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train	A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that Congress can force the nation's public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters.	Democrats dominate the Assembly while Republicans control the Senate.	4.25
train	Also weighing on the market was news that General Motors GM.N planned to issue $10 billion in debt, in part to plug a hole in its pension plan.	Klarman was charged with 16 counts of wire fraud.	2.8
train	The Bishop of Armidale, Peter Brain, was forthright.	Klarman was arrested by FBI agents Monday morning at his home in New York.	3.75
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.	Playwright George Axelrod, who anticipated the sexual revolution with The Seven Year Itch and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?	3.25
train	But Forest, the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, said: ''Mention the word prohibition and everyone knows what happened there.	In seeking leniency, Waksal apologized to the court, his employees and his family.	2.4
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 Arizona-based ISM reported Monday that its non-manufacturing index rose to 50.7 last month, from 47.9 in March.	2.5
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.	3.25
train	Oracle Corp's Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison didn't rule out sweetening the company's unsolicited offer to acquire rival PeopleSoft Inc.	Corixa's stock barely flinched on the news, dipping 12 cents to close at $6.88.	3.5
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.	She also pledged to bring peace to Iraq: "Americans don't cut and run, we have to see this misadventure through."	2.75
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.	Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez said investigators felt confident that with the arrests they had "at least one of the fires resolved."	3.6
train	A poll showed that the FBI bugging of the mayor had given a boost to his reelection effort against GOP opponent Sam Katz.	British Airways plans to retire its seven Concordes at the end of October.	3
train	Dealers said the single currency's downward momentum against the dollar could pick up speed if it broke below $1.15.	The sales leave Mr. Turner with about 45 million shares in AOL.	1.75
train	After Freitas' opening statement, King County Superior Court Judge Charles Mertel recessed trial until after the Thanksgiving weekend.	Excluding patent litigation, RIM's loss for the quarter was $700,000, or 1 cent per share.	4.4
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.	Amnesty International said that over the past 20 years it had collected information about 17,000 disappearances in Iraq.	3.75
train	Mr. Mask said Mr. Cullen would be taken from the Somerset County Jail by Thursday and moved to the Ann Klein Forensic Hospital just outside Trenton for psychiatric care.	Barbini said the EU may reach a compromise but it wants a system for labeling such foods, something the industry has resisted.	1.4
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.	Vermillion, Posey and Madison County populations will decline.	4.6
train	Beleaguered telecommunications gear maker Lucent Technologies is being investigated by two federal agencies for possible violations of U.S. bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia.	She insisted, though, that it not be published until after her death.	3.5
train	Kroger Co., which owns Ralphs, and Albertsons Inc. bargain jointly with Safeway and locked out their union workers the next day.	Gemstar shares moved higher on the news, closing up 2.6 percent at $5.49 on Nasdaq.	2.8
train	The index, which measures activity in the service sector, climbed to 50.7 last month from 47.9 in March.	His protest led to a 47-hour standoff with police that caused huge traffic jams in downtown Washington and northern Virginia.	4
train	In that case, the court held that Cincinnati had violated the First Amendment in banning only the advertising pamphlets in the interest of aesthetics.	To force a recall election of Davis, the valid signatures of 897,158 registered California voters must be turned in to election officials.	4
train	Young has 28 days to file a response and ask the NASD for a hearing.	The MDC called the week-long protest to urge Mugabe either to resign or to negotiate a settlement of the crisis gripping the country.	5
train	The first health-care worker in the country to die of SARS was a Filipina-Canadian who contracted the disease at North York General Hospital, the site of the second outbreak.	Moore of Alabama says he will appeal his case to the nation's highest court.	4.25
train	She asked to be excused from last week's Cabinet session to prepare for a meeting with the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda.	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	Plofsky said the commission won't investigate because the three-year statute of limitations has expired.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was up 7.42 points, or 0.45 percent, at 1,653.44.	3.857
train	Peace Rules defeated Funny Cide in the Louisiana Derby.	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	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.	The union said it would reveal later which chain would be targeted.	3
train	"We hope all parties will continue to make efforts and continue the process of dialogue," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.	US Airways Flight 5481, which crashed Jan. 8, was judged to be within 100 pounds of its maximum takeoff weight.	3.4
train	He allowed two runs in seven innings and struck out six.	He said he also expects to have the support of lawmakers from other agricultural states.	3
train	Nine seconds later, it broke the sound barrier and continued its steep powered ascent.	Thousands of revellers, celebrating the decision, vowed to push for more legal rights, including same-sex marriages.	3.5
train	The BlueCore3-Multimedia includes a 16-bit stereo audio CODEC with dual ADC and DAC for stereo audio.	The virus killed 44 people in the Toronto area, including one doctor and two nurses.	4.4
train	Mr Alibek said: "Our outcomes are very encouraging.	Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports, he said.	2.4
train	Turkish authorities have said all the suicide bombers were Turks.	At 12 months, there was still a difference between the groups, but it was not considered significant.	1.5
train	Douglas Robinson, a senior vice president of finance, will take over as chief financial officer on an interim basis.	Mr Levine said she had been offered $400,000 to tell her story to an Australian TV network.	2
train	He had been arrested twice before for trespassing and barred from the complex - home to his mother and two children.	The Communications Workers Union, which represents more than 2,300 Comcast employees, called the executive pay package excessive when a typical union employee makes about $27,000 annually.	4.8
train	The bank's shares fell 45 cents in trading yesterday to $91.51 per share.	Hollywood actor Robert De Niro has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his spokesman said today.	0.889
train	The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was off 58.69 points, or 0.64 percent, at 9,137.86.	Police believe Wilson then shot Jennie Mae Robinson once in the head before turning the gun on herself.	3
train	In April, it had forecast operating earnings in the range of 60 to 80 cents a share.	He refused to say what percentage of domestic flights had security officers on board.	3.25
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.	France Telecom shares dropped 3.6 percent while Orange surged 13 percent.	3.2
train	I think we made the right case and did the right thing."	Despite problems in the job market, the latest snapshot of the labor markets was slightly better than economists were expecting.	3.75
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.	IBM shares closed up $1.75, or 2.11 percent, at $84.50 on the New York Stock Exchange.	4.5
train	As a result, 24 players broke par in the first round.	The boy fired once into a wall and sprayed the room with fire extinguishers, making it hard to see, the chief said.	3.4
train	Her lawyer Donald Levine told The Telegraph she had been offered $US250,000 to tell her story exclusively to Australian TV.	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.	3.4
train	Looking to buy the latest Harry Potter?	"The clear message is it should not be used to prevent cardiovascular disease," Manson said.	3.5
train	"Tomorrow at the Mission Inn, I have the opportunity to congratulate the governor-elect of the great state of California.	It added it had "co-operated fully" with police since November.	3.75
train	Agents found more than 1,000 credit cards and credit card duplicating machines during a search of Ragin's address.	Maximum sustained winds were around 40 mph, with stronger gusts.	5
train	Mr. Heatley, who suffered a broken jaw and torn knee ligaments, faces several charges.	Druce last night was held in isolation at the same prison.	4
train	The leading actress nod went to energetic newcomer Marissa Jaret Winokur as Edna's daughter Tracy.	That was up from the year-ago quarter, when the company earned $54.3 million, or 22 cents a share.	5
train	The WiFi potties were to be unveiled this summer, at music festivals in Britain.	Altria Group Inc. MO.N fell 50 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $41.81.	5
train	He playfully chided the Senate's "little bitty tax relief plan."	He crawled through a narrow, winding canyon, rappelled down a 60-foot cliff, and walked some six miles down the canyon near Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah.	2.5
train	"These changes may affect a large number of existing Web pages," the statement continued.	"It just seems like all the issues that we support he doesn't," said Gabriela Lemus, the league's director of policy and legislation.	1.333
train	The best-performing stock was Altria Group Inc., which rose more than 27 percent to close at $42.31 a share.	I am not giving any consideration to resignation," Shumaker said in a statement.	3.8
train	Apple Computer's new online music service sold more than 1 million songs during its first week of operation, the company said Monday.	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.	3.75
train	The Portuguese weather service said Europe's heatwave was caused by a mass of hot, dry air moving from the southeast.	Dusty had surgery for cancer in 2001 and had a kidney removed.	3.2
train	Rich media doubled its share, increasing from 3% in Q2 2002 to 6% in Q2 2003.	"I'm really excited about going to Cleveland," James told ESPN.com.	3
train	The Winston-Salem, North Carolina company opened six stores during the quarter, bringing the total to 282.	Micron's numbers also marked the first quarterly profit in three years for the DRAM manufacturer.	4.75
train	According to law enforcement officials, the person arrested was a known sophisticated hacker.	According to law enforcement officials, the individual decrypted passwords on the server.	0.8
train	Vivendi shares closed 3.8 percent up in Paris at 15.78 euros.	Zambrano pitched seven innings and allowed two runs on five hits and four walks.	2.625
train	The launch coincides with the JavaOne developers' conference in San Francisco this week.	Bishop O'Brien, aged 67, had told police he thought he had hit a dog or cat.	3.4
train	Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports of dead blue jays and crows, Jayroe said.	Prices for Treasury securities also rose, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note falling to 4.19 percent.	4.4
train	At midnight on Wednesday, 68 percent of voters said "no" to the tax, with 97 percent of the votes counted.	"What is happening here is that people who have opposed this action throughout are trying to find fresh reasons why it was not the right thing to do."	4.6
train	"Saddam is gone, but we want the (U.S.) occupation to end," said Hit resident Abu Qasim.	Nvidia will take advantage of MediaQ customers, which include such players as Siemens AG, Sharp, Philips, Dell, Mitsubishi and Sony Corp.	3.25
train	Rusch has also allowed five or more earned runs in each of his last three starts.	Nations like Israel and Australia already have such status.	3.75
train	Some 95 million Americans -- half of all households -- invest in mutual funds.	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
train	He also said the academy will get its own internal report next week detailing the seriousness of the remaining problem.	In a show of corporate solidarity, Kroger Co., which owns Ralphs, and Albertson Inc. locked out their workers the next morning.	3.6
train	The 30-year bond US30YT=RR firmed 31/32, taking its yield to 4.16 percent -- another record low -- from 4.22 percent.	The security personnel performed ``well within standards'' and the two staff aides were ``very sorry all this happened,'' Gainer said.	3.25
train	It later emerged that he had broken his right thigh and bones in his right wrist and elbow.	Further out the curve, the benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR shed 18/32 in price, taking its yield to 3.24 percent from 3.17 percent.	3.2
train	He was tracked to Atlanta where he was arrested on Tuesday night.	But company officials expect the costs of the replacement work to run into the millions of dollars.	3.5
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.	Thirty-four of the men have been arrested and the others are being sought, US Attorney Daniel Bogden said yesterday.	3
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.	U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman kicks off the three-day Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology on Monday.	3.6
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.	Families stuck on the highway were being urged to remain in their cars, and to use their cell phones only in case of emergency.	2.588
train	Mr Pollard said: "This is a terrible personal tragedy and a shocking blow for James's family.	Bush said U.S. and European Union leaders, at an annual Washington summit, agreed on the need to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons.	4
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.	Federal officials said the document remained sealed until Thursday morning to allow authorities to make arrests in five Western states.	3
train	Doctors had planned to deliver him two weeks early, on or around November 14.	The intervention force will confiscate weapons, reform the police, strengthen the courts and prison system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry.	2.4
train	She survives him as do their four children -- sons Anthony and Kelly, daughters Linda Hope and Nora Somers -- and four grandchildren.	The other semifinal between Guillermo Coria of Argentina and Martin Verkerk of the Netherlands is also compelling.	1.4
train	Counties with population declines will be Vermillion, Posey and Madison.	"We're being hyper-vigilant," said Dr. James Young, Ontario's commissioner of public safety.	3.75
train	Another big gainer was Rambus Inc. (nasdaq: RMBS - news - people), which shot 32 percent higher.	Shares of M&T, which is based in Buffalo, fell 41 cents, to $91.51.	4
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.	The system is priced from US$1.1 million to $22.4 million, depending on configuration.	3
train	The American Stock Exchange biotech index .BTK surged 5 percent.	"We condemn this raid which is in our view illegal and morally and politically unjustifiable," London-based NCRI official Ali Safavi told Reuters by telephone.	3.2
train	Announcing the selection, Kmart CEO Julian Day said Grey will help the retailer "find creative ways to communicate the unique strengths of Kmart to the new America consumer."	Forest, the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, said it had greeted The Lancet's call with "amusement and disbelief'".	2.75
train	Colgate shares closed Monday at $56.30 on the New York Stock Exchange.	House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., says he is sensitive to civil liberties complaints.	3.8
train	The weather service reported maximum sustained winds of nearly 105 miles an hour with stronger gusts.	Tour doctors later confirmed that he had broken his right leg near the hip and also sustained wrist and elbow fractures.	5
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.	Also hurting was news General Motors GM.N was to issue $10 billion in debt, in part to plug a hole in its pension plan.	3.4
train	On Sunday, a U.S. soldier was killed and another injured in southern Iraq when a munitions dump exploded.	He had been arrested twice before for trespassing and was barred from the complex.	4.5
train	The Nasdaq composite index advanced 20.59, or 1.3 percent, to 1,616.50, after gaining 5.7 percent last week.	Under NASD regulations, Mr. Young can file a response and request a hearing before an NASD panel.	3.333
train	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was off 58.69 points, or 0.64 percent, at 9,137.86.	In his letter, McBride charges the Free Software Foundation and Red Hat with trying to undermine U.S. copyright laws.	3.8
train	John Hickenlooper had 65 percent of the vote to 35 percent for City Auditor Don Mares.	The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's original application in December 2001, saying the trial had been sloppily conducted.	2.5
train	This year the Audubon Society once again hosts its annual Christmas Bird Count.	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.	3.6
train	SCO says the pricing terms for a license will not be announced for weeks.	"I came to Washington basically to establish relationships and make sure we are getting more federal money," Schwarzenegger said after one meeting.	3.2
train	Forecasters said warnings might go up for Cuba later Thursday.	The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX shed 0.17 of a point, or just 0.02 percent, to 934.	2.2
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.	The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC shed 8 points, or 0.45 percent, to 1,645.	3.5
train	Others with such a status are Egypt, Israel, and Australia.	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 79.43 points, or 0.86 percent, to 9,117.12 on Friday.	3
train	Joining Stern and McEntee on stage was International Union of Painters and Allied Trades President James Williams.	"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.	2.75
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.	The currency briefly weakened on Monday morning but rebounded to trade at 55.25/29, little changed from Friday.	3.333
train	Higher courts have ruled that the tablets broke the constitutional separation of church and state.	"This is America, my friends, and it should not happen here."	3
train	Its former chief Mickey Robinson was fired for cause when he left in September, the company said.	The Korean Air deal is expected to be finalized "in the next several weeks," Boeing spokesman Bob Saling said.	3.75
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.	Through Sunday, Sept. 21, Site Finder has been visited over 65 million times by Internet users.	3.8
train	She had only a single condition, that the book not be published until her death.	Cisco executives were encouraged by $1.3 billion in cash flow and the increase in net income, but said they remained ``cautiously optimistic'' about a rebound.	1.667
train	Linda Saunders pleaded guilty in federal court to six charges, including extortion, money laundering and conspiracy.	The panel will not begin a formal investigation because the statute of limitations has expired, Plofsky said.	1
train	But other sources close to the sale said Vivendi was keeping the door open to further bids and hoped to see bidders interested in individual assets team up.	Marissa Jaret Winokur, as Tracy, won for best actress in a musical.	4
train	Florida's Supreme Court has twice refused to hear the case.	Kernan, who was O'Bannon's lieutenant governor, friend and political partner, was sworn in six hours after O'Bannon died Saturday.	3.8