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train	But the inadequate performance of students in various subgroups tagged the state as deficient under the federal No Child Left Behind act.	The mother also contended that she was sexually assaulted by one of the guards during the 1998 confrontation.	3.455
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.	US Airways Flight 5481, which crashed Jan. 8, was judged to be within 100 pounds of its maximum takeoff weight.	4
train	According to SunnComm's Peter Jacobs, "MediaMax performs exactly as 'advertised' to the companies who purchased it.	Nations like Israel and Australia already have such status.	3.4
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.	Officials are trying to retrieve the bodies from the water," police official J.D. Tambe told Reuters.	1.75
train	Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports of dead blue jays and crows, Jayroe said.	The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC shed 8 points, or 0.45 percent, to 1,645.	4.2
train	Kodak expects earnings of 5 cents to 25 cents a share in the quarter.	Douglas Robinson, CA senior vice president, finance, will fill the position in the interim.	3.2
train	Dennehy, who transferred to Baylor last year after getting kicked off the University of New Mexico Lobos for temper tantrums, had begun to read the Bible daily.	Amazon and the New York attorney general's office have already settled with one of the alleged e-mail forgers.	4
train	Druce is still being held at the prison and is now in isolation, she said.	The British Foreign Office said it had mediated the two men's release.	2.8
train	Douglas Robinson, a senior vice president of finance, will take over as chief financial officer on an interim basis.	Following California's lead, several states and the federal government passed similar or tougher bans.	3.5
train	The device plays Internet radio streams and comes with a 30-day trial of RealNetworks' Rhapsody music service.	The Supreme Court said Monday the government can require public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters, rejecting librarians' complaints that the law amounts to censorship.	2.4
train	Mr. Turner transferred about 10 million shares to a charitable trust before they were sold.	In seeking leniency, Waksal apologized to the court, his employees and his family.	3.6
train	At 12 months there was still a difference in function, although it was not a significant one.	Perry has since called two special legislative sessions to try force the redistricting plan through.	2
train	From Florida to Alaska, thousands of revelers vowed to push for more legal rights, including same-sex marriages.	The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades endorsed Mr Dean several weeks ago.	3.4
train	Linda Saunders pleaded guilty in federal court to six charges, including extortion, money laundering and conspiracy.	Together, we will find creative ways to communicate the unique strengths of Kmart to the 'new America' consumer."	4
train	U.S. prosecutors have arrested more than 130 individuals and have seized more than $17 million in a continuing crackdown on Internet fraud and abuse.	The new products on the desktop side include the latest versions of Pylon Conduit and Pylon Pro.	4
train	Bush plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the new Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, in the Jordanian port of Aqaba on Wednesday.	Academic achievement -- including grades, test scores and high school curriculum -- are given the highest priority.	4.111
train	Before it was removed, the site listed in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate.	She insisted, though, that it not be published until after her death.	3
train	This northern autumn US trainers will work with soldiers from four North African countries on patrolling and gathering intelligence.	Sources in the racing industry said Fontana will get a second NASCAR race on Labor Day weekend starting next season.	3.25
train	Sources within the racing industry have told the Daily Bulletin that Fontana will get a second NASCAR race on Labor Day weekend starting next season.	Along with Boston, Watertown, Saugus and Framingham also are going smoke-free Monday.	3.2
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.	BlueCore3 also implements v1.2's eSCO facility to provide the basis for advanced cordless telephony applications for Bluetooth transmission.	3.333
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.	"Reloaded" is the second installment of a trilogy; "The Matrix Revolutions" is slated for debut in November.	2.8
train	Kadyrov was not injured, but four of his bodyguards were among those killed.	HP fell to second place with server sales growing 0.4 percent to $2.9 billion.	3.2
train	From the start, however, the United States' declared goal was not just to topple Saddam but to stabilize Iraq and install a friendly government.	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.	3.75
train	Argentine Guillermo Coria and Netherlander Martin Verkerk are in the other half.	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.	3
train	Brendsel and chief financial officer Vaughn Clarke resigned June 9.	Jim Williams, director of the US-VISIT project, said that by the middle of November, inspectors will be fingerprinting and photographing many foreign passengers arriving in Atlanta.	3.4
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.	Each week 138 million shoppers visit Wal-Mart's 4,750 stores.	3
train	Forecasters said warnings might go up for Cuba later Thursday.	Lay had refused to turn over the papers, asserting his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.	3.6
train	At midnight on Wednesday, 68 percent of voters said "no" to the tax, with 97 percent of the votes counted.	The military said it had killed 16 rebels and captured nine in the campaign so far, with one soldier killed and six wounded.	3.75
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.	At the Casa de Espaa, customers were eating dinner and playing bingo when a bomb went off.	3.5
train	Board Chancellor Robert Bennett declined to comment on personnel matters Tuesday.	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.	3.333
train	He was tracked to Atlanta where he was arrested on Tuesday night.	The letter bomb sent to Prodi exploded in his hands but he was unhurt.	4.4
train	He claimed Red Hat and the Free Software Foundation with trying to undermine U.S. copyright and patent law.	Dynes has been at UC San Diego since 1991 after spending 22 years with AT&T Bell Labs, where he worked on superconductors and other materials.	3.667
train	Doctors had planned to deliver him two weeks early, on or around November 14.	"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."	3.6
train	Squyres is principal investigator for the Athena payload - a collection of science instruments carted by each rover.	In his letter, McBride charges the Free Software Foundation and Red Hat with trying to undermine U.S. copyright laws.	2.8
train	MediaQ's customers include major handheld makers Mitsubishi, Siemens, Palm, Sharp, Philips, Dell and Sony.	But neither he nor Peace Rules could keep Funny Cide from drawing away.	4.75
train	AFTRA members approved the merger by a vote of 75.88% to 24.12%.	Shares of M&T, which is based in Buffalo, fell 41 cents, to $91.51.	3
train	And when asked if he felt regret or guilt about the attack his answer was an adamant "no".	The plant would employ 1,000 people when fully built out, the company said.	3.4
train	Only New Jersey now bans holders of learners permits or intermediate licenses from using cell phones, pagers or other wireless devices while driving.	Vivendi shares were 0.3 percent up at 15.62 euros in Paris at 0841 GMT.	0.75
train	A Washington County man may have the countys first human case of West Nile virus, the health department said Friday.	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.	1.5
train	The American decision provoked an angry reaction from the European Commission, which described the move as "legally unwarranted, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful".	"We're in the Stanley Cup finals, and it was a little bit embarrassing the way we played in the first two games.	1.8
train	The updated products include Pylon Pro, Pylon Conduit, Pylon Anywhere, and Pylon Application Server.	Sgt. Ernest Bucklew, 33, was coming home from Iraq to bury his mother in Pennsylvania.	3.25
train	The 51-year-old nurse worked at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the latest outbreak.	The latest shooting linked to the spree was a Nov. 11 shooting at Hamilton Township Elementary School in Obetz, about two miles from the freeway.	2.7
train	Security experts are warning that a new mass-mailing worm is spreading widely across the Internet, sometimes posing as e-mail from the Microsoft founder.	The boy fired once into a wall and sprayed the room with fire extinguishers, making it hard to see, the chief said.	3
train	Excluding litigation charges, RIM's loss narrowed even further to 1 cent a share.	A tropical storm rapidly developed in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday and could have hurricane-force winds when it hits land somewhere along the Louisiana coast Monday night.	3.75
train	During the hearing, Morales expressed "sincere regrets and remorse" for his actions.	House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., says he is sensitive to civil liberties complaints.	1
train	In April, it had forecast operating earnings in the range of 60 to 80 cents a share.	In addition, the NTSB also recommended to NHTSA that state legislation be enacted to prohibit holders of learners permits and intermediate licenses from using mobile phones while driving.	4.4
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.	Bush said U.S. and European Union leaders, at an annual Washington summit, agreed on the need to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons.	3
train	"There is no doubt about the chemical programme, biological programme, indeed nuclear programme, indeed all that was documented by the UN," he said.	Its safe to assume the Senate is prepared to pass some form of a cap....The level of it is to be debated.	2
train	Shiites make up 20 percent of the country's population.	The crates are full of hardback copies of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	4.2
train	The new sensor -- dubbed CANARY for ''cellular analysis and notification of antigen risks and yields'' -- hijacks this natural process with two important changes.	The news also comes in conjunction with Suns annual JavaOne developers conference in San Francisco.	2.667
train	The Portuguese weather service said Europe's heatwave was caused by a mass of hot, dry air moving from the southeast.	"I'm going to try to march with a number of different groups," Bloomberg said.	3.25
train	Vice President Dick Cheney and Mississippi Republican gubernatorial candidate Haley Barbour acknowledge the cheering crowd.	Through Sunday, Sept. 21, Site Finder has been visited over 65 million times by Internet users.	3.667
train	Mr. Heatley, who suffered a broken jaw and torn knee ligaments, faces several charges.	"Maybe, but the old age helps us to understand our strength and our weakness and the reality of the world.	1.6
train	The upcoming second-quarter earnings season will be particularly important in offering investors guidance, they say.	The privately held Google is believed to be profitable.	3.6
train	Advanced Micro Devices said Fujitsu Siemens Computers is offering a high-end workstation based on AMD's Opteron 200 Series.	The missing workers, two men and a woman, were inside the building when the first blast occurred, Mayor Joe T. Parker said.	2.4
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.	Kernan, who was O'Bannon's lieutenant governor, friend and political partner, was sworn in six hours after O'Bannon died Saturday.	4
train	Perry has called lawmakers into two special sessions to address congressional redistricting.	Kroger's Ralphs chain and Albertsons immediately locked out their grocery workers in a show of solidarity.	3.8
train	School officials said Van-Vliet reported the accident using the bus’ radio.	GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. >> Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie drew the crowds, but Angela Stanford took her first LPGA victory.	3.8
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.	Mr Levine said she had been offered $400,000 to tell her story to an Australian TV network.	4.2
train	Microsoft has identified the freely distributed Linux software as one of the biggest threats to its sales.	AFTRA, on the other hand, approved the merger by a whopping 75 percent.	4.75
train	The others were given copies of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" and told to follow it.	Spansion Flash memory solutions are available worldwide from AMD and Fujitsu.	2.6
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.	The attorney representing al-Halabi, Air Force Maj. James Key III, denied the charges, according to The Associated Press.	5
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.	The system is priced from US$1.1 million to $22.4 million, depending on configuration.	3.25
train	The camp hosts summer religious retreats for children and other events year-round, according to its Web site.	Despite problems in the job market, the latest snapshot of the labor markets was slightly better than economists were expecting.	4
train	Additionally, the h2210’s cradle has room to charge a second battery.	Mr. Powell told a crowd at a cemetery with a thousand headstones, many of them marking the graves of entire families.	4.5
train	"This is an easy case in my view and wholly without merit, both factually and legally."	Of the 24 million phone votes cast, Studdard was only 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.	4.75
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.	Both studies are published on Thursday in Nature, the British weekly science journal.	3.75
train	"I notice a mood change in their priorities," one politician said.	The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 86.56 points, or 0.94 percent, to 9,109.99, after giving up more than 1 percent earlier.	5
train	The department ordered an 18.2 percent reduction for Allstate Texas Lloyds and a 12 percent reduction for State Farm Lloyds.	He said police had identified the bodies of seven of the 14 bombers who launched five almost simultaneous raids Friday night.	3.75
train	While some other parts of Africa have been used as staging grounds for the terror group, Malawi previously had not been a major focus of investigations into al-Qaida.	On Monday, Abbey trotted on stage, tail wagging, with Conway before a crowd of 10,000 attendees at PeopleSoft's annual customer conference.	1.9
train	Schofield got Toepfer to admit on cross-examination that she ignored many of O'Donnell's suggestions and projects.	LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said that meant the cable could be used "as we see fit.	2.588
train	The film is the second of a trilogy, which will wrap up in November with The Matrix Revolutions.	"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.	2.5
train	She had only a single condition, that the book not be published until her death.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 6.48 points, or 0.66 percent, to 990.51.	3.5
train	Micron has declared its first quarterly profit for three years.	Kodak expects earnings of 5 cents to 25 cents a share in the quarter.	3.5
train	After Freitas' opening statement, King County Superior Court Judge Charles Mertel recessed trial until after the Thanksgiving weekend.	Amnesty International said that over the past 20 years it had collected information about 17,000 disappearances in Iraq.	3.8
train	Nine seconds later, it broke the sound barrier and continued its steep powered ascent.	The most common side effects after getting the nasal spray were nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat and cough.	4.4
train	Chante Jawan Mallard, 27, went on trial Monday, charged with first-degree murder.	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.	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.	But under cross-examination by O'Donnell's attorney, Lorna Schofield, Toepfer conceded she had ignored many of O'Donnell's suggestions and projects.	4.25
train	Its former chief Mickey Robinson was fired for cause when he left in September, the company said.	The virus spreads when unsuspecting computer users open file attachments in emails that contain familiar headings like "Thank You!" and "Re: Details".	2
train	Albertsons and Kroger's Ralphs chain locked out their workers in response.	Colgate shares were down 30 cents at $56 in morning trade on the New York Stock Exchange.	1.75
train	In two weeks, he'll probably send out Peace Rules in the Preakness.	The fire spread to several surrounding structures on the property and destroyed them as deputies held back firefighters.	3
train	Another big gainer was Rambus Inc. (nasdaq: RMBS - news - people), which shot 32 percent higher.	Spitz is expected to testify later for the defense.	0.8
train	Wal-Mart estimates more than 100 million Americans visit their stores every week.	Rich Media interactive ad formats doubled their share from 3% in second quarter of 2002, to 6% in the second quarter of 2003.	2
train	FRIENDS of Robert De Niro yesterday rallied around him after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.	With the remaining three shuttles grounded in the wake of the Columbia accident, the rookies will have to wait even longer.	3.8
train	Pataki praised Abraham's decision, and LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said the cable should be kept in operation permanently.	A spokesman for SCO could not be reached for comment this afternoon.	2.5
train	"But HRT should not be used to prevent heart disease or any other chronic condition."	That was up from the year-ago quarter, when the company earned $54.3 million, or 22 cents a share.	3.2
train	On health care, the NDP says there will be no privatization and no health-care premiums.	The Saint Sophia Camp hosts religious retreats for children during the summer months as well as other events year round, according to its Web site.	2
train	Allegiant shares rose $4, or $17.2 percent, to $27.43 in Thursday morning trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.	"The clear message is it should not be used to prevent cardiovascular disease," Manson said.	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.	"I have acknowledged that I behaved inappropriately," he said.	2.4
train	Consumers still would have to get a descrambling security card from their cable operator to plug into the set.	Palm said on Wednesday it plans to buy Handspring, a company created by renegade Palm co-founder Jeff Hawkins.	4.4
train	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was off 58.69 points, or 0.64 percent, at 9,137.86.	"I'm really excited about going to Cleveland," James told ESPN.com.	3.2
train	Boeing said the final agreement is expected to be signed during the next few weeks.	Republicans had pledged to complete a Medicare drug package by August, then extended it to Oct. 17.	2.667
train	When the bomb exploded at the Casa de España, customers were eating dinner and playing bingo.	Two federal agencies are investigating telecommunications gear maker Lucent Technologies for possible violations of U.S. bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia.	3.692
train	Monkeypox is usually found only in central and western Africa.	"What has happened to you, sir, by way of punishment, is certainly more than enough," Covello said.	3.4
train	SCO says the pricing terms for a license will not be announced for weeks.	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	Waksal, in a letter to the court, said: "I tore my family apart.	He was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday night by police acting on a tip-off.	3.75
train	Another shooting linked to the spree occurred Nov. 11 at Hamilton Central Elementary in Obetz, about two miles from the freeway.	Agents confiscated several classified documents in his possession and interrogated him.	1.75
train	"There is the real potential for a secondary collapse," Gov. James McGreevey said.	On Thursday, a Post article argued that a 50 basis point cut from the Fed was more likely.	0.5
train	Russ Britt is the Los Angeles Bureau Chief for CBS.MarketWatch.com.	The team has named the sensor Canary, for cellular analysis and notification of antigen risks and yields.	4.6
train	"We hope all parties will continue to make efforts and continue the process of dialogue," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.	Allegiant's stock closed Wednesday at $23.40, up 64 cents, in trading on the Nasdaq market.	4.6