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train	The Dodgers won their sixth consecutive game their longest win streak since 2001 as they edged Colorado, 3-2, Wednesday in front of a crowd of 25,332 at Dodger Stadium.	Kernan, who was O'Bannon's lieutenant governor, friend and political partner, was sworn in six hours after O'Bannon died Saturday.	3.6
train	Kroger Co., which owns Ralphs, and Albertsons Inc. bargain jointly with Safeway and locked out their union workers the next day.	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
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.	Altria Group Inc. MO.N fell 50 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $41.81.	4.2
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.	On Tuesday, a Florida appeals court again refused to block removal of the tube.	3
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.	The New Democrats also renewed their commitment to no health-care privatization and no premiums.	3.2
train	Dusty had battled kidney cancer for more than a year.	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.	1.75
train	And when asked if he felt regret or guilt about the attack his answer was an adamant "no".	Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports, he said.	2.6
train	He refused to reveal what percentage of flights carried sky marshals, or whether they would be increased.	She, in turn, occasionally told John that she was still sleeping with an ex-boyfriend, "Baywatch" hunk Michael Bergin.	3
train	School officials said Van-Vliet reported the accident using the bus’ radio.	Details on pricing will be announced within a few weeks, McBride said.	3.5
train	Meningitis is an infection of the spinal cord fluid and the tissue around the brain.	Organizers established a Web site, http://defacerschallenge.com, listing in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate.	2.4
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".	"I'm going to try to march with a number of different groups," Bloomberg said.	2.25
train	The dollar fell as low as $1.1624 per euro from $1.1486 on Friday, and traded at $1.1594 at 10:15 a.m. in London.	The crates are full of hardback copies of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	4.8
train	The helicopter burst into flames upon impact, according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office.	The meat, poultry, butter, cheese and nuts were being stored by more than 100 wholesalers in Chicago.	3
train	Microsoft has identified the freely distributed Linux software as one of the biggest threats to its sales.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> shed 2.38 points, or 0.24 percent, at 995.10.	4.6
train	In April, it had forecast operating earnings in the range of 60 to 80 cents a share.	The other semifinal between Guillermo Coria of Argentina and Martin Verkerk of the Netherlands is also compelling.	3.4
train	Before it was removed, the site listed in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate.	The matter could then be sent to the U.N. Security Council.	5
train	The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 19.67, or 1.3 percent, to 1523.71, its highest since June 18.	He had been arrested twice before for trespassing and was barred from the complex.	4.6
train	According to SunnComm's Peter Jacobs, "MediaMax performs exactly as 'advertised' to the companies who purchased it.	International rescue workers hacked desperately through flattened debris for survivors and cemeteries overflowed in Iran's ancient Silk Road city of Bam yesterday.	2.75
train	The bishop told police he thought he had hit a dog or a cat or that someone had thrown a rock at his vehicle.	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.	1.4
train	The Bishop of Armidale, Peter Brain, was forthright.	The upgrade will be available as a free download for current customers with SmarNet support in January 2004.	4.6
train	Turkish authorities have said all the suicide bombers were Turks.	France Telecom shares dropped 3.6 percent while Orange surged 13 percent.	4.733
train	The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that an Ohio law banning a controversial late-term abortion method passes constitutional muster and the state can enforce it.	The Dodgers won their sixth consecutive game and seventh in their last nine as they beat Colorado 3-2 on Wednesday in front of a crowd of 25,332 at Dodger Stadium.	3
train	Hilsenrath and Klarman each were indicted on three counts of securities fraud.	Amazon and the New York attorney general's office have already settled with one of the alleged e-mail forgers.	3.25
train	The tech-loaded Nasdaq composite rose 20.96 points to 1595.91, ending at its highest level for 12 months.	"My understanding of this is that there is a lower percentage of successful impregnations with frozen," Ezzell said.	3.6
train	She had only a single condition, that the book not be published until her death.	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.	3.25
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.	The royal household was bracing itself for any more revelations in A Royal Duty, based on the former servant’s time with Diana, Princess of Wales.	4
train	Such a step could put the issue before the UN Security Council.	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.	3.2
train	Along with chipmaker Intel, the companies include Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Gateway Inc. and Nokia Corp.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> gained 5.51 points, or 0.56 percent, to 981.73.	1.333
train	The British Foreign Office said Monday that coalition authorities in Iraq were pleased that the men were freed.	Frankel said Peace Rules will run in the Preakness Stakes on May 17.	4.091
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.	The currency briefly weakened on Monday morning but rebounded to trade at 55.25/29, little changed from Friday.	3.857
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.	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.	3.4
train	The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was off 58.69 points, or 0.64 percent, at 9,137.86.	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 ADRs fell 10 cents to $28.95 at 10:06 a.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading today.	"Spending taxpayer dollars to create terrorism betting parlors is as wasteful as it is repugnant," Wyden and Dorgan said Monday in a letter to the Pentagon.	3.833
train	Two convicted killers and another inmate escaped from a state prison on a busy street Wednesday by cutting through a fence, a Corrections Department official said.	They say second-quarter earnings reports will be key in giving investors that guidance.	3
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.	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.	2.8
train	Both devices implement the v1.2 standard's eSCO facility to provide the basis for new cordless telephony applications.	She insisted, though, that it not be published until after her death.	4.25
train	Bond bulls would like the Fed to recognize that risks are biased toward economic weakness.	Home Depot reported a 22 percent jump in third-quarter profit behind a nearly 8 percent rise in same-store sales.	4.8
train	"But HRT should not be used to prevent heart disease or any other chronic condition."	While waiting for a bomb squad to arrive, the bomb exploded, killing Wells.	1.4
train	The Conference Board reported its U.S. Consumer Confidence Index slipped to 83.5 in June from 83.6 in May.	Innocent or not, "she's damaged goods," said Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a national retail consulting firm in New York.	4.4
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.	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."	3.4
train	A poll showed that the FBI bugging of the mayor had given a boost to his reelection effort against GOP opponent Sam Katz.	"However, we are not certain about the outcome of the discussion at this moment."	2.5
train	Police launched an international hunt for Shevaun Pennington after she ran away with 31-year-old Toby Studabaker Saturday.	A Cuban architect was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday for using two fake grenades to hijack a passenger plane from Cuba to Florida in April.	4.5
train	The WiFi potties were to be unveiled this summer, at music festivals in Britain.	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.	3.4
train	Several states and the federal government later passed similar or more strict bans.	Still, changes to IE "may affect a large number of existing Web pages," according to the W3C's notice.	5
train	The officials did not say whether U.S. forces crossed into Syrian territory and were vague about how the Syrian border guards became involved.	In Nairobi, the provost of All Saints Cathedral, the Very Reverend Peter Karanja, said the US Episcopal Church was alienating itself from the Anglican Communion.	4.2
train	Her lawyer Donald Levine told The Telegraph she had been offered $US250,000 to tell her story exclusively to Australian TV.	Wells' other series include NBC's "ER" and "Third Watch."	3.6
train	Druce is still being held at the prison and is now in isolation, she said.	"MediaMax performs EXACTLY as "advertised" to the companies who purchased it," Jacobs said in the statement.	3.6
train	Russin did not comment; his lawyer did not attend the hearing and did not return phone messages.	The dollar dropped to $1.1564 per euro at 7:30 a.m. in London from $1.1486 on Friday.	3.5
train	Shares of Corixa were gaining 71 cents, or 10%, to $7.91 on the Nasdaq.	Chief Executive Mickey Robinson was fired for cause in September, the company said last month.	3
train	Southwest said its traffic was up 4.6 percent in the quarter, and it ended the quarter with $2.2 billion in cash.	"I'm really excited about going to Cleveland," James told ESPN.com.	3.5
train	Halabi's military attorney, Air Force Maj. James Key, denied the charges, which could carry a death penalty.	Hispanics have officially overtaken African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, according to a report released by the US Census Bureau.	3.8
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 moved to Syria, where he underwent further religious training in traditional Islamic beliefs.	2.2
train	Yes, from today Flash memory purchased from AMD or Fujitsu will be branded Spansion.	"This is America, my friends, and it should not happen here."	3.2
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.	"There's very strong interest in getting money back to the ratepayers as quickly as possible," Commissioner Susan Kennedy said.	4
train	Dean told reporters traveling on his 10-city "Sleepless Summer" tour that he considered campaigning in Texas a challenge.	The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades endorsed Mr Dean several weeks ago.	3.75
train	On May 1, he crawled through a narrow, winding canyon, rappelled down a 60-foot cliff and walked some six miles down the canyon.	The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 44 points, or 0.46 percent, to 9,568.	4.8
train	That triggered a 47-hour police standoff that inconvenienced thousands of commuters, as traffic backed up in Downtown Washington and northern Virginia.	"The average track error for the five-day (forecast) is 323 nautical miles.	3.8
train	Consumer groups are against the changes, saying they hurt individuality in markets.	Scott Dixon eventually made winning the Honda Indy 225 look easy Sunday at Pikes Peak International Raceway.	4.25
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.	Supermarket chains are accusing union leaders of breaking off contract talks prematurely over the weekend as grocery clerks gear up for a possible strike.	4
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.	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.	4
train	Doctors have speculated that the body’s own estrogen protects against cell damage and improves blood flow.	Maximum sustained winds were around 40 mph, with stronger gusts.	4
train	The new version, W32/Sobig.C-mm, had already reached a "high level" outbreak status by Monday, according to security analysts.	Peregrine sold its Remedy business unit to BMC Software in November for $355 million.	4
train	A promotional poster, complete with countdown dial, reminds readers of the upcoming release of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	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.	2.6
train	On the other hand, if this will help further establish Steve's innocence, we welcome it."	Dusty had surgery for cancer in 2001 and had a kidney removed.	3
train	Is it in the food supply?" says David Ropeik, director of risk communication at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.	Steve Squyres, a Cornell University scientist, is principal investigator for the missions' science instruments.	4.8
train	Dealers said the single currency's downward momentum against the dollar could pick up speed if it broke below $1.15.	Shevaun Pennington disappeared on Saturday morning after arranging to meet 31-year-old Toby Studabaker.	2.75
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.	The virus killed 44 people in the Toronto area, including one doctor and two nurses.	2.8
train	The monkeys could track their progress by watching a schematic representation of the arm and its motions on a video screen.	His protest led to a 47-hour standoff with police that caused huge traffic jams in downtown Washington and northern Virginia.	2.6
train	Lay had argued that handing over the documents would be a violation of his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.	Bulger's brother, a former FBI informant, is now on the law enforcement agency's "10 Most Wanted" list.	4.4
train	A Washington County man may have the countys first human case of West Nile virus, the health department said Friday.	Still, he noted that Miami must decide whether to seek A.C.C. membership by June 30 to adhere to Big East guidelines.	3.4
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 technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC lost 2 points, or 0.18 percent, to 1,649.	4.6
train	The report forecasts there will be 71,079 hot spots worldwide this year, up from just 14,752 in 2002 and 1,214 in 2001.	Of the 24 million phone votes cast, Studdard was only 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.	4.8
train	The BlueCore3-Multimedia includes a 16-bit stereo audio CODEC with dual ADC and DAC for stereo audio.	The boy fired once into a wall and sprayed the room with fire extinguishers, making it hard to see, the chief said.	4.2
train	Amgen shares gained 93 cents, or 1.45 percent, to $65.05 in afternoon trading on Nasdaq.	Edie Falco was not nominated for "Frankie and Johnny."	4.2
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.	Rich Media interactive ad formats doubled their share from 3% in second quarter of 2002, to 6% in the second quarter of 2003.	3.25
train	Kodak expects earnings of 5 cents to 25 cents a share in the quarter.	US Airways Flight 5481, which crashed Jan. 8, was judged to be within 100 pounds of its maximum takeoff weight.	1.75
train	Bashir felt he was being tried by opinion not on the facts, Mahendradatta told Reuters.	The system is priced from US$1.1 million to $22.4 million, depending on configuration.	2.5
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.	Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Azdi, surrendered in June; his deputy was killed in a shoot-out with Saudi forces recently.	2.4
train	In an E-mail statement to the Knoxville News Sentinel, Shumaker said, ''I am not giving any consideration to resignation.	Bremer, 61, is a former assistant to former Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry Kissinger.	0.75
train	Swartz, indicted in February, had argued that New Hampshire was the wrong place to charge him.	By law, 911 calls are not public information in Rhode Island.	3.75
train	The only other person who had not been accounted for Sunday was a man from Fort Worth, Texas.	The bill is among the first of 13 that Congress must pass each year to fund the federal government.	3.8
train	Still, the "somewhat ambiguous ruling" might be a setback for Static Control depending on how it developed its competing product, Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich said.	At the Casa de Espaa, customers were eating dinner and playing bingo when a bomb went off.	3
train	Linda Saunders pleaded guilty in federal court to six charges, including extortion, money laundering and conspiracy.	The pressure will intensify today, with national coverage of the final round planned by ESPN and words that are even more difficult.	4.5
train	The injured passenger at John Peter Smith Hospital died later Friday morning, Jones said.	Heatley underwent surgery Saturday for a broken jaw and an MRI found two torn ligaments in his right knee.	3
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 military said it had killed 16 rebels and captured nine in the campaign so far, with one soldier killed and six wounded.	2.75
train	According to security sources, London Metropolitan Police Commissioner John Stevens placed his force on its highest state of alert last week following the warning.	"It just seems like all the issues that we support he doesn't," said Gabriela Lemus, the league's director of policy and legislation.	3.4
train	The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX inched up 3 points, or 0.32 percent, to 970.	Emile Laroza, 51, contracted SARS while working as a nurse at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the second SARS outbreak.	3.25
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.	A spokesman for SCO could not be reached for comment this afternoon.	1.75
train	Mr Sahel said police had identified the bodies of seven of the 14-strong cell believed to have carried out the five almost simultaneous attacks on Saturday.	The Federal Trade Commission asked Congress yesterday for broader powers to attack the rapidly growing problem of spam, which new studies show accounts for half of all e-mail traffic.	2.6
train	They came despite what BA called a "difficult quarter", which it said included unofficial industrial action at Heathrow.	Spitz is expected to testify later for the defense.	3
train	Richard Miller remained hospitalized after undergoing a liver transplant, but his wife has recovered.	Nine seconds later, SpaceShipOne broke the sound barrier, the company said.	3
train	Squyres is principal investigator for the Athena payload - a collection of science instruments carted by each rover.	Rambus Inc. (nasdaq: RMBS - news - people) shot up 38 percent, making it the biggest percentage gainer on the Nasdaq.	4.5
train	SCO says the pricing terms for a license will not be announced for weeks.	In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average a gauge of 30 blue chip stocks was up 3.29 points or 0.04 per cent to 8,585.97.	3.5
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.	Sources in the racing industry said Fontana will get a second NASCAR race on Labor Day weekend starting next season.	2
train	Colgate shares closed Monday at $56.30 on the New York Stock Exchange.	Perry has since called two special legislative sessions to try force the redistricting plan through.	2
train	He allowed two runs in seven innings and struck out six.	The hearing came one day after the Pentagon for the first time singled out an officer - Dallager - for failing to address the scandal.	3.6
train	She survives him as do their four children -- sons Anthony and Kelly, daughters Linda Hope and Nora Somers -- and four grandchildren.	The most common side effects after getting the nasal spray were nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat and cough.	3.25
train	Supermarket chains facing a possible grocery clerk strike this week accused union leaders Monday of breaking off contract talks prematurely over the weekend.	Fighting has continued sporadically in the west, where it is complicated by the presence of battle-hardened Liberians on both sides.	1.667
train	The American Stock Exchange biotech index .BTK surged 5 percent.	But for the elderly and those with weakened immune systems, it can be fatal.	1.2
train	Doctors had planned to deliver him two weeks early, on or around November 14.	Southwest said its traffic was up 4.6 percent in the quarter on a capacity increase of 4.2 percent.	1.8