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Secondary concerns PatsAccording to an Associated Press report Tuesday, cornerback Ty Laws agent Carl Poston told the Boston Globe that his client will miss four to six weeks with a broken bone in his left foot. | 1 |
Winning ways back for Lions?There was a glow to every face in Beaver Stadium, a look of relief dissolving any despair that might have remained. Those happy expressions of players and fans carried an optimistic belief -- that this was | 1 |
Gatlin and Greene Head Field in Yokohama TOKYO (Reuters) - Justin Gatlin will face Maurice Greene, whose Olympic title he took in Athens last month, in a high-quality 100 meters race in Yokohama on September 23, organizers said Thursday. | 1 |
Michaels swats one out after swatting one outOne night after his most embarrassing moment in the major leagues, Michaels went 4-for-5 with a homer and four RBI to lead the Philadelphia Phillies past the New York Mets 9-5 Friday. | 1 |
459 sued for file-sharing in Europe, 28 in the UKThe European music industry today announced a major crackdown against file-sharing, the practice of sharing copyrighted songs over the internet using networks like Kazaa, with the filing of 459 suits against file-swappers, 28 of whom are British. | 3 |
MLB: Atlanta 6, Houston 5JD Drew extended Atlanta #39;s season Sunday by driving in the go-ahead run in the ninth as the Braves rallied to down Houston, 6-5. | 1 |
Feathered embryo found in ChinaA 121 million-year-old baby bird, fossilized while still curled in its egg, has been found in China. | 3 |
Dow Jones set to buy Marketwatch Dow Jones Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal, agrees to buy internet news site Marketwatch for \$519m. | 2 |
Fans #39;disgusted #39; by Tigers #39; fateATLANTA -- After watching Auburn University #39;s football team finish a perfect regular season yet remain on the outside of the national championship picture, Doyle King is experiencing a familiar and not-so-welcome feeling these days. | 1 |
Weather Doesn #39;t Impede ElsPlaying some of his best golf in the worst conditions, Els breezed through a wacky day of weather at the American Express Championship in Thomastown, Ireland by starting with four straight birdies and finishing with an 8-under-par 64, giving him a two | 1 |
MLS Postseason PreviewPlayoff format: Each team hosts a match in the two-game, first-round series, with total goals determining the winner. If the series is even after the second game, a 30-minute overtime period and, if necessary, a penalty kick tiebreaker will... | 1 |
Kellogg appoints Jenness CEO after Gutierrez resigns to join <b>...</b>DETROIT - President Bush #39;s choice of Kellogg chief executive Carlos Gutierrez as commerce secretary leaves the cereal and snack giant without the dynamic leader who has guided its remarkable turnaround. | 2 |
Burgers for the Health ProfessionalEven as obesity and its consequences are increasingly taxing the health care system, fast food places are serving as hospital cafeterias. | 0 |
Apple Introduces the U2 iPod U2 and Apple Partnership Fuses Art <b>...</b>Apple introduced the iPod U2 Special Edition as part of a partnership between Apple, U2 and Universal Music Group (UMG) to create innovative new products together for the new digital music era. | 3 |
Menino plans to add job training programsThe City of Boston said yesterday that it will rely on \$1 million in linkage funds to finance more job training programs for low- and middle-income men, and weekend training for workers -- men and women -- seeking to escape low-wage, dead-end jobs. | 2 |
Alitalia reaches deal with unions to split firmItaly #39;s loss-making Alitalia has reached a deal with its unions to split the state-controlled airline in two, helping secure the company #39;s immediate future and opening the way for partial privatization. | 2 |
Move to Stop Voyeurs Mis-Using Camera PhonesMobile phone makers need to protect people from peeping toms and blackmailers who use built-in cameras to take secret pictures, campaigners said today. | 3 |
Tommy Hilfiger buys Lagerfeld trademarksTommy Hilfiger Corp. - whose once-hot preppy clothing business has cooled - is making a play to rekindle growth by buying luxury brand Karl Lagerfeld. | 2 |
Air Force Consolidates Contracts, SoftwareNOVEMBER 22, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - The US Air Force last week announced an enterprisewide software licensing agreement with Microsoft Corp. | 3 |
Stocks Open Down, Oil Up, Colgate Warns NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened lower on Monday as oil prices rose above \$46 a barrel, increasing concern about corporate profits, while personal products maker Colgate-Palmolive Co. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CL.N target=/stock... | 2 |
Rodman Thinks Nuggets Could Use Him (AP)AP - The point guard thought he was great. The general manager had no comment. Dennis Rodman himself? He thinks the Denver Nuggets could really use a guy like him. | 1 |
Last Australian aid group in Iraq leaves after latest deathsGet INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. SYDNEY, Australia -- The last remaining Australian aid agency in Iraq announced Friday it is pulling out following | 0 |
PeopleSoft Tool Maps IntegrationsAs the specter of an Oracle Corp. takeover hovers overhead, PeopleSoft Inc. is doing what it can to solidify its user base and help enterprises better manage its products. | 3 |
Cornell moves into the driver #39;s seat for Mars roversITHACA, NY Control of the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity has gradually shifted from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, to Cornell University in upstate New York. | 3 |
Chiron acquires La Jolla biotechChiron Corp. said yesterday that it has acquired a La Jolla biotechnology company to further efforts to develop a donor blood screening test to detect mad cow disease. | 2 |
Vietnam hits out at US anti-dumping shrimp tariffsHANOI (AFP) - Vietnam has hit out at a decision by the United States to uphold anti-dumping duties on imports of Vietnamese shrimp. | 2 |
Images of Saturn reveal kinks, theftNew images from the Cassini spacecraft reveal undulating kinks in one of the rings and theft of ring dust by a moon. The kinks are seen in greater detail than ever before and the thievery has been photographed for the first time. | 3 |
Stocks show mixed results in short sessionNEW YORK - Stocks finished mixed in post-holiday trading Friday as Wall Street meandered through a shortened session. The major indexes ended the week higher as investors looked forward to the results of the | 2 |
UNconscionable (Investor's Business Daily)Investor's Business Daily - Oil For Food: It's one of the great scandals of our time, no less so because the big media have mostly ignored it. Now comes a report hinting why some key former allies opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq: They were bribed. | 0 |
SEC shouldn #39;t let fees go too farThe Securities and Exchange Commission is closing in on the last of a series of reforms to protect mutual fund investors. One involves the fee charged to investors to pay for marketing and distribution of fund shares, called a 12b-1 fee. | 2 |
Halifax team first to clone insectHALIFAX - Fruit flies, the common pests that swarm over compost bins, may hold the key to cloning mammals successfully, say Canadian scientists who #39;ve cloned the insects. | 3 |
Benefits Seen in Earth Observation DataWASHINGTON 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 ... | 3 |
Buzz starts at Dalhousie as team clones fruit fliesHALIFAX -- The buzzing. The biting. You #39;d think there were already enough insects in the world to drive you buggy. However, a team of researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax announced yesterday it had | 3 |
GCC seeks IMF roleJEDDAH: The GCC yesterday sought observer status at meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), part of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). | 2 |
College-Football Roundup Aggies slip past Eagles on last-second <b>...</b>NCA amp;T 16, NC Central 15: Carlos Davalos kicked a 50-yard field goal as time expired to give NC A amp;T a victory against NC Central yesterday at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. | 1 |
#39;Sudan foils coup plot #39;Khartoum - Sudan foiled a plot by supporters of jailed Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi to overthrow the government on Friday, hours before they carried it out, the interior ministry said. | 0 |
Motorola to cut 1,000 more positionsMotorola Inc., the world #39;s second-largest maker of mobile phones, will cut 1,000 jobs as the company prepares to spin off its computer-chip business, costing \$50 million in severance payments. | 2 |
Calif. Panel Weighs Greenhouse Gas Plan for CarsA plan to require automakers to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks by about 30 percent is expected to be approved on Thursday by the California Air Resources Board, backers and opponents said. | 3 |
Human chips more than skin-deepBetter health care and fraud protection may sound good, but are they worth the potential privacy trade-offs? | 3 |
Business News for Technology Leaders Judge Cuts Legal Fees in <b>...</b>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. | 3 |
San Francisco Giants Team Report - September 18(Sports Network) - With his 700th career homer now behind him, Barry Bonds can focus on the task of trying to get his Giants into the playoffs. | 1 |
Today's scheduleCollege basketball: MEN -- Detroit at Northeastern, 7 p.m.; UNH at Brown, 7 p.m.; Stony Brook at URI, 7 p.m.; UMass-Lowell at AIC, 7 p.m.; Mt. Ida at Bridgewater St., 7 p.m.; Dowling at Southern Conn., 7 p.m.; Tufts at Suffolk, 7:30 p.m.; St. Rose at Franklin Pierce, 7:30 p.m.; Southern Maine at Colby, ... | 1 |
Avaya Adds Video Calling to IP SoftphoneAvaya announced on Monday that the integration between its IP softphone and Polycom #39;s ViaVideo II camera, first announced last December, is now at a releasable stage. | 3 |
Dodgers hope to trim magic number to 2The Los Angeles Dodgers hope to move a step closer to clinching the NL West when they continue their four-game series with the Colorado Rockies. | 1 |
Shockey Gives the Giants a Blast From the PresentTight end Jeremy Shockey, as flustered as anyone with the Giants #39; four-game losing streak, said Thursday that he had made a magnanimous offer to any teammate who thinks the Giants cannot make the playoffs. | 1 |
US stocks hit by surge in oil pricesNEW YORK - Wall Street shares took a beating yesterday as a fresh surge in oil prices dented sentiment among investors already fretting about the coming corporate earnings season. | 2 |
The Drive to DiscoverThe need to push our boundaries is in our DNA. We can't afford not to go to Mars -- or anyplace else, for that matter. By James Cameron for Wired magazine. | 3 |
Researcher says hacked data stored properlyA Connecticut researcher on leave at UC Berkeley said Friday she tried to follow all the rules when she stored a confidential database on a campus computer system that was broken into by a hacker. | 3 |
Brunei wedding showcases royalty's enduring role in Asia (AFP)AFP - The lavish wedding of the heir to oil-rich Brunei's throne this week underscores the enduring importance of royal families in some Asian countries despite rapid modernisation. | 0 |
Apple could pay more to AppleThe row has been brewing almost as long as Steve Job #39;s computer outfit existed. In 1978 Apple Records sued Jobs and got an agreement that Apple Computer would never enter the music business. | 3 |
Finish line, November 1Andre Agassi lost the Stockholm (Sweden) Open final in a third-set tiebreaker to Thomas Johansson, who won 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) to capture this tournament for the second time. | 1 |
Margaret Hassan #39;s husband appeals for her releaseBAGHDAD, Iraq The husband of a kidnapped relief worker in Iraq is appealing for her release quot;in the name of Islam. quot;. Tahseen Ali Hassan told Al-Arabiya television that quot;it hurts quot; to see his wife cry. | 0 |
NASA will attempt to launch a shuttle in mid-MayKENNEDY SPACE CENTER Still plagued by problems after the Columbia shuttle disaster, NASA has announced a new target date for getting its spacecraft off the ground. | 3 |
Manning, Colts keep up the paceHOUSTON -- Peyton Manning broke one of Dan Marino's touchdown records, just not the one everybody has been talking about. | 1 |
Totmianina discharged after suffering concussionPITTSBURGH - World champion pairs skater Tatiana Totmianina was discharged from a hospital Sunday after suffering a concussion, but no other serious injuries, in a fall during Saturday night #39;s free skating program at a competition in Pittsburgh. | 1 |
Forstmann Little to buy sports, talent agency IMGCLEVELAND -- International Management Group, a sports and celebrity management and marketing firm that has represented Tiger Woods, Joe Montana, and Derek Jeter, is being sold to a New York buyout specialist firm in a cash deal valued at more than \$700 million. | 2 |
Bonds, Giants snap Braves #39; win streakATLANTA - The Atlanta Braves may still have the last word this afternoon, but Barry Bonds did all the talking with his bat Sunday night. | 1 |
Duo boost England hopesLuke Donald and Paul Casey took a giant stride towards what would be only the second-ever victory for England in golf #39;s World Cup. | 1 |
Shuttle may fly without puncture repair kitNASA is working feverishly to return the space shuttle to flight in May 2005, but it may fly without the capability to fix cracks or holes of the type that doomed Columbia in 2003, officials said on Monday. | 3 |
Australian Dollar Heads for Weekly Gain; China #39;s Economy GrowsThe Australian dollar headed for its sixth weekly gain, the longest winning streak in more than a year, on optimism raw-material exports to China will increase after a report showed economic growth there. | 2 |
Amid a Whirlwind of Change, Martnez Returns to His RootsLess than 24 hours after Pedro Martnez stood inside Shea Stadium for his introduction as the Mets' newest pitcher, he was on an island in the Caribbean Sea. | 1 |
U.S. Orders Airlines To Release Fliers' Data (washingtonpost.com)washingtonpost.com - The federal government said yesterday that it will order airlines to turn over millions of passenger records by November so it can begin testing a vast computer program that will hunt for suspected terrorists seeking to board commerci... | 3 |
Judge says Nemov #39;s score changed to please crowdOTTAWA - A Canadian judge, who raised his marks in an Olympics gymnastics final, said he was under intense pressure from a crowd that was out of control and an official who wanted him to do something about it. | 1 |
Marsh amp; McLennan CEO May Be Ousted - WSJThe outside directors of Marsh amp; McLennan (MMC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) have talked to New York #39;s attorney general about having its chief executive step aside amid a probe into its business practices, the Wall Street Journal said | 2 |
Sun set to announce new server, storage hardwareSun will unveil new servers, called Sun Fire V490 and V890, based on the company's dual-core UltraSparc IV processor. | 3 |
3G chiefs choose AAC for mobile music deliveryHigh Efficiency codec recommended to network, content providers | 3 |
Banknorth-TD Bank merger gets backingBanknorth Group's largest shareholder, Private Capital Management, said it plans to vote in favor of the merger with Canada's TD Bank Financial Group after expressing reservations several months ago. The change increases the likelihood the merger will go through. Several of Banknort... | 2 |
Labor targets Chinese textilesThe Bush administration yesterday accepted a petition for new quotas on Chinese-made pants, one in a series of decisions that may lead to extensive protection for US textile and apparel | 2 |
Quinn displays progress from #39;03Last year Brady Quinn entered Purdue #39;s Ross-Ade Stadium as a tentative freshman embarking on a crash course in college quarterbacking. | 1 |
Freddie Mac Streamlines Its OperationsFreddie Mac (FRE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 2 US mortgage finance company, on Monday said it will restructure its securities and sales trading group as part of an effort to streamline its business operations. | 2 |
King of the mountainMORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The defiant tone was set the moment Boston College's motorcade arrived at the foot of West Virginia's campus yesterday and began chugging its way up the hill on Patteson Drive, escorted by four State Police cruisers, sirens blaring. The caravan of four buses streaked past a queu... | 1 |
Singing the praises of karaoke #39;s creatorTime magazine once called him quot;the genius who gave voice to the common man in the 20th century, quot; comparing him (not entirely unseriously) to Mao Zedong and Mohandas Gandhi in influence. | 3 |
J amp;J deal with Guidant in the offingThe prospect of Johnson amp; Johnson acquiring Guidant, a medical device maker that brought cutting-edge technology to cardiovascular medicine, has fueled whispers for years, gaining intensity when | 2 |
Huskies sink UCF on final-play kickA week after bottoming out at Buffalo, the University of Central Florida looked like a different team against Northern Illinois on Saturday night. | 1 |
Venezuelan President Approves Media LawA law that gives the government control over the content of radio and television programs in Venezuela took effect Thursday. | 0 |
2 Local Cities Make List Of Most Dangerous CitiesCLEVELAND -- Two northeast Ohio cities have made the list of most dangerous cities for different reasons. The city of Cleveland has been ranked the 20th most dangerous city in the country. | 2 |
Protest rocks Aboriginal islandProtesters on an Aboriginal island in Australia storm the local police station after the death of a man in custody. | 0 |
UPDATE 2-US Airways talks with pilots collapse - unionNegotiations between US Airways (UAIR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and its pilots union over a new round of steep concessions collapsed on Monday, heightening | 2 |
Microsoft Floats NetWare Migration PromoOfficials at Microsoft (Quote, Chart) took advantage of their new arrangement with Novell (Quote, Chart) to launch a promotion to get US customers off the NetWare operating system and onto Windows Server 2003. | 3 |
Ex-Kosovo rebels face first war crimes trialThe first international war crimes trial of Kosovo Albanians began yesterday, with three former rebels accused of abducting and killing suspected | 0 |
Japan #39;s SMFG Bids \$29 Billion for UFJSumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (8316.T: Quote, Profile, Research) laid out a \$29 billion bid for UFJ Holdings (8307.T: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday, challenging | 2 |
Shock as SA vagrant left to dieAn probe is launched after paramedics allegedly leave a homeless man in South Africa to die because he was dirty. | 0 |
Badgers' Starks Goes From Goat to Hero (AP)AP - Making the most of second chances is second nature to Wisconsin senior Scott Starks. | 1 |
U.S. Jets Bomb Insurgent-Held Iraq CitiesBAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. jets on Thursday pounded the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah and a northern town astride a major smuggling route, killing dozens of people in the two attacks, officials and witnesses said... | 0 |
IBM Recall AC Adapters for Notebook ComputersThe adapters can overheat, cause damage to the circuit board and melt through the housing, which poses a fire and electrical shock hazard to consumers. | 3 |
Pires dropped by FranceRobert Pires, the Arsenal midfielder, has been dropped from the France squad following a public outburst against coach Raymond Domenech. | 1 |
Australia v India third test scoreboard - close UPDATE 2-Martyn century give Australia upper hand v India October 26, 2004 11:46:28 NAGPUR, India, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Damien Martyn struck a dazzling 114 but injury-hit India clung on in the final session as Australia finished the opening day of the | 1 |
Alcatel Bolsters U.S. Presence (Reuters)Reuters - Alcatel has expanded its\foothold in the key North American market with the acquisition\of a mobile software provider and a conference technology\business for #36;277 million. | 3 |
High hopes to salvage Genesis scienceWreckage from the Genesis space capsule yielded good news on Friday when NASA scientists announced the solar payload may still fulfill its scientific promise. | 3 |
Militants, Israeli Troops Battle in GazaA period of relative calm in the Gaza Strip was broken by a nearly hour-long battle between Palestinian militants and Israeli troops that left at least one Israeli soldier and one militant dead. | 0 |
British Troops Head North for Mission Near Baghdad BAGHDAD (Reuters) - British troops moved north from Basra Wednesday to take over a deadly area near Baghdad and free up U.S. troops for a possible attack on Falluja. | 0 |
Annan Seeks EU Support for U.N. Reforms (AP)AP - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan sought European support Friday for his plan to give regional heavyweights such as Brazil and Japan more clout at the United Nations. | 0 |
Margaret Thatcher 'Distressed' About Son's Arrest LONDON (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is ""distressed"" about her son's arrest in South Africa on suspicion of involvement in a coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, a spokesman said Thursday. | 0 |
South Korean soap opera boosting tourism from Japan, says thinktank (AFP)AFP - A South Korean soap opera called ""Winter Sonata"" -- whose leading actor Bae Yong-Joon is hugely popular with middle-aged Japanese women -- is generating 1.1 billion dollars for Seoul through increased tourism business, a thinktank said Fri... | 0 |
Cingular Wireless fined \$12.1 million over early termination feesSAN FRANCISCO Cingular Wireless will have to pay millions of dollars in fines because of the steep fees it charged its customers who wanted to end their contracts early. | 2 |
No. 1 Tigers too much for GophersIna showdown between two of the top womens college basketball players in the nation, Minnesotas Janel McCarville shined, scoring a career-high 31 points and making a boisterous statement for her Wooden Award candidacy. | 1 |
Security concerns put MSN Messenger beta on holdMicrosoft Corp. 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. | 3 |
Death toll rises to 48 in Japan #39;s typhoon strikeTyphoon No. 23 has killed at least 48 people and left 33 missing as of Thursday noon, the NHK TV station of Japan reported Thursday. | 0 |
Toshiba Trumps iPod with 60 GB RivalAll three models to be released use a 1.8-inch hard drive that can hold up to 2,500, 5,000 and 15,000 pieces of music, respectively. | 3 |
Canada is World Cup championWhen Wayne Gretzky began assembling Team Canada #39;s roster last spring for the World Cup of Hockey, he knew that nothing short of victory would appease a nation that had been stunned by the Americans in 1996. | 1 |
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