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train	"This is an easy case in my view and wholly without merit, both factually and legally."	The vulnerability exists in the way Microsoft's Visual Basic for Applications checks document properties passed to it when a document is opened.	3.6
train	Pataki praised Abraham's decision, and LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said the cable should be kept in operation permanently.	If draining the ponds in Maryland will further help establish Steve's innocence, we welcome it."	4.8
train	It exploded in his hands, but the former Italian prime minister was unhurt.	The arm was kept in a separate room, but the monkeys could track their progress by watching a representation of the arm and its motions on a video screen.	4.8
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.	We don't need a little bitty tax relief plan.	4.4
train	A spokesman said: "Since November, we have co-operated fully with the police.	Allegiant's stock closed Wednesday at $23.40, up 64 cents, in trading on the Nasdaq market.	1.75
train	Kids, adults, booksellers and postal workers all are preparing for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	"The clear message is it should not be used to prevent cardiovascular disease," Manson said.	4.091
train	Swartz, indicted in February, had argued that New Hampshire was the wrong place to charge him.	Douglas Robinson, CA senior vice president, finance, will fill the position in the interim.	5
train	Peace Rules defeated Funny Cide in the Louisiana Derby.	The attack seemed similar to attacks staged near foreign compounds in Riyadh on May 12, for which officials have also blamed al-Qaida.	3.25
train	Plofsky said the commission won't investigate because the three-year statute of limitations has expired.	The panel will not begin a formal investigation because the statute of limitations has expired, Plofsky said.	1.2
train	This year the Audubon Society once again hosts its annual Christmas Bird Count.	Swartz had sought to have the charges dismissed, saying New Hampshire was the wrong place to charge him.	4
train	The fines are part of failed Republican efforts to force or entice the Democrats to return.	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.	3.5
train	This is America, my friends, and it should not happen here," he said to loud applause.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> climbed 19.11 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,615.02.	4.6
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.	Former Phipps aides Linda Saunders and Bobby McLamb have both pleaded guilty to federal charges including extortion.	2
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.	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.	2.75
train	Microsoft has identified the freely distributed Linux software as one of the biggest threats to its sales.	The government did not identify the taikonauts -- a term coined from taikong, the Chinese word for space.	2
train	Agents found more than 1,000 credit cards and credit card duplicating machines during a search of Ragin's address.	The hearing came one day after the Pentagon for the first time singled out an officer - Dallager - for failing to address the scandal.	4
train	Richard Miller remained hospitalized after undergoing a liver transplant, but his wife has recovered.	Home Depot reported a 22 percent jump in third-quarter profit behind a nearly 8 percent rise in same-store sales.	3
train	In addition, the Justice Department said that the FBI has conducted ''fewer than 10'' investigations involving visits to mosques.	An audiotape aired last week by the Arab al-Jazeera television network may be the strongest evidence yet that Saddam survived the war.	4.8
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.	3.4
train	Tail wagging, Abbey trotted on stage with Conway before a crowd of more than 10,000 attendees at PeopleSoft's annual customer conference at the Anaheim Convention Center.	But Itar-Tass news agency said four of his bodyguards were among those killed by the bomb.	2.4
train	The upcoming second-quarter earnings season will be particularly important in offering investors guidance, they say.	Rich Media interactive ad formats doubled their share from 3% in second quarter of 2002, to 6% in the second quarter of 2003.	4.8
train	Douglas Robinson, a senior vice president of finance, will take over as chief financial officer on an interim basis.	There were 293 human cases of West Nile in Indiana in 2002, including 11 deaths statewide.	3.333
train	Kroger Co., which owns Ralphs, and Albertsons Inc. bargain jointly with Safeway and locked out their union workers the next day.	"Maybe, but the old age helps us to understand our strength and our weakness and the reality of the world.	1.4
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.	Republicans had pledged to complete a Medicare drug package by August, then extended it to Oct. 17.	2.4
train	Dealers said the single currency's downward momentum against the dollar could pick up speed if it broke below $1.15.	The Arizona-based ISM reported Monday that its non-manufacturing index rose to 50.7 last month, from 47.9 in March.	4.4
train	The MDC called the strike to force Mr Mugabe to either resign or negotiate a settlement of the Zimbabwe crisis.	House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., says he is sensitive to civil liberties complaints.	5
train	The department ordered an 18.2 percent reduction for Allstate Texas Lloyds and a 12 percent reduction for State Farm Lloyds.	Perry said he backs the Senate's efforts, including the fines, to force the Democrats to return.	5
train	Nine seconds later, it broke the sound barrier and continued its steep powered ascent.	"I'm really excited about going to Cleveland," James told ESPN.com.	3
train	Wells’ other series include NBC’s ER and Third Watch.	The intervention force will confiscate weapons, reform the police, strengthen the courts and prison system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry.	3.75
train	No. 2 HP saw its Unix server sales dropped 3.6 percent to $1.36 billion.	Oracle chairman Larry Ellison has hinted that the company could yet again increase its offer for rival PeopleSoft.	3.6
train	"There is no doubt about the chemical programme, biological programme, indeed nuclear programme, indeed all that was documented by the UN," he said.	The company also said it would cut wholesale prices on cassettes and change the suggested retail price to $8.98.	3.333
train	Gartner's report said global WLAN equipment shipments reached 19.5 million last year, a 120 percent increase over 2001's 8.9 million units.	Shares of Express Scripts ESRX.O fell about 4 percent to $66.73 on the Nasdaq in late morning trade.	2.6
train	Rusch has also allowed five or more earned runs in each of his last three starts.	Corixa's stock barely flinched on the news, dipping 12 cents to close at $6.88.	1.5
train	Counties with population declines will be Vermillion, Posey and Madison.	Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez said investigators felt confident that with the arrests they had "at least one of the fires resolved."	3.4
train	As a result, 24 players broke par in the first round.	They underwent more tests over the weekend, and are now warded at Raffles Hospital.	4.8
train	The leading actress nod went to energetic newcomer Marissa Jaret Winokur as Edna's daughter Tracy.	The Hulk trailed last month's Marvel Comics adaptation, X2: X-Men United, which grossed $85.6-million in its opening weekend.	3.2
train	Another big gainer was Rambus Inc. (nasdaq: RMBS - news - people), which shot 32 percent higher.	Palm said on Wednesday it plans to buy Handspring, a company created by renegade Palm co-founder Jeff Hawkins.	2.4
train	Only New Jersey now bans holders of learners permits or intermediate licenses from using cell phones, pagers or other wireless devices while driving.	"What has happened to you, sir, by way of punishment, is certainly more than enough," Covello said.	4
train	The WiFi potties were to be unveiled this summer, at music festivals in Britain.	The federal courts have ruled that the monument violates the constitutional ban against state-established religion.	4.2
train	Police then called a bomb squad, but the device exploded, killing Wells, before bomb technicians arrived.	I am not giving any consideration to resignation," Shumaker said in a statement.	3.25
train	"We're going to do everything in our power to get money back to ratepayers as quickly as possible," Kennedy said.	Micron's numbers also marked the first quarterly profit in three years for the DRAM manufacturer.	3.75
train	The router will be available in the first quarter of 2004 and will cost around $200, the company said.	The military said it had killed 16 rebels and captured nine in the campaign so far, with one soldier killed and six wounded.	4.8
train	The drop in core wholesale prices in April reflected falling prices for cars, trucks, men's and boy's clothes and cigarettes.	The helicopter was owned by Las Vegas-based Sundance Helicopters Inc., according to the sheriff's office.	2.8
train	The attack seemed similar to others staged near foreign compounds in Riyadh on May 12.	"I have acknowledged that I behaved inappropriately," he said.	3.75
train	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was 0.46 points lower, or 0.05 percent, at 997.02.	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."	4.5
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.	Harvey was taken to St. Luke's Hospital for precautionary neck X-rays, which came back negative.	3.667
train	Stocks dipped lower Tuesday as investors opted to cash in profits from Monday's big rally despite a trio of reports suggesting modest improvement in the economy.	A long awaited report on the Hong Kong government's handling of the SARS outbreak has been released.	0.25
train	Her lawyer Donald Levine told The Telegraph she had been offered $US250,000 to tell her story exclusively to Australian TV.	The crates are full of hardback copies of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	4.75
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.	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.	1.667
train	I think we made the right case and did the right thing."	Close cooperation between regional law enforcement agencies and intelligence services was at the heart of the fight against terrorism, he said.	2.5
train	There are 103 Democrats in the Assembly and 47 Republicans.	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.	3
train	The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield <US10YT=RR> dipped below 4.20 percent on Tuesday.	On Sunday, a U.S. soldier was killed and another injured when a munitions dump they were guarding exploded in southern Iraq.	4.056
train	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was off 58.69 points, or 0.64 percent, at 9,137.86.	They say second-quarter earnings reports will be key in giving investors that guidance.	3.25
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.	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.	3.6
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.	The Mets took Lastings Milledge, an outfielder from Florida, with the 12th pick.	2.8
train	Licensing revenue slid 21 percent, however, to $107.6 million.	Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Azdi, surrendered in June; his deputy was killed in a shoot-out with Saudi forces recently.	1.8
train	Board Chancellor Robert Bennett declined to comment on personnel matters Tuesday.	"Saddam is gone, but we want the (U.S.) occupation to end."	2.25
train	The union had not yet revealed which chain would be targeted.	Of the 24 million phone votes cast, Studdard was only 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.	3.8
train	Besides Hampton and Newport News, the grant funds water testing in Yorktown, King George County, Norfolk and Virginia Beach.	Kroger's Ralphs chain and Albertsons immediately locked out their grocery workers in a show of solidarity.	1.75
train	He was tracked to Atlanta where he was arrested on Tuesday night.	Redman has allowed two earned runs or less in six of his nine starts.	4
train	Waksal, in a letter to the court, said: "I tore my family apart.	"The average track error for the five-day (forecast) is 323 nautical miles.	2.6
train	Families stuck on the highway remained in their cars, and used their cell phones to call home.	Along with chip maker Intel, the companies include Sony, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, International Business Machines, Gateway, Nokia and others.	3.444
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.	"This is America, my friends, and it should not happen here."	5
train	The BlueCore3-Multimedia includes a 16-bit stereo audio CODEC with dual ADC and DAC for stereo audio.	A key portion of the accord was the implementation of a special council to monitor health spending, set goals for the system and measure progress in reforming health care.	3.8
train	"It is safe to assume the Senate is prepared to pass some form of cap," King said.	FirstEnergy Corp. should have determined that modernizing one of its plants would increase overall pollution emissions, U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus ruled Thursday.	1.333
train	Graham is expected to be nominated and elected to a second one-year term today and will deliver the presidential address.	Barbini said the EU may reach a compromise but it wants a system for labeling such foods, something the industry has resisted.	3
train	SCO says the pricing terms for a license will not be announced for weeks.	The academy will get its own internal report next week and it will be made public, Rosa said.	3.25
train	A federal grand jury indicted them on Tuesday; the document was sealed until yesterday to allow authorities to make arrests.	And I really liked him, and I still do.	3.8
train	The elderly and those with weakened immune systems are also urged to protect against mosquito bites.	Five-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is in Denver today for a meeting about surviving cancer.	4.5
train	He also said the academy will get its own internal report next week detailing the seriousness of the remaining problem.	The department ordered a 12 percent reduction for State Farm Lloyds, the state's largest insurer, and an 18.2 percent reduction for Allstate Texas Lloyds, the third-largest.	3.2
train	Thirty-three of the 42 men had been arrested by Wednesday evening, said Daniel Bogden, U.S. attorney in Nevada.	He moved to Syria, where he underwent further religious training in traditional Islamic beliefs.	4.75
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.	In 1995, the last survey, those numbers were equal.	4.4
train	The Sunshine Group LTD represented the developers, The Related Companies and Apollo Real Estate Advisors LP, on the deal.	At 12:10 p.m. EDT, Canada's benchmark S&P/TSX composite index was up 6.87 points or 0.1 per cent to 6,979.29.	1.6
train	London-based NCRI official Ali Safavi told Reuters: "We condemn this raid, which is in our view illegal and morally and politically unjustifiable."	Shares of Allergan were up 14 cents at $78.40 in late trading on the New York Stock Exchange.	5
train	That triggered a 47-hour police standoff that inconvenienced thousands of commuters, as traffic backed up in Downtown Washington and northern Virginia.	"I have the opportunity to congratulate the governor-elect of the great state of California, and I'm looking forward to it."	3
train	"It is about a third of what I owe in the world," he told reporters.	This is unacceptable," said Patrick Pelloux, the president of France's Association of Emergency Doctors.	3
train	Sources say agents confiscated "several" documents he was carrying.	The system is priced from US$1.1 million to $22.4 million, depending on configuration.	2.6
train	The American Anglican Council, which represents Episcopalian conservatives, said it will seek authorization to create a separate group.	International rescue workers hacked desperately through flattened debris for survivors and cemeteries overflowed in Iran's ancient Silk Road city of Bam yesterday.	3.25
train	The audiotape aired last week by the Arab Al-Jazeera television network appears to be an effort to incite attacks.	On Thursday, a Post article argued that a 50 basis point cut from the Fed was more likely.	3.8
train	He allowed two runs in seven innings and struck out six.	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 helicopter burst into flames upon impact, according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office.	The Nasdaq had a weekly gain of 17.27, or 1.2 percent, closing at 1,520.15 after gaining 30.46 yesterday.	3.4
train	Part of the accord was the implementation of a special health council that would monitor health spending and progress in reforming the health system.	"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."	2
train	Colgate shares closed Monday at $56.30 on the New York Stock Exchange.	The plant would employ 1,000 people when fully built out, the company said.	3.25
train	The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7 per cent to 9,547.43 while the S&P 500 was 0.8 per cent weaker at 1,025.79.	The director of the Office of Medical Access, Cindy Cripps-Prawak, left her job after the department introduced a plan to distribute marijuana through doctors' offices.	3.692
train	Bremer said one initiative is to launch a $70 million nationwide program in the next two weeks to clean up neighborhoods and build community projects.	He said police had identified the bodies of seven of the 14 bombers who launched five almost simultaneous raids Friday night.	2.4
train	Gainer said the two staff aides are "very sorry this all happened," and the security personnel had performed "well within standards."	"However, we are not certain about the outcome of the discussion at this moment."	3.75
train	Seven 20- and 21-year-old cadets were ticketed by police for drinking alcohol in an off-campus hotel room early Saturday with two young women, aged 16 and 18.	DRINKING green tea can dramatically reduce the risk of men contracting prostate cancer, a study by Australian researchers has discovered.	3.6
train	His lawyer, Pamela MacKey, said Bryant expects to be completely exonerated.	Halliburton shares fell 54 cents, or 2.4 percent, to $21.76 a share in midday New York Stock Exchange trade.	4.8
train	Squyres is principal investigator for the Athena payload - a collection of science instruments carted by each rover.	Following California's lead, several states and the federal government passed similar or tougher bans.	3.333
train	"There is the real potential for a secondary collapse," Gov. James McGreevey said.	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.	4.25
train	National Breast Cancer Centre chief executive Professor Christine Ewan said it was too early to quantify the risk to women.	Hollywood actor Robert De Niro has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his spokesman said today.	2.6
train	"It just seems like all the issues that we support, he doesn't," said Gabriela Lemus of LULAC.	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.	4.5
train	For the entire season, the average five-day forecast track error was 259 miles, Franklin said.	The 30-year bond <US30YT=RR> firmed 24/32, taking its yield to 4.18 percent, after hitting another record low of 4.16 percent.	3.75
train	The world's two largest automakers said their U.S. sales declined more than predicted last month as a late summer sales frenzy caused more of an industry backlash than expected.	The researchers gave copies of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" to the carb-cutters.	3.2
train	"Spin and manipulative public relations and propaganda are not the answer," it said.	Edie Falco was not nominated for "Frankie and Johnny."	3.6
train	Micron has declared its first quarterly profit for three years.	A spokesman for SCO could not be reached for comment this afternoon.	1.8
train	On July 22, Moore announced he would appeal the case directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.	Bush said U.S. and European Union leaders, at an annual Washington summit, agreed on the need to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons.	2
train	Along with chipmaker Intel, the companies include Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Gateway Inc. and Nokia Corp.	The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC shed 8 points, or 0.45 percent, to 1,645.	4.8
train	Joe Kernan, who had been lieutenant governor for the past seven years, was sworn in as governor after O'Bannon died Saturday.	Steve Squyres, a Cornell University scientist, is principal investigator for the missions' science instruments.	5
train	Strayhorn said it was the first time in Texas history a comptroller had not certified the appropriations act.	That compares with January 2000, when laptops represented less than 25 percent of sales volume, NPD said.	3.4