text
stringlengths
7
15.7k
label
class label
4 classes
Virgin Galactic shows off the final design of the launch system that will take fare-paying passengers into space.
0World
BELFAST - A bank in Northern Ireland hit by a massive robbery said on Friday it was considering the drastic measure of taking several denominations of notes out of circulation as a means of preventing the criminals enjoying their haul.
0World
AT least 41 people have been killed in Malaysia by a tsunami triggered by a huge earthquake, the Bernama news agency said in an overnight report.
0World
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. economy may be in recession, based on Midwest manufacturing data, a report said on Thursday.
2Business
The holiday season generally arrives a bit earlier for boxing fans than for most, and this year is no exception as the fall fight season will soon be in full swing.
1Sports
[World News]: A Polish woman held hostage in Iraq since late October has been set free and flown back to Warsaw reports BBC. BBC also says making a surprise appearance at a press conference alongside the Polish
0World
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AFP) - Muslims and Christians united in the hope that the festive season will herald a new dawn after four years of violence, attending midnight mass in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ.
0World
Reuters - An Indian court convicted a 82-year-old man on Friday for his role in the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, then known as Bombay, the 12th guilty verdict handed down in the last 10 days.
0World
The Vindicator/Scott R. Galvin REACHING OUT: Cleveland Browns quarterback Jeff Garcia dives for a touchdown as he is hit by Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed in the fourth quarter of Sunday's game.
1Sports
In an effort to create a global wireless alternative to cable and telephone Internet service, Intel said on Monday that it would collaborate with Clearwire, a wireless
3Sci/Tech
As union activists have fallen by the hundreds in Colombia, labor rights groups and some members of the U.S. Congress have promised to do something about the violence.
2Business
US consumers cheered up in early December, sending potentially good news to retailers during the crucial holiday shopping season, a report showed on Friday.
2Business
Defending champion Ernie Els completed a 2-and-1 victory over Briton Scott Drummond when the rain-delayed World Match Play Championship first round resumed at Wentworth Friday.
1Sports
Reuters - Floods in Indonesia's capital have killed three people and displaced nearly 100,000 after two days of torrential rain, a health ministry official said on Saturday.
0World
AT least 11 people were killed and 62 injured as the biggest typhoon to hit Japan for more than a decade battered the south of the country with heavy rain and powerful winds, officials said.
0World
CHICAGO (Reuters) - After revolutionizing U.S travel bookings, online agencies now have their eye on a lucrative, but elusive part of the business market.
3Sci/Tech
Companies with a public float of at least $75 million will now have an additional 45 days beyond the original deadline set by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
2Business
OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - American Allyson Felix defended her 200 meters world title in style on Friday, streaking down the home straight to win gold by over half a second in the first sub-22 second run of her career.
1Sports
AP - Inter finally played up to preseason expectations Sunday, with Adriano producing two excellent goals and Christian Vieri ending his scoring drought in a 3-1 win over Udinese in the Italian league.
1Sports
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Former No. 1 player Justine Henin-Hardenne ended her season Monday because of continued problems with an energy-sapping virus.
1Sports
Chad authorities detain seven Spanish crew members of a plane chartered to fly more than 100 children to France.
0World
Wired hits the highlights of the hottest photography equipment show in the country.
3Sci/Tech
Leaders from 38 Asian and European nations are in Vietnam for a summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting, known as ASEM. The main purpose is to discuss global trade and international issues, but that the question
0World
Trainer Nick Zito has come to Lone Star Park with Birdstone, an outstanding 3-year-old who has a shot in Saturday's $4 million Breeders' Cup Classic. It is less known that Zito also brought two good 2-year-olds, a colt, Sun King, and a filly, In The Gold, but they are legitimate contenders in the juvenile divisions.
1Sports
Scotland and Slovenia have served up plenty of chances but failed to convert any of them in a Group Five World Cup qualifier that has ended 0-0 at Hampden Park.
1Sports
AFP - US authorities said they had charged six Asian men with conspiracy to ship arms, including submachine guns and sniper rifles, to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers and unnamed customers in Indonesia.
0World
By Michael E Ruane, Washington Post Staff Writer If you think we have crazy weather, consider this storm: It's about 7,000 miles across, with winds topping 500 mph and clouds that have recently turned red. It's a mega-hurricane, sort of.
3Sci/Tech
Indian police have rounded up 60 suspected rebel sympathisers in the capital of the troubled state of Manipur, as authorities broaden a major sweep against insurgent groups, officials said on Sunday.
0World
Nothing says "I love you" like a background check.
3Sci/Tech
John F. Gallagher, a founder of 1-800-East-West Mortgage Co. and ISoldMyHouse.com and the radio voice of many of its ads, said he was fired yesterday by the bank that he and his wife sold their company to four years ago.
2Business
The UN says it is struggling to cope with the flow of Somalis into Kenya - with 2,000 arriving in just two days.
0World
Korea's leading auction site stumbles.
2Business
Though their differences appear irreconcilable, the National Hockey League and its Players Association are at least back on speaking terms.
1Sports
DETROIT (Reuters) - Workers represented by the United Auto Workers ratified a four-year contract with automaker Chrysler LLC, the union said on Saturday, capping a close-fought battle that had threatened to scuttle the labor pact.
2Business
The Diamondbacks will not name a manager until at least a few days into November. Finalists Bob Melvin and Wally Backman will be re-interviewed this week by representatives of ownership, possibly on Wednesday.
1Sports
Reuters - Russia will once again aim its missiles at targets in Europe if U.S. plans to build a missile defense shield near Russia's borders go ahead, President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying on Sunday.
0World
Ruud Lubbers, the head of the UN refugee agency UNHCR, has urged the Sudanese government to give autonomy to the western Darfur region to help end a rebellion there which has led to massive reprisals by Arab militias against black African villagers.
0World
The music industry redoubles its efforts to drop the hammer on college students who illegally download music, leaning on the universities for support. By the Associated Press.
3Sci/Tech
AP - A.J. Ogilvy scored 21 points and No. 15 Vanderbilt tied for the best start in school history with a 92-85 victory over Tennessee-Martin on Saturday.
1Sports
AP - In anticipation of the 196th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday on Saturday, President Bush hosted an hour-long performance of "Lincoln: Seen and Heard" and praised the former president for his eloquent speechmaking.
0World
Reuters - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation on Thursday that would ban cruise ships from incinerating trash or dumping used shower and sink water within three miles of the California coast.
3Sci/Tech
BOSTON (Reuters) - Colorado's visit to Fenway Park earlier this season will help the National League champions when they take on Boston in the World Series starting on Wednesday, Rockies veteran Todd Helton told reporters.
1Sports
Try to avoid false precision in your stock picking.
2Business
Like the Patriots' offensive line last Sunday, the Hawaiian weather was not at its best as the AFC held its first practice for the Pro Bowl yesterday.
1Sports
The Mozilla Foundation has unveiled the most complete preview version yet of its stand-alone e-mail application. The release comes only weeks after the launch of its Firefox browser version 1.0, and is part
3Sci/Tech
NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Titans have a chance to win their way into their first playoff berth since 2003, thanks to help from Cincinnati and their own stingy, quarterback-hitting defense.
1Sports
Maryland-based Tapit, the Wood Memorial winner in April, is the 2-1 morning line favorite for Monday's $750,000 Pennsylvania Derby.
1Sports
Richard Gough today started his managerial adventure after being appointed boss of Livingston, not even a full week after the sacking of Allan Preston.
1Sports
The mini-episodes of of discontinued TV programs, to be shown online, are part of a Pepsi campaign designed to celebrate the brand’s old logos, slogans and jingles.
2Business
MONTREAL - The Canadian arm of a huge tobacco company has asked a Quebec court to stop a provincial lawsuit claiming $1.4 billion in unpaid taxes on smuggled cigarettes.
2Business
Saddam Hussein met with a defense lawyer yesterday for the first time since his capture a year ago, days before several of his top aides are due to appear in court for hearings on alleged war crimes.
0World
Blog: eMachines announces three new desktops
3Sci/Tech
German electronics giant Siemens said that its Siemens Business Services unit had signed a 2.7-billion-euro (3.3-billion-dollar) contract to supply technology services to the British Broadcasting Corporation.
2Business
Blog: Attacks on cash register data are still possible fifteen years after flaws in the systems were cited.
3Sci/Tech
NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops unleashed artillery and tank barrages at al Qaeda-inspired militants dug-in at a Palestinian refugee camp on Sunday, the third day of a military assault to crush the gunmen.
0World
Norwegian browser vendor Opera Software said Tuesday it has developed a version of its browser for devices using the Microsoft Windows Mobile platform.
3Sci/Tech
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian veterinary officials have quarantined one Alberta farm in their search for cattle connected to the country's second case of mad cow disease, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday.
0World
With the market for quad-core chips still in its infancy, Advance Micro Devices has an alternative that might help bridge the gap: tri-core chips. As a bonus, this strategy can't easily be imitated by Intel, AMD executives say.
2Business
The way jobs are found and filled online is distinctly different from just a few years ago as employers use the Web to experiment with innovative strategies for spreading their messages and screening candidates.
3Sci/Tech
There are literally tons of man-made debris orbiting the Earth, from rocket parts to dead satellites to human waste dumped by space station crews. Then there's the stuff that spacewalking astronauts have simply lost out there.
2Business
Although a victor won't be declared for two weeks yet, Silicon Graphics has become the second computer maker to boast that its machinery is leading a competition for world's fastest supercomputer.
3Sci/Tech
NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Movavi today launched Movavi Online, a web-based service that enables users to convert video from one format to another -- for sharing, podcasting, cellphones, iPods, and more -- for free.
3Sci/Tech
The Redskins meet Thursday with Colts assistant Ron Meeks and Daniel Snyder flys to Seattle to meet with Seahawks assistant Jim Mora.
1Sports
TOKYO Motorola and NTT DoCoMo said on Wednesday that they would jointly develop third-generation cellphones, giving the American company an important foothold in the Japanese market.
3Sci/Tech
Sometimes it takes looking into the casket and viewing the body to get closure. Sometimes it takes seeing the cadaver to accept finality.
1Sports
Leaders of the 25-nation European Union today signed the bloc's new constitution in Rome, amid tight security around the city's historic center.
0World
AP - This is what everyone was waiting for from Willis McGahee. After 19 months of recuperation and countless questions about the strength of his left knee, the Buffalo Bills running back finally provided some answers. McGahee had the go-ahead score on a 1-yard run in his NFL preseason debut, helping the Bills to a 16-...
1Sports
JERUSALEM : A third fighter of the Palestinian hardline group Hamas was killed by Israeli forces during an infiltration bid in the Kfar Darom settlement of southern Gaza, Israeli military sources told AFP.
0World
AP - The first solar-wind samples recovered from the crashed Genesis space capsule have been sent to researchers in California.
3Sci/Tech
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD.N warned on Monday that its quarterly revenue will be lower than forecast, citing softness in sales of its memory chips used in cell phones and other devices. The company's shares fell after the warning.
2Business
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan is investigating six Darfur rebel leaders it suspects masterminded a bloody attack on a government base, the Justice Ministry said on Monday.
0World
AFP - The Boston Celtics will be one of four National Basketball Association teams who will play exhibition games in four European countries next October, commissioner David Stern announced.
1Sports
WASHINGTON With public pledges and in private conversations, Britain managed to smoke out the United States and win its commitment to the full forgiveness of the debts of the poorest countries during the annual meetings of the World Bank and the
2Business
Last fall, as the board of Hollinger International prepared to oust its founding executive, Conrad M. Black, the director most protective and supportive of him turned to a friend and balked.
2Business
The biggest hardware backer of the HD DVD format responds to Warner Bros. recent decision to back Blu-ray exclusively.
3Sci/Tech
The Nationals make another key addition to their scouting department Monday, adding Ed Durkin as a special assistant to the club's baseball operations department.
1Sports
TechWeb - Actuate OnPerformance includes many of the same features as the company's on-premise Performancesoft Suite.
3Sci/Tech
CTPartners, the executive search firm with a public commitment to performance, quality and results, released today the first issue of PQR, a business publication for executives to be issued twice annually.
3Sci/Tech
US holiday travelers hoping to get back in the air after a weekend of flight cancellations due to computer malfunctions and staff shortages still faced difficulties getting to their destinations on Monday.
2Business
Matthew Pinsent sparked the gold rush becoming an Olympic legend by lunchtime. The man with the Midas touch took hisA fourth gold in successive games.
1Sports
AP - Israel has made "significant progress" in the gradual withdrawal of its forces from south Lebanon in the month since the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution to end the conflict there, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Tuesday in a report.
0World
Taiwan's president, Chen Shui-bian, has called for a "new code of conduct" with mainland China. Taiwan's leader is asking for direct talks with Beijing on arms control and ways to avoid military confrontation.
0World
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers personally outscored the Washington Wizards in a breakout first quarter to lead his team to a 103-91 road win on Sunday.
1Sports
LONDON (Reuters) - Ailing British bank Northern Rock is not a "lame duck" and its value is far higher than its current share price, its biggest investor said on Monday as it sought backing to prevent a hasty rescue deal.
2Business
PeopleSoft's board is willing to talk about a deal if the price is right.
2Business
Attacks against Iraq's fledgling security forces claimed more lives yesterday, bringing to at least 24 the number killed in three days of violence over the Christmas period.
0World
AP - Daniel Sedin scored twice in the third period and Roberto Luongo made 33 saves, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.
1Sports
AP - John Harbaugh was hired Friday as head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, who hope their second choice proves to be a first-rate success.
1Sports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington netminder Olie Kolzig celebrated victory in his 700th NHL game on Sunday after Mike Green scored 23 seconds into overtime to give the Capitals a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers.
1Sports
SPAM could become a thing of the past in around two years' time, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said on a visit to Madrid. "Spam is a major security problem," Mr Gates said, noting that progress had been made in the fight against unsolicited mail.
3Sci/Tech
France coach Raymond Domenech named his 20-man squad Thursday for upcoming 2006 World Cup qualifying matches against Israel and the Faroe Islands.
1Sports
AFP - US President George W. Bush's administration weathered a pre-election mauling as it announced emergency measures to skirt a 7.38-trillion-dollar debt limit.
0World
SPACE.com - Astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Atlantis scanned their spacecraft's heat shield for any signs of damage Saturday as they continue on course towards the International Space Station (ISS).
3Sci/Tech
IBM announced Tuesday that it has created a process allowing its manufacturing facilities to repurpose otherwise scrap semiconductor wafers.
2Business
Peter Glaskowsky analyzes the potential benefits of AMD's new quad-core Opteron processors for data centers.
3Sci/Tech
AFP - Authorities have shut down a zoo in the Pakistani capital and slaughtered dozens of birds after the deadly H5N1 flu virus was found in peacocks and geese.
3Sci/Tech
One day after retired Broward Sheriff's Office deputy Joe Webster was stabbed and robbed at a Davie gas station, Miami-Dade detectives found his alleged assailant driving Webster's truck.
2Business
Chinese publishers discover that online novel sales help move physical books off the shelves. And for a growing number of authors and readers, epic tales on the web are a thriving art form.
2Business
How much is an Olympic gold medal worth? For China's newest sports stars, fresh from triumph in Athens and idolized by a sports-crazy public, the country's ongoing rush to capitalism means they can cash in like never before.
1Sports
Microsoft engineer shows off a new "MinWin" kernel that takes up a fraction of the space of the traditional OS.
3Sci/Tech