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train	Dixon was otherwise the class of the field at Pikes Peak International Raceway.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was up 7.42 points, or 0.45 percent, at 1,653.44.	0.75
train	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was off 58.69 points, or 0.64 percent, at 9,137.86.	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.	2.588
train	Mr Pollard said: "This is a terrible personal tragedy and a shocking blow for James's family.	The technique is used during the second and, occasionally, third trimester of pregnancy.	2.6
train	Officials are trying to retrieve the bodies from the water," police officer J.D. Tambe told Reuters, adding 26 of the dead were women.	The fire spread to several surrounding structures on the property and destroyed them as deputies held back firefighters.	2.667
train	Ridge said no real explosives or harmful devices will be used in the exercise.	Thousands of revellers, celebrating the decision, vowed to push for more legal rights, including same-sex marriages.	2.8
train	Turkish authorities have said all the suicide bombers were Turks.	The attack seemed similar to attacks staged near foreign compounds in Riyadh on May 12, for which officials have also blamed al-Qaida.	1
train	Selenski descended down the wall and used the mattress to climb over razor wire.	He said he also expects to have the support of lawmakers from other agricultural states.	3.5
train	Median household income declined 1.1 percent between 2001 and 2002 to $42,409, after accounting for inflation.	"Our outcomes are very encouraging," George Mason researcher Ken Alibek said.	3.2
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.	Peregrine sold its Remedy business unit to BMC Software in November for $355 million.	3.6
train	A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that Congress can force the nation's public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters.	In a news release Thursday, Strayhorn said this was the first time a comptroller rejected a budget.	2.75
train	WORLD No. 2 Lleyton Hewitt has accused the Association of Tennis Professionals of malice, including an alleged attempt last year to dupe him into refusing a drug test.	While waiting for a bomb squad to arrive, the bomb exploded, killing Wells.	3.6
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.	The new products on the desktop side include the latest versions of Pylon Conduit and Pylon Pro.	3.75
train	Monkeypox is usually found only in central and western Africa.	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.	3.333
train	Several shots rang out in the darkness, but only one gator had been killed by 11 p.m.	Shares of M&T, which is based in Buffalo, fell 41 cents, to $91.51.	2.8
train	Besides Hampton and Newport News, the grant funds water testing in Yorktown, King George County, Norfolk and Virginia Beach.	Security analysts said the new version, W32/Sobig.C-mm, had already reached a "high level" outbreak status by mid-afternoon on Monday.	3.273
train	The index, which measures activity in the service sector, climbed to 50.7 last month from 47.9 in March.	BlueCore3 also implements v1.2's eSCO facility to provide the basis for advanced cordless telephony applications for Bluetooth transmission.	4.6
train	Douglas Robinson, a senior vice president of finance, will take over as chief financial officer on an interim basis.	Cavender did say: "I felt that if I disagreed with Rosie too much I would lose my job."	3.25
train	The currency briefly weakened slightly on Monday to trade at 55.34/39, not far from its record low of 55.75.	He said police had identified the bodies of seven of the 14 bombers who launched five almost simultaneous raids Friday night.	3.833
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.	People who once thought their blood pressure was fine actually need to start exercising and eating better, according to new U.S. guidelines published on Wednesday.	4.4
train	Still, he said, "I'm absolutely confident we're going to have a bill."	According to an arrest warrant, Bryant, 24, attacked a woman on June 30.	2.4
train	The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX gained 19.72 points, or 1.98 percent, to 1,015.69.	The scientist also quarantined himself at home as soon as he developed SARS symptoms, officials said.	5
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.	Doctors concluded Erbitux, the cancer drug that enmeshed ImClone Systems in an insider trading scandal, worked just as well as an earlier company-sponsored study said it did.	0.8
train	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> gave up 11.91 points, or 1.19 percent, at 986.60.	The attorney representing al-Halabi, Air Force Maj. James Key III, denied the charges, according to The Associated Press.	5
train	"Unlike many early-stage Internet firms, Google is believed to be profitable.	The federal courts have ruled that the monument violates the constitutional ban against state-established religion.	3.75
train	The leading actress nod went to energetic newcomer Marissa Jaret Winokur as Edna's daughter Tracy.	One man had brandished an English-Turkish dictionary and pointed to the word "refugee".	3.6
train	The device plays Internet radio streams and comes with a 30-day trial of RealNetworks' Rhapsody music service.	The Nasdaq composite index fell 2.95, or 0.2 percent, for the week to 1,912.36 after stumbling 37.78 yesterday.	3.8
train	Druce is still being held at the prison and is now in isolation, she said.	Last Thursday, the RIAA sent a stiff copyright warning to Penn State's department of astronomy and astrophysics.	3.2
train	The Bishop of Armidale, Peter Brain, was forthright.	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.	1.5
train	The blaze then spread to several surrounding structures on the property and destroyed them.	But company officials expect the costs of the replacement work to run into the millions of dollars.	4.25
train	The report by the independent expert committee aims to dissipate any suspicion about the Hong Kong government's handling of the SARS crisis.	The Nasdaq had a weekly gain of 17.27, or 1.2 percent, closing at 1,520.15 after gaining 30.46 yesterday.	4.4
train	From Broadway comedies like "The Seven Year Itch" (1952), "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"	"He hasn't got much choice," said the Bishop of Armidale, Peter Brain.	3
train	The support will come as a free software upgrade called WebVPN for current customers that have support contracts.	"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.	3.4
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.	Details on pricing will be announced within a few weeks, McBride said.	3.25
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.	The charges of espionage and aiding the enemy can carry the death penalty.	4.8
train	Only New Jersey now bans holders of learners permits or intermediate licenses from using cell phones, pagers or other wireless devices while driving.	That was up from the year-ago quarter, when the company earned $54.3 million, or 22 cents a share.	4.111
train	National Breast Cancer Centre chief executive Professor Christine Ewan said it was too early to quantify the risk to women.	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.	3.4
train	Linda Saunders pleaded guilty in federal court to six charges, including extortion, money laundering and conspiracy.	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
train	VeriSign introduced its Site Finder service on Sept. 15.	They will not elect as president a Democrat who sounds an uncertain trumpet in these dangerous times."	1.75
train	Of 24 million phoned-in votes, 50.28 percent were for Studdard, putting him 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.	Marissa Jaret Winokur, as Tracy, won for best actress in a musical.	4.75
train	The findings are published in the November 6 edition of the journal Nature.	Spitz is expected to testify later for the defense.	3.75
train	Taiwan has attempted to gain observer status to the United Nations-affiliated WHO for seven years, but again was rebuffed March 19 at its annual conference in Geneva.	If draining the ponds in Maryland will further help establish Steve's innocence, we welcome it."	3.8
train	Aventis, based in Strasbourg, France, is one of a handful of companies that still make the flu vaccine.	Fujitsu Siemens Computers on Tuesday made good on a promise to offer a workstation based on Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processor.	4.8
train	This northern autumn US trainers will work with soldiers from four North African countries on patrolling and gathering intelligence.	Sgt. Ernest Bucklew, 33, was coming home from Iraq to bury his mother in Pennsylvania.	4
train	MEN who drink tea, particularly green tea, can greatly reduce their risk of prostate cancer, a landmark WA study has found.	"I have acknowledged that I behaved inappropriately," he said.	4
train	MediaQ's customers include major handheld makers Mitsubishi, Siemens, Palm, Sharp, Philips, Dell and Sony.	GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. >> Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie drew the crowds, but Angela Stanford took her first LPGA victory.	4
train	The fines are part of failed Republican efforts to force or entice the Democrats to return.	AFTRA, on the other hand, approved the merger by a whopping 75 percent.	3.25
train	The film is the second of a trilogy, which will wrap up in November with The Matrix Revolutions.	The panel will not begin a formal investigation because the statute of limitations has expired, Plofsky said.	4.5
train	Shares of Halliburton fell 71 cents, or 3 percent, to close at $21.59 yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange.	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.	3.455
train	Vivendi shares closed 3.8 percent up in Paris at 15.78 euros.	"I have the opportunity to congratulate the governor-elect of the great state of California, and I'm looking forward to it."	4
train	Wells’ other series include NBC’s ER and Third Watch.	So far, authorities also have searched areas in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan.	3.25
train	Amazon also reported that the New York Attorney General's office had settled civil fraud charges with one of the spoofers it identified.	Shevaun Pennington disappeared on Saturday morning after arranging to meet 31-year-old Toby Studabaker.	3.4
train	He refused to reveal what percentage of flights carried sky marshals, or whether they would be increased.	Selenski used the mattress to scale a 10-foot razor wire, Fischi said.	2.5
train	Orange shares jumped as much as 15 percent.	On Monday, EchoStar (DISH: news, chart, profile) shares shrank $1.40, or 4.4 percent, to $30.63.	2.75
train	Mr Alibek said: "Our outcomes are very encouraging.	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.	1.8
train	Sources within the racing industry have told the Daily Bulletin that Fontana will get a second NASCAR race on Labor Day weekend starting next season.	Steve Squyres, a Cornell University scientist, is principal investigator for the missions' science instruments.	3.8
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.	Thirty-four of the men have been arrested and the others are being sought, US Attorney Daniel Bogden said yesterday.	4
train	Families stuck on the highway remained in their cars, and used their cell phones to call home.	Each week 138 million shoppers visit Wal-Mart's 4,750 stores.	4.5
train	"I'm not going to be sponsoring it because it is not our proposal but I'm not going to be negative about it".	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 79.43 points, or 0.86 percent, to 9,117.12 on Friday.	2.25
train	Gainer said the two staff aides are "very sorry this all happened," and the security personnel had performed "well within standards."	Together, we will find creative ways to communicate the unique strengths of Kmart to the 'new America' consumer."	4.25
train	A promotional poster, complete with countdown dial, reminds readers of the upcoming release of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	Corixa's stock barely flinched on the news, dipping 12 cents to close at $6.88.	5
train	The new system costs between $1.1 million and $22 million, depending on configuration.	World No.2 Lleyton Hewitt has accused his professional peers of long-standing malice, including an attempt last year to dupe him into refusing a drug test.	3
train	"Close co-operation between law-enforcement agencies and intelligence services lie at the heart of the ongoing fight against terrorism," Mr Howard said.	Watches or warnings could be issued for eastern Cuba later on Thursday.	4.25
train	"But HRT should not be used to prevent heart disease or any other chronic condition."	The Communications Workers Union, which represents more than 2,300 Comcast employees, called the executive pay package excessive when a typical union employee makes about $27,000 annually.	1.6
train	The MDC called the strike to force Mr Mugabe to either resign or negotiate a settlement of the Zimbabwe crisis.	"I'm going to try to march with a number of different groups," Bloomberg said.	3.6
train	Lowe's, with about half as many stores, reported a 33 percent increase in third-quarter profit behind a 12 percent jump in same-store sales.	The missing workers, two men and a woman, were inside the building when the first blast occurred, Mayor Joe T. Parker said.	4
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.	While federal prosecutors refuse to discuss the investigation, lawyers and others familiar with it say it remains focused on Campbell.	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.	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.	1.75
train	A federal grand jury indicted them on Tuesday; the document was sealed until yesterday to allow authorities to make arrests.	"We're in the Stanley Cup finals, and it was a little bit embarrassing the way we played in the first two games.	2.5
train	An arrest warrant claimed Bryant assaulted the woman June 30 at a hotel.	The system is priced from US$1.1 million to $22.4 million, depending on configuration.	2
train	Several states and the federal government later passed similar or more strict bans.	LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said that meant the cable could be used "as we see fit.	2
train	In an E-mail statement to the Knoxville News Sentinel, Shumaker said, ''I am not giving any consideration to resignation.	Home Depot reported a 22 percent jump in third-quarter profit behind a nearly 8 percent rise in same-store sales.	2.6
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.	Bremer, 61, is a former assistant to former Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry Kissinger.	3.25
train	Four versions of Windows operating systems are targeted: Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.	The security personnel performed ``well within standards'' and the two staff aides were ``very sorry all this happened,'' Gainer said.	3.8
train	The government recently shelved peace talks with the MILF, being brokered by Malaysia, after a string of attacks, including three bombings, on Mindanao.	"Mr. Bryant is innocent and expects to be completely exonerated," Mackey said in a statement.	4
train	The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield <US10YT=RR> dipped below 4.20 percent on Tuesday.	The mother also contended that she was sexually assaulted by one of the guards during the 1998 confrontation.	3.25
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.	"But at this stage, given the early detection, the outlook in such instances would be positive," he said.	3.643
train	Get it all out," says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a national retail consulting firm based in New York City.	Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports, he said.	3.4
train	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was 0.46 points lower, or 0.05 percent, at 997.02.	Hickenlooper clobbered city Auditor Don Mares, 46, in the Tuesday runoff.	3.8
train	Peace Rules defeated Funny Cide in the Louisiana Derby.	The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 86.56 points, or 0.94 percent, to 9,109.99, after giving up more than 1 percent earlier.	3.5
train	On Sunday, a U.S. soldier was killed and another injured in southern Iraq when a munitions dump exploded.	Following California's lead, several states and the federal government passed similar or tougher bans.	3.8
train	The new companies will begin trading on Nasdaq today under the ticker symbols PLMO and PSRC.	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.	3
train	The new sensor -- dubbed CANARY for ''cellular analysis and notification of antigen risks and yields'' -- hijacks this natural process with two important changes.	Twenty-four players broke par in the first round, the third highest figure in U.S. Open history.	4.5
train	Sequent representatives could not immediately be reached for comment on the SCO announcement.	Shares of Allergan were up 14 cents at $78.40 in late trading on the New York Stock Exchange.	3.6
train	A jury convicted rapper C-Murder, also known as Corey Miller, of second-degree murder Tuesday night in the shooting death of a 16-year-old in a Jefferson Parish nightclub.	To force a recall election of Davis, the valid signatures of 897,158 registered California voters must be turned in to election officials.	3
train	Kids, adults, booksellers and postal workers all are preparing for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	He crawled through a narrow, winding canyon, rappelled down a 60-foot cliff, and walked some six miles down the canyon near Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah.	3.6
train	Those conversations had not taken place as of Tuesday night, according to an Oracle spokeswoman.	Swartz had sought to have the charges dismissed, saying New Hampshire was the wrong place to charge him.	4
train	The monkeys could track their progress by watching a schematic representation of the arm and its motions on a video screen.	The upgrade will be available as a free download for current customers with SmarNet support in January 2004.	4.222
train	According to market research from The NPD Group, the number of people downloading music dropped from 14.5 million in April to 10.4 million in June.	US Airways Flight 5481, which crashed Jan. 8, was judged to be within 100 pounds of its maximum takeoff weight.	4
train	Kadyrov was not injured, but four of his bodyguards were among those killed.	Stardust was designed to gather thousands of dust particles streaming from Wild 2.	4.8
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.	A Caesarean had originally been planned in mid- November, two weeks early.	4
train	Doctors had planned to deliver him two weeks early, on or around November 14.	Nick Pollard, the head of Sky News said: "This is a shocking blow for James's family.	3
train	GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. Annika Sorenstam drew the crowds, Michelle Wie got the publicity but Angela Stanford took her first LPGA victory.	On Wednesday, attendees will vote on resolutions that express the Southern Baptist view on issues, but are not binding on individual churches.	4.2
train	"I notice a mood change in their priorities," one politician said.	"We're being hyper-vigilant," said Dr. James Young, Ontario's commissioner of public safety.	2.6
train	Russ Britt is the Los Angeles Bureau Chief for CBS.MarketWatch.com.	CELF's founding members are Hitachi, Matsushita, NEC, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, and Toshiba.	2.25
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.	Still, he noted that Miami must decide whether to seek A.C.C. membership by June 30 to adhere to Big East guidelines.	3.2
train	Now, with the agency's last three shuttles grounded in the wake of the Columbia disaster, that wait could be even longer.	The McLean, Virginia-based company said newspaper revenue increased 5 percent to $1.46 billion.	3.6
train	Entrenched interests are positioning themselves to control the network's chokepoints and they are lobbying the FCC to aid and abet them.	"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.	3.2
train	Kollar-Kotelly has scheduled another antitrust settlement compliance hearing for January.	It ain't coming to me, but it's only about a third of what I owe in the world.	3.25
train	Schofield got Toepfer to admit on cross-examination that she ignored many of O'Donnell's suggestions and projects.	Fighting has continued sporadically in the west, where it is complicated by the presence of battle-hardened Liberians on both sides.	3.2
train	Looking to buy the latest Harry Potter?	Shortness was found twice as often in those with hearing loss.	3.4