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train	The currency briefly weakened slightly on Monday to trade at 55.34/39, not far from its record low of 55.75.	The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's original application in December 2001, saying the trial had been sloppily conducted.	1.8
train	"Tomorrow at the Mission Inn, I have the opportunity to congratulate the governor-elect of the great state of California.	"It's not zero," said David Ropeik, director of risk communication at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.	3.6
train	The union had not yet revealed which chain would be targeted.	He added: "There is no doubt about the chemical programme, the biological programme and indeed the nuclear weapons programme.	3
train	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> gave up 11.91 points, or 1.19 percent, at 986.60.	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
train	"It is safe to assume the Senate is prepared to pass some form of cap," King said.	That's when officers threw him to the ground and handcuffed him, according to testimony.	2.7
train	The updated products include Pylon Pro, Pylon Conduit, Pylon Anywhere, and Pylon Application Server.	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.	4.2
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.	Frankel said Peace Rules will run in the Preakness Stakes on May 17.	3.75
train	The Conference Board reported its U.S. Consumer Confidence Index slipped to 83.5 in June from 83.6 in May.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 6.48 points, or 0.66 percent, to 990.51.	3.2
train	While some other parts of Africa have been used as staging grounds for the terror group, Malawi previously had not been a major focus of investigations into al-Qaida.	Rambus Inc. (nasdaq: RMBS - news - people) shot up 38 percent, making it the biggest percentage gainer on the Nasdaq.	2.4
train	"It is about a third of what I owe in the world," he told reporters.	But the United States' ultimate goal was not just to topple Mr. Hussein but to stabilize the country and install a friendly government.	2.5
train	The film is the second of a trilogy, which will wrap up in November with The Matrix Revolutions.	Trish York, a spokeswoman for Boeing, declined to comment on the deal.	3
train	A spokesman said: "Since November, we have co-operated fully with the police.	Charles Cullen, 43, was transferred from the Somerset County Jail in Somerville to the Anne Klein Forensic Center, a 150-bed psychiatric treatment facility in Trenton.	3
train	The findings appear in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association (news - web sites).	The government recently shelved peace talks being brokered by neighbouring Malaysia after a spate of attacks on Mindanao, including three deadly bombings, that it blamed on the MILF.	3.2
train	Shares of Littleton, Colorado-based EchoStar rose $1.63, or 5.3 percent, to $32.26 at 10:55 a.m.	The FBI, CIA, Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Royal Canadian Mounted Police declined to comment on the Washington Times report.	4
train	The index, which measures activity in the service sector, climbed to 50.7 last month from 47.9 in March.	In seeking leniency, Waksal apologized to the court, his employees and his family.	1.6
train	In the latest violence, insurgents threw a bomb at a U.S. convoy in northern Baghdad, killing one soldier.	And I really liked him, and I still do.	4.8
train	The fines are part of failed Republican efforts to force or entice the Democrats to return.	Early Monday, insurgents threw a homemade bomb at a U.S. convoy in northern Baghdad, killing an American soldier.	3.2
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 Supreme Court said Monday the government can require public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters, rejecting librarians' complaints that the law amounts to censorship.	4.6
train	"People are obviously inconvenienced," said Dr. Jim Young, Ontario's commissioner of public safety.	The currency briefly weakened on Monday morning but rebounded to trade at 55.25/29, little changed from Friday.	3.6
train	Police then called a bomb squad, but the device exploded, killing Wells, before bomb technicians arrived.	Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 15.66 to 1,046.79, its best advance since Oct. 1, when it gained 22.25.	3.692
train	Lay had argued that handing over the documents would be a violation of his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.	Five-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is in Denver today for a meeting about surviving cancer.	3
train	But other sources close to the sale said Vivendi was keeping the door open to further bids and hoped to see bidders interested in individual assets team up.	The other semifinal between Guillermo Coria of Argentina and Martin Verkerk of the Netherlands is also compelling.	4
train	Dynes came to UC San Diego in 1991 after 22 years as a physicist with AT&T Bell Labs.	It ain't coming to me, but it's only about a third of what I owe in the world.	4
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.	"I'm really excited about going to Cleveland," James told ESPN.com.	4
train	Kollar-Kotelly has scheduled another antitrust settlement compliance hearing for January.	Hickenlooper clobbered city Auditor Don Mares, 46, in the Tuesday runoff.	3
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.	Sunnis make up 77 percent of Pakistan's population, Shiites 20 percent.	3.25
train	Still, he said, "I'm absolutely confident we're going to have a bill."	Klarman was charged with 16 counts of wire fraud.	3.4
train	And when asked if he felt regret or guilt about the attack his answer was an adamant "no".	In addition, "fewer than 10" FBI offices have conducted investigations involving visits to Islamic mosques, the Justice Department said.	5
train	He allowed two runs in seven innings and struck out six.	"This is America, my friends, and it should not happen here."	2.75
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.	U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman kicks off the three-day Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology on Monday.	4
train	Doctors had planned to deliver him two weeks early, on or around November 14.	He also recruited other people to take delivery of fraudulently obtained merchandise he had ordered.	2.5
train	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was off 58.69 points, or 0.64 percent, at 9,137.86.	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.	3.333
train	Some 95 million Americans -- half of all households -- invest in mutual funds.	There will be 9.3 million visitors to hot spots in 2003, up from 2.5 million in 2002, Gartner said.	3.25
train	INTEL TODAY disclosed details of its next-generation XScale processor for mobile phones and handheld devices here in San Jose.	At 12:10 p.m. EDT, Canada's benchmark S&P/TSX composite index was up 6.87 points or 0.1 per cent to 6,979.29.	4
train	The drop in core wholesale prices in April reflected falling prices for cars, trucks, men's and boy's clothes and cigarettes.	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.	4.176
train	No. 2 HP saw its Unix server sales dropped 3.6 percent to $1.36 billion.	It has sought observer status for seven years, but was again rebuffed May 19 at the annual WHO conference in Geneva.	5
train	Police using pepper spray arrested 12 people Monday night at a march and rally by about 400 activists protesting an annual training seminar of the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit.	"However, we are not certain about the outcome of the discussion at this moment."	4.25
train	"They were tossed around like feathers," Gordon said.	Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday it will take time to locate die-hard remnants of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime in Iraq.	3.8
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 .	Along with chip maker Intel, the companies include Sony, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, International Business Machines, Gateway, Nokia and others.	2.5
train	On Sunday, a U.S. soldier was killed and another injured in southern Iraq when a munitions dump exploded.	The Mets took Lastings Milledge, an outfielder from Florida, with the 12th pick.	3.2
train	His lawyer, Pamela MacKey, said Bryant expects to be completely exonerated.	The academy will get its own internal report next week and it will be made public, Rosa said.	2.4
train	"There is the real potential for a secondary collapse," Gov. James McGreevey said.	"MediaMax performs EXACTLY as "advertised" to the companies who purchased it," Jacobs said in the statement.	3.75
train	He claimed Red Hat and the Free Software Foundation with trying to undermine U.S. copyright and patent law.	He said the attackers left behind leaflets urging workers at the Ishtar Sheraton to stop working at the hotel.	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.	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.	5
train	That triggered a 47-hour police standoff that inconvenienced thousands of commuters, as traffic backed up in Downtown Washington and northern Virginia.	Forest, the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, said it had greeted The Lancet's call with "amusement and disbelief'".	3.6
train	The American Stock Exchange biotech index .BTK surged 5 percent.	Kodak expects earnings of 5 cents to 25 cents a share in the quarter.	3
train	Boeing said the final agreement is expected to be signed during the next few weeks.	The judge scheduled another oversight hearing for late January.	1.4
train	So far, they have searched Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana, authorities in those state said.	Morales, who pleaded guilty in July, expressed "sincere regret and remorse" for his crimes.	4.4
train	They said they had concluded that the film failed "to present a balanced portrayal" of the Reagans.	When Ragin's address was raided, authorities found more than 1,000 credit cards and duplicating machines.	4
train	"The figures are becoming catastrophic," said Dr. Patrick Pelloux, the president of the association of emergency room physicians.	Tour doctors later confirmed that he had broken his right leg near the hip and also sustained wrist and elbow fractures.	1
train	The American Anglican Council, which represents Episcopalian conservatives, said it will seek authorization to create a separate group.	Agents confiscated several classified documents in his possession and interrogated him.	3.8
train	Shiites make up 20 percent of the country's population.	It may be dying because entrenched interests are positioning themselves to control the Internet's choke-points and they are lobbying the FCC to aid and abet them."	3.5
train	Perry has called lawmakers into two special sessions to address congressional redistricting.	The Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJ: news, chart, profile) rose 56 points, or 0.7 percent, to 8,588.	3.6
train	Another big gainer was Rambus Inc. (nasdaq: RMBS - news - people), which shot 32 percent higher.	Prairie dogs, usually found in southwestern and western states, aren’t indigenous to Wisconsin.	2
train	Sources say agents confiscated "several" documents he was carrying.	The McLean, Virginia-based company said newspaper revenue increased 5 percent to $1.46 billion.	4.2
train	Gartner's report said global WLAN equipment shipments reached 19.5 million last year, a 120 percent increase over 2001's 8.9 million units.	Thirty-four of the men have been arrested and the others are being sought, US Attorney Daniel Bogden said yesterday.	3.6
train	Express Scripts ESRX.O shares fell 3.6 percent to close at $66.89 on the Nasdaq.	The S&P 500 had climbed 16 percent since its March low and yesterday closed at its highest since Dec. 2.	3.643
train	Mr. Turner transferred about 10 million shares to a charitable trust before they were sold.	Heatley underwent surgery Saturday for a broken jaw and an MRI found two torn ligaments in his right knee.	4.4
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.	Colgate shares were down 30 cents at $56 in morning trade on the New York Stock Exchange.	4
train	Joining Boston on Monday were the Massachusetts communities of Watertown, Saugus and Framingham.	Lay had refused to turn over the papers, asserting his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.	3.417
train	Schofield got Toepfer to admit on cross-examination that she ignored many of O'Donnell's suggestions and projects.	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.	3.8
train	It was the best advance since Oct. 1, when the index gained 22.25.	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.	3
train	Median household income declined 1.1 percent between 2001 and 2002 to $42,409, after accounting for inflation.	"This case is wholly without merit, both factually and legally," Judge Denny Chin scoffed.	2.8
train	The Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's 2001 application to sell Erbitux, citing shoddy research.	Marissa Jaret Winokur, as Tracy, won for best actress in a musical.	4.25
train	The tech-laced Nasdaq Composite Index gained 2.90 points, or 0.18 percent, to 1,606.87.	Shares of Allergan were up 14 cents at $78.40 in late trading on the New York Stock Exchange.	3.25
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.	Former Phipps aides Linda Saunders and Bobby McLamb have both pleaded guilty to federal charges including extortion.	3.25
train	July 1st is the sixth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule.	The Telegraph can reveal that Sir John Stevens, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, placed his force on its highest alert last week.	2.5
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.	The developers, The Related Cos. and Apollo Real Estate Advisors, hope sales top $1 billion.	2.5
train	Caldera acquired the Unix server software of the original SCO and changed its name to the SCO Group.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> shed 2.38 points, or 0.24 percent, at 995.10.	3.333
train	Consumers still would have to get a descrambling security card from their cable operator to plug into the set.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> gained 5.51 points, or 0.56 percent, to 981.73.	2.6
train	Excluding litigation charges, RIM's loss narrowed even further to 1 cent a share.	The House has passed bills the past two Congresses, but the Senate has not.	3.6
train	Druce is still being held at the prison and is now in isolation, she said.	It added it had "co-operated fully" with police since November.	4
train	"This is an easy case in my view and wholly without merit, both factually and legally."	Also hurting was news General Motors GM.N was to issue $10 billion in debt, in part to plug a hole in its pension plan.	3.6
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.	Supermarket chains are accusing union leaders of breaking off contract talks prematurely over the weekend as grocery clerks gear up for a possible strike.	4
train	Agents found more than 1,000 credit cards and credit card duplicating machines during a search of Ragin's address.	Klarman was arrested by FBI agents Monday morning at his home in New York.	1.4
train	They came despite what BA called a "difficult quarter", which it said included unofficial industrial action at Heathrow.	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.	4.5
train	VeriSign introduced its Site Finder service on Sept. 15.	BlueCore3 also implements v1.2's eSCO facility to provide the basis for advanced cordless telephony applications for Bluetooth transmission.	3
train	A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that Congress can force the nation's public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters.	Mr. Powell told a crowd at a cemetery with a thousand headstones, many of them marking the graves of entire families.	3.8
train	The American decision provoked an angry reaction from the European Commission, which described the move as "legally unwarranted, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful".	Wall Street moved tentatively higher Tuesday as investors weighed a trio of reports showing modest economic improvement against an urge to cash in profits from Monday's big rally.	4
train	There are 103 Democrats in the Assembly and 47 Republicans.	"I came to Washington basically to establish relationships and make sure we are getting more federal money," Schwarzenegger said after one meeting.	3.8
train	Graham is expected to be nominated and elected to a second one-year term today and will deliver the presidential address.	His lawyer, a cousin, Basil Russin, did not attend the hearing and did not return phone messages.	4.5
train	Its shares jumped to $54.50 in pre-open trading from $50.90 at Wednesday's close.	Emile Laroza, 51, contracted SARS while working as a nurse at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the second SARS outbreak.	4
train	The helicopter burst into flames upon impact, according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office.	Following California's lead, several states and the federal government passed similar or tougher bans.	2.625
train	Rusch has also allowed five or more earned runs in each of his last three starts.	Amnesty International said that over the past 20 years it had collected information about 17,000 disappearances in Iraq.	3
train	Amnesty International has said that over the past 20 years it has collected information about 17,000 disappearances in Iraq but the actual figure may be much higher.	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.	1.4
train	Brendsel and chief financial officer Vaughn Clarke resigned June 9.	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.	3.8
train	Ms. Cripps-Prawak left last Friday, two days after the department introduced a plan to distribute medical marijuana through doctors' offices.	The Korean Air deal is expected to be finalized "in the next several weeks," Boeing spokesman Bob Saling said.	3
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 waiting for a bomb squad to arrive, the bomb exploded, killing Wells.	3.4
train	Ridge said no real explosives or harmful devices will be used in the exercise.	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	AFTRA members approved the merger by a vote of 75.88% to 24.12%.	The Hulk trailed last month's Marvel Comics adaptation, X2: X-Men United, which grossed $85.6-million in its opening weekend.	1.4
train	The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX gained 19.72 points, or 1.98 percent, to 1,015.69.	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.	2.4
train	People who once thought their blood pressure was fine actually may be well on their way to hypertension under new U.S. guidelines published on Wednesday.	Netgear prices the WGT634U Super Wireless Media Router, which will be available in the first quarter of 2004, at under $200.	4.75
train	The department ordered an 18.2 percent reduction for Allstate Texas Lloyds and a 12 percent reduction for State Farm Lloyds.	Moore, the suspended chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, stands trial before the Alabama Court of the Judiciary.	3.6
train	It exploded in his hands, but the former Italian prime minister was unhurt.	Shares of McDonald's and Wendy's continued their recent recovery Monday, rising more than 1 percent on the New York Stock Exchange in afternoon trade.	3.25
train	The company didn't detail the costs of the replacement and repairs.	Said Mr. Burke: "It was a textbook landing considering the circumstances."	0.5
train	According to SunnComm's Peter Jacobs, "MediaMax performs exactly as 'advertised' to the companies who purchased it.	"This was a persistent problem which has not been solved, mechanically and physically," said board member Steven Wallace.	2.4
train	A promotional poster, complete with countdown dial, reminds readers of the upcoming release of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	Kroger's Ralphs chain and Albertsons immediately locked out their grocery workers in a show of solidarity.	3
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.	The helicopter was owned by Las Vegas-based Sundance Helicopters Inc., according to the sheriff's office.	1.75
train	The bank's shares fell 45 cents in trading yesterday to $91.51 per share.	On Thursday, a Post article argued that a 50 basis point cut from the Fed was more likely.	3.25
train	When fully operational, the facility is expected to employ up to 1,000 people.	She took the highly unusual step of skipping cabinet to attend a meeting with the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda.	4