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train	No. 2 HP saw its Unix server sales dropped 3.6 percent to $1.36 billion.	Later Tuesday, Graham was expected to be re-elected for a second one-year term.	2.75
train	Shares of Corixa fell 12 cents to $6.88 on the Nasdaq stock market.	The union said it would reveal later which chain would be targeted.	3.5
train	The currency briefly weakened slightly on Monday to trade at 55.34/39, not far from its record low of 55.75.	The Arizona-based ISM reported Monday that its non-manufacturing index rose to 50.7 last month, from 47.9 in March.	3.176
train	The proportion of people covered by employers dropped from 62.3 percent in 2001 to 61.3 percent last year.	"I'm not going to be sponsoring it because it's not our proposal, but I'm not responding to it in a negative way," he said.	3.25
train	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was off 58.69 points, or 0.64 percent, at 9,137.86.	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.	4.25
train	Officials are trying to retrieve the bodies from the water," police officer J.D. Tambe told Reuters, adding 26 of the dead were women.	The crates are full of hardback copies of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	2.4
train	Five-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong had a few words of advice for other cancer survivors in Denver on Friday.	The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades endorsed Mr Dean several weeks ago.	4
train	The Winston-Salem, North Carolina company opened six stores during the quarter, bringing the total to 282.	Authorities performed an autopsy Thursday on one of three bodies recovered from beneath a layer of freshly poured concrete in the basement of a northwest Indiana home.	2.75
train	The new system costs between $1.1 million and $22 million, depending on configuration.	Intel on Wednesday unveiled its next-generation processor for cell phones, PDAs, and other wireless devices.	4.6
train	WORLD No. 2 Lleyton Hewitt has accused the Association of Tennis Professionals of malice, including an alleged attempt last year to dupe him into refusing a drug test.	He and the other lawyers planned to stay until the river starts receding.	2.4
train	"I notice a mood change in their priorities," one politician said.	Altria Group Inc. MO.N fell 50 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $41.81.	2.4
train	The best-performing stock was Altria Group Inc., which rose more than 27 percent to close at $42.31 a share.	Doctors concluded Erbitux, the cancer drug that enmeshed ImClone Systems in an insider trading scandal, worked just as well as an earlier company-sponsored study said it did.	3
train	Mr Pollard said: "This is a terrible personal tragedy and a shocking blow for James's family.	Innocent or not, "she's damaged goods," said Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a national retail consulting firm in New York.	4
train	Complicating the situation is the presence of battle-hardened Liberians who have been fighting on both sides.	BA said the second quarter, which included unofficial industrial action at Heathrow, had been difficult.	3.25
train	Higher courts have ruled that the tablets broke the constitutional separation of church and state.	He said he also expects to have the support of lawmakers from other agricultural states.	3
train	Chavez said investigators feel confident they've got "at least one of the fires resolved in that regard."	"But at this stage, given the early detection, the outlook in such instances would be positive," he said.	4.2
train	He was referring to John S. Reed, the former Citicorp chief executive who became interim chairman and chief executive of the exchange last Sunday .	The upgrade will be available as a free download for current customers with SmarNet support in January 2004.	1.8
train	Ms. Cripps-Prawak left last Friday, two days after the department introduced a plan to distribute medical marijuana through doctors' offices.	She also pledged to bring peace to Iraq: "Americans don't cut and run, we have to see this misadventure through."	3.667
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.	Chante Jawaon Mallard, 27, is charged with murder and tampering with evidence.	4.8
train	The boy also sprayed the room full of retardant from fire extinguishers, which made it hard to see, the chief said.	King County Superior Court Judge Charles Mertel will then recess the trial until Monday.	4
train	The monkeys could track their progress by watching a schematic representation of the arm and its motions on a video screen.	If draining the ponds in Maryland will further help establish Steve's innocence, we welcome it."	4.8
train	The American Anglican Council, which represents Episcopalian conservatives, said it will seek authorization to create a separate group.	Still, changes to IE "may affect a large number of existing Web pages," according to the W3C's notice.	1.8
train	On July 22, Moore announced he would appeal the case directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 79.43 points, or 0.86 percent, to 9,117.12 on Friday.	3.25
train	U.S. prosecutors have arrested more than 130 individuals and have seized more than $17 million in a continuing crackdown on Internet fraud and abuse.	In 1995, the last survey, those numbers were equal.	4.5
train	Shares in EDS closed on Thursday at $18.51, a gain of 6 cents.	It generated $4.47 billion of profit and $20 billion of revenue in the year's first half, 53 percent of Citigroup's totals.	3
train	In January 2000, notebooks represented less than 25 percent of sales volume.	But the inadequate performance of students in various subgroups, such as race, pushed the state onto the needs-improvement list under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.	3.6
train	U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus ruled that the Akron-based company should have determined that changes at one of its plants would increase overall pollution emissions.	He said the attackers left behind leaflets urging workers at the Ishtar Sheraton to stop working at the hotel.	3
train	Consumers still would have to get a descrambling security card from their cable operator to plug into the set.	The British Foreign Office said it had mediated the two men's release.	3.25
train	His lawyer, Pamela MacKey, said Bryant expects to be completely exonerated.	By law, 911 calls are not public information in Rhode Island.	1.4
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.	"We're being hyper-vigilant," said Dr. James Young, Ontario's commissioner of public safety.	5
train	The bill says that a woman who undergoes such an abortion couldn't be prosecuted.	The federal courts have ruled that the monument violates the constitutional ban against state-established religion.	2.8
train	If convicted of the spying charges, he could face the death penalty.	He ran last year for the Democratic nomination for Texas governor, but lost the primary to multimillionaire Tony Sanchez.	4
train	Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Azdi, turned himself in in June; his deputy was killed in a recent shootout with Saudi forces.	Seven 20- and 21-year-old male cadets were caught in an off-campus hotel room early Saturday with two female teens, 16 and 18 years.	4
train	"These changes may affect a large number of existing Web pages," the statement continued.	Stardust was designed to gather thousands of dust particles streaming from Wild 2.	4.4
train	Plofsky said the commission won't investigate because the three-year statute of limitations has expired.	Shares of Allergan were up 14 cents at $78.40 in late trading on the New York Stock Exchange.	4
train	That triggered a 47-hour police standoff that inconvenienced thousands of commuters, as traffic backed up in Downtown Washington and northern Virginia.	To watch pay television, consumers would insert into the set a security card provided by their cable service.	3.6
train	The University of Michigan released today a new admissions policy after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down in June the way it previously admitted undergraduates.	Prairie dogs, usually found in southwestern and western states, aren’t indigenous to Wisconsin.	3
train	"I am advised that certain allegations of criminal conduct have been interposed against my counsel," said Silver.	Dealers said the euro's downward momentum may pick up speed should it break below $1.15.	3.25
train	Gemstar's shares gathered up 2.6 percent, adding 14 cents to $5.49 at the close.	Those talks have not taken place, according to an Oracle spokeswoman.	1.4
train	Excluding the charges, analysts, on average, expected a loss of 11 cents a share.	The Telegraph can reveal that Sir John Stevens, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, placed his force on its highest alert last week.	3
train	Sayliyah was the command base for the Iraq war, but Central Command sent hundreds who ran the war back home to Tampa, Florida.	Still, he noted that Miami must decide whether to seek A.C.C. membership by June 30 to adhere to Big East guidelines.	1.9
train	The updated products include Pylon Pro, Pylon Conduit, Pylon Anywhere, and Pylon Application Server.	Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports, he said.	3.2
train	Amgen shares gained 93 cents, or 1.45 percent, to $65.05 in afternoon trading on Nasdaq.	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.	3.5
train	The nation's largest retailer has told its 100 top suppliers they have to start using electronic tags on all pallets of goods by Jan. 25, 2005.	Last Thursday, the RIAA sent a stiff copyright warning to Penn State's department of astronomy and astrophysics.	3
train	Sequent representatives could not immediately be reached for comment on the SCO announcement.	Major fires had burned 264,000 acres by early last night.	2
train	The procedure is generally performed in the second or third trimester.	The vulnerability exists in the way Microsoft's Visual Basic for Applications checks document properties passed to it when a document is opened.	2.8
train	Board Chancellor Robert Bennett declined to comment on personnel matters Tuesday.	The Nasdaq composite index fell 2.95, or 0.2 percent, for the week to 1,912.36 after stumbling 37.78 yesterday.	1.75
train	Texas Instruments climbed $1.37 to $19.25 yesterday and Novellus Systems Inc. advanced $1.76 to $36.31.	Two federal agencies are investigating telecommunications gear maker Lucent Technologies for possible violations of U.S. bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia.	2.5
train	During 2001 and 2002, Morgenthau said, wire transfers from just four of Beacon Hill's 40 accounts totaled more than $3.2 billion.	Hope is survived by his wife; sons Anthony and Kelly; daughters Linda and Nora Somers; and four grandchildren.	3.6
train	Bremer said one initiative is to launch a $70 million nationwide program in the next two weeks to clean up neighborhoods and build community projects.	The Mets took Lastings Milledge, an outfielder from Florida, with the 12th pick.	4
train	Now, with the agency's last three shuttles grounded in the wake of the Columbia disaster, that wait could be even longer.	Frankel said Peace Rules will run in the Preakness Stakes on May 17.	3.455
train	"I came basically to Washington to establish relationships and to make sure that we are getting more federal money to California," Schwarzenegger said after meeting with congressional Republicans.	According to law enforcement officials, the individual decrypted passwords on the server.	3.4
train	Dusty had battled kidney cancer for more than a year.	His protest led to a 47-hour standoff with police that caused huge traffic jams in downtown Washington and northern Virginia.	3.8
train	Caldera acquired the Unix server software of the original SCO and changed its name to the SCO Group.	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.	3.25
train	Bush plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the new Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, in the Jordanian port of Aqaba on Wednesday.	Also as part of the deal, PalmSource stock will begin trading on the NASDAQ stock market Wednesday under the ticker symbol: PSRC.	3.2
train	Nationally, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 4,156 cases of West Nile, including 284 deaths.	Nvidia will take advantage of MediaQ customers, which include such players as Siemens AG, Sharp, Philips, Dell, Mitsubishi and Sony Corp.	3.5
train	By Sunday night, the fires had blackened 277,000 acres, hundreds of miles apart.	Close cooperation between regional law enforcement agencies and intelligence services was at the heart of the fight against terrorism, he said.	2.6
train	The Portuguese weather service said Europe's heatwave was caused by a mass of hot, dry air moving from the southeast.	Bulger's brother, a former FBI informant, is now on the law enforcement agency's "10 Most Wanted" list.	3.25
train	Argentine Guillermo Coria and Netherlander Martin Verkerk are in the other half.	A convicted killer and two other inmates cut through two fences topped with razor wire and escaped from a state prison on a busy street.	4
train	Former company chief financial officer Franklyn M. Bergonzi pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy on June 5 and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.	Apple Computer Inc. said Monday it exceeded record industry expectations by selling more than 1 million songs since the launch of its online music store a week ago.	3.75
train	The camp hosts summer religious retreats for children and other events year-round, according to its Web site.	Swartz had sought to have the charges dismissed, saying New Hampshire was the wrong place to charge him.	5
train	On Sunday, a U.S. soldier was killed and another injured in southern Iraq when a munitions dump exploded.	Prices for Treasury securities also rose, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note falling to 4.19 percent.	3.25
train	Boeing said the final agreement is expected to be signed during the next few weeks.	He added: "There is no doubt about the chemical programme, the biological programme and indeed the nuclear weapons programme.	4
train	The new research will be published soon in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.	Bishop O'Brien, aged 67, had told police he thought he had hit a dog or cat.	4.8
train	London-based NCRI official Ali Safavi told Reuters: "We condemn this raid, which is in our view illegal and morally and politically unjustifiable."	The boy fired once into a wall and sprayed the room with fire extinguishers, making it hard to see, the chief said.	3.5
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.	Mr Levine said she had been offered $400,000 to tell her story to an Australian TV network.	4
train	The department ordered an 18.2 percent reduction for Allstate Texas Lloyds and a 12 percent reduction for State Farm Lloyds.	Families stuck on the highway were being urged to remain in their cars, and to use their cell phones only in case of emergency.	3.2
train	The WiFi potties were to be unveiled this summer, at music festivals in Britain.	Box cutters were the weapons used by the 19 hijackers in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.	3
train	Looking to buy the latest Harry Potter?	While some other parts of Africa have been used as Al Qaeda staging grounds, Malawi had previously not been a major focus of investigations into the group.	3.4
train	Aventis, based in Strasbourg, France, is one of a handful of companies that still make the flu vaccine.	France Telecom shares dropped 3.6 percent while Orange surged 13 percent.	2.5
train	Mr Alibek said: "Our outcomes are very encouraging.	Oracle chairman Larry Ellison has hinted that the company could yet again increase its offer for rival PeopleSoft.	3
train	Families stuck on the highway remained in their cars, and used their cell phones to call home.	That's when officers threw him to the ground and handcuffed him, according to testimony.	1.4
train	Dixon was otherwise the class of the field at Pikes Peak International Raceway.	Spansion Flash memory solutions are available worldwide from AMD and Fujitsu.	4
train	The injured passenger at John Peter Smith Hospital died later Friday morning, Jones said.	The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX shed 0.17 of a point, or just 0.02 percent, to 934.	5
train	On health care, the NDP says there will be no privatization and no health-care premiums.	The dollar was at 117.85 yen against the Japanese currency, up 0.1 percent.	3.75
train	The plane was estimated to be within 100 pounds of its maximum takeoff weight.	"We're in the Stanley Cup finals, and it was a little bit embarrassing the way we played in the first two games.	3.8
train	Its shares jumped to $54.50 in pre-open trading from $50.90 at Wednesday's close.	Waksal pleaded guilty to insider trading charges last year, and he is scheduled to be sentenced June 10.	3
train	In morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 40.12, or 0.5 percent, at 8,571.69, having fallen 51 points Monday.	The investment gives Larkspur, Calif.-based BayStar more than 2.9 million shares of SCO common stock, or 17.5 percent of the company's outstanding shares.	3.6
train	The author is one of several defense experts expected to testify.	I am not giving any consideration to resignation," Shumaker said in a statement.	4.5
train	During a screaming match in 1999, Carolyn told John she was still sleeping with Bergin.	The heatwave was due to a mass of hot, dry air from the southeast, said Mario Almeida of Portugal's weather service.	4
train	Such a step could put the issue before the UN Security Council.	National Breast Cancer Centre head Professor Christine Ewan said there was no need for panic.	2
train	Brendsel and chief financial officer Vaughn Clarke resigned June 9.	Bush said U.S. and European Union leaders, at an annual Washington summit, agreed on the need to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons.	1
train	The two-year note US2YT=RR fell 5/32 in price, taking its yield to 1.23 percent from 1.16 percent late on Monday.	Hickenlooper clobbered city Auditor Don Mares, 46, in the Tuesday runoff.	4.5
train	He left the army for Syria where he received religious training.	He was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday night by police acting on a tip-off.	4
train	The drop in core wholesale prices in April reflected falling prices for cars, trucks, men's and boy's clothes and cigarettes.	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.	4.4
train	"What can I say to you?" he told a crowd at a cemetery with a thousand headstones, many of them marking the graves of entire families.	The plant would employ 1,000 people when fully built out, the company said.	4.5
train	In addition, the Justice Department said that the FBI has conducted ''fewer than 10'' investigations involving visits to mosques.	Thirty-four of the men have been arrested and the others are being sought, US Attorney Daniel Bogden said yesterday.	3.4
train	Selenski descended down the wall and used the mattress to climb over razor wire.	Captain Robert Ramsey of US 1St Armored Division said a truck had exploded outside the building at around 11 am.	3
train	A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that Congress can force the nation's public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters.	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.	2.8
train	The union had not yet revealed which chain would be targeted.	But company officials expect the costs of the replacement work to run into the millions of dollars.	3.8
train	OPEC producers at a meeting on Wednesday are set to pressure independent oil exporters to contribute to the cartel's next supply cut to allow for the return of Iraqi oil.	"This case is wholly without merit, both factually and legally," Judge Denny Chin scoffed.	3.8
train	The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX inched up 3 points, or 0.32 percent, to 970.	Rambus Inc. (nasdaq: RMBS - news - people) shot up 38 percent, making it the biggest percentage gainer on the Nasdaq.	3.75
train	The audiotape aired last week by the Arab Al-Jazeera television network appears to be an effort to incite attacks.	Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday it will take time to locate die-hard remnants of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime in Iraq.	3.4
train	Tail wagging, Abbey trotted on stage with Conway before a crowd of more than 10,000 attendees at PeopleSoft's annual customer conference at the Anaheim Convention Center.	Steve Squyres, a Cornell University scientist, is principal investigator for the missions' science instruments.	3
train	Dynes came to UC San Diego in 1991 after 22 years as a physicist with AT&T Bell Labs.	On Monday, Abbey trotted on stage, tail wagging, with Conway before a crowd of 10,000 attendees at PeopleSoft's annual customer conference.	3.4
train	They said they had concluded that the film failed "to present a balanced portrayal" of the Reagans.	On Tuesday, a Florida appeals court again refused to block removal of the tube.	4.091
train	The new sensor -- dubbed CANARY for ''cellular analysis and notification of antigen risks and yields'' -- hijacks this natural process with two important changes.	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.	5
train	Douglas Robinson, a senior vice president of finance, will take over as chief financial officer on an interim basis.	"If you pass this bill," Rep. John Mabry Jr., D-Waco, told colleagues, "Big Brother will be watching you."	2.5
train	By state law, 911 calls are not public information and were not released.	To force a recall election of Davis, the valid signatures of 897,158 registered California voters must be turned in to election officials.	3.25
train	As part of a restructuring Peregrine sold its Remedy help desk software unit last year to BMC Software Inc.	Corixa's stock barely flinched on the news, dipping 12 cents to close at $6.88.	4