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train	The two-year note US2YT=RR fell 5/32 in price, taking its yield to 1.23 percent from 1.16 percent late on Monday.	The government recently shelved peace talks being brokered by neighbouring Malaysia after a spate of attacks on Mindanao, including three deadly bombings, that it blamed on the MILF.	3.4
train	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI ended up 56.79 points, or 0.67 percent, at 8,588.36 -- its highest level since January 17.	The virus killed 44 people in the Toronto area, including one doctor and two nurses.	3
train	He planned to stay all day until the river crested, which was forecast for late last night.	Druce last night was held in isolation at the same prison.	4
train	I think we made the right case and did the right thing."	GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. >> Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie drew the crowds, but Angela Stanford took her first LPGA victory.	4.2
train	Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports of dead blue jays and crows, Jayroe said.	Griffith, 77, grew up in Mount Airy and now lives in Manteo.	3.4
train	John Hickenlooper had 65 percent of the vote to 35 percent for City Auditor Don Mares.	"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.	1
train	In two weeks, he'll probably send out Peace Rules in the Preakness.	The academy will get its own internal report next week and it will be made public, Rosa said.	3.5
train	And when asked if he felt regret or guilt about the attack his answer was an adamant "no".	Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 15.66 to 1,046.79, its best advance since Oct. 1, when it gained 22.25.	4.25
train	British Airways' New York-to-London runs will end in October.	Altria Group Inc. MO.N fell 50 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $41.81.	3.444
train	Authorities said the scientist properly quarantined himself at home after he developed SARS symptoms Dec. 10.	FirstEnergy Corp. should have determined that modernizing one of its plants would increase overall pollution emissions, U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus ruled Thursday.	1.75
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.	But the United States' ultimate goal was not just to topple Mr. Hussein but to stabilize the country and install a friendly government.	4.5
train	In an E-mail statement to the Knoxville News Sentinel, Shumaker said, ''I am not giving any consideration to resignation.	He moved to Syria, where he underwent further religious training in traditional Islamic beliefs.	3.5
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.	The military said it had killed 16 rebels and captured nine in the campaign so far, with one soldier killed and six wounded.	3.6
train	Wal-Mart estimates more than 100 million Americans visit their stores every week.	The commission estimated California lost $937 million to corporate tax shelters in 2001.	3.75
train	Shares of Littleton, Colorado-based EchoStar rose $1.63, or 5.3 percent, to $32.26 at 10:55 a.m.	Mr. Mills declined to comment yesterday, saying that he never discussed personnel matters.	4
train	In April, it had forecast operating earnings in the range of 60 to 80 cents a share.	By law, 911 calls are not public information in Rhode Island.	5
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.	The consumer-confidence index came in at 83.5 in June, down slightly from a revised 83.6 in May, the Conference Board said.	2.4
train	The support will come as a free software upgrade called WebVPN for current customers that have support contracts.	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.	2.5
train	U.S. forces struck dozens of targets on Monday, killing six guerrillas and arresting 21 others, the military said.	The House has passed bills the past two Congresses, but the Senate has not.	3
train	"People are obviously inconvenienced," said Dr. Jim Young, Ontario's commissioner of public safety.	House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., says he is sensitive to civil liberties complaints.	2
train	Dixon was otherwise the class of the field at Pikes Peak International Raceway.	BAT also said Antonio Monteiro de Castro, director for Latin America and the Caribbean, would become chief operating officer on January 1, 2004.	4.056
train	The new sensor -- dubbed CANARY for ''cellular analysis and notification of antigen risks and yields'' -- hijacks this natural process with two important changes.	Captain Robert Ramsey of US 1St Armored Division said a truck had exploded outside the building at around 11 am.	2
train	Lay had argued that handing over the documents would be a violation of his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.	"What has happened to you, sir, by way of punishment, is certainly more than enough," Covello said.	3.2
train	Women who eat potatoes and other tuberous vegetables during pregnancy may be at risk of triggering type 1 diabetes in their children, Melbourne researchers believe.	"We've put a lot of effort and energy into improving our patching progress, probably later than we should have.	4.4
train	Additionally, the h2210’s cradle has room to charge a second battery.	And I really liked him, and I still do.	4.6
train	Bond bulls would like the Fed to recognize that risks are biased toward economic weakness.	BlueCore3-Multimedia contains an open platform DSP co-processor and also includes a 16-bit stereo audio codec with dual ADC and DAC for stereo audio.	3
train	With diplomacy heating up in the nearly 10-month-old nuclear crisis, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing is slated to visit South Korea from August 13 to 15.	Mr Blair went on: "I think we did the right thing in relation to Iraq.	4.25
train	Police then called a bomb squad, but the device exploded, killing Wells, before bomb technicians arrived.	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	Revenue rose 3.9 percent, to $1.63 billion from $1.57 billion.	The Dodgers won their sixth consecutive game and seventh in their last nine as they beat Colorado 3-2 on Wednesday in front of a crowd of 25,332 at Dodger Stadium.	3.6
train	Micron has declared its first quarterly profit for three years.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was up 7.42 points, or 0.45 percent, at 1,653.44.	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.	Still, he noted that Miami must decide whether to seek A.C.C. membership by June 30 to adhere to Big East guidelines.	3.6
train	Agents found more than 1,000 credit cards and credit card duplicating machines during a search of Ragin's address.	He said police had identified the bodies of seven of the 14 bombers who launched five almost simultaneous raids Friday night.	3.4
train	The technology-packed Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> dropped 37.78 points, or 1.94 percent, to 1,912.36.	Along with chip maker Intel, the companies include Sony, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, International Business Machines, Gateway, Nokia and others.	4.2
train	According to law enforcement officials, the person arrested was a known sophisticated hacker.	"The concrete barriers (between lanes) were being tossed around like feathers."	2
train	"I expect Japan to keep conducting intervention, but the volume is likely to fall sharply," said Junya Tanase, forex strategist at JP Morgan Chase.	Hispanics have officially overtaken African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, according to a report released by the US Census Bureau.	2.75
train	They also found shortness was associated with a family history of hearing loss.	Agents confiscated several classified documents in his possession and interrogated him.	3.25
train	Allegiant shares rose $4, or $17.2 percent, to $27.43 in Thursday morning trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.	There will be 9.3 million visitors to hot spots in 2003, up from 2.5 million in 2002, Gartner said.	2.75
train	So far, they have searched Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana, authorities in those state said.	Spitz is expected to testify later for the defense.	3.25
train	However, we have decided to opt for the European consortium's engine as the best overall solution and due to the substantial price efforts made".	"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.	2.25
train	Florida's Supreme Court has twice refused to hear the case.	The results are to be published in Wednesday's issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.	2.667
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.	2.4
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.	Also hurting was news General Motors GM.N was to issue $10 billion in debt, in part to plug a hole in its pension plan.	3.8
train	Kollar-Kotelly has scheduled another antitrust settlement compliance hearing for January.	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.	0.5
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.	While waiting for a bomb squad to arrive, the bomb exploded, killing Wells.	3.4
train	Chavez said investigators feel confident they've got "at least one of the fires resolved in that regard."	That compares with January 2000, when laptops represented less than 25 percent of sales volume, NPD said.	4.8
train	Once converted, BayStar will own an aggregate of approximately 2.95 million shares of SCO common stock or 17.5 percent of the company's outstanding shares.	"I have acknowledged that I behaved inappropriately," he said.	4.733
train	The best-performing stock was Altria Group Inc., which rose more than 27 percent to close at $42.31 a share.	But under cross-examination by O'Donnell's attorney, Lorna Schofield, Toepfer conceded she had ignored many of O'Donnell's suggestions and projects.	0.8
train	In that case, the court held that Cincinnati had violated the First Amendment in banning only the advertising pamphlets in the interest of aesthetics.	This is unacceptable," said Patrick Pelloux, the president of France's Association of Emergency Doctors.	3.2
train	The department ordered an 18.2 percent reduction for Allstate Texas Lloyds and a 12 percent reduction for State Farm Lloyds.	His protest led to a 47-hour standoff with police that caused huge traffic jams in downtown Washington and northern Virginia.	1.2
train	They said they had concluded that the film failed "to present a balanced portrayal" of the Reagans.	Gemstar shares moved higher on the news, closing up 2.6 percent at $5.49 on Nasdaq.	2.5
train	MediaQ's customers include major handheld makers Mitsubishi, Siemens, Palm, Sharp, Philips, Dell and Sony.	The Mets took Lastings Milledge, an outfielder from Florida, with the 12th pick.	3.5
train	The elderly and those with weakened immune systems are also urged to protect against mosquito bites.	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.	3
train	The WiFi potties were to be unveiled this summer, at music festivals in Britain.	Emily Church is London bureau chief of CBS.MarketWatch.com.	3.8
train	Board Chancellor Robert Bennett declined to comment on personnel matters Tuesday.	Ridge said that no actual explosives or other harmful substances will be used.	3.6
train	According to the Census Bureau, the Hispanic population increased by 9.8 percent from the April 2000 census figures.	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.	3.6
train	Meningitis is an infection of the spinal cord fluid and the tissue around the brain.	Seven 20- and 21-year-old male cadets were caught in an off-campus hotel room early Saturday with two female teens, 16 and 18 years.	2.4
train	"But HRT should not be used to prevent heart disease or any other chronic condition."	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.	3.5
train	The first health-care worker in the country to die of SARS was a Filipina-Canadian who contracted the disease at North York General Hospital, the site of the second outbreak.	In seeking leniency, Waksal apologized to the court, his employees and his family.	2.8
train	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.	The dollar was at 117.85 yen against the Japanese currency, up 0.1 percent.	2.4
train	The military said it had killed 12 rebels and captured nine in the campaign so far, for the loss of six soldiers wounded.	According to law enforcement officials, the individual decrypted passwords on the server.	4.25
train	In morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 40.12, or 0.5 percent, at 8,571.69, having fallen 51 points Monday.	Halliburton shares fell 54 cents, or 2.4 percent, to $21.76 a share in midday New York Stock Exchange trade.	3
train	The Nasdaq composite index advanced 20.59, or 1.3 percent, to 1,616.50, after gaining 5.7 percent last week.	Kerry was viewed favorably by 66 percent of those polled; Dean at 57 percent.	3.25
train	Hispanics, the fastest growing ethnic group in the US, have overtaken blacks to become the largest minority in the US, according to newly released government figures.	As Sayliyah was the command base for the Iraq war, but hundreds who ran the war have returned to the United States.	3.4
train	The report forecasts there will be 71,079 hot spots worldwide this year, up from just 14,752 in 2002 and 1,214 in 2001.	But neither he nor Peace Rules could keep Funny Cide from drawing away.	3.2
train	At 12 months there was still a difference in function, although it was not a significant one.	The dollar dropped to $1.1564 per euro at 7:30 a.m. in London from $1.1486 on Friday.	3.75
train	The House has passed prescription-drug legislation in the last two sessions, but the Senate has failed to do so.	The researchers gave copies of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" to the carb-cutters.	1.75
train	FRIENDS of Robert De Niro yesterday rallied around him after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.	Major fires had burned 264,000 acres by early last night.	3.5
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 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.	3.8
train	"These changes may affect a large number of existing Web pages," the statement continued.	Trouble flared when at least four North Korean reporters rushed from the Taegu media centre to confront a dozen activists protesting against human rights abuses in the North.	3
train	He also said the academy will get its own internal report next week detailing the seriousness of the remaining problem.	Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday it will take time to locate die-hard remnants of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime in Iraq.	1.5
train	The launch coincides with the JavaOne developers' conference in San Francisco this week.	With 97 percent of precincts counted tonight, 68 percent of voters opposed the tax.	3.8
train	He had been arrested twice before for trespassing and barred from the complex - home to his mother and two children.	In 1995, the last survey, those numbers were equal.	3.8
train	The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield <US10YT=RR> dipped below 4.20 percent on Tuesday.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC lost 2 points, or 0.18 percent, to 1,649.	2.8
train	During 2001 and 2002, Morgenthau said, wire transfers from just four of Beacon Hill's 40 accounts totaled more than $3.2 billion.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC declined 16.68 points, or 1.01 percent, at 1,636.94.	3.8
train	He claimed Red Hat and the Free Software Foundation with trying to undermine U.S. copyright and patent law.	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.	3.25
train	Mayor Joe T. Parker said late Thursday that the three workers were two men and a woman who were inside the building when the first blast occurred.	Vermillion, Posey and Madison County populations will decline.	3
train	In the latest violence, insurgents threw a bomb at a U.S. convoy in northern Baghdad, killing one soldier.	When Ragin's address was raided, authorities found more than 1,000 credit cards and duplicating machines.	3.5
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."	The judge scheduled another oversight hearing for late January.	3.6
train	The company said it would cut the wholesale price of most top-line CDs to $9.09 from $12.02.	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.	4.75
train	Shares of SCO closed at $10.93, down 28 cents, in Monday trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> climbed 19.11 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,615.02.	3.6
train	The others were given copies of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" and told to follow it.	Trish York, a spokeswoman for Boeing, declined to comment on the deal.	3.2
train	"The European Union is basically absent," said Tito Barbini, regional minister for agriculture in Tuscany, Italy.	The technique is used during the second and, occasionally, third trimester of pregnancy.	3
train	Consumers still would have to get a descrambling security card from their cable operator to plug into the set.	The network will drop one edition of "Dateline," its newsmagazine franchise.	2.4
train	On July 22, Moore announced he would appeal the case directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.	The attack seemed similar to attacks staged near foreign compounds in Riyadh on May 12, for which officials have also blamed al-Qaida.	3
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.	LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said that meant the cable could be used "as we see fit.	4.8
train	Mr Alibek said: "Our outcomes are very encouraging.	The virus spreads when unsuspecting computer users open file attachments in emails that contain familiar headings like "Thank You!" and "Re: Details".	2
train	The proportion of people covered by employers dropped from 62.3 percent in 2001 to 61.3 percent last year.	To watch pay television, consumers would insert into the set a security card provided by their cable service.	5
train	Linda Saunders pleaded guilty in federal court to six charges, including extortion, money laundering and conspiracy.	Junya Tanase, forex strategist at JP Morgan Chase, said "I expect Japan to keep conducting intervention, but the volume is likely to fall sharply."	3.25
train	AirTran officials and a Boeing official declined to comment yesterday.	"Mr. Bryant is innocent and expects to be completely exonerated," Mackey said in a statement.	4
train	The tech-loaded Nasdaq composite rose 20.96 points to 1595.91, ending at its highest level for 12 months.	Thousands of revellers, celebrating the decision, vowed to push for more legal rights, including same-sex marriages.	2.5
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.	U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman kicks off the three-day Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology on Monday.	4.2
train	Mr Pollard said: "This is a terrible personal tragedy and a shocking blow for James's family.	But other sources close to the sale said Vivendi was keeping the door open for further bids in the next day or two.	3.2
train	He left the army for Syria where he received religious training.	Stardust was designed to gather thousands of dust particles streaming from Wild 2.	3.75
train	Site Finder has been visited 65 million times since its introduction, Galvin said.	With the remaining three shuttles grounded in the wake of the Columbia accident, the rookies will have to wait even longer.	4.75
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.	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.	2.6
train	Lawyers and others familiar with the federal investigation say it remains focused on Campbell, though prosecutors declined to discuss the probe.	Last Thursday, the RIAA sent a stiff copyright warning to Penn State's department of astronomy and astrophysics.	2.75
train	Halabi's military attorney, Air Force Maj. James Key, denied the charges, which could carry a death penalty.	Emile Laroza, 51, contracted SARS while working as a nurse at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the second SARS outbreak.	4
train	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was off 58.69 points, or 0.64 percent, at 9,137.86.	Kernan, who was O'Bannon's lieutenant governor, friend and political partner, was sworn in six hours after O'Bannon died Saturday.	0.75
train	But church members and observers say they expect that the decision could be problematic for many Episcopalians.	The MSN Messenger 6 software will be available from 11 a.m. PST on Wednesday, according to Microsoft.	2.6
train	Announcing the selection, Kmart CEO Julian Day said Grey will help the retailer "find creative ways to communicate the unique strengths of Kmart to the new America consumer."	Two federal agencies are investigating telecommunications gear maker Lucent Technologies for possible violations of U.S. bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia.	3.8