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train	Agriculture ministers from more than one hundred nations are expected to attend the three-day Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.	SCO changed its name to Tarantella, and Caldera later changed its name to the SCO Group.	2.4
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."	They underwent more tests over the weekend, and are now warded at Raffles Hospital.	4
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 commission estimated California lost $937 million to corporate tax shelters in 2001.	3.6
train	The best-performing stock was Altria Group Inc., which rose more than 27 percent to close at $42.31 a share.	The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's original application in December 2001, saying the trial had been sloppily conducted.	3.8
train	July 1st is the sixth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule.	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.	4.667
train	He refused to reveal what percentage of flights carried sky marshals, or whether they would be increased.	Police believe Wilson then shot Jennie Mae Robinson once in the head before turning the gun on herself.	3.5
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.	Both the House and Senate bills would end the ban on research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons.	4.6
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.	The Nasdaq had a weekly gain of 17.27, or 1.2 percent, closing at 1,520.15 after gaining 30.46 yesterday.	3.25
train	"Unlike many early-stage Internet firms, Google is believed to be profitable.	The network will drop one edition of "Dateline," its newsmagazine franchise.	4.4
train	Shares of Corixa fell 12 cents to $6.88 on the Nasdaq stock market.	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.	1
train	Rusch has also allowed five or more earned runs in each of his last three starts.	There will be 9.3 million visitors to hot spots in 2003, up from 2.5 million in 2002, Gartner said.	3.643
train	Express Scripts ESRX.O shares fell 3.6 percent to close at $66.89 on the Nasdaq.	Sgt. Ernest Bucklew, 33, was coming home from Iraq to bury his mother in Pennsylvania.	4.8
train	One of the 14 Kurds pointed at the word "refugee" in an English/Turkish dictionary.	The rally overshadowed ceremonies marking the sixth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China on 1 July 1997.	2.4
train	Additionally, the h2210’s cradle has room to charge a second battery.	GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. >> Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie drew the crowds, but Angela Stanford took her first LPGA victory.	3.4
train	Doctors have speculated that the body’s own estrogen protects against cell damage and improves blood flow.	The crates are full of hardback copies of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	2.8
train	At 12 months there was still a difference in function, although it was not a significant one.	LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said that meant the cable could be used "as we see fit.	2
train	The audiotape aired last week by the Arab Al-Jazeera television network appears to be an effort to incite attacks.	The missing workers, two men and a woman, were inside the building when the first blast occurred, Mayor Joe T. Parker said.	4.5
train	Caldera acquired the Unix server software of the original SCO and changed its name to the SCO Group.	Moore of Alabama says he will appeal his case to the nation's highest court.	3
train	Lay had argued that handing over the documents would be a violation of his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.	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	Heather, 35, who lost a leg in a road accident, is thought to have steel plates fitted in her hips, which would make natural childbirth impossible.	Vivendi shares were 0.3 percent up at 15.62 euros in Paris at 0841 GMT.	3.2
train	Albertsons and Kroger's Ralphs chain locked out their workers in response.	In 2006, Asia Pacific will report growth of 7.9 percent to $81.8 billion.	3.4
train	But Forest, the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, said: ''Mention the word prohibition and everyone knows what happened there.	With 97 percent of precincts counted tonight, 68 percent of voters opposed the tax.	1.75
train	Five-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong had a few words of advice for other cancer survivors in Denver on Friday.	Consumer groups oppose the changes, saying they would concentrate too many outlets in too few media empires.	2.5
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.	The pressure will intensify today, with national coverage of the final round planned by ESPN and words that are even more difficult.	3.25
train	The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 19.67, or 1.3 percent, to 1523.71, its highest since June 18.	Supermarket chains are accusing union leaders of breaking off contract talks prematurely over the weekend as grocery clerks gear up for a possible strike.	3.6
train	The index, which measures activity in the service sector, climbed to 50.7 last month from 47.9 in March.	Still, changes to IE "may affect a large number of existing Web pages," according to the W3C's notice.	3.8
train	Its former chief Mickey Robinson was fired for cause when he left in September, the company said.	FirstEnergy Corp. should have determined that modernizing one of its plants would increase overall pollution emissions, U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus ruled Thursday.	1.4
train	Joining Boston on Monday were the Massachusetts communities of Watertown, Saugus and Framingham.	It added it had "co-operated fully" with police since November.	3.6
train	"Saddam is gone, but we want the (U.S.) occupation to end," said Hit resident Abu Qasim.	International rescue workers hacked desperately through flattened debris for survivors and cemeteries overflowed in Iran's ancient Silk Road city of Bam yesterday.	3.4
train	INTEL TODAY disclosed details of its next-generation XScale processor for mobile phones and handheld devices here in San Jose.	The MDC called the week-long protest to urge Mugabe either to resign or to negotiate a settlement of the crisis gripping the country.	3
train	"People are obviously inconvenienced," said Dr. Jim Young, Ontario's commissioner of public safety.	Emile Laroza, 51, contracted SARS while working as a nurse at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the second SARS outbreak.	4.8
train	The 51-year-old nurse worked at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the latest outbreak.	DRINKING green tea can dramatically reduce the risk of men contracting prostate cancer, a study by Australian researchers has discovered.	3.25
train	The consumer group generated $4.47 billion of profit and $20 billion of revenue from January to June, 53% of Citigroup's profit and revenue.	The Philadelphia Stock Exchange's semiconductor index .SOXX jumped 6.10 percent.	2
train	The House has passed prescription-drug legislation in the last two sessions, but the Senate has failed to do so.	"It's not zero," said David Ropeik, director of risk communication at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.	3.5
train	From Florida to Alaska, thousands of revelers vowed to push for more legal rights, including same-sex marriages.	The arrests came just days after Israeli troops shot and killed Abdullah Kawasme, the militant group's leader in Hebron.	2.4
train	Scientists believed Stardust trapped thousands of particles of dust.	Netgear prices the WGT634U Super Wireless Media Router, which will be available in the first quarter of 2004, at under $200.	3.8
train	"If you pass this bill, Big Brother will be watching you," said Rep. John Mabry, D-Waco.	"Our outcomes are very encouraging," George Mason researcher Ken Alibek said.	3.5
train	"I'm real excited to be a Cleveland Cavalier," James said.	Fighting has continued sporadically in the west, where it is complicated by the presence of battle-hardened Liberians on both sides.	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.	Said Mr. Burke: "It was a textbook landing considering the circumstances."	3.8
train	Shares of Corixa were gaining 71 cents, or 10%, to $7.91 on the Nasdaq.	Total shipments reached 19.5 million units last year, compared with 8.9 million units in 2001.	2.6
train	Microsoft has identified the freely distributed Linux software as one of the biggest threats to its sales.	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.	2.4
train	Squyres is principal investigator for the Athena payload - a collection of science instruments carted by each rover.	To watch pay television, consumers would insert into the set a security card provided by their cable service.	0.5
train	"City-grown pollution, and ozone in particular, is tougher on country trees," says Cornell University ecologist Jillian Gregg.	Spansion Flash memory solutions are available worldwide from AMD and Fujitsu.	3.6
train	The company posted a profit of $54.3 million, or 22 cents per share, in the year-ago period.	The Arizona-based ISM reported Monday that its non-manufacturing index rose to 50.7 last month, from 47.9 in March.	3.5
train	"This is an easy case in my view and wholly without merit, both factually and legally."	The federal courts have ruled that the monument violates the constitutional ban against state-established religion.	2.588
train	Halabi's military attorney, Air Force Maj. James Key, denied the charges, which could carry a death penalty.	Emile Laroza, 51, contracted SARS while working as a nurse at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the second SARS outbreak.	3.4
train	The helicopter burst into flames upon impact, according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office.	Bashir also felt he was being tried by opinion rather than facts of law, he added.	3.4
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.	Harvey was taken to St. Luke's Hospital for precautionary neck X-rays, which came back negative.	3.75
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."	They say second-quarter earnings reports will be key in giving investors that guidance.	3.25
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.	"It just seems like all the issues that we support he doesn't," said Gabriela Lemus, the league's director of policy and legislation.	2.25
train	The dollar fell as low as $1.1624 per euro from $1.1486 on Friday, and traded at $1.1594 at 10:15 a.m. in London.	Moore, the suspended chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, stands trial before the Alabama Court of the Judiciary.	2
train	In January 2000, notebooks represented less than 25 percent of sales volume.	Those talks have not taken place, according to an Oracle spokeswoman.	1
train	The plane was estimated to be within 100 pounds of its maximum takeoff weight.	The plant would employ 1,000 people when fully built out, the company said.	3
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.	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
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 attorney representing al-Halabi, Air Force Maj. James Key III, denied the charges, according to The Associated Press.	4.091
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.	The new worm affects these Windows systems: 2000, XP, NT 4.0 and Server 2003.	4
train	That triggered a 47-hour police standoff that inconvenienced thousands of commuters, as traffic backed up in Downtown Washington and northern Virginia.	Dennehy, who transferred to Baylor last year after getting kicked off the University of New Mexico Lobos for temper tantrums, became a born-again Christian in June 2002.	2.4
train	Russin did not comment; his lawyer did not attend the hearing and did not return phone messages.	Box cutters were the weapons used by the 19 hijackers in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.	3.25
train	Sayliyah was the command base for the Iraq war, but Central Command sent hundreds who ran the war back home to Tampa, Florida.	"I'm absolutely confident we're going to have a bill," Frist, R-Tenn., said Thursday.	2.6
train	The report also claims that there will be up to 9.3 million visitors to hot spots this year, up again from the meagre 2.5 million in 2002.	The attack seemed similar to attacks staged near foreign compounds in Riyadh on May 12, for which officials have also blamed al-Qaida.	2.75
train	U.S. forces struck dozens of targets on Monday, killing six guerrillas and arresting 21 others, the military said.	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	Of 24 million phoned-in votes, 50.28 percent were for Studdard, putting him 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.	Following California's lead, several states and the federal government passed similar or tougher bans.	4
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.	4.6
train	Another big gainer was Rambus Inc. (nasdaq: RMBS - news - people), which shot 32 percent higher.	Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Azdi, surrendered in June; his deputy was killed in a shoot-out with Saudi forces recently.	4.75
train	The company said it would cut the wholesale price of most top-line CDs to $9.09 from $12.02.	This is unacceptable," said Patrick Pelloux, the president of France's Association of Emergency Doctors.	3.25
train	Argentine Guillermo Coria and Netherlander Martin Verkerk are in the other half.	A long awaited report on the Hong Kong government's handling of the SARS outbreak has been released.	3.5
train	Forecasters said warnings might go up for Cuba later Thursday.	Later this year, the command will send trainers with soldiers from four North African nations on patrolling and intelligence gathering missions.	5
train	Doctors had planned to deliver him two weeks early, on or around November 14.	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	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.	The government did not identify the taikonauts -- a term coined from taikong, the Chinese word for space.	3.6
train	Complicating the situation is the presence of battle-hardened Liberians who have been fighting on both sides.	The same survey found the median household income rose by $51, when accounting for inflation, to $43,057.	4
train	International rescue workers are scouring flattened debris for survivors in Iran's shattered ancient Silk Road city of Bam after a violent earthquake killed more than 20,000 people.	That saw the benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR slip 5/32 in price, taking its yield to 3.36 percent from 3.34 percent late on Thursday.	5
train	Lawyers and others familiar with the federal investigation say it remains focused on Campbell, though prosecutors declined to discuss the probe.	Junya Tanase, forex strategist at JP Morgan Chase, said "I expect Japan to keep conducting intervention, but the volume is likely to fall sharply."	3.8
train	A tropical storm rapidly developed in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday and was expected to hit somewhere along the Texas or Louisiana coasts by Monday night.	The Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJ: news, chart, profile) rose 56 points, or 0.7 percent, to 8,588.	1.5
train	U.S. prosecutors have arrested more than 130 individuals and have seized more than $17 million in a continuing crackdown on Internet fraud and abuse.	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.	4
train	MEN who drink tea, particularly green tea, can greatly reduce their risk of prostate cancer, a landmark WA study has found.	Shares of Express Scripts ESRX.O fell about 4 percent to $66.73 on the Nasdaq in late morning trade.	3.176
train	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was up 7.60 points, or 0.46 percent, at 1,653.62.	Bremer, 61, is a former assistant to former Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry Kissinger.	3.455
train	Schofield got Toepfer to admit on cross-examination that she ignored many of O'Donnell's suggestions and projects.	Marissa Jaret Winokur, as Tracy, won for best actress in a musical.	2
train	For the full 12-month period ending June 30, 2003, advanced services lines for ADSL increased by 37 percent and cable modem connections increased by 75 percent.	Shares in BA were down three percent at 165-1/4 pence by 0933 GMT, off a low of 164 pence, in a stronger market.	3
train	Authorities said the scientist properly quarantined himself at home after he developed SARS symptoms Dec. 10.	Through Sunday, Sept. 21, Site Finder has been visited over 65 million times by Internet users.	2.2
train	"I expect Japan to keep conducting intervention, but the volume is likely to fall sharply," said Junya Tanase, forex strategist at JP Morgan Chase.	In 1995, the last survey, those numbers were equal.	3.4
train	And when asked if he felt regret or guilt about the attack his answer was an adamant "no".	It will appear in the next few weeks on the Web site of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.	4
train	The valid signatures of 897,158 registered California voters must be collected and turned in to county election officials by Sept. 2.	The MSN Messenger 6 software will be available from 11 a.m. PST on Wednesday, according to Microsoft.	3
train	Still, the "somewhat ambiguous ruling" might be a setback for Static Control depending on how it developed its competing product, Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich said.	Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 15.66 to 1,046.79, its best advance since Oct. 1, when it gained 22.25.	3.6
train	Oracle Corp's Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison didn't rule out sweetening the company's unsolicited offer to acquire rival PeopleSoft Inc.	That was the biggest drop since August 1993 and stemmed from falling prices for cars, trucks, men's and boys' clothes and cigarettes.	3.333
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.	According to an arrest warrant, Bryant, 24, attacked a woman on June 30.	3.2
train	By state law, 911 calls are not public information and were not released.	"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.	3.75
train	Mr Sahel said police had identified the bodies of seven of the 14-strong cell believed to have carried out the five almost simultaneous attacks on Saturday.	However, we have decided to opt for the European consortium's engine as the best overall solution."	3
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 central bank's policy board left rates steady for now, as widely expected, but surprised the market by declaring that overall risks were weighted toward weakness.	4
train	When the bomb exploded at the Casa de España, customers were eating dinner and playing bingo.	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.	4.4
train	Young has 28 days to file a response and ask the NASD for a hearing.	Organizers established a Web site, http://defacerschallenge.com, listing in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate.	1.667
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.	Oracle chairman Larry Ellison has hinted that the company could yet again increase its offer for rival PeopleSoft.	3.5
train	"The European Union is basically absent," said Tito Barbini, regional minister for agriculture in Tuscany, Italy.	Police used pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse a downtown march and rally last night by activists protesting an annual police intelligence-training seminar.	4
train	Supermarket chains facing a possible grocery clerk strike this week accused union leaders Monday of breaking off contract talks prematurely over the weekend.	While some other parts of Africa have been used as Al Qaeda staging grounds, Malawi had previously not been a major focus of investigations into the group.	3.2
train	The device plays Internet radio streams and comes with a 30-day trial of RealNetworks' Rhapsody music service.	Tour doctors later confirmed that he had broken his right leg near the hip and also sustained wrist and elbow fractures.	3.4
train	She asked to be excused from last week's Cabinet session to prepare for a meeting with the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda.	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.	3.5
train	"I am proud that I stood against Richard Nixon, not with him," Kerry 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.	4
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.	On Tuesday, a Florida appeals court again refused to block removal of the tube.	3.5
train	The American Stock Exchange biotech index .BTK surged 5 percent.	An Ohio law that bans a controversial late-term abortion procedure is constitutionally acceptable and the state can enforce it, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday.	1.4
train	Kroger Co., which owns Ralphs, and Albertsons Inc. bargain jointly with Safeway and locked out their union workers the next day.	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	Shares of Halliburton fell 71 cents, or 3 percent, to close at $21.59 yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange.	I am not giving any consideration to resignation," Shumaker said in a statement.	3.5