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train	The last time the survey was conducted, in 1995, those numbers matched.	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.	3
train	Supermarket chains facing a possible grocery clerk strike this week accused union leaders Monday of breaking off contract talks prematurely over the weekend.	King County Superior Court Judge Charles Mertel will then recess the trial until Monday.	3.643
train	The CWA, which represents more than 2,300 Comcast employees, called that excessive when a typical union employee makes about $27,000 a year.	He moved to Syria, where he underwent further religious training in traditional Islamic beliefs.	2.75
train	Kids, adults, booksellers and postal workers all are preparing for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	The Fed also said the risks to the economy were biased toward weakness.	3.75
train	So was Edie Falco, the critically praised co-star of "Frankie and Johnny."	Bashir also felt he was being tried by opinion rather than facts of law, he added.	4.8
train	AirTran officials and a Boeing official declined to comment yesterday.	Shares of EDS closed Thursday at $18.51, up 6 cents on the New York Stock Exchange.	2.6
train	Republicans had pledged to complete a Medicare drug package by August, then extended the deadline to Oct. 17, and they are still working on it.	On Tuesday, a Florida appeals court again refused to block removal of the tube.	3.25
train	"Unlike many early-stage Internet firms, Google is believed to be profitable.	Amnesty International said that over the past 20 years it had collected information about 17,000 disappearances in Iraq.	4.5
train	Several states and the federal government later passed similar or more strict bans.	The MDC called the week-long protest to urge Mugabe either to resign or to negotiate a settlement of the crisis gripping the country.	4.6
train	Revenues for "The Hulk" came in well below those of last month's Marvel Comics adaptation, "X2: X-Men United," which grossed $85.6 million in its opening weekend.	Klarman was charged with 16 counts of wire fraud.	4.5
train	Those conversations had not taken place as of Tuesday night, according to an Oracle spokeswoman.	The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI tacked on 97 points, or 1.14 percent, to 8,699.	5
train	Additionally, the h2210’s cradle has room to charge a second battery.	The number of households acquiring music fell from a high of 14.5 million in April to 12.7 million in May and 10.4 million in June, according to NPD.	0.75
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.	Shares of Allergan were up 14 cents at $78.40 in late trading on the New York Stock Exchange.	3.6
train	The plane was estimated to be within 100 pounds of its maximum takeoff weight.	Asked if he felt any regret about theOctober 12 attack, the answer was an adamant "no".	3.25
train	VeriSign introduced its Site Finder service on Sept. 15.	The company's chief executive retired and chief financial officer resigned.	4.4
train	The military said it had killed 12 rebels and captured nine in the campaign so far, for the loss of six soldiers wounded.	"Saddam is gone, but we want the (U.S.) occupation to end."	3.6
train	Investigators uncovered a 4-inch bone fragment from beneath the concrete slab Thursday, but it turned out to be an animal bone, authorities said.	The Hispanic population increased by 9.8per cent from the April 2000 census figures, despite less favourable social and economic conditions than in the 1990s.	4.4
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.	The scientist also quarantined himself at home as soon as he developed SARS symptoms, officials said.	3
train	The bank's shares fell 45 cents in trading yesterday to $91.51 per share.	He refused to say what percentage of domestic flights had security officers on board.	2.6
train	Board Chancellor Robert Bennett declined to comment on personnel matters Tuesday.	The letter bomb sent to Prodi exploded in his hands but he was unhurt.	3
train	By state law, 911 calls are not public information and were not released.	Through Sunday, Sept. 21, Site Finder has been visited over 65 million times by Internet users.	3.25
train	Higher courts have ruled that the tablets broke the constitutional separation of church and state.	Chante Jawaon Mallard, 27, is charged with murder and tampering with evidence.	3
train	The House voted 425 to 2 to clear the bill, the first of 13 that Congress must pass each year to fund the federal government.	It added it had "co-operated fully" with police since November.	4
train	Colgate shares closed Monday at $56.30 on the New York Stock Exchange.	LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said that meant the cable could be used "as we see fit.	3.25
train	The new companies will begin trading on Nasdaq today under the ticker symbols PLMO and PSRC.	In that case, the court held that the city of Cincinnati had violated the First Amendment in banning, in the interest of aesthetics, only the advertising pamphlets.	5
train	The upcoming second-quarter earnings season will be particularly important in offering investors guidance, they say.	The report also claims that there will be up to 9.3 million visitors to hot spots this year, up again from the meagre 2.5 million in 2002.	5
train	Bulger's brother is now on the agency's ''10 Most Wanted'' list, sought in connection with 21 murders.	She took the highly unusual step of skipping cabinet to attend a meeting with the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda.	5
train	The boy also sprayed the room full of retardant from fire extinguishers, which made it hard to see, the chief said.	Halliburton shares fell 54 cents, or 2.4 percent, to $21.76 a share in midday New York Stock Exchange trade.	4
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.	Corixa's stock barely flinched on the news, dipping 12 cents to close at $6.88.	4.2
train	The router will be available in the first quarter of 2004 and will cost around $200, the company said.	He added: "There is no doubt about the chemical programme, the biological programme and indeed the nuclear weapons programme.	3.25
train	Licensing revenue slid 21 percent, however, to $107.6 million.	"What has happened to you, sir, by way of punishment, is certainly more than enough," Covello said.	3
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.	The fire spread to several surrounding structures on the property and destroyed them as deputies held back firefighters.	3.8
train	The company posted a profit of $54.3 million, or 22 cents per share, in the year-ago period.	One man had brandished an English-Turkish dictionary and pointed to the word "refugee".	2.667
train	Fighting erupted after four North Korean journalists confronted a dozen South Korean activists protesting human rights abuses in the North outside the main media centre.	A Caesarean had originally been planned in mid- November, two weeks early.	4.8
train	Wal-Mart estimates more than 100 million Americans visit their stores every week.	We don't need a little bitty tax relief plan.	3.417
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.	Innocent or not, "she's damaged goods," said Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a national retail consulting firm in New York.	3
train	The government recently shelved peace talks with the MILF, being brokered by Malaysia, after a string of attacks, including three bombings, on Mindanao.	Several shots rang out Wednesday night, but no gators were killed then.	3.75
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.	"We're being hyper-vigilant," said Dr. James Young, Ontario's commissioner of public safety.	4.4
train	In addition, the Justice Department said that the FBI has conducted ''fewer than 10'' investigations involving visits to mosques.	Altria Group Inc. MO.N fell 50 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $41.81.	4
train	On Sunday, a U.S. soldier was killed and another injured in southern Iraq when a munitions dump exploded.	Hickenlooper clobbered city Auditor Don Mares, 46, in the Tuesday runoff.	2.75
train	Shares of McDonald's Corp. and Wendy's International Inc. continued a modest run-up on the New York Stock Exchange Monday.	The other semifinal between Guillermo Coria of Argentina and Martin Verkerk of the Netherlands is also compelling.	2.6
train	Excluding the charges, analysts, on average, expected a loss of 11 cents a share.	"I know this sounds counterintuitive, but it's true: City-grown pollution -- and ozone in particular -- is tougher on country trees," U.S. ecologist Jillian Gregg said.	4
train	Michael Bloomberg, NYC Mayor: "I'm gonna try march with a number of different groups.	British Airways plans to retire its seven Concordes at the end of October.	3.75
train	Complicating the situation is the presence of battle-hardened Liberians who have been fighting on both sides.	Former model Lady McCartney lost a leg in a road accident in 1993 and is understood to have steel plates fitted in her hips which would make natural childbirth difficult.	3.6
train	Gemstar's shares gathered up 2.6 percent, adding 14 cents to $5.49 at the close.	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.	4
train	Police using pepper spray arrested 12 people Monday night at a march and rally by about 400 activists protesting an annual training seminar of the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit.	"But at this stage, given the early detection, the outlook in such instances would be positive," he said.	3.2
train	The consumer group generated $4.47 billion of profit and $20 billion of revenue from January to June, 53% of Citigroup's profit and revenue.	But other sources close to the sale said Vivendi was keeping the door open for further bids in the next day or two.	2
train	Richard Miller remained hospitalized after undergoing a liver transplant, but his wife has recovered.	Republicans had pledged to complete a Medicare drug package by August, then extended it to Oct. 17.	1
train	Mr. Turner transferred about 10 million shares to a charitable trust before they were sold.	The McLean, Virginia-based company said newspaper revenue increased 5 percent to $1.46 billion.	3.6
train	The valid signatures of 897,158 registered California voters must be collected and turned in to county election officials by Sept. 2.	Morales, who pleaded guilty in July, expressed "sincere regret and remorse" for his crimes.	2.8
train	Russ Britt is the Los Angeles Bureau Chief for CBS.MarketWatch.com.	Those talks have not taken place, according to an Oracle spokeswoman.	4.2
train	Selenski descended down the wall and used the mattress to climb over razor wire.	More than 130 people have been arrested and $17 million worth of property seized in an Internet fraud sweep announced Friday by three U.S. government agencies.	2.4
train	Graham is expected to be nominated and elected to a second one-year term today and will deliver the presidential address.	The network will drop one edition of "Dateline," its newsmagazine franchise.	4.6
train	Nine seconds later, it broke the sound barrier and continued its steep powered ascent.	Harry Potter's latest wizard trick?	4.4
train	The benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR lost 11/32 in price, taking its yield to 3.21 percent from 3.17 percent late on Monday.	Early Monday, insurgents threw a homemade bomb at a U.S. convoy in northern Baghdad, killing an American soldier.	2.4
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 injured passenger at John Peter Smith died later in the morning; his name has not been released, Jones said.	3.4
train	The new sensor -- dubbed CANARY for ''cellular analysis and notification of antigen risks and yields'' -- hijacks this natural process with two important changes.	Democrats dominate the Assembly while Republicans control the Senate.	3
train	Florida's Supreme Court has twice refused to hear the case.	It generated $4.47 billion of profit and $20 billion of revenue in the year's first half, 53 percent of Citigroup's totals.	3.8
train	With diplomacy heating up in the nearly 10-month-old nuclear crisis, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing is slated to visit South Korea from August 13 to 15.	Vermillion, Posey and Madison County populations will decline.	3.4
train	The company didn't detail the costs of the replacement and repairs.	BlueCore3-Multimedia contains an open platform DSP co-processor and also includes a 16-bit stereo audio codec with dual ADC and DAC for stereo audio.	3
train	The updated products include Pylon Pro, Pylon Conduit, Pylon Anywhere, and Pylon Application Server.	CBS said the show "does not present a balanced portrayal of the Reagans for CBS and its audience.	3
train	She asked to be excused from last week's Cabinet session to prepare for a meeting with the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda.	She, in turn, occasionally told John that she was still sleeping with an ex-boyfriend, "Baywatch" hunk Michael Bergin.	2.4
train	"Spending taxpayer dollars to create terrorism betting parlors is as wasteful as it is repugnant," they announced at a press conference yesterday.	"This case is wholly without merit, both factually and legally," Judge Denny Chin scoffed.	3.75
train	The BlueCore3-Multimedia includes a 16-bit stereo audio CODEC with dual ADC and DAC for stereo audio.	The technique is used during the second and, occasionally, third trimester of pregnancy.	2.75
train	The American decision provoked an angry reaction from the European Commission, which described the move as "legally unwarranted, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful".	Tour doctors later confirmed that he had broken his right leg near the hip and also sustained wrist and elbow fractures.	1.4
train	"I'm not going to be sponsoring it because it is not our proposal but I'm not going to be negative about it".	The pressure will intensify today, with national coverage of the final round planned by ESPN and words that are even more difficult.	3.25
train	Forecasters said warnings might go up for Cuba later Thursday.	Despite problems in the job market, the latest snapshot of the labor markets was slightly better than economists were expecting.	3.8
train	"I expect Japan to keep conducting intervention, but the volume is likely to fall sharply," said Junya Tanase, forex strategist at JP Morgan Chase.	Spansion Flash memory solutions are available worldwide from AMD and Fujitsu.	3
train	Lawyers and others familiar with the federal investigation say it remains focused on Campbell, though prosecutors declined to discuss the probe.	But neither he nor Peace Rules could keep Funny Cide from drawing away.	4
train	Amgen shares gained 93 cents, or 1.45 percent, to $65.05 in afternoon trading on Nasdaq.	The currency briefly weakened on Monday morning but rebounded to trade at 55.25/29, little changed from Friday.	2.333
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.	DRINKING green tea can dramatically reduce the risk of men contracting prostate cancer, a study by Australian researchers has discovered.	3.5
train	Plofsky said the commission won't investigate because the three-year statute of limitations has expired.	Griffith, 77, grew up in Mount Airy and now lives in Manteo.	1.4
train	Amnesty International has said that over the past 20 years it has collected information about 17,000 disappearances in Iraq but the actual figure may be much higher.	The crates are full of hardback copies of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	4
train	Ms Lafferty's lawyer, Thomas Ezzell, told a Kentucky newspaper: "My understanding of this is that there is a lower percentage of successful impregnations with frozen.	Texas Instruments climbed $US1.37 to $US19.25 and Novellus Systems advanced $US1.76 to $US36.31, each having been raised to "overweight" by Lehman.	3.75
train	The Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 4.77, or 0.5 percent, to 929.62.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> shed 2.38 points, or 0.24 percent, at 995.10.	3.333
train	The man accused of using fake grenades to commandeer a Cuban plane that landed in Key West in April was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison.	Details on pricing will be announced within a few weeks, McBride said.	4.8
train	Caldera acquired the Unix server software of the original SCO and changed its name to the SCO Group.	Vivendi shares were 0.3 percent up at 15.62 euros in Paris at 0841 GMT.	2.5
train	"We hope all parties will continue to make efforts and continue the process of dialogue," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.	Thirty-four of the men have been arrested and the others are being sought, US Attorney Daniel Bogden said yesterday.	4.8
train	But Forest, the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, said: ''Mention the word prohibition and everyone knows what happened there.	On Monday, Abbey trotted on stage, tail wagging, with Conway before a crowd of 10,000 attendees at PeopleSoft's annual customer conference.	3.8
train	"There is the real potential for a secondary collapse," Gov. James McGreevey said.	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.	4.4
train	He refused to reveal what percentage of flights carried sky marshals, or whether they would be increased.	Nvidia will take advantage of MediaQ customers, which include such players as Siemens AG, Sharp, Philips, Dell, Mitsubishi and Sony Corp.	3.25
train	A new study, conducted in Europe, found the medicine worked just as well as an earlier disputed study, sponsored by ImClone Systems, said it did.	Ridge said that no actual explosives or other harmful substances will be used.	2.5
train	The Episcopal Church ''is alienating itself from the Anglican Communion,'' said the Very Rev. Peter Karanja, provost of the All Saints Cathedral, in Nairobi.	Scott Dixon eventually made winning the Honda Indy 225 look easy Sunday at Pikes Peak International Raceway.	2.4
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.	He and the other lawyers planned to stay until the river starts receding.	4.8
train	AFTRA members approved the merger by a vote of 75.88% to 24.12%.	Steve Squyres, a Cornell University scientist, is principal investigator for the missions' science instruments.	2.8
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.	Tito Barbini, a regional minister for agriculture in Tuscany, Italy, criticized the absence Tuesday in Sacramento.	3.6
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.	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.	3.8
train	Squyres is principal investigator for the Athena payload - a collection of science instruments carted by each rover.	Organizers established a Web site, http://defacerschallenge.com, listing in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate.	5
train	The tech-laced Nasdaq Composite Index gained 2.90 points, or 0.18 percent, to 1,606.87.	"If you pass this bill," Rep. John Mabry Jr., D-Waco, told colleagues, "Big Brother will be watching you."	3.6
train	From Broadway comedies like "The Seven Year Itch" (1952), "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"	Moore of Alabama says he will appeal his case to the nation's highest court.	2.75
train	School officials said Van-Vliet reported the accident using the bus’ radio.	"He hasn't got much choice," said the Bishop of Armidale, Peter Brain.	2.75
train	"I'm real excited to be a Cleveland Cavalier," James said.	A poll released this week showed that the FBI bugging of the mayor has given a boost to his re-election effort.	3
train	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was 0.46 points lower, or 0.05 percent, at 997.02.	He said the attackers left behind leaflets urging workers at the Ishtar Sheraton to stop working at the hotel.	3
train	If convicted of the spying charges, he could face the death penalty.	The benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR lost 11/32 in price, taking its yield to 3.21 percent from 3.17 percent late on Monday.	1.75
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.	Two federal agencies are investigating telecommunications gear maker Lucent Technologies for possible violations of U.S. bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia.	3.5
train	The American Stock Exchange biotech index .BTK surged 5 percent.	"IT is the only vehicle on which established economies will be able to compete" with fast-growing economies such as China and India, Barrett said.	5
train	"But HRT should not be used to prevent heart disease or any other chronic condition."	The S&P 500 had climbed 16 percent since its March low and yesterday closed at its highest since Dec. 2.	3
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.	But for the elderly and those with weakened immune systems, it can be fatal.	3.6
train	"Spin and manipulative public relations and propaganda are not the answer," it said.	Kernan, who was O'Bannon's lieutenant governor, friend and political partner, was sworn in six hours after O'Bannon died Saturday.	4
train	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> gave up 11.91 points, or 1.19 percent, at 986.60.	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.	2.2