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New forces mark Bolivia electionBolivians vote in local elections with grassroots groups set to challenge the traditional political parties. | 0 |
Idle UNH still moves upThings seem to be going New Hampshire's way. The Wildcats had a bye week and still moved up two places to No. 7 in the Sports Network Division 1-AA football poll. | 1 |
AMICUS CALLS ON ADAIR TURNER TO RECOMMEND COMPULSORY PENSION <b>...</b>Amicus Britain #39;s largest private sector union is urging the Government #39;s Pensions Commission headed by Adair Turner to recommend compulsory contributions from employers into staff pension funds. | 2 |
He's a fast learnerFOXBOROUGH -- For a long time yesterday the men and women huddled four rows deep around Bethel Johnson's locker knew what Terreal Bierria felt like 45 minutes earlier. Bethel Johnson was behind them. | 1 |
Microsoft #39;s Improved Media Center Still Falls Shorta special layer of software designed to let people enjoy their digital photos, music and videos from across the room -- has to rank as one | 3 |
Trimmed down Monty has stomach for battlePADRAIG HARRINGTON is a gizmo boffin. He has a wristwatch that times the speed of his swing, and his playing partner, Colin Montgomerie, was blinking his eyes in wonder as he showed it off on the 10th tee at Oakland Hills, Michigan, yesterday. | 1 |
Japanese order data weigh on stocksTOKYO Japanese stocks fell Thursday after a government report showed that machinery orders unexpectedly declined in September, signaling that corporate investment may weaken. | 2 |
Google engineers new scholarly searchGoogle Inc., the leader in online search engines, is setting out to make better sense of all the scholarly work stored on the Web. | 3 |
Nate Archibald hired as coach of JamNate Archibald, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame and the NBA #39;s 50th anniversary all-time team, was hired as coach of the American Basketball Association champion Long Beach Jam on Tuesday. | 1 |
Sweet Catomine takes BC Juvenile FilliesSweet Catomine overcame traffic problems on the turn for home and posted a 3-length victory in the \$1 million Breeders #39; Cup Juvenile Fillies on Saturday. | 1 |
2 Ecologists Near End of West Coast HikeForget a Global Positioning System or even a map. The Earth #39;s own original satellite is the most important guide for two hikers making the first known | 3 |
Apple iTunes accepts PayPalApple and PayPal announced on Friday that the US incarnation of the iTunes Music Store (ITMS) now accepts payment via PayPal #39;s Virtual Wallet. | 3 |
Plea for Iraq kidnap cluesBritish security officials hunting for Margaret Hassan are trying to contact the intermediary who acted as the conduit with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi #39;s group during the kidnapping of Kenneth Bigley. | 0 |
Foot Locker 3Q Profit Meets EstimatesAthletic shoe retailer Foot Locker Inc. on Thursday said its third-quarter profit grew on higher sales, meeting Wall Street estimates. | 2 |
Utah, Pittsburgh to Play in Fiesta Bowl (AP)AP - The Fiesta Bowl gladly invited BCS-buster Utah on Sunday and had no choice but to accept Big East champion Pittsburgh as the unbeaten Utes' opponent. | 1 |
Microsoft, EU see pre-Christmas antitrust rulingLUXEMBOURG -- Microsoft Corp., which was ruled an illegal monopolist by the European Union in March, will learn next month whether it can wait years before complying with an EU order to sell a stripped-down version of Windows and disclose information on | 2 |
Camera Phone Used To Catch A ThiefNashville police were able to catch a robber within minutes after a robbery victim used a camera cell phone to snap a mug shot of the criminal as well as the getaway vehicle. | 3 |
F1 supremo Ecclestone abandons all hope for British Grand PrixLONDON: Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone insisted on Friday that the British Grand Prix has no chance whatsoever of making it back on to the 2005 calendar. | 1 |
Dollar Vulnerable, Stocks Rise Overseas LONDON (Reuters) - The euro was near two-month highs against the dollar Friday as key U.S. data loomed and as traders awaited a Group of Seven meeting of finance ministers, while oil-fired inflation fears lifted gold close. | 2 |
Update: TheGlobe.com subsidiary guns for IM interoperabilityVoiceglo, a subsidiary of TheGlobe.com, has released a test version of an application designed to create interoperability among four major consumer instant message (IM) networks. | 3 |
Women Employees Sue CostcoWomen employees of Costco Wholesale Corp. filed a sex discrimination class action suit today, alleging that the giant retailer imposes a glass ceiling that prevents women from reaching the top and keeps them in lower paid positions. | 2 |
Smith Off as Manchester Derby Drawn; Newcastle Loses (Update1)Alan Smith was sent off with two minutes remaining as Manchester United was held 0-0 at Old Trafford by Manchester City. Newcastle lost 4-1 at home to Fulham, while Bolton drew 1-1 at Middlesbrough. | 1 |
No. 2 Tar Heels Make Quick Work of WoffordBoth went 3 for 3 from beyond the arc for their first three-pointers of the season and career highs for three-pointers in a game. Reserve Erlana Larkins added 12 points for the Tar Heels (6-0). | 1 |
Train driver #39;not to blame #39; for accidentThe driver of the train which crashed into a car on a level crossing killing him and six others had just two or three seconds to stop, an official report has found. | 1 |
NESN's Red Sox video world-classNESN's quot;Faith Rewarded: The Historic Season of the 2004 Boston Red Sox quot; hits the retail stores today in both DVD and VHS formats. | 1 |
Software Tackles Digital Photo ProliferationNow that digital cameras have overtaken film cameras in sales, users are beginning to encounter a familiar problem -- what to do with the bulging image files and folders filling up computer hard drives? | 3 |
EDITORIAL Get the kidnappersThere was relief all around after an Italian volunteer aid worker was freed unharmed yesterday in Lanao del Norte. Andrea Cianferoni was lucky to be kept in captivity for only a day, but the swiftness of his | 0 |
Yahoo Extends Microsoft Ad Deal to Mid-2006Yahoo Inc. (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to extend its deal to place advertisements on Microsoft Corp. #39;s (MSFT. | 3 |
Kidnapped CNN producer freedPalestinian militants yesterday released an Israeli Arab who works as a producer for CNN a day after abducting him at gunpoint in the | 0 |
Ponting out to spoil England #39;s partyWith a series of plans for Andrew Flintoff and a distinct lack of concern for his batting teammates, Ricky Ponting believes Australia will be able to turn the lights out on England #39;s | 1 |
Intel finally cancels Digital TV screen projectIn another development in what is becoming a depressing year for Intel, the company has announced that it has finally abandoned plans to get into the digital TV screen business. | 3 |
BUTTON PLEADS FOR SILVERSTONE FUTUREJenson Button today issued a passionate defence of Silverstone, insisting it would be quot;devastating quot; if the British Grand Prix was axed. | 1 |
Kazaa Faces Piracy Charges in TrialAustralia #39;s record company lawyers are attempting to have Kazaa #39;s owners, Sharman Networks, declared liable for copyright breach and loss of earnings in the civil case now underway. | 3 |
News: WinAmp flayed by skins attackA serious security flaw in NullSoft's popular WinAmp player opens the door for crackers to seize control of vulnerable systems. | 3 |
KDE updates Linux desktopThe KDE Project has released version 3.3 of its Linux desktop interface software. | 3 |
5 are killed as wall in Dubai fallsAt least five people were killed and a dozen were injured Monday after an unfinished wall collapsed during construction of a multi-billion-dollar expansion of the Dubai International Airport, airport authorities said. | 0 |
NCAA Game Summary - Miami-Florida at HoustonHouston, TX (Sports Network) - Tyrone Moss ran for 147 yards and two touchdowns to lead fourth-ranked Miami-Florida to a 38-13 victory over Houston at Reliant Stadium. | 1 |
DirecTV Reports Larger Q3 LossDirecTV reported a net loss of just over \$1 billion in the quarter ended September 30th, compared to a loss of \$23 million in the same period last year. | 2 |
IAEA moves to verify Iran #39;s nuclear suspensionThe International Atomic Energy Agency has started to supervise Iran #39;s suspension of the issue of Uranium nuclear enrichment program, but says it will be days before the agency can confirm that the Tehran has fully complied. | 0 |
Owen should startMICHAEL OWEN is under an intense spotlight now after his early difficulties at Real Madrid and there #39;s talk Jermain Defoe may replace him for England on Saturday. | 1 |
Progress Is Made in Resolving Antitrust IssuesThe software industry enters 2005 with several antitrust issues behind it, a result of a handful of court decisions and out-of-court settlements this year. | 3 |
Huang to Push For a Research InstitutionEugene Huang is an introvert who's on an extended lecture circuit, a high-level government official who dislikes politics and, as of Oct. 1, one of the youngest state Cabinet secretaries in the nation. | 3 |
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING 2006: US close to clinching berth in <b>...</b>The USA moved one step closer to the final round of World Cup 2006 qualifying in the CONCACAF zone with a rather easy 2-0 win over El Salvador Saturday night in San Salvador. | 1 |
Pension Funds Angle for #39; #39;Proxy Access #39; #39;(Board members: Please take a moment to participate in a special survey, sponsored by CFO magazine and the National Association of Corporate Directors, that examines the evolving relationship between board members and the corporations chief financial | 2 |
New Zealand ignores nuke differences to woo India (Reuters)Reuters - New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark sidestepped differences with India over nuclear disarmament on Wednesday and sought to boost business ties between the two countries during a visit to New Delhi. | 0 |
China rules out 'hard landing'Efforts to ease the Chinese economy off the boil are working but rapid exchange rate change is off the agenda, the Chinese president says. | 2 |
Ryder-Monty gives Europe early advantage at Oakland HillsColin Montgomerie drew first blood for holders Europe with a birdie-three at the first hole as the 35th Ryder Cup began at Oakland Hills under cloudy skies on Friday. | 1 |
First direct flight from US to Vietnam since 1975 has landedHO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam The last time a US passenger plane landed there, it was Saigon. Today, the first US commercial flight to Vietnam in nearly 30 years arrived in Ho Chi Minh City. | 2 |
Record-breaker Singh stretches ahead of Els in rankingsVijay Singh, the first player in PGA Tour history to earn more than \$10 million in a single season following his Chrysler Championship victory on Sunday, has strengthened his grip at the top of the world rankings. | 1 |
Aluminum Can Kill Salmon River Parasites-Study (Reuters)Reuters - Aluminum could be an unusual savior for\Atlantic salmon in prized Scandinavian and Russian fishing\rivers because it kills a voracious parasite, researchers said\on Friday. | 3 |
Hynix sells non-memory businessHynix of Korea has sold its non-memory semiconductor operations to Citigroup Venture Capital for Won954.3bn (\$828m) and it will be renamed MagnaChip Semiconductor. | 3 |
Why we want to believe psychicsSpeaking with a long-departed love one may be the result of fear or suggestion rather than genuine spirit contact, research suggests. | 3 |
Longtime Ally Decries Sharon #39;s Gaza PlanPrime Minister Ariel Sharon has betrayed his Likud Party, a longtime senior ally wrote to thousands of party faithful Thursday, but the rebuke over the Gaza withdrawal was unlikely | 0 |
Drugs in sport: Jones denies fresh Conte claims over injecting <b>...</b>Marion Jones denied the allegations that emerged yesterday from Victor Conte, the man at the centre of the Balco doping scandal, who claimed that he had witnessed her injecting performance-enhancing drugs he supplied. | 1 |
EUROPEAN SPACECRAFT ENTERS LUNAR ORBITThe first European spacecraft to be sent to the moon has entered lunar orbit, according to the European Space Agency. The SMART-1 spacecraft has reached its closest point from the moon so far, coming within 5,000 kilometres of the lunar surface. | 3 |
US growth bounces up before voteThe US economy picked up speed in the third quarter to expand at a 3.7 percent annual rate, the government reported Friday in the last significant look at the economy before Election Day on Tuesday. | 2 |
Prosecutors Want Trial to Remain in HoustonFederal prosecutors Friday urged a judge in Houston to keep the fraud trial of three former Enron Corp. executives in the energy trader's hometown, saying that a fair trial is possible. | 2 |
SIA, Thai splurge billions on planesBIG aircraft orders from Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways International yesterday underscored the potential for growth in the Asia-Pacific aviation industry. | 2 |
Tennis: Agassi is mastered by SafinANDRE Agassi will not be able to repeat the triumph he enjoyed in the Madrid Masters two years ago following his semi-final defeat to Marat Safin. | 1 |
AZ suspends marketing of cancer drugAstraZeneca, the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical group, suffered another setback when it suspended marketing of Iressa, a lung cancer drug launched this year. | 2 |
Shopping.com: A Bad Long-Term InvestmentNEW YORK - Shopping.com is the latest meteor to streak across the new-issues market. The company #39;s planned initial public offering will generate intense interest, but bigger companies are lining up to enter | 3 |
Curfew in protest-hit Afghan cityA curfew has been imposed on the Afghan city of Herat after protests over the sacking of former governor Ismail Khan, local television reports said. | 0 |
Space pioneer dies at home in VenturaAs a retired pilot himself, Roy W. Roush knows a good aviator holds the elevation steady while gliding through the clouds. In the 15 years he was friends with space pioneer Leroy Gordon Cooper, Roush flew | 3 |
Food Drink Woes Weigh on Eurostocks LONDON (Reuters) - European shares fell almost one percent by midsession Monday, hurt by a profit warning from consumer goods giant Unilever and surging energy costs, but oil companies like BP rose with the price of crude. | 2 |
Burma Says It Will Free Over 5,000 More Prisoners RANGOON, Burma, Nov. 25 -- Burma announced Thursday that it would release more than 5,000 prisoners, and a senior official said a top dissident who was democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's closest aide would also be freed before long. | 0 |
Dollar Rebounds After Setting Low Vs. EuroThe US dollar rallied after dropping to a record low Thursday against the euro amid uncertainty about whether officials would intervene to curb the currency #39;s slide. | 0 |
Deja Vu as Florida Struggles to Hold Pristine Election (Reuters)Reuters - Lawsuits, missing absentee ballots and\accusations of bias -- from afar Tuesday's presidential\election in Florida already looks like the Third World-style\fiasco of 2000 that everyone wanted to avoid. | 0 |
Agassi Wins Appeal Against British Tax RulingFormer world number one tennis player Andre Agassi has won his appeal against a High Court ruling that athletes and other professional entertainers are liable to tax on sponsors #39; payments while working in Britain. | 1 |
Craft reaches edge of spaceA MANNED private rocketship burst through the Earth #39;s atmosphere into space today after a hair-raising ascent, putting it half-way towards winning a \$US10 million (\$13. | 3 |
United eyes decision on pension plans' fateUnited Airlines hopes to complete a new business plan within two months, including a decision on whether to terminate its pension plans, the company told employees yesterday. | 2 |
Pakistani forces arrest several Al Qaeda suspectsPakistani security forces arrested several suspects on Monday, including some linked to Al Qaeda network. The arrests came one day after Pakistani security forces killed a senior Al Qaeda operative, Amjad Farooqi, in a raid in southern Pakistan. | 0 |
Dollar on Back Foot as Data Tests Loom LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar turned tail from the previous day's three-week high versus the euro on Tuesday as investors grew cautious ahead of key economic data from the United States later in the week. | 2 |
Mixed response to Louisiana #39;s first US soybean rust casesAfter decades of spreading the fungus across the globe, the wind was expected to bring soybean rust to the United States to threaten crop production and carry a hefty | 2 |
Meetings Scheduled to Discuss Expos Move (AP)AP - Still deliberating on where to move the Montreal Expos, members of baseball's relocation committee scheduled a new round of meetings this week. | 1 |
CA execs can keep bonuses--for nowComputer Associates International shareholders vote down a proposal to recoup money paid to top execs during an accounting scandal. | 3 |
Student #39;s Projects Win \$100,000 in Siemens Westinghouse <b>...</b>Aaron Goldin, a senior San Dieguito High School Academy in Encinitas, CA, won the \$100,000 Grand Prize scholarship in the individual category for inventing the Gyro-Gen, a gyroscope that converts ocean wave energy into electricity. | 3 |
Iraqi Kidnappers Demand Release of Militant Indonesian ClericKidnappers holding two Indonesian women hostages in Iraq are demanding the release of a militant cleric accused of leading a terrorist group in Southeast Asia. | 0 |
Pakistan Kills Militant Wanted for Musharraf Plot (Reuters)Reuters - Pakistan's security forces on Sunday\shot dead a militant said to have plotted an attempt to\assassinate President Pervez Musharraf and to have had a hand\in the killing of a U.S. journalist, the information minister\said. | 0 |
With budget set, NASA plans next moveFlush with a newly approved \$16.2 billion budget, NASA will be able to flesh out a way to save the Hubble Space Telescope, choose a new spacecraft and develop new ways to get back to the moon, Administrator Sean O #39;Keefe said Tuesday. | 3 |
Martinez may be just startPedro Martinez confirmed on Dominican television yesterday that he has reached an agreement with the Mets, representing perhaps the flashiest signing in team history. | 1 |
Captors Execute British HostageFALLUJAH, Iraq, Oct 8 (MASNET amp; News Agencies) - Militants executed British hostage Kenneth Bigley, it was announced, bringing a tragic end to a three-week ordeal, while US planes bombed a suspected hideout of another militant blamed for beheading several | 0 |
Hutchison cuts IPO size 2004-09-20 Hutchison Whampoa Ltd has said that it would raise between \$975.6 million and \$1.13 billion from its initial public offering (IPO) ahead of an US and Hong Kong listing in mid-October. | 2 |
Crude oil prices rise toward 55 dollars per barrelCrude oil futures continued to climb Friday, reaching new record high as decline in the US inventory of heating oil and tight supplies still overshadowed theenergy markets. | 2 |
US, Russia secretly remove uranium from Uzbekistan (AFP)AFP - The United States and Russia carried out a secret operation last week to remove weapons-grade uranium from the former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan, whose government is facing growing Islamist unrest, the Energy Department announced. | 0 |
AOL to let nonsubscribers inIn a move both risky and essential, AOL is abandoning its strategy of exclusivity and will free much of its music, sports and other programming to nonsubscribers in hopes of increasing ad sales. | 3 |
Sources: Body of Briton Bigley Dumped Near Baghdad (Reuters)Reuters - The body of British engineer Kenneth\Bigley, killed by his kidnappers last week after three weeks in\captivity, was dumped just south of Baghdad Friday, sources\close to the insurgency said Tuesday. | 0 |
Tapit Heads FieldMaryland-based Tapit, the Wood Memorial winner in April, is the 2-1 morning line favorite for Monday's \$750,000 Pennsylvania Derby. | 1 |
US durables down in August, underlying trend still strongOrders for durable goods, a key gauge of consumer and business demand, fell in the US by 0.5 per cent last month, a greater decline than the market expected. | 2 |
TOXIC LAB DISCOVERED AS ZARQAWI PAL NABBEDA close aide of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was captured yesterday - as Iraqi troops discovered a laboratory with manuals on manufacturing explosives and toxins. | 0 |
Dollar Up from Fresh Lows Vs Euro NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar turned higher on Thursday afternoon, rallying from all-time lows against the euro when traders took profits in the euro zone currency ahead of a G20 finance ministers' meeting in Berlin this weekend. | 2 |
Rodman Heads to MinorsEx-NBA forward Dennis Rodman attempts a comeback with the Orange County Crush of the American Basketball Association on Wednesday. | 1 |
Uzbek court jails 23 over attacksA court in Uzbekistan sentences 23 people to up to 18 years in jail for their role in a series of atttacks. | 0 |
Oil prices below \$54 a barrelCrude futures prices fell sharply Wednesday, falling below \$54 a barrel, as traders shelved concerns about tight winter-fuel supplies and focused on government data showing faster-than-expected growth in US oil inventories. | 2 |
Accounting problem at SunTrust could delay Sarbanes-Oxley filingAn accounting problem with SunTrust Banks' loan loss reserves could prevent the bank from completing its Sarbanes-Oxley Act reporting requirements by a Dec. 31 deadline. | 3 |
US hostage wife pleads for mercyBBC, London, September 19: The wife of an American taken hostage with two others in Baghdad has appealed on television for their release. | 0 |
Belgian PM hurt in crash as flights row divides countryThe Belgian Prime Minister, Guy Verhofstadt, was recovering yesterday after a road accident in which his car hit a concrete pillar and rolled over three times. | 0 |
Greed gone wildLet #39;s start with two hockey-related news bits most Americans probably aren #39;t aware of. 1) The NHL season still hasn #39;t started, and 2) On Thursday, union leaders made a new collective bargaining proposal to | 1 |
Asia Faces Living Nightmare from Climate Change (Reuters)Reuters - The weather predictions for Asia in\2050 read like a script from a doomsday movie. | 3 |
Mourinho gets his wishChelsea said today they will not fear Barcelona after drawing the Spanish league leaders in the last 16 of the Champions League. Jose Mourinho got his wish of landing | 1 |
No return to past in Russia, Putin promises quot;There will be no turnabout in the country #39;s life, quot; said Mr Putin, who has come under intense international criticism for strengthening his political control after a wave of terrorist attacks. | 0 |
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