." - ], - [ - "AP - New York Jets safety Erik
Coleman got his souvenir
football from the equipment
manager and held it tightly." - ], - [ - "Ivan Hlinka coached the Czech
Republic to the hockey gold
medal at the 1998 Nagano
Olympics and became the coach
of the Pittsburgh Penguins two
years later." - ], - [ - "AUBURN - Ah, easy street. No
game this week. Light
practices. And now Auburn is
being touted as the No. 3 team
in the Bowl Championship
Series standings." - ], - [ - "Portsmouth #39;s Harry
Redknapp has been named as the
Barclays manager of the month
for October. Redknapp #39;s
side were unbeaten during the
month and maintained an
impressive climb to ninth in
the Premiership." - ], - [ - "Three directors of Manchester
United have been ousted from
the board after US tycoon
Malcolm Glazer, who is
attempting to buy the club,
voted against their re-
election." - ], - [ - "AP - Manny Ramirez singled and
scored before leaving with a
bruised knee, and the
streaking Boston Red Sox beat
the Detroit Tigers 5-3 Friday
night for their 10th victory
in 11 games." - ], - [ - "The news comes fast and
furious. Pedro Martinez goes
to Tampa to visit George
Steinbrenner. Theo Epstein and
John Henry go to Florida for
their turn with Pedro. Carl
Pavano comes to Boston to
visit Curt Schilling. Jason
Varitek says he's not a goner.
Derek Lowe is a goner, but he
says he wishes it could be
different. Orlando Cabrera ..." - ], - [ - "FRED Hale Sr, documented as
the worlds oldest man, has
died at the age of 113. Hale
died in his sleep on Friday at
a hospital in Syracuse, New
York, while trying to recover
from a bout of pneumonia, his
grandson, Fred Hale III said." - ], - [ - "The Oakland Raiders have
traded Jerry Rice to the
Seattle Seahawks in a move
expected to grant the most
prolific receiver in National
Football League history his
wish to get more playing time." - ], - [ - "AP - Florida coach Ron Zook
was fired Monday but will be
allowed to finish the season,
athletic director Jeremy Foley
told The Gainesville Sun." - ], - [ - "Troy Brown has had to make a
lot of adjustments while
playing both sides of the
football. quot;You always
want to score when you get the
ball -- offense or defense" - ], - [ - "Jenson Button will tomorrow
discover whether he is allowed
to quit BAR and move to
Williams for 2005. The
Englishman has signed
contracts with both teams but
prefers a switch to Williams,
where he began his Formula One
career in 2000." - ], - [ - "ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger
last night suffered a
Champions League setback as
Brazilian midfielder Gilberto
Silva (above) was left facing
a long-term injury absence." - ], - [ - "American improves to 3-1 on
the season with a hard-fought
overtime win, 74-63, against
Loyala at Bender Arena on
Friday night." - ], - [ - "Bee Staff Writers. SAN
FRANCISCO - As Eric Johnson
drove to the stadium Sunday
morning, his bruised ribs were
so sore, he wasn #39;t sure he
#39;d be able to suit up for
the game." - ], - [ - "The New England Patriots are
so single-minded in pursuing
their third Super Bowl triumph
in four years that they almost
have no room for any other
history." - ], - [ - "Because, while the Eagles are
certain to stumble at some
point during the regular
season, it seems inconceivable
that they will falter against
a team with as many offensive
problems as Baltimore has
right now." - ], - [ - "AP - J.J. Arrington ran for 84
of his 121 yards in the second
half and Aaron Rodgers shook
off a slow start to throw two
touchdown passes to help No. 5
California beat Washington
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Rockets have arrived in
Shanghai with hometown
favorite Yao Ming declaring
himself quot;here on
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Network) - Andy Roddick and
Mardy Fish will play singles
for the United States in this
weekend #39;s Davis Cup
semifinal matchup against
Belarus." - ], - [ - "RICKY PONTING believes the
game #39;s watchers have
fallen for the quot;myth
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how to rattle Australia." - ], - [ - "MILWAUKEE (SportsTicker) -
Barry Bonds tries to go where
just two players have gone
before when the San Francisco
Giants visit the Milwaukee
Brewers on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "AP - With Tom Brady as their
quarterback and a stingy,
opportunistic defense, it's
difficult to imagine when the
New England Patriots might
lose again. Brady and
defensive end Richard Seymour
combined to secure the
Patriots' record-tying 18th
straight victory, 31-17 over
the Buffalo Bills on Sunday." - ], - [ - "Approaching Hurricane Ivan has
led to postponement of the
game Thursday night between
10th-ranked California and
Southern Mississippi in
Hattiesburg, Cal #39;s
athletic director said Monday." - ], - [ - "SAN DIEGO (Ticker) - The San
Diego Padres lacked speed and
an experienced bench last
season, things veteran
infielder Eric Young is
capable of providing." - ], - [ - "This is an eye chart,
reprinted as a public service
to the New York Mets so they
may see from what they suffer:
myopia. Has ever a baseball
franchise been so shortsighted
for so long?" - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - A medical
product used to treat both
male hair loss and prostate
problems has been added to the
list of banned drugs for
athletes." - ], - [ - "AP - Curtis Martin and Jerome
Bettis have the opportunity to
go over 13,000 career yards
rushing in the same game when
Bettis and the Pittsburgh
Steelers play Martin and the
New York Jets in a big AFC
matchup Sunday." - ], - [ - "Michigan Stadium was mostly
filled with empty seats. The
only cheers were coming from
near one end zone -he Iowa
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today confirmed that three
countries have expressed an
interest in hosting the 2011
World Cup. New Zealand, South
Africa and Japan are leading
the race to host rugby union
#39;s global spectacular in
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season in the Atlantic Coast
Conference, No. 11 Virginia
Tech is headed to the BCS.
Bryan Randall threw two
touchdown passes and the
Virginia Tech defense came up
big all day as the Hokies
knocked off No." - ], - [ - "(CP) - Somehow, in the span of
half an hour, the Detroit
Tigers #39; pitching went from
brutal to brilliant. Shortly
after being on the wrong end
of several records in a 26-5
thrashing from to the Kansas
City" - ], - [ - "With the Huskies reeling at
0-4 - the only member of a
Bowl Championship Series
conference left without a win
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as the only team left on the
schedule that UW will be
favored to beat." - ], - [ - "Darryl Sutter, who coached the
Calgary Flames to the Stanley
Cup finals last season, had an
emergency appendectomy and was
recovering Friday." - ], - [ - "Athens, Greece (Sports
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gold at the Olympic Velodrome.
Bradley Wiggins won the men
#39;s individual 4,000-meter
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after teammate" - ], - [ - "A Steffen Iversen penalty was
sufficient to secure the
points for Norway at Hampden
on Saturday. James McFadden
was ordered off after 53
minutes for deliberate
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Lundekvam #39;s header off the
line." - ], - [ - "AP - Ailing St. Louis reliever
Steve Kline was unavailable
for Game 3 of the NL
championship series on
Saturday, but Cardinals
manager Tony LaRussa hopes the
left-hander will pitch later
this postseason." - ], - [ - "MADRID: A stunning first-half
free kick from David Beckham
gave Real Madrid a 1-0 win
over newly promoted Numancia
at the Bernabeu last night." - ], - [ - "Favourites Argentina beat
Italy 3-0 this morning to
claim their place in the final
of the men #39;s Olympic
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leading goalscorer Carlos
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after 16 minutes, and" - ], - [ - "Shortly after Steve Spurrier
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failing to reach agreement
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on Monday reported a 25
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profit, beating analysts'
estimates, on strong demand
for high-end running and
basketball shoes in the
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traded mixed Thurday as Merck
shares lost a quarter of their
value, dragging blue chips
lower, but the Nasdaq moved
higher, buoyed by gains in the
semiconductor sector." - ], - [ - "Bankrupt ATA Airlines #39;
withdrawal from Chicago #39;s
Midway International Airport
presents a juicy opportunity
for another airline to beef up
service in the Midwest" - ], - [ - "The Instinet Group, owner of
one of the largest electronic
stock trading systems, is for
sale, executives briefed on
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contributing to a \\$1." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- UAL
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structure to reduce costs and
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China has slowed for the third
quarter in a row, falling to
9.1 per cent, third-quarter
data shows. The slowdown shows
the economy is responding to
Beijing #39;s efforts to rein
in break-neck investment and
lending." - ], - [ - "THE All-India Motor Transport
Congress (AIMTC) on Saturday
called off its seven-day
strike after finalising an
agreement with the Government
on the contentious issue of
service tax and the various
demands including tax deducted
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grew by 0.5 percent in the
second quarter of 2004, a
touch slower than in the first
three months of the year,
according to initial estimates
released Tuesday by the
European Union." - ], - [ - "A few years ago, casinos
across the United States were
closing their poker rooms to
make space for more popular
and lucrative slot machines." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON -- Consumers were
tightfisted amid soaring
gasoline costs in August and
hurricane-related disruptions
last week sent applications
for jobless benefits to their
highest level in seven months." - ], - [ - "Talking kitchens and vanities.
Musical jump ropes and potty
seats. Blusterous miniature
leaf blowers and vacuum
cleaners -- almost as loud as
the real things." - ], - [ - "Online merchants in the United
States have become better at
weeding out fraudulent credit
card orders, a new survey
indicates. But shipping
overseas remains a risky
venture. By Joanna Glasner." - ], - [ - "Popping a gadget into a cradle
to recharge it used to mean
downtime, but these days
chargers are doing double
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said record demand for its
handset and television chips
boosted quarterly profit by
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struggles with a nagging
inventory problem." - ], - [ - "LONDON ARM Holdings, a British
semiconductor designer, said
on Monday that it would buy
Artisan Components for \\$913
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range." - ], - [ - "MELBOURNE: Global shopping
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developer Multiplex Group to
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its quarterly dividend payment
and raised its projected
earnings for 2004 and 2005
after a companywide
performance review." - ], - [ - "Northwest Airlines Corp., the
fourth- largest US airline,
and its pilots union reached
tentative agreement on a
contract that would cut pay
and benefits, saving the
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Monday that they would begin
deploying set-top boxes
powered by Microsoft software
starting next week." - ], - [ - "Philippines mobile phone
operator Smart Communications
Inc. is in talks with
Singapore #39;s Mobile One for
a possible tie-up,
BusinessWorld reported Monday." - ], - [ - "Airline warns it may file for
bankruptcy if too many senior
pilots take early retirement
option. Delta Air LInes #39;
CEO says it faces bankruptcy
if it can #39;t slow the pace
of pilots taking early
retirement." - ], - [ - "Kodak Versamark #39;s parent
company, Eastman Kodak Co.,
reported Tuesday it plans to
eliminate almost 900 jobs this
year in a restructuring of its
overseas operations." - ], - [ - "A top official of the US Food
and Drug Administration said
Friday that he and his
colleagues quot;categorically
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Congressional testimony that
the agency has failed to
protect the public against
dangerous drugs." - ], - [ - "AFP - British retailer Marks
and Spencer announced a major
management shake-up as part of
efforts to revive its
fortunes, saying trading has
become tougher ahead of the
crucial Christmas period." - ], - [ - " ATLANTA (Reuters) - Home
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improvement retailer, on
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rise in third-quarter profit,
topping estimates, aided by
installed services and sales
to contractors." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar
fought back from one-month
lows against the euro and
Swiss franc on Wednesday as
investors viewed its sell-off
in the wake of the Federal
Reserve's verdict on interest
rates as overdone." - ], - [ - "Boston Scientific Corp said on
Friday it has recalled an ear
implant the company acquired
as part of its purchase of
Advanced Bionics in June." - ], - [ - "MarketWatch.com. Richemont
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W. Bush, who has been filling
the US Strategic Petroleum
Reserve." - ], - [ - "Yukos #39; largest oil-
producing unit regained power
supplies from Tyumenenergo, a
Siberia-based electricity
generator, Friday after the
subsidiary pledged to pay 440
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Wall Streets excitement over
strong results from Lehman
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Communications." - ], - [ - "At the head of the class,
Rosabeth Moss Kanter is an
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expansive, in constant motion." - ], - [ - "A bitter row between America
and the European Union over
alleged subsidies to rival
aircraft makers Boeing and
Airbus intensified yesterday." - ], - [ - "Amsterdam (pts) - Dutch
electronics company Philips
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it has cut its stake in Atos
Origin by more than a half." - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - Two-thirds of
banks around the world have
reported an increase in the
volume of suspicious
activities that they report to
police, a new report by KPMG
suggests." - ], - [ - "The Atkins diet frenzy slowed
growth briefly, but the
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last year." - ], - [ - "Luxury carmaker Jaguar said
Friday it was stopping
production at a factory in
central England, resulting in
a loss of 1,100 jobs,
following poor sales in the
key US market." - ], - [ - "John Gibson said Friday that
he decided to resign as chief
executive officer of
Halliburton Energy Services
when it became apparent he
couldn #39;t become the CEO of
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Steakhouse Inc. said Tuesday
it lost about 130 operating
days and up to \\$2 million in
revenue because it had to
close some restaurants in the
South due to Hurricane
Charley." - ], - [ - "State insurance commissioners
from across the country have
proposed new rules governing
insurance brokerage fees,
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industry group and criticism
from" - ], - [ - "SOFTWARE giant Oracle #39;s
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take over competitor
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out an anti-trust lawsuit
filed by the Department of
Justice to block the
acquisition." - ], - [ - "Office Depot Inc. (ODP.N:
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Tuesday warned of weaker-than-
expected profits for the rest
of the year because of
disruptions from the string of
hurricanes" - ], - [ - "THE photo-equipment maker
Kodak yesterday announced
plans to axe 600 jobs in the
UK and close a factory in
Nottinghamshire, in a move in
line with the giants global
restructuring strategy
unveiled last January." - ], - [ - "China's central bank on
Thursday raised interest rates
for the first time in nearly a
decade, signaling deepening
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of development and an intent
to reign in a construction
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to eliminate between 6,000 and
6,900 jobs during the next 18
months, implement a 10 across-
the-board pay reduction and
reduce employee benefits." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
stocks were likely to open
flat on Wednesday, with high
oil prices and profit warnings
weighing on the market before
earnings reports start and key
jobs data is released this
week." - ], - [ - "Best known for its popular
search engine, Google is
rapidly rolling out new
products and muscling into
Microsoft's stronghold: the
computer desktop. The
competition means consumers
get more choices and better
products." - ], - [ - " MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's
Gazprom said on Tuesday it
will bid for embattled oil
firm YUKOS' main unit next
month, as the Kremlin seeks
to turn the world's biggest
gas producer into a major oil
player." - ], - [ - "Federal Reserve officials
raised a key short-term
interest rate Tuesday for the
fifth time this year, and
indicated they will gradually
move rates higher next year to
keep inflation under control
as the economy expands." - ], - [ - "Canadians are paying more to
borrow money for homes, cars
and other purchases today
after a quarter-point
interest-rate increase by the
Bank of Canada yesterday was
quickly matched by the
chartered banks." - ], - [ - "Delta Air Lines is to issue
millions of new shares without
shareholder consent as part of
moves to ensure its survival." - ], - [ - "Genta (GNTA:Nasdaq - news -
research) is never boring!
Monday night, the company
announced that its phase III
Genasense study in chronic
lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) met
its primary endpoint, which
was tumor shrinkage." - ], - [ - "While the entire airline
industry #39;s finances are
under water, ATA Airlines will
have to hold its breath longer
than its competitors to keep
from going belly up." - ], - [ - "One day after ousting its
chief executive, the nation's
largest insurance broker said
it will tell clients exactly
how much they are paying for
services and renounce back-
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an expectation for higher oil
prices and increasing demand,
Royal Dutch/Shell on Wednesday
said it #39;s lifting project
spending to \\$45 billion over
the next three years." - ], - [ - "Tuesday #39;s meeting could
hold clues to whether it
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senior writer." - ], - [ - "The dollar may fall against
the euro for a third week in
four on concern near-record
crude oil prices will temper
the pace of expansion in the
US economy, a survey by
Bloomberg News indicates." - ], - [ - "The battle for the British-
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at the weekend, with reports
from London that the property
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Friday as tight\\supplies of
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northern hemisphere winter
spurred buying." - ], - [ - "Nov. 18, 2004 - An FDA
scientist says the FDA, which
is charged with protecting
America #39;s prescription
drug supply, is incapable of
doing so." - ], - [ - "The UK's inflation rate fell
in September, thanks in part
to a fall in the price of
airfares, increasing the
chance that interest rates
will be kept on hold." - ], - [ - " HONG KONG/SAN FRANCISCO
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PC-making business to China's
largest personal computer
company, Lenovo Group Ltd.,
for \\$1.25 billion, marking
the U.S. firm's retreat from
an industry it helped pioneer
in 1981." - ], - [ - "Nordstrom reported a strong
second-quarter profit as it
continued to select more
relevant inventory and sell
more items at full price." - ], - [ - "The Bank of England is set to
keep interest rates on hold
following the latest meeting
of the its Monetary Policy
Committee." - ], - [ - "The Bush administration upheld
yesterday the imposition of
penalty tariffs on shrimp
imports from China and
Vietnam, handing a victory to
beleaguered US shrimp
producers." - ], - [ - "House prices rose 0.2 percent
in September compared with the
month before to stand up 17.8
percent on a year ago, the
Nationwide Building Society
says." - ], - [ - "Nortel Networks says it will
again delay the release of its
restated financial results.
The Canadian telecom vendor
originally promised to release
the restated results in
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previous high and fell to
about 10,000 each time, most
recently a week ago." - ], - [ - " SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian
share markets staged a broad-
based retreat on Wednesday,
led by steelmakers amid
warnings of price declines,
but also enveloping technology
and financial stocks on
worries that earnings may
disappoint." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - CNN has a new boss
for the second time in 14
months: former CBS News
executive Jonathan Klein, who
will oversee programming and
editorial direction at the
second-ranked cable news
network." - ], - [ - "Cut-price carrier Virgin Blue
said Tuesday the cost of using
Australian airports is
spiraling upward and asked the
government to review the
deregulated system of charges." - ], - [ - "Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the
United Arab Emirates, which
account for almost half of
OPEC #39;s oil output, said
they #39;re committed to
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prices to a record." - ], - [ - "The US Commerce Department
said Thursday personal income
posted its biggest increase in
three months in August. The
government agency also said
personal spending was
unchanged after rising
strongly in July." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's
Nikkei average opened up 0.54
percent on Monday with banks
and exporters leading the way
as a stronger finish on Wall
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Lazard LLC, is asking partners
to take a one-third pay cut as
he readies the world #39;s
largest closely held
investment bank for a share
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situation said." - ], - [ - "The Lemon Bay Manta Rays were
not going to let a hurricane
get in the way of football. On
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a campaign in California
trying to win approval of a
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after it gave upbeat earnings
guidance." - ], - [ - "Late in August, Boeing #39;s
top sales execs flew to
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pitch. They were close to
persuading Singapore Airlines,
one of the world #39;s leading
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company #39;s new jet, the
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of building the site into a
nationwide online business
index, the companies said
Thursday." - ], - [ - "The sounds of tinkling bells
could be heard above the
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on the Long Beach Promenade,
leading shoppers to a row of
bright red tin kettles dotting
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Hispano of Spain looked
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Britain #39;s biggest home-
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after the European Commission
cleared" - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
Justice Department is
investigating possible
accounting fraud at Fannie
Mae, bringing greater
government scrutiny to bear on
the mortgage finance company,
already facing a parallel
inquiry by the SEC, a source
close to the matter said on
Thursday." - ], - [ - "Indian industrial group Tata
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deal agreed by a firm in the
south Asian country." - ], - [ - "The steel tubing company
reports sharply higher
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falling." - ], - [ - "Playboy Enterprises, the adult
entertainment company, has
announced plans to open a
private members club in
Shanghai even though the
company #39;s flagship men
#39;s magazine is still banned
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Coca-Cola along with a
slowdown in US industrial
production sent stock markets
lower Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Eastman Kodak Co., the world
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digital products and services
to grow at an annual rate of
36 percent between 2003 and
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between 2002" - ], - [ - "AFP - The Iraqi government
plans to phase out slowly
subsidies on basic products,
such as oil and electricity,
which comprise 50 percent of
public spending, equal to 15
billion dollars, the planning
minister said." - ], - [ - "The federal agency that
insures pension plans said
that its deficit, already at
the highest in its history,
had doubled in its last fiscal
year, to \\$23.3 billion." - ], - [ - "A Milan judge on Tuesday opens
hearings into whether to put
on trial 32 executives and
financial institutions over
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Europe #39;s biggest fraud
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interest rate unchanged, at
4.75 percent, as policy makers
assessed whether borrowing
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the Group of Seven, are
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and Ted Baker have reported
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accounting scandal plunged
the telecommunications company
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cochlear implants to help
people with severe hearing
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because they may malfunction
due to ear moisture, the US
Food and Drug Administration
announced." - ], - [ - "Profits triple at McDonald's
Japan after the fast-food
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its 2.0 percent government-set
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government estimated in the
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it will need even more labor
cuts than anticipated to get
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a bankruptcy court judge in
Chicago today that it intends
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Berkeley, has signed an
agreement with the Samoan
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tree, the gene for a promising
anti- Aids drug and to share
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Nikkei average jumped 2.5
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related stocks such as
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announce a massive
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will eliminate as many as
12,000 jobs in Europe in a
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Mexico, while OPEC's Gulf
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monopoly on imports of jet
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dispute, with a District Court
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the second straight day
yesterday as investors reveled
in sharply falling oil prices
and the probusiness agenda of
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177 points for its best day of
2004, while the Standard amp;
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ban on beef from hormone-
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justified by science and that
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fourth-quarter rally gave
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performance for 2004, with
small-cap equity funds and
real estate funds scoring some
of the biggest returns. Large-
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owner of the Iceland grocery
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sales at stores open at least
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first case of soybean rust has
been found on the mainland
United States and could affect
U.S. crops for the near
future, costing farmers
millions of dollars, the
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Wednesday." - ], - [ - "The Supreme Court today
overturned a five-figure
damage award to an Alexandria
man for a local auto dealer
#39;s alleged loan scam,
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federal appeals court had
wrongly" - ], - [ - "Official figures show the
12-nation eurozone economy
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planned to invest about \\$1
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Malaysia to expand its
automotive chip business and
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September, held back by a big
drop in orders for
transportation goods, the US
Commerce Department said
today." - ], - [ - "Siblings are the first ever to
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Nokia begins legal battle
against European
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annual list published by
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third-quarter earnings rose 19
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openings and catalog sales." - ], - [ - "TOKYO - Mitsubishi Heavy
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in talks to buy a plot of land
in central Japan #39;s Nagoya
city from Mitsubishi Motors
for building aircraft parts." - ], - [ - "Japan #39;s Sumitomo Mitsui
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demand picture would change in
some way to add pressure to
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10 percent and its chief
executive will go unpaid for
the rest of the year, but it
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employee who gave U.S.
officials information about
what he saw as accounting
irregularities will not
testify as planned before a
congressional hearing next
week, a House committee said
on Friday." - ], - [ - "PARIS, Nov 4 (AFP) - The
European Aeronautic Defence
and Space Company reported
Thursday that its nine-month
net profit more than doubled,
thanks largely to sales of
Airbus aircraft, and raised
its full-year forecast." - ], - [ - "The number of people claiming
unemployment benefit last
month fell by 6,100 to
830,200, according to the
Office for National
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for the beginning of holiday
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tips to help travelers secure
tickets and pass through
checkpoints with ease." - ], - [ - "A criminal trial scheduled to
start Monday involving former
Enron Corp. executives may
shine a rare and potentially
harsh spotlight on the inner
workings" - ], - [ - "Wal-Mart Stores Inc. #39;s
Asda, the UK #39;s second
biggest supermarket chain,
surpassed Marks amp; Spencer
Group Plc as Britain #39;s
largest clothing retailer in
the last three months,
according to the Sunday
Telegraph." - ], - [ - "Oil supply concerns and broker
downgrades of blue-chip
companies left stocks mixed
yesterday, raising doubts that
Wall Street #39;s year-end
rally would continue." - ], - [ - "Genentech Inc. said the
marketing of Rituxan, a cancer
drug that is the company #39;s
best-selling product, is the
subject of a US criminal
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company said on Thursday
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tax benefits." - ], - [ - "USATODAY.com - Personal
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version of veggies: Everyone
knows they're good for you,
but it's just hard to get
anyone excited about them." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - The
dollar rebounded on Monday
after last week's heavy
selloff, but analysts were
uncertain if the rally would
hold after fresh economic data
suggested the December U.S.
jobs report due Friday might
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lower open on Wall Street on
Thursday, extending the
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on Wednesday edged closer to
initiating a legal battle that
could pit the two carmakers
against each other in a New
York City court room as early
as next month." - ], - [ - "Two of the Ford Motor Company
#39;s most senior executives
retired on Thursday in a sign
that the company #39;s deep
financial crisis has abated,
though serious challenges
remain." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Wall
Street was expected to start
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lenders and lessors to
continue operating nearly all
of its mainline and US Airways
Express fleets." - ], - [ - "The US government asks the
World Trade Organisation to
step in to stop EU member
states from \"subsidising\"
planemaker Airbus." - ], - [ - "Boston Scientific Corp.
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received US regulatory
approval for a device to treat
complications that arise in
patients with end-stage kidney
disease who need dialysis." - ], - [ - "With the economy slowly
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has been on businesses radar
in the past 12 months as their
number two priority." - ], - [ - "Toyota Motor Corp. #39;s
shares fell for a second day,
after the world #39;s second-
biggest automaker had an
unexpected quarterly profit
drop." - ], - [ - "Britain-based HBOS says it
will file a complaint to the
European Commission against
Spanish bank Santander Central
Hispano (SCH) in connection
with SCH #39;s bid to acquire
British bank Abbey National" - ], - [ - "Verizon Wireless on Thursday
announced an agreement to
acquire all the PCS spectrum
licenses of NextWave Telecom
Inc. in 23 markets for \\$3
billion." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
PIMCO mutual fund group has
agreed to pay \\$50 million to
settle fraud charges involving
improper rapid dealing in
mutual fund shares, the U.S.
Securities and Exchange
Commission said on Monday." - ], - [ - "The Conference Board reported
Thursday that the Leading
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third consecutive month in
August, suggesting slower
economic growth ahead amid
rising oil prices." - ], - [ - " SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -
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posted a quarterly profit that
rose more than one-third from
a year ago, but shares fell 3
percent after the maker of
Photoshop and Acrobat software
did not raise forecasts for
fiscal 2005." - ], - [ - "William Morrison Supermarkets
has agreed to sell 114 small
Safeway stores and a
distribution centre for 260.2
million pounds. Morrison
bought these stores as part of
its 3 billion pound" - ], - [ - "Pepsi pushes a blue version of
Mountain Dew only at Taco
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strategy?" - ], - [ - "As the election approaches,
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drive 10-year deficits past
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ongoing securities class
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Corp. The settlement,
announced Friday and" - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) -
Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart
said on Wednesday she wants
to start serving her prison
sentence for lying about a
suspicious stock sale as soon
as possible, so she can put
her \"nightmare\" behind her." - ], - [ - "Apple Computer's iPod remains
the king of digital music
players, but robust pretenders
to the throne have begun to
emerge in the Windows
universe. One of them is the
Zen Touch, from Creative Labs." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) --
Crude futures closed under
\\$46 a barrel Wednesday for
the first time since late
September and heating-oil and
unleaded gasoline prices
dropped more than 6 percent
following an across-the-board
climb in US petroleum
inventories." - ], - [ - "The University of Iowa #39;s
market for US presidential
futures, founded 16-years ago,
has been overtaken by a
Dublin-based exchange that is
now 25 times larger." - ], - [ - "President Bush #39;s drive to
deploy a multibillion-dollar
shield against ballistic
missiles was set back on
Wednesday by what critics
called a stunning failure of
its first full flight test in
two years." - ], - [ - "Air travelers moved one step
closer to being able to talk
on cell phones and surf the
Internet from laptops while in
flight, thanks to votes by the
Federal Communications
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continued increases in oil and
consumer prices, the economy,
as measured by gross domestic
product, grew by 6.3 percent
in the third" - ], - [ - "Consumers who cut it close by
paying bills from their
checking accounts a couple of
days before depositing funds
will be out of luck under a
new law that takes effect Oct.
28." - ], - [ - "Component problems meant
Brillian's new big screens
missed the NFL's kickoff
party." - ], - [ - "A Russian court on Thursday
rejected an appeal by the
Yukos oil company seeking to
overturn a freeze on the
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giant #39;s core subsidiaries." - ], - [ - "Switzerland #39;s struggling
national airline reported a
second-quarter profit of 45
million Swiss francs (\\$35.6
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figures were boosted by a
legal settlement in France." - ], - [ - "SIPTU has said it is strongly
opposed to any privatisation
of Aer Lingus as pressure
mounts on the Government to
make a decision on the future
funding of the airline." - ], - [ - "Molson Inc. Chief Executive
Officer Daniel O #39;Neill
said he #39;ll provide
investors with a positive #39;
#39; response to their
concerns over the company
#39;s plan to let stock-
option holders vote on its
planned merger with Adolph
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profit by 12.5 percent, even
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precious metal." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fannie
Mae executives and their
regulator squared off on
Wednesday, with executives
denying any accounting
irregularity and the regulator
saying the housing finance
company's management may need
to go." - ], - [ - "As the first criminal trial
stemming from the financial
deals at Enron opened in
Houston on Monday, it is
notable as much for who is not
among the six defendants as
who is - and for how little
money was involved compared
with how much in other Enron" - ], - [ - "LONDON (CBS.MW) -- British
bank Barclays on Thursday said
it is in talks to buy a
majority stake in South
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lower yesterday as oil prices
continued their climb higher
and new questions about the
safety of arthritis drugs
pressured pharmaceutical
stocks." - ], - [ - "Reuters - The head of UAL
Corp.'s United\\Airlines said
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turning up, upgrading hardware
has been on businesses radar
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number two priority." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) -
Children's Place Retail Stores
Inc. <A HREF=\"http://www.i
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aspx?ticker=PLCE.O target=/sto
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Wednesday it will buy 313
retail stores from Walt
Disney Co., and its stock rose
more than 14 percent in early
morning trade." - ], - [ - "ALBANY, N.Y. -- A California-
based company that brokers
life, accident, and disability
policies for leading US
companies pocketed millions of
dollars a year in hidden
payments from insurers and
from charges on clients'
unsuspecting workers, New York
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
charged yesterday." - ], - [ - "NORTEL Networks plans to slash
its workforce by 3500, or ten
per cent, as it struggles to
recover from an accounting
scandal that toppled three top
executives and led to a
criminal investigation and
lawsuits." - ], - [ - "Ebay Inc. (EBAY.O: Quote,
Profile, Research) said on
Friday it would buy Rent.com,
an Internet housing rental
listing service, for \\$415
million in a deal that gives
it access to a new segment of
the online real estate market." - ], - [ - "Noranda Inc., Canada #39;s
biggest mining company, began
exclusive talks on a takeover
proposal from China Minmetals
Corp. that would lead to the
spinoff of Noranda #39;s
aluminum business to
shareholders." - ], - [ - "Google warned Thursday that
increased competition and the
maturing of the company would
result in an quot;inevitable
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average rose 0.55 percent by
midsession on Wednesday as
some techs including Advantest
Corp. gained ground after
Wall Street reacted positively
to results from Intel Corp.
released after the U.S. market
close." - ], - [ - " ATLANTA (Reuters) - Soft
drink giant Coca-Cola Co.
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downturn in North America,
Germany and other major
markets, on Thursday lowered
its key long-term earnings
and sales targets." - ], - [ - "A Canadian court approved Air
Canada #39;s (AC.TO: Quote,
Profile, Research) plan of
arrangement with creditors on
Monday, clearing the way for
the world #39;s 11th largest
airline to emerge from
bankruptcy protection at the
end of next month" - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
eased on Monday after rebels
in Nigeria withdrew a threat
to target oil operations, but
lingering concerns over
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Wednesday, rising for the
third day in a row as cold
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Thanksgiving were greeted
Wednesday with snow-covered
highways in the Midwest, heavy
rain and tornadoes in parts of
the South, and long security
lines at some of the nation
#39;s airports." - ], - [ - "The union representing flight
attendants on Friday said it
mailed more than 5,000 strike
authorization ballots to its
members employed by US Airways
as both sides continued talks
that are expected to stretch
through the weekend." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) - The US
Securities and Exchange
Commission is probing
transactions between Delphi
Corp and EDS, which supplies
the automotive parts and
components giant with
technology services, Delphi
said late Wednesday." - ], - [ - "MONTREAL (CP) - Molson Inc.
and Adolph Coors Co. are
sweetening their brewery
merger plan with a special
dividend to Molson
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Air New Zealand said yesterday
the Australian Competition
Tribunal has approved a
proposed alliance with Qantas
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rejection in New Zealand." - ], - [ - "\"Everyone's nervous,\" Acting
Undersecretary of Defense
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confidential e-mail to Air
Force Secretary James G. Roche
on July 8, 2003." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Alpharma Inc. on
Friday began\\selling a cheaper
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bring old whine in new bottles
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do anything you can #39;t do
already." - ], - [ - "The Nordics fared well because
of their long-held ideals of
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contracts, rule of law and
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business relationships." - ], - [ - "Don't bother with the small
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kept on hold at 4.75 following
the latest meeting of the Bank
of England #39;s rate-setting
committee." - ], - [ - "Resurgent oil prices paused
for breath as the United
States prepared to draw on its
emergency reserves to ease
supply strains caused by
Hurricane Ivan." - ], - [ - "President Bush, who credits
three years of tax relief
programs with helping
strengthen the slow economy,
said Saturday he would sign
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other big deals raised
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takeovers." - ], - [ - "The New Jersey-based Accoona
Corporation, an industry
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intelligence search
technology, announced on
Monday the launch of Accoona." - ], - [ - "Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on
Thursday said fourth-quarter
profit rose as its fixed-
income, currency and
commodities business soared
while a rebounding stock
market boosted investment
banking." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - The
dollar rose on Monday in a
retracement from last week's
steep losses, but dealers said
the bias toward a weaker
greenback remained intact." - ], - [ - "Moscow - Russia plans to
combine Gazprom, the world
#39;s biggest natural gas
producer, with state-owned oil
producer Rosneft, easing rules
for trading Gazprom shares and
creating a company that may
dominate the country #39;s
energy industry." - ], - [ - "Diversified manufacturer
Honeywell International Inc.
(HON.N: Quote, Profile,
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quarterly profit as strong
demand for aerospace equipment
and automobile components" - ], - [ - "Reuters - U.S. housing starts
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Commission ordered mutual
funds to stop paying higher
commissions to brokers who
promote the companies' funds
and required portfolio
managers to reveal investments
in funds they supervise." - ], - [ - "Sumitomo Mitsui Financial
Group (SMFG), Japans second
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United Financial Group (UFJ),
the countrys fourth biggest
lender, in an effort to regain
initiative in its bidding" - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
chain store retail sales
slipped during the
Thanksgiving holiday week, as
consumers took advantage of
discounted merchandise, a
retail report said on
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "By George Chamberlin , Daily
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Correspondent. Concerns about
oil production leading into
the winter months sent shivers
through the stock market
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Airbus has withdrawn a filing
that gave support for
Microsoft in an antitrust case
before the European Union
#39;s Court of First Instance,
a source close to the
situation said on Friday." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
stocks rose on Wednesday
lifted by a merger between
retailers Kmart and Sears,
better-than-expected earnings
from Hewlett-Packard and data
showing a slight rise in core
inflation." - ], - [ - "European Commission president
Romano Prodi has unveiled
proposals to loosen the
deficit rules under the EU
Stability Pact. The loosening
was drafted by monetary
affairs commissioner Joaquin
Almunia, who stood beside the
president at the announcement." - ], - [ - "Retail sales in Britain saw
the fastest growth in
September since January,
casting doubts on the view
that the economy is slowing
down, according to official
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Anne, now 3. Since then their
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learned." - ], - [ - "Instead of the skinny black
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books, an industry source
familiar with the matter said
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900 jobs, qualifying the
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believed to be one of several
competing offers emerging for
the restructuring but
profitable Hamilton steel
producer." - ], - [ - "Walt Disney Co. #39;s
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lawsuit against 34 electronics
companies including Apple
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claiming patent infringement
of its liquid crystal display
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the company said, the latest
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general." - ], - [ - "USDA #39;s Animal Plant Health
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confirmed a detection of
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plots at Louisiana State
University near Baton Rouge,
Louisiana." - ], - [ - "Mexican Cemex, being the third
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cigarette factory in Dublin.
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planning a phased closure of
the factory between now and
February as part of a review
of its global operations." - ], - [ - "AP - Consumers borrowed more
freely in September,
especially when it came to
racking up charges on their
credit cards, the Federal
Reserve reported Friday." - ], - [ - "Bold, innovative solutions are
key to addressing the rapidly
rising costs of higher
education and the steady
reduction in government-
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of today's economy, everyday
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Toilet Organization conference
last week, delegates were
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deadlock on energy policy, a
diverse group of
environmentalists, academics
and former government
officials were to publish a
report on Wednesday that
presents strategies for making
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President Hugo Chavez a
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American States announced." - ], - [ - "Apple is recalling 28,000
faulty batteries for its
15-inch Powerbook G4 laptops." - ], - [ - "The former Chief Executive
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grand jury in New York
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in Europe." - ], - [ - "San Francisco investment bank
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fund his new business, which
makes hot-dog-shaped ice cream
treats known as Cool Dogs: Two
investors, one a friend and
the other a professional
venture capitalist, put in
more than #36;100,000 each
from their Individual
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the biopharmaceutical company
said it is delaying shipment
of its flu vaccine, Fluvirin,
because lots containing 4
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product sterility standards." - ], - [ - "The nation's top
telecommunications regulator
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before the next president is
inaugurated -- to protect
fledgling Internet telephone
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yesterday that it would cut
250 jobs, more than half of
them at its flagship
newspaper, The Dallas Morning
News, and that an internal
investigation into circulation
overstatements" - ], - [ - "The Federal Reserve still has
some way to go to restore US
interest rates to more normal
levels, Philadelphia Federal
Reserve President Anthony
Santomero said on Monday." - ], - [ - "Delta Air Lines (DAL.N: Quote,
Profile, Research) said on
Wednesday its auditors have
expressed doubt about the
airline #39;s financial
viability." - ], - [ - "Takeover target Ronin Property
Group said it would respond to
an offer by Multiplex Group
for all the securities in the
company in about three weeks." - ], - [ - "Google Inc. is trying to
establish an online reading
room for five major libraries
by scanning stacks of hard-to-
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used Internet search engine." - ], - [ - "HOUSTON--(BUSINESS
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capacity, or far fewer seats,
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airline liquidating in the
next year, according to
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Executive Joe Leonard." - ], - [ - "Boeing (nyse: BA - news -
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Stonecipher is keeping the
faith. On Monday, the head of
the aerospace and military
contractor insists he #39;s
confident his firm will
ultimately win out" - ], - [ - "Australia #39;s biggest
supplier of fresh milk,
National Foods, has posted a
net profit of \\$68.7 million,
an increase of 14 per cent on
last financial year." - ], - [ - "Lawyers for customers suing
Merck amp; Co. want to
question CEO Raymond Gilmartin
about what he knew about the
dangers of Vioxx before the
company withdrew the drug from
the market because of health
hazards." - ], - [ - "New York; September 23, 2004 -
The Department of Justice
(DoJ), FBI and US Attorney
#39;s Office handed down a
10-count indictment against
former Computer Associates
(CA) chairman and CEO Sanjay
Kumar and Stephen Richards,
former CA head of worldwide
sales." - ], - [ - "PACIFIC Hydro shares yesterday
caught an updraught that sent
them more than 20 per cent
higher after the wind farmer
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in August while Chicago-area
business activity slowed,
according to reports on
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percent rise in third-quarter
earnings but warned it is
reviewing its targets up to
2010, after issuing a shock
profits warning last month." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
extended recent heavy losses
on Wednesday ahead of weekly
U.S. data expected to show
fuel stocks rising in time
for peak winter demand." - ], - [ - "Vodafone has increased the
competition ahead of Christmas
with plans to launch 10
handsets before the festive
season. The Newbury-based
group said it will begin
selling the phones in
November." - ], - [ - "A former assistant treasurer
at Enron Corp. (ENRNQ.PK:
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agreed to plead guilty to
conspiracy to commit
securities fraud on Tuesday
and will cooperate with" - ], - [ - "UK house prices fell by 1.1 in
October, confirming a
softening of the housing
market, Halifax has said. The
UK #39;s biggest mortgage
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companies have received
letters from the Securities
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their circulation practices." - ], - [ - "THE 64,000 dollar -
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Wednesday. The Commerce
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company presented promising
data on an experimental
treatment for blood cancers." - ], - [ - "SBC Communications Inc. plans
to cut at least 10,000 jobs,
or 6 percent of its work
force, by the end of next year
to compensate for a drop in
the number of local-telephone
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charges the tobacco industry
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third setback in two months on
Friday as lung cancer drug
Iressa failed to help patients
live longer" - ], - [ - "Bruce Wasserstein, the
combative chief executive of
investment bank Lazard, is
expected to agree this week
that he will quit the group
unless he can pull off a
successful" - ], - [ - "Dr. David J. Graham, the FDA
drug safety reviewer who
sounded warnings over five
drugs he felt could become the
next Vioxx has turned to a
Whistleblower protection group
for legal help." - ], - [ - "The Kmart purchase of Sears,
Roebuck may be the ultimate
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jobs as it realigns its
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to stop the Kremlin auctioning
its main production unit." - ], - [ - "British Airways #39; (BA)
chief executive Rod Eddington
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staff shortages led to three
days of travel chaos for
passengers." - ], - [ - "The issue of drug advertising
directly aimed at consumers is
becoming political." - ], - [ - "AP - China's economic boom is
still roaring despite efforts
to cool sizzling growth, with
the gross domestic product
climbing 9.5 percent in the
first three quarters of this
year, the government reported
Friday." - ], - [ - "Soaring petroleum prices
pushed the cost of goods
imported into the U.S. much
higher than expected in
August, the government said
today." - ], - [ - "Anheuser-Busch teams up with
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laying the groundwork for
future growth in the region." - ], - [ - "CHARLOTTE, NC - Shares of
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79 percent plunge in third-
quarter earnings and an
intensifying accounting
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approved new drug Tysabri to
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United States set final anti-
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from China and up to 25.76
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to offset unfair pricing, the
Commerce Department said on
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK -- When Office Depot
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cellphones to televisions,
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Thursday, saying that it is
selling its last 19 per cent
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Merck #38; Co. in the five
weeks after it pulled the
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market highlighted larger
problems in the pharmaceutical
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performance for years,
according to academics and
stock analysts who follow the
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Inc. announced that it found
an increased heart risk to
patients for its blockbuster
arthritis drug Celebrex." - ], - [ - "The number of US information
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first quarter of this year,
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now consists of its new CEO
Michael Cherkasky and 10
outside members. NEW YORK
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Saturday, results of a partial
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core North American
telecommunication market with
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today when it unveiled plans
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Thursday posted a rise in
third-quarter profit as Las
Vegas hotels filled up and
Atlantic City properties
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unexpected by the company." - ], - [ - "One of India #39;s leading
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bank holding company Valley
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last week's record low against
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to the wire, and even
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oil prices and an improving
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Nikkei stock average opened
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breather from the market's
recent rises and sold shares
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lawsuit over former Walt
Disney Co. president Michael
Ovitz's \\$140 million
severance package attempted
Thursday to portray Ovitz as a
dishonest bumbler who botched
the hiring of a major
television executive and
pushed the release of a movie
that angered the Chinese
government, damaging Disney's
business prospects in the
country." - ], - [ - "US stocks gained ground in
early trading Thursday after
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better than expected jobless
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as Hurricane Ivan battered the
Gulf coast, where oil
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in hopes of cashing in on an
expanding market dominated by
hybrid leaders Toyota and
Honda." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo
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shipment target for its DS
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units on Thursday after many
stores in Japan and the
United States sold out in the
first week of sales." - ], - [ - "Autodesk this week unwrapped
an updated version of its
hosted project collaboration
service targeted at the
construction and manufacturing
industries. Autodesk Buzzsaw
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project participants --
including building owners,
developers, architects,
construction teams, and
facility managers -- share and
manage data throughout the
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employers hired just 96,000
workers in September, the
government said on Friday in a
weak jobs snapshot, the final
one ahead of presidential
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magazine known for evaluating
cars and electronics is
setting its sights on finding
the best value and quality of
prescription drugs on the
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tax-planning spouse all factor
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overstatement of nearly 4.5
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electrified third rail of
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Albertsons says it has
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Beverly Hills-based discount
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yesterday handed a five-year
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funeral director accused of
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complete funeral arrangements
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purchased a lower-priced
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cellular telephone company
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that left South Africa in 1986
after apartheid protests, may
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in the nation." - ], - [ - "Italian-based Parmalat is
suing its former auditors --
Grant Thornton International
and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
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demise on the two companies
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finances." - ], - [ - "update An alliance of
technology workers on Tuesday
accused conglomerate Honeywell
International of planning to
move thousands of jobs to low-
cost regions over the next
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Iamgold fell more than 10 per
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South Africa #39;s Harmony
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warn Greece about publishing
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initial public offering." - ], - [ - "The telemarketer at the other
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meeting to consider possible
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agreed to increase their
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traders and analysts dismissed
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second- quarter profit rose 55
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executive Carlos Gutierrez
would replace Don Evans as
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first of many expected changes
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firm won #39;t sell 1.2
million doses of influenza
vaccine to the United States
after all, announcing Tuesday
that it will sell the doses
within Canada instead." - ], - [ - "consortium led by the Sony
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remote duty stations or in
combat areas cast their
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foreign minister appealed
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French journalists abducted in
Baghdad, saying the French
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value, dragging blue chips
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minister for Youth and Sports
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playing area is so vast that
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if it's not taking place right
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space station streaked into
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forms in the offices of an
Iranian aid group were offered
three choices: Train for
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troops in Iraq, for suicide
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crossed hurdler of her
generation, was unable to
complete even one hurdle in
100-meter event Sunday -
failing once again to win an
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Devers, 37, who has three
world championships in the
hurdles but has always flopped
at the Olympics, pulled up
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more predictable for users to
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celebrate Homecoming weekend
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in his first practice since
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Sudanese government and its
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Kenyan capital on Friday to
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President Alfonso Portillo
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Mexican city he fled two
decades ago to avoid arrest on
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China has slowed for the third
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European Union over biotech
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Trade Organization agreed to
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which has been aggressively
expanding in Asia, plans to
increase its stake in South
Korea's largest online auction
company. The Internet
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three-nation tour of Asia
after winning pledges from
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stalled talks on its nuclear
weapons programs." - ], - [ - "Tallahassee, FL (Sports
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suspended senior wide receiver
Craphonso Thorpe for the
Seminoles #39; game against
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company says one of its four
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in Iraq has been freed. It
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tightfisted amid soaring
gasoline costs in August and
hurricane-related disruptions
last week sent applications
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Moroccan Hicham Arazi on
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maker, Lenovo Group, said
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majority stake in
International Business
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to recharge it used to mean
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Canada urged Haitian leaders
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political party of the deposed
president, Jean-Bertrand
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the remainder of the season,
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surgery." - ], - [ - "Diabetics should test their
blood sugar levels more
regularly to reduce the risk
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Ohio State University Monday
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football program after the
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Federal authorities raided
three Washington, D.C.-area
video game stores and arrested
two people for modifying
video game consoles to play
pirated video games, a video
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Ferguson a 1,000th game
anniversary present by
reaching the last 16 of the
Champions League yesterday,
while four-time winners Bayern
Munich romped into the second
round with a 5-1 beating of
Maccabi Tel Aviv." - ], - [ - "Iraq's interim Prime Minister
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deploying set-top boxes
powered by Microsoft software
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forgotten ghost of the game,
Ichiro Suzuki broke one of
baseball #39;s oldest records
Friday night, smoking a single
up the middle for his 258th
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the desert brush alongside the
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Singapore #39;s Mobile One for
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John Hall strained his right
groin during practice
Thursday, his third leg injury
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held out of practice Friday
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alcohol has killed 31 people
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six-party talks aimed at
resolving the crisis over its
nuclear weapons program, but
has not indicated when, a top
British official said on
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "AP - 1941 #151; Brooklyn
catcher Mickey Owen dropped a
third strike on Tommy Henrich
of what would have been the
last out of a Dodgers victory
against the New York Yankees.
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Yankees scored four runs for a
7-4 victory and a 3-1 lead in
the World Series, which they
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global cartel that had
illegally fixed prices of
memory chips in personal
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Ellison reiterated his
determination to prevail in a
long-running takeover battle
with rival business software
maker PeopleSoft Inc.,
predicting the proposed deal
will create a more competitive
company with improved customer
service." - ], - [ - "Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal
was arrested on drunken
driving charges Friday, his
second D.U.I. arrest in four
years." - ], - [ - "AFP - British retailer Marks
and Spencer announced a major
management shake-up as part of
efforts to revive its
fortunes, saying trading has
become tougher ahead of the
crucial Christmas period." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's
interim government extended
the closure of Baghdad
international airport
indefinitely on Saturday
under emergency rule imposed
ahead of this week's U.S.-led
offensive on Falluja." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - Natalie
Coughlin's run of bad luck
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better when she won the gold
medal in the women's 100
meters backstroke at the
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rise in third-quarter profit,
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installed services and sales
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fought back from one-month
lows against the euro and
Swiss franc on Wednesday as
investors viewed its sell-off
in the wake of the Federal
Reserve's verdict on interest
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bitterness, doctors and trial
lawyers are squaring off this
fall in an unprecedented four-
state struggle over limiting
malpractice awards..." - ], - [ - "Boston Scientific Corp said on
Friday it has recalled an ear
implant the company acquired
as part of its purchase of
Advanced Bionics in June." - ], - [ - "AP - Pedro Feliz hit a
tiebreaking grand slam with
two outs in the eighth inning
for his fourth hit of the day,
and the Giants helped their
playoff chances with a 9-5
victory over the Los Angeles
Dodgers on Saturday." - ], - [ - "MarketWatch.com. Richemont
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gathered Tuesday near the area
where suspected al-Qaida-
linked militants are holding
two Chinese engineers and
demanding safe passage to
their reputed leader, a former
U.S. prisoner from Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, officials and
residents said." - ], - [ - "AP - Scientists warned Tuesday
that a long-term increase in
global temperature of 3.5
degrees could threaten Latin
American water supplies,
reduce food yields in Asia and
result in a rise in extreme
weather conditions in the
Caribbean." - ], - [ - "AP - Further proof New York's
real estate market is
inflated: The city plans to
sell space on top of lampposts
to wireless phone companies
for #36;21.6 million a year." - ], - [ - "In an alarming development,
high-precision equipment and
materials which could be used
for making nuclear bombs have
disappeared from some Iraqi
facilities, the United Nations
watchdog agency has said." - ], - [ - "Yukos #39; largest oil-
producing unit regained power
supplies from Tyumenenergo, a
Siberia-based electricity
generator, Friday after the
subsidiary pledged to pay 440
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in debt by Oct. 3." - ], - [ - "The rollout of new servers and
networking switches in stores
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agreement supporting 7-Eleven
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against internet users who
illegally download film files.
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of America, which acts as the
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television-buying frenzy the
run-up to the Athens Olympics,
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Dynamo Kiev, Bayer Leverkusen,
and Real Madrid all have a
good chance of qualifying for
the Champions League Round of
16 if they can get the right
results in Group F on
Wednesday night." - ], - [ - "Ed Hinkel made a diving,
fingertip catch for a key
touchdown and No. 16 Iowa
stiffened on defense when it
needed to most to beat Iowa
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Nextel Cup race, amid the
ongoing furor over Dale
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language, NBC ran a commercial
for a show coming on later
that night called quot;Law
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fog and chill, top-ranked
Southern California finishes
its season in familiar
comfort. The Trojans (9-0, 6-0
Pacific-10) have two games at
home #151; against Arizona on
Saturday and Notre Dame on
Nov. 27 #151; before their
rivalry game at UCLA." - ], - [ - "A US airman dies and two are
hurt as a helicopter crashes
due to technical problems in
western Afghanistan." - ], - [ - "Jacques Chirac has ruled out
any withdrawal of French
troops from Ivory Coast,
despite unrest and anti-French
attacks, which have forced the
evacuation of thousands of
Westerners." - ], - [ - "Japanese Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled
his cabinet yesterday,
replacing several top
ministers in an effort to
boost his popularity,
consolidate political support
and quicken the pace of
reforms in the world #39;s
second-largest economy." - ], - [ - "The remnants of Hurricane
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game between the Mets and the
Atlanta Braves. It will be
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doubleheader." - ], - [ - "AP - NASCAR is not expecting
any immediate changes to its
top-tier racing series
following the merger between
telecommunications giant
Sprint Corp. and Nextel
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software enabled countless
music fans to swap songs on
the Internet for free, turning
him into the recording
industry's enemy No. 1 in the
process." - ], - [ - "TBILISI (Reuters) - At least
two Georgian soldiers were
killed and five wounded in
artillery fire with
separatists in the breakaway
region of South Ossetia,
Georgian officials said on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Like wide-open races? You
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opens conference play this
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No. 13 Louisville withstood a
late rally to beat Florida
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week banned commercial trade
in the rare Irrawaddy dolphin,
a move environmentalists said
was needed to save the
threatened species." - ], - [ - "Laksamana.Net - Two Indonesian
female migrant workers freed
by militants in Iraq are
expected to arrive home within
a day or two, the Foreign
Affairs Ministry said
Wednesday (6/10/04)." - ], - [ - "A bitter row between America
and the European Union over
alleged subsidies to rival
aircraft makers Boeing and
Airbus intensified yesterday." - ], - [ - "PC World - Updated antivirus
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Athens, about redemption for
one and validation for the
other. Britain's Paula
Radcliffe, the fastest female
marathoner in history, failed
to finish either of her
Olympic races last summer.
South Africa's Hendrik Ramaala
was a five-ringed dropout,
too, reinforcing his
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banks around the world have
reported an increase in the
volume of suspicious
activities that they report to
police, a new report by KPMG
suggests." - ], - [ - "The Sun may have captured
thousands or even millions of
asteroids from another
planetary system during an
encounter more than four
billion years ago, astronomers
are reporting." - ], - [ - "LONDON -- Ernie Els has set
his sights on an improved
putting display this week at
the World Golf Championships
#39; NEC Invitational in
Akron, Ohio, after the
disappointment of tying for
fourth place at the PGA
Championship last Sunday." - ], - [ - "The Atkins diet frenzy slowed
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central England, resulting in
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following poor sales in the
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shots were fired at police who
surrounded it on the outskirts
of Athens. Police did not know
how many passengers were
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shuffled his Cabinet on
Monday, just weeks after the
United States and the United
Nations challenged Syria over
its military presence in
Lebanon and the security
situation along its border
with Iraq." - ], - [ - "Fiji #39;s Vijay Singh
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world #39;s No.1 ranked golfer
today by winning the PGA
Deutsche Bank Championship." - ], - [ - "LEIPZIG, Germany : Jurgen
Klinsmann enjoyed his first
home win as German manager
with his team defeating ten-
man Cameroon 3-0 in a friendly
match." - ], - [ - "AP - Kevin Brown had a chance
to claim a place in Yankees
postseason history with his
start in Game 7 of the AL
championship series." - ], - [ - "Reuters - High-definition
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got his first big break in
NASCAR by winning a 1999
talent audition nicknamed
quot;The Gong Show. quot; He
was selected from dozens of
unknown, young race drivers to
work for one of the sport
#39;s most famous team owners,
Jack Roush." - ], - [ - "AP - President Vladimir Putin
has signed a bill confirming
Russia's ratification of the
Kyoto Protocol, the Kremlin
said Friday, clearing the way
for the global climate pact to
come into force early next
year." - ], - [ - "John Gibson said Friday that
he decided to resign as chief
executive officer of
Halliburton Energy Services
when it became apparent he
couldn #39;t become the CEO of
the entire corporation, after
getting a taste of the No." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - Apple Computer
Inc. on Monday released an
update for Apple Remote
Desktop (ARD), the company's
software solution to assist
Mac system administrators and
computer managers with asset
management, software
distribution and help desk
support. ARD 2.1 includes
several enhancements and bug
fixes." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK (Reuters) - Outback
Steakhouse Inc. said Tuesday
it lost about 130 operating
days and up to \\$2 million in
revenue because it had to
close some restaurants in the
South due to Hurricane
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from across the country have
proposed new rules governing
insurance brokerage fees,
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industry group and criticism
from" - ], - [ - "AP - The authenticity of newly
unearthed memos stating that
George W. Bush failed to meet
standards of the Texas Air
National Guard during the
Vietnam War was questioned
Thursday by the son of the
late officer who reportedly
wrote the memos." - ], - [ - "Zurich, Switzerland (Sports
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Ont. (CP) - The body of a
missing autistic man was
pulled from a creek Monday,
just metres from where a key
piece of evidence was
uncovered but originally
overlooked because searchers
had the wrong information." - ], - [ - "SOFTWARE giant Oracle #39;s
stalled \\$7.7bn (4.2bn) bid to
take over competitor
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out an anti-trust lawsuit
filed by the Department of
Justice to block the
acquisition." - ], - [ - "The International Olympic
Committee (IOC) has urged
Beijing to ensure the city is
ready to host the 2008 Games
well in advance, an official
said on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AFP - German Chancellor
Gerhard Schroeder arrived in
Libya for an official visit
during which he is to hold
talks with Libyan leader
Moamer Kadhafi." - ], - [ - "The fastest-swiveling space
science observatory ever built
rocketed into orbit on
Saturday to scan the universe
for celestial explosions." - ], - [ - "The government will examine
claims 100,000 Iraqi civilians
have been killed since the US-
led invasion, Jack Straw says." - ], - [ - "Virginia Tech scores 24 points
off four first-half turnovers
in a 55-6 wipeout of Maryland
on Thursday to remain alone
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million downloads of its
Windows-based Web search
software to develop CDS, a
desktop search product that
users are saying is far ..." - ], - [ - "The DVD Forum moved a step
further toward the advent of
HD DVD media and drives with
the approval of key physical
specifications at a meeting of
the organisations steering
committee last week." - ], - [ - "Eton College and Clarence
House joined forces yesterday
to deny allegations due to be
made at an employment tribunal
today by a former art teacher
that she improperly helped
Prince Harry secure an A-level
pass in art two years ago." - ], - [ - "AFP - Great Britain's chances
of qualifying for the World
Group of the Davis Cup were
evaporating rapidly after
Austria moved into a 2-1 lead
following the doubles." - ], - [ - "AP - Martina Navratilova's
long, illustrious career will
end without an Olympic medal.
The 47-year-old Navratilova
and Lisa Raymond lost 6-4,
4-6, 6-4 on Thursday night to
fifth-seeded Shinobu Asagoe
and Ai Sugiyama of Japan in
the quarterfinals, one step
shy of the medal round." - ], - [ - "Often pigeonholed as just a
seller of televisions and DVD
players, Royal Philips
Electronics said third-quarter
profit surged despite a slide
into the red by its consumer
electronics division." - ], - [ - "AP - Google, the Internet
search engine, has done
something that law enforcement
officials and their computer
tools could not: Identify a
man who died in an apparent
hit-and-run accident 11 years
ago in this small town outside
Yakima." - ], - [ - "We are all used to IE getting
a monthly new security bug
found, but Winamp? In fact,
this is not the first security
flaw found in the application." - ], - [ - "The Apache Software Foundation
and the Debian Project said
they won't support the Sender
ID e-mail authentication
standard in their products." - ], - [ - "USATODAY.com - The newly
restored THX 1138 arrives on
DVD today with Star Wars
creator George Lucas' vision
of a Brave New World-like
future." - ], - [ - "Office Depot Inc. (ODP.N:
Quote, Profile, Research) on
Tuesday warned of weaker-than-
expected profits for the rest
of the year because of
disruptions from the string of
hurricanes" - ], - [ - "THE photo-equipment maker
Kodak yesterday announced
plans to axe 600 jobs in the
UK and close a factory in
Nottinghamshire, in a move in
line with the giants global
restructuring strategy
unveiled last January." - ], - [ - "The chances of scientists
making any one of five
discoveries by 2010 have been
hugely underestimated,
according to bookmakers." - ], - [ - "Asia-Pacific leaders meet in
Australia to discuss how to
keep nuclear weapons out of
the hands of extremists." - ], - [ - " TALL AFAR, Iraq -- A three-
foot-high coil of razor wire,
21-ton armored vehicles and
American soldiers with black
M-4 assault rifles stood
between tens of thousands of
people and their homes last
week." - ], - [ - "PSV Eindhoven re-established
their five-point lead at the
top of the Dutch Eredivisie
today with a 2-0 win at
Vitesse Arnhem. Former
Sheffield Wednesday striker
Gerald Sibon put PSV ahead in
the 56th minute" - ], - [ - "China's central bank on
Thursday raised interest rates
for the first time in nearly a
decade, signaling deepening
unease with the breakneck pace
of development and an intent
to reign in a construction
boom now sowing fears of
runaway inflation." - ], - [ - "Deepening its commitment to
help corporate users create
SOAs (service-oriented
architectures) through the use
of Web services, IBM's Global
Services unit on Thursday
announced the formation of an
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Yankees, Ch. 38, WEEI (850)
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Board of Control for Cricket
in India (BCCI) today informed
the Bombay High Court that it
was cancelling the entire
tender process regarding
cricket telecast rights as
also the conditional deal with
Zee TV." - ], - [ - "CHICAGO - Delta Air Lines
(DAL) said Wednesday it plans
to eliminate between 6,000 and
6,900 jobs during the next 18
months, implement a 10 across-
the-board pay reduction and
reduce employee benefits." - ], - [ - "LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. - Even
though he's facing double hip
replacement surgery, Bill
Smith is more than happy to
struggle out the door each
morning, limp past his brand
new P.T..." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
stocks were likely to open
flat on Wednesday, with high
oil prices and profit warnings
weighing on the market before
earnings reports start and key
jobs data is released this
week." - ], - [ - "Best known for its popular
search engine, Google is
rapidly rolling out new
products and muscling into
Microsoft's stronghold: the
computer desktop. The
competition means consumers
get more choices and better
products." - ], - [ - "Toshiba Corp. #39;s new
desktop-replacement multimedia
notebooks, introduced on
Tuesday, are further evidence
that US consumers still have
yet to embrace the mobility
offered by Intel Corp." - ], - [ - "JEJU, South Korea : Grace Park
of South Korea won an LPGA
Tour tournament, firing a
seven-under-par 65 in the
final round of the
1.35-million dollar CJ Nine
Bridges Classic." - ], - [ - " JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
poured cold water on Tuesday
on recent international
efforts to restart stalled
peace talks with Syria, saying
there was \"no possibility\" of
returning to previous
discussions." - ], - [ - "Dutch smugness was slapped
hard during the past
fortnight. The rude awakening
began with the barbaric
slaying of controversial
filmmaker Theo van Gogh on
November 2. Then followed a
reciprocal cycle of some" - ], - [ - "AP - The NHL will lock out its
players Thursday, starting a
work stoppage that threatens
to keep the sport off the ice
for the entire 2004-05 season." - ], - [ - " MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's
Gazprom said on Tuesday it
will bid for embattled oil
firm YUKOS' main unit next
month, as the Kremlin seeks
to turn the world's biggest
gas producer into a major oil
player." - ], - [ - "pee writes quot;A passenger
on a commuter plane in
northern Norway attacked both
pilots and at least one
passenger with an axe as the
aircraft was coming in to
land." - ], - [ - "Aregular Amazon customer,
Yvette Thompson has found
shopping online to be mostly
convenient and trouble-free.
But last month, after ordering
two CDs on Amazon.com, the
Silver Spring reader
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charged for the \\$26.98 order.
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pledged Sunday to escalate a
broad Israeli offensive in
northern Gaza, saying troops
will remain until Palestinian
rocket attacks are halted.
Israeli officials said the
offensive -- in which 58
Palestinians and three
Israelis have been killed --
will help clear the way for an
Israeli withdrawal." - ], - [ - "Federal Reserve officials
raised a key short-term
interest rate Tuesday for the
fifth time this year, and
indicated they will gradually
move rates higher next year to
keep inflation under control
as the economy expands." - ], - [ - "Canadians are paying more to
borrow money for homes, cars
and other purchases today
after a quarter-point
interest-rate increase by the
Bank of Canada yesterday was
quickly matched by the
chartered banks." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Wall Street
professionals know to keep
their expectations in check in
September, historically the
worst month of the year for
stocks. As summertime draws to
a close, money managers are
getting back to business,
cleaning house, and often
sending the market lower in
the process..." - ], - [ - "A group linked to al Qaeda
ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said
it had tried to kill Iraq
#39;s environment minister on
Tuesday and warned it would
not miss next time, according
to an Internet statement." - ], - [ - "The Israeli military killed
four Palestinian militants on
Wednesday as troops in tanks
and armored vehicles pushed
into another town in the
northern Gaza Strip, extending" - ], - [ - "When Paula Radcliffe dropped
out of the Olympic marathon
miles from the finish, she
sobbed uncontrollably.
Margaret Okayo knew the
feeling." - ], - [ - "Delta Air Lines is to issue
millions of new shares without
shareholder consent as part of
moves to ensure its survival." - ], - [ - "First baseman Richie Sexson
agrees to a four-year contract
with the Seattle Mariners on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "KIRKUK, Iraq - A suicide
attacker detonated a car bomb
Saturday outside a police
academy in the northern Iraqi
city of Kirkuk as hundreds of
trainees and civilians were
leaving for the day, killing
at least 20 people and
wounding 36, authorities said.
Separately, U.S and Iraqi
forces clashed with insurgents
in another part of northern
Iraq after launching an
operation to destroy an
alleged militant cell in the
town of Tal Afar, the U.S..." - ], - [ - "Genta (GNTA:Nasdaq - news -
research) is never boring!
Monday night, the company
announced that its phase III
Genasense study in chronic
lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) met
its primary endpoint, which
was tumor shrinkage." - ], - [ - "Finnish mobile giant Nokia has
described its new Preminet
solution, which it launched
Monday (Oct. 25), as a
quot;major worldwide
initiative." - ], - [ - "While the entire airline
industry #39;s finances are
under water, ATA Airlines will
have to hold its breath longer
than its competitors to keep
from going belly up." - ], - [ - " SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - At
virtually every turn, Intel
Corp. executives are heaping
praise on an emerging long-
range wireless technology
known as WiMAX, which can
blanket entire cities with
high-speed Internet access." - ], - [ - "One day after ousting its
chief executive, the nation's
largest insurance broker said
it will tell clients exactly
how much they are paying for
services and renounce back-
door payments from carriers." - ], - [ - "LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Outlining
an expectation for higher oil
prices and increasing demand,
Royal Dutch/Shell on Wednesday
said it #39;s lifting project
spending to \\$45 billion over
the next three years." - ], - [ - "Tuesday #39;s meeting could
hold clues to whether it
#39;ll be a November or
December pause in rate hikes.
By Chris Isidore, CNN/Money
senior writer." - ], - [ - "Phishing is one of the
fastest-growing forms of
personal fraud in the world.
While consumers are the most
obvious victims, the damage
spreads far wider--hurting
companies #39; finances and
reputations and potentially" - ], - [ - "Reuters - The U.S. Interior
Department on\\Friday gave
final approval to a plan by
ConocoPhillips and\\partner
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to
develop five tracts around\\the
oil-rich Alpine field on
Alaska's North Slope." - ], - [ - "The dollar may fall against
the euro for a third week in
four on concern near-record
crude oil prices will temper
the pace of expansion in the
US economy, a survey by
Bloomberg News indicates." - ], - [ - "The battle for the British-
based Chelsfield plc hotted up
at the weekend, with reports
from London that the property
giant #39;s management was
working on its own bid to
thwart the 585 million (\\$A1." - ], - [ - "Atari has opened the initial
sign-up phase of the closed
beta for its Dungeons amp;
Dragons real-time-strategy
title, Dragonshard." - ], - [ - "AP - Many states are facing
legal challenges over possible
voting problems Nov. 2. A look
at some of the developments
Thursday:" - ], - [ - "Israeli troops withdrew from
the southern Gaza Strip town
of Khan Yunis on Tuesday
morning, following a 30-hour
operation that left 17
Palestinians dead." - ], - [ - "Notes and quotes from various
drivers following California
Speedway #39;s Pop Secret 500.
Jeff Gordon slipped to second
in points following an engine
failure while Jimmie Johnson
moved back into first." - ], - [ - "PM-designate Omar Karameh
forms a new 30-member cabinet
which includes women for the
first time." - ], - [ - "Bahrain #39;s king pardoned a
human rights activist who
convicted of inciting hatred
of the government and
sentenced to one year in
prison Sunday in a case linked
to criticism of the prime
minister." - ], - [ - "Big Blue adds features, beefs
up training efforts in China;
rival Unisys debuts new line
and pricing plan." - ], - [ - " MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Sports
Network) - The Memphis
Grizzlies signed All-Star
forward Pau Gasol to a multi-
year contract on Friday.
Terms of the deal were not
announced." - ], - [ - "Leaders from 38 Asian and
European nations are gathering
in Vietnam for a summit of the
Asia-Europe Meeting, know as
ASEM. One thousand delegates
are to discuss global trade
and regional politics during
the two-day forum." - ], - [ - "A US soldier has pleaded
guilty to murdering a wounded
16-year-old Iraqi boy. Staff
Sergeant Johnny Horne was
convicted Friday of the
unpremeditated murder" - ], - [ - "Andre Agassi brushed past
Jonas Bjorkman 6-3 6-4 at the
Stockholm Open on Thursday to
set up a quarter-final meeting
with Spanish sixth seed
Fernando Verdasco." - ], - [ - "South Korea's Hynix
Semiconductor Inc. and Swiss-
based STMicroelectronics NV
signed a joint-venture
agreement on Tuesday to
construct a memory chip
manufacturing plant in Wuxi,
about 100 kilometers west of
Shanghai, in China." - ], - [ - "SAN DIEGO --(Business Wire)--
Oct. 11, 2004 -- Breakthrough
PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne 8.11
Applications Enable
Manufacturers to Become
Demand-Driven." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Oil prices rose on
Friday as tight\\supplies of
distillate fuel, including
heating oil, ahead of\\the
northern hemisphere winter
spurred buying." - ], - [ - "Well, Intel did say -
dismissively of course - that
wasn #39;t going to try to
match AMD #39;s little dual-
core Opteron demo coup of last
week and show off a dual-core
Xeon at the Intel Developer
Forum this week and - as good
as its word - it didn #39;t." - ], - [ - "Guinea-Bissau #39;s army chief
of staff and former interim
president, General Verissimo
Correia Seabra, was killed
Wednesday during unrest by
mutinous soldiers in the
former Portuguese" - ], - [ - "31 October 2004 -- Exit polls
show that Prime Minister
Viktor Yanukovich and
challenger Viktor Yushchenko
finished on top in Ukraine
#39;s presidential election
today and will face each other
in a run-off next month." - ], - [ - "Nov. 18, 2004 - An FDA
scientist says the FDA, which
is charged with protecting
America #39;s prescription
drug supply, is incapable of
doing so." - ], - [ - "Rock singer Bono pledges to
spend the rest of his life
trying to eradicate extreme
poverty around the world." - ], - [ - "AP - Just when tourists
thought it was safe to go back
to the Princess Diana memorial
fountain, the mud has struck." - ], - [ - "The UK's inflation rate fell
in September, thanks in part
to a fall in the price of
airfares, increasing the
chance that interest rates
will be kept on hold." - ], - [ - " HONG KONG/SAN FRANCISCO
(Reuters) - IBM is selling its
PC-making business to China's
largest personal computer
company, Lenovo Group Ltd.,
for \\$1.25 billion, marking
the U.S. firm's retreat from
an industry it helped pioneer
in 1981." - ], - [ - "AP - Three times a week, The
Associated Press picks an
issue and asks President Bush
and Democratic presidential
candidate John Kerry a
question about it. Today's
question and their responses:" - ], - [ - " BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston was
tingling with anticipation on
Saturday as the Red Sox
prepared to host Game One of
the World Series against the
St. Louis Cardinals and take a
step toward ridding
themselves of a hex that has
hung over the team for eight
decades." - ], - [ - "FOR the first time since his
appointment as Newcastle
United manager, Graeme Souness
has been required to display
the strong-arm disciplinary
qualities that, to Newcastle
directors, made" - ], - [ - "In an apparent damage control
exercise, Russian President
Vladimir Putin on Saturday
said he favored veto rights
for India as new permanent
member of the UN Security
Council." - ], - [ - "Nordstrom reported a strong
second-quarter profit as it
continued to select more
relevant inventory and sell
more items at full price." - ], - [ - "WHY IT HAPPENED Tom Coughlin
won his first game as Giants
coach and immediately
announced a fine amnesty for
all Giants. Just kidding." - ], - [ - "A second-place finish in his
first tournament since getting
married was good enough to
take Tiger Woods from third to
second in the world rankings." - ], - [ - " COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado
(Reuters) - World 400 meters
champion Jerome Young has been
given a lifetime ban from
athletics for a second doping
offense, the U.S. Anti-Doping
Agency (USADA) said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Nigeria's Senate has
ordered a subsidiary of
petroleum giant Royal/Dutch
Shell to pay a Nigerian ethnic
group #36;1.5 billion for oil
spills in their homelands, but
the legislative body can't
enforce the resolution, an
official said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "IT #39;S BEEN a heck of an
interesting two days here in
Iceland. I #39;ve seen some
interesting technology, heard
some inventive speeches and
met some people with different
ideas." - ], - [ - "The Bank of England is set to
keep interest rates on hold
following the latest meeting
of the its Monetary Policy
Committee." - ], - [ - "Australian troops in Baghdad
came under attack today for
the first time since the end
of the Iraq war when a car
bomb exploded injuring three
soldiers and damaging an
Australian armoured convoy." - ], - [ - "The Bush administration upheld
yesterday the imposition of
penalty tariffs on shrimp
imports from China and
Vietnam, handing a victory to
beleaguered US shrimp
producers." - ], - [ - "House prices rose 0.2 percent
in September compared with the
month before to stand up 17.8
percent on a year ago, the
Nationwide Building Society
says." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Two clients of
Germany's Postbank\\(DPBGn.DE)
fell for an e-mail fraud that
led them to reveal\\money
transfer codes to a bogus Web
site -- the first case of\\this
scam in German, prosecutors
said on Thursday." - ], - [ - "US spending on information
technology goods, services,
and staff will grow seven
percent in 2005 and continue
at a similar pace through
2008, according to a study
released Monday by Forrester
Research." - ], - [ - "LONDON - In two years, Arsenal
will play their home matches
in the Emirates stadium. That
is what their new stadium at
Ashburton Grove will be called
after the Premiership
champions yesterday agreed to
the" - ], - [ - "KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Jason
Campbell threw for 252 yards
and two touchdowns, and No. 8
Auburn proved itself as a
national title contender by
overwhelming No. 10 Tennessee,
34-10, last night." - ], - [ - "Look, Ma, no hands! The U.S.
space agency's latest
spacecraft can run an entire
mission by itself. By Amit
Asaravala." - ], - [ - "Pakistans decision to refuse
the International Atomic
Energy Agency to have direct
access to Dr AQ Khan is
correct on both legal and
political counts." - ], - [ - "MANILA, 4 December 2004 - With
floods receding, rescuers
raced to deliver food to
famished survivors in
northeastern Philippine
villages isolated by back-to-
back storms that left more
than 650 people dead and
almost 400 missing." - ], - [ - "Talks on where to build the
world #39;s first nuclear
fusion reactor ended without a
deal on Tuesday but the
European Union said Japan and
the United States no longer
firmly opposed its bid to put
the plant in France." - ], - [ - "Joining America Online,
EarthLink and Yahoo against
spamming, Microsoft Corp.
today announced the filing of
three new anti-Spam lawsuits
under the CAN-SPAM federal law
as part of its initiative in
solving the Spam problem for
Internet users worldwide." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON -- Another
Revolution season concluded
with an overtime elimination.
Last night, the Revolution
thrice rallied from deficits
for a 3-3 tie with D.C. United
in the Eastern Conference
final, then lost in the first-
ever Major League Soccer match
decided by penalty kicks." - ], - [ - "Dwyane Wade calls himself a
quot;sidekick, quot; gladly
accepting the role Kobe Bryant
never wanted in Los Angeles.
And not only does second-year
Heat point" - ], - [ - "A nationwide inspection shows
Internet users are not as safe
online as they believe. The
inspections found most
consumers have no firewall
protection, outdated antivirus
software and dozens of spyware
programs secretly running on
their computers." - ], - [ - "World number one golfer Vijay
Singh of Fiji has captured his
eighth PGA Tour event of the
year with a win at the 84
Lumber Classic in Farmington,
Pennsylvania." - ], - [ - "The noise was deafening and
potentially unsettling in the
minutes before the start of
the men #39;s Olympic
200-meter final. The Olympic
Stadium crowd chanted
quot;Hellas!" - ], - [ - "CLEVELAND - The White House
said Vice President Dick
Cheney faces a \"master
litigator\" when he debates
Sen. John Edwards Tuesday
night, a backhanded compliment
issued as the Republican
administration defended itself
against criticism that it has
not acknowledged errors in
waging war in Iraq..." - ], - [ - "Brazilian forward Ronaldinho
scored a sensational goal for
Barcelona against Milan,
making for a last-gasp 2-1.
The 24-year-old #39;s
brilliant left-foot hit at the
Nou Camp Wednesday night sent
Barcelona atop of Group F." - ], - [ - "Nortel Networks says it will
again delay the release of its
restated financial results.
The Canadian telecom vendor
originally promised to release
the restated results in
September." - ], - [ - " CHICAGO (Reuters) - At first
glance, paying \\$13 or \\$14
for a hard-wired Internet
laptop connection in a hotel
room might seem expensive." - ], - [ - "SEOUL (Reuters) - The chairman
of South Korea #39;s ruling
Uri Party resigned on Thursday
after saying his father had
served as a military police
officer during Japan #39;s
1910-1945 colonial rule on the
peninsula." - ], - [ - "ALERE, Uganda -- Kasmiro
Bongonyinge remembers sitting
up suddenly in his bed. It was
just after sunrise on a summer
morning two years ago, and the
old man, 87 years old and
blind, knew something was
wrong." - ], - [ - "Reuters - An investigation
into U.S. insurers\\and brokers
rattled insurance industry
stocks for a second day\\on
Friday as investors, shaken
further by subpoenas
delivered\\to the top U.S. life
insurer, struggled to gauge
how deep the\\probe might
reach." - ], - [ - "Bee Staff Writer. SANTA CLARA
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injury has kept him out of the
49ers #39; lineup since Week
1. It #39;s also interfering
with him rooting on his alma
mater in person." - ], - [ - "AP - Kellen Winslow Jr. ended
his second NFL holdout Friday." - ], - [ - "JAKARTA - Official results
have confirmed former army
general Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono as the winner of
Indonesia #39;s first direct
presidential election, while
incumbent Megawati
Sukarnoputri urged her nation
Thursday to wait for the
official announcement" - ], - [ - "HOUSTON - With only a few
seconds left in a certain
victory for Miami, Peyton
Manning threw a meaningless
6-yard touchdown pass to
Marvin Harrison to cut the
score to 24-15." - ], - [ - "Reuters - A ragged band of
children\\emerges ghost-like
from mists in Ethiopia's
highlands,\\thrusting bunches
of carrots at a car full of
foreigners." - ], - [ - "DEADLY SCORER: Manchester
United #39;s Wayne Rooney
celebrating his three goals
against Fenerbahce this week
at Old Trafford. (AP)." - ], - [ - "AP - A U.N. human rights
expert criticized the U.S.-led
coalition forces in
Afghanistan for violating
international law by allegedly
beating Afghans to death and
forcing some to remove their
clothes or wear hoods." - ], - [ - "You can feel the confidence
level, not just with Team
Canada but with all of Canada.
There #39;s every expectation,
from one end of the bench to
the other, that Martin Brodeur
is going to hold the fort." - ], - [ - "Heading into the first game of
a new season, every team has
question marks. But in 2004,
the Denver Broncos seemed to
have more than normal." - ], - [ - " JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
said on Thursday Yasser
Arafat's death could be a
turning point for peacemaking
but he would pursue a
unilateral plan that would
strip Palestinians of some
land they want for a state." - ], - [ - " AL-ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq
(Reuters) - Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld swept into an
airbase in Iraq's western
desert Sunday to make a
first-hand evaluation of
operations to quell a raging
Iraqi insurgency in his first
such visit in five months." - ], - [ - "More than three out of four
(76 percent) consumers are
experiencing an increase in
spoofing and phishing
incidents, and 35 percent
receive fake e-mails at least
once a week, according to a
recent national study." - ], - [ - "The Dow Jones Industrial
Average failed three times
this year to exceed its
previous high and fell to
about 10,000 each time, most
recently a week ago." - ], - [ - "AP - Deep in the Atlantic
Ocean, undersea explorers are
living a safer life thanks to
germ-fighting clothing made in
Kinston." - ], - [ - "Anaheim, Calif. - There is a
decidedly right lean to the
three-time champions of the
American League Central. In a
span of 26 days, the Minnesota
Twins lost the left side of
their infield to free agency." - ], - [ - "Computer Associates Monday
announced the general
availability of three
Unicenter performance
management products for
mainframe data management." - ], - [ - "Reuters - The European Union
approved on\\Wednesday the
first biotech seeds for
planting and sale across\\EU
territory, flying in the face
of widespread
consumer\\resistance to
genetically modified (GMO)
crops and foods." - ], - [ - "With the NFL trading deadline
set for 4 p.m. Tuesday,
Patriots coach Bill Belichick
said there didn't seem to be
much happening on the trade
front around the league." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - Democrat John
Kerry accused President Bush
on Monday of sending U.S.
troops to the \"wrong war in
the wrong place at the wrong
time\" and said he'd try to
bring them all home in four
years..." - ], - [ - " SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian
share markets staged a broad-
based retreat on Wednesday,
led by steelmakers amid
warnings of price declines,
but also enveloping technology
and financial stocks on
worries that earnings may
disappoint." - ], - [ - "p2pnet.net News:- A Microsoft
UK quot;WEIGHING THE COST OF
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magazine ad has been nailed as
misleading by Britain #39;s
Advertising Standards
Authority (ASA)." - ], - [ - "More lorry drivers are
bringing supplies to Nepal's
capital in defiance of an
indefinite blockade by Maoist
rebels." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - CNN has a new boss
for the second time in 14
months: former CBS News
executive Jonathan Klein, who
will oversee programming and
editorial direction at the
second-ranked cable news
network." - ], - [ - "Cut-price carrier Virgin Blue
said Tuesday the cost of using
Australian airports is
spiraling upward and asked the
government to review the
deregulated system of charges." - ], - [ - "The retail sector overall may
be reporting a sluggish start
to the season, but holiday
shoppers are scooping up tech
goods at a brisk pace -- and
they're scouring the Web for
bargains more than ever.
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rib moments after scoring
England's second goal in
Saturday's 2-0 win over Wales
in a World Cup qualifying
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United Arab Emirates, which
account for almost half of
OPEC #39;s oil output, said
they #39;re committed to
boosting capacity to meet
soaring demand that has driven
prices to a record." - ], - [ - "The US Commerce Department
said Thursday personal income
posted its biggest increase in
three months in August. The
government agency also said
personal spending was
unchanged after rising
strongly in July." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's
Nikkei average opened up 0.54
percent on Monday with banks
and exporters leading the way
as a stronger finish on Wall
Street and declining oil
prices soothed worries over
the global economic outlook." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Floods
and landslides have killed 76
people in southwest China in
the past four days and washed
away homes and roads, knocked
down power lines and cut off
at least one city, state
media said on Monday." - ], - [ - "Nothing changed at the top of
Serie A as all top teams won
their games to keep the
distance between one another
unaltered. Juventus came back
from behind against Lazio to
win thanks to another goal by
Ibrahimovic" - ], - [ - "The team behind the Beagle 2
mission has unveiled its
design for a successor to the
British Mars lander." - ], - [ - "Survey points to popularity in
Europe, the Middle East and
Asia of receivers that skip
the pay TV and focus on free
programming." - ], - [ - "RICHMOND, Va. Jeremy Mayfield
won his first race in over
four years, taking the
Chevrolet 400 at Richmond
International Raceway after
leader Kurt Busch ran out of
gas eight laps from the
finish." - ], - [ - "AP - Victims of the Sept. 11
attacks were mourned worldwide
Saturday, but in the Middle
East, amid sympathy for the
dead, Arabs said Washington's
support for Israel and the war
on terror launched in the
aftermath of the World Trade
Center's collapse have only
fueled anger and violence." - ], - [ - "Linux publisher Red Hat Inc.
said Tuesday that information-
technology consulting firm
Unisys Corp. will begin
offering a business version of
the company #39;s open-source
operating system on its
servers." - ], - [ - "SEATTLE - Ichiro Suzuki set
the major league record for
hits in a season with 258,
breaking George Sisler's
84-year-old mark with a pair
of singles Friday night. The
Seattle star chopped a leadoff
single in the first inning,
then made history with a
grounder up the middle in the
third..." - ], - [ - "The intruder who entered
British Queen Elizabeth II
#39;s official Scottish
residence and caused a
security scare was a reporter
from the London-based Sunday
Times newspaper, local media
reported Friday." - ], - [ - "IBM's p5-575, a specialized
server geared for high-
performance computing, has
eight 1.9GHz Power5
processors." - ], - [ - "Bruce Wasserstein, head of
Lazard LLC, is asking partners
to take a one-third pay cut as
he readies the world #39;s
largest closely held
investment bank for a share
sale, people familiar with the
situation said." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - FREDERICTON
(CP) - A New Brunswick truck
driver arrested in Ontario
this week has been accused by
police of stealing 50,000 cans
of Moosehead beer." - ], - [ - "Reuters - British police said
on Monday they had\\charged a
man with sending hoax emails
to relatives of people\\missing
since the Asian tsunami,
saying their loved ones
had\\been confirmed dead." - ], - [ - "The Lemon Bay Manta Rays were
not going to let a hurricane
get in the way of football. On
Friday, they headed to the
practice field for the first
time in eight" - ], - [ - "Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill
Gates has donated \\$400,000 to
a campaign in California
trying to win approval of a
measure calling for the state
to sell \\$3 billion in bonds
to fund stem-cell research." - ], - [ - "AP - Track star Marion Jones
filed a defamation lawsuit
Wednesday against the man
whose company is at the center
of a federal investigation
into illegal steroid use among
some of the nation's top
athletes." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES - On Sept. 1,
former secretary of
Agriculture Dan Glickman
replaced the legendary Jack
Valenti as president and CEO
of Hollywood #39;s trade
group, the Motion Picture
Association of America." - ], - [ - "England #39;s players hit out
at cricket #39;s authorities
tonight and claimed they had
been used as quot;political
pawns quot; after the Zimbabwe
government produced a
spectacular U-turn to ensure
the controversial one-day
series will go ahead." - ], - [ - "Newspaper publisher Pulitzer
Inc. said Sunday that company
officials are considering a
possible sale of the firm to
boost shareholder value." - ], - [ - "Shares of Merck amp; Co.
plunged almost 10 percent
yesterday after a media report
said that documents show the
pharmaceutical giant hid or
denied" - ], - [ - "AP - The Japanese won the
pregame home run derby. Then
the game started and the major
league All-Stars put their
bats to work. Back-to-back
home runs by Moises Alou and
Vernon Wells in the fourth
inning and by Johnny Estrada
and Brad Wilkerson in the
ninth powered the major
leaguers past the Japanese
stars 7-3 Sunday for a 3-0
lead in the eight-game series." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Wall Street was
expected to dip at\\Thursday's
opening, but shares of Texas
Instruments Inc.\\, may climb
after it gave upbeat earnings
guidance." - ], - [ - "Chinese authorities detained a
prominent, U.S.-based Buddhist
leader in connection with his
plans to reopen an ancient
temple complex in the Chinese
province of Inner Mongolia
last week and have forced
dozens of his American
followers to leave the region,
local officials said
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "The director of the National
Hurricane Center stays calm in
the midst of a storm, but
wants everyone in hurricane-
prone areas to get the message
from his media advisories:
Respect the storm's power and
make proper response plans." - ], - [ - "With Chelsea losing their
unbeaten record and Manchester
United failing yet again to
win, William Hill now make
Arsenal red-hot 2/5 favourites
to retain the title." - ], - [ - "Late in August, Boeing #39;s
top sales execs flew to
Singapore for a crucial sales
pitch. They were close to
persuading Singapore Airlines,
one of the world #39;s leading
airlines, to buy the American
company #39;s new jet, the
mid-sized 7E7." - ], - [ - "SBC Communications and
BellSouth will acquire
YellowPages.com with the goal
of building the site into a
nationwide online business
index, the companies said
Thursday." - ], - [ - "Theresa special bookcase in Al
Grohs office completely full
of game plans from his days in
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the Jets." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO Several
California cities and
counties, including Los
Angeles and San Francisco, are
suing Microsoft for what could
amount to billions of dollars." - ], - [ - "Newcastle ensured their place
as top seeds in Friday #39;s
third round UEFA Cup draw
after holding Sporting Lisbon
to a 1-1 draw at St James #39;
Park." - ], - [ - "Adorned with Turkish and EU
flags, Turkey #39;s newspapers
hailed Thursday an official EU
report recommending the
country start talks to join
the bloc, while largely
ignoring the stringent
conditions attached to the
announcement." - ], - [ - "Google plans to release a
version of its desktop search
tool for computers that run
Apple Computer #39;s Mac
operating system, Google #39;s
chief executive, Eric Schmidt,
said Friday." - ], - [ - "AMD : sicurezza e prestazioni
ottimali con il nuovo
processore mobile per notebook
leggeri e sottili; Acer Inc.
preme sull #39;acceleratore
con il nuovo notebook a
marchio Ferrari." - ], - [ - "The sounds of tinkling bells
could be heard above the
bustle of the Farmers Market
on the Long Beach Promenade,
leading shoppers to a row of
bright red tin kettles dotting
a pathway Friday." - ], - [ - "CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Bode
Miller continued his
impressive 2004-05 World Cup
skiing season by winning a
night slalom race in
Sestriere, Italy on Monday." - ], - [ - "Firefox use around the world
climbed 34 percent in the last
month, according to a report
published by Web analytics
company WebSideStory Monday." - ], - [ - "If a plastic card that gives
you credit for something you
don't want isn't your idea of
a great gift, you can put it
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Scientists are planning to
take the pulse of the planet
and more in an effort to
improve weather forecasts,
predict energy needs months in
advance, anticipate disease
outbreaks and even tell
fishermen where the catch will
be ..." - ], - [ - "Damien Rhodes scored on a
2-yard run in the second
overtime, then Syracuse's
defense stopped Pittsburgh on
fourth and 1, sending the
Orange to a 38-31 victory
yesterday in Syracuse, N.Y." - ], - [ - "AP - Anthony Harris scored 18
of his career-high 23 points
in the second half to help
Miami upset No. 19 Florida
72-65 Saturday and give first-
year coach Frank Haith his
biggest victory." - ], - [ - "LONDON Santander Central
Hispano of Spain looked
certain to clinch its bid for
the British mortgage lender
Abbey National, after HBOS,
Britain #39;s biggest home-
loan company, said Wednesday
it would not counterbid, and
after the European Commission
cleared" - ], - [ - "New communications technology
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bring an umbrella?" - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
Justice Department is
investigating possible
accounting fraud at Fannie
Mae, bringing greater
government scrutiny to bear on
the mortgage finance company,
already facing a parallel
inquiry by the SEC, a source
close to the matter said on
Thursday." - ], - [ - "AP - The five cities looking
to host the 2012 Summer Games
submitted bids to the
International Olympic
Committee on Monday, entering
the final stage of a long
process in hopes of landing
one of the biggest prizes in
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contract to install its human
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Postal Service. The NetWeaver-
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todays activities at Suzuka as
Super Typhoon Ma-On heads
towards the 5.807km circuit.
Saturday practice has been
cancelled altogether while
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visits the southern town where
scores of Muslims died in army
custody after a rally." - ], - [ - "Indian industrial group Tata
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deal agreed by a firm in the
south Asian country." - ], - [ - "NewsFactor - For years,
companies large and small have
been convinced that if they
want the sophisticated
functionality of enterprise-
class software like ERP and
CRM systems, they must buy
pre-packaged applications.
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remains true." - ], - [ - "Following in the footsteps of
the RIAA, the MPAA (Motion
Picture Association of
America) announced that they
have began filing lawsuits
against people who use peer-
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copyrighted movies off the
Internet." - ], - [ - " GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas
(Reuters) - Betting on horses
was banned in Texas until as
recently as 1987. Times have
changed rapidly since.
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track hosts the \\$14 million
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end-of-season extravaganza." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - At a special
music event featuring Bono and
The Edge from rock group U2
held on Tuesday, Apple took
the wraps off the iPod Photo,
a color iPod available in 40GB
or 60GB storage capacities.
The company also introduced
the iPod U2, a special edition
of Apple's 20GB player clad in
black, equipped with a red
Click Wheel and featuring
engraved U2 band member
signatures. The iPod Photo is
available immediately, and
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ship in mid-November." - ], - [ - "Beijing: At least 170 miners
were trapped underground after
a gas explosion on Sunday
ignited a fire in a coalmine
in north-west China #39;s
Shaanxi province, reports
said." - ], - [ - "The steel tubing company
reports sharply higher
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falling." - ], - [ - "It might be a stay of
execution for Coach P, or it
might just be a Christmas
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a post season Bowl game." - ], - [ - "PHIL Neville insists
Manchester United don #39;t
fear anyone in the Champions
League last 16 and declared:
quot;Bring on the Italians." - ], - [ - "Playboy Enterprises, the adult
entertainment company, has
announced plans to open a
private members club in
Shanghai even though the
company #39;s flagship men
#39;s magazine is still banned
in China." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Oracle Corp is
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software firm PeopleSoft Inc.,
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warnings from Celestica and
Coca-Cola along with a
slowdown in US industrial
production sent stock markets
lower Wednesday." - ], - [ - "IBM (Quote, Chart) said it
would spend a quarter of a
billion dollars over the next
year and a half to grow its
RFID (define) business." - ], - [ - "Eastman Kodak Co., the world
#39;s largest maker of
photographic film, said
Wednesday it expects sales of
digital products and services
to grow at an annual rate of
36 percent between 2003 and
2007, above prior growth rate
estimates of 26 percent
between 2002" - ], - [ - "SAMARRA (Iraq): With renewe d
wave of skirmishes between the
Iraqi insurgents and the US-
led coalition marines, several
people including top police
officers were put to death on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "SPACE.com - NASA released one
of the best pictures ever made
of Saturn's moon Titan as the
Cassini spacecraft begins a
close-up inspection of the
satellite today. Cassini is
making the nearest flyby ever
of the smog-shrouded moon." - ], - [ - "AFP - The Iraqi government
plans to phase out slowly
subsidies on basic products,
such as oil and electricity,
which comprise 50 percent of
public spending, equal to 15
billion dollars, the planning
minister said." - ], - [ - "ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, NS - Nova
Scotia Power officials
continued to keep the sluice
gates open at one of the
utility #39;s hydroelectric
plants Wednesday in hopes a
wayward whale would leave the
area and head for the open
waters of the Bay of Fundy." - ], - [ - "TORONTO -- Toronto Raptors
point guard Alvin Williams
will miss the rest of the
season after undergoing
surgery on his right knee
Monday." - ], - [ - "The federal agency that
insures pension plans said
that its deficit, already at
the highest in its history,
had doubled in its last fiscal
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members of the extended
Rodriguez family say they will
cast their votes for Democrat
John Kerry in next month's
presidential polls." - ], - [ - "A Milan judge on Tuesday opens
hearings into whether to put
on trial 32 executives and
financial institutions over
the collapse of international
food group Parmalat in one of
Europe #39;s biggest fraud
cases." - ], - [ - "AP - Tennessee's two freshmen
quarterbacks have Volunteers
fans fantasizing about the
next four years. Brent
Schaeffer and Erik Ainge
surprised many with the nearly
seamless way they rotated
throughout a 42-17 victory
over UNLV on Sunday night." - ], - [ - "In fact, Larry Ellison
compares himself to the
warlord, according to
PeopleSoft's former CEO,
defending previous remarks he
made." - ], - [ - "FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Four Iraqi
fighters huddled in a trench,
firing rocket-propelled
grenades at Lieutenant Eric
Gregory's Bradley Fighting
Vehicle and the US tanks and
Humvees that were lumbering
through tight streets between
boxlike beige houses." - ], - [ - "MADRID, Aug 18 (Reuters) -
Portugal captain Luis Figo
said on Wednesday he was
taking an indefinite break
from international football,
but would not confirm whether
his decision was final." - ], - [ - "The Bank of England on
Thursday left its benchmark
interest rate unchanged, at
4.75 percent, as policy makers
assessed whether borrowing
costs, already the highest in
the Group of Seven, are
constraining consumer demand." - ], - [ - "AP - Several thousand
Christians who packed a
cathedral compound in the
Egyptian capital hurled stones
at riot police Wednesday to
protest a woman's alleged
forced conversion to Islam. At
least 30 people were injured." - ], - [ - "A group of Saudi religious
scholars have signed an open
letter urging Iraqis to
support jihad against US-led
forces. quot;Fighting the
occupiers is a duty for all
those who are able, quot; they
said in a statement posted on
the internet at the weekend." - ], - [ - "Fashion retailers Austin Reed
and Ted Baker have reported
contrasting fortunes on the
High Street. Austin Reed
reported interim losses of 2." - ], - [ - "AP - Shaun Rogers is in the
backfield as often as some
running backs. Whether teams
dare to block Detroit's star
defensive tackle with one
player or follow the trend of
double-teaming him, he often
rips through offensive lines
with a rare combination of
size, speed, strength and
nimble footwork." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - A
federal judge on Friday
approved Citigroup Inc.'s
\\$2.6 billion settlement with
WorldCom Inc. investors who
lost billions when an
accounting scandal plunged
the telecommunications company
into bankruptcy protection." - ], - [ - "The Lions and Eagles entered
Sunday #39;s game at Ford
Field in the same place --
atop their respective
divisions -- and with
identical 2-0 records." - ], - [ - "An unspecified number of
cochlear implants to help
people with severe hearing
loss are being recalled
because they may malfunction
due to ear moisture, the US
Food and Drug Administration
announced." - ], - [ - "Profits triple at McDonald's
Japan after the fast-food
chain starts selling larger
burgers." - ], - [ - "After Marcos Moreno threw four
more interceptions in last
week's 14-13 overtime loss at
N.C. A T, Bison Coach Ray
Petty will start Antoine
Hartfield against Norfolk
State on Saturday." - ], - [ - "You can empty your pockets of
change, take off your belt and
shoes and stick your keys in
the little tray. But if you've
had radiation therapy
recently, you still might set
off Homeland Security alarms." - ], - [ - "Mountaineers retrieve three
bodies believed to have been
buried for 22 years on an
Indian glacier." - ], - [ - "SEOUL, Oct 19 Asia Pulse -
LG.Philips LCD Co.
(KSE:034220), the world #39;s
second-largest maker of liquid
crystal display (LCD), said
Tuesday it has developed the
world #39;s largest organic
light emitting diode" - ], - [ - "SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. --
Looking ahead to the US
championship game almost cost
Conejo Valley in the
semifinals of the Little
League World Series." - ], - [ - "The Cubs didn #39;t need to
fly anywhere near Florida to
be in the eye of the storm.
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100 years since last winning a
championship, the only thing
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is controversy." - ], - [ - "Security experts warn of
banner ads with a bad attitude
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code. Also: Phishers, be gone." - ], - [ - "KETTERING, Ohio Oct. 12, 2004
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end Justin Smith pleaded not
guilty to a driving under the
influence charge." - ], - [ - "com October 15, 2004, 5:11 AM
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wagon look like a million
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Ivory Coast Prime Minister
Seydou Diarra for three hours
yesterday as part of talks
aimed at bringing peace to the
conflict-wracked Ivory Coast." - ], - [ - "MINNEAPOLIS -- For much of the
2004 season, Twins pitcher
Johan Santana didn #39;t just
beat opposing hitters. Often,
he overwhelmed and owned them
in impressive fashion." - ], - [ - "Britain #39;s inflation rate
fell in August further below
its 2.0 percent government-set
upper limit target with
clothing and footwear prices
actually falling, official
data showed on Tuesday." - ], - [ - " KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's
Maoist rebels have
temporarily suspended a
crippling economic blockade of
the capital from Wednesday,
saying the move was in
response to popular appeals." - ], - [ - "Reuters - An Algerian
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the Madrid train bombers has
been identified as one of
seven\\people who blew
themselves up in April to
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Ministry said on Friday." - ], - [ - "KABUL: An Afghan man was found
guilty on Saturday of killing
four journalists in 2001,
including two from Reuters,
and sentenced to death." - ], - [ - "Yasser Arafat, the leader for
decades of a fight for
Palestinian independence from
Israel, has died at a military
hospital in Paris, according
to news reports." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - European
shares shrugged off a spike in
the euro to a fresh all-time
high Wednesday, with telecoms
again leading the way higher
after interim profits at
Britain's mm02 beat
expectations." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - Weighed down by
high energy prices, the US
economy grew slower than the
government estimated in the
April-June quarter, as higher
oil prices limited consumer
spending and contributed to a
record trade deficit." - ], - [ - "CHICAGO United Airlines says
it will need even more labor
cuts than anticipated to get
out of bankruptcy. United told
a bankruptcy court judge in
Chicago today that it intends
to start talks with unions
next month on a new round of
cost savings." - ], - [ - " JABALYA, Gaza Strip (Reuters)
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forces out of the northern
Gaza Strip Saturday after a
four-day incursion it said
was staged to halt Palestinian
rocket attacks on southern
Israeli towns." - ], - [ - "Computer Associates
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revenue during its second
fiscal quarter, but posted a
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to settle government
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company, it said yesterday." - ], - [ - "THE Turkish embassy in Baghdad
was investigating a television
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hostages had been killed in
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available so far, a senior
Turkish diplomat said today." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Thousands of
supporters of
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Viktor Yushchenko, celebrated
on the streets\\in the early
hours on Monday after an exit
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election." - ], - [ - "LONDON : The United States
faced rare criticism over
human rights from close ally
Britain, with an official
British government report
taking Washington to task over
concerns about Iraq and the
Guantanamo Bay jail." - ], - [ - "The University of California,
Berkeley, has signed an
agreement with the Samoan
government to isolate, from a
tree, the gene for a promising
anti- Aids drug and to share
any royalties from the sale of
a gene-derived drug with the
people of Samoa." - ], - [ - "PC World - Send your video
throughout your house--
wirelessly--with new gateways
and media adapters." - ], - [ - "At a charity auction in New
Jersey last weekend, baseball
memorabilia dealer Warren
Heller was approached by a man
with an unusual but topical
request." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's
Nikkei average jumped 2.5
percent by mid-afternoon on
Monday as semiconductor-
related stocks such as
Advantest Corp. mirrored a
rally by their U.S. peers
while banks and brokerages
extended last week's gains." - ], - [ - "INTER Milan coach Roberto
Mancini believes the club
#39;s lavish (northern) summer
signings will enable them to
mount a serious Serie A
challenge this season." - ], - [ - "LONDON - A bomb threat that
mentioned Iraq forced a New
York-bound Greek airliner to
make an emergency landing
Sunday at London's Stansted
Airport escorted by military
jets, authorities said. An
airport spokeswoman said an
Athens newspaper had received
a phone call saying there was
a bomb on board the Olympic
Airlines plane..." - ], - [ - "Links to this week's topics
from search engine forums
across the web: New MSN Search
Goes LIVE in Beta - Microsoft
To Launch New Search Engine -
Google Launches 'Google
Advertising Professionals' -
Organic vs Paid Traffic ROI? -
Making Money With AdWords? -
Link Building 101" - ], - [ - "AP - Brad Ott shot an 8-under
64 on Sunday to win the
Nationwide Tour's Price Cutter
Charity Championship for his
first Nationwide victory." - ], - [ - "AP - New York Jets running
back Curtis Martin passed Eric
Dickerson and Jerome Bettis on
the NFL career rushing list
Sunday against the St. Louis
Rams, moving to fourth all-
time." - ], - [ - "Eight conservation groups are
fighting the US government
over a plan to poison
thousands of prairie dogs in
the grasslands of South
Dakota, saying wildlife should
not take a backseat to
ranching interests." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece - Sheryl
Swoopes made three big plays
at the end - two baskets and
another on defense - to help
the United States squeeze out
a 66-62 semifinal victory over
Russia on Friday. Now, only
one game stands between the
U.S..." - ], - [ - "Instead of standing for ante
meridian and post meridian,
though, fans will remember the
time periods of pre-Mia and
after-Mia. After playing for
18 years and shattering nearly
every record" - ], - [ - "General Motors (GM) plans to
announce a massive
restructuring Thursday that
will eliminate as many as
12,000 jobs in Europe in a
move to stem the five-year
flow of red ink from its auto
operations in the region." - ], - [ - "Scientists are developing a
device which could improve the
lives of kidney dialysis
patients." - ], - [ - "KABUL, Afghanistan The Afghan
government is blaming drug
smugglers for yesterday #39;s
attack on the leading vice
presidential candidate ." - ], - [ - "Stephon Marbury, concerned
about his lousy shooting in
Athens, used an off day to go
to the gym and work on his
shot. By finding his range, he
saved the United States #39;
hopes for a basketball gold
medal." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
held firm on Wednesday as
Hurricane Ivan closed off
crude output and shut
refineries in the Gulf of
Mexico, while OPEC's Gulf
producers tried to reassure
traders by recommending an
output hike." - ], - [ - "State-owned, running a
monopoly on imports of jet
fuel to China #39;s fast-
growing aviation industry and
a prized member of Singapore
#39;s Stock Exchange." - ], - [ - "Google has won a trade mark
dispute, with a District Court
judge finding that the search
engines sale of sponsored
search terms Geico and Geico
Direct did not breach car
insurance firm GEICOs rights
in the trade marked terms." - ], - [ - "Wall Street bounded higher for
the second straight day
yesterday as investors reveled
in sharply falling oil prices
and the probusiness agenda of
the second Bush
administration. The Dow Jones
industrials gained more than
177 points for its best day of
2004, while the Standard amp;
Poor's 500 closed at its
highest level since early
2002." - ], - [ - "Key factors help determine if
outsourcing benefits or hurts
Americans." - ], - [ - "The US Trade Representative on
Monday rejected the European
Union #39;s assertion that its
ban on beef from hormone-
treated cattle is now
justified by science and that
US and Canadian retaliatory
sanctions should be lifted." - ], - [ - "One of the leading figures in
the Greek Orthodox Church, the
Patriarch of Alexandria Peter
VII, has been killed in a
helicopter crash in the Aegean
Sea." - ], - [ - "Siding with chip makers,
Microsoft said it won't charge
double for its per-processor
licenses when dual-core chips
come to market next year." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK -- Wall Street's
fourth-quarter rally gave
stock mutual funds a solid
performance for 2004, with
small-cap equity funds and
real estate funds scoring some
of the biggest returns. Large-
cap growth equities and
technology-focused funds had
the slimmest gains." - ], - [ - "CANBERRA, Australia -- The
sweat-stained felt hats worn
by Australian cowboys, as much
a part of the Outback as
kangaroos and sun-baked soil,
may be heading for the history
books. They fail modern
industrial safety standards." - ], - [ - "Big Food Group Plc, the UK
owner of the Iceland grocery
chain, said second-quarter
sales at stores open at least
a year dropped 3.3 percent,
the second consecutive
decline, after competitors cut
prices." - ], - [ - "A London-to-Washington flight
is diverted after a security
alert involving the singer
formerly known as Cat Stevens." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
first case of soybean rust has
been found on the mainland
United States and could affect
U.S. crops for the near
future, costing farmers
millions of dollars, the
Agriculture Department said on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "IBM and the Spanish government
have introduced a new
supercomputer they hope will
be the most powerful in
Europe, and one of the 10 most
powerful in the world." - ], - [ - "The Supreme Court today
overturned a five-figure
damage award to an Alexandria
man for a local auto dealer
#39;s alleged loan scam,
ruling that a Richmond-based
federal appeals court had
wrongly" - ], - [ - "TheSpaceShipOne team is handed
the \\$10m cheque and trophy it
won for claiming the Ansari
X-Prize." - ], - [ - "Security officials have
identified six of the
militants who seized a school
in southern Russia as being
from Chechnya, drawing a
strong connection to the
Chechen insurgents who have
been fighting Russian forces
for years." - ], - [ - "AP - Randy Moss is expected to
play a meaningful role for the
Minnesota Vikings this weekend
against the Giants, even
without a fully healed right
hamstring." - ], - [ - "Pros: Fits the recent profile
(44, past PGA champion, fiery
Ryder Cup player); the job is
his if he wants it. Cons:
Might be too young to be
willing to burn two years of
play on tour." - ], - [ - "SEOUL -- North Korea set three
conditions yesterday to be met
before it would consider
returning to six-party talks
on its nuclear programs." - ], - [ - "Official figures show the
12-nation eurozone economy
continues to grow, but there
are warnings it may slow down
later in the year." - ], - [ - "Elmer Santos scored in the
second half, lifting East
Boston to a 1-0 win over
Brighton yesterday afternoon
and giving the Jets an early
leg up in what is shaping up
to be a tight Boston City
League race." - ], - [ - "In upholding a lower court
#39;s ruling, the Supreme
Court rejected arguments that
the Do Not Call list violates
telemarketers #39; First
Amendment rights." - ], - [ - "US-backed Iraqi commandos were
poised Friday to storm rebel
strongholds in the northern
city of Mosul, as US military
commanders said they had
quot;broken the back quot; of
the insurgency with their
assault on the former rebel
bastion of Fallujah." - ], - [ - "Infineon Technologies, the
second-largest chip maker in
Europe, said Wednesday that it
planned to invest about \\$1
billion in a new factory in
Malaysia to expand its
automotive chip business and
be closer to customers in the
region." - ], - [ - "Mozilla's new web browser is
smart, fast and user-friendly
while offering a slew of
advanced, customizable
functions. By Michelle Delio." - ], - [ - "Saints special teams captain
Steve Gleason expects to be
fined by the league after
being ejected from Sunday's
game against the Carolina
Panthers for throwing a punch." - ], - [ - "JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon, facing
a party mutiny over his plan
to quit the Gaza Strip, has
approved 1,000 more Israeli
settler homes in the West Bank
in a move that drew a cautious
response on Tuesday from ..." - ], - [ - "Play has begun in the
Australian Masters at
Huntingdale in Melbourne with
around half the field of 120
players completing their first
rounds." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) -
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profit jumped, beating
analysts' forecasts, boosted
by results at its Kaplan
education unit and television
broadcasting operations." - ], - [ - "GHAZNI, Afghanistan, 6 October
2004 - Wartime security was
rolled out for Afghanistans
interim President Hamid Karzai
as he addressed his first
election campaign rally
outside the capital yesterday
amid spiraling violence." - ], - [ - "LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville
men #39;s basketball head
coach Rick Pitino and senior
forward Ellis Myles met with
members of the media on Friday
to preview the Cardinals #39;
home game against rival
Kentucky on Satursday." - ], - [ - "AP - Sounds like David
Letterman is as big a \"Pops\"
fan as most everyone else." - ], - [ - "originally offered on notebook
PCs -- to its Opteron 32- and
64-bit x86 processors for
server applications. The
technology will help servers
to run" - ], - [ - "New orders for US-made durable
goods increased 0.2pc in
September, held back by a big
drop in orders for
transportation goods, the US
Commerce Department said
today." - ], - [ - "Siblings are the first ever to
be convicted for sending
boatloads of junk e-mail
pushing bogus products. Also:
Microsoft takes MSN music
download on a Euro trip....
Nokia begins legal battle
against European
counterparts.... and more." - ], - [ - "I always get a kick out of the
annual list published by
Forbes singling out the
richest people in the country.
It #39;s almost as amusing as
those on the list bickering
over their placement." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - After Apple
unveiled the iMac G5 in Paris
this week, Vice President of
Hardware Product Marketing
Greg Joswiak gave Macworld
editors a guided tour of the
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plans to stop selling its
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received US regulatory
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complications that arise in
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the latest version of its CRM
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part of an ongoing update of
its E-Business Suite." - ], - [ - "Toyota Motor Corp. #39;s
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step forward last week in its
strategy to build an online
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offer software as a service." - ], - [ - "Britain-based HBOS says it
will file a complaint to the
European Commission against
Spanish bank Santander Central
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with SCH #39;s bid to acquire
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to allay Liverpool fans' fears
that he could be out until
Christmas after breaking a
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hundreds of millions of
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Olympic gold medal in kayaking
when she was 18, the youngest
paddler to do so in Games
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Germany #39;s golden girl
Birgit Fischer won her eighth
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Eriksson has defended
goalkeeper David James after
last night #39;s 2-2 draw in
Austria. James allowed Andreas
Ivanschitz #39;s shot to slip
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in Belarus held at the same
time as a referendum on
whether President Alexander
Lukashenko should be allowed
to seek a third term fell
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in Iraq's holy city of Najaf
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providers - including Atlanta-
based EarthLink -iled a
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PIMCO mutual fund group has
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settle fraud charges involving
improper rapid dealing in
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hardware digital video
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Safeway stores and a
distribution centre for 260.2
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itself fit enough to continue
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semifinals at the 2004 US Open
will be staged on Saturday,
with three of the tournament
#39;s top-five seeds ready for
action at the USTA National
Tennis Center." - ], - [ - "Pepsi pushes a blue version of
Mountain Dew only at Taco
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strategy?" - ], - [ - "New software helps corporate
travel managers track down
business travelers who
overspend. But it also poses a
dilemma for honest travelers
who are only trying to save
money." - ], - [ - "NATO Secretary-General Jaap de
Hoop Scheffer has called a
meeting of NATO states and
Russia on Tuesday to discuss
the siege of a school by
Chechen separatists in which
more than 335 people died, a
NATO spokesman said." - ], - [ - "26 August 2004 -- Iraq #39;s
top Shi #39;ite cleric, Grand
Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,
arrived in the city of Al-
Najaf today in a bid to end a
weeks-long conflict between US
forces and militiamen loyal to
Shi #39;ite cleric Muqtada al-
Sadr." - ], - [ - "AFP - Senior executives at
business software group
PeopleSoft unanimously
recommended that its
shareholders reject a 8.8
billion dollar takeover bid
from Oracle Corp, PeopleSoft
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China may have\\been the first
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the security issues raised by
the now-infamous brawl between
players and fans in Auburn
Hills, Mich., Nov. 19, the
Celtics returned to the
FleetCenter last night with
two losses and few concerns
about their on-court safety." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Electronics
conglomerate Sony Corp.
unveiled eight new flat-screen
televisions on Thursday in a
product push it hopes will
help it secure a leading 35
percent of the domestic
market in the key month of
December." - ], - [ - "As the election approaches,
Congress abandons all pretense
of fiscal responsibility,
voting tax cuts that would
drive 10-year deficits past
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called on workers at France
Telecom to stage a 24-hour
strike September 7 to protest
government plans to privatize
the public telecommunications
operator, union sources said." - ], - [ - "ServiceMaster profitably
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healthy 3.5 dividend." - ], - [ - "The Indonesian tourism
industry has so far not been
affected by last week #39;s
bombing outside the Australian
embassy in Jakarta and
officials said they do not
expect a significant drop in
visitor numbers as a result of
the attack." - ], - [ - "\\$222.5 million -- in an
ongoing securities class
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Corp. The settlement,
announced Friday and" - ], - [ - "Arsenals Thierry Henry today
missed out on the European
Footballer of the Year award
as Andriy Shevchenko took the
honour. AC Milan frontman
Shevchenko held off
competition from Barcelona
pair Deco and" - ], - [ - "Donald Halsted, one target of
a class-action suit alleging
financial improprieties at
bankrupt Polaroid, officially
becomes CFO." - ], - [ - "Neil Mellor #39;s sensational
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against Arsenal on Sunday has
earned the back-up striker the
chance to salvage a career
that had appeared to be
drifting irrevocably towards
the lower divisions." - ], - [ - "ABOUT 70,000 people were
forced to evacuate Real Madrid
#39;s Santiago Bernabeu
stadium minutes before the end
of a Primera Liga match
yesterday after a bomb threat
in the name of ETA Basque
separatist guerillas." - ], - [ - "The team learned on Monday
that full-back Jon Ritchie
will miss the rest of the
season with a torn anterior
cruciate ligament in his left
knee." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) -
Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart
said on Wednesday she wants
to start serving her prison
sentence for lying about a
suspicious stock sale as soon
as possible, so she can put
her \"nightmare\" behind her." - ], - [ - "Apple Computer's iPod remains
the king of digital music
players, but robust pretenders
to the throne have begun to
emerge in the Windows
universe. One of them is the
Zen Touch, from Creative Labs." - ], - [ - "The 7710 model features a
touch screen, pen input, a
digital camera, an Internet
browser, a radio, video
playback and streaming and
recording capabilities, the
company said." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) --
Crude futures closed under
\\$46 a barrel Wednesday for
the first time since late
September and heating-oil and
unleaded gasoline prices
dropped more than 6 percent
following an across-the-board
climb in US petroleum
inventories." - ], - [ - "The University of Iowa #39;s
market for US presidential
futures, founded 16-years ago,
has been overtaken by a
Dublin-based exchange that is
now 25 times larger." - ], - [ - "Venus Williams barely kept
alive her hopes of qualifying
for next week #39;s WTA Tour
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seeded fifth, survived a
third-set tiebreaker to
outlast Yuilana Fedak of the
Ukraine, 6-4 2-6 7-6" - ], - [ - " SYDNEY (Reuters) - Arnold
Palmer has taken a swing at
America's top players,
criticizing their increasing
reluctance to travel abroad
to play in tournaments." - ], - [ - "MARK Thatcher will have to
wait until at least next April
to face trial on allegations
he helped bankroll a coup
attempt in oil-rich Equatorial
Guinea." - ], - [ - "A top Red Hat executive has
attacked the open-source
credentials of its sometime
business partner Sun
Microsystems. In a Web log
posting Thursday, Michael
Tiemann, Red Hat #39;s vice
president of open-source
affairs" - ], - [ - "President Bush #39;s drive to
deploy a multibillion-dollar
shield against ballistic
missiles was set back on
Wednesday by what critics
called a stunning failure of
its first full flight test in
two years." - ], - [ - "Although he was well-beaten by
Retief Goosen in Sunday #39;s
final round of The Tour
Championship in Atlanta, there
has been some compensation for
the former world number one,
Tiger Woods." - ], - [ - "WAYNE Rooney and Henrik
Larsson are among the players
nominated for FIFAs
prestigious World Player of
the Year award. Rooney is one
of four Manchester United
players on a list which is
heavily influenced by the
Premiership." - ], - [ - "It didn #39;t look good when
it happened on the field, and
it looked worse in the
clubhouse. Angels second
baseman Adam Kennedy left the
Angels #39; 5-2 win over the
Seattle Mariners" - ], - [ - "Air travelers moved one step
closer to being able to talk
on cell phones and surf the
Internet from laptops while in
flight, thanks to votes by the
Federal Communications
Commission yesterday." - ], - [ - "MySQL developers turn to an
unlikely source for database
tool: Microsoft. Also: SGI
visualizes Linux, and the
return of Java veteran Kim
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consumer prices, the economy,
as measured by gross domestic
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prices and upbeat outlooks
from Wal-Mart and Lowe's
helped send stocks sharply
higher Monday on Wall Street,
with the swing exaggerated by
thin late summer trading. The
Dow Jones industrials surged
nearly 130 points..." - ], - [ - "Freshman Darius Walker ran for
115 yards and scored two
touchdowns, helping revive an
Irish offense that had managed
just one touchdown in the
season's first six quarters." - ], - [ - "Consumers who cut it close by
paying bills from their
checking accounts a couple of
days before depositing funds
will be out of luck under a
new law that takes effect Oct.
28." - ], - [ - "Dell Inc. said its profit
surged 25 percent in the third
quarter as the world's largest
personal computer maker posted
record sales due to rising
technology spending in the
corporate and government
sectors in the United States
and abroad." - ], - [ - "AP - NBC is adding a 5-second
delay to its NASCAR telecasts
after Dale Earnhardt Jr. used
a vulgarity during a postrace
TV interview last weekend." - ], - [ - " BOSTON (Sports Network) - The
New York Yankees will start
Orlando \"El Duque\" Hernandez
in Game 4 of the American
League Championship Series on
Saturday against the Boston
Red Sox." - ], - [ - "The future of Sven-Goran
Eriksson as England coach is
the subject of intense
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Austria. Has the Swede lost
the confidence of the nation
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for the job?" - ], - [ - "Component problems meant
Brillian's new big screens
missed the NFL's kickoff
party." - ], - [ - "Spain begin their third final
in five seasons at the Olympic
stadium hoping to secure their
second title since their first
in Barcelona against Australia
in 2000." - ], - [ - "Second-seeded David Nalbandian
of Argentina lost at the Japan
Open on Thursday, beaten by
Gilles Muller of Luxembourg
7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4 in the third
round." - ], - [ - "Thursday #39;s unexpected
resignation of Memphis
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of putting things, the
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indicate he was burned out and
had some health concerns." - ], - [ - "RUDI Voller had quit as coach
of Roma after a 3-1 defeat
away to Bologna, the Serie A
club said today. Under the
former Germany coach, Roma had
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Yukos oil company seeking to
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giant Ibrox screens offering
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ransacked and occupied the
regional administration
building in a southern Russian
province Tuesday, demanding
the resignation of the region
#39;s president, whose former
son-in-law has been linked to
a multiple" - ], - [ - "SIPTU has said it is strongly
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of Aer Lingus as pressure
mounts on the Government to
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can handle music,\\photos and
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home entertainment." - ], - [ - "Molson Inc. Chief Executive
Officer Daniel O #39;Neill
said he #39;ll provide
investors with a positive #39;
#39; response to their
concerns over the company
#39;s plan to let stock-
option holders vote on its
planned merger with Adolph
Coors Co." - ], - [ - "South Korea #39;s Grace Park
shot a seven-under-par 65 to
triumph at the CJ Nine Bridges
Classic on Sunday. Park #39;s
victory made up her final-
round collapse at the Samsung
World Championship two weeks
ago." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hopes
-- and worries -- that U.S.
regulators will soon end the
ban on using wireless phones
during U.S. commercial flights
are likely at least a year or
two early, government
officials and analysts say." - ], - [ - "AFP - Iraqi Foreign Minister
Hoshyar Zebari arrived
unexpectedly in the holy city
of Mecca Wednesday where he
met Crown Prince Abdullah bin
Abdul Aziz, the official SPA
news agency reported." - ], - [ - "Titans QB Steve McNair was
released from a Nashville
hospital after a two-night
stay for treatment of a
bruised sternum. McNair was
injured during the fourth
quarter of the Titans #39;
15-12 loss to Jacksonville on
Sunday." - ], - [ - "Keith Miller, Australia #39;s
most prolific all-rounder in
Test cricket, died today at a
nursing home, Cricket
Australia said. He was 84." - ], - [ - "Haitian police and UN troops
moved into a slum neighborhood
on Sunday and cleared street
barricades that paralyzed a
part of the capital." - ], - [ - "TORONTO Former Toronto pitcher
John Cerutti (seh-ROO
#39;-tee) was found dead in
his hotel room today,
according to the team. He was
44." - ], - [ - "withdrawal of troops and
settlers from occupied Gaza
next year. Militants seek to
claim any pullout as a
victory. quot;Islamic Jihad
will not be broken by this
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al-Batsh, a senior political
leader in Gaza." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - The
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profit by 12.5 percent, even
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precious metal." - ], - [ - "The U.S. military has found
nearly 20 houses where
intelligence officers believe
hostages were tortured or
killed in this city, including
the house with the cage that
held a British contractor who
was beheaded last month." - ], - [ - "AFP - Opponents of the Lao
government may be plotting
bomb attacks in Vientiane and
other areas of Laos timed to
coincide with a summit of
Southeast Asian leaders the
country is hosting next month,
the United States said." - ], - [ - "After a year of pilots and
trials, Siebel Systems jumped
with both feet into the SMB
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new approach to offer Siebel
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revenues up to about \\$500
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send warships to help NATO
naval patrols that monitor
suspicious vessels in the
Mediterranean, part of a push
for closer counterterrorism
cooperation between Moscow and
the western alliance." - ], - [ - "Intel won't release a 4-GHz
version of its flagship
Pentium 4 product, having
decided instead to realign its
engineers around the company's
new design priorities, an
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carrying two Russians and an
American rocketed closer
Friday to its docking with the
international space station,
where the current three-man
crew made final departure
preparations." - ], - [ - "Defense: Ken Lucas. His
biggest play was his first
one. The fourth-year
cornerback intercepted a Ken
Dorsey pass that kissed off
the hands of wide receiver
Rashaun Woods and returned it
25 yards to set up the
Seahawks #39; first score." - ], - [ - "Scientists have manipulated
carbon atoms to create a
material that could be used to
create light-based, versus
electronic, switches. The
material could lead to a
supercharged Internet based
entirely on light, scientists
say." - ], - [ - "A military plane crashed in
the mountains near Caracas,
killing all 16 persons on
board, including two high-
ranking military officers,
officials said." - ], - [ - "The powerful St. Louis trio of
Albert Pujols, Scott Rolen and
Jim Edmonds is 4 for 23 with
one RBI in the series and with
runners on base, they are 1
for 13." - ], - [ - "A voice recording said to be
that of suspected Al Qaeda
commander Abu Mussab al-
Zarqawi, claims Iraq #39;s
Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is
the militant network #39;s
number one target." - ], - [ - "BEIJING -- More than a year
after becoming China's
president, Hu Jintao was
handed the full reins of power
yesterday when his
predecessor, Jiang Zemin, gave
up the nation's most powerful
military post." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES (Reuters)
Qualcomm has dropped an \\$18
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damages from rival Texas
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discussing terms of a
licensing pact, a TI
spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Hewlett-Packard is the latest
IT vendor to try blogging. But
analysts wonder if the weblog
trend is the 21st century
equivalent of CB radios, which
made a big splash in the 1970s
before fading." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fannie
Mae executives and their
regulator squared off on
Wednesday, with executives
denying any accounting
irregularity and the regulator
saying the housing finance
company's management may need
to go." - ], - [ - "The scientists behind Dolly
the sheep apply for a license
to clone human embryos. They
want to take stem cells from
the embryos to study Lou
Gehrig's disease." - ], - [ - "As the first criminal trial
stemming from the financial
deals at Enron opened in
Houston on Monday, it is
notable as much for who is not
among the six defendants as
who is - and for how little
money was involved compared
with how much in other Enron" - ], - [ - "LONDON (CBS.MW) -- British
bank Barclays on Thursday said
it is in talks to buy a
majority stake in South
African bank ABSA. Free!" - ], - [ - "The Jets signed 33-year-old
cornerback Terrell Buckley,
who was released by New
England on Sunday, after
putting nickel back Ray
Mickens on season-ending
injured reserve yesterday with
a torn ACL in his left knee." - ], - [ - "Some of the silly tunes
Japanese pay to download to
use as the ring tone for their
mobile phones sure have their
knockers, but it #39;s for
precisely that reason that a
well-known counselor is raking
it in at the moment, according
to Shukan Gendai (10/2)." - ], - [ - "WEST INDIES thrilling victory
yesterday in the International
Cricket Council Champions
Trophy meant the world to the
five million people of the
Caribbean." - ], - [ - "AP - Greenpeace activists
scaled the walls of Ford Motor
Co.'s Norwegian headquarters
Tuesday to protest plans to
destroy hundreds of non-
polluting electric cars." - ], - [ - "Investors sent stocks sharply
lower yesterday as oil prices
continued their climb higher
and new questions about the
safety of arthritis drugs
pressured pharmaceutical
stocks." - ], - [ - "Scotland manager Berti Vogts
insists he is expecting
nothing but victory against
Moldova on Wednesday. The game
certainly is a must-win affair
if the Scots are to have any
chance of qualifying for the
2006 World Cup finals." - ], - [ - "IBM announced yesterday that
it will invest US\\$250 million
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five years and employ 1,000
people in a new business unit
to support products and
services related to sensor
networks." - ], - [ - "AFP - The chances of Rupert
Murdoch's News Corp relocating
from Australia to the United
States have increased after
one of its biggest
institutional investors has
chosen to abstain from a vote
next week on the move." - ], - [ - "AFP - An Indian minister said
a school text-book used in the
violence-prone western state
of Gujarat portrayed Adolf
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John Kerry is seizing on the
Bush administration's failure
to secure hundreds of tons of
explosives now missing in
Iraq." - ], - [ - "AP - Microsoft Corp. goes into
round two Friday of its battle
to get the European Union's
sweeping antitrust ruling
lifted having told a judge
that it had been prepared
during settlement talks to
share more software code with
its rivals than the EU
ultimately demanded." - ], - [ - " INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) -
Jenny Thompson will take the
spotlight from injured U.S.
team mate Michael Phelps at
the world short course
championships Saturday as she
brings down the curtain on a
spectacular swimming career." - ], - [ - "Martin Brodeur made 27 saves,
and Brad Richards, Kris Draper
and Joe Sakic scored goals to
help Canada beat Russia 3-1
last night in the World Cup of
Hockey, giving the Canadians a
3-0 record in round-robin
play." - ], - [ - "AP - Sears, Roebuck and Co.,
which has successfully sold
its tools and appliances on
the Web, is counting on having
the same magic with bedspreads
and sweaters, thanks in part
to expertise gained by its
purchase of Lands' End Inc." - ], - [ - "com September 14, 2004, 9:12
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turning up, upgrading hardware
has been on businesses radar
in the past 12 months as their
number two priority." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) -
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retail stores from Walt
Disney Co., and its stock rose
more than 14 percent in early
morning trade." - ], - [ - "ALBANY, N.Y. -- A California-
based company that brokers
life, accident, and disability
policies for leading US
companies pocketed millions of
dollars a year in hidden
payments from insurers and
from charges on clients'
unsuspecting workers, New York
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
charged yesterday." - ], - [ - "NORTEL Networks plans to slash
its workforce by 3500, or ten
per cent, as it struggles to
recover from an accounting
scandal that toppled three top
executives and led to a
criminal investigation and
lawsuits." - ], - [ - "Ebay Inc. (EBAY.O: Quote,
Profile, Research) said on
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an Internet housing rental
listing service, for \\$415
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it access to a new segment of
the online real estate market." - ], - [ - "Austin police are working with
overseas officials to bring
charges against an English man
for sexual assault of a child,
a second-degree felony." - ], - [ - "United Nations officials
report security breaches in
internally displaced people
and refugee camps in Sudan
#39;s embattled Darfur region
and neighboring Chad." - ], - [ - "Noranda Inc., Canada #39;s
biggest mining company, began
exclusive talks on a takeover
proposal from China Minmetals
Corp. that would lead to the
spinoff of Noranda #39;s
aluminum business to
shareholders." - ], - [ - "San Francisco
developer/publisher lands
coveted Paramount sci-fi
license, \\$6.5 million in
funding on same day. Although
it is less than two years old,
Perpetual Entertainment has
acquired one of the most
coveted sci-fi licenses on the
market." - ], - [ - "ST. LOUIS -- Mike Martz #39;s
week of anger was no empty
display. He saw the defending
NFC West champions slipping
and thought taking potshots at
his players might be his best
shot at turning things around." - ], - [ - "Google warned Thursday that
increased competition and the
maturing of the company would
result in an quot;inevitable
quot; slowing of its growth." - ], - [ - "By KELLY WIESE JEFFERSON
CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri
will allow members of the
military stationed overseas to
return absentee ballots via
e-mail, raising concerns from
Internet security experts
about fraud and ballot
secrecy..." - ], - [ - "Avis Europe PLC has dumped a
new ERP system based on
software from PeopleSoft Inc.
before it was even rolled out,
citing substantial delays and
higher-than-expected costs." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei
average rose 0.55 percent by
midsession on Wednesday as
some techs including Advantest
Corp. gained ground after
Wall Street reacted positively
to results from Intel Corp.
released after the U.S. market
close." - ], - [ - "Yahoo #39;s (Quote, Chart)
public embrace of the RSS
content syndication format
took a major leap forward with
the release of a revamped My
Yahoo portal seeking to
introduce the technology to
mainstream consumers." - ], - [ - "KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hurricane
Ivan's deadly winds and
monstrous waves bore down on
Jamaica on Friday, threatening
a direct hit on its densely
populated capital after
ravaging Grenada and killing
at least 33 people. The
Jamaican government ordered
the evacuation of half a
million people from coastal
areas, where rains on Ivan's
outer edges were already
flooding roads..." - ], - [ - "North Korea has denounced as
quot;wicked terrorists quot;
the South Korean officials who
orchestrated last month #39;s
airlift to Seoul of 468 North
Korean defectors." - ], - [ - "The Black Watch regiment has
returned to its base in Basra
in southern Iraq after a
month-long mission standing in
for US troops in a more
violent part of the country,
the Ministry of Defence says." - ], - [ - "Romanian soccer star Adrian
Mutu as he arrives at the
British Football Association
in London, ahead of his
disciplinary hearing, Thursday
Nov. 4, 2004." - ], - [ - "Australia completed an
emphatic Test series sweep
over New Zealand with a
213-run win Tuesday, prompting
a caution from Black Caps
skipper Stephen Fleming for
other cricket captains around
the globe." - ], - [ - "AP - A senior Congolese
official said Tuesday his
nation had been invaded by
neighboring Rwanda, and U.N.
officials said they were
investigating claims of
Rwandan forces clashing with
militias in the east." - ], - [ - "Liverpool, England (Sports
Network) - Former English
international and Liverpool
great Emlyn Hughes passed away
Tuesday from a brain tumor." - ], - [ - " ATLANTA (Reuters) - Soft
drink giant Coca-Cola Co.
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>, stung by a prolonged
downturn in North America,
Germany and other major
markets, on Thursday lowered
its key long-term earnings
and sales targets." - ], - [ - "JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- They
were singing in the Colts #39;
locker room today, singing
like a bunch of wounded
songbirds. Never mind that
Marcus Pollard, Dallas Clark
and Ben Hartsock won #39;t be
recording a remake of Kenny
Chesney #39;s song,
quot;Young, quot; any time
soon." - ], - [ - "TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese
electronics and entertainment
giant Sony Corp. (SNE) plans
to begin selling a camcorder
designed for consumers that
takes video at digital high-
definition quality and is
being priced at about
\\$3,600..." - ], - [ - "As the close-knit NASCAR
community mourns the loss of
team owner Rick Hendrick #39;s
son, brother, twin nieces and
six others in a plane crash
Sunday, perhaps no one outside
of the immediate family
grieves more deeply than
Darrell Waltrip." - ], - [ - "AP - Purdue quarterback Kyle
Orton has no trouble
remembering how he felt after
last year's game at Michigan." - ], - [ - "UNITED NATIONS - The United
Nations #39; nuclear agency
says it is concerned about the
disappearance of equipment and
materials from Iraq that could
be used to make nuclear
weapons." - ], - [ - " BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's
historic deal with Turkey to
open entry talks with the vast
Muslim country was hailed by
supporters as a bridge builder
between Europe and the Islamic
world." - ], - [ - "Iraqi President Ghazi al-
Yawar, who was due in Paris on
Sunday to start a European
tour, has postponed his visit
to France due to the ongoing
hostage drama involving two
French journalists, Arab
diplomats said Friday." - ], - [ - " SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) -
President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva's Workers' Party (PT)
won the mayoralty of six state
capitals in Sunday's municipal
vote but was forced into a
run-off to defend its hold on
the race's biggest prize, the
city of Sao Paulo." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece - They are
America's newest golden girls
- powerful and just a shade
from perfection. The U.S..." - ], - [ - "AMMAN, Sept. 15. - The owner
of a Jordanian truck company
announced today that he had
ordered its Iraq operations
stopped in a bid to save the
life of a driver held hostage
by a militant group." - ], - [ - "AP - U.S. State Department
officials learned that seven
American children had been
abandoned at a Nigerian
orphanage but waited more than
a week to check on the youths,
who were suffering from
malnutrition, malaria and
typhoid, a newspaper reported
Saturday." - ], - [ - "\\Angry mobs in Ivory Coast's
main city, Abidjan, marched on
the airport, hours after it
came under French control." - ], - [ - "Several workers are believed
to have been killed and others
injured after a contruction
site collapsed at Dubai
airport. The workers were
trapped under rubble at the
site of a \\$4." - ], - [ - "Talks between Sudan #39;s
government and two rebel
groups to resolve the nearly
two-year battle resume Friday.
By Abraham McLaughlin Staff
writer of The Christian
Science Monitor." - ], - [ - "In a meeting of the cinematic
with the scientific, Hollywood
helicopter stunt pilots will
try to snatch a returning NASA
space probe out of the air
before it hits the ground." - ], - [ - "Legend has it (incorrectly, it
seems) that infamous bank
robber Willie Sutton, when
asked why banks were his
favorite target, responded,
quot;Because that #39;s where
the money is." - ], - [ - "Brown is a second year player
from Memphis and has spent the
2004 season on the Steelers
#39; practice squad. He played
in two games last year." - ], - [ - "A Canadian court approved Air
Canada #39;s (AC.TO: Quote,
Profile, Research) plan of
arrangement with creditors on
Monday, clearing the way for
the world #39;s 11th largest
airline to emerge from
bankruptcy protection at the
end of next month" - ], - [ - "Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and
Purdue Pharma are the first
drugmakers willing to take the
plunge and use radio frequency
identification technology to
protect their US drug supply
chains from counterfeiters." - ], - [ - "Barret Jackman, the last of
the Blues left to sign before
the league #39;s probable
lockout on Wednesday,
finalized a deal Monday that
is rare in the current
economic climate but fitting
for him." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
eased on Monday after rebels
in Nigeria withdrew a threat
to target oil operations, but
lingering concerns over
stretched supplies ahead of
winter kept prices close to
\\$50." - ], - [ - "AP - In the tumult of the
visitors' clubhouse at Yankee
Stadium, champagne pouring all
around him, Theo Epstein held
a beer. \"I came in and there
was no champagne left,\" he
said this week. \"I said, 'I'll
have champagne if we win it
all.'\" Get ready to pour a
glass of bubbly for Epstein.
No I.D. necessary." - ], - [ - "Search any fee-based digital
music service for the best-
loved musical artists of the
20th century and most of the
expected names show up." - ], - [ - "Barcelona held on from an
early Deco goal to edge game
local rivals Espanyol 1-0 and
carve out a five point
tabletop cushion. Earlier,
Ronaldo rescued a point for
Real Madrid, who continued
their middling form with a 1-1
draw at Real Betis." - ], - [ - "MONTREAL (CP) - The Expos may
be history, but their demise
has heated up the market for
team memorabilia. Vintage
1970s and 1980s shirts are
already sold out, but
everything from caps, beer
glasses and key-chains to
dolls of mascot Youppi!" - ], - [ - "Stansted airport is the
designated emergency landing
ground for planes in British
airspace hit by in-flight
security alerts. Emergency
services at Stansted have
successfully dealt" - ], - [ - "The massive military operation
to retake Fallujah has been
quot;accomplished quot;, a
senior Iraqi official said.
Fierce fighting continued in
the war-torn city where
pockets of resistance were
still holding out against US
forces." - ], - [ - "There are some signs of
progress in resolving the
Nigerian conflict that is
riling global oil markets. The
leader of militia fighters
threatening to widen a battle
for control of Nigeria #39;s
oil-rich south has" - ], - [ - "A strong earthquake hit Taiwan
on Monday, shaking buildings
in the capital Taipei for
several seconds. No casualties
were reported." - ], - [ - "America Online Inc. is
packaging new features to
combat viruses, spam and
spyware in response to growing
online security threats.
Subscribers will be able to
get the free tools" - ], - [ - "A 76th minute goal from
European Footballer of the
Year Pavel Nedved gave
Juventus a 1-0 win over Bayern
Munich on Tuesday handing the
Italians clear control at the
top of Champions League Group
C." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
climbed above \\$42 a barrel on
Wednesday, rising for the
third day in a row as cold
weather gripped the U.S.
Northeast, the world's biggest
heating fuel market." - ], - [ - "A policeman ran amok at a
security camp in Indian-
controlled Kashmir after an
argument and shot dead seven
colleagues before he was
gunned down, police said on
Sunday." - ], - [ - "ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Some NHL
players who took part in a
charity hockey game at the
University of Michigan on
Thursday were hopeful the news
that the NHL and the players
association will resume talks
next week" - ], - [ - "New York police have developed
a pre-emptive strike policy,
cutting off demonstrations
before they grow large." - ], - [ - "CAPE CANAVERAL-- NASA aims to
launch its first post-Columbia
shuttle mission during a
shortened nine-day window
March, and failure to do so
likely would delay a planned
return to flight until at
least May." - ], - [ - "Travelers headed home for
Thanksgiving were greeted
Wednesday with snow-covered
highways in the Midwest, heavy
rain and tornadoes in parts of
the South, and long security
lines at some of the nation
#39;s airports." - ], - [ - "BOULDER, Colo. -- Vernand
Morency ran for 165 yards and
two touchdowns and Donovan
Woods threw for three more
scores, lifting No. 22
Oklahoma State to a 42-14
victory over Colorado
yesterday." - ], - [ - "The Chinese city of Beijing
has cancelled an order for
Microsoft software, apparently
bowing to protectionist
sentiment. The deal has come
under fire in China, which is
trying to build a domestic
software industry." - ], - [ - "Apple says it will deliver its
iTunes music service to more
European countries next month.
Corroborating several reports
in recent months, Reuters is
reporting today that Apple
Computer is planning the next" - ], - [ - "Reuters - Motorola Inc., the
world's\\second-largest mobile
phone maker, said on Tuesday
it expects\\to sustain strong
sales growth in the second
half of 2004\\thanks to new
handsets with innovative
designs and features." - ], - [ - "PULLMAN - Last week, in
studying USC game film, Cougar
coaches thought they found a
chink in the national
champions armor. And not just
any chink - one with the
potential, right from the get
go, to" - ], - [ - "The union representing flight
attendants on Friday said it
mailed more than 5,000 strike
authorization ballots to its
members employed by US Airways
as both sides continued talks
that are expected to stretch
through the weekend." - ], - [ - "AP - Matt Leinart was quite a
baseball prospect growing up,
showing so much promise as a
left-handed pitcher that
scouts took notice before high
school." - ], - [ - "PRAGUE, Czech Republic --
Eugene Cernan, the last man to
walk on the moon during the
final Apollo landing, said
Thursday he doesn't expect
space tourism to become
reality in the near future,
despite a strong demand.
Cernan, now 70, who was
commander of NASA's Apollo 17
mission and set foot on the
lunar surface in December 1972
during his third space flight,
acknowledged that \"there are
many people interested in
space tourism.\" But the
former astronaut said he
believed \"we are a long way
away from the day when we can
send a bus of tourists to the
moon.\" He spoke to reporters
before being awarded a medal
by the Czech Academy of
Sciences for his contribution
to science..." - ], - [ - "Never shy about entering a
market late, Microsoft Corp.
is planning to open the
virtual doors of its long-
planned Internet music store
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Thursday, giant panda cub Mei
Sheng delighted visitors by
playing for the first time in
snow delivered to him at the
San Diego Zoo. He also sat on
his ice cake, wrestled with
his mom, got his coat
incredibly dirty, and didn't
read any of the more than 700
birthday wishes sent him via
e-mail from as far away as
Ireland and Argentina." - ], - [ - "AP - Researchers put a
satellite tracking device on a
15-foot shark that appeared to
be lost in shallow water off
Cape Cod, the first time a
great white has been tagged
that way in the Atlantic." - ], - [ - "LSU will stick with a two-
quarterback rotation Saturday
at Auburn, according to Tigers
coach Nick Saban, who seemed
to have some fun telling the
media what he will and won
#39;t discuss Monday." - ], - [ - "Bulgaria has started its first
co-mission with the EU in
Bosnia and Herzegovina, along
with some 30 countries,
including Canada and Turkey." - ], - [ - "The Windows Future Storage
(WinFS) technology that got
cut out of Windows
quot;Longhorn quot; is in
serious trouble, and not just
the hot water a feature might
encounter for missing its
intended production vehicle." - ], - [ - "Seattle -- - Not so long ago,
the 49ers were inflicting on
other teams the kind of pain
and embarrassment they felt in
their 34-0 loss to the
Seahawks on Sunday." - ], - [ - "AP - The pileup of events in
the city next week, including
the Republican National
Convention, will add to the
security challenge for the New
York Police Department, but
commissioner Ray Kelly says,
\"With a big, experienced
police force, we can do it.\"" - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com - Let the
games begin. Not the Olympics
again, but the all-out battle
between video game giants Sony
Corp. and Nintendo Co. Ltd.
The two Japanese companies are
rolling out new gaming
consoles, but Nintendo has
beaten Sony to the punch by
announcing an earlier launch
date for its new hand-held
game player." - ], - [ - "London - Manchester City held
fierce crosstown rivals
Manchester United to a 0-0
draw on Sunday, keeping the
Red Devils eleven points
behind leaders Chelsea." - ], - [ - "LONDON, Dec 11 (IranMania) -
Iraqi Vice-President Ibrahim
al-Jaafari refused to believe
in remarks published Friday
that Iran was attempting to
influence Iraqi polls with the
aim of creating a
quot;crescent quot; dominated
by Shiites in the region." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) - The US
Securities and Exchange
Commission is probing
transactions between Delphi
Corp and EDS, which supplies
the automotive parts and
components giant with
technology services, Delphi
said late Wednesday." - ], - [ - "MONTREAL (CP) - Molson Inc.
and Adolph Coors Co. are
sweetening their brewery
merger plan with a special
dividend to Molson
shareholders worth \\$381
million." - ], - [ - "AP - Echoing what NASA
officials said a day earlier,
a Russian space official on
Friday said the two-man crew
on the international space
station could be forced to
return to Earth if a planned
resupply flight cannot reach
them with food supplies later
this month." - ], - [ - "InfoWorld - SANTA CLARA,
CALIF. -- Accommodating large
patch sets in Linux is
expected to mean forking off
of the 2.7 version of the
platform to accommodate these
changes, according to Andrew
Morton, lead maintainer of the
Linux kernel for Open Source
Development Labs (OSDL)." - ], - [ - "AMSTERDAM The mobile phone
giants Vodafone and Nokia
teamed up on Thursday to
simplify cellphone software
written with the Java computer
language." - ], - [ - "WELLINGTON: National carrier
Air New Zealand said yesterday
the Australian Competition
Tribunal has approved a
proposed alliance with Qantas
Airways Ltd, despite its
rejection in New Zealand." - ], - [ - "The late Princess Dianas
former bodyguard, Ken Wharfe,
dismisses her suspicions that
one of her lovers was bumped
off. Princess Diana had an
affair with Barry Mannakee, a
policeman who was assigned to
protect her." - ], - [ - "Long considered beyond the
reach of mainland mores, the
Florida city is trying to
limit blatant displays of
sexual behavior." - ], - [ - "The overall Linux market is
far larger than previous
estimates show, a new study
says. In an analysis of the
Linux market released late
Tuesday, market research firm
IDC estimated that the Linux
market -- including" - ], - [ - "By PAUL ELIAS SAN FRANCISCO
(AP) -- Several California
cities and counties, including
San Francisco and Los Angeles,
sued Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) on
Friday, accusing the software
giant of illegally charging
inflated prices for its
products because of monopoly
control of the personal
computer operating system
market..." - ], - [ - "New Ole Miss head coach Ed
Orgeron, speaking for the
first time since his hiring,
made clear the goal of his
football program. quot;The
goal of this program will be
to go to the Sugar Bowl, quot;
Orgeron said." - ], - [ - "\"Everyone's nervous,\" Acting
Undersecretary of Defense
Michael W. Wynne warned in a
confidential e-mail to Air
Force Secretary James G. Roche
on July 8, 2003." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Alpharma Inc. on
Friday began\\selling a cheaper
generic version of Pfizer
Inc.'s #36;3\\billion a year
epilepsy drug Neurontin
without waiting for a\\court
ruling on Pfizer's request to
block the copycat medicine." - ], - [ - "Public opinion of the database
giant sinks to 12-year low, a
new report indicates." - ], - [ - "Opinion: Privacy hysterics
bring old whine in new bottles
to the Internet party. The
desktop search beta from this
Web search leader doesn #39;t
do anything you can #39;t do
already." - ], - [ - "It is much too easy to call
Pedro Martinez the selfish
one, to say he is walking out
on the Red Sox, his baseball
family, for the extra year of
the Mets #39; crazy money." - ], - [ - "It is impossible for young
tennis players today to know
what it was like to be Althea
Gibson and not to be able to
quot;walk in the front door,
quot; Garrison said." - ], - [ - "Senator John Kerry said today
that the war in Iraq was a
\"profound diversion\" from the
war on terror and Osama bin
Laden." - ], - [ - "For spammers, it #39;s been a
summer of love. Two newly
issued reports tracking the
circulation of unsolicited
e-mails say pornographic spam
dominated this summer, nearly
all of it originating from
Internet addresses in North
America." - ], - [ - "The Nordics fared well because
of their long-held ideals of
keeping corruption clamped
down and respect for
contracts, rule of law and
dedication to one-on-one
business relationships." - ], - [ - "Microsoft portrayed its
Longhorn decision as a
necessary winnowing to hit the
2006 timetable. The
announcement on Friday,
Microsoft executives insisted,
did not point to a setback in
software" - ], - [ - "Here #39;s an obvious word of
advice to Florida athletic
director Jeremy Foley as he
kicks off another search for
the Gators football coach: Get
Steve Spurrier on board." - ], - [ - "Don't bother with the small
stuff. Here's what really
matters to your lender." - ], - [ - "A problem in the Service Pack
2 update for Windows XP may
keep owners of AMD-based
computers from using the long-
awaited security package,
according to Microsoft." - ], - [ - "Five years ago, running a
telephone company was an
immensely profitable
proposition. Since then, those
profits have inexorably
declined, and now that decline
has taken another gut-
wrenching dip." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - The litigious
Recording Industry Association
of America (RIAA) is involved
in another legal dispute with
a P-to-P (peer-to-peer)
technology maker, but this
time, the RIAA is on defense.
Altnet Inc. filed a lawsuit
Wednesday accusing the RIAA
and several of its partners of
infringing an Altnet patent
covering technology for
identifying requested files on
a P-to-P network." - ], - [ - "A group claiming to have
captured two Indonesian women
in Iraq has said it will
release them if Jakarta frees
Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir
being held for alleged
terrorist links." - ], - [ - "Amid the stormy gloom in
Gotham, the rain-idled Yankees
last night had plenty of time
to gather in front of their
televisions and watch the Red
Sox Express roar toward them.
The national telecast might
have been enough to send a
jittery Boss Steinbrenner
searching his Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations for some
quot;Little Engine That Could
quot; metaphor." - ], - [ - "FULHAM fans would have been
singing the late Elvis #39;
hit #39;The wonder of you
#39; to their player Elvis
Hammond. If not for Frank
Lampard spoiling the party,
with his dedication to his
late grandfather." - ], - [ - "Indonesian police said
yesterday that DNA tests had
identified a suicide bomber
involved in a deadly attack
this month on the Australian
embassy in Jakarta." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores
Inc.'s warning of
disappointing sales sent
stocks fluctuating Monday as
investors' concerns about a
slowing economy offset their
relief over a drop in oil
prices. October contracts
for a barrel of light crude
were quoted at \\$46.48, down
24 cents, on the New York
Mercantile Exchange..." - ], - [ - "Iraq #39;s top Shi #39;ite
cleric made a sudden return to
the country on Wednesday and
said he had a plan to end an
uprising in the quot;burning
city quot; of Najaf, where
fighting is creeping ever
closer to its holiest shrine." - ], - [ - "For two weeks before MTV
debuted U2 #39;s video for the
new single quot;Vertigo,
quot; fans had a chance to see
the band perform the song on
TV -- in an iPod commercial." - ], - [ - "A bird #39;s eye view of the
circuit at Shanghai shows what
an event Sunday #39;s Chinese
Grand Prix will be. The course
is arguably one of the best
there is, and so it should be
considering the amount of
money that has been spent on
it." - ], - [ - "KABUL, Afghanistan Aug. 22,
2004 - US soldiers sprayed a
pickup truck with bullets
after it failed to stop at a
roadblock in central
Afghanistan, killing two women
and a man and critically
wounding two other" - ], - [ - "Oct. 26, 2004 - The US-
European spacecraft Cassini-
Huygens on Tuesday made a
historic flyby of Titan,
Saturn #39;s largest moon,
passing so low as to almost
touch the fringes of its
atmosphere." - ], - [ - "Reuters - A volcano in central
Japan sent smoke and\\ash high
into the sky and spat out
molten rock as it erupted\\for
a fourth straight day on
Friday, but experts said the
peak\\appeared to be quieting
slightly." - ], - [ - "Shares of Google Inc. made
their market debut on Thursday
and quickly traded up 19
percent at \\$101.28. The Web
search company #39;s initial
public offering priced at \\$85" - ], - [ - "SYDNEY -- Prime Minister John
Howard of Australia, a key US
ally and supporter of the Iraq
war, celebrated his election
win over opposition Labor
after voters enjoying the
fruits of a strong economy
gave him another term." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Global warming is
melting\\Ecuador's cherished
mountain glaciers and could
cause several\\of them to
disappear over the next two
decades, Ecuadorean and\\French
scientists said on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Sirius Satellite Radio
signed a deal to air the men's
NCAA basketball tournament
through 2007, the latest move
made in an attempt to draw
customers through sports
programming." - ], - [ - "Rather than tell you, Dan
Kranzler chooses instead to
show you how he turned Mforma
into a worldwide publisher of
video games, ringtones and
other hot downloads for mobile
phones." - ], - [ - "UK interest rates have been
kept on hold at 4.75 following
the latest meeting of the Bank
of England #39;s rate-setting
committee." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two rockets
hit a downtown Baghdad hotel
housing foreigners and
journalists Thursday, and
gunfire erupted in the
neighborhood across the Tigris
River from the U.S. Embassy
compound..." - ], - [ - "The Prevention of Terrorism
Act 2002 (Pota) polarised the
country, not just by the
manner in which it was pushed
through by the NDA government
through a joint session of
Parliament but by the shabby
and often biased manner in
which it was enforced." - ], - [ - "Not being part of a culture
with a highly developed
language, could limit your
thoughts, at least as far as
numbers are concerned, reveals
a new study conducted by a
psychologist at the Columbia
University in New York." - ], - [ - "CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A native of
Red Oak, Iowa, who was a
pioneer in astronomy who
proposed the quot;dirty
snowball quot; theory for the
substance of comets, has died." - ], - [ - "Resurgent oil prices paused
for breath as the United
States prepared to draw on its
emergency reserves to ease
supply strains caused by
Hurricane Ivan." - ], - [ - "(Sports Network) - The
inconsistent San Diego Padres
will try for consecutive wins
for the first time since
August 28-29 tonight, when
they begin a huge four-game
set against the Los Angeles
Dodgers at Dodger Stadium." - ], - [ - "A Portuguese-sounding version
of the virus has appeared in
the wild. Be wary of mail from
Manaus." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top seed
Roger Federer survived a
stirring comeback from twice
champion Andre Agassi to reach
the semifinals of the U.S.
Open for the first time on
Thursday, squeezing through
6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3." - ], - [ - "President Bush, who credits
three years of tax relief
programs with helping
strengthen the slow economy,
said Saturday he would sign
into law the Working Families
Tax Relief Act to preserve tax
cuts." - ], - [ - "HEN investors consider the
bond market these days, the
low level of interest rates
should be more cause for worry
than for gratitude." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Hunters soon may be
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company said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "The US military says marines
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20th century and Hank Aaron
was to the second, Barry Bonds
has become for the home run
generation." - ], - [ - "Description: NPR #39;s Alex
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deputy political editor for
the United Kingdom #39;s
Independent newspaper,
currently covering the British
Labour Party Conference." - ], - [ - "Birgit Fischer settled for
silver, leaving the 42-year-
old Olympian with two medals
in two days against decidedly
younger competition." - ], - [ - "The New Jersey-based Accoona
Corporation, an industry
pioneer in artificial
intelligence search
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Monday the launch of Accoona." - ], - [ - "Hamas vowed revenge yesterday
after an Israeli airstrike in
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commanders - the latest
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the militant group." - ], - [ - "There was no mystery ... no
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invitation Sunday to play in
the Insight Bowl in Phoenix
against a Pac-10 team on Dec.
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the bid a day after losing to
Southern California" - ], - [ - "Greg Anderson has so dominated
Pro Stock this season that his
championship quest has evolved
into a pursuit of NHRA
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Thursday said fourth-quarter
profit rose as its fixed-
income, currency and
commodities business soared
while a rebounding stock
market boosted investment
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dollar rose on Monday in a
retracement from last week's
steep losses, but dealers said
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the FCC, said Wednesday he was
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Lloyds TBS from its
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inquiry into family courts and
whether parents are treated
fairly over issues such as
custody or contact with their
children." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - MELBOURNE,
Australia (AP) - A 36-year-old
businesswoman was believed to
be the first woman to walk
around Australia on Friday
after striding into her
hometown of Melbourne to
complete her 16,700-kilometre
trek in 365 days." - ], - [ - "Most remaining Pakistani
prisoners held at the US
Guantanamo Bay prison camp are
freed, officials say." - ], - [ - "Space shuttle astronauts will
fly next year without the
ability to repair in orbit the
type of damage that destroyed
the Columbia vehicle in
February 2003." - ], - [ - "Moscow - Russia plans to
combine Gazprom, the world
#39;s biggest natural gas
producer, with state-owned oil
producer Rosneft, easing rules
for trading Gazprom shares and
creating a company that may
dominate the country #39;s
energy industry." - ], - [ - "AP - Rutgers basketball player
Shalicia Hurns was suspended
from the team after pleading
guilty to punching and tying
up her roommate during a
dispute over painkilling
drugs." - ], - [ - "By cutting WinFS from Longhorn
and indefinitely delaying the
storage system, Microsoft
Corp. has also again delayed
the Microsoft Business
Framework (MBF), a new Windows
programming layer that is
closely tied to WinFS." - ], - [ - "French police are
investigating an arson-caused
fire at a Jewish Social Center
that might have killed dozens
without the quick response of
firefighters." - ], - [ - "Rodney King, whose videotaped
beating led to riots in Los
Angeles in 1992, is out of
jail now and talking frankly
for the first time about the
riots, himself and the
American way of life." - ], - [ - "AFP - Radical Islamic cleric
Abu Hamza al-Masri was set to
learn Thursday whether he
would be charged under
Britain's anti-terrorism law,
thus delaying his possible
extradition to the United
States to face terrorism-
related charges." - ], - [ - "Diversified manufacturer
Honeywell International Inc.
(HON.N: Quote, Profile,
Research) posted a rise in
quarterly profit as strong
demand for aerospace equipment
and automobile components" - ], - [ - "This was the event Michael
Phelps didn't really need to
compete in if his goal was to
win eight golds. He probably
would have had a better chance
somewhere else." - ], - [ - "Samsung's new SPH-V5400 mobile
phone sports a built-in
1-inch, 1.5-gigabyte hard disk
that can store about 15 times
more data than conventional
handsets, Samsung said." - ], - [ - "Reuters - U.S. housing starts
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busiest pace\\since December as
buyers took advantage of low
mortgage rates,\\a government
report showed on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Gabe Kapler became the first
player to leave the World
Series champion Boston Red
Sox, agreeing to a one-year
contract with the Yomiuri
Giants in Tokyo." - ], - [ - "Louisen Louis, 30, walked
Monday in the middle of a
street that resembled a small
river with brown rivulets and
waves. He wore sandals and had
a cut on one of his big toes." - ], - [ - "BALI, Indonesia - Svetlana
Kuznetsova, fresh off her
championship at the US Open,
defeated Australian qualifier
Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-4
Thursday to reach the
quarterfinals of the Wismilak
International." - ], - [ - "The Securities and Exchange
Commission ordered mutual
funds to stop paying higher
commissions to brokers who
promote the companies' funds
and required portfolio
managers to reveal investments
in funds they supervise." - ], - [ - "A car bomb exploded outside
the main hospital in Chechny
#39;s capital, Grozny, on
Sunday, injuring 17 people in
an attack apparently targeting
members of a Chechen security
force bringing in wounded from
an earlier explosion" - ], - [ - "AP - Just like the old days in
Dallas, Emmitt Smith made life
miserable for the New York
Giants on Sunday." - ], - [ - "Sumitomo Mitsui Financial
Group (SMFG), Japans second
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forward a 3,200 billion (\\$29
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United Financial Group (UFJ),
the countrys fourth biggest
lender, in an effort to regain
initiative in its bidding" - ], - [ - "AP - Gay marriage is emerging
as a big enough issue in
several states to influence
races both for Congress and
the presidency." - ], - [ - "TAMPA, Fla. - Chris Simms
first NFL start lasted 19
plays, and it might be a while
before he plays again for the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers." - ], - [ - "Vendor says it #39;s
developing standards-based
servers in various form
factors for the telecom
market. By Darrell Dunn.
Hewlett-Packard on Thursday
unveiled plans to create a
portfolio of products and
services" - ], - [ - "Jarno Trulli made the most of
the conditions in qualifying
to claim pole ahead of Michael
Schumacher, while Fernando
finished third." - ], - [ - "More than 30 aid workers have
been airlifted to safety from
a town in Sudan #39;s troubled
Darfur region after fighting
broke out and their base was
bombed, a British charity
says." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
chain store retail sales
slipped during the
Thanksgiving holiday week, as
consumers took advantage of
discounted merchandise, a
retail report said on
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Ziff Davis - The company this
week will unveil more programs
and technologies designed to
ease users of its high-end
servers onto its Integrity
line, which uses Intel's
64-bit Itanium processor." - ], - [ - "The Mac maker says it will
replace about 28,000 batteries
in one model of PowerBook G4
and tells people to stop using
the notebook." - ], - [ - "It #39;s the mildest of mild
winters down here in the south
of Italy and, last weekend at
Bcoli, a pretty suburb by the
seaside west of Naples, the
customers of Pizzeria quot;Da
Enrico quot; were making the
most of it." - ], - [ - "By George Chamberlin , Daily
Transcript Financial
Correspondent. Concerns about
oil production leading into
the winter months sent shivers
through the stock market
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Airbus has withdrawn a filing
that gave support for
Microsoft in an antitrust case
before the European Union
#39;s Court of First Instance,
a source close to the
situation said on Friday." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - A spotty job
market and stagnant paychecks
cloud this Labor Day holiday
for many workers, highlighting
the importance of pocketbook
issues in the presidential
election. \"Working harder
and enjoying it less,\" said
economist Ken Mayland,
president of ClearView
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state of working America..." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
stocks rose on Wednesday
lifted by a merger between
retailers Kmart and Sears,
better-than-expected earnings
from Hewlett-Packard and data
showing a slight rise in core
inflation." - ], - [ - "AP - Authorities are
investigating whether bettors
at New York's top thoroughbred
tracks were properly informed
when jockeys came in
overweight at races, a source
familiar with the probe told
The Associated Press." - ], - [ - "European Commission president
Romano Prodi has unveiled
proposals to loosen the
deficit rules under the EU
Stability Pact. The loosening
was drafted by monetary
affairs commissioner Joaquin
Almunia, who stood beside the
president at the announcement." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - MONTREAL (CP)
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a firebombing at a Jewish
elementary school pleaded
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the fastest growth in
September since January,
casting doubts on the view
that the economy is slowing
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Profile, Research) on Thursday
said it reached a deal with
FedEx Express to sell eight
McDonnell Douglas MD11
aircraft and four spare
engines for delivery in 2004." - ], - [ - "Michael Owen scored his first
goal for Real Madrid in a 1-0
home victory over Dynamo Kiev
in the Champions League. The
England striker toe-poked home
Ronaldo #39;s cross in the
35th minute to join the
Russians" - ], - [ - " quot;Resuming uranium
enrichment is not in our
agenda. We are still committed
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Foreign Ministry spokesman
Hamid Reza." - ], - [ - "Leading OPEC producer Saudi
Arabia said on Monday in
Vienna, Austria, that it had
made a renewed effort to
deflate record high world oil
prices by upping crude output
again." - ], - [ - "The U.S. military presence in
Iraq will grow to 150,000
troops by next month, the
highest level since the
invasion last year." - ], - [ - "UPDATE, SUN 9PM: More than a
million people have left their
homes in Cuba, as Hurricane
Ivan approaches. The ferocious
storm is headed that way,
after ripping through the
Cayman Islands, tearing off
roofs, flooding homes and
causing general havoc." - ], - [ - "Jason Giambi has returned to
the New York Yankees'
clubhouse but is still
clueless as to when he will be
able to play again." - ], - [ - "Seventy-five National Hockey
League players met with union
leaders yesterday to get an
update on a lockout that shows
no sign of ending." - ], - [ - "Howard, at 6-4 overall and 3-3
in the Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference, can clinch a
winning record in the MEAC
with a win over Delaware State
on Saturday." - ], - [ - "Millions of casual US anglers
are having are larger than
appreciated impact on sea fish
stocks, scientists claim." - ], - [ - "The founders of the Pilgrim
Baxter amp; Associates money-
management firm agreed
yesterday to personally fork
over \\$160 million to settle
charges they allowed a friend
to" - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - Top-ranked
Argentina booked their berth
in the women's hockey semi-
finals at the Athens Olympics
on Friday but defending
champions Australia now face
an obstacle course to qualify
for the medal matches." - ], - [ - "IBM Corp. Tuesday announced
plans to acquire software
vendor Systemcorp ALG for an
undisclosed amount. Systemcorp
of Montreal makes project
portfolio management software
aimed at helping companies
better manage their IT
projects." - ], - [ - "The Notre Dame message boards
are no longer discussing
whether Tyrone Willingham
should be fired. Theyre
already arguing about whether
the next coach should be Barry
Alvarez or Steve Spurrier." - ], - [ - "Forbes.com - By now you
probably know that earnings of
Section 529 college savings
accounts are free of federal
tax if used for higher
education. But taxes are only
part of the problem. What if
your investments tank? Just
ask Laurence and Margo
Williams of Alexandria, Va. In
2000 they put #36;45,000 into
the Virginia Education Savings
Trust to open accounts for
daughters Lea, now 5, and
Anne, now 3. Since then their
investment has shrunk 5 while
the average private college
tuition has climbed 18 to
#36;18,300." - ], - [ - "German Chancellor Gerhard
Schroeder said Sunday that
there was quot;no problem
quot; with Germany #39;s
support to the start of
negotiations on Turkey #39;s
entrance into EU." - ], - [ - "Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.,
Australia #39;s biggest soft-
drink maker, offered A\\$500
million (\\$382 million) in
cash and stock for fruit
canner SPC Ardmona Ltd." - ], - [ - "US technology shares tumbled
on Friday after technology
bellwether Intel Corp.
(INTC.O: Quote, Profile,
Research) slashed its revenue
forecast, but blue chips were
only moderately lower as drug
and industrial stocks made
solid gains." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Final
U.S. government tests on an
animal suspected of having mad
cow disease were not yet
complete, the U.S. Agriculture
Department said, with no
announcement on the results
expected on Monday." - ], - [ - "MANILA Fernando Poe Jr., the
popular actor who challenged
President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo in the presidential
elections this year, died
early Tuesday." - ], - [ - " THOMASTOWN, Ireland (Reuters)
- World number three Ernie
Els overcame difficult weather
conditions to fire a sparkling
eight-under-par 64 and move
two shots clear after two
rounds of the WGC-American
Express Championship Friday." - ], - [ - "Lamar Odom supplemented 20
points with 13 rebounds and
Kobe Bryant added 19 points to
overcome a big night from Yao
Ming as the Los Angeles Lakers
ground out an 84-79 win over
the Rockets in Houston
Saturday." - ], - [ - "AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - A
Dutch filmmaker who outraged
members of the Muslim
community by making a film
critical of the mistreatment
of women in Islamic society
was gunned down and stabbed to
death Tuesday on an Amsterdam
street." - ], - [ - "Microsoft Xbox Live traffic on
service provider networks
quadrupled following the
November 9th launch of Halo-II
-- which set entertainment
industry records by selling
2.4-million units in the US
and Canada on the first day of
availability, driving cash" - ], - [ - "Lawyers in a California class
action suit against Microsoft
will get less than half the
payout they had hoped for. A
judge in San Francisco ruled
that the attorneys will
collect only \\$112." - ], - [ - "Google Browser May Become
Reality\\\\There has been much
fanfare in the Mozilla fan
camps about the possibility of
Google using Mozilla browser
technology to produce a
GBrowser - the Google Browser.
Over the past two weeks, the
news and speculation has
escalated to the point where
even Google itself is ..." - ], - [ - "Metro, Germany's biggest
retailer, turns in weaker-
than-expected profits as sales
at its core supermarkets
division dip lower." - ], - [ - "It rained Sunday, of course,
and but another soppy, sloppy
gray day at Westside Tennis
Club did nothing to deter
Roger Federer from his
appointed rounds." - ], - [ - "Hewlett-Packard has joined
with Brocade to integrate
Brocade #39;s storage area
network switching technology
into HP Bladesystem servers to
reduce the amount of fabric
infrastructure needed in a
datacentre." - ], - [ - "Zimbabwe #39;s most persecuted
white MP began a year of hard
labour last night after
parliament voted to jail him
for shoving the Justice
Minister during a debate over
land seizures." - ], - [ - "BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- First
Command has reached a \\$12
million settlement with
federal regulators for making
misleading statements and
omitting important information
when selling mutual funds to
US military personnel." - ], - [ - "A smashing blow is being dealt
to thousands of future
pensioners by a law that has
just been brought into force
by the Federal Government." - ], - [ - "The US Senate Commerce
Committee on Wednesday
approved a measure that would
provide up to \\$1 billion to
ensure consumers can still
watch television when
broadcasters switch to new,
crisp digital signals." - ], - [ - "Amelie Mauresmo was handed a
place in the Advanta
Championships final after
Maria Sharapova withdrew from
their semi-final because of
injury." - ], - [ - "AP - An Israeli helicopter
fired two missiles in Gaza
City after nightfall
Wednesday, one at a building
in the Zeitoun neighborhood,
witnesses said, setting a
fire." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Internet stocks
are\\as volatile as ever, with
growth-starved investors
flocking to\\the sector in the
hope they've bought shares in
the next online\\blue chip." - ], - [ - "The federal government, banks
and aircraft lenders are
putting the clamps on
airlines, particularly those
operating under bankruptcy
protection." - ], - [ - "EURO DISNEY, the financially
crippled French theme park
operator, has admitted that
its annual losses more than
doubled last financial year as
it was hit by a surge in
costs." - ], - [ - " EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey
(Sports Network) - Retired NBA
center and seven-time All-
Star Alonzo Mourning is going
to give his playing career
one more shot." - ], - [ - "NASA has released an inventory
of the scientific devices to
be put on board the Mars
Science Laboratory rover
scheduled to land on the
surface of Mars in 2009, NASAs
news release reads." - ], - [ - "The U.S. Congress needs to
invest more in the U.S.
education system and do more
to encourage broadband
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regions will participate the
Fifth China International
Aviation and Aerospace
Exhibition, opening Nov. 1 in
Zhuhai, a city in south China
#39;s Guangdong Province." - ], - [ - "Jordan have confirmed that
Timo Glock will replace
Giorgio Pantano for this
weekend #39;s Chinese GP as
the team has terminated its
contract with Pantano." - ], - [ - "WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -
Hurricane Jeanne got stronger,
bigger and faster as it
battered the Bahamas and bore
down on Florida Saturday,
sending huge waves crashing
onto beaches and forcing
thousands into shelters just
weeks after Frances ravaged
this area..." - ], - [ - "p2pnet.net News:- Virgin
Electronics has joined the mp3
race with a \\$250, five gig
player which also handles
Microsoft #39;s WMA format." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON The idea of a no-
bid contract for maintaining
airport security equipment has
turned into a non-starter for
the Transportation Security
Administration." - ], - [ - "Eyetech (EYET:Nasdaq - news -
research) did not open for
trading Friday because a Food
and Drug Administration
advisory committee is meeting
to review the small New York-
based biotech #39;s
experimental eye disease drug." - ], - [ - "The continuing heartache of
Wake Forest #39;s ACC football
season was best described by
fifth-ranked Florida State
coach Bobby Bowden, after his
Seminoles had edged the
Deacons 20-17 Saturday at
Groves Stadium." - ], - [ - "On September 13, 2001, most
Americans were still reeling
from the shock of the
terrorist attacks on New York
and the Pentagon two days
before." - ], - [ - "Microsoft has suspended the
beta testing of the next
version of its MSN Messenger
client because of a potential
security problem, a company
spokeswoman said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Business software maker
Oracle Corp. attacked the
credibility and motives of
PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of
directors Monday, hoping to
rally investor support as the
17-month takeover battle
between the bitter business
software rivals nears a
climactic showdown." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Elena Dementieva
shook off a subpar serve that
produced 15 double-faults, an
aching left thigh and an upset
stomach to advance to the
semifinals at the U.S. Open
with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1)
victory Tuesday over Amelie
Mauresmo..." - ], - [ - "THE glory days have returned
to White Hart Lane. When Spurs
new first-team coach Martin
Jol promised a return to the
traditions of the 1960s,
nobody could have believed he
was so determined to act so
quickly and so literally." - ], - [ - "A new worm has been discovered
in the wild that #39;s not
just settling for invading
users #39; PCs--it wants to
invade their homes too." - ], - [ - "Domestic air travelers could
be surfing the Web by 2006
with government-approved
technology that allows people
access to high-speed Internet
connections while they fly." - ], - [ - "GENEVA: Cross-border
investment is set to bounce in
2004 after three years of deep
decline, reflecting a stronger
world economy and more
international merger activity,
the United Nations (UN) said
overnight." - ], - [ - "Researchers have for the first
time established the existence
of odd-parity superconductors,
materials that can carry
electric current without any
resistance." - ], - [ - "Chewing gum giant Wm. Wrigley
Jr. Co. on Thursday said it
plans to phase out production
of its Eclipse breath strips
at a plant in Phoenix, Arizona
and shift manufacturing to
Poznan, Poland." - ], - [ - "Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh inaugurated a research
centre in the Capital on
Thursday to mark 400 years of
compilation of Sikh holy book
the Guru Granth Sahib." - ], - [ - "com September 16, 2004, 7:58
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#39;s main focus has been
improving or obtaining CRM and
ERP software for the past year
and a half." - ], - [ - "BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) --
European antitrust regulators
said Monday they have extended
their review of a deal between
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and
Time Warner Inc..." - ], - [ - "AP - When Paula Radcliffe
dropped out of the Olympic
marathon miles from the
finish, she sobbed
uncontrollably. Margaret Okayo
knew the feeling. Okayo pulled
out of the marathon at the
15th mile with a left leg
injury, and she cried, too.
When she watched Radcliffe
quit, Okayo thought, \"Let's
cry together.\"" - ], - [ - "Tightness in the labour market
notwithstanding, the prospects
for hiring in the third
quarter are down from the
second quarter, according to
the new Manpower Employment
Outlook Survey." - ], - [ - "Fans who can't get enough of
\"The Apprentice\" can visit a
new companion Web site each
week and watch an extra 40
minutes of video not broadcast
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The Atlanta Hawks signed free
agent Kevin Willis on
Wednesday, nearly a decade
after the veteran big man
ended an 11- year stint with
the team." - ], - [ - "An adult Web site publisher is
suing Google, saying the
search engine company made it
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parade in India's remote
northeast on Sunday, killing
at least 15 people, officials
said, just an hour after Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh
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The outlawed United Liberation
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assassination bid today when a
rocket was fired at his US
military helicopter as it was
landing in the southeastern
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turnovers by Dolphins
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second half, including an
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old-style snacks Twinkies and
Hostess Cakes, filed for
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Republican Army commanders
yesterday to meet what he
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announcement this week that it
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effect well enough to use
rocks to dig for food,
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became the third player in
Major League Baseball history
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rose 171.88 points, or 1.22
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main argument for a war that
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American lives, the top U.S.
arms inspector reported
Wednesday that he found no
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across the globe." - ], - [ - "AFP - Style mavens will be
scanning the catwalks in Paris
this week for next spring's
must-have handbag, as a
sweeping exhibition at the
French capital's fashion and
textile museum reveals the bag
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highway in northern New
Brunswick remained closed to
almost all traffic Monday, as
local residents protested
planned health care cuts." - ], - [ - "The U.S. information tech
sector lost 403,300 jobs
between March 2001 and April
2004, and the market for tech
workers remains bleak,
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radical Iraqi cleric leading a
Shi'ite uprising agreed on
Wednesday to disarm his
militia and leave one of the
country's holiest Islamic
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the scene of a deadly shootout
Thursday. Officials say the
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Harry Redknapp, who resigned
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89 victims of a double air
disaster today as debate
intensified over whether the
two passenger liners could
have plunged almost
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government data showed better-
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for durable goods other than
transportation equipment, but
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Greenville (Southern);
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Richmond (IL). Boston (AL):
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from Cleveland (AL) and
assigned him to Pawtucket
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says a body found in Fallujah
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John Howard told Parliament a
videotape of an Iraqi
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Anaheim Angels #39; pitcher to
subdue the New York Yankees.
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dollar rebounded on Monday
after a heavy selloff last
week, but analysts were
uncertain if the rally could
hold as the drumbeat of
expectation began for to the
December U.S. jobs report due
Friday." - ], - [ - "AP - Their first debate less
than a week away, President
Bush and Democrat John Kerry
kept their public schedules
clear on Saturday and began to
focus on their prime-time
showdown." - ], - [ - "Many people in golf are asking
that today. He certainly wasn
#39;t A-list and he wasn #39;t
Larry Nelson either. But you
couldn #39;t find a more solid
guy to lead the United States
into Ireland for the 2006
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#39;s biggest retailer,
increased second-half profit
by 26 percent after opening
fuel and convenience stores,
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groceries and cutting costs." - ], - [ - "MOSCOW: Us oil major
ConocoPhillips is seeking to
buy up to 25 in Russian oil
giant Lukoil to add billions
of barrels of reserves to its
books, an industry source
familiar with the matter said
on Friday." - ], - [ - "Australian Stuart Appleby, who
was the joint second-round
leader, returned a two-over 74
to drop to third at three-
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a round of 69." - ], - [ - "PARIS Getting to the bottom of
what killed Yassar Arafat
could shape up to be an ugly
family tug-of-war. Arafat
#39;s half-brother and nephew
want copies of Arafat #39;s
medical records from the
suburban Paris hospital" - ], - [ - "Red Hat is acquiring security
and authentication tools from
Netscape Security Solutions to
bolster its software arsenal.
Red Hat #39;s CEO and chairman
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future strategy of the Linux
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the Minnesota Twins, the New
York Yankees moved to the
verge of clinching their
seventh straight AL East
title." - ], - [ - "Global Web portal Yahoo! Inc.
Wednesday night made available
a beta version of a new search
service for videos. Called
Yahoo! Video Search, the
search engine crawls the Web
for different types of media
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underground stations are
helping Londoners travel
safely over Christmas." - ], - [ - "Athens, Greece (Sports
Network) - The first official
track event took place this
morning and Italy #39;s Ivano
Brugnetti won the men #39;s
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Yugoslav President Slobodan
Milosevic condemned his war
crimes trial as a \"pure farce\"
on Wednesday in a defiant
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the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods
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Canada for \\$2.49 billion,
according to the final
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Securities and Exchange
Commission Thursday." - ], - [ - "Champions Arsenal opened a
five-point lead at the top of
the Premier League after a 4-0
thrashing of Charlton Athletic
at Highbury Saturday." - ], - [ - "The Redskins and Browns have
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at its new Indian campus in
the next year, its chief
executive said on Monday, in a
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authorities, history was made
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four communities in canton
Geneva, Switzerland, voted
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to come out to vote in a
remote northeast Indian state
on Thursday, as troops
guarded polling stations in an
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shadow of violence." - ], - [ - "AFP - Three of the nine
Canadian sailors injured when
their newly-delivered,
British-built submarine caught
fire in the North Atlantic
were airlifted Wednesday to
hospital in northwest Ireland,
officials said." - ], - [ - "Alitalia SpA, Italy #39;s
largest airline, reached an
agreement with its flight
attendants #39; unions to cut
900 jobs, qualifying the
company for a government
bailout that will keep it in
business for another six
months." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Iraq - A series of
strong explosions shook
central Baghdad near dawn
Sunday, and columns of thick
black smoke rose from the
Green Zone where U.S. and
Iraqi government offices are
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Red Sox may tap their minor
league system for an extra
player or two when the rules
allow them to expand their
25-man roster Wednesday, but
any help from the farm is
likely to pale against the
abundance of talent they gain
from the return of numerous
players, including Trot Nixon
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as it has." - ], - [ - "Sven-Goran Eriksson may gamble
by playing goalkeeper Paul
Robinson and striker Jermain
Defoe in Poland." - ], - [ - "Foreign Secretary Jack Straw
has flown to Khartoum on a
mission to pile the pressure
on the Sudanese government to
tackle the humanitarian
catastrophe in Darfur." - ], - [ - " Nextel was the big story in
telecommunications yesterday,
thanks to the Reston company's
mega-merger with Sprint, but
the future of wireless may be
percolating in dozens of
Washington area start-ups." - ], - [ - "Reuters - A senior U.S.
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only a problem if you want it
to be, and it is obvious Vijay
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be. Let others chase fame." - ], - [ - "Wikipedia has surprised Web
watchers by growing fast and
maturing into one of the most
popular reference sites." - ], - [ - "It only takes 20 minutes on
the Internet for an
unprotected computer running
Microsoft Windows to be taken
over by a hacker. Any personal
or financial information
stored" - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - Russia #39;s
Severstal has made an offer to
buy Stelco Inc., in what #39;s
believed to be one of several
competing offers emerging for
the restructuring but
profitable Hamilton steel
producer." - ], - [ - "Prices for flash memory cards
-- the little modules used by
digital cameras, handheld
organizers, MP3 players and
cell phones to store pictures,
music and other data -- are
headed down -- way down. Past
trends suggest that prices
will drop 35 percent a year,
but industry analysts think
that rate will be more like 40
or 50 percent this year and
next, due to more
manufacturers entering the
market." - ], - [ - "Walt Disney Co. #39;s
directors nominated Michael
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for another three years at a
meeting just weeks before
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Brazil and five other
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Honeywell International on
Wednesday said it has filed a
lawsuit against 34 electronics
companies including Apple
Computer and Eastman Kodak,
claiming patent infringement
of its liquid crystal display
technology." - ], - [ - "Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams
has put the pressure for the
success or failure of the
Northern Ireland assembly
talks firmly on the shoulders
of Ian Paisley." - ], - [ - "Australia #39;s Computershare
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the United States for US\\$292
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registrar and driving its
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drive next year is almost
over. Negotiations between Red
Bull Racing and Coulthard, who
tested for the Austrian team
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in yesterday's auction. The
Treasury Department sold \\$18
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last week. An additional \\$16
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the company said, the latest
casualties of an industry
probe by New York's attorney
general." - ], - [ - "AP - Southern California
tailback LenDale White
remembers Justin Holland from
high school. The Colorado
State quarterback made quite
an impression." - ], - [ - "TIM HENMAN last night admitted
all of his energy has been
drained away as he bowed out
of the Madrid Masters. The top
seed, who had a blood test on
Wednesday to get to the bottom
of his fatigue, went down" - ], - [ - "USDA #39;s Animal Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS)
this morning announced it has
confirmed a detection of
soybean rust from two test
plots at Louisiana State
University near Baton Rouge,
Louisiana." - ], - [ - " JAKARTA (Reuters) - President
Megawati Sukarnoputri urged
Indonesians on Thursday to
accept the results of the
country's first direct
election of a leader, but
stopped short of conceding
defeat." - ], - [ - "ISLAMABAD: Pakistan early
Monday test-fired its
indigenously developed short-
range nuclear-capable Ghaznavi
missile, the Inter Services
Public Relations (ISPR) said
in a statement." - ], - [ - "While the US software giant
Microsoft has achieved almost
sweeping victories in
government procurement
projects in several Chinese
provinces and municipalities,
the process" - ], - [ - "Mexican Cemex, being the third
largest cement maker in the
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British competitor - RMC Group
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building materials market of
the USA and Europe." - ], - [ - "Microsoft Corp. has delayed
automated distribution of a
major security upgrade to its
Windows XP Professional
operating system, citing a
desire to give companies more
time to test it." - ], - [ - "The trial of a man accused of
murdering York backpacker
Caroline Stuttle begins in
Australia." - ], - [ - "Gateway computers will be more
widely available at Office
Depot, in the PC maker #39;s
latest move to broaden
distribution at retail stores
since acquiring rival
eMachines this year." - ], - [ - "ATHENS -- US sailors needed a
big day to bring home gold and
bronze medals from the sailing
finale here yesterday. But
rolling the dice on windshifts
and starting tactics backfired
both in Star and Tornado
classes, and the Americans had
to settle for a single silver
medal." - ], - [ - "Intel Corp. is refreshing its
64-bit Itanium 2 processor
line with six new chips based
on the Madison core. The new
processors represent the last
single-core Itanium chips that
the Santa Clara, Calif." - ], - [ - "The world's largest insurance
group pays \\$126m in fines as
part of a settlement with US
regulators over its dealings
with two firms." - ], - [ - "BRUSSELS: The EU sought
Wednesday to keep pressure on
Turkey over its bid to start
talks on joining the bloc, as
last-minute haggling seemed
set to go down to the wire at
a summit poised to give a
green light to Ankara." - ], - [ - "AP - J. Cofer Black, the State
Department official in charge
of counterterrorism, is
leaving government in the next
few weeks." - ], - [ - "For the first time, broadband
connections are reaching more
than half (51 percent) of the
American online population at
home, according to measurement
taken in July by
Nielsen/NetRatings, a
Milpitas-based Internet
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research ..." - ], - [ - "AP - Cavaliers forward Luke
Jackson was activated
Wednesday after missing five
games because of tendinitis in
his right knee. Cleveland also
placed forward Sasha Pavlovic
on the injured list." - ], - [ - "The tobacco firm John Player
amp; Sons has announced plans
to lay off 90 workers at its
cigarette factory in Dublin.
The company said it was
planning a phased closure of
the factory between now and
February as part of a review
of its global operations." - ], - [ - "AP - Consumers borrowed more
freely in September,
especially when it came to
racking up charges on their
credit cards, the Federal
Reserve reported Friday." - ], - [ - "AFP - The United States
presented a draft UN
resolution that steps up the
pressure on Sudan over the
crisis in Darfur, including
possible international
sanctions against its oil
sector." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least 33 people were
killed and dozens others
wounded when two bombs ripped
through a congregation of
Sunni Muslims in Pakistan's
central city of Multan, police
said." - ], - [ - "Bold, innovative solutions are
key to addressing the rapidly
rising costs of higher
education and the steady
reduction in government-
subsidized help to finance
such education." - ], - [ - "Just as the PhD crowd emerge
with different interpretations
of today's economy, everyday
Americans battling to balance
the checkbook hold diverse
opinions about where things
stand now and in the future." - ], - [ - "The Brisbane Lions #39;
football manager stepped out
of the changerooms just before
six o #39;clock last night and
handed one of the milling
supporters a six-pack of beer." - ], - [ - "Authorities here are always
eager to show off their
accomplishments, so when
Beijing hosted the World
Toilet Organization conference
last week, delegates were
given a grand tour of the
city's toilets." - ], - [ - "Cavaliers owner Gordon Gund is
in quot;serious quot;
negotiations to sell the NBA
franchise, which has enjoyed a
dramatic financial turnaround
since the arrival of star
LeBron James." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON Trying to break a
deadlock on energy policy, a
diverse group of
environmentalists, academics
and former government
officials were to publish a
report on Wednesday that
presents strategies for making
the United States cleaner,
more competitive" - ], - [ - "After two days of gloom, China
was back on the winning rails
on Thursday with Liu Chunhong
winning a weightlifting title
on her record-shattering binge
and its shuttlers contributing
two golds in the cliff-hanging
finals." - ], - [ - "One question that arises
whenever a player is linked to
steroids is, \"What would he
have done without them?\"
Baseball history whispers an
answer." - ], - [ - "AFP - A series of torchlight
rallies and vigils were held
after darkness fell on this
central Indian city as victims
and activists jointly
commemorated a night of horror
20 years ago when lethal gas
leaked from a pesticide plant
and killed thousands." - ], - [ - "Consider the New World of
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unlike the paper days of the
past, doesn't always
physically exist. You've got
notes, scrawlings and
snippets, Web graphics, photos
and sounds. Stuff needs to be
cut, pasted, highlighted,
annotated, crossed out,
dragged away. And, as Ross
Perot used to say (or maybe it
was Dana Carvey impersonating
him), don't forget the graphs
and charts." - ], - [ - "The second round of the
Canadian Open golf tournament
continues Saturday Glenn Abbey
Golf Club in Oakville,
Ontario, after play was
suspended late Friday due to
darkness." - ], - [ - "A consortium led by Royal
Dutch/Shell Group that is
developing gas reserves off
Russia #39;s Sakhalin Island
said Thursday it has struck a
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lawsuits against computer
server operators worldwide,
including eDonkey, BitTorrent
and DirectConnect networks,
for allowing trading of
pirated movies." - ], - [ - "A massive plan to attract the
2012 Summer Olympics to New
York, touting the city's
diversity, financial and media
power, was revealed Wednesday." - ], - [ - "A Zimbabwe court Friday
convicted a British man
accused of leading a coup plot
against the government of oil-
rich Equatorial Guinea on
weapons charges, but acquitted
most of the 69 other men held
with him." - ], - [ - "But will Wi-Fi, high-
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observers supported official
elections results that gave
President Hugo Chavez a
victory over a recall vote
against him, the secretary-
general of the Organisation of
American States announced." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP)
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young man trying to eject
unwanted party guests from his
family home, the third such
knifing in just weeks, has
police worried about a
potentially fatal holiday
recipe: teens, alcohol and
knives." - ], - [ - "NICK Heidfeld #39;s test with
Williams has been brought
forward after BAR blocked
plans for Anthony Davidson to
drive its Formula One rival
#39;s car." - ], - [ - "MOSCOW - A female suicide
bomber set off a shrapnel-
filled explosive device
outside a busy Moscow subway
station on Tuesday night,
officials said, killing 10
people and injuring more than
50." - ], - [ - "Grace Park closed with an
eagle and two birdies for a
7-under-par 65 and a two-
stroke lead after three rounds
of the Wachovia LPGA Classic
on Saturday." - ], - [ - "ABIDJAN (AFP) - Two Ivory
Coast military aircraft
carried out a second raid on
Bouake, the stronghold of the
former rebel New Forces (FN)
in the divided west African
country, a French military
source told AFP." - ], - [ - "Carlos Beltran drives in five
runs to carry the Astros to a
12-3 rout of the Braves in
Game 5 of their first-round NL
playoff series." - ], - [ - "On-demand viewing isn't just
for TiVo owners anymore.
Television over internet
protocol, or TVIP, offers
custom programming over
standard copper wires." - ], - [ - "Apple is recalling 28,000
faulty batteries for its
15-inch Powerbook G4 laptops." - ], - [ - "Since Lennox Lewis #39;s
retirement, the heavyweight
division has been knocked for
having more quantity than
quality. Eight heavyweights on
Saturday night #39;s card at
Madison Square Garden hope to
change that perception, at
least for one night." - ], - [ - "PalmSource #39;s European
developer conference is going
on now in Germany, and this
company is using this
opportunity to show off Palm
OS Cobalt 6.1, the latest
version of its operating
system." - ], - [ - "The former Chief Executive
Officer of Computer Associates
was indicted by a federal
grand jury in New York
Wednesday for allegedly
participating in a massive
fraud conspiracy and an
elaborate cover up of a scheme
that cost investors" - ], - [ - "Speaking to members of the
Massachusetts Software
Council, Microsoft CEO Steve
Ballmer touted a bright future
for technology but warned his
listeners to think twice
before adopting open-source
products like Linux." - ], - [ - "MIAMI - The Trillian instant
messaging (IM) application
will feature several
enhancements in its upcoming
version 3.0, including new
video and audio chat
capabilities, enhanced IM
session logs and integration
with the Wikipedia online
encyclopedia, according to
information posted Friday on
the product developer's Web
site." - ], - [ - "Honeywell International Inc.,
the world #39;s largest
supplier of building controls,
agreed to buy Novar Plc for
798 million pounds (\\$1.53
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security, fire and
ventilation-systems business
in Europe." - ], - [ - "San Francisco investment bank
Thomas Weisel Partners on
Thursday agreed to pay \\$12.5
million to settle allegations
that some of the stock
research the bank published
during the Internet boom was
tainted by conflicts of
interest." - ], - [ - "AFP - A state of civil
emergency in the rebellion-hit
Indonesian province of Aceh
has been formally extended by
six month, as the country's
president pledged to end
violence there without foreign
help." - ], - [ - "Forbes.com - Peter Frankling
tapped an unusual source to
fund his new business, which
makes hot-dog-shaped ice cream
treats known as Cool Dogs: Two
investors, one a friend and
the other a professional
venture capitalist, put in
more than #36;100,000 each
from their Individual
Retirement Accounts. Later
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from his own IRA." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Online DVD rental
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recorder, on Thursday\\said
they have agreed to develop a
joint entertainment\\offering,
driving shares of both
companies higher." - ], - [ - "A San Diego insurance
brokerage has been sued by New
York Attorney General Elliot
Spitzer for allegedly
soliciting payoffs in exchange
for steering business to
preferred insurance companies." - ], - [ - "The European Union agreed
Monday to lift penalties that
have cost American exporters
\\$300 million, following the
repeal of a US corporate tax
break deemed illegal under
global trade rules." - ], - [ - "US Secretary of State Colin
Powell on Monday said he had
spoken to both Indian Foreign
Minister K Natwar Singh and
his Pakistani counterpart
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri late
last week before the two met
in New Delhi this week for
talks." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Victor Diaz hit a
tying, three-run homer with
two outs in the ninth inning,
and Craig Brazell's first
major league home run in the
11th gave the New York Mets a
stunning 4-3 victory over the
Chicago Cubs on Saturday.
The Cubs had much on the
line..." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least 54 people have
died and more than a million
have fled their homes as
torrential rains lashed parts
of India and Bangladesh,
officials said." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES - California has
adopted the world's first
rules to reduce greenhouse
emissions for autos, taking
what supporters see as a
dramatic step toward cleaning
up the environment but also
ensuring higher costs for
drivers. The rules may lead
to sweeping changes in
vehicles nationwide,
especially if other states opt
to follow California's
example..." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - European
stock markets scaled
near-2-1/2 year highs on
Friday as oil prices held
below \\$48 a barrel, and the
euro held off from mounting
another assault on \\$1.30 but
hovered near record highs
against the dollar." - ], - [ - "Tim Duncan had 17 points and
10 rebounds, helping the San
Antonio Spurs to a 99-81
victory over the New York
Kicks. This was the Spurs
fourth straight win this
season." - ], - [ - "Nagpur: India suffered a
double blow even before the
first ball was bowled in the
crucial third cricket Test
against Australia on Tuesday
when captain Sourav Ganguly
and off spinner Harbhajan
Singh were ruled out of the
match." - ], - [ - "AFP - Republican and
Democratic leaders each
declared victory after the
first head-to-head sparring
match between President George
W. Bush and Democratic
presidential hopeful John
Kerry." - ], - [ - "THIS YULE is all about console
supply and there #39;s
precious little units around,
it has emerged. Nintendo has
announced that it is going to
ship another 400,000 units of
its DS console to the United
States to meet the shortfall
there." - ], - [ - "Annual global semiconductor
sales growth will probably
fall by half in 2005 and
memory chip sales could
collapse as a supply glut saps
prices, world-leading memory
chip maker Samsung Electronics
said on Monday." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Traditional phone
systems may be going the way
of the Pony Express. Voice-
over-Internet Protocol,
technology that allows users
to make and receive phone
calls using the Internet, is
giving the old circuit-
switched system a run for its
money." - ], - [ - "AP - Former New York Yankees
hitting coach Rick Down was
hired for the same job by the
Mets on Friday, reuniting him
with new manager Willie
Randolph." - ], - [ - "Last night in New York, the UN
secretary-general was given a
standing ovation - a robust
response to a series of
attacks in past weeks." - ], - [ - "FILDERSTADT (Germany) - Amelie
Mauresmo and Lindsay Davenport
took their battle for the No.
1 ranking and Porsche Grand
Prix title into the semi-
finals with straight-sets
victories on Friday." - ], - [ - "Reuters - The company behind
the Atkins Diet\\on Friday
shrugged off a recent decline
in interest in low-carb\\diets
as a seasonal blip, and its
marketing chief said\\consumers
would cut out starchy foods
again after picking up\\pounds
over the holidays." - ], - [ - "There #39;s something to be
said for being the quot;first
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trend. Those years of extra
experience in tinkering with a
new idea can be invaluable in
helping the first" - ], - [ - "JOHANNESBURG -- Meeting in
Nigeria four years ago,
African leaders set a goal
that 60 percent of children
and pregnant women in malaria-
affected areas around the
continent would be sleeping
under bed nets by the end of
2005." - ], - [ - "AP - The first U.S. cases of
the fungus soybean rust, which
hinders plant growth and
drastically cuts crop
production, were found at two
research sites in Louisiana,
officials said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Carter returned, but it was
running back Curtis Martin and
the offensive line that put
the Jets ahead. Martin rushed
for all but 10 yards of a
45-yard drive that stalled at
the Cardinals 10." - ], - [ - " quot;There #39;s no way
anyone would hire them to
fight viruses, quot; said
Sophos security analyst Gregg
Mastoras. quot;For one, no
security firm could maintain
its reputation by employing
hackers." - ], - [ - "Symantec has revoked its
decision to blacklist a
program that allows Web
surfers in China to browse
government-blocked Web sites.
The move follows reports that
the firm labelled the Freegate
program, which" - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares
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7 percent before the market
open on Friday, a day after
the biopharmaceutical company
said it is delaying shipment
of its flu vaccine, Fluvirin,
because lots containing 4
million vaccines do not meet
product sterility standards." - ], - [ - "The nation's top
telecommunications regulator
said yesterday he will push --
before the next president is
inaugurated -- to protect
fledgling Internet telephone
services from getting taxed
and heavily regulated by the
50 state governments." - ], - [ - "Microsoft has signed a pact to
work with the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
to increase computer use,
Internet access and teacher
training in developing
countries." - ], - [ - "DENVER (Ticker) -- Jake
Plummer more than made up for
a lack of a running game.
Plummer passed for 294 yards
and two touchdowns as the
Denver Broncos posted a 23-13
victory over the San Diego
Chargers in a battle of AFC
West Division rivals." - ], - [ - "DALLAS -- Belo Corp. said
yesterday that it would cut
250 jobs, more than half of
them at its flagship
newspaper, The Dallas Morning
News, and that an internal
investigation into circulation
overstatements" - ], - [ - "AP - Duke Bainum outspent Mufi
Hannemann in Honolulu's most
expensive mayoral race, but
apparently failed to garner
enough votes in Saturday's
primary to claim the office
outright." - ], - [ - "roundup Plus: Microsoft tests
Windows Marketplace...Nortel
delays financials
again...Microsoft updates
SharePoint." - ], - [ - "The Federal Reserve still has
some way to go to restore US
interest rates to more normal
levels, Philadelphia Federal
Reserve President Anthony
Santomero said on Monday." - ], - [ - "It took all of about five
minutes of an introductory
press conference Wednesday at
Heritage Hall for USC
basketball to gain something
it never really had before." - ], - [ - "Delta Air Lines (DAL.N: Quote,
Profile, Research) said on
Wednesday its auditors have
expressed doubt about the
airline #39;s financial
viability." - ], - [ - "POLITICIANS and aid agencies
yesterday stressed the
importance of the media in
keeping the spotlight on the
appalling human rights abuses
taking place in the Darfur
region of Sudan." - ], - [ - "AP - The Boston Red Sox looked
at the out-of-town scoreboard
and could hardly believe what
they saw. The New York Yankees
were trailing big at home
against the Cleveland Indians
in what would be the worst
loss in the 101-year history
of the storied franchise." - ], - [ - "The Red Sox will either
complete an amazing comeback
as the first team to rebound
from a 3-0 deficit in
postseason history, or the
Yankees will stop them." - ], - [ - "\\Children who have a poor diet
are more likely to become
aggressive and anti-social, US
researchers believe." - ], - [ - "OPEN SOURCE champion Microsoft
is expanding its programme to
give government organisations
some of its source code. In a
communique from the lair of
the Vole, in Redmond,
spinsters have said that
Microsoft" - ], - [ - "The Red Sox have reached
agreement with free agent
pitcher Matt Clement yesterday
on a three-year deal that will
pay him around \\$25 million,
his agent confirmed yesterday." - ], - [ - "Takeover target Ronin Property
Group said it would respond to
an offer by Multiplex Group
for all the securities in the
company in about three weeks." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) -
Contrary to Immigration
Department claims, there is no
shortage of native-borne
exotic dancers in Canada, says
a University of Toronto law
professor who has studied the
strip club business." - ], - [ - "HEN Manny Ramirez and David
Ortiz hit consecutive home
runs Sunday night in Chicago
to put the Red Sox ahead,
there was dancing in the
streets in Boston." - ], - [ - "Google Inc. is trying to
establish an online reading
room for five major libraries
by scanning stacks of hard-to-
find books into its widely
used Internet search engine." - ], - [ - "HOUSTON--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Sept. 1, 2004-- L
#39;operazione crea una
centrale globale per l
#39;analisi strategica el
#39;approfondimento del
settore energetico IHS Energy,
fonte globale leader di
software, analisi e
informazioni" - ], - [ - "The European Union presidency
yesterday expressed optimism
that a deal could be struck
over Turkey #39;s refusal to
recognize Cyprus in the lead-
up to next weekend #39;s EU
summit, which will decide
whether to give Ankara a date
for the start of accession
talks." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON Can you always tell
when somebody #39;s lying? If
so, you might be a wizard of
the fib. A California
psychology professor says
there #39;s a tiny subculture
of people that can pick out a
lie nearly every time they
hear one." - ], - [ - " KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan on
Saturday questioned U.N.
estimates that up to 70,000
people have died from hunger
and disease in its remote
Darfur region since a
rebellion began 20 months
ago." - ], - [ - "Type design was once the
province of skilled artisans.
With the help of new computer
programs, neophytes have
flooded the Internet with
their creations." - ], - [ - "RCN Inc., co-owner of
Starpower Communications LLC,
the Washington area
television, telephone and
Internet provider, filed a
plan of reorganization
yesterday that it said puts
the company" - ], - [ - "MIAMI -- Bryan Randall grabbed
a set of Mardi Gras beads and
waved them aloft, while his
teammates exalted in the
prospect of a trip to New
Orleans." - ], - [ - "<strong>Letters</stro
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premature" - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - With an injured
Vince Carter on the bench, the
Toronto Raptors dropped their
sixth straight game Friday,
101-87 to the Denver Nuggets." - ], - [ - "The US airline industry,
riddled with excess supply,
will see a significant drop in
capacity, or far fewer seats,
as a result of at least one
airline liquidating in the
next year, according to
AirTran Airways Chief
Executive Joe Leonard." - ], - [ - "Boeing (nyse: BA - news -
people ) Chief Executive Harry
Stonecipher is keeping the
faith. On Monday, the head of
the aerospace and military
contractor insists he #39;s
confident his firm will
ultimately win out" - ], - [ - "While not quite a return to
glory, Monday represents the
Redskins' return to the
national consciousness." - ], - [ - "Australia #39;s biggest
supplier of fresh milk,
National Foods, has posted a
net profit of \\$68.7 million,
an increase of 14 per cent on
last financial year." - ], - [ - "Lawyers for customers suing
Merck amp; Co. want to
question CEO Raymond Gilmartin
about what he knew about the
dangers of Vioxx before the
company withdrew the drug from
the market because of health
hazards." - ], - [ - "Vijay Singh has won the US PGA
Tour player of the year award
for the first time, ending
Tiger Woods #39;s five-year
hold on the honour." - ], - [ - "New York; September 23, 2004 -
The Department of Justice
(DoJ), FBI and US Attorney
#39;s Office handed down a
10-count indictment against
former Computer Associates
(CA) chairman and CEO Sanjay
Kumar and Stephen Richards,
former CA head of worldwide
sales." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least four Georgian
soldiers were killed and five
wounded in overnight clashes
in Georgia's separatist, pro-
Russian region of South
Ossetia, Georgian officers
near the frontline with
Ossetian forces said early
Thursday." - ], - [ - "Intel, the world #39;s largest
chip maker, scrapped a plan
Thursday to enter the digital
television chip business,
marking a major retreat from
its push into consumer
electronics." - ], - [ - "PACIFIC Hydro shares yesterday
caught an updraught that sent
them more than 20 per cent
higher after the wind farmer
moved to flush out a bidder." - ], - [ - "The European Commission is
expected later this week to
recommend EU membership talks
with Turkey. Meanwhile, German
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
and Turkish Prime Minister
Tayyip Erdogan are
anticipating a quot;positive
report." - ], - [ - "The US is the originator of
over 42 of the worlds
unsolicited commercial e-mail,
making it the worst offender
in a league table of the top
12 spam producing countries
published yesterday by anti-
virus firm Sophos." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
consumer confidence retreated
in August while Chicago-area
business activity slowed,
according to reports on
Tuesday that added to worries
the economy's patch of slow
growth may last beyond the
summer." - ], - [ - "Intel is drawing the curtain
on some of its future research
projects to continue making
transistors smaller, faster,
and less power-hungry out as
far as 2020." - ], - [ - "England got strikes from
sparkling debut starter
Jermain Defoe and Michael Owen
to defeat Poland in a Uefa
World Cup qualifier in
Chorzow." - ], - [ - "The Canadian government
signalled its intention
yesterday to reintroduce
legislation to decriminalise
the possession of small
amounts of marijuana." - ], - [ - "A screensaver targeting spam-
related websites appears to
have been too successful." - ], - [ - "Titleholder Ernie Els moved
within sight of a record sixth
World Match Play title on
Saturday by solving a putting
problem to overcome injured
Irishman Padraig Harrington 5
and 4." - ], - [ - "If the Washington Nationals
never win a pennant, they have
no reason to ever doubt that
DC loves them. Yesterday, the
District City Council
tentatively approved a tab for
a publicly financed ballpark
that could amount to as much
as \\$630 million." - ], - [ - "Plus: Experts fear Check 21
could lead to massive bank
fraud." - ], - [ - "By SIOBHAN McDONOUGH
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fewer
American youths are using
marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy,
but more are abusing
prescription drugs, says a
government report released
Thursday. The 2003 National
Survey on Drug Use and Health
also found youths and young
adults are more aware of the
risks of using pot once a
month or more frequently..." - ], - [ - " ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory
Coast warplanes killed nine
French soldiers on Saturday in
a bombing raid during the
fiercest clashes with rebels
for 18 months and France hit
back by destroying most of
the West African country's
small airforce." - ], - [ - "Unilever has reported a three
percent rise in third-quarter
earnings but warned it is
reviewing its targets up to
2010, after issuing a shock
profits warning last month." - ], - [ - "A TNO engineer prepares to
start capturing images for the
world's biggest digital photo." - ], - [ - "Defensive back Brandon
Johnson, who had two
interceptions for Tennessee at
Mississippi, was suspended
indefinitely Monday for
violation of team rules." - ], - [ - "Points leader Kurt Busch spun
out and ran out of fuel, and
his misfortune was one of the
reasons crew chief Jimmy
Fennig elected not to pit with
20 laps to go." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
extended recent heavy losses
on Wednesday ahead of weekly
U.S. data expected to show
fuel stocks rising in time
for peak winter demand." - ], - [ - "(CP) - The NHL all-star game
hasn #39;t been cancelled
after all. It #39;s just been
moved to Russia. The agent for
New York Rangers winger
Jaromir Jagr confirmed Monday
that the Czech star had joined
Omsk Avangard" - ], - [ - "PalmOne is aiming to sharpen
up its image with the launch
of the Treo 650 on Monday. As
previously reported, the smart
phone update has a higher-
resolution screen and a faster
processor than the previous
top-of-the-line model, the
Treo 600." - ], - [ - "GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip --
Islamic militant groups behind
many suicide bombings
dismissed yesterday a call
from Mahmoud Abbas, the
interim Palestinian leader, to
halt attacks in the run-up to
a Jan. 9 election to replace
Yasser Arafat." - ], - [ - "Secretary of State Colin
Powell is wrapping up an East
Asia trip focused on prodding
North Korea to resume talks
aimed at ending its nuclear-
weapons program." - ], - [ - "HERE in the land of myth, that
familiar god of sports --
karma -- threw a bolt of
lightning into the Olympic
stadium yesterday. Marion
Jones lunged desperately with
her baton in the 4 x 100m
relay final, but couldn #39;t
reach her target." - ], - [ - "kinrowan writes quot;MIT,
inventor of Kerberos, has
announced a pair of
vulnerabities in the software
that will allow an attacker to
either execute a DOS attack or
execute code on the machine." - ], - [ - "The risk of intestinal damage
from common painkillers may be
higher than thought, research
suggests." - ], - [ - "AN earthquake measuring 7.3 on
the Richter Scale hit western
Japan this morning, just hours
after another strong quake
rocked the area." - ], - [ - "Vodafone has increased the
competition ahead of Christmas
with plans to launch 10
handsets before the festive
season. The Newbury-based
group said it will begin
selling the phones in
November." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Former Pink Floyd
mainman Roger\\Waters released
two new songs, both inspired
by the U.S.-led\\invasion of
Iraq, via online download
outlets Tuesday." - ], - [ - "A former assistant treasurer
at Enron Corp. (ENRNQ.PK:
Quote, Profile, Research)
agreed to plead guilty to
conspiracy to commit
securities fraud on Tuesday
and will cooperate with" - ], - [ - "Britain #39;s Prince Harry,
struggling to shed a growing
quot;wild child quot; image,
won #39;t apologize to a
photographer he scuffled with
outside an exclusive London
nightclub, a royal spokesman
said on Saturday." - ], - [ - "UK house prices fell by 1.1 in
October, confirming a
softening of the housing
market, Halifax has said. The
UK #39;s biggest mortgage
lender said prices rose 18." - ], - [ - "Pakistan #39;s interim Prime
Minister Chaudhry Shaujaat
Hussain has announced his
resignation, paving the way
for his successor Shauket
Aziz." - ], - [ - "A previously unknown group
calling itself Jamaat Ansar
al-Jihad al-Islamiya says it
set fire to a Jewish soup
kitchen in Paris, according to
an Internet statement." - ], - [ - "More than six newspaper
companies have received
letters from the Securities
and Exchange Commission
seeking information about
their circulation practices." - ], - [ - "THE 64,000 dollar -
correction, make that 500
million dollar -uestion
hanging over Shire
Pharmaceuticals is whether the
5 per cent jump in the
companys shares yesterday
reflects relief that US
regulators have finally
approved its drug for" - ], - [ - "The deadliest attack on
Americans in Iraq since May
came as Iraqi officials
announced that Saddam
Hussein's deputy had not been
captured on Sunday." - ], - [ - "AP - Kenny Rogers lost at the
Coliseum for the first time in
more than 10 years, with Bobby
Crosby's three-run double in
the fifth inning leading the
Athletics to a 5-4 win over
the Texas Rangers on Thursday." - ], - [ - "A fundraising concert will be
held in London in memory of
the hundreds of victims of the
Beslan school siege." - ], - [ - "Dambulla, Sri Lanka - Kumar
Sangakkara and Avishka
Gunawardene slammed impressive
half-centuries to help an
under-strength Sri Lanka crush
South Africa by seven wickets
in the fourth one-day
international here on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "Fresh off being the worst team
in baseball, the Arizona
Diamondbacks set a new record
this week: fastest team to
both hire and fire a manager." - ], - [ - "Nebraska head coach Bill
Callahan runs off the field at
halftime of the game against
Baylor in Lincoln, Neb.,
Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004." - ], - [ - "NASA has been working on a
test flight project for the
last few years involving
hypersonic flight. Hypersonic
flight is fight at speeds
greater than Mach 5, or five
times the speed of sound." - ], - [ - "AFP - The landmark trial of a
Rwandan Roman Catholic priest
accused of supervising the
massacre of 2,000 of his Tutsi
parishioners during the
central African country's 1994
genocide opens at a UN court
in Tanzania." - ], - [ - "The Irish government has
stepped up its efforts to free
the British hostage in Iraq,
Ken Bigley, whose mother is
from Ireland, by talking to
diplomats from Iran and
Jordan." - ], - [ - "AP - Republican Sen. Lincoln
Chafee, who flirted with
changing political parties in
the wake of President Bush's
re-election victory, says he
will stay in the GOP." - ], - [ - "AP - Microsoft Corp. announced
Wednesday that it would offer
a low-cost, localized version
of its Windows XP operating
system in India to tap the
large market potential in this
country of 1 billion people,
most of whom do not speak
English." - ], - [ - "Businesses saw inventories
rise in July and sales picked
up, the government reported
Wednesday. The Commerce
Department said that stocks of
unsold goods increased 0.9 in
July, down from a 1.1 rise in
June." - ], - [ - " EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Sports
Network) - The Toronto
Raptors have traded All-Star
swingman Vince Carter to the
New Jersey Nets in exchange
for center Alonzo Mourning,
forward Eric Williams,
center/forward Aaron Williams
and two first- round draft
picks." - ], - [ - "AP - Utah State University has
secured a #36;40 million
contract with NASA to build an
orbiting telescope that will
examine galaxies and try to
find new stars." - ], - [ - "South Korean President Roh
Moo-hyun pays a surprise visit
to troops in Iraq, after his
government decided to extend
their mandate." - ], - [ - "As the European Union
approaches a contentious
decision - whether to let
Turkey join the club - the
Continent #39;s rulers seem to
have left their citizens
behind." - ], - [ - "What riot? quot;An Argentine
friend of mine was a little
derisive of the Pacers-Pistons
eruption, quot; says reader
Mike Gaynes. quot;He snorted,
#39;Is that what Americans
call a riot?" - ], - [ - "All season, Chris Barnicle
seemed prepared for just about
everything, but the Newton
North senior was not ready for
the hot weather he encountered
yesterday in San Diego at the
Footlocker Cross-Country
National Championships. Racing
in humid conditions with
temperatures in the 70s, the
Massachusetts Division 1 state
champion finished sixth in 15
minutes 34 seconds in the
5-kilometer race. ..." - ], - [ - "Shares of Genta Inc. (GNTA.O:
Quote, Profile, Research)
soared nearly 50 percent on
Monday after the biotechnology
company presented promising
data on an experimental
treatment for blood cancers." - ], - [ - "I spend anywhere from three to
eight hours every week
sweating along with a motley
crew of local misfits,
shelving, sorting, and hauling
ton after ton of written
matter in a rowhouse basement
in Baltimore. We have no heat
nor air conditioning, but
still, every week, we come and
work. Volunteer night is
Wednesday, but many of us also
work on the weekends, when
we're open to the public.
There are times when we're
freezing and we have to wear
coats and gloves inside,
making handling books somewhat
tricky; other times, we're all
soaked with sweat, since it's
90 degrees out and the
basement is thick with bodies.
One learns to forget about
personal space when working at
The Book Thing, since you can
scarcely breathe without
bumping into someone, and we
are all so accustomed to
having to scrape by each other
that most of us no longer
bother to say \"excuse me\"
unless some particularly
dramatic brushing occurs." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A
deadline set by militants who
have threatened to kill two
Americans and a Briton seized
in Iraq was due to expire
Monday, and more than two
dozen other hostages were
also facing death unless rebel
demands were met." - ], - [ - "Alarmed by software glitches,
security threats and computer
crashes with ATM-like voting
machines, officials from
Washington, D.C., to
California are considering an
alternative from an unlikely
place: Nevada." - ], - [ - "Some Venezuelan television
channels began altering their
programs Thursday, citing
fears of penalties under a new
law restricting violence and
sexual content over the
airwaves." - ], - [ - "SBC Communications Inc. plans
to cut at least 10,000 jobs,
or 6 percent of its work
force, by the end of next year
to compensate for a drop in
the number of local-telephone
customers." - ], - [ - "afrol News, 4 October -
Hundred years of conservation
efforts have lifted the
southern black rhino
population from about hundred
to 11,000 animals." - ], - [ - "THE death of Philippine movie
star and defeated presidential
candidate Fernando Poe has
drawn some political backlash,
with some people seeking to
use his sudden demise as a
platform to attack President
Gloria Arroyo." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major
cigarette makers go on trial
on Tuesday in the U.S.
government's \\$280 billion
racketeering case that
charges the tobacco industry
with deliberately deceiving
the public about the risks of
smoking since the 1950s." - ], - [ - "More Americans are quitting
their jobs and taking the risk
of starting a business despite
a still-lackluster job market." - ], - [ - "AP - Coach Tyrone Willingham
was fired by Notre Dame on
Tuesday after three seasons in
which he failed to return one
of the nation's most storied
football programs to
prominence." - ], - [ - "COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Joel
Statham completed 18 of 25
passes for 268 yards and two
touchdowns in No. 23
Maryland's 45-22 victory over
Temple last night, the
Terrapins' 12th straight win
at Byrd Stadium." - ], - [ - "Manchester United boss Sir
Alex Ferguson wants the FA to
punish Arsenal good guy Dennis
Bergkamp for taking a swing at
Alan Smith last Sunday." - ], - [ - "VIENTIANE, Laos China moved
yet another step closer in
cementing its economic and
diplomatic relationships with
Southeast Asia today when
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao
signed a trade accord at a
regional summit that calls for
zero tariffs on a wide range
of" - ], - [ - "SPACE.com - With nbsp;food
stores nbsp;running low, the
two \\astronauts living aboard
the International Space
Station (ISS) are cutting back
\\their meal intake and
awaiting a critical cargo
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arrive \\on Dec. 25." - ], - [ - "British judges in London
Tuesday ordered radical Muslim
imam Abu Hamza to stand trial
for soliciting murder and
inciting racial hatred." - ], - [ - "Federal Reserve policy-makers
raised the benchmark US
interest rate a quarter point
to 2.25 per cent and restated
a plan to carry out" - ], - [ - " DETROIT (Reuters) - A
Canadian law firm on Tuesday
said it had filed a lawsuit
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door latches on about 400,000
of the automaker's popular
pickup trucks and SUVs." - ], - [ - "Published reports say Barry
Bonds has testified that he
used a clear substance and a
cream given to him by a
trainer who was indicted in a
steroid-distribution ring." - ], - [ - "SARASOTA, Fla. - The
devastation brought on by
Hurricane Charley has been
especially painful for an
elderly population that is
among the largest in the
nation..." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - Christos
Angourakis added his name to
Greece's list of Paralympic
medal winners when he claimed
a bronze in the T53 shot put
competition Thursday." - ], - [ - " quot;He is charged for having
a part in the Bali incident,
quot; state prosecutor Andi
Herman told Reuters on
Saturday. bombing attack at
the US-run JW." - ], - [ - "Jay Fiedler threw for one
touchdown, Sage Rosenfels
threw for another and the
Miami Dolphins got a victory
in a game they did not want to
play, beating the New Orleans
Saints 20-19 Friday night." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Terrell
Owens scored three touchdowns
and the Philadelphia Eagles
amassed 35 first-half points
on the way to a 49-21
drubbing of the Dallas Cowboys
in Irving, Texas, Monday." - ], - [ - "AstraZeneca Plc suffered its
third setback in two months on
Friday as lung cancer drug
Iressa failed to help patients
live longer" - ], - [ - "Virgin Electronics hopes its
slim Virgin Player, which
debuts today and is smaller
than a deck of cards, will
rise as a lead competitor to
Apple's iPod." - ], - [ - "Researchers train a monkey to
feed itself by guiding a
mechanical arm with its mind.
It could be a big step forward
for prosthetics. By David
Cohn." - ], - [ - "Bruce Wasserstein, the
combative chief executive of
investment bank Lazard, is
expected to agree this week
that he will quit the group
unless he can pull off a
successful" - ], - [ - "A late strike by Salomon Kalou
sealed a 2-1 win for Feyenoord
over NEC Nijmegen, while
second placed AZ Alkmaar
defeated ADO Den Haag 2-0 in
the Dutch first division on
Sunday." - ], - [ - "The United Nations called on
Monday for an immediate
ceasefire in eastern Congo as
fighting between rival army
factions flared for a third
day." - ], - [ - "What a disgrace Ron Artest has
become. And the worst part is,
the Indiana Pacers guard just
doesn #39;t get it. Four days
after fueling one of the
biggest brawls in the history
of pro sports, Artest was on
national" - ], - [ - "Allowing dozens of casinos to
be built in the UK would bring
investment and thousands of
jobs, Tony Blair says." - ], - [ - "The shock here was not just
from the awful fact itself,
that two vibrant young Italian
women were kidnapped in Iraq,
dragged from their office by
attackers who, it seems, knew
their names." - ], - [ - "Tehran/Vianna, Sept. 19 (NNN):
Iran on Sunday rejected the
International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) call to suspend
of all its nuclear activities,
saying that it will not agree
to halt uranium enrichment." - ], - [ - "A 15-year-old Argentine
student opened fire at his
classmates on Tuesday in a
middle school in the south of
the Buenos Aires province,
leaving at least four dead and
five others wounded, police
said." - ], - [ - "Dr. David J. Graham, the FDA
drug safety reviewer who
sounded warnings over five
drugs he felt could become the
next Vioxx has turned to a
Whistleblower protection group
for legal help." - ], - [ - "AP - Scientists in 17
countries will scout waterways
to locate and study the
world's largest freshwater
fish species, many of which
are declining in numbers,
hoping to learn how to better
protect them, researchers
announced Thursday." - ], - [ - "AP - Google Inc.'s plans to
move ahead with its initial
public stock offering ran into
a roadblock when the
Securities and Exchange
Commission didn't approve the
Internet search giant's
regulatory paperwork as
requested." - ], - [ - "Jenson Button has revealed
dissatisfaction with the way
his management handled a
fouled switch to Williams. Not
only did the move not come
off, his reputation may have
been irreparably damaged amid
news headline" - ], - [ - "The Kmart purchase of Sears,
Roebuck may be the ultimate
expression of that old saying
in real estate: location,
location, location." - ], - [ - "Citing security risks, a state
university is urging students
to drop Internet Explorer in
favor of alternative Web
browsers such as Firefox and
Safari." - ], - [ - "Redknapp and his No2 Jim Smith
resigned from Portsmouth
yesterday, leaving
controversial new director
Velimir Zajec in temporary
control." - ], - [ - "Despite being ranked eleventh
in the world in broadband
penetration, the United States
is rolling out high-speed
services on a quot;reasonable
and timely basis to all
Americans, quot; according to
a new report narrowly approved
today by the Federal
Communications" - ], - [ - "Sprint Corp. (FON.N: Quote,
Profile, Research) on Friday
said it plans to cut up to 700
jobs as it realigns its
business to focus on wireless
and Internet services and
takes a non-cash network
impairment charge." - ], - [ - "As the season winds down for
the Frederick Keys, Manager
Tom Lawless is starting to
enjoy the progress his
pitching staff has made this
season." - ], - [ - "Britain #39;s Bradley Wiggins
won the gold medal in men
#39;s individual pursuit
Saturday, finishing the
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crossbar in overtime, they did
just that. They escaped a
raucous Cleveland Browns
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view company has decided not
to show a three-hour election
eve special with filmmaker
Michael Moore that included a
showing of his documentary
\"Fahrenheit 9/11,\" which is
sharply critical of President
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decision is due to \"legitimate
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A spokesman would not
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parliament, according to exit
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Olympic member Ivan Slavkov to
be thrown out of the
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ouster of Myanmar's prime
minister, architect of a
tentative \"roadmap to
democracy,\" has dashed faint
hopes for an end to military
rule and leaves Southeast
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engagement in tatters." - ], - [ - "San Antonio, TX (Sports
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five-under 65 on Friday to
move into the lead at the
halfway point of the Texas
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Newcastle United to the list
of clubs that they have given
what for lately, what price
Jose Mourinho covering the
Russian-funded aristocrats of
west London in glittering
glory to the tune of four
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running back Chris Warren has
been arrested in Virginia on a
federal warrant, accused of
failing to pay #36;137,147 in
child support for his two
daughters in Washington state." - ], - [ - "The anguish of hostage Kenneth
Bigley in Iraq hangs over
Prime Minister Tony Blair
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marketing of high-performance
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(Nasdaq: SUNW) is offering its
N1 Grid program in a pay-for-
use pricing model that mimics
the way such commodities as
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travelling aboard. ... It
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winning the popular vote and
feels he can no longer be
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for bankruptcy protection in
the US in a last ditch effort
to stop the Kremlin auctioning
its main production unit." - ], - [ - "British Airways #39; (BA)
chief executive Rod Eddington
has admitted that the company
quot;got it wrong quot; after
staff shortages led to three
days of travel chaos for
passengers." - ], - [ - "It #39;s official: US Open had
never gone into the third
round with only two American
men, including the defending
champion, Andy Roddick." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP)
- Thousands of Royal Bank
clerks are being asked to
display rainbow stickers at
their desks and cubicles to
promote a safe work
environment for gays,
lesbians, and bisexuals." - ], - [ - "The chipmaker is back on a
buying spree, having scooped
up five other companies this
year." - ], - [ - "The issue of drug advertising
directly aimed at consumers is
becoming political." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON, Aug. 17
(Xinhuanet) -- England coach
Sven-Goran Eriksson has urged
the international soccer
authorities to preserve the
health of the world superstar
footballers for major
tournaments, who expressed his
will in Slaley of England on
Tuesday ..." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car
bomb killed two American
soldiers and wounded eight
when it exploded in Baghdad on
Saturday, the U.S. military
said in a statement." - ], - [ - "Juventus coach Fabio Capello
has ordered his players not to
kick the ball out of play when
an opponent falls to the
ground apparently hurt because
he believes some players fake
injury to stop the match." - ], - [ - "AP - China's economic boom is
still roaring despite efforts
to cool sizzling growth, with
the gross domestic product
climbing 9.5 percent in the
first three quarters of this
year, the government reported
Friday." - ], - [ - "Soaring petroleum prices
pushed the cost of goods
imported into the U.S. much
higher than expected in
August, the government said
today." - ], - [ - "Anheuser-Busch teams up with
Vietnam's largest brewer,
laying the groundwork for
future growth in the region." - ], - [ - "You #39;re angry. You want to
lash out. The Red Sox are
doing it to you again. They
#39;re blowing a playoff
series, and to the Yankees no
less." - ], - [ - "TORONTO -- There is no
mystique to it anymore,
because after all, the
Russians have become commoners
in today's National Hockey
League, and Finns, Czechs,
Slovaks, and Swedes also have
been entrenched in the
Original 30 long enough to
turn the ongoing World Cup of
Hockey into a protracted
trailer for the NHL season." - ], - [ - "Sudanese authorities have
moved hundreds of pro-
government fighters from the
crisis-torn Darfur region to
other parts of the country to
keep them out of sight of
foreign military observers
demanding the militia #39;s
disarmament, a rebel leader
charged" - ], - [ - "CHARLOTTE, NC - Shares of
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.
#39;s fell sharply Monday as a
79 percent plunge in third-
quarter earnings and an
intensifying accounting
investigation overshadowed the
pastrymaker #39;s statement
that the low-carb craze might
be easing." - ], - [ - "The company hopes to lure
software partners by promising
to save them from
infrastructure headaches." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb
Tuesday ripped through a busy
market near a Baghdad police
headquarters where Iraqis were
waiting to apply for jobs on
the force, and gunmen opened
fire on a van carrying police
home from work in Baqouba,
killing at least 59 people
total and wounding at least
114. The attacks were the
latest attempts by militants
to wreck the building of a
strong Iraqi security force, a
keystone of the U.S..." - ], - [ - "The Israeli prime minister
said today that he wanted to
begin withdrawing settlers
from Gaza next May or June." - ], - [ - "Indianapolis, IN (Sports
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try to win their second
straight game tonight, as they
host Kevin Garnett and the
Minnesota Timberwolves in the
third of a four-game homestand
at Conseco Fieldhouse." - ], - [ - "OXNARD - A leak of explosive
natural gas forced dozens of
workers to evacuate an
offshore oil platform for
hours Thursday but no damage
or injuries were reported." - ], - [ - "AP - Assets of the nation's
retail money market mutual
funds rose by #36;2.85
billion in the latest week to
#36;845.69 billion, the
Investment Company Institute
said Thursday." - ], - [ - "Peter Mandelson provoked fresh
Labour in-fighting yesterday
with an implied attack on
Gordon Brown #39;s
quot;exaggerated gloating
quot; about the health of the
British economy." - ], - [ - "Queen Elizabeth II stopped
short of apologizing for the
Allies #39; bombing of Dresden
during her first state visit
to Germany in 12 years and
instead acknowledged quot;the
appalling suffering of war on
both sides." - ], - [ - "JC Penney said yesterday that
Allen I. Questrom, the chief
executive who has restyled the
once-beleaguered chain into a
sleeker and more profitable
entity, would be succeeded by
Myron E. Ullman III, another
longtime retail executive." - ], - [ - " In the cosmetics department
at Hecht's in downtown
Washington, construction crews
have ripped out the
traditional glass display
cases, replacing them with a
system of open shelves stacked
high with fragrances from
Chanel, Burberry and Armani,
now easily within arm's reach
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slid from record highs above
\\$50 a barrel Wednesday as the
U.S. government reported a
surprise increase in crude
stocks and rebels in Nigeria's
oil-rich delta region agreed
to a preliminary cease-fire." - ], - [ - "Rocky Shoes and Boots makes an
accretive acquisition -- and
gets Dickies and John Deere as
part of the deal." - ], - [ - "AP - Fugitive Taliban leader
Mullah Mohammed Omar has
fallen out with some of his
lieutenants, who blame him for
the rebels' failure to disrupt
the landmark Afghan
presidential election, the
U.S. military said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "HAVANA -- Cuban President
Fidel Castro's advancing age
-- and ultimately his
mortality -- were brought home
yesterday, a day after he
fractured a knee and arm when
he tripped and fell at a
public event." - ], - [ - " BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) -
The United States and Brazil
predicted on Tuesday Latin
America's largest country
would resolve a dispute with
the U.N. nuclear watchdog over
inspections of a uranium
enrichment plant." - ], - [ - "Call it the Maximus factor.
Archaeologists working at the
site of an old Roman temple
near Guy #39;s hospital in
London have uncovered a pot of
cosmetic cream dating back to
AD2." - ], - [ - "It is a team game, this Ryder
Cup stuff that will commence
Friday at Oakland Hills
Country Club. So what are the
teams? For the Americans,
captain Hal Sutton isn't
saying." - ], - [ - "Two bombs exploded today near
a tea shop and wounded 20
people in southern Thailand,
police said, as violence
continued unabated in the
Muslim-majority region where
residents are seething over
the deaths of 78 detainees
while in military custody." - ], - [ - "BONN: Deutsche Telekom is
bidding 2.9 bn for the 26 it
does not own in T-Online
International, pulling the
internet service back into the
fold four years after selling
stock to the public." - ], - [ - "Motorola Inc. says it #39;s
ready to make inroads in the
cell-phone market after
posting a third straight
strong quarter and rolling out
a series of new handsets in
time for the holiday selling
season." - ], - [ - "Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi, back in Tokyo after
an 11-day diplomatic mission
to the Americas, hunkered down
with senior ruling party
officials on Friday to focus
on a major reshuffle of
cabinet and top party posts." - ], - [ - "Costs of employer-sponsored
health plans are expected to
climb an average of 8 percent
in 2005, the first time in
five years increases have been
in single digits." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - A sluggish gross
domestic product reading was
nonetheless better than
expected, prompting investors
to send stocks slightly higher
Friday on hopes that the
economic slowdown would not be
as bad as first thought.
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the second quarter, a revision
from the 3 percent preliminary
figure reported in July, is a
far cry from the 4.5 percent
growth in the first quarter..." - ], - [ - "After again posting record
earnings for the third
quarter, Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
expects to see its first
sequential drop in fourth-
quarter revenues, coupled with
a sharp drop in capacity
utilization rates." - ], - [ - " SEOUL (Reuters) - A huge
explosion in North Korea last
week may have been due to a
combination of demolition work
for a power plant and
atmospheric clouds, South
Korea's spy agency said on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "The deal comes as Cisco pushes
to develop a market for CRS-1,
a new line of routers aimed at
telephone, wireless and cable
companies." - ], - [ - "Many people who have never
bounced a check in their life
could soon bounce their first
check if they write checks to
pay bills a couple of days
before their paycheck is
deposited into their checking
account." - ], - [ - " LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) -
Microsoft Corp told a judge on
Thursday that the European
Commission must be stopped
from ordering it to give up
secret technology to
competitors." - ], - [ - "SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 (IDG NEWS
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Inc. and Microsoft Corp. next
month plan to provide more
details on the work they are
doing to make their products
interoperable, a Sun executive
said yesterday." - ], - [ - "MANCHESTER United today
dramatically rejected the
advances of Malcolm Glazer,
the US sports boss who is
mulling an 825m bid for the
football club." - ], - [ - "Dow Jones Industrial Average
futures declined amid concern
an upcoming report on
manufacturing may point to
slowing economic growth." - ], - [ - "AP - Astronomy buffs and
amateur stargazers turned out
to watch a total lunar eclipse
Wednesday night #151; the
last one Earth will get for
nearly two and a half years." - ], - [ - "Reuters - U.S. industrial
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their highest capacity\\in more
than three years, a Federal
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Tuesday\\showed." - ], - [ - "As usual, the Big Ten coaches
were out in full force at
today #39;s Big Ten
Teleconference. Both OSU head
coach Jim Tressel and Iowa
head coach Kirk Ferentz
offered some thoughts on the
upcoming game between OSU" - ], - [ - "Sir Martin Sorrell, chief
executive of WPP, yesterday
declared he was quot;very
impressed quot; with Grey
Global, stoking speculation
WPP will bid for the US
advertising company." - ], - [ - "The compact disc has at least
another five years as the most
popular music format before
online downloads chip away at
its dominance, a new study
said on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "New York Knicks #39; Stephon
Marbury (3) fires over New
Orleans Hornets #39; Dan
Dickau (2) during the second
half in New Orleans Wednesday
night, Dec. 8, 2004." - ], - [ - "AP - Sudan's U.N. ambassador
challenged the United States
to send troops to the Darfur
region if it really believes a
genocide is taking place as
the U.S. Congress and
President Bush's
administration have
determined." - ], - [ - "At the very moment when the
Red Sox desperately need
someone slightly larger than
life to rally around, they
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job: Thrilling Schilling." - ], - [ - "Does Your Site Need a Custom
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installing software on their
computers. Especially free
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necessarily understand. With
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days, it's no wonder. So is
there ..." - ], - [ - "Dale Earnhardt Jr, right,
talks with Matt Kenseth, left,
during a break in practice at
Lowe #39;s Motor Speedway in
Concord, NC, Thursday Oct. 14,
2004 before qualifying for
Saturday #39;s UAW-GM Quality
500 NASCAR Nextel Cup race." - ], - [ - "Several starting spots may
have been usurped or at least
threatened after relatively
solid understudy showings
Sunday, but few players
welcome the kind of shot
delivered to Oakland" - ], - [ - "TEMPE, Ariz. -- Neil Rackers
kicked four field goals and
the Arizona Cardinals stifled
rookie Chris Simms and the
rest of the Tampa Bay offense
for a 12-7 victory yesterday
in a matchup of two sputtering
teams out of playoff
contention. Coach Jon Gruden's
team lost its fourth in a row
to finish 5-11, Tampa Bay's
worst record since going ..." - ], - [ - "AFP - A junior British
minister said that people
living in camps after fleeing
their villages because of
conflict in Sudan's Darfur
region lived in fear of
leaving their temporary homes
despite a greater presence now
of aid workers." - ], - [ - "US Deputy Secretary of State
Richard Armitage (L) shakes
hands with Pakistani Foreign
Minister Khurshid Kasuri prior
to their meeting in Islamabad,
09 November 2004." - ], - [ - "Spammers aren't ducking
antispam laws by operating
offshore, they're just
ignoring it." - ], - [ - "AP - Biologists plan to use
large nets and traps this week
in Chicago's Burnham Harbor to
search for the northern
snakehead #151; a type of
fish known for its voracious
appetite and ability to wreak
havoc on freshwater
ecosystems." - ], - [ - "BAE Systems PLC and Northrop
Grumman Corp. won \\$45 million
contracts yesterday to develop
prototypes of anti-missile
technology that could protect
commercial aircraft from
shoulder-fired missiles." - ], - [ - "AP - Democrat John Edwards
kept up a long-distance debate
over his \"two Americas\"
campaign theme with Vice
President Dick Cheney on
Tuesday, saying it was no
illusion to thousands of laid-
off workers in Ohio." - ], - [ - "Like introductory credit card
rates and superior customer
service, some promises just
aren #39;t built to last. And
so it is that Bank of America
- mere months after its pledge
to preserve" - ], - [ - "A group of 76 Eritreans on a
repatriation flight from Libya
Friday forced their plane to
change course and land in the
Sudanese capital, Khartoum,
where they" - ], - [ - "Reuters - Accounting firm KPMG
will pay #36;10\\million to
settle charges of improper
professional conduct\\while
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TV Guide International Inc.\\,
the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission said
on\\Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Family matters made public: As
eager cousins wait for a slice
of the \\$15 billion cake that
is the Pritzker Empire,
Circuit Court Judge David
Donnersberger has ruled that
the case will be conducted in
open court." - ], - [ - "Users of Microsoft #39;s
Hotmail, most of whom are
accustomed to getting regular
sales pitches for premium
e-mail accounts, got a
pleasant surprise in their
inboxes this week: extra
storage for free." - ], - [ - "AP - They say that opposites
attract, and in the case of
Sen. John Kerry and Teresa
Heinz Kerry, that may be true
#151; at least in their public
personas." - ], - [ - "The weekly survey from
mortgage company Freddie Mac
had rates on 30-year fixed-
rate mortgages inching higher
this week, up to an average
5.82 percent from last week
#39;s 5.81 percent." - ], - [ - "The classic power struggle
between Walt Disney Co. CEO
Michael Eisner and former
feared talent agent Michael
Ovitz makes for high drama in
the courtroom - and apparently
on cable." - ], - [ - "ATHENS France, Britain and the
United States issued a joint
challenge Thursday to Germany
#39;s gold medal in equestrian
team three-day eventing." - ], - [ - "LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Elan
(UK:ELA) (ELN) and partner
Biogen (BIIB) said the FDA has
approved new drug Tysabri to
treat relapsing forms of
multiple sclerosis." - ], - [ - "IT services provider
Electronic Data Systems
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of \\$153 million for the third
quarter, with earnings hit in
part by an asset impairment
charge of \\$375 million
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project." - ], - [ - "ATLANTA - Who could have
imagined Tommy Tuberville in
this position? Yet there he
was Friday, standing alongside
the SEC championship trophy,
posing for pictures and
undoubtedly chuckling a bit on
the inside." - ], - [ - "AP - Impoverished North Korea
might resort to selling
weapons-grade plutonium to
terrorists for much-needed
cash, and that would be
\"disastrous for the world,\"
the top U.S. military
commander in South Korea said
Friday." - ], - [ - "International Business
Machines Corp. said Wednesday
it had agreed to settle most
of the issues in a suit over
changes in its pension plans
on terms that allow the
company to continue to appeal
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Thursday called on his
fighters to strike Gulf oil
supplies and warned Saudi
leaders they risked a popular
uprising in an audio message
said to be by the Western
world #39;s most wanted terror
mastermind." - ], - [ - "Bank of New Zealand has frozen
all accounts held in the name
of Access Brokerage, which was
yesterday placed in
liquidation after a client
fund shortfall of around \\$5
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chief technology officer,
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seller Red Hat." - ], - [ - "Reuters - International
Business Machines\\Corp. late
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hopes will help the company
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market leader Oracle Corp. ." - ], - [ - "NASA #39;s Mars Odyssey
mission, originally scheduled
to end on Tuesday, has been
granted a stay of execution
until at least September 2006,
reveal NASA scientists." - ], - [ - "ZDNet #39;s survey of IT
professionals in August kept
Wired amp; Wireless on top
for the 18th month in a row.
Telecommunications equipment
maker Motorola said Tuesday
that it would cut 1,000 jobs
and take related" - ], - [ - "John Thomson threw shutout
ball for seven innings
Wednesday night in carrying
Atlanta to a 2-0 blanking of
the New York Mets. New York
lost for the 21st time in 25
games on the" - ], - [ - "BEIJING -- Chinese authorities
have arrested or reprimanded
more than 750 officials in
recent months in connection
with billions of dollars in
financial irregularities
ranging from unpaid taxes to
embezzlement, according to a
report made public yesterday." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - GAUHATI,
India (AP) - Residents of
northeastern India were
bracing for more violence
Friday, a day after bombs
ripped through two buses and a
grenade was hurled into a
crowded market in attacks that
killed four people and wounded
54." - ], - [ - "Vikram Solanki beat the rain
clouds to register his second
one-day international century
as England won the third one-
day international to wrap up a
series victory." - ], - [ - "Some 28 people are charged
with trying to overthrow
Sudan's President Bashir,
reports say." - ], - [ - "Hong Kong #39;s Beijing-backed
chief executive yesterday
ruled out any early moves to
pass a controversial national
security law which last year
sparked a street protest by
half a million people." - ], - [ - "BRITAIN #39;S largest
financial institutions are
being urged to take lead roles
in lawsuits seeking hundreds
of millions of dollars from
the scandal-struck US
insurance industry." - ], - [ - "Bankrupt UAL Corp. (UALAQ.OB:
Quote, Profile, Research) on
Thursday reported a narrower
third-quarter net loss. The
parent of United Airlines
posted a loss of \\$274
million, or" - ], - [ - "A three-touchdown point spread
and a recent history of late-
season collapses had many
thinking the UCLA football
team would provide little
opposition to rival USC #39;s
march to the BCS-championship
game at the Orange Bowl." - ], - [ - " PHOENIX (Sports Network) -
Free agent third baseman Troy
Glaus is reportedly headed to
the Arizona Diamondbacks." - ], - [ - "The European Union #39;s head
office issued a bleak economic
report Tuesday, warning that
the sharp rise in oil prices
will quot;take its toll quot;
on economic growth next year
while the euro #39;s renewed
climb could threaten crucial
exports." - ], - [ - "Third-string tailback Chris
Markey ran for 131 yards to
lead UCLA to a 34-26 victory
over Oregon on Saturday.
Markey, playing because of an
injury to starter Maurice
Drew, also caught five passes
for 84 yards" - ], - [ - "Though Howard Stern's
defection from broadcast to
satellite radio is still 16
months off, the industry is
already trying to figure out
what will fill the crater in
ad revenue and listenership
that he is expected to leave
behind." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
United States set final anti-
dumping duties of up to 112.81
percent on shrimp imported
from China and up to 25.76
percent on shrimp from Vietnam
to offset unfair pricing, the
Commerce Department said on
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Jay Payton #39;s three-run
homer led the San Diego Padres
to a 5-1 win over the San
Francisco Giants in National
League play Saturday, despite
a 701st career blast from
Barry Bonds." - ], - [ - "The optimists among Rutgers
fans were delighted, but the
Scarlet Knights still gave the
pessimists something to worry
about." - ], - [ - "Beer consumption has doubled
over the past five years,
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implement new rules." - ], - [ - "BusinessWeek Online - The
jubilation that swept East
Germany after the fall of the
Berlin Wall in 1989 long ago
gave way to the sober reality
of globalization and market
forces. Now a decade of
resentment seems to be boiling
over. In Eastern cities such
as Leipzig or Chemnitz,
thousands have taken to the
streets since July to protest
cuts in unemployment benefits,
the main source of livelihood
for 1.6 million East Germans.
Discontent among
reunification's losers fueled
big gains by the far left and
far right in Brandenburg and
Saxony state elections Sept.
19. ..." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK -- When Office Depot
Inc. stores ran an electronics
recycling drive last summer
that accepted everything from
cellphones to televisions,
some stores were overwhelmed
by the amount of e-trash they
received." - ], - [ - "In a discovery sure to set off
a firestorm of debate over
human migration to the western
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South Carolina say they have
uncovered evidence that people
lived in eastern North America
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far earlier than" - ], - [ - "AP - Former president Bill
Clinton on Monday helped
launch a new Internet search
company backed by the Chinese
government which says its
technology uses artificial
intelligence to produce better
results than Google Inc." - ], - [ - "The International Monetary
Fund expressed concern Tuesday
about the impact of the
troubles besetting oil major
Yukos on Russia #39;s standing
as a place to invest." - ], - [ - "Perhaps the sight of Maria
Sharapova opposite her tonight
will jog Serena Williams #39;
memory. Wimbledon. The final.
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and 74 were missing after some
of the worst rainstorms in
recent years triggered
landslides and flash floods in
southwest China, disaster
relief officials said
yesterday." - ], - [ - "LinuxWorld Conference amp;
Expo will come to Boston for
the first time in February,
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access to a Web site that
assists soldiers and other
Americans living overseas in
voting, after receiving
complaints that its security
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Canadian submarine HMCS
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fire at sea that killed one of
its crew, is under tow and is
expected in Faslane, Scotland,
early next week, Canadian
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have to get a little creative
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backs next season. Not so on
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disgraced Fiji Vice-President
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courtroom Friday, answering an
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become a thing of the past
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International Space Station
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Russian search for a vaccine
against Aids, Russian
cosmonaut Salijan Sharipovthe
said on Thursday." - ], - [ - "Locked away in fossils is
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(AP) -- Taran Rampersad didn't
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in the online encyclopedia
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Tobago..." - ], - [ - "Five years after catastrophic
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Caribbean coast, survivors in
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a three-run homer in a seven-
run fourth frame to lead the
Boston Red Sox to a 9-3 win
over the host Anaheim Angels
in their American League
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Minnesota Twins and the New
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scrapping its twin-board
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telecommunications providers
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spirits Saturday, walking
around his hospital room in
street clothes and buoyed by
thousands of get-well messages
as he awaited heart bypass
surgery early this coming
week, people close to the
family said. Clinton was
expected to undergo surgery as
early as Monday but probably
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fielder Johnny Damon is having
a recurrence of migraine
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him after a collision in last
year's playoffs." - ], - [ - "The patch fixes a flaw in the
e-mail server software that
could be used to get access to
in-boxes and information." - ], - [ - "Felix Cardenas of Colombia won
the 17th stage of the Spanish
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while defending champion
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overall leader #39;s jersey
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pay off at feeding time, but
species that grow too large
may be more vulnerable to
extinction, new research
suggests." - ], - [ - "A car bomb exploded at a US
military convoy in the
northern Iraqi city of Mosul,
causing several casualties,
the army and Iraqi officials
said." - ], - [ - "Newest Efficeon processor also
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search for a senior American
businessman to become a non-
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in international air travel,
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frequent fliers check in using
text messages on mobile
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International is expected to
announce that its new chief
executive will be John
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with strong technical and
sales credentials." - ], - [ - "Established star Landon
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regional qualifying finals for
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Phelps took care of qualifying
for the Olympic 200-meter
freestyle semifinals Sunday,
and then found out he had been
added to the American team for
the evening's 400 freestyle
relay final. Phelps' rivals
Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
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workers held by militants in
Afghanistan were in their
third week of captivity on
Friday after calls from both
sides for the crisis to be
resolved ahead of this
weekend's Muslim festival of
Eid al-Fitr." - ], - [ - "AP - A sweeping wildlife
preserve in southwestern
Arizona is among the nation's
10 most endangered refuges,
due in large part to illegal
drug and immigrant traffic and
Border Patrol operations, a
conservation group said
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President Jacques Chirac urged
the head of the incoming
European Commission Friday to
take quot;the appropriate
decisions quot; to resolve a
row over his EU executive team
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limbo." - ], - [ - "The Anglo-Dutch oil giant
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Francisco this week, the
software vendor is expected to
face questions from users
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Oracle Corp." - ], - [ - "Russia's parliament will
launch an inquiry into a
school siege that killed over
300 hostages, President
Vladimir Putin said on Friday,
but analysts doubt it will
satisfy those who blame the
carnage on security services." - ], - [ - "Tony Blair talks to business
leaders about new proposals
for a major shake-up of the
English exam system." - ], - [ - "KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia A
Malaysian woman has claimed a
new world record after living
with over six-thousand
scorpions for 36 days
straight." - ], - [ - "PBS's Charlie Rose quizzes Sun
co-founder Bill Joy,
Monster.com chief Jeff Taylor,
and venture capitalist John
Doerr." - ], - [ - "Circulation declined at most
major US newspapers in the
last half year, the latest
blow for an industry already
rocked by a scandal involving
circulation misstatements that
has undermined the confidence
of investors and advertisers." - ], - [ - "Skype Technologies is teaming
with Siemens to offer cordless
phone users the ability to
make Internet telephony calls,
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resistance, the U.S. trucking
industry says it will not try
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statement that immaturity will
not be tolerated by suspending
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taking part in a team huddle
during a loss to Denver." - ], - [ - "EVERETT Fire investigators
are still trying to determine
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last minute." - ], - [ - "Sure, the PeopleSoft board
told shareholders to just say
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job picture sent stocks higher
Tuesday, hoping that the news
signals a renewal of economic
strength and a fall rally in
stocks." - ], - [ - "AP - Andy Roddick has yet to
face a challenge in his U.S.
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No. 18 Tommy Robredo of Spain
6-3, 6-2, 6-4 Tuesday night to
move into the quarterfinals
without having lost a set." - ], - [ - "Now that hell froze over in
Boston, New England braces for
its rarest season -- a winter
of content. Red Sox fans are
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Nikkei stock average opened
down 0.15 percent on
Wednesday as investors took a
breather from the market's
recent rises and sold shares
of gainers such as Sharp
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of winter, male tarantulas are
roaming around, searching for
female mates, an ideal time to
find out where the spiders
flourish in Arkansas." - ], - [ - "Israeli authorities have
launched an investigation into
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
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than 14 percent in a two-and-
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a perception of growing US
crude oil inventories." - ], - [ - "SUFFOLK -- Virginia Tech
scientists are preparing to
protect the state #39;s
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with strong potential to do
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moment when Russian President
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Taras Shevchenko, this country
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stem global warming by
reducing greenhouse-gas
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still has room despite early
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help pay for a five-year
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forces chief of staff on was
elected to take over as head
of NATO's Military Committee,
the alliance's highest
military authority, military
and diplomatic sources said." - ], - [ - "AFP - Two proposed resolutions
condemning widespread rights
abuses in Sudan and Zimbabwe
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NHL players who expressed
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they would not support a
salary cap even if it meant
saving a season that was
supposed to have started Oct.
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have seen President Bush look
peevish and heard him pass the
buck. They've watched Sen.
John Kerry deny he's a flip-
flopper and then argue that
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changed." - ], - [ - "(Sports Network) - The New
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step closer to a division
title when they conclude their
critical series with the
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August as rising energy costs
and bad weather persuaded
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spending." - ], - [ - "The United States says the
Lebanese parliament #39;s
decision Friday to extend the
term of pro-Syrian President
Emile Lahoud made a
quot;crude mockery of
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the points lead in the NASCAR
Chase for the Nextel Cup
yesterday, winning the
Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire
International Speedway." - ], - [ - "TOKYO (AFP) - Japan #39;s
Fujitsu and Cisco Systems of
the US said they have agreed
to form a strategic alliance
focusing on routers and
switches that will enable
businesses to build advanced
Internet Protocol (IP)
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lawsuit over former Walt
Disney Co. president Michael
Ovitz's \\$140 million
severance package attempted
Thursday to portray Ovitz as a
dishonest bumbler who botched
the hiring of a major
television executive and
pushed the release of a movie
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government, damaging Disney's
business prospects in the
country." - ], - [ - "US stocks gained ground in
early trading Thursday after
tame inflation reports and
better than expected jobless
news. Oil prices held steady
as Hurricane Ivan battered the
Gulf coast, where oil
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newfangled stretch drive for
the Nextel Cup championship
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No. 2 soft- drink maker, plans
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stocks opened little changed
on Friday, after third-
quarter gross domestic product
data showed the U.S. economy
grew at a slower-than-expected
pace." - ], - [ - "International Business
Machines Corp., taken to court
by workers over changes it
made to its traditional
pension plan, has decided to
stop offering any such plan to
new employees." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - With four of its
executives pleading guilty to
price-fixing charges today,
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arguing that it didn #39;t fix
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The prime minister says he's
been assured by President
George W. Bush that the U.S.
missile defence plan does not
necessarily involve the
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Eric Gagne wanted to pitch in
front of his hometown fans one
last time." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Limited
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quarterly operating profit as
cost controls and strong
lingerie sales offset poor
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Express apparel stores." - ], - [ - "General Motors and
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collaborating on development
of fuel- saving hybrid engines
in hopes of cashing in on an
expanding market dominated by
hybrid leaders Toyota and
Honda." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece -- Larry Brown
was despondent, the head of
the US selection committee was
defensive and an irritated
Allen Iverson was hanging up
on callers who asked what went
wrong." - ], - [ - "Fifty-six miners are dead and
another 92 are still stranded
underground after a gas blast
at the Daping coal mine in
Central China #39;s Henan
Province, safety officials
said Thursday." - ], - [ - "BEIRUT, Lebanon - Three
Lebanese men and their Iraqi
driver have been kidnapped in
Iraq, the Lebanese Foreign
Ministry said Sunday, as
Iraq's prime minister said his
government was working for the
release of two Americans and a
Briton also being held
hostage. Gunmen snatched
the three Lebanese, who worked
for a travel agency with a
branch in Baghdad, as they
drove on the highway between
the capital and Fallujah on
Friday night, a ministry
official said..." - ], - [ - "PORTLAND, Ore. - It's been
almost a year since singer-
songwriter Elliott Smith
committed suicide, and fans
and friends will be looking
for answers as the posthumous
\"From a Basement on the Hill\"
is released..." - ], - [ - "AP - Courtney Brown refuses to
surrender to injuries. He's
already planning another
comeback." - ], - [ - " GAZA (Reuters) - Israel
expanded its military
offensive in northern Gaza,
launching two air strikes
early on Monday that killed
at least three Palestinians
and wounded two, including a
senior Hamas leader, witnesses
and medics said." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo
Co. Ltd. raised its 2004
shipment target for its DS
handheld video game device by
40 percent to 2.8 million
units on Thursday after many
stores in Japan and the
United States sold out in the
first week of sales." - ], - [ - "It took an off-the-cuff
reference to a serial
murderer/cannibal to punctuate
the Robby Gordon storyline.
Gordon has been vilified by
his peers and put on probation" - ], - [ - "By BOBBY ROSS JR. Associated
Press Writer. play the Atlanta
Hawks. They will be treated to
free food and drink and have.
their pictures taken with
Mavericks players, dancers and
team officials." - ], - [ - "ARSENAL #39;S Brazilian World
Cup winning midfielder
Gilberto Silva is set to be
out for at least a month with
a back injury, the Premiership
leaders said." - ], - [ - "INDIANAPOLIS -- With a package
of academic reforms in place,
the NCAA #39;s next crusade
will address what its
president calls a dangerous
drift toward professionalism
and sports entertainment." - ], - [ - "Autodesk this week unwrapped
an updated version of its
hosted project collaboration
service targeted at the
construction and manufacturing
industries. Autodesk Buzzsaw
lets multiple, dispersed
project participants --
including building owners,
developers, architects,
construction teams, and
facility managers -- share and
manage data throughout the
life of a project, according
to Autodesk officials." - ], - [ - "AP - It was difficult for
Southern California's Pete
Carroll and Oklahoma's Bob
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each other when the two
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Olympic silver medalist Mardy
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twins Bob and Mike Bryan will
make up the US team to compete
with Belarus in the Davis Cup,
reported CRIENGLISH." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Optimism that the
embattled technology sector
was due for a recovery sent
stocks modestly higher Monday
despite a new revenue warning
from semiconductor company
Broadcom Inc. While
Broadcom, which makes chips
for television set-top boxes
and other electronics, said
high inventories resulted in
delayed shipments, investors
were encouraged as it said
future quarters looked
brighter..." - ], - [ - "A report indicates that many
giants of the industry have
been able to capture lasting
feelings of customer loyalty." - ], - [ - "It is the news that Internet
users do not want to hear: the
worldwide web is in danger of
collapsing around us. Patrick
Gelsinger, the chief
technology officer for
computer chip maker Intel,
told a conference" - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.
employers hired just 96,000
workers in September, the
government said on Friday in a
weak jobs snapshot, the final
one ahead of presidential
elections that also fueled
speculation about a pause in
interest-rate rises." - ], - [ - "Cisco Systems CEO John
Chambers said today that his
company plans to offer twice
as many new products this year
as ever before." - ], - [ - "While the world #39;s best
athletes fight the noble
Olympic battle in stadiums and
pools, their fans storm the
streets of Athens, turning the
Greek capital into a huge
international party every
night." - ], - [ - "Carlos Barrios Orta squeezed
himself into his rubber diving
suit, pulled on an 18-pound
helmet that made him look like
an astronaut, then lowered
himself into the sewer. He
disappeared into the filthy
water, which looked like some
cauldron of rancid beef stew,
until the only sign of him was
air bubbles breaking the
surface." - ], - [ - "The mutilated body of a woman
of about sixty years,
amputated of arms and legs and
with the sliced throat, has
been discovered this morning
in a street of the south of
Faluya by the Marines,
according to a statement by
AFP photographer." - ], - [ - "Every day, somewhere in the
universe, there #39;s an
explosion that puts the power
of the Sun in the shade. Steve
Connor investigates the riddle
of gamma-ray bursts." - ], - [ - "Ten months after NASA #39;s
twin rovers landed on Mars,
scientists reported this week
that both robotic vehicles are
still navigating their rock-
studded landscapes with all
instruments operating" - ], - [ - "EVERTON showed they would not
be bullied into selling Wayne
Rooney last night by rejecting
a 23.5million bid from
Newcastle - as Manchester
United gamble on Goodison
#39;s resolve to keep the
striker." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The
magazine known for evaluating
cars and electronics is
setting its sights on finding
the best value and quality of
prescription drugs on the
market." - ], - [ - "After months of legal
wrangling, the case of
<em>People v. Kobe Bean
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Friday in Eagle, Colo., with
testimony set to begin next
month." - ], - [ - "(SH) - In Afghanistan, Hamid
Karzai defeated a raft of
candidates to win his historic
election. In Iraq, more than
200 political parties have
registered for next month
#39;s elections." - ], - [ - "Lyon coach Paul le Guen has
admitted his side would be
happy with a draw at Old
Trafford on Tuesday night. The
three-times French champions
have assured themselves of
qualification for the
Champions League" - ], - [ - "British scientists say they
have found a new, greener way
to power cars and homes using
sunflower oil, a commodity
more commonly used for cooking
fries." - ], - [ - "A mouse, a house, and your
tax-planning spouse all factor
huge in the week of earnings
that lies ahead." - ], - [ - "The United States #39; top
computer-security official has
resigned after a little more
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Department of Homeland
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host Milwaukee Brewers\\3-2 in
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vision of the Internet of the
future, one in which millions
of computer servers would
analyze and direct network
traffic to make the Web safer
and more efficient." - ], - [ - "Margaret Hassan, who works for
charity Care International,
was taken hostage while on her
way to work in Baghdad. Here
are the main events since her
kidnapping." - ], - [ - "Check out new gadgets as
holiday season approaches." - ], - [ - "DALLAS (CBS.MW) -- Royal
Dutch/Shell Group will pay a
\\$120 million penalty to
settle a Securities and
Exchange Commission
investigation of its
overstatement of nearly 4.5
billion barrels of proven
reserves, the federal agency
said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "After waiting an entire summer
for the snow to fall and
Beaver Creek to finally open,
skiers from around the planet
are coming to check out the
Birds of Prey World Cup action
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via COMTEX) -- Sony Corp will
launch its popular projection
televisions with large liquid
crystal display (LCD) screens
in China early next year, a
company spokeswoman said." - ], - [ - "I confess that I am a complete
ignoramus when it comes to
women #39;s beach volleyball.
In fact, I know only one thing
about the sport - that it is
the supreme aesthetic
experience available on planet
Earth." - ], - [ - "Manchester United Plc may
offer US billionaire Malcolm
Glazer a seat on its board if
he agrees to drop a takeover
bid for a year, the Observer
said, citing an unidentified
person in the soccer industry." - ], - [ - "PHOENIX America West Airlines
has backed away from a
potential bidding war for
bankrupt ATA Airlines, paving
the way for AirTran to take
over ATA operations." - ], - [ - "US stock-index futures
declined. Dow Jones Industrial
Average shares including
General Electric Co. slipped
in Europe. Citigroup Inc." - ], - [ - "For a guy who spent most of
his first four professional
seasons on the disabled list,
Houston Astros reliever Brad
Lidge has developed into quite
the ironman these past two
days." - ], - [ - "AFP - Outgoing EU competition
commissioner Mario Monti wants
to reach a decision on
Oracle's proposed takeover of
business software rival
PeopleSoft by the end of next
month, an official said." - ], - [ - "Former Bengal Corey Dillon
found his stride Sunday in his
second game for the New
England Patriots. Dillon
gained 158 yards on 32 carries
as the Patriots beat the
Arizona Cardinals, 23-12, for
their 17th victory in a row." - ], - [ - "If legend is to be believed,
the end of a victorious war
was behind Pheidippides #39;
trek from Marathon to Athens
2,500 years ago." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
Satellite companies would be
able to retransmit
broadcasters' television
signals for another five
years but would have to offer
those signals on a single
dish, under legislation
approved by Congress on
Saturday." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Wimbledon
champion Maria Sharapova
demolished fellow Russian
Tatiana Panova 6-1, 6-1 to
advance to the quarter-finals
of the China Open on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Sven Jaschan, who may face
five years in prison for
spreading the Netsky and
Sasser worms, is now working
in IT security. Photo: AFP." - ], - [ - "Padres general manager Kevin
Towers called Expos general
manager Omar Minaya on
Thursday afternoon and told
him he needed a shortstop
because Khalil Greene had
broken his" - ], - [ - "Motorsport.com. Nine of the
ten Formula One teams have
united to propose cost-cutting
measures for the future, with
the notable exception of
Ferrari." - ], - [ - "Reuters - The United States
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sanctions against Sudan on
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threat of punitive measures if
Khartoum did not
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region." - ], - [ - "Human rights and environmental
activists have hailed the
award of the 2004 Nobel Peace
Prize to Wangari Maathai of
Kenya as fitting recognition
of the growing role of civil
society" - ], - [ - "Federal Reserve Chairman Alan
Greenspan has done it again.
For at least the fourth time
this year, he has touched the
electrified third rail of
American politics - Social
Security." - ], - [ - "An Al Qaeda-linked militant
group beheaded an American
hostage in Iraq and threatened
last night to kill another two
Westerners in 24 hours unless
women prisoners were freed
from Iraqi jails." - ], - [ - "TechWeb - An Indian Institute
of Technology professor--and
open-source evangelist--
discusses the role of Linux
and open source in India." - ], - [ - "Here are some of the latest
health and medical news
developments, compiled by
editors of HealthDay: -----
Contaminated Fish in Many U.S.
Lakes and Rivers Fish
that may be contaminated with
dioxin, mercury, PCBs and
pesticides are swimming in
more than one-third of the
United States' lakes and
nearly one-quarter of its
rivers, according to a list of
advisories released by the
Environmental Protection
Agency..." - ], - [ - "Argentina, Denmark, Greece,
Japan and Tanzania on Friday
won coveted two-year terms on
the UN Security Council at a
time when pressure is mounting
to expand the powerful
15-nation body." - ], - [ - "Description: Scientists say
the arthritis drug Bextra may
pose increased risk of
cardiovascular troubles.
Bextra is related to Vioxx,
which was pulled off the
market in September for the
same reason." - ], - [ - "Steve Francis and Shaquille O
#39;Neal enjoyed big debuts
with their new teams. Kobe
Bryant found out he can #39;t
carry the Lakers all by
himself." - ], - [ - "The trial of a lawsuit by Walt
Disney Co. shareholders who
accuse the board of directors
of rubberstamping a deal to
hire Michael Ovitz" - ], - [ - "Australia, by winning the
third Test at Nagpur on
Friday, also won the four-
match series 2-0 with one
match to go. Australia had
last won a Test series in
India way back in December
1969 when Bill Lawry #39;s
team beat Nawab Pataudi #39;s
Indian team 3-1." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES Grocery giant
Albertsons says it has
purchased Bristol Farms, which
operates eleven upscale stores
in Southern California." - ], - [ - "ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India
agreed on Friday to re-open
the Khokhropar-Munabao railway
link, which was severed nearly
40 years ago." - ], - [ - "Final Score: Connecticut 61,
New York 51 New York, NY
(Sports Network) - Nykesha
Sales scored 15 points to lead
Connecticut to a 61-51 win
over New York in Game 1 of
their best-of-three Eastern
Conference Finals series at
Madison Square Garden." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Stocks moved higher
Friday as a stronger than
expected retail sales report
showed that higher oil prices
aren't scaring consumers away
from spending. Federal Reserve
Chairman Alan Greenspan's
positive comments on oil
prices also encouraged
investors..." - ], - [ - "The figures from a survey
released today are likely to
throw more people into the
ranks of the uninsured,
analysts said." - ], - [ - "Bill Gates is giving his big
speech right now at Microsofts
big Digital Entertainment
Anywhere event in Los Angeles.
Well have a proper report for
you soon, but in the meantime
we figured wed" - ], - [ - "Spinal and non-spinal
fractures are reduced by
almost a third in women age 80
or older who take a drug
called strontium ranelate,
European investigators
announced" - ], - [ - "JB Oxford Holdings Inc., a
Beverly Hills-based discount
brokerage firm, was sued by
the Securities and Exchange
Commission for allegedly
allowing thousands of improper
trades in more than 600 mutual
funds." - ], - [ - "BERLIN: Apple Computer Inc is
planning the next wave of
expansion for its popular
iTunes online music store with
a multi-country European
launch in October, the
services chief architect said
on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Charlotte, NC -- LeBron James
poured in a game-high 19
points and Jeff McInnis scored
18 as the Cleveland Cavaliers
routed the Charlotte Bobcats,
106-89, at the Charlotte
Coliseum." - ], - [ - "Goldman Sachs reported strong
fourth quarter and full year
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per cent on the previous
quarter. Full year profit rose
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year to \\$4.55bn." - ], - [ - "Saddam Hussein lives in an
air-conditioned 10-by-13 foot
cell on the grounds of one of
his former palaces, tending
plants and proclaiming himself
Iraq's lawful ruler." - ], - [ - "Lehmann, who was at fault in
two matches in the tournament
last season, was blundering
again with the German set to
take the rap for both Greek
goals." - ], - [ - "Calls to 13 other countries
will be blocked to thwart
auto-dialer software." - ], - [ - "AP - Brazilian U.N.
peacekeepers will remain in
Haiti until presidential
elections are held in that
Caribbean nation sometime next
year, President Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva said Monday." - ], - [ - "com September 27, 2004, 5:00
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(Sports Network) - Grace Park
and Carin Koch posted matching
rounds of six-under-par 66 on
Friday to share the lead after
the first round of the CJ Nine
Bridges Classic." - ], - [ - "SPACE.com - The Zero Gravity
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Aviation Administration (FAA)
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space." - ], - [ - "A 32-year-old woman in Belgium
has become the first woman
ever to give birth after
having ovarian tissue removed,
frozen and then implanted back
in her body." - ], - [ - "Argosy Gaming (AGY:NYSE - news
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trading Thursday, after the
company agreed to be acquired
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who's imported from IBM. He
also knows this will be the
challenge of a lifetime." - ], - [ - "Iraq is quot;working 24 hours
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terrorists, quot; interim
Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad
Allawi said Monday. Iraqis are
pushing ahead with reforms and
improvements, Allawi told" - ], - [ - "AP - Their discoveries may be
hard for many to comprehend,
but this year's Nobel Prize
winners still have to explain
what they did and how they did
it." - ], - [ - "The DuPont Co. has agreed to
pay up to \\$340 million to
settle a lawsuit that it
contaminated water supplies in
West Virginia and Ohio with a
chemical used to make Teflon,
one of its best-known brands." - ], - [ - "Benfica and Real Madrid set
the standard for soccer
success in Europe in the late
1950s and early #39;60s. The
clubs have evolved much
differently, but both have
struggled" - ], - [ - "AP - Musicians, composers and
authors were among the more
than two dozen people
Wednesday honored with
National Medal of Arts and
National Humanities awards at
the White House." - ], - [ - "More than 15 million homes in
the UK will be able to get on-
demand movies by 2008, say
analysts." - ], - [ - "Wynton Marsalis, the trumpet-
playing star and artistic
director of Jazz at Lincoln
Center, has become an entity
above and around the daily
jazz world." - ], - [ - "A well-researched study by the
National Academy of Sciences
makes a persuasive case for
refurbishing the Hubble Space
Telescope. NASA, which is
reluctant to take this
mission, should rethink its
position." - ], - [ - "BUENOS AIRES: Pakistan has
ratified the Kyoto Protocol on
Climatic Change, Environment
Minister Malik Khan said on
Thursday. He said that
Islamabad has notified UN
authorities of ratification,
which formally comes into
effect in February 2005." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Jeffrey Greenberg,
chairman and chief\\executive
of embattled insurance broker
Marsh McLennan Cos.\\, is
expected to step down within
hours, a newspaper\\reported on
Friday, citing people close to
the discussions." - ], - [ - "Staff Sgt. Johnny Horne, Jr.,
and Staff Sgt. Cardenas Alban
have been charged with murder
in the death of an Iraqi, the
1st Cavalry Division announced
Monday." - ], - [ - "LONDON -- In a deal that
appears to buck the growing
trend among governments to
adopt open-source
alternatives, the U.K.'s
Office of Government Commerce
(OGC) is negotiating a renewal
of a three-year agreement with
Microsoft Corp." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania
law requiring Internet service
providers (ISPs) to block Web
sites the state's prosecuting
attorneys deem to be child
pornography has been reversed
by a U.S. federal court, with
the judge ruling the law
violated free speech rights." - ], - [ - "The Microsoft Corp. chairman
receives four million e-mails
a day, but practically an
entire department at the
company he founded is
dedicated to ensuring that
nothing unwanted gets into his
inbox, the company #39;s chief
executive said Thursday." - ], - [ - "The 7100t has a mobile phone,
e-mail, instant messaging, Web
browsing and functions as an
organiser. The device looks
like a mobile phone and has
the features of the other
BlackBerry models, with a
large screen" - ], - [ - "President Vladimir Putin makes
a speech as he hosts Russia
#39;s Olympic athletes at a
Kremlin banquet in Moscow,
Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004." - ], - [ - "Apple Computer has unveiled
two new versions of its hugely
successful iPod: the iPod
Photo and the U2 iPod. Apple
also has expanded" - ], - [ - "Pakistan are closing in fast
on Sri Lanka #39;s first
innings total after impressing
with both ball and bat on the
second day of the opening Test
in Faisalabad." - ], - [ - "A state regulatory board
yesterday handed a five-year
suspension to a Lawrence
funeral director accused of
unprofessional conduct and
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southern Russia marched
through snow to see and hear
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women on Pitcairn Island in
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major Australian regional
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cost regions over the next
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its journey to New York after
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with Gold Fields Ltd. was
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resolution on Darfur and that
Secretary of State Colin
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whether the violence in
western Sudan constitutes
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19th straight game at home and
are one game from winning
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Portable Media Center -- a
new, Microsoft-conceived
handheld device that presents
video and photos as well as
music -- would be a decent
idea if there weren't such a
thing as lampposts. Or street
signs. Or trees. Or other
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public finances." - ], - [ - "The Air Force Reserve #39;s
Hurricane Hunters, those
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the eyewalls of hurricanes to
relay critical data on
tropical systems, were chased
from their base on the
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shares were expected to open
lower on Wednesday after
crude oil pushed to a fresh
high overnight, while Web
search engine Google Inc.
dented sentiment as it
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initial public offering." - ], - [ - "The eighth-seeded American
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spluttered back to normality." - ], - [ - "Embargo or not, Fidel Castro's
socialist paradise has quietly
become a pharmaceutical
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cool when starting center
Jason Respert drove off in the
coach's golf cart at practice." - ], - [ - "GOALS from Wayne Rooney and
Ruud van Nistelrooy gave
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Newcastle. Alan Shearer
briefly levelled matters for
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#39;s second- largest
marketing and advertising
company, said it won the
bidding for Grey Global Group
Inc." - ], - [ - "AFP - Australia has accounted
for all its nationals known to
be working in Iraq following a
claim by a radical Islamic
group to have kidnapped two
Australians, Foreign Affairs
Minister Alexander Downer
said." - ], - [ - "A new worm can spy on users by
hijacking their Web cameras, a
security firm warned Monday.
The Rbot.gr worm -- the latest
in a long line of similar
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estimates that more than 4,000
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were slightly lower on
Tuesday, as concerns about
higher oil prices cutting into
corporate profits and
consumer demand weighed on
sentiment, while retail sales
posted a larger-than-expected
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PalmSource will be complete
with Eric Benhamou's
resignation as the latter's
chairman." - ], - [ - "AP - Two-time U.S. Open
doubles champion Max Mirnyi
will lead the Belarus team
that faces the United States
in the Davis Cup semifinals in
Charleston later this month." - ], - [ - "The hurricane appeared to be
strengthening and forecasters
warned of an increased threat
of serious flooding and wind
damage." - ], - [ - "AP - New York Jets safety Erik
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manager and held it tightly." - ], - [ - " SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil
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barrel on Wednesday, rising
for the third day in a row as
the heavy consuming U.S.
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more jobs and slashing the
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prompted by the company's plan
to retreat from the
traditional consumer telephone
business following a lost
court battle." - ], - [ - "The government on Wednesday
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#39;s deficit figures, ahead
of a European Commission
meeting to consider possible
disciplinary action against
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figures." - ], - [ - "Ivan Hlinka coached the Czech
Republic to the hockey gold
medal at the 1998 Nagano
Olympics and became the coach
of the Pittsburgh Penguins two
years later." - ], - [ - "Four homeless men were
bludgeoned to death and six
were in critical condition on
Friday following early morning
attacks by unknown assailants
in downtown streets of Sao
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said." - ], - [ - "OPEC ministers yesterday
agreed to increase their
ceiling for oil production to
help bring down stubbornly
high prices in a decision that
traders and analysts dismissed
as symbolic because the cartel
already is pumping more than
its new target." - ], - [ - "Williams-Sonoma Inc. said
second- quarter profit rose 55
percent, boosted by the
addition of Pottery Barn
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which held that peer-to-peer
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personal computer maker,
Lenovo Group Ltd., said on
Tuesday it was in acquisition
talks with a major technology
company, which a source
familiar with the situation
said was IBM." - ], - [ - "Phone companies are not doing
enough to warn customers about
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game this week. Light
practices. And now Auburn is
being touted as the No. 3 team
in the Bowl Championship
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Redknapp has been named as the
Barclays manager of the month
for October. Redknapp #39;s
side were unbeaten during the
month and maintained an
impressive climb to ninth in
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takes action against senior
party member Uma Bharti after
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Monday that Kellogg chief
executive Carlos Gutierrez
would replace Don Evans as
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first of many expected changes
to his economic team." - ], - [ - "Iron Mountain moved further
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extended its offer of a \\$10
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leading to the capture of two
separatist leaders who, the
Kremlin claims, were behind
the Beslan massacre." - ], - [ - "AP - Manny Ramirez singled and
scored before leaving with a
bruised knee, and the
streaking Boston Red Sox beat
the Detroit Tigers 5-3 Friday
night for their 10th victory
in 11 games." - ], - [ - "A remote attacker could take
complete control over
computers running many
versions of Microsoft software
by inserting malicious code in
a JPEG image that executes
through an unchecked buffer" - ], - [ - "Montgomery County (website -
news) is a big step closer to
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drugs north of the border. On
a 7-2 vote, the County Council
is approving a plan that would
give county" - ], - [ - "Israels Shin Bet security
service has tightened
protection of the prime
minister, MPs and parliament
ahead of next weeks crucial
vote on a Gaza withdrawal." - ], - [ - "The news comes fast and
furious. Pedro Martinez goes
to Tampa to visit George
Steinbrenner. Theo Epstein and
John Henry go to Florida for
their turn with Pedro. Carl
Pavano comes to Boston to
visit Curt Schilling. Jason
Varitek says he's not a goner.
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says he wishes it could be
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Kentucky stayed at fever pitch
on Thursday as Democratic
challenger Daniel Mongiardo
stressed his opposition to gay
marriage while accusing
Republican incumbent Jim
Bunning of fueling personal
attacks that seemed to suggest
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companies use a patented
Honeywell technology for
brightening images and
reducing interference on
displays." - ], - [ - "The co-president of Oracle
testified that her company was
serious about its takeover
offer for PeopleSoft and was
not trying to scare off its
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firm won #39;t sell 1.2
million doses of influenza
vaccine to the United States
after all, announcing Tuesday
that it will sell the doses
within Canada instead." - ], - [ - "An extremely rare Hawaiian
bird dies in captivity,
possibly marking the
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was first discovered." - ], - [ - "Does Geico's trademark lawsuit
against Google have merit? How
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died in his sleep on Friday at
a hospital in Syracuse, New
York, while trying to recover
from a bout of pneumonia, his
grandson, Fred Hale III said." - ], - [ - "The Oakland Raiders have
traded Jerry Rice to the
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expected to grant the most
prolific receiver in National
Football League history his
wish to get more playing time." - ], - [ - "consortium led by the Sony
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a tentative agreement today to
buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the
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Machines Corp.'s possible exit
from the personal computer
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move in what amounts to a long
goodbye from a field it
pioneered and revolutionized." - ], - [ - "Leipzig Game Convention in
Germany, the stage for price-
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announced that it #39;s
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the UK and Europe to 104.99
GBP." - ], - [ - "AP - Florida coach Ron Zook
was fired Monday but will be
allowed to finish the season,
athletic director Jeremy Foley
told The Gainesville Sun." - ], - [ - "The country-cooking restaurant
chain has agreed to pay \\$8.7
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it segregated black customers,
subjected them to racial slurs
and gave black workers
inferior jobs." - ], - [ - "Troy Brown has had to make a
lot of adjustments while
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football. quot;You always
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African countries Tuesday
pledged better trade and
investment relations with
China as well as India in the
final communique released at
the end of their two-day
summit." - ], - [ - "In yet another devastating
body blow to the company,
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) announced
it would be canceling its
4-GHz Pentium chip. The
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it was switching" - ], - [ - "Jenson Button will tomorrow
discover whether he is allowed
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Williams for 2005. The
Englishman has signed
contracts with both teams but
prefers a switch to Williams,
where he began his Formula One
career in 2000." - ], - [ - "Seagate #39;s native SATA
interface technology with
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match the performance of
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last night suffered a
Champions League setback as
Brazilian midfielder Gilberto
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released a video saying it
kidnapped a missing journalist
in Iraq and would kill him
unless US forces left Najaf
within 48 hours." - ], - [ - "18 August 2004 -- There has
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US and Iraqi troops and Shi
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radical cleric Muqtada al-
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familiar with one of the most
common questions we hear at
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Asian exporters and
electronics firms such as
Fujitsu Ltd. on Tuesday,
buoyed by a favorable outlook
from U.S. technology
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prices." - ], - [ - "Ace Ltd. will stop paying
brokers for steering business
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the five days since New York
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
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insurance industry." - ], - [ - "Vice chairman of the office of
the chief executive officer in
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#39;s largest maker of chewing
gum, agreed to buy candy
businesses including Altoids
mints and Life Savers from
Kraft Foods Inc." - ], - [ - "American improves to 3-1 on
the season with a hard-fought
overtime win, 74-63, against
Loyala at Bender Arena on
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on the third Test and the
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drove to the stadium Sunday
morning, his bruised ribs were
so sore, he wasn #39;t sure he
#39;d be able to suit up for
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so single-minded in pursuing
their third Super Bowl triumph
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have no room for any other
history." - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - Canada #39;s
big banks are increasing
mortgage rates following a
decision by the Bank of Canada
to raise its overnight rate by
one-quarter of a percentage
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Korea's two-year-old nuclear
crisis has taxed the world's
patience, the chief United
Nations nuclear regulator
said on Wednesday, urging
communist Pyongyang to return
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to announce plans for its
revamped Windows XP Media
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government's choice for
president of war-ravaged
Chechnya appeared to be the
victor Sunday in an election
tainted by charges of fraud
and shadowed by last week's
terrorist destruction of two
airliners. Little more than
two hours after polls closed,
acting Chechen president
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certain to stumble at some
point during the regular
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that they will falter against
a team with as many offensive
problems as Baltimore has
right now." - ], - [ - "AP - J.J. Arrington ran for 84
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half and Aaron Rodgers shook
off a slow start to throw two
touchdown passes to help No. 5
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Hussein #39;s deputy whose
capture was announced Sunday,
is 62 and riddled with cancer,
but was public enemy number
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#39;s most powerful military." - ], - [ - "AP - An explosion targeted the
Baghdad governor's convoy as
he was traveling through the
capital Tuesday, killing two
people but leaving him
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Ministry said." - ], - [ - "GENEVA: Rescuers have found
the bodies of five Swiss
firemen who died after the
ceiling of an underground car
park collapsed during a fire,
a police spokesman said last
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front porch is optional where
perhaps 100 people ask
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gracing the nation's dinner
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selectively bred for their
white meat for so many
generations that simply
walking can be a problem for
many of the big-breasted birds
and sex is no longer possible." - ], - [ - "OTTAWA (CP) - The economy
created another 43,000 jobs
last month, pushing the
unemployment rate down to 7.1
per cent from 7.2 per cent in
August, Statistics Canada said
Friday." - ], - [ - "The right-win opposition
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Center Union won 43 seats in
the 141-member Lithuanian
parliament, after more than 99
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bringing security to Darfur,
where more than a million
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Mardy Fish will play singles
for the United States in this
weekend #39;s Davis Cup
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Belarus." - ], - [ - "AFP - With less than two
months until the November 2
election, President George W.
Bush is working to shore up
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undecided voters." - ], - [ - "The bass should be in your
face. That's what Matt Kelly,
of Boston's popular punk rock
band Dropkick Murphys, thinks
is the mark of a great stereo
system. And he should know.
Kelly, 29, is the drummer for
the band that likes to think
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entering a boy's club when she
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game #39;s watchers have
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just two players have gone
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people to drop their weapons
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clothing retailer, said Monday
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quarterback and a stingy,
opportunistic defense, it's
difficult to imagine when the
New England Patriots might
lose again. Brady and
defensive end Richard Seymour
combined to secure the
Patriots' record-tying 18th
straight victory, 31-17 over
the Buffalo Bills on Sunday." - ], - [ - "FRANKFURT, GERMANY -- The
German subsidiaries of
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Novell Inc. are teaming to
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sector." - ], - [ - "SBC Communications expects to
cut 10,000 or more jobs by the
end of next year through
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U.S.-backed government said on
Tuesday that \"major neglect\"
by its American-led military
allies led to a massacre of 49
army recruits at the weekend." - ], - [ - "SiliconValley.com - \"I'm
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Thursday morning in his first
public appearance before
reporters since cancer surgery
in late July." - ], - [ - "BEIJING -- Police have
detained a man accused of
slashing as many as nine boys
to death as they slept in
their high school dormitory in
central China, state media
reported today." - ], - [ - "Health India: London, Nov 4 :
Cosmetic face cream used by
fashionable Roman women was
discovered at an ongoing
archaeological dig in London,
in a metal container, complete
with the lid and contents." - ], - [ - "Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
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agreed on Thursday to a
possible alliance with
opposition Labour in a vote
that averted a snap election
and strengthened his Gaza
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are reckless and incompetent." - ], - [ - "Approaching Hurricane Ivan has
led to postponement of the
game Thursday night between
10th-ranked California and
Southern Mississippi in
Hattiesburg, Cal #39;s
athletic director said Monday." - ], - [ - "Global oil prices boomed on
Wednesday, spreading fear that
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economical alternative for
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capable of providing." - ], - [ - "This is an eye chart,
reprinted as a public service
to the New York Mets so they
may see from what they suffer:
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showing US core inflation for
August below market
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Macintosh Business Unit on
Tuesday issued a patch for
Virtual PC 7 that fixes a
problem that occurred when
running the software on Power
Mac G5 computers with more
than 2GB of RAM installed.
Previously, Virtual PC 7 would
not run on those computers,
causing a fatal error that
crashed the application.
Microsoft also noted that
Virtual PC 7.0.1 also offers
stability improvements,
although it wasn't more
specific than that -- some
users have reported problems
with using USB devices and
other issues." - ], - [ - "Samsung is now the world #39;s
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to market watcher Gartner, the
South Korean company has
finally knocked Motorola into
third place." - ], - [ - "Don't bother buying Star Wars:
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for a first-class shooter --
there are far better games out
there. But if you're a Star
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preparing to launch a large-
scale attack against Falluja
and al-Ramadi, one of the
chieftains of Falluja said
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end two different wars in the
country even as they left for
Kenya on Tuesday for a meeting
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after day, locked in a cement
room somewhere in Iraq, the
hooded men beat him. They told
him he would be beheaded.
''Ameriqi! quot; they shouted,
even though he comes from this
poor Sri Lankan fishing
village." - ], - [ - "THE kidnappers of British aid
worker Margaret Hassan last
night threatened to turn her
over to the group which
beheaded Ken Bigley if the
British Government refuses to
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stocks climbed to a two week
high on Friday after Tokyo
Electron Ltd. and other chip-
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by a bullish revenue outlook
from industry leader Intel
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tool-making ability, the human
species was set apart from its
ancestors by the ability to
jog mile after lung-stabbing
mile with greater endurance
than any other primate,
according to research
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product used to treat both
male hair loss and prostate
problems has been added to the
list of banned drugs for
athletes." - ], - [ - "AP - Curtis Martin and Jerome
Bettis have the opportunity to
go over 13,000 career yards
rushing in the same game when
Bettis and the Pittsburgh
Steelers play Martin and the
New York Jets in a big AFC
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officerswere killed on Tuesday
in an ambush by the National
LiberationArmy, or ELN, in the
worst attack by the Marxist
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subsidiary Altnet announced
yesterday that they have filed
a patent infringement suit
against the Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA)." - ], - [ - "AFP - US President George W.
Bush called his Philippines
counterpart Gloria Arroyo and
said their countries should
keep strong ties, a spokesman
said after a spat over
Arroyo's handling of an Iraq
kidnapping." - ], - [ - "A scathing judgment from the
UK #39;s highest court
condemning the UK government
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foreign terror suspects as a
threat to the life of the
nation, left anti-terrorist
laws in the UK in tatters on
Thursday." - ], - [ - "Sony Ericsson and Cingular
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slammed ashore in northern
Japan on Friday, bringing the
death toll to at least 13 and
cutting power to thousands of
homes before heading out into
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Hosni Mubarak held telephone
talks with Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat about Israel
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the 8,000 Jewish settlers out
of the Gaza Strip next year,
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boost its revenue from the
fast-growing Internet
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court-martialed over the Abu
Ghraib abuse scandal was
sentenced Saturday to eight
months in jail, a reduction in
rank and a bad-conduct
discharge." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will
seek an explanation at weekend
talks with North Korea on
activity indicating Pyongyang
may be preparing a missile
test, although Tokyo does not
think a launch is imminent,
Japan's top government
spokesman said." - ], - [ - "Michigan Stadium was mostly
filled with empty seats. The
only cheers were coming from
near one end zone -he Iowa
section. By Carlos Osorio, AP." - ], - [ - "The International Rugby Board
today confirmed that three
countries have expressed an
interest in hosting the 2011
World Cup. New Zealand, South
Africa and Japan are leading
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#39;s global spectacular in
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announced plans to lay off
hundreds of employees and to
drop most of its flights out
of Midway Airport in Chicago." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Iran will
never be prepared to
dismantle its nuclear program
entirely but remains committed
to the non-proliferation
treaty (NPT), its chief
delegate to the International
Atomic Energy Agency said on
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for taking part in a
conspiracy to fix the prices
of synthetic rubber, the U.S.
Justice Department said on
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season in the Atlantic Coast
Conference, No. 11 Virginia
Tech is headed to the BCS.
Bryan Randall threw two
touchdown passes and the
Virginia Tech defense came up
big all day as the Hokies
knocked off No." - ], - [ - "(CP) - Somehow, in the span of
half an hour, the Detroit
Tigers #39; pitching went from
brutal to brilliant. Shortly
after being on the wrong end
of several records in a 26-5
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President Bush on
Saturdayreached into a throng
of squabbling bodyguards and
pulled aSecret Service agent
away from Chilean security
officers afterthey stopped the
U.S. agent from accompanying
the president ata
dinner.</p>" - ], - [ - " quot;It #39;s your mail,
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read it. You can even switch
to other e-mail services
without having to worry about
losing access to your
messages." - ], - [ - "The US oil giant got a good
price, Russia #39;s No. 1 oil
company acquired a savvy
partner, and Putin polished
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0-4 - the only member of a
Bowl Championship Series
conference left without a win
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as the only team left on the
schedule that UW will be
favored to beat." - ], - [ - "Darryl Sutter, who coached the
Calgary Flames to the Stanley
Cup finals last season, had an
emergency appendectomy and was
recovering Friday." - ], - [ - "The maker of Hostess Twinkies,
a cake bar and a piece of
Americana children have
snacked on for almost 75
years, yesterday raised
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business." - ], - [ - "Iranian deputy foreign
minister Gholamali Khoshrou
denied Tuesday that his
country #39;s top leaders were
at odds over whether nuclear
weapons were un-Islamic,
insisting that it will
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assisting the Ivory Coast army
operated unmanned aircraft
that aided aerial bombings of
a French base in the country,
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straight day a Briton captured
gold at the Olympic Velodrome.
Bradley Wiggins won the men
#39;s individual 4,000-meter
pursuit Saturday, one day
after teammate" - ], - [ - "AFP - SAP, the world's leading
maker of business software,
may need an extra year to
achieve its medium-term profit
target of an operating margin
of 30 percent, its chief
financial officer said." - ], - [ - "Tenet Healthcare Corp., the
second- largest US hospital
chain, said fourth-quarter
charges may exceed \\$1 billion
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operations will widen from the
third quarter #39;s because of
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it had managed to cut its
first-half net loss by about
90 percent but warned that
spiralling fuel costs were
hampering a turnaround despite
increasing passenger travel." - ], - [ - "Vulnerable youngsters expelled
from schools in England are
being let down by the system,
say inspectors." - ], - [ - "Yasser Arafat was undergoing
tests for possible leukaemia
at a military hospital outside
Paris last night after being
airlifted from his Ramallah
headquarters to an anxious
farewell from Palestinian
well-wishers." - ], - [ - "The world #39;s only captive
great white shark made history
this week when she ate several
salmon fillets, marking the
first time that a white shark
in captivity" - ], - [ - "Nepal #39;s main opposition
party urged the government on
Monday to call a unilateral
ceasefire with Maoist rebels
and seek peace talks to end a
road blockade that has cut the
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adding in-flight Internet
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portfolio. Specifically, iPass
said it will add access
offered by Connexion by Boeing
to its list of access
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help fund the 69.5m purchase
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and Boston were tied 4-4 after
13 innings Monday night with
the Red Sox trying to stay
alive in the AL championship
series. Boston tied the
game with two runs in the
eighth inning on David Ortiz's
solo homer, a walk to Kevin
Millar, a single by Trot Nixon
and a sacrifice fly by Jason
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points for Norway at Hampden
on Saturday. James McFadden
was ordered off after 53
minutes for deliberate
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small dip in oil prices
helped lure investors back to
recent underperformers such
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for the first time Tuesday as
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raised worries about possible
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northern hemisphere winter." - ], - [ - "AP - Ailing St. Louis reliever
Steve Kline was unavailable
for Game 3 of the NL
championship series on
Saturday, but Cardinals
manager Tony LaRussa hopes the
left-hander will pitch later
this postseason." - ], - [ - "Company launches free test
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hampering the work of
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final push before next
Tuesday's election, talk of
nuclear annihilation and
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blended with balloon drops,
confetti cannons and the other
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that it is sometimes tough to
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free kick from David Beckham
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over newly promoted Numancia
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arrived at Florida in 1990,
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probation for a year stemming
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states and six foreign
countries of 28 suspected
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charges of identity theft,
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next year despite having
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Prime Minister Tony Blair
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action in Iraq, Prime Minister
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British troops rolled out of
southern Iraq on a US-
requested mission to deadlier
areas near Baghdad, in a major
political gamble for British
Prime Minister Tony Blair." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
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threat and agree on a plan of
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greenhouse gases." - ], - [ - "Newspapers in Greece reflect a
mixture of exhilaration that
the Athens Olympics proved
successful, and relief that
they passed off without any
major setback." - ], - [ - "SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple
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unveiled a batch of new iPods,
iTunes software and promos
designed to keep it atop the
heap of digital music players." - ], - [ - "Any product, any shape, any
size -- manufactured on your
desktop! The future is the
fabricator. By Bruce Sterling
from Wired magazine." - ], - [ - "KABUL, Sept 22 (AFP): Three US
soldiers were killed and 14
wounded in a series of fierce
clashes with suspected Taliban
fighters in south and eastern
Afghanistan this week, the US
military said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "The EU and US moved closer to
an aviation trade war after
failing to reach agreement
during talks Thursday on
subsidies to Airbus Industrie." - ], - [ - "AUSTRALIAN journalist John
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after spending 24 hours in the
hands of Iraqi militants at
the weekend. Martinkus was in
Baghdad working for the SBS
Dateline TV current affairs
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helicopter fired a missile
into a town in the southern
Gaza Strip late on Wednesday,
witnesses said, hours after a
Palestinian suicide bomber
blew herself up in Jerusalem,
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policemen." - ], - [ - "The Microsoft CEO says one way
to stem growing piracy of
Windows and Office in emerging
markets is to offer low-cost
computers." - ], - [ - "RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi
police are seeking two young
men in the killing of a Briton
in a Riyadh parking lot, the
Interior Ministry said today,
and the British ambassador
called it a terrorist attack." - ], - [ - "Loudon, NH -- As the rain
began falling late Friday
afternoon at New Hampshire
International Speedway, the
rich in the Nextel Cup garage
got richer." - ], - [ - "PalmSource surprised the
mobile vendor community today
with the announcement that it
will acquire China MobileSoft
(CMS), ostensibly to leverage
that company's expertise in
building a mobile version of
the Linux operating system." - ], - [ - "JEFFERSON CITY - An election
security expert has raised
questions about Missouri
Secretary of State Matt Blunt
#39;s plan to let soldiers at
remote duty stations or in
combat areas cast their
ballots with the help of
e-mail." - ], - [ - "A gas explosion at a coal mine
in northern China killed 33
workers in the 10th deadly
mine blast reported in three
months. The explosion occurred
yesterday at 4:20 pm at Nanlou
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expected to succeed Yasser
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wing Marian Hossa is switching
European teams during the NHL
lockout." - ], - [ - "A new, optional log-on service
from America Online that makes
it harder for scammers to
access a persons online
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for Macintosh" - ], - [ - "Nasser al-Qidwa, Palestinian
representative at the United
Nations and nephew of late
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French journalists abducted in
Baghdad, saying the French
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Buckingham Palace protester
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shares lost a quarter of their
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playing area is so vast that
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if it's not taking place right
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Israeli spy Azzam Azzam in an
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soldier and wounded four with
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cosmonauts and an American
astronaut to the international
space station streaked into
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Midway International Airport
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forms in the offices of an
Iranian aid group were offered
three choices: Train for
suicide attacks against U.S.
troops in Iraq, for suicide
attacks against Israelis or to
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the most talented yet star-
crossed hurdler of her
generation, was unable to
complete even one hurdle in
100-meter event Sunday -
failing once again to win an
Olympic hurdling medal.
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world championships in the
hurdles but has always flopped
at the Olympics, pulled up
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release cycle may be making it
more predictable for users to
deploy software updates, but
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Anthony Davis ran for 122
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lead No. 6 Wisconsin over
Northwestern, 24-12, to
celebrate Homecoming weekend
at Camp Randall Stadium." - ], - [ - "LaVar Arrington participated
in his first practice since
Oct. 25, when he aggravated a
knee injury that sidelined him
for 10 games." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billie
Jean King cut her final tie
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Sudanese government and its
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Kenyan capital on Friday to
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Security Council ambassadors
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the last eight days of spring
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President Alfonso Portillo
#151; suspected of corruption
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working part-time in the same
Mexican city he fled two
decades ago to avoid arrest on
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launch commercial space
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European Union over biotech
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Trade Organization agreed to
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second quarter of 2004, a
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that Tehran has a secret atom
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FRANCISCO (AP) -- EBay Inc.,
which has been aggressively
expanding in Asia, plans to
increase its stake in South
Korea's largest online auction
company. The Internet
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night that it would purchase
nearly 3 million publicly held
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Colin Powell wrapped up a
three-nation tour of Asia
after winning pledges from
Japan, China and South Korea
to press North Korea to resume
stalled talks on its nuclear
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suspended senior wide receiver
Craphonso Thorpe for the
Seminoles #39; game against
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company says one of its four
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in Iraq has been freed. It
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status of the others being
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tightfisted amid soaring
gasoline costs in August and
hurricane-related disruptions
last week sent applications
for jobless benefits to their
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cleaners -- almost as loud as
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bristled, battled and
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second US Open title with a
second-round victory over
Moroccan Hicham Arazi on
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maker, Lenovo Group, said
Wednesday it has acquired a
majority stake in
International Business
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computer business for
#36;1.75 billion, one of the
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Canada urged Haitian leaders
on Sunday to allow the
political party of the deposed
president, Jean-Bertrand
Aristide, to take part in new
elections." - ], - [ - "Hostage takers holding up to
240 people at a school in
southern Russia have refused
to talk with a top Islamic
leader and demanded to meet
with regional leaders instead,
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search for a new manager, the
club is giving a last-minute
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mall owner Westfield Group
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finally gives credit to the
everyday grunts who couldn
#39;t summon the Force for
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Midfielder Edgar Davids #39;s
leadership qualities and
never-say-die attitude have
earned him the captaincy of
the Netherlands under new
coach Marco van Basten." - ], - [ - "COUNTY KILKENNY, Ireland (PA)
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world No. 1 Vijay Singh
pulling out of this week #39;s
WGC-American Express
Championship at Mount Juliet." - ], - [ - "Green Bay, WI (Sports Network)
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be without the services of Pro
Bowl center Mike Flanagan for
the remainder of the season,
as he will undergo left knee
surgery." - ], - [ - "Diabetics should test their
blood sugar levels more
regularly to reduce the risk
of cardiovascular disease, a
study says." - ], - [ - "COLUMBUS, Ohio -- NCAA
investigators will return to
Ohio State University Monday
to take another look at the
football program after the
latest round of allegations
made by former players,
according to the Akron Beacon
Journal." - ], - [ - " LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -
Federal authorities raided
three Washington, D.C.-area
video game stores and arrested
two people for modifying
video game consoles to play
pirated video games, a video
game industry group said on
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Ferguson a 1,000th game
anniversary present by
reaching the last 16 of the
Champions League yesterday,
while four-time winners Bayern
Munich romped into the second
round with a 5-1 beating of
Maccabi Tel Aviv." - ], - [ - "Iraq's interim Prime Minister
Ayad Allawi announced that
proceedings would begin
against former Baath Party
leaders." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Delta Air Lines Inc.
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performance review." - ], - [ - "Northwest Airlines Corp., the
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tentative agreement on a
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played the Texas Rangers, they
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deploying set-top boxes
powered by Microsoft software
starting next week." - ], - [ - "SEATTLE - Chasing a nearly
forgotten ghost of the game,
Ichiro Suzuki broke one of
baseball #39;s oldest records
Friday night, smoking a single
up the middle for his 258th
hit of the year and breaking
George Sisler #39;s record for
the most hits in a season" - ], - [ - "Grace Park, her caddie - and
fans - were poking around in
the desert brush alongside the
18th fairway desperately
looking for her ball." - ], - [ - "Philippines mobile phone
operator Smart Communications
Inc. is in talks with
Singapore #39;s Mobile One for
a possible tie-up,
BusinessWorld reported Monday." - ], - [ - "Washington Redskins kicker
John Hall strained his right
groin during practice
Thursday, his third leg injury
of the season. Hall will be
held out of practice Friday
and is questionable for Sunday
#39;s game against the Chicago
Bears." - ], - [ - "Airline warns it may file for
bankruptcy if too many senior
pilots take early retirement
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CEO says it faces bankruptcy
if it can #39;t slow the pace
of pilots taking early
retirement." - ], - [ - "A toxic batch of home-brewed
alcohol has killed 31 people
in several towns in central
Pakistan, police and hospital
officials say." - ], - [ - "Thornbugs communicate by
vibrating the branches they
live on. Now scientists are
discovering just what the bugs
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Arkansas Razorbacks meet for
just the sixth time Saturday.
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advantage in the previous five
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company, Eastman Kodak Co.,
reported Tuesday it plans to
eliminate almost 900 jobs this
year in a restructuring of its
overseas operations." - ], - [ - "A top official of the US Food
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colleagues quot;categorically
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protect the public against
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Korea is committed to holding
six-party talks aimed at
resolving the crisis over its
nuclear weapons program, but
has not indicated when, a top
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Tuesday." - ], - [ - "AP - 1941 #151; Brooklyn
catcher Mickey Owen dropped a
third strike on Tommy Henrich
of what would have been the
last out of a Dodgers victory
against the New York Yankees.
Given the second chance, the
Yankees scored four runs for a
7-4 victory and a 3-1 lead in
the World Series, which they
ended up winning." - ], - [ - "Federal prosecutors cracked a
global cartel that had
illegally fixed prices of
memory chips in personal
computers and servers for
three years." - ], - [ - "AP - Oracle Corp. CEO Larry
Ellison reiterated his
determination to prevail in a
long-running takeover battle
with rival business software
maker PeopleSoft Inc.,
predicting the proposed deal
will create a more competitive
company with improved customer
service." - ], - [ - "Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal
was arrested on drunken
driving charges Friday, his
second D.U.I. arrest in four
years." - ], - [ - "AFP - British retailer Marks
and Spencer announced a major
management shake-up as part of
efforts to revive its
fortunes, saying trading has
become tougher ahead of the
crucial Christmas period." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's
interim government extended
the closure of Baghdad
international airport
indefinitely on Saturday
under emergency rule imposed
ahead of this week's U.S.-led
offensive on Falluja." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - Natalie
Coughlin's run of bad luck
finally took a turn for the
better when she won the gold
medal in the women's 100
meters backstroke at the
Athens Olympics Monday." - ], - [ - " ATLANTA (Reuters) - Home
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rise in third-quarter profit,
topping estimates, aided by
installed services and sales
to contractors." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar
fought back from one-month
lows against the euro and
Swiss franc on Wednesday as
investors viewed its sell-off
in the wake of the Federal
Reserve's verdict on interest
rates as overdone." - ], - [ - "Rivaling Bush vs. Kerry for
bitterness, doctors and trial
lawyers are squaring off this
fall in an unprecedented four-
state struggle over limiting
malpractice awards..." - ], - [ - "Boston Scientific Corp said on
Friday it has recalled an ear
implant the company acquired
as part of its purchase of
Advanced Bionics in June." - ], - [ - "AP - Pedro Feliz hit a
tiebreaking grand slam with
two outs in the eighth inning
for his fourth hit of the day,
and the Giants helped their
playoff chances with a 9-5
victory over the Los Angeles
Dodgers on Saturday." - ], - [ - "MarketWatch.com. Richemont
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Reserve." - ], - [ - "AP - Hundreds of tribesmen
gathered Tuesday near the area
where suspected al-Qaida-
linked militants are holding
two Chinese engineers and
demanding safe passage to
their reputed leader, a former
U.S. prisoner from Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, officials and
residents said." - ], - [ - "AP - Scientists warned Tuesday
that a long-term increase in
global temperature of 3.5
degrees could threaten Latin
American water supplies,
reduce food yields in Asia and
result in a rise in extreme
weather conditions in the
Caribbean." - ], - [ - "AP - Further proof New York's
real estate market is
inflated: The city plans to
sell space on top of lampposts
to wireless phone companies
for #36;21.6 million a year." - ], - [ - "In an alarming development,
high-precision equipment and
materials which could be used
for making nuclear bombs have
disappeared from some Iraqi
facilities, the United Nations
watchdog agency has said." - ], - [ - "Yukos #39; largest oil-
producing unit regained power
supplies from Tyumenenergo, a
Siberia-based electricity
generator, Friday after the
subsidiary pledged to pay 440
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in debt by Oct. 3." - ], - [ - "The rollout of new servers and
networking switches in stores
is part of a five-year
agreement supporting 7-Eleven
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launched a wave of court cases
against internet users who
illegally download film files.
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television-buying frenzy the
run-up to the Athens Olympics,
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bedroom with your PC plus
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intact. If you have a Webcam
plugged into an infected
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Rosabeth Moss Kanter is an
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Dynamo Kiev, Bayer Leverkusen,
and Real Madrid all have a
good chance of qualifying for
the Champions League Round of
16 if they can get the right
results in Group F on
Wednesday night." - ], - [ - "Ed Hinkel made a diving,
fingertip catch for a key
touchdown and No. 16 Iowa
stiffened on defense when it
needed to most to beat Iowa
State 17-10 Saturday." - ], - [ - "During last Sunday #39;s
Nextel Cup race, amid the
ongoing furor over Dale
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language, NBC ran a commercial
for a show coming on later
that night called quot;Law
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fog and chill, top-ranked
Southern California finishes
its season in familiar
comfort. The Trojans (9-0, 6-0
Pacific-10) have two games at
home #151; against Arizona on
Saturday and Notre Dame on
Nov. 27 #151; before their
rivalry game at UCLA." - ], - [ - "A US airman dies and two are
hurt as a helicopter crashes
due to technical problems in
western Afghanistan." - ], - [ - "Jacques Chirac has ruled out
any withdrawal of French
troops from Ivory Coast,
despite unrest and anti-French
attacks, which have forced the
evacuation of thousands of
Westerners." - ], - [ - "Japanese Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled
his cabinet yesterday,
replacing several top
ministers in an effort to
boost his popularity,
consolidate political support
and quicken the pace of
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top-tier racing series
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telecommunications giant
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the Internet for free, turning
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two Georgian soldiers were
killed and five wounded in
artillery fire with
separatists in the breakaway
region of South Ossetia,
Georgian officials said on
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female migrant workers freed
by militants in Iraq are
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other. Britain's Paula
Radcliffe, the fastest female
marathoner in history, failed
to finish either of her
Olympic races last summer.
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reported an increase in the
volume of suspicious
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police, a new report by KPMG
suggests." - ], - [ - "The Sun may have captured
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his sights on an improved
putting display this week at
the World Golf Championships
#39; NEC Invitational in
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NASCAR by winning a 1999
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unknown, young race drivers to
work for one of the sport
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Kyoto Protocol, the Kremlin
said Friday, clearing the way
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come into force early next
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computer managers with asset
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South due to Hurricane
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National Guard during the
Vietnam War was questioned
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Beijing to ensure the city is
ready to host the 2008 Games
well in advance, an official
said on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AFP - German Chancellor
Gerhard Schroeder arrived in
Libya for an official visit
during which he is to hold
talks with Libyan leader
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claims 100,000 Iraqi civilians
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House joined forces yesterday
to deny allegations due to be
made at an employment tribunal
today by a former art teacher
that she improperly helped
Prince Harry secure an A-level
pass in art two years ago." - ], - [ - "AFP - Great Britain's chances
of qualifying for the World
Group of the Davis Cup were
evaporating rapidly after
Austria moved into a 2-1 lead
following the doubles." - ], - [ - "AP - Martina Navratilova's
long, illustrious career will
end without an Olympic medal.
The 47-year-old Navratilova
and Lisa Raymond lost 6-4,
4-6, 6-4 on Thursday night to
fifth-seeded Shinobu Asagoe
and Ai Sugiyama of Japan in
the quarterfinals, one step
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seller of televisions and DVD
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profit surged despite a slide
into the red by its consumer
electronics division." - ], - [ - "AP - Google, the Internet
search engine, has done
something that law enforcement
officials and their computer
tools could not: Identify a
man who died in an apparent
hit-and-run accident 11 years
ago in this small town outside
Yakima." - ], - [ - "We are all used to IE getting
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and the Debian Project said
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ID e-mail authentication
standard in their products." - ], - [ - "USATODAY.com - The newly
restored THX 1138 arrives on
DVD today with Star Wars
creator George Lucas' vision
of a Brave New World-like
future." - ], - [ - "Office Depot Inc. (ODP.N:
Quote, Profile, Research) on
Tuesday warned of weaker-than-
expected profits for the rest
of the year because of
disruptions from the string of
hurricanes" - ], - [ - "THE photo-equipment maker
Kodak yesterday announced
plans to axe 600 jobs in the
UK and close a factory in
Nottinghamshire, in a move in
line with the giants global
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unveiled last January." - ], - [ - "The chances of scientists
making any one of five
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hugely underestimated,
according to bookmakers." - ], - [ - "Asia-Pacific leaders meet in
Australia to discuss how to
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foot-high coil of razor wire,
21-ton armored vehicles and
American soldiers with black
M-4 assault rifles stood
between tens of thousands of
people and their homes last
week." - ], - [ - "PSV Eindhoven re-established
their five-point lead at the
top of the Dutch Eredivisie
today with a 2-0 win at
Vitesse Arnhem. Former
Sheffield Wednesday striker
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the 56th minute" - ], - [ - "China's central bank on
Thursday raised interest rates
for the first time in nearly a
decade, signaling deepening
unease with the breakneck pace
of development and an intent
to reign in a construction
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runaway inflation." - ], - [ - "Deepening its commitment to
help corporate users create
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of Web services, IBM's Global
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Board of Control for Cricket
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the Bombay High Court that it
was cancelling the entire
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(DAL) said Wednesday it plans
to eliminate between 6,000 and
6,900 jobs during the next 18
months, implement a 10 across-
the-board pay reduction and
reduce employee benefits." - ], - [ - "LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. - Even
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replacement surgery, Bill
Smith is more than happy to
struggle out the door each
morning, limp past his brand
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stocks were likely to open
flat on Wednesday, with high
oil prices and profit warnings
weighing on the market before
earnings reports start and key
jobs data is released this
week." - ], - [ - "Best known for its popular
search engine, Google is
rapidly rolling out new
products and muscling into
Microsoft's stronghold: the
computer desktop. The
competition means consumers
get more choices and better
products." - ], - [ - "Toshiba Corp. #39;s new
desktop-replacement multimedia
notebooks, introduced on
Tuesday, are further evidence
that US consumers still have
yet to embrace the mobility
offered by Intel Corp." - ], - [ - "JEJU, South Korea : Grace Park
of South Korea won an LPGA
Tour tournament, firing a
seven-under-par 65 in the
final round of the
1.35-million dollar CJ Nine
Bridges Classic." - ], - [ - " JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
poured cold water on Tuesday
on recent international
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there was \"no possibility\" of
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players Thursday, starting a
work stoppage that threatens
to keep the sport off the ice
for the entire 2004-05 season." - ], - [ - " MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's
Gazprom said on Tuesday it
will bid for embattled oil
firm YUKOS' main unit next
month, as the Kremlin seeks
to turn the world's biggest
gas producer into a major oil
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northern Norway attacked both
pilots and at least one
passenger with an axe as the
aircraft was coming in to
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Yvette Thompson has found
shopping online to be mostly
convenient and trouble-free.
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two CDs on Amazon.com, the
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pledged Sunday to escalate a
broad Israeli offensive in
northern Gaza, saying troops
will remain until Palestinian
rocket attacks are halted.
Israeli officials said the
offensive -- in which 58
Palestinians and three
Israelis have been killed --
will help clear the way for an
Israeli withdrawal." - ], - [ - "Federal Reserve officials
raised a key short-term
interest rate Tuesday for the
fifth time this year, and
indicated they will gradually
move rates higher next year to
keep inflation under control
as the economy expands." - ], - [ - "Canadians are paying more to
borrow money for homes, cars
and other purchases today
after a quarter-point
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Bank of Canada yesterday was
quickly matched by the
chartered banks." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Wall Street
professionals know to keep
their expectations in check in
September, historically the
worst month of the year for
stocks. As summertime draws to
a close, money managers are
getting back to business,
cleaning house, and often
sending the market lower in
the process..." - ], - [ - "A group linked to al Qaeda
ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said
it had tried to kill Iraq
#39;s environment minister on
Tuesday and warned it would
not miss next time, according
to an Internet statement." - ], - [ - "The Israeli military killed
four Palestinian militants on
Wednesday as troops in tanks
and armored vehicles pushed
into another town in the
northern Gaza Strip, extending" - ], - [ - "When Paula Radcliffe dropped
out of the Olympic marathon
miles from the finish, she
sobbed uncontrollably.
Margaret Okayo knew the
feeling." - ], - [ - "Delta Air Lines is to issue
millions of new shares without
shareholder consent as part of
moves to ensure its survival." - ], - [ - "First baseman Richie Sexson
agrees to a four-year contract
with the Seattle Mariners on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "KIRKUK, Iraq - A suicide
attacker detonated a car bomb
Saturday outside a police
academy in the northern Iraqi
city of Kirkuk as hundreds of
trainees and civilians were
leaving for the day, killing
at least 20 people and
wounding 36, authorities said.
Separately, U.S and Iraqi
forces clashed with insurgents
in another part of northern
Iraq after launching an
operation to destroy an
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Monday night, the company
announced that its phase III
Genasense study in chronic
lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) met
its primary endpoint, which
was tumor shrinkage." - ], - [ - "Finnish mobile giant Nokia has
described its new Preminet
solution, which it launched
Monday (Oct. 25), as a
quot;major worldwide
initiative." - ], - [ - "While the entire airline
industry #39;s finances are
under water, ATA Airlines will
have to hold its breath longer
than its competitors to keep
from going belly up." - ], - [ - " SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - At
virtually every turn, Intel
Corp. executives are heaping
praise on an emerging long-
range wireless technology
known as WiMAX, which can
blanket entire cities with
high-speed Internet access." - ], - [ - "One day after ousting its
chief executive, the nation's
largest insurance broker said
it will tell clients exactly
how much they are paying for
services and renounce back-
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an expectation for higher oil
prices and increasing demand,
Royal Dutch/Shell on Wednesday
said it #39;s lifting project
spending to \\$45 billion over
the next three years." - ], - [ - "Tuesday #39;s meeting could
hold clues to whether it
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senior writer." - ], - [ - "Phishing is one of the
fastest-growing forms of
personal fraud in the world.
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obvious victims, the damage
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Department on\\Friday gave
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oil-rich Alpine field on
Alaska's North Slope." - ], - [ - "The dollar may fall against
the euro for a third week in
four on concern near-record
crude oil prices will temper
the pace of expansion in the
US economy, a survey by
Bloomberg News indicates." - ], - [ - "The battle for the British-
based Chelsfield plc hotted up
at the weekend, with reports
from London that the property
giant #39;s management was
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sign-up phase of the closed
beta for its Dungeons amp;
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title, Dragonshard." - ], - [ - "AP - Many states are facing
legal challenges over possible
voting problems Nov. 2. A look
at some of the developments
Thursday:" - ], - [ - "Israeli troops withdrew from
the southern Gaza Strip town
of Khan Yunis on Tuesday
morning, following a 30-hour
operation that left 17
Palestinians dead." - ], - [ - "Notes and quotes from various
drivers following California
Speedway #39;s Pop Secret 500.
Jeff Gordon slipped to second
in points following an engine
failure while Jimmie Johnson
moved back into first." - ], - [ - "PM-designate Omar Karameh
forms a new 30-member cabinet
which includes women for the
first time." - ], - [ - "Bahrain #39;s king pardoned a
human rights activist who
convicted of inciting hatred
of the government and
sentenced to one year in
prison Sunday in a case linked
to criticism of the prime
minister." - ], - [ - "Big Blue adds features, beefs
up training efforts in China;
rival Unisys debuts new line
and pricing plan." - ], - [ - " MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Sports
Network) - The Memphis
Grizzlies signed All-Star
forward Pau Gasol to a multi-
year contract on Friday.
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announced." - ], - [ - "Leaders from 38 Asian and
European nations are gathering
in Vietnam for a summit of the
Asia-Europe Meeting, know as
ASEM. One thousand delegates
are to discuss global trade
and regional politics during
the two-day forum." - ], - [ - "A US soldier has pleaded
guilty to murdering a wounded
16-year-old Iraqi boy. Staff
Sergeant Johnny Horne was
convicted Friday of the
unpremeditated murder" - ], - [ - "Andre Agassi brushed past
Jonas Bjorkman 6-3 6-4 at the
Stockholm Open on Thursday to
set up a quarter-final meeting
with Spanish sixth seed
Fernando Verdasco." - ], - [ - "South Korea's Hynix
Semiconductor Inc. and Swiss-
based STMicroelectronics NV
signed a joint-venture
agreement on Tuesday to
construct a memory chip
manufacturing plant in Wuxi,
about 100 kilometers west of
Shanghai, in China." - ], - [ - "SAN DIEGO --(Business Wire)--
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northern hemisphere winter
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wasn #39;t going to try to
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core Opteron demo coup of last
week and show off a dual-core
Xeon at the Intel Developer
Forum this week and - as good
as its word - it didn #39;t." - ], - [ - "Guinea-Bissau #39;s army chief
of staff and former interim
president, General Verissimo
Correia Seabra, was killed
Wednesday during unrest by
mutinous soldiers in the
former Portuguese" - ], - [ - "31 October 2004 -- Exit polls
show that Prime Minister
Viktor Yanukovich and
challenger Viktor Yushchenko
finished on top in Ukraine
#39;s presidential election
today and will face each other
in a run-off next month." - ], - [ - "Nov. 18, 2004 - An FDA
scientist says the FDA, which
is charged with protecting
America #39;s prescription
drug supply, is incapable of
doing so." - ], - [ - "Rock singer Bono pledges to
spend the rest of his life
trying to eradicate extreme
poverty around the world." - ], - [ - "AP - Just when tourists
thought it was safe to go back
to the Princess Diana memorial
fountain, the mud has struck." - ], - [ - "The UK's inflation rate fell
in September, thanks in part
to a fall in the price of
airfares, increasing the
chance that interest rates
will be kept on hold." - ], - [ - " HONG KONG/SAN FRANCISCO
(Reuters) - IBM is selling its
PC-making business to China's
largest personal computer
company, Lenovo Group Ltd.,
for \\$1.25 billion, marking
the U.S. firm's retreat from
an industry it helped pioneer
in 1981." - ], - [ - "AP - Three times a week, The
Associated Press picks an
issue and asks President Bush
and Democratic presidential
candidate John Kerry a
question about it. Today's
question and their responses:" - ], - [ - " BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston was
tingling with anticipation on
Saturday as the Red Sox
prepared to host Game One of
the World Series against the
St. Louis Cardinals and take a
step toward ridding
themselves of a hex that has
hung over the team for eight
decades." - ], - [ - "FOR the first time since his
appointment as Newcastle
United manager, Graeme Souness
has been required to display
the strong-arm disciplinary
qualities that, to Newcastle
directors, made" - ], - [ - "In an apparent damage control
exercise, Russian President
Vladimir Putin on Saturday
said he favored veto rights
for India as new permanent
member of the UN Security
Council." - ], - [ - "Nordstrom reported a strong
second-quarter profit as it
continued to select more
relevant inventory and sell
more items at full price." - ], - [ - "WHY IT HAPPENED Tom Coughlin
won his first game as Giants
coach and immediately
announced a fine amnesty for
all Giants. Just kidding." - ], - [ - "A second-place finish in his
first tournament since getting
married was good enough to
take Tiger Woods from third to
second in the world rankings." - ], - [ - " COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado
(Reuters) - World 400 meters
champion Jerome Young has been
given a lifetime ban from
athletics for a second doping
offense, the U.S. Anti-Doping
Agency (USADA) said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Nigeria's Senate has
ordered a subsidiary of
petroleum giant Royal/Dutch
Shell to pay a Nigerian ethnic
group #36;1.5 billion for oil
spills in their homelands, but
the legislative body can't
enforce the resolution, an
official said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "IT #39;S BEEN a heck of an
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interesting technology, heard
some inventive speeches and
met some people with different
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keep interest rates on hold
following the latest meeting
of the its Monetary Policy
Committee." - ], - [ - "Australian troops in Baghdad
came under attack today for
the first time since the end
of the Iraq war when a car
bomb exploded injuring three
soldiers and damaging an
Australian armoured convoy." - ], - [ - "The Bush administration upheld
yesterday the imposition of
penalty tariffs on shrimp
imports from China and
Vietnam, handing a victory to
beleaguered US shrimp
producers." - ], - [ - "House prices rose 0.2 percent
in September compared with the
month before to stand up 17.8
percent on a year ago, the
Nationwide Building Society
says." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Two clients of
Germany's Postbank\\(DPBGn.DE)
fell for an e-mail fraud that
led them to reveal\\money
transfer codes to a bogus Web
site -- the first case of\\this
scam in German, prosecutors
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technology goods, services,
and staff will grow seven
percent in 2005 and continue
at a similar pace through
2008, according to a study
released Monday by Forrester
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will play their home matches
in the Emirates stadium. That
is what their new stadium at
Ashburton Grove will be called
after the Premiership
champions yesterday agreed to
the" - ], - [ - "KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Jason
Campbell threw for 252 yards
and two touchdowns, and No. 8
Auburn proved itself as a
national title contender by
overwhelming No. 10 Tennessee,
34-10, last night." - ], - [ - "Look, Ma, no hands! The U.S.
space agency's latest
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mission by itself. By Amit
Asaravala." - ], - [ - "Pakistans decision to refuse
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Energy Agency to have direct
access to Dr AQ Khan is
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floods receding, rescuers
raced to deliver food to
famished survivors in
northeastern Philippine
villages isolated by back-to-
back storms that left more
than 650 people dead and
almost 400 missing." - ], - [ - "Talks on where to build the
world #39;s first nuclear
fusion reactor ended without a
deal on Tuesday but the
European Union said Japan and
the United States no longer
firmly opposed its bid to put
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EarthLink and Yahoo against
spamming, Microsoft Corp.
today announced the filing of
three new anti-Spam lawsuits
under the CAN-SPAM federal law
as part of its initiative in
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Internet users worldwide." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON -- Another
Revolution season concluded
with an overtime elimination.
Last night, the Revolution
thrice rallied from deficits
for a 3-3 tie with D.C. United
in the Eastern Conference
final, then lost in the first-
ever Major League Soccer match
decided by penalty kicks." - ], - [ - "Dwyane Wade calls himself a
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never wanted in Los Angeles.
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online as they believe. The
inspections found most
consumers have no firewall
protection, outdated antivirus
software and dozens of spyware
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their computers." - ], - [ - "World number one golfer Vijay
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eighth PGA Tour event of the
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Pennsylvania." - ], - [ - "The noise was deafening and
potentially unsettling in the
minutes before the start of
the men #39;s Olympic
200-meter final. The Olympic
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said Vice President Dick
Cheney faces a \"master
litigator\" when he debates
Sen. John Edwards Tuesday
night, a backhanded compliment
issued as the Republican
administration defended itself
against criticism that it has
not acknowledged errors in
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scored a sensational goal for
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making for a last-gasp 2-1.
The 24-year-old #39;s
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Nou Camp Wednesday night sent
Barcelona atop of Group F." - ], - [ - "Nortel Networks says it will
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restated financial results.
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Uri Party resigned on Thursday
after saying his father had
served as a military police
officer during Japan #39;s
1910-1945 colonial rule on the
peninsula." - ], - [ - "ALERE, Uganda -- Kasmiro
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up suddenly in his bed. It was
just after sunrise on a summer
morning two years ago, and the
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have confirmed former army
general Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono as the winner of
Indonesia #39;s first direct
presidential election, while
incumbent Megawati
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seconds left in a certain
victory for Miami, Peyton
Manning threw a meaningless
6-yard touchdown pass to
Marvin Harrison to cut the
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expert criticized the U.S.-led
coalition forces in
Afghanistan for violating
international law by allegedly
beating Afghans to death and
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level, not just with Team
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turning point for peacemaking
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unilateral plan that would
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Donald Rumsfeld swept into an
airbase in Iraq's western
desert Sunday to make a
first-hand evaluation of
operations to quell a raging
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(76 percent) consumers are
experiencing an increase in
spoofing and phishing
incidents, and 35 percent
receive fake e-mails at least
once a week, according to a
recent national study." - ], - [ - "The Dow Jones Industrial
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this year to exceed its
previous high and fell to
about 10,000 each time, most
recently a week ago." - ], - [ - "AP - Deep in the Atlantic
Ocean, undersea explorers are
living a safer life thanks to
germ-fighting clothing made in
Kinston." - ], - [ - "Anaheim, Calif. - There is a
decidedly right lean to the
three-time champions of the
American League Central. In a
span of 26 days, the Minnesota
Twins lost the left side of
their infield to free agency." - ], - [ - "Computer Associates Monday
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Kerry accused President Bush
on Monday of sending U.S.
troops to the \"wrong war in
the wrong place at the wrong
time\" and said he'd try to
bring them all home in four
years..." - ], - [ - " SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian
share markets staged a broad-
based retreat on Wednesday,
led by steelmakers amid
warnings of price declines,
but also enveloping technology
and financial stocks on
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misleading by Britain #39;s
Advertising Standards
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bringing supplies to Nepal's
capital in defiance of an
indefinite blockade by Maoist
rebels." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - CNN has a new boss
for the second time in 14
months: former CBS News
executive Jonathan Klein, who
will oversee programming and
editorial direction at the
second-ranked cable news
network." - ], - [ - "Cut-price carrier Virgin Blue
said Tuesday the cost of using
Australian airports is
spiraling upward and asked the
government to review the
deregulated system of charges." - ], - [ - "The retail sector overall may
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to the season, but holiday
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United Arab Emirates, which
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said Thursday personal income
posted its biggest increase in
three months in August. The
government agency also said
personal spending was
unchanged after rising
strongly in July." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's
Nikkei average opened up 0.54
percent on Monday with banks
and exporters leading the way
as a stronger finish on Wall
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the global economic outlook." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Floods
and landslides have killed 76
people in southwest China in
the past four days and washed
away homes and roads, knocked
down power lines and cut off
at least one city, state
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Serie A as all top teams won
their games to keep the
distance between one another
unaltered. Juventus came back
from behind against Lazio to
win thanks to another goal by
Ibrahimovic" - ], - [ - "The team behind the Beagle 2
mission has unveiled its
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British Mars lander." - ], - [ - "Survey points to popularity in
Europe, the Middle East and
Asia of receivers that skip
the pay TV and focus on free
programming." - ], - [ - "RICHMOND, Va. Jeremy Mayfield
won his first race in over
four years, taking the
Chevrolet 400 at Richmond
International Raceway after
leader Kurt Busch ran out of
gas eight laps from the
finish." - ], - [ - "AP - Victims of the Sept. 11
attacks were mourned worldwide
Saturday, but in the Middle
East, amid sympathy for the
dead, Arabs said Washington's
support for Israel and the war
on terror launched in the
aftermath of the World Trade
Center's collapse have only
fueled anger and violence." - ], - [ - "Linux publisher Red Hat Inc.
said Tuesday that information-
technology consulting firm
Unisys Corp. will begin
offering a business version of
the company #39;s open-source
operating system on its
servers." - ], - [ - "SEATTLE - Ichiro Suzuki set
the major league record for
hits in a season with 258,
breaking George Sisler's
84-year-old mark with a pair
of singles Friday night. The
Seattle star chopped a leadoff
single in the first inning,
then made history with a
grounder up the middle in the
third..." - ], - [ - "The intruder who entered
British Queen Elizabeth II
#39;s official Scottish
residence and caused a
security scare was a reporter
from the London-based Sunday
Times newspaper, local media
reported Friday." - ], - [ - "IBM's p5-575, a specialized
server geared for high-
performance computing, has
eight 1.9GHz Power5
processors." - ], - [ - "Bruce Wasserstein, head of
Lazard LLC, is asking partners
to take a one-third pay cut as
he readies the world #39;s
largest closely held
investment bank for a share
sale, people familiar with the
situation said." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - FREDERICTON
(CP) - A New Brunswick truck
driver arrested in Ontario
this week has been accused by
police of stealing 50,000 cans
of Moosehead beer." - ], - [ - "Reuters - British police said
on Monday they had\\charged a
man with sending hoax emails
to relatives of people\\missing
since the Asian tsunami,
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a campaign in California
trying to win approval of a
measure calling for the state
to sell \\$3 billion in bonds
to fund stem-cell research." - ], - [ - "AP - Track star Marion Jones
filed a defamation lawsuit
Wednesday against the man
whose company is at the center
of a federal investigation
into illegal steroid use among
some of the nation's top
athletes." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES - On Sept. 1,
former secretary of
Agriculture Dan Glickman
replaced the legendary Jack
Valenti as president and CEO
of Hollywood #39;s trade
group, the Motion Picture
Association of America." - ], - [ - "England #39;s players hit out
at cricket #39;s authorities
tonight and claimed they had
been used as quot;political
pawns quot; after the Zimbabwe
government produced a
spectacular U-turn to ensure
the controversial one-day
series will go ahead." - ], - [ - "Newspaper publisher Pulitzer
Inc. said Sunday that company
officials are considering a
possible sale of the firm to
boost shareholder value." - ], - [ - "Shares of Merck amp; Co.
plunged almost 10 percent
yesterday after a media report
said that documents show the
pharmaceutical giant hid or
denied" - ], - [ - "AP - The Japanese won the
pregame home run derby. Then
the game started and the major
league All-Stars put their
bats to work. Back-to-back
home runs by Moises Alou and
Vernon Wells in the fourth
inning and by Johnny Estrada
and Brad Wilkerson in the
ninth powered the major
leaguers past the Japanese
stars 7-3 Sunday for a 3-0
lead in the eight-game series." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Wall Street was
expected to dip at\\Thursday's
opening, but shares of Texas
Instruments Inc.\\, may climb
after it gave upbeat earnings
guidance." - ], - [ - "Chinese authorities detained a
prominent, U.S.-based Buddhist
leader in connection with his
plans to reopen an ancient
temple complex in the Chinese
province of Inner Mongolia
last week and have forced
dozens of his American
followers to leave the region,
local officials said
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "The director of the National
Hurricane Center stays calm in
the midst of a storm, but
wants everyone in hurricane-
prone areas to get the message
from his media advisories:
Respect the storm's power and
make proper response plans." - ], - [ - "With Chelsea losing their
unbeaten record and Manchester
United failing yet again to
win, William Hill now make
Arsenal red-hot 2/5 favourites
to retain the title." - ], - [ - "Late in August, Boeing #39;s
top sales execs flew to
Singapore for a crucial sales
pitch. They were close to
persuading Singapore Airlines,
one of the world #39;s leading
airlines, to buy the American
company #39;s new jet, the
mid-sized 7E7." - ], - [ - "SBC Communications and
BellSouth will acquire
YellowPages.com with the goal
of building the site into a
nationwide online business
index, the companies said
Thursday." - ], - [ - "Theresa special bookcase in Al
Grohs office completely full
of game plans from his days in
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the Jets." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO Several
California cities and
counties, including Los
Angeles and San Francisco, are
suing Microsoft for what could
amount to billions of dollars." - ], - [ - "Newcastle ensured their place
as top seeds in Friday #39;s
third round UEFA Cup draw
after holding Sporting Lisbon
to a 1-1 draw at St James #39;
Park." - ], - [ - "Adorned with Turkish and EU
flags, Turkey #39;s newspapers
hailed Thursday an official EU
report recommending the
country start talks to join
the bloc, while largely
ignoring the stringent
conditions attached to the
announcement." - ], - [ - "Google plans to release a
version of its desktop search
tool for computers that run
Apple Computer #39;s Mac
operating system, Google #39;s
chief executive, Eric Schmidt,
said Friday." - ], - [ - "AMD : sicurezza e prestazioni
ottimali con il nuovo
processore mobile per notebook
leggeri e sottili; Acer Inc.
preme sull #39;acceleratore
con il nuovo notebook a
marchio Ferrari." - ], - [ - "The sounds of tinkling bells
could be heard above the
bustle of the Farmers Market
on the Long Beach Promenade,
leading shoppers to a row of
bright red tin kettles dotting
a pathway Friday." - ], - [ - "CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Bode
Miller continued his
impressive 2004-05 World Cup
skiing season by winning a
night slalom race in
Sestriere, Italy on Monday." - ], - [ - "Firefox use around the world
climbed 34 percent in the last
month, according to a report
published by Web analytics
company WebSideStory Monday." - ], - [ - "If a plastic card that gives
you credit for something you
don't want isn't your idea of
a great gift, you can put it
up for sale or swap." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON Aug. 17, 2004
Scientists are planning to
take the pulse of the planet
and more in an effort to
improve weather forecasts,
predict energy needs months in
advance, anticipate disease
outbreaks and even tell
fishermen where the catch will
be ..." - ], - [ - "Damien Rhodes scored on a
2-yard run in the second
overtime, then Syracuse's
defense stopped Pittsburgh on
fourth and 1, sending the
Orange to a 38-31 victory
yesterday in Syracuse, N.Y." - ], - [ - "AP - Anthony Harris scored 18
of his career-high 23 points
in the second half to help
Miami upset No. 19 Florida
72-65 Saturday and give first-
year coach Frank Haith his
biggest victory." - ], - [ - "LONDON Santander Central
Hispano of Spain looked
certain to clinch its bid for
the British mortgage lender
Abbey National, after HBOS,
Britain #39;s biggest home-
loan company, said Wednesday
it would not counterbid, and
after the European Commission
cleared" - ], - [ - "New communications technology
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bring an umbrella?" - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
Justice Department is
investigating possible
accounting fraud at Fannie
Mae, bringing greater
government scrutiny to bear on
the mortgage finance company,
already facing a parallel
inquiry by the SEC, a source
close to the matter said on
Thursday." - ], - [ - "AP - The five cities looking
to host the 2012 Summer Games
submitted bids to the
International Olympic
Committee on Monday, entering
the final stage of a long
process in hopes of landing
one of the biggest prizes in
sports." - ], - [ - "SAP has won a \\$35 million
contract to install its human
resources software for the US
Postal Service. The NetWeaver-
based system will replace the
Post Office #39;s current
25-year-old legacy application" - ], - [ - "The FIA has already cancelled
todays activities at Suzuka as
Super Typhoon Ma-On heads
towards the 5.807km circuit.
Saturday practice has been
cancelled altogether while
pre-qualifying and final
qualifying" - ], - [ - "Thailand's prime minister
visits the southern town where
scores of Muslims died in army
custody after a rally." - ], - [ - "Indian industrial group Tata
agrees to invest \\$2bn in
Bangladesh, the biggest single
deal agreed by a firm in the
south Asian country." - ], - [ - "NewsFactor - For years,
companies large and small have
been convinced that if they
want the sophisticated
functionality of enterprise-
class software like ERP and
CRM systems, they must buy
pre-packaged applications.
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remains true." - ], - [ - "Following in the footsteps of
the RIAA, the MPAA (Motion
Picture Association of
America) announced that they
have began filing lawsuits
against people who use peer-
to-peer software to download
copyrighted movies off the
Internet." - ], - [ - " GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas
(Reuters) - Betting on horses
was banned in Texas until as
recently as 1987. Times have
changed rapidly since.
Saturday, Lone Star Park race
track hosts the \\$14 million
Breeders Cup, global racing's
end-of-season extravaganza." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - At a special
music event featuring Bono and
The Edge from rock group U2
held on Tuesday, Apple took
the wraps off the iPod Photo,
a color iPod available in 40GB
or 60GB storage capacities.
The company also introduced
the iPod U2, a special edition
of Apple's 20GB player clad in
black, equipped with a red
Click Wheel and featuring
engraved U2 band member
signatures. The iPod Photo is
available immediately, and
Apple expects the iPod U2 to
ship in mid-November." - ], - [ - "Beijing: At least 170 miners
were trapped underground after
a gas explosion on Sunday
ignited a fire in a coalmine
in north-west China #39;s
Shaanxi province, reports
said." - ], - [ - "The steel tubing company
reports sharply higher
earnings, but the stock is
falling." - ], - [ - "It might be a stay of
execution for Coach P, or it
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miracle come early. SU #39;s
upset win over BC has given
hope to the Orange playing in
a post season Bowl game." - ], - [ - "PHIL Neville insists
Manchester United don #39;t
fear anyone in the Champions
League last 16 and declared:
quot;Bring on the Italians." - ], - [ - "Playboy Enterprises, the adult
entertainment company, has
announced plans to open a
private members club in
Shanghai even though the
company #39;s flagship men
#39;s magazine is still banned
in China." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Oracle Corp is
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the European Commission for
its hostile #36;7.7
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software firm PeopleSoft Inc.,
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warnings from Celestica and
Coca-Cola along with a
slowdown in US industrial
production sent stock markets
lower Wednesday." - ], - [ - "IBM (Quote, Chart) said it
would spend a quarter of a
billion dollars over the next
year and a half to grow its
RFID (define) business." - ], - [ - "Eastman Kodak Co., the world
#39;s largest maker of
photographic film, said
Wednesday it expects sales of
digital products and services
to grow at an annual rate of
36 percent between 2003 and
2007, above prior growth rate
estimates of 26 percent
between 2002" - ], - [ - "SAMARRA (Iraq): With renewe d
wave of skirmishes between the
Iraqi insurgents and the US-
led coalition marines, several
people including top police
officers were put to death on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "SPACE.com - NASA released one
of the best pictures ever made
of Saturn's moon Titan as the
Cassini spacecraft begins a
close-up inspection of the
satellite today. Cassini is
making the nearest flyby ever
of the smog-shrouded moon." - ], - [ - "AFP - The Iraqi government
plans to phase out slowly
subsidies on basic products,
such as oil and electricity,
which comprise 50 percent of
public spending, equal to 15
billion dollars, the planning
minister said." - ], - [ - "ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, NS - Nova
Scotia Power officials
continued to keep the sluice
gates open at one of the
utility #39;s hydroelectric
plants Wednesday in hopes a
wayward whale would leave the
area and head for the open
waters of the Bay of Fundy." - ], - [ - "TORONTO -- Toronto Raptors
point guard Alvin Williams
will miss the rest of the
season after undergoing
surgery on his right knee
Monday." - ], - [ - "The federal agency that
insures pension plans said
that its deficit, already at
the highest in its history,
had doubled in its last fiscal
year, to \\$23.3 billion." - ], - [ - "AFP - Like most US Latinos,
members of the extended
Rodriguez family say they will
cast their votes for Democrat
John Kerry in next month's
presidential polls." - ], - [ - "A Milan judge on Tuesday opens
hearings into whether to put
on trial 32 executives and
financial institutions over
the collapse of international
food group Parmalat in one of
Europe #39;s biggest fraud
cases." - ], - [ - "AP - Tennessee's two freshmen
quarterbacks have Volunteers
fans fantasizing about the
next four years. Brent
Schaeffer and Erik Ainge
surprised many with the nearly
seamless way they rotated
throughout a 42-17 victory
over UNLV on Sunday night." - ], - [ - "In fact, Larry Ellison
compares himself to the
warlord, according to
PeopleSoft's former CEO,
defending previous remarks he
made." - ], - [ - "FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Four Iraqi
fighters huddled in a trench,
firing rocket-propelled
grenades at Lieutenant Eric
Gregory's Bradley Fighting
Vehicle and the US tanks and
Humvees that were lumbering
through tight streets between
boxlike beige houses." - ], - [ - "MADRID, Aug 18 (Reuters) -
Portugal captain Luis Figo
said on Wednesday he was
taking an indefinite break
from international football,
but would not confirm whether
his decision was final." - ], - [ - "The Bank of England on
Thursday left its benchmark
interest rate unchanged, at
4.75 percent, as policy makers
assessed whether borrowing
costs, already the highest in
the Group of Seven, are
constraining consumer demand." - ], - [ - "AP - Several thousand
Christians who packed a
cathedral compound in the
Egyptian capital hurled stones
at riot police Wednesday to
protest a woman's alleged
forced conversion to Islam. At
least 30 people were injured." - ], - [ - "A group of Saudi religious
scholars have signed an open
letter urging Iraqis to
support jihad against US-led
forces. quot;Fighting the
occupiers is a duty for all
those who are able, quot; they
said in a statement posted on
the internet at the weekend." - ], - [ - "Fashion retailers Austin Reed
and Ted Baker have reported
contrasting fortunes on the
High Street. Austin Reed
reported interim losses of 2." - ], - [ - "AP - Shaun Rogers is in the
backfield as often as some
running backs. Whether teams
dare to block Detroit's star
defensive tackle with one
player or follow the trend of
double-teaming him, he often
rips through offensive lines
with a rare combination of
size, speed, strength and
nimble footwork." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - A
federal judge on Friday
approved Citigroup Inc.'s
\\$2.6 billion settlement with
WorldCom Inc. investors who
lost billions when an
accounting scandal plunged
the telecommunications company
into bankruptcy protection." - ], - [ - "The Lions and Eagles entered
Sunday #39;s game at Ford
Field in the same place --
atop their respective
divisions -- and with
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cochlear implants to help
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Food and Drug Administration
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Japan after the fast-food
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burgers." - ], - [ - "After Marcos Moreno threw four
more interceptions in last
week's 14-13 overtime loss at
N.C. A T, Bison Coach Ray
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change, take off your belt and
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Berkeley, has signed an
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Nikkei average jumped 2.5
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mentioned Iraq forced a New
York-bound Greek airliner to
make an emergency landing
Sunday at London's Stansted
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jets, authorities said. An
airport spokeswoman said an
Athens newspaper had received
a phone call saying there was
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crude output and shut
refineries in the Gulf of
Mexico, while OPEC's Gulf
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traders by recommending an
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monopoly on imports of jet
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a prized member of Singapore
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real estate funds scoring some
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by Australian cowboys, as much
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unveiled the iMac G5 in Paris
this week, Vice President of
Hardware Product Marketing
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editors a guided tour of the
desktop's new design. Among
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the iMac's cooling system, why
pre-installed Bluetooth
functionality and FireWire 800
were left out, and how this
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objectives." - ], - [ - "Williams-Sonoma Inc., operator
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Republican Army's momentous
cease-fire, negotiations
resumed Wednesday in hope of
reviving a Catholic-Protestant
administration, an elusive
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resurrect each of the 1,230
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assault on the Dominican
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houses and forced thousands
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shelling took place overnight
in the disputed Georgian
region of South Ossetia in
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thanks largely to sales of
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the Chicago Cubs to a 12-5 win
over the Cincinnati Reds in
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Shaquille O #39;Neal made his
home debut, but once again it
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show with 28 points as the
Miami Heat downed the
Cleveland Cavaliers, 92-86, in
front of a record crowd at
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even has the coach wondering
what went wrong. Meanwhile,
Sylvester Croom's first big
win at Mississippi State has
given the Bulldogs and their
fans a reason to believe in
their first-year leader.
Jerious Norwood's 37-yard
touchdown run with 32 seconds
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ranked Gators on Saturday." - ], - [ - "A criminal trial scheduled to
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exception. South Africa's
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announced a hostile takeover
bid to acquire fellow South
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Limited (NYSE: GFI - News).
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their PCs." - ], - [ - "At least 12 people die in an
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six terror suspects, including
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plans to stop selling its
Linux-based handheld computer
in the United States, another
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personal digital assistants." - ], - [ - "After serving a five-game
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worked out with the Dodgers as
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country within 24 hours,
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caravan wound its way up the
driveway in a procession fit
for a presidential candidate.
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venues for the 2005 Formula
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lenders and lessors to
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of its mainline and US Airways
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may have masterminded the
assassination of a prosecutor
investigating a short-lived
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literature about search
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discreetly stepped back
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crucial penal reform bill to
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received US regulatory
approval for a device to treat
complications that arise in
patients with end-stage kidney
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friend accused of plotting a
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contract Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Oracle Corp. plans to release
the latest version of its CRM
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within the next two months, as
part of an ongoing update of
its E-Business Suite." - ], - [ - "Toyota Motor Corp. #39;s
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after the world #39;s second-
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Germany." - ], - [ - "Hosted CRM service provider
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step forward last week in its
strategy to build an online
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offer software as a service." - ], - [ - "Britain-based HBOS says it
will file a complaint to the
European Commission against
Spanish bank Santander Central
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to allay Liverpool fans' fears
that he could be out until
Christmas after breaking a
metatarsal bone in his left
foot." - ], - [ - "Verizon Wireless on Thursday
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hundreds of millions of
dollars into radio-frequency
identification technology,
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tracking of items from ho-hum
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Olympic gold medal in kayaking
when she was 18, the youngest
paddler to do so in Games
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Birgit Fischer won her eighth
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Eriksson has defended
goalkeeper David James after
last night #39;s 2-2 draw in
Austria. James allowed Andreas
Ivanschitz #39;s shot to slip
through his fingers to
complete Austria comeback from
two goals down." - ], - [ - "MINSK - Legislative elections
in Belarus held at the same
time as a referendum on
whether President Alexander
Lukashenko should be allowed
to seek a third term fell
significantly short of
democratic standards, foreign
observers said here Monday." - ], - [ - "An Olympic sailor is charged
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in Iraq's holy city of Najaf
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presently struggling New York
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providers - including Atlanta-
based EarthLink -iled a
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improper rapid dealing in
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has agreed to sell 114 small
Safeway stores and a
distribution centre for 260.2
million pounds. Morrison
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itself fit enough to continue
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semifinals at the 2004 US Open
will be staged on Saturday,
with three of the tournament
#39;s top-five seeds ready for
action at the USTA National
Tennis Center." - ], - [ - "Pepsi pushes a blue version of
Mountain Dew only at Taco
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strategy?" - ], - [ - "New software helps corporate
travel managers track down
business travelers who
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dilemma for honest travelers
who are only trying to save
money." - ], - [ - "NATO Secretary-General Jaap de
Hoop Scheffer has called a
meeting of NATO states and
Russia on Tuesday to discuss
the siege of a school by
Chechen separatists in which
more than 335 people died, a
NATO spokesman said." - ], - [ - "26 August 2004 -- Iraq #39;s
top Shi #39;ite cleric, Grand
Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,
arrived in the city of Al-
Najaf today in a bid to end a
weeks-long conflict between US
forces and militiamen loyal to
Shi #39;ite cleric Muqtada al-
Sadr." - ], - [ - "AFP - Senior executives at
business software group
PeopleSoft unanimously
recommended that its
shareholders reject a 8.8
billion dollar takeover bid
from Oracle Corp, PeopleSoft
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Celtics returned to the
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two losses and few concerns
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conglomerate Sony Corp.
unveiled eight new flat-screen
televisions on Thursday in a
product push it hopes will
help it secure a leading 35
percent of the domestic
market in the key month of
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called on workers at France
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healthy 3.5 dividend." - ], - [ - "The Indonesian tourism
industry has so far not been
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officials said they do not
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honour. AC Milan frontman
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to start serving her prison
sentence for lying about a
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to the throne have begun to
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universe. One of them is the
Zen Touch, from Creative Labs." - ], - [ - "The 7710 model features a
touch screen, pen input, a
digital camera, an Internet
browser, a radio, video
playback and streaming and
recording capabilities, the
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the first time since late
September and heating-oil and
unleaded gasoline prices
dropped more than 6 percent
following an across-the-board
climb in US petroleum
inventories." - ], - [ - "The University of Iowa #39;s
market for US presidential
futures, founded 16-years ago,
has been overtaken by a
Dublin-based exchange that is
now 25 times larger." - ], - [ - "Venus Williams barely kept
alive her hopes of qualifying
for next week #39;s WTA Tour
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seeded fifth, survived a
third-set tiebreaker to
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America's top players,
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wait until at least next April
to face trial on allegations
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Guinea." - ], - [ - "A top Red Hat executive has
attacked the open-source
credentials of its sometime
business partner Sun
Microsystems. In a Web log
posting Thursday, Michael
Tiemann, Red Hat #39;s vice
president of open-source
affairs" - ], - [ - "President Bush #39;s drive to
deploy a multibillion-dollar
shield against ballistic
missiles was set back on
Wednesday by what critics
called a stunning failure of
its first full flight test in
two years." - ], - [ - "Although he was well-beaten by
Retief Goosen in Sunday #39;s
final round of The Tour
Championship in Atlanta, there
has been some compensation for
the former world number one,
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Larsson are among the players
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of four Manchester United
players on a list which is
heavily influenced by the
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it happened on the field, and
it looked worse in the
clubhouse. Angels second
baseman Adam Kennedy left the
Angels #39; 5-2 win over the
Seattle Mariners" - ], - [ - "Air travelers moved one step
closer to being able to talk
on cell phones and surf the
Internet from laptops while in
flight, thanks to votes by the
Federal Communications
Commission yesterday." - ], - [ - "MySQL developers turn to an
unlikely source for database
tool: Microsoft. Also: SGI
visualizes Linux, and the
return of Java veteran Kim
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consumer prices, the economy,
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prices and upbeat outlooks
from Wal-Mart and Lowe's
helped send stocks sharply
higher Monday on Wall Street,
with the swing exaggerated by
thin late summer trading. The
Dow Jones industrials surged
nearly 130 points..." - ], - [ - "Freshman Darius Walker ran for
115 yards and scored two
touchdowns, helping revive an
Irish offense that had managed
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season's first six quarters." - ], - [ - "Consumers who cut it close by
paying bills from their
checking accounts a couple of
days before depositing funds
will be out of luck under a
new law that takes effect Oct.
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surged 25 percent in the third
quarter as the world's largest
personal computer maker posted
record sales due to rising
technology spending in the
corporate and government
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and abroad." - ], - [ - "AP - NBC is adding a 5-second
delay to its NASCAR telecasts
after Dale Earnhardt Jr. used
a vulgarity during a postrace
TV interview last weekend." - ], - [ - " BOSTON (Sports Network) - The
New York Yankees will start
Orlando \"El Duque\" Hernandez
in Game 4 of the American
League Championship Series on
Saturday against the Boston
Red Sox." - ], - [ - "The future of Sven-Goran
Eriksson as England coach is
the subject of intense
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Austria. Has the Swede lost
the confidence of the nation
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Brillian's new big screens
missed the NFL's kickoff
party." - ], - [ - "Spain begin their third final
in five seasons at the Olympic
stadium hoping to secure their
second title since their first
in Barcelona against Australia
in 2000." - ], - [ - "Second-seeded David Nalbandian
of Argentina lost at the Japan
Open on Thursday, beaten by
Gilles Muller of Luxembourg
7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4 in the third
round." - ], - [ - "Thursday #39;s unexpected
resignation of Memphis
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of putting things, the
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of Roma after a 3-1 defeat
away to Bologna, the Serie A
club said today. Under the
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Yukos oil company seeking to
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Hundreds of protesters
ransacked and occupied the
regional administration
building in a southern Russian
province Tuesday, demanding
the resignation of the region
#39;s president, whose former
son-in-law has been linked to
a multiple" - ], - [ - "SIPTU has said it is strongly
opposed to any privatisation
of Aer Lingus as pressure
mounts on the Government to
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funding of the airline." - ], - [ - "Reuters - SBC Communications
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can handle music,\\photos and
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home entertainment." - ], - [ - "Molson Inc. Chief Executive
Officer Daniel O #39;Neill
said he #39;ll provide
investors with a positive #39;
#39; response to their
concerns over the company
#39;s plan to let stock-
option holders vote on its
planned merger with Adolph
Coors Co." - ], - [ - "South Korea #39;s Grace Park
shot a seven-under-par 65 to
triumph at the CJ Nine Bridges
Classic on Sunday. Park #39;s
victory made up her final-
round collapse at the Samsung
World Championship two weeks
ago." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hopes
-- and worries -- that U.S.
regulators will soon end the
ban on using wireless phones
during U.S. commercial flights
are likely at least a year or
two early, government
officials and analysts say." - ], - [ - "AFP - Iraqi Foreign Minister
Hoshyar Zebari arrived
unexpectedly in the holy city
of Mecca Wednesday where he
met Crown Prince Abdullah bin
Abdul Aziz, the official SPA
news agency reported." - ], - [ - "Titans QB Steve McNair was
released from a Nashville
hospital after a two-night
stay for treatment of a
bruised sternum. McNair was
injured during the fourth
quarter of the Titans #39;
15-12 loss to Jacksonville on
Sunday." - ], - [ - "Keith Miller, Australia #39;s
most prolific all-rounder in
Test cricket, died today at a
nursing home, Cricket
Australia said. He was 84." - ], - [ - "Haitian police and UN troops
moved into a slum neighborhood
on Sunday and cleared street
barricades that paralyzed a
part of the capital." - ], - [ - "TORONTO Former Toronto pitcher
John Cerutti (seh-ROO
#39;-tee) was found dead in
his hotel room today,
according to the team. He was
44." - ], - [ - "withdrawal of troops and
settlers from occupied Gaza
next year. Militants seek to
claim any pullout as a
victory. quot;Islamic Jihad
will not be broken by this
martyrdom, quot; said Khaled
al-Batsh, a senior political
leader in Gaza." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - The
world's largest gold producer,
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profit by 12.5 percent, even
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precious metal." - ], - [ - "The U.S. military has found
nearly 20 houses where
intelligence officers believe
hostages were tortured or
killed in this city, including
the house with the cage that
held a British contractor who
was beheaded last month." - ], - [ - "AFP - Opponents of the Lao
government may be plotting
bomb attacks in Vientiane and
other areas of Laos timed to
coincide with a summit of
Southeast Asian leaders the
country is hosting next month,
the United States said." - ], - [ - "After a year of pilots and
trials, Siebel Systems jumped
with both feet into the SMB
market Tuesday, announcing a
new approach to offer Siebel
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to SMBs (small and midsize
businesses) -- companies with
revenues up to about \\$500
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send warships to help NATO
naval patrols that monitor
suspicious vessels in the
Mediterranean, part of a push
for closer counterterrorism
cooperation between Moscow and
the western alliance." - ], - [ - "Intel won't release a 4-GHz
version of its flagship
Pentium 4 product, having
decided instead to realign its
engineers around the company's
new design priorities, an
Intel spokesman said today.
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carrying two Russians and an
American rocketed closer
Friday to its docking with the
international space station,
where the current three-man
crew made final departure
preparations." - ], - [ - "Defense: Ken Lucas. His
biggest play was his first
one. The fourth-year
cornerback intercepted a Ken
Dorsey pass that kissed off
the hands of wide receiver
Rashaun Woods and returned it
25 yards to set up the
Seahawks #39; first score." - ], - [ - "Scientists have manipulated
carbon atoms to create a
material that could be used to
create light-based, versus
electronic, switches. The
material could lead to a
supercharged Internet based
entirely on light, scientists
say." - ], - [ - "A military plane crashed in
the mountains near Caracas,
killing all 16 persons on
board, including two high-
ranking military officers,
officials said." - ], - [ - "The powerful St. Louis trio of
Albert Pujols, Scott Rolen and
Jim Edmonds is 4 for 23 with
one RBI in the series and with
runners on base, they are 1
for 13." - ], - [ - "A voice recording said to be
that of suspected Al Qaeda
commander Abu Mussab al-
Zarqawi, claims Iraq #39;s
Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is
the militant network #39;s
number one target." - ], - [ - "BEIJING -- More than a year
after becoming China's
president, Hu Jintao was
handed the full reins of power
yesterday when his
predecessor, Jiang Zemin, gave
up the nation's most powerful
military post." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES (Reuters)
Qualcomm has dropped an \\$18
million claim for monetary
damages from rival Texas
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discussing terms of a
licensing pact, a TI
spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Hewlett-Packard is the latest
IT vendor to try blogging. But
analysts wonder if the weblog
trend is the 21st century
equivalent of CB radios, which
made a big splash in the 1970s
before fading." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fannie
Mae executives and their
regulator squared off on
Wednesday, with executives
denying any accounting
irregularity and the regulator
saying the housing finance
company's management may need
to go." - ], - [ - "The scientists behind Dolly
the sheep apply for a license
to clone human embryos. They
want to take stem cells from
the embryos to study Lou
Gehrig's disease." - ], - [ - "As the first criminal trial
stemming from the financial
deals at Enron opened in
Houston on Monday, it is
notable as much for who is not
among the six defendants as
who is - and for how little
money was involved compared
with how much in other Enron" - ], - [ - "LONDON (CBS.MW) -- British
bank Barclays on Thursday said
it is in talks to buy a
majority stake in South
African bank ABSA. Free!" - ], - [ - "The Jets signed 33-year-old
cornerback Terrell Buckley,
who was released by New
England on Sunday, after
putting nickel back Ray
Mickens on season-ending
injured reserve yesterday with
a torn ACL in his left knee." - ], - [ - "Some of the silly tunes
Japanese pay to download to
use as the ring tone for their
mobile phones sure have their
knockers, but it #39;s for
precisely that reason that a
well-known counselor is raking
it in at the moment, according
to Shukan Gendai (10/2)." - ], - [ - "WEST INDIES thrilling victory
yesterday in the International
Cricket Council Champions
Trophy meant the world to the
five million people of the
Caribbean." - ], - [ - "AP - Greenpeace activists
scaled the walls of Ford Motor
Co.'s Norwegian headquarters
Tuesday to protest plans to
destroy hundreds of non-
polluting electric cars." - ], - [ - "Investors sent stocks sharply
lower yesterday as oil prices
continued their climb higher
and new questions about the
safety of arthritis drugs
pressured pharmaceutical
stocks." - ], - [ - "Scotland manager Berti Vogts
insists he is expecting
nothing but victory against
Moldova on Wednesday. The game
certainly is a must-win affair
if the Scots are to have any
chance of qualifying for the
2006 World Cup finals." - ], - [ - "IBM announced yesterday that
it will invest US\\$250 million
(S\\$425 million) over the next
five years and employ 1,000
people in a new business unit
to support products and
services related to sensor
networks." - ], - [ - "AFP - The chances of Rupert
Murdoch's News Corp relocating
from Australia to the United
States have increased after
one of its biggest
institutional investors has
chosen to abstain from a vote
next week on the move." - ], - [ - "AFP - An Indian minister said
a school text-book used in the
violence-prone western state
of Gujarat portrayed Adolf
Hitler as a role model." - ], - [ - "Reuters - The head of UAL
Corp.'s United\\Airlines said
on Thursday the airline's
restructuring plan\\would lead
to a significant number of job
losses, but it was\\not clear
how many." - ], - [ - "DOVER, N.H. (AP) -- Democrat
John Kerry is seizing on the
Bush administration's failure
to secure hundreds of tons of
explosives now missing in
Iraq." - ], - [ - "AP - Microsoft Corp. goes into
round two Friday of its battle
to get the European Union's
sweeping antitrust ruling
lifted having told a judge
that it had been prepared
during settlement talks to
share more software code with
its rivals than the EU
ultimately demanded." - ], - [ - " INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) -
Jenny Thompson will take the
spotlight from injured U.S.
team mate Michael Phelps at
the world short course
championships Saturday as she
brings down the curtain on a
spectacular swimming career." - ], - [ - "Martin Brodeur made 27 saves,
and Brad Richards, Kris Draper
and Joe Sakic scored goals to
help Canada beat Russia 3-1
last night in the World Cup of
Hockey, giving the Canadians a
3-0 record in round-robin
play." - ], - [ - "AP - Sears, Roebuck and Co.,
which has successfully sold
its tools and appliances on
the Web, is counting on having
the same magic with bedspreads
and sweaters, thanks in part
to expertise gained by its
purchase of Lands' End Inc." - ], - [ - "com September 14, 2004, 9:12
AM PT. With the economy slowly
turning up, upgrading hardware
has been on businesses radar
in the past 12 months as their
number two priority." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) -
Children's Place Retail Stores
Inc. <A HREF=\"http://www.i
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aspx?ticker=PLCE.O target=/sto
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CE.O</A> said on
Wednesday it will buy 313
retail stores from Walt
Disney Co., and its stock rose
more than 14 percent in early
morning trade." - ], - [ - "ALBANY, N.Y. -- A California-
based company that brokers
life, accident, and disability
policies for leading US
companies pocketed millions of
dollars a year in hidden
payments from insurers and
from charges on clients'
unsuspecting workers, New York
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
charged yesterday." - ], - [ - "NORTEL Networks plans to slash
its workforce by 3500, or ten
per cent, as it struggles to
recover from an accounting
scandal that toppled three top
executives and led to a
criminal investigation and
lawsuits." - ], - [ - "Ebay Inc. (EBAY.O: Quote,
Profile, Research) said on
Friday it would buy Rent.com,
an Internet housing rental
listing service, for \\$415
million in a deal that gives
it access to a new segment of
the online real estate market." - ], - [ - "Austin police are working with
overseas officials to bring
charges against an English man
for sexual assault of a child,
a second-degree felony." - ], - [ - "United Nations officials
report security breaches in
internally displaced people
and refugee camps in Sudan
#39;s embattled Darfur region
and neighboring Chad." - ], - [ - "Noranda Inc., Canada #39;s
biggest mining company, began
exclusive talks on a takeover
proposal from China Minmetals
Corp. that would lead to the
spinoff of Noranda #39;s
aluminum business to
shareholders." - ], - [ - "San Francisco
developer/publisher lands
coveted Paramount sci-fi
license, \\$6.5 million in
funding on same day. Although
it is less than two years old,
Perpetual Entertainment has
acquired one of the most
coveted sci-fi licenses on the
market." - ], - [ - "ST. LOUIS -- Mike Martz #39;s
week of anger was no empty
display. He saw the defending
NFC West champions slipping
and thought taking potshots at
his players might be his best
shot at turning things around." - ], - [ - "Google warned Thursday that
increased competition and the
maturing of the company would
result in an quot;inevitable
quot; slowing of its growth." - ], - [ - "By KELLY WIESE JEFFERSON
CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri
will allow members of the
military stationed overseas to
return absentee ballots via
e-mail, raising concerns from
Internet security experts
about fraud and ballot
secrecy..." - ], - [ - "Avis Europe PLC has dumped a
new ERP system based on
software from PeopleSoft Inc.
before it was even rolled out,
citing substantial delays and
higher-than-expected costs." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei
average rose 0.55 percent by
midsession on Wednesday as
some techs including Advantest
Corp. gained ground after
Wall Street reacted positively
to results from Intel Corp.
released after the U.S. market
close." - ], - [ - "Yahoo #39;s (Quote, Chart)
public embrace of the RSS
content syndication format
took a major leap forward with
the release of a revamped My
Yahoo portal seeking to
introduce the technology to
mainstream consumers." - ], - [ - "KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hurricane
Ivan's deadly winds and
monstrous waves bore down on
Jamaica on Friday, threatening
a direct hit on its densely
populated capital after
ravaging Grenada and killing
at least 33 people. The
Jamaican government ordered
the evacuation of half a
million people from coastal
areas, where rains on Ivan's
outer edges were already
flooding roads..." - ], - [ - "North Korea has denounced as
quot;wicked terrorists quot;
the South Korean officials who
orchestrated last month #39;s
airlift to Seoul of 468 North
Korean defectors." - ], - [ - "The Black Watch regiment has
returned to its base in Basra
in southern Iraq after a
month-long mission standing in
for US troops in a more
violent part of the country,
the Ministry of Defence says." - ], - [ - "Romanian soccer star Adrian
Mutu as he arrives at the
British Football Association
in London, ahead of his
disciplinary hearing, Thursday
Nov. 4, 2004." - ], - [ - "Australia completed an
emphatic Test series sweep
over New Zealand with a
213-run win Tuesday, prompting
a caution from Black Caps
skipper Stephen Fleming for
other cricket captains around
the globe." - ], - [ - "AP - A senior Congolese
official said Tuesday his
nation had been invaded by
neighboring Rwanda, and U.N.
officials said they were
investigating claims of
Rwandan forces clashing with
militias in the east." - ], - [ - "Liverpool, England (Sports
Network) - Former English
international and Liverpool
great Emlyn Hughes passed away
Tuesday from a brain tumor." - ], - [ - " ATLANTA (Reuters) - Soft
drink giant Coca-Cola Co.
<A HREF=\"http://www.investo
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downturn in North America,
Germany and other major
markets, on Thursday lowered
its key long-term earnings
and sales targets." - ], - [ - "JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- They
were singing in the Colts #39;
locker room today, singing
like a bunch of wounded
songbirds. Never mind that
Marcus Pollard, Dallas Clark
and Ben Hartsock won #39;t be
recording a remake of Kenny
Chesney #39;s song,
quot;Young, quot; any time
soon." - ], - [ - "TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese
electronics and entertainment
giant Sony Corp. (SNE) plans
to begin selling a camcorder
designed for consumers that
takes video at digital high-
definition quality and is
being priced at about
\\$3,600..." - ], - [ - "As the close-knit NASCAR
community mourns the loss of
team owner Rick Hendrick #39;s
son, brother, twin nieces and
six others in a plane crash
Sunday, perhaps no one outside
of the immediate family
grieves more deeply than
Darrell Waltrip." - ], - [ - "AP - Purdue quarterback Kyle
Orton has no trouble
remembering how he felt after
last year's game at Michigan." - ], - [ - "UNITED NATIONS - The United
Nations #39; nuclear agency
says it is concerned about the
disappearance of equipment and
materials from Iraq that could
be used to make nuclear
weapons." - ], - [ - " BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's
historic deal with Turkey to
open entry talks with the vast
Muslim country was hailed by
supporters as a bridge builder
between Europe and the Islamic
world." - ], - [ - "Iraqi President Ghazi al-
Yawar, who was due in Paris on
Sunday to start a European
tour, has postponed his visit
to France due to the ongoing
hostage drama involving two
French journalists, Arab
diplomats said Friday." - ], - [ - " SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) -
President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva's Workers' Party (PT)
won the mayoralty of six state
capitals in Sunday's municipal
vote but was forced into a
run-off to defend its hold on
the race's biggest prize, the
city of Sao Paulo." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece - They are
America's newest golden girls
- powerful and just a shade
from perfection. The U.S..." - ], - [ - "AMMAN, Sept. 15. - The owner
of a Jordanian truck company
announced today that he had
ordered its Iraq operations
stopped in a bid to save the
life of a driver held hostage
by a militant group." - ], - [ - "Israel is prepared to back a
Middle East conference
convened by Tony Blair early
next year despite having
expressed fears that the
British plans were over-
ambitious and designed" - ], - [ - "AP - U.S. State Department
officials learned that seven
American children had been
abandoned at a Nigerian
orphanage but waited more than
a week to check on the youths,
who were suffering from
malnutrition, malaria and
typhoid, a newspaper reported
Saturday." - ], - [ - "\\Angry mobs in Ivory Coast's
main city, Abidjan, marched on
the airport, hours after it
came under French control." - ], - [ - "Several workers are believed
to have been killed and others
injured after a contruction
site collapsed at Dubai
airport. The workers were
trapped under rubble at the
site of a \\$4." - ], - [ - "Talks between Sudan #39;s
government and two rebel
groups to resolve the nearly
two-year battle resume Friday.
By Abraham McLaughlin Staff
writer of The Christian
Science Monitor." - ], - [ - "In a meeting of the cinematic
with the scientific, Hollywood
helicopter stunt pilots will
try to snatch a returning NASA
space probe out of the air
before it hits the ground." - ], - [ - "Legend has it (incorrectly, it
seems) that infamous bank
robber Willie Sutton, when
asked why banks were his
favorite target, responded,
quot;Because that #39;s where
the money is." - ], - [ - "Brown is a second year player
from Memphis and has spent the
2004 season on the Steelers
#39; practice squad. He played
in two games last year." - ], - [ - "A Canadian court approved Air
Canada #39;s (AC.TO: Quote,
Profile, Research) plan of
arrangement with creditors on
Monday, clearing the way for
the world #39;s 11th largest
airline to emerge from
bankruptcy protection at the
end of next month" - ], - [ - "Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and
Purdue Pharma are the first
drugmakers willing to take the
plunge and use radio frequency
identification technology to
protect their US drug supply
chains from counterfeiters." - ], - [ - "Barret Jackman, the last of
the Blues left to sign before
the league #39;s probable
lockout on Wednesday,
finalized a deal Monday that
is rare in the current
economic climate but fitting
for him." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
eased on Monday after rebels
in Nigeria withdrew a threat
to target oil operations, but
lingering concerns over
stretched supplies ahead of
winter kept prices close to
\\$50." - ], - [ - "AP - In the tumult of the
visitors' clubhouse at Yankee
Stadium, champagne pouring all
around him, Theo Epstein held
a beer. \"I came in and there
was no champagne left,\" he
said this week. \"I said, 'I'll
have champagne if we win it
all.'\" Get ready to pour a
glass of bubbly for Epstein.
No I.D. necessary." - ], - [ - "Search any fee-based digital
music service for the best-
loved musical artists of the
20th century and most of the
expected names show up." - ], - [ - "Barcelona held on from an
early Deco goal to edge game
local rivals Espanyol 1-0 and
carve out a five point
tabletop cushion. Earlier,
Ronaldo rescued a point for
Real Madrid, who continued
their middling form with a 1-1
draw at Real Betis." - ], - [ - "MONTREAL (CP) - The Expos may
be history, but their demise
has heated up the market for
team memorabilia. Vintage
1970s and 1980s shirts are
already sold out, but
everything from caps, beer
glasses and key-chains to
dolls of mascot Youppi!" - ], - [ - "Stansted airport is the
designated emergency landing
ground for planes in British
airspace hit by in-flight
security alerts. Emergency
services at Stansted have
successfully dealt" - ], - [ - "The massive military operation
to retake Fallujah has been
quot;accomplished quot;, a
senior Iraqi official said.
Fierce fighting continued in
the war-torn city where
pockets of resistance were
still holding out against US
forces." - ], - [ - "There are some signs of
progress in resolving the
Nigerian conflict that is
riling global oil markets. The
leader of militia fighters
threatening to widen a battle
for control of Nigeria #39;s
oil-rich south has" - ], - [ - "A strong earthquake hit Taiwan
on Monday, shaking buildings
in the capital Taipei for
several seconds. No casualties
were reported." - ], - [ - "America Online Inc. is
packaging new features to
combat viruses, spam and
spyware in response to growing
online security threats.
Subscribers will be able to
get the free tools" - ], - [ - "A 76th minute goal from
European Footballer of the
Year Pavel Nedved gave
Juventus a 1-0 win over Bayern
Munich on Tuesday handing the
Italians clear control at the
top of Champions League Group
C." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
climbed above \\$42 a barrel on
Wednesday, rising for the
third day in a row as cold
weather gripped the U.S.
Northeast, the world's biggest
heating fuel market." - ], - [ - "A policeman ran amok at a
security camp in Indian-
controlled Kashmir after an
argument and shot dead seven
colleagues before he was
gunned down, police said on
Sunday." - ], - [ - "ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Some NHL
players who took part in a
charity hockey game at the
University of Michigan on
Thursday were hopeful the news
that the NHL and the players
association will resume talks
next week" - ], - [ - "New York police have developed
a pre-emptive strike policy,
cutting off demonstrations
before they grow large." - ], - [ - "CAPE CANAVERAL-- NASA aims to
launch its first post-Columbia
shuttle mission during a
shortened nine-day window
March, and failure to do so
likely would delay a planned
return to flight until at
least May." - ], - [ - "Travelers headed home for
Thanksgiving were greeted
Wednesday with snow-covered
highways in the Midwest, heavy
rain and tornadoes in parts of
the South, and long security
lines at some of the nation
#39;s airports." - ], - [ - "BOULDER, Colo. -- Vernand
Morency ran for 165 yards and
two touchdowns and Donovan
Woods threw for three more
scores, lifting No. 22
Oklahoma State to a 42-14
victory over Colorado
yesterday." - ], - [ - "The Chinese city of Beijing
has cancelled an order for
Microsoft software, apparently
bowing to protectionist
sentiment. The deal has come
under fire in China, which is
trying to build a domestic
software industry." - ], - [ - "Apple says it will deliver its
iTunes music service to more
European countries next month.
Corroborating several reports
in recent months, Reuters is
reporting today that Apple
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world's\\second-largest mobile
phone maker, said on Tuesday
it expects\\to sustain strong
sales growth in the second
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designs and features." - ], - [ - "PULLMAN - Last week, in
studying USC game film, Cougar
coaches thought they found a
chink in the national
champions armor. And not just
any chink - one with the
potential, right from the get
go, to" - ], - [ - "The union representing flight
attendants on Friday said it
mailed more than 5,000 strike
authorization ballots to its
members employed by US Airways
as both sides continued talks
that are expected to stretch
through the weekend." - ], - [ - "AP - Matt Leinart was quite a
baseball prospect growing up,
showing so much promise as a
left-handed pitcher that
scouts took notice before high
school." - ], - [ - "PRAGUE, Czech Republic --
Eugene Cernan, the last man to
walk on the moon during the
final Apollo landing, said
Thursday he doesn't expect
space tourism to become
reality in the near future,
despite a strong demand.
Cernan, now 70, who was
commander of NASA's Apollo 17
mission and set foot on the
lunar surface in December 1972
during his third space flight,
acknowledged that \"there are
many people interested in
space tourism.\" But the
former astronaut said he
believed \"we are a long way
away from the day when we can
send a bus of tourists to the
moon.\" He spoke to reporters
before being awarded a medal
by the Czech Academy of
Sciences for his contribution
to science..." - ], - [ - "Never shy about entering a
market late, Microsoft Corp.
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Thursday, giant panda cub Mei
Sheng delighted visitors by
playing for the first time in
snow delivered to him at the
San Diego Zoo. He also sat on
his ice cake, wrestled with
his mom, got his coat
incredibly dirty, and didn't
read any of the more than 700
birthday wishes sent him via
e-mail from as far away as
Ireland and Argentina." - ], - [ - "AP - Researchers put a
satellite tracking device on a
15-foot shark that appeared to
be lost in shallow water off
Cape Cod, the first time a
great white has been tagged
that way in the Atlantic." - ], - [ - "LSU will stick with a two-
quarterback rotation Saturday
at Auburn, according to Tigers
coach Nick Saban, who seemed
to have some fun telling the
media what he will and won
#39;t discuss Monday." - ], - [ - "Bulgaria has started its first
co-mission with the EU in
Bosnia and Herzegovina, along
with some 30 countries,
including Canada and Turkey." - ], - [ - "The Windows Future Storage
(WinFS) technology that got
cut out of Windows
quot;Longhorn quot; is in
serious trouble, and not just
the hot water a feature might
encounter for missing its
intended production vehicle." - ], - [ - "Seattle -- - Not so long ago,
the 49ers were inflicting on
other teams the kind of pain
and embarrassment they felt in
their 34-0 loss to the
Seahawks on Sunday." - ], - [ - "AP - The pileup of events in
the city next week, including
the Republican National
Convention, will add to the
security challenge for the New
York Police Department, but
commissioner Ray Kelly says,
\"With a big, experienced
police force, we can do it.\"" - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com - Let the
games begin. Not the Olympics
again, but the all-out battle
between video game giants Sony
Corp. and Nintendo Co. Ltd.
The two Japanese companies are
rolling out new gaming
consoles, but Nintendo has
beaten Sony to the punch by
announcing an earlier launch
date for its new hand-held
game player." - ], - [ - "London - Manchester City held
fierce crosstown rivals
Manchester United to a 0-0
draw on Sunday, keeping the
Red Devils eleven points
behind leaders Chelsea." - ], - [ - "LONDON, Dec 11 (IranMania) -
Iraqi Vice-President Ibrahim
al-Jaafari refused to believe
in remarks published Friday
that Iran was attempting to
influence Iraqi polls with the
aim of creating a
quot;crescent quot; dominated
by Shiites in the region." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) - The US
Securities and Exchange
Commission is probing
transactions between Delphi
Corp and EDS, which supplies
the automotive parts and
components giant with
technology services, Delphi
said late Wednesday." - ], - [ - "MONTREAL (CP) - Molson Inc.
and Adolph Coors Co. are
sweetening their brewery
merger plan with a special
dividend to Molson
shareholders worth \\$381
million." - ], - [ - "AP - Echoing what NASA
officials said a day earlier,
a Russian space official on
Friday said the two-man crew
on the international space
station could be forced to
return to Earth if a planned
resupply flight cannot reach
them with food supplies later
this month." - ], - [ - "InfoWorld - SANTA CLARA,
CALIF. -- Accommodating large
patch sets in Linux is
expected to mean forking off
of the 2.7 version of the
platform to accommodate these
changes, according to Andrew
Morton, lead maintainer of the
Linux kernel for Open Source
Development Labs (OSDL)." - ], - [ - "AMSTERDAM The mobile phone
giants Vodafone and Nokia
teamed up on Thursday to
simplify cellphone software
written with the Java computer
language." - ], - [ - "WELLINGTON: National carrier
Air New Zealand said yesterday
the Australian Competition
Tribunal has approved a
proposed alliance with Qantas
Airways Ltd, despite its
rejection in New Zealand." - ], - [ - "The late Princess Dianas
former bodyguard, Ken Wharfe,
dismisses her suspicions that
one of her lovers was bumped
off. Princess Diana had an
affair with Barry Mannakee, a
policeman who was assigned to
protect her." - ], - [ - "Long considered beyond the
reach of mainland mores, the
Florida city is trying to
limit blatant displays of
sexual behavior." - ], - [ - "The overall Linux market is
far larger than previous
estimates show, a new study
says. In an analysis of the
Linux market released late
Tuesday, market research firm
IDC estimated that the Linux
market -- including" - ], - [ - "By PAUL ELIAS SAN FRANCISCO
(AP) -- Several California
cities and counties, including
San Francisco and Los Angeles,
sued Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) on
Friday, accusing the software
giant of illegally charging
inflated prices for its
products because of monopoly
control of the personal
computer operating system
market..." - ], - [ - "New Ole Miss head coach Ed
Orgeron, speaking for the
first time since his hiring,
made clear the goal of his
football program. quot;The
goal of this program will be
to go to the Sugar Bowl, quot;
Orgeron said." - ], - [ - "\"Everyone's nervous,\" Acting
Undersecretary of Defense
Michael W. Wynne warned in a
confidential e-mail to Air
Force Secretary James G. Roche
on July 8, 2003." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Alpharma Inc. on
Friday began\\selling a cheaper
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ruling on Pfizer's request to
block the copycat medicine." - ], - [ - "Public opinion of the database
giant sinks to 12-year low, a
new report indicates." - ], - [ - "Opinion: Privacy hysterics
bring old whine in new bottles
to the Internet party. The
desktop search beta from this
Web search leader doesn #39;t
do anything you can #39;t do
already." - ], - [ - "It is much too easy to call
Pedro Martinez the selfish
one, to say he is walking out
on the Red Sox, his baseball
family, for the extra year of
the Mets #39; crazy money." - ], - [ - "It is impossible for young
tennis players today to know
what it was like to be Althea
Gibson and not to be able to
quot;walk in the front door,
quot; Garrison said." - ], - [ - "Senator John Kerry said today
that the war in Iraq was a
\"profound diversion\" from the
war on terror and Osama bin
Laden." - ], - [ - "For spammers, it #39;s been a
summer of love. Two newly
issued reports tracking the
circulation of unsolicited
e-mails say pornographic spam
dominated this summer, nearly
all of it originating from
Internet addresses in North
America." - ], - [ - "The Nordics fared well because
of their long-held ideals of
keeping corruption clamped
down and respect for
contracts, rule of law and
dedication to one-on-one
business relationships." - ], - [ - "Microsoft portrayed its
Longhorn decision as a
necessary winnowing to hit the
2006 timetable. The
announcement on Friday,
Microsoft executives insisted,
did not point to a setback in
software" - ], - [ - "Here #39;s an obvious word of
advice to Florida athletic
director Jeremy Foley as he
kicks off another search for
the Gators football coach: Get
Steve Spurrier on board." - ], - [ - "Don't bother with the small
stuff. Here's what really
matters to your lender." - ], - [ - "A problem in the Service Pack
2 update for Windows XP may
keep owners of AMD-based
computers from using the long-
awaited security package,
according to Microsoft." - ], - [ - "Five years ago, running a
telephone company was an
immensely profitable
proposition. Since then, those
profits have inexorably
declined, and now that decline
has taken another gut-
wrenching dip." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - The litigious
Recording Industry Association
of America (RIAA) is involved
in another legal dispute with
a P-to-P (peer-to-peer)
technology maker, but this
time, the RIAA is on defense.
Altnet Inc. filed a lawsuit
Wednesday accusing the RIAA
and several of its partners of
infringing an Altnet patent
covering technology for
identifying requested files on
a P-to-P network." - ], - [ - "A group claiming to have
captured two Indonesian women
in Iraq has said it will
release them if Jakarta frees
Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir
being held for alleged
terrorist links." - ], - [ - "Amid the stormy gloom in
Gotham, the rain-idled Yankees
last night had plenty of time
to gather in front of their
televisions and watch the Red
Sox Express roar toward them.
The national telecast might
have been enough to send a
jittery Boss Steinbrenner
searching his Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations for some
quot;Little Engine That Could
quot; metaphor." - ], - [ - "FULHAM fans would have been
singing the late Elvis #39;
hit #39;The wonder of you
#39; to their player Elvis
Hammond. If not for Frank
Lampard spoiling the party,
with his dedication to his
late grandfather." - ], - [ - "Indonesian police said
yesterday that DNA tests had
identified a suicide bomber
involved in a deadly attack
this month on the Australian
embassy in Jakarta." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores
Inc.'s warning of
disappointing sales sent
stocks fluctuating Monday as
investors' concerns about a
slowing economy offset their
relief over a drop in oil
prices. October contracts
for a barrel of light crude
were quoted at \\$46.48, down
24 cents, on the New York
Mercantile Exchange..." - ], - [ - "Iraq #39;s top Shi #39;ite
cleric made a sudden return to
the country on Wednesday and
said he had a plan to end an
uprising in the quot;burning
city quot; of Najaf, where
fighting is creeping ever
closer to its holiest shrine." - ], - [ - "For two weeks before MTV
debuted U2 #39;s video for the
new single quot;Vertigo,
quot; fans had a chance to see
the band perform the song on
TV -- in an iPod commercial." - ], - [ - "A bird #39;s eye view of the
circuit at Shanghai shows what
an event Sunday #39;s Chinese
Grand Prix will be. The course
is arguably one of the best
there is, and so it should be
considering the amount of
money that has been spent on
it." - ], - [ - "KABUL, Afghanistan Aug. 22,
2004 - US soldiers sprayed a
pickup truck with bullets
after it failed to stop at a
roadblock in central
Afghanistan, killing two women
and a man and critically
wounding two other" - ], - [ - "Oct. 26, 2004 - The US-
European spacecraft Cassini-
Huygens on Tuesday made a
historic flyby of Titan,
Saturn #39;s largest moon,
passing so low as to almost
touch the fringes of its
atmosphere." - ], - [ - "Reuters - A volcano in central
Japan sent smoke and\\ash high
into the sky and spat out
molten rock as it erupted\\for
a fourth straight day on
Friday, but experts said the
peak\\appeared to be quieting
slightly." - ], - [ - "Shares of Google Inc. made
their market debut on Thursday
and quickly traded up 19
percent at \\$101.28. The Web
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public offering priced at \\$85" - ], - [ - "SYDNEY -- Prime Minister John
Howard of Australia, a key US
ally and supporter of the Iraq
war, celebrated his election
win over opposition Labor
after voters enjoying the
fruits of a strong economy
gave him another term." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Global warming is
melting\\Ecuador's cherished
mountain glaciers and could
cause several\\of them to
disappear over the next two
decades, Ecuadorean and\\French
scientists said on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Sirius Satellite Radio
signed a deal to air the men's
NCAA basketball tournament
through 2007, the latest move
made in an attempt to draw
customers through sports
programming." - ], - [ - "Rather than tell you, Dan
Kranzler chooses instead to
show you how he turned Mforma
into a worldwide publisher of
video games, ringtones and
other hot downloads for mobile
phones." - ], - [ - "UK interest rates have been
kept on hold at 4.75 following
the latest meeting of the Bank
of England #39;s rate-setting
committee." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two rockets
hit a downtown Baghdad hotel
housing foreigners and
journalists Thursday, and
gunfire erupted in the
neighborhood across the Tigris
River from the U.S. Embassy
compound..." - ], - [ - "The Prevention of Terrorism
Act 2002 (Pota) polarised the
country, not just by the
manner in which it was pushed
through by the NDA government
through a joint session of
Parliament but by the shabby
and often biased manner in
which it was enforced." - ], - [ - "Not being part of a culture
with a highly developed
language, could limit your
thoughts, at least as far as
numbers are concerned, reveals
a new study conducted by a
psychologist at the Columbia
University in New York." - ], - [ - "CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A native of
Red Oak, Iowa, who was a
pioneer in astronomy who
proposed the quot;dirty
snowball quot; theory for the
substance of comets, has died." - ], - [ - "Resurgent oil prices paused
for breath as the United
States prepared to draw on its
emergency reserves to ease
supply strains caused by
Hurricane Ivan." - ], - [ - "(Sports Network) - The
inconsistent San Diego Padres
will try for consecutive wins
for the first time since
August 28-29 tonight, when
they begin a huge four-game
set against the Los Angeles
Dodgers at Dodger Stadium." - ], - [ - "A Portuguese-sounding version
of the virus has appeared in
the wild. Be wary of mail from
Manaus." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top seed
Roger Federer survived a
stirring comeback from twice
champion Andre Agassi to reach
the semifinals of the U.S.
Open for the first time on
Thursday, squeezing through
6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3." - ], - [ - "President Bush, who credits
three years of tax relief
programs with helping
strengthen the slow economy,
said Saturday he would sign
into law the Working Families
Tax Relief Act to preserve tax
cuts." - ], - [ - "HEN investors consider the
bond market these days, the
low level of interest rates
should be more cause for worry
than for gratitude." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Hunters soon may be
able to sit at\\their computers
and blast away at animals on a
Texas ranch via\\the Internet,
a prospect that has state
wildlife officials up\\in arms." - ], - [ - "The Bedminster-based company
yesterday said it was pushing
into 21 new markets with the
service, AT amp;T CallVantage,
and extending an introductory
rate offer until Sept. 30. In
addition, the company is
offering in-home installation
of up to five ..." - ], - [ - "Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
has developed a new LCD
(liquid crystal display)
technology that builds a touch
screen into the display, a
development that could lead to
thinner and cheaper display
panels for mobile phones, the
company said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "The US military says marines
in Fallujah shot and killed an
insurgent who engaged them as
he was faking being dead, a
week after footage of a marine
killing an apparently unarmed
and wounded Iraqi caused a
stir in the region." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
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expectations of more
takeovers." - ], - [ - "SAN FRANCISCO - What Babe Ruth
was to the first half of the
20th century and Hank Aaron
was to the second, Barry Bonds
has become for the home run
generation." - ], - [ - "Description: NPR #39;s Alex
Chadwick talks to Colin Brown,
deputy political editor for
the United Kingdom #39;s
Independent newspaper,
currently covering the British
Labour Party Conference." - ], - [ - "Birgit Fischer settled for
silver, leaving the 42-year-
old Olympian with two medals
in two days against decidedly
younger competition." - ], - [ - "The New Jersey-based Accoona
Corporation, an industry
pioneer in artificial
intelligence search
technology, announced on
Monday the launch of Accoona." - ], - [ - "Hamas vowed revenge yesterday
after an Israeli airstrike in
Gaza killed one of its senior
commanders - the latest
assassination to have weakened
the militant group." - ], - [ - "There was no mystery ... no
secret strategy ... no baited
trap that snapped shut and
changed the course of history
#39;s most lucrative non-
heavyweight fight." - ], - [ - "Notre Dame accepted an
invitation Sunday to play in
the Insight Bowl in Phoenix
against a Pac-10 team on Dec.
28. The Irish (6-5) accepted
the bid a day after losing to
Southern California" - ], - [ - "Greg Anderson has so dominated
Pro Stock this season that his
championship quest has evolved
into a pursuit of NHRA
history. By Bob Hesser, Racers
Edge Photography." - ], - [ - "Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on
Thursday said fourth-quarter
profit rose as its fixed-
income, currency and
commodities business soared
while a rebounding stock
market boosted investment
banking." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - The
dollar rose on Monday in a
retracement from last week's
steep losses, but dealers said
the bias toward a weaker
greenback remained intact." - ], - [ - "Michael Powell, chairman of
the FCC, said Wednesday he was
disappointed with ABC for
airing a sexually suggestive
opening to \"Monday Night
Football.\"" - ], - [ - "The message against illegally
copying CDs for uses such as
in file-sharing over the
Internet has widely sunk in,
said the company in it #39;s
recent announcement to drop
the Copy-Control program." - ], - [ - "Former Washington football
coach Rick Neuheisel looked
forward to a return to
coaching Wednesday after being
cleared by the NCAA of
wrongdoing related to his
gambling on basketball games." - ], - [ - "Reuters - California will
become hotter and\\drier by the
end of the century, menacing
the valuable wine and\\dairy
industries, even if dramatic
steps are taken to curb\\global
warming, researchers said on
Monday." - ], - [ - "A senior member of the
Palestinian resistance group
Hamas has been released from
an Israeli prison after
completing a two-year
sentence." - ], - [ - "IBM said Monday that it won a
500 million (AUD\\$1.25
billion), seven-year services
contract to help move UK bank
Lloyds TBS from its
traditional voice
infrastructure to a converged
voice and data network." - ], - [ - "MPs have announced a new
inquiry into family courts and
whether parents are treated
fairly over issues such as
custody or contact with their
children." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - MELBOURNE,
Australia (AP) - A 36-year-old
businesswoman was believed to
be the first woman to walk
around Australia on Friday
after striding into her
hometown of Melbourne to
complete her 16,700-kilometre
trek in 365 days." - ], - [ - "Most remaining Pakistani
prisoners held at the US
Guantanamo Bay prison camp are
freed, officials say." - ], - [ - "Space shuttle astronauts will
fly next year without the
ability to repair in orbit the
type of damage that destroyed
the Columbia vehicle in
February 2003." - ], - [ - "Moscow - Russia plans to
combine Gazprom, the world
#39;s biggest natural gas
producer, with state-owned oil
producer Rosneft, easing rules
for trading Gazprom shares and
creating a company that may
dominate the country #39;s
energy industry." - ], - [ - "AP - Rutgers basketball player
Shalicia Hurns was suspended
from the team after pleading
guilty to punching and tying
up her roommate during a
dispute over painkilling
drugs." - ], - [ - "By cutting WinFS from Longhorn
and indefinitely delaying the
storage system, Microsoft
Corp. has also again delayed
the Microsoft Business
Framework (MBF), a new Windows
programming layer that is
closely tied to WinFS." - ], - [ - "French police are
investigating an arson-caused
fire at a Jewish Social Center
that might have killed dozens
without the quick response of
firefighters." - ], - [ - "Rodney King, whose videotaped
beating led to riots in Los
Angeles in 1992, is out of
jail now and talking frankly
for the first time about the
riots, himself and the
American way of life." - ], - [ - "AFP - Radical Islamic cleric
Abu Hamza al-Masri was set to
learn Thursday whether he
would be charged under
Britain's anti-terrorism law,
thus delaying his possible
extradition to the United
States to face terrorism-
related charges." - ], - [ - "Diversified manufacturer
Honeywell International Inc.
(HON.N: Quote, Profile,
Research) posted a rise in
quarterly profit as strong
demand for aerospace equipment
and automobile components" - ], - [ - "This was the event Michael
Phelps didn't really need to
compete in if his goal was to
win eight golds. He probably
would have had a better chance
somewhere else." - ], - [ - "Samsung's new SPH-V5400 mobile
phone sports a built-in
1-inch, 1.5-gigabyte hard disk
that can store about 15 times
more data than conventional
handsets, Samsung said." - ], - [ - "Reuters - U.S. housing starts
jumped a\\larger-than-expected
6.4 percent in October to the
busiest pace\\since December as
buyers took advantage of low
mortgage rates,\\a government
report showed on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Gabe Kapler became the first
player to leave the World
Series champion Boston Red
Sox, agreeing to a one-year
contract with the Yomiuri
Giants in Tokyo." - ], - [ - "Louisen Louis, 30, walked
Monday in the middle of a
street that resembled a small
river with brown rivulets and
waves. He wore sandals and had
a cut on one of his big toes." - ], - [ - "BALI, Indonesia - Svetlana
Kuznetsova, fresh off her
championship at the US Open,
defeated Australian qualifier
Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-4
Thursday to reach the
quarterfinals of the Wismilak
International." - ], - [ - "The Securities and Exchange
Commission ordered mutual
funds to stop paying higher
commissions to brokers who
promote the companies' funds
and required portfolio
managers to reveal investments
in funds they supervise." - ], - [ - "A car bomb exploded outside
the main hospital in Chechny
#39;s capital, Grozny, on
Sunday, injuring 17 people in
an attack apparently targeting
members of a Chechen security
force bringing in wounded from
an earlier explosion" - ], - [ - "AP - Just like the old days in
Dallas, Emmitt Smith made life
miserable for the New York
Giants on Sunday." - ], - [ - "Sumitomo Mitsui Financial
Group (SMFG), Japans second
largest bank, today put
forward a 3,200 billion (\\$29
billion) takeover bid for
United Financial Group (UFJ),
the countrys fourth biggest
lender, in an effort to regain
initiative in its bidding" - ], - [ - "AP - Gay marriage is emerging
as a big enough issue in
several states to influence
races both for Congress and
the presidency." - ], - [ - "TAMPA, Fla. - Chris Simms
first NFL start lasted 19
plays, and it might be a while
before he plays again for the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers." - ], - [ - "Vendor says it #39;s
developing standards-based
servers in various form
factors for the telecom
market. By Darrell Dunn.
Hewlett-Packard on Thursday
unveiled plans to create a
portfolio of products and
services" - ], - [ - "Jarno Trulli made the most of
the conditions in qualifying
to claim pole ahead of Michael
Schumacher, while Fernando
finished third." - ], - [ - "More than 30 aid workers have
been airlifted to safety from
a town in Sudan #39;s troubled
Darfur region after fighting
broke out and their base was
bombed, a British charity
says." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
chain store retail sales
slipped during the
Thanksgiving holiday week, as
consumers took advantage of
discounted merchandise, a
retail report said on
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "The Mac maker says it will
replace about 28,000 batteries
in one model of PowerBook G4
and tells people to stop using
the notebook." - ], - [ - "It #39;s the mildest of mild
winters down here in the south
of Italy and, last weekend at
Bcoli, a pretty suburb by the
seaside west of Naples, the
customers of Pizzeria quot;Da
Enrico quot; were making the
most of it." - ], - [ - "By George Chamberlin , Daily
Transcript Financial
Correspondent. Concerns about
oil production leading into
the winter months sent shivers
through the stock market
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Airbus has withdrawn a filing
that gave support for
Microsoft in an antitrust case
before the European Union
#39;s Court of First Instance,
a source close to the
situation said on Friday." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - A spotty job
market and stagnant paychecks
cloud this Labor Day holiday
for many workers, highlighting
the importance of pocketbook
issues in the presidential
election. \"Working harder
and enjoying it less,\" said
economist Ken Mayland,
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Argentina booked their berth
in the women's hockey semi-
finals at the Athens Olympics
on Friday but defending
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plans to acquire software
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undisclosed amount. Systemcorp
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aimed at helping companies
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Section 529 college savings
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tax if used for higher
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your investments tank? Just
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Williams of Alexandria, Va. In
2000 they put #36;45,000 into
the Virginia Education Savings
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forecast, but blue chips were
only moderately lower as drug
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U.S. government tests on an
animal suspected of having mad
cow disease were not yet
complete, the U.S. Agriculture
Department said, with no
announcement on the results
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popular actor who challenged
President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo in the presidential
elections this year, died
early Tuesday." - ], - [ - " THOMASTOWN, Ireland (Reuters)
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conditions to fire a sparkling
eight-under-par 64 and move
two shots clear after two
rounds of the WGC-American
Express Championship Friday." - ], - [ - "Lamar Odom supplemented 20
points with 13 rebounds and
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overcome a big night from Yao
Ming as the Los Angeles Lakers
ground out an 84-79 win over
the Rockets in Houston
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Dutch filmmaker who outraged
members of the Muslim
community by making a film
critical of the mistreatment
of women in Islamic society
was gunned down and stabbed to
death Tuesday on an Amsterdam
street." - ], - [ - "Microsoft Xbox Live traffic on
service provider networks
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and Canada on the first day of
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gray day at Westside Tennis
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Brocade #39;s storage area
network switching technology
into HP Bladesystem servers to
reduce the amount of fabric
infrastructure needed in a
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center and seven-time All-
Star Alonzo Mourning is going
to give his playing career
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of the scientific devices to
be put on board the Mars
Science Laboratory rover
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surface of Mars in 2009, NASAs
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down on Florida Saturday,
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onto beaches and forcing
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bid contract for maintaining
airport security equipment has
turned into a non-starter for
the Transportation Security
Administration." - ], - [ - "Eyetech (EYET:Nasdaq - news -
research) did not open for
trading Friday because a Food
and Drug Administration
advisory committee is meeting
to review the small New York-
based biotech #39;s
experimental eye disease drug." - ], - [ - "The continuing heartache of
Wake Forest #39;s ACC football
season was best described by
fifth-ranked Florida State
coach Bobby Bowden, after his
Seminoles had edged the
Deacons 20-17 Saturday at
Groves Stadium." - ], - [ - "On September 13, 2001, most
Americans were still reeling
from the shock of the
terrorist attacks on New York
and the Pentagon two days
before." - ], - [ - "Microsoft has suspended the
beta testing of the next
version of its MSN Messenger
client because of a potential
security problem, a company
spokeswoman said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Business software maker
Oracle Corp. attacked the
credibility and motives of
PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of
directors Monday, hoping to
rally investor support as the
17-month takeover battle
between the bitter business
software rivals nears a
climactic showdown." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Elena Dementieva
shook off a subpar serve that
produced 15 double-faults, an
aching left thigh and an upset
stomach to advance to the
semifinals at the U.S. Open
with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1)
victory Tuesday over Amelie
Mauresmo..." - ], - [ - "THE glory days have returned
to White Hart Lane. When Spurs
new first-team coach Martin
Jol promised a return to the
traditions of the 1960s,
nobody could have believed he
was so determined to act so
quickly and so literally." - ], - [ - "A new worm has been discovered
in the wild that #39;s not
just settling for invading
users #39; PCs--it wants to
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be surfing the Web by 2006
with government-approved
technology that allows people
access to high-speed Internet
connections while they fly." - ], - [ - "GENEVA: Cross-border
investment is set to bounce in
2004 after three years of deep
decline, reflecting a stronger
world economy and more
international merger activity,
the United Nations (UN) said
overnight." - ], - [ - "Researchers have for the first
time established the existence
of odd-parity superconductors,
materials that can carry
electric current without any
resistance." - ], - [ - "Chewing gum giant Wm. Wrigley
Jr. Co. on Thursday said it
plans to phase out production
of its Eclipse breath strips
at a plant in Phoenix, Arizona
and shift manufacturing to
Poznan, Poland." - ], - [ - "Prime Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh inaugurated a research
centre in the Capital on
Thursday to mark 400 years of
compilation of Sikh holy book
the Guru Granth Sahib." - ], - [ - "com September 16, 2004, 7:58
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European antitrust regulators
said Monday they have extended
their review of a deal between
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and
Time Warner Inc..." - ], - [ - "AP - When Paula Radcliffe
dropped out of the Olympic
marathon miles from the
finish, she sobbed
uncontrollably. Margaret Okayo
knew the feeling. Okayo pulled
out of the marathon at the
15th mile with a left leg
injury, and she cried, too.
When she watched Radcliffe
quit, Okayo thought, \"Let's
cry together.\"" - ], - [ - "Tightness in the labour market
notwithstanding, the prospects
for hiring in the third
quarter are down from the
second quarter, according to
the new Manpower Employment
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Prime Minister Tony Blair
would be seen as an
endorsement of the military
action in Iraq, Prime Minister
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The Atlanta Hawks signed free
agent Kevin Willis on
Wednesday, nearly a decade
after the veteran big man
ended an 11- year stint with
the team." - ], - [ - "An adult Web site publisher is
suing Google, saying the
search engine company made it
easier for users to see the
site #39;s copyrighted nude
photographs without paying or
gaining access through the
proper channels." - ], - [ - "When his right-front tire went
flying off early in the Ford
400, the final race of the
NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
season, Kurt Busch, it seemed,
was destined to spend his
offseason" - ], - [ - "A Washington-based public
opinion firm has released the
results of an election day
survey of Nevada voters
showing 81 support for the
issuance of paper receipts
when votes are cast
electronically." - ], - [ - "NAPSTER creator SHAWN FANNING
has revealed his plans for a
new licensed file-sharing
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dollar rose on Friday, after a
U.S. report showed consumer
prices in line with
expections, reminding
investors that the Federal
Reserve was likely to
continue raising interest
rates, analysts said." - ], - [ - "Brandon Backe and Woody
Williams pitched well last
night even though neither
earned a win. But their
outings will show up in the
record books." - ], - [ - "President George W. Bush
pledged Friday to spend some
of the political capital from
his re-election trying to
secure a lasting Middle East
peace, and he envisioned the
establishment" - ], - [ - "The Football Association today
decided not to charge David
Beckham with bringing the game
into disrepute. The FA made
the surprise announcement
after their compliance unit
ruled" - ], - [ - "Last year some election
watchers made a bold
prediction that this
presidential election would
set a record: the first half
billion dollar campaign in
hard money alone." - ], - [ - "It #39;s one more blow to
patients who suffer from
arthritis. Pfizer, the maker
of Celebrex, says it #39;s
painkiller poses an increased
risk of heart attacks to
patients using the drugs." - ], - [ - "NEW DELHI - A bomb exploded
during an Independence Day
parade in India's remote
northeast on Sunday, killing
at least 15 people, officials
said, just an hour after Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh
pledged to fight terrorism.
The outlawed United Liberation
Front of Asom was suspected of
being behind the attack in
Assam state and a second one
later in the area, said Assam
Inspector General of Police
Khagen Sharma..." - ], - [ - "Two separate studies by U.S.
researchers find that super
drug-resistant strains of
tuberculosis are at the
tipping point of a global
epidemic, and only small
changes could help them spread
quickly." - ], - [ - " CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland
(Reuters) - World number
three Ernie Els says he feels
a failure after narrowly
missing out on three of the
year's four major
championships." - ], - [ - "A UN envoy to Sudan will visit
Darfur tomorrow to check on
the government #39;s claim
that some 70,000 people
displaced by conflict there
have voluntarily returned to
their homes, a spokesman said." - ], - [ - "Dell cut prices on some
servers and PCs by as much as
22 percent because it #39;s
paying less for parts. The
company will pass the savings
on components such as memory
and liquid crystal displays" - ], - [ - "AP - Most of the presidential
election provisional ballots
rejected so far in Ohio came
from people who were not even
registered to vote, election
officials said after spending
nearly two weeks poring over
thousands of disputed votes." - ], - [ - "Striker Bonaventure Kalou
netted twice to send AJ
Auxerre through to the first
knockout round of the UEFA Cup
at the expense of Rangers on
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "AP - Rival inmates fought each
other with knives and sticks
Wednesday at a San Salvador
prison, leaving at least 31
people dead and two dozen
injured, officials said." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON: The European-
American Cassini-Huygens space
probe has detected traces of
ice flowing on the surface of
Saturn #39;s largest moon,
Titan, suggesting the
existence of an ice volcano,
NASA said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "The economic growth rate in
the July-September period was
revised slightly downward from
an already weak preliminary
report, the government said
Wednesday." - ], - [ - "All ISS systems continue to
function nominally, except
those noted previously or
below. Day 7 of joint
Exp.9/Exp.10 operations and
last full day before 8S
undocking." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD - Two Egyptian
employees of a mobile phone
company were seized when
gunmen stormed into their
Baghdad office, the latest in
a series of kidnappings in the
country." - ], - [ - "BRISBANE, Australia - The body
of a whale resembling a giant
dolphin that washed up on an
eastern Australian beach has
intrigued local scientists,
who agreed Wednesday that it
is rare but are not sure just
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(nasdaq: SIRI - news - people
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and the men #39;s NCAA
basketball tournaments, but XM
Satellite Radio (nasdaq: XMSR
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sights on your cell phone." - ], - [ - "Trick-or-treaters can expect
an early Halloween treat on
Wednesday night, when a total
lunar eclipse makes the moon
look like a glowing pumpkin." - ], - [ - "THIS weekend sees the
quot;other quot; showdown
between New York and New
England as the Jets and
Patriots clash in a battle of
the unbeaten teams." - ], - [ - "Sifting through millions of
documents to locate a valuable
few is tedious enough, but
what happens when those files
are scattered across different
repositories?" - ], - [ - "President Bush aims to
highlight American drug-
fighting aid in Colombia and
boost a conservative Latin
American leader with a stop in
the Andean nation where
thousands of security forces
are deployed to safeguard his
brief stay." - ], - [ - "Dubai - Former Palestinian
security minister Mohammed
Dahlan said on Monday that a
quot;gang of mercenaries quot;
known to the Palestinian
police were behind the
shooting that resulted in two
deaths in a mourning tent for
Yasser Arafat in Gaza." - ], - [ - "A drug company executive who
spoke out in support of
Montgomery County's proposal
to import drugs from Canada
and similar legislation before
Congress said that his company
has launched an investigation
into his political activities." - ], - [ - "Nicolas Anelka is fit for
Manchester City #39;s
Premiership encounter against
Tottenham at Eastlands, but
the 13million striker will
have to be content with a
place on the bench." - ], - [ - " PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Ben
Roethlisberger passed for 183
yards and two touchdowns,
Hines Ward scored twice and
the Pittsburgh Steelers
rolled to a convincing 27-3
victory over Philadelphia on
Sunday for their second
straight win against an
undefeated opponent." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - The U.S.
men's basketball team got
their first comfortable win
at the Olympic basketball
tournament Monday, routing
winless Angola 89-53 in their
final preliminary round game." - ], - [ - "A Frenchman working for Thales
SA, Europe #39;s biggest maker
of military electronics, was
shot dead while driving home
at night in the Saudi Arabian
city of Jeddah." - ], - [ - "Often, the older a pitcher
becomes, the less effective he
is on the mound. Roger Clemens
apparently didn #39;t get that
memo. On Tuesday, the 42-year-
old Clemens won an
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uncovered more tantalizing
evidence of a watery past on
the Red Planet, scientists
said Wednesday. And the
rovers, Spirit and
Opportunity, are continuing to
do their jobs months after
they were expected to ..." - ], - [ - "SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia #39;s
commodity exports are forecast
to increase by 15 percent to a
record 95 billion dollars (71
million US), the government
#39;s key economic forecaster
said." - ], - [ - "Google won a major legal
victory when a federal judge
ruled that the search engines
advertising policy does not
violate federal trademark
laws." - ], - [ - "Intel Chief Technology Officer
Pat Gelsinger said on
Thursday, Sept. 9, that the
Internet needed to be upgraded
in order to deal with problems
that will become real issues
soon." - ], - [ - "China will take tough measures
this winter to improve the
country #39;s coal mine safety
and prevent accidents. State
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intensity of skirmishes
swelled on the soils of Iraq,
dozens of people were put to
death with toxic shots by the
US helicopter gunship, which
targeted the civilians,
milling around a burning
American vehicle in a Baghdad
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junkies of the world, get
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phone home." - ], - [ - "A rift appeared within Canada
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as prominent artists called on
the CRTC to embrace satellite
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from the wall, as the windows
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agreed on Monday to step up
cooperation in the energy
sector, which could lead to
Pakistan importing large
amounts of diesel fuel from
its neighbour, according to
Pakistani Foreign Minister
Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri." - ], - [ - "LONDON, England -- A US
scientist is reported to have
observed a surprising jump in
the amount of carbon dioxide,
the main greenhouse gas." - ], - [ - "Microsoft's antispam Sender ID
technology continues to get
the cold shoulder. Now AOL
adds its voice to a growing
chorus of businesses and
organizations shunning the
proprietary e-mail
authentication system." - ], - [ - "PSV Eindhoven faces Arsenal at
Highbury tomorrow night on the
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this week for next spring's
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sweeping exhibition at the
French capital's fashion and
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highway in northern New
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almost all traffic Monday, as
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intensified over whether the
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Greenville (Southern);
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from Cleveland (AL) and
assigned him to Pawtucket
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than a week away, President
Bush and Democrat John Kerry
kept their public schedules
clear on Saturday and began to
focus on their prime-time
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of barrels of reserves to its
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familiar with the matter said
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Red Hat #39;s CEO and chairman
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the Minnesota Twins, the New
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service for videos. Called
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Yugoslav President Slobodan
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four communities in canton
Geneva, Switzerland, voted
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to come out to vote in a
remote northeast Indian state
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Canadian sailors injured when
their newly-delivered,
British-built submarine caught
fire in the North Atlantic
were airlifted Wednesday to
hospital in northwest Ireland,
officials said." - ], - [ - "Alitalia SpA, Italy #39;s
largest airline, reached an
agreement with its flight
attendants #39; unions to cut
900 jobs, qualifying the
company for a government
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business for another six
months." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Iraq - A series of
strong explosions shook
central Baghdad near dawn
Sunday, and columns of thick
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Green Zone where U.S. and
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Red Sox may tap their minor
league system for an extra
player or two when the rules
allow them to expand their
25-man roster Wednesday, but
any help from the farm is
likely to pale against the
abundance of talent they gain
from the return of numerous
players, including Trot Nixon
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by playing goalkeeper Paul
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has flown to Khartoum on a
mission to pile the pressure
on the Sudanese government to
tackle the humanitarian
catastrophe in Darfur." - ], - [ - " Nextel was the big story in
telecommunications yesterday,
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mega-merger with Sprint, but
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the Internet for an
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or financial information
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believed to be one of several
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the restructuring but
profitable Hamilton steel
producer." - ], - [ - "Prices for flash memory cards
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digital cameras, handheld
organizers, MP3 players and
cell phones to store pictures,
music and other data -- are
headed down -- way down. Past
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will drop 35 percent a year,
but industry analysts think
that rate will be more like 40
or 50 percent this year and
next, due to more
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directors nominated Michael
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lawsuit against 34 electronics
companies including Apple
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claiming patent infringement
of its liquid crystal display
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has put the pressure for the
success or failure of the
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the company said, the latest
casualties of an industry
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tailback LenDale White
remembers Justin Holland from
high school. The Colorado
State quarterback made quite
an impression." - ], - [ - "TIM HENMAN last night admitted
all of his energy has been
drained away as he bowed out
of the Madrid Masters. The top
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confirmed a detection of
soybean rust from two test
plots at Louisiana State
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Indonesians on Thursday to
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Monday test-fired its
indigenously developed short-
range nuclear-capable Ghaznavi
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automated distribution of a
major security upgrade to its
Windows XP Professional
operating system, citing a
desire to give companies more
time to test it." - ], - [ - "The trial of a man accused of
murdering York backpacker
Caroline Stuttle begins in
Australia." - ], - [ - "Gateway computers will be more
widely available at Office
Depot, in the PC maker #39;s
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distribution at retail stores
since acquiring rival
eMachines this year." - ], - [ - "ATHENS -- US sailors needed a
big day to bring home gold and
bronze medals from the sailing
finale here yesterday. But
rolling the dice on windshifts
and starting tactics backfired
both in Star and Tornado
classes, and the Americans had
to settle for a single silver
medal." - ], - [ - "Intel Corp. is refreshing its
64-bit Itanium 2 processor
line with six new chips based
on the Madison core. The new
processors represent the last
single-core Itanium chips that
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part of a settlement with US
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Wednesday to keep pressure on
Turkey over its bid to start
talks on joining the bloc, as
last-minute haggling seemed
set to go down to the wire at
a summit poised to give a
green light to Ankara." - ], - [ - "AP - J. Cofer Black, the State
Department official in charge
of counterterrorism, is
leaving government in the next
few weeks." - ], - [ - "For the first time, broadband
connections are reaching more
than half (51 percent) of the
American online population at
home, according to measurement
taken in July by
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Milpitas-based Internet
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Jackson was activated
Wednesday after missing five
games because of tendinitis in
his right knee. Cleveland also
placed forward Sasha Pavlovic
on the injured list." - ], - [ - "The tobacco firm John Player
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to lay off 90 workers at its
cigarette factory in Dublin.
The company said it was
planning a phased closure of
the factory between now and
February as part of a review
of its global operations." - ], - [ - "AP - Consumers borrowed more
freely in September,
especially when it came to
racking up charges on their
credit cards, the Federal
Reserve reported Friday." - ], - [ - "AFP - The United States
presented a draft UN
resolution that steps up the
pressure on Sudan over the
crisis in Darfur, including
possible international
sanctions against its oil
sector." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least 33 people were
killed and dozens others
wounded when two bombs ripped
through a congregation of
Sunni Muslims in Pakistan's
central city of Multan, police
said." - ], - [ - "Bold, innovative solutions are
key to addressing the rapidly
rising costs of higher
education and the steady
reduction in government-
subsidized help to finance
such education." - ], - [ - "Just as the PhD crowd emerge
with different interpretations
of today's economy, everyday
Americans battling to balance
the checkbook hold diverse
opinions about where things
stand now and in the future." - ], - [ - "The Brisbane Lions #39;
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of the changerooms just before
six o #39;clock last night and
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supporters a six-pack of beer." - ], - [ - "Authorities here are always
eager to show off their
accomplishments, so when
Beijing hosted the World
Toilet Organization conference
last week, delegates were
given a grand tour of the
city's toilets." - ], - [ - "Cavaliers owner Gordon Gund is
in quot;serious quot;
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franchise, which has enjoyed a
dramatic financial turnaround
since the arrival of star
LeBron James." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON Trying to break a
deadlock on energy policy, a
diverse group of
environmentalists, academics
and former government
officials were to publish a
report on Wednesday that
presents strategies for making
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more competitive" - ], - [ - "After two days of gloom, China
was back on the winning rails
on Thursday with Liu Chunhong
winning a weightlifting title
on her record-shattering binge
and its shuttlers contributing
two golds in the cliff-hanging
finals." - ], - [ - "One question that arises
whenever a player is linked to
steroids is, \"What would he
have done without them?\"
Baseball history whispers an
answer." - ], - [ - "AFP - A series of torchlight
rallies and vigils were held
after darkness fell on this
central Indian city as victims
and activists jointly
commemorated a night of horror
20 years ago when lethal gas
leaked from a pesticide plant
and killed thousands." - ], - [ - "Consider the New World of
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unlike the paper days of the
past, doesn't always
physically exist. You've got
notes, scrawlings and
snippets, Web graphics, photos
and sounds. Stuff needs to be
cut, pasted, highlighted,
annotated, crossed out,
dragged away. And, as Ross
Perot used to say (or maybe it
was Dana Carvey impersonating
him), don't forget the graphs
and charts." - ], - [ - "The second round of the
Canadian Open golf tournament
continues Saturday Glenn Abbey
Golf Club in Oakville,
Ontario, after play was
suspended late Friday due to
darkness." - ], - [ - "A consortium led by Royal
Dutch/Shell Group that is
developing gas reserves off
Russia #39;s Sakhalin Island
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Tuesday announced scores of
lawsuits against computer
server operators worldwide,
including eDonkey, BitTorrent
and DirectConnect networks,
for allowing trading of
pirated movies." - ], - [ - "A massive plan to attract the
2012 Summer Olympics to New
York, touting the city's
diversity, financial and media
power, was revealed Wednesday." - ], - [ - "A Zimbabwe court Friday
convicted a British man
accused of leading a coup plot
against the government of oil-
rich Equatorial Guinea on
weapons charges, but acquitted
most of the 69 other men held
with him." - ], - [ - "But will Wi-Fi, high-
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observers supported official
elections results that gave
President Hugo Chavez a
victory over a recall vote
against him, the secretary-
general of the Organisation of
American States announced." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP)
- The fatal stabbing of a
young man trying to eject
unwanted party guests from his
family home, the third such
knifing in just weeks, has
police worried about a
potentially fatal holiday
recipe: teens, alcohol and
knives." - ], - [ - "NICK Heidfeld #39;s test with
Williams has been brought
forward after BAR blocked
plans for Anthony Davidson to
drive its Formula One rival
#39;s car." - ], - [ - "MOSCOW - A female suicide
bomber set off a shrapnel-
filled explosive device
outside a busy Moscow subway
station on Tuesday night,
officials said, killing 10
people and injuring more than
50." - ], - [ - "Grace Park closed with an
eagle and two birdies for a
7-under-par 65 and a two-
stroke lead after three rounds
of the Wachovia LPGA Classic
on Saturday." - ], - [ - "ABIDJAN (AFP) - Two Ivory
Coast military aircraft
carried out a second raid on
Bouake, the stronghold of the
former rebel New Forces (FN)
in the divided west African
country, a French military
source told AFP." - ], - [ - "Carlos Beltran drives in five
runs to carry the Astros to a
12-3 rout of the Braves in
Game 5 of their first-round NL
playoff series." - ], - [ - "On-demand viewing isn't just
for TiVo owners anymore.
Television over internet
protocol, or TVIP, offers
custom programming over
standard copper wires." - ], - [ - "Apple is recalling 28,000
faulty batteries for its
15-inch Powerbook G4 laptops." - ], - [ - "Since Lennox Lewis #39;s
retirement, the heavyweight
division has been knocked for
having more quantity than
quality. Eight heavyweights on
Saturday night #39;s card at
Madison Square Garden hope to
change that perception, at
least for one night." - ], - [ - "PalmSource #39;s European
developer conference is going
on now in Germany, and this
company is using this
opportunity to show off Palm
OS Cobalt 6.1, the latest
version of its operating
system." - ], - [ - "The former Chief Executive
Officer of Computer Associates
was indicted by a federal
grand jury in New York
Wednesday for allegedly
participating in a massive
fraud conspiracy and an
elaborate cover up of a scheme
that cost investors" - ], - [ - "Speaking to members of the
Massachusetts Software
Council, Microsoft CEO Steve
Ballmer touted a bright future
for technology but warned his
listeners to think twice
before adopting open-source
products like Linux." - ], - [ - "MIAMI - The Trillian instant
messaging (IM) application
will feature several
enhancements in its upcoming
version 3.0, including new
video and audio chat
capabilities, enhanced IM
session logs and integration
with the Wikipedia online
encyclopedia, according to
information posted Friday on
the product developer's Web
site." - ], - [ - "Honeywell International Inc.,
the world #39;s largest
supplier of building controls,
agreed to buy Novar Plc for
798 million pounds (\\$1.53
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security, fire and
ventilation-systems business
in Europe." - ], - [ - "San Francisco investment bank
Thomas Weisel Partners on
Thursday agreed to pay \\$12.5
million to settle allegations
that some of the stock
research the bank published
during the Internet boom was
tainted by conflicts of
interest." - ], - [ - "AFP - A state of civil
emergency in the rebellion-hit
Indonesian province of Aceh
has been formally extended by
six month, as the country's
president pledged to end
violence there without foreign
help." - ], - [ - "Forbes.com - Peter Frankling
tapped an unusual source to
fund his new business, which
makes hot-dog-shaped ice cream
treats known as Cool Dogs: Two
investors, one a friend and
the other a professional
venture capitalist, put in
more than #36;100,000 each
from their Individual
Retirement Accounts. Later
Franklin added #36;150,000
from his own IRA." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Online DVD rental
service Netflix Inc.\\and TiVo
Inc., maker of a digital video
recorder, on Thursday\\said
they have agreed to develop a
joint entertainment\\offering,
driving shares of both
companies higher." - ], - [ - "A San Diego insurance
brokerage has been sued by New
York Attorney General Elliot
Spitzer for allegedly
soliciting payoffs in exchange
for steering business to
preferred insurance companies." - ], - [ - "The European Union agreed
Monday to lift penalties that
have cost American exporters
\\$300 million, following the
repeal of a US corporate tax
break deemed illegal under
global trade rules." - ], - [ - "US Secretary of State Colin
Powell on Monday said he had
spoken to both Indian Foreign
Minister K Natwar Singh and
his Pakistani counterpart
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri late
last week before the two met
in New Delhi this week for
talks." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Victor Diaz hit a
tying, three-run homer with
two outs in the ninth inning,
and Craig Brazell's first
major league home run in the
11th gave the New York Mets a
stunning 4-3 victory over the
Chicago Cubs on Saturday.
The Cubs had much on the
line..." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least 54 people have
died and more than a million
have fled their homes as
torrential rains lashed parts
of India and Bangladesh,
officials said." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES - California has
adopted the world's first
rules to reduce greenhouse
emissions for autos, taking
what supporters see as a
dramatic step toward cleaning
up the environment but also
ensuring higher costs for
drivers. The rules may lead
to sweeping changes in
vehicles nationwide,
especially if other states opt
to follow California's
example..." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - European
stock markets scaled
near-2-1/2 year highs on
Friday as oil prices held
below \\$48 a barrel, and the
euro held off from mounting
another assault on \\$1.30 but
hovered near record highs
against the dollar." - ], - [ - "Tim Duncan had 17 points and
10 rebounds, helping the San
Antonio Spurs to a 99-81
victory over the New York
Kicks. This was the Spurs
fourth straight win this
season." - ], - [ - "Nagpur: India suffered a
double blow even before the
first ball was bowled in the
crucial third cricket Test
against Australia on Tuesday
when captain Sourav Ganguly
and off spinner Harbhajan
Singh were ruled out of the
match." - ], - [ - "AFP - Republican and
Democratic leaders each
declared victory after the
first head-to-head sparring
match between President George
W. Bush and Democratic
presidential hopeful John
Kerry." - ], - [ - "THIS YULE is all about console
supply and there #39;s
precious little units around,
it has emerged. Nintendo has
announced that it is going to
ship another 400,000 units of
its DS console to the United
States to meet the shortfall
there." - ], - [ - "Annual global semiconductor
sales growth will probably
fall by half in 2005 and
memory chip sales could
collapse as a supply glut saps
prices, world-leading memory
chip maker Samsung Electronics
said on Monday." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Traditional phone
systems may be going the way
of the Pony Express. Voice-
over-Internet Protocol,
technology that allows users
to make and receive phone
calls using the Internet, is
giving the old circuit-
switched system a run for its
money." - ], - [ - "AP - Former New York Yankees
hitting coach Rick Down was
hired for the same job by the
Mets on Friday, reuniting him
with new manager Willie
Randolph." - ], - [ - "Last night in New York, the UN
secretary-general was given a
standing ovation - a robust
response to a series of
attacks in past weeks." - ], - [ - "FILDERSTADT (Germany) - Amelie
Mauresmo and Lindsay Davenport
took their battle for the No.
1 ranking and Porsche Grand
Prix title into the semi-
finals with straight-sets
victories on Friday." - ], - [ - "Reuters - The company behind
the Atkins Diet\\on Friday
shrugged off a recent decline
in interest in low-carb\\diets
as a seasonal blip, and its
marketing chief said\\consumers
would cut out starchy foods
again after picking up\\pounds
over the holidays." - ], - [ - "There #39;s something to be
said for being the quot;first
mover quot; in an industry
trend. Those years of extra
experience in tinkering with a
new idea can be invaluable in
helping the first" - ], - [ - "JOHANNESBURG -- Meeting in
Nigeria four years ago,
African leaders set a goal
that 60 percent of children
and pregnant women in malaria-
affected areas around the
continent would be sleeping
under bed nets by the end of
2005." - ], - [ - "AP - The first U.S. cases of
the fungus soybean rust, which
hinders plant growth and
drastically cuts crop
production, were found at two
research sites in Louisiana,
officials said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Carter returned, but it was
running back Curtis Martin and
the offensive line that put
the Jets ahead. Martin rushed
for all but 10 yards of a
45-yard drive that stalled at
the Cardinals 10." - ], - [ - " quot;There #39;s no way
anyone would hire them to
fight viruses, quot; said
Sophos security analyst Gregg
Mastoras. quot;For one, no
security firm could maintain
its reputation by employing
hackers." - ], - [ - "Symantec has revoked its
decision to blacklist a
program that allows Web
surfers in China to browse
government-blocked Web sites.
The move follows reports that
the firm labelled the Freegate
program, which" - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares
of Chiron Corp. <A HREF=\"ht
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7 percent before the market
open on Friday, a day after
the biopharmaceutical company
said it is delaying shipment
of its flu vaccine, Fluvirin,
because lots containing 4
million vaccines do not meet
product sterility standards." - ], - [ - "The nation's top
telecommunications regulator
said yesterday he will push --
before the next president is
inaugurated -- to protect
fledgling Internet telephone
services from getting taxed
and heavily regulated by the
50 state governments." - ], - [ - "Microsoft has signed a pact to
work with the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
to increase computer use,
Internet access and teacher
training in developing
countries." - ], - [ - "DENVER (Ticker) -- Jake
Plummer more than made up for
a lack of a running game.
Plummer passed for 294 yards
and two touchdowns as the
Denver Broncos posted a 23-13
victory over the San Diego
Chargers in a battle of AFC
West Division rivals." - ], - [ - "DALLAS -- Belo Corp. said
yesterday that it would cut
250 jobs, more than half of
them at its flagship
newspaper, The Dallas Morning
News, and that an internal
investigation into circulation
overstatements" - ], - [ - "AP - Duke Bainum outspent Mufi
Hannemann in Honolulu's most
expensive mayoral race, but
apparently failed to garner
enough votes in Saturday's
primary to claim the office
outright." - ], - [ - "roundup Plus: Microsoft tests
Windows Marketplace...Nortel
delays financials
again...Microsoft updates
SharePoint." - ], - [ - "The Federal Reserve still has
some way to go to restore US
interest rates to more normal
levels, Philadelphia Federal
Reserve President Anthony
Santomero said on Monday." - ], - [ - "It took all of about five
minutes of an introductory
press conference Wednesday at
Heritage Hall for USC
basketball to gain something
it never really had before." - ], - [ - "Delta Air Lines (DAL.N: Quote,
Profile, Research) said on
Wednesday its auditors have
expressed doubt about the
airline #39;s financial
viability." - ], - [ - "POLITICIANS and aid agencies
yesterday stressed the
importance of the media in
keeping the spotlight on the
appalling human rights abuses
taking place in the Darfur
region of Sudan." - ], - [ - "AP - The Boston Red Sox looked
at the out-of-town scoreboard
and could hardly believe what
they saw. The New York Yankees
were trailing big at home
against the Cleveland Indians
in what would be the worst
loss in the 101-year history
of the storied franchise." - ], - [ - "The Red Sox will either
complete an amazing comeback
as the first team to rebound
from a 3-0 deficit in
postseason history, or the
Yankees will stop them." - ], - [ - "\\Children who have a poor diet
are more likely to become
aggressive and anti-social, US
researchers believe." - ], - [ - "OPEN SOURCE champion Microsoft
is expanding its programme to
give government organisations
some of its source code. In a
communique from the lair of
the Vole, in Redmond,
spinsters have said that
Microsoft" - ], - [ - "The Red Sox have reached
agreement with free agent
pitcher Matt Clement yesterday
on a three-year deal that will
pay him around \\$25 million,
his agent confirmed yesterday." - ], - [ - "Takeover target Ronin Property
Group said it would respond to
an offer by Multiplex Group
for all the securities in the
company in about three weeks." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) -
Contrary to Immigration
Department claims, there is no
shortage of native-borne
exotic dancers in Canada, says
a University of Toronto law
professor who has studied the
strip club business." - ], - [ - "HEN Manny Ramirez and David
Ortiz hit consecutive home
runs Sunday night in Chicago
to put the Red Sox ahead,
there was dancing in the
streets in Boston." - ], - [ - "Google Inc. is trying to
establish an online reading
room for five major libraries
by scanning stacks of hard-to-
find books into its widely
used Internet search engine." - ], - [ - "HOUSTON--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Sept. 1, 2004-- L
#39;operazione crea una
centrale globale per l
#39;analisi strategica el
#39;approfondimento del
settore energetico IHS Energy,
fonte globale leader di
software, analisi e
informazioni" - ], - [ - "The European Union presidency
yesterday expressed optimism
that a deal could be struck
over Turkey #39;s refusal to
recognize Cyprus in the lead-
up to next weekend #39;s EU
summit, which will decide
whether to give Ankara a date
for the start of accession
talks." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
President Bush on Friday set a
four-year goal of seeing a
Palestinian state established
and he and British Prime
Minister Tony Blair vowed to
mobilize international
support to help make it happen
now that Yasser Arafat is
dead." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON Can you always tell
when somebody #39;s lying? If
so, you might be a wizard of
the fib. A California
psychology professor says
there #39;s a tiny subculture
of people that can pick out a
lie nearly every time they
hear one." - ], - [ - " KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan on
Saturday questioned U.N.
estimates that up to 70,000
people have died from hunger
and disease in its remote
Darfur region since a
rebellion began 20 months
ago." - ], - [ - "Type design was once the
province of skilled artisans.
With the help of new computer
programs, neophytes have
flooded the Internet with
their creations." - ], - [ - "RCN Inc., co-owner of
Starpower Communications LLC,
the Washington area
television, telephone and
Internet provider, filed a
plan of reorganization
yesterday that it said puts
the company" - ], - [ - "MIAMI -- Bryan Randall grabbed
a set of Mardi Gras beads and
waved them aloft, while his
teammates exalted in the
prospect of a trip to New
Orleans." - ], - [ - "<strong>Letters</stro
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premature" - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - With an injured
Vince Carter on the bench, the
Toronto Raptors dropped their
sixth straight game Friday,
101-87 to the Denver Nuggets." - ], - [ - "The US airline industry,
riddled with excess supply,
will see a significant drop in
capacity, or far fewer seats,
as a result of at least one
airline liquidating in the
next year, according to
AirTran Airways Chief
Executive Joe Leonard." - ], - [ - "Boeing (nyse: BA - news -
people ) Chief Executive Harry
Stonecipher is keeping the
faith. On Monday, the head of
the aerospace and military
contractor insists he #39;s
confident his firm will
ultimately win out" - ], - [ - "While not quite a return to
glory, Monday represents the
Redskins' return to the
national consciousness." - ], - [ - "Australia #39;s biggest
supplier of fresh milk,
National Foods, has posted a
net profit of \\$68.7 million,
an increase of 14 per cent on
last financial year." - ], - [ - "Lawyers for customers suing
Merck amp; Co. want to
question CEO Raymond Gilmartin
about what he knew about the
dangers of Vioxx before the
company withdrew the drug from
the market because of health
hazards." - ], - [ - "Vijay Singh has won the US PGA
Tour player of the year award
for the first time, ending
Tiger Woods #39;s five-year
hold on the honour." - ], - [ - "New York; September 23, 2004 -
The Department of Justice
(DoJ), FBI and US Attorney
#39;s Office handed down a
10-count indictment against
former Computer Associates
(CA) chairman and CEO Sanjay
Kumar and Stephen Richards,
former CA head of worldwide
sales." - ], - [ - "AFP - At least four Georgian
soldiers were killed and five
wounded in overnight clashes
in Georgia's separatist, pro-
Russian region of South
Ossetia, Georgian officers
near the frontline with
Ossetian forces said early
Thursday." - ], - [ - "Intel, the world #39;s largest
chip maker, scrapped a plan
Thursday to enter the digital
television chip business,
marking a major retreat from
its push into consumer
electronics." - ], - [ - "PACIFIC Hydro shares yesterday
caught an updraught that sent
them more than 20 per cent
higher after the wind farmer
moved to flush out a bidder." - ], - [ - "The European Commission is
expected later this week to
recommend EU membership talks
with Turkey. Meanwhile, German
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
and Turkish Prime Minister
Tayyip Erdogan are
anticipating a quot;positive
report." - ], - [ - "The US is the originator of
over 42 of the worlds
unsolicited commercial e-mail,
making it the worst offender
in a league table of the top
12 spam producing countries
published yesterday by anti-
virus firm Sophos." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
consumer confidence retreated
in August while Chicago-area
business activity slowed,
according to reports on
Tuesday that added to worries
the economy's patch of slow
growth may last beyond the
summer." - ], - [ - "Intel is drawing the curtain
on some of its future research
projects to continue making
transistors smaller, faster,
and less power-hungry out as
far as 2020." - ], - [ - "England got strikes from
sparkling debut starter
Jermain Defoe and Michael Owen
to defeat Poland in a Uefa
World Cup qualifier in
Chorzow." - ], - [ - "The Canadian government
signalled its intention
yesterday to reintroduce
legislation to decriminalise
the possession of small
amounts of marijuana." - ], - [ - "A screensaver targeting spam-
related websites appears to
have been too successful." - ], - [ - "Titleholder Ernie Els moved
within sight of a record sixth
World Match Play title on
Saturday by solving a putting
problem to overcome injured
Irishman Padraig Harrington 5
and 4." - ], - [ - "If the Washington Nationals
never win a pennant, they have
no reason to ever doubt that
DC loves them. Yesterday, the
District City Council
tentatively approved a tab for
a publicly financed ballpark
that could amount to as much
as \\$630 million." - ], - [ - "Plus: Experts fear Check 21
could lead to massive bank
fraud." - ], - [ - "By SIOBHAN McDONOUGH
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fewer
American youths are using
marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy,
but more are abusing
prescription drugs, says a
government report released
Thursday. The 2003 National
Survey on Drug Use and Health
also found youths and young
adults are more aware of the
risks of using pot once a
month or more frequently..." - ], - [ - " ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory
Coast warplanes killed nine
French soldiers on Saturday in
a bombing raid during the
fiercest clashes with rebels
for 18 months and France hit
back by destroying most of
the West African country's
small airforce." - ], - [ - "Unilever has reported a three
percent rise in third-quarter
earnings but warned it is
reviewing its targets up to
2010, after issuing a shock
profits warning last month." - ], - [ - "A TNO engineer prepares to
start capturing images for the
world's biggest digital photo." - ], - [ - "Defensive back Brandon
Johnson, who had two
interceptions for Tennessee at
Mississippi, was suspended
indefinitely Monday for
violation of team rules." - ], - [ - "Points leader Kurt Busch spun
out and ran out of fuel, and
his misfortune was one of the
reasons crew chief Jimmy
Fennig elected not to pit with
20 laps to go." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
extended recent heavy losses
on Wednesday ahead of weekly
U.S. data expected to show
fuel stocks rising in time
for peak winter demand." - ], - [ - "(CP) - The NHL all-star game
hasn #39;t been cancelled
after all. It #39;s just been
moved to Russia. The agent for
New York Rangers winger
Jaromir Jagr confirmed Monday
that the Czech star had joined
Omsk Avangard" - ], - [ - "PalmOne is aiming to sharpen
up its image with the launch
of the Treo 650 on Monday. As
previously reported, the smart
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resolution screen and a faster
processor than the previous
top-of-the-line model, the
Treo 600." - ], - [ - "GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip --
Islamic militant groups behind
many suicide bombings
dismissed yesterday a call
from Mahmoud Abbas, the
interim Palestinian leader, to
halt attacks in the run-up to
a Jan. 9 election to replace
Yasser Arafat." - ], - [ - "Secretary of State Colin
Powell is wrapping up an East
Asia trip focused on prodding
North Korea to resume talks
aimed at ending its nuclear-
weapons program." - ], - [ - "HERE in the land of myth, that
familiar god of sports --
karma -- threw a bolt of
lightning into the Olympic
stadium yesterday. Marion
Jones lunged desperately with
her baton in the 4 x 100m
relay final, but couldn #39;t
reach her target." - ], - [ - "kinrowan writes quot;MIT,
inventor of Kerberos, has
announced a pair of
vulnerabities in the software
that will allow an attacker to
either execute a DOS attack or
execute code on the machine." - ], - [ - "The risk of intestinal damage
from common painkillers may be
higher than thought, research
suggests." - ], - [ - "AN earthquake measuring 7.3 on
the Richter Scale hit western
Japan this morning, just hours
after another strong quake
rocked the area." - ], - [ - "Vodafone has increased the
competition ahead of Christmas
with plans to launch 10
handsets before the festive
season. The Newbury-based
group said it will begin
selling the phones in
November." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Former Pink Floyd
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two new songs, both inspired
by the U.S.-led\\invasion of
Iraq, via online download
outlets Tuesday." - ], - [ - "A former assistant treasurer
at Enron Corp. (ENRNQ.PK:
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agreed to plead guilty to
conspiracy to commit
securities fraud on Tuesday
and will cooperate with" - ], - [ - "Britain #39;s Prince Harry,
struggling to shed a growing
quot;wild child quot; image,
won #39;t apologize to a
photographer he scuffled with
outside an exclusive London
nightclub, a royal spokesman
said on Saturday." - ], - [ - "UK house prices fell by 1.1 in
October, confirming a
softening of the housing
market, Halifax has said. The
UK #39;s biggest mortgage
lender said prices rose 18." - ], - [ - "Pakistan #39;s interim Prime
Minister Chaudhry Shaujaat
Hussain has announced his
resignation, paving the way
for his successor Shauket
Aziz." - ], - [ - "A previously unknown group
calling itself Jamaat Ansar
al-Jihad al-Islamiya says it
set fire to a Jewish soup
kitchen in Paris, according to
an Internet statement." - ], - [ - "More than six newspaper
companies have received
letters from the Securities
and Exchange Commission
seeking information about
their circulation practices." - ], - [ - "THE 64,000 dollar -
correction, make that 500
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hanging over Shire
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5 per cent jump in the
companys shares yesterday
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Americans in Iraq since May
came as Iraqi officials
announced that Saddam
Hussein's deputy had not been
captured on Sunday." - ], - [ - "AP - Kenny Rogers lost at the
Coliseum for the first time in
more than 10 years, with Bobby
Crosby's three-run double in
the fifth inning leading the
Athletics to a 5-4 win over
the Texas Rangers on Thursday." - ], - [ - "A fundraising concert will be
held in London in memory of
the hundreds of victims of the
Beslan school siege." - ], - [ - "Dambulla, Sri Lanka - Kumar
Sangakkara and Avishka
Gunawardene slammed impressive
half-centuries to help an
under-strength Sri Lanka crush
South Africa by seven wickets
in the fourth one-day
international here on
Saturday." - ], - [ - "Fresh off being the worst team
in baseball, the Arizona
Diamondbacks set a new record
this week: fastest team to
both hire and fire a manager." - ], - [ - "Nebraska head coach Bill
Callahan runs off the field at
halftime of the game against
Baylor in Lincoln, Neb.,
Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004." - ], - [ - "NASA has been working on a
test flight project for the
last few years involving
hypersonic flight. Hypersonic
flight is fight at speeds
greater than Mach 5, or five
times the speed of sound." - ], - [ - "AFP - The landmark trial of a
Rwandan Roman Catholic priest
accused of supervising the
massacre of 2,000 of his Tutsi
parishioners during the
central African country's 1994
genocide opens at a UN court
in Tanzania." - ], - [ - "The Irish government has
stepped up its efforts to free
the British hostage in Iraq,
Ken Bigley, whose mother is
from Ireland, by talking to
diplomats from Iran and
Jordan." - ], - [ - "AP - Republican Sen. Lincoln
Chafee, who flirted with
changing political parties in
the wake of President Bush's
re-election victory, says he
will stay in the GOP." - ], - [ - "AP - Microsoft Corp. announced
Wednesday that it would offer
a low-cost, localized version
of its Windows XP operating
system in India to tap the
large market potential in this
country of 1 billion people,
most of whom do not speak
English." - ], - [ - "Businesses saw inventories
rise in July and sales picked
up, the government reported
Wednesday. The Commerce
Department said that stocks of
unsold goods increased 0.9 in
July, down from a 1.1 rise in
June." - ], - [ - " EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Sports
Network) - The Toronto
Raptors have traded All-Star
swingman Vince Carter to the
New Jersey Nets in exchange
for center Alonzo Mourning,
forward Eric Williams,
center/forward Aaron Williams
and two first- round draft
picks." - ], - [ - "AP - Utah State University has
secured a #36;40 million
contract with NASA to build an
orbiting telescope that will
examine galaxies and try to
find new stars." - ], - [ - "South Korean President Roh
Moo-hyun pays a surprise visit
to troops in Iraq, after his
government decided to extend
their mandate." - ], - [ - "As the European Union
approaches a contentious
decision - whether to let
Turkey join the club - the
Continent #39;s rulers seem to
have left their citizens
behind." - ], - [ - "What riot? quot;An Argentine
friend of mine was a little
derisive of the Pacers-Pistons
eruption, quot; says reader
Mike Gaynes. quot;He snorted,
#39;Is that what Americans
call a riot?" - ], - [ - "All season, Chris Barnicle
seemed prepared for just about
everything, but the Newton
North senior was not ready for
the hot weather he encountered
yesterday in San Diego at the
Footlocker Cross-Country
National Championships. Racing
in humid conditions with
temperatures in the 70s, the
Massachusetts Division 1 state
champion finished sixth in 15
minutes 34 seconds in the
5-kilometer race. ..." - ], - [ - "Shares of Genta Inc. (GNTA.O:
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soared nearly 50 percent on
Monday after the biotechnology
company presented promising
data on an experimental
treatment for blood cancers." - ], - [ - "I spend anywhere from three to
eight hours every week
sweating along with a motley
crew of local misfits,
shelving, sorting, and hauling
ton after ton of written
matter in a rowhouse basement
in Baltimore. We have no heat
nor air conditioning, but
still, every week, we come and
work. Volunteer night is
Wednesday, but many of us also
work on the weekends, when
we're open to the public.
There are times when we're
freezing and we have to wear
coats and gloves inside,
making handling books somewhat
tricky; other times, we're all
soaked with sweat, since it's
90 degrees out and the
basement is thick with bodies.
One learns to forget about
personal space when working at
The Book Thing, since you can
scarcely breathe without
bumping into someone, and we
are all so accustomed to
having to scrape by each other
that most of us no longer
bother to say \"excuse me\"
unless some particularly
dramatic brushing occurs." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A
deadline set by militants who
have threatened to kill two
Americans and a Briton seized
in Iraq was due to expire
Monday, and more than two
dozen other hostages were
also facing death unless rebel
demands were met." - ], - [ - "Alarmed by software glitches,
security threats and computer
crashes with ATM-like voting
machines, officials from
Washington, D.C., to
California are considering an
alternative from an unlikely
place: Nevada." - ], - [ - "Some Venezuelan television
channels began altering their
programs Thursday, citing
fears of penalties under a new
law restricting violence and
sexual content over the
airwaves." - ], - [ - "SBC Communications Inc. plans
to cut at least 10,000 jobs,
or 6 percent of its work
force, by the end of next year
to compensate for a drop in
the number of local-telephone
customers." - ], - [ - "afrol News, 4 October -
Hundred years of conservation
efforts have lifted the
southern black rhino
population from about hundred
to 11,000 animals." - ], - [ - "THE death of Philippine movie
star and defeated presidential
candidate Fernando Poe has
drawn some political backlash,
with some people seeking to
use his sudden demise as a
platform to attack President
Gloria Arroyo." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major
cigarette makers go on trial
on Tuesday in the U.S.
government's \\$280 billion
racketeering case that
charges the tobacco industry
with deliberately deceiving
the public about the risks of
smoking since the 1950s." - ], - [ - "More Americans are quitting
their jobs and taking the risk
of starting a business despite
a still-lackluster job market." - ], - [ - "AP - Coach Tyrone Willingham
was fired by Notre Dame on
Tuesday after three seasons in
which he failed to return one
of the nation's most storied
football programs to
prominence." - ], - [ - "COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Joel
Statham completed 18 of 25
passes for 268 yards and two
touchdowns in No. 23
Maryland's 45-22 victory over
Temple last night, the
Terrapins' 12th straight win
at Byrd Stadium." - ], - [ - "Manchester United boss Sir
Alex Ferguson wants the FA to
punish Arsenal good guy Dennis
Bergkamp for taking a swing at
Alan Smith last Sunday." - ], - [ - "VIENTIANE, Laos China moved
yet another step closer in
cementing its economic and
diplomatic relationships with
Southeast Asia today when
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao
signed a trade accord at a
regional summit that calls for
zero tariffs on a wide range
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Tuesday ordered radical Muslim
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for soliciting murder and
inciting racial hatred." - ], - [ - "Federal Reserve policy-makers
raised the benchmark US
interest rate a quarter point
to 2.25 per cent and restated
a plan to carry out" - ], - [ - " DETROIT (Reuters) - A
Canadian law firm on Tuesday
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of the automaker's popular
pickup trucks and SUVs." - ], - [ - "Published reports say Barry
Bonds has testified that he
used a clear substance and a
cream given to him by a
trainer who was indicted in a
steroid-distribution ring." - ], - [ - "SARASOTA, Fla. - The
devastation brought on by
Hurricane Charley has been
especially painful for an
elderly population that is
among the largest in the
nation..." - ], - [ - " ATHENS (Reuters) - Christos
Angourakis added his name to
Greece's list of Paralympic
medal winners when he claimed
a bronze in the T53 shot put
competition Thursday." - ], - [ - " quot;He is charged for having
a part in the Bali incident,
quot; state prosecutor Andi
Herman told Reuters on
Saturday. bombing attack at
the US-run JW." - ], - [ - "Jay Fiedler threw for one
touchdown, Sage Rosenfels
threw for another and the
Miami Dolphins got a victory
in a game they did not want to
play, beating the New Orleans
Saints 20-19 Friday night." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Terrell
Owens scored three touchdowns
and the Philadelphia Eagles
amassed 35 first-half points
on the way to a 49-21
drubbing of the Dallas Cowboys
in Irving, Texas, Monday." - ], - [ - "AstraZeneca Plc suffered its
third setback in two months on
Friday as lung cancer drug
Iressa failed to help patients
live longer" - ], - [ - "Virgin Electronics hopes its
slim Virgin Player, which
debuts today and is smaller
than a deck of cards, will
rise as a lead competitor to
Apple's iPod." - ], - [ - "Researchers train a monkey to
feed itself by guiding a
mechanical arm with its mind.
It could be a big step forward
for prosthetics. By David
Cohn." - ], - [ - "Bruce Wasserstein, the
combative chief executive of
investment bank Lazard, is
expected to agree this week
that he will quit the group
unless he can pull off a
successful" - ], - [ - "A late strike by Salomon Kalou
sealed a 2-1 win for Feyenoord
over NEC Nijmegen, while
second placed AZ Alkmaar
defeated ADO Den Haag 2-0 in
the Dutch first division on
Sunday." - ], - [ - "The United Nations called on
Monday for an immediate
ceasefire in eastern Congo as
fighting between rival army
factions flared for a third
day." - ], - [ - "What a disgrace Ron Artest has
become. And the worst part is,
the Indiana Pacers guard just
doesn #39;t get it. Four days
after fueling one of the
biggest brawls in the history
of pro sports, Artest was on
national" - ], - [ - "Allowing dozens of casinos to
be built in the UK would bring
investment and thousands of
jobs, Tony Blair says." - ], - [ - "The shock here was not just
from the awful fact itself,
that two vibrant young Italian
women were kidnapped in Iraq,
dragged from their office by
attackers who, it seems, knew
their names." - ], - [ - "Tehran/Vianna, Sept. 19 (NNN):
Iran on Sunday rejected the
International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) call to suspend
of all its nuclear activities,
saying that it will not agree
to halt uranium enrichment." - ], - [ - "A 15-year-old Argentine
student opened fire at his
classmates on Tuesday in a
middle school in the south of
the Buenos Aires province,
leaving at least four dead and
five others wounded, police
said." - ], - [ - "Dr. David J. Graham, the FDA
drug safety reviewer who
sounded warnings over five
drugs he felt could become the
next Vioxx has turned to a
Whistleblower protection group
for legal help." - ], - [ - "AP - Scientists in 17
countries will scout waterways
to locate and study the
world's largest freshwater
fish species, many of which
are declining in numbers,
hoping to learn how to better
protect them, researchers
announced Thursday." - ], - [ - "AP - Google Inc.'s plans to
move ahead with its initial
public stock offering ran into
a roadblock when the
Securities and Exchange
Commission didn't approve the
Internet search giant's
regulatory paperwork as
requested." - ], - [ - "Jenson Button has revealed
dissatisfaction with the way
his management handled a
fouled switch to Williams. Not
only did the move not come
off, his reputation may have
been irreparably damaged amid
news headline" - ], - [ - "The Kmart purchase of Sears,
Roebuck may be the ultimate
expression of that old saying
in real estate: location,
location, location." - ], - [ - "Citing security risks, a state
university is urging students
to drop Internet Explorer in
favor of alternative Web
browsers such as Firefox and
Safari." - ], - [ - "Redknapp and his No2 Jim Smith
resigned from Portsmouth
yesterday, leaving
controversial new director
Velimir Zajec in temporary
control." - ], - [ - "Despite being ranked eleventh
in the world in broadband
penetration, the United States
is rolling out high-speed
services on a quot;reasonable
and timely basis to all
Americans, quot; according to
a new report narrowly approved
today by the Federal
Communications" - ], - [ - "Sprint Corp. (FON.N: Quote,
Profile, Research) on Friday
said it plans to cut up to 700
jobs as it realigns its
business to focus on wireless
and Internet services and
takes a non-cash network
impairment charge." - ], - [ - "As the season winds down for
the Frederick Keys, Manager
Tom Lawless is starting to
enjoy the progress his
pitching staff has made this
season." - ], - [ - "Britain #39;s Bradley Wiggins
won the gold medal in men
#39;s individual pursuit
Saturday, finishing the
4,000-meter final in 4:16." - ], - [ - "And when David Akers #39;
50-yard field goal cleared the
crossbar in overtime, they did
just that. They escaped a
raucous Cleveland Browns
Stadium relieved but not
broken, tested but not
cracked." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - A cable pay-per-
view company has decided not
to show a three-hour election
eve special with filmmaker
Michael Moore that included a
showing of his documentary
\"Fahrenheit 9/11,\" which is
sharply critical of President
Bush. The company, iN
DEMAND, said Friday that its
decision is due to \"legitimate
business and legal concerns.\"
A spokesman would not
elaborate..." - ], - [ - "Democracy candidates picked up
at least one more seat in
parliament, according to exit
polls." - ], - [ - "The IOC wants suspended
Olympic member Ivan Slavkov to
be thrown out of the
organisation." - ], - [ - " BANGKOK (Reuters) - The
ouster of Myanmar's prime
minister, architect of a
tentative \"roadmap to
democracy,\" has dashed faint
hopes for an end to military
rule and leaves Southeast
Asia's policy of constructive
engagement in tatters." - ], - [ - "San Antonio, TX (Sports
Network) - Dean Wilson shot a
five-under 65 on Friday to
move into the lead at the
halfway point of the Texas
Open." - ], - [ - "Now that Chelsea have added
Newcastle United to the list
of clubs that they have given
what for lately, what price
Jose Mourinho covering the
Russian-funded aristocrats of
west London in glittering
glory to the tune of four
trophies?" - ], - [ - "AP - Former Seattle Seahawks
running back Chris Warren has
been arrested in Virginia on a
federal warrant, accused of
failing to pay #36;137,147 in
child support for his two
daughters in Washington state." - ], - [ - "The anguish of hostage Kenneth
Bigley in Iraq hangs over
Prime Minister Tony Blair
today as he faces the twin
test of a local election and a
debate by his Labour Party
about the divisive war." - ], - [ - "Says that amount would have
been earned for the first 9
months of 2004, before AT
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(Reuters) - Cingular Wireless
would have posted a net profit
of \\$650 million for the first
nine months" - ], - [ - "NewsFactor - Taking an
innovative approach to the
marketing of high-performance
\\computing, Sun Microsystems
(Nasdaq: SUNW) is offering its
N1 Grid program in a pay-for-
use pricing model that mimics
the way such commodities as
electricity and wireless phone
plans are sold." - ], - [ - " CHICAGO (Reuters) - Goodyear
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in its engineered products and
chemical units as part of its
cost-reduction efforts,
resulting in a third-quarter
charge." - ], - [ - " quot;There were 16 people
travelling aboard. ... It
crashed into a mountain, quot;
Col. Antonio Rivero, head of
the Civil Protection service,
told." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Shares of long-
distance phone\\companies AT T
Corp. and MCI Inc. have
plunged\\about 20 percent this
year, but potential buyers
seem to be\\holding out for
clearance sales." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Madonna and m-Qube
have\\made it possible for the
star's North American fans to
download\\polyphonic ring tones
and other licensed mobile
content from\\her official Web
site, across most major
carriers and without\\the need
for a credit card." - ], - [ - "President Bush is reveling in
winning the popular vote and
feels he can no longer be
considered a one-term accident
of history." - ], - [ - "Russian oil giant Yukos files
for bankruptcy protection in
the US in a last ditch effort
to stop the Kremlin auctioning
its main production unit." - ], - [ - "British Airways #39; (BA)
chief executive Rod Eddington
has admitted that the company
quot;got it wrong quot; after
staff shortages led to three
days of travel chaos for
passengers." - ], - [ - "It #39;s official: US Open had
never gone into the third
round with only two American
men, including the defending
champion, Andy Roddick." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP)
- Thousands of Royal Bank
clerks are being asked to
display rainbow stickers at
their desks and cubicles to
promote a safe work
environment for gays,
lesbians, and bisexuals." - ], - [ - "The chipmaker is back on a
buying spree, having scooped
up five other companies this
year." - ], - [ - "The issue of drug advertising
directly aimed at consumers is
becoming political." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON, Aug. 17
(Xinhuanet) -- England coach
Sven-Goran Eriksson has urged
the international soccer
authorities to preserve the
health of the world superstar
footballers for major
tournaments, who expressed his
will in Slaley of England on
Tuesday ..." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car
bomb killed two American
soldiers and wounded eight
when it exploded in Baghdad on
Saturday, the U.S. military
said in a statement." - ], - [ - "Juventus coach Fabio Capello
has ordered his players not to
kick the ball out of play when
an opponent falls to the
ground apparently hurt because
he believes some players fake
injury to stop the match." - ], - [ - "AP - China's economic boom is
still roaring despite efforts
to cool sizzling growth, with
the gross domestic product
climbing 9.5 percent in the
first three quarters of this
year, the government reported
Friday." - ], - [ - "Soaring petroleum prices
pushed the cost of goods
imported into the U.S. much
higher than expected in
August, the government said
today." - ], - [ - "Anheuser-Busch teams up with
Vietnam's largest brewer,
laying the groundwork for
future growth in the region." - ], - [ - "You #39;re angry. You want to
lash out. The Red Sox are
doing it to you again. They
#39;re blowing a playoff
series, and to the Yankees no
less." - ], - [ - "TORONTO -- There is no
mystique to it anymore,
because after all, the
Russians have become commoners
in today's National Hockey
League, and Finns, Czechs,
Slovaks, and Swedes also have
been entrenched in the
Original 30 long enough to
turn the ongoing World Cup of
Hockey into a protracted
trailer for the NHL season." - ], - [ - "Sudanese authorities have
moved hundreds of pro-
government fighters from the
crisis-torn Darfur region to
other parts of the country to
keep them out of sight of
foreign military observers
demanding the militia #39;s
disarmament, a rebel leader
charged" - ], - [ - "CHARLOTTE, NC - Shares of
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.
#39;s fell sharply Monday as a
79 percent plunge in third-
quarter earnings and an
intensifying accounting
investigation overshadowed the
pastrymaker #39;s statement
that the low-carb craze might
be easing." - ], - [ - "The company hopes to lure
software partners by promising
to save them from
infrastructure headaches." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb
Tuesday ripped through a busy
market near a Baghdad police
headquarters where Iraqis were
waiting to apply for jobs on
the force, and gunmen opened
fire on a van carrying police
home from work in Baqouba,
killing at least 59 people
total and wounding at least
114. The attacks were the
latest attempts by militants
to wreck the building of a
strong Iraqi security force, a
keystone of the U.S..." - ], - [ - "The Israeli prime minister
said today that he wanted to
begin withdrawing settlers
from Gaza next May or June." - ], - [ - "Indianapolis, IN (Sports
Network) - The Indiana Pacers
try to win their second
straight game tonight, as they
host Kevin Garnett and the
Minnesota Timberwolves in the
third of a four-game homestand
at Conseco Fieldhouse." - ], - [ - "OXNARD - A leak of explosive
natural gas forced dozens of
workers to evacuate an
offshore oil platform for
hours Thursday but no damage
or injuries were reported." - ], - [ - "AP - Assets of the nation's
retail money market mutual
funds rose by #36;2.85
billion in the latest week to
#36;845.69 billion, the
Investment Company Institute
said Thursday." - ], - [ - "Peter Mandelson provoked fresh
Labour in-fighting yesterday
with an implied attack on
Gordon Brown #39;s
quot;exaggerated gloating
quot; about the health of the
British economy." - ], - [ - "Queen Elizabeth II stopped
short of apologizing for the
Allies #39; bombing of Dresden
during her first state visit
to Germany in 12 years and
instead acknowledged quot;the
appalling suffering of war on
both sides." - ], - [ - "JC Penney said yesterday that
Allen I. Questrom, the chief
executive who has restyled the
once-beleaguered chain into a
sleeker and more profitable
entity, would be succeeded by
Myron E. Ullman III, another
longtime retail executive." - ], - [ - " In the cosmetics department
at Hecht's in downtown
Washington, construction crews
have ripped out the
traditional glass display
cases, replacing them with a
system of open shelves stacked
high with fragrances from
Chanel, Burberry and Armani,
now easily within arm's reach
of the impulse buyer." - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices
slid from record highs above
\\$50 a barrel Wednesday as the
U.S. government reported a
surprise increase in crude
stocks and rebels in Nigeria's
oil-rich delta region agreed
to a preliminary cease-fire." - ], - [ - "Rocky Shoes and Boots makes an
accretive acquisition -- and
gets Dickies and John Deere as
part of the deal." - ], - [ - "AP - Fugitive Taliban leader
Mullah Mohammed Omar has
fallen out with some of his
lieutenants, who blame him for
the rebels' failure to disrupt
the landmark Afghan
presidential election, the
U.S. military said Wednesday." - ], - [ - "HAVANA -- Cuban President
Fidel Castro's advancing age
-- and ultimately his
mortality -- were brought home
yesterday, a day after he
fractured a knee and arm when
he tripped and fell at a
public event." - ], - [ - " BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) -
The United States and Brazil
predicted on Tuesday Latin
America's largest country
would resolve a dispute with
the U.N. nuclear watchdog over
inspections of a uranium
enrichment plant." - ], - [ - "Call it the Maximus factor.
Archaeologists working at the
site of an old Roman temple
near Guy #39;s hospital in
London have uncovered a pot of
cosmetic cream dating back to
AD2." - ], - [ - "It is a team game, this Ryder
Cup stuff that will commence
Friday at Oakland Hills
Country Club. So what are the
teams? For the Americans,
captain Hal Sutton isn't
saying." - ], - [ - "Two bombs exploded today near
a tea shop and wounded 20
people in southern Thailand,
police said, as violence
continued unabated in the
Muslim-majority region where
residents are seething over
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while in military custody." - ], - [ - "BONN: Deutsche Telekom is
bidding 2.9 bn for the 26 it
does not own in T-Online
International, pulling the
internet service back into the
fold four years after selling
stock to the public." - ], - [ - "Motorola Inc. says it #39;s
ready to make inroads in the
cell-phone market after
posting a third straight
strong quarter and rolling out
a series of new handsets in
time for the holiday selling
season." - ], - [ - "Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi, back in Tokyo after
an 11-day diplomatic mission
to the Americas, hunkered down
with senior ruling party
officials on Friday to focus
on a major reshuffle of
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health plans are expected to
climb an average of 8 percent
in 2005, the first time in
five years increases have been
in single digits." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - A sluggish gross
domestic product reading was
nonetheless better than
expected, prompting investors
to send stocks slightly higher
Friday on hopes that the
economic slowdown would not be
as bad as first thought.
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the second quarter, a revision
from the 3 percent preliminary
figure reported in July, is a
far cry from the 4.5 percent
growth in the first quarter..." - ], - [ - "After again posting record
earnings for the third
quarter, Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
expects to see its first
sequential drop in fourth-
quarter revenues, coupled with
a sharp drop in capacity
utilization rates." - ], - [ - " SEOUL (Reuters) - A huge
explosion in North Korea last
week may have been due to a
combination of demolition work
for a power plant and
atmospheric clouds, South
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Wednesday." - ], - [ - "The deal comes as Cisco pushes
to develop a market for CRS-1,
a new line of routers aimed at
telephone, wireless and cable
companies." - ], - [ - "Many people who have never
bounced a check in their life
could soon bounce their first
check if they write checks to
pay bills a couple of days
before their paycheck is
deposited into their checking
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Microsoft Corp told a judge on
Thursday that the European
Commission must be stopped
from ordering it to give up
secret technology to
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Inc. and Microsoft Corp. next
month plan to provide more
details on the work they are
doing to make their products
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dramatically rejected the
advances of Malcolm Glazer,
the US sports boss who is
mulling an 825m bid for the
football club." - ], - [ - "Dow Jones Industrial Average
futures declined amid concern
an upcoming report on
manufacturing may point to
slowing economic growth." - ], - [ - "AP - Astronomy buffs and
amateur stargazers turned out
to watch a total lunar eclipse
Wednesday night #151; the
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American factories operated at
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were out in full force at
today #39;s Big Ten
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coach Jim Tressel and Iowa
head coach Kirk Ferentz
offered some thoughts on the
upcoming game between OSU" - ], - [ - "Sir Martin Sorrell, chief
executive of WPP, yesterday
declared he was quot;very
impressed quot; with Grey
Global, stoking speculation
WPP will bid for the US
advertising company." - ], - [ - "The compact disc has at least
another five years as the most
popular music format before
online downloads chip away at
its dominance, a new study
said on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "New York Knicks #39; Stephon
Marbury (3) fires over New
Orleans Hornets #39; Dan
Dickau (2) during the second
half in New Orleans Wednesday
night, Dec. 8, 2004." - ], - [ - "AP - Sudan's U.N. ambassador
challenged the United States
to send troops to the Darfur
region if it really believes a
genocide is taking place as
the U.S. Congress and
President Bush's
administration have
determined." - ], - [ - "At the very moment when the
Red Sox desperately need
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talks with Matt Kenseth, left,
during a break in practice at
Lowe #39;s Motor Speedway in
Concord, NC, Thursday Oct. 14,
2004 before qualifying for
Saturday #39;s UAW-GM Quality
500 NASCAR Nextel Cup race." - ], - [ - "Several starting spots may
have been usurped or at least
threatened after relatively
solid understudy showings
Sunday, but few players
welcome the kind of shot
delivered to Oakland" - ], - [ - "TEMPE, Ariz. -- Neil Rackers
kicked four field goals and
the Arizona Cardinals stifled
rookie Chris Simms and the
rest of the Tampa Bay offense
for a 12-7 victory yesterday
in a matchup of two sputtering
teams out of playoff
contention. Coach Jon Gruden's
team lost its fourth in a row
to finish 5-11, Tampa Bay's
worst record since going ..." - ], - [ - "AFP - A junior British
minister said that people
living in camps after fleeing
their villages because of
conflict in Sudan's Darfur
region lived in fear of
leaving their temporary homes
despite a greater presence now
of aid workers." - ], - [ - "US Deputy Secretary of State
Richard Armitage (L) shakes
hands with Pakistani Foreign
Minister Khurshid Kasuri prior
to their meeting in Islamabad,
09 November 2004." - ], - [ - "Spammers aren't ducking
antispam laws by operating
offshore, they're just
ignoring it." - ], - [ - "AP - Biologists plan to use
large nets and traps this week
in Chicago's Burnham Harbor to
search for the northern
snakehead #151; a type of
fish known for its voracious
appetite and ability to wreak
havoc on freshwater
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Grumman Corp. won \\$45 million
contracts yesterday to develop
prototypes of anti-missile
technology that could protect
commercial aircraft from
shoulder-fired missiles." - ], - [ - "AP - Democrat John Edwards
kept up a long-distance debate
over his \"two Americas\"
campaign theme with Vice
President Dick Cheney on
Tuesday, saying it was no
illusion to thousands of laid-
off workers in Ohio." - ], - [ - "Like introductory credit card
rates and superior customer
service, some promises just
aren #39;t built to last. And
so it is that Bank of America
- mere months after its pledge
to preserve" - ], - [ - "A group of 76 Eritreans on a
repatriation flight from Libya
Friday forced their plane to
change course and land in the
Sudanese capital, Khartoum,
where they" - ], - [ - "Reuters - Accounting firm KPMG
will pay #36;10\\million to
settle charges of improper
professional conduct\\while
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TV Guide International Inc.\\,
the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission said
on\\Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Family matters made public: As
eager cousins wait for a slice
of the \\$15 billion cake that
is the Pritzker Empire,
Circuit Court Judge David
Donnersberger has ruled that
the case will be conducted in
open court." - ], - [ - "Users of Microsoft #39;s
Hotmail, most of whom are
accustomed to getting regular
sales pitches for premium
e-mail accounts, got a
pleasant surprise in their
inboxes this week: extra
storage for free." - ], - [ - "AP - They say that opposites
attract, and in the case of
Sen. John Kerry and Teresa
Heinz Kerry, that may be true
#151; at least in their public
personas." - ], - [ - "The weekly survey from
mortgage company Freddie Mac
had rates on 30-year fixed-
rate mortgages inching higher
this week, up to an average
5.82 percent from last week
#39;s 5.81 percent." - ], - [ - "The classic power struggle
between Walt Disney Co. CEO
Michael Eisner and former
feared talent agent Michael
Ovitz makes for high drama in
the courtroom - and apparently
on cable." - ], - [ - "ATHENS France, Britain and the
United States issued a joint
challenge Thursday to Germany
#39;s gold medal in equestrian
team three-day eventing." - ], - [ - "LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Elan
(UK:ELA) (ELN) and partner
Biogen (BIIB) said the FDA has
approved new drug Tysabri to
treat relapsing forms of
multiple sclerosis." - ], - [ - "IT services provider
Electronic Data Systems
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of \\$153 million for the third
quarter, with earnings hit in
part by an asset impairment
charge of \\$375 million
connected with EDS's N/MCI
project." - ], - [ - "ATLANTA - Who could have
imagined Tommy Tuberville in
this position? Yet there he
was Friday, standing alongside
the SEC championship trophy,
posing for pictures and
undoubtedly chuckling a bit on
the inside." - ], - [ - "AP - Impoverished North Korea
might resort to selling
weapons-grade plutonium to
terrorists for much-needed
cash, and that would be
\"disastrous for the world,\"
the top U.S. military
commander in South Korea said
Friday." - ], - [ - "International Business
Machines Corp. said Wednesday
it had agreed to settle most
of the issues in a suit over
changes in its pension plans
on terms that allow the
company to continue to appeal
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Thursday called on his
fighters to strike Gulf oil
supplies and warned Saudi
leaders they risked a popular
uprising in an audio message
said to be by the Western
world #39;s most wanted terror
mastermind." - ], - [ - "Bank of New Zealand has frozen
all accounts held in the name
of Access Brokerage, which was
yesterday placed in
liquidation after a client
fund shortfall of around \\$5
million was discovered." - ], - [ - "Edward Kozel, Cisco's former
chief technology officer,
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Business Machines\\Corp. late
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market leader Oracle Corp. ." - ], - [ - "NASA #39;s Mars Odyssey
mission, originally scheduled
to end on Tuesday, has been
granted a stay of execution
until at least September 2006,
reveal NASA scientists." - ], - [ - "ZDNet #39;s survey of IT
professionals in August kept
Wired amp; Wireless on top
for the 18th month in a row.
Telecommunications equipment
maker Motorola said Tuesday
that it would cut 1,000 jobs
and take related" - ], - [ - "John Thomson threw shutout
ball for seven innings
Wednesday night in carrying
Atlanta to a 2-0 blanking of
the New York Mets. New York
lost for the 21st time in 25
games on the" - ], - [ - "BEIJING -- Chinese authorities
have arrested or reprimanded
more than 750 officials in
recent months in connection
with billions of dollars in
financial irregularities
ranging from unpaid taxes to
embezzlement, according to a
report made public yesterday." - ], - [ - "Canadian Press - GAUHATI,
India (AP) - Residents of
northeastern India were
bracing for more violence
Friday, a day after bombs
ripped through two buses and a
grenade was hurled into a
crowded market in attacks that
killed four people and wounded
54." - ], - [ - "Vikram Solanki beat the rain
clouds to register his second
one-day international century
as England won the third one-
day international to wrap up a
series victory." - ], - [ - "Some 28 people are charged
with trying to overthrow
Sudan's President Bashir,
reports say." - ], - [ - "Hong Kong #39;s Beijing-backed
chief executive yesterday
ruled out any early moves to
pass a controversial national
security law which last year
sparked a street protest by
half a million people." - ], - [ - "BRITAIN #39;S largest
financial institutions are
being urged to take lead roles
in lawsuits seeking hundreds
of millions of dollars from
the scandal-struck US
insurance industry." - ], - [ - "Bankrupt UAL Corp. (UALAQ.OB:
Quote, Profile, Research) on
Thursday reported a narrower
third-quarter net loss. The
parent of United Airlines
posted a loss of \\$274
million, or" - ], - [ - "A three-touchdown point spread
and a recent history of late-
season collapses had many
thinking the UCLA football
team would provide little
opposition to rival USC #39;s
march to the BCS-championship
game at the Orange Bowl." - ], - [ - " PHOENIX (Sports Network) -
Free agent third baseman Troy
Glaus is reportedly headed to
the Arizona Diamondbacks." - ], - [ - "The European Union #39;s head
office issued a bleak economic
report Tuesday, warning that
the sharp rise in oil prices
will quot;take its toll quot;
on economic growth next year
while the euro #39;s renewed
climb could threaten crucial
exports." - ], - [ - "Third-string tailback Chris
Markey ran for 131 yards to
lead UCLA to a 34-26 victory
over Oregon on Saturday.
Markey, playing because of an
injury to starter Maurice
Drew, also caught five passes
for 84 yards" - ], - [ - "Though Howard Stern's
defection from broadcast to
satellite radio is still 16
months off, the industry is
already trying to figure out
what will fill the crater in
ad revenue and listenership
that he is expected to leave
behind." - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
United States set final anti-
dumping duties of up to 112.81
percent on shrimp imported
from China and up to 25.76
percent on shrimp from Vietnam
to offset unfair pricing, the
Commerce Department said on
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Jay Payton #39;s three-run
homer led the San Diego Padres
to a 5-1 win over the San
Francisco Giants in National
League play Saturday, despite
a 701st career blast from
Barry Bonds." - ], - [ - "The optimists among Rutgers
fans were delighted, but the
Scarlet Knights still gave the
pessimists something to worry
about." - ], - [ - "Beer consumption has doubled
over the past five years,
prompting legislators to
implement new rules." - ], - [ - "BusinessWeek Online - The
jubilation that swept East
Germany after the fall of the
Berlin Wall in 1989 long ago
gave way to the sober reality
of globalization and market
forces. Now a decade of
resentment seems to be boiling
over. In Eastern cities such
as Leipzig or Chemnitz,
thousands have taken to the
streets since July to protest
cuts in unemployment benefits,
the main source of livelihood
for 1.6 million East Germans.
Discontent among
reunification's losers fueled
big gains by the far left and
far right in Brandenburg and
Saxony state elections Sept.
19. ..." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK -- When Office Depot
Inc. stores ran an electronics
recycling drive last summer
that accepted everything from
cellphones to televisions,
some stores were overwhelmed
by the amount of e-trash they
received." - ], - [ - "In a discovery sure to set off
a firestorm of debate over
human migration to the western
hemisphere, archaeologists in
South Carolina say they have
uncovered evidence that people
lived in eastern North America
at least 50,000 years ago -
far earlier than" - ], - [ - "AP - Former president Bill
Clinton on Monday helped
launch a new Internet search
company backed by the Chinese
government which says its
technology uses artificial
intelligence to produce better
results than Google Inc." - ], - [ - "The International Monetary
Fund expressed concern Tuesday
about the impact of the
troubles besetting oil major
Yukos on Russia #39;s standing
as a place to invest." - ], - [ - "Perhaps the sight of Maria
Sharapova opposite her tonight
will jog Serena Williams #39;
memory. Wimbledon. The final.
You and Maria." - ], - [ - "At least 79 people were killed
and 74 were missing after some
of the worst rainstorms in
recent years triggered
landslides and flash floods in
southwest China, disaster
relief officials said
yesterday." - ], - [ - "LinuxWorld Conference amp;
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the first time in February,
underscoring the area's
standing as a hub for the
open-source software being
adopted by thousands of
businesses." - ], - [ - "BANGKOK Thai military aircraft
dropped 100 million paper
birds over southern Thailand
on Sunday in a gesture
intended to promote peace in
mainly Muslim provinces, where
more than 500 people have died
this year in attacks by
separatist militants and" - ], - [ - "Insurgents threatened on
Saturday to cut the throats of
two Americans and a Briton
seized in Baghdad, and
launched a suicide car bomb
attack on Iraqi security
forces in Kirkuk that killed
at least 23 people." - ], - [ - "Five days after making the
putt that won the Ryder Cup,
Colin Montgomerie looked set
to miss the cut at a European
PGA tour event." - ], - [ - "Sun Microsystems plans to
release its Sun Studio 10
development tool in the fourth
quarter of this year,
featuring support for 64-bit
applications running on AMD
Opteron and Nocona processors,
Sun officials said on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Karachi - Captain Inzamam ul-
Haq and coach Bob Woolmer came
under fire on Thursday for
choosing to bat first on a
tricky pitch after Pakistan
#39;s humiliating defeat in
the ICC Champions Trophy semi-
final." - ], - [ - "Scottish champions Celtic saw
their three-year unbeaten home
record in Europe broken
Tuesday as they lost 3-1 to
Barcelona in the Champions
League Group F opener." - ], - [ - "Interest rates on short-term
Treasury securities rose in
yesterday's auction. The
Treasury Department sold \\$19
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at a discount rate of 1.710
percent, up from 1.685 percent
last week. An additional \\$17
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bills at a rate of 1.950
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question the importance of
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has been sliding between the
third and fourth most
important focus for companies." - ], - [ - "AP - Andy Roddick searched out
Carlos Moya in the throng of
jumping, screaming Spanish
tennis players, hoping to
shake hands." - ], - [ - "AP - The Federal Trade
Commission on Thursday filed
the first case in the country
against software companies
accused of infecting computers
with intrusive \"spyware\" and
then trying to sell people the
solution." - ], - [ - "While shares of Apple have
climbed more than 10 percent
this week, reaching 52-week
highs, two research firms told
investors Friday they continue
to remain highly bullish about
the stock." - ], - [ - "Moody #39;s Investors Service
on Wednesday said it may cut
its bond ratings on HCA Inc.
(HCA.N: Quote, Profile,
Research) deeper into junk,
citing the hospital operator
#39;s plan to buy back about
\\$2." - ], - [ - "States are now barred from
imposing telecommunications
regulations on Net phone
providers." - ], - [ - "Telekom Austria AG, the
country #39;s biggest phone
operator, won the right to buy
Bulgaria #39;s largest mobile
phone company, MobilTel EAD,
for 1.6 billion euros (\\$2.1
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would add 3 million
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term agreements with the three
largest flu vaccine
wholesalers in the United
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shortage of vaccine for the
current flu season." - ], - [ - "ENGLAND captain and Real
Madrid midfielder David
Beckham has played down
speculation that his club are
moving for England manager
Sven-Goran Eriksson." - ], - [ - "The federal government closed
its window on the oil industry
Thursday, saying that it is
selling its last 19 per cent
stake in Calgary-based Petro-
Canada." - ], - [ - "Strong sales of new mobile
phone models boosts profits at
Carphone Warehouse but the
retailer's shares fall on
concerns at a decline in
profits from pre-paid phones." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM and
top scientific research
organizations are joining
forces in a humanitarian
effort to tap the unused
power of millions of computers
and help solve complex social
problems." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK, Nov. 11 -- The 40
percent share price slide in
Merck #38; Co. in the five
weeks after it pulled the
painkiller Vioxx off the
market highlighted larger
problems in the pharmaceutical
industry that may depress
performance for years,
according to academics and
stock analysts who follow the
sector." - ], - [ - "Low-fare carrier Southwest
Airlines Co. said Thursday
that its third-quarter profit
rose 12.3 percent to beat Wall
Street expectations despite
higher fuel costs." - ], - [ - "Another shock hit the drug
sector Friday when
pharmaceutical giant Pfizer
Inc. announced that it found
an increased heart risk to
patients for its blockbuster
arthritis drug Celebrex." - ], - [ - "AFP - National Basketball
Association players trying to
win a fourth consecutive
Olympic gold medal for the
United States have gotten the
wake-up call that the \"Dream
Team\" days are done even if
supporters have not." - ], - [ - " BEIJING (Reuters) - Secretary
of State Colin Powell will
urge China Monday to exert its
influence over North Korea to
resume six-party negotiations
on scrapping its suspected
nuclear weapons program." - ], - [ - "Reuters - An Israeli missile
strike killed at least\\two
Hamas gunmen in Gaza City
Monday, a day after a
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militant group was killed in a
similar\\attack, Palestinian
witnesses and security sources
said." - ], - [ - "England will be seeking their
third clean sweep of the
summer when the NatWest
Challenge against India
concludes at Lord #39;s. After
beating New Zealand and West
Indies 3-0 and 4-0 in Tests,
they have come alive" - ], - [ - "AP - The Pentagon has restored
access to a Web site that
assists soldiers and other
Americans living overseas in
voting, after receiving
complaints that its security
measures were preventing
legitimate voters from using
it." - ], - [ - "The number of US information
technology workers rose 2
percent to 10.5 million in the
first quarter of this year,
but demand for them is
dropping, according to a new
report." - ], - [ - "Montreal - The British-built
Canadian submarine HMCS
Chicoutimi, crippled since a
fire at sea that killed one of
its crew, is under tow and is
expected in Faslane, Scotland,
early next week, Canadian
naval commander Tyrone Pile
said on Friday." - ], - [ - "AP - Grizzly and black bears
killed a majority of elk
calves in northern Yellowstone
National Park for the second
year in a row, preliminary
study results show." - ], - [ - "Thirty-five Pakistanis freed
from the US Guantanamo Bay
prison camp arrived home on
Saturday and were taken
straight to prison for further
interrogation, the interior
minister said." - ], - [ - "AP - Mark Richt knows he'll
have to get a little creative
when he divvies up playing
time for Georgia's running
backs next season. Not so on
Saturday. Thomas Brown is the
undisputed starter for the
biggest game of the season." - ], - [ - "Witnesses in the trial of a US
soldier charged with abusing
prisoners at Abu Ghraib have
told the court that the CIA
sometimes directed abuse and
orders were received from
military command to toughen
interrogations." - ], - [ - "Insurance firm says its board
now consists of its new CEO
Michael Cherkasky and 10
outside members. NEW YORK
(Reuters) - Marsh amp;
McLennan Cos." - ], - [ - "Michael Phelps, the six-time
Olympic champion, issued an
apology yesterday after being
arrested and charged with
drunken driving in the United
States." - ], - [ - "AP - Italian and Lebanese
authorities have arrested 10
suspected terrorists who
planned to blow up the Italian
Embassy in Beirut, an Italian
news agency and the Defense
Ministry said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- John F.
Kerry and President Bush
clashed sharply over the war
in Iraq last night during the
first debate of the
presidential campaign season,
with the senator from
Massachusetts accusing" - ], - [ - "GONAIVES, Haiti -- While
desperately hungry flood
victims wander the streets of
Gonaives searching for help,
tons of food aid is stacking
up in a warehouse guarded by
United Nations peacekeepers." - ], - [ - "As part of its much-touted new
MSN Music offering, Microsoft
Corp. (MSFT) is testing a Web-
based radio service that
mimics nearly 1,000 local
radio stations, allowing users
to hear a version of their
favorite radio station with
far fewer interruptions." - ], - [ - "AFP - The resignation of
disgraced Fiji Vice-President
Ratu Jope Seniloli failed to
quell anger among opposition
leaders and the military over
his surprise release from
prison after serving just
three months of a four-year
jail term for his role in a
failed 2000 coup." - ], - [ - "ATHENS Larry Brown, the US
coach, leaned back against the
scorer #39;s table, searching
for support on a sinking ship.
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had just fouled out, and the
options for an American team
that" - ], - [ - "Sourav Ganguly files an appeal
against a two-match ban
imposed for time-wasting." - ], - [ - "Ziff Davis - A quick
resolution to the Mambo open-
source copyright dispute seems
unlikely now that one of the
parties has rejected an offer
for mediation." - ], - [ - "Greek police surrounded a bus
full of passengers seized by
armed hijackers along a
highway from an Athens suburb
Wednesday, police said." - ], - [ - "Spain have named an unchanged
team for the Davis Cup final
against the United States in
Seville on 3-5 December.
Carlos Moya, Juan Carlos
Ferrero, Rafael Nadal and
Tommy Robredo will take on the
US in front of 22,000 fans at
the converted Olympic stadium." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD: A suicide car bomber
attacked a police convoy in
Baghdad yesterday as guerillas
kept pressure on Iraq #39;s
security forces despite a
bloody rout of insurgents in
Fallujah." - ], - [ - "Slot machine maker
International Game Technology
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better-than-expected quarterly
earnings, as casinos bought" - ], - [ - "Fixtures and fittings from
Damien Hirst's restaurant
Pharmacy sell for 11.1, 8m
more than expected." - ], - [ - "Last Tuesday night, Harvard
knocked off rival Boston
College, which was ranked No.
1 in the country. Last night,
the Crimson knocked off
another local foe, Boston
University, 2-1, at Walter
Brown Arena, which marked the
first time since 1999 that
Harvard had beaten them both
in the same season." - ], - [ - "Venezuelan election officials
say they expect to announce
Saturday, results of a partial
audit of last Sunday #39;s
presidential recall
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will be in an Eagle, Colorado,
courtroom Friday, answering an
82-item questionnaire in
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journeys to the library could
become a thing of the past
thanks to a new multimillion-
pound scheme to make classic
texts available at the click
of a mouse." - ], - [ - "Moscow - The next crew of the
International Space Station
(ISS) is to contribute to the
Russian search for a vaccine
against Aids, Russian
cosmonaut Salijan Sharipovthe
said on Thursday." - ], - [ - "Locked away in fossils is
evidence of a sudden solar
cooling. Kate Ravilious meets
the experts who say it could
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(AP) -- Taran Rampersad didn't
complain when he failed to
find anything on his hometown
in the online encyclopedia
Wikipedia. Instead, he simply
wrote his own entry for San
Fernando, Trinidad and
Tobago..." - ], - [ - "Five years after catastrophic
floods and mudslides killed
thousands along Venezuela's
Caribbean coast, survivors in
this town still see the signs
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growing atop streets covered
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religious cult fighting to the
death on a giant corona in
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said third-quarter profit rose
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core North American
telecommunication market with
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announced a coordinated attack
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counterfeit merchandise and
pirated music and movies, an
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year." - ], - [ - "BEIJING The NBA has reached
booming, basketball-crazy
China _ but the league doesn
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soon. The NBA flew more than
100 people halfway around the
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confirmed Monday that nearly
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in conventional or nuclear
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Schilling pitched 6 2/3
innings and Manny Ramirez hit
a three-run homer in a seven-
run fourth frame to lead the
Boston Red Sox to a 9-3 win
over the host Anaheim Angels
in their American League
Divisional Series opener
Tuesday." - ], - [ - "AP - The game between the
Minnesota Twins and the New
York Yankees on Tuesday night
was postponed by rain." - ], - [ - "Oil giant Shell swept aside
nearly 100 years of history
today when it unveiled plans
to merge its UK and Dutch
parent companies. Shell said
scrapping its twin-board
structure" - ], - [ - "Caesars Entertainment Inc. on
Thursday posted a rise in
third-quarter profit as Las
Vegas hotels filled up and
Atlantic City properties
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telecommunications providers
will use Cisco Systems #39;
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they were holding hostage,
according to a statement on an
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world #39;s greatest race car
driver, the champion of
champions - all disciplines
combined - is Heikki
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unsurprisingly chose to bowl
first as they and West Indies
did battle at the Rose Bowl
today for a place in the ICC
Champions Trophy final against
hosts England." - ], - [ - "Shares of Beacon Roofing
Suppler Inc. shot up as much
as 26 percent in its trading
debut Thursday, edging out
bank holding company Valley
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military assault on the
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Mexican President Vicente Fox
said on Monday he hoped
President Bush's re-election
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fell within half a cent of
last week's record low against
the euro on Thursday after
capital inflows data added to
worries the United States may
struggle to fund its current
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President Jacques Chirac said
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to meet Iraqi interim Prime
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reports he was snubbing the
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Bill Clinton was in good
spirits Saturday, walking
around his hospital room in
street clothes and buoyed by
thousands of get-well messages
as he awaited heart bypass
surgery early this coming
week, people close to the
family said. Clinton was
expected to undergo surgery as
early as Monday but probably
Tuesday, said Democratic Party
Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who
said the former president was
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by phone Friday..." - ], - [ - "Toyota Motor Corp., the world
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capacity in" - ], - [ - "Poland will cut its troops in
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needed, the country #39;s
prime minister said Friday." - ], - [ - "AP - Boston Red Sox center
fielder Johnny Damon is having
a recurrence of migraine
headaches that first bothered
him after a collision in last
year's playoffs." - ], - [ - "The patch fixes a flaw in the
e-mail server software that
could be used to get access to
in-boxes and information." - ], - [ - "Felix Cardenas of Colombia won
the 17th stage of the Spanish
Vuelta cycling race Wednesday,
while defending champion
Roberto Heras held onto the
overall leader #39;s jersey
for the sixth day in a row." - ], - [ - "AP - Being the biggest dog may
pay off at feeding time, but
species that grow too large
may be more vulnerable to
extinction, new research
suggests." - ], - [ - "A car bomb exploded at a US
military convoy in the
northern Iraqi city of Mosul,
causing several casualties,
the army and Iraqi officials
said." - ], - [ - "Newest Efficeon processor also
offers higher frequency using
less power." - ], - [ - "BAE Systems has launched a
search for a senior American
businessman to become a non-
executive director. The high-
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designed to strengthen the
board at a time when the
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in international air travel,
Finnair says it will let its
frequent fliers check in using
text messages on mobile
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International is expected to
announce that its new chief
executive will be John
Swainson, an I.B.M. executive
with strong technical and
sales credentials." - ], - [ - "Established star Landon
Donovan and rising sensation
Eddie Johnson carried the
United States into the
regional qualifying finals for
the 2006 World Cup in emphatic
fashion Wednesday night." - ], - [ - "STOCKHOLM (Dow
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Phelps took care of qualifying
for the Olympic 200-meter
freestyle semifinals Sunday,
and then found out he had been
added to the American team for
the evening's 400 freestyle
relay final. Phelps' rivals
Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den
Hoogenband and teammate Klete
Keller were faster than the
teenager in the 200 free
preliminaries..." - ], - [ - " JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
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for withdrawal from Gaza to
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Tuesday despite a mutiny in
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star of the show at the annual
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Maxine statues including
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workers held by militants in
Afghanistan were in their
third week of captivity on
Friday after calls from both
sides for the crisis to be
resolved ahead of this
weekend's Muslim festival of
Eid al-Fitr." - ], - [ - "AP - A sweeping wildlife
preserve in southwestern
Arizona is among the nation's
10 most endangered refuges,
due in large part to illegal
drug and immigrant traffic and
Border Patrol operations, a
conservation group said
Friday." - ], - [ - "ROME, Oct 29 (AFP) - French
President Jacques Chirac urged
the head of the incoming
European Commission Friday to
take quot;the appropriate
decisions quot; to resolve a
row over his EU executive team
which has left the EU in
limbo." - ], - [ - "The Anglo-Dutch oil giant
Shell today sought to draw a
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replenish reserves and develop
production in its oil and gas
business." - ], - [ - "SEPTEMBER 20, 2004
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PeopleSoft Inc. #39;s Connect
2004 conference in San
Francisco this week, the
software vendor is expected to
face questions from users
about its ability to fend off
Oracle Corp." - ], - [ - "Russia's parliament will
launch an inquiry into a
school siege that killed over
300 hostages, President
Vladimir Putin said on Friday,
but analysts doubt it will
satisfy those who blame the
carnage on security services." - ], - [ - "Tony Blair talks to business
leaders about new proposals
for a major shake-up of the
English exam system." - ], - [ - "KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia A
Malaysian woman has claimed a
new world record after living
with over six-thousand
scorpions for 36 days
straight." - ], - [ - "PBS's Charlie Rose quizzes Sun
co-founder Bill Joy,
Monster.com chief Jeff Taylor,
and venture capitalist John
Doerr." - ], - [ - "Circulation declined at most
major US newspapers in the
last half year, the latest
blow for an industry already
rocked by a scandal involving
circulation misstatements that
has undermined the confidence
of investors and advertisers." - ], - [ - "Skype Technologies is teaming
with Siemens to offer cordless
phone users the ability to
make Internet telephony calls,
in addition to traditional
calls, from their handsets." - ], - [ - "AP - After years of
resistance, the U.S. trucking
industry says it will not try
to impede or delay a new
federal rule aimed at cutting
diesel pollution." - ], - [ - "INDIANAPOLIS - ATA Airlines
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that would forge close ties
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the talks did not proceed as
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Wednesday. that could be used" - ], - [ - "Wizards coach Eddie Jordan
says the team is making a
statement that immaturity will
not be tolerated by suspending
Kwame Brown one game for not
taking part in a team huddle
during a loss to Denver." - ], - [ - "EVERETT Fire investigators
are still trying to determine
what caused a two-alarm that
destroyed a portion of a South
Everett shopping center this
morning." - ], - [ - "Umesh Patel, a 36-year old
software engineer from
California, debated until the
last minute." - ], - [ - "Sure, the PeopleSoft board
told shareholders to just say
no. This battle will go down
to the wire, and even
afterward Ellison could
prevail." - ], - [ - "Investors cheered by falling
oil prices and an improving
job picture sent stocks higher
Tuesday, hoping that the news
signals a renewal of economic
strength and a fall rally in
stocks." - ], - [ - "AP - Andy Roddick has yet to
face a challenge in his U.S.
Open title defense. He beat
No. 18 Tommy Robredo of Spain
6-3, 6-2, 6-4 Tuesday night to
move into the quarterfinals
without having lost a set." - ], - [ - "Now that hell froze over in
Boston, New England braces for
its rarest season -- a winter
of content. Red Sox fans are
adrift from the familiar
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on Saturday it still
anticipates September U.S.
sales to be up 2 percent to 4
percent at stores open at
least a year." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's
Nikkei stock average opened
down 0.15 percent on
Wednesday as investors took a
breather from the market's
recent rises and sold shares
of gainers such as Sharp
Corp." - ], - [ - "AP - From now until the start
of winter, male tarantulas are
roaming around, searching for
female mates, an ideal time to
find out where the spiders
flourish in Arkansas." - ], - [ - "Israeli authorities have
launched an investigation into
death threats against Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
and other officials supporting
his disengagement plan from
Gaza and parts of the West
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fell, capping a drop of more
than 14 percent in a two-and-
a-half-week slide triggered by
a perception of growing US
crude oil inventories." - ], - [ - "SUFFOLK -- Virginia Tech
scientists are preparing to
protect the state #39;s
largest crop from a disease
with strong potential to do
damage." - ], - [ - "It was a carefully scripted
moment when Russian President
Vladimir Putin began quoting
Taras Shevchenko, this country
#39;s 19th-century bard,
during a live television" - ], - [ - "China says it welcomes Russia
#39;s ratification of the
Kyoto Protocol that aims to
stem global warming by
reducing greenhouse-gas
emissions." - ], - [ - "Analysts said the smartphone
enhancements hold the
potential to bring PalmSource
into an expanding market that
still has room despite early
inroads by Symbian and
Microsoft." - ], - [ - "The Metropolitan
Transportation Authority is
proposing a tax increase to
raise \\$900 million a year to
help pay for a five-year
rebuilding program." - ], - [ - "AFP - The Canadian armed
forces chief of staff on was
elected to take over as head
of NATO's Military Committee,
the alliance's highest
military authority, military
and diplomatic sources said." - ], - [ - "AFP - Two proposed resolutions
condemning widespread rights
abuses in Sudan and Zimbabwe
failed to pass a UN committee,
mired in debate between
African and western nations." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) -
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will acquire First American
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Texas market." - ], - [ - " SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S.
oil prices hovered just below
\\$50 a barrel on Tuesday,
holding recent gains on a rash
of crude supply outages and
fears over thin heating oil
tanks." - ], - [ - "THE South Africans have called
the Wallabies scrum cheats as
a fresh round of verbal
warfare opened in the Republic
last night." - ], - [ - "The return of noted reformer
Nabil Amr to Palestinian
politics comes at a crucial
juncture." - ], - [ - "An overwhelming majority of
NHL players who expressed
their opinion in a poll said
they would not support a
salary cap even if it meant
saving a season that was
supposed to have started Oct.
13." - ], - [ - "Tony Eury Sr. oversees Dale
Earnhardt Jr. on the
racetrack, but Sunday he
extended his domain to Victory
Lane. Earnhardt was unbuckling
to crawl out of the No." - ], - [ - "AP - After two debates, voters
have seen President Bush look
peevish and heard him pass the
buck. They've watched Sen.
John Kerry deny he's a flip-
flopper and then argue that
Saddam Hussein was a threat
#151; and wasn't. It's no
wonder so few minds have
changed." - ], - [ - "(Sports Network) - The New
York Yankees try to move one
step closer to a division
title when they conclude their
critical series with the
Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park." - ], - [ - "US retail sales fell 0.3 in
August as rising energy costs
and bad weather persuaded
shoppers to reduce their
spending." - ], - [ - "The United States says the
Lebanese parliament #39;s
decision Friday to extend the
term of pro-Syrian President
Emile Lahoud made a
quot;crude mockery of
democratic principles." - ], - [ - "Kurt Busch claimed a stake in
the points lead in the NASCAR
Chase for the Nextel Cup
yesterday, winning the
Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire
International Speedway." - ], - [ - "TOKYO (AFP) - Japan #39;s
Fujitsu and Cisco Systems of
the US said they have agreed
to form a strategic alliance
focusing on routers and
switches that will enable
businesses to build advanced
Internet Protocol (IP)
networks." - ], - [ - "GEORGETOWN, Del., Oct. 28 --
Plaintiffs in a shareholder
lawsuit over former Walt
Disney Co. president Michael
Ovitz's \\$140 million
severance package attempted
Thursday to portray Ovitz as a
dishonest bumbler who botched
the hiring of a major
television executive and
pushed the release of a movie
that angered the Chinese
government, damaging Disney's
business prospects in the
country." - ], - [ - "US stocks gained ground in
early trading Thursday after
tame inflation reports and
better than expected jobless
news. Oil prices held steady
as Hurricane Ivan battered the
Gulf coast, where oil
operations have halted." - ], - [ - "It #39;s a new internet
browser. The first full
version, Firefox 1.0, was
launched earlier this month.
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browser, yes, but the
differences are larger than
the similarities." - ], - [ - "LOUDON, NH - As this
newfangled stretch drive for
the Nextel Cup championship
ensues, Jeff Gordon has to be
considered the favorite for a
fifth title." - ], - [ - "PepsiCo. Inc., the world #39;s
No. 2 soft- drink maker, plans
to buy General Mills Inc.
#39;s stake in their European
joint venture for \\$750
million in cash, giving it
complete ownership of Europe
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company." - ], - [ - "Microsoft will accelerate SP2
distribution to meet goal of
100 million downloads in two
months." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S.
stocks opened little changed
on Friday, after third-
quarter gross domestic product
data showed the U.S. economy
grew at a slower-than-expected
pace." - ], - [ - "International Business
Machines Corp., taken to court
by workers over changes it
made to its traditional
pension plan, has decided to
stop offering any such plan to
new employees." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - With four of its
executives pleading guilty to
price-fixing charges today,
Infineon will have a hard time
arguing that it didn #39;t fix
prices in its ongoing
litigation with Rambus." - ], - [ - "By nick giongco. YOU KNOW you
have reached the status of a
boxing star when ring
announcer extraordinaire
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voice during a high-profile
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The prime minister says he's
been assured by President
George W. Bush that the U.S.
missile defence plan does not
necessarily involve the
weaponization of space." - ], - [ - "AP - Even with a big lead,
Eric Gagne wanted to pitch in
front of his hometown fans one
last time." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Limited
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Thursday reported higher
quarterly operating profit as
cost controls and strong
lingerie sales offset poor
results at the retailer's
Express apparel stores." - ], - [ - "General Motors and
DaimlerChrysler are
collaborating on development
of fuel- saving hybrid engines
in hopes of cashing in on an
expanding market dominated by
hybrid leaders Toyota and
Honda." - ], - [ - "ATHENS, Greece -- Larry Brown
was despondent, the head of
the US selection committee was
defensive and an irritated
Allen Iverson was hanging up
on callers who asked what went
wrong." - ], - [ - "Fifty-six miners are dead and
another 92 are still stranded
underground after a gas blast
at the Daping coal mine in
Central China #39;s Henan
Province, safety officials
said Thursday." - ], - [ - "BEIRUT, Lebanon - Three
Lebanese men and their Iraqi
driver have been kidnapped in
Iraq, the Lebanese Foreign
Ministry said Sunday, as
Iraq's prime minister said his
government was working for the
release of two Americans and a
Briton also being held
hostage. Gunmen snatched
the three Lebanese, who worked
for a travel agency with a
branch in Baghdad, as they
drove on the highway between
the capital and Fallujah on
Friday night, a ministry
official said..." - ], - [ - "PORTLAND, Ore. - It's been
almost a year since singer-
songwriter Elliott Smith
committed suicide, and fans
and friends will be looking
for answers as the posthumous
\"From a Basement on the Hill\"
is released..." - ], - [ - "AP - Courtney Brown refuses to
surrender to injuries. He's
already planning another
comeback." - ], - [ - " GAZA (Reuters) - Israel
expanded its military
offensive in northern Gaza,
launching two air strikes
early on Monday that killed
at least three Palestinians
and wounded two, including a
senior Hamas leader, witnesses
and medics said." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo
Co. Ltd. raised its 2004
shipment target for its DS
handheld video game device by
40 percent to 2.8 million
units on Thursday after many
stores in Japan and the
United States sold out in the
first week of sales." - ], - [ - "It took an off-the-cuff
reference to a serial
murderer/cannibal to punctuate
the Robby Gordon storyline.
Gordon has been vilified by
his peers and put on probation" - ], - [ - "By BOBBY ROSS JR. Associated
Press Writer. play the Atlanta
Hawks. They will be treated to
free food and drink and have.
their pictures taken with
Mavericks players, dancers and
team officials." - ], - [ - "ARSENAL #39;S Brazilian World
Cup winning midfielder
Gilberto Silva is set to be
out for at least a month with
a back injury, the Premiership
leaders said." - ], - [ - "INDIANAPOLIS -- With a package
of academic reforms in place,
the NCAA #39;s next crusade
will address what its
president calls a dangerous
drift toward professionalism
and sports entertainment." - ], - [ - "Autodesk this week unwrapped
an updated version of its
hosted project collaboration
service targeted at the
construction and manufacturing
industries. Autodesk Buzzsaw
lets multiple, dispersed
project participants --
including building owners,
developers, architects,
construction teams, and
facility managers -- share and
manage data throughout the
life of a project, according
to Autodesk officials." - ], - [ - "AP - It was difficult for
Southern California's Pete
Carroll and Oklahoma's Bob
Stoops to keep from repeating
each other when the two
coaches met Thursday." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Sudan's government
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Africa's largest country." - ], - [ - "Andy Roddick, along with
Olympic silver medalist Mardy
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twins Bob and Mike Bryan will
make up the US team to compete
with Belarus in the Davis Cup,
reported CRIENGLISH." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Optimism that the
embattled technology sector
was due for a recovery sent
stocks modestly higher Monday
despite a new revenue warning
from semiconductor company
Broadcom Inc. While
Broadcom, which makes chips
for television set-top boxes
and other electronics, said
high inventories resulted in
delayed shipments, investors
were encouraged as it said
future quarters looked
brighter..." - ], - [ - "A report indicates that many
giants of the industry have
been able to capture lasting
feelings of customer loyalty." - ], - [ - "It is the news that Internet
users do not want to hear: the
worldwide web is in danger of
collapsing around us. Patrick
Gelsinger, the chief
technology officer for
computer chip maker Intel,
told a conference" - ], - [ - " WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.
employers hired just 96,000
workers in September, the
government said on Friday in a
weak jobs snapshot, the final
one ahead of presidential
elections that also fueled
speculation about a pause in
interest-rate rises." - ], - [ - "Cisco Systems CEO John
Chambers said today that his
company plans to offer twice
as many new products this year
as ever before." - ], - [ - "While the world #39;s best
athletes fight the noble
Olympic battle in stadiums and
pools, their fans storm the
streets of Athens, turning the
Greek capital into a huge
international party every
night." - ], - [ - "Carlos Barrios Orta squeezed
himself into his rubber diving
suit, pulled on an 18-pound
helmet that made him look like
an astronaut, then lowered
himself into the sewer. He
disappeared into the filthy
water, which looked like some
cauldron of rancid beef stew,
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air bubbles breaking the
surface." - ], - [ - "The mutilated body of a woman
of about sixty years,
amputated of arms and legs and
with the sliced throat, has
been discovered this morning
in a street of the south of
Faluya by the Marines,
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of the Sun in the shade. Steve
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be bullied into selling Wayne
Rooney last night by rejecting
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magazine known for evaluating
cars and electronics is
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the best value and quality of
prescription drugs on the
market." - ], - [ - "After months of legal
wrangling, the case of
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Friday in Eagle, Colo., with
testimony set to begin next
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Karzai defeated a raft of
candidates to win his historic
election. In Iraq, more than
200 political parties have
registered for next month
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admitted his side would be
happy with a draw at Old
Trafford on Tuesday night. The
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have found a new, greener way
to power cars and homes using
sunflower oil, a commodity
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vision of the Internet of the
future, one in which millions
of computer servers would
analyze and direct network
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charity Care International,
was taken hostage while on her
way to work in Baghdad. Here
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holiday season approaches." - ], - [ - "DALLAS (CBS.MW) -- Royal
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settle a Securities and
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overstatement of nearly 4.5
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reserves, the federal agency
said Tuesday." - ], - [ - "After waiting an entire summer
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skiers from around the planet
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launch its popular projection
televisions with large liquid
crystal display (LCD) screens
in China early next year, a
company spokeswoman said." - ], - [ - "I confess that I am a complete
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women #39;s beach volleyball.
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about the sport - that it is
the supreme aesthetic
experience available on planet
Earth." - ], - [ - "Manchester United Plc may
offer US billionaire Malcolm
Glazer a seat on its board if
he agrees to drop a takeover
bid for a year, the Observer
said, citing an unidentified
person in the soccer industry." - ], - [ - "PHOENIX America West Airlines
has backed away from a
potential bidding war for
bankrupt ATA Airlines, paving
the way for AirTran to take
over ATA operations." - ], - [ - "US stock-index futures
declined. Dow Jones Industrial
Average shares including
General Electric Co. slipped
in Europe. Citigroup Inc." - ], - [ - "For a guy who spent most of
his first four professional
seasons on the disabled list,
Houston Astros reliever Brad
Lidge has developed into quite
the ironman these past two
days." - ], - [ - "AFP - Outgoing EU competition
commissioner Mario Monti wants
to reach a decision on
Oracle's proposed takeover of
business software rival
PeopleSoft by the end of next
month, an official said." - ], - [ - "Former Bengal Corey Dillon
found his stride Sunday in his
second game for the New
England Patriots. Dillon
gained 158 yards on 32 carries
as the Patriots beat the
Arizona Cardinals, 23-12, for
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Satellite companies would be
able to retransmit
broadcasters' television
signals for another five
years but would have to offer
those signals on a single
dish, under legislation
approved by Congress on
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champion Maria Sharapova
demolished fellow Russian
Tatiana Panova 6-1, 6-1 to
advance to the quarter-finals
of the China Open on
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manager Omar Minaya on
Thursday afternoon and told
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because Khalil Greene had
broken his" - ], - [ - "Motorsport.com. Nine of the
ten Formula One teams have
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Kenya as fitting recognition
of the growing role of civil
society" - ], - [ - "Federal Reserve Chairman Alan
Greenspan has done it again.
For at least the fourth time
this year, he has touched the
electrified third rail of
American politics - Social
Security." - ], - [ - "An Al Qaeda-linked militant
group beheaded an American
hostage in Iraq and threatened
last night to kill another two
Westerners in 24 hours unless
women prisoners were freed
from Iraqi jails." - ], - [ - "TechWeb - An Indian Institute
of Technology professor--and
open-source evangelist--
discusses the role of Linux
and open source in India." - ], - [ - "Here are some of the latest
health and medical news
developments, compiled by
editors of HealthDay: -----
Contaminated Fish in Many U.S.
Lakes and Rivers Fish
that may be contaminated with
dioxin, mercury, PCBs and
pesticides are swimming in
more than one-third of the
United States' lakes and
nearly one-quarter of its
rivers, according to a list of
advisories released by the
Environmental Protection
Agency..." - ], - [ - "Argentina, Denmark, Greece,
Japan and Tanzania on Friday
won coveted two-year terms on
the UN Security Council at a
time when pressure is mounting
to expand the powerful
15-nation body." - ], - [ - "Description: Scientists say
the arthritis drug Bextra may
pose increased risk of
cardiovascular troubles.
Bextra is related to Vioxx,
which was pulled off the
market in September for the
same reason." - ], - [ - "Steve Francis and Shaquille O
#39;Neal enjoyed big debuts
with their new teams. Kobe
Bryant found out he can #39;t
carry the Lakers all by
himself." - ], - [ - "The trial of a lawsuit by Walt
Disney Co. shareholders who
accuse the board of directors
of rubberstamping a deal to
hire Michael Ovitz" - ], - [ - "Australia, by winning the
third Test at Nagpur on
Friday, also won the four-
match series 2-0 with one
match to go. Australia had
last won a Test series in
India way back in December
1969 when Bill Lawry #39;s
team beat Nawab Pataudi #39;s
Indian team 3-1." - ], - [ - "LOS ANGELES Grocery giant
Albertsons says it has
purchased Bristol Farms, which
operates eleven upscale stores
in Southern California." - ], - [ - "ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India
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the Khokhropar-Munabao railway
link, which was severed nearly
40 years ago." - ], - [ - "Final Score: Connecticut 61,
New York 51 New York, NY
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Connecticut to a 61-51 win
over New York in Game 1 of
their best-of-three Eastern
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Madison Square Garden." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - Stocks moved higher
Friday as a stronger than
expected retail sales report
showed that higher oil prices
aren't scaring consumers away
from spending. Federal Reserve
Chairman Alan Greenspan's
positive comments on oil
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released today are likely to
throw more people into the
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speech right now at Microsofts
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almost a third in women age 80
or older who take a drug
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European investigators
announced" - ], - [ - "JB Oxford Holdings Inc., a
Beverly Hills-based discount
brokerage firm, was sued by
the Securities and Exchange
Commission for allegedly
allowing thousands of improper
trades in more than 600 mutual
funds." - ], - [ - "BERLIN: Apple Computer Inc is
planning the next wave of
expansion for its popular
iTunes online music store with
a multi-country European
launch in October, the
services chief architect said
on Wednesday." - ], - [ - "Charlotte, NC -- LeBron James
poured in a game-high 19
points and Jeff McInnis scored
18 as the Cleveland Cavaliers
routed the Charlotte Bobcats,
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two matches in the tournament
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peacekeepers will remain in
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hard for many to comprehend,
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authors were among the more
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National Medal of Arts and
National Humanities awards at
the White House." - ], - [ - "More than 15 million homes in
the UK will be able to get on-
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analysts." - ], - [ - "Wynton Marsalis, the trumpet-
playing star and artistic
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above and around the daily
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National Academy of Sciences
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refurbishing the Hubble Space
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reluctant to take this
mission, should rethink its
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ratified the Kyoto Protocol on
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and Staff Sgt. Cardenas Alban
have been charged with murder
in the death of an Iraqi, the
1st Cavalry Division announced
Monday." - ], - [ - "LONDON -- In a deal that
appears to buck the growing
trend among governments to
adopt open-source
alternatives, the U.K.'s
Office of Government Commerce
(OGC) is negotiating a renewal
of a three-year agreement with
Microsoft Corp." - ], - [ - "WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania
law requiring Internet service
providers (ISPs) to block Web
sites the state's prosecuting
attorneys deem to be child
pornography has been reversed
by a U.S. federal court, with
the judge ruling the law
violated free speech rights." - ], - [ - "The Microsoft Corp. chairman
receives four million e-mails
a day, but practically an
entire department at the
company he founded is
dedicated to ensuring that
nothing unwanted gets into his
inbox, the company #39;s chief
executive said Thursday." - ], - [ - "The 7100t has a mobile phone,
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a speech as he hosts Russia
#39;s Olympic athletes at a
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two new versions of its hugely
successful iPod: the iPod
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on Sri Lanka #39;s first
innings total after impressing
with both ball and bat on the
second day of the opening Test
in Faisalabad." - ], - [ - "A state regulatory board
yesterday handed a five-year
suspension to a Lawrence
funeral director accused of
unprofessional conduct and
deceptive practices, including
one case where he refused to
complete funeral arrangements
for a client because she had
purchased a lower-priced
casket elsewhere." - ], - [ - "AP - This year's hurricanes
spread citrus canker to at
least 11,000 trees in
Charlotte County, one of the
largest outbreaks of the
fruit-damaging infection to
ever affect Florida's citrus
industry, state officials
said." - ], - [ - "AFP - Hundreds of Buddhists in
southern Russia marched
through snow to see and hear
the Dalai Lama as he continued
a long-awaited visit to the
country in spite of Chinese
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diplomatic tenterhooks as they
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women on Pitcairn Island in
the South Pacific are standing
by their men, who face
underage sex charges, saying
having sex at age 12 is a
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on the island." - ], - [ - "Two aircraft are flying out
from the UK on Sunday to
deliver vital aid and supplies
to Haiti, which has been
devastated by tropical storm
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vibrating sex toy shut down a
major Australian regional
airport for almost an hour
Monday, police said. The
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small and midsize business
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season long suspension,
unprecedented for the NBA
outside doping cases; Stephen
Jackson banned for 30 games;
Jermaine O #39;Neal for 25
games and Anthony Johnson for
five." - ], - [ - "The California Public
Utilities Commission on
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cellular telephone company
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after apartheid protests, may
soon resume retail operations
in the nation." - ], - [ - "AP - An Indiana congressional
candidate abruptly walked off
the set of a debate because
she got stage fright." - ], - [ - "Italian-based Parmalat is
suing its former auditors --
Grant Thornton International
and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
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damages. Parmalat blames its
demise on the two companies
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finances." - ], - [ - "Reuters - Having reached out
to Kashmiris during a two-day
visit to the region, the prime
minister heads this weekend to
the country's volatile
northeast, where public anger
is high over alleged abuses by
Indian soldiers." - ], - [ - "SAN JUAN IXTAYOPAN, Mexico --
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outside the elementary school
are all that mark the macabre
site where, just weeks ago, an
angry mob captured two federal
police officers, beat them
unconscious, and set them on
fire." - ], - [ - "Three shots behind Grace Park
with five holes to go, six-
time LPGA player of the year
Sorenstam rallied with an
eagle, birdie and three pars
to win her fourth Samsung
World Championship by three
shots over Park on Sunday." - ], - [ - "update An alliance of
technology workers on Tuesday
accused conglomerate Honeywell
International of planning to
move thousands of jobs to low-
cost regions over the next
five years--a charge that
Honeywell denies." - ], - [ - "NSW Rugby CEO Fraser Neill
believes Waratah star Mat
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after he was fined and ordered
to do community service
following his controversial
comments about the club rugby
competition." - ], - [ - "American Technology Research
analyst Shaw Wu has initiated
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phone shoppers looking for new
deals and features didn't find
them yesterday, a day after
Sprint Corp. and Nextel
Communications Inc. announced
a merger that the phone
companies promised would shake
up the wireless business." - ], - [ - "ATHENS: China, the dominant
force in world diving for the
best part of 20 years, won six
out of eight Olympic titles in
Athens and prompted
speculation about a clean
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Games in Beijing in 2008." - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Northrop
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ships and space technology
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pulled the plug on its Linux-
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plane diverted to Ireland
following a bomb alert, the
second faced by the Greek
carrier in four days, resumed
its journey to New York after
no device was found on board,
airport officials said." - ], - [ - "New NavOne offers handy PDA
and Pocket PC connectivity,
but fails to impress on
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Iamgold fell more than 10 per
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with Gold Fields Ltd. was
thrown into doubt Monday as
South Africa #39;s Harmony
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Mforma to work with the comic
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in the United States eased
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United States said on Friday
it is preparing a new U.N.
resolution on Darfur and that
Secretary of State Colin
Powell might address next week
whether the violence in
western Sudan constitutes
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19th straight game at home and
are one game from winning
their first playoff series in
42 years." - ], - [ - "washingtonpost.com - The
Portable Media Center -- a
new, Microsoft-conceived
handheld device that presents
video and photos as well as
music -- would be a decent
idea if there weren't such a
thing as lampposts. Or street
signs. Or trees. Or other
cars." - ], - [ - "Alcoa Inc., one of the world
#39;s top producers of
aluminum, said Monday that it
received an unsolicited
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from Toronto-based TRC Capital
Corp." - ], - [ - "The European Commission is to
warn Greece about publishing
false information about its
public finances." - ], - [ - "The Air Force Reserve #39;s
Hurricane Hunters, those
fearless crews who dive into
the eyewalls of hurricanes to
relay critical data on
tropical systems, were chased
from their base on the
Mississippi Gulf Coast by
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shares were expected to open
lower on Wednesday after
crude oil pushed to a fresh
high overnight, while Web
search engine Google Inc.
dented sentiment as it
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initial public offering." - ], - [ - "The eighth-seeded American
fell to sixth-seeded Elena
Dementieva of Russia, 0-6 6-2
7-6 (7-5), on Friday - despite
being up a break on four
occasions in the third set." - ], - [ - "TUCSON, Arizona (Ticker) --
No. 20 Arizona State tries to
post its first three-game
winning streak over Pac-10
Conference rival Arizona in 26
years when they meet Friday." - ], - [ - "NAJAF, Iraq : Iraq #39;s top
Shiite Muslim clerics, back in
control of Najaf #39;s Imam
Ali shrine after a four-month
militia occupation, met amid
the ruins of the city as life
spluttered back to normality." - ], - [ - "Embargo or not, Fidel Castro's
socialist paradise has quietly
become a pharmaceutical
powerhouse. (They're still
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cool when starting center
Jason Respert drove off in the
coach's golf cart at practice." - ], - [ - "GOALS from Wayne Rooney and
Ruud van Nistelrooy gave
Manchester United the win at
Newcastle. Alan Shearer
briefly levelled matters for
the Magpies but United managed
to scrape through." - ], - [ - "The telemarketer at the other
end of Orlando Castelblanco
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the consumer #39;s credit card
debt by at least \\$2,500 and
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step aside." - ], - [ - "WPP Group Inc., the world
#39;s second- largest
marketing and advertising
company, said it won the
bidding for Grey Global Group
Inc." - ], - [ - "AFP - Australia has accounted
for all its nationals known to
be working in Iraq following a
claim by a radical Islamic
group to have kidnapped two
Australians, Foreign Affairs
Minister Alexander Downer
said." - ], - [ - "A new worm can spy on users by
hijacking their Web cameras, a
security firm warned Monday.
The Rbot.gr worm -- the latest
in a long line of similar
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variations" - ], - [ - " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks
were slightly lower on
Tuesday, as concerns about
higher oil prices cutting into
corporate profits and
consumer demand weighed on
sentiment, while retail sales
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doubles champion Max Mirnyi
will lead the Belarus team
that faces the United States
in the Davis Cup semifinals in
Charleston later this month." - ], - [ - "The hurricane appeared to be
strengthening and forecasters
warned of an increased threat
of serious flooding and wind
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Coleman got his souvenir
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for the third day in a row as
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prompted by the company's plan
to retreat from the
traditional consumer telephone
business following a lost
court battle." - ], - [ - "The government on Wednesday
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radically revise the country
#39;s deficit figures, ahead
of a European Commission
meeting to consider possible
disciplinary action against
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figures." - ], - [ - "Ivan Hlinka coached the Czech
Republic to the hockey gold
medal at the 1998 Nagano
Olympics and became the coach
of the Pittsburgh Penguins two
years later." - ], - [ - "Four homeless men were
bludgeoned to death and six
were in critical condition on
Friday following early morning
attacks by unknown assailants
in downtown streets of Sao
Paulo, a police spokesman
said." - ], - [ - "OPEC ministers yesterday
agreed to increase their
ceiling for oil production to
help bring down stubbornly
high prices in a decision that
traders and analysts dismissed
as symbolic because the cartel
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its new target." - ], - [ - "Williams-Sonoma Inc. said
second- quarter profit rose 55
percent, boosted by the
addition of Pottery Barn
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which held that peer-to-peer
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(Reuters) - China's largest
personal computer maker,
Lenovo Group Ltd., said on
Tuesday it was in acquisition
talks with a major technology
company, which a source
familiar with the situation
said was IBM." - ], - [ - "Phone companies are not doing
enough to warn customers about
internet \"rogue-dialling\"
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being touted as the No. 3 team
in the Bowl Championship
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Redknapp has been named as the
Barclays manager of the month
for October. Redknapp #39;s
side were unbeaten during the
month and maintained an
impressive climb to ninth in
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takes action against senior
party member Uma Bharti after
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President Bush announced
Monday that Kellogg chief
executive Carlos Gutierrez
would replace Don Evans as
Commerce secretary, naming the
first of many expected changes
to his economic team." - ], - [ - "Iron Mountain moved further
into the backup and recovery
space Tuesday with the
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the board after US tycoon
Malcolm Glazer, who is
attempting to buy the club,
voted against their re-
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extended its offer of a \\$10
million reward for information
leading to the capture of two
separatist leaders who, the
Kremlin claims, were behind
the Beslan massacre." - ], - [ - "AP - Manny Ramirez singled and
scored before leaving with a
bruised knee, and the
streaking Boston Red Sox beat
the Detroit Tigers 5-3 Friday
night for their 10th victory
in 11 games." - ], - [ - "A remote attacker could take
complete control over
computers running many
versions of Microsoft software
by inserting malicious code in
a JPEG image that executes
through an unchecked buffer" - ], - [ - "Montgomery County (website -
news) is a big step closer to
shopping for prescription
drugs north of the border. On
a 7-2 vote, the County Council
is approving a plan that would
give county" - ], - [ - "Israels Shin Bet security
service has tightened
protection of the prime
minister, MPs and parliament
ahead of next weeks crucial
vote on a Gaza withdrawal." - ], - [ - "The news comes fast and
furious. Pedro Martinez goes
to Tampa to visit George
Steinbrenner. Theo Epstein and
John Henry go to Florida for
their turn with Pedro. Carl
Pavano comes to Boston to
visit Curt Schilling. Jason
Varitek says he's not a goner.
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says he wishes it could be
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Kentucky stayed at fever pitch
on Thursday as Democratic
challenger Daniel Mongiardo
stressed his opposition to gay
marriage while accusing
Republican incumbent Jim
Bunning of fueling personal
attacks that seemed to suggest
Mongiardo is gay." - ], - [ - "The lawsuit claims the
companies use a patented
Honeywell technology for
brightening images and
reducing interference on
displays." - ], - [ - "The co-president of Oracle
testified that her company was
serious about its takeover
offer for PeopleSoft and was
not trying to scare off its
customers." - ], - [ - "VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-based
firm won #39;t sell 1.2
million doses of influenza
vaccine to the United States
after all, announcing Tuesday
that it will sell the doses
within Canada instead." - ], - [ - "An extremely rare Hawaiian
bird dies in captivity,
possibly marking the
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was first discovered." - ], - [ - "Does Geico's trademark lawsuit
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the trial? A mock court of
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died in his sleep on Friday at
a hospital in Syracuse, New
York, while trying to recover
from a bout of pneumonia, his
grandson, Fred Hale III said." - ], - [ - "The Oakland Raiders have
traded Jerry Rice to the
Seattle Seahawks in a move
expected to grant the most
prolific receiver in National
Football League history his
wish to get more playing time." - ], - [ - "consortium led by the Sony
Corporation of America reached
a tentative agreement today to
buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the
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James Bond and the Pink
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Machines Corp.'s possible exit
from the personal computer
business would be the latest
move in what amounts to a long
goodbye from a field it
pioneered and revolutionized." - ], - [ - "Leipzig Game Convention in
Germany, the stage for price-
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announced that it #39;s
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the UK and Europe to 104.99
GBP." - ], - [ - "AP - Florida coach Ron Zook
was fired Monday but will be
allowed to finish the season,
athletic director Jeremy Foley
told The Gainesville Sun." - ], - [ - "The country-cooking restaurant
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subjected them to racial slurs
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African countries Tuesday
pledged better trade and
investment relations with
China as well as India in the
final communique released at
the end of their two-day
summit." - ], - [ - "In yet another devastating
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Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) announced
it would be canceling its
4-GHz Pentium chip. The
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discover whether he is allowed
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Williams for 2005. The
Englishman has signed
contracts with both teams but
prefers a switch to Williams,
where he began his Formula One
career in 2000." - ], - [ - "Seagate #39;s native SATA
interface technology with
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match the performance of
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sacrificing capacity" - ], - [ - "ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger
last night suffered a
Champions League setback as
Brazilian midfielder Gilberto
Silva (above) was left facing
a long-term injury absence." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD - A militant group has
released a video saying it
kidnapped a missing journalist
in Iraq and would kill him
unless US forces left Najaf
within 48 hours." - ], - [ - "18 August 2004 -- There has
been renewed fighting in the
Iraqi city of Al-Najaf between
US and Iraqi troops and Shi
#39;a militiamen loyal to
radical cleric Muqtada al-
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familiar with one of the most
common questions we hear at
iPodlounge: quot;how can I
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music?" - ], - [ - " SINGAPORE (Reuters) -
Investors bought shares in
Asian exporters and
electronics firms such as
Fujitsu Ltd. on Tuesday,
buoyed by a favorable outlook
from U.S. technology
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prices." - ], - [ - "Ace Ltd. will stop paying
brokers for steering business
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the five days since New York
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
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insurance industry." - ], - [ - "Vice chairman of the office of
the chief executive officer in
Novell Inc, Chris Stone is
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#39;s largest maker of chewing
gum, agreed to buy candy
businesses including Altoids
mints and Life Savers from
Kraft Foods Inc." - ], - [ - "American improves to 3-1 on
the season with a hard-fought
overtime win, 74-63, against
Loyala at Bender Arena on
Friday night." - ], - [ - "Australia tighten their grip
on the third Test and the
series after dominating India
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drove to the stadium Sunday
morning, his bruised ribs were
so sore, he wasn #39;t sure he
#39;d be able to suit up for
the game." - ], - [ - "The New England Patriots are
so single-minded in pursuing
their third Super Bowl triumph
in four years that they almost
have no room for any other
history." - ], - [ - "TORONTO (CP) - Canada #39;s
big banks are increasing
mortgage rates following a
decision by the Bank of Canada
to raise its overnight rate by
one-quarter of a percentage
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Korea's two-year-old nuclear
crisis has taxed the world's
patience, the chief United
Nations nuclear regulator
said on Wednesday, urging
communist Pyongyang to return
to its disarmament treaty
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to announce plans for its
revamped Windows XP Media
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government's choice for
president of war-ravaged
Chechnya appeared to be the
victor Sunday in an election
tainted by charges of fraud
and shadowed by last week's
terrorist destruction of two
airliners. Little more than
two hours after polls closed,
acting Chechen president
Sergei Abramov said
preliminary results showed
Maj..." - ], - [ - "Because, while the Eagles are
certain to stumble at some
point during the regular
season, it seems inconceivable
that they will falter against
a team with as many offensive
problems as Baltimore has
right now." - ], - [ - "AP - J.J. Arrington ran for 84
of his 121 yards in the second
half and Aaron Rodgers shook
off a slow start to throw two
touchdown passes to help No. 5
California beat Washington
42-12 on Saturday." - ], - [ - "BAGHDAD, Sept 5 (AFP) - Izzat
Ibrahim al-Duri, Saddam
Hussein #39;s deputy whose
capture was announced Sunday,
is 62 and riddled with cancer,
but was public enemy number
two in Iraq for the world
#39;s most powerful military." - ], - [ - "AP - An explosion targeted the
Baghdad governor's convoy as
he was traveling through the
capital Tuesday, killing two
people but leaving him
uninjured, the Interior
Ministry said." - ], - [ - "GENEVA: Rescuers have found
the bodies of five Swiss
firemen who died after the
ceiling of an underground car
park collapsed during a fire,
a police spokesman said last
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front porch is optional where
perhaps 100 people ask
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gracing the nation's dinner
tables Thursday have been
selectively bred for their
white meat for so many
generations that simply
walking can be a problem for
many of the big-breasted birds
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created another 43,000 jobs
last month, pushing the
unemployment rate down to 7.1
per cent from 7.2 per cent in
August, Statistics Canada said
Friday." - ], - [ - "The right-win opposition
Conservative Party and Liberal
Center Union won 43 seats in
the 141-member Lithuanian
parliament, after more than 99
percent of the votes were
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Nikkei average rose 0.39
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DaimlerChrysler and General
Motors will jointly develop
new hybrid motors to compete
against Japanese rivals on
the fuel-saving technology
that reduces harmful
emissions, the companies said
on Monday." - ], - [ - " SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft
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week to get its software into
living rooms with the launch
of a new version of its
Windows XP Media Center, a
personal computer designed for
viewing movies, listening to
music and scrolling through
digital pictures." - ], - [ - "KHARTOUM, Aug 18 (Reuters) -
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concerned by Sudan #39;s lack
of practical progress in
bringing security to Darfur,
where more than a million
people have fled their homes
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Rockets have arrived in
Shanghai with hometown
favorite Yao Ming declaring
himself quot;here on
business." - ], - [ - "Charleston, SC (Sports
Network) - Andy Roddick and
Mardy Fish will play singles
for the United States in this
weekend #39;s Davis Cup
semifinal matchup against
Belarus." - ], - [ - "AFP - With less than two
months until the November 2
election, President George W.
Bush is working to shore up
support among his staunchest
supporters even as he courts
undecided voters." - ], - [ - "The bass should be in your
face. That's what Matt Kelly,
of Boston's popular punk rock
band Dropkick Murphys, thinks
is the mark of a great stereo
system. And he should know.
Kelly, 29, is the drummer for
the band that likes to think
of itself as a bit of an Irish
lucky charm for the Red Sox." - ], - [ - "Chile's government says it
will build a prison for
officers convicted of human
rights abuses in the Pinochet
era." - ], - [ - "Slumping corporate spending
and exports caused the economy
to slow to a crawl in the
July-September period, with
real gross domestic product
expanding just 0.1 percent
from the previous quarter,
Cabinet Office data showed
Friday." - ], - [ - "US President George W. Bush
signed into law a bill
replacing an export tax
subsidy that violated
international trade rules with
a \\$145 billion package of new
corporate tax cuts and a
buyout for tobacco farmers." - ], - [ - "The Nikkei average was up 0.37
percent in mid-morning trade
on Thursday as a recovery in
the dollar helped auto makers
among other exporters, but
trade was slow as investors
waited for important Japanese
economic data." - ], - [ - "Jennifer Canada knew she was
entering a boy's club when she
enrolled in Southern Methodist
University's Guildhall school
of video-game making." - ], - [ - "RICKY PONTING believes the
game #39;s watchers have
fallen for the quot;myth
quot; that New Zealand know
how to rattle Australia." - ], - [ - "MILWAUKEE (SportsTicker) -
Barry Bonds tries to go where
just two players have gone
before when the San Francisco
Giants visit the Milwaukee
Brewers on Tuesday." - ], - [ - "Palestinian leader Mahmoud
Abbas reiterated calls for his
people to drop their weapons
in the struggle for a state. a
clear change of strategy for
peace with Israel after Yasser
Arafat #39;s death." - ], - [ - "The new software is designed
to simplify the process of
knitting together back-office
business applications." - ], - [ - "SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Colorado
Group Ltd. (CDO.AU), an
Australian footwear and
clothing retailer, said Monday
it expects net profit for the
fiscal year ending Jan. 29 to
be over 30 higher than that of
a year earlier." - ], - [ - "NEW YORK - What are the odds
that a tiny nation like
Antigua and Barbuda could take
on the United States in an
international dispute and win?" - ], - [ - "AP - With Tom Brady as their
quarterback and a stingy,
opportunistic defense, it's
difficult to imagine when the
New England Patriots might
lose again. Brady and
defensive end Richard Seymour
combined to secure the
Patriots' record-tying 18th
straight victory, 31-17 over
the Buffalo Bills on Sunday." - ], - [ - "FRANKFURT, GERMANY -- The
German subsidiaries of
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) and
Novell Inc. are teaming to
offer Linux-based products to
the country's huge public
sector." - ], - [ - "SBC Communications expects to
cut 10,000 or more jobs by the
end of next year through
layoffs and attrition. That
#39;s about six percent of the
San Antonio-based company
#39;s work force." - ], - [ - " BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's
U.S.-backed government said on
Tuesday that \"major neglect\"
by its American-led military
allies led to a massacre of 49
army recruits at the weekend." - ], - [ - "SiliconValley.com - \"I'm
back,\" declared Apple
Computer's Steve Jobs on
Thursday morning in his first
public appearance before
reporters since cancer surgery
in late July." - ], - [ - "BEIJING -- Police have
detained a man accused of
slashing as many as nine boys
to death as they slept in
their high school dormitory in
central China, state media
reported today." - ], - [ - "Health India: London, Nov 4 :
Cosmetic face cream used by
fashionable Roman women was
discovered at an ongoing
archaeological dig in London,
in a metal container, complete
with the lid and contents." - ], - [ - "Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon #39;s Likud party
agreed on Thursday to a
possible alliance with
opposition Labour in a vote
that averted a snap election
and strengthened his Gaza
withdrawal plan." - ], - [ - "Another United Airlines union
is seeking to oust senior
management at the troubled
airline, saying its strategies
are reckless and incompetent." - ], - [ - "Approaching Hurricane Ivan has
led to postponement of the
game Thursday night between
10th-ranked California and
Southern Mississippi in
Hattiesburg, Cal #39;s
athletic director said Monday." - ], - [ - "Global oil prices boomed on
Wednesday, spreading fear that
energy prices will restrain
economic activity, as traders
worried about a heating oil
supply crunch in the American
winter." - ], - [ - "Custom-designed imported
furniture was once an
exclusive realm. Now, it's the
economical alternative for
commercial developers and
designers needing everything
from seats to beds to desks
for their projects." - ], - [ - "SAN DIEGO (Ticker) - The San
Diego Padres lacked speed and
an experienced bench last
season, things veteran
infielder Eric Young is
capable of providing." - ], - [ - "This is an eye chart,
reprinted as a public service
to the New York Mets so they
may see from what they suffer:
myopia. Has ever a baseball
franchise been so shortsighted
for so long?" - ], - [ - "Short-term interest rate
futures struggled on Thursday
after a government report
showing US core inflation for
August below market
expectations failed to alter
views on Federal Reserve rate
policy." - ], - [ - "MacCentral - Microsoft's
Macintosh Business Unit on
Tuesday issued a patch for
Virtual PC 7 that fixes a
problem that occurred when
running the software on Power
Mac G5 computers with more
than 2GB of RAM installed.
Previously, Virtual PC 7 would
not run on those computers,
causing a fatal error that
crashed the application.
Microsoft also noted that
Virtual PC 7.0.1 also offers
stability improvements,
although it wasn't more
specific than that -- some
users have reported problems
with using USB devices and
other issues." - ], - [ - "Samsung is now the world #39;s
second-largest mobile phone
maker, behind Nokia. According
to market watcher Gartner, the
South Korean company has
finally knocked Motorola into
third place." - ], - [ - "Don't bother buying Star Wars:
Battlefront if you're looking
for a first-class shooter --
there are far better games out
there. But if you're a Star
Wars freak and need a fix,
this title will suffice. Lore
Sjberg reviews Battlefront." - ], - [ - "While the American forces are
preparing to launch a large-
scale attack against Falluja
and al-Ramadi, one of the
chieftains of Falluja said
that contacts are still
continuous yesterday between
members representing the city
#39;s delegation and the
interim" - ], - [ - "UN Security Council
ambassadors were still
quibbling over how best to
pressure Sudan and rebels to
end two different wars in the
country even as they left for
Kenya on Tuesday for a meeting
on the crisis." - ], - [ - "HENDALA, Sri Lanka -- Day
after day, locked in a cement
room somewhere in Iraq, the
hooded men beat him. They told
him he would be beheaded.
''Ameriqi! quot; they shouted,
even though he comes from this
poor Sri Lankan fishing
village." - ], - [ - "THE kidnappers of British aid
worker Margaret Hassan last
night threatened to turn her
over to the group which
beheaded Ken Bigley if the
British Government refuses to
pull its troops out of Iraq." - ], - [ - " TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo
stocks climbed to a two week
high on Friday after Tokyo
Electron Ltd. and other chip-
related stocks were boosted
by a bullish revenue outlook
from industry leader Intel
Corp." - ], - [ - "More than by brain size or
tool-making ability, the human
species was set apart from its
ancestors by the ability to
jog mile after lung-stabbing
mile with greater endurance
than any other primate,
according to research
published today in the journal" - ], - [ - " LONDON (Reuters) - A medical
product used to treat both
male hair loss and prostate
problems has been added to the
list of banned drugs for
athletes." - ], - [ - "AP - Curtis Martin and Jerome
Bettis have the opportunity to
go over 13,000 career yards
rushing in the same game when
Bettis and the Pittsburgh
Steelers play Martin and the
New York Jets in a big AFC
matchup Sunday." - ], - [ - "<p></p><p>
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officerswere killed on Tuesday
in an ambush by the National
LiberationArmy, or ELN, in the
worst attack by the Marxist
group inyears, authorities
told Reuters.</p>" - ], - [ - "Woodland Hills-based Brilliant
Digital Entertainment and its
subsidiary Altnet announced
yesterday that they have filed
a patent infringement suit
against the Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA)." - ], - [ - "AFP - US President George W.
Bush called his Philippines
counterpart Gloria Arroyo and
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I am very disappointed with the past shipment I received of the ONE coconut water. 3 of the boxes were leaking and the coconut water was spoiled.
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+ "This code example has moved. You can now find it in the [OpenAI Cookbook](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook) at [examples/Visualizing_embeddings_in_2D.ipynb](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/blob/main/examples/Visualizing_embeddings_in_2D.ipynb)."
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- "# Visualizing the embeddings in 3D"
+ "This code example has moved. You can now find it in the [OpenAI Cookbook](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook) at [examples/Visualizing_embeddings_in_3D.ipynb](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/blob/main/examples/Visualizing_embeddings_in_3D.ipynb)."
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- "source": [
- "import pandas as pd\n",
- "samples = pd.read_json(\"dbpedia_samples.jsonl\", lines=True)\n",
- "categories = sorted(samples[\"category\"].unique())\n",
- "print(\"Categories of DBpedia samples:\", samples[\"category\"].value_counts())\n",
- "samples.head()"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 2,
- "id": "19874e3e-a216-48cc-a27b-acb73854d832",
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [],
- "source": [
- "from openai.embeddings_utils import get_embeddings\n",
- "# NOTE: The following code will send a query of batch size 200 to /embeddings, cost about $0.2\n",
- "matrix = get_embeddings(samples[\"text\"].to_list(), engine=\"text-similarity-babbage-001\")"
- ]
- },
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- "cell_type": "markdown",
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- "source": [
- "### 2. Reduce the embedding dimensionality"
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- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 3,
- "id": "f5410068-f3da-490c-8576-48e84a8728de",
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- "source": [
- "from sklearn.decomposition import PCA\n",
- "pca = PCA(n_components=3)\n",
- "vis_dims = pca.fit_transform(matrix)\n",
- "samples[\"embed_vis\"] = vis_dims.tolist()"
- ]
- },
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- "cell_type": "markdown",
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- "### 3. Plot the embeddings of lower dimensionality"
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- "execution_count": 4,
- "id": "b17caad3-f0de-4115-83eb-55434a132acc",
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- "| \n", - " | text | \n", - "category | \n", - "
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| 0 | \n", - "Morada Limited is a textile company based in ... | \n", - "Company | \n", - "
| 1 | \n", - "The Armenian Mirror-Spectator is a newspaper ... | \n", - "WrittenWork | \n", - "
| 2 | \n", - "Mt. Kinka (金華山 Kinka-zan) also known as Kinka... | \n", - "NaturalPlace | \n", - "
| 3 | \n", - "Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand is a book ... | \n", - "WrittenWork | \n", - "
| 4 | \n", - "Wang Yuanping (born 8 December 1976) is a ret... | \n", - "Athlete | \n", - "
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- " \n",
- " 
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- "
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- " "
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- "Canvas(toolbar=Toolbar(toolitems=[('Home', 'Reset original view', 'home', 'home'), ('Back', 'Back to previous …"
- ]
- },
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "display_data"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "%matplotlib widget\n",
- "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
- "import numpy as np\n",
- "\n",
- "fig = plt.figure(figsize=(10, 5))\n",
- "ax = fig.add_subplot(projection='3d')\n",
- "cmap = plt.get_cmap(\"tab20\")\n",
- "\n",
- "# Plot each sample category individually such that we can set label name.\n",
- "for i, cat in enumerate(categories):\n",
- " sub_matrix = np.array(samples[samples[\"category\"] == cat][\"embed_vis\"].to_list())\n",
- " x=sub_matrix[:, 0]\n",
- " y=sub_matrix[:, 1]\n",
- " z=sub_matrix[:, 2]\n",
- " colors = [cmap(i/len(categories))] * len(sub_matrix)\n",
- " ax.scatter(x, y, zs=z, zdir='z', c=colors, label=cat)\n",
- "\n",
- "ax.set_xlabel('x')\n",
- "ax.set_ylabel('y')\n",
- "ax.set_zlabel('z')\n",
- "ax.legend(bbox_to_anchor=(1.1, 1))"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": null,
- "id": "a8868043-9889-4a0b-b23d-79bb3823bdc7",
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [],
- "source": []
}
],
"metadata": {
"kernelspec": {
- "display_name": "Python 3 (ipykernel)",
+ "display_name": "Python 3.9.9 ('openai')",
"language": "python",
"name": "python3"
},
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"nbconvert_exporter": "python",
"pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
"version": "3.9.9"
+ },
+ "vscode": {
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+ }
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diff --git a/examples/embeddings/Zero-shot_classification.ipynb b/examples/embeddings/Zero-shot_classification.ipynb
index d539b256b6..d63561879a 100644
--- a/examples/embeddings/Zero-shot_classification.ipynb
+++ b/examples/embeddings/Zero-shot_classification.ipynb
@@ -4,205 +4,14 @@
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
- "## Zero-shot classification using the embeddings\n",
- "\n",
- "In this notebook we will classify the sentiment of reviews using embeddings and zero labeled data! The dataset is created in the [Obtain_dataset Notebook](Obtain_dataset.ipynb).\n",
- "\n",
- "We'll define positive sentiment to be 4 and 5-star reviews, and negative sentiment to be 1 and 2-star reviews. 3-star reviews are considered neutral and we won't use them for this example.\n",
- "\n",
- "We will perform zero-shot classification by embedding descriptions of each class and then comparing new samples to those class embeddings."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 1,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [],
- "source": [
- "import pandas as pd\n",
- "import numpy as np\n",
- "\n",
- "from sklearn.metrics import classification_report\n",
- "\n",
- "df = pd.read_csv('output/embedded_1k_reviews.csv')\n",
- "df['babbage_similarity'] = df.babbage_similarity.apply(eval).apply(np.array)\n",
- "df['babbage_search'] = df.babbage_search.apply(eval).apply(np.array)\n",
- "\n",
- "df= df[df.Score!=3]\n",
- "df['sentiment'] = df.Score.replace({1:'negative', 2:'negative', 4:'positive', 5:'positive'})"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "### Zero-Shot Classification\n",
- "To perform zero shot classification, we want to predict labels for our samples without any training. To do this, we can simply embed short descriptions of each label, such as positive and negative, and then compare the cosine distance between embeddings of samples and label descriptions. \n",
- "\n",
- "The highest similarity label to the sample input is the predicted label. We can also define a prediction score to be the difference between the cosine distance to the positive and to the negative label. This score can be used for plotting a precision-recall curve, which can be used to select a different tradeoff between precision and recall, by selecting a different threshold."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 16,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- " precision recall f1-score support\n",
- "\n",
- " negative 0.67 0.88 0.76 136\n",
- " positive 0.98 0.93 0.95 789\n",
- "\n",
- " accuracy 0.92 925\n",
- " macro avg 0.82 0.90 0.86 925\n",
- "weighted avg 0.93 0.92 0.92 925\n",
- "\n"
- ]
- },
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- "source": [
- "from openai.embeddings_utils import cosine_similarity, get_embedding\n",
- "from sklearn.metrics import PrecisionRecallDisplay\n",
- "\n",
- "def evaluate_emeddings_approach(\n",
- " labels = ['negative', 'positive'], \n",
- " engine = 'text-similarity-babbage-001',\n",
- "):\n",
- " label_embeddings = [get_embedding(label, engine=engine) for label in labels]\n",
- "\n",
- " def label_score(review_embedding, label_embeddings):\n",
- " return cosine_similarity(review_embedding, label_embeddings[1]) - cosine_similarity(review_embedding, label_embeddings[0])\n",
- "\n",
- " engine_col_name = engine.replace('-','_').replace('_query','')\n",
- " probas = df[engine_col_name].apply(lambda x: label_score(x, label_embeddings))\n",
- " preds = probas.apply(lambda x: 'positive' if x>0 else 'negative')\n",
- "\n",
- " report = classification_report(df.sentiment, preds)\n",
- " print(report)\n",
- "\n",
- " display = PrecisionRecallDisplay.from_predictions(df.sentiment, probas, pos_label='positive')\n",
- " _ = display.ax_.set_title(\"2-class Precision-Recall curve\")\n",
- "\n",
- "evaluate_emeddings_approach(labels=['negative', 'positive'], engine='text-similarity-babbage-001')"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "We can see that this classifier already performs extremely well. We used similarity embeddings, and the simplest possible label name. Let's try to improve on this by using more descriptive label names, and search embeddings."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 17,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- " precision recall f1-score support\n",
- "\n",
- " negative 0.65 0.93 0.76 136\n",
- " positive 0.99 0.91 0.95 789\n",
- "\n",
- " accuracy 0.92 925\n",
- " macro avg 0.82 0.92 0.86 925\n",
- "weighted avg 0.94 0.92 0.92 925\n",
- "\n"
- ]
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- "Using the search embeddings and descriptive names leads to an additional improvement in performance."
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- " precision recall f1-score support\n",
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- " negative 0.77 0.79 0.78 136\n",
- " positive 0.96 0.96 0.96 789\n",
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- " accuracy 0.94 925\n",
- " macro avg 0.87 0.88 0.87 925\n",
- "weighted avg 0.94 0.94 0.94 925\n",
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- "As shown above, zero-shot classification with embeddings can lead to great results, especially when the labels are more descriptive than just simple words."
+ "This code example has moved. You can now find it in the [OpenAI Cookbook](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook) at [examples/Zero-shot_classification_with_embeddings.ipynb](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/blob/main/examples/Zero-shot_classification_with_embeddings.ipynb)."
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-{"text": " Morada Limited is a textile company based in Altham Lancashire. Morada specializes in curtains.", "category": "Company"}
-{"text": " The Armenian Mirror-Spectator is a newspaper published by the Baikar Association in Watertown Massachusetts.", "category": "WrittenWork"}
-{"text": " Mt. Kinka (\u91d1\u83ef\u5c71 Kinka-zan) also known as Kinkazan is located in the heart of the city of Gifu Gifu Prefecture Japan and rises to a height of 329 m (1079 ft). Previously called Mt. Inaba (\u7a32\u8449\u5c71 Inaba-yama) it has long served as the representative symbol of Gifu. It stands along the Nagara River creating bountiful nature within the city. Though it is the most famous mountain in the city Mount Dodo to the north is the tallest.", "category": "NaturalPlace"}
-{"text": " Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand is a book on contract bridge co-written by Canadian teacher and author Barbara Seagram and British author David Bird. It was published by Master Point Press in 2009.The book teaches novice bridge players some basic techniques of declarer play including suit establishment ruffing losers and the finesse.", "category": "WrittenWork"}
-{"text": " Wang Yuanping (born 8 December 1976) is a retired Chinese athlete who specialised in the 800 metres. She won several medals at the regional level.Her personal bests in the event are 2:00.63 seconds outdoors (Jinzhou 2000) and 2:03.41 seconds indoors (Yokohama 2004).", "category": "Athlete"}
-{"text": " The Incorporated VIllage of Westhampton Beach is an incorporated village in the Town of Southampton Suffolk County New York United States. As of the 2010 census the village population was 1721.", "category": "Village"}
-{"text": " Andersons Creek is a creek in Warrandyte and Park Orchards east of Melbourne Victoria Australia. It is a tributary of the Yarra River.", "category": "NaturalPlace"}
-{"text": " The Three Horseshoes is a public house in Drybridge Street in the Overmonnow area of Monmouth Wales. The pub has also been used as an Inn and also known as The Three Horse Shoes Inn. The building has been a Grade II Listed building since 15 August 1974. 19th century 2 storeys roughcast as stone with a hooded doorway", "category": "Building"}
-{"text": " The Brewer's Art is a Baltimore Maryland brewpub and restaurant. Opened on Friday September 13 1996. In 2008 it was named by Esquire magazine as the #1 Best Bar in America.", "category": "Company"}
-{"text": " The P\u00e2r\u00e2ul S\u0103r\u0103\u021bii is a tributary of the Cibin River in Romania.", "category": "NaturalPlace"}
-{"text": " Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Imbernon (born October 17 1951 in Perpignan France is a retired French international rugby union player.He played as a Lock for USA Perpignan. He earned his first cap with the French national team on 7 February 1976 against Ireland at Parc des Princes.", "category": "Athlete"}
-{"text": " Le Cadeau released in Italy as Il regalo is a 1982 French and Italian film. It stars Claudia Cardinale.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " Mykola Kanevets (Ukrainian: \u041c\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430 \u041a\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0432\u0435\u0446\u044c) is the Artistic Director and Ballet Master of the Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company in Edmonton Alberta Canada.A native of Kiev Ukraine Mykola attended the National University of Culture and Performing Arts in Kiev Ukraine where he graduated from the Faculty of Choreography with the distinction of Ballet Master and Choreographer.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Jenna Rose Swerdlow (born September 28 1998) is an American teenage singer who gained media attention as a pre-teen with her single My Jeans. After the video went viral on YouTube and received 14 million views Swerdlow is considered a semi-viral star.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " The Spice of Life is a smooth jazz studio album by Earl Klugh released in April 2008. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009.", "category": "Album"}
-{"text": " Lomatium macrocarpum is a perennial flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common names bigseed lomatium biscuit root or even bigseed biscuitroot. It is native to much of western North America where it can be found in various types of habitat including the grasslands of the Great Plains. It is spreading or erect perennial herb growing up to about half a meter long with hairy gray-green herbage.", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " Physena is the sole genus of the flowering plant family Physenaceae. It contains two species of shrubs and small trees which are endemic to Madagascar. The APG II system of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system of 1998) does recognize this family and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots.", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " David John Weatherley (born 1 March 1939) is a New Zealander actor known for his roles as Spencer the butler and the voice of Benglo the Fearcat in Power Rangers Operation Overdrive and Barliman Butterbur in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.Weatherley was born in London England and moved to Canada for a military career. He eventually moved to New Zealand to engage in a theatre acting career.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Draba incrassata is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name Sweetwater Mountains draba. It is endemic to California where it is known mainly from the Sweetwater Mountains of Mono County. It grows in alpine rock fields on the barren high mountain peaks. Draba incrassata is a small perennial herb forming mats of thick oval-shaped leaves.", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " Pimelea ferruginea is a small shrub native to southwest Western Australia. It was described by Labillardiere in 1805.", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " Lindsay Ell is a country music singer songwriter and guitarist from Calgary Alberta.She performed at the South by Southwest music festival held in Austin Texas in March 2009 the welcome reception of the 2009 Juno Awards held in Vancouver British Columbia and was also a featured artist at the 2010 Winter Olympics.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Scopula fuscata is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from south-western Saskatchewan west to British Columbia and south to California and Arizona. The habitat consists of montane areas including foothills.The wingspan is 24-28 mm. The wings and body are light tan sprinkled with darker yellow-brown or grey-brown scales. There is one generation per year with adults on wing in late June and early July in the northern part of the range.", "category": "Animal"}
-{"text": " Oxmoor Center is a Louisville Kentucky shopping mall located at 7900 Shelbyville Road in eastern Louisville.", "category": "Building"}
-{"text": " Ghostquake (also known as Haunted High) is a 2012 American made-for-television horror film produced by Syfy. The film was directed by Jeffrey Lando and written by Paul A. Birkett and Anthony C. Ferrante. The film stars Danny Trejo and MC Gainey. It follows a group of high school students trying to escape the wrath of a few ghastly spirits following an earthquake at their school Holloman High School.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " The Masonic Temple in Great Falls Montana is a building from 1914. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.Address is 821 Central Avenue Great Falls Motana 59401 Phone number is 453-9080.Cascade No. 34 meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 7:30pm Sept-June.Euclid No. 58 meets year-round 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 7:30pm Sept-May 3rd Tuesdays at 7:30pm June-Aug. Delta No. 128 meets 2nd Wednesdays at 7:30pm Sept-June.", "category": "Building"}
-{"text": " Harold Frederick Weaver Hawkins (1893-1977) was an English painter who specialized in ambitious sometimes mural-sized modernist allegories of morality for an age of atomic warfare and global over-population.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Robert Murray Waddington (24 October 1927 \u2013 15 March 2007) was Dean of Manchester in the last quarter of the 20th century.Born in Bognor Regis on 24 October 1927 he was educated at Dulwich College Selwyn College Cambridge and Ely Theological College. Ordained in 1954 he began his career at St John\u2019s Bethnal Green. Afterwards he was Chaplain at Slade School in Warwick Queensland. He returned to England in 1959 to join the Oratory of the Good Shepherd an order of celibate priests.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " Jason Gary King (born 13 April 1985 in Maidstone England) is a speedway rider who was formerly the club captain of Newcastle Diamonds in the British Premier League. His brother Daniel is also a speedway rider.", "category": "Athlete"}
-{"text": " The African Queen is a 1951 adventure film adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester. The film was directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel and John Woolf. The screenplay was adapted by James Agee John Huston John Collier and Peter Viertel. It was photographed in Technicolor by Jack Cardiff and had a music score by Allan Gray.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " The Fiat Barchetta (Italian pronunciation: [\u02c8fiat bar\u02c8ketta]) (Type 183) is a roadster produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat from 1995 to 2005 (though production was paused between May 2002 and 2004). Barchetta in Italian means 'little boat'.", "category": "MeanOfTransportation"}
-{"text": " Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial is a museum and exhibition centre dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Moti Shahi Mahal located in Shahibaug Ahmedabad Gujarat. Moti Shahi Mahal was constructed by Mughal emperor Shahjahan between 1618 and 1622. It is surrounded by a garden.", "category": "Building"}
-{"text": " Under Cover 2 is the 5th solo album of Joe Lynn Turner released in 1999. Just like Under Cover the album consists mainly of covers of Turner's favourite artists.", "category": "Album"}
-{"text": " The Atakora River is a tributary of Lake Volta in Ghana it flows about 60 km east to the Lake Volta. Its entire course is in south Ghana.", "category": "NaturalPlace"}
-{"text": " Death from Above is a 2011 horror film by director Bruce Koehler. The film features professional wrestling stars Kurt Angle Sid Eudy James Storm Matt Morgan Terry Gerin and Jessica Kresa.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " Portraits of Cuba is an album by Cuban musician Paquito D'Rivera released through Chesky Records in 1996. In 1997 the album won D'Rivera the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Performance.", "category": "Album"}
-{"text": " Jimmy Cross (17 November 1938 - 8 October 1978) was an American radio producer and singer who attained a minor Billboard Hot 100 hit with the novelty song I Want My Baby Back in 1965. He was born in Dothan Alabama[citation needed] and became the producer of the syndicated radio series Country Concert.I Want My Baby Back was originally issued on the Tollie label and reached #92 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1965.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Timothy Floyd Tim Burchett (born August 25 1964) is an American Republican politician currently the mayor of Knox County Tennessee. He previously served in Tennessee General Assembly first in the Tennessee House of Representatives and later in the Tennessee State Senate in which he represented Tennessee's District 7 part of Knox County. On August 5 2010 Burchett was elected mayor of Knox County replacing Mike Ragsdale.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " Daniel Lawrence Dan Whitney (born February 17 1963) best known by his stage name and character Larry the Cable Guy is an American stand-up comedian actor voice actor and former radio personality.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Renealmia is a plant genus in the family Zingiberaceae. Species include: Renealmia alpinia Renealmia aurantifera Renealmia cernua Renealmia dolichocalyx Renealmia oligotricha Renealmia sessilifolia Renealmia thrysoidesE.g. Alpinia nutans was formerly placed herein too.", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " Jeff Chapman (born July 17 1969 in Brunswick Georgia) is the bass singer for the Kingdom Heirs. He has been a member of the group since 2002. He has previously traveled with Bob Wills The Sound The Anchormen and The Blackwoods.He has twice been nominated as favorite bass in the Singing News fan awards.Chapman has a wife Angie two sons Justin and Sean and daughter Taylor.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Arenaria ursina is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name Bear Valley sandwort.", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " Living Fossil is a classic science fiction story on the concepts of human extinction and future evolution by L. Sprague de Camp. It was first published in the magazine Astounding Science-Fiction for February 1939. It first appeared in book form in the anthology A Treasury of Science Fiction (Crown Publishers 1948); it later appeared in the anthologies Gates to Tomorrow (Atheneum 1973) and The SFWA Grand Masters Volume 1 (Tor Books 1999).", "category": "WrittenWork"}
-{"text": " Brachyglottis huntii commonly called rautini or Chatham Island Christmas tree is a species in the Asteraceae family and is found only on the Chatham Islands in New Zealand.", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " Luktvatnet is a lake that lies in the northern part of the municipality of Vefsn in Nordland county Norway. The lake lies between the mountains Korgfjellet and Lukttinden about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Elsfjord. The European route E06 highway passes along the northern shore of the lake.", "category": "NaturalPlace"}
-{"text": " The IAR 79 is a bi-engine bomber military reconnaissance aircraft with a wood and metal structure that saw service in World War II built under licence in Brasov Romania by Industria Aeronautic\u0103 Rom\u00e2n\u0103", "category": "MeanOfTransportation"}
-{"text": " Enrico Perucconi (born 4 January 1925 in Morazzone Varese Italy) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.", "category": "Athlete"}
-{"text": " Central National-Gottesman Inc. is one of the world's largest distributors of pulp paper paperboard and newsprint. The firm's products are sold in over 75 countries through a network of 43 offices located in the United States and abroad. With annual revenues exceeding $3 billion Forbes ranked Central National-Gottesman 137th in its annual list of The Largest Private Companies.", "category": "Company"}
-{"text": " The Kout Food Group is a Kuwaiti-based conglomerate founded in 1982.In Kuwait it operates franchises of Burger King Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.Its UK arm Kout Food Group Restaurants UK it operates under brands such as Burger King KFC and Maison Blanc. In August 2013 it acquired the Little Chef chain for \u00a315 million.", "category": "Company"}
-{"text": " Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal is a Lifetime Television made-for-TV drama film starring Jenna Dewan Ashley Benson and Tatum O'Neal and directed by Tom McLoughlin. The film premiered on August 2 2008. It is based on a true story which occurred at McKinney North High School in McKinney Texas in 2006 in which five teenage cheerleaders became notorious for bullying truancies violations of the school dress code and general disrespect to the school community and authority.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " Qadi Mahalleh (Persian: \u0642\u0627\u062f\u064a \u0645\u062d\u0644\u0647\u200e also Romanized as Q\u0101d\u012b Ma\u1e29alleh) is a village in Pazevar Rural District Rudbast District Babolsar County Mazandaran Province Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 228 in 59 families.", "category": "Village"}
-{"text": " Eungella Dam is one of Queensland's more established freshwater fisheries. Eungella has made a name for producing extra oversized Sooty grunter and more recently Barramundi.Eungella Dam was constructed in 1969 to meet the requirements of a thermal power station at Collinsville and the town water requirement of Collinsville and Scottsville.", "category": "NaturalPlace"}
-{"text": " The American Motor Car Company was a short-lived company in the automotive industry founded in 1906 lasting until 1913. It was based in Indianapolis Indiana United States. The American Motor Car Company pioneered the underslung design.", "category": "Company"}
-{"text": " Hawkeye & Mockingbird was a comic book ongoing series published by Marvel Comics starring superheroes Hawkeye and Mockingbird.", "category": "WrittenWork"}
-{"text": " Margaret Anderson Kelliher (born March 11 1968) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic\u2013Farmer\u2013Labor Party she represented District 60A which includes portions of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County located in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. First elected in 1999 she served until 2011 also serving as the Speaker from 2007 to 2011.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " John Whitlow Wyatt (September 27 1907 \u2013 July 16 1999) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers (1929\u201333) Chicago White Sox (1933\u201336) Cleveland Indians (1937) Brooklyn Dodgers (1939\u201344) and Philadelphia Phillies (1945). While injuries sidetracked much of Wyatt's early career he is most famous for his performance in 1941 when his team (the Dodgers) won the National League pennant.", "category": "Athlete"}
-{"text": " William Thomas Burton (31 January 1878 in Black Rock St Michael Barbados \u2013 22 August 1946 St Michael Barbados) was a coloured West Indian cricketer best known as a member of the 1900 and 1906 West Indian tourists to England. He is generally known as Tommie Burton.He was the son of a black mother and a white father. He was brought up in Barbados and served for some years there as a practice bowler and in trial matches.", "category": "Athlete"}
-{"text": " Tulemalu Lake is a lake in Kivalliq Region Nunavut Canada.", "category": "NaturalPlace"}
-{"text": " Sten Stjernqvist is a Swedish former footballer who played as a forward.", "category": "Athlete"}
-{"text": " David Parlett (born 1939) is a games scholar from South London who has studied both card games and board games. His published works include many popular books on games and the more academic volumes The Oxford Guide to Card Games and The Oxford History of Board Games both now out of print. Parlett also invented a number of board games the most successful of which is Hare and Tortoise (1974). The German edition was awarded Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) in 1979.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Karl Nabersberg (sometimes written as Carl Nabersberg) was a German youth leader.Nabersberg was the son of a Crefeld shopkeeper. In 1923 he joined the Jugendorganisation the forerunner of the Hitler Youth in his home town. On 28 December 1925 he was admitted as a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (member number 26269) and as a member of the Sturmabteilung.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " \u0160etonje is a village situated in Petrovac na Mlavi municipality in Serbia.", "category": "Village"}
-{"text": " Dr. Joseph de Graft-Johnson (1933\u20131999) was an engineer academic and politician. He became the Vice-President of Ghana between 1979 and 1981.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " Patties Foods (previously Patties Bakery) is an Australian food manufacturing company that produces meat pies baked goods frozen fruits and pre-made desserts. Headquartered in Bairnsdale Victoria Australia Patties Foods is represented in the Australian market by the Four'N Twenty Patties Herbert Adams Creative Gourmet Nanna's and Chefs Pride brands. Patties is the largest meat pie producing company in Australia and the world.", "category": "Company"}
-{"text": " Double Butte is the 2579-foot (786 m) mountain summit distinguished by two buttes (the other at abou 2480 feet or 756 metres) in Riverside County California. It is the western most summit of a mountain range north of Winchester California east of Perris Valley and west of the San Jacinto Valley. The eastern ridge is composed primarily of metamorphic rock of the Triassic - Jurassic French Valley formation.", "category": "NaturalPlace"}
-{"text": " Mount Carmel \u2013 Blytheswood Public School is an elementary school in the north end of Leamington Ontario Canada. It is part of the Greater Essex County District School Board and serves students from JK to Grade 8 from the communities of Blytheswood and Mount Carmel and surrounding areas.", "category": "EducationalInstitution"}
-{"text": " La combi asesina (The Killer Combination) is a 1982 Mexican film. It was directed by Gustavo Alatriste.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " Halimium ocymoides (basil-leaved rock rose) syn. Cistus algarvensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae native to southern Portugal and southern Spain. It is an erect evergreen shrub growing to 60 cm (24 in) tall by 100 cm (3 ft) wide with woolly grey-green leaves and bright yellow flowers in spring. The flowers may have a dark brown blotch at the base of each petal.In cultivation this plant requires a sandy soil and full sun.", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " Kaala Patthar (English: Black Stone) is a 1979 Indian Bollywood action/drama film. It was produced and directed by Yash Chopra. The story was written by Salim-Javed. This film is the fourth collaboration between Amitabh Bachchan Shashi Kapoor and director Yash Chopra after the hugely successful Deewaar (1975) Kabhie Kabhie (1976) and Trishul (1978). However this film did average business at the box office. It was nominated for Filmfare awards.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " Martin G.S. Mansergh (born 31 December 1946) is a former Irish Fianna F\u00e1il politician and historian. He was a Teachta D\u00e1la (TD) for the Tipperary South constituency from 2007 until 2011. He was previously a Senator from 2002 to 2007. He played a leading role in formulating Fianna F\u00e1il policy on Northern Ireland.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " Shriniwas Ganesh Sardesai (1907-1996) popularly known as S.G. Sardesai was an Indian freedom fighter from Maharashtra and one of the great communist leaders produced by the communist movement in India. He is author of the book Progress and conservatism in ancient India famous for his profound theoretical analysis. He was the Central Executive Committee of pre-split Communist Party of India during the Indo-china conflict.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " USS Tuluran (AG-46) \u2013 also known as USS Lake Superior (ID-2995) \u2013 was a commercial cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy for service during both World War I when she was known as USS Lake Superior and also during World War II when she was known as USS Tuluran.", "category": "MeanOfTransportation"}
-{"text": " The American Journal of Gastroenterology is a peer-reviewed medical journal published for the American College of Gastroenterology by the Nature Publishing Group.", "category": "WrittenWork"}
-{"text": " William Lindsay (September 4 1835 \u2013 October 15 1909) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1893 to 1901.Born near Lexington Virginia Lindsay attended the common schools and settled in Clinton Kentucky in 1854. There he taught school and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Clinton in 1858.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " Brian Schroeder (a.k.a. Pushead) is an artist record label owner and writer within the hardcore punk and heavy metal field. He has created artwork for many bands artists and athletes including Metallica The Misfits Dr. Dre Travis Barker Craig Johnson and Kool Keith. He has designed many record covers T-shirts skateboards and a pair of Nike SB Dunks. His record label Pusmort Records has released albums by Negative Gain Poison Idea and Final Conflict.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Panicum anceps is a species of grass known by the common name beaked panicgrass. It is native to the southeastern United States where it occurs as far north as New Jersey and as far west as Kansas and Texas.This species is a rhizomatous perennial grass with stems growing up to 1.3 meters tall. The leaves have erect blades up to half a meter tall. The inflorescence is a panicle up to 40 centimeters long bearing pale green or yellowish spikelets. The grass produces an abundance of seed.", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " Shukan ST is a weekly newspaper published by The Japan Times for learners of English language. It is originally titled as Student Times but changed to Shukan ST since a significant portion of its readers are not students. It has articles on news movie lifestyle in English-speaking countries opinions and other kinds attracting learners of English and helping them with notes on terms.", "category": "Company"}
-{"text": " The Tiger Hotel is a hotel in Columbia Missouri. Built as a hotel in 1928 the building later housed a retirement home and banquet center. In 2012 the building was fully restored and reopened as a boutique hotel. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.", "category": "Building"}
-{"text": " Emi Motoi (\u672c\u4e95 \u3048\u307f Motoi Emi born October 11 in Kanagawa) is a Japanese voice actress.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " The Hudson River is a 49.5-mile-long (79.7 km) tributary of the Broad River in the U.S. state of Georgia. Via the Broad River it is part of the Savannah River watershed.The headwaters are in Banks County near the city of Homer. Grove Creek feeds into the Hudson near the Franklin County line. The river then constitutes most of the southern border of Franklin County separating it from Madison County.", "category": "NaturalPlace"}
-{"text": " This article details Car Nos. 10\u201313 of the Manx Electric Railway on the Isle of Man.This was the third batch of motorcars delivered to the railway in 1895 at the same time as the cars for the new Snaefell Mountain Railway were delivered. They were constructed to a very similar design to those provided for the mountain line.", "category": "MeanOfTransportation"}
-{"text": " Catharanthus roseus commonly known as the Madagascar rosy periwinkle is a species of Catharanthus native and endemic to Madagascar. Other English names occasionally used include Cape periwinkle rose periwinkle rosy periwinkle and old-maid.", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " Thapanzeik is a village in Homalin Township Hkamti District in the Sagaing Region of northwestern Burma.", "category": "Village"}
-{"text": " USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32) was a Thomaston-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Spiegel Grove the home and estate in Fremont Ohio of Rutherford B. Hayes the 19th President of the United States.", "category": "MeanOfTransportation"}
-{"text": " Acmella is a genus of thirty species of plants in the aster family Asteraceae. It is native to the Americas and has been introduced to Asia Africa the Pacific islands and Australia.One familiar species is Acmella oleracea which has been widely cultivated for centuries. It is used for food and medicine and as an insecticide and an ornamental plant.", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " Mirbelia is a plant genus belonging to the Fabaceae family. It is endemic to Australia occurring in every mainland state except South Australia.", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " Nigma puella is a species of spider belonging to the family Dictynidae. It is found in Europe Azores Madeira Canary Islands and parts of North Africa.Like most members of the family this is a small spider but the female is striking with a light green abdomen marked with a bold maroon blotch and a variable amount of barring in the same colour. The male is reddish-brown. This species makes a horizontal web over the top surface of a leaf.", "category": "Animal"}
-{"text": " The Madrisa (or Madrisahorn) is a mountain in the R\u00e4tikon mountain range overlooking Klosters in the Swiss canton of Graub\u00fcnden. Its summit (2826 metres) is located near the Austrian border.The Madrisa is constituted by several secondary summits notably the Gargeller Madrisa (2770 metres) overlooking Gargellen in Austria.Ski lifts up to 2600 metres are located on the Klosters side.", "category": "NaturalPlace"}
-{"text": " Temporary Temple is a live album by Psychic TV. The album was recorded on July 28 1984 in London and released on 12 vinyl. It was later coupled with another concert and released on CD as Temporary Temple & Atonal.", "category": "Album"}
-{"text": " La hija de Juan Sim\u00f3n (Juan Sim\u00f3n's Daughter) is a musical play by Nemesio M. Sobrevila which has been made into two Spanish films. It is also the name of the title track and the song has been recorded by numerous artists such as Leonardo Favio.The first film directed by Jos\u00e9 Luis S\u00e1enz de Heredia was released in 1935 and starred Angelillo Pilar Mu\u00f1oz and Manuel Arb\u00f3. Luis Bu\u00f1uel was the executive producer for Film\u00f3fono and had a small role as an actor.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " Book Of Matches is a poetry book written by Simon Armitage first published in 1993 by Faber and Faber. Several poems featured in the book are studied as part of the GCSE English Literature examination in the UK.The book is written in three sections the first (Book of Matches) containing 30 short sonnets. Each is meant to be read within 20 seconds the amount of time it would take for a match to be lit and burn out.", "category": "WrittenWork"}
-{"text": " The Last Supper is the fourth album released by American stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan. It focuses largely on his love of food.", "category": "Album"}
-{"text": " The Miami Center is a skyscraper in downtown Miami Florida. Although Miami Center is not the city's tallest building it is a symbol of early downtown. Built in 1983 it is older compared with most of the taller buildings in Miami which have been built in the last decade. In addition the Miami Center is immediately adjacent to Bayfront Park and is unobstructed when looking at the skyline from Miami Beach to the east. The building is 484 ft (148 m) tall and has 34 floors.", "category": "Building"}
-{"text": " Duboisia hopwoodii is a shrub native to the arid interior region of Australia. Common names include pituri pitchuri thornapple or pitcheri. It has an erect habit usually growing to between 1 and 3 metres in height and has long narrow leaves. Flowers are white and bell-shaped with violet-striped throats. These appear between June and November in the species native range followed by purple-black rounded berries which are 3 to 6 mm in diameter.", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " Jelenin svet (Jelena's World) is a 2008 independent documentary film written and directed by Tanja Brzakovi\u0107 about former World No. 1 female tennis player Jelena Jankovi\u0107.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " Jay Cashman Inc. is an American heavy-construction company based in Quincy Massachusetts with satellite offices in Boston Jupiter Florida and Staten Island New York. As of 2006 the company has about 1000 employees. The company was one of the major contractors on the Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel Project. In 2004 Jay Cashman Inc.", "category": "Company"}
-{"text": " Hashemanli (Persian: \u0647\u0627\u0634\u0645\u0646\u0644\u064a\u200e also Romanized as H\u0101shemanl\u012b; also known as H\u0101shem El\u00e1) is a village in Jafarbay-ye Jonubi Rural District in the Central District of Torkaman County Golestan Province Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 135 in 27 families.", "category": "Village"}
-{"text": " Rani Kasula Rangamma is a Telugu film starring Chiranjeevi.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " The 20/20 Experience \u2013 The Complete Experience is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake. It was released on September 27 2013 by RCA Records.", "category": "Album"}
-{"text": " R.C. Bigelow Inc better known as the Bigelow Tea Company is an American tea company based in Fairfield Connecticut. The company was founded by Ruth C. Bigelow in the late 1940s based on a recipe she marketed as Constant Comment tea. Bigelow is still a 100% family-owned business that markets over 50 varieties of tea including black and green as well as herbal teas all of which are still blended in Fairfield. They also own America's only tea plantation in Charleston South Carolina.", "category": "Company"}
-{"text": " Thomas Eyre(fl. 1890s) was a footballer who made 65 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City. He played at left back. Either side of Lincoln he played for Ashfield and Hamilton Academical in Scotland.", "category": "Athlete"}
-{"text": " Malleable Iron Range Company was a company that existed from 1896 to 1985 and primarily produced kitchen ranges made of malleable iron but also produced a variety of other related products. The company's primary trademark was 'Monarch' and was colloquially often referred to as the Monarch Company or just Monarch.", "category": "Company"}
-{"text": " The Chiltern School is a coeducational special school located over two sites in Dunstable and Houghton Regis in Bedfordshire England. The school accepts pupils from all over the Central Bedfordshire area.The school was formed in 2012 from the merger of Glenwood School in Dunstable and Hillcrest School in Houghton Regis.", "category": "EducationalInstitution"}
-{"text": " Kim Dae-Eun (born September 17 1984) is a South Korean gymnast. He is the 2004 Olympic All-around silver medalist. He won the gold medal on the parallel bars at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.Kim was part of the South Korean team that won the bronze medal in the team event at the 2006 Asian Games.", "category": "Athlete"}
-{"text": " Arayik Vladimirovich Harutyunyan (Armenian: \u0531\u0580\u0561\u0575\u056b\u056f \u0540\u0561\u0580\u0578\u0582\u0569\u0575\u0578\u0582\u0576\u0575\u0561\u0576 Russian: \u0410\u0440\u0430\u0438\u043a \u0410\u0440\u0443\u0442\u044e\u043d\u044f\u043d) (born 14 December 1973) is the current Prime Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. He was suggested by the President of Nagorno-Karabakh Bako Sahakyan and was unanimously approved by the Parliament of Karabakh on 14 September 2007 by 32 out of 32 present parliamentarians.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " Shelton Hank Williams also known as Hank Williams III and Hank 3 (born December 12 1972) is an American musician singer and multi-instrumentalist including guitar bass drums banjo and vocals. In addition to his honky tonk recordings Williams' style alternates between country punk and metal.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Helicella orzai is a species of air-breathing land snails terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae the hairy snails and their allies. This species is endemic to Spain.", "category": "Animal"}
-{"text": " Gro\u00dfe Schmalenau is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia Germany.", "category": "NaturalPlace"}
-{"text": " The Tupolev ANT-29 (military designation DIP \u2013 Dvukhmotorny istrebitel pushechny twin-engined cannon fighter) was a 1930s twin-engined cannon-armed fighter designed by Alexander Arkhangelsky and built by Tupolev.Design work started in 1932 on a twin-engined aircraft capable of carrying two APK-100 cannons. The resulting design was the ANT-29 and it first flew in February 1935. A monoplane with a tall and narrow fuselage and powered by two Hispano-Suiza 12Ybrs engines.", "category": "MeanOfTransportation"}
-{"text": " Charles Corm (1894-1963) was a Lebanese writer businessman and philanthropist. He is considered to be the leader of the Phoenicianism movement in Lebanon which ignited a surge of nationalism that led to Lebanon's independence. In a country torn by sectarian conflicts Corm's intention was to find a common root shared by all Lebanese beyond their religious beliefs (the Phoenicians were pagans).", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Joseph Hubert Ruetz (October 21 1916 \u2013 January 2 2003) was a professional football player in the All-America Football Conference for the Chicago Rockets in 1946 and 1948. Prior to that he played at the collegiate level while attending the University of Notre Dame. He played guard for the Irish with the exception of playing one season at quarterback. In 1938 he graduated from Notre Dame with cum laude honors.", "category": "Athlete"}
-{"text": " The Reef House is a historic house located at 411 S. Poplar St. in Carbondale Illinois. William A. Reef built the house for his family circa 1892. The Queen Anne-style cottage may have been designed by local carpenter A. M. Etherton though records of its designer do not exist. The house features fishscale shingle siding on its second floor and clapboard siding on its first; the clapboard siding is adorned with stickwork.", "category": "Building"}
-{"text": " MAKO Surgical Corp. (Stryker Medical) is a publicly traded medical device company based in Florida. On September 25 2013 the Board of Directors of Mako Surgical accepted a deal to merge with Stryker Medical for $1.65B subject to shareholder approval.", "category": "Company"}
-{"text": " Pop Carn is a 2003 Indian Tamil film written and directed by actor-cum-director Nassar and starring Mohanlal and Simran Bagga in lead roles and introducing newcomers Kunal Shah and Jyothi Nawal. The film which had music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja was released on 30 January 2003 but flopped at the box office. Nonetheless the film was dubbed into Malayalam and released in 2007 under the same name.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34) is the seventh of eight Kilauea-class ammunition ships to serve with the Military Sealift Command. She is the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the name and is named for Mount Baker a 10781-foot volcano in the Cascade Range of Washington. Ammunition ships operated by Military Sealift Command provide logistic support to US Navy ships at sea.Mount Baker was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula Mississippi.", "category": "MeanOfTransportation"}
-{"text": " Dansere is an album by Jan Garbarek. The album was recorded in November 1975 and features the Bobo Stenson Quartet.", "category": "Album"}
-{"text": " Divraz (Persian: \u062f\u064a\u0648\u0631\u0632\u200e also Romanized as D\u012bvraz) is a village in Bala Khiyaban-e Litkuh Rural District in the Central District of Amol County Mazandaran Province Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 393 in 95 families.", "category": "Village"}
-{"text": " The D\u0103ih\u0103\u021ba\u0219u River is a tributary of the Dumbr\u0103vanu River in Romania.", "category": "NaturalPlace"}
-{"text": " Zeisters also known as Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid is a 1986 comedy film produced by Troma Entertainment. Troma was originally set to title the film Fat Boy Goes Nutzoid but at the request of the lawyers of the hip-hop group The Fat Boys it was changed to Fat Guy.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " Paul Gobeil (born March 1 1942 in Saint-R\u00e9mi-de-Tingwick Quebec) is a former Canadian politician and businessman.From 1985 to 1989 Mr. Gobeil was a Liberal member of the National Assembly for the riding of Verdun and served as Minister assigned to Administration President of the Treasury Board and as Minister of International Affairs for the Government of Quebec.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " Ruff Ryders: Past Present Future is the fifth compilation album from American hip hop record label Ruff Ryders Entertainment released on November 21 2011.", "category": "Album"}
-{"text": " Ridi Viharaya (Sinhala: \u0dbb\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dd3 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc4\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dba) or Silver Temple is a 2nd-century BCE Theravada Buddhist temple in the village of Ridigama Sri Lanka. Built during the reign of Dutthagamani of Anuradhapura the temple is considered as the place where the silver ore which provided silver to complete Ruwanwelisaya; one of the largest stupa in Sri Lanka was discovered.", "category": "Building"}
-{"text": " Grand Canyon Preparatory Academy is a public charter college preparatory school in Tempe Arizona.", "category": "EducationalInstitution"}
-{"text": " Aricoceras is an extinct genus of the Adrianitidae family. They are an extinct group of ammonoid which are shelled cephalopods related to squids belemnites octopuses and cuttlefish and more distantly to the nautiloids.", "category": "Animal"}
-{"text": " Blackburn High School is a public secondary school for girls and boys in years 7 to 12 in Blackburn a suburb of Melbourne Victoria Australia. Blackburn High School is an outstanding secondary school for aspiring young men and women. It aims to educate tomorrow's minds today. Started in 1956 the school has a proud tradition of academic excellence and exceptional music achievement.The school is nationally recognised as a leading educational institution for music education.", "category": "EducationalInstitution"}
-{"text": " Chris Nieratko (born February 19 1976) is an American humorist and author. Nieratko is a past editor of Big Brother Magazine and currently reviews pornographic films for Vice magazine as well as being the author of the related Skinema book. He also appeared on MTV's Jackass.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Warlock is a 1959 film released by Twentieth Century Fox and shot in DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope. It is a Western adapted from the novel by Oakley Hall (screenplay written by Robert Alan Aurthur).", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " Sieniawa [\u0255e\u02c8\u0272ava] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raba Wy\u017cna within Nowy Targ County Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-east of Raba Wy\u017cna 10 km (6 mi) north-west of Nowy Targ and 59 km (37 mi) south of the regional capital Krak\u00f3w.The village has a population of 1900.", "category": "Village"}
-{"text": " Michael Adam (born 9 December 1984) is a German politician. He has been District Administrator (Landrat) of Regen since 2011.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " Thunderbird High School is a public high school located in northwestern Phoenix Arizona. The school is a part of the Glendale Union High School District.", "category": "EducationalInstitution"}
-{"text": " Nayef Al Khater (born May 10 1978) is a Qatari football player. He currently plays for Al Wakrah as a defender.", "category": "Athlete"}
-{"text": " Black Cobra Woman (Italian: Eva nera) also known as Black Cobra is an Italian 1976 exploitation movie written and directed by Joe D'Amato.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " Joe Cuba a.k.a Sonny (April 22 1931 \u2013 February 15 2009) was a musician of Puerto Rican descent who was known as the Father of Latin Boogaloo.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Jacob LeBlanc (born February 2 1981 in Auburn California) is an American retired professional soccer player.", "category": "Athlete"}
-{"text": " Kevin B. Kamenetz is the 12th and current County Executive of Baltimore County Maryland serving since 2010. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served as a four-term County Councilman representing the Second District of Baltimore County.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " Thomas Frederick Fred Peart Baron Peart PC (30 April 1914 \u2013 26 August 1988) was a British Labour politician who served in the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s and was a candidate for Deputy Leader of the Party.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " Grand Lake is a large lake in the interior of Newfoundland of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It has an area of 534 km\u00b2 making it the largest lake on Newfoundland. Consequently it is one of if not the deepest.", "category": "NaturalPlace"}
-{"text": " A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers is a 2009 non-fiction book written by Lawrence G. McDonald and Patrick Robinson which chronicles the events surrounding the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in the context of the financial crisis of 2007\u20132010 and the subprime mortgage crisis.", "category": "WrittenWork"}
-{"text": " Thatching (31 May 1975 \u2013 1999) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. The horse's early career was delayed and disrupted by injury and he did not show his best form until switched to sprinting distances in the spring of 1979 when he won the Duke of York Stakes. He improved further when equipped with blinkers that summer recording impressive victories in both the Cork and Orrery Stakes and the July Cup.", "category": "Animal"}
-{"text": " Ya\u015far Kurt (Armenian: \u0545\u0561\u0577\u0561\u0580 \u053f\u0578\u0582\u0580\u0569 b.August 16 1968 in Istanbul Turkey) is a Turkish-Armenian rock artist.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Then and Now is a historical novel by W. Somerset Maugham. Set in Florence Italy during the Renaissance the story focuses on three months in the life of Niccolo Machiavelli the Florentine politician diplomat philosopher and writer in the early years of the 16th century. The book was first published by Heinemann in 1946.", "category": "WrittenWork"}
-{"text": " Abdollah Masud-e Sofla (Persian: \u0639\u0628\u062f\u0627\u0644\u0647 \u0645\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u0633\u0641\u0644\u064a\u200e also Romanized as \u2018Abdoll\u0101h Mas\u2018\u016bd-e Sofl\u00e1; also known as Abdollah Mas\u2019ood \u2018Abdoll\u0101h Mas\u2018\u016bd and Abdull\u0101h Mas\u016bd) is a village in Hesar-e Valiyeasr Rural District Avaj District Buin Zahra County Qazvin Province Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 72 in 15 families.", "category": "Village"}
-{"text": " Springhill High School (SHS) is a secondary school in Springhill Nova Scotia Canada. SHS is part of the Chignecto-Central Regional School Board and is the only high school in the town of Springhill. The school is home to many sports teams and clubs. These include: basketball soccer badminton track and field softball Students Against Destructive Decisions drama club homework club and book club.", "category": "EducationalInstitution"}
-{"text": " Charniele L. Herring (/\u0283\u0251r\u02c8n\u025bl \u02c8h\u025br\u026a\u014b/ shar-NEL HERR-ing; born September 25 1969) is an American politician. She has served in the Virginia House of Delegates since 2009 representing the 46th district made up the city of Alexandria and part of Fairfax County near Washington D.C. Herring is a member of the Democratic Party. She has been the House minority whip since 2012 and in December 2012 she was the first African-American to be elected chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " Symmoca dodecatella is a moth of the Symmocidae family. It is found in Portugal and Spain.The wingspan is about 18\u201319 mm. The forewings are grey sprinkled with black mainly along the margin. The hindwings are grey.", "category": "Animal"}
-{"text": " Ali Abbasov Mammad oglu (Azerbaijani: \u018fli Abbasov M\u0259mm\u0259d o\u011flu) (born 1953 in Azerbaijan) is the current Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " Worlds Beyond was an American digest magazine of science fiction and fantasy fiction in 1950 and 1951. The magazine only issued three monthly issues from December 1950 to February 1951 but is notable for having printed stories by Cyril M. Kornbluth Jack Vance Mack Reynolds Graham Greene John Christopher Lester del Rey Judith Merril and others.Worlds Beyond was published by Hillman Periodicals and was edited by Damon Knight.", "category": "Company"}
-{"text": " The Daily News Journal commonly abbreviated to DNJ is a newspaper serving Murfreesboro Tennessee Rutherford County and surrounding communities. Published in Murfreesboro it serves as the primary local newspaper with competition from The Murfreesboro Post and other publications. The newspaper is not in competition with The Tennessean of Nashville as both are owned by Gannett Company.The roots the DNJ date back to 1849 and the founding of Murfreesboro News.", "category": "WrittenWork"}
-{"text": " Echinocereus fendleri is a species of cactus known by the common names pinkflower hedgehog cactus and Fendler's hedgehog cactus. It grows in deserts and woodlands in the Southwestern United States and Northeastern Mexico. It is most common in New Mexico.The taxonomy of the species is uncertain with authors recognizing up to eight varieties.", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " Michael F. Kitt Snr (13 September 1914 \u2013 24 December 1974) was an Irish Fianna F\u00e1il politician and long-serving Teachta D\u00e1la (TD).He was elected to D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann for the first time at the 1948 general election for the Galway North constituency but lost his seat at the 1951 general election and failed to be elected again at the 1954 general election.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " Epidendrum mancum is an epiphytic orchid that grows in the tropical low elfin cloud forests of Ecuador and Amazonas Peru at altitudes of 2\u20143 km .", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " Salempur Masanda is a village in Jalandhar District near the Jalandhar Cantonment in Punjab India.", "category": "Village"}
-{"text": " Yaleh Gonbad (Persian: \u064a\u0644\u0647 \u06af\u0646\u0628\u062f\u200e; also known as Em\u0101mz\u0101deh Imamzade-Ele-Geumbez and Im\u0101mz\u0101deh) is a village in Ilat-e Qaqazan-e Gharbi Rural District Kuhin District Qazvin County Qazvin Province Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 429 in 105 families.", "category": "Village"}
-{"text": " Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is an American chain of fried chicken fast food restaurants founded in 1972 in New Orleans Louisiana. Often referred to as Popeyes and sometimes as Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits or Popeyes Chicken & Seafood[citation needed] it was acquired by Sandy Springs Georgia-based AFC Enterprises originally America's Favorite Chicken Company in 1993.", "category": "Company"}
-{"text": " The White Umfolozi River originates just south of Vryheid KwaZulu-Natal South Africa and joins the Black Umfolozi River at 28\u00b020\u203258\u2033S 31\u00b058\u203246\u2033E to form the Umfolozi River before it flows east towards the Indian Ocean.", "category": "NaturalPlace"}
-{"text": " The Albatros L 74 was a two-seated German training biplane produced by Albatros Flugzeugwerke. Only two were produced.", "category": "MeanOfTransportation"}
-{"text": " The University of Nevada School of Medicine is an academic division of the University of Nevada Reno and grants the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree. The School of Medicine was founded in 1969 as the first medical school in the state of Nevada. More than 1500 MDs have graduated from the School of Medicine. The pre-clinical campus is located in Reno but the third and fourth years can be spent in hospitals and clinics throughout Nevada.", "category": "EducationalInstitution"}
-{"text": " Leon Kroll (December 6 1884 \u2013 October 25 1974) was an American painter and lithographer. Known as a figurative artist Life Magazine described him as the dean of U.S. nude painters yet he was an exceptional landscape painter and also produced an exceptional body of still life compositions.Born into a musical family on lower Second Avenue in New York City Kroll's father was a violinist and his cousin was William Kroll.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions at Qatar (DHSHP@Q in short) is a private international middle and secondary school in Doha Qatar. The school is a branch campus of Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions of Houston Texas United States. Charlesetta Deason is the CEO and President.Named after Michael E. DeBakey the school opened in September 2008 with grades 8 through 10 with 100 students per grade; the school will ultimately cover grades 7-12.", "category": "EducationalInstitution"}
-{"text": " The Richleighs of Tantamount is a children\u2019s historical novel written by British author Barbara Willard. It was originally published in the United Kingdom in 1966 by the publishers Constable before being published in the United States by Harcourt Brace & World in June 1967. C. Walter Hodges drew the line illustrations and painted the cover portrait for the original edition.", "category": "WrittenWork"}
-{"text": " Ennea is a genus of air-breathing land snails terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.Ennea is the type genus of the subfamily Enneinae.", "category": "Animal"}
-{"text": " Come Live with Me is a 1941 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by Clarence Brown and starring James Stewart and Hedy Lamarr. Based on a story by Virginia Van Upp the film is about a beautiful Viennese refugee seeking United States citizenship who arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " St. Thomas Episcopal Church is a parish church in the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa. The church is located in Sioux City Iowa United States at 1200 Douglas Street. The church building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.", "category": "Building"}
-{"text": " Nuno Daniel Costeira Valente (born 22 November 1991 in Ada\u00fafe - Braga ) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Vizela on loan from S.C. Braga as a midfielder.", "category": "Athlete"}
-{"text": " Jaagoo (Bengali: \u099c\u09be\u0997\u09cb) is a Bangladeshi sports based romantic Movies. Its writer and director Khijir Hayat Khan. Adnan Karim sponsored youth football game built this film was released in 2010. The film is produced by Sharjeel Karim and Adnan Karim and directed by Khijir Hayat Khan who has written the story screenplay and dialogues of the film. The film features Ferdous Ahmed and Afsana Ara Bindu in lead roles and with supporting Arefin Shuvo Tariq Anam Ronok Hasaan and many more.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " John Edward Hatton AO (born 29 May 1933) is former Australian politician and an National Trust of Australia nominated Australian Living Treasure. He was the independent member of the Legislative Assembly of the New South Wales parliament for the seat of South Coast from 1973 to 1995. Notably the allegations about police corruption Hatton raised in Parliament resulted in the Wood Royal Commission. He is currently a social activist in his local community.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " Trichoptilus subtilis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family that is known from South Africa.", "category": "Animal"}
-{"text": " Sin\u00e9ad Madden (born in Galway Ireland) is an Irish singer-songwriter and fiddle player best known as a member of the Moya Brennan band. She also teaches at Waltons New School of Music in Dublin.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Philip Sprint is a German footballer who currently plays for Hertha BSC.Sprint made his professional debut for Hertha BSC on 12 August 2012 in a 2. Bundesliga match against FSV Frankfurt coming on in the 50th minute for Marvin Knoll after starting goalkeeper Sascha Burchert had been sent off.", "category": "Athlete"}
-{"text": " River Roads Mall was an enclosed shopping mall located in the city of Jennings a suburb of St. Louis Missouri United States. Opened in 1962 as one of the nation's first shopping malls the mall declined in the 1990s becoming a dead mall and eventually being shuttered in 1995. Demolition of the long-vacant mall began in 2006.", "category": "Building"}
-{"text": " The Brown-patched Kangaroo lizard (Otocryptis wiegmanni) also called Wiegmann's Agama or Sri Lankan Kangaroo Lizard is a small ground dwelling agamid lizard endemic to the wet zone forests and lower mountain forests (up to 1300 metres) of Sri Lanka. It is commonly seen in the leaf litter of shady rain forests. When perceiving danger it spurts away quickly on its large hind legs and might eventually climb up a sapling or tree.", "category": "Animal"}
-{"text": " Shiho Kawaragi (\u6cb3\u539f\u6728 \u5fd7\u7a42 Kawaragi Shiho born April 29 1976 in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actress who works for Kenyu-Office. When voicing adult games and hentai OVAs she is also known as Kaname Yuzuki (\u67da\u6728\u304b\u306a\u3081 Yuzuki Kaname) She is currently married since March 2012.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Down in the Shacks Where the Satellite Dishes Grow is the second album by the Judybats released in 1992.", "category": "Album"}
-{"text": " Turn of Faith is a 2001 film directed by Charles Jarrott. It stars Ray Mancini and Mia Sara.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " Frederick William Seward (July 8 1830 \u2013 April 25 1915) was the Assistant Secretary of State during the American Civil War serving in Abraham Lincoln's administration as well as under Andrew Johnson during Reconstruction and for over two years under Rutherford B. Hayes.", "category": "OfficeHolder"}
-{"text": " Ivoprop Corporation founded in 1984 by Ivo Zdarsky is an American manufacturer of composite propellers for homebuilt and ultralight aircraft as well as airboats. The company headquarters is located in Bellflower California.Zdarsky started the company after carving his own propeller for a homebuilt ultralight trike that he flew from Cold War Czechoslovakia over the Iron Curtain to Vienna in 1984.", "category": "Company"}
-{"text": " Wave Broadband is a provider of residential business and enterprise class cable TV broadband internet and telephone services on the West Coast currently serving about 400000 customers within communities in western Washington state Oregon Sacramento California and the San Francisco Bay Area. Wave Broadband provides services via their fiber-optic network and uses Northwest Open Access Network as the backbone for most of their service areas in Washington.", "category": "Company"}
-{"text": " Andie Tong is a comic book artist known for his work on books such as Spectacular Spider-Man UK The Batman Strikes! and Tangent: Superman's Reign.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Merdani is a village in the municipality of Busova\u010da Bosnia and Herzegovina.", "category": "Village"}
-{"text": " Kamam (Persian: \u0643\u0627\u0645\u0645\u200e also Romanized as K\u0101mam) is a village in Mangur-e Sharqi Rural District Khalifan District Mahabad County West Azerbaijan Province Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 98 in 16 families.", "category": "Village"}
-{"text": " Ficus greiffiana is a species of plant in the Moraceae family. It is found in Argentina Brazil Colombia and Guyana.", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " Toni Amboaje is a Spanish singer who currently works for metal band Sauze which formed on early 2008.", "category": "Artist"}
-{"text": " Mount Whittier is a mountain in Carroll County New Hampshire in the northern Ossipee Mountains. Named after John Greenleaf Whittier the peak is not to be confused with nearby Nickerson Mountain which was once known as Mount Whittier.There are no hiking trails on Mount Whittier. There was once a CCC alpine ski trail on the northern face.", "category": "NaturalPlace"}
-{"text": " El Rompe Discoteka: The Mix Album is a 2007 album by Hector El Father.", "category": "Album"}
-{"text": " e-Spirit is a commercial software company that develops and markets the FirstSpirit CMS Web content management system. The company was founded in 1999 in Dortmund Germany and established a US presence in 2011. The company's FirstSpirit CMS is a Java-based offering now in its fifth major release.[citation needed]", "category": "Company"}
-{"text": " The Valley is the first novel by Barry Pilton published in 2005 by Bloomsbury. It is a humorous account of the effect of outsiders on the rural status quo in a fictional mid-Wales valley during the 1980s and is being adapted for television.", "category": "WrittenWork"}
-{"text": " Sema Group plc was an Anglo-French IT services company. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but was acquired by Schlumberger in 2001.", "category": "Company"}
-{"text": " Bent Hansen (born 1954) is a retired Danish ice hockey forward. He played for 18 years in Denmark for the R\u00f8dovre SIK and KSF. He also competed for the Danish national team. His son Jannik Hansen also played for the R\u00f8dovre team and was drafted into the NHL by the Vancouver Canucks in 2004. During his hockey career Hansen also worked as a carpenter.", "category": "Athlete"}
-{"text": " Behind the Sun is a 2004 album by Dive.", "category": "Album"}
-{"text": " Mungaru Male (English: Pre Monsoon Rain) is a 2006 Kannada language movie directed by Yograj Bhat and produced by E Krishnappa. The film stars Ganesh Pooja Gandhi Anant Nag Padmaja Rao in lead roles.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " Megachile perihirta commonly known as the Western leafcutting bee is a bee in the genus Megachile. The bee is native to western North America ranging from Nebraska to Texas and Mexico west to California and north to British Columbia and Alberta and often inhabits meadows and orchards. The bee is black with long whitish-yellow hair more so below the thorax and abdomen. The abdomen however is mostly bare although each segment has scattered whitish hair.", "category": "Animal"}
-{"text": " Sukeban Deka The Movie (\u30b9\u30b1\u30d0\u30f3\u5211\u4e8b) is a live action Japanese film that was released in 1987. The movie closely follows a TV and manga series Sukeban Deka written and illustrated by Shinji Wada. The movie stars Yoko Minamino and Yui Asaka who were also in the TV series. The movie was followed by Sukeban Deka II in 1988.", "category": "Film"}
-{"text": " The Maple School District is a public school district in Douglas County Wisconsin United States based in Maple Wisconsin.", "category": "EducationalInstitution"}
-{"text": " Mount Waverley Secondary College is a public secondary school located in the Melbourne suburb of Mount Waverley. The school consists of roughly 1900 students and is one of the largest in the state.The school consists of two campuses (Junior & Senior) both situated on Stephensons Road in Mount Waverley. The Junior site holds years 7 and 8 with year levels 9 to 12 at the Senior Campus. The campuses are a short walking distance apart.", "category": "EducationalInstitution"}
-{"text": " Jon-Paul Roger JP Pietersen (born 12 July 1986 in Stellenbosch South Africa) is a South African rugby union footballer. He generally plays fullback or wing for the Sharks (in the Super Rugby competition) and the Natal Sharks in the Currie Cup. He played in more than 50 tests for the Springboks.", "category": "Athlete"}
-{"text": " Deltocolpodes is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae containing the following species: Deltocolpodes brendelli Morvan 1992 Deltocolpodes championi Morvan 1992 Deltocolpodes duluchus Morvan 1992 Deltocolpodes heinigeri Morvan 1992 Deltocolpodes jalepensis Morvan 1992 Deltocolpodes kirschenhoferi Morvan 1992 Deltocolpodes nepalensis Morvan 1992 Deltocolpodes perreaui Deuve 1985 Deltocolpodes rectangulus Morvan 1992 Deltocolpodes rolex Morvan 1992 Deltocolpodes salpensis Deuve 1985 Deltocolpodes sikkimensis Morvan 1992\u2191", "category": "Animal"}
-{"text": " Stanhopea martiana is a species of orchid endemic to southwestern Mexico.", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " Yawarmayu (Quechua yawar blood mayu river blood river hispanicized spelling Yahuarmayo) is a river in Peru located in the Puno Region Carabaya Province Ayapata District. It originates near the border of the districts Ayapata and Coasa. Its direction is mainly to the northwest where it meets Inambari River as a right affluent. The confluence is north of the village Yawarmayu (Yahuarmayo).", "category": "NaturalPlace"}
-{"text": " The Charles Granke House at 406 S. Seventh St. in Hamilton Montana is a historic house that was built in 1906. It includes Colonial Revival and Queen Anne architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The listing included two contributing buildings.It was built in approximately 1906 by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company as a worker cottage for workers at the sawmill that operated in Hamilton until 1915. Charles W.", "category": "Building"}
-{"text": " Passiflora monadelpha is a species of plant in the Passifloraceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador.", "category": "Plant"}
-{"text": " Mangifera persiciformis or Peach Mango is a species of plant in the Anacardiaceae family. It is endemic to China.", "category": "Plant"}
diff --git a/examples/finetuning/answers_with_ft.py b/examples/finetuning/answers_with_ft.py
index 32507e82ff..43061f4c1b 100644
--- a/examples/finetuning/answers_with_ft.py
+++ b/examples/finetuning/answers_with_ft.py
@@ -1,150 +1,2 @@
-import argparse
-
-import openai
-
-
-def create_context(
- question, search_file_id, max_len=1800, search_model="ada", max_rerank=10
-):
- """
- Create a context for a question by finding the most similar context from the search file.
- :param question: The question
- :param search_file_id: The file id of the search file
- :param max_len: The maximum length of the returned context (in tokens)
- :param search_model: The search model to use
- :param max_rerank: The maximum number of reranking
- :return: The context
- """
- results = openai.Engine(search_model).search(
- search_model=search_model,
- query=question,
- max_rerank=max_rerank,
- file=search_file_id,
- return_metadata=True,
- )
- returns = []
- cur_len = 0
- for result in results["data"]:
- cur_len += int(result["metadata"]) + 4
- if cur_len > max_len:
- break
- returns.append(result["text"])
- return "\n\n###\n\n".join(returns)
-
-
-def answer_question(
- search_file_id="",
- fine_tuned_qa_model="",
- question="Which country won the European Football championship in 2021?",
- max_len=1800,
- search_model="ada",
- max_rerank=10,
- debug=False,
- stop_sequence=["\n", "."],
- max_tokens=100,
-):
- """
- Answer a question based on the most similar context from the search file, using your fine-tuned model.
- :param question: The question
- :param fine_tuned_qa_model: The fine tuned QA model
- :param search_file_id: The file id of the search file
- :param max_len: The maximum length of the returned context (in tokens)
- :param search_model: The search model to use
- :param max_rerank: The maximum number of reranking
- :param debug: Whether to output debug information
- :param stop_sequence: The stop sequence for Q&A model
- :param max_tokens: The maximum number of tokens to return
- :return: The answer
- """
- context = create_context(
- question,
- search_file_id,
- max_len=max_len,
- search_model=search_model,
- max_rerank=max_rerank,
- )
- if debug:
- print("Context:\n" + context)
- print("\n\n")
- try:
- # fine-tuned models requires model parameter, whereas other models require engine parameter
- model_param = (
- {"model": fine_tuned_qa_model}
- if ":" in fine_tuned_qa_model
- and fine_tuned_qa_model.split(":")[1].startswith("ft")
- else {"engine": fine_tuned_qa_model}
- )
- response = openai.Completion.create(
- prompt=f"Answer the question based on the context below\n\nText: {context}\n\n---\n\nQuestion: {question}\nAnswer:",
- temperature=0,
- max_tokens=max_tokens,
- top_p=1,
- frequency_penalty=0,
- presence_penalty=0,
- stop=stop_sequence,
- **model_param,
- )
- return response["choices"][0]["text"]
- except Exception as e:
- print(e)
- return ""
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
- parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
- description="Rudimentary functionality of the answers endpoint with a fine-tuned Q&A model.",
- formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter,
- )
- parser.add_argument(
- "--search_file_id", help="Search file id", required=True, type=str
- )
- parser.add_argument(
- "--fine_tuned_qa_model", help="Fine-tuned QA model id", required=True, type=str
- )
- parser.add_argument(
- "--question", help="Question to answer", required=True, type=str
- )
- parser.add_argument(
- "--max_len",
- help="Maximum length of the returned context (in tokens)",
- default=1800,
- type=int,
- )
- parser.add_argument(
- "--search_model", help="Search model to use", default="ada", type=str
- )
- parser.add_argument(
- "--max_rerank",
- help="Maximum number of reranking for the search",
- default=10,
- type=int,
- )
- parser.add_argument(
- "--debug", help="Print debug information (context used)", action="store_true"
- )
- parser.add_argument(
- "--stop_sequence",
- help="Stop sequences for the Q&A model",
- default=["\n", "."],
- nargs="+",
- type=str,
- )
- parser.add_argument(
- "--max_tokens",
- help="Maximum number of tokens to return",
- default=100,
- type=int,
- )
- args = parser.parse_args()
- response = answer_question(
- search_file_id=args.search_file_id,
- fine_tuned_qa_model=args.fine_tuned_qa_model,
- question=args.question,
- max_len=args.max_len,
- search_model=args.search_model,
- max_rerank=args.max_rerank,
- debug=args.debug,
- stop_sequence=args.stop_sequence,
- max_tokens=args.max_tokens,
- )
- print(f"Answer:{response}")
+# This code example has moved. You can now find it in the [OpenAI Cookbook](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook)
+# at [examples/fine-tuned_qa](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/tree/main/examples/fine-tuned_qa)
diff --git a/examples/finetuning/finetuning-classification.ipynb b/examples/finetuning/finetuning-classification.ipynb
index 60b8896ecc..e5ece174d9 100644
--- a/examples/finetuning/finetuning-classification.ipynb
+++ b/examples/finetuning/finetuning-classification.ipynb
@@ -2,737 +2,35 @@
"cells": [
{
"cell_type": "markdown",
+ "metadata": {},
"source": [
- "# Fine tuning classification example\n",
- "\n",
- "We will fine-tune an ada classifier to distinguish between the two sports: Baseball and Hockey."
- ],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 1,
- "source": [
- "from sklearn.datasets import fetch_20newsgroups\n",
- "import pandas as pd\n",
- "import openai\n",
- "\n",
- "categories = ['rec.sport.baseball', 'rec.sport.hockey']\n",
- "sports_dataset = fetch_20newsgroups(subset='train', shuffle=True, random_state=42, categories=categories)"
- ],
- "outputs": [],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "source": [
- " ## Data exploration\n",
- " The newsgroup dataset can be loaded using sklearn. First we will look at the data itself:"
- ],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 2,
- "source": [
- "print(sports_dataset['data'][0])"
- ],
- "outputs": [
- {
- "output_type": "stream",
- "name": "stdout",
- "text": [
- "From: dougb@comm.mot.com (Doug Bank)\n",
- "Subject: Re: Info needed for Cleveland tickets\n",
- "Reply-To: dougb@ecs.comm.mot.com\n",
- "Organization: Motorola Land Mobile Products Sector\n",
- "Distribution: usa\n",
- "Nntp-Posting-Host: 145.1.146.35\n",
- "Lines: 17\n",
- "\n",
- "In article <1993Apr1.234031.4950@leland.Stanford.EDU>, bohnert@leland.Stanford.EDU (matthew bohnert) writes:\n",
- "\n",
- "|> I'm going to be in Cleveland Thursday, April 15 to Sunday, April 18.\n",
- "|> Does anybody know if the Tribe will be in town on those dates, and\n",
- "|> if so, who're they playing and if tickets are available?\n",
- "\n",
- "The tribe will be in town from April 16 to the 19th.\n",
- "There are ALWAYS tickets available! (Though they are playing Toronto,\n",
- "and many Toronto fans make the trip to Cleveland as it is easier to\n",
- "get tickets in Cleveland than in Toronto. Either way, I seriously\n",
- "doubt they will sell out until the end of the season.)\n",
- "\n",
- "-- \n",
- "Doug Bank Private Systems Division\n",
- "dougb@ecs.comm.mot.com Motorola Communications Sector\n",
- "dougb@nwu.edu Schaumburg, Illinois\n",
- "dougb@casbah.acns.nwu.edu 708-576-8207 \n",
- "\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 3,
- "source": [
- "sports_dataset.target_names[sports_dataset['target'][0]]\n"
- ],
- "outputs": [
- {
- "output_type": "execute_result",
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- "'rec.sport.baseball'"
- ]
- },
- "metadata": {},
- "execution_count": 3
- }
- ],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 4,
- "source": [
- "len_all, len_baseball, len_hockey = len(sports_dataset.data), len([e for e in sports_dataset.target if e == 0]), len([e for e in sports_dataset.target if e == 1])\n",
- "print(f\"Total examples: {len_all}, Baseball examples: {len_baseball}, Hockey examples: {len_hockey}\")"
- ],
- "outputs": [
- {
- "output_type": "stream",
- "name": "stdout",
- "text": [
- "Total examples: 1197, Baseball examples: 597, Hockey examples: 600\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "source": [
- "One sample from the baseball category can be seen above. It is an email to a mailing list. We can observe that we have 1197 examples in total, which are evenly split between the two sports."
- ],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "source": [
- "## Data Preparation\n",
- "We transform the dataset into a pandas dataframe, with a column for prompt and completion. The prompt contains the email from the mailing list, and the completion is a name of the sport, either hockey or baseball. For demonstration purposes only and speed of fine-tuning we take only 300 examples. In a real use case the more examples the better the performance."
- ],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 5,
- "source": [
- "import pandas as pd\n",
- "\n",
- "labels = [sports_dataset.target_names[x].split('.')[-1] for x in sports_dataset['target']]\n",
- "texts = [text.strip() for text in sports_dataset['data']]\n",
- "df = pd.DataFrame(zip(texts, labels), columns = ['prompt','completion']) #[:300]\n",
- "df.head()"
- ],
- "outputs": [
- {
- "output_type": "execute_result",
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- " prompt completion\n",
- "0 From: dougb@comm.mot.com (Doug Bank)\\nSubject:... baseball\n",
- "1 From: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)... hockey\n",
- "2 From: rudy@netcom.com (Rudy Wade)\\nSubject: Re... baseball\n",
- "3 From: monack@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (david... hockey\n",
- "4 Subject: Let it be Known\\nFrom: \n",
- "\n",
- "\n",
- " \n",
- "
\n",
- ""
- ]
- },
- "metadata": {},
- "execution_count": 5
- }
- ],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "source": [
- "Both baseball and hockey are single tokens. We save the dataset as a jsonl file."
- ],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 6,
- "source": [
- "df.to_json(\"sport2.jsonl\", orient='records', lines=True)"
- ],
- "outputs": [],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "source": [
- "### Data Preparation tool\n",
- "We can now use a data preparation tool which will suggest a few improvements to our dataset before fine-tuning. Before launching the tool we update the openai library to ensure we're using the latest data preparation tool. We additionally specify `-q` which auto-accepts all suggestions."
- ],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 7,
- "source": [
- "!pip install --upgrade openai"
- ],
- "outputs": [],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 8,
- "source": [
- "!openai tools fine_tunes.prepare_data -f sport2.jsonl -q"
- ],
- "outputs": [
- {
- "output_type": "stream",
- "name": "stdout",
- "text": [
- "Analyzing...\n",
- "\n",
- "- Your file contains 1197 prompt-completion pairs\n",
- "- Based on your data it seems like you're trying to fine-tune a model for classification\n",
- "- For classification, we recommend you try one of the faster and cheaper models, such as `ada`\n",
- "- For classification, you can estimate the expected model performance by keeping a held out dataset, which is not used for training\n",
- "- There are 11 examples that are very long. These are rows: [134, 200, 281, 320, 404, 595, 704, 838, 1113, 1139, 1174]\n",
- "For conditional generation, and for classification the examples shouldn't be longer than 2048 tokens.\n",
- "- Your data does not contain a common separator at the end of your prompts. Having a separator string appended to the end of the prompt makes it clearer to the fine-tuned model where the completion should begin. See https://beta.openai.com/docs/guides/fine-tuning/preparing-your-dataset for more detail and examples. If you intend to do open-ended generation, then you should leave the prompts empty\n",
- "- The completion should start with a whitespace character (` `). This tends to produce better results due to the tokenization we use. See https://beta.openai.com/docs/guides/fine-tuning/preparing-your-dataset for more details\n",
- "\n",
- "Based on the analysis we will perform the following actions:\n",
- "- [Recommended] Remove 11 long examples [Y/n]: Y\n",
- "- [Recommended] Add a suffix separator `\\n\\n###\\n\\n` to all prompts [Y/n]: Y\n",
- "- [Recommended] Add a whitespace character to the beginning of the completion [Y/n]: Y\n",
- "- [Recommended] Would you like to split into training and validation set? [Y/n]: Y\n",
- "\n",
- "\n",
- "Your data will be written to a new JSONL file. Proceed [Y/n]: Y\n",
- "\n",
- "Wrote modified files to `sport2_prepared_train.jsonl` and `sport2_prepared_valid.jsonl`\n",
- "Feel free to take a look!\n",
- "\n",
- "Now use that file when fine-tuning:\n",
- "> openai api fine_tunes.create -t \"sport2_prepared_train.jsonl\" -v \"sport2_prepared_valid.jsonl\" --compute_classification_metrics --classification_positive_class \" baseball\"\n",
- "\n",
- "After you’ve fine-tuned a model, remember that your prompt has to end with the indicator string `\\n\\n###\\n\\n` for the model to start generating completions, rather than continuing with the prompt.\n",
- "Once your model starts training, it'll approximately take 30.8 minutes to train a `curie` model, and less for `ada` and `babbage`. Queue will approximately take half an hour per job ahead of you.\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "source": [
- "The tool helpfully suggests a few improvements to the dataset and splits the dataset into training and validation set.\n",
- "\n",
- "A suffix between a prompt and a completion is necessary to tell the model that the input text has stopped, and that it now needs to predict the class. Since we use the same separator in each example, the model is able to learn that it is meant to predict either baseball or hockey following the separator.\n",
- "A whitespace prefix in completions is useful, as most word tokens are tokenized with a space prefix.\n",
- "The tool also recognized that this is likely a classification task, so it suggested to split the dataset into training and validation datasets. This will allow us to easily measure expected performance on new data."
- ],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "source": [
- "## Fine-tuning\n",
- "The tool suggests we run the following command to train the dataset. Since this is a classification task, we would like to know what the generalization performance on the provided validation set is for our classification use case. The tool suggests to add `--compute_classification_metrics --classification_positive_class \" baseball\"` in order to compute the classification metrics.\n",
- "\n",
- "We can simply copy the suggested command from the CLI tool. We specifically add `-m ada` to fine-tune a cheaper and faster ada model, which is usually comperable in performance to slower and more expensive models on classification use cases. "
- ],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 9,
- "source": [
- "!openai api fine_tunes.create -t \"sport2_prepared_train.jsonl\" -v \"sport2_prepared_valid.jsonl\" --compute_classification_metrics --classification_positive_class \" baseball\" -m ada"
- ],
- "outputs": [
- {
- "output_type": "stream",
- "name": "stdout",
- "text": [
- "Upload progress: 100%|████████████████████| 1.52M/1.52M [00:00<00:00, 1.81Mit/s]\n",
- "Uploaded file from sport2_prepared_train.jsonl: file-Dxx2xJqyjcwlhfDHpZdmCXlF\n",
- "Upload progress: 100%|███████████████████████| 388k/388k [00:00<00:00, 507kit/s]\n",
- "Uploaded file from sport2_prepared_valid.jsonl: file-Mvb8YAeLnGdneSAFcfiVcgcN\n",
- "Created fine-tune: ft-2zaA7qi0rxJduWQpdvOvmGn3\n",
- "Streaming events until fine-tuning is complete...\n",
- "\n",
- "(Ctrl-C will interrupt the stream, but not cancel the fine-tune)\n",
- "[2021-07-30 13:15:50] Created fine-tune: ft-2zaA7qi0rxJduWQpdvOvmGn3\n",
- "[2021-07-30 13:15:52] Fine-tune enqueued. Queue number: 0\n",
- "[2021-07-30 13:15:56] Fine-tune started\n",
- "[2021-07-30 13:18:55] Completed epoch 1/4\n",
- "[2021-07-30 13:20:47] Completed epoch 2/4\n",
- "[2021-07-30 13:22:40] Completed epoch 3/4\n",
- "[2021-07-30 13:24:31] Completed epoch 4/4\n",
- "[2021-07-30 13:26:22] Uploaded model: ada:ft-openai-2021-07-30-12-26-20\n",
- "[2021-07-30 13:26:27] Uploaded result file: file-6Ki9RqLQwkChGsr9CHcr1ncg\n",
- "[2021-07-30 13:26:28] Fine-tune succeeded\n",
- "\n",
- "Job complete! Status: succeeded 🎉\n",
- "Try out your fine-tuned model:\n",
- "\n",
- "openai api completions.create -m ada:ft-openai-2021-07-30-12-26-20 -p \n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "source": [
- "The model is successfully trained in about ten minutes. We can see the model name is `ada:ft-openai-2021-07-30-12-26-20`, which we can use for doing inference."
- ],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "source": [
- "### [Advanced] Results and expected model performance\n",
- "We can now download the results file to observe the expected performance on a held out validation set."
- ],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 10,
- "source": [
- "!openai api fine_tunes.results -i ft-2zaA7qi0rxJduWQpdvOvmGn3 > result.csv"
- ],
- "outputs": [],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 11,
- "source": [
- "results = pd.read_csv('result.csv')\n",
- "results[results['classification/accuracy'].notnull()].tail(1)"
- ],
- "outputs": [
- {
- "output_type": "execute_result",
- "data": {
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- "929 930 3027688 3720 0.044408 \n",
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- " training_sequence_accuracy training_token_accuracy \\\n",
- "929 1.0 1.0 \n",
- "\n",
- " classification/accuracy classification/precision classification/recall \\\n",
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- ],
- "metadata": {}
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- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "source": [
- "The accuracy reaches 99.6%. On the plot below we can see how accuracy on the validation set increases during the training run. "
- ],
- "metadata": {}
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 12,
- "source": [
- "results[results['classification/accuracy'].notnull()]['classification/accuracy'].plot()"
- ],
- "outputs": [
- {
- "output_type": "execute_result",
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- "source": [
- "## Using the model\n",
- "We can now call the model to get the predictions."
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- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 13,
- "source": [
- "test = pd.read_json('sport2_prepared_valid.jsonl', lines=True)\n",
- "test.head()"
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- "outputs": [
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- "output_type": "execute_result",
- "data": {
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- " prompt completion\n",
- "0 From: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)... hockey\n",
- "1 From: smorris@venus.lerc.nasa.gov (Ron Morris ... hockey\n",
- "2 From: golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Geral... hockey\n",
- "3 From: krattige@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Kim Krattig... baseball\n",
- "4 From: warped@cs.montana.edu (Doug Dolven)\\nSub... baseball"
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- " JSON: {\n",
- " \" baseball\": -7.6311407,\n",
- " \" hockey\": -0.0006307676\n",
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- "metadata": {},
- "execution_count": 15
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- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "source": [
- "We can see that the model predicts hockey as a lot more likely than baseball, which is the correct prediction. By requesting log_probs, we can see the prediction (log) probability for each class."
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- "### Generalization\n",
- "Interestingly, our fine-tuned classifier is quite versatile. Despite being trained on emails to different mailing lists, it also successfully predicts tweets."
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- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 16,
- "source": [
- "sample_hockey_tweet = \"\"\"Thank you to the \n",
- "@Canes\n",
- " and all you amazing Caniacs that have been so supportive! You guys are some of the best fans in the NHL without a doubt! Really excited to start this new chapter in my career with the \n",
- "@DetroitRedWings\n",
- " !!\"\"\"\n",
- "res = openai.Completion.create(model=ft_model, prompt=sample_hockey_tweet + '\\n\\n###\\n\\n', max_tokens=1, temperature=0, logprobs=2)\n",
- "res['choices'][0]['text']"
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- "outputs": [
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- "output_type": "execute_result",
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- "' hockey'"
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- "metadata": {},
- "execution_count": 16
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- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 17,
- "source": [
- "sample_baseball_tweet=\"\"\"BREAKING: The Tampa Bay Rays are finalizing a deal to acquire slugger Nelson Cruz from the Minnesota Twins, sources tell ESPN.\"\"\"\n",
- "res = openai.Completion.create(model=ft_model, prompt=sample_baseball_tweet + '\\n\\n###\\n\\n', max_tokens=1, temperature=0, logprobs=2)\n",
- "res['choices'][0]['text']"
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- "outputs": [
- {
- "output_type": "execute_result",
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- "' baseball'"
- ]
- },
- "metadata": {},
- "execution_count": 17
- }
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- "# 1. Collect Wikipedia data about Olympic Games 2020\n",
- "\n",
- "The idea of this project is to create a question answering model, based on a few paragraphs of provided text. Base GPT-3 models do a good job at answering questions when the answer is contained within the paragraph, however if the answer isn't contained, the base models tend to try their best to answer anyway, often leading to confabulated answers. \n",
- "\n",
- "To create a model which answers questions only if there is sufficient context for doing so, we first create a dataset of questions and answers based on paragraphs of text. In order to train the model to answer only when the answer is present, we also add adversarial examples, where the question doesn't match the context. In those cases, we ask the model to output \"No sufficient context for answering the question\". \n",
- "\n",
- "We will perform this task in three notebooks:\n",
- "1. The first (this) notebook focuses on collecting recent data, which GPT-3 didn't see during it's pre-training. We picked the topic of Olympic Games 2020 (which actually took place in the summer of 2021), and downloaded 713 unique pages. We organized the dataset by individual sections, which will serve as context for asking and answering the questions.\n",
- "2. The [second notebook](olympics-2-create-qa.ipynb) will utilize Davinci-instruct to ask a few questions based on a Wikipedia section, as well as answer those questions, based on that section.\n",
- "3. The [third notebook](olympics-3-train-qa.ipynb) will utilize the dataset of context, question and answer pairs to additionally create adversarial questions and context pairs, where the question was not generated on that context. In those cases the model will be prompted to answer \"No sufficient context for answering the question\". We will also train a discriminator model, which predicts whether the question can be answered based on the context or not."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "## 1.1 Data extraction using the wikipedia API\n",
- "Extracting the data will take about half an hour, and processing will likely take about as much."
- ]
- },
- {
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- "source": [
- "import pandas as pd\n",
- "import wikipedia\n",
- "\n",
- "\n",
- "def filter_olympic_2020_titles(titles):\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " Get the titles which are related to Olympic games hosted in 2020, given a list of titles\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " titles = [title for title in titles if '2020' in title and 'olympi' in title.lower()]\n",
- " \n",
- " return titles\n",
- "\n",
- "def get_wiki_page(title):\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " Get the wikipedia page given a title\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " try:\n",
- " return wikipedia.page(title)\n",
- " except wikipedia.exceptions.DisambiguationError as e:\n",
- " return wikipedia.page(e.options[0])\n",
- " except wikipedia.exceptions.PageError as e:\n",
- " return None\n",
- "\n",
- "def recursively_find_all_pages(titles, titles_so_far=set()):\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " Recursively find all the pages that are linked to the Wikipedia titles in the list\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " all_pages = []\n",
- " \n",
- " titles = list(set(titles) - titles_so_far)\n",
- " titles = filter_olympic_2020_titles(titles)\n",
- " titles_so_far.update(titles)\n",
- " for title in titles:\n",
- " page = get_wiki_page(title)\n",
- " if page is None:\n",
- " continue\n",
- " all_pages.append(page)\n",
- "\n",
- " new_pages = recursively_find_all_pages(page.links, titles_so_far)\n",
- " for pg in new_pages:\n",
- " if pg.title not in [p.title for p in all_pages]:\n",
- " all_pages.append(pg)\n",
- " titles_so_far.update(page.links)\n",
- " return all_pages\n",
- "\n",
- "\n",
- "pages = recursively_find_all_pages([\"2020 Summer Olympics\"])\n",
- "len(pages)"
- ]
- },
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- "source": [
- "## 1.2 Filtering the Wikipedia pages and splitting them into sections by headings\n",
- "We remove sections unlikely to contain textual information, and ensure that each section is not longer than the token limit"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
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- "('Bermuda at the 2020 Summer Olympics',\n",
- " 'Equestrian',\n",
- " \"Bermuda entered one dressage rider into the Olympic competition by finishing in the top four, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Groups D and E (North, Central, and South America), marking the country's recurrence to the sport after an eight-year absence. The quota was later withdrawn, following an injury of Annabelle Collins' main horse Joyero and a failure to obtain minimum eligibility requirements (MER) aboard a new horse Chuppy Checker.\",\n",
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- },
- "execution_count": 2,
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- ],
- "source": [
- "\n",
- "import re\n",
- "from typing import Set\n",
- "from transformers import GPT2TokenizerFast\n",
- "\n",
- "import numpy as np\n",
- "from nltk.tokenize import sent_tokenize\n",
- "\n",
- "tokenizer = GPT2TokenizerFast.from_pretrained(\"gpt2\")\n",
- "\n",
- "def count_tokens(text: str) -> int:\n",
- " \"\"\"count the number of tokens in a string\"\"\"\n",
- " return len(tokenizer.encode(text))\n",
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- "def reduce_long(\n",
- " long_text: str, long_text_tokens: bool = False, max_len: int = 590\n",
- ") -> str:\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " Reduce a long text to a maximum of `max_len` tokens by potentially cutting at a sentence end\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " if not long_text_tokens:\n",
- " long_text_tokens = count_tokens(long_text)\n",
- " if long_text_tokens > max_len:\n",
- " sentences = sent_tokenize(long_text.replace(\"\\n\", \" \"))\n",
- " ntokens = 0\n",
- " for i, sentence in enumerate(sentences):\n",
- " ntokens += 1 + count_tokens(sentence)\n",
- " if ntokens > max_len:\n",
- " return \". \".join(sentences[:i][:-1]) + \".\"\n",
- "\n",
- " return long_text\n",
- "\n",
- "discard_categories = ['See also', 'References', 'External links', 'Further reading', \"Footnotes\",\n",
- " \"Bibliography\", \"Sources\", \"Citations\", \"Literature\", \"Footnotes\", \"Notes and references\",\n",
- " \"Photo gallery\", \"Works cited\", \"Photos\", \"Gallery\", \"Notes\", \"References and sources\",\n",
- " \"References and notes\",]\n",
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- "def extract_sections(\n",
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- " title: str,\n",
- " max_len: int = 1500,\n",
- " discard_categories: Set[str] = discard_categories,\n",
- ") -> str:\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " Extract the sections of a Wikipedia page, discarding the the references and other low information sections\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " if len(wiki_text) == 0:\n",
- " return []\n",
- "\n",
- " # find all headings and the coresponding contents\n",
- " headings = re.findall(\"==+ .* ==+\", wiki_text)\n",
- " for heading in headings:\n",
- " wiki_text = wiki_text.replace(heading, \"==+ !! ==+\")\n",
- " contents = wiki_text.split(\"==+ !! ==+\")\n",
- " contents = [c.strip() for c in contents]\n",
- " assert len(headings) == len(contents) - 1\n",
- "\n",
- " cont = contents.pop(0).strip()\n",
- " outputs = [(title, \"Summary\", cont, count_tokens(cont)+4)]\n",
- " \n",
- " # discard the discard categories, accounting for a tree structure\n",
- " max_level = 100\n",
- " keep_group_level = max_level\n",
- " remove_group_level = max_level\n",
- " nheadings, ncontents = [], []\n",
- " for heading, content in zip(headings, contents):\n",
- " plain_heading = \" \".join(heading.split(\" \")[1:-1])\n",
- " num_equals = len(heading.split(\" \")[0])\n",
- " if num_equals <= keep_group_level:\n",
- " keep_group_level = max_level\n",
- "\n",
- " if num_equals > remove_group_level:\n",
- " if (\n",
- " num_equals <= keep_group_level\n",
- " ):\n",
- " continue\n",
- " keep_group_level = max_level\n",
- " if plain_heading in discard_categories:\n",
- " remove_group_level = num_equals\n",
- " keep_group_level = max_level\n",
- " continue\n",
- " nheadings.append(heading.replace(\"=\", \"\").strip())\n",
- " ncontents.append(content)\n",
- " remove_group_level = max_level\n",
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- " # count the tokens of each section\n",
- " ncontent_ntokens = [\n",
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- " + 3\n",
- " + count_tokens(\" \".join(h.split(\" \")[1:-1]))\n",
- " - (1 if len(c) == 0 else 0)\n",
- " for h, c in zip(nheadings, ncontents)\n",
- " ]\n",
- "\n",
- " # Create a tuple of (title, section_name, content, number of tokens)\n",
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- " res += extract_sections(page.content, page.title)\n",
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- "### Save the section dataset\n",
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- "United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics 46\n",
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- "| \n", - " | title | \n", - "heading | \n", - "content | \n", - "tokens | \n", - "
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics | \n", - "Summary | \n", - "The 2020 Summer Olympics (Japanese: 2020年夏季オリン... | \n", - "713 | \n", - "
| 1 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics | \n", - "Host city selection | \n", - "The International Olympic Committee (IOC) vote... | \n", - "126 | \n", - "
| 2 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics | \n", - "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic | \n", - "In January 2020, concerns were raised about th... | \n", - "369 | \n", - "
| 3 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics | \n", - "Qualifying event cancellation and postponement | \n", - "Concerns about the pandemic began to affect qu... | \n", - "298 | \n", - "
| 4 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics | \n", - "Effect on doping tests | \n", - "Mandatory doping tests were being severely res... | \n", - "163 | \n", - "
"
- ]
- },
- "metadata": {
- "needs_background": "light"
- },
- "output_type": "display_data"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "import pandas as pd\n",
- "from matplotlib import pyplot as plt\n",
- "\n",
- "df = pd.read_csv('olympics-data/olympics_sections.csv')\n",
- "df[['tokens']].hist()\n",
- "# add axis descriptions and title\n",
- "plt.xlabel('Number of tokens')\n",
- "plt.ylabel('Number of Wikipedia sections')\n",
- "plt.title('Distribution of number of tokens in Wikipedia sections')\n",
- "plt.show()"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "We can see that the majority of section are fairly short (less than 500 tokens)."
+ "This code example has moved. You can now find it in the [OpenAI Cookbook](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook) at [examples/fine-tuned_qa/](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/tree/main/examples/fine-tuned_qa)."
]
}
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+ "language": "python",
"name": "python3"
},
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+ }
+ }
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diff --git a/examples/finetuning/olympics-2-create-qa.ipynb b/examples/finetuning/olympics-2-create-qa.ipynb
index 9834cec85b..a0c55d438e 100644
--- a/examples/finetuning/olympics-2-create-qa.ipynb
+++ b/examples/finetuning/olympics-2-create-qa.ipynb
@@ -4,732 +4,14 @@
"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
- "# 2. Creating a synthetic Q&A dataset\n",
- "We use [`davinci-instruct-beta-v2`](https://beta.openai.com/docs/engines/instruct-series-beta), a model specialized in following instructions, to create questions based on the given context. Then we also use [`davinci-instruct-beta-v2`](https://beta.openai.com/docs/engines/instruct-series-beta) to answer those questions, given the same context. \n",
- "\n",
- "This is expensive, and will also take a long time, as we call the davinci engine for each section. You can simply download the final dataset instead.\n",
- "\n",
- "We're using the dataset created using the [previous notebook](olympics-1-collect-data.ipynb)"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "## 2.1 Read in the data, and create a context\n",
- "Create a context by concatenating the title, the heading and the content of that section"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 1,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/html": [
- "
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- "\n",
- "\n",
- " \n",
- "
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- "
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- ],
- "text/plain": [
- " title heading \\\n",
- "0 2020 Summer Olympics Summary \n",
- "1 2020 Summer Olympics Host city selection \n",
- "2 2020 Summer Olympics Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic \n",
- "3 2020 Summer Olympics Qualifying event cancellation and postponement \n",
- "4 2020 Summer Olympics Effect on doping tests \n",
- "\n",
- " content tokens \\\n",
- "0 The 2020 Summer Olympics (Japanese: 2020年夏季オリン... 713 \n",
- "1 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) vote... 126 \n",
- "2 In January 2020, concerns were raised about th... 369 \n",
- "3 Concerns about the pandemic began to affect qu... 298 \n",
- "4 Mandatory doping tests were being severely res... 163 \n",
- "\n",
- " context \n",
- "0 2020 Summer Olympics\\nSummary\\n\\nThe 2020 Summ... \n",
- "1 2020 Summer Olympics\\nHost city selection\\n\\nT... \n",
- "2 2020 Summer Olympics\\nImpact of the COVID-19 p... \n",
- "3 2020 Summer Olympics\\nQualifying event cancell... \n",
- "4 2020 Summer Olympics\\nEffect on doping tests\\n... "
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 1,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "import pandas as pd\n",
- "df = pd.read_csv('olympics-data/olympics_sections.csv')\n",
- "df['context'] = df.title + \"\\n\" + df.heading + \"\\n\\n\" + df.content\n",
- "df.head()"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "## 2.2 Create questions based on the context\n",
- "Use davinci-instruct to generate a number of plausible questions relating to the Wikipedia section contents.\n",
- "\n",
- "Note: We have used temperature=0, but it may be beneficial to experiment with a higher temperature to get a higher diversity of questions.\n",
- "\n",
- "**WARNING: This step will last a long time, and consume a lot of tokens, as it calls davinci-instruct for every section to generate a number of questions.**"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 2,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- "1. What is the 2020 Summer Olympics?\n",
- "2. When did the 2020 Summer Olympics take place?\n",
- "3. Who won the most medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics?\n",
- "4. Who won the most gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics?\n",
- "5. Who won the most medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics?\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "import openai\n",
- "\n",
- "def get_questions(context):\n",
- " try:\n",
- " response = openai.Completion.create(\n",
- " engine=\"davinci-instruct-beta-v2\",\n",
- " prompt=f\"Write questions based on the text below\\n\\nText: {context}\\n\\nQuestions:\\n1.\",\n",
- " temperature=0,\n",
- " max_tokens=257,\n",
- " top_p=1,\n",
- " frequency_penalty=0,\n",
- " presence_penalty=0,\n",
- " stop=[\"\\n\\n\"]\n",
- " )\n",
- " return response['choices'][0]['text']\n",
- " except:\n",
- " return \"\"\n",
- "\n",
- "\n",
- "df['questions']= df.context.apply(get_questions)\n",
- "df['questions'] = \"1.\" + df.questions\n",
- "print(df[['questions']].values[0][0])"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "The prompt is designed to generate a number of questions. Example questions above were generated based on the summary section of the 2020 Summer Olympics page.\n",
- "\n",
- "We can observe that the questions 3 and 5 above repeat. Sometimes the generated questions could be ambiguous without the context. We will show that even despite these limitations we can create a successful model."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 3,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- "The 2020 Summer Olympics (Japanese: 2020年夏季オリンピック, Hepburn: Nisen Nijū-nen Kaki Orinpikku), officially the Games of the XXXII Olympiad (第三十二回オリンピック競技大会, Dai Sanjūni-kai Orinpikku Kyōgi Taikai) and branded as Tokyo 2020 (東京2020, Tōkyō Nii Zero Nii Zero), was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.\n",
- "Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the event was postponed to 2021 in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first such instance in the history of the Olympic Games (previous games had been cancelled but not rescheduled). However, the event retained the Tokyo 2020 name for marketing and branding purposes. It was largely held behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted due to the declaration of a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area in response to the pandemic. The Summer Paralympics were held between 24 August and 5 September 2021, 16 days after the completion of the Olympics.The 2020 Games were the fourth Olympic Games to be held in Japan, following the Tokyo 1964 (Summer), Sapporo 1972 (Winter) and Nagano 1998 (Winter) games. Tokyo is the first city in Asia to hold the Summer Games twice. The 2020 Games were the second of three consecutive Olympics to be held in East Asia, following the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea and preceding the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.\n",
- "New events were introduced in existing sports for 2020, including 3x3 basketball, freestyle BMX and mixed gender team events in a number of existing sports, as well as the return of madison cycling for men and an introduction of the same event for women. New IOC policies also allowed the host organizing committee to add new sports to the Olympic program for just one Games. The disciplines added by the Japanese Olympic Committee were baseball and softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding, the last four of which made their Olympic debuts, and the last three of which will remain on the Olympic program.The United States topped the medal count by both total golds (39) and total medals (113), with China finishing second by both respects (38 and 88). Host nation Japan finished third, setting a record for the most gold medals and total medals ever won by their delegation at an Olympic Games with 27 and 58. Great Britain finished fourth, with a total of 22 gold and 65 medals, becoming the first nation at the Summer Olympics to increase or equal their total medals won in the two Games subsequent to hosting them. The Russian delegation competing as the ROC (not to be confused with the Republic of China (Taiwan) which competed as Chinese Taipei, not ROC) finished fifth with 20 gold medals and third in the overall medal count, with 71 medals. Bermuda, the Philippines and Qatar won their first-ever Olympic gold medals. Burkina Faso, San Marino and Turkmenistan won their first-ever Olympic medals.\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "print(df.content.values[0])"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "## 2.3 Create answers based on the context\n",
- "Use davinci-instruct to answer the questions given the relevant Wikipedia section contents\n",
- "\n",
- "Note: We have used temperature=0, but it may be beneficial to experiment with a higher temperature to get a higher diversity of questions.\n",
- "\n",
- "**WARNING: This step will last a long time, and consume a lot of tokens, as it calls davinci-instruct for every section to answer all the questions.**"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 4,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- "1. The 2020 Summer Olympics is an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.\n",
- "2. The 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 23 July to 8 August 2021.\n",
- "3. The United States topped the medal count by both total golds (39) and total medals (113), with China finishing second by both respects (38 and 88).\n",
- "4. The United States topped the medal count by both total golds (39) and total medals (113), with China finishing second by both respects (38 and 88).\n",
- "5. The United States topped the medal count by both total golds (39) and total medals (113), with China finishing second by both respects (38 and 88).\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "def get_answers(row):\n",
- " try:\n",
- " response = openai.Completion.create(\n",
- " engine=\"davinci-instruct-beta-v2\",\n",
- " prompt=f\"Write questions based on the text below\\n\\nText: {row.context}\\n\\nQuestions:\\n{row.questions}\\n\\nAnswers:\\n1.\",\n",
- " temperature=0,\n",
- " max_tokens=257,\n",
- " top_p=1,\n",
- " frequency_penalty=0,\n",
- " presence_penalty=0\n",
- " )\n",
- " return response['choices'][0]['text']\n",
- " except Exception as e:\n",
- " print (e)\n",
- " return \"\"\n",
- "\n",
- "\n",
- "df['answers']= df.apply(get_answers, axis=1)\n",
- "df['answers'] = \"1.\" + df.answers\n",
- "df = df.dropna().reset_index().drop('index',axis=1)\n",
- "print(df[['answers']].values[0][0])"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "These are the answers to the questions above based on the context around the host city selection. \n",
- "\n",
- "We can see that answers 3-5 contain the correct answer, but instead of answering the question directly, the answer is a verbatim extraction. Despite these occasional lower quality answers, we will show that the model can learn the task reasonably well, given a high number of examples."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "## 2.4 Save the Olympics Q&A dataset based on Wikipedia sections\n",
- "We save the file for use in the [next notebook](olympics-3-train-qa.ipynb)"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 5,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [],
- "source": [
- "df.to_csv('olympics-data/olympics_qa.csv', index=False)"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "## 2.5 Search file\n",
- "We create a search file ([API reference](https://beta.openai.com/docs/api-reference/files/list)), which can be used to retrieve the relevant context when a question is asked.\n"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 6,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [],
- "source": [
- "df = df[df.tokens<2000]\n",
- "df[['context', 'tokens']].rename(columns={'context':'text','tokens':'metadata'}).to_json('olympics-data/olympics_search.jsonl', orient='records', lines=True)\n",
- "\n",
- "search_file = openai.File.create(\n",
- " file=open(\"olympics-data/olympics_search.jsonl\"),\n",
- " purpose='search'\n",
- ")\n",
- "olympics_search_fileid = search_file['id']"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "## 2.6 Answer questions based on the context provided\n",
- "\n",
- "We will use a simple implementation of the answers endpoint. This works by simply using the [/search endpoint](https://beta.openai.com/docs/api-reference/searches), which searches over an indexed file to obtain the relevant sections which can be included in the context, following by a question and answering prompt given a specified model."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 7,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- "Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay\n",
- "Summary\n",
- "\n",
- "The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 5 and 6 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. There were 16 competing relay teams, with each team having 5 members from which 4 were selected in each round.\n",
- "\n",
- "###\n",
- "\n",
- "Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay\n",
- "Qualification\n",
- "\n",
- "National Olympic Committees (NOCs) could qualify one relay team in one of three following ways:\n",
- "The top 8 NOCs at the 2019 World Athletics Championships qualified a relay team.\n",
- "The top 8 NOCs at the 2021 World Athletics Relays qualified a relay team.\n",
- "Where an NOC placed in the top 8 at both the 2019 World Championships and the 2021 World Relays, the quota place was allocated to the world top list as of 29 June 2021. In this case, 4 teams did so, so there are 4 places available through the world rankings.A total of five athletes may be entered for a relay team. Should a NOC have also entered individual athletes in the corresponding individual event (100 m), the entered individual athletes must be included in the total of five (5) athletes entered for the relay event. In addition of five, NOCs can nominate a maximum of one alternate athlete for each team.\n",
- "The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Both indoor and outdoor meets are eligible. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period.\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "from answers_with_ft import create_context, answer_question\n",
- "print(create_context(\"Where did women's 4 x 100 metres relay event take place during the 2020 Summer Olympics?\", olympics_search_fileid, max_len=400))"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 8,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- "' Japan National Stadium'"
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 8,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "answer_question(olympics_search_fileid, \"davinci-instruct-beta-v2\", \n",
- " \"Where did women's 4 x 100 metres relay event take place during the 2020 Summer Olympics?\")"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "After we fine-tune the model for Q&A we'll be able to use it instead of [`davinci-instruct-beta-v2`](https://beta.openai.com/docs/engines/instruct-series-beta), to obtain better answers when the question can't be answered based on the context. We see a downside of [`davinci-instruct-beta-v2`](https://beta.openai.com/docs/engines/instruct-series-beta), which always attempts to answer the question, regardless of the relevant context being present or not. (Note the second question is asking about a future event, set in 2024.)"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 9,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- "' Japan National Stadium'"
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 9,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "answer_question(olympics_search_fileid, \"davinci-instruct-beta-v2\", \n",
- " \"Where did women's 4 x 100 metres relay event take place during the 2048 Summer Olympics?\", max_len=1000)"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "We can see that davinci has a tendency to answer the question, even if the question can't be answered given the context provided. Note the question asked regarding 2048 Summer Olympics, which didn't happen yet, and the retrieved content has only returned results for 2020."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "## 2.7 (Optional) Investigation into how likely the search endpoint is to return the relevant context"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 10,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- "(0, 58)\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "def check_context(title, heading, question, max_len=1800, search_model='ada', max_rerank=10):\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " Evaluate the performance of the search model in retrieving the correct context\n",
- "\n",
- " Parameters\n",
- " ----------\n",
- " title: str\n",
- " The title of the Wikipedia page\n",
- " heading: str\n",
- " The heading of the Wikipedia section\n",
- " qusetion: str\n",
- " The question\n",
- " max_len: int\n",
- " The maximum length of the context\n",
- " search_model: str\n",
- " The search model to use - `ada` is most cost effective\n",
- " max_rerank: int\n",
- " The maximum number of reranking documents to use the search model on\n",
- "\n",
- " Returns\n",
- " -------\n",
- " rank: int\n",
- " The rank of the correct context\n",
- " token_length: int\n",
- " The number of tokens needed to obtain the correct context\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " \n",
- " try:\n",
- " results = openai.Engine(search_model).search(\n",
- " search_model=search_model, \n",
- " query=question, \n",
- " max_rerank=max_rerank,\n",
- " file=olympics_search_fileid,\n",
- " return_metadata=True\n",
- " )\n",
- " index=-1\n",
- " returns = []\n",
- " cur_len = 0\n",
- " for result in results['data']:\n",
- " cur_len += int(result['metadata']) + 4 # we add 4 tokens for the separator `\\n\\n###\\n\\n`\n",
- " if cur_len > max_len:\n",
- " break\n",
- " returns.append(result['text'])\n",
- " res = result['text'].split('\\n')\n",
- " if res[0] == title and res[1] == heading:\n",
- " index = len(returns) - 1\n",
- " break\n",
- " return index, cur_len\n",
- " except Exception as e:\n",
- " #print (e)\n",
- " return []\n",
- "print(check_context(\"Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay\", \"Summary\", \"Where did women's 4 x 100 metres relay event take place during the 2020 Summer Olympics?\", max_len=10000))"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "We utilize the generated questions based on context to estimate how often we can retrieve the original context. These questions are noisy, so this is not a perfect estimate.\n",
- "\n",
- "Our questions and answers are prefixed with numbered bullet points, however due to the way they were generated, they are missing the first number, hence we add \"1.\" to the list of questions (and answers).\n",
- "\n",
- "We calculate the rank of the section retrieved using ada search, and the number of tokens in the context needed to retrieve the relevant section in full."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 11,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- "0 [(132, 27104), (-1, 22939), (8, 2151), (2, 121...\n",
- "1 [(4, 1737), (0, 130), (8, 744), (96, 17208), (...\n",
- "2 [(0, 373), (0, 373), (-1, 40610), (1, 570)]\n",
- "3 [(0, 302), (0, 302), (5, 968), (8, 1425)]\n",
- "4 [(0, 167), (0, 167), (2, 1442)]\n",
- "Name: ada, dtype: object"
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 12,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "ada_results = df.apply(lambda x: [\n",
- " check_context( x.title, \n",
- " x.heading, \n",
- " q[3:], # remove the number prefix\n",
- " max_len=1000000, # set a large number to get the full context \n",
- " search_model='ada', \n",
- " max_rerank=200,\n",
- " ) \n",
- " for q in (x.questions).split('\\n') # split the questions\n",
- " if len(q) >10 # remove the empty questions\n",
- " ], axis=1)\n",
- "ada_results.head()"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 13,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [],
- "source": [
- "out = pd.concat([ada_results], axis=1)\n",
- "out.columns = ['ada']\n",
- "out.to_csv('olympics-data/search_engine_results.csv')"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 14,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [],
- "source": [
- "def expand_lists(out):\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " Expand a pandas series containing lists into a series, where each list element becomes a value on its own\n",
- "\n",
- " Input is a row per paragraph, which has multiple questions\n",
- " Output is a row per question\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " cols = [pd.DataFrame(out[name].tolist()).stack().reset_index(level=1, drop=True).rename(name) for name in out.columns] \n",
- " return pd.concat(cols, axis=1)\n",
- "\n",
- "out_expanded = expand_lists(out)\n",
- "out_expanded['rank'] = out_expanded.ada.apply(lambda x: x[0] if x != [] else -2)\n",
- "out_expanded['tokens'] = out_expanded.ada.apply(lambda x: x[1] if x != [] else -2)\n"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 15,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- "74.3% of relevant paragraphs are retrieved within the first 2k tokens\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "within_2k = (out_expanded.tokens < 2000).mean()\n",
- "print(f\"{within_2k*100:.1f}% of relevant paragraphs are retrieved within the first 2k tokens\")"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "The relevant context can be obtained 74% of the time on this dataset"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 16,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "name": "stdout",
- "output_type": "stream",
- "text": [
- "7.4% of relevant paragraphs are not retrieved within the first 200 results\n"
- ]
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "outside_200 = (out_expanded['rank'] == -1).mean()\n",
- "print(f\"{outside_200*100:.1f}% of relevant paragraphs are not retrieved within the first 200 results\")"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "7.4% of the time, this is due to the keyword search part of the search algorithm not retrieving the relevant context within the first 200 results.\n",
- "18.3% of the time this is due to the semantic search not placing the relevant context within the first 2000 tokens."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 17,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
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| 2 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics | \n", - "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic | \n", - "In January 2020, concerns were raised about th... | \n", - "369 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics\\nImpact of the COVID-19 p... | \n", - "
| 3 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics | \n", - "Qualifying event cancellation and postponement | \n", - "Concerns about the pandemic began to affect qu... | \n", - "298 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics\\nQualifying event cancell... | \n", - "
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- "source": [
- "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
- "\n",
- "# plot a histogram, and add axis descriptions and title\n",
- "out_expanded[(out_expanded['rank'] >=0)&(out_expanded['rank'] <30)]['rank'].hist(bins=29)\n",
- "plt.xlabel('rank')\n",
- "plt.ylabel('count')\n",
- "plt.title('Histogram of ranks of retrieved paragraphs')\n",
- "plt.show()"
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- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 18,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
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- "out_expanded[(out_expanded.tokens>=0)&(out_expanded.tokens < 2000)]['tokens'].hist(bins=29)\n",
- "plt.xlabel('tokens')\n",
- "plt.ylabel('count')\n",
- "plt.title('Histogram of the number of minimum tokens needed')\n",
- "plt.show()"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "We can observe that the context is most likely to be returned as one of the first results, and most likely to be returned within the first 200-500 tokens."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 19,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
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- "-2 0.000063\n",
- "-1 0.074428\n",
- " 0 0.453420\n",
- " 1 0.089515\n",
- " 2 0.047146\n",
- " 3 0.032437\n",
- " 4 0.024139\n",
- " 5 0.019676\n",
- " 6 0.015967\n",
- " 7 0.013452\n",
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- " 9 0.009869\n",
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- },
- "execution_count": 20,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "# normalized value_counts\n",
- "out_expanded['rank'].value_counts(normalize=True).sort_index()[:13]"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "probabilities of the relevant context being returned at each rank. (-2 means a processing error, -1 means the rank is >200)"
+ "This code example has moved. You can now find it in the [OpenAI Cookbook](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook) at [examples/fine-tuned_qa/](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/tree/main/examples/fine-tuned_qa)."
]
}
],
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+ }
+ }
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diff --git a/examples/finetuning/olympics-3-train-qa.ipynb b/examples/finetuning/olympics-3-train-qa.ipynb
index 76fb3f3ca8..a0c55d438e 100644
--- a/examples/finetuning/olympics-3-train-qa.ipynb
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"cell_type": "markdown",
"metadata": {},
"source": [
- "# 3. Train a fine-tuning model specialized for Q&A\n",
- "This notebook will utilize the dataset of context, question and answer pairs to additionally create adversarial questions and context pairs, where the question was not generated on that context. In those cases the model will be prompted to answer \"No sufficient context for answering the question\". We will also train a discriminator model, which predicts whether the question can be answered based on the context or not.\n",
- "\n",
- "We will add hard adversarial examples as well, which will be based either on semantically similar sections, or neighbouring sections, originating from the same article."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 1,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/html": [
- " JSON: {\n",
- " \" no\": -10.819577,\n",
- " \" yes\": -2.045765e-05\n",
- " }]"
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 8,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "ft_discriminator = \"curie:ft-openai-internal-2021-08-23-23-58-57\"\n",
- "ft_qa = \"curie:ft-openai-internal-2021-08-23-17-54-10\"\n",
- "\n",
- "def apply_ft_discriminator(context, question, discriminator_model):\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " Apply the fine tuned discriminator to a question, to assess whether it can be answered from the context.\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " prompt = f\"{context}\\nQuestion: {question}\\n Related:\"\n",
- " result = openai.Completion.create(model=discriminator_model, prompt=prompt, max_tokens=1, temperature=0, top_p=1, n=1, logprobs=2)\n",
- " return result['choices'][0]['logprobs']['top_logprobs']\n",
- "\n",
- "apply_ft_discriminator('The first human-made object in space was the Soviet Union satellite Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957.', \n",
- " 'What was the first human-made object in space?', ft_discriminator)"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "We can see that the model can generalize well to different contexts and questions. "
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 9,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- "' The first human-made object in space was the Soviet Union satellite Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957'"
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 9,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "def apply_ft_qa_answer(context, question, answering_model):\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " Apply the fine tuned discriminator to a question\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " prompt = f\"{context}\\nQuestion: {question}\\nAnswer:\"\n",
- " result = openai.Completion.create(model=answering_model, prompt=prompt, max_tokens=30, temperature=0, top_p=1, n=1, stop=['.','\\n'])\n",
- " return result['choices'][0]['text']\n",
- "\n",
- "apply_ft_qa_answer('The first human-made object in space was the Soviet Union satellite Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957.', \n",
- " 'What was the first human-made object in space?', ft_qa)\n"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "We can see that the model can answer the question, when the context is appropriate."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 10,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- "' The Soviet Union was the first country to successfully launch a satellite into space'"
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 10,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "apply_ft_qa_answer('The first human-made object in space was the Soviet Union satellite Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957.',\n",
- " 'What is impressive about the Soviet Union?', ft_qa)"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 11,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- "' No appropriate context found to answer the question'"
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 11,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "apply_ft_qa_answer('The first human-made object in space was the Soviet Union satellite Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957.',\n",
- " 'How many cars were produced in the Soviet Union in 1970?', ft_qa)"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "We can see that the model knows when to answer the question, and when to say that insufficient context is present to answer the question."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "We can also combine a discriminator and a base model, or a fine-tuned Q&A model. Discriminator can essentially serve as a decision whether the question can be answered given the context or not."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 12,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- "' Weather could cause a sport event to have no crowd'"
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 12,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "def answer_question_conditionally(answering_model, discriminator_model, context, question, discriminator_logprob_yes_modifier=0):\n",
- " logprobs = apply_ft_discriminator(context, question, discriminator_model)\n",
- " yes_logprob = logprobs[' yes'] if ' yes' in logprobs else -100\n",
- " no_logprob = logprobs[' no'] if ' no' in logprobs else -100\n",
- " if yes_logprob + discriminator_logprob_yes_modifier < no_logprob:\n",
- " return \" No appropriate context found to answer the question based on the discriminator.\"\n",
- " return apply_ft_qa_answer(context, question, answering_model)\n",
- "answer_question_conditionally(ft_qa, ft_discriminator, \n",
- " \"Crowdless games are a rare although not unheard-of occurrence in sports. \\\n",
- " When they do occur, it is usually the result of events beyond the control \\\n",
- " of the teams or fans, such as weather-related concerns, public health concerns, \\\n",
- " or wider civil disturbances unrelated to the game. For instance, \\\n",
- " the COVID-19 pandemic caused many sports leagues around the world \\\n",
- " to be played behind closed doors.\",\n",
- " \"Could weather cause a sport event to have no crowd?\")"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "The above function illustrates how to potentially combine a discriminator and a fine-tuned Q&A model. This gives a more fine-grained control over how certain we want the model to be before it answers the question.\n",
- "\n",
- "We'll now take a look on how answers endpoint works - combining search to retrieve the relevant context from a knowledge base, and then using the fine-tuned Q&A model to answer the question."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "## 3.4 Answering the question based on a knowledge base\n",
- "Finally we can use a logic similar to the [/answers](https://beta.openai.com/docs/api-reference/answers) endpoint, where we first search for the relevant context, and then ask a Q&A model to answer the question given that context. If you'd like to see the implementation details, check out the [`answers_with_ft.py`](answers_with_ft.py) file."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 13,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- "\" Canada won the Women's football tournament at the 2020 Olympic games\""
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 13,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "from answers_with_ft import answer_question\n",
- "answer_question(olympics_search_fileid, ft_qa, \"Which country won the Women's football tournament at the 2020 Olympic games?\")"
+ "This code example has moved. You can now find it in the [OpenAI Cookbook](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook) at [examples/fine-tuned_qa/](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/tree/main/examples/fine-tuned_qa)."
]
}
],
"metadata": {
- "interpreter": {
- "hash": "be4b5d5b73a21c599de40d6deb1129796d12dc1cc33a738f7bac13269cfcafe8"
- },
"kernelspec": {
- "display_name": "Python 3.7.3 64-bit ('base': conda)",
+ "display_name": "Python 3.9.9 ('openai')",
+ "language": "python",
"name": "python3"
},
"language_info": {
@@ -628,9 +24,14 @@
"name": "python",
"nbconvert_exporter": "python",
"pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
- "version": "3.7.3"
+ "version": "3.9.9"
},
- "orig_nbformat": 4
+ "orig_nbformat": 4,
+ "vscode": {
+ "interpreter": {
+ "hash": "365536dcbde60510dc9073d6b991cd35db2d9bac356a11f5b64279a5e6708b97"
+ }
+ }
},
"nbformat": 4,
"nbformat_minor": 2
diff --git a/examples/semanticsearch/README.md b/examples/semanticsearch/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index b9a2d880d3..0000000000
--- a/examples/semanticsearch/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# semanticsearch
-
-A client-side implementation of our semantic search endpoint (https://beta.openai.com/docs/api-reference/search).
-
-Our endpoint has a special fast implementation of this logic which
-makes it very fast for calls involving many documents, so we recommend
-using our implementation rather than this one for latency-sensitive
-workloads.
-
-We encourage you to try different variants of this client-side logic
--- we don't think our setup is likely optimal at all!
-
-## Sample usage
-
-The following usage will run a client-side semantic search. This
-formats each document into a prompt asking the API for the document's
-relevance, and then post-processes the logprobs to derive relevance
-scores:
-
-```
-$ ./semanticsearch.py -q 'positive emotion' -d happy -d sad
-[client-side semantic search] {'object': 'list', 'data': [{'object': 'search_result', 'document': 0, 'score': 204.448}, {'object': 'search_result', 'document': 1, 'score': 108.208}], 'model': 'ada:2020-05-03'}
-```
-
-We run the exact same logic server-side:
-
-```
-$ ./semanticsearch.py -q 'positive emotion' -d happy -d sad -s
-[server-side semantic search] {'object': 'list', 'data': [{'object': 'search_result', 'document': 0, 'score': 204.448}, {'object': 'search_result', 'document': 1, 'score': 108.208}], 'model': 'ada:2020-05-03'}
-```
diff --git a/examples/semanticsearch/semanticsearch.py b/examples/semanticsearch/semanticsearch.py
deleted file mode 100755
index bceb4c55d2..0000000000
--- a/examples/semanticsearch/semanticsearch.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-import argparse
-import logging
-import sys
-from typing import List
-
-import openai
-
-logger = logging.getLogger()
-formatter = logging.Formatter("[%(asctime)s] [%(process)d] %(message)s")
-handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
-handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-logger.addHandler(handler)
-
-DEFAULT_COND_LOGP_TEMPLATE = (
- "<|endoftext|>{document}\n\n---\n\nThe above passage is related to: {query}"
-)
-SCORE_MULTIPLIER = 100.0
-
-
-class SearchScorer:
- def __init__(
- self, *, document, query, cond_logp_template=DEFAULT_COND_LOGP_TEMPLATE
- ):
- self.document = document
- self.query = query
- self.cond_logp_template = cond_logp_template
- self.context = self.cond_logp_template.format(
- document=self.document, query=self.query
- )
-
- def get_context(self):
- return self.context
-
- def get_score(self, choice) -> float:
- assert choice.text == self.context
- logprobs: List[float] = choice.logprobs.token_logprobs
- text = choice.logprobs.tokens
- text_len = sum(len(token) for token in text)
- if text_len != len(self.context):
- raise RuntimeError(
- f"text_len={text_len}, len(self.context)={len(self.context)}"
- )
- total_len = 0
- last_used = len(text)
- while total_len < len(self.query):
- assert last_used > 0
- total_len += len(text[last_used - 1])
- last_used -= 1
- max_len = len(self.context) - self.cond_logp_template.index("{document}")
- assert total_len + len(self.document) <= max_len
- logits: List[float] = logprobs[last_used:]
- return sum(logits) / len(logits) * SCORE_MULTIPLIER
-
-
-def semantic_search(engine, query, documents):
- # add empty document as baseline
- scorers = [
- SearchScorer(document=document, query=query) for document in [""] + documents
- ]
- completion = openai.Completion.create(
- engine=engine,
- prompt=[scorer.get_context() for scorer in scorers],
- max_tokens=0,
- logprobs=0,
- echo=True,
- )
- # put the documents back in order so we can easily normalize by the empty document 0
- data = sorted(completion.choices, key=lambda choice: choice.index)
- assert len(scorers) == len(
- data
- ), f"len(scorers)={len(scorers)} len(data)={len(data)}"
- scores = [scorer.get_score(choice) for scorer, choice in zip(scorers, data)]
- # subtract score for empty document
- scores = [score - scores[0] for score in scores][1:]
- data = {
- "object": "list",
- "data": [
- {
- "object": "search_result",
- "document": document_idx,
- "score": round(score, 3),
- }
- for document_idx, score in enumerate(scores)
- ],
- "model": completion.model,
- }
- return data
-
-
-def main():
- parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=None)
- parser.add_argument(
- "-v",
- "--verbose",
- action="count",
- dest="verbosity",
- default=0,
- help="Set verbosity.",
- )
- parser.add_argument("-e", "--engine", default="ada")
- parser.add_argument("-q", "--query", required=True)
- parser.add_argument("-d", "--document", action="append", required=True)
- parser.add_argument("-s", "--server-side", action="store_true")
- args = parser.parse_args()
-
- if args.verbosity == 1:
- logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
- elif args.verbosity >= 2:
- logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-
- if args.server_side:
- resp = openai.Engine(id=args.engine).search(
- query=args.query, documents=args.document
- )
- resp = resp.to_dict_recursive()
- print(f"[server-side semantic search] {resp}")
- else:
- resp = semantic_search(args.engine, query=args.query, documents=args.document)
- print(f"[client-side semantic search] {resp}")
-
- return 0
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
- sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/openai/__init__.py b/openai/__init__.py
index 554af337ab..091e4830dd 100644
--- a/openai/__init__.py
+++ b/openai/__init__.py
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@
organization = os.environ.get("OPENAI_ORGANIZATION")
api_base = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_BASE", "https://api.openai.com/v1")
api_type = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_TYPE", "open_ai")
-api_version = "2022-03-01-preview" if api_type in (
- "azure", "azure_ad", "azuread") else None
+api_version = (
+ "2022-03-01-preview" if api_type in ("azure", "azure_ad", "azuread") else None
+)
verify_ssl_certs = True # No effect. Certificates are always verified.
proxy = None
app_info = None
diff --git a/openai/api_resources/abstract/api_resource.py b/openai/api_resources/abstract/api_resource.py
index c1091554ef..dd13fcbf0e 100644
--- a/openai/api_resources/abstract/api_resource.py
+++ b/openai/api_resources/abstract/api_resource.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def instance_url(self, operation=None):
self.azure_api_prefix,
base,
extn,
- api_version
+ api_version,
)
return "/%s/%s/%s/%s?api-version=%s" % (
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def instance_url(self, operation=None):
self.azure_deployments_prefix,
extn,
operation,
- api_version
+ api_version,
)
elif self.typed_api_type == ApiType.OPEN_AI:
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ def instance_url(self, operation=None):
return "%s/%s" % (base, extn)
else:
- raise error.InvalidAPIType(
- "Unsupported API type %s" % self.api_type)
+ raise error.InvalidAPIType("Unsupported API type %s" % self.api_type)
# The `method_` and `url_` arguments are suffixed with an underscore to
# avoid conflicting with actual request parameters in `params`.
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ def _static_request(
api_version=api_version,
organization=organization,
api_base=api_base,
- api_type=api_type
+ api_type=api_type,
)
response, _, api_key = requestor.request(
method_, url_, params, request_id=request_id
@@ -111,8 +110,13 @@ def _static_request(
)
@classmethod
- def _get_api_type_and_version(cls, api_type: Optional[str] = None, api_version: Optional[str] = None):
- typed_api_type = ApiType.from_str(
- api_type) if api_type else ApiType.from_str(openai.api_type)
+ def _get_api_type_and_version(
+ cls, api_type: Optional[str] = None, api_version: Optional[str] = None
+ ):
+ typed_api_type = (
+ ApiType.from_str(api_type)
+ if api_type
+ else ApiType.from_str(openai.api_type)
+ )
typed_api_version = api_version or openai.api_version
return (typed_api_type, typed_api_version)
diff --git a/openai/api_resources/abstract/createable_api_resource.py b/openai/api_resources/abstract/createable_api_resource.py
index 57889b24e9..39d3e4f504 100644
--- a/openai/api_resources/abstract/createable_api_resource.py
+++ b/openai/api_resources/abstract/createable_api_resource.py
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ def create(
organization=organization,
)
typed_api_type, api_version = cls._get_api_type_and_version(
- api_type, api_version)
+ api_type, api_version
+ )
if typed_api_type in (ApiType.AZURE, ApiType.AZURE_AD):
base = cls.class_url()
- url = "/%s%s?api-version=%s" % (cls.azure_api_prefix,
- base, api_version)
+ url = "/%s%s?api-version=%s" % (cls.azure_api_prefix, base, api_version)
elif typed_api_type == ApiType.OPEN_AI:
url = cls.class_url()
else:
- raise error.InvalidAPIType('Unsupported API type %s' % api_type)
+ raise error.InvalidAPIType("Unsupported API type %s" % api_type)
response, _, api_key = requestor.request(
"post", url, params, request_id=request_id
diff --git a/openai/api_resources/abstract/deletable_api_resource.py b/openai/api_resources/abstract/deletable_api_resource.py
index f1235c4a4f..220375ca2f 100644
--- a/openai/api_resources/abstract/deletable_api_resource.py
+++ b/openai/api_resources/abstract/deletable_api_resource.py
@@ -9,20 +9,26 @@ class DeletableAPIResource(APIResource):
@classmethod
def delete(cls, sid, api_type=None, api_version=None, **params):
if isinstance(cls, APIResource):
- raise ValueError(
- ".delete may only be called as a class method now.")
+ raise ValueError(".delete may only be called as a class method now.")
base = cls.class_url()
extn = quote_plus(sid)
typed_api_type, api_version = cls._get_api_type_and_version(
- api_type, api_version)
+ api_type, api_version
+ )
if typed_api_type in (ApiType.AZURE, ApiType.AZURE_AD):
url = "/%s%s/%s?api-version=%s" % (
- cls.azure_api_prefix, base, extn, api_version)
+ cls.azure_api_prefix,
+ base,
+ extn,
+ api_version,
+ )
elif typed_api_type == ApiType.OPEN_AI:
url = "%s/%s" % (base, extn)
else:
- raise error.InvalidAPIType('Unsupported API type %s' % api_type)
+ raise error.InvalidAPIType("Unsupported API type %s" % api_type)
- return cls._static_request("delete", url, api_type=api_type, api_version=api_version, **params)
+ return cls._static_request(
+ "delete", url, api_type=api_type, api_version=api_version, **params
+ )
diff --git a/openai/api_resources/abstract/engine_api_resource.py b/openai/api_resources/abstract/engine_api_resource.py
index b480060255..9d4eda1a45 100644
--- a/openai/api_resources/abstract/engine_api_resource.py
+++ b/openai/api_resources/abstract/engine_api_resource.py
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ def class_url(
# with forward slashes (/), so replace the former with the latter.
base = cls.OBJECT_NAME.replace(".", "/") # type: ignore
typed_api_type, api_version = cls._get_api_type_and_version(
- api_type, api_version)
+ api_type, api_version
+ )
if typed_api_type in (ApiType.AZURE, ApiType.AZURE_AD):
if not api_version:
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ def class_url(
cls.azure_deployments_prefix,
extn,
base,
- api_version
+ api_version,
)
elif typed_api_type == ApiType.OPEN_AI:
@@ -81,12 +82,16 @@ def create(
if typed_api_type in (util.ApiType.AZURE, util.ApiType.AZURE_AD):
if deployment_id is None and engine is None:
raise error.InvalidRequestError(
- "Must provide an 'engine' or 'deployment_id' parameter to create a %s" % cls, "engine"
+ "Must provide an 'engine' or 'deployment_id' parameter to create a %s"
+ % cls,
+ "engine",
)
else:
if model is None and engine is None:
raise error.InvalidRequestError(
- "Must provide an 'engine' or 'model' parameter to create a %s" % cls, "engine"
+ "Must provide an 'engine' or 'model' parameter to create a %s"
+ % cls,
+ "engine",
)
if timeout is None:
@@ -155,7 +160,7 @@ def instance_url(self):
)
extn = quote_plus(id)
- params_connector = '?'
+ params_connector = "?"
if self.typed_api_type in (ApiType.AZURE, ApiType.AZURE_AD):
api_version = self.api_version or openai.api_version
@@ -170,17 +175,16 @@ def instance_url(self):
self.engine,
base,
extn,
- api_version
+ api_version,
)
- params_connector = '&'
+ params_connector = "&"
elif self.typed_api_type == ApiType.OPEN_AI:
base = self.class_url(self.engine, self.api_type, self.api_version)
url = "%s/%s" % (base, extn)
else:
- raise error.InvalidAPIType(
- "Unsupported API type %s" % self.api_type)
+ raise error.InvalidAPIType("Unsupported API type %s" % self.api_type)
timeout = self.get("timeout")
if timeout is not None:
diff --git a/openai/api_resources/abstract/listable_api_resource.py b/openai/api_resources/abstract/listable_api_resource.py
index 18e49b887b..adbf4e8df9 100644
--- a/openai/api_resources/abstract/listable_api_resource.py
+++ b/openai/api_resources/abstract/listable_api_resource.py
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ def list(
)
typed_api_type, api_version = cls._get_api_type_and_version(
- api_type, api_version)
+ api_type, api_version
+ )
if typed_api_type in (ApiType.AZURE, ApiType.AZURE_AD):
base = cls.class_url()
- url = "/%s%s?api-version=%s" % (cls.azure_api_prefix,
- base, api_version)
+ url = "/%s%s?api-version=%s" % (cls.azure_api_prefix, base, api_version)
elif typed_api_type == ApiType.OPEN_AI:
url = cls.class_url()
else:
- raise error.InvalidAPIType('Unsupported API type %s' % api_type)
+ raise error.InvalidAPIType("Unsupported API type %s" % api_type)
response, _, api_key = requestor.request(
"get", url, params, request_id=request_id
diff --git a/openai/api_resources/deployment.py b/openai/api_resources/deployment.py
index dbc1df765e..5850e0c9fb 100644
--- a/openai/api_resources/deployment.py
+++ b/openai/api_resources/deployment.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
from openai import util
-from openai.api_resources.abstract import DeletableAPIResource, ListableAPIResource, CreateableAPIResource
+from openai.api_resources.abstract import (
+ DeletableAPIResource,
+ ListableAPIResource,
+ CreateableAPIResource,
+)
from openai.error import InvalidRequestError, APIError
@@ -12,10 +16,12 @@ def create(cls, *args, **kwargs):
Creates a new deployment for the provided prompt and parameters.
"""
typed_api_type, _ = cls._get_api_type_and_version(
- kwargs.get("api_type", None), None)
+ kwargs.get("api_type", None), None
+ )
if typed_api_type not in (util.ApiType.AZURE, util.ApiType.AZURE_AD):
raise APIError(
- "Deployment operations are only available for the Azure API type.")
+ "Deployment operations are only available for the Azure API type."
+ )
if kwargs.get("model", None) is None:
raise InvalidRequestError(
@@ -30,8 +36,10 @@ def create(cls, *args, **kwargs):
param="scale_settings",
)
- if "scale_type" not in scale_settings or \
- (scale_settings["scale_type"].lower() == 'manual' and "capacity" not in scale_settings):
+ if "scale_type" not in scale_settings or (
+ scale_settings["scale_type"].lower() == "manual"
+ and "capacity" not in scale_settings
+ ):
raise InvalidRequestError(
"The 'scale_settings' parameter contains invalid or incomplete values.",
param="scale_settings",
@@ -42,29 +50,35 @@ def create(cls, *args, **kwargs):
@classmethod
def list(cls, *args, **kwargs):
typed_api_type, _ = cls._get_api_type_and_version(
- kwargs.get("api_type", None), None)
+ kwargs.get("api_type", None), None
+ )
if typed_api_type not in (util.ApiType.AZURE, util.ApiType.AZURE_AD):
raise APIError(
- "Deployment operations are only available for the Azure API type.")
+ "Deployment operations are only available for the Azure API type."
+ )
return super().list(*args, **kwargs)
@classmethod
def delete(cls, *args, **kwargs):
typed_api_type, _ = cls._get_api_type_and_version(
- kwargs.get("api_type", None), None)
+ kwargs.get("api_type", None), None
+ )
if typed_api_type not in (util.ApiType.AZURE, util.ApiType.AZURE_AD):
raise APIError(
- "Deployment operations are only available for the Azure API type.")
+ "Deployment operations are only available for the Azure API type."
+ )
return super().delete(*args, **kwargs)
@classmethod
def retrieve(cls, *args, **kwargs):
typed_api_type, _ = cls._get_api_type_and_version(
- kwargs.get("api_type", None), None)
+ kwargs.get("api_type", None), None
+ )
if typed_api_type not in (util.ApiType.AZURE, util.ApiType.AZURE_AD):
raise APIError(
- "Deployment operations are only available for the Azure API type.")
+ "Deployment operations are only available for the Azure API type."
+ )
return super().retrieve(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/openai/api_resources/edit.py b/openai/api_resources/edit.py
index 61f1c36aa5..fe66b6f0f4 100644
--- a/openai/api_resources/edit.py
+++ b/openai/api_resources/edit.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ def create(cls, *args, **kwargs):
typed_api_type = cls._get_api_type_and_version(api_type=api_type)[0]
if typed_api_type in (util.ApiType.AZURE, util.ApiType.AZURE_AD):
raise error.InvalidAPIType(
- "This operation is not supported by the Azure OpenAI API yet.")
+ "This operation is not supported by the Azure OpenAI API yet."
+ )
while True:
try:
diff --git a/openai/api_resources/error_object.py b/openai/api_resources/error_object.py
index e329fa25e4..555dc35237 100644
--- a/openai/api_resources/error_object.py
+++ b/openai/api_resources/error_object.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ def refresh_from(
values,
api_key=None,
api_version=None,
+ api_type=None,
organization=None,
response_ms: Optional[int] = None,
):
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ def refresh_from(
values=values,
api_key=api_key,
api_version=api_version,
+ api_type=api_type,
organization=organization,
response_ms=response_ms,
)
diff --git a/openai/api_resources/file.py b/openai/api_resources/file.py
index 3bf2afbe65..aba7117fea 100644
--- a/openai/api_resources/file.py
+++ b/openai/api_resources/file.py
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ def create(
user_provided_filename=None,
):
if purpose != "search" and model is not None:
- raise ValueError(
- "'model' is only meaningful if 'purpose' is 'search'")
+ raise ValueError("'model' is only meaningful if 'purpose' is 'search'")
requestor = api_requestor.APIRequestor(
api_key,
api_base=api_base or openai.api_base,
@@ -35,16 +34,16 @@ def create(
organization=organization,
)
typed_api_type, api_version = cls._get_api_type_and_version(
- api_type, api_version)
+ api_type, api_version
+ )
if typed_api_type in (ApiType.AZURE, ApiType.AZURE_AD):
base = cls.class_url()
- url = "/%s%s?api-version=%s" % (cls.azure_api_prefix,
- base, api_version)
+ url = "/%s%s?api-version=%s" % (cls.azure_api_prefix, base, api_version)
elif typed_api_type == ApiType.OPEN_AI:
url = cls.class_url()
else:
- raise error.InvalidAPIType('Unsupported API type %s' % api_type)
+ raise error.InvalidAPIType("Unsupported API type %s" % api_type)
# Set the filename on 'purpose' and 'model' to None so they are
# interpreted as form data.
@@ -53,9 +52,10 @@ def create(
files.append(("model", (None, model)))
if user_provided_filename is not None:
files.append(
- ("file", (user_provided_filename, file, 'application/octet-stream')))
+ ("file", (user_provided_filename, file, "application/octet-stream"))
+ )
else:
- files.append(("file", ("file", file, 'application/octet-stream')))
+ files.append(("file", ("file", file, "application/octet-stream")))
response, _, api_key = requestor.request("post", url, files=files)
return util.convert_to_openai_object(
response, api_key, api_version, organization
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def download(
api_base=None,
api_type=None,
api_version=None,
- organization=None
+ organization=None,
):
requestor = api_requestor.APIRequestor(
api_key,
@@ -79,16 +79,21 @@ def download(
organization=organization,
)
typed_api_type, api_version = cls._get_api_type_and_version(
- api_type, api_version)
+ api_type, api_version
+ )
if typed_api_type in (ApiType.AZURE, ApiType.AZURE_AD):
base = cls.class_url()
url = "/%s%s/%s/content?api-version=%s" % (
- cls.azure_api_prefix, base, id, api_version)
+ cls.azure_api_prefix,
+ base,
+ id,
+ api_version,
+ )
elif typed_api_type == ApiType.OPEN_AI:
url = f"{cls.class_url()}/{id}/content"
else:
- raise error.InvalidAPIType('Unsupported API type %s' % api_type)
+ raise error.InvalidAPIType("Unsupported API type %s" % api_type)
result = requestor.request_raw("get", url)
if not 200 <= result.status_code < 300:
diff --git a/openai/api_resources/fine_tune.py b/openai/api_resources/fine_tune.py
index bfdecbf8cd..1b5d92d861 100644
--- a/openai/api_resources/fine_tune.py
+++ b/openai/api_resources/fine_tune.py
@@ -23,20 +23,25 @@ def cancel(
api_type=None,
request_id=None,
api_version=None,
- **params
+ **params,
):
base = cls.class_url()
extn = quote_plus(id)
typed_api_type, api_version = cls._get_api_type_and_version(
- api_type, api_version)
+ api_type, api_version
+ )
if typed_api_type in (ApiType.AZURE, ApiType.AZURE_AD):
url = "/%s%s/%s/cancel?api-version=%s" % (
- cls.azure_api_prefix, base, extn, api_version)
+ cls.azure_api_prefix,
+ base,
+ extn,
+ api_version,
+ )
elif typed_api_type == ApiType.OPEN_AI:
url = "%s/%s/cancel" % (base, extn)
else:
- raise error.InvalidAPIType('Unsupported API type %s' % api_type)
+ raise error.InvalidAPIType("Unsupported API type %s" % api_type)
instance = cls(id, api_key, **params)
return instance.request("post", url, request_id=request_id)
@@ -65,15 +70,20 @@ def stream_events(
)
typed_api_type, api_version = cls._get_api_type_and_version(
- api_type, api_version)
+ api_type, api_version
+ )
if typed_api_type in (ApiType.AZURE, ApiType.AZURE_AD):
url = "/%s%s/%s/events?stream=true&api-version=%s" % (
- cls.azure_api_prefix, base, extn, api_version)
+ cls.azure_api_prefix,
+ base,
+ extn,
+ api_version,
+ )
elif typed_api_type == ApiType.OPEN_AI:
url = "%s/%s/events?stream=true" % (base, extn)
else:
- raise error.InvalidAPIType('Unsupported API type %s' % api_type)
+ raise error.InvalidAPIType("Unsupported API type %s" % api_type)
response, _, api_key = requestor.request(
"get", url, params, stream=True, request_id=request_id
diff --git a/openai/cli.py b/openai/cli.py
index fd9c8469ad..09ede89131 100644
--- a/openai/cli.py
+++ b/openai/cli.py
@@ -320,7 +320,9 @@ def _maybe_upload_file(
sys.stdout.write(
"Found potentially duplicated files with name '{name}', purpose 'fine-tune' and size {size} bytes\n".format(
name=os.path.basename(matching_files[0]["filename"]),
- size=matching_files[0]["bytes"] if "bytes" in matching_files[0] else matching_files[0]["size"],
+ size=matching_files[0]["bytes"]
+ if "bytes" in matching_files[0]
+ else matching_files[0]["size"],
)
)
sys.stdout.write("\n".join(file_ids))
diff --git a/openai/tests/test_url_composition.py b/openai/tests/test_url_composition.py
index 5d3da919bf..5034354a05 100644
--- a/openai/tests/test_url_composition.py
+++ b/openai/tests/test_url_composition.py
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ def test_completions_url_composition_instance_url_open_ai() -> None:
@pytest.mark.url
def test_completions_url_composition_instance_url_invalid() -> None:
- completion = Completion(
- id="test_id", engine="test_engine", api_type="invalid")
+ completion = Completion(id="test_id", engine="test_engine", api_type="invalid")
with pytest.raises(Exception):
url = completion.instance_url()
@@ -126,8 +125,7 @@ def test_completions_url_composition_instance_url_timeout_azure() -> None:
@pytest.mark.url
def test_completions_url_composition_instance_url_timeout_openai() -> None:
- completion = Completion(
- id="test_id", engine="test_engine", api_type="open_ai")
+ completion = Completion(id="test_id", engine="test_engine", api_type="open_ai")
completion["timeout"] = 12
url = completion.instance_url()
assert url == "/engines/test_engine/completions/test_id?timeout=12"
@@ -135,8 +133,7 @@ def test_completions_url_composition_instance_url_timeout_openai() -> None:
@pytest.mark.url
def test_engine_search_url_composition_azure() -> None:
- engine = Engine(id="test_id", api_type="azure",
- api_version="2021-11-01-preview")
+ engine = Engine(id="test_id", api_type="azure", api_version="2021-11-01-preview")
assert engine.api_type == "azure"
assert engine.typed_api_type == ApiType.AZURE
url = engine.instance_url("test_operation")
@@ -148,8 +145,7 @@ def test_engine_search_url_composition_azure() -> None:
@pytest.mark.url
def test_engine_search_url_composition_azure_ad() -> None:
- engine = Engine(id="test_id", api_type="azure_ad",
- api_version="2021-11-01-preview")
+ engine = Engine(id="test_id", api_type="azure_ad", api_version="2021-11-01-preview")
assert engine.api_type == "azure_ad"
assert engine.typed_api_type == ApiType.AZURE_AD
url = engine.instance_url("test_operation")
@@ -170,11 +166,13 @@ def test_engine_search_url_composition_azure_no_version() -> None:
@pytest.mark.url
def test_engine_search_url_composition_azure_no_operation() -> None:
- engine = Engine(id="test_id", api_type="azure",
- api_version="2021-11-01-preview")
+ engine = Engine(id="test_id", api_type="azure", api_version="2021-11-01-preview")
assert engine.api_type == "azure"
assert engine.typed_api_type == ApiType.AZURE
- assert engine.instance_url() == "/openai/engines/test_id?api-version=2021-11-01-preview"
+ assert (
+ engine.instance_url()
+ == "/openai/engines/test_id?api-version=2021-11-01-preview"
+ )
@pytest.mark.url
diff --git a/openai/upload_progress.py b/openai/upload_progress.py
index 1d0a1fe6a3..e4da62a4e0 100644
--- a/openai/upload_progress.py
+++ b/openai/upload_progress.py
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ def incr(progress):
def MB(i):
- return int(i // 1024 ** 2)
+ return int(i // 1024**2)
diff --git a/openai/util.py b/openai/util.py
index 9cc0ba233e..56dfc2e677 100644
--- a/openai/util.py
+++ b/openai/util.py
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ def default_api_key() -> str:
with open(openai.api_key_path, "rt") as k:
api_key = k.read().strip()
if not api_key.startswith("sk-"):
- raise ValueError(
- f"Malformed API key in {openai.api_key_path}.")
+ raise ValueError(f"Malformed API key in {openai.api_key_path}.")
return api_key
elif openai.api_key is not None:
return openai.api_key
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d1110c6c19..707e8f299b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
"tqdm", # Needed for progress bars
"pandas>=1.2.3", # Needed for CLI fine-tuning data preparation tool
"pandas-stubs>=1.1.0.11", # Needed for type hints for mypy
- "openpyxl>=3.0.7" # Needed for CLI fine-tuning data preparation tool xlsx format
+ "openpyxl>=3.0.7", # Needed for CLI fine-tuning data preparation tool xlsx format
+ "numpy>=1.22.0", # To address a vuln in <1.21.6
],
extras_require={
"dev": ["black~=21.6b0", "pytest==6.*"],
\n",
- "\n",
- "\n",
- " \n",
- "
\n",
- "
"
- ],
- "text/plain": [
- " title heading \\\n",
- "0 2020 Summer Olympics Summary \n",
- "1 2020 Summer Olympics Host city selection \n",
- "2 2020 Summer Olympics Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic \n",
- "3 2020 Summer Olympics Qualifying event cancellation and postponement \n",
- "4 2020 Summer Olympics Effect on doping tests \n",
- "\n",
- " content tokens \\\n",
- "0 The 2020 Summer Olympics (Japanese: 2020年夏季オリン... 713 \n",
- "1 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) vote... 126 \n",
- "2 In January 2020, concerns were raised about th... 369 \n",
- "3 Concerns about the pandemic began to affect qu... 298 \n",
- "4 Mandatory doping tests were being severely res... 163 \n",
- "\n",
- " context \\\n",
- "0 2020 Summer Olympics\\nSummary\\n\\nThe 2020 Summ... \n",
- "1 2020 Summer Olympics\\nHost city selection\\n\\nT... \n",
- "2 2020 Summer Olympics\\nImpact of the COVID-19 p... \n",
- "3 2020 Summer Olympics\\nQualifying event cancell... \n",
- "4 2020 Summer Olympics\\nEffect on doping tests\\n... \n",
- "\n",
- " questions \\\n",
- "0 1. What is the 2020 Summer Olympics?\\n2. When ... \n",
- "1 1. \\n2. \\n3. \\n4. \n",
- "2 1. What was the COVID-19 pandemic?\\n2. How did... \n",
- "3 1. What was the original location of the Asia ... \n",
- "4 1. What was the COVID-19 pandemic?\\n2. What di... \n",
- "\n",
- " answers \n",
- "0 1. The 2020 Summer Olympics is an internationa... \n",
- "1 1. What is the International Olympic Committee... \n",
- "2 1. The COVID-19 pandemic was a pandemic that o... \n",
- "3 1. The original location of the Asia & Oceania... \n",
- "4 1. The COVID-19 pandemic was a pandemic that o... "
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 1,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "import openai\n",
- "import pandas as pd\n",
- "df = pd.read_csv('olympics-data/olympics_qa.csv')\n",
- "olympics_search_fileid = \"file-c3shd8wqF3vSCKaukW4Jr1TT\"\n",
- "df.head()"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "Split the sections into a training and testing set"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 2,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- "(3014, 754)"
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 2,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split\n",
- "train_df, test_df = train_test_split(df, test_size=0.2, random_state=42)\n",
- "len(train_df), len(test_df)"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "we check that he separator we intend to use isn't present within the contexts"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 3,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- "0"
- ]
- },
- "execution_count": 3,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "df.context.str.contains('->').sum()"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "## 3.1 Create the fine-tuning datasets for Q&A and discriminator models\n",
- "The fine-tuning dataset is created in the following way. For every corresponding question, answer and context pair we create:\n",
- "- Positive example: correct question, answer, context pair\n",
- "- Negative examples:\n",
- " - random negative example, where the random context is paired with the question \n",
- " - two hard negative examples\n",
- " - one originating from the same wikipedia article\n",
- " - another, which is most similar to the correct context\n",
- "\n",
- "This process is noisy, as sometimes the question might be answerable given a different context, but on average we hope this won't affect the peformance too much.\n",
- "\n",
- "We apply the same process of dataset creation for both the discriminator, and the Q&A answering model. We apply the process separately for the training and testing set, to ensure that the examples from the traing set don't feature within the test set."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 4,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [],
- "source": [
- "import random\n",
- "\n",
- "def get_random_similar_contexts(question, context, file_id=olympics_search_fileid, search_model='ada', max_rerank=10):\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " Find similar contexts to the given context using the search file\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " try:\n",
- " results = openai.Engine(search_model).search(\n",
- " search_model=search_model, \n",
- " query=question, \n",
- " max_rerank=max_rerank,\n",
- " file=file_id\n",
- " )\n",
- " candidates = []\n",
- " for result in results['data'][:3]:\n",
- " if result['text'] == context:\n",
- " continue\n",
- " candidates.append(result['text'])\n",
- " random_candidate = random.choice(candidates)\n",
- " return random_candidate\n",
- " except Exception as e:\n",
- " print(e)\n",
- " return \"\"\n",
- "\n",
- "def create_fine_tuning_dataset(df, discriminator=False, n_negative=1, add_related=False):\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " Create a dataset for fine tuning the OpenAI model; either for a discriminator model, \n",
- " or a model specializing in Q&A, where it says if no relevant context is found.\n",
- "\n",
- " Parameters\n",
- " ----------\n",
- " df: pd.DataFrame\n",
- " The dataframe containing the question, answer and context pairs\n",
- " discriminator: bool\n",
- " Whether to create a dataset for the discriminator\n",
- " n_negative: int\n",
- " The number of random negative samples to add (using a random context)\n",
- " add_related: bool\n",
- " Whether to add the related contexts to the correct context. These are hard negative examples\n",
- "\n",
- " Returns\n",
- " -------\n",
- " pd.DataFrame\n",
- " The dataframe containing the prompts and completions, ready for fine-tuning\n",
- " \"\"\"\n",
- " rows = []\n",
- " for i, row in df.iterrows():\n",
- " for q, a in zip((\"1.\" + row.questions).split('\\n'), (\"1.\" + row.answers).split('\\n')):\n",
- " if len(q) >10 and len(a) >10:\n",
- " if discriminator:\n",
- " rows.append({\"prompt\":f\"{row.context}\\nQuestion: {q[2:].strip()}\\n Related:\", \"completion\":f\" yes\"})\n",
- " else:\n",
- " rows.append({\"prompt\":f\"{row.context}\\nQuestion: {q[2:].strip()}\\nAnswer:\", \"completion\":f\" {a[2:].strip()}\"})\n",
- "\n",
- " for i, row in df.iterrows():\n",
- " for q in (\"1.\" + row.questions).split('\\n'):\n",
- " if len(q) >10:\n",
- " for j in range(n_negative + (2 if add_related else 0)):\n",
- " random_context = \"\"\n",
- " if j == 0 and add_related:\n",
- " # add the related contexts based on originating from the same wikipedia page\n",
- " subset = df[(df.title == row.title) & (df.context != row.context)]\n",
- " \n",
- " if len(subset) < 1:\n",
- " continue\n",
- " random_context = subset.sample(1).iloc[0].context\n",
- " if j == 1 and add_related:\n",
- " # add the related contexts based on the most similar contexts according to the search\n",
- " random_context = get_random_similar_contexts(q[2:].strip(), row.context, search_model='ada', max_rerank=10)\n",
- " else:\n",
- " while True:\n",
- " # add random context, which isn't the correct context\n",
- " random_context = df.sample(1).iloc[0].context\n",
- " if random_context != row.context:\n",
- " break\n",
- " if discriminator:\n",
- " rows.append({\"prompt\":f\"{random_context}\\nQuestion: {q[2:].strip()}\\n Related:\", \"completion\":f\" no\"})\n",
- " else:\n",
- " rows.append({\"prompt\":f\"{random_context}\\nQuestion: {q[2:].strip()}\\nAnswer:\", \"completion\":f\" No appropriate context found to answer the question.\"})\n",
- "\n",
- " return pd.DataFrame(rows) "
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "We apply the same process of dataset creation for both the discriminator, and the Q&A answering model. We apply the process separately for the training and testing set, to ensure that the examples from the traing set don't feature within the test set."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 5,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/plain": []
- },
- "execution_count": 5,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "for name, is_disc in [('discriminator', True), ('qa', False)]:\n",
- " for train_test, dt in [('train', train_df), ('test', test_df)]:\n",
- " ft = create_fine_tuning_dataset(dt, discriminator=is_disc, n_negative=1, add_related=True)\n",
- " ft.to_json(f'{name}_{train_test}.jsonl', orient='records', lines=True)"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "We formatted the data according to the recommendations from the fine-tuning tool, which is available using\n",
- "> openai tools fine_tunes.prepare_data -f qa_train.jsonl\n",
- "\n",
- "We highly recommend that you use this tool, which suggests improvements in your data formatting for fine-tuning.\n"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "## 3.2 Submit the datasets for fine-tuning"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 6,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/plain": []
- },
- "execution_count": 6,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "!openai api fine_tunes.create -t \"olympics-data/discriminator_train.jsonl\" -v \"olympics-data/discriminator_test.jsonl\" --batch_size 16 --compute_classification_metrics --classification_positive_class \" yes\" --model ada"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 7,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/plain": []
- },
- "execution_count": 7,
- "metadata": {},
- "output_type": "execute_result"
- }
- ],
- "source": [
- "!openai api fine_tunes.create -t \"olympics-data/qa_train.jsonl\" -v \"olympics-data/qa_test.jsonl\" --batch_size 16"
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "markdown",
- "metadata": {},
- "source": [
- "## 3.3 Using the fine-tuned models\n",
- "\n",
- "We will now use the fine-tuned discriminator and the fine-tuned Q&A model. By requesting logprobs, we can see how certain the discriminator is in a `yes` vs `no` answer."
- ]
- },
- {
- "cell_type": "code",
- "execution_count": 8,
- "metadata": {},
- "outputs": [
- {
- "data": {
- "text/plain": [
- "[| \n", - " | title | \n", - "heading | \n", - "content | \n", - "tokens | \n", - "context | \n", - "questions | \n", - "answers | \n", - "
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics | \n", - "Summary | \n", - "The 2020 Summer Olympics (Japanese: 2020年夏季オリン... | \n", - "713 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics\\nSummary\\n\\nThe 2020 Summ... | \n", - "1. What is the 2020 Summer Olympics?\\n2. When ... | \n", - "1. The 2020 Summer Olympics is an internationa... | \n", - "
| 1 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics | \n", - "Host city selection | \n", - "The International Olympic Committee (IOC) vote... | \n", - "126 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics\\nHost city selection\\n\\nT... | \n", - "1. \\n2. \\n3. \\n4. | \n", - "1. What is the International Olympic Committee... | \n", - "
| 2 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics | \n", - "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic | \n", - "In January 2020, concerns were raised about th... | \n", - "369 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics\\nImpact of the COVID-19 p... | \n", - "1. What was the COVID-19 pandemic?\\n2. How did... | \n", - "1. The COVID-19 pandemic was a pandemic that o... | \n", - "
| 3 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics | \n", - "Qualifying event cancellation and postponement | \n", - "Concerns about the pandemic began to affect qu... | \n", - "298 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics\\nQualifying event cancell... | \n", - "1. What was the original location of the Asia ... | \n", - "1. The original location of the Asia & Oceania... | \n", - "
| 4 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics | \n", - "Effect on doping tests | \n", - "Mandatory doping tests were being severely res... | \n", - "163 | \n", - "2020 Summer Olympics\\nEffect on doping tests\\n... | \n", - "1. What was the COVID-19 pandemic?\\n2. What di... | \n", - "1. The COVID-19 pandemic was a pandemic that o... | \n", - "