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train	Caldera acquired the Unix server software of the original SCO and changed its name to the SCO Group.	Tito Barbini, a regional minister for agriculture in Tuscany, Italy, criticized the absence Tuesday in Sacramento.	2.6
train	The camp hosts summer religious retreats for children and other events year-round, according to its Web site.	The charges of espionage and aiding the enemy can carry the death penalty.	2.25
train	The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield <US10YT=RR> dipped below 4.20 percent on Tuesday.	Emily Church is London bureau chief of CBS.MarketWatch.com.	3.5
train	The new companies will begin trading on Nasdaq today under the ticker symbols PLMO and PSRC.	Each week 138 million shoppers visit Wal-Mart's 4,750 stores.	3.2
train	National Breast Cancer Centre chief executive Professor Christine Ewan said it was too early to quantify the risk to women.	The Telegraph can reveal that Sir John Stevens, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, placed his force on its highest alert last week.	3.667
train	The Senate agreed Tuesday to lift a 10-year-old ban on the research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons.	"It just seems like all the issues that we support he doesn't," said Gabriela Lemus, the league's director of policy and legislation.	4.8
train	The company posted a profit of $54.3 million, or 22 cents per share, in the year-ago period.	Shares in BA were down three percent at 165-1/4 pence by 0933 GMT, off a low of 164 pence, in a stronger market.	0.75
train	"Close co-operation between law-enforcement agencies and intelligence services lie at the heart of the ongoing fight against terrorism," Mr Howard said.	Barbini said the EU may reach a compromise but it wants a system for labeling such foods, something the industry has resisted.	3.25
train	"It just seems like all the issues that we support, he doesn't," said Gabriela Lemus of LULAC.	Tour doctors later confirmed that he had broken his right leg near the hip and also sustained wrist and elbow fractures.	3
train	Kollar-Kotelly has scheduled another antitrust settlement compliance hearing for January.	The company also said it would cut wholesale prices on cassettes and change the suggested retail price to $8.98.	2.6
train	The drop in core wholesale prices in April reflected falling prices for cars, trucks, men's and boy's clothes and cigarettes.	The academy will get its own internal report next week and it will be made public, Rosa said.	4.2
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.	In his letter, McBride charges the Free Software Foundation and Red Hat with trying to undermine U.S. copyright laws.	2.6
train	The last time the survey was conducted, in 1995, those numbers matched.	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.	4.75
train	Barbini said the union may reach a compromise with the United States but it wants a system for labeling such foods, something the industry successfully fought here.	The New Democrats also renewed their commitment to no health-care privatization and no premiums.	2.6
train	But the inadequate performance of students in various subgroups tagged the state as deficient under the federal No Child Left Behind act.	The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX shed 0.17 of a point, or just 0.02 percent, to 934.	3
train	Get it all out," says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a national retail consulting firm based in New York City.	Innocent or not, "she's damaged goods," said Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a national retail consulting firm in New York.	2.769
train	During the hearing, Morales expressed "sincere regrets and remorse" for his actions.	The missing workers, two men and a woman, were inside the building when the first blast occurred, Mayor Joe T. Parker said.	3.333
train	The Conference Board reported its U.S. Consumer Confidence Index slipped to 83.5 in June from 83.6 in May.	The intervention force will confiscate weapons, reform the police, strengthen the courts and prison system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry.	3.5
train	The new version, W32/Sobig.C-mm, had already reached a "high level" outbreak status by Monday, according to security analysts.	The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI tacked on 97 points, or 1.14 percent, to 8,699.	2.8
train	Four versions of Windows operating systems are targeted: Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.	US Airways Flight 5481, which crashed Jan. 8, was judged to be within 100 pounds of its maximum takeoff weight.	3.5
train	The House has passed prescription-drug legislation in the last two sessions, but the Senate has failed to do so.	But company officials expect the costs of the replacement work to run into the millions of dollars.	3.8
train	The leading actress nod went to energetic newcomer Marissa Jaret Winokur as Edna's daughter Tracy.	The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC shed 8 points, or 0.45 percent, to 1,645.	2.5
train	Antonio Monteiro de Castro, 58, currently director of the group’s Latin America & Caribbean operations, will become chief operating officer from the same date.	Of the 24 million phone votes cast, Studdard was only 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.	4.6
train	Brendsel and chief financial officer Vaughn Clarke resigned June 9.	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.	3.25
train	He also recruited others to participate in the scheme by convincing them to receive fraudulently obtained merchandise he had ordered for himself.	There were 293 human cases of West Nile in Indiana in 2002, including 11 deaths statewide.	2.4
train	So far, they have searched Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana, authorities in those state said.	The company has publicly identified Linux as one of its biggest competitive threats.	3.8
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.	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.	4.5
train	Families stuck on the highway remained in their cars, and used their cell phones to call home.	Harvey was taken to St. Luke's Hospital for precautionary neck X-rays, which came back negative.	4
train	In connection with the incident, I have acknowledged that I behaved inappropriately."	Kroger's Ralphs chain and Albertsons immediately locked out their grocery workers in a show of solidarity.	4
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.	License sales, a key measure of demand, fell 21 percent to $107.6 million.	4
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.	While federal prosecutors refuse to discuss the investigation, lawyers and others familiar with it say it remains focused on Campbell.	3
train	Nine seconds later, it broke the sound barrier and continued its steep powered ascent.	The upgrade will be available as a free download for current customers with SmarNet support in January 2004.	4
train	Dixon was otherwise the class of the field at Pikes Peak International Raceway.	Asked if he felt any regret about theOctober 12 attack, the answer was an adamant "no".	3
train	Mr Pollard said: "This is a terrible personal tragedy and a shocking blow for James's family.	Spansion Flash memory solutions are available worldwide from AMD and Fujitsu.	4
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.	It will appear in the next few weeks on the Web site of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.	4
train	Squyres is principal investigator for the Athena payload - a collection of science instruments carted by each rover.	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.	2.75
train	When the bomb exploded at the Casa de España, customers were eating dinner and playing bingo.	Ankara says all four suicide bombers were Turkish.	3.5
train	People who have opposed these actions throughout are now trying to find fresh reasons to say this wasn't the right thing to do."	The S&P 500 had climbed 16 percent since its March low and yesterday closed at its highest since Dec. 2.	4
train	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 3.47 points, or 0.36 percent, to 977.59.	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.	3.2
train	He claimed Red Hat and the Free Software Foundation with trying to undermine U.S. copyright and patent law.	"I know this sounds counterintuitive, but it's true: City-grown pollution -- and ozone in particular -- is tougher on country trees," U.S. ecologist Jillian Gregg said.	3.5
train	Sayliyah was the command base for the Iraq war, but Central Command sent hundreds who ran the war back home to Tampa, Florida.	The new worm affects these Windows systems: 2000, XP, NT 4.0 and Server 2003.	3.75
train	The procedure is generally performed in the second or third trimester.	Edie Falco was not nominated for "Frankie and Johnny."	3.4
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 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.	3.4
train	The mother also alleged in the lawsuit that she was sexually assaulted by one of the guards.	The number of households acquiring music fell from a high of 14.5 million in April to 12.7 million in May and 10.4 million in June, according to NPD.	4.6
train	The union had not yet revealed which chain would be targeted.	"Maybe, but the old age helps us to understand our strength and our weakness and the reality of the world.	5
train	Boeing said the final agreement is expected to be signed during the next few weeks.	"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.	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.	Together, we will find creative ways to communicate the unique strengths of Kmart to the 'new America' consumer."	3.8
train	"What can I say to you?" he told a crowd at a cemetery with a thousand headstones, many of them marking the graves of entire families.	In seeking leniency, Waksal apologized to the court, his employees and his family.	3.6
train	"Further testing is still under way, but at this stage, given the early detection, the outlook in such instances would be positive," the specialist said yesterday.	The British Foreign Office said it had mediated the two men's release.	3.6
train	Against the Japanese currency, the euro was at 135.92/6.04 yen against the late New York level of 136.03/14.	She insisted, though, that it not be published until after her death.	3
train	Kodak expects earnings of 5 cents to 25 cents a share in the quarter.	However, we have decided to opt for the European consortium's engine as the best overall solution."	3
train	School officials said Van-Vliet reported the accident using the bus’ radio.	"Reloaded" is the second installment of a trilogy; "The Matrix Revolutions" is slated for debut in November.	3.6
train	Mr. Heatley, who suffered a broken jaw and torn knee ligaments, faces several charges.	Kernan, who was O'Bannon's lieutenant governor, friend and political partner, was sworn in six hours after O'Bannon died Saturday.	4.5
train	The author is one of several defense experts expected to testify.	The MSN Messenger 6 software will be available from 11 a.m. PST on Wednesday, according to Microsoft.	3
train	Oracle Corp's Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison didn't rule out sweetening the company's unsolicited offer to acquire rival PeopleSoft Inc.	Gemstar shares moved higher on the news, closing up 2.6 percent at $5.49 on Nasdaq.	2.588
train	Counties with population declines will be Vermillion, Posey and Madison.	The 27-year-old rapper's attorney in the civil matter, Mark Gann, did not return calls for comment.	2.4
train	Argentine Guillermo Coria and Netherlander Martin Verkerk are in the other half.	The injured passenger at John Peter Smith died later in the morning; his name has not been released, Jones said.	3.8
train	By state law, 911 calls are not public information and were not released.	Marissa Jaret Winokur, as Tracy, won for best actress in a musical.	2.4
train	The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 19.67, or 1.3 percent, to 1523.71, its highest since June 18.	The developers, The Related Cos. and Apollo Real Estate Advisors, hope sales top $1 billion.	3.833
train	Texas Instruments climbed $1.37 to $19.25 yesterday and Novellus Systems Inc. advanced $1.76 to $36.31.	The cradle for the h2200 has space for recharging a second battery.	3.4
train	The weather service reported maximum sustained winds of nearly 105 miles an hour with stronger gusts.	Bishop O'Brien, aged 67, had told police he thought he had hit a dog or cat.	3.4
train	A search for three missing teenagers uncovered at least two bodies buried beneath freshly poured concrete in the basement of a house, authorities said Wednesday.	Mr. Mills declined to comment yesterday, saying that he never discussed personnel matters.	4.4
train	The 51-year-old nurse worked at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the latest outbreak.	Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez said investigators felt confident that with the arrests they had "at least one of the fires resolved."	0.8
train	The valid signatures of 897,158 registered California voters must be collected and turned in to county election officials by Sept. 2.	LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said that meant the cable could be used "as we see fit.	4
train	Founders of the group are Matsushita Electric, Sony, Hitachi, NEC, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung, Sharp and Toshiba.	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.	1
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.	Later Tuesday, Graham was expected to be re-elected for a second one-year term.	3.176
train	Amgen shares gained 93 cents, or 1.45 percent, to $65.05 in afternoon trading on Nasdaq.	The researchers gave copies of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" to the carb-cutters.	3.75
train	Consumer groups are against the changes, saying they hurt individuality in markets.	The crates are full of hardback copies of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	3.8
train	On Sunday, a U.S. soldier was killed and another injured in southern Iraq when a munitions dump exploded.	DRINKING green tea can dramatically reduce the risk of men contracting prostate cancer, a study by Australian researchers has discovered.	3.4
train	Dusty had battled kidney cancer for more than a year.	Shares jumped almost 7 percent in pre-open trading, rising to $18.26 from $17.05 at Tuesday's close.	3.4
train	This northern autumn US trainers will work with soldiers from four North African countries on patrolling and gathering intelligence.	"This was a persistent problem which has not been solved, mechanically and physically," said board member Steven Wallace.	2.8
train	This is America, my friends, and it should not happen here," he said to loud applause.	Two federal agencies are investigating telecommunications gear maker Lucent Technologies for possible violations of U.S. bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia.	3.6
train	A new study, conducted in Europe, found the medicine worked just as well as an earlier disputed study, sponsored by ImClone Systems, said it did.	The Hispanic population increased by 9.8per cent from the April 2000 census figures, despite less favourable social and economic conditions than in the 1990s.	1.75
train	Added Mr. Prodi: "Maybe, but the old age helps us to understand our strengths and our weakness."	Forest, the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, said it had greeted The Lancet's call with "amusement and disbelief'".	4
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.	Shares of EDS closed Thursday at $18.51, up 6 cents on the New York Stock Exchange.	3
train	Michael Bloomberg, NYC Mayor: "I'm gonna try march with a number of different groups.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 6.48 points, or 0.66 percent, to 990.51.	3.6
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.	That saw the benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR slip 5/32 in price, taking its yield to 3.36 percent from 3.34 percent late on Thursday.	3.2
train	There are 103 Democrats in the Assembly and 47 Republicans.	Analysts polled by Thomson Financial First Call had been expected to see a loss of about 11 cents a share from continuing operations.	3.4
train	A Washington County man may have the countys first human case of West Nile virus, the health department said Friday.	Aventis, based in Strasbourg, France, is one of the leading producers of the vaccine and one of a handful of companies that still make it.	3.4
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.	That was up from the year-ago quarter, when the company earned $54.3 million, or 22 cents a share.	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.	He was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday night by police acting on a tip-off.	3.6
train	The latest snapshot of the labor markets was slightly better than economists were expecting; they were forecasting claims to fall no lower than 410,000 for last week.	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.	3.6
train	The attack seemed similar to others staged near foreign compounds in Riyadh on May 12.	A long awaited report on the Hong Kong government's handling of the SARS outbreak has been released.	3.25
train	Klarman was arrested by FBI agents in the Hamptons, an exclusive summer resort enclave east of New York City.	The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was off 7.75 points, or 0.08 percent, at 9,175.47.	3.4
train	From Broadway comedies like "The Seven Year Itch" (1952), "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"	The matter could then be sent to the U.N. Security Council.	4.222
train	The bill says that a woman who undergoes such an abortion couldn't be prosecuted.	The scientist also quarantined himself at home as soon as he developed SARS symptoms, officials said.	2.4
train	Common side effects include nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat and cough, the FDA said.	The European Commission, the EU's powerful executive body, described the move as "legally unwarranted, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful."	4
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.	But neither he nor Peace Rules could keep Funny Cide from drawing away.	4.6
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.	Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports, he said.	4.2
train	Selenski descended down the wall and used the mattress to climb over razor wire.	"I have acknowledged that I behaved inappropriately," he said.	1.4
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.	Spitz is expected to testify later for the defense.	3.2
train	The index, which measures activity in the service sector, climbed to 50.7 last month from 47.9 in March.	Chante Jawaon Mallard, 27, is charged with murder and tampering with evidence.	3.2
train	The hearing occurred a day after the Pentagon for the first time singled out an officer, Dallager, for not addressing the scandal.	On Monday, EchoStar (DISH: news, chart, profile) shares shrank $1.40, or 4.4 percent, to $30.63.	3
train	Looking to buy the latest Harry Potter?	The central bank's policy board left rates steady for now, as widely expected, but surprised the market by declaring that overall risks were weighted toward weakness.	1.75
train	Investigators uncovered a 4-inch bone fragment from beneath the concrete slab Thursday, but it turned out to be an animal bone, authorities said.	On Wednesday next week, Mr Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Aqaba, Jordan.	1.9
train	U.S. forces struck dozens of targets on Monday, killing six guerrillas and arresting 21 others, the military said.	The judge scheduled another oversight hearing for late January.	4.2
train	Shares of Allergan fell 14 cents to close at $78.12 on the New York Stock Exchange (news - web sites).	On Sunday, a U.S. soldier was killed and another injured when a munitions dump they were guarding exploded in southern Iraq.	2.6
train	Supermarket chains facing a possible grocery clerk strike this week accused union leaders Monday of breaking off contract talks prematurely over the weekend.	The plant would employ 1,000 people when fully built out, the company said.	4.4
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.	"I came to Washington basically to establish relationships and make sure we are getting more federal money," Schwarzenegger said after one meeting.	2.6
train	The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was off 58.69 points, or 0.64 percent, at 9,137.86.	He moved to Syria, where he underwent further religious training in traditional Islamic beliefs.	3