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Jakarta Embassy Blast Kills 9, Hurts 173 (AP)AP - Suspected Muslim militants detonated a car bomb Thursday outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, killing nine people and wounding 173 in a bloody strike at a key U.S. ally in the war in Iraq. | 0 |
ATA CHECKED FOR DEPARTUREATA, the biggest airline at Chicago #39;s Midway Airport, filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday and said it will unload its Midway hub to AirTran Airways. | 2 |
IBM adds fingerprint sensor to ThinkPadsIBM has added biometric security to its ThinkPad notebook line, claiming the technology is now ready for prime time. IBM has added a fingerprint scanner to its T42 ThinkPad | 3 |
Phils give Baylor managing interviewThe former manager of the Colorado Rockies and Chicago Cubs was in town to interview for the Phillies #39; vacancy at the same position. | 1 |
French Ambassador to Iraq Says Hostages Are Alive, AFP SaysTwo French reporters who are being held hostage in Iraq are alive and in good health, Agence France- Presse reported, citing the French ambassador to Iraq. | 0 |
New uniform, same hair-raising play in homecomingDon Nelson welcomes Steve Nash back to Dallas. Nash dazzled in the reunion with 17 points and 18 assists. STAR-TELEGRAM/JEFFERY WASHINGTON Same hair. | 1 |
Apple adds single-processor Power Mac G5 1.8GHz (MacCentral)MacCentral - Apple on Tuesday added a 1.8GHz single-processor Power Mac G5 desktop computer to its arsenal. The US #36;1,499 system is offered alongside dual-processor computers running at 1.8GHz, 2.0GHz and 2.5GHz. | 3 |
In fetid camps of Darfur, refugees need to know world is watchingA year ago, Mornay was a pleasant little town at the foot of a hill in the heart of West Darfur. It was home to 5,000 people who ambled in its central market and worked green fields at its edge. | 0 |
Bold New World for Bald MiceScientists find a way to grow hair follicles on furless mice using stem cells. Now, they hope to extend the research to humans. By Kristen Philipkoski. | 3 |
Google Adwords Traffic Estimator ExplainedGoogle Adwords Traffic Estimator Explained\\Google added this great feature that helps AdWords customers figure out an estimated level of traffic that they should expect to see based on the CPC value and keyword phrase. But ad features are added, it adds an additional level of ... | 3 |
Pitt headed for Tempe to play Utah in Fiesta BowlPittsburgh head coach Walt Harris shared a story Sunday night after accepting a BCS Bowl Invitation on national television to play in the Fiesta Bowl on New Years Day against undefeated Utah. | 1 |
Ex-Detainee Leading Pakistani MilitantsA former prisoner at the U.S. Navy facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, thought to have forged ties with al Qaeda since his release is leading a militant band whose members kidnapped two Chinese engineers in a lawless region of Pakistan near the Afghan border. | 0 |
Sterling stabilises after falling on data (AFP)AFP - The pound stabilised after falling due to continued weaknesses in British economic data. | 0 |
Pace for Wireless Number Switches Quickens (Reuters)Reuters - The number of U.S. wireless\subscribers who are switching providers while keeping their\telephone numbers is accelerating, the Federal Communications\Commission said on Friday. | 3 |
Rocky Mountain Heads Toward HighsHigh-powered profit growth has investors dipping into this mall-based confectioner. | 2 |
Olerud makes the listThe man who delivered the knockout punch was picked up from the Seattle scrap heap just after the All-Star Game. Before that, John Olerud certainly hadn't figured on facing Pedro Martinez in Yankee Stadium in October. | 1 |
DoCoMo to offer i-mode to UKs mmO2Japans dominant wireless operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc., has reached a basic agreement to offer its popular i-mode mobile Internet technology to Britains mmO2 Plc. | 3 |
Netgear, Vonage gear up for VoIPThe companies team up to develop broadband telephony products due in time for the holidays, sources familiar with deal say. | 3 |
Epic VictoryThe West Indies cricket team began their 2004 ICC Champions Trophy campaign, ten days ago, as potential also-rans and ended up dancing around London #39;s Brit Oval with the trophy. | 1 |
Update: EU okays Oracle bid for PeopleSoftThe European Commission concluded that there's insufficient evidence that the takeover would cause competitive harm in the business software sector. | 3 |
Sadr City clashes kill 22 IraqisClashes in Sadr City, where US forces and militiamen loyal to rebel Shi #39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have been fighting since April, have killed at least 22 Iraqis. | 0 |
Nortel Further Delays Release of Financial StatementsNortel Networks said the further delay in its release of financial information will quot;permit the resolution of focused revenue reporting issues and remaining accounting matters identified by Nortel management. | 2 |
Cracker Barrel Settles NAACP Discrimination Lawsuits (Update1)Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., which has restaurants in 41 states, said it will pay \$8.7 million to settle all discrimination lawsuits brought or supported by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. | 2 |
Apple Rolls Out iPod Photo, Rocks with U2 SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. rolled out on Tuesday a new iPod that allows users to view and share photos, a dramatic expansion that takes the popular digital music player into the multimedia realm, while spurring its rivalry with Microsoft Corp. and othe... | 3 |
Rumsfeld visits Iraq as insurgency goes onUS Defense Secretary Donal Rumsfeld paid a secret visit to Iraq on Sunday and inspected plans to secure precarious areas ahead of the national elections in January. | 0 |
A Mild Shanghai Lawyer and His Accidental CrusadeThe personal history of Guo Guoting is of the hard-knock variety commonplace in China, where one old rule endures: you can't fight City Hall. | 0 |
Sony Group to Buy MGM LOS ANGELES/TOKYO (Reuters) - A group headed by Sony Corp. of America has agreed to buy Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for about \$2.85 billion in cash to mine MGM's lucrative library for the booming DVD market. | 2 |
Mutilated body of woman foundFALLUJAH: US Marines yesterday found the mutilated body of what they believe was a Western woman during a sweep of a street in central Fallujah. | 0 |
US praises Mbeki #39;s I Coast peace bidThe United States on Tuesday praised the efforts of South African President Thabo Mbeki who, on the behalf of the African Union, has vied to restart the peace process in the Ivory Coast. | 0 |
IBM #39;s third-quarter earnings and revenue upArmonk, NY-based IBM Corp., which has 13,500 Triangle employees, has reported increases in revenue and net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2004. | 2 |
Xbox owner sues over defective disk drivesLOS ANGELES - A video game fan upset over a failed disc drive in his Xbox video game console has sued Microsoft Corp. on behalf of all Xbox owners across the United States. | 3 |
Darfur a #39;Timed Bomb #39; Waiting to Explode - AUAstronomical quantities of arms and ammunition have poured into Sudan #39;s Darfur region in the last two weeks and the government is poised for a major military offensive, the African Union said on Friday. | 0 |
Caution urged on French hostagesFrench PM Jean-Pierre Raffarin urges caution on reports that two French journalists held in Iraq may soon be freed. | 0 |
Troy shows #39;emTROY - The Troy University Trojans put their new-fangled marketing bells and whistles on display for a national television audience Thursday night, but it was old-fashioned football that secured the 24-14 upset over No. | 1 |
Anglo-American hope for LeedsLeeds United, forced to sell their best players to stay afloat financially in last season #39;s doomed relegation fight, could have new owners in the next 24 hours. | 1 |
India death toll rises to 63Police in India are blaming separatist rebels for a series of bombings in the country #39;s volatile northeast that killed more than 60 people. | 0 |
Nortel Cuts Fewer Jobs, Exits Real Estate OTTAWA (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NT.TO target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">NT.TO</A> said on Thursday its cost-cutting plan will save \$500 million in 2005, and even more in future years, as ... | 2 |
Novell Shares Slide on Missed EstimatesNovell Inc. shares slid Friday after the Linux software vendor swung to a fourth-quarter profit but still didn #39;t meet analyst expectations during a period one Wall Street bank called disappointing. | 2 |
Growing up with Little E #39;TALLADEGA -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. begins his last week at age 29 today, and quot;Little E quot; is laying plans for the future. The most immediate include a strategy for today #39;s EA Sports 500 at Talladega Superspeedway | 1 |
Boeing 747 cargo jet crashes in eastern CanadaA Boeing 747-200 aircraft with seven crew members aboard crashed Thursday at Halifax International Airport. All seven aboard the jet, which is owned by MK Airlines Ltd. | 0 |
Tibet remains true to BuddhismRibbons of color, streaming against cobalt skies: Every house, every mountain pass, every monastery in Tibet bears fluttering flags known as r #39;ung r #39;ta, quot;wind horses, quot; upon whose colorful fabrics prayers are written. | 0 |
U.S. Seeks Quick UN Vote Warning Syria on Lebanon UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Washington on Tuesday swept aside objections from Beirut and called for a Security Council vote within days on a draft resolution to put pressure on Syria to respect Lebanese sovereignty. | 0 |
U.S. Stages Fight-Back at Ryder Cup But Still Trails BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - The U.S. Ryder Cup team, wounded after a first day mauling, launched a fierce fightback on Saturday to keep their hopes alive with two wins and a halved fourball rubber. | 1 |
Prince follows family into armed servicesPRINCE Harry, the third in line to the British throne, followed royal family tradition yesterday by announcing he was about to join the army. | 0 |
Investment Firm Sells All MCI SharesThe investment firm which said it may buy more than half of MCI Inc. #39;s shares has now sold all of its holdings in the telephone company for a quick profit, raising doubts about whether the courtship was sincere or designed to stoke interest in the stock. | 2 |
Make all mobile homes safer during hurricanesWhile the complete post-mortem about Hurricane Charley will take months to complete, some conclusions already are apparent. For one, houses fared much better in the Category 4 winds than mobile homes. | 2 |
Upbeat Wilkens Likes New Pieces to Knicks' PuzzleKnick Coach Lenny Wilkens steered away from predictions Thursday, but he found more to like than not to like as he surveyed the coming season. | 1 |
IBM Selling PC Unit to China's Lenovo (Reuters)Reuters - IBM is selling its\PC-making business to China's largest personal computer\company, Lenovo Group Ltd., for #36;1.25 billion, marking the U.S.\company's retreat from an industry it helped pioneer in 1981. | 2 |
Anti-terror police arrest Abu HamzaRadical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza is being questioned at Paddington Green police station in London after being arrested over alleged terrorism offences. | 0 |
Quakers sow oats in leaguePat McDermott passed for 209 yards and two touchdowns as Penn defeated Columbia, 14-3, in Philadelphia yesterday. The victory was the 17th straight in Ivy League play for the Quakers (4-1, 2-0), tying their own league record set during the 1993-95 seasons. | 1 |
Barclays says on track to meet full-year profit forecasts; shares <b>...</b>Barclays PLC, Britain #39;s third-biggest bank, said Thursday it is on track to meet analyst expectations of a full-year profit before tax of 4.5 billion pounds (\$8.5 billion US), despite a flat performance from its domestic retail... | 2 |
Spitzer: Only tip of insurance scandal uncoveredWASHINGTON Congress would find a quot;Pandora #39;s box quot; of unethical conduct if it delved deeper into the growing scandal within the insurance industry. | 2 |
Olympics: Thorpe Beats Phelps as U.S. Fights Gold Gap ATHENS (Reuters) - Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe beat arch-rival Michael Phelps in the men's 200-meter freestyle on Monday as the United States pursued China, Australia and Japan in the medals table on day three of the Olympic Games. | 1 |
Puzzled by the board gameWhen it comes to rebounding and the Celtics, the more things change, the more they stay the same. In the first two games of the season, the Celtics struggled on the glass after briefly improving their performance in that area during the preseason. | 1 |
Cygan #39;s error puts Arsenal in another spot of botherARSENAL are proving even more adept at throwing leads than pizzas. This was the third time in four Champions League matches that they have allowed two points | 1 |
Iran Arrests Dozens on Suspicion of Spying on its NukesIran says it has arrested dozens of alleged spies, including several it accuses of sending nuclear secrets abroad to Iran #39;s enemies. | 0 |
Barcelona 3-0 Real MadridCameroon #39;s Samuel Eto #39;o Fils helped Barcelona trounce Real Madrid 3-0 to move seven points clear of their great rivals in Spain #39;s La Liga. | 1 |
UN Urged to Ignore Bush Plea for Human Cloning Ban (Reuters)Reuters - Britain's national academy of science\urged the United Nations on Monday to ignore a call by\President Bush to ban all forms of human cloning. | 0 |
Freddie Mac Receives Notice That It May Face Action by SECFreddie Mac, the government-chartered mortgage company that restated earnings by \$5 billion, said yesterday that it might be the subject of a civil lawsuit by the Securities and Exchange Commission. | 2 |
Tennessee stuns GeorgiaATHENS, Georgia (Ticker) -- Erik Ainge and David Greene looked nothing like they did a week ago and neither did No. 17 Tennessee or third-ranked Georgia. | 1 |
Sci/Tech ; Google search via mobilesSci/Tech News, SAN FRANCISCO: Google Inc. announced a new test service that allows people to use mobile phones or handheld devices to tap Google #39;s Web search via text messages, or short message service. | 3 |
Sirius stock soars on Karmazin hireShares of Sirius Satellite Radio posted double-digit percentage gains on Friday, one day after the company said former Viacom President Mel Karmazin would become its new chief executive. | 2 |
At checkpoint, US forces kill 3 Afghan civiliansKABUL, Afghanistan -- US soldiers sprayed a pickup with bullets after it failed to stop at a roadblock in central Afghanistan, killing two women and a man and critically wounding two other people, the latest in a string of civilian deaths at the hands of American forces. | 0 |
Apple's New iMac Computer Is All Display (Reuters)Reuters - Apple Computer unveiled, after a\two-month delay, its new iMac desktop computer on Tuesday which\integrates disk drives and processors into a flat display less\than two inches thick. | 3 |
Six Americans killed in Afghanistan plane crashKABUL (AFP) - Three US military personnel and three American civilian crew members were killed when their plane crashed at the weekend in central Afghanistan, the US military said. | 0 |
Abduction planned to the secondArmed to the teeth, the kidnappers beat up a hapless guard, dragged a screaming Iraqi hostage by her hair and took off in broad daylight. | 0 |
New biography describes Audubon #39;s magnetism, obsessionHe was the 19th-century version of a performance artist, a buckskin-clad faux-frontiersman whose lean and hungry look set drawing-room society all atwitter. | 3 |
Owners, players talk, but nothing resolvedFive hours of talks Tuesday brought owners and players no closer to resolving labor disagreements that will lead to a lockout when the collective bargaining agreement ends Sept. 15. | 1 |
CRICKET: Tendulkar likely to play third TestSachin Tendulkar, whose absence from the last few tournaments has been sorely felt by the Indian team, is likely to be fit for the third cricket Test against Australia beginning in Nagpur on October 26. | 1 |
American beefs up Dallas/Fort Worth serviceNEW YORK (DowJonesAP) - AMR Corp. announced Friday it will boost its presence at its hub in Dallas-Fort Worth by 10, days before rival Delta Air Lines Inc. | 2 |
Thousands of Unsung Species Co-EndangeredExtinction of a species is not just a permanent loss of biological diversity, but may have ripple effects as co-dependent species suffer from the absence of what may be linked predator-prey relationships. Astrobiology Magazine -- The global extinction crisis ignores thousands... | 3 |
PM Pledges Russia Will Meet Oil GoalsRussian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov pledged Friday that Russia would keep meeting its oil export commitments to China, an apparent reference to fears that a cut in production at the beleaguered Yukos oil company could harm Beijing. | 2 |
HDS slides into midrange storage marketHitachi has released its first all Serial ATA array and has bundled it with switches and network interface cards to create a preconfigured low-to-midrange SAN that competes with products from EMC and IBM. | 3 |
Blair Offers His Party a Qualified Apology for Iraq WarPrime Minister Tony Blair of Britain apologized for flawed intelligence but not for removing Saddam Hussein. | 0 |
Samsung Develops Tiny Memory CardSamsung Electronics has developed an ultra small, fingernail-sized digital imaging flash memory card that is less than one-third the size of existing memory cards. | 3 |
Consecutive turnovers destroy GiantsIt was three plays that stood out like Howard Stern in a crowd of pre-schoolers. Three plays that made your eyes bulge and mouth flap in disbelief. | 1 |
Microsoft to set up lab in IndiaMicrosoft Research plans to establish its first-ever lab in India, hoping to attract top research talent in a country known for producing high-quality computer scientists. | 2 |
Cisco boosts Q1 net income, revenueCisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday reported significant gains in earnings and revenue for its fiscal 2005 first quarter that met analyst expectations. | 3 |
Snap-On Ratchets Down ExpectationsThe hand tool manufacturer beats estimates, but internal growth can't match competition. | 2 |
Pakistan's Musharraf seeks Islamic scholars' help in terror fight (AFP)AFP - Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf asked Muslim scholars to help curb extremism by isolating religious schools which harbor terrorists as Pakistani security forces arrested a suspected Al-Qaeda linked Arab militant in a raid. | 0 |
India rejects foreign economistsIndia's government drops foreign advisors from its top economic policy body after opposition from left-wing parties. | 2 |
Weeks Strong at SafetyU-Va.'s fifth-year senior safety Marquis Weeks drives the Cavaliers defense confidently from his strong safety position. | 1 |
Violence Flares in Boston After Red Sox Win BOSTON (Reuters) - Scattered violence broke out on Thursday after thousands of Boston Red Sox fans converged on Fenway Park to celebrate their baseball club's historic win over the New York Yankees that puts them in the World Series. | 1 |
Cheney Is a Quiet Force Behind Bush Presidency (Reuters)Reuters - Dick Cheney is one of the most\powerful vice presidents in U.S. history, regarded as a driving\force behind the Iraq war and the Bush administration's\industry-friendly energy policy. | 0 |
Excel powers advanced Halo 2 stats systemAn unlikely union of Halo 2 and Excel has been capturing the interest of statistically minded Xbox Live fans for whom Bungie.net #39;s seven-day online game stats service just isn #39;t detailed enough. | 3 |
Militants Holding French Journalists Demand End to Ban on ScarvesA militant Iraqi Islamic group holding two French journalists has demanded that France annul a new law banning Muslim head scarves in public schools, adding an ominous new | 0 |
Stocks End Up on Economic Growth Reading and Higher Oil PricesStocks rose today as investors digested a jump in the second-quarter gross domestic product and kept a close eye on lower oil prices. | 2 |
Jaguars' Leftwich Expects to Return This Week JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Sports Network) - Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Byron Leftwich expects to be back in the starting lineup this week when his team travels to Minnesota to take on the Vikings. | 1 |
Los Angeles loves Lo DucaLOS ANGELES -- Everywhere you looked before Monday night #39;s game at Dodger Stadium, there he was. Paul Lo Duca, the thirtysomething mother of two. Paul Lo Duca, the dude with the thick beard and the backward Dodgers cap. Paul Lo Duca, the guy with the beer ... | 1 |
CSFB name may disappear: CEOLONDON (CBS.MW) -- Credit Suisse #39;s (CSR) CEO, Oswald Gruebel, said the Credit Suisse First Boston name may be scrapped but not immediately, AFX News reported. | 2 |
Jets Trying to Forget Last Giants Game (AP)AP - Don't remind any of the New York Jets about their last meeting with the local rival Giants. The Jets' season pretty much fell apart that Saturday night last summer when Chad Pennington broke his right wrist. | 1 |
Philip Morris to invest \$200M in Cabarrus plantPhilip Morris USA will invest \$200 million in the next three years to upgrade its cigarette plant in Cabarrus County, Gov. Mike Easley announced Tuesday. | 2 |
Red Sox Strike FirstCurt Schilling limits the Angels and the offense blasts the Angels for a 8-3 victory Tuesday in Game 1. | 1 |
Legal Cloud Lingers for Rosa ParksRosa Parks, who helped set off the American civil rights movement, is at the center of a legal controversy that her relatives say could forever taint her legacy. | 0 |
Java integration spec pushed (InfoWorld)InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems and several other vendors on Wednesday will release an early draft of a specification intended to ease integration of Java-based systems, but IBM and BEA Systems have dropped out of participation in the effort. | 3 |
51 more billionaires on Forbes #39; rich listNew York: It seems the US billionaires #39; club is not as exclusive as it once was. There are now 313 billionaires in the United States, a huge jump over the 262 counted last year, according to Forbes magazine | 2 |
Bomb Explosion in Nepal's Capital Wounds 38 (Reuters)Reuters - A bomb tore through a government\office in the Nepali capital on Tuesday, wounding at least 38\people in an attack police suspect was carried out by Maoist\rebels. | 0 |
SEC title all Tigers getATLANTA - Auburn probably will have to be content with a SEC championship because the Tigers aren #39;t likely to get a shot at the title they want. | 1 |
UPDATE 1-Champion Loeb leads in Catalunya rallyNewly-crowned world champion Sebastien Loeb led Belgium #39;s Francois Duval by just one second after three stages of the Rally of Catalunya on Friday. | 1 |
United revelling in Ferdinand #39;s returnManchester United manager Alex Ferguson said Rio Ferdinand #39;s return from suspension had lifted his entire team after their 1-0 win at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday. | 1 |
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