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Reuters World
Israel's Olmert faces Lebanon war report next month
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli inquiry into the failings of last year's Lebanon war will issue interim findings next month that will draw conclusions about Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's performance, a spokesman for the panel said on Tuesday. | 0World |
New York Times Business
Merrill Lynch Ponders Change in Leadership
Directors of the brokerage firm have begun to consider whether to replace the embattled E. Stanley OâNeal, and with whom. | 2Business |
Yahoo Tech
MySpace to offer technology to block sex offenders
(Reuters)
Reuters - News Corp.'s (NWSa.N) MySpace said on
Tuesday it will offer in the next 30 days a technology to
identify and block convicted sex offenders from the popular
online social network. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Sports
Golden State Activates Fisher (AP)
AP - Guard Derek Fisher was activated from the injured list by the Golden State Warriors on Sunday after missing seven games because of a sprained right knee. | 1Sports |
Yahoo World
U.S. State Dept Finishes Review of Iraq Aid Plan (Reuters)
Reuters - The State Department finished an
intensive review this week on how best to spend $18.4 billion
in U.S. aid to Iraq and may shift focus to smaller-scale
projects, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. | 0World |
New York Times Business
Tribune Co. Will Sell 2 Connecticut Papers
The Tribune Company said on Tuesday that it was selling its daily newspapers in Stamford and Greenwich, Conn., to the Gannett Company for $73 million. | 2Business |
Scotland on Sunday
Westwood Expected Tough Route to Success
Lee Westwood looked at the draw at the start of the HSBC World Match Play Championship this week and knew it could hardly be tougher. | 1Sports |
CNET enterprise hardware news
Ford rolls out 'allergy-free' car
The upholstery, floor mats and even the steering wheel have been dermatologically tested, and it has a pollen filter to boot. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog. | 3Sci/Tech |
CSMonitor World
US pushes for more economic reform in Mideast
This week the US and Egypt plan to sign a trade agreement worth $500 million annually. | 0World |
Washington Post
Mavericks Edge Rockets Behind Nowitzki's 53 Points Mavericks 113 <b>...</b>
Tracy McGrady stood at midcourt, exhausted from an overtime shootout that seemed more like him against Dirk Nowitzki than the Houston Rockets vs. | 1Sports |
New York Times sports
BC rejects Crusaders' bid for upset
The Holy Cross women's basketball team did not want a repeat of last year's game against Boston College, when the Crusaders suffered a staggering 90-43 loss at Chestnut Hill. Indeed, Holy Cross seemed to want to erase that memory entirely over the first 20 min... | 1Sports |
Yahoo Tech
Online Thugs Assault Sites That Specialize in Security Help
(PC World)
PC World - Good-guy sites, like CastleCops.com, are suffering Web site outages from distributed denial-of-service attacks. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Politics
Rove: Specter Vows Fairness for Nominees (AP)
AP - The White House expressed confidence Sunday that President Bush's judicial nominees will get a fair hearing in the Senate, despite comments from Republican Sen. Arlen Specter that anti-abortion judges were unlikely to be confirmed by the newly elected ... | 0World |
BBC News world
Thaw in Franco-Rwandan relations
The foreign ministers of France and Rwanda meet for the first time since Kigali broke off diplomatic relations. | 0World |
Yahoo Business
Google Checkout to make debut
(Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc. on Thursday
will launch a long-awaited service called Google Checkout,
which some analysts said could help online merchants boost
sales and convince them to commit more advertising money to the
Web search leader. | 2Business |
Reuters Tech
Amazon adds Warner Music tunes to download service
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc
has signed on Warner Music Group Corp to its
music download service, the latest major record label to join
the competitor to Apple Inc's industry-leading iTunes
store. | 3Sci/Tech |
Independent
Hurricane onslaught may blow hole in US economy
As hurricane Ivan roared northwards yesterday through the Gulf of Mexico towards landfall in the US as early as this evening, Wall Street analysts warned that the damage could extend beyond buildings into the wider economy. | 2Business |
The Washington Post sports
New Ball Gets Bad Reviews
Some of the NBA's biggest stars say the new game ball is too sticky when dry, too slippery when wet, and too -- well, not the old one. | 1Sports |
Reuters Business
Oil Slides Under $43 a Barrel
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices fell more than a dollar to under $43 a barrel on Monday as unusually mild winter weather in the United States eased fears that thin heating fuel stockpiles could prove inadequate. | 2Business |
TheStreet.com
Immucor Falls on Probe, CEO Move
Immucor (BLUD:NYSE - news - research) said its chief executive has temporarily stepped aside while Italian authorities conduct a criminal investigation of an Immucor subsidiary that the CEO once directed. | 2Business |
The Motley Fool
The Market's 10 Best Stocks Revisited
They're still not the ones you think. | 2Business |
New York Times Business
Girl Power Is in Full Force Online
Teenage girls are more likely than boys to have engaged in creating most kinds of online content, according to a new report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. | 2Business |
PCWorld news
Asus Readies Desktop Eee PC
Asus will release this year three new models in its low-budget Eee PC line. | 3Sci/Tech |
The Washington Post world
South American Leaders Discuss New Bloc
Presidents and high-ranking officials from 12 South American countries gathered in this ancient Inca capital to create a political and economic bloc they hope will put them on a more equal footing with the United States and Europe. | 0World |
London Free Press
Salvation Army faces risk of barer kettles
The Salvation Army may be forced to scale back its help for those in need if Londoners don't start tossing more toonies into its kettles. | 2Business |
Reuters World
Attacks threaten Oxfam's Darfur operation
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Oxfam could withdraw from Darfur if security worsens, its country director said on Monday, amid reports of 10 attacks in the past four days in Sudan's violent and remote west. | 0World |
Washington Post Business
Jury Selection Completed for Retrial of Two Former Tyco executives
Jury selection was completed Tuesday for the larceny retrial of two former top Tyco International Ltd. executives who are accused of looting the company of $600 million. Opening statements will begin Wednesday. | 2Business |
Yahoo Sports
Congress: NFL should improve benefits
(AP)
AP - Aging NFL retirees told Congress Tuesday that playing professional football left them with broken bodies, brain damage and empty bank accounts. Lawmakers said they may get involved if a better pension and disability system isn't created. | 1Sports |
The Register
Infineon accuses Rambus of 'litigation misconduct'
Wants patent infringement case chucked out | 3Sci/Tech |
Ananova Business
ADV: The New York Times Home Delivery
Uncover financial insights for your business daily with The New York Times - the authority on market trend news and analysis. Now delivered to your home or business starting at $2.40/wk. | 2Business |
The Motley Fool
Qualcomm Scrambling Again
Chip injunctions force the company to alter its plans. | 2Business |
RedNova science
SMEs in Agribusiness Identified As Zambia's Growth Area
SMEs in agribusiness identified as Zambia's growth area LUSAKA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Bankers Association of Zambia ( BAZ) has identified the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in agribusiness as a growth area, local newspaper The Post repo... | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times Business
Genentech Beats Forecast but Slips on a Core Drugâs Sales
Genentech reported a 6 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit, but its stock slipped after news that its cancer drug, Avastin, failed to meet sales expectations. | 2Business |
New York Times sports
Triple crowns
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The red, white, and blue confetti floated in the sky and dropped ever so gently on their latest field of dreams. | 1Sports |
Reuters
Martin wins second straight race
Markko Martin won his second consecutive World Rally Championship race on Sunday to clinch the Rally of Catalunya. The Estonian, driving a Ford, followed up his recent victory in | 1Sports |
Wired Tech
Follow the 2007 Tour de France in Google Earth
The marquee event of the 2007 professional cycling calendar is here. And now you can follow every nail-biting sprint, every gut wrenching climb, and every blistering decent of the Tour de France on Google Earth. | 3Sci/Tech |
RedNova technology
Best Buy 3Q Profit Falls Below Forecast
By CHRIS WILLIAMS MINNEAPOLIS - Discounting took a bite out of Best Buy's third quarter earnings. The nation's largest consumer electronics retailer said Tuesday that fierce competition forced it to sacrifice profit for market share, but all should be well i... | 3Sci/Tech |
Washington Times
Government opens Fannie Mae inquiry
The Justice Department has opened an investigation into possible accounting fraud by the mortgage giant Fannie Mae. The criminal inquiry, still in a preliminary stage, came | 2Business |
ESPN
Center likely out four weeks
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota senior center Janel McCarville broke her left hand at practice Thursday and is expected to miss four weeks. | 1Sports |
Charleston Gazette
Bethlehem's woes echoe world's
THE OLD Christmas carolâs âlittle townâ is now a city larger than Charleston, and itâsa depressing place. Four years ago, more than 91,000 tourists visited in a year to see Bethlehemâs religious | 0World |
Reuters Business
Marsh & McLennan ousts Cherkasky
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc said on Friday it will replace its embattled chief executive, Michael Cherkasky, following a year of disappointing results and is evaluating strategies to boost shareholder value. | 2Business |
Poughkeepsie Journal
Major bank's layoffs felt in Hudson Valley
Bank of America began cutting jobs Wednesday but officials would not confirm how many or where. But a spokeswoman said cuts were occurring, and would eventually reach 12,500, the same number given in spring when the merger became final. | 2Business |
Xinhua
Brazil's Luxemburgo takes over as Real Madrid coach
Real Madrid has named former Brazil manager Vanderlei Luxemburgo as their third coach of the season on Thursday. Luxemburgo, who has just guided Santos to the Brazilian title | 1Sports |
BBC News world
Bin Laden trail has 'gone cold'
Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden is alive but the trail is "completely cold", Pakistan President Musharraf admits. | 0World |
New York Times Business
Despite Wal-Mart's Edict, Radio Tags Will Take Time
Although Wal-Mart was expecting its top suppliers to use radio tagging technology to ship goods by Jan. 1, 2005, the technology is not yet ready. | 2Business |
Yahoo World
Boeing to build 100-mln-dlr repair centre in India
(AFP)
AFP - US aerospace giant Boeing has finalised an agreement to build a 100-million-dollar maintenance and repair centre in western India, Boeing officials said. | 0World |
Yahoo Sports
Berra Sues TBS Over `Sex and the City' Ad (AP)
AP - Hall of Famer Yogi Berra has filed a $10 million lawsuit against TBS, claiming the cable television network sullied his name by using it in a racy advertisement for its "Sex and the City" reruns. | 1Sports |
The Washington Post world
Surge in Violence Shocks Even Weary Mexico
ZIHUATANEJO, Mexico -- Andrés Sauzo collects newspapers, astoundingly grisly newspapers. | 0World |
New York Times
Cambodians Are Ready to Crown His Majesty the Ballet Dancer
Prince Norodom Sihamoni, 51, a dancer and choreographer, is to be crowned king this month, carrying out the wishes of his father in the first change in the monarchy most Cambodians have known. | 0World |
Yahoo Science
Three more killed as troops ferry in aid in flood-hit Kashmir
(AFP)
AFP - The death toll from the heaviest rains in 25 years in Indian Kashmir rose by three to 16 as troops rushed supplies to people cut off by floods, police said. | 3Sci/Tech |
RedNova technology
Baeble Music Announces Distribution Deal With Insound.Com
Today Baeble Media announces a distribution partnership with Insound.com. Insound.com will offer digital downloads of Baeble Music's growing catalogue of live concert video programming. | 3Sci/Tech |
San Diego Union Tribune
Andy Cole misses six games over a brawl at West Brom game
LONDON - Fulham striker Andy Cole will miss six games and pay a 10,000 pound (US$17,800) fine for brawling with opponents and abusing a match official at last month's game against West Bromwich Albion. | 1Sports |
Yahoo World
Long lines and confusion at airports after alert
(Reuters)
Reuters - Susan Quatrella was still near the
back of the line after waiting two hours to check in for a
flight to Colorado on Friday as new security measures slowed
air travel to a crawl. | 0World |
Yahoo World
Pitcairn sex abuse verdicts due this week (AFP)
AFP - Seven men on trial for multiple sex abuse crimes on remote Pitcairn Island should know their fate this week, but if convicted they will not immediately go to jail. | 0World |
Boston Globe sports
With Reminders of Past, Duquesne Moves Ahead
Shawn James, a 6-foot-10 junior who excels at blocking shots, was among the least injured of the five players who were attacked by two men spraying gunfire outside a campus dance in September 2006. | 1Sports |
Boston Globe world
24 killed in Iraq car bombings
BAGHDAD -- Insurgents unleashed a pair of powerful car bombs yesterday near the symbol of US authority in Iraq -- the Green Zone, where the US Embassy and key government offices are located -- and hotels occupied by hundreds of foreigners. Three other explosions broug... | 0World |
Time Business
Charges in the H-P Spying Saga
The corporate scandal is fast becoming a full-fledged criminal case, with former chairwoman Patricia Dunn facing felony charges in California | 2Business |
Forbes
China to Let Individuals Trade in Gold
China's gold-crazed masses will be allowed to trade in the precious metal under reforms that will upgrade trading on the country's nascent market, state media reported Tuesday. | 2Business |
New York Times Business
F.C.C. Chief Questioning Radio Deal
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has questioned Congressional testimony by the architect of a proposed satellite radio merger. | 2Business |
Telegraph.co.uk
Solberg waits for the breaks
World Champion Petter Solberg has promised Sebastien Loeb "a hell of a fight" for victory in this weekend's Wales Rally GB. | 1Sports |
The Times
Gazprom plans bid for Yukos subsidiary
GAZPROM asserted its status as a major force in Russian oil yesterday by confirming that it would bid for Yuganskneftegaz, the Yukos oil subsidiary. | 2Business |
Houston Chronicle
MLS finalizes landmark deal with Adidas
New York, NY (Sports Network) - Major League Soccer, Soccer United Marketing and Adidas agreed to a 10-year partnership that makes Adidas the official sponsor and licensed product supplier for the United States' top soccer league. | 1Sports |
RedNova technology
Couric Shares CBS News Spotlight With Suri
Two of the most hyped U.S. females debuted on the CBS Evening News Tuesday night -- news anchor Katie Couric and new celebrity spawn Suri Cruise. Couric made dual history by being the first solo female anchor on a major U.S. | 3Sci/Tech |
CNN International
Blair, Chirac air differences
LONDON, England -- French President Jacques Chirac is in London for a state visit after reigniting a bitter row over the US-led invasion of Iraq, saying the US and Britain had made the world a more dangerous place. | 0World |
Reuters
Car Attack on President Inflames Serb Suspicions
Serbian President Boris Tadic called for a rapid investigation on Wednesday after a man in a car tried several times to ram his limousine as it sped through the streets of Belgrade in a night-time convoy. | 0World |
Reuters Business
Before-the-Bell: Tenet, Amazon.com Drop
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. KKD.N fell 8.8 percent before the bell on Tuesday after news wires reported that papers filed in a shareholder lawsuit accused the company of hiding declining sales for more than a year before rep... | 2Business |
Reuters
Stelco board approves C$900 mln in financing
Stelco Inc. (STEa.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) , Canada's largest steel company and a takeover target of Russia's OAO Severstal (CHMF. | 2Business |
New York Times sports
Playing hardball
ANAHEIM -- In a stunning pair of gambits, the Red Sox yesterday reached an early-morning agreement on a two-year deal with David Wells and launched an aggressive effort to complete a four-year contract worth about $38 million with Edgar Renteria, the most coveted free agent shor... | 1Sports |
Reuters Business
Countrywide CEO sees recession ahead
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Countrywide Financial Corp Chief Executive Angelo Mozilo said on Thursday the U.S. housing downturn is likely to lead the country into recession, but that the largest U.S. mortgage lender will survive. | 2Business |
Reuters Business
Wall Street headed for fall as jobs cut in August
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures dropped on Friday after data showed monthly hiring contracted for the first time in four years, fanning recession fears and adding pressure for a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut. | 2Business |
Washington Post Business
Average Wage-Earners Fall Behind
The new economic era will require that millions of people earning around the national average, $17 an hour, shoulder more responsibility and risk on the way to financial security, economists say. | 2Business |
The Washington Post sports
When the Fix Is In, You Can't Believe It
The scandal surrounding NBA referee Tim Donaghy comes with the most collateral damage and outrage because it robs everybody of their belief. | 1Sports |
The Motley Fool
Keep Life Insurance Simple
Why make a useful tool more complicated than it needs to be? | 2Business |
BBC Sport
Singh to face Langer at Wentworth
World number one Vijay Singh will face Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer in the first round of the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth on Thursday. | 1Sports |
Reuters World
Venezuela Says Ready to Arrest Colombia Rebels
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela said on Thursday it was ready to arrest Colombian rebels found hiding in its territory as Bogota and Caracas tried to end a stand-off over the seizure of a Marxist guerrilla leader in Venezuela's capital. | 0World |
CNN International
US 'defector' to turn himself in
Charles Robert Jenkins, a one-time US Army sergeant accused of defecting to North Korea 39 years ago, has saidy he will soon surrender to military authorities to "face the charges that have been filed against me. | 0World |
Yahoo Tech
Disney to launch Web site aimed at moms
(AP)
AP - The Walt Disney Co. is launching a new Web site aimed at moms who are increasingly turning to the Internet for answers to everything from problems with teething babies to financing college. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Tech
Californians to soon get $1.1 bln from Microsoft
(Reuters)
Reuters - California consumers and
businesses will soon receive $1.1 billion in delayed payouts
from Microsoft Corp. to settle antitrust claims
against the world's biggest software maker, lawyers in the case
said on Wednesday. | 3Sci/Tech |
Guardian
UN warning over Afghan opium
Afghanistan's poppy cultivation increased by almost two-thirds this year and accounts for 87% of world supply of raw opium, a UN report said yesterday, warning of the country's descent into a drugs-based economy. | 0World |
RedNova general
Russia Finds Trace Explosives on 2nd Plane
MOSCOW - Russian investigators found explosive residue on the wreckage of the second of two airliners that crashed minutes apart, a security spokesman said Saturday, adding to evidence that terrorists breached security at one of the country's most up-to-date ... | 0World |
The Motley Fool
The Stars Are Out at Wynn
The Las Vegas megaresort nails down a Mobil five-star rating. | 2Business |
New York Times sports
Ramsey taking time to soar with Air Force
If New York is the city that never sleeps, hockey players from military academies are athletes who rarely do. | 1Sports |
RedNova general
Prince Video Depicts Terror, Sparks Outcry
MINNEAPOLIS - The musician Prince is drawing fire for a new video that portrays an Arab-American girl envisioning herself blowing up an airport. The video for the song "Cinnamon Girl" shows the girl, played by 14-year-old Oscar nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes... | 0World |
Boston Globe
Insurgents launch deadly attack on US base; killing both US and <b>...</b>
Rockets struck a mess tent at a military base in Mosul where hundreds of US soldiers had just sat down to lunch Tuesday, and military | 0World |
Wired Business
The Right to Sell Hate
Yahoo reopens a 5-year-old case that banned the selling of Nazi memorabilia on its auction site. Also: Dell leads in computer sales despite tax levies…. Europe still watching what Microsoft does…. and more. | 2Business |
Khaleej Times
US soldier and at least three Iraqis killed in clashes, blasts
RAMADI, Iraq - At least two Iraqis were killed and eight people wounded, including three US marines, in clashes Thursday between rebels and US troops in the restive Iraqi city of Ramadi, hospital and military sources said. | 0World |
RedNova technology
Xilinx Announces Production Volume Shipments of Its Low-Cost Spartan-3A Platform
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At the Globalpress Summit in Monterey, Calif. today, Xilinx, Inc. , the world's leading programmable logic device (PLD) provider, announced volume production of its ... | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times Business
Square Feet | Blueprints: A Law Office Thatâs Young at Heart
A law officeâs sleek design by Andrés Escobar incorporates elements of the most modern commercial real estate development. | 2Business |
Reuters World
Milosevic Calls for Control Over Own Trial Defense
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic made a passionate appeal to judges to allow him to defend himself at his trial Thursday but prosecutors said he was not fit enough and was thwarting progress. | 0World |
New York Times Science
Birds, Bugs Named as Steroid Users!
Baseball players may not be the only animals looking to gain an advantage by using steroids. | 3Sci/Tech |
USA Today
Andrey Moiseev: One verstatile guy
Andrejus Zadneprovskis of Lithuania got the silver. Libor Capalini of the Czech Republic won the bronze. Modern pentathlon combines shooting, fencing (one duel against every other competitor | 1Sports |
Wired Tech
SXSW: Documentaries on DVD
Music documentaries like Compañeras and Dirty Country premiering at SXSW will gain a wider audience through rapid DVD release. Plus: Web design for Flash vs. Ajax and more from SXSW in Listening Post. | 3Sci/Tech |
ESPN
Women began from men's Super G start
LAKE LOUISE, Alberta -- Lindsey Kildow of the United States won her first World Cup race Friday, taking the season's first downhill in 1 minute, 23.44 seconds. | 1Sports |
ABC News
Belo to Cut 250 Jobs, Most at Dallas Paper
DALLAS Sept. 29, 2004 - Media owner Belo Corp. said Wednesday that it would cut 250 jobs, mostly at its flagship newspaper, The Dallas Morning News, and that an internal investigation shows the projected | 2Business |
Washington Post
Fannie's Issues: Simple or Not? 2 Agencies Differ
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson said in an interview this week that the accounting issues the SEC must address in its investigation of mortgage funding giant Fannie Mae are "not black and white. | 2Business |
Yahoo Sports
Mauresmo beats Williams at U.S. Open
(AP)
AP - Gasping for breath after long exchanges, Serena Williams ran out of energy and shots against Amelie Mauresmo. | 1Sports |
Cnet Asia
Sun plans patent protection for open-source Solaris
SAN JOSE, Calif.--When Sun Microsystems releases Solaris as open-source software, it plans to provide legal protection from patent-infringement suits to outsiders using or developing the operating system--one of several ways Sun hopes to make Solaris more | 3Sci/Tech |
The Malaysia Star
Russian Justice Ministry will sell part of Yukos main production <b>...</b>
MOSCOW: The yearlong, politically charged legal campaign against oil giant Yukos appeared to approach the endgame as the Justice Ministry filed to sell part of a key production subsidiary and issued a valuation of the daught... | 2Business |
MTV.com
Apple's Beefed-Up New iPod Also Stores Digital Photos
Just when it seemed like the competition was encroaching on the iPod's turf, Apple has broken away from the pack with a new and improved version of its hugely popular portable media player. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Business
Lehman Brothers exceeds estimates
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. LEH.N on Wednesday said strong trading and investment management revenue lifted third-quarter earnings by a better-than-expected 4 percent, bringing the company's shares to their highest level since May. | 2Business |
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