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Ex-NL star Caminiti dead at 41Ken Caminiti, the 1996 National League MVP who later admitted using steroids during his major league career, died Sunday. He was 41. | 1 |
Fergie: We Must Focus On Prague Before ArsenalSir Alex Ferguson was in buoyant mood following Uniteds arrival in Prague on Monday afternoon. The Reds face Sparta Prague at the Toyota Stadium on Tuesday night in their third Champions League Group D game of the season. | 1 |
T-Mobile tries on start-up's wireless gearFlarion Technologies is making its European debut by powering T-Mobile's wireless broadband service in The Hague. | 3 |
Three U.S. Presidents Urge U.S. Relief Aid (Reuters)Reuters - President Bush brought together\former presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton on Monday to\launch an appeal for Americans to make a donation to help\victims of the South Asia quake and tsunamis. | 0 |
Unusual mixed breeds of dogs have their day.Angie Daugherty was so eager to take possession of her new-breed Labradoodle pup that she drove up to Lapel to see it at two weeks of age. | 3 |
Microsoft, Sun Want To Hold Sway Over Wall Street (Investor's Business Daily)Investor's Business Daily - That's the lesson Microsoft and Sun Microsystems are about to learn as they take on Linux -- and each other -- in dueling efforts to woo Wall Street techies. | 3 |
Basketball: US coach right behind teamTheir character questioned and commitment belittled, the United States men #39;s team responded to their critics by taking the bronze with a gold-medal effort. | 1 |
Israel #39;s Likud faces major vote after controversial settlement decisionJERUSALEM : Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon #39;s Likud party votes on Sharon #39;s intention to bring the opposition Labour party into government, the day after he gave the green light to the construction of 1,000 new homes in Jewish settle... | 0 |
Open Text Revises 1Q LowerBusiness software maker Open Text Corp. lowered first-quarter expectations Tuesday due to a number of deals that will fail to close during the period. | 2 |
McAfee Adds Real-Time Scanning to Zap SpywareSecurity software specialist McAfee Inc. has added a new module to its virus scan engine to help businesses combat the growing spyware scourge. | 3 |
RIM signs BT to sell BlackberryBT is to offer Research in Motion #39;s Blackberry mobile email and personal information management system, the UK telco said today. | 3 |
Google Introduces New Research Tool (AP)AP - Online search engine leader Google Inc. is setting out make better sense of all the scholarly work stored on the Web. | 3 |
Experts Place Ancient Toolmakers on a Fast Track to Northern ChinaA discovery of 1.66 million-year-old stone tools has produced the earliest evidence that human ancestors apparently dispersed across Asia at a relatively rapid clip. | 3 |
ISPs Take Spammers to CourtFor the second time this year, an alliance of major Internet providers filed a coordinated group of lawsuits aimed at stemming the flood of online junk mail. | 3 |
And now for the lawsuitsFollowing the Contract Recognition Board #39;s finding in favour of BAR, it is only a matter of time before the various #39;interested parties #39; begin legal action against those that they feel led them astray. | 1 |
BCS sets table for crucial gamesCollege footballs 3 1/2-month regular season has come down to this: Three critical games. And a couple of critical votes. Unbeaten USC, Oklahoma and Auburn remain 1-2-3 in Mondays Bowl Championship Series | 1 |
Former Microsoft exec joins open-source projectOne of the guys behind Microsoft's ""Halloween memo"" regarding Linux is now working on open-source media software. | 3 |
New commissioners win MEP supportNew candidates for the reshuffled European Commission win support from MEPs at nomination hearings. | 0 |
Australia Govt Accused of Politicizing US TrialAustralia #39;s opposition Labor accused the conservative government on Monday of politicizing the military trial of an Australian al Qaeda suspect, detained at a US naval base in Cuba. | 0 |
Chelsea undefeated in Champions LeagueArjen Robben scored a slick first-half goal to give Chelsea a 1-0 away win over CSKA Moscow and a place in the Champions League knock-out stages. | 1 |
Sepracor Shares Rise on Insomnia Drug OKDrug maker Sepracor Inc. has won federal approval for a prescription insomnia medication the company is counting on to challenge larger rivals in the fast-growing \$2.1 billion-a-year sleep aid market. | 2 |
News: Phishers tapping botnets to automate attacksComputer criminals are making phishing more potent by automating attacks. Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) analysts reckon fraudsters are using automated tools and botnets to ramp up attacks. | 3 |
Wall Street Expected to Slip at Opening LONDON (Reuters) - Wall Street was expected to dip at Thursday's opening, but shares of Texas Instruments Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=TXN.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">TXN.N</A>, may climb after it gave upbeat earnin... | 2 |
Convention Protests Target Labor PoliciesNEW YORK - Republican National Convention protesters waved symbolic pink slips along a three-mile ""unemployment line,"" labor unions demanded better treatment of workers and a group of AIDS activists infiltrated Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, as arrest totals soared beyond... | 0 |
Storm wins WNBA title, beating Connecticut 74-60Betty Lennox and the Seattle Storm gave the city its first major professional sports title in 25 years -- and made Anne Donovan the first female championship coach in WNBA history. | 1 |
Speculation Surrounding IE Updates ContinuesMicrosoft has cobbled together dozens of third-party software plug-ins and add-ons that enhance IE and provided links to them from its Windows Marketplace site. | 3 |
Globus Toolkit Creators Form Grid Software Company (TechWeb)TechWeb - The creators of the Globus Toolkit, an open source grid infrastructure software, have formed a new company, Univa, to provide commercial software, services and support for Globus software. | 3 |
Russia claims right to strike firstRussia and the United States see eye to eye on fighting terrorism, Russia #39;s defense minister said yesterday, while reiterating that Moscow reserves the right to carry out | 0 |
Truex Jr. wins at DoverDover, DE (Sports Network) - Series points leader Martin Truex Jr. earned the win in Saturday afternoon #39;s Stacker 200 Busch race at the Dover International Speedway. | 1 |
Linux guide designed for developing nationsThe manual is intended to increase open-source usage among the 800 IT projects sponsored by the United Nations. | 3 |
Media Companies Get US Supreme Court Hearing on File SharingThe motion picture and recording industries will get a US Supreme Court hearing in their bid to block the catastrophic, multibillion-dollar harm #39; #39; they say is caused by file-sharing software used to pirate movies and songs. | 3 |
Swimming: Shibata Joins Japanese Gold Rush ATHENS (Reuters) - Ai Shibata wore down French teen-ager Laure Manaudou to win the women's 800 meters freestyle gold medal at the Athens Olympics Friday and provide Japan with their first female swimming champion in 12 years. | 1 |
Jackson bid to remove prosecutorLawyers acting for Michael Jackson in the child molestation case bid to have prosecutor removed. | 0 |
Memo Appealed for Ways To Break Iraqi DetaineesA memo issued last summer by a U.S. Army military intelligence officer appealed for suggestions on how to extract information from prisoners in Iraq and called for tougher means of getting intelligence. | 0 |
Israel Vows Mideast Peace Unless Provoked (AP)AP - Israel will not launch attacks or raids against Palestinians if the situation remains calm and it is not provoked, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday. | 0 |
Season #39;s greetings for UM, FSUIn one of college football #39;s most important games of the year, delayed four nights because of Hurricane Frances, the fifth-ranked Miami Hurricanes will meet the fourth-ranked Florida | 1 |
Suicide Bomber Attacks Iraqi Police, Kills 12 (Reuters)Reuters - A suicide car bomber plowed into\policemen waiting to collect their salary at a police station\west of Ramadi Monday, killing 12 people in the latest\insurgent attack on Iraq's beleaguered security forces. | 0 |
Australia Firm on Troops After Iraq Hostage Report (Reuters)Reuters - Australian Prime Minister John Howard\remained committed on Tuesday to the U.S.-led war on Iraq as\investigations continued into an unconfirmed report that two\Australians had been taken hostage and threatened with\execution. | 0 |
Stop the talking and start spendingFOR Celtic chairman Brian Quinn there is simply no hiding place from reminders of what has to be done. That includes when he is sitting watching his side win 2-0 at Dunfermline to reclaim top spot in the SPL. | 1 |
Can Howard Stern bring subscribers to satellite radio?It took three 1,000-pound satellites to launch Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. #39;s subscription radio service two years ago. Now the company is betting that one man - shock jock Howard Stern | 2 |
Cink Leads Soaking NECLeader Stewart Cink played eight holes Friday morning to polish off a first-round 7-under 63 at the NEC Invitational and was at 8 under when play was suspended. | 1 |
Two killed in Baghdad attacksTwo civilians have been killed in the Iraqi capital as violence flares in different parts of Baghdad. Guerrillas fired mortars into eastern Baghdad on Saturday, killing the two civilians, an Interior Ministry spokesman said. | 0 |
US-trained forces scour Sahara for terror linksNIAMEY, Niger -- A company of 150 soldiers from Niger has brought the war on terrorism to a new frontier, carrying out a three-week hunt for armed bandits linked to an Algerian terror group in the inhospitable terrain of the Sahara desert and the Sahel region. | 0 |
Medical Experts Fear Charley's AftermathPUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Bill Nylander survived Hurricane Charley, but the storm still managed to hurt him days after it cut a swath of destruction through his hometown... | 0 |
Team owners relent; strike avertedNAGOYA-A second weekend baseball strike was averted Thursday after team owners conceded to players #39; demands and ended the often-nasty labor dispute. | 1 |
AP: Militants Funding Terror With Heists (AP)AP - It started with a robbery, but the gang that burst into a branch of Al-Habib Bank in this teeming port city had no interest in striking it rich, and the university graduate driving the getaway car was just getting started on a master plan for terror. | 0 |
Movie, Music Makers' Piracy Claims Denied LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday delivered a stinging blow to the anti-piracy efforts of major movie studios and music companies, ruling that several online file-sharing software companies are not liable for copyright infringement. | 2 |
Germany Extends Afghan MissionThe German Parliament on Thursday overwhelming approved a one-year extension of the Bundeswehr #39;s Afghanistan mandate. The decision comes a day after a grenade attack on a German camp in Kunduz injured five. | 0 |
Game off, NHL votes to lock out players saying economics have to <b>...</b>(CP) - The NHL pulled the plug on hockey Wednesday, with an emotional Gary Bettman painting a bleak picture of a Grand Canyon-sized divide between owners and the Players #39; Association. | 1 |
Intel Intros New Flash Software (NewsFactor)NewsFactor - With an eye on gaining a stronger foothold in the wireless market, Intel\has launched new flash memory software, along with a developer toolset,\to speed the design and deployment of applications for next-generation\multimedia phones. | 3 |
New polls show Australian government neck and neck with opposition (AFP)AFP - Two new polls showed Australia's conservative government and Labor opposition neck and neck after the first week of campaigning for the October 9 election. | 0 |
Powell: Worsening insurgency makes election difficult in IraqUS Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that the escalating insurgency in Iraq could make the organizing of election in the country difficult, while atleast 16 people were killed in rebel attacks in Iraq. | 0 |
Israel pulling back #39;for Ramadan #39;Israel has begun redeploying its forces in the northern Gaza Strip as a gesture to Palestinians at the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. | 0 |
Wal-Mart Will Allow Unions in China BEIJING (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, gave ground to Chinese pressure Tuesday and said it would allow its workers to set up a trade union. | 2 |
Nokia joins Secure Digital industry groupThe mobile phone maker will support tiny data storage devices and their multimedia cards. | 3 |
Netflix stock drops on anticipation of Amazon competitionShares of mail-order DVD rental company Netflix plunged Thursday after it warned that it was slashing its subscription price in anticipation of Amazon. | 2 |
Business 'booms' for rural craftsCraftspeople could soon overtake farmers as the biggest contributors to the rural economy, a report says. | 0 |
Radcliffe wins New York marathon; makes up for Olympic dropout?New York, Nov 8 - Paula Radcliffe has won the New York Marathon in a triumph of the human spirit to come back 11 weeks after crashing out of the Olympic marathon in Athens as well as the 10,000 metres finals. | 1 |
SunTrust Fires 3 Finance Execs NEW YORK (Reuters) - SunTrust Banks Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=STI.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">STI.N</A>, a large U.S. southeast regional bank, on Wednesday said it fired three finance executives, including its chief credi... | 2 |
Sprint and Nextel: A Done Deal?Rumors are swirling that the next massive wireless merger is in the works. | 2 |
Team India gets the Sunny touchThe cricket Board has appointed Gavaskar as consultant to the Indian team for the Test series beginning on Wednesday. His job, according to Gavaskar himself, is to help the players sort out their problems and advise them. | 1 |
Kodak's Restructuring DevelopsThe legendary film company is cutting slower-growing segments in favor of newer technology. | 2 |
Microsoft expands software indemnification programMicrosoft is expanding its indemnification program for Windows and other software products in order to shield users from legal claims and patent disputes. | 3 |
'Men fled' from bridge death spotMurder trial witnesses say they heard screams and saw men running from where a British backpacker was found dead. | 0 |
Hunting ban to be debated by MPsA ban on hunting with dogs in England and Wales is expected to be backed by MPs on Wednesday. | 0 |
Springboks bounce backSouth Africa gained revenge for their surprise defeat at Murrayfield two years ago with a convincing 45-10 victory over Scotland in Edinburgh. | 1 |
Injured Ganguly could miss finaleIndia's Sourav Ganguly may miss the final Test against Australia with a thigh injury. | 0 |
Report Sounds Alarm on Pace of Arctic Climate ChangeThe most comprehensive international assessment of Arctic climate change has concluded that Earth #39;s upper latitudes are experiencing unprecedented increases in temperature | 3 |
Africans Endorse Ivory Coast SanctionsAfrican leaders backed an arms embargo and other immediate UN sanctions against Ivory Coast on Sunday, isolating President Laurent Gbagbo #39;s hard-line government | 0 |
Drug May Block Alzheimer #39;s, Scientists SayIt might be possible to make a pill that prevents the brain damage that marks Alzheimer #39;s disease, US researchers said Thursday. | 3 |
Panama state of emergency after fatal mudslidesPanama declared a state of emergency on Saturday, a day after torrential rains and mudslides killed at least 14 people and wrecked or damaged the homes of about 10,000 people. | 0 |
Creditors to Write Off Most of Iraq #39;s DebtUS Treasury Secretary John Snow, left, and his German counterpart Hans Eichel, shake hands during the G20 conference of finance ministers and central bank governors in Berlin on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004. | 0 |
New York City Lowering Its Sights for a Convention BoomWith the Republican National Convention just two weeks away, signs are pointing to a modest economic boost for few businesses. | 0 |
Israeli Army: al-Qaida Behind Egypt BlastsRelatives of Assaf Grinvald attend his funeral service in the Israeli town of Ramat Hasaron, north of Tel Aviv, Monday, Oct. 11 2004. | 0 |
Wall Street stocks shed on downbeat Coca-Cola outlook <b>...</b>Wall Street stocks fell Wednesday as a gloomy outlook from Coca-Cola Co. and a weaker reading on industrial production for August pressured on the market. | 2 |
PeopleSoft Soap Opera Still AliveMerger talks are still alive in the hostile takeover soap opera between Oracle (Quote, Chart) and PeopleSoft (Quote, Chart). Early Saturday morning, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said his quot;best and final all cash | 2 |
IBM BladeCenter and POWER Microprocessor Fuel Europe #39;s Most <b>...</b>The supercomputer was built as a result of an agreement between IBM and the Spanish Government and will be available for a wide range of high-level scientific research and for applications in several industrial sectors. | 3 |
Mira Behind the MoleculesAmong the stellar class known as red giants, Mira stars provide seventy-five percent of our galaxy's molecules including water vapor. These red giants pulsate as fast as every few months to years with their brightness varying by ten times during a cycle. | 3 |
Cisco, Microsoft Band Together on Network SecurityMicrosoft and Cisco are integrating their security technologies in an effort to isolate computers that are infected with viruses or have other security risks -- thus preventing them from spreading the danger to corporate networks. | 3 |
Marketing for the Third ScreenMarketers are about to aim at the third screen: the one on the cellphone in your pocket. | 3 |
Berlin to host 2009 World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland - The delegation representing the city of Berlin on Saturday successfully won its bid to host the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Athletics, ahead of strong challenges from Split and Valencia. | 1 |
Stocks Seen Up; Oil Holds Below \$50 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks looked to open higher on Friday with oil prices below \$50 a barrel, while technology shares try to extend a three-day winning streak of ending positive as the fourth quarter begins on Wall Street. | 2 |
EDS hit by US Airways #39; Chapter 11EDS (Electronic Data Systems) warned yesterday that its third quarter earnings would take a significant hit from US Airways #39; Chapter 11 filing on Sunday. | 2 |
Mac OS X Tip of the Week: A Clutter-free ApplicationIn the last tip you learned how to instantly clean up your desktop using Expos #233;. Did you know that you can use this nifty feature of Mac OS X to clean up the windows within an application? This week #146;s tip shows you how. Dec 01 | 3 |
Firefox 1.0 Renews Interest in the BrowserFirefox 1.0 Renews Interest in the Browser\\The Mozilla folks, with apologies to the Monty Python gang, aren't quite dead yet. They feel happy. They think they'll go for a walk.\\What they've done is take advantage of the frustration many people, particularly Windows users, are... | 3 |
Deserter regrets 40 years in NKorea (AFP)AFP - A US Army deserter said the one thing he did right during his 40 years in North Korea was to leave the country, which was training his daughters as spies, in an interview published. | 0 |
Ford Down, Nissan Up in September SalesFord Motor Co. (FN) posted its fourth consecutive month of weaker US sales with a 7 percent drop in September results on Friday, and the automaker doubled its incentives on some models to kick-start sales this month. | 2 |
US Economy: Leading Indicators Fall for 5th Straight MonthA barometer of future US economic activity fell for a fifth month in October, the longest decline since 1995, signaling that the world #39;s largest economy may slow in coming months. | 2 |
Kerry and Bush running neck and neck in White House race: poll (AFP)AFP - As the convention-time boost enjoyed by President George W. Bush began to wane, he and rival John Kerry were again running neck and neck less than two months ahead of the November 2 election. | 0 |
FA fines WengerLondon - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was fined 15 000 by the Football Association on Thursday for calling Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy a cheat. | 1 |
Dolphins Too Have Born Socialites (Reuters)Reuters - Some people are born to be the life and\soul of the party -- and so it seems are some dolphins. | 3 |
McGahee Pressures BillsAccording to the Associated Press, second-year running back Willis McGahee has asked the Buffalo Bills to trade him if he is not named the starter for opening day. | 1 |
Disaster recovery unit takes aim at IBMNEW YORK (CBS.MW) - When companies spin off units, it #39;s often a way to shed underperforming assets and move on. Free! Sign up here to receive our Internet Daily e-Newsletter! | 2 |
British Flu Vaccine Is Unusable, FDA SaysThe announcement was a blow to U.S. health officials, who are scrambling to calm growing public alarm about vaccine shortages because of the loss of about half of the 100 million doses of flu vaccine the nation was expecting. | 3 |
Suicide bomber kills 20 outside Kirkuk police academyA suicide attacker detonated a car bomb yesterday outside a police academy in Kirkuk, a city in northern Iraq, as hundreds of trainees and civilians were leaving for the day, killing at least 20 people and wounding 36, authorities said. | 0 |
Pension crisis answer #39;unpalatable #39;People face poverty in retirement unless they save more, a major report into pensions will reveal. The Pensions Commission report says that there is a 57 billion shortfall in the amount people are saving for retirement. | 2 |
Kim lands maiden victoryChristina Kim fired a closing 65 to win the Longs Drugs Challenge by one shot over Karrie Webb in California. Kim, 20, the first-round leader, landed her first LPGA title with five birdies on the back nine to finish on 18 under. | 1 |
Avici extends AT T contractThe extension of the partnership comes as Avici continues to struggle to win new customers. | 3 |
Powell Cancels Athens VisitUS Secretary of State Colin Powell has dropped plans to visit Athens and attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics following anti-American protests in the Greek capital. | 1 |
Oil Near \$50, Supply Eye Nigeria Turmoil LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices surged to new record highs on Monday near \$50 for U.S. crude as Nigeria emerged as the latest focus for worries about supply security on world energy markets. | 2 |
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