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Top races in Tuesday's primary elections
(AP)
AP - Some of the top contests among Tuesday's primary elections: | 0World |
Stock futures edge up ahead of jobs data
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures indicated a strong open on Wall Street on Friday ahead of non-farm payrolls data which might offer clues on the outlook for interest rates and growth in the world's largest economy. | 2Business |
Sigma-Aldrich Enhances Internet-Based Bioactive Nutrient Explorer to Improve Customer Access to Nutrition Research Information
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sigma-Aldrich , a leading $1.7 billion Life Science and High Technology Company, has enhanced its Bioactive Nutrient Explorer. | 3Sci/Tech |
EU overcomes divisions in new treaty
(AP)
AP - European Union leaders agreed Saturday on the key points of a treaty meant to strengthen the bloc's foreign policy role and eliminate unwieldy bureaucracy. | 0World |
Talking Heads Not Talking Climate
On five influential talk shows, 2,250 questions to presidential candidates mention global warming three times. Is this a problem?. | 0World |
Review: Size a big feature on tiny phone
(AP)
AP - Thanks to the Razr fad, there are plenty of thin phones out there by now. But in terms of sheer smallness, the options remain slim. | 3Sci/Tech |
China investment hot, reinforces case for tightening
(Reuters)
Reuters - The sizzling pace of Chinese capital
spending barely slowed in November despite curbs on lending,
showing why the authorities intend to tighten monetary policy
further in 2008. | 0World |
Palestinian Teens Killed in Israeli Strike (AP)
AP - Two Palestinian boys, ages 15 and 14, were killed in an Israeli missile strike in northern Gaza on Thursday, their relatives said. | 0World |
Israelis end raid into Gaza militant stronghold
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces pulled out of the Gaza militant stronghold of Shijaiya early on Thursday after a six-day raid, Palestinian residents said. | 0World |
Big asteroid Toutatis passes (relatively) close to Earth
At just past 6:30 am Pacific Time today, the mountain-size asteroid came within four times the distance of the moon to the Earth - a comparative measurement | 3Sci/Tech |
Microsoft Files More Spam Suits
Microsoft intensified its legal assault on spam with the filing of seven lawsuits against alleged spammers marketing sexually explicit material, the company said last week. | 3Sci/Tech |
Most browser pop-ups open to hijack
Security researchers have warned of a vulnerability in most web browsers that could let scammers launch phishing attacks from pop-up windows on trusted websites. | 3Sci/Tech |
Ministers 'to back nuclear arms'
Options for the future of Britain's nuclear weapons system will be outlined in a white paper on Monday. | 0World |
Oil Spill Halts Shipping on Delaware River Near South Jersey
A tanker ship spilled 30,000 gallons of heavy crude oil into the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey on Friday night, leaving a | 1Sports |
Electrolux issues profit warning
Electrolux shares have tumbled after the world's largest maker of consumer electronics said profit in the second half of 2004 will be less than forecast. | 2Business |
Wildfires in California Kill One and Destroy Buildings
Wildfires feeding on the driest brush in years erupted across Southern California, burning thousands of acres. | 0World |
Gunmen kidnap 26 workers in Baghdad
(AP)
AP - Gunmen kidnapped 26 workers from a refrigerated food factory Sunday in western Baghdad in what appeared to be a new sectarian attack, a security official said. | 0World |
Streisand cancels concert in Rome
Barbra Streisand cancels her Rome gig next month, but denies protests over high ticket prices had any bearing. | 0World |
Florida holds on to stop Montreal 3-2
(AP)
AP - Jozef Stumpel and Brett McLean scored first-period goals and Tomas Vokoun made 23 saves, leading the Florida Panthers to a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night. | 1Sports |
Cabrera powers Marlins past Phillies
(AP)
AP - Miguel Cabrera drove in three runs with a homer and two doubles, and Josh Johnson pitched seven strong innings to lead the Florida Marlins over the Philadelphia Phillies 15-2 on Monday. | 1Sports |
Hornet's goal: Comeback attempt in 2005-06
The New Orleans Hornets are moving to the Western Conference without Jamal Mashburn ... for at least one season. Mashburn and the Hornets will announce later Monday that the former All-Star will | 1Sports |
Before-the-Bell: Taser, Oracle Rise (Reuters)
Reuters - Taser International Inc.
shares were up more than 6 percent in premarket trading on
Tuesday after the stun gun maker said it had received orders
totaling more than $1 million. | 2Business |
Egypt: No Miracles at Iraq Conference (AP)
AP - Egypt plans to issue invitations next week for an international conference on Iraq, but does not expect it to produce "miracles" for the war-torn nation, a leading adviser to President Hosni Mubarak said Wednesday. | 0World |
LeftistÂs Backers End Blockade in Mexico City
The move signaled a shift by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who says he was robbed of a victory in the presidential election. | 0World |
Nets Nip Hawks 85-84 to End Losing Streak (AP)
AP - Jason Kidd scored 19 of his 23 points in the second half as the New Jersey Nets ended a four-game losing streak with an 85-84 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday. | 1Sports |
Reporter's notebook: Heading upriver, WiMax wows tech groupies in Chicago
A boat trip on the Chicago River helped show WiMax as a fast mobile wireless network technology, but less clear are when mobile workers and consumers can get the products, at what price and how WiMax world will interact with Wi-Fi or other netwo... | 3Sci/Tech |
Yukos chief sees little hope for oil giant
The American chief executive of Russia's embattled oil giant Yukos yesterday held out little hope of saving the company from dismemberment by the Putin government this month. | 2Business |
Yahoo adds media playing, languages to messaging
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Internet media company Yahoo Inc
said on Tuesday it is adding media-playing features,
large file transfers, new languages and other tools to its
instant messaging service. | 3Sci/Tech |
CNET Acquires TechTracker Sites
CNET has acquired VersionTracker, MacFixIt, and iPhone Atlas. | 3Sci/Tech |
Irish PM says chance for Northern Ireland peace too good to miss (AFP)
AFP - The current push to secure peace in Northern Ireland is too good an opportunity to miss through petty political point-scoring, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said. | 0World |
The Nation's Weather
(AP)
AP - A pair of strong Pacific storm systems was forecast to slam into the West Coast on Saturday, while bitterly cold temperatures were expected to continue sweeping through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. | 3Sci/Tech |
Movie Downloads, Coming Soon to An IPod Near You
It is not a stretch to say that the iPod changed, and helped save, the music business. One in five Americans has owned one of Apple Computer Inc.'s sleek little iPods. Consumers have filled their iPods with more than 1 billion songs from Apple's Internet music store, ... | 2Business |
Humans raise risk of Europe heat wave
Human activity has raised the risk of more heat waves like last yearâs, which gave Europe probably its hottest summer since 1500, scientists said on Wednesday. | 3Sci/Tech |
Irwin Remembered for His 'Zest for Life'
By DENNIS PASSA BEERWAH, Australia - "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin was remembered Wednesday for his "great zest for life" at a public memorial service for the beloved conservationist and entertainer. | 3Sci/Tech |
Rapids look for playoff revenge vs. LA
DENVER -- The second-seeded Los Angeles Galaxy travel to INVESCO Field at Mile High to face the third-seeded Colorado Rapids in the opening game of the 2004 MLS playoffs Friday. | 1Sports |
Christmas Bombing Toll in Iraq Rises to 12
A car bomb killed three civilians after detonating Saturday near a US military convoy south of Baghdad, and the death toll rose to nine from an apparent truck | 0World |
Search engine for developers is hailed (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - An Eclipse IDE plug-in that would provide search capabilities specifically for developers is being readied by a University of California, Berkeley computer science professor. | 3Sci/Tech |
ADV: $150,000 Mortgage for Under $690/Month
Mortgage rates are at record lows. Save $1000s on your mortgage payment. Free quotes. | 2Business |
Santana's amazing run ends in no-question Cy Young
Hall of Famer Sparky Anderson once said, "My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work. | 1Sports |
Uproar over Lebanon custody death
Thousands of people have protested in Lebanon over the death in custody of a man arrested for an alleged al-Qaeda plot to bomb foreign embassies. | 0World |
Japan projects growth in fiscal 2008
(AP)
AP - The Japanese government on Wednesday projected the economy would grow 2 percent next fiscal year even as the economy minister warned that target would be hard to reach if the U.S. economy slows and oil prices remain high. | 2Business |
MIT Engineer Builds Robot That Walks on Water
By MIKE CRISSEY PITTSBURGH (AP) -- It could be called a mechanical miracle - a robot that walks on water. With inspiration from nature and some help from research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a research team led by Carnegie Mellon engineering assistant ... | 3Sci/Tech |
Update 1: Jury Orders Medtronic to Pay $110 Million
A federal court jury on Tuesday ordered a Medtronic subsidiary to pay about $110 million in a dispute between the company and a doctor who invented some of its spinal fusion technologies. | 2Business |
FIFA Fines Italy, Netherlands, France (AP)
AP - Soccer's governing body Wednesday fined Italy, the Netherlands and France for being too lenient with doping offenders. | 1Sports |
German conservative warns foreigners to adapt
BERLIN (Reuters) - A top conservative from Chancellor Angela Merkel's party warned immigrants on Thursday they must adapt to the German way of life or face "consequences". | 0World |
Boris Johnson wins Tory nomination for London Mayor
(AFP)
AFP - Boris Johnson will be the Conservative candidate for London mayor next year, taking on Ken Livingstone, the Tories announced Thursday. | 0World |
DaimlerChrysler says all options open for Chrysler
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - DaimlerChrysler raised the prospect of parting company with its loss-making U.S. Chrysler arm on Wednesday, a move which could unwind a blockbusting 1998 merger creating the world's No. 5 car maker. | 2Business |
Chinese scientists control bird's flight
(AP)
AP - Chinese scientists have succeeded in implanting electrodes in the brain of a pigeon to remotely control the bird's flight, state media said. | 3Sci/Tech |
Starace beat Gaudio in Brazil tennis
(AP)
AP - Italy's Potito Starace beat fifth-seeded Gaston Gaudio of Argentina 6-4, 6-3 on Monday in the first round of the Brazil Open on Monday. | 1Sports |
Giambi Is Healthy Enough to Homer
Jason Giambi ended an 0-for-32 hitless streak with what might have been one of the most satisfying blasts of his career. | 1Sports |
A look at the Bhutto family dynasty
(AP)
AP - Key figures in Pakistan's Bhutto dynasty: | 0World |
NASA opens space shuttle ride for the earthbound
(Reuters)
Reuters - If you're not one of
the seven people scheduled to ride on the space shuttle next
week, take heart: NASA has opened a launch simulator for the
rest of us. | 3Sci/Tech |
Monday's Biggest Stock Stars
Yesterday's market is today's road map. | 2Business |
US labour relations board hits Quebecor with unfair labour charges
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CP) - Quebecor World Inc., targeted by labour allegations of union-busting tactics, has been named in more charges from the National Labor Relations Board in the United States. | 2Business |
Weather around the U.S.A.
(AP)
AP - Weather around the U.S.A. | 3Sci/Tech |
Olympics-Pierce stuns defending champion Venus
ATHENS, Aug 18 (Reuters) - France's Mary Pierce knocked defending Olympic champion Venus Williams out of the singles on Wednesday with a 6-4 6-4 upset victory in the third round. | 1Sports |
Rosneft denies China Yugansk link
Confusion about the role of Chinese banks in the sale of Russia's Yuganskneftegas deepened on Wednesday. | 2Business |
7-Eleven Turns To HP To Streamline Operations
The rollout of new servers and networking switches in stores is part of a five-year agreement supporting 7-Eleven's Retail Information System. | 3Sci/Tech |
Ovechkin signs huge 13-year deal with Capitals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington Capitals left-wing Alex Ovechkin has signed a new 13-year-contract, the NHL team said on Thursday. | 1Sports |
Yahoo weighs in on free speech in China
(AP)
AP - China should not punish people for expressing their political views on the Internet, Yahoo Inc. said Monday, a day after the mother of a Chinese reporter announced she was suing the U.S. company for helping officials imprison her son. | 3Sci/Tech |
Column: Shortest guy wins big trophy
(AP)
AP - The shortest guy on the court grabbed the rebound under his own basket, scanned the floor once, and took off. | 1Sports |
Nigerian Unions Launch Strike But Oil Exports Flow
LAGOS (Reuters) - Unions began a four-day strike against rising fuel prices in Nigeria on Monday, helping drive world oil prices to record highs even though shipments from Africa's top producer were unaffected. | 0World |
Business Serve snaps up Vital Online
Kon solly day shun | 3Sci/Tech |
Sorenstam, Ochoa advance in match play
(AP)
AP - Annika Sorenstam got exactly what she wanted — and then some — in the first round of the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship. | 1Sports |
Bank chief defends role in crisis
Bank of England boss Mervyn King is defending his role in the Northern Rock banking crisis. | 2Business |
Yahoo Makes A Deal With The Donald (washingtonpost.com)
washingtonpost.com - Fans who can't get enough of NBC's "The Apprentice" can visit a new companion Web site produced by Yahoo and watch an extra 40 minutes of video each week that will not be shown on Thursday's reality TV show. | 3Sci/Tech |
U.S. to Give Cuba $50,000 Hurricane Aid (AP)
AP - Cubans hit hard by hurricane Charley will receive $50,000 in U.S. assistance, the State Department said Friday. | 0World |
Zednikâs Neck Is Sliced by Teammateâs Skate
Florida forward Richard Zednik sustained a deep cut on the right side of his neck after being struck by a teammateâs skate during the Panthersâ loss to Buffalo on Sunday night. | 1Sports |
Hangovers give UK biz a headache
29m days a year lost to drink | 3Sci/Tech |
Union won't challenge ump's suspension
(AP)
AP - The union for baseball umpires will not contest the season-ending suspension given to Mike Winters for using a profanity aimed at San Diego's Milton Bradley last weekend. | 1Sports |
US team kicks over this result
ATHENS -- Did Japan's Kosuke Kitajima break the rules when he beat world record-holder Brendan Hansen by 17-100ths of a second in yesterday's Olympic 100-meter breaststroke? Absolutely, insisted Hansen's US teammates, who claimed Kitajima routinely uses the illegal dolphin kick. | 1Sports |
Singh soars into contention
With an awesome display of shots that brought him to No. 1 in the world, Vijay Singh put himself in the record books Friday morning with a 28 on the front nine at Glen Abbey to surge into contention at the rain-delayed Canadian Open. | 1Sports |
Intel, AMD toss in their chips at CES
Intel has 16 new processors to show off in the desert, while AMD plans to trickle out a few details about its upcoming notebook processor technology next week at CES. | 3Sci/Tech |
U.S. Economy Questions Paralyze Dollar (Reuters)
Reuters - The dollar steadied broadly on Friday
after a swelling U.S. trade deficit and steep oil prices pushed
it lower in the previous session, as investors awaited new data
about the U.S. economy. | 2Business |
Judge demands answers on Katrina housing
(AP)
AP - A federal judge called the Bush administration's handling of a Hurricane Katrina housing program "a legal disaster" Wednesday and ordered officials to explain a computer system that can neither precisely count evacuees nor provide reasons why they were denied ai... | 0World |
Australian executive freed
AN Australian executive of gold mining giant Newmont will be free for Christmas, as will five other Newmont managers, after an Indonesian court ruled their detention was illegal. | 2Business |
Jordanian police clash with gunmen
(AP)
AP - Jordanian police exchanged gunfire with a small group of armed men suspected of stealing electricity and water in a town near the Israeli border, the official Petra news agency reported. One of the gunmen was killed and several were arrested. | 0World |
Rights group urges Kenya to allow protests
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's government should order police to stop using lethal force against protesters, a U.S.-based rights group said on Sunday as the nation braced for three days of opposition rallies over disputed December 27 polls. | 0World |
Boston Scientific renews fight to oust billionaire unit chief
A year after trying to fire a well-known medical inventor who heads one of its divisions, Boston Scientific Corp. finds itself going to court against Alfred Mann today, appealing a judge's order keeping him in his position against the will of his bosses in ... | 2Business |
Sonics cut down struggling Nets
Ray Allen shot 5-for-19, and Rashard Lewis was 3-for-12 before leaving late in the third quarter with a strained left shoulder. ''That is why a good team is a good team if guys can really contribute | 1Sports |
Victorious India bring Bangladesh back to earth
Four Indian batsmen made half-centuries before Sachin Tendulkar took 4-54 to beat Bangladesh by 91 runs in their third and final one-day international cricket match and clinch the series 2-1. | 1Sports |
Nokia adds anti-virus protection to new smart phone
Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia Corp. will offer mobile anti-virus software through F-Secure Corp. as one of the features in its new Nokia 6670 smart phone when it is released in October, the companies announced Thursday. | 3Sci/Tech |
SuperSonics Sign Durant and Green
Kevin Durant and Jeff Green, the second and fifth overall choices in last weekâs N.B.A. draft, signed contracts with the Seattle SuperSonics on Wednesday. | 1Sports |
Portis Keeping Silent
Clinton Portis, who said after Sunday's loss in Cleveland that the Browns seemed to know the Redskins' plays, is taking another tack this week: He's not talking. | 1Sports |
China jails four for running mucky site
Porn clampdown continues | 3Sci/Tech |
[TS] Talking Business: Baseballs, Batteries and Bad Ads
Is it cheating to write a âgrab bagâ column in the middle of July, when youâre days away from vacation? | 2Business |
FDA clears Glaxo pill for breast cancer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have approved GlaxoSmithKline Plc's pill Tykerb for patients with advanced breast cancer after other treatments have failed, a company spokeswoman said on Tuesday. | 2Business |
Oil takes a seesaw ride in volatile trading
Crude oil futures briefly surpassed $50 a barrel Tuesday before closing lower amid concerns about low US heating oil inventories ahead of winter. | 2Business |
T.O. feeling good, likely to start
(AP)
AP - Terrell Owens warmed up for practice Friday, then went to see a trainer about his injured ankle. | 1Sports |
Steelers Extend Win Streak to 11 Games (AP)
AP - On the day Jerome Bettis and Curtis Martin went over 13,000 yards rushing, Bettis will be remembered most for, of all things, his passing. | 1Sports |
Pixar Slumps on Movie Delay, Downgrades
Pixar Animation Studios Inc. tumbled Wednesday after delaying the release of its next film by more than half a year, leaving the company with an empty calendar in 2005 while its closest competitor still has a handful of new features planned. | 2Business |
U.S. Ryder Cup Team Losing a Fight for Survival
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - The U.S. Ryder Cup team, wounded after a first day mauling, were losing a fight for survival Saturday. | 1Sports |
Comedian takes aim at Italy's establishment
MILAN - The success of a grass-roots antipolitics campaign spearheaded by an iconoclastic comedian is giving Italian politicians pause for thought. | 0World |
Akzo Nobel selling Organon to Schering-Plough
(Reuters)
Reuters - Dutch chemical group Akzo Nobel NV
said on Monday it is selling its
pharmaceutical unit Organon BioSciences to Schering-Plough
for 11 billion euros ($14.5 billion). | 2Business |
Landmark study prompts rethink of genetic code
(AFP)
AFP - The most detailed probe yet into the workings of the human genome has led scientists to conclude that a cornerstone concept about the chemical code for life is badly flawed. | 3Sci/Tech |
Vodafone to launch unlimited music service in UK
LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone Group Plc unveiled a
range of new handsets and services for the key Christmas period
on Monday including an exclusive music service offering
unlimited tracks, to challenge the iPhone in Britain. | 3Sci/Tech |
9/11 Commission Formally Disbands
WASHINGTON - The Sept. 11 commission closes down Saturday, but its members plan to continue testifying before Congress and traveling the country to try to get the government to improve homeland security... | 0World |
Glory day
For 22 years, Ray Bourque had been preparing for last night. As he played each game of his National Hockey League career, he wasn't cognizant of how special he was, didn't want to think about it, didn't want to dwell on his talent and dominance as a defenseman. As he won each of his five Norris Trophies, he ... | 1Sports |
Knoblauchâs Mother Expects Him to Cooperate
The mother of former Yankee Chuck Knoblauch said Friday that she anticipated that her son will cooperate with a Congressional panel investigating steroids in baseball. | 1Sports |
Iraqis headed to military dump for work latest targets in massive <b>...</b>
Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying unarmed Iraqis to work at a US weapons dump near Tikrit on Sunday, killing 17 and bringing the toll | 0World |
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