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train	The commission estimates California lost $1.34 billion -- the most of any state -- to tax shelters in 2001.	"I notice a mood change in their priorities," said one Iraqi politician after meeting with Mr. Bremer.	3.4
train	Police then called a bomb squad, but the device exploded, killing Wells, before bomb technicians arrived.	Kodak expects earnings of 5 cents to 25 cents a share in the quarter.	3.2
train	Nationally, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 4,156 cases of West Nile, including 284 deaths.	A new worm has been spreading rapidly across the Internet, sometimes pretending to be an e-mail from Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, antivirus vendors said Monday.	2.5
train	Both devices implement the v1.2 standard's eSCO facility to provide the basis for new cordless telephony applications.	In 2006, Asia Pacific will report growth of 7.9 percent to $81.8 billion.	3
train	During a screaming match in 1999, Carolyn told John she was still sleeping with Bergin.	He and the other lawyers planned to stay until the river starts receding.	3.5
train	If convicted of the spying charges, he could face the death penalty.	Shares in BA were down three percent at 165-1/4 pence by 0933 GMT, off a low of 164 pence, in a stronger market.	5
train	"This is an easy case in my view and wholly without merit, both factually and legally."	Chiron and Aventis Pasteur together made about 80 million doses, ordinarily enough for U.S. demand, The Associated Press reported.	3.5
train	By state law, 911 calls are not public information and were not released.	A long awaited report on the Hong Kong government's handling of the SARS outbreak has been released.	4.4
train	She asked to be excused from last week's Cabinet session to prepare for a meeting with the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda.	The intervention force will confiscate weapons, reform the police, strengthen the courts and prison system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry.	4
train	From Florida to Alaska, thousands of revelers vowed to push for more legal rights, including same-sex marriages.	GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. >> Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie drew the crowds, but Angela Stanford took her first LPGA victory.	3.8
train	Colgate shares closed Monday at $56.30 on the New York Stock Exchange.	"We're being hyper-vigilant," said Dr. James Young, Ontario's commissioner of public safety.	3
train	Heather, 35, who lost a leg in a road accident, is thought to have steel plates fitted in her hips, which would make natural childbirth impossible.	"The concrete barriers (between lanes) were being tossed around like feathers."	3.2
train	The bank's shares fell 45 cents in trading yesterday to $91.51 per share.	Agents confiscated several classified documents in his possession and interrogated him.	2.75
train	Chante Jawan Mallard, 27, went on trial Monday, charged with first-degree murder.	There were 293 human cases of West Nile in Indiana in 2002, including 11 deaths statewide.	4
train	Aventis, based in Strasbourg, France, is one of a handful of companies that still make the flu vaccine.	I am not giving any consideration to resignation," Shumaker said in a statement.	3.5
train	The support will come as a free software upgrade called WebVPN for current customers that have support contracts.	The hearing came one day after the Pentagon for the first time singled out an officer - Dallager - for failing to address the scandal.	4.111
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.	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.	4
train	Roy Moore, the suspended chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, stood accused but unrepentant Wednesday in the same courtroom he recently presided over.	Perry has since called two special legislative sessions to try force the redistricting plan through.	4.4
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 New Democrats also renewed their commitment to no health-care privatization and no premiums.	3.2
train	Another shooting linked to the spree occurred Nov. 11 at Hamilton Central Elementary in Obetz, about two miles from the freeway.	The military said it had killed 16 rebels and captured nine in the campaign so far, with one soldier killed and six wounded.	3
train	This is America, my friends, and it should not happen here," he said to loud applause.	Intel on Wednesday unveiled its next-generation processor for cell phones, PDAs, and other wireless devices.	4.6
train	That took the benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR down 9/32, its yield rising to 3.37 percent from 3.34 percent late on Thursday.	She insisted, though, that it not be published until after her death.	4.667
train	Several states and the federal government later passed similar or more strict bans.	The heatwave was due to a mass of hot, dry air from the southeast, said Mario Almeida of Portugal's weather service.	3.6
train	Bashir felt he was being tried by opinion not on the facts, Mahendradatta told Reuters.	Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday it will take time to locate die-hard remnants of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime in Iraq.	2.4
train	Nine seconds later, it broke the sound barrier and continued its steep powered ascent.	Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports, he said.	2.75
train	After Freitas' opening statement, King County Superior Court Judge Charles Mertel recessed trial until after the Thanksgiving weekend.	Emile Laroza, 51, contracted SARS while working as a nurse at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the second SARS outbreak.	1.8
train	Southwest said its traffic was up 4.6 percent in the quarter, and it ended the quarter with $2.2 billion in cash.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> shed 2.38 points, or 0.24 percent, at 995.10.	3.25
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.	Spansion Flash memory solutions are available worldwide from AMD and Fujitsu.	3.444
train	"Spending taxpayer dollars to create terrorism betting parlors is as wasteful as it is repugnant," they announced at a press conference yesterday.	While federal prosecutors refuse to discuss the investigation, lawyers and others familiar with it say it remains focused on Campbell.	3.25
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.	He was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday night by police acting on a tip-off.	3
train	The 51-year-old nurse worked at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the latest outbreak.	He moved to Syria, where he underwent further religious training in traditional Islamic beliefs.	3.8
train	Druce is still being held at the prison and is now in isolation, she said.	Tito Barbini, a regional minister for agriculture in Tuscany, Italy, criticized the absence Tuesday in Sacramento.	4
train	Licensing revenue slid 21 percent, however, to $107.6 million.	Griffith, 77, grew up in Mount Airy and now lives in Manteo.	4.056
train	Swartz, indicted in February, had argued that New Hampshire was the wrong place to charge him.	"What has happened to you, sir, by way of punishment, is certainly more than enough," Covello said.	2.7
train	Hispanics, the fastest growing ethnic group in the US, have overtaken blacks to become the largest minority in the US, according to newly released government figures.	Shares jumped almost 7 percent in pre-open trading, rising to $18.26 from $17.05 at Tuesday's close.	2.5
train	"These changes may affect a large number of existing Web pages," the statement continued.	Today, Dean ends his four-day, 10-city "Sleepless Summer" tour in Chicago and New York.	4.5
train	As part of a restructuring Peregrine sold its Remedy help desk software unit last year to BMC Software Inc.	Dusty had surgery for cancer in 2001 and had a kidney removed.	4
train	Florida's Supreme Court has twice refused to hear the case.	Shares of McDonald's and Wendy's continued their recent recovery Monday, rising more than 1 percent on the New York Stock Exchange in afternoon trade.	3.176
train	This northern autumn US trainers will work with soldiers from four North African countries on patrolling and gathering intelligence.	Dealers said the euro's downward momentum may pick up speed should it break below $1.15.	2.75
train	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 3.47 points, or 0.36 percent, to 977.59.	"MediaMax performs EXACTLY as "advertised" to the companies who purchased it," Jacobs said in the statement.	2
train	Only New Jersey now bans holders of learners permits or intermediate licenses from using cell phones, pagers or other wireless devices while driving.	The other semifinal between Guillermo Coria of Argentina and Martin Verkerk of the Netherlands is also compelling.	4.8
train	Lowe's, with about half as many stores, reported a 33 percent increase in third-quarter profit behind a 12 percent jump in same-store sales.	Thirty-four of the men have been arrested and the others are being sought, US Attorney Daniel Bogden said yesterday.	3.6
train	The Conference Board reported its U.S. Consumer Confidence Index slipped to 83.5 in June from 83.6 in May.	Federal officials said the document remained sealed until Thursday morning to allow authorities to make arrests in five Western states.	3.6
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.	Micron's numbers also marked the first quarterly profit in three years for the DRAM manufacturer.	3.5
train	The elderly and those with weakened immune systems are also urged to protect against mosquito bites.	Shares of Express Scripts ESRX.O fell about 4 percent to $66.73 on the Nasdaq in late morning trade.	3.5
train	"People are obviously inconvenienced," said Dr. Jim Young, Ontario's commissioner of public safety.	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.	4.5
train	The MDC called the strike to force Mr Mugabe to either resign or negotiate a settlement of the Zimbabwe crisis.	U.S. forces struck dozens of targets on Monday, killing six guerrillas and arresting 99 others during 1,729 patrols and 25 raids conducted over 24 hours.	3
train	During 2001 and 2002, Morgenthau said, wire transfers from just four of Beacon Hill's 40 accounts totaled more than $3.2 billion.	Both studies are published on Thursday in Nature, the British weekly science journal.	5
train	Jim Williams, director of the US-VISIT project, said that by the middle of November, many arriving passengers in Atlanta will be fingerprinted and photographed.	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.	5
train	Brendsel and chief financial officer Vaughn Clarke resigned June 9.	In a show of corporate solidarity, Kroger Co., which owns Ralphs, and Albertson Inc. locked out their workers the next morning.	3
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.	Twenty-four players broke par in the first round, the third highest figure in U.S. Open history.	3.8
train	By Sunday night, the fires had blackened 277,000 acres, hundreds of miles apart.	Rich Media interactive ad formats doubled their share from 3% in second quarter of 2002, to 6% in the second quarter of 2003.	3.75
train	"It just seems like all the issues that we support, he doesn't," said Gabriela Lemus of LULAC.	The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades endorsed Mr Dean several weeks ago.	4.6
train	People who once thought their blood pressure was fine actually may be well on their way to hypertension under new U.S. guidelines published on Wednesday.	Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 15.66 to 1,046.79, its best advance since Oct. 1, when it gained 22.25.	3.25
train	ISRAELI soldiers knocked down empty mobile homes and water towers in 10 tiny West Bank settlement outposts overnight as part of a US-backed Mideast peace plan.	Harry Potter's latest wizard trick?	5
train	Mr. Heatley, who suffered a broken jaw and torn knee ligaments, faces several charges.	The federal courts have ruled that the monument violates the constitutional ban against state-established religion.	2
train	The new policy gives greatest weight to grades, test scores and a student's high school curriculum.	To force a recall election of Davis, the valid signatures of 897,158 registered California voters must be turned in to election officials.	4.8
train	"Further testing is still under way, but at this stage, given the early detection, the outlook in such instances would be positive," the specialist said yesterday.	Hickenlooper clobbered city Auditor Don Mares, 46, in the Tuesday runoff.	4
train	According to law enforcement officials, the person arrested was a known sophisticated hacker.	The countys first and only human case of West Nile this year was confirmed by health officials on Sept. 8.	3.6
train	Captain Robert Ramsey of the US 1st Armoured Division said a truck had exploded outside the building about 11am, and that one of the compound's outer walls had collapsed.	It may be dying because entrenched interests are positioning themselves to control the Internet's choke-points and they are lobbying the FCC to aid and abet them."	4.6
train	The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield <US10YT=RR> dipped below 4.20 percent on Tuesday.	Peregrine sold its Remedy business unit to BMC Software in November for $355 million.	1.6
train	For the full 12-month period ending June 30, 2003, advanced services lines for ADSL increased by 37 percent and cable modem connections increased by 75 percent.	"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.	1
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.	Rambus Inc. (nasdaq: RMBS - news - people) shot up 38 percent, making it the biggest percentage gainer on the Nasdaq.	3.4
train	Shares in EDS closed on Thursday at $18.51, a gain of 6 cents.	A Caesarean had originally been planned in mid- November, two weeks early.	4
train	"I am proud that I stood against Richard Nixon, not with him," Kerry said.	"I came to Washington basically to establish relationships and make sure we are getting more federal money," Schwarzenegger said after one meeting.	4
train	Allegiant shares rose $4, or $17.2 percent, to $27.43 in Thursday morning trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.	The House has passed bills the past two Congresses, but the Senate has not.	5
train	A Royal Duty is based on his experiences with Diana, Princess of Wales and letters allegedly to and from her.	"I'm going to try to march with a number of different groups," Bloomberg said.	4
train	The new version, W32/Sobig.C-mm, had already reached a "high level" outbreak status by Monday, according to security analysts.	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.	3.75
train	Counties with population declines will be Vermillion, Posey and Madison.	The team has named the sensor Canary, for cellular analysis and notification of antigen risks and yields.	5
train	The British Foreign Office said Monday that coalition authorities in Iraq were pleased that the men were freed.	The product also streams Internet radio and comes with a 30-day free trial for RealNetworks' Rhapsody digital music subscription service.	5
train	Get it all out," says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a national retail consulting firm based in New York City.	The Nasdaq composite index fell 2.95, or 0.2 percent, for the week to 1,912.36 after stumbling 37.78 yesterday.	2
train	Shares of Littleton, Colorado-based EchoStar rose $1.63, or 5.3 percent, to $32.26 at 10:55 a.m.	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.	3.6
train	Ms. Cripps-Prawak left last Friday, two days after the department introduced a plan to distribute medical marijuana through doctors' offices.	According to an arrest warrant, Bryant, 24, attacked a woman on June 30.	3.5
train	The 30-year bond US30YT=RR firmed 31/32, taking its yield to 4.16 percent -- another record low -- from 4.22 percent.	Selenski used the mattress to scale a 10-foot razor wire, Fischi said.	3
train	Antonio Monteiro de Castro, 58, currently director of the group’s Latin America & Caribbean operations, will become chief operating officer from the same date.	An Ohio law that bans a controversial late-term abortion procedure is constitutionally acceptable and the state can enforce it, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday.	2.6
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.	Shares of EDS closed Thursday at $18.51, up 6 cents on the New York Stock Exchange.	3.4
train	Klarman was arrested by FBI agents in the Hamptons, an exclusive summer resort enclave east of New York City.	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.	2.6
train	In a mixture of ancient pagan and modern Christian rites, the villagers have staged a series of ceremonies hoping to erase the misfortunes they believe have kept them poor.	The government recently shelved peace talks being brokered by neighbouring Malaysia after a spate of attacks on Mindanao, including three deadly bombings, that it blamed on the MILF.	2.25
train	Others with such a status are Egypt, Israel, and Australia.	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	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was 0.46 points lower, or 0.05 percent, at 997.02.	With diplomacy heating up in the nearly 10-month-old crisis, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing flies to Japan on Sunday en route to South Korea on August 13.	3.8
train	He playfully chided the Senate's "little bitty tax relief plan."	Police believe Wilson then shot Jennie Mae Robinson once in the head before turning the gun on herself.	2.4
train	I think we made the right case and did the right thing."	Box cutters were the weapons used by the 19 hijackers in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.	2.4
train	From the start, however, the United States' declared goal was not just to topple Saddam but to stabilize Iraq and install a friendly government.	Trouble flared when at least four North Korean reporters rushed from the Taegu media centre to confront a dozen activists protesting against human rights abuses in the North.	3.5
train	U.S. and European leaders pledged on Wednesday to work together to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons, presenting a united front after months of bitter acrimony over Iraq.	They will not elect as president a Democrat who sounds an uncertain trumpet in these dangerous times."	3.25
train	The new companies will begin trading on Nasdaq today under the ticker symbols PLMO and PSRC.	Wal-Mart has told its top 100 suppliers that they'll need to have radio-frequency ID systems in place for tracking pallets of goods through the supply chain by Jan. 25, 2005.	4.2
train	The department ordered an 18.2 percent reduction for Allstate Texas Lloyds and a 12 percent reduction for State Farm Lloyds.	US Airways Flight 5481, which crashed Jan. 8, was judged to be within 100 pounds of its maximum takeoff weight.	3.273
train	The government recently shelved peace talks with the MILF, being brokered by Malaysia, after a string of attacks, including three bombings, on Mindanao.	Scott Dixon eventually made winning the Honda Indy 225 look easy Sunday at Pikes Peak International Raceway.	4.4
train	The fines are part of failed Republican efforts to force or entice the Democrats to return.	In addition, "fewer than 10" FBI offices have conducted investigations involving visits to Islamic mosques, the Justice Department said.	4.75
train	Rusch has also allowed five or more earned runs in each of his last three starts.	He said the attackers left behind leaflets urging workers at the Ishtar Sheraton to stop working at the hotel.	2.588
train	The monkeys could track their progress by watching a schematic representation of the arm and its motions on a video screen.	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.	1.4
train	The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI climbed 164 points, or 1.91 percent, to 8,765.38, brushing its highest levels since mid-January.	In 1995, the last survey, those numbers were equal.	2.75
train	In two weeks, he'll probably send out Peace Rules in the Preakness.	Junya Tanase, forex strategist at JP Morgan Chase, said "I expect Japan to keep conducting intervention, but the volume is likely to fall sharply."	0.75
train	Shares of Allergan fell 14 cents to close at $78.12 on the New York Stock Exchange (news - web sites).	Altria Group Inc. MO.N fell 50 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $41.81.	4.2
train	In connection with the incident, I have acknowledged that I behaved inappropriately."	The latest shooting linked to the spree was a Nov. 11 shooting at Hamilton Township Elementary School in Obetz, about two miles from the freeway.	4.25
train	Waksal has pleaded guilty to securities fraud and is to be sentenced next week.	Mr. Powell told a crowd at a cemetery with a thousand headstones, many of them marking the graves of entire families.	1.75
train	The Nasdaq composite index added 30.46 points, or 2 percent, to 1,520.15.	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.	4.8
train	No. 2 HP saw its Unix server sales dropped 3.6 percent to $1.36 billion.	The S&P 500 had climbed 16 percent since its March low and yesterday closed at its highest since Dec. 2.	4
train	"Spin and manipulative public relations and propaganda are not the answer," it said.	Spitz is expected to testify later for the defense.	1.75
train	Sources say agents confiscated "several" documents he was carrying.	Of the 24 million phone votes cast, Studdard was only 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.	3.25
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.	Analysts polled by Thomson Financial First Call had been expected to see a loss of about 11 cents a share from continuing operations.	3.6