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train	"We're going to do everything in our power to get money back to ratepayers as quickly as possible," Kennedy said.	Missouri Education Commissioner Kent King said he was disappointed by the scores.	2.6
train	On the other hand, if this will help further establish Steve's innocence, we welcome it."	Chante Jawaon Mallard, 27, is charged with murder and tampering with evidence.	2.4
train	Joe Kernan, who had been lieutenant governor for the past seven years, was sworn in as governor after O'Bannon died Saturday.	The company has publicly identified Linux as one of its biggest competitive threats.	3
train	Taiwan has attempted to gain observer status to the United Nations-affiliated WHO for seven years, but again was rebuffed March 19 at its annual conference in Geneva.	Wells' other series include NBC's "ER" and "Third Watch."	4.2
train	By Sunday night, the fires had blackened 277,000 acres, hundreds of miles apart.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC declined 16.68 points, or 1.01 percent, at 1,636.94.	4.25
train	Halabi's military attorney, Air Force Maj. James Key, denied the charges, which could carry a death penalty.	Bush said U.S. and European Union leaders, at an annual Washington summit, agreed on the need to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons.	3
train	The new version, W32/Sobig.C-mm, had already reached a "high level" outbreak status by Monday, according to security analysts.	Junya Tanase, forex strategist at JP Morgan Chase, said "I expect Japan to keep conducting intervention, but the volume is likely to fall sharply."	1.273
train	According to market research from The NPD Group, the number of people downloading music dropped from 14.5 million in April to 10.4 million in June.	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI jumped 2.09 percent, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX leapt 2.23 percent.	3
train	"Whatever has happened to you by way of punishment is certainly more than enough," Covello told the 49-year-old, whose family, friends and supporters filled half the courtroom.	In a show of corporate solidarity, Kroger Co., which owns Ralphs, and Albertson Inc. locked out their workers the next morning.	3.4
train	MSN Messenger 6 will be available for download starting at 6 p.m. GMT on Wednesday from http://messenger.msn.com/download/v6preview.asp.	Another person, a man from Fort Worth, Texas, also was missing.	3.8
train	Linda Saunders pleaded guilty in federal court to six charges, including extortion, money laundering and conspiracy.	But under cross-examination by O'Donnell's attorney, Lorna Schofield, Toepfer conceded she had ignored many of O'Donnell's suggestions and projects.	3.6
train	Peace Rules defeated Funny Cide in the Louisiana Derby.	Its safe to assume the Senate is prepared to pass some form of a cap....The level of it is to be debated.	3.5
train	Additionally, the h2210’s cradle has room to charge a second battery.	Gemstar shares moved higher on the news, closing up 2.6 percent at $5.49 on Nasdaq.	3.75
train	Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports of dead blue jays and crows, Jayroe said.	Later Tuesday, Graham was expected to be re-elected for a second one-year term.	4.25
train	Palm Wednesday announced plans to acquire Handspring, a company started by Jeff Hawkins, regarded by many as the father of the Palm handheld.	Agents confiscated several classified documents in his possession and interrogated him.	3
train	The latest snapshot of the labor markets was slightly better than economists were expecting; they were forecasting claims to fall no lower than 410,000 for last week.	Mr Blair went on: "I think we did the right thing in relation to Iraq.	4.75
train	Nationally, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 4,156 cases of West Nile, including 284 deaths.	The Supreme Court said Monday the government can require public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters, rejecting librarians' complaints that the law amounts to censorship.	4.4
train	"But HRT should not be used to prevent heart disease or any other chronic condition."	"But at this stage, given the early detection, the outlook in such instances would be positive," he said.	4.75
train	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC rose 17.26 points, or 1.06 percent, to 1,640.06, based on the latest data.	Wall Street moved tentatively higher Tuesday as investors weighed a trio of reports showing modest economic improvement against an urge to cash in profits from Monday's big rally.	3
train	The Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's 2001 application to sell Erbitux, citing shoddy research.	"I have acknowledged that I behaved inappropriately," he said.	4
train	Gainer said the two staff aides are "very sorry this all happened," and the security personnel had performed "well within standards."	Druce last night was held in isolation at the same prison.	1.75
train	Still, he said, "I'm absolutely confident we're going to have a bill."	On Wednesday, attendees will vote on resolutions that express the Southern Baptist view on issues, but are not binding on individual churches.	3
train	Its former chief Mickey Robinson was fired for cause when he left in September, the company said.	Later this year, the command will send trainers with soldiers from four North African nations on patrolling and intelligence gathering missions.	2.4
train	Some 95 million Americans -- half of all households -- invest in mutual funds.	His lawyer, a cousin, Basil Russin, did not attend the hearing and did not return phone messages.	4
train	The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7 per cent to 9,547.43 while the S&P 500 was 0.8 per cent weaker at 1,025.79.	But for the elderly and those with weakened immune systems, it can be fatal.	1.667
train	"Unlike many early-stage Internet firms, Google is believed to be profitable.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 6.48 points, or 0.66 percent, to 990.51.	4.6
train	As part of a restructuring Peregrine sold its Remedy help desk software unit last year to BMC Software Inc.	The fire spread to several surrounding structures on the property and destroyed them as deputies held back firefighters.	4.8
train	Shares of Corixa were gaining 71 cents, or 10%, to $7.91 on the Nasdaq.	The federal courts have ruled that the monument violates the constitutional ban against state-established religion.	3.2
train	The companies, Chiron and Aventis Pasteur, together made about 80 million doses of the injected vaccine, which ordinarily would have been enough to meet U.S. demand.	In a mixture of ancient Melanesian pagan and modern Christian ceremonies the people tried again to erase the misfortunes they believe have kept them poor since that long-ago meal.	3
train	Express Scripts ESRX.O shares fell 3.6 percent to close at $66.89 on the Nasdaq.	The battle around VeriSign"s three-week-old Site Finder service rages on.	3.25
train	Selenski descended down the wall and used the mattress to climb over razor wire.	Close cooperation between regional law enforcement agencies and intelligence services was at the heart of the fight against terrorism, he said.	3.8
train	The meeting was scheduled to end Wednesday night, with attendees approving resolutions that express the denomination's view on issues but that are not binding on churches.	He moved to Syria, where he underwent further religious training in traditional Islamic beliefs.	3
train	Turkish authorities have said all the suicide bombers were Turks.	Amazon and the New York attorney general's office have already settled with one of the alleged e-mail forgers.	4.25
train	Schofield got Toepfer to admit on cross-examination that she ignored many of O'Donnell's suggestions and projects.	The central bank's policy board left rates steady for now, as widely expected, but surprised the market by declaring that overall risks were weighted toward weakness.	5
train	So was Edie Falco, the critically praised co-star of "Frankie and Johnny."	That's when officers threw him to the ground and handcuffed him, according to testimony.	4
train	"The European Union is basically absent," said Tito Barbini, regional minister for agriculture in Tuscany, Italy.	World No.2 Lleyton Hewitt has accused his professional peers of long-standing malice, including an attempt last year to dupe him into refusing a drug test.	1.5
train	Two convicted killers and another inmate escaped from a state prison on a busy street Wednesday by cutting through a fence, a Corrections Department official said.	She also pledged to bring peace to Iraq: "Americans don't cut and run, we have to see this misadventure through."	5
train	The bank's shares fell 45 cents in trading yesterday to $91.51 per share.	There will be 9.3 million visitors to hot spots in 2003, up from 2.5 million in 2002, Gartner said.	3.8
train	The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asked Congress today for additional authority to fight unwanted Internet spam, which now accounts for up to half of all e-mail traffic.	"I'm going to try to march with a number of different groups," Bloomberg said.	2.8
train	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was up 7.60 points, or 0.46 percent, at 1,653.62.	She took the highly unusual step of skipping cabinet to attend a meeting with the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda.	4.2
train	The camp hosts summer religious retreats for children and other events year-round, according to its Web site.	The matter could then be sent to the U.N. Security Council.	3.5
train	The attack seemed similar to others staged near foreign compounds in Riyadh on May 12.	The Telegraph can reveal that Sir John Stevens, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, placed his force on its highest alert last week.	3.75
train	Russ Britt is the Los Angeles Bureau Chief for CBS.MarketWatch.com.	Klarman was charged with 16 counts of wire fraud.	2.5
train	Gemstar's shares gathered up 2.6 percent, adding 14 cents to $5.49 at the close.	The American Anglican Council, which represents Episcopalian conservatives, said it will seek authorization to create a separate province in North America because of last week's actions.	3
train	At midnight on Wednesday, 68 percent of voters said "no" to the tax, with 97 percent of the votes counted.	The results are to be published in Wednesday's issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.	3.8
train	The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield <US10YT=RR> dipped below 4.20 percent on Tuesday.	But neither he nor Peace Rules could keep Funny Cide from drawing away.	2
train	Allegiant shares rose $4, or $17.2 percent, to $27.43 in Thursday morning trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.	CELF's founding members are Hitachi, Matsushita, NEC, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, and Toshiba.	3.2
train	He allowed two runs in seven innings and struck out six.	The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 86.56 points, or 0.94 percent, to 9,109.99, after giving up more than 1 percent earlier.	3.4
train	The tech-laced Nasdaq Composite Index gained 2.90 points, or 0.18 percent, to 1,606.87.	The vulnerability exists in the way Microsoft's Visual Basic for Applications checks document properties passed to it when a document is opened.	3.8
train	She asked to be excused from last week's Cabinet session to prepare for a meeting with the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda.	At 12 months, there was still a difference between the groups, but it was not considered significant.	3
train	The monkeys could track their progress by watching a schematic representation of the arm and its motions on a video screen.	The British Foreign Office said it had mediated the two men's release.	4
train	AFTRA members approved the merger by a vote of 75.88% to 24.12%.	Scott Dixon eventually made winning the Honda Indy 225 look easy Sunday at Pikes Peak International Raceway.	3.75
train	The world's two largest automakers said their U.S. sales declined more than predicted last month as a late summer sales frenzy caused more of an industry backlash than expected.	The system is priced from US$1.1 million to $22.4 million, depending on configuration.	4.75
train	They also found shortness was associated with a family history of hearing loss.	Klarman was arrested by FBI agents Monday morning at his home in New York.	3.333
train	Consumers still would have to get a descrambling security card from their cable operator to plug into the set.	Nick Pollard, the head of Sky News said: "This is a shocking blow for James's family.	2.4
train	Of 24 million phoned-in votes, 50.28 percent were for Studdard, putting him 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.	A key portion of the accord was the implementation of a special council to monitor health spending, set goals for the system and measure progress in reforming health care.	3
train	On Tuesday, the central bank left interest rates steady, as expected, but also declared that overall risks were weighted toward weakness and warned of deflation risks.	In addition, the NTSB also recommended to NHTSA that state legislation be enacted to prohibit holders of learners permits and intermediate licenses from using mobile phones while driving.	3.6
train	When fully operational, the facility is expected to employ up to 1,000 people.	In addition, "fewer than 10" FBI offices have conducted investigations involving visits to Islamic mosques, the Justice Department said.	3
train	Those conversations had not taken place as of Tuesday night, according to an Oracle spokeswoman.	Mr Levine said she had been offered $400,000 to tell her story to an Australian TV network.	4.2
train	"The figures are becoming catastrophic," said Dr. Patrick Pelloux, the president of the association of emergency room physicians.	The same survey found the median household income rose by $51, when accounting for inflation, to $43,057.	4
train	On July 22, Moore announced he would appeal the case directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.	The MSN Messenger 6 software will be available from 11 a.m. PST on Wednesday, according to Microsoft.	3.8
train	"I am proud that I stood against Richard Nixon, not with him," Kerry said.	He and the other lawyers planned to stay until the river starts receding.	3.25
train	Dennehy, who transferred to Baylor last year after getting kicked off the University of New Mexico Lobos for temper tantrums, had begun to read the Bible daily.	Police used pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse a downtown march and rally last night by activists protesting an annual police intelligence-training seminar.	2.6
train	The updated products include Pylon Pro, Pylon Conduit, Pylon Anywhere, and Pylon Application Server.	The damaged area of the garage was not stable, with ``the real potential for a secondary collapse,'' McGreevey said.	4.2
train	In two weeks, he'll probably send out Peace Rules in the Preakness.	The news also comes in conjunction with Suns annual JavaOne developers conference in San Francisco.	3.2
train	Microsoft has identified the freely distributed Linux software as one of the biggest threats to its sales.	International rescue workers hacked desperately through flattened debris for survivors and cemeteries overflowed in Iran's ancient Silk Road city of Bam yesterday.	4
train	Druce is still being held at the prison and is now in isolation, she said.	The military said it had killed 16 rebels and captured nine in the campaign so far, with one soldier killed and six wounded.	4.75
train	The Nasdaq composite index added 30.46 points, or 2 percent, to 1,520.15.	Dennehy, who transferred to Baylor last year after getting kicked off the University of New Mexico Lobos for temper tantrums, became a born-again Christian in June 2002.	2
train	The report forecasts there will be 71,079 hot spots worldwide this year, up from just 14,752 in 2002 and 1,214 in 2001.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC lost 2 points, or 0.18 percent, to 1,649.	4
train	The Bush administration blames Hussein loyalists and foreign Muslim militants who have entered Iraq to fight U.S. troops for the wave of bombings and guerrilla attacks.	U.S. officials did not say whether American forces, who were acting on intelligence, crossed into Syrian territory and were vague about how the Syrian guards were involved.	1.4
train	One of the 14 Kurds pointed at the word "refugee" in an English/Turkish dictionary.	On Monday, EchoStar (DISH: news, chart, profile) shares shrank $1.40, or 4.4 percent, to $30.63.	4
train	Complicating the situation is the presence of battle-hardened Liberians who have been fighting on both sides.	Chief Executive Mickey Robinson was fired for cause in September, the company said last month.	3
train	The mother also alleged in the lawsuit that she was sexually assaulted by one of the guards.	The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI tacked on 97 points, or 1.14 percent, to 8,699.	3.6
train	The weakness exists in the way that VBA looks at the properties of documents passed to it when the document is opened by a host application.	Rich Media interactive ad formats doubled their share from 3% in second quarter of 2002, to 6% in the second quarter of 2003.	4.4
train	Cisco executives said they were encouraged by $1.3 billion in cash flow and the increase in net income, but hoped for a rebound.	Aventis, based in Strasbourg, France, is one of the leading producers of the vaccine and one of a handful of companies that still make it.	2.25
train	He said the attackers left behind leaflets urging staff at the Ishtar Sheraton to stop working at the hotel and demanding U.S. forces leave Iraq.	The union said it would reveal later which chain would be targeted.	2.75
train	Founders of the group are Matsushita Electric, Sony, Hitachi, NEC, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung, Sharp and Toshiba.	"It's not zero," said David Ropeik, director of risk communication at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.	3
train	Douglas Robinson, a senior vice president of finance, will take over as chief financial officer on an interim basis.	"We're in the Stanley Cup finals, and it was a little bit embarrassing the way we played in the first two games.	4.2
train	Sources within the racing industry have told the Daily Bulletin that Fontana will get a second NASCAR race on Labor Day weekend starting next season.	Rapper C-Murder has been convicted of second-degree murder, a crime that carries an automatic life sentence, in the shooting death of a 16-year-old inside a Jefferson Parish nightclub.	4.222
train	Klarman was arrested by FBI agents in the Hamptons, an exclusive summer resort enclave east of New York City.	Domestic sales at both GM and No. 2 Ford Motor Co. declined more than predicted as a late summer sales frenzy prompted a larger-than-expected industry backlash.	3.4
train	Excluding litigation charges, RIM's loss narrowed even further to 1 cent a share.	The 27-year-old rapper's attorney in the civil matter, Mark Gann, did not return calls for comment.	3
train	Median household income declined 1.1 percent between 2001 and 2002 to $42,409, after accounting for inflation.	Each week 138 million shoppers visit Wal-Mart's 4,750 stores.	3.6
train	The government did not identify the taikonauts — a term coined from ‘‘taikong,’’ the Chinese word for space — who would travel on the second mission.	The royal household was bracing itself for any more revelations in A Royal Duty, based on the former servant’s time with Diana, Princess of Wales.	4
train	In an E-mail statement to the Knoxville News Sentinel, Shumaker said, ''I am not giving any consideration to resignation.	Richard Miller, 57, survived a lifesaving liver transplant but remains hospitalized.	1.333
train	Mr. Heatley, who suffered a broken jaw and torn knee ligaments, faces several charges.	Next week, John S. Reed, the former Citicorp chief executive who Sunday became interim chairman and chief executive of the exchange, will take up his position.	2.4
train	Spokesmen for the FBI, CIA, Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Royal Canadian Mounted Police declined to comment on El Shukrijumah's stay in Canada.	Total shipments reached 19.5 million units last year, compared with 8.9 million units in 2001.	3.4
train	"This has been a persistent problem that has not been solved," investigation board member Steven Wallace said.	This is unacceptable," said Patrick Pelloux, the president of France's Association of Emergency Doctors.	2.5
train	It will also help reform the Royal Solomon Islands Police, strengthen the courts and prisons system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry from intimidation.	The department ordered a 12 percent reduction for State Farm Lloyds, the state's largest insurer, and an 18.2 percent reduction for Allstate Texas Lloyds, the third-largest.	4.8
train	Orange shares jumped as much as 15 percent.	It added it had "co-operated fully" with police since November.	3.6
train	Bulger's brother is now on the agency's ''10 Most Wanted'' list, sought in connection with 21 murders.	Shares of EDS closed Thursday at $18.51, up 6 cents on the New York Stock Exchange.	3.75
train	"City-grown pollution, and ozone in particular, is tougher on country trees," says Cornell University ecologist Jillian Gregg.	House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., says he is sensitive to civil liberties complaints.	3.2
train	From Florida to Alaska, thousands of revelers vowed to push for more legal rights, including same-sex marriages.	Shares of M&T, which is based in Buffalo, fell 41 cents, to $91.51.	3
train	Bremer, 61, is a onetime assistant to former Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry Kissinger and was ambassador-at-large for counterterrorism from 1986 to 1989.	Playwright George Axelrod, who anticipated the sexual revolution with The Seven Year Itch and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?	5
train	"Americans don't cut and run, we have to see this misadventure through," she said.	She, in turn, occasionally told John that she was still sleeping with an ex-boyfriend, "Baywatch" hunk Michael Bergin.	2.7
train	Once converted, BayStar will own an aggregate of approximately 2.95 million shares of SCO common stock or 17.5 percent of the company's outstanding shares.	The heatwave was due to a mass of hot, dry air from the southeast, said Mario Almeida of Portugal's weather service.	4.2
train	Squyres is principal investigator for the Athena payload - a collection of science instruments carted by each rover.	Netgear prices the WGT634U Super Wireless Media Router, which will be available in the first quarter of 2004, at under $200.	3.6
train	Four versions of Windows operating systems are targeted: Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.	Marissa Jaret Winokur, as Tracy, won for best actress in a musical.	4.5
train	Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Azdi, turned himself in in June; his deputy was killed in a recent shootout with Saudi forces.	In Nairobi, the provost of All Saints Cathedral, the Very Reverend Peter Karanja, said the US Episcopal Church was alienating itself from the Anglican Communion.	2.75
train	This led to the recovery of the 270-kilogram Cancuen altar, announced on Wednesday by the Vanderbilt University in Nashville and the National Geographic Society.	It ain't coming to me, but it's only about a third of what I owe in the world.	5
train	The New York Mets then selected outfielder Lastings Milledge from Lakewood Ranch High School in Florida.	The academy will get its own internal report next week and it will be made public, Rosa said.	3