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train	Nine seconds later, it broke the sound barrier and continued its steep powered ascent.	The Nasdaq had a weekly gain of 17.27, or 1.2 percent, closing at 1,520.15 after gaining 30.46 yesterday.	4
train	Looking to buy the latest Harry Potter?	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.	3.6
train	Joining Stern and McEntee on stage was International Union of Painters and Allied Trades President James Williams.	The MSN Messenger 6 software will be available from 11 a.m. PST on Wednesday, according to Microsoft.	1.4
train	The University of Michigan released today a new admissions policy after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down in June the way it previously admitted undergraduates.	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.	3.2
train	Chante Jawan Mallard, 27, went on trial Monday, charged with first-degree murder.	International rescue workers hacked desperately through flattened debris for survivors and cemeteries overflowed in Iran's ancient Silk Road city of Bam yesterday.	4.733
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.	The company also said it would cut wholesale prices on cassettes and change the suggested retail price to $8.98.	3.25
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.	U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman kicks off the three-day Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology on Monday.	4.25
train	The boy also sprayed the room full of retardant from fire extinguishers, which made it hard to see, the chief said.	Bishop O'Brien, aged 67, had told police he thought he had hit a dog or cat.	4.6
train	Mr. Heatley, who suffered a broken jaw and torn knee ligaments, faces several charges.	"We're being hyper-vigilant," said Dr. James Young, Ontario's commissioner of public safety.	3.2
train	Sources say agents confiscated "several" documents he was carrying.	Palm said on Wednesday it plans to buy Handspring, a company created by renegade Palm co-founder Jeff Hawkins.	3
train	The company didn't detail the costs of the replacement and repairs.	It ain't coming to me, but it's only about a third of what I owe in the world.	1.8
train	The House voted 425 to 2 to clear the bill, the first of 13 that Congress must pass each year to fund the federal government.	He was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday night by police acting on a tip-off.	4
train	In a mixture of ancient pagan and modern Christian rites, the villagers have staged a series of ceremonies hoping to erase the misfortunes they believe have kept them poor.	The upgrade will be available as a free download for current customers with SmarNet support in January 2004.	1.8
train	AirTran officials and a Boeing official declined to comment yesterday.	"This was a persistent problem which has not been solved, mechanically and physically," said board member Steven Wallace.	4
train	It exploded in his hands, but the former Italian prime minister was unhurt.	Republicans had pledged to complete a Medicare drug package by August, then extended it to Oct. 17.	3.6
train	Druce is still being held at the prison and is now in isolation, she said.	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.	5
train	Both devices implement the v1.2 standard's eSCO facility to provide the basis for new cordless telephony applications.	The report added that "spin" and manipulative public relations "are not the answer," but that neither is avoiding the debate.	2.8
train	Squyres is principal investigator for the Athena payload - a collection of science instruments carted by each rover.	Mr Levine said she had been offered $400,000 to tell her story to an Australian TV network.	2.4
train	"I'm real excited to be a Cleveland Cavalier," James said.	But neither he nor Peace Rules could keep Funny Cide from drawing away.	3.8
train	Knight agreed to a two-year, $2.38 million contract that included a $300,000 signing bonus.	Harry Potter's latest wizard trick?	3.75
train	One, Fort Carson-based Sgt. Ernest Bucklew, 33, had been on his way home to attend his mother's funeral in Pennsylvania.	The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades endorsed Mr Dean several weeks ago.	3.8
train	The others were given copies of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" and told to follow it.	Nvidia will take advantage of MediaQ customers, which include such players as Siemens AG, Sharp, Philips, Dell, Mitsubishi and Sony Corp.	1.4
train	She survives him as do their four children -- sons Anthony and Kelly, daughters Linda Hope and Nora Somers -- and four grandchildren.	Hollywood actor Robert De Niro has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his spokesman said today.	3.8
train	The router will be available in the first quarter of 2004 and will cost around $200, the company said.	He had been arrested twice before for trespassing and was barred from the complex.	3
train	Brendsel and chief financial officer Vaughn Clarke resigned June 9.	Trish York, a spokeswoman for Boeing, declined to comment on the deal.	4.2
train	U.S. forces struck dozens of targets on Monday, killing six guerrillas and arresting 21 others, the military said.	Altria Group Inc. MO.N fell 50 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $41.81.	4.4
train	Security experts are warning that a new mass-mailing worm is spreading widely across the Internet, sometimes posing as e-mail from the Microsoft founder.	Kroger's Ralphs chain and Albertsons immediately locked out their grocery workers in a show of solidarity.	3.5
train	The ADRs fell 10 cents to $28.95 at 10:06 a.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading today.	For the 12-month period ending June 30, high-speed lines installed in homes and businesses increased by 45 percent.	3
train	Wal-Mart estimates more than 100 million Americans visit their stores every week.	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.	2.6
train	Swartz, indicted in February, had argued that New Hampshire was the wrong place to charge him.	Following California's lead, several states and the federal government passed similar or tougher bans.	3
train	The network is also dropping its Friday night "Dateline" edition.	He added: "There is no doubt about the chemical programme, the biological programme and indeed the nuclear weapons programme.	3.6
train	He planned to stay all day until the river crested, which was forecast for late last night.	Selenski used the mattress to scale a 10-foot razor wire, Fischi said.	3
train	"I am proud that I stood against Richard Nixon, not with him," Kerry said.	Waksal pleaded guilty to insider trading charges last year, and he is scheduled to be sentenced June 10.	4.8
train	So was Edie Falco, the critically praised co-star of "Frankie and Johnny."	Watches or warnings could be issued for eastern Cuba later on Thursday.	1.9
train	The monkeys could track their progress by watching a schematic representation of the arm and its motions on a video screen.	"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.	2
train	The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI climbed 164 points, or 1.91 percent, to 8,765.38, brushing its highest levels since mid-January.	In late-morning trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Corixa was up 74 cents, or 10%, at $7.94.	4.8
train	The officials did not say whether U.S. forces crossed into Syrian territory and were vague about how the Syrian border guards became involved.	Agents confiscated several classified documents in his possession and interrogated him.	3.643
train	"We hope all parties will continue to make efforts and continue the process of dialogue," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.	Twenty-four players broke par in the first round, the third highest figure in U.S. Open history.	3.6
train	At midnight on Wednesday, 68 percent of voters said "no" to the tax, with 97 percent of the votes counted.	Sunnis make up 77 percent of Pakistan's population, Shiites 20 percent.	3.6
train	Spokesmen for the FBI, CIA, Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Royal Canadian Mounted Police declined to comment on El Shukrijumah's stay in Canada.	The plant would employ 1,000 people when fully built out, the company said.	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.	He moved to Syria, where he underwent further religious training in traditional Islamic beliefs.	3.25
train	Of 24 million phoned-in votes, 50.28 percent were for Studdard, putting him 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.	CBS said the show "does not present a balanced portrayal of the Reagans for CBS and its audience.	3.6
train	The updated products include Pylon Pro, Pylon Conduit, Pylon Anywhere, and Pylon Application Server.	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.	3.8
train	FRIENDS of Robert De Niro yesterday rallied around him after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.	But Itar-Tass news agency said four of his bodyguards were among those killed by the bomb.	3.5
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.	Shortness was found twice as often in those with hearing loss.	2.25
train	Such a step could put the issue before the UN Security Council.	Mr. Powell told a crowd at a cemetery with a thousand headstones, many of them marking the graves of entire families.	3.8
train	Excluding the charges, analysts, on average, expected a loss of 11 cents a share.	To force a recall election of Davis, the valid signatures of 897,158 registered California voters must be turned in to election officials.	2.4
train	Strayhorn said it was the first time in Texas history a comptroller had not certified the appropriations act.	The technique is used during the second and, occasionally, third trimester of pregnancy.	2.8
train	Dusty had battled kidney cancer for more than a year.	But under cross-examination by O'Donnell's attorney, Lorna Schofield, Toepfer conceded she had ignored many of O'Donnell's suggestions and projects.	3.6
train	Site Finder has been visited 65 million times since its introduction, Galvin said.	"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.	2.75
train	The upcoming second-quarter earnings season will be particularly important in offering investors guidance, they say.	The company has publicly identified Linux as one of its biggest competitive threats.	3.333
train	The bank's shares fell 45 cents in trading yesterday to $91.51 per share.	Ridge said that no actual explosives or other harmful substances will be used.	3
train	It will take time to oust die-hard remnants of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime in Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday.	Further out the curve, the benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR shed 18/32 in price, taking its yield to 3.24 percent from 3.17 percent.	4.5
train	A Royal Duty is based on his experiences with Diana, Princess of Wales and letters allegedly to and from her.	The proportion of Americans with insurance from employers declined to 61.3 percent, from 62.6 percent in 2001 and 63.6 percent in 2000.	4
train	INTEL TODAY disclosed details of its next-generation XScale processor for mobile phones and handheld devices here in San Jose.	The currency briefly weakened on Monday morning but rebounded to trade at 55.25/29, little changed from Friday.	2.5
train	The meeting was scheduled to end Wednesday night, with attendees approving resolutions that express the denomination's view on issues but that are not binding on churches.	Next week, John S. Reed, the former Citicorp chief executive who Sunday became interim chairman and chief executive of the exchange, will take up his position.	4.8
train	Police launched an international hunt for Shevaun Pennington after she ran away with 31-year-old Toby Studabaker Saturday.	While waiting for a bomb squad to arrive, the bomb exploded, killing Wells.	4.2
train	People who have opposed these actions throughout are now trying to find fresh reasons to say this wasn't the right thing to do."	The Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJ: news, chart, profile) rose 56 points, or 0.7 percent, to 8,588.	4
train	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was up 7.60 points, or 0.46 percent, at 1,653.62.	Gemstar shares moved higher on the news, closing up 2.6 percent at $5.49 on Nasdaq.	2.75
train	But the inadequate performance of students in various subgroups tagged the state as deficient under the federal No Child Left Behind act.	With the remaining three shuttles grounded in the wake of the Columbia accident, the rookies will have to wait even longer.	3.5
train	Four versions of Windows operating systems are targeted: Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.	Democrats dominate the Assembly while Republicans control the Senate.	2
train	But church members and observers say they expect that the decision could be problematic for many Episcopalians.	US Airways Flight 5481, which crashed Jan. 8, was judged to be within 100 pounds of its maximum takeoff weight.	3.25
train	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was off 58.69 points, or 0.64 percent, at 9,137.86.	On Wednesday, attendees will vote on resolutions that express the Southern Baptist view on issues, but are not binding on individual churches.	3.6
train	Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports of dead blue jays and crows, Jayroe said.	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.	3.2
train	Argentine Guillermo Coria and Netherlander Martin Verkerk are in the other half.	Bashir also felt he was being tried by opinion rather than facts of law, he added.	4
train	The man accused of using fake grenades to commandeer a Cuban plane that landed in Key West in April was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison.	In seeking leniency, Waksal apologized to the court, his employees and his family.	3.2
train	Express Scripts ESRX.O shares fell 3.6 percent to close at $66.89 on the Nasdaq.	Prairie dogs, usually found in southwestern and western states, aren’t indigenous to Wisconsin.	3.4
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."	Steve Squyres, a Cornell University scientist, is principal investigator for the missions' science instruments.	2.6
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.	BAT also said Antonio Monteiro de Castro, director for Latin America and the Caribbean, would become chief operating officer on January 1, 2004.	4.2
train	Shares of SCO closed at $10.93, down 28 cents, in Monday trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.	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.	3.5
train	"City-grown pollution, and ozone in particular, is tougher on country trees," says Cornell University ecologist Jillian Gregg.	Together, we will find creative ways to communicate the unique strengths of Kmart to the 'new America' consumer."	4.5
train	Shares of Corixa were gaining 71 cents, or 10%, to $7.91 on the Nasdaq.	The Fed also said the risks to the economy were biased toward weakness.	4.5
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 sales leave Mr. Turner with about 45 million shares in AOL.	4.2
train	"But HRT should not be used to prevent heart disease or any other chronic condition."	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.	3.25
train	Revenue rose 3.9 percent, to $1.63 billion from $1.57 billion.	The arrests came just days after Israeli troops shot and killed Abdullah Kawasme, the militant group's leader in Hebron.	3.6
train	Russ Britt is the Los Angeles Bureau Chief for CBS.MarketWatch.com.	LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said that meant the cable could be used "as we see fit.	4.75
train	The British Foreign Office said Monday that coalition authorities in Iraq were pleased that the men were freed.	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.	2.4
train	The attack seemed similar to others staged near foreign compounds in Riyadh on May 12.	"This is America, my friends, and it should not happen here."	3.6
train	According to law enforcement officials, the person arrested was a known sophisticated hacker.	Van-Vliet, who was also injured, called in the accident on the school bus radio.	3.2
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.	That was up from the year-ago quarter, when the company earned $54.3 million, or 22 cents a share.	3
train	A Washington County man may have the countys first human case of West Nile virus, the health department said Friday.	Emile Laroza, 51, contracted SARS while working as a nurse at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the second SARS outbreak.	2.2
train	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC rose 17.26 points, or 1.06 percent, to 1,640.06, based on the latest data.	The system is priced from US$1.1 million to $22.4 million, depending on configuration.	1.75
train	Shares of Littleton, Colorado-based EchoStar rose $1.63, or 5.3 percent, to $32.26 at 10:55 a.m.	The dollar was at 117.85 yen against the Japanese currency, up 0.1 percent.	3.5
train	A federal grand jury indicted them on Tuesday; the document was sealed until yesterday to allow authorities to make arrests.	She insisted, though, that it not be published until after her death.	4
train	July 1st is the sixth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule.	A convicted killer and two other inmates cut through two fences topped with razor wire and escaped from a state prison on a busy street.	2.4
train	He was referring to John S. Reed, the former Citicorp chief executive who became interim chairman and chief executive of the exchange last Sunday .	Asked if he felt any regret about theOctober 12 attack, the answer was an adamant "no".	1.75
train	After Freitas' opening statement, King County Superior Court Judge Charles Mertel recessed trial until after the Thanksgiving weekend.	Apple Computer Inc. said Monday it exceeded record industry expectations by selling more than 1 million songs since the launch of its online music store a week ago.	3.75
train	Albertsons and Kroger's Ralphs chain locked out their workers in response.	Families stuck on the highway were being urged to remain in their cars, and to use their cell phones only in case of emergency.	2.4
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 team has named the sensor Canary, for cellular analysis and notification of antigen risks and yields.	3
train	"It was a little bit embarrassing the way we played in the first two games," Thomas said.	Lay had refused to turn over the papers, asserting his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.	3.2
train	On Sunday, a U.S. soldier was killed and another injured in southern Iraq when a munitions dump exploded.	"It just seems like all the issues that we support he doesn't," said Gabriela Lemus, the league's director of policy and legislation.	1.4
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.	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.	1.75
train	Mr Pollard said: "This is a terrible personal tragedy and a shocking blow for James's family.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> shed 2.38 points, or 0.24 percent, at 995.10.	3.4
train	Police then called a bomb squad, but the device exploded, killing Wells, before bomb technicians arrived.	Kerry was viewed favorably by 66 percent of those polled; Dean at 57 percent.	3
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.	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.	3
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 Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 44 points, or 0.46 percent, to 9,568.	2.75
train	Linda Saunders pleaded guilty in federal court to six charges, including extortion, money laundering and conspiracy.	The countys first and only human case of West Nile this year was confirmed by health officials on Sept. 8.	2.75
train	I think we made the right case and did the right thing."	The Nasdaq composite index fell 2.95, or 0.2 percent, for the week to 1,912.36 after stumbling 37.78 yesterday.	3.25
train	Is it in the food supply?" says David Ropeik, director of risk communication at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.	Hispanics have officially overtaken African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, according to a report released by the US Census Bureau.	0.889
train	The new policy gives greatest weight to grades, test scores and a student's high school curriculum.	At the Casa de Espaa, customers were eating dinner and playing bingo when a bomb went off.	2