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New York Times sports
Nedney hamstrung again
Tennessee kicker Joe Nedney will miss the season for the second year in a row after tearing his left hamstring, forcing the Titans to place him on injured reserve. | 1Sports |
The Scotsman
Margaret Hassan Again Pleads for her Life
Kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan has made another videotape plea for Britain to withdraw its troops from Iraq. The tape, broadcast on Arab TV network Al-Jazeera, also showed Mrs Hassan | 0World |
Computerworld news
Shopping.com aims to simplify comparison shopping
The new features include a section on the home page called "What's Hot," where Shopping.com staffers will highlight what they consider to be remarkable products. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Tech
Nintendo Wii outsells Sony PS3 5-fold in Japan-report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Nintendo Co.'s (7974.OS) Wii game console
outsold Sony Corp.'s (6758.T) PlayStation 3 by more than five
to one in Japan last month, according to XFN-Asia. | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times sports
Linear perspective called for
The blame will fall, to a great extent, on Rex Grossman for the Chicago Bears' defeat in Super Bowl XLI, just as the MVP award for victory went undeservedly to Peyton Manning. That is the quarterback's lot, for good or ill. But Manning was not the MVP of the 29-17 v... | 1Sports |
Reuters Sports
China's national team gets Major League training
NEW YORK (Reuters) - China's national baseball team is in the United States learning the finer points of the game from Major League representatives as part of their preparation for the Beijing Olympics, officials said on Tuesday. | 1Sports |
BBC News world
'Leading Pakistani militant' held
Pakistani police say they have captured a leading militant, Qasim Toori, in a shoot-out in the city of Karachi. | 0World |
Yahoo World
Dujana's terror trial will go ahead: Indonesian court
(AFP)
AFP - An Indonesian court ruled Thursday it would go ahead with a terrorism case against Abu Dujana, the self-described militant leader of an Islamic extremist group blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings. | 0World |
Reuters
UPDATE 1-Bayern win again to consolidate lead in Germany
Bayern Munich strengthened their grip at the top of the Bundesliga with a 4-2 victory at home to FSV Mainz on Saturday as faltering Wolfsburg went down 3-2 at home to Hertha Berlin. | 1Sports |
San Francisco Chronicle
Bayley wins Keirin gold medal, capping Australia's golden show
Australia's Ryan Bayley won the men's Keirin final Wednesday, becoming the only cyclist to win two individual gold medals at the Athens Games. | 1Sports |
St. Petersburg Times
Red Sox keep gaining ground
Tim Wakefield finished off the Tigers on Sunday. Now comes the real challenge for the streaking Red Sox. Boston beat Detroit 6-1, ending a stretch of 26 games - 23 against teams below | 1Sports |
Reuters Business
Buffett boosts stake in Burlington Northern to 17.6 percent
(Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc further increased its stake in Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp this week to about 17.6 percent. | 2Business |
Yahoo Business
Starbucks customers unlikely to balk at price hike
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. consumers aren't going to balk
at paying an extra nickel for their daily cup of Starbucks
coffee despite high gas prices and other pressures on
their wallets, analysts said on Friday. | 2Business |
Yahoo World
Australian wheat executives face charges after Iraq bribery probe
(AFP)
AFP - Former executives of Australia's national wheat exporter are expected to face charges over the payment of huge bribes to Saddam Hussein's Iraq after an inquiry presents its report. | 0World |
Yahoo Sports
Red Sox Win 8th Straight, Pressure Yankees (AP)
AP - Johnny Damon and the Boston Red Sox are putting pressure on the New York Yankees and pulling away from everybody else. Kevin Millar homered and drove in four runs, Damon had four of Boston's 16 hits, and the streaking Red Sox beat the Anaheim Angels 12... | 1Sports |
Reuters World
Israel, Palestinians Await Powell Visit
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said before a visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday that it would consider calls to pull its troops away from West Bank cities to facilitate a Palestinian presidential election. | 0World |
Electric New Paper
Nissan runs out of steel
JAPAN'S second largest carmaker, Nissan Motor, is being forced to suspend output because of a severe steel shortage. Japan's largest steel company, Nippon Steel, said it was unable to meet Nissan's request | 2Business |
FOX Sports
Instant Analysis: Oregon State at LSU
If you're a romantic who thinks about sports the way Grantland Rice wrote about the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame, this exhausting, wrenching battle between Oregon State and Louisiana State represented everything that makes college football a supreme | 1Sports |
Yahoo Sports
Return to Pittsburgh? Bonds says no thanks
(AP)
AP - Leaning back in a chair at his locker, hand resting on an outstretched leg, Barry Bonds looked relaxed back in the city where he took his first cuts in the majors. | 1Sports |
BBC News world
Estonian foreign minister sacked
Estonian Foreign Minister Kristiina Ojuland is sacked over secret files that went missing at her ministry. | 0World |
PCWorld news
Qwest CEO To Retire
Notebaert notifies Qwest of departure after five years of turnaround efforts. | 3Sci/Tech |
The Register
Palm hires iPod guru
Take that, Apple
Three weeks ago, Palm CEO Ed Colligan described Apple's iPhone as "a highly developed media player, which happens to include a phone".⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
Daily - University of Washington
Huskies face history against Cal, Tedford
The Husky football team can accomplish something Saturday that only two other squads in the school's 115-year football history has done -- lose nine games. | 1Sports |
Reuters Business
Japan Stocks Little Changed Ahead of Fed
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei share index was little changed in late afternoon trade on Tuesday, reversing earlier gains, as Sony Corp. and other tech stocks retreated on caution ahead of a monetary policy meeting in the United States. | 2Business |
Yahoo World
'Not yet time' for sanctions against Sudan: UN envoy (AFP)
AFP - The time has not yet come to impose international sanctions against the government of Sudan, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's envoy Jan Pronk said during a visit to Oslo. | 0World |
TSN.ca
Perez starts must win game for LA
LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Odalis Perez needs to bounce back from a shaky performance in Game One if the Los Angeles Dodgers are to stay alive in the National League Division Series against the St. | 1Sports |
Yahoo Sports
Giants Give Up Right to Void Bonds' Deal (AP)
AP - Barry Bonds will have two more seasons to break Hank Aaron's career home run record with the San Francisco Giants, who decided Tuesday to drop their right to void the final year of his contract. | 1Sports |
Chicago Bear Report
Bears-Lions Snapshot
The Bears have scored a combined eight points the past two games, but coach Lovie Smith is sticking with QB Chad Hutchinson. Smith said a big problem is Hutchinson isn't getting enough protection to have time to look downfield. | 1Sports |
Yahoo World
Pope prays with cleric at Turkey mosque
(AP)
AP - Pope Benedict XVI joined an Islamic cleric in prayers under the towering dome of Istanbul's most famous mosque Thursday in a powerful gesture seeking to transform his image among Muslims from adversary to peacemaker. | 0World |
Yahoo World
Gunmen kill five in Somali capital
(AFP)
AFP - Gunmen shot dead five people in two separate attacks in the lawless Somali capital in an escalation of killings ahead of the planned deployment of African Union peacekeepers. | 0World |
RedNova science
Dem Claims Meddling in Waiver Request
By ERICA WERNER WASHINGTON - The Transportation Department acknowledged Tuesday encouraging members of Congress to weigh in with the EPA on California's request to implement global warming controls on automakers. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Business
Morgan Stanley profit hit by credit crunch
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley on Wednesday said third-quarter profit fell as the summertime freeze in mortgage and corporate loan markets forced the bank to mark loans down by $940 million, but shares held their own on optimism that financial markets ... | 2Business |
Reuters
UPDATE 4-Nortel restatements now delayed to November
Nortel Networks Corp. (NT.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) , one of the world's biggest telecom equipment makers, again delayed the release of its long-awaited restated | 2Business |
CNET security news
Manufacturing a challenge for OLED TVs, Sony confirms
Large OLED screens look great, but making them is not a million laughs. Producing them in large quantities remains a work in progress, executives say. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Sports
Injured Soderling set to miss Davis Cup
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Robin Soderling is likely to miss their Davis Cup semi-final with the United States this month because of a wrist injury, Swedish public television SVT reported on Monday. | 1Sports |
CNET networking news
Podcast: Sparks fly between Intel and OLPC
What's behind the fallout between Intel and the One Laptop Per Child program; News.com's Stephen Shankland talks with Red Hat's new CEO; and album sales drop in 2007. | 3Sci/Tech |
Boston Globe sports
Pro Wrestling: Purchases of H.G.H.
World Wrestling Entertainment said that its suspension of 10 wrestlers for violations of its drug-testing policy involved drug purchases, mostly human growth hormones. | 1Sports |
New York Times Business
Square Feet | Blueprints: Home Sweet Office for Ikeaâs Workers
A space that takes cues from Swedish design to brighten the darkness. | 2Business |
New York Times sports
Huskies' return man foiled in Fargo
FARGO, N.D. -- Rocky Hager got hugs and kisses from his grandchildren after the game, which served as a consolation prize for the Northeastern football coach. | 1Sports |
Reuters Tech
Mobile ads take baby steps to reach consumers
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Consumers may be receptive to
advertisements on their mobile phones in exchange for free
calls or content, but operators remain cautious about intruding
on the intimate space of a customer's cell phone. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Tech
Rooney targetted by mobile phone missile (AFP)
AFP - Police have made one arrest after a mobile phone was thrown from the crowd following Wayne Rooney's winning goal for Manchester United against Liverpool. | 3Sci/Tech |
Wired Tech
County to Vaporize Trash - Poof!
Hey, how about generating power from trash disposal? A Florida county plans to use plasma arcs to turn garbage into gas and use by products to make electricity to sell back to the grid. Skeptics doubt landfills will disappear. | 3Sci/Tech |
Forbes
Oracle Fails to Inspire Tech Rally
Oracle Corp. handed the software industry some positive earnings news after the bell on Tuesday, but investors pulled cash from the sector on concerns that information technology spending has become anemic. | 2Business |
BBC News world
Sharon sets date for Gaza vote
Israeli MPs will debate Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to pull troops and settlers out of the Gaza Strip on 25 October | 0World |
Yahoo Tech
Netflix, TiVo team up on broadband movies to the home (MacCentral)
MacCentral - Netflix Inc. and TiVo Inc. have signed an agreement to let TiVo subscribers access Netflix's library of movies over broadband Internet connections, the two companies announced Thursday. | 3Sci/Tech |
CNET security news
Who will operate the cloud?
If any of the large system vendors truly believe that a highly concentrated compute utility is the future, it's unclear why they should be embracing the role of passive arms merchant given how little control they would have over their own destiny in such | 3Sci/Tech |
New York Times sports
Hitting Finch a cinch?
The Olympics have produced many terrific showdowns through the years. Nancy Kerrigan vs. Tonya Harding . Rulon Gardner vs. Alexander Karelin . Michael Phelps vs. Ian Thorpe . Now comes one that will knock the glasses right off the top of Bud Greenspan's head. | 1Sports |
Reuters Business
Northern Rock names CEO, takes $574 mln hit
LONDON (Reuters) - Northern Rock named director Andy Kuipers as chief executive in a long-awaited update on Thursday, but also said it would take a 281 million pound ($574 million) hit from its exposure to the credit crisis. | 2Business |
New York Times Science
When the Senses Become Confused
After a stroke, the brain tries to reorganize itself. However, sometimes this process goes awry, leaving one woman to feel sounds on her skin. | 3Sci/Tech |
CNET personal technology news
Some MySpace profiles hit with a Web attack
Blog: Phishing and drive-by downloads are possible if you stumble across an infected profile. | 3Sci/Tech |
Washington Post Business
GOP Lawmakers Add Provision to Passing Tax Package
Republican lawmakers, with little public debate, quietly added a billion-dollar health-care benefit to legislation that was rushed through Congress just before it adjourned Saturday morning. | 2Business |
The Washington Post sports
Terps' Ibewke Ailing
Maryland center Ekene Ibewke will likely sit out his second straight game with a cracked rib when the Terps take on Virginia Tech, who may be without senior Carlos Dixon. | 1Sports |
Yahoo Tech
Livewire: Today's Pop Stars in It for the URLs (Reuters)
Reuters - British rock band Marillion has gone a step further. Since
striking off on its own in 2000, the band has used its online
site, http://marillion.com, to raise over 500,000 pounds
($913,200) from fans to finance its last two albums and suppor... | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Business
Oil steadies as OPEC voices concern over slide
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil steadied above $61 a barrel on Tuesday as producer group OPEC kindled fears of production cuts, saying oil's recent slide from record peaks had brought prices too low. | 2Business |
CNET networking news
Maker of microbe-inspired jet fuels gets more funding.
Get to work, microbes. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters World
Gaza fighting escalates as Hamas seizes Fatah bases
GAZA (Reuters) - Fighting between Palestinian factions escalated across Gaza on Friday, killing at least 15 people as Hamas overran compounds used by President Mahmoud Abbas's forces and two major universities were set ablaze. | 0World |
Reuters World
Amnesty calls for probe in Kyrgyz reporter murder
ALMATY (Reuters) - Amnesty International urged Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday to investigate thoroughly the murder of an independent journalist which it said would have a "chilling effect" on freedom of speech in ex-Soviet Central Asia. | 0World |
New York Times Science
When Hospitals Kept Children From Parents
From the 1960s onward, advances in hospital architecture have radically changed accommodations for family members. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters World
Dead Litter Streets, Indonesia Toll May Hit 25,000
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Dead bodies littered the streets of this provincial capital in northern Indonesia on Tuesday as fears rose the country's death toll from Sunday's earthquake and tsunami would exceed 25,000. | 0World |
World Socialist
Missing explosives at Al Qaqaa: Bush caught in another Iraq war <b>...</b>
The Bush administrationâs political fortunes have been dealt a serious blow, only a week before the presidential election, with the revelation October 25 that 400 tons of extremely powerful | 0World |
Yahoo Sports
Big Ten Admits Officiating Error (AP)
AP - The Big Ten has admitted an officiating error that could have cost Indiana a game it won in double overtime at Purdue last weekend. | 1Sports |
Yahoo Tech
Interview: Microsoft, Apple eyed for AJAX alliance
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - In February, a group of technology vendors, including BEA Systems, Google, IBM, and Oracle, formed the OpenAjax Alliance, with the goal of promoting the popular AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) Web development technique. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Sports
Manning seals legacy with Super Bowl win
MIAMI (Reuters) - Peyton Manning added the missing ingredient to his Hall of Fame credentials by leading the Indianapolis Colts to a 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI on Sunday. | 1Sports |
The Motley Fool
Say Hello to Hulu
NBC Universal and News Corp. are in for a Hulu of a time in launching their video website. | 2Business |
New York Times sports
Nets too tough for Celtics
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Hard to believe it was only 2002 when the Nets and Celtics faced each other in the Eastern Conference finals. Last night at the Pepsi Arena, two teams in the midst of rebuilding took the floor. | 1Sports |
Yahoo Business
Sportingbet arrest sparks fears of wider crackdown
(Reuters)
Reuters - Online bookmaker Sportingbet
said its chairman faced charges in the United States for
providing "gambling by computer," sparking fears no executive
in the $12-billion-a-year industry was safe from prosecution. | 2Business |
Wired Tech
July 6, 1886: Rabies Vaccine Saves Boy -- and Pasteur
Louis Pasteur's vaccine proves effective against what was then a fairly common -- and deadly -- occurrence: rabies contracted from an infected animal. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Science
Hundreds of thousands flee California wildfires
(AFP)
AFP - More than 250,000 people fled their homes as out-of-control wildfires raged across California on Monday, prompting authorities to draft in the US military to support weary firefighters. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo World
Report: 2 journalists detained in Somalia
(AP)
AP - Somalia's weak transitional government briefly detained two radio journalists Sunday for reporting that Ethiopian troops had entered Somalia, a station official said. | 0World |
RedNova science
Leasing Problems Cited in Troquet Bistro's Closure
By Nancy Luna, The Orange County Register, Calif. Sep. 11--Orange County restaurateurs Tim and Liza Goodell have shut down Troquet at South Coast Plaza, the third county restaurant the husband-and-wife team have sold or closed since last year. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Sports
Aaron Sele Returns to Seattle Mariners (AP)
AP - Aaron Sele and the Seattle Mariners agreed Wednesday to a minor league contract that allows him to earn up to $1.1 million, bringing the right-hander back to the Pacific Northwest. | 1Sports |
Crain's New York Business
Martha, Vornado shares rise on Sears-Kmart deal
Shares of local companies Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and Vornado Realty Trust were boosted by news that Sears and Kmart will merge in an $11 billion deal, creating a new company called Sears Holdings with about $55 billion in yearly revenu... | 2Business |
The Motley Fool
Debt Becomes You
The more of it you've got, the higher your credit score. | 2Business |
Reuters World
Israeli right-wing party quits Olmert's government
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A right-wing party quit Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government on Wednesday, condemning his peace talks with the Palestinians and leaving him even more politically vulnerable. | 0World |
Yahoo Business
Fed's Mishkin: No policy role for house price drops
(Reuters)
Reuters - Central banks should
focus on house price swings only if they risk causing harm to
the broader economy, and keep their eyes on ensuring stable
prices and employment, Federal Reserve Governor Frederic
Mishkin said on Saturday. | 2Business |
CNET personal technology news
MSN sets movie times on smart watches
Microsoft is adding film showings channel to its MSN Direct data service for smart watches. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Business
Fed's Yellen: End to rate hikes near
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Federal Reserve is getting
close to the "end of the road" after a two-year string of
interest rate increases, San Francisco Fed President Janet
Yellen said on Monday. | 2Business |
Reuters Business
Housing starts slip in May, but permits up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. home construction fell last month for the first time since January, as builders struggled with a glut of unsold homes, but permits for future construction rose, offering mixed signals on the housing outlook. | 2Business |
ChinaTechNews.com
Symantec: Anti-Blocking Software Is A Trojan
According to a report in the Financial Times, Symantecâs local office has announced that a program called Freegate, which allows users in China to access government-blocked Web sites, should be considered a Trojan horse. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Sports
Report: T.O. taken to emergency room
(AP)
AP - Terrell Owens was taken to the emergency room for an undisclosed reason Tuesday night, and doctors treating the Dallas Cowboys receiver were trying to induce vomiting, according to a television report. | 1Sports |
BBC News Business
US new homes at near-decade low
The number of newly-built US homes fell to the lowest level for nearly a decade in January, official figures show. | 2Business |
Yahoo World
Diplomats to work on new Iran resolution
(AP)
AP - Iran is "thumbing its nose" at the international community by expanding its uranium program, a top U.S. official said, setting the stage for difficult negotiations on new U.N. sanctions, with the U.S. likely to push for tougher measures. | 0World |
New York Times Business
Bank of New York Mellon Profit Up
Third-quarter profit rose 11 percent to $640 million, helped by growth in fees from asset management and providing back-office services to institutional clients. | 2Business |
The Washington Post world
WORLD IN BRIEF
Four American soldiers died Friday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb while on patrol northwest of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Saturday. Their names were withheld until their families had been notified. Separately Friday, a U.S. soldier was killed and three were h... | 0World |
Reuters Business
Halliburton profit rises, tops Street view
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Halliburton Co., , the world's second-largest oil services company, said on Monday that second-quarter profit from continuing operations rose 19 percent, topping Wall Street views, helped by new international contracts. | 2Business |
Yahoo World
At Least 8 Migrants Die Off Puerto Rico (AP)
AP - A boat carrying at least 91 Dominican migrants apparently trying to reach Puerto Rico illegally capsized Friday, killing eight people, officials said. | 0World |
India Infoline.com
Oil tops US$55-a-barrel mark
Crude oil prices surged above the US$55-per-barrel mark on Monday on concerns that tight global supply would lead to a further drop in US inventories of heating oil ahead of the winter season. | 2Business |
New York Times sports
Huskies are house masters
Senior Bobby Kelly and the Northeastern Huskies maintained their mastery of conference foes at Matthews Arena. | 1Sports |
Yahoo World
Israel, Egypt Swap Prisoners in Sign of Warmer Ties (Reuters)
Reuters - Egypt sent a convicted Israeli spy
home after eight years in jail and Israel released six Egyptian
infiltrators Sunday in the clearest sign of a warming of
relations strained by a Palestinian uprising. | 0World |
Yahoo Business
Possible YouTube deal with CBS unravels: WSJ
(Reuters)
Reuters - A deal between Google Inc.
and CBS Corp. (CBSa.N) that would let YouTube users watch clips
from CBS shows such as "The Late Show with David Letterman,"
has unraveled, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. | 2Business |
The Motley Fool
Is Apple Photogenic?
With the addition of photos and Bono, has the iPod jumped the shark? | 2Business |
Yahoo World
Japan tries 'cell phone diet'
(AP)
AP - Wondering how much of a diet-buster that big bowl of noodles is? | 0World |
Yahoo Science
Japan to launch spy satellite
(AFP)
AFP - Japan is set to launch its latest spy satellite, giving Tokyo the ability to eavesdrop anywhere in the world each day and better monitor North Korea. | 3Sci/Tech |
Search engine watch
Search Engine Forums Spotlight
Links to this week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Google Launches Search for Scholars - Adwords to Ban Affiliates? - MSN's 'Near Me' Search Button - The Difference In Traffic for #1 and #10? - Robots.txt & Security Issues - One year anniversary of... | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Tech
EU dominates in antitrust, experts say
(AP)
AP - A European Union appeals court's decision to uphold a 2004 antitrust order against Microsoft Corp. means that U.S.-based multinationals will continue to face tougher competition rules in Europe than at home, legal experts said. | 3Sci/Tech |
Xinhua
Plane crashes in Indonesia
A passenger plane skidded off the runway in central Indonesian Tuesday, killing at least six people and injuring more than 20 others, according to local media reports. | 0World |
USA Today
Football grad rate is on the rise
Players in the NCAA's top-tier Division IA are more likely than ever to leave school with degrees, according to the latest survey of graduation rates compiled by the federal government and released Monday by the NCAA. | 1Sports |
New York Times Tech
Hospitals Look to Nuclear Tool to Fight Cancer
A push by medical centers to turn nuclear particle accelerators into weapons against cancer reflects the best and worst of Americaâs health system, experts say. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters
Shell Evacuates Staff from Nigerian Delta Conflict
Multinational oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell has evacuated non-essential staff from two oilfields in Nigeria where troops are fighting a major offensive against rebel militia, a spokesman said. | 0World |
Reuters Business
Investors wait to see if busy stores mean profits
CHICAGO (Reuters) - With Black Friday in the rear-view mirror -- complete with eye-popping bargains and frenzied shoppers lining up overnight to buy that "must-have" 42-inch plasma television -- Wall Street now looks to Thursday to find out whether he... | 2Business |
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