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Yahoo Politics
Mich. candidate backs intelligent design
(AP)
AP - Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos ignited a controversy that kept blogs, party activists and editorial writers fired up for days when he said he approves of intelligent design being taught along with evolution in science classes. | 0World |
The Register
EU slaps 'Davros tax' on mobility scooters
Import duty contains battery-powered pensioner menace
RoTM The EU has moved to restrict the number of mobility scooters available to a machine uprising on the UK streets by slapping import duty on the vehicles, the Telegraph reports.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
RedNova general
CBO Projects $442 Billion Federal Deficit
WASHINGTON - The Congressional Budget Office is projecting that this election-year's federal deficit will reach $422 billion, congressional aides said Tuesday, the highest ever, yet a smaller shortfall than analysts predicted earlier this year. The figure, ... | 0World |
Reuters
Stocks Open Higher; Wall Street Cautious
US stocks opened slightly higher on Tuesday as oil prices slipped with a lightly staffed Wall Street remaining cautious during the Republican party convention in New York amid heavy security and concerns of possible attacks. | 2Business |
RedNova technology
Guinean Paper Describes State of Media Following State of Emergency
Text of report by Nouhou Balde entitled "Politi | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Business
D.Telekom to buy SunCom Wireless
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom mobile phone division T-Mobile USA has agreed to buy SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc for about $1.6 billion, the companies said on Monday. | 2Business |
The Motley Fool
More Free Stuff From AOL
The Internet portal's evolution to free content extends to AOL Latino. | 2Business |
BCC Technology
City wi-fi plans under scrutiny
City-wide wi-fi networks are growing but how do councils and citizens get the most out of them? | 3Sci/Tech |
Designerz.com
US consumer prices surge 0.6 percent, industrial output up
US consumer prices surged 0.6 percent in October, the Labor Department said, with higher energy costs fuelling fears of renewed inflation. | 2Business |
PCWorld news
Microsoft Drops Digital Image Suite
Functions for photo-organizing app are now bundled into the operating system. | 3Sci/Tech |
RedNova technology
Rival Technologies Inc.-Enters Into First Joint Venture Agreement
Rival Technologies Inc. (PINK SHEETS: RVTI) reports that it has taken a significant step towards commercializing TRU technology, it's proprietary bitumen/heavy oil upgrading process. Rival has entered into its first Joint Venture Ag... | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Business
Nasdaq, Dubai win OMX shareholder agreement -source
DUBAI (Reuters) - Nasdaq and Borse Dubai won agreement from Investor AB , OMX's biggest shareholder, and other investors to sell their shares at 265 Swedish crowns ($40.57) each, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. | 2Business |
Boston Globe sports
Williams to Face Bartoli in Wimbledon Final
The three-time Wimbledon champion will face 18th seed Marion Bartoli who upset No. 1 Justine Henin. | 1Sports |
RedNova technology
Bridging the Gap: Older Students Learn Mouse Skills
By Jim Stafford, The Daily Oklahoman Feb. 13--Seated in front of a monitor in a classroom at Francis Tuttle Technology Center, 84-year-old Fred Edmonds studies a spiral-bound notebook as an instructor explains the basics of computer technology. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Business
Ex-Monster counsel pleads guilty in options case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The ex-general counsel at Monster Worldwide Inc. pleaded guilty on Thursday to criminal charges related to stock options backdating, becoming the latest former U.S. executive ensnared in an options-related case. | 2Business |
New York Times Business
Treasury Chief Urges Debt Relief for Poor Nations
Global lenders need to offer more grants and debt relief to poor countries and tailor lending toward the private sector, Treasury Secretary John Snow said today. | 2Business |
Yahoo Sports
Lankford Accepts Minor League Assignment (AP)
AP - St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Ray Lankford accepted a minor league assignment to Triple-A Memphis on Monday, nine days after leaving the team to consider his career options. | 1Sports |
The Inquirer
Distrusted systems
THE NEWS this week that the European Commission is investigating Microsoft's and Time-Warner's April acquisition of ContentGuard is not trivial, and it's not just another case of "Oh, let's Get Microsoft". | 3Sci/Tech |
InfoWorld news
Intel's vPro chips in more security for businesses
( InfoWorld ) - With the introduction of its latest vPro microprocessors on Monday, Intel contends it is injecting a heavy dose of new security capabilities for the benefit of business customers and third-party technology providers alike.
By wrapping a... | 3Sci/Tech |
BBC News world
Gas tanker crashes onto rail track
A gas tanker crashes over a bridge and plunges 50ft on to a railway in a market town in County Durham. | 0World |
Computerworld news
EMC will buy Document Sciences for $85M
Using xPression, Document Sciences' flagship application, companies can automate the creation and delivery of personalized communications such as brochures and contracts. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Politics
Justice Dept. probing Gonzales meeting with aide
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Justice Department is
investigating U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales's meeting
with a former top aide about the controversial firing of
federal prosecutors last year, according to a letter released
on Thursday by the S... | 0World |
Reuters Sports
Montgomerie Heaps Misery on U.S.
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - Colin Montgomerie, who has suffered much misery at the hands of American golf fans, gave back some of his own Friday with another Ryder Cup tour de force at Oakland Hills Country Club. | 1Sports |
CRN
CRN INTERVIEW: JOHN FOWLER, SUN Sun's Fowler: Rising Sales
While Hewlett-Packard, Dell and IBM are the recognized leaders of the X86 server market, one player has surprisingly begun to gain ground. | 3Sci/Tech |
The Age
Farina aware draw would be disastrous
Socceroo goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer poses in front of a set of makeshift goal posts in the Solomon Islands. Photo: Tim Clayton. Australian coach Frank Farina last night admitted anything | 1Sports |
Reuters Business
Marriott, Taser Fall Before Bell
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Marriott International Inc. MAR.N fell 3 percent before the bell on Tuesday after the largest U.S. hotel operator reported higher fourth-quarter profit but forecast full-year earnings below average analyst estimates. | 2Business |
Guardian
BSkyB 'on track' for subscriber target
Satellite pay-TV giant BSkyB today recorded better than expected subscriber figures, announcing it had added 62,000 customers in the three months between July and September. | 2Business |
Straits Times
The Wright stuff
LONDON - His stepfather is Arsenal's record goal-scorer, Ian Wright. Today, Shaun Wright-Phillips will try to create another piece of Arsenal history - by stopping their unbeaten run at 46 games. | 1Sports |
New York Times Business
Shortcuts: Have Life Insurance? Maybe. Cellphone Coverage? Of Course.
Cellphones, complex and small, often break or go missing. When does it pay to have insurance? | 2Business |
Yahoo World
British destroy own aircraft in Iraq
(AP)
AP - A British Hercules airplane was damaged while landing in southeastern Iraq and later destroyed by coalition forces because of the risk of mounting a recovery operation, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. | 0World |
The Motley Fool
So Long, Long Distance
AT&T turns its business focus away from traditional phone service. | 2Business |
Houston Chronicle
UTEP to play in EV1.net Houston Bowl
Texas-El Paso agreed Wednesday to play in the EV1.net Houston Bowl against a Big 12 team at Reliant Stadium on Dec. 29. The 25th-ranked Miners, who had never been ranked in the Associated | 1Sports |
InfoWorld news
Time to dump Windows?
InfoWorld's "Save XP" petition asking Microsoft to keep Windows XP available indefinitely, not end most sales on June 30 as currently planned, has prompted many readers to suggest that maybe the best answer for those who don't like Vista is to switch to another operating syste... | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Sports
Smyth tallies 1st N.Y. goal as Isles win
(AP)
AP - Ryan Smyth is already feeling comfortable in his new surroundings and the New York Islanders' power play is benefiting from his presence. | 1Sports |
CBBC newsround (audio)
One billion kids 'miss childhood'
A report by a kids' group says more than half of the children in the world are suffering because of the effects of war, poverty and the HIV virus. | 0World |
Indian Express
Microsoft eyes old for web via television
SEATTLE, NOVEMBER 22: For people trying to get their ageing parents on the web so they can read email and get digital photos of the family, Microsoft Corp has a message: Donât give up. | 3Sci/Tech |
The Motley Fool
The Best Stocks for New Money
It's time to add new money to your portfolio. What will you do? | 2Business |
New York Times sports
Bad sports? No, they were good coaches
Terry Robiskie wasn't offended, so why should anyone else be? Because there was really so little to say about the Patriots' 42-15 thrashing of the hopeless Cleveland Browns Sunday beyond, "Let's move on," a mini-controversy of the media's making seemed to e... | 1Sports |
New York Times Business
When Big Law Firms Trip Over Their Own Clients
Weil, Gotshal & Manges is embroiled in two lawsuits by former clients who contend that the firm breached its duty to provide them with its undivided loyalty. | 2Business |
Computerworld news
A Skills Shortage Simmers
CIOs and other hiring managers will continue to struggle to recruit and retain IT workers, putting upward pressure on salaries for hot skills. | 3Sci/Tech |
RedNova space
NASA Prepares for Performing New Science on the Moon
WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected proposals, including two from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for future lunar science activities. In addition, the agency has established two new programs that will enhance research made possible by ... | 3Sci/Tech |
Forbes
Noble Energy to Buy Patina for $2.76 B
Noble Energy Inc. Thursday said it agreed to acquire Patina Oil & Gas Corp. for about $2.76 billion, plus debt. Denver-based Patina owns oil and gas fields in mainly in Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. | 2Business |
Reuters World
Bush, Blair in dock at "house of horrors" summit
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - About 2,000 peace activists applauded on Monday as the leaders of the United States and Britain were branded "fascist war criminals" at a conference featuring gruesome exhibits of their alleged crimes. | 0World |
The Australian
Woolies finally wins ALH pubs battle as Coles bows out
WOOLWORTHS has triumphed in a protracted two-way takeover battle for Australian Leisure and Hospitality after securing enough shares to discourage rival Coles Myer from making a seventh increase in the bid price for the pubs and pokies group. | 2Business |
Daily Times
Govt to develop quarterly GDP data
KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund has agreed to help Pakistan develop a framework for the release of quarterly gross domestic product data, a senior finance ministry official said. | 2Business |
Reuters World
Zarqawi Group Says Kills U.S. Hostage in Iraq-TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - A militant group headed by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has killed an American captive in Iraq after the lapse of a 24-hour deadline on Tuesday, Arabic channel Al Jazeera said. | 0World |
This is London
Senior Iraqi ruler killed by drive-by assassination
A senior member of the US-backed Iraqi government was assasinated in a drive-by shooting by insurgents today. Deputy Governor of Baghdad Hatem Karim | 0World |
Reuters
UPDATE 1-Australia's Computershare buys US EquiServe
Australian financial software group Computershare Ltd. (CPU.AX: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to buy US share registrar EquiServe for $292 million from DST Systems Inc. | 2Business |
Reuters
UPDATE 1-Germany's Schalke sack coach Heynckes
Schalke 04 sacked coach Jupp Heynckes on Wednesday after the German club's dismal start to the new Bundesliga season. Schalke have lost three of their four league matches and lie | 1Sports |
Reuters Business
Airbus parent EADS confirms more A380 delays
PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus parent EADS EAD.PA confirmed fresh delays to its A380 superjumbo on Thursday, but said it was too early to say how long the third postponement in deliveries would last or how much it would cost. | 2Business |
Boston Globe sports
The Detailed Life of DiMaggio, Minus Some of the Juicy Details
Steiner Sports is expected to announce on Monday that they will auction off nearly 2,500 pages of personal journal entries of Joe DiMaggio. | 1Sports |
Yahoo Science
Intelligence Gathering: The Study of How the Brain Evolves Offers Insight into the Mind (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Is there really life out there? Was a kinder, wetter Mars once dotted by bacterial blooms whose progeny now await our discovery? Do unseen, alien microbes swim in the buried oceans of Europa... | 3Sci/Tech |
The Register
Wi-Fi overseer to debut QoS standard 8 Sept
Ten products to sport Wi-Fi Multimedia brand next week | 3Sci/Tech |
Xinhua
Putin discusses with ministers aid to victims of terror act in <b>...</b>
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday discussed with cabinet ministers the questions of aid to those who suffered from the terrorist tragedy in the North Ossetian town of Beslan, Itar-Tass reported. | 0World |
Yahoo Science
Getting a Grip on Antimatter (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Research into what separates matter from antimatter is accelerating in particle physics experiments around the world. Scientists are hoping the difference will help explain why you, me and all the things around us are made of matter instead of its op... | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Politics
Frist, McConnell Join Dole in Fund-Raising (AP)
AP - The Senate's top two Republicans have signed on to help their party fund-raising committee collect donations for the 2006 elections. | 0World |
San Francisco Chronicle
Giants get 4 in 8th to win
Denver -- Maybe the sidearm lefty missed his spot. Or maybe the Rockies found a clever way to bid Barry Bonds adieu for the season after he clobbered them with a . | 1Sports |
BBC News world
Subdued mood
Romney supporters put on a brave face as results come in | 0World |
BBC News world
Israel rejects ceasefire proposal
Israel dismisses an offer by Palestinian militant groups to stop firing rockets into Israel, if Israel end on Palestinians. | 0World |
Yahoo Sports
Duke wins NCAA women's golf title
(AP)
AP - Duke became the second school in NCAA history to win three straight women's golf titles, and Arkansas' Stacy Lewis rallied to take the individual championship in windy and rainy conditions Friday. | 1Sports |
Washington Post Business
Wall Street Looks to Voters
NEW YORK, Sept. 2 -- The stock market went whisper quiet this week as Republicans convened in Madison Square Garden to renominate George W. Bush for president. | 2Business |
Yahoo Sports
Ex-Raider Robbins Shot by Police in Fla. (AP)
AP - Former Pro Bowl center Barret Robbins was shot several times when he struggled with a police officer investigating a burglary at a South Beach office. | 1Sports |
Boston Globe world
Iraqi civilian deaths rose in August
BAGHDAD - Civilian deaths rose in August to their second-highest monthly level this year, according to figures compiled yesterday by the Associated Press. That raises questions about whether US strategy is working days before Congress receives landmark reports t... | 0World |
Reuters Business
Dollar Falters in Thin Holiday Trading
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar retreated against major currencies on Friday in thin holiday-season volume, as traders took profits after early-session gains. | 2Business |
Yahoo Sports
Manning Easy Choice for MVP by AP Voters (AP)
AP - When Peyton Manning sees his name alongside some of the great players in NFL history, he beams with pride. Manning's phenomenal season earned him his second straight Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award — and he came within one vote of being a... | 1Sports |
Reuters Business
CORRECTION: Microsoft touts Xbox sales but laments online woes
(Corrects spelling of executiveâs name in 9th paragraph) | 2Business |
Reuters Business
Glaxo Settles Suit Over Paxil Studies
NEW YORK (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc GSK.L has agreed to disclose information on all clinical studies of its drugs to settle a lawsuit that accused it of withholding negative information about the antidepressant Paxil, the New York Attorney General's of... | 2Business |
The Motley Fool
A "Halo" to Light Up the Night
To Microsoft and its Xbox, "Halo 3" is more than just a game. | 2Business |
Yahoo World
Australian PM moves to silence leadership rumblings
(AFP)
AFP - Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Wednesday said no one in his party wanted to challenge for the leadership despite low opinion polls heading into an election later this year. | 0World |
Reuters Business
U.S. to stop seizing Canadian drug imports: WSJ
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have scrapped their 11-month-old policy of seizing prescription drugs imported through the mail from Canada, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. | 2Business |
The Motley Fool
Compassionate Corporations
Many U.S. companies dig deep to help tsunami victims in Southeast Asia. | 2Business |
New York Times Business
Judge Lets Black Remain Free on Bail
A federal judge today imposed strict travel limits on the former press baron while he awaits sentencing for swindling the Hollinger International newspaper empire. | 2Business |
The Motley Fool
Don't Outsmart Yourself
Don't be too smart by half. | 2Business |
New York Times Tech
Podcasting Real Estate in Europe and Asia
Property markets around the world are beginning to embrace the idea of sharing audio and video files over the Internet. | 3Sci/Tech |
BCC Technology
Job losses over eBay 'addiction'
Three workers lose their jobs at a council office after becoming "addicted" to internet shopping site eBay. | 3Sci/Tech |
PCWorld news
Germany Adds Digital Fingerprints to Passports
Germany will store digital fingerprints in addition to digital photos in passports as one of several biometric security measures. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo Tech
Ky. blocks state workers' access to blog
(AP)
AP - Kentucky officials are blocking state employees' Internet access to a political blog that has been critical of Gov. Ernie Fletcher, who was indicted earlier this year in connection with a state hiring scandal. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters Business
Stocks rise on strong GDP report, Pfizer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday after the government raised its estimate of third-quarter economic growth, calming worries that the economy was slowing sharply. | 2Business |
New York Times sports
Reign fall was in forecast
In the unpredictable world of professional football, there are but a few certainties: Dick Vermeil will cry like a baby after a win. | 1Sports |
Boston Globe business
Fidelity halves online bond-trading fees
THE REGION Fidelity Investments said it is cutting the cost of its online bond trades for retail investors. The firm cut fees by 50 percent for online fixed-income trades to retail investors buying or selling bonds. For example, US Treasuries will now cos... | 2Business |
Forbes
Dim Vista
Windows Vista: More than five years in the making, more than 50 million lines of code. The Result? | 2Business |
The Motley Fool
Contrarian Shopping List
A Fool peers in through Wall Street's out door. | 2Business |
BBC News world
Ad sales boost Time Warner profit
Profits at Time Warner, the world's biggest media group, are boosted 76% by ad revenues and high-speed internet sales. | 0World |
InfoWorld news
Hacked GOP site infects visitors with malware
( InfoWorld ) - A Republican Party Web site has been hacked, and for some time it has been spreading a variation of the long-running Storm Trojan horse to vulnerable visitors, a security researcher said Friday.
This is the first time that Storm has taken to... | 3Sci/Tech |
sportinglife.com
GRONHOLM CAN BOUNCE BACK - PROVERA
Peugeot boss Corrado Provera expects Marcus Gronholm to bounce back today after wet weather saw him slip off the pace in the Wales Rally GB. | 1Sports |
Telegraph.co.uk
Grandi 'home' to fulfil destiny
Thomas Grandi could easily have grown up to be a surfer in Australia rather than Canada's first giant slalom winner in the 38-year history of the World Cup circuit. | 1Sports |
Reuters Sports
Woods makes flying start to lead day one of WGC
WATFORD (Reuters) - Tiger Woods immediately imposed himself on the WGC American Express Championship on Thursday with a blistering opening nine and an eagle finish to end the day a stroke ahead of the field. | 1Sports |
Reuters Business
JPMorgan takes $1.3 billion writedown
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Wednesday quarterly profit fell a worse-than-expected 24 percent as the No. 3 U.S. bank lost $1.3 billion on risky mortgages and set aside more money for rising losses on home-equity loans. | 2Business |
Stuff.co.nz
Australia Virgin Blue ups fuel charge, axes route
SYDNEY: Discount Australian airline Virgin Blue said yesterday it would increase fares again to help offset higher fuel costs, and would axe one of its routes because of low passenger numbers. | 2Business |
RedNova general
Pope Beatifies Emperor, Nun, Three Others
VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II on Sunday moved five Catholics closer to sainthood, including Austria's last reigning emperor and a German nun whose graphic visions of Christ's suffering helped inspire the blockbuster movie "The Passion of the Christ." Chee... | 0World |
New York Times world
Japan Says Russian Plane Violated Space
Japan protested to Moscow after a Russian military plane intruded into Japanese air space over the Izu Islands south of Tokyo, a Japanese foreign ministry official said. | 0World |
Reuters
Jack in the Box Has 32 Pct Hike in Profit
Fast-food chain Jack In The Box Inc. (JBX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expected 32 percent rise in quarterly net profit, helped by sales of new products | 2Business |
Yahoo Politics
Del Ponte not satisfied by Serbia's hunt for Mladic
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.N. war crimes prosecutor Carla
del Ponte said on Tuesday she was not satisfied with Serbia's
search for war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic, whose arrest is
key to the country clinching closer ties to the European Union. | 0World |
The Motley Fool
American Eagle Bets on Eaglets
Are the kids all right? | 2Business |
Wired Business
SF Beta Mixes Schmoozing, Boozing and Demos
This San Francisco mixer is fast becoming an institution. We've got the party write-up plus photos by Lane Hartwell from Thursday's event. | 2Business |
RedNova general
Bush Denounces Ads by Outside Groups
CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush denounced TV ads by outside groups attacking both John Kerry and himself on Monday and called for a halt to all such political efforts. "I think they're bad for the system," he said... | 0World |
Sports Network
Indiana hires Terry Hoeppner
Bloomington, IN (Sports Network) - Indiana named Terry Hoeppner its new head football coach on Friday. Hoeppner, who comes home to Indiana after a successful stint at Miami-Ohio, takes over a program that has not had a winning record since 1994. | 1Sports |
RedNova general
N.M. Museum to Launch Names Into Space
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. - The New Mexico Museum of Space History will be shipping names to the stars with the first X-Prize launch into space... | 0World |
Yahoo Sports
2005 co-champs battle in Big Ten opener
(AP)
AP - Everything Ohio State has accomplished so far, including that huge win over Texas, was a mere prelude for the Buckeyes. | 1Sports |
The Scotsman
Election 'There to Be Won', Says Howard
Mr Howard has dismissed claims his party needed a miracle to seize power from Labour. And today he said the Tories could win the election. | 0World |
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