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Chelsea beats Fulham to move into 1st
(AP)
AP - Two-time defending champion Chelsea moved into first place in the Premier League on Saturday, beating Fulham 2-0 on two goals by Frank Lampard. | 1Sports |
High-scoring Colts tame Lions
Manning throws six touchdown passes, including three each to Stokley and Harrison, as Indianapolis rolls to its fourth consecutive victory. | 1Sports |
AU sets Darfur ceasefire deadline
The African Union gives the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels until 1700 GMT on Sunday to stop fighting. | 0World |
Fiorina Pursued Leaks at H.P, Too
Former Hewlett-Packard chief Carleton S. Fiorina ordered the first of a series of leak investigations in January 2005, she says in an long-anticipated memoir. | 2Business |
Dell looking 'more seriously than ever' at AMD
CEO Kevin Rollins hints that computer maker's usage of Advanced Micro Devices' processors is now more a question of when, not if. | 3Sci/Tech |
Sun Expands RFID Testing, Tools (Ziff Davis)
Ziff Davis - Its next test center will be in Scotland, the company said at EPGglobal, where it also announced its first RFID toolkit and an RFID warehouse management solution. | 3Sci/Tech |
Golf Capsules
JL Lewis shot a 10-under 62 for his best start ever on the PGA Tour and a two-shot lead Thursday in the Funai Classic at Disney. Lewis putted for birdie on every hole and made 11 of them on the Magnolia course to match his career-low round. | 1Sports |
Omniture Web analytics moves to AppExchangeÂ
( InfoWorld ) - In a deal that makes both companies look good, Salesforce.com announced that Omniture, one of the leaders in online Web marketing analytics, will be the newest service to join AppExchange.
AppExchange is theSalesforce.com platform that allows third-party IS... | 3Sci/Tech |
Home To The Hill
Congress returns to a mountain of work and a political season that's heating up. A guide. | 2Business |
Colombian probed for ties with militas
(AP)
AP - A political ally of President Alvaro Uribe is under investigation for allegedly doing business with illegal right-wing militias. | 0World |
New Charges Filed in Philadelphia Probe
A federal grand jury filed more charges Wednesday against the city's former treasurer and a top mayoral fund-raiser in a broad corruption probe that involved FBI wiretapping | 2Business |
Jamison looks to shake off rust for return
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Injured Washington Wizards forward Antawn Jamison says he is trying to shake off the rust as he prepares for his much anticipated return to the team. | 1Sports |
Congo warlord's fighters attack forces
(AP)
AP - Fighters loyal to a dissident warlord attacked government forces in an eastern town, forcing more than 10,000 people to flee amid automatic weapons fire, military and U.N. officials said. | 0World |
A Fool Screws Up
Keep yourself from making this costly, foolish mistake. | 2Business |
Dell to Buy E-Mail Services Company
Dell said it will buy MessageOne, which was co-founded by Michael Dellâs brother, for $155 million as it aims to compete with Microsoft and Google. | 3Sci/Tech |
EU to give MasterCard months to change fee-source
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will give credit card company MasterCard six months to reconfigure the fee it sets for processing transactions or face daily fines, an industry source said on Wednesday. | 2Business |
Around the world
British Prime Minister Tony Blair offered Wednesday to host a one-day Mideast conference in March to help rehabilitate the battered Palestinian Authority, encourage political changes and help revive peace talks, stalled by four years of violence. | 2Business |
Largest Union Issues Call for Major Changes
As the nation's union leaders gather in Washington, the president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s largest union is hinting it might pull out of the federation. | 0World |
Red Sox, Yankees Renew Rivalry at Stadium (AP)
AP - The last time the Boston Red Sox visited Yankee Stadium, Derek Jeter was hurtling headfirst into the stands, Nomar Garciaparra was sulking in the dugout and New York was pulling away in the AL East. A lot has changed since then. | 1Sports |
Mercedes Shifts, Diesel to Hybrid
Bowing to customer demand, Mercedes is going with the hybrid flow, vowing no future Mercedes without a hybrid option, according to DaimlerChrysler's chairman. In Autopia. | 3Sci/Tech |
Hef Builds a Mansion in China
Playboy teams up with Macao Studio City to make the bunny pay. | 2Business |
Astros' Jeff Kent seizes the spotlight with game-winning shot
Jeff Kent threw his bat to the side and pumped his right fist as soon as the ball took flight, certain he was going to make a long-awaited trot around the bases. | 1Sports |
2 Plan a Production Company
Two Hollywood executives who formerly ran network entertainment divisions have created a company to produce entertainment for TV, films and the Internet. | 2Business |
Varied Home Markets Now Share a Slump
Distinctions between local economies are being overridden by a mortgage market that has made it more difficult for many would-be home-buyers to obtain financing. | 2Business |
Sandia labs eyes carbon dioxide as fuel
Blog: Add carbon dioxide, water, heat--and you could someday serve cars, Sandia National Laboratories says. | 3Sci/Tech |
Safety Chief Defends Record on Toys
"Oh, gosh. You know, I'm tempted to answer that question rather fliply." | 2Business |
Kobe leads Lakers to OT win over Sonics
(AP)
AP - Kobe Bryant scored 48 points and capped his season-best offensive outburst by swishing an 18-footer with 4.3 seconds left in overtime to help the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Seattle SuperSonics 123-121 on Monday night. | 1Sports |
El Karkouri goal secures lucky win for Charlton
Talal El Karkouri's first goal for Charlton ensured the club's best start to the Premiership to date, though the statistic may reflect favourably on | 1Sports |
NetGuru Reverse Merger Completed
By Mary Ann Milbourn, The Orange County Register, Calif. Dec. 18--NetGuru Inc., the Yorba Linda technology and services company, said it has completed its reverse merger with BPO Management Services, Inc. | 3Sci/Tech |
Kidd no longer has a valid reason to ask for a trade
In Rod Thorn's job, sometimes you pick up the phone and the wildest thing happens: They're listening. Vince Carter? Originally, the possibility seemed unreasonable to the Nets' president. | 1Sports |
DOJ subpoenas AMD, Nvidia in antitrust probe
The Department of Justice has subpoenaed Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Nvidia Corp. as part of a probe of antitrust violations. | 3Sci/Tech |
Call Of The SMB: Cisco Ties VoIP To Microsoft CRM
Cisco Systems' collaboration with Microsoft to target the SMB market is starting to bear fruit as the networking vendor Monday launched a new application that integrates Microsoft CRM with its VoIP platform. | 3Sci/Tech |
WORLD IN BRIEF
RABAT, Morocco -- Morocco began counting votes late Friday after a record low turnout in parliamentary elections that were expected to show gains for an Islamic party pushing an anti-corruption message. | 0World |
Stocks Fall on Oil, Dow Ends Below 10,000
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks declined on Monday, as record crude oil prices triggered fresh worry that energy costs will erode corporate profits and consumer demand. | 2Business |
Ancient Baby Bird Fossil Found in China (AP)
AP - The fossil of what may be one of the earliest baby birds has been found in northeast China. | 3Sci/Tech |
In the Interim, Rollins Seeks a Win
Interim Mystics coach Wayne "Tree" Rollins has expressed taking on the head coaching duties on a permanent basis, but he continues to wait while team officials discuss the situation. | 1Sports |
Both lender, Chiofaro claim win in accord
In the agreement that will conclude the bankruptcy case of International Place developer Donald J. Chiofaro, he kept a small piece of the signature granite office towers he built in 1987 and 1993. | 2Business |
Promising Filly Gives Lo Duca Cause to Cheer
Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca is hoping his filly, Grace Anatomy, can do in Saturdayâs $2 million Juvenile Fillies what his team could not during the season: get the job done in the stretch. | 1Sports |
For U.S. stocks, consumers rule
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock investors will look to earnings reports from retailers Federated Department Stores Inc. and Target Corp. next week as well as new soundings on consumer sentiment as they to try to get a handle on the state of the U.S. economy. | 2Business |
Tough to find instant iPhone gratification at AT&T stores
Blog: An informal survey of AT&T stores across the country suggests each store had no more than 100 iPhones prior to launch--many with far less--while Apple stores had plenty. | 3Sci/Tech |
OpenDNS provides added safety for free
You can be a bit safer on the Internet using OpenDNS rather than the DNS servers from your ISP. | 3Sci/Tech |
Stocks end lower on weak housing and job woes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed lower on Wednesday, after reports showed a deepening housing slump spreading into the job market and slowing consumer spending. | 2Business |
Pension plans raise concerns
NEW YORK -- The corporate pension crisis seems to be going from bad to worse. First, companies struggled to come up with the money to cover their benefit obligations, and now they want to ditch their plans altogether. | 2Business |
Infineon Admits to Price Fixing
Infineon Technologies AG has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $160 million fine for participating in an international conspiracy to fix prices in the DRAM market, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said today. | 2Business |
Google Responds to Privacy Concerns
In a response to EU privacy complaints, Google will make use data anonymous after 18 months, may redesign cookies. | 3Sci/Tech |
Olympics: Rowers Reprimanded Over 'Lay Down Sally'
ATHENS (Reuters) - In one of the most bizarre episodes to erupt at the Athens Olympics, the Australian women's eight rowing crew were reprimanded on Tuesday for laying in to "Lay Down Sally." | 1Sports |
Match for Roddick?
No contract has been signed and no announcement is expected for at least a week, but Dean Goldfine appears to be tennis star Andy Roddick's first choice to replace Brad Gilbert as his coach. | 1Sports |
After China Ships Out iPhones, Smugglers Make It a Return Trip
The popularity of the iPhone is defying Appleâs attempt to slowly introduce it in new markets. | 3Sci/Tech |
Rams top Eagles and keep playoff hopes alive
ST. LOUIS · The Rams desperately needed a win and played like it. The Eagles desperately wanted to stay healthy and played like it. | 1Sports |
Sudan Foes Sign Peace Pledge at Security Council
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Sudan's government and southern rebels committed themselves Friday to ending Africa's longest civil war by Dec. 31, signing a pledge in front of 15 U.N. Security Council ambassadors at an extraordinary meeting. | 0World |
An Introduction to SEO Best Practices
Best practices for search engine optimization are constantly evolving, and are starting to look more like conventional business plans. | 3Sci/Tech |
Doctors try to dissolve Poe's brain clot
MANILA The action film star Fernando Poe Jr., who lost to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the election in May, remained in a coma Monday after suffering a stroke while dining and drinking with friends. | 0World |
BC lumber lobby says WTO ruling on Byrd Amendment helps softwood <b>...</b>
VANCOUVER (CP) - A World Trade Organization ruling gives Canada needed clout to recover more than $3 billion in duties destined for US lumber producers, a Canadian lumber lobby says. | 2Business |
North Korea: Tyrant is Bush, not Kim
North Korea says it sees no reason to join a working-level meeting with the United States to prepare for further six-party talks on the communist state's nuclear weapons development. | 0World |
Kahne ready to race his way into Chase
(AP)
AP - Kasey Kahne has been on the Chase for the championship bubble before — twice, actually — and failed to race his way into NASCAR's title-crowning format both times. | 1Sports |
Deciding Who Will Get the Big Bucks
Letter: More skills should equal more pay. | 3Sci/Tech |
Warming May Cause Crop Failures, Food Shortages by 2030
Farmers in South Asia and southern Africa are at particular risk of growing food shortages due to climate change in just 20 years, a new study says. | 3Sci/Tech |
Rain and mountain snow Far West Thursday
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weather.com - | 3Sci/Tech |
Feeling Left Out of the Hoop, US Files Inquiry
Upset with marks given to American Mary Sanders in qualifying yesterday, the US team filed an inquiry with the International Gymnastics Federation seeking a review of her hoop routine. | 1Sports |
San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Tech Notebook Column: Changes Expected in Mobile Phones
By Sarah Jane Tribble and Matt Marshall, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Jun. 11--Ensconced in the plush Hotel Valencia at Santana Row last week, Ericcson's CEO and President Carl-Henric Svanberg joked during an early morning meeting... | 3Sci/Tech |
Sony Ericsson to make Windows Mobile phones
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Sony Ericsson and
Microsoft will cooperate in making smartphones, with
the first Sony Ericsson handset based on the Windows Mobile
operating system on sale by the end of the year. | 3Sci/Tech |
US Accounting Board Approves Options-Expense Rule (Update1)
The US Financial Accounting Standards Board approved a rule that will force companies to treat employee stock options as an expense and delayed its implementation until next June. | 2Business |
Piracy case collapses in Russia
A Russian court throws out a case against a headteacher accused of using pirated Microsoft software. | 0World |
Compromise Deal Rejected - New EC Faces Veto
A compromise deal to save the next European Commission was today rejected by European parliament leaders who want an anti-gay member of the new team axed. | 0World |
Dynegy inks $1B deal to buy Exelon assets
Houston-based Dynegy Inc. has agreed to buy ExRes SHC Inc., the parent company of Sithe Energies and Sithe Independence LP, from Chicago-based Exelon Corp. | 2Business |
GM hasn't yet ruled out using Stelco steel in '05
General Motors Corp. (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday it may not dump Stelco Inc. (STEa.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) as a supplier even though Canada's | 2Business |
Ho Chi Minh Trail area safe for wildlife
(AP)
AP - Four decades after U.S. warplanes plastered it with bombs, a remote corner of the old Ho Chi Minh Trail in Cambodia is making a comeback as a treasure trove of endangered wildlife. | 3Sci/Tech |
Caesars Profit Up on Vegas Hotel Business
Caesars Entertainment Inc. on Thursday posted a rise in third-quarter profit as Las Vegas hotels filled up and Atlantic City properties squeaked out a profit that was unexpected by the company. | 2Business |
Update 1: Summary: Wall Street's Major Indexes
Stocks were mixed Friday as the government's gross domestic product report renewed concerns that high energy prices and a lack of jobs might hold back economic growth, and investors showed reluctance to make big commitments ahead of next week's | 2Business |
German anti-terrorism measures debated
(AP)
AP - German authorities concede only luck prevented terrorists from blowing up two trains last month — an admission that has set off a push for stronger security measures, including more video cameras, a new anti-terrorism database and even armed marshals. | 0World |
Morientes keen on Anfield January move
FERNANDO MORIENTES last night declared his willingness to join Liverpool in the transfer window providing the Anfield club can strike a deal with Real Madrid. | 1Sports |
Brewers' McClung, Yost Draw Suspensions
Brewers reliever Seth McClung is suspended for three games and Manager Ned Yost for one after hitting St. Louis' Albert Pujols. | 1Sports |
Google Does Read Flash Text - Optimize It!
With the recent admission by Matt Cutts that Google is using the Adobe/Macromedia Search Engine SDK technology to pull text from Flash files, new modes of SEO for Flash can be explored. | 3Sci/Tech |
NASA Exhibit to Land at Itasca Fest
By Kat Zeman kzeman@@dailyherald.com Houston ... we're landing in Itasca. A brand new NASA space exhibit featuring a moon rock from the Apollo 17 lunar mission will make a stop at next month's Itasca Fest. | 3Sci/Tech |
Sports of The Times: Nationals Play Giant-Killers as Mets Stagger
There has not been a postseason baseball game in the District of Columbia in 74 years. So for Washington fans, tormenting the Mets is a transient thrill. | 1Sports |
Rockies World Series tickets sell out
(AP)
AP - The Colorado Rockies sold out all three World Series games at Coors Field on Tuesday, one day after their first attempt collapsed in a computer-system crash blamed on people trying to fool the system to hoard tickets. | 1Sports |
McCanns to meet Portuguese police in Madeleine case
PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal (Reuters) - The parents of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann will meet Portuguese police on Thursday after authorities received partial results of evidence tested in Britain, police said. | 0World |
Birdstone reigns during storm at the Travers
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Birdstone did it once, winning the Belmont Stakes, but he had to do it again to prove his class, and he accomplished the mission by capturing the 135th running of the $1 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga yesterday. Now, the retired Smarty Jones, d... | 1Sports |
El Al to fit anti-missile system
Israel's national airline is to fit aircraft with the world's first anti-missile system for passenger flights, reports say. | 0World |
Dark matter clues in oldest stars
The earliest stars may hold clues to the nature of the Universe's mysterious dark matter, simulations suggest. | 0World |
Team hunting Iraq WMD ends its search
WASHINGTON -- The hunt for biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons in Iraq has come to an end nearly two years after President Bush ordered US troops to disarm Saddam Hussein. The top CIA weapons hunter is home, and analysts are back at Langley, Va. | 0World |
Dutch watchdog issues fines vs. spammers
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- The Dutch telecommunications watchdog has issued its first fines under the nation's ban on spam. The highest single fine - for $61,000 - went to a person involved with four spam e | 3Sci/Tech |
WP, Severstal Plan to Team on Coke
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel and Severstal North America have agreed to terms on a joint-venture effort to rebuild and operate a cokemaking operation at Follansbee, WV. | 2Business |
Canadian Border Force To Be Armed
TORONTO, Sept. 1 -- When the radio crackled with news that two California murder suspects were racing toward the U.S. border in January, Canadian border guards quickly cleared passenger cars from their posts and then fled. | 0World |
Fannie, Freddie Loan Cap to Rise in 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal regulators on Tuesday allowed U.S. mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy larger individual mortgages next year following a jump in home prices, a move that would lower borrowing costs for buyers of more expensive homes. | 2Business |
Black NFL fans confront welcome quandary
(AP)
AP - With two black coaches in the Super Bowl for the first time, the historic accomplishment presents a welcome dilemma for many black fans: For whom to root? | 1Sports |
BJP dismisses Gujarat riot claims
India's main opposition party rejects claims that its members took part in the 2002 riots in Gujarat. | 0World |
This is why we save all those boxes
This remote user's laptop starts going bad, so an IT pilot fish at the main office tells him to send it in to be fixed. And a few days later, something arrives on her desk. | 3Sci/Tech |
K-State's Beasley drops 40 on Missouri
(AP)
AP - Michael Beasley had 40 points and 17 rebounds for his 21st double-double to lead No. 18 Kansas State to a 100-63 victory over Missouri on Saturday. | 1Sports |
Marlins reel in a big fish
Carlos Delgado wanted to play for a contender, and the Florida Marlins look like one now. | 1Sports |
Kansas City Royals News
There's something very strange about the Royals and Tigers on Thursday afternoons. Baseball scores start looking more like football scores. | 1Sports |
Soccer: Newcastle give Souness flying Premiership start
SOUTHAMPTON : Newcastle United gave new manager Graeme Souness a winning Premiership start with a 2-1 win at Southampton. It was Newcastle's third successive win but first in the league for Souness since taking over from Sir Bobby Robson. | 1Sports |
England face World Cup rugby exit after Bok bashing
(AFP)
AFP - Reigning champions England were left contemplating the prospect of failing to reach the knockout stages of this year's World Cup after a record-breaking 36-0 defeat against South Africa here at the Stade de France. | 0World |
Little worked for Francona
It started early. Again. And all the Red Sox and their fans could do was wonder how bad it would be this time and if the outburst would subside enough to enable the Red Sox to make some noise in the American League Championship Series. | 1Sports |
Hamas Scores Successes in Palestinian Election
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Hamas Islamic militants scored significant successes in Palestinian municipal elections, the first contested by the group sworn to destroying Israel, initial results showed on Friday. | 0World |
Swiss-based Phonak cycling team appeals UCI licence refusal
The Swiss-based Phonak team said Wednesday it is contesting the International Cycling Union's decision to refuse it a racing licence amid a doping scandal. | 1Sports |
Australia wrap up series opener in style
BANGALORE: A cry of delight from Michael Kasprowicz reverberated over the roar of the crowd. It wasn't the last wicket - Harbhajan Singh's - but Rahul Dravid's. | 1Sports |
Chile hotel fire kills tourists
A fire at a hotel in the southern Chilean town of Punta Arenas kills 10 foreign tourists, officials say. | 0World |
Judge lets airline tap loan for operations
A bankruptcy judge gave US Airways Group Inc. permission yesterday to tap a government loan to fund daily operations -- a move expected to allow | 2Business |
Tokyo Stocks Open Lower; Dollar Rises
Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower Monday as Sony and stock brokerage Nikko Cordial fell. The US dollar was up against the Japanese yen. | 2Business |
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