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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. | Their belief was based on speculation that estrogen prevents cell damage and improves blood flow. | 2.75 |
train | The bank's shares fell 45 cents in trading yesterday to $91.51 per share. | In 2006, Asia Pacific will report growth of 7.9 percent to $81.8 billion. | 4.25 |
train | The technology-packed Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> dropped 37.78 points, or 1.94 percent, to 1,912.36. | Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Azdi, surrendered in June; his deputy was killed in a shoot-out with Saudi forces recently. | 3.8 |
train | Mr. Turner transferred about 10 million shares to a charitable trust before they were sold. | The military said it had killed 16 rebels and captured nine in the campaign so far, with one soldier killed and six wounded. | 5 |
train | Kids, adults, booksellers and postal workers all are preparing for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." | Later this year, the command will send trainers with soldiers from four North African nations on patrolling and intelligence gathering missions. | 2.4 |
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. | Hickenlooper clobbered city Auditor Don Mares, 46, in the Tuesday runoff. | 3.6 |
train | It was the best advance since Oct. 1, when the index gained 22.25. | Federal officials said the document remained sealed until Thursday morning to allow authorities to make arrests in five Western states. | 4.6 |
train | The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was up 7.60 points, or 0.46 percent, at 1,653.62. | ESPN reported that Knight's two-year deal is worth $2.38 million, including a $300,000 signing bonus. | 3.833 |
train | By state law, 911 calls are not public information and were not released. | With 97 percent of precincts counted tonight, 68 percent of voters opposed the tax. | 3.2 |
train | In 2006, the group says the market will rebound 29.6 percent to $21.3 billion in sales. | National Breast Cancer Centre head Professor Christine Ewan said there was no need for panic. | 4 |
train | Bulger's brother is now on the agency's ''10 Most Wanted'' list, sought in connection with 21 murders. | "The clear message is it should not be used to prevent cardiovascular disease," Manson said. | 1 |
train | Critics say the law violates civil liberties, something House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., says he is sensitive to. | Heatley underwent surgery Saturday for a broken jaw and an MRI found two torn ligaments in his right knee. | 2.6 |
train | The company said it would cut the wholesale price of most top-line CDs to $9.09 from $12.02. | So far, authorities also have searched areas in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. | 3.6 |
train | Shares of Halliburton fell 71 cents, or 3 percent, to close at $21.59 yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange. | Tour doctors later confirmed that he had broken his right leg near the hip and also sustained wrist and elbow fractures. | 4.6 |
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. | Thirty-four of the men have been arrested and the others are being sought, US Attorney Daniel Bogden said yesterday. | 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. | The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 44 points, or 0.46 percent, to 9,568. | 2.4 |
train | The company posted a profit of $54.3 million, or 22 cents per share, in the year-ago period. | "If you pass this bill," Rep. John Mabry Jr., D-Waco, told colleagues, "Big Brother will be watching you." | 0.889 |
train | He had been arrested twice before for trespassing and barred from the complex - home to his mother and two children. | On Monday, EchoStar (DISH: news, chart, profile) shares shrank $1.40, or 4.4 percent, to $30.63. | 3 |
train | When fully operational, the facility is expected to employ up to 1,000 people. | The MDC called the week-long protest to urge Mugabe either to resign or to negotiate a settlement of the crisis gripping the country. | 4.8 |
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 new worm affects these Windows systems: 2000, XP, NT 4.0 and Server 2003. | 4.4 |
train | The tech-loaded Nasdaq composite rose 20.96 points to 1595.91, ending at its highest level for 12 months. | The dollar was at 117.85 yen against the Japanese currency, up 0.1 percent. | 3 |
train | British Airways' New York-to-London runs will end in October. | The matter could then be sent to the U.N. Security Council. | 3 |
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. | International rescue workers hacked desperately through flattened debris for survivors and cemeteries overflowed in Iran's ancient Silk Road city of Bam yesterday. | 3.4 |
train | "It just seems like all the issues that we support, he doesn't," said Gabriela Lemus of LULAC. | It will appear in the next few weeks on the Web site of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. | 5 |
train | The American Anglican Council, which represents Episcopalian conservatives, said it will seek authorization to create a separate group. | Morales, who pleaded guilty in July, expressed "sincere regret and remorse" for his crimes. | 1.8 |
train | Schofield got Toepfer to admit on cross-examination that she ignored many of O'Donnell's suggestions and projects. | The world's first portal potty was soon to be rolled out at summer festivals in Great Britain. | 4.8 |
train | In a not-too-subtle swipe at Dean, he predicted Americans would not elect a Democrat "who sounds an uncertain trumpet in these dangerous times." | Allegiant's stock closed Wednesday at $23.40, up 64 cents, in trading on the Nasdaq market. | 3.4 |
train | "City-grown pollution, and ozone in particular, is tougher on country trees," says Cornell University ecologist Jillian Gregg. | Watches or warnings could be issued for eastern Cuba later on Thursday. | 2.75 |
train | The procedure is generally performed in the second or third trimester. | The intervention force will confiscate weapons, reform the police, strengthen the courts and prison system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry. | 3.333 |
train | Amgen shares gained 93 cents, or 1.45 percent, to $65.05 in afternoon trading on Nasdaq. | It generated $4.47 billion of profit and $20 billion of revenue in the year's first half, 53 percent of Citigroup's totals. | 3.8 |
train | Nationally, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 4,156 cases of West Nile, including 284 deaths. | But church members and observers say they anticipate that the decision here could pose doctrinal problems for some Episcopalians who believe the Bible prohibits homosexuality. | 2.75 |
train | Thirty-three of the 42 men had been arrested by Wednesday evening, said Daniel Bogden, U.S. attorney in Nevada. | "He hasn't got much choice," said the Bishop of Armidale, Peter Brain. | 3 |
train | So was Edie Falco, the critically praised co-star of "Frankie and Johnny." | The product also streams Internet radio and comes with a 30-day free trial for RealNetworks' Rhapsody digital music subscription service. | 3.25 |
train | Albertsons and Kroger's Ralphs chain locked out their workers in response. | Nations like Israel and Australia already have such status. | 3.25 |
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. | Waksal pleaded guilty to insider trading charges last year, and he is scheduled to be sentenced June 10. | 3 |
train | Founders of the group are Matsushita Electric, Sony, Hitachi, NEC, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung, Sharp and Toshiba. | The academy will get its own internal report next week and it will be made public, Rosa said. | 4.75 |
train | Scientists believed Stardust trapped thousands of particles of dust. | Frankel said Peace Rules will run in the Preakness Stakes on May 17. | 4.2 |
train | Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports of dead blue jays and crows, Jayroe said. | The plant would employ 1,000 people when fully built out, the company said. | 2.8 |
train | Before it was removed, the site listed in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate. | An audiotape aired last week by the Arab al-Jazeera television network may be the strongest evidence yet that Saddam survived the war. | 3.4 |
train | Joe Kernan, who had been lieutenant governor for the past seven years, was sworn in as governor after O'Bannon died Saturday. | The mother also contended that she was sexually assaulted by one of the guards during the 1998 confrontation. | 2.6 |
train | A jury convicted rapper C-Murder, also known as Corey Miller, of second-degree murder Tuesday night in the shooting death of a 16-year-old in a Jefferson Parish nightclub. | The American Anglican Council, which represents Episcopalian conservatives, said it will seek authorization to create a separate province in North America because of last week's actions. | 4 |
train | John Hickenlooper had 65 percent of the vote to 35 percent for City Auditor Don Mares. | Palm said on Wednesday it plans to buy Handspring, a company created by renegade Palm co-founder Jeff Hawkins. | 3.4 |
train | The author is one of several defense experts expected to testify. | "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." | 1.75 |
train | The film is the second of a trilogy, which will wrap up in November with The Matrix Revolutions. | Moore of Alabama says he will appeal his case to the nation's highest court. | 3.8 |
train | Selenski descended down the wall and used the mattress to climb over razor wire. | Consumer groups oppose the changes, saying they would concentrate too many outlets in too few media empires. | 3.333 |
train | Gainer said the two staff aides are "very sorry this all happened," and the security personnel had performed "well within standards." | 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. | 3.8 |
train | Amnesty International has said that over the past 20 years it has collected information about 17,000 disappearances in Iraq but the actual figure may be much higher. | Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call had expected Kodak to earn 68 cents a share for the quarter. | 4.2 |
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. | The government did not identify the taikonauts -- a term coined from taikong, the Chinese word for space. | 4 |
train | Others with such a status are Egypt, Israel, and Australia. | At 12 months, there was still a difference between the groups, but it was not considered significant. | 4 |
train | Sobig.F spreads when unsuspecting computer users open file attachments in emails that contain such familiar headings as "Thank You!," "Re: Details" or "Re: That Movie." | To force a recall election of Davis, the valid signatures of 897,158 registered California voters must be turned in to election officials. | 3.6 |
train | Dealers said the single currency's downward momentum against the dollar could pick up speed if it broke below $1.15. | 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. | 3.5 |
train | Sequent representatives could not immediately be reached for comment on the SCO announcement. | The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> climbed 19.11 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,615.02. | 3.8 |
train | In addition, the Justice Department said that the FBI has conducted ''fewer than 10'' investigations involving visits to mosques. | 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. | 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. | According to an arrest warrant, Bryant, 24, attacked a woman on June 30. | 5 |
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. | Meningitis is an infection of the fluid in a person's spinal cord and around the brain. | 3.4 |
train | He left the army for Syria where he received religious training. | 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. | 4.5 |
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 broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 6.48 points, or 0.66 percent, to 990.51. | 3.25 |
train | The new sensor -- dubbed CANARY for ''cellular analysis and notification of antigen risks and yields'' -- hijacks this natural process with two important changes. | Richard Miller, 57, survived a lifesaving liver transplant but remains hospitalized. | 2.8 |
train | The Portuguese weather service said Europe's heatwave was caused by a mass of hot, dry air moving from the southeast. | The federal courts have ruled that the monument violates the constitutional ban against state-established religion. | 3.75 |
train | Google's investors include prominent VC firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital, the paper noted. | Later Tuesday, Graham was expected to be re-elected for a second one-year term. | 3.6 |
train | Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Azdi, turned himself in in June; his deputy was killed in a recent shootout with Saudi forces. | They underwent more tests over the weekend, and are now warded at Raffles Hospital. | 3.643 |
train | The commission estimates California lost $1.34 billion -- the most of any state -- to tax shelters in 2001. | Charles Cullen, 43, was transferred from the Somerset County Jail in Somerville to the Anne Klein Forensic Center, a 150-bed psychiatric treatment facility in Trenton. | 2.8 |
train | On Monday, as first reported by CNET News.com, the RIAA withdrew a DMCA notice to Penn State University's astronomy and astrophysics department. | He said police had identified the bodies of seven of the 14 bombers who launched five almost simultaneous raids Friday night. | 2.5 |
train | Police then called a bomb squad, but the device exploded, killing Wells, before bomb technicians arrived. | "It just seems like all the issues that we support he doesn't," said Gabriela Lemus, the league's director of policy and legislation. | 4.667 |
train | Consumer groups are against the changes, saying they hurt individuality in markets. | Early Monday, insurgents threw a homemade bomb at a U.S. convoy in northern Baghdad, killing an American soldier. | 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. | Sources in the racing industry said Fontana will get a second NASCAR race on Labor Day weekend starting next season. | 2.4 |
train | The blaze then spread to several surrounding structures on the property and destroyed them. | The virus killed 44 people in the Toronto area, including one doctor and two nurses. | 3.6 |
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. | Along with Boston, Watertown, Saugus and Framingham also are going smoke-free Monday. | 4.2 |
train | A tropical storm rapidly developed in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday and was expected to hit somewhere along the Texas or Louisiana coasts by Monday night. | The system is priced from US$1.1 million to $22.4 million, depending on configuration. | 3.6 |
train | The mother also alleged in the lawsuit that she was sexually assaulted by one of the guards. | 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. | 5 |
train | During a screaming match in 1999, Carolyn told John she was still sleeping with Bergin. | Shares of EDS closed Thursday at $18.51, up 6 cents on the New York Stock Exchange. | 3.5 |
train | Four versions of Windows operating systems are targeted: Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. | The damaged area of the garage was not stable, with ``the real potential for a secondary collapse,'' McGreevey said. | 1.4 |
train | The new research will be published soon in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. | Asked if he felt any regret about theOctober 12 attack, the answer was an adamant "no". | 1.75 |
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. | 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. | 2.75 |
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. | Selenski used the mattress to scale a 10-foot razor wire, Fischi said. | 2.6 |
train | Additionally, the h2210’s cradle has room to charge a second battery. | Amnesty International said that over the past 20 years it had collected information about 17,000 disappearances in Iraq. | 3.75 |
train | Spokesmen for the FBI, CIA, Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Royal Canadian Mounted Police declined to comment on El Shukrijumah's stay in Canada. | 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 |
train | Shares in BA were down 1.5 percent at 168 pence by 1420 GMT, off a low of 164p, in a slightly stronger overall London market. | The company has publicly identified Linux as one of its biggest competitive threats. | 0.5 |
train | Wells’ other series include NBC’s ER and Third Watch. | Wall Street moved tentatively higher Tuesday as investors weighed a trio of reports showing modest economic improvement against an urge to cash in profits from Monday's big rally. | 3.5 |
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. | 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 | She asked to be excused from last week's Cabinet session to prepare for a meeting with the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda. | Families stuck on the highway were being urged to remain in their cars, and to use their cell phones only in case of emergency. | 3.2 |
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. | On Wednesday next week, Mr Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Aqaba, Jordan. | 4 |
train | "If you pass this bill, Big Brother will be watching you," said Rep. John Mabry, D-Waco. | Marissa Jaret Winokur, as Tracy, won for best actress in a musical. | 2.25 |
train | The valid signatures of 897,158 registered California voters must be collected and turned in to county election officials by Sept. 2. | License sales, a key measure of demand, fell 21 percent to $107.6 million. | 3 |
train | Dynes came to UC San Diego in 1991 after 22 years as a physicist with AT&T Bell Labs. | Missouri Education Commissioner Kent King said he was disappointed by the scores. | 4 |
train | "It appears from our initial report that this was a textbook landing considering the circumstances," Burke said. | Vermillion, Posey and Madison County populations will decline. | 2.667 |
train | Brendsel and chief financial officer Vaughn Clarke resigned June 9. | "I have the opportunity to congratulate the governor-elect of the great state of California, and I'm looking forward to it." | 3.25 |
train | Common side effects include nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat and cough, the FDA said. | Netgear prices the WGT634U Super Wireless Media Router, which will be available in the first quarter of 2004, at under $200. | 3.8 |
train | He refused to reveal what percentage of flights carried sky marshals, or whether they would be increased. | 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. | 3.5 |
train | Agents found more than 1,000 credit cards and credit card duplicating machines during a search of Ragin's address. | 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. | 4.4 |
train | But the inadequate performance of students in various subgroups tagged the state as deficient under the federal No Child Left Behind act. | FirstEnergy Corp. should have determined that modernizing one of its plants would increase overall pollution emissions, U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus ruled Thursday. | 4.2 |
train | The Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's 2001 application to sell Erbitux, citing shoddy research. | 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. | 3.6 |
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. | The company also said it would cut wholesale prices on cassettes and change the suggested retail price to $8.98. | 3.4 |
train | But church members and observers say they expect that the decision could be problematic for many Episcopalians. | The FBI, CIA, Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Royal Canadian Mounted Police declined to comment on the Washington Times report. | 3.75 |
train | One of the 14 Kurds pointed at the word "refugee" in an English/Turkish dictionary. | Vice President Dick Cheney says Mississippi Republican Haley Barbour would be a good governor because of his government and business savvy. | 4 |
train | The injured passenger at John Peter Smith Hospital died later Friday morning, Jones said. | Six new Krispy Kreme stores were opened in the first quarter, bringing the total number of stores to 282. | 4.75 |
train | Police believe Wilson shot Reynolds, then her mother once in the head before fatally turning the gun on herself. | The investment gives Larkspur, Calif.-based BayStar more than 2.9 million shares of SCO common stock, or 17.5 percent of the company's outstanding shares. | 3.6 |
train | The Bush administration blames Hussein loyalists and foreign Muslim militants who have entered Iraq to fight U.S. troops for the wave of bombings and guerrilla attacks. | People who once thought their blood pressure was fine actually need to start exercising and eating better, according to new U.S. guidelines published on Wednesday. | 4 |
train | Dean told reporters traveling on his 10-city "Sleepless Summer" tour that he considered campaigning in Texas a challenge. | The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 79.43 points, or 0.86 percent, to 9,117.12 on Friday. | 4.2 |
train | Counties with population declines will be Vermillion, Posey and Madison. | Dusty had surgery for cancer in 2001 and had a kidney removed. | 4.75 |
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