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train	Gainer said the two staff aides are "very sorry this all happened," and the security personnel had performed "well within standards."	Spitz is expected to testify later for the defense.	3.2
train	According to law enforcement officials, the person arrested was a known sophisticated hacker.	Major fires had burned 264,000 acres by early last night.	3.25
train	He left the army for Syria where he received religious training.	The Federal Trade Commission asked Congress yesterday for broader powers to attack the rapidly growing problem of spam, which new studies show accounts for half of all e-mail traffic.	2.25
train	A Royal Duty is based on his experiences with Diana, Princess of Wales and letters allegedly to and from her.	That was up from the year-ago quarter, when the company earned $54.3 million, or 22 cents a share.	2.8
train	The router will be available in the first quarter of 2004 and will cost around $200, the company said.	Sgt. Ernest Bucklew, 33, was coming home from Iraq to bury his mother in Pennsylvania.	3.833
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.	Both studies are published on Thursday in Nature, the British weekly science journal.	3.6
train	"IT is the only vehicle on which established economies will be able to compete," Barrett said.	A Caesarean had originally been planned in mid- November, two weeks early.	5
train	The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 19.67, or 1.3 percent, to 1523.71, its highest since June 18.	Ankara says all four suicide bombers were Turkish.	2.4
train	It was the best advance since Oct. 1, when the index gained 22.25.	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 79.43 points, or 0.86 percent, to 9,117.12 on Friday.	2
train	Forecasters said warnings might go up for Cuba later Thursday.	The technique is used during the second and, occasionally, third trimester of pregnancy.	3.2
train	And when asked if he felt regret or guilt about the attack his answer was an adamant "no".	"The concrete barriers (between lanes) were being tossed around like feathers."	3.5
train	British Airways' New York-to-London runs will end in October.	Selenski used the mattress to scale a 10-foot razor wire, Fischi said.	0.889
train	The pressure may well rise on Thursday, with national coverage of the final round planned by ESPN, the cable sports network.	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.	2.6
train	He playfully chided the Senate's "little bitty tax relief plan."	Barbini said the EU may reach a compromise but it wants a system for labeling such foods, something the industry has resisted.	3
train	Its shares jumped to $54.50 in pre-open trading from $50.90 at Wednesday's close.	Texas Instruments climbed $US1.37 to $US19.25 and Novellus Systems advanced $US1.76 to $US36.31, each having been raised to "overweight" by Lehman.	3
train	The MDC called the strike to force Mr Mugabe to either resign or negotiate a settlement of the Zimbabwe crisis.	According to an arrest warrant, Bryant, 24, attacked a woman on June 30.	3
train	On Sunday, a U.S. soldier was killed and another injured in southern Iraq when a munitions dump exploded.	Wire transfers from four of the 40 accounts open at Beacon Hill totaled more than $3.2 billion from 2001 to 2002, Morgenthau said.	3.2
train	Shares of Corixa fell 12 cents to $6.88 on the Nasdaq stock market.	The academy will get its own internal report next week and it will be made public, Rosa said.	2.2
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.	Its safe to assume the Senate is prepared to pass some form of a cap....The level of it is to be debated.	3.667
train	Chavez said investigators feel confident they've got "at least one of the fires resolved in that regard."	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC lost 2 points, or 0.18 percent, to 1,649.	1.9
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.	Bremer said he would launch a $70-million program in the next two weeks to clean up neighborhoods across Iraq and build community projects, but gave no details.	3.4
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 missing workers, two men and a woman, were inside the building when the first blast occurred, Mayor Joe T. Parker said.	3.75
train	Peace Rules defeated Funny Cide in the Louisiana Derby.	With the remaining three shuttles grounded in the wake of the Columbia accident, the rookies will have to wait even longer.	3.5
train	Mr. Turner transferred about 10 million shares to a charitable trust before they were sold.	Junya Tanase, forex strategist at JP Morgan Chase, said "I expect Japan to keep conducting intervention, but the volume is likely to fall sharply."	3.6
train	The company posted a profit of $54.3 million, or 22 cents per share, in the year-ago period.	The product also streams Internet radio and comes with a 30-day free trial for RealNetworks' Rhapsody digital music subscription service.	1.4
train	Bulger's brother is now on the agency's ''10 Most Wanted'' list, sought in connection with 21 murders.	On Wednesday, attendees will vote on resolutions that express the Southern Baptist view on issues, but are not binding on individual churches.	1.75
train	Shares of Allergan fell 14 cents to close at $78.12 on the New York Stock Exchange (news - web sites).	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.	2.5
train	The rapper's lawyer, Mark Gann, didn't return calls for comment.	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.	3.6
train	Added Mr. Prodi: "Maybe, but the old age helps us to understand our strengths and our weakness."	"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.	1.8
train	SCO says the pricing terms for a license will not be announced for weeks.	Last Thursday, the RIAA sent a stiff copyright warning to Penn State's department of astronomy and astrophysics.	4.8
train	Her lawyer Donald Levine told The Telegraph she had been offered $US250,000 to tell her story exclusively to Australian TV.	The Hulk trailed last month's Marvel Comics adaptation, X2: X-Men United, which grossed $85.6-million in its opening weekend.	3
train	The hearing occurred a day after the Pentagon for the first time singled out an officer, Dallager, for not addressing the scandal.	The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's original application in December 2001, saying the trial had been sloppily conducted.	2.4
train	The new policy gives greatest weight to grades, test scores and a student's high school curriculum.	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.	3.5
train	Several states and the federal government later passed similar or more strict bans.	Academic achievement -- including grades, test scores and high school curriculum -- are given the highest priority.	3.8
train	Kadyrov was not injured, but four of his bodyguards were among those killed.	We don't need a little bitty tax relief plan.	3.5
train	In an E-mail statement to the Knoxville News Sentinel, Shumaker said, ''I am not giving any consideration to resignation.	The world's first portal potty was soon to be rolled out at summer festivals in Great Britain.	5
train	The man accused of using fake grenades to commandeer a Cuban plane that landed in Key West in April was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison.	Along with chip maker Intel, the companies include Sony, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, International Business Machines, Gateway, Nokia and others.	5
train	Another big gainer was Rambus Inc. (nasdaq: RMBS - news - people), which shot 32 percent higher.	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.	3.6
train	In April, it had forecast operating earnings in the range of 60 to 80 cents a share.	Perry said he backs the Senate's efforts, including the fines, to force the Democrats to return.	2.6
train	Sources say agents confiscated "several" documents he was carrying.	The company has publicly identified Linux as one of its biggest competitive threats.	3.6
train	By state law, 911 calls are not public information and were not released.	The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC shed 8 points, or 0.45 percent, to 1,645.	2.8
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.	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.	2.4
train	The Nasdaq composite index advanced 20.59, or 1.3 percent, to 1,616.50, after gaining 5.7 percent last week.	The battle around VeriSign"s three-week-old Site Finder service rages on.	4.667
train	"I am advised that certain allegations of criminal conduct have been interposed against my counsel," said Silver.	This led last month to the recovery of the 600-pound Cancun altar, Vanderbilt University in Nashville and the National Geographic Society announced Wednesday.	3.444
train	Colgate shares closed Monday at $56.30 on the New York Stock Exchange.	Sources in the racing industry said Fontana will get a second NASCAR race on Labor Day weekend starting next season.	3.25
train	The ADRs fell 10 cents to $28.95 at 10:06 a.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading today.	It will appear in the next few weeks on the Web site of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.	3.8
train	The Episcopal Church ''is alienating itself from the Anglican Communion,'' said the Very Rev. Peter Karanja, provost of the All Saints Cathedral, in Nairobi.	Swartz had sought to have the charges dismissed, saying New Hampshire was the wrong place to charge him.	0.5
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.	The virus spreads when unsuspecting computer users open file attachments in emails that contain familiar headings like "Thank You!" and "Re: Details".	4
train	A Washington County man may have the countys first human case of West Nile virus, the health department said Friday.	Harvey was taken to St. Luke's Hospital for precautionary neck X-rays, which came back negative.	0.8
train	Perry has called lawmakers into two special sessions to address congressional redistricting.	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.	3.25
train	London-based NCRI official Ali Safavi told Reuters: "We condemn this raid, which is in our view illegal and morally and politically unjustifiable."	King County Superior Court Judge Charles Mertel will then recess the trial until Monday.	4.4
train	"I felt that if I disagreed with Rosie too much I would lose my job," she said.	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.	2
train	Families stuck on the highway remained in their cars, and used their cell phones to call home.	The 30-year bond <US30YT=RR> firmed 24/32, taking its yield to 4.18 percent, after hitting another record low of 4.16 percent.	4.8
train	The bank's shares fell 45 cents in trading yesterday to $91.51 per share.	Federal officials said the document remained sealed until Thursday morning to allow authorities to make arrests in five Western states.	4.056
train	The new research will be published soon in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.	Halliburton shares fell 54 cents, or 2.4 percent, to $21.76 a share in midday New York Stock Exchange trade.	2
train	The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX gained 19.72 points, or 1.98 percent, to 1,015.69.	In late-morning trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Corixa was up 74 cents, or 10%, at $7.94.	4
train	On July 22, Moore announced he would appeal the case directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.	About half of all U.S. households have money in mutual funds.	3
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.	Ridge said that no actual explosives or other harmful substances will be used.	3.2
train	The new system costs between $1.1 million and $22 million, depending on configuration.	The matter could then be sent to the U.N. Security Council.	4.4
train	Dealers said the single currency's downward momentum against the dollar could pick up speed if it broke below $1.15.	The vulnerability exists in the way Microsoft's Visual Basic for Applications checks document properties passed to it when a document is opened.	4
train	Joining Boston on Monday were the Massachusetts communities of Watertown, Saugus and Framingham.	That compares with January 2000, when laptops represented less than 25 percent of sales volume, NPD said.	2.625
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.	Republicans had pledged to complete a Medicare drug package by August, then extended it to Oct. 17.	3.75
train	The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asked Congress today for additional authority to fight unwanted Internet spam, which now accounts for up to half of all e-mail traffic.	The helicopter was owned by Las Vegas-based Sundance Helicopters Inc., according to the sheriff's office.	1.4
train	The British Foreign Office said Monday that coalition authorities in Iraq were pleased that the men were freed.	"It's not zero," said David Ropeik, director of risk communication at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.	4.25
train	Plofsky said the commission won't investigate because the three-year statute of limitations has expired.	The Nasdaq composite index fell 2.95, or 0.2 percent, for the week to 1,912.36 after stumbling 37.78 yesterday.	4.4
train	Shares of McDonald's Corp. and Wendy's International Inc. continued a modest run-up on the New York Stock Exchange Monday.	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.	3.6
train	The Winston-Salem, North Carolina company opened six stores during the quarter, bringing the total to 282.	Corixa's stock barely flinched on the news, dipping 12 cents to close at $6.88.	3.25
train	Wal-Mart estimates more than 100 million Americans visit their stores every week.	The 27-year-old rapper's attorney in the civil matter, Mark Gann, did not return calls for comment.	3.5
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.	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.	2.75
train	According to SunnComm's Peter Jacobs, "MediaMax performs exactly as 'advertised' to the companies who purchased it.	A spokesman for SCO could not be reached for comment this afternoon.	3.6
train	Graham is expected to be nominated and elected to a second one-year term today and will deliver the presidential address.	The injured passenger at John Peter Smith died later in the morning; his name has not been released, Jones said.	4.2
train	Supermarket chains facing a possible grocery clerk strike this week accused union leaders Monday of breaking off contract talks prematurely over the weekend.	US Airways Flight 5481, which crashed Jan. 8, was judged to be within 100 pounds of its maximum takeoff weight.	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.	The judge scheduled another oversight hearing for late January.	2.75
train	The others were given copies of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" and told to follow it.	Former model Lady McCartney lost a leg in a road accident in 1993 and is understood to have steel plates fitted in her hips which would make natural childbirth difficult.	0.8
train	The upcoming second-quarter earnings season will be particularly important in offering investors guidance, they say.	Klarman was charged with 16 counts of wire fraud.	4
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".	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> gained 5.51 points, or 0.56 percent, to 981.73.	3.333
train	As a result, 24 players broke par in the first round.	Meningitis is an infection of the fluid in a person's spinal cord and around the brain.	3.333
train	Against the Japanese currency, the euro was at 135.92/6.04 yen against the late New York level of 136.03/14.	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.	4.6
train	"The figures are becoming catastrophic," said Dr. Patrick Pelloux, the president of the association of emergency room physicians.	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.	1.6
train	Selenski descended down the wall and used the mattress to climb over razor wire.	The government did not identify the taikonauts -- a term coined from taikong, the Chinese word for space.	4.5
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.	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.	4
train	Nine seconds later, it broke the sound barrier and continued its steep powered ascent.	Organizers established a Web site, http://defacerschallenge.com, listing in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate.	4.6
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 latest shooting linked to the spree was a Nov. 11 shooting at Hamilton Township Elementary School in Obetz, about two miles from the freeway.	4.091
train	Consumer groups are against the changes, saying they hurt individuality in markets.	British Airways plans to retire its seven Concordes at the end of October.	2.667
train	That took the benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR down 9/32, its yield rising to 3.37 percent from 3.34 percent late on Thursday.	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.	3.4
train	There are 103 Democrats in the Assembly and 47 Republicans.	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.	2.4
train	The New York Mets then selected outfielder Lastings Milledge from Lakewood Ranch High School in Florida.	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
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.	"Reloaded" is the second installment of a trilogy; "The Matrix Revolutions" is slated for debut in November.	3.4
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.	Nine seconds later, SpaceShipOne broke the sound barrier, the company said.	3.6
train	July 1st is the sixth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule.	Vermillion, Posey and Madison County populations will decline.	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.	They underwent more tests over the weekend, and are now warded at Raffles Hospital.	2.8
train	From Florida to Alaska, thousands of revelers vowed to push for more legal rights, including same-sex marriages.	Moore of Alabama says he will appeal his case to the nation's highest court.	3.6
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 letter bomb sent to Prodi exploded in his hands but he was unhurt.	3.75
train	Douglas Robinson, a senior vice president of finance, will take over as chief financial officer on an interim basis.	The bill is among the first of 13 that Congress must pass each year to fund the federal government.	4.75
train	Argentine Guillermo Coria and Netherlander Martin Verkerk are in the other half.	Trish York, a spokeswoman for Boeing, declined to comment on the deal.	3.75
train	In addition, the Justice Department said that the FBI has conducted ''fewer than 10'' investigations involving visits to mosques.	She insisted, though, that it not be published until after her death.	3.6
train	Albertsons and Kroger's Ralphs chain locked out their workers in response.	The hearing came one day after the Pentagon for the first time singled out an officer - Dallager - for failing to address the scandal.	4.75
train	Oracle Corp's Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison didn't rule out sweetening the company's unsolicited offer to acquire rival PeopleSoft Inc.	The University of Michigan plans to release a new undergraduate admissions policy Thursday after its acceptance requirements were rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court in June.	4.2
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.	He ran last year for the Democratic nomination for Texas governor, but lost the primary to multimillionaire Tony Sanchez.	3
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."	"My understanding of this is that there is a lower percentage of successful impregnations with frozen," Ezzell said.	2