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Singh No. 1, Daly comeback kidThere was no debate that Vijay Singh was No. 1 in golf this year, but John Daly grabbed his share of the spotlight with his resurgence in play and popularity. | 1 |
Microsoft launches Halo 2Microsoft Corp. finally came through with Halo 2 and ended the waiting period of millions of gamers worldwide today by announcing Halo 2 in the market. | 3 |
Reuters looks to make India job hubFinancial news and information provider Reuters Group PLC plans to make Bangalore its biggest worldwide employment center in order to become more competitive, executives said Thursday. | 2 |
AP: Bush Will Make Air Pollution Priority (AP)AP - President Bush will make air pollution a top priority in Congress early next year, starting with ""an aggressive push"" to build support for his pollution-cutting plan, senior administration officials said Saturday. | 0 |
NHL's Kovalev Bolsters Already Potent Kazan Lineup KAZAN, Russia (Sports Network) - Russian forward Alexei Kovalev is the latest locked out National Hockey League player to head abroad, as he signed on to play for AK Bars Kazan. | 1 |
Microsoft teams up with industry partners for online SP2 <b>...</b>Windows XP Service Pack 2 was designed by Microsoft to provide proactive protection for Windows XP. Service Pack 2 has three main focus areas: Stronger security settings. | 3 |
Flowers as Dutch film man crematedAMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- On the day of his cremation, hundreds of people laid flowers, candles and notes at the spot where controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh was killed. | 0 |
Coventry Health to Buy First HealthCoventry Health Care Inc. (CVH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday it agreed to buy rival health plan First Health Group Corp. | 2 |
Sacked Chelsea striker Mutu banned 7 monthsNovember 5, 2004. Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu has been suspended for seven months and fined 20,000 following an FA disciplinary hearing into his failed drugs test. | 1 |
Singapore #39;s PM Backs China Over Taiwan IndependenceSingapore #39;s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has warned Taiwan against moving toward independence, saying he supports the quot;one China quot; policy. | 0 |
YUKOS Calls Meeting to Mull BankruptcyOil major YUKOS will hold a shareholders meeting on Dec. 20 to decide whether to file for bankruptcy or liquidate the firm after it was hit with huge new | 2 |
chipmaker Infineon admits price fixingGerman computer chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG has agreed to plead guilty to price fixing and will pay a \$160 million fine, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. | 2 |
Bye Provides Patriots Time to Study (AP)AP - The New England Patriots have an extra week to study their next opponent #151; whoever that might be. | 1 |
Cheney: Weapons Report Justifies Iraq War (AP)AP - Vice President Dick Cheney asserted on Thursday that a finding by the chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq that Saddam Hussein's government produced no weapons of mass destruction after 1991 justifies rather than undermines President Bush's decision to go to war. | 0 |
Stocks Drop on Poor Retail Sales, OilNEW YORK - Investors sent stocks sharply lower Thursday as oil prices continued their climb higher and new questions about the safety of arthritis drugs pressured pharmaceutical stocks. The Dow Jones industrials, which include drug makers Pfizer Inc... | 0 |
US Study Says Sage Grouse Not EndangeredThe US Fish and Wildlife Service said on Friday its senior biologists have recommended that the greater sage grouse not be listed as an endangered species, a finding for | 2 |
Kashmir the ball is back in Musharrafs courtPrime Minister Manmohan Singhs gentle query to General Musharraf to spell out the options to resolve the Kashmir issue and the Generals low key reply I will think and get back to you mark a new chapter in Indo-Pak relations. | 0 |
Knicks turn up defence to down NetsEAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- Stephon Marbury scored 14 points and Tim Thomas added 12 as the New York Knicks overcame a strong start by the New Jersey Nets to grind out an 86-79 preseason victory. | 1 |
Los Alamos to Remove NukesWithin a year, officials plan to move all weapons-grade nuclear material from Los Alamos National Laboratory to the Nevada Test Site. The transfer will begin this month. | 3 |
Florida St. Boots WakeXavier Beitia kicks a 22-yard field goal with 1:03 to play to help No. 5 Florida State pull off a surprisingly close 20-17 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday. | 1 |
Oil Prices Hit Another Record High of \$55Crude oil futures rallied late Friday to a new record high of \$54.90, a day after a decline in the U.S. inventory of heating oil roiled a market already on edge over tight supplies, high demand and unrest among key producers. | 2 |
Blasts Kill Five in Baghdad's Green ZoneBAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone and detonated explosives at a market and a popular cafe Thursday, killing five people, including four Americans, in the first bombing inside the compound housing the U.S. and Iraqi government headquarters... | 0 |
Malaysian opponents have no case: AnwarNewly freed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has pressed his country #39;s highest court to overturn his last criminal conviction, saying his opponents have quot;no case quot;. | 0 |
O-line must protect ManningEditor #39;s note: ESPN senior NFL writer John Clayton #39;s weekly quot;First And 10 quot; column takes you around the league with a look at the best game of the week followed by primers for 10 other games. | 1 |
Catering to the Consumers With Animal AppetitesOmaha Steaks is venturing into the multibillion-dollar pet market, and it's not the only company hoping to go to the dogs. | 2 |
Fierce clashes in Somali regionsFighting erupts between forces of the self-declared Somaliland republic and those of Puntland, an autonomous region of Somalia. | 0 |
Back to Books for Barnes NobleThe bookseller decides to distribute its interest in GameStop to shareholders. | 2 |
Pence Sees Arafat Death as Opportunity for Mideast PeaceCount Indiana Congressman Mike Pence (R-District 6) among those who believe the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat could lead to peace between Israel and the Palestinians. | 0 |
WOODWARD: #39;...AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT #39;Sir Clive Woodward has confirmed that he will be pursuing a career outside of rugby union, but he refuses to be drawn on whether it will be at Southampton football club. | 1 |
Global chip sales to increase 27 percent in 2004: studyWorldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to reach 226 billion US dollars in 2004, a 27.4 percent increase from 2003 revenues, according to the latest quarterly update released Tuesday by Gartner. | 3 |
Google Gets the Green Light, Markets Perk UpThe SEC hurdle had been closely watched after Google made some missteps after announcing its intention to go public, including possibly violating the quiet period regulations. At the market close, the Dow had climbed 110.32 ... | 2 |
Blackburn names Hughes new coachLondon, England (Sports Network) - Blackburn named Welsh national team coach Mark Hughes its new boss Wednesday, effective immediately. | 1 |
Bayern back in confident mood after Maccabi winWhatever problems Bayern Munich face in their quest for a European and domestic treble this season, a lack of self-belief is unlikely to figure among them. | 1 |
Symbol MC50 Rugged Professional Windows Mobile Pocket PCsA rugged handheld that can withstand everyday use and abuse is sometimes needed among professionals. Symbol today added the new MC50 Windows Mobile 2003 SE devices to their line-up. | 3 |
Sasser author hired by AV firmAccording to reports, Sven Jaschan, who was arrested in May and charged with creating some of the most potent viruses to hit the internet, has been offered a job with Lueneburg, Germany-based Securepoint. | 3 |
California sets tougher fuel standardsEntering an area of pollution regulation that had been solely the federal government #39;s job, California regulators Thursday set fuel standards for watercraft and locomotives | 3 |
Karzai Clinches Majority in Afghan Vote (AP)AP - Hamid Karzai clinched a majority of the votes cast in Afghanistan's first presidential election, near-complete results showed Sunday, leaving him all but certain of becoming his war-wrecked nation's first democratically elected leader. | 0 |
Dutch Say Dealer Sold Chemicals to HusseinProsecutors said Tuesday that they would charge a Dutch chemicals dealer as an accomplice to genocide for supplying Saddam Hussein with lethal chemicals used in | 0 |
Researchers to Study Yellowstone Cutthroat (AP)AP - Researchers from the University of Wyoming are trying to determine why the cutthroat trout population in Yellowstone National Park continues to decline and what steps can be taken to preserve the native fish. | 3 |
Mauresmo Wins Fifth Tournament of 2004Top-seeded Amelie Mauresmo shook off a slow start and beat Vera Zvonareva 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 to successfully defend her Advanta Championships title for her fifth tournament victory of 2004. Mauresmo seems poised to make a splash in next week's season-ending WTA Tour Championships in Los Angeles. The Frenchwoman has won two straight tournaments, including in Austria last week. | 1 |
Saudis vow to keep spare capacityTop world oil exporter Saudi Arabia vowed on Sunday to maintain a cushion of spare supplies of up to 2 million barrels per day (bpd) to meet future demand growth. | 2 |
Egypt arrests five over Sinai bombingsCAIRO (AFP) - Egypt announced it had arrested five of the nine men who bombed Red Sea resorts almost three weeks ago, saying the attackers used stolen cars packed with old war-time explosives and a washing-machine timer. | 0 |
Court Rules Against Pennsylvania Law That Curbs Child-Pornography <b>...</b>federal court struck down a Pennsylvania law yesterday, ruling that the state could no longer force Internet service providers to block customers #39; access to Web sites thought to be distributing child pornography. | 3 |
Ask Jeeves revamps search engineAsk Jeeves Inc. has made three significant enhancements to its search engine, as the Emeryville, California company continues to take aim at its much larger competitors in the search space: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., America Online Inc. and Yahoo Inc. | 3 |
Somalia forms central governmentAfter years of anarchy, Somalia is poised to set up a new parliament which will elect a president. | 0 |
SP2 May Spell Trouble for Agentless PatchingMicrosoft Corp. #39;s Windows XP Service Pack 2 has thrown patch management vendors into a tizzy. IT managers should be interested because, in an ironic twist, SP2 will likely make it harder to keep desktops and laptops up-to-date with the latest patches. | 3 |
Paula devastated over marathon agonyAn emotional Paula Radcliffe said today that she is mystified as to why, despite her thorough preparations, she was unable to complete yesterday #39;s marathon race. | 1 |
Flexibility needed to resolve Kashmir issue: MusharrafIslamabad, Oct 30 (UNI) Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf today said Pakistan and India would have to move beyond their stated positions to find out a solution to the Kashmir issue. | 0 |
U.S. Money Funds Drop to #36;848.66 Billion (AP)AP - Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds fell by #36;6.07 billion in the latest week to #36;848.66 billion, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday. | 2 |
Great White Shark Sets Record at Aquarium (AP)AP - Thrilling visitors and scientists alike, the only great white shark currently on display anywhere in the world marked its 17th day in captivity Friday, setting a record for longevity in an aquarium tank. | 3 |
Wolves center arrested in IndyINDIANAPOLIS Add center Michael Olowokandi to the list of Timberwolves with off-the-court problems. Olowokandi was suspended indefinitely from the team after he was arrested for refusing to leave Indianapolis nightclub Tiki Bob #39;s early Thursday morning. | 1 |
Kerry Stirs Gasoline Debate Amid Record Oil Prices (Reuters)Reuters - Crude oil prices near #36;50 a barrel\spurred an attempt by John Kerry's campaign on Friday to\re-inject gasoline price concerns into the election-year\debate. | 0 |
Sharon's Likud Rejects Coalition Bid--First Returns TEL AVIV, Israel (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's right-wing Likud party voted Wednesday to bar a coalition with center-left Labor that he seeks to advance his Gaza withdrawal plan, according to early returns. | 0 |
French Muslim Delegation Hopeful About Hostage SituationA French Muslim delegation in Iraq trying to win the release of two French journalists held hostage by Islamic militants said Thursday they had received proof the men were alive and well. The kidnappers have demanded that Paris rescind a law banning Muslim headscarves. | 0 |
BSNL, MTNL to launch high-speed Internet (Reuters)Reuters - India's two state-run telephone companies will start high-speed Internet services from Jan. 15 at about a sixth of the prevailing prices, a government statement said on Friday. | 0 |
Supreme Court to Review Taking Property for Development (Reuters)Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court said on\Tuesday that it would decide whether the government can take a\person's home or business for a private development project\intended to boost tax revenues and revitalize a local economy. | 0 |
Army Says C.I.A. Hid More Iraqis Than It ClaimedArmy jailers in Iraq kept dozens of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison off official rosters to hide them from Red Cross inspectors. | 0 |
Arizona Man to Drop Mike Tyson Car-Beating ChargesAn Arizona man who claims his car was attacked by Mike Tyson, said on Friday he will drop his criminal complaint against the ex-heavyweight champion for damaging the vehicle outside a local nightspot. | 1 |
Manufacturing Activity Rises Again, but at Slower PaceManufacturing activity rose in August for the 15th consecutive month, according to a monthly report released today. | 2 |
Colts outclass Bears in one-sided track meetChicago - The Bears needed a perfect performance to beat the Colts and came away with a 41-10 defeat in their poorest showing under Lovie Smith. | 1 |
Expos #39; relocation to Washington in perilNEW YORK - Washington #39;s new baseball team shut down business and promotional operations indefinitely Wednesday as its move to the nation #39;s capital teetered on the brink of collapse. | 1 |
Anderson Going Back to the Titans NASHVILLE, Tenn., (Sports Network) - The Tennessee Titans, who lost kicker Joe Nedney for the season due to a hamstring injury, have announced that they will bring Gary Anderson out of retirement for the second time. | 1 |
Astros #39; Backe keeps focusThe Astros have counted Nolan Ryan, Mike Scott and Randy Johnson among their postseason starting pitchers. Though Backe didn #39;t get the victory in the Astros #39; 3-0 win over St. | 1 |
NFL: JAMAL #39;S HEADING FOR JAILbut only after the NFL season ends. The Baltimore Ravens star will serve four months in a tough federal jail and two months in a halfway | 1 |
Pre-Dinosaur Reptile Discovered -- Long-Necked HunterToday researchers announced the discovery of a new species of ancient reptile. The 230-million-year-old remains of the long-necked, aquatic predator were found in China. | 3 |
IBM, Intel open up their #39;blades #39;Computer, chip maker will license much of the technology behind their compact servers -- for free. NEW YORK (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp. | 3 |
China kicks off last three flyaway racesMotorsport.com. Formula One now enters the final three races of the 2004 season, all of which are long distant events. The inaugural Chinese Grand Prix heads the trio this weekend, followed by Japan and Brazil. | 1 |
Soccer / English Premier League - No change as top four winChelsea maintained its drive for the team #39;s first title in 50 years when it thrashed Newcastle United 4-0 at Stamford Bridge yesterday to stay five points ahead of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League. | 1 |
Standards group scuttles Microsoft e-mail proposalInternet engineers working on a standard for identifying the source of e-mail messages voted down a proposal by Microsoft to include some of that company #39;s intellectual property in the specification. | 3 |
Ballmer takes on the troublemakersCEO weighs in on Linux, EU regulators, music pirates and ""bad people out there in cyberspace."" | 3 |
Two Arrested in Death of Idaho Player (AP)AP - A University of Idaho football player was shot to death and police arrested two brothers from Seattle after a car chase that extended across two states. | 1 |
English man accused of sex with Texas minor he met on the WebA 36-year-old man has been arrested in England and charged with having sex with a 15-year-old Texas girl he met in an Internet chat room. | 3 |
Malik and Afridi have Kenyans in a spinThis was another depressingly unedifying mismatch. Kenya were abject, sometimes comically naive, in surrendering nine wickets for 27 runs in only 63 balls as they were dismissed for 94, their third-lowest one-day international score. | 1 |
Earnhardt Fined for Checkered LanguageDale Earnhardt Jr. cursed on a nationally televised Nascar broadcast on Sunday, and it cost him the lead in a close race for the Nextel Cup drivers championship. | 1 |
Napster Creator Touts Legal File Sharing (AP)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. | 3 |
Putin: State firms can bid for Yukos assetsPresident Vladimir Putin gave his blessing on Friday for Russian state energy firms to bid for oil major Yukos #39;s assets if bailiffs put them up for sale to recover a huge back-tax bill. | 2 |
ONeill has no doubts over new strike forceCeltic will put Henri Camara and John Hartson together up front on Tuesday to face the might of Barcelona and Martin ONeill has no doubts about the partnership after seeing them destroy Dundee on Saturday. | 1 |
New Wi-Fi Nearly Doubles Speed (PC World)PC World - Belkin's Pre-N wireless networking line also dramatically improves\ range--even for 802.11b and 802.11g gear. | 3 |
ATHENS OLYMPICS 2004 / IOC boss Rogge hails #39;awakening of Asia #39;IOC President Jacques Rogge hailed quot;the awakening of Asia quot; at the Athens Olympics as the global event headed toward its finale. | 1 |
Texas not popular choiceThe Breeders #39; Cup is making its first visit to Texas and not everyone thinks the world of it. There has been grumbling about the tight-turned turf course that has scared away many European runners. | 1 |
Longhorn Server to have one version for many rolesSAN FRANCISCO - Microsoftwill let customers configure the next major release of Windows Server for specific server tasks, rather than selling a host of different Windows Server Longhorn editions tailored to those tasks, a company executive said Friday. | 3 |
Stop Misbehaving, Spacey Tells British Theatergoers (Reuters)Reuters - Hollywood star Kevin Spacey has lost his\patience with British theater audiences -- it's time to turn\off the mobile phones and stop rustling candy wrappers. | 3 |
IAEA chief arrives in South Korea amid concerns over nuclear <b>...</b>The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in South Korea on Sunday amid concerns over the country #39;s past nuclear experiments. | 0 |
Profit may silence critics: Coles MyerAustralia #39;s biggest retailer, Coles Myer, hopes it has silenced its detractors by posting a record annual profit, which was above its own guidance and market expectations. | 2 |
DT Wants All of T-OnlineBONN, Germany -- On Saturday, Deutsche Telekom #39;s Supervisory Board approved a merger plan by the Board of Management. One day later, T-Online #39;s Supervisory Board consented to the offer of merger negotiations. | 2 |
AL Wrap: Rangers Overcome Angels, A #39;s Draw LevelAdrian Gonzalez drove in three runs with a pair of hits as the Texas Rangers beat Anaheim 6-3 in Arlington on Thursday, dropping the Angels into a first place tie with Oakland in the AL West. | 1 |
Demtchenko of Russia Wins Men's Luge (AP)AP - Albert Demtchenko of Russia won the men's singles Sunday to break up a sweep by the powerful German team of all five races at a Luge World Cup event. | 1 |
Check Point beats Wall St. markShares rise sharply after the software maker reports higher 3Q profit on strong products demand. TEL AVIV, Israel (Reuters) - Check Point Software Technologies Inc. | 2 |
NASA: Jeanne Caused Little Damage, but Shuttle Work More BehindNASA says Hurricane Jeanne caused minimal damage to the Kennedy Space Center. But the storm put space shuttle workers even further behind in their effort to resume. | 3 |
Virgin Mary sandwich toast of biddersThe eBay auction of a cheese sandwich said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary has drawn cheesy spoofs, including victuals meant to resemble the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. | 3 |
Fox hunting ban is about 'class war': Labour MP (AFP)AFP - The ban on fox hunting is driven by the Labour Party's desire to stamp out ""the old order"" dominated by the country's landowning upper classes, a Labour MP wrote in The Sunday Telegraph. | 0 |
Infocus: Detecting Complex VirusesThe purpose of this paper is to examine the difficulties of detecting complex viruses, including polymorphic, metamorphic and entry-point obscuring viruses. Whether or not an anti-virus (AV) technology can detect these viruses can be a useful metric to consider when evaluating AV products. | 3 |
Martha Stewart Reports to Prison in W. Va.ALDERSON, W.Va. - Martha Stewart reported to prison early Friday to begin serving a five-month sentence for lying about a stock sale, the federal Bureau of Prisons said... | 0 |
Island of the Little PeopleThe impact on physical anthropology of the diminutive hominid Homo floresiensis cannot be understated. The discovery in a rock shelter on the Indonesian island of Flores , announced in the | 3 |
Scramjet tries to break speed recordAn innovative engine that compresses air by its shape alone to reach hypersonic speeds will attempt to break its own record this week with a test flight over the Pacific Ocean. | 3 |
U.S. Jobless Claims Drop Sharply WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing initial claims for jobless pay fell by much more than expected last week to 317,000 in the steepest decline in three years, Labor Department data showed on Thursday. | 2 |
Brown #39;s archrival won #39;t cost him jobDallas - A popular notion in sports circles is that Texas coach Mack Brown simply cannot, will not and should not survive yet another loss to Oklahoma. | 1 |
ICC bagged over mismatchCRICKET officials are under pressure to overhaul the game #39;s showpiece tournaments after embarrassing mismatches and England #39;s bleak weather threatened to turn the Champions Trophy into a farce. | 1 |
OWEN SUBBED AS REAL CRASHMichael Owens unspectacular start to life with Real Madrid continued as he was substituted early in the second half after making his first start for the club, as they lost 1-0 to unfancied Espanyol. | 1 |
Sports: NFL tells Vikings #39; Smith to sit out fourMINNEAPOLIS Onterrio Smith of the Minnesota Vikings will miss his team #39;s next four games for a violation of the NFL substance abuse policy. | 1 |
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