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Negotiations Seek End to IRA Threat (AP)AP - The British and Irish governments summoned rival Northern Ireland parties to a moat-surrounded castle Thursday in hopes of crafting a new peace deal for the British territory. | 0 |
Dollar Ends Lower, Focus Turns to ISM NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar finished lower versus major currencies on Tuesday after weaker-than-expected U.S. consumer confidence and regional manufacturing reports opened the door to some profit-taking. | 2 |
FedEx Ordered to Repay US \$29 MillionFedEx Corp. #39;s (FDX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) express air shipping unit has been ordered by the US government to repay \$29 million in excess funds received under an act established after the Sept. | 2 |
Hicks #39; dad just wants to hug sonTHE parents of Australian terrorist suspect David Hicks are headed for Cuba for an emotional reunion with their son, who has been in US military detention for almost three years. | 0 |
British Ex-Guantanamo Detainees Sue Rumsfeld (Reuters)Reuters - Four British former inmates of the\U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay sued Defense Secretary\Donald Rumsfeld and others Wednesday saying they were tortured\in violation of U.S. and international law. | 0 |
Network Appliance Offers Up Flexible StorageThe vendor adds features to its storage appliance to quickly bring back online storage that had been dedicated to an underused application. | 3 |
General: Bin Laden Still Issuing OrdersBAGRAM, Afghanistan - Three years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Osama bin Laden and his deputy are still issuing orders for attacks by al-Qaida, a top American commander told The Associated Press Saturday... | 0 |
Blazers Fine Randolph for Missing Team Flight TORONTO (Sports Network) - The Portland Trail Blazers fined forward Zach Randolph for missing the team flight to Toronto, where they will meet the Raptors Sunday afternoon. | 1 |
Phillips leads US winnersIn winning the Olympic title on his first jump Thursday with the fifth-longest in 108-year Olympic history, Phillips took himself and American long jumping out from the lengthy shadow of four-time long jump gold medalist Carl Lewis and world record holder | 1 |
Fan Pursues Bonds Home Run Ball, But Strikes Out LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A baseball fan who bought up 6,458 seats at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium in the hope of catching and selling Barry Bonds' 700th home run ball admitted on Thursday he had probably struck out. | 1 |
Engelhard Posts Flat 3rd-Quarter Results (Reuters)Reuters - Specialty chemicals company Engelhard\Corp. on Monday posted flat third-quarter results as\higher raw material costs and an unusually severe hurricane\season offset slightly higher sales. | 2 |
Sprint Puts Streaming Media on PhonesPCS Vision Multimedia streams faster video plus audio channels to Samsung phone. | 3 |
Pak says India paranoid on F-16Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday accused India of being quot;paranoid quot; over its efforts to secure F-16 fighter aircraft and other weaponry from the US but said this would not have any bearing on nuclear and conventional confidence building measure talks between | 0 |
TPV buys Philips PC monitor businessLONDON, December 17 (newratings.com) - Dutch electronics company Royal Philips Electronics NV (PHI1.ETR) announced yesterday that it has entered into an agreement to sell its PC monitor and flat TV businesses to Taiwans TPV Technology Ltd for \$358 | 2 |
French security policy bombsFrench police ended their practice Sunday of hiding plastic explosives in air passengers #39; luggage to train bomb-sniffing dogs after one such bag got lost, possibly ending up on a flight out of Paris #39; Charles de Gaulle airport. | 0 |
Oil Falls to Six-Week Low LONDON (Reuters) - Oil slid to a six-week low on Friday, continuing a fund-led selling spree that has knocked 13 percent from last week's record highs as rising stockpiles have eased worries of a winter supply crunch. | 2 |
Chancellor #39;s plan for poor nations #39; debtANYONE who doubts Gordon Brown #39;s ability to lead the nation should watch him in action at the International Monetary Fund. Here in Washington, where Brown chairs the IMF #39;s main policymaking committee, Brown is the leader of the pack. | 2 |
Lyon escapes Toulouse with winToulouse, France (Sports Network) - There is a reason that Lyon has captured the Ligue 1 title three years in a row, and they put all those positive attributes on display at the Municipal Stadium on Tuesday night during a 2-0 win over Toulouse. | 1 |
Robot Helps Police Arrest Murder Suspect (AP)AP - A robot helped police nab a murder suspect who had eluded Westomoreland County authorities for three months. | 3 |
Want to travel on a private space jet? Pack nerves of steel.. - As soon as Monday, Burt Rutan could send his split-tailed space guppy past the envelope of blue sky for the second | 3 |
AP: Kids Left in Africa Begged for ChangeIBADAN, Nigeria - Allegedly abandoned by their American mother in Africa, seven children from Texas begged small change to buy food and shuttled from a neglectful stranger's care to a concrete-block orphanage, Nigerians said Thursday. Eventually, the children proved their Ame... | 0 |
Ovitz #39;fell out with Eisner from start #39;Michael Ovitz, the former Hollywood powerbroker, yesterday said the first cracks appeared in his stormy relationship with Walt Disney chief and former boss Michael Eisner even before his appointment as president of the company was announced in 1995. | 2 |
Microsoft Biting the AppleThe company is taking ever-closer steps to getting in Apple's musical domain. | 2 |
Iomega backs away from DCT, cuts jobsIomega Corp. will cut its workforce by 25 percent and end development of its DCT (Digital Capture Technology) product line in a restructuring aimed at cutting costs and | 2 |
Stocks Move Higher As Oil Prices DeclineNEW YORK - Stocks moved slightly higher Friday as investors tried to uncouple share prices from skyrocketing oil costs, helped in afternoon trading by falling oil prices that had earlier reached new highs and flirted with \$50 per barrel. A barrel of light crude was quoted at ... | 0 |
Kim increases lead at State Farm ClassicSpringfield, Illinois - Christina Kim followed up her career best round with a six-under 66 here on Friday to increase her lead to four strokes in the \$1,2-million (about R8-million) State Farm Classic. | 1 |
Reynolds reports 1st earnings since mergerTobacco company Reynolds American Inc., reporting earnings for the first time since the combination of RJ Reynolds and the US operations of Brown amp; Williamson | 2 |
Column: Cheaper Oil Fuels Stocks Rally NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil is still king on Wall Street -- and if you don't believe it, just take a look at this year's stock market charts. | 2 |
Nine charged over Palm Island riotNine men have been charged over yesterday #39;s riot on Palm Island, in north east Australia. Hans Mick reports the community #39;s police station and court house were destroyed. | 0 |
Oil Charges to \$50.47 Record SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices soared to a new record above \$50 on Tuesday as uncertainties over Nigerian output heightened worries of a severe supply disruption ahead of winter. | 2 |
Never in doubtAfter taking a haymaker that deprived them of victory when they were one strike away, the Boston Red Sox refused to stay down. They bounced right back in the last of the ninth, pulling | 1 |
Anchoring Turkey in the European familyRecep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey #39;s prime minister, has been travelling so much recently that most Turks have to turn on their television to find out where he is. | 0 |
Grizzlies Coach Retires for Health ReasonsMemphis Grizzlies coach Hubie Brown talks to a reporter after a workout Jan. 8, 2004, in Seattle. Brown retired as coach of the Grizzlies on Thursday, Nov. 25, 2004, due to health reasons. | 1 |
NEXTEL CUP: Dale Jr. penalty too harshRoush Racing driver Matt Kenseth, the defending NASCAR Nextel Cup champion, will share his views with Free Press readers through the final race in the Chase for the Championship, which ends Nov. 21 at Homestead, Fla. | 1 |
Oil Slumps Below \$41, Dealers Shrug OPEC CutOil prices settled under \$41 for the first time since July Friday as dealers took profits on a widely expected move by the OPEC cartel to curb production in excess of its official output ceiling. | 2 |
RIM Launches BlackBerry with Revamped Keyboard TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd. <A HREF=""http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=RIM.TO qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news"">RIM.TO</A><RIMM.O>, which popularized wireless e-mailing with its thumb-operated BlackBerry, launch... | 3 |
Latest Hurricane Kills Six in FloridaHUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla. - Jeanne, Florida's fourth hurricane in six weeks, piled on destruction in already ravaged areas Sunday, slicing across the state with howling wind that rocketed debris from earlier storms and torrents of rain that turned streets into rivers... | 0 |
Barcelona shuts out rival Real MadridMADRID, Spain Barcelona moved further ahead in the Spanish league by beating rival Real Madrid 3-0 Saturday in the country #39;s biggest match. | 1 |
Ex-soldier, warlord becomes Somali leaderA former soldier, rebel and warlord was sworn in Thursday as the new president of Somalia in the latest attempt to unite the nation under a central government for the first time since 1991. | 0 |
The Cost of Virus Protection RisesSymantec, McAfee hope raising virus-definition fees will move users to suites. | 3 |
India Pulls Out About 3,000 Troops from Kashmir (Reuters)Reuters - India pulled out around 3,000\troops from Kashmir Saturday in a planned withdrawal of army\units from the region, officials said, as the peace process\between New Delhi and Islamabad came under strain this week. | 0 |
Arabs are not responsible for atrocitiesTHE Western media is deceiving the world into thinking that the Arabs are responsible for the atrocities that have driven 1.3 million people out of their homes in Darfur, Sudan, according to a former member of the West Darfur parliament. | 0 |
Dollar Steadies After Rally on Fed Talk LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar paused on Tuesday after a steep rally in the previous session as investors waited to see if forthcoming data would reinforce the Federal Reserve's optimism in the U.S. recovery. | 2 |
NBA Game Summary - Chicago At ClevelandCleveland, OH -- LeBron James had 26 points, seven rebounds and seven assists and became the youngest player in NBA history to score 2,000 points, as the red-hot Cleveland Cavaliers pasted the Chicago Bulls, 96-74, at Gund Arena. | 1 |
Spirit finds more evidence of waterLOS ANGELES (AP) The twin Mars rovers have found a wonderland of weird rocks and enticing dunes along with more evidence the Red Planet once had water, NASA scientists said Wednesday. | 3 |
Pats do away with SeattleIndeed, the New England Patriots are never boring. Despite jumping out to a 17-0 first half lead over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, they still had to pull out their usual resolve | 1 |
Two top shareholders take opposing positionsLOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- As the deadline for what Oracle Corp. has called its quot;best and final quot; offer for PeopleSoft Inc. looms, two of the unwilling takeover target #39;s top shareholders were split Tuesday on whether to back the \$9.2 billion bid. | 2 |
Major Windows SP2 bug reveals documents worldwidePC WELT in Germany said it has discovered a major bug in Windows XP Service Pack 2 which will crack open your PC like a song thrush breaks a snail shell. | 3 |
Evidence of apathySo, did Robin Van Persie deserve to get a red card for his tussle with Kieran Richardson? After viewing the incident a number of times from a series of different angles and hearing the views from a raft of | 1 |
Half-life shoots up SierraVALVE, the makers of Half-Life, have won a court battle against their distributors Sierra Studios over the rights for pay as you play games. | 3 |
Grenade Kills Two at Colombo Bollywood Concert (Reuters)Reuters - Two people were killed and 11 wounded\when a hand grenade was lobbed into the VIP section of the\audience at a concert led by Indian film superstar Shah Rukh\Khan and two other actors, police said. | 0 |
PalmSource Embraces LinuxPalm OS merchant PalmSource is buying mobile phone ISV China MobileSoft (CMS) in a \$22.6 million stock deal to tap into the huge Chinese market and the growing popularity of Linux. | 3 |
Season over for Seattle #39;s JacobsenSeattle, WA (Sports Network) - The Seattle Mariners announced prior to Wednesday #39;s game against Cleveland that first baseman/designated hitter Bucky Jacobsen will undergo surgery next week, ending the rookie #39;s 2004 campaign. | 1 |
Stocks to Watch Wednesday Three top Citigroup executives, including Vice Chairman Deryck Maughan, are leaving the financial services giant in the wake of a scandal at its Japanese private banking unit. | 2 |
Oil Prices Keep RisingThe cost of a barrel of oil jumped more than 25 cents in just a few hours Thursday -- hitting \$52.53. .At this rate, the price could be aiming for the \$53 mark soon. | 2 |
CoTherix, Google Rise Before the Bell (Reuters)Reuters - Shares of CoTherix Inc. rose\2.7 percent before the bell on Tuesday after Piper Jaffray\initiated coverage of the biopharmaceutical company with an\""outperform"" rating and a #36;10 price target. | 2 |
Pinochet Faces Tax Charges in ChileChile's Internal Tax Service filed a criminal complaint against former ruler Augusto Pinochet after an investigation of his accounts at Riggs Bank in Washington. Riggs was not a subject of the complaint. | 2 |
Exiled Ansar founder could be linked to Allawi attack plot (AFP)AFP - The founder of radical Islamist group Ansar al-Islam was questioned in Oslo by German police ahead of the arrests in Germany of three men suspected of plotting to attack visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allaiwi. | 0 |
Sprint, Nextel to Build on Wireless StrengthProposed merger would create the country's third-largest wireless unit, and the new company could be a very formidable competitor given Nextel's prized customer base. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2"" color=""#666666""><B>-The Washin... | 3 |
Nothing rivals this bitter feudYou asked for it. You got it. Ever-clutch, the Yankees rallied from a 5-1 deficit in the eighth inning at Minnesota last night and finished off the Twins, 6-5, in 11 innings in Game 4 of the American League Division Series to advance to the ALCS against the Red Sox, beginning Tuesday nigh... | 1 |
Caymans slowly recovering from IvanA representative of the Cayman Islands has said that the island nation is getting back on its feet after the weekend onslaught of Hurricane Ivan. | 0 |
Arafat #39;s wife sends message to leadersParis - Yasser Arafat #39;s wife on Sunday despatched a key Palestinian official to the West Bank with a mysterious message for the leadership concerning the health of her husband and its political consequences. | 0 |
Kiely triumphs in personal battle with DelapFormer Republic of Ireland international teammates Dean Kiely and Rory Delap enjoyed a personal battle as Charlton and Southampton played out a 0-0 draw at the Valley on Monday night. | 1 |
POWER OUTAGE NETS GUCCI A COOL \$3.5BThe company that owns legendary fashion label Gucci, continued to sell off units that can #39;t boost its prospects in the rich-and-famous lifestyle business. | 2 |
Motorola using Microsoft ActiveSync protocol for Linux smartphoneMotorola, Inc. has announced interoperability between its MotoSync technology-enabled mobile phones and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. | 3 |
Iraqis not interested in Sharm el-Sheikh conferenceThe Iraqis, who still suffer from the worsening security situation, are hardly interested in an international conference on Iraq to be held in the Egyptian Red Searesort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Nov 22-23. | 0 |
Passport Privacy Protection? NopeThe Bush administration opposes security measures recommended by privacy advocates for new microchip-equipped passports, saying it's concerned for the safety of American travelers. Critics say the chips are good for identity thieves and government snoops. | 3 |
Major Rathore is a perfectionist to the coreA man of words, commitment and warmth. Rajyvardhan Singh Rathore combines all these qualities. And he, of course, is one of the most talented shooters of recent times. | 1 |
Drag-and-drop flaw mars Microsoft's latest updateAn independent researcher finds an Internet Explorer vulnerability that could turn drag-and-drop into drag-and-infect. | 3 |
Revived Ravens enjoy blowoutBALTIMORE - Here #39;s a reminder that you should address your calls to the NFL and CBS over league rules that give the Baltimore Ravens local broadcast priority over the Pittsburgh Steelers. | 1 |
Earnhardt Bounced from Top Spot in NASCAR Standings DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (Sports Network) - NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been fined \$10,000 for cursing during a TV interview following his win at Talladega Superspeedway. | 1 |
Practice makes Marbury near perfectNo, not by hopping the next flight out of Athens, which was what all the US men #39;s basketball players no doubt felt like doing after shooting bricks and playing like strangers in their miserable first week of the Olympics. | 1 |
Haitians Say Police Killed 13 in Pro-Aristide Slum PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - Residents of a Port-au-Prince slum accused Haitian police on Wednesday of executing 13 people believed to be supporters of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. | 0 |
U2 Fans Furious at iPod DealCarrie Alison, editor of the largest U2 fan Web site, confirmed that some fans are angry at the band #39;s decision. She said, quot;Some pockets of U2 fans will rankle at the band aligning themselves with a major | 3 |
China #39;s Lenovo acquires IBM #39;s PC businessLenovo Group, China #39;s personal computer giant, Wednesday signed a definitive agreement with IBM to acquire Big Blue #39;s personal computer | 2 |
Search Engine Forums SpotlightLinks to this week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Google - Paid inclusion? - Gbrowser - The Google Browser - Directory - Linkfarm, Where Exactly Is the Difference? - How Fair Is the Link Popularity Algorithm? - Ask Jeeves Citysearch Partnership Goes Live - Pay Per Cli... | 3 |
ATA Airlines files for bankruptcy protectionIndianapolis-based ATA Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection today. The airline has one of its major hubs at Chicago #39;s Midway Airport. | 2 |
Bears Secondary Suffers Another Blow (AP)AP - Chicago Bears cornerback Charles Tillman will miss seven to 10 weeks with a right knee injury, a blow to a secondary already stretched thin by injuries to Mike Brown and Jerry Azumah. | 1 |
Chinadotcom #39;s Text-Messages SuspendedChinadotcom Corp. said Friday that China #39;s state-controlled wireless carrier fined the company \$160,000 and suspended its text-message services on charges that the cell-phone service provider #39;s Go2joy unit | 3 |
Norwegian police hunt for motive, robbers in Munch art theft (AFP)AFP - Norwegian police hunting for two world-famous paintings by artist Edvard Munch, stolen at the weekend in the country's first-ever armed museum robbery, said they had no clue what the thieves were going to do with their priceless bounty. | 0 |
Sprint to bake in BlackBerry for businessesResearch In Motion's BlackBerry e-mail and data services will be carried on Sprint's networks. | 3 |
Hansen has an uphill struggle for breaststroke bronzeATHENS, Greece Brendan Hansen is the swimmer who caught a wave and then lost it. He owns two world records and zero gold medals. | 1 |
Hollinger International gets cash from CanWest dealHollinger International Inc. (HLR.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday that it received cash proceeds of about \$49.1 million on a transaction with CanWest Global Communications Corp. | 2 |
Andrew forecasts a lossAndrew Corp. Thursday forecast a fiscal fourth-quarter loss on lower revenue, citing rising raw materials costs and weak demand in North America as two large customers that are about to | 2 |
Earth in close encounter with giant asteroidHumankind got spied on by a huge space invader on Wednesday. An asteroid named for a Celtic god of war was to come closer to Earth this week than it has since 1353. | 3 |
Desert hospitality, honor, and the war outside the doorOne Najaf family's shifting view of the fierce fighting that surrounds them. | 0 |
UN: 10,000 People Dying Monthly in DarfurIn the Darfur region of western Sudan, nearly 10,000 people per month have lost their lives from malnutrition and disease adding up to 70,000 deaths since the crisis started in February of 2003. | 0 |
Making his pointThe disgruntled receiver, who turns 42 today, expects to be dealt before the Oct. 19 trade deadline. By Gregg Bell -- Bee Staff Writer. | 1 |
Haitian Death Toll From Storm Nears 2,000GONAIVES, Haiti - The death toll from floods unleashed by Tropical Storm Jeanne rose sharply to nearly 2,000 people, with many still missing, as officials said they found hundreds more bodies in Haiti's devastated northwestern region. Officials, who had previously put the tol... | 0 |
'Super Earth' Discovered at Nearby Star (SPACE.com)SPACE.com - In a discovery that has left one expert stunned, European astronomers have \ found one of the smallest planets known outside our solar system, a world about \ 14 times the mass of our own around a star much like the Sun. | 3 |
EBay Adds 'Want It Now' Feature (Reuters)Reuters - EBay Inc. has added a\new ""Want it Now"" feature for people to request exactly what\they want on the online marketplace, a spokesman said on\Friday. | 3 |
Germany, 15 Years After the WallToday, Germans remember the fall of the Berlin wall - an ecstatic night of pure joy when the communist East German government allowed its citizens unhindered access to the bright lights, well-stocked department stores, and warmhearted greetings of | 0 |
Brooks, Stallworth get it done lateNEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Saints dodged a hurricane and the San Francisco 49ers and survived the loss of their biggest offensive weapon - Deuce McAllister. | 1 |
Sony #39;s PSP Launch Greeted by Long Lines of BuyersSony #39;s first hand-held game machine is vying to give Nintendo a run for its money in Japan this holiday season. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata is taking the news with a grain of salt. | 3 |
UN probing Nepal disappearancesA fact-finding mission from the UN begins investigating the large number of political disappearances in Nepal. | 0 |
UN counts 70,000 dead in Darfur crisis GENEVA -- At least 70,000 refugees have died since March because of poor conditions in camps in Sudan's Darfur region, and more will die at the same rate unless countries contribute the \$300 million in aid they promised, the UN health agency said yesterday. | 0 |
Big East Sets ScheduleThe Big East Conference announces its schedule plans for next season when it expands to 16 teams. The conference will retain a one-division regular season structure. | 1 |
More Tramp Victims of Suspected Brazil Death Squad SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - One vagrant died and three were badly beaten in overnight attacks in Brazil's biggest city of Sao Paulo, raising the number of victims of a suspected death squad to 14 in four days. | 0 |
Auditor to Army: Dock Halliburton Pay (Reuters)Reuters - The U.S. Army should withhold some\future payments to Halliburton for work in Iraq due to\billing disputes, a government auditor said on Wednesday, a\move that could cost the contractor tens of millions of\dollars. | 2 |
CNF to Sell Forwarding Business to UPSTransport and logistics company CNF Inc. on Tuesday said it agreed to sell its Menlo Worldwide Forwarding business to United Parcel Service Inc. | 2 |
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