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Problems come into focus The Celtics have opened the 2004-05 season with two close losses at home. Last night, they dropped a 100-94 decision to the Indiana Pacers, which went much like the 98-95 loss to Philadelphia Wednesday night. | 1 |
Residents Wary Of Venting Volcano (CBS/AP) Cloudy weather obscured the top of Mount St. Helens on Wednesday morning, making it difficult for visitors to see the volcano #39;s crater after several days of steam and ash eruptions. | 3 |
Interstate Bakeries Hires Turnaround Firm (Reuters) Reuters - Interstate Bakeries Corp. (IBC.N),\maker of Wonder bread and Hostess Twinkies, on Monday said it\hired a turnaround firm and delayed filing its annual report\with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. | 2 |
Dual Screens Give Gamers New Options Nintendo's new DS handheld gamer is not supposed to replace the Game Boy Advance; the idea is to carve out a whole new market.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
US Army Awards Northrop Grumman \$408 Million Contract quot;We offer a world-class opposing force for these battlefield exercises that enhances training realism, quot; said Gregg Donley, president of the IT sector #39;s technical service business unit at Northrop Grumman. | 3 |
Lightning Re-Sign Captain Andreychuk (AP) AP - The Tampa Bay Lightning re-signed captain Dave Andreychuk to a one-year contract Tuesday. | 1 |
BT Group PLC Escapes Breakup Britain #39;s telecommunications regulator backed away from breaking up BT Group PLC on Thursday and instead ordered the industry giant to improve competitor access to its networks. | 2 |
BYU Hopes to Unseat Boise #39;s Bucking Broncos Friday Playing its first game in Idaho since 1954, BYU faces another non-conference opponent Friday when they travel to Boise to take on No. | 1 |
Astros roar into share of wild-card lead Despite being part of eight playoff teams, including five World Series appearances and two championships, Clemens isn #39;t sure he has ever experienced the kind of wave like the one the Astros are currently riding. | 1 |
EC backs movies-on-demand Sony and Walt Disney yesterday received regulatory approval from Brussels for a video-on-demand service that will compete with BSkyB #39;s film channels. | 2 |
Cisco, IBM Team Up on Security IBM #39;s Tivoli Security Compliance Manager scans devices that plug into the network, such as laptops and home computers that may have been unprotected by network security. | 3 |
Injured Seahawks player should get out of hospital Monday SEATTLE - Seahawks cornerback Ken Lucas spent the night in a San Francisco hospital with a bruised lung. Coach Mike Holmgren says the injury was similar to what car accident victims experience when they are hit in the chest by the steering wheel. | 1 |
Fergie may rest Ruud until European campaign Alex Ferguson is willing to write Ruud van Nistelrooy out of Manchester Uniteds Premiership title push for the next two months to ensure he is ready for their assault on Europe. | 1 |
Savage quot;Gutted quot; after Red Card Robbie Savage claimed the first red card of his life was an absolute joke after the dramatic World Cup clash with Northern Ireland in Cardiff. | 1 |
Oohs and ahs over Martian rocks and clouds NASA #39;s Mars rovers have returned new evidence for past water, pictures of Earthlike clouds seen for the first time from the planet #39;s surface, and a rock that doesn #39;t look like anything scientists have ever seen. | 3 |
Jaguar Formula One team taken over by Red Bull beverage company Formula One team Jaguar will race next season after being taken over by beverage company Red Bull on Monday. Jaguar #39;s parent company, Ford, said Sept. | 1 |
Indian Truckers Call Off Strike Indian truckers have called off their weeklong strike to protest a service tax after reaching an agreement with the government, the finance ministry said Saturday. | 2 |
PITCAIRN WITNESS: CULTURE OF SILENCE In the first of a series of Pitcairn sex abuse trials, a British woman allegedly raped during her childhood on the remote Pacific island has told a court that men on the island were given free rein to treat young girls as sexual playthings. | 0 |
Equestrianism: O #39;Connor to lose gold as drug test confirmed <b>...</b> Statements issued yesterday by the Irish rider, Cian O #39;Connor, and his solicitor, Andrew Coonan, have confirmed the presence of forbidden substances in a blood sample taken from the horse | 1 |
Musharraf takes Blair into confidence LONDON: President General Pervez Musharraf has succeeded in persuading British Prime Minister Tony Blair about the severity of Kashmir and Palestine disputes. | 0 |
Cancer? Suicide? Politics? That's Hilarious! As much as ever, George Carlin builds his humor around the taboo his current routine includes long riffs on cancer, natural disasters and teenage suicide and yet somehow manages to get laughs. | 0 |
Presidential Debate, Consumer Data Eyed (Reuters) Reuters - The first U.S. presidential debate\next week and a load of data on consumer spending will settle\some questions that have been hanging over U.S. stocks, and\equity strategists and traders say the decreased uncertainty\could draw buyers back to the market. | 2 |
TI Working on Television Chip for Phones for 2007 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Texas Instruments Inc. has begun developing a chip that could bring television shows to mobile phone screens in three years. | 3 |
Body Resembling Japanese Hostage Found in Iraq A body resembling a Japanese hostage has been found in Iraq and will be flown to Kuwait or Qatar for identification, officials said on Saturday, after Tokyo refused a demand by his captors to pull out its troops. | 0 |
Sony #39;s PlayStation Portable sold out on its first day! Sony #39;s anticipated PlayStation Portable (PSP) has virtually sold out on its debut day in Japan - the launch outside Japan will follow next year. | 3 |
Reports of Sadr City truce agreement The Iraqi government says it has reached an agreement to end weeks of clashes in the Sadr City district of Baghdad between Shi #39;ite fighters and American forces. | 0 |
Stocks mixed ahead of Fed meeting Stocks were mixed Wednesday as Federal Reserve policymakers met and investors looked ahead to another hike in interest rates. In early afternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial | 2 |
Sudan slams Powell's 'genocide' declaration ABUJA -- The US declaration that Sudanese government-allied militiamen have committed genocide in the Darfur region is a ''big mistake quot; that could hinder peace talks and undermine the role of African states mediating the 19-month conflict, Sudanese government officials s... | 0 |
Czechs hungry for Canada The Czech team landed in Toronto via Greenland yesterday and had a midnight practice according to the body clocks, but there was a discernible spring in their step and swagger to their skating stride. | 1 |
Strong quake hits western Japan An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 shakes western Japan, reportedly making tall buildings sway in Tokyo. | 0 |
Shortage of steel forces halt at Nissan TOKYO Nissan Motor said on Thursday that a shortage of steel would force it to halt production temporarily at three of its four auto factories in Japan, a highly unusual step the company said was made necessary in part by a surge in demand for steel from | 2 |
IBM Putting PC Business Up for Sale International Business Machines Corp.'s possible exit from the personal computer business would be the latest move in what amounts to a long goodbye from a field it pioneered and revolutionized. | 3 |
Microsoft sues resellers for piracy As part of its fight against software piracy, Microsoft has begun legal proceedings against eight resellers for allegedly buying and selling fake and used Certificate of Authenticity labels. | 3 |
Advertisers Go Digital to Track Ads NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top marketers are going digital to track the delivery of commercials into U.S. homes with a system some advocates say will revolutionize advertising the way product codes changed the selling of sliced bread. | 3 |
UK PM Announces Plans for ID Cards Britain #39;s Prime Minister Tony Blair holds his Biometric card at the Passport Office in central London, Monday Oct. 25, 2004. Blair visited the Passport Office who are undertaking a Biometrics Enrollment trial | 0 |
AOL launches program for AIM bots America Online Inc. (AOL) is launching a program Monday to promote and facilitate the creation of what it calls AIM Robots for its AIM instant messaging system. | 3 |
Americans Fail to Match Russians' Level of Desire For the second time in two games, the veteran United States team was outscored, outshot, outskated and outplayed in the World Cup of Hockey tournament. | 1 |
Disney 4Q Earnings Rise to \$516 Million Walt Disney Co. said Thursday that profit jumped 24 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter, driven by growth at its television networks, theme parks and consumer products businesses. | 2 |
Spanish Scientists Discover Fossil of Ancient Ape Description: The fossil remains of an ancient Spanish ape may help explain a key event in evolution. Scientists say the skeleton offers clues about how our ancestors stopped swinging from trees and started walking upright. | 3 |
Goosen wins Nedbank Challenge South African Retief Goosen, the US Open champion, shot a final-round 69 to win the US\$4.06 million (euro3.05 million) Nedbank Golf Challenge on the 7,162-meter (7,835 yard) par-72 Gary Player Country Club course. | 1 |
Mets Hire Down Former Yankees hitting coach Rick Down was hired for the same job by the Mets Saturday, reuniting him with new manager Willie Randolph. | 1 |
Asian telecom firms come together Seven Asian telecommunications firms are coming together to invest between \$30m and \$40m (16.3m and 22m) in new mobile phone services and technology. | 2 |
Iran has nuclear talks in Europe Iranian and European officials meet in Paris in a bid to finalise a compromise on Iran's nuclear programme. | 0 |
Grey Seen as Leading Paramount Candidate NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brad Grey, executive producer of the hit television show "The Sopranos" and chairman of a top Hollywood talent management firm, has emerged as the leading candidate to succeed Sherry Lansing as head of Viacom Inc.'s <A HREF="http://www.investor.reute... | 2 |
Israel's Sharon Survives Two No-Confidence Votes JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon survived two no-confidence votes in Israel's parliament on Monday, clinging to power as he seeks to push through a disputed plan for withdrawal from some occupied territory. | 0 |
KPMG Units Agree to Pay to Settle Malpractice Suits The American and Belgian arms of KPMG International, a global accounting cooperative based in Switzerland, have agreed to pay \$115 million to settle claims of accounting malpractice growing | 2 |
Cingular hopes to simplify pricing (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Cingular said it closed its #36;41 billion purchase AT amp;T Wireless on Tuesday. Cingular received approval for the deal earlier in the day from the Federal Communications Commission. The Department of Justice approved the acquisition on Monday. | 3 |
Groups Alarmed Over Delta Water Plan (AP) AP - A proposed change in how the federal government measures water for fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta has environmental groups alarmed and California officials concerned about potential harm to wildlife habitat. | 3 |
Jailed Ex-Enron Exec: Merrill Deal Bogus (Reuters) Reuters - A former Enron executive currently\serving a prison term testified in the first Enron criminal\trial on Wednesday that he worked on a secret deal with Merrill\Lynch to fraudulently boost the disgraced energy giant's\profits. | 2 |
Tyson Cuts Forecast on Chicken Prices, Grain Costs (Update5) Tyson Foods Inc., the world #39;s largest meat processor, reduced its forecast of annual profit because of higher costs for feed grain and a drop in beef and chicken prices. | 2 |
Contraceptives plan aims to cut koala numbers Two thousand female koalas will be given contraceptives under a new management strategy announced by the Victorian Government. The action is being taken after six years of trials at Mount Eccles between Portland and Hamilton. | 3 |
Athens Throws a Party to Celebrate Games ATHENS, Greece - If anyone deserved a party, it was the people of Athens. The flame went out on the Olympics during a closing ceremony Sunday night that honored the birthplace of the games with an ebullient display of Greek pride and symbolism, a relief-filled celebration of ... | 0 |
The Weirdest Games of 2004 (PC World) PC World - Our favorite genre-busters will roll, creep, slither, bounce, and wriggle their way into your free time--if you give them a try. | 3 |
Labour in coalition talks with Sharon Israel #39;s opposition Labour party says it has set no conditions for joining Sharon #39;s government, paving the way for a broad coalition that could pushthrough his Gaza withdrawal plan. | 0 |
Mars Was Wet, Studies Say, But Was It Inhabited? Scientists say there is no doubt that abundant water once soaked Mars. Now the big question is whether the red planet ever supported life. Some experts say the early signs are promising. | 3 |
How to Aid Democracy in Ukraine I want to thank The Post for the Sept. 17 editorial quot;More Straight Talk quot; about the critical events that will take place next month in Ukraine and Belarus. | 0 |
Tribute to pioneer scientist Maurice Wilkins Scientist Professor David Parry has paid tribute to Nobel Prize winner and New Zealand born scientist Maurice Wilkins who has died at the age of 88. | 3 |
'100 casualties' in Iraq attack More than 100 Iraqis are killed or wounded by a mortar attack on a National Guard HQ, Iraqi officials say. | 0 |
IBM #8217;s Atlantic tools platform set to sail (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - IBM Rational on Wednesday plans to flesh out complete plans for the upcoming IBM Software Development Platform, code-named #8220;Atlantic. #8221; | 3 |
Movie Studios to Sue Internet File Traders Taking a cue from the music industry, film studios and the Motion Picture Association of America said on Thursday that they were readying the first lawsuits against people | 3 |
Lilly Debuts Clinical Drug Trial Web Site INDIANAPOLIS - Eli Lilly amp; Co. debuted a Web site Wednesday for clinical trial data on its prescription drugs, including Prozac and its new antidepressant, Cymbalta. | 2 |
U.S. softens oil sanctions threat against Sudan in revised UN resolution (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States softened its threat of oil sanctions against Sudan on Tuesday to try to get Security Council approval for a resolution pressuring Khartoum to rein in Arab militias accused o... | 0 |
Irish Take Big Step With a 27-9 win over Navy, the Irish move to 5-2 on the season. Irish fans had plenty to celebrate with this victory, and the Irish have plenty to play for in the future. | 1 |
Progress Energy Cuts Earnings Outlook Because Of Hurricanes RALEIGH, NC -- Progress Energy says it will take nearly \$300 million to restore downed electrical lines, splintered utility poles and blasted transformers in hurricane-ravaged Florida. | 2 |
Oil prices fall 14 per cent in a week NEW YORK - Crude oil futures fell for a fourth day Friday, settling below \$43 a barrel for the first time since August and extending the week #39;s decline in oil prices to 14 per cent. | 2 |
UN: Chad Could See More Darfur Refugees GENEVA Aug. 20, 2004 Tens of thousands more refugees might flee Sudan #39;s Darfur region into neighboring Chad because of persistent attacks and rapes by Arab militias, the United Nations said Friday. | 0 |
GMail Fighting Spam with Oomph! GMail Fighting Spam with Oomph!\\GMail is already the seventh largest (1 month back) email service with roughly a million users. As and when it goes public, signups will increase exponentially. It will probably relegate Yahoo! Mail to the third spot and occupy the second spot by November... | 3 |
Earthquake Hits Romania; Strength Unknown (Reuters) Reuters - An earthquake shook the Romanian\capital Bucharest on Wednesday night, Reuters witnesses said. | 0 |
On the brink, Dodgers left to lean on Lima He sings, he dances. He serves as the Dodgers' unofficial cheerleader, racing nonstop around the dugout and constantly pumping his teammates up. Most important, Jose Lima pitches -- and very well at Dodger Stadium. | 1 |
Iran Jails More Journalists and Blocks Web Sites Iran has moved against pro-democracy Web sites, blocking hundreds of sites in recent months and making several arrests. | 3 |
NHL Cancels All-Star Game; is Season Next? In another sign the NHL season is slipping away, the league canceled its All-Star game Wednesday because of the lockout. No regular-season games have been played since the season was scheduled to begin Oct. | 1 |
Impact of Spitzer Broker Fraud Charges Felt at Marsh and Beyond New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer #39;s filing last Thursday of charges against giant insurance broker Marsh for alleged commercial account steering and bid rigging has already had significant impact on Marsh and is expected to reach into the insuran... | 2 |
HP strikes Blu note for DVDs, talks of fat storage PC buyers can look forward to DVDs with up to 10 times the storage when Hewlett-Packard debuts Blu-ray compatible machines. | 3 |
IBM Builds World Community Grid (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Finding a cure for a major disease like cancer or AIDS is among the lofty objectives of an initiative launched by IBM (NYSE: IBM). The tech giant is constructing a World Community Grid\(WCG) and enlisting the help of the world's computer users. | 3 |
Will Amazon #39;s A9 Search Engine Give Google Search Pains? Amazon.com has officially entered into the search engine market with the launch of A9.com, a search engine that Amazon claims will make organizing and managing search results easier. | 3 |
Iceland's Leader Takes New Job (AP) AP - Iceland Prime Minister David Oddsson, Europe's longest-serving premier, is stepping down after a 13-year tenure marked by the transformation of his island country with free market policies. | 0 |
Stocks Up on Sears Deal, But Gains Lag NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Wednesday after news of an \$11.5 billion retailing deal and solid earnings from computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HPQ.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">HPQ.N</A>... | 2 |
Sox win sixth straight The Red Sox extend their winning streak to six games with a 6-to-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers Sunday. Tim Wakefield was masterful over eight innings, allowing just three hits and one run to improve his record to 11-and-7. | 1 |
Bush Sees a Safer America, While Kerry Sees a 'Colossal Error' President Bush said he had acted aggressively to protect the U.S., and John Kerry said Mr. Bush had made a "colossal error" of judgment in Iraq. | 0 |
Dow Industrial Stocks Fall in Europe; Exxon Slips (Correct) (Corrects to show two-day gain was most in more than a year in first paragraph.). By Margo Towie. Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks fell in Europe after the index #39;s biggest two-day gain in almost a year and a half. | 2 |
Digital sales honour for OutKast OutKast become the first act to be awarded a multi-platinum award for paid-for music downloads. | 0 |
Telcos forge 3G link THE race to get a widespread third generation mobile phone network in Australia started in earnest yesterday with Optus and Vodafone agreeing to a joint venture network. | 2 |
Bernie puts on the pressure Bernie Ecclestone says the British Grand Prix is dead - but we will have to wait and see if that is actually a reality. Cancelling the British Grand Prix would be a major step for Ecclestone as he is sure | 1 |
Computer Q amp;A: Latest action in music wars is down under For many of us, it seems like a long time since the battle of the bands was waged on the front pages of the media. It started with Napster, an illegal file sharing service that made it possible | 3 |
Tigers lost his stripes, and everyone knows that now Nobody inside golf thinks Tiger Woods is the best player in the world anymore. Or the second best. Or perhaps even third. But now that truth is painfully official. | 1 |
AT T Introduces E-mail, IM Device (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - The Ogo gadget is ready to go for e-mail and IM-happy consumers and teens. | 3 |
Conjunction Junction for the Mars Rovers In the next few weeks the twin Mars rovers will be out of touch with Earth when the Sun lines up to block communications. Daily operations will be taken over by longer-term instructions without radio links between the two planets. | 3 |
Ford dumps Oracle CAR FIRM Ford has given up trying to integrate Oracle #39;s Everest system into its networks as a bad job. | 3 |
Escape hatch: French Jews visit Israel as anti-Semitism rises at <b>...</b> French is one of the common languages spoken around the sparkling blue pool at the David Intercontinental in Tel Aviv, along the sandy beaches of Netanya and Eilat and the hotel lobbies of Jerusalem this summer. | 0 |
Iran quot;will never end quot; nuclear programme Iran #39;s foreign minister says that Tehran will never fully dismantle its nuclear capabilities, also voicing the country #39;s concerns about the threat of a pre-emptive strike by Washington. | 0 |
O #39;Neill tries to lower expectations Martin ONeill today warned the Celtic supporters to expect the Bank of Scotland Premier League champions to lose more points this season than in the past. | 1 |
US deserter reunited with family arrived on a remote island in northern Japan to start a new life with his Japanese wife and their two daughters. court-martial last month after saying he deserted from South Korea because he was frightened. | 0 |
Gunmen in Haiti wound UN peacekeeper PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A gunbattle broke out between UN peacekeepers and supporters of ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide yesterday, wounding a peacekeeper for the first time in the force #39;s 4-month-old mission. | 0 |
Johnson Johnson Profit Up on Drug Sales (Reuters) Reuters - Diversified health-care company\Johnson Johnson on Tuesday said its quarterly profit\rose on higher sales of prescription drugs and medical devices. | 2 |
Titan Probe to Listen for Thunderstorms The European probe Huygens will listen for alien thunderstorms as it descends through the atmosphere of Saturn #39;s moon, Titan, UniverseToday. | 3 |
Programs: Dubious Lure of Two Fishing Simulations PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Reuters) - If someone gives you a copy of "Rapala Pro Fishing," throw it back. | 3 |
Bush: No Payroll Tax Hike for Soc. Sec. (AP) AP - President Bush on Thursday flatly ruled out raising payroll taxes to ensure the solvency of Social Security, as he opened a push for historic changes in the retirement program. | 0 |
Italian PM acquitted of attempting to bribe judge HAMISH ROBERTSON: The Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has been acquitted of attempting to bribe a judge after a marathon court case that #39;s divided the nation. | 0 |
It's October and It's Time for Playoffs! Curt Schilling and Pedro Martinez are revved up. Roger Clemens and Roy Oswalt are rarin' to go... | 0 |
Former F1 driver Jacques Villeneuve to test drive for Renault Former Formula One world champion Jacques Villeneuve will test for Renault at Silverstone this week. Renault said in a statement that the Iberville, Que. | 1 |
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