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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.	So far, authorities also have searched areas in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan.	3.2
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 judge scheduled another oversight hearing for late January.	3
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.	The plant would employ 1,000 people when fully built out, the company said.	3.6
train	Mr Pollard said: "This is a terrible personal tragedy and a shocking blow for James's family.	Oracle chairman Larry Ellison has hinted that the company could yet again increase its offer for rival PeopleSoft.	3.6
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.	France Telecom shares dropped 3.6 percent while Orange surged 13 percent.	2.8
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.	"Our outcomes are very encouraging," George Mason researcher Ken Alibek said.	3.4
train	The Conference Board reported its U.S. Consumer Confidence Index slipped to 83.5 in June from 83.6 in May.	Still, changes to IE "may affect a large number of existing Web pages," according to the W3C's notice.	2.8
train	Turkish authorities have said all the suicide bombers were Turks.	It will appear in the next few weeks on the Web site of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.	4.4
train	The CWA, which represents more than 2,300 Comcast employees, called that excessive when a typical union employee makes about $27,000 a year.	The new worm affects these Windows systems: 2000, XP, NT 4.0 and Server 2003.	2.8
train	When fully operational, the facility is expected to employ up to 1,000 people.	At 12 months, there was still a difference between the groups, but it was not considered significant.	1.4
train	Rusch has also allowed five or more earned runs in each of his last three starts.	"This was a persistent problem which has not been solved, mechanically and physically," said board member Steven Wallace.	3.25
train	Mr Alibek said: "Our outcomes are very encouraging.	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.	3
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.	The European Commission, the EU's powerful executive body, described the move as "legally unwarranted, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful."	2.4
train	And when asked if he felt regret or guilt about the attack his answer was an adamant "no".	Mr. Powell told a crowd at a cemetery with a thousand headstones, many of them marking the graves of entire families.	3.417
train	"I'm real excited to be a Cleveland Cavalier," James said.	The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's original application in December 2001, saying the trial had been sloppily conducted.	4
train	The updated products include Pylon Pro, Pylon Conduit, Pylon Anywhere, and Pylon Application Server.	Thousands of revellers, celebrating the decision, vowed to push for more legal rights, including same-sex marriages.	4.8
train	"Tomorrow at the Mission Inn, I have the opportunity to congratulate the governor-elect of the great state of California.	CELF's founding members are Hitachi, Matsushita, NEC, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, and Toshiba.	3.25
train	GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. Annika Sorenstam drew the crowds, Michelle Wie got the publicity but Angela Stanford took her first LPGA victory.	LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said that meant the cable could be used "as we see fit.	2.6
train	Complicating the situation is the presence of battle-hardened Liberians who have been fighting on both sides.	"I am advised that certain allegations of criminal conduct have been interposed against my counsel, J. Michael Boxley,'' the Silver statement said. "	2
train	Albertsons and Kroger's Ralphs chain locked out their workers in response.	The security personnel performed ``well within standards'' and the two staff aides were ``very sorry all this happened,'' Gainer said.	3.8
train	Kodak expects earnings of 5 cents to 25 cents a share in the quarter.	Perry said he backs the Senate's efforts, including the fines, to force the Democrats to return.	5
train	Get it all out," says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a national retail consulting firm based in New York City.	Wire transfers from four of the 40 accounts open at Beacon Hill totaled more than $3.2 billion from 2001 to 2002, Morgenthau said.	4.667
train	Lawyers and others familiar with the federal investigation say it remains focused on Campbell, though prosecutors declined to discuss the probe.	Their belief was based on speculation that estrogen prevents cell damage and improves blood flow.	2.667
train	Cisco executives said they were encouraged by $1.3 billion in cash flow and the increase in net income, but hoped for a rebound.	The commission estimated California lost $937 million to corporate tax shelters in 2001.	2
train	The company didn't detail the costs of the replacement and repairs.	Harvey was taken to St. Luke's Hospital for precautionary neck X-rays, which came back negative.	3.4
train	Authorities said the scientist properly quarantined himself at home after he developed SARS symptoms Dec. 10.	They will not elect as president a Democrat who sounds an uncertain trumpet in these dangerous times."	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 dollar was at 117.85 yen against the Japanese currency, up 0.1 percent.	3.8
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.	House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., says he is sensitive to civil liberties complaints.	3.8
train	Some 95 million Americans -- half of all households -- invest in mutual funds.	That was the biggest drop since August 1993 and stemmed from falling prices for cars, trucks, men's and boys' clothes and cigarettes.	2.588
train	The 30-year bond US30YT=RR firmed 31/32, taking its yield to 4.16 percent -- another record low -- from 4.22 percent.	The McLean, Virginia-based company said newspaper revenue increased 5 percent to $1.46 billion.	3.75
train	On Sunday, a U.S. soldier was killed and another injured in southern Iraq when a munitions dump exploded.	"This is America, my friends, and it should not happen here."	3.75
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.	Six new Krispy Kreme stores were opened in the first quarter, bringing the total number of stores to 282.	4.2
train	The new companies will begin trading on Nasdaq today under the ticker symbols PLMO and PSRC.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> shed 2.38 points, or 0.24 percent, at 995.10.	4
train	"There is no doubt about the chemical programme, biological programme, indeed nuclear programme, indeed all that was documented by the UN," he said.	License sales, a key measure of demand, fell 21 percent to $107.6 million.	2.8
train	Russin did not comment; his lawyer did not attend the hearing and did not return phone messages.	Academic achievement -- including grades, test scores and high school curriculum -- are given the highest priority.	2.6
train	By Sunday night, the fires had blackened 277,000 acres, hundreds of miles apart.	"Mr. Bryant is innocent and expects to be completely exonerated," Mackey said in a statement.	4
train	The Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's 2001 application to sell Erbitux, citing shoddy research.	While federal prosecutors refuse to discuss the investigation, lawyers and others familiar with it say it remains focused on Campbell.	4.6
train	"Spending taxpayer dollars to create terrorism betting parlors is as wasteful as it is repugnant," they announced at a press conference yesterday.	To force a recall election of Davis, the valid signatures of 897,158 registered California voters must be turned in to election officials.	4
train	A spokesman said: "Since November, we have co-operated fully with the police.	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.	3.4
train	Last year, he made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination for governor.	Under NASD regulations, Mr. Young can file a response and request a hearing before an NASD panel.	4.25
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.	Scott Dixon eventually made winning the Honda Indy 225 look easy Sunday at Pikes Peak International Raceway.	5
train	It will also help reform the Royal Solomon Islands Police, strengthen the courts and prisons system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry from intimidation.	Richard Miller, 57, survived a lifesaving liver transplant but remains hospitalized.	2.333
train	"I really liked him and I still do," Cohen Alon told the Herald yesterday.	"We condemn this raid which is in our view illegal and morally and politically unjustifiable," London-based NCRI official Ali Safavi told Reuters by telephone.	4.5
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.	Vivendi shares were 0.3 percent up at 15.62 euros in Paris at 0841 GMT.	2.75
train	"The European Union is basically absent," said Tito Barbini, regional minister for agriculture in Tuscany, Italy.	The countys first and only human case of West Nile this year was confirmed by health officials on Sept. 8.	3
train	Joining Boston on Monday were the Massachusetts communities of Watertown, Saugus and Framingham.	The fire spread to several surrounding structures on the property and destroyed them as deputies held back firefighters.	3
train	Colgate shares closed Monday at $56.30 on the New York Stock Exchange.	The arrests came just days after Israeli troops shot and killed Abdullah Kawasme, the militant group's leader in Hebron.	2.25
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.	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.	2.4
train	British Airways' New York-to-London runs will end in October.	Amnesty International said that over the past 20 years it had collected information about 17,000 disappearances in Iraq.	3.25
train	Seven 20- and 21-year-old cadets were ticketed by police for drinking alcohol in an off-campus hotel room early Saturday with two young women, aged 16 and 18.	She insisted, though, that it not be published until after her death.	1.8
train	Only New Jersey now bans holders of learners permits or intermediate licenses from using cell phones, pagers or other wireless devices while driving.	Next week, John S. Reed, the former Citicorp chief executive who Sunday became interim chairman and chief executive of the exchange, will take up his position.	4.091
train	Police then called a bomb squad, but the device exploded, killing Wells, before bomb technicians arrived.	The charges of espionage and aiding the enemy can carry the death penalty.	3.2
train	This year the Audubon Society once again hosts its annual Christmas Bird Count.	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.	4.25
train	Young has 28 days to file a response and ask the NASD for a hearing.	With the remaining three shuttles grounded in the wake of the Columbia accident, the rookies will have to wait even longer.	2.75
train	Joe Kernan, who had been lieutenant governor for the past seven years, was sworn in as governor after O'Bannon died Saturday.	"The average track error for the five-day (forecast) is 323 nautical miles.	2
train	The Nasdaq composite index added 30.46 points, or 2 percent, to 1,520.15.	The same survey found the median household income rose by $51, when accounting for inflation, to $43,057.	5
train	Its former chief Mickey Robinson was fired for cause when he left in September, the company said.	Israeli soldiers began tearing down settlement outposts in the West Bank yesterday - an Israeli obligation under a new Mideast peace plan.	3.4
train	"There is the real potential for a secondary collapse," Gov. James McGreevey said.	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.	3.25
train	"We put a lot of effort and energy into improving our patching process, probably later than we should have and now we're just gaining incredible speed.	In a show of corporate solidarity, Kroger Co., which owns Ralphs, and Albertson Inc. locked out their workers the next morning.	3
train	"Saddam is gone, but we want the (U.S.) occupation to end," said Hit resident Abu Qasim.	"I'm not going to be sponsoring it because it's not our proposal, but I'm not responding to it in a negative way," he said.	3
train	Meningitis is an infection of the spinal cord fluid and the tissue around the brain.	Of the 24 million phone votes cast, Studdard was only 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.	2.5
train	Florida Sen. Bob Graham was not identifiable by 61 percent of those polled.	Both studies are published on Thursday in Nature, the British weekly science journal.	2
train	According to SunnComm's Peter Jacobs, "MediaMax performs exactly as 'advertised' to the companies who purchased it.	Hollywood actor Robert De Niro has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his spokesman said today.	4
train	The audiotape aired last week by the Arab Al-Jazeera television network appears to be an effort to incite attacks.	Micron's numbers also marked the first quarterly profit in three years for the DRAM manufacturer.	0.8
train	Entrenched interests are positioning themselves to control the network's chokepoints and they are lobbying the FCC to aid and abet them.	The company also said it would cut wholesale prices on cassettes and change the suggested retail price to $8.98.	3.5
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.	OPEC this week is set to pressure independent exporters to back the cartel's next supply cut to prevent the resumption of Iraqi exports undercutting oil prices.	4
train	The injured passenger at John Peter Smith Hospital died later Friday morning, Jones said.	"It's not zero," said David Ropeik, director of risk communication at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.	3.333
train	Along with chipmaker Intel, the companies include Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Gateway Inc. and Nokia Corp.	"We're in the Stanley Cup finals, and it was a little bit embarrassing the way we played in the first two games.	4.2
train	"I felt that if I disagreed with Rosie too much I would lose my job," she said.	The 27-year-old rapper's attorney in the civil matter, Mark Gann, did not return calls for comment.	3.6
train	Box cutters were used as a weapon by the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers and have since been banned as carry-on items.	"I'm going to try to march with a number of different groups," Bloomberg said.	4.4
train	The tech-loaded Nasdaq composite rose 20.96 points to 1595.91, ending at its highest level for 12 months.	Perry has since called two special legislative sessions to try force the redistricting plan through.	1
train	International rescue workers are scouring flattened debris for survivors in Iran's shattered ancient Silk Road city of Bam after a violent earthquake killed more than 20,000 people.	The news also comes in conjunction with Suns annual JavaOne developers conference in San Francisco.	3.6
train	The new version, W32/Sobig.C-mm, had already reached a "high level" outbreak status by Monday, according to security analysts.	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.	2
train	The army said the raid, which comes just days after Israeli troops shot and killed Abdullah Kawasme, the Hamas leader in the city, targeted militants in Hamas.	Hickenlooper clobbered city Auditor Don Mares, 46, in the Tuesday runoff.	4
train	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 3.47 points, or 0.36 percent, to 977.59.	His lawyer, a cousin, Basil Russin, did not attend the hearing and did not return phone messages.	3.667
train	"Close co-operation between law-enforcement agencies and intelligence services lie at the heart of the ongoing fight against terrorism," Mr Howard said.	The Fed also said the risks to the economy were biased toward weakness.	4.4
train	Beleaguered telecommunications gear maker Lucent Technologies is being investigated by two federal agencies for possible violations of U.S. bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia.	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.	3.2
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.	"This case is wholly without merit, both factually and legally," Judge Denny Chin scoffed.	3.273
train	Shares of Littleton, Colorado-based EchoStar rose $1.63, or 5.3 percent, to $32.26 at 10:55 a.m.	But other sources close to the sale said Vivendi was keeping the door open for further bids in the next day or two.	4.111
train	July 1st is the sixth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule.	Amazon and the New York attorney general's office have already settled with one of the alleged e-mail forgers.	4.8
train	In April, it had forecast operating earnings in the range of 60 to 80 cents a share.	The Philadelphia Stock Exchange's semiconductor index .SOXX jumped 6.10 percent.	4
train	The nation's largest retailer has told its 100 top suppliers they have to start using electronic tags on all pallets of goods by Jan. 25, 2005.	Thirty-four of the men have been arrested and the others are being sought, US Attorney Daniel Bogden said yesterday.	2
train	Russ Britt is the Los Angeles Bureau Chief for CBS.MarketWatch.com.	"However, we are not certain about the outcome of the discussion at this moment."	4
train	State Education Commissioner Kent King said Wednesday that the scores on the Missouri Assessment Program tests disappointed him.	The heatwave was due to a mass of hot, dry air from the southeast, said Mario Almeida of Portugal's weather service.	3.75
train	"It was a little bit embarrassing the way we played in the first two games," Thomas said.	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.	2.4
train	Waksal has pleaded guilty to securities fraud and is to be sentenced next week.	The Hulk trailed last month's Marvel Comics adaptation, X2: X-Men United, which grossed $85.6-million in its opening weekend.	2.8
train	A Washington County man may have the countys first human case of West Nile virus, the health department said Friday.	A woman who underwent such an abortion could not be prosecuted under the bill.	3.2
train	Both devices implement the v1.2 standard's eSCO facility to provide the basis for new cordless telephony applications.	It generated $4.47 billion of profit and $20 billion of revenue in the year's first half, 53 percent of Citigroup's totals.	3.2
train	Squyres is principal investigator for the Athena payload - a collection of science instruments carted by each rover.	This led last month to the recovery of the 600-pound Cancun altar, Vanderbilt University in Nashville and the National Geographic Society announced Wednesday.	4.2
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.	About half of all U.S. households have money in mutual funds.	3.6
train	The support will come as a free software upgrade called WebVPN for current customers that have support contracts.	Along with Boston, Watertown, Saugus and Framingham also are going smoke-free Monday.	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.	Edie Falco was not nominated for "Frankie and Johnny."	3
train	The 51-year-old nurse worked at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the latest outbreak.	Dusty had surgery for cancer in 2001 and had a kidney removed.	1
train	Now, with the agency's last three shuttles grounded in the wake of the Columbia disaster, that wait could be even longer.	He ran last year for the Democratic nomination for Texas governor, but lost the primary to multimillionaire Tony Sanchez.	3.6
train	The American decision provoked an angry reaction from the European Commission, which described the move as "legally unwarranted, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful".	Twenty-four players broke par in the first round, the third highest figure in U.S. Open history.	4
train	"It is safe to assume the Senate is prepared to pass some form of cap," King said.	The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI tacked on 97 points, or 1.14 percent, to 8,699.	3.2
train	The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX gained 19.72 points, or 1.98 percent, to 1,015.69.	In his letter, McBride charges the Free Software Foundation and Red Hat with trying to undermine U.S. copyright laws.	3.4
train	Dixon was otherwise the class of the field at Pikes Peak International Raceway.	The missing workers, two men and a woman, were inside the building when the first blast occurred, Mayor Joe T. Parker said.	1.6
train	Families stuck on the highway remained in their cars, and used their cell phones to call home.	But Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich said the "somewhat ambiguous ruling" by regulators might be a setback for Static Control depending on how it developed its competing product.	2.2
train	The tech-laced Nasdaq Composite Index gained 2.90 points, or 0.18 percent, to 1,606.87.	The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was off 7.75 points, or 0.08 percent, at 9,175.47.	3.8