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5273,0,"S.E.C. Is Said to Examine Stock Pricing by Big Brokers The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking at brokerage firms suspected of failing to get customers the best stock prices, people briefed on the inquiry said."
1419,0,"Quattrone gets 18 months in prison Frank Quattrone, who rose to investment banking stardom during the dot.com boom, was sentenced to 18 months in a federal prison camp in Lompoc, Calif."
3183,0,webcrawler: A9.com is cool NOW heres something else thats off the mind. Theres no more need to make mental or computer notes while searching the Internet.
2469,0,Refiners line up for stockpiled oil Oil futures hit a record high Friday as the government began lending oil from emergency reserves to refineries running low on crude after Hurricane Ivan.
182,0,Pacers Activate Foster From Injured List (AP) AP - The Indiana Pacers activated center Jeff Foster from the injured list Tuesday.
461,0,"Patterson gets silver on balance beam Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - American Carly Patterson, the women 's all- around champion at the Summer Games, added another medal on Monday night with a silver in the balance beam competition."
5948,0,CASEY COMMENTS NOT  'SMART ' - VERPLANK The backlash to anti-American comments by Ryder Cup player Paul Casey has already started - and is likely only to get worse in the coming months.
4174,0,"CERN to Probe Life, the Universe and Everything (Reuters) Reuters - It has revolutionized physics, made"
1732,0,Mourinho happy after 3-0 win Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was delighted with his side 's performance in the 3-0 win in the Champions League against Paris Saint Germain.
2153,0,"Garcia a key player in Europeans ' success In the end, the Europeans took their shoes off and threw them into the gallery at Oakland Hills. By Amy Sancetta, AP. Did this mean they were shoo-ins to beat the USA in the Ryder Cup?"
1393,0,"After Waiting a Long Time, Davenport Keeps It Short he weather played havoc with the United States Open schedule yesterday, but it did not affect Lindsay Davenport 's game. In front of a sparse crowd of no more than several hundred people at "
5995,0,"Sanpaolo and Dexia in merger talks By Reuters - November 18 2004 <b>...</b> Italian bank Sanpaolo and Dexia, the Franco-Belgian group, confirmed they were in preliminary talks after a report that they were considering a merger to create a major cross-border lender."
6761,0,"Japanese Researchers 'Tap' Mushrooms for Rubber (Reuters) Reuters - Japanese researchers say they have produced rubber from a natural substance extracted from an edible, wild mushroom commonly found in the country."
7265,0,"UnitedHealthcare pays $3.5M to settle Medicare fraud claim UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co., a branch of UnitedHealth Group, will pay $3.5 million to settle charges that it defrauded the Medicare program, the US Department of Justice announced Monday."
1711,0,"Microsoft going for BIG BITE of Apple In case you have not heard, Microsoft just upped the ante in the digital music war when it launched its Windows Media Player 10 and its beta online music store this month."
7104,0,"Southwest makes strong bid for Midway gates Southwest Airlines has offered more than $100 million for part of ATA 's operations at Chicago 's Midway Airport. If successful, it could torpedo AirTran Airway 's efforts to create a hub there."
2211,0,"Put RSS Feeds On Your Web Page Put RSS Feeds On Your Web Page\\If you're interested in putting RSS feeds on your Web page but you don't have a lot of server/programming expertise, you might want to try the RSS Digest tool at http://www.bigbold.com/rssdigest/ . This tools has some nice extras on it, though at the moment ..."
927,0,"Survey: IT spending to grow modestly next year CIO confidence is up in third quarter, according to Forrester poll."
3792,0,"It's always something with Sox Forget about the Curse and all that nonsense. The real ongoing issue with the Boston Red Sox is the fact that they are eternally held hostage by what we shall call  ""Gilda's Law. "" (OK, Roseanne Roseannadanna's.)"
5265,0,"Travelocity Says Speed Is the Ticket For Growth Sam Gilliand, the chief executive of Travelocity, talks about the online travel industry, the Cendant-Orbitz merger and the woes of the airline industry."
5200,0,Wilson well placed in Mexico City Britain 's Justin Wilson was fourth in first qualifying for the final Champ Car race of the season in Mexico City. Wilson is looking to end his season on a high note after missing out on the rookie 's title to AJ Allmendinger.
2149,0,"Mars gases reveal enticing clues for life Water vapour and methane gas have been found in the same places on Mars, strengthening speculation that the Red Planet could be a haven for microbial life, space scientists say."
121,0,"Notable quotes Tuesday at the Athens Olympics  ""It hurt like hell. I could see (Thorpe) coming up. But when I was breathing, I saw my team going crazy -- and that really kept me going. "" ..."
3840,0,Warne 's career 1992: Makes Test debut against India in January. In two Tests against India his overall figures are 1-228. Australian wicketkeeper Rod Marsh invites him to return to the Adelaide Academy and his career is 
1106,0,"Md. Board Meeting Worries Democrats Republican-dominated election board met behind closed doors in deliberations that Democrats feared were aimed at ousting Elections Administrator Linda H. Lamone.<BR>\<FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""򢰪""><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>"
6901,0,Westwood closes in on first title of 2004 Briton Lee Westwood closed in on his first title of 2004 when he claimed the third-round lead in the Sun City Golf Challenge on Saturday.
112,0,"Motorola and HP in Linux tie-up Motorola plans to sell mobile phone network equipment that uses Linux-based code, a step forward in network gear makers ' efforts to rally around a standard. "
6030,0,"Google Shows It 's Only Human Shares of Google slipped after the search engine warned, for the second time in a week, that its fourth-quarter revenue growth rate is likely to slow from previous quarters."
5977,0,"Argentina Heads World Cup Qualifying Group After Brazil Loses Argentina moved atop South America 's qualifying group for the 2006 soccer World Cup with a 3-2 victory over Venezuela, grabbing the lead after world champion Brazil suffered its first defeat of the campaign."
1331,0,"Samsung plans to launch mobile phone with stamp-sized hard disc  2004-09-07  Samsung Electronics, the world 's third-largest handset maker, recently announced its plans to launch the first mobile phone with a stamp-sized hard disc drive that would expand the memory capacity by 15 times."
6674,0,"Click Here for a Free Credit Report Really. We mean it. Finally, a legit way to peek into your personal financial file."
758,0,HP brand to inject new life into ink The company splashes a new name on the inks to be used in its photo printers.
5225,0,"Social Security Reform a Boon for Funds?  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The bonanza many believe President  Bush has handed the mutual fund industry with his plans to  reform Social Security may be a mirage, industry leaders said  on Friday."
3114,0,"Small office / Home office Wi-Fi device finds hotspots More and more venues are becoming hotspots. Using the wireless 802.11x protocol better known as Wi-Fi, these hotspots can be found in airports, libraries, coffeehouses, restaurants, shopping "
5645,0,"Iverson Answers Bell in OT PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12 (Ticker) -- It seemed like a highly unlikely game for Allen Iverson to sink his first career game-winning buzzer-beater."
5408,0,Patch in for Microsoft server spoofing flaw Attackers could use hole in small-business software to trick personal information out of people.
6934,0,Japan narrowly escapes recession New figures show Japan's economy is barely staying out of recession with annual growth of just 0.2 in the third quarter.
99,0,"Consumer Prices Down, Industry Output Up  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices dropped in July  for the first time in eight months as a sharp run up in energy  costs reversed, the government said in a report that suggested  a slow rate of interest rate hikes is likely."
5450,0,"Delta to Cut 6,000-6,900 Jobs  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines on Wednesday said it  plans to cut between 6,000 and 6,900 jobs during the next 18  months, implement a 10 percent across-the-board pay reduction  and reduce employee benefits in a bid to avoid bankruptcy."
2818,0,Senate Bill Aims at Makers of File-Sharing Software The Senate Judiciary Committee is considering a copyright bill that stands at the center of the file-sharing debate.
2890,0,"Biggest threat to Britain 's grand prix heritage Henry Ford once said that his factories didn 't make cars,  ""they make money. "" It is a philosophy Bernie Ecclestone would surely understand more than most after his surgically dispassionate decision yesterday not to include the British grand prix on the "
5620,0,"Video phones act as dating tools Plus: At 80, fractal discoverer Benoit Mandelbrot says he has much math work left to do. News.com Extra"
415,0,"Hamm should support Yang Paul Hamm needs a new marketing strategy. Either that, or he needs a clue. One harmless gesture separates him from lionization in America and canonization in South Korea, and "
1997,0,PeopleSoft sweetens employee compensation Business software maker PeopleSoft Friday said it was boosting compensation packages for all employees except its chief executive in a move that would raise the 
6634,0,"Plane repos ready to take flight At the airport, you hear all of the usual explanations: bad weather, mechanical difficulties, no crew available. But now there 's another excuse you might hear as times get tougher for cash "
5351,0,"Burning of fossil fuels threatens to overwhelm Arctic environment The burning of fossil fuels has contributed to warming in the Arctic that is much faster and more dramatic than scientists previously believed at nearly twice the rate of the rest of the world, a new international report concludes."
3745,0,"Signing of Teenage Racer Raises Questions (AP) AP - Next October, Chase Austin will finally be old enough to drive to the grocery store by himself. By then, though, he'll also have a full season of stock car racing under his belt."
1698,0,"Canada, Finland set for WCH final Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - The Canadians try to take back what was once theirs tonight when they face Finland in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey final at Air Canada Centre."
3015,0,Sete returns to top form in Qatar; Edwards joins party with runner <b>...</b> Sete Gibernau will go down in history as the first ever winner of the Grand Prix of Qatar after an incredible race today which he led from start 
4991,0,JFK Airport sees most growth among top US airports John F. Kennedy International Airport saw the most growth in passengers over the last year among the nation 's 25 busiest airports.
3896,0,Jimenez ends Langer 's Match Play bid Spain 's Miguel Angel imenez completed a 2 &1 victory over German Bernhard Langer in their delayed World Match Play Championship quarter-final at Wentworth on Saturday.
1122,0,"Intel Outlook May Portend PC Weakness  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Intel Corp's <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=INTC.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">INTC.O</A> sharp cut in its  revenue outlook dragged down shares of personal computer makers  on Friday, on fears that the chipmaker's problems could signal  weak PC markets, analysts said."
5801,0,Eagles lead Cowboys 7-0 after first quarter Terrell Owens turned the first pass thrown to him into a 59-yard touchdown and gave the Philadelphia Eagles a 7-0 lead over the Dallas Cowboys after the first quarter Monday night.
4943,0,"Some think this metal is golden So many disasters to avoid, so many uncertainties to resolve, no wonder so many investors have been cautious about buying stocks and bonds."
2747,0,"Tendulkar not giving up on first Test India 's star batsman Sachin Tendulkar says he may be fit for next week 's first Test against Australia, after revealing the tennis elbow injury was showing  ""tremendous improvement."
5957,0,"Closer Percival OKs $12M Deal With Tigers Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Troy Percival speaks to the media after a news conference in Detroit, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004. Percival and the Tigers agreed on a $12 million, two-year contract."
1011,0,"China's Lenovo in talks with 'major IT firm' for acquisition (AFP) AFP - China's largest manufacturer of personal computers Lenovo Group said it is in negotiations with a major information technology company, believed to be US-based IBM."
3339,0,"CA to buy Netegrity for $430 m Its biggest acquisition since 2000, marking its return to inorganic growth mode, after shelving acquisition plans due to government probes in its accounting practices."
1401,0,"Honey, did you remember to call the DVD recorder? The machine has a 400GB hard disk drive, is capable of zapping video elsewhere in a home, and is designed to let consumers program recording remotely over the Internet--including via cell phones."
7358,0,"Mindawn offers DRM-free music downloads (MacCentral) MacCentral - Mindawn is a new online music download service that differs from Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes Music Store and other services in a few ways: It's not only compatible with Macs and PCs but with Linux computers too, its music is available in a lossless format, and there are no Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions. Mindawn launched in September and is picking up steam, according to its founder."
378,0,"Will High Oil Prices Lead to Recession? (AP) AP - High oil prices, which have been a factor in virtually all U.S. recessions over the past three decades, are surging again this year. And the higher crude oil prices climb, the more risk energy costs pose to what, until recently, many expected to be a banner year for the U.S. economy."
7406,0,Studios Attack BitTorrent The Motion Picture Association of America is retargeting its legal battle against file swappers by launching attacks against the server operators behind the BitTorrent and eDonkey services.
6971,0,"IT Giants Form Grid Computing Alliance Oracle, Dell, EMC and Intel have joined with other tech companies to create an industry standard for enterprise grid systems.  ""Project MegaGrid "" will help maximize the use of computing resources, according to the group."
2521,0,"Soldiers' War Blogs Detail Life in Iraq Iraq war blogs are as varied as the soldiers who write them. Some sites feature practical news, war pictures and advice. Some are overtly political, with more slanting to the right than to the left. Some question the war, some cheer it."
2754,0,"Supernova Warning System Will Give Astronomers Earlier Notice Duke University -- A Supernova Early Warning System (SNEWS) that detects ghostlike neutrino particles that are the earliest emanations from the immense, explosive death throes of large stars will alert astronomers of the blasts before they can see the flash.     SNEWS ""could allow astronomers a chance to make unprecedented observations of the very early turn-on of the supernova,"" wrote the authors of an article about the new system in the September issue of the ""New Journal of Physics.""     They also noted that ""no supernova has ever been observed soon after its birth.""     Big stars end their lives in explosive gravitational collapses so complete that even the brilliant flashes of light usually announcing these extremely rare ""supernova"" events stay trapped inside, unseen by astronomers, for the first hours or days..."
7207,0,"Sony 's game war advances to next level Rival Sony began its worldwide assault yesterday by launching a new handheld console, PlayStation Portable, in game-crazy Japan. Sony aims to seek and destroy GameBoy and its maker Nintendo 's $5billion hold "
2480,0,"Kuznetsova Beats Sharapova to Make China Open Final  BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova  beat compatriot and Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-2  for a place in the final of the $585,000 China Open WTA  tournament on Saturday."
1358,0,"Crude Oil Falls as Purmono Says OPEC Can Boost Output Capacity Crude oil fell as OPEC President Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the group may raise its spare production capacity to as much as 2.5 million barrels a day by the end of this year, reducing concern about shortages."
5303,0,"Canada Oct. Housing Starts Fall 5.4, Led by Cities (Update1) Canadian housing starts fell 5.4 percent to an annual pace of 225,000 units in October, led by drops in multi- and single-family homebuilding in cities, the federal government 's housing agency said."
6453,0,"Recording Industry, File-Share Face Off The next chapter in the global legal battle between the recording industry and file-sharing services is due to unfold here Monday when the owners of the hugely popular Kazaa software go on trial on civil copyright infringement charges."
7270,0,"Intuit gets deeper into IT, revamps Quicken The software maker adds a network management application. It also updates its Quicken personal-finance software."
158,0,"Phelps Eyes Fourth Gold  ATHENS (Reuters) - A weary Michael Phelps targeted his  fourth Olympic gold medal in Athens, turning his attention on  Wednesday to the 200 meters individual medley and settling for  the second-fastest overall time in the heats."
6257,0,"F1 power struggle now in session. The legal battle for control of Formula One gets underway in earnest today, with Bernie Ecclestone and the three German banks that make up the major shareholding in the sport going to court to decide who has the right to power."
782,0,"Far from fun and Games for Jones ATHENS, Greece -- So other than your anemic, fifth-place finish in the long jump and the missed baton pass in the 400-meter relay for a big fat  ""Did Not Finish, ' ' how did your day go, Marion Jones?"
190,0,"HP moves network scanning software into beta CHICAGO - Hewlett-Packard(HP) has moved its Active Counter Measures network security software into beta tests with a select group of European and North American customers in hopes of readying the product for a 2005 release, an HP executive said at the HP World conference here in Chicago Wednesday."
4018,0,Els still has Major ambitions Ernie Els has another 1.4m and a World Match Play record all to himself. But he wants more. And top of the South Africans agenda for 2005 is to try to win the Masters and US PGA titles.
411,0,Roundup: Pleasantly Perfect takes Pacific Classic Favored Pleasantly Perfect took charge down the stretch to win by a length in the 14th running of the $1 million Pacific Classic yesterday at Del Mar. Pleasantly 
208,0,"Hamilton Wins Cycling Time Trial Event THENS, Aug. 18  Tyler Hamilton had bruises splotched all over his back, painful souvenirs of a Tour de France gone terribly wrong. "
1267,0,Golf's New No. 1 Tiger Woods's reign as the world's top player ends at 264 weeks as Vijay Singh has seized the No. 1 spot after beating Woods to win the Deutsche Bank on Monday.
5421,0,"Stand Aside, Rudolph: The Mouse Will Lead A list of some of the best holiday gifts, based on taste, appearance or utility, available on the Web."
5975,0,"New York Unveils Last, Best Bid to Gain the Olympics in 2012 Leaders of the NYC2012 committee highlighted New York's advantages in multiculturalism, money and media power."
399,0,"Nortel Downsizes Again Aug. 23, 2004 (TheDeal.com) Problem-plagued Nortel Networks Corp. announced plans Thursday, Aug. 19, to eliminate an additional 3,500 jobs and fire seven more senior executives as the company labors to reinvent "
4268,0,"Strong Server, PC Sales Boost Microsoft Revenue The company's earnings beat Wall Street expectations."
7351,0,Fed Panel Lifts Rates and Says More Increases Are Probable The Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates on Tuesday for the fifth time this year and suggested that more rate increases are in order in the months ahead.
68,0,Bobcats Trade Drobnjak to Hawks for Pick (AP) AP - The Charlotte Bobcats traded center Predrag Drobnjak to the Atlanta Hawks on Monday for a second round pick in the 2005 NBA draft.
3894,0,Jennings in charge CAPE TOWN - Ray Jennings was appointed as the interim coach of South Africa 's national cricket side yesterday afternoon following the resignation earlier of the under-fire Eric Simons.
1624,0,Cahill Could Be in the Clear Tim Cahill could escape suspension for his controversial celebration of Evertons winner at Manchester City when he was sent off for pulling his shirt over his head.
4232,0,"U.N.: Robot Use to Surge Sevenfold by 2007 The use of robots around the home to mow lawns, vacuum floors, pull guard duty and perform other chores is set to surge sevenfold by 2007, says a new U.N. survey, which credits dropping prices for the robot boom."
2041,0,"Sea-Level Rise Gives Clue to Big Chill A sudden influx of freshwater from North America's ancient Lake Agassiz to the North Atlantic 8,200 years ago triggered a precipitous cooling of the region, scientists believe. Now they are trying to predict if and when a similar scenario might happen again."
3372,0,"Making it look easy CLEVELAND -- Their membership in the NFL elite entitles the Patriots to a gimme from time to time, like yesterday's 42-15 shellacking of the hapless Cleveland Browns."
5819,0,"Web Still in Early Days, Tech Leaders Say The Internet is only in its early adolescence with a raft of improvements on the horizon, and the venture capitalists who helped fund the early boom are "
4230,0,"Crooks slither into Net's shady nooks and crannies (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Organized crime rings and petty thieves are flocking to the Internet like start-ups in the go-go '90s, establishing a multibillion-dollar underground economy in just a few years. The Internet's growth as an economic engine, particularly for financial transactions, is feeding the felonious frenzy."
6182,0,"Westwood Closes in on First Title of 2004  SUN CITY, South Africa (Reuters) - Briton Lee Westwood  closed in on his first title of 2004 when he claimed the  third-round lead in the Sun City Golf Challenge Saturday."
396,0,"Cink surfaces as Donald sinks Stewart Cink, who needed only to play around par to convert a five-stroke lead after 54 holes into a win, did just that in the NEC Invitational at Firestone yesterday."
1282,0,Longhorns face steeper competition against Razorbacks The University of Texas football team is coming off a 65-0 victory over the North Texas Eagles. Texas dominated every facet of the game against the Eagles.
7506,0,"Smith says Harmison is the weakest link The South Africa captain Graeme Smith has stirred things up before today 's first Test against England by claiming that Steve Harmison, the world 's leading bowler, is mentally vulnerable and can be disarmed for the rest of the five-Test series if the "
3230,0,Tigers exercise Trammell 's option The Tigers face plenty of decisions on players from here on out. Their option on the manager was a quick one. Two days after Alan Trammell completed his second season at 
2991,0,"Astros Beat Rockies to Keep Wild-Card Lead (AP) AP - Jeff Bagwell hit a two-run homer and the Houston Astros overcame a sloppy start, remaining atop the NL wild-card standings with a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night."
7555,0,"Circuit City Cautious on Outlook Circuit City Stores Inc. (CC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday posted a narrower quarterly loss from continuing operations but said its outlook was cautious for the "
1954,0,Symantec to offer Web-based Norton AntiVirus console The Web console -- to be made available specifically to corporate and enterprise licensees of Norton AntiVirus software -- will allow administrators to distribute virus definitions and product updates on demand.
3895,0,Playing with the traumas of war Are games based on the Vietnam conflict making us immune to realities of history?
4663,0,"Is Apple Photogenic? With competitors avidly trying to nibble at the iPod 's market share, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has released its ostensibly new and improved version."
7587,0,Hobbit-finding Boffins in science top 10 AP - Australian scientists who helped discover a species of tiny humans nicknamed Hobbits have been hailed for making the second most important scientific achievement of 2004.
1735,0,"Inflation fall eases rates pressure INFLATION fell again in August, slipping further below the governments 2 per cent target, driven down by clothing and footwear retailers failing to raise prices after a poor summer."
4237,0,"Edmonds homer lifts Cardinals to Game 7 against Astros ST. LOUIS, Missouri All of the wounds in this city, colored a fresh shade of cardinal red, healed with just one touch. The winning pitcher was the one who had the fractured hand."
5453,0,"Solar Sail Launch Date Set smooth wombat writes  ""Get out your PDAs and set aside March 1, 2005. That is date the solar sail, named Cosmos 1, is set to be launched from a submerged Russian submarine in the Barents Sea."
3728,0,Excess chips a drag on 3rd-quarter Intel results Intel on Tuesday released third-quarter financial results showing that it continues to struggle to sell a substantial stockpile of computer chips as demand for personal computers remains slow.
5762,0,Dell and Microsoft Launch Joint Software (AP) AP - Dell Inc. and Microsoft Corp. promised big savings on the billions of dollars companies spend on system maintenance as they unveiled jointly developed software Monday that manages and upgrades servers in one mouse-click.
5854,0,"Nokia demos first mobile call using IP standard Nokia has developed a prototype handset that supports Mobile IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), a version of the protocol that will help to improve the quality of VoIP (voice over IP), streaming video and other applications delivered to wireless devices."
6359,0,Spanish buy Luton airport operator in 551m deal Luton Airport was bought by the Spanish yesterday as part of a 551m takeover deal which will net the men who run it almost 60m.
3775,0,"Bourses set for losses after Wall St falls (FT.com) FT.com - European equity markets were poised for opening losses on Thursday following a weak session on Wall Street overnight, while caution was likely ahead of results from Nokia, the leading mobile handset maker."
176,0,"Sun postpones September user show Sun Microsystems Inc. has decided to postpone its September SunNetwork 2004 San Francisco user conference, and is contemplating merging the event with its JavaOne 2005 developer conference, scheduled for the end of June 2005."
3463,0,"Is King Kahn 's reign coming to an end? He is first choice for his club Bayern Munich and used to be an automatic selection for the national team too. But when Germany meets Iran in a friendly this weekend, Kahn is not going to be between the posts."
2213,0,"OECD ups EU/Japanese growth forecasts Growth in the US economy this year is likely to be 4.3, the OECD forecast today, lowering an earlier forecast of 4.7. But the Japanese economy was set to grow by 4.4 instead of 3 forecast earlier and the euro zone by 2 instead of 1.6."
5668,0,Hornets' Davis Sidelined with Back Injury  NEW ORLEANS (Sports Network) - New Orleans Hornets guard  Baron Davis did not make the trip to Milwaukee for Saturday's  game against the Bucks because of a strained lower back.
7006,0,"Prosecutor brings charges against former neighbor in NBA brawl PONTIAC, Mich. The man accused of starting the brawl at a Detroit Pistons game last month is no stranger to the man who 's filing the charges against him."
805,0,"GlobeTrotter: Mandrake-based 40GB Linux Mobile Desktop joestar writes  ""Mandrakesoft  & LaCie have just launched  ""GlobeTrotter "", a ultra-compact 40 GB bootable USB hard-drive pre-loaded with Mandrakelinux 10."
1802,0,"Nokia, NEC Test New IP Multimedia Subsystem Two high-tech communications players have completed the first phase in a series of tests to show how a next-generation IP data and communications infrastructure works."
5835,0,"NOVA, BP to Form Joint Venture NOVA Chemicals Corp. said Tuesday it has agreed to form a joint venture with BP PLC to manufacture and market styrenic polymers in Europe."
280,0,"Best Buy a Bad Deal? Attorney General Jim Petro is suing Best Buy, alleging the electronics retailer has engaged in unfair and deceptive business practices. "
1759,0,Villeneuve and Sauber With Jacques Villeneuve testing for Renault today at Silverstone there has been the perhaps inevitable speculation that this could change things for next season when Giancarlo Fisichella is due to join Fernando Alonso at Renault F1.
7481,0,"NASA Leader Cites Finances and Submits His Resignation Sean O 'Keefe resigned as NASA administrator on Monday, saying he is leaving the position he has held for three years to pursue better economic opportunity for his family."
4849,0,"Bank of America Fires Back at Parmalat  LONDON (Reuters) - Grant Thornton and Bank of America have  filed motions in a New York court to remove a U.S. injunction  stopping them counter-suing insolvent Italian dairy group  Parmalat, which has sued each for $10 billion."
4476,0,"Zeman 's Lecce enjoy heady heights of Serie A When Lecce sold their prolific Uruguayan striker Ernesto Chevanton to French club Monaco in the close-season, many pundits added the southern club to the list of favourites for relegation."
2759,0,"Telecom equipment maker Agere to cut 500 employees, 7.6 of <b>...</b> Telecommunications equipment maker Agere Systems Inc. said Wednesday it will lay off 500 employees, or 7.6 per cent of its workforce, as part of a corporate restructuring."
6001,0,SBC calling on cable SBC is teaming up with Microsoft to provide consumers with a new way to view television -- a move that puts it in direct competition with the cable TV industry.
4957,0,"China closes more Internet cafs Chinese authorities have between February and August of this year closed 1,600 Internet bars. In additional fines amounting to a total of 100 million yuan (9."
6169,0,Congress Asks SEC for Mutual Fund Study (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. Congress asked the Securities and Exchange Commission on Saturday to send lawmakers a report justifying a new rule forcing mutual fund boards to have independent chairmen.
195,0,Airlines Agree to Cuts at O'Hare Federal officials today announced plans to temporarily cut 37 flights operating at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to help reduce the delay problems that ripple across the country.
3009,0,"Tennis: Canas crushes Novak to reach Shanghai final, faces <b>...</b> SHANGHAI : Argentina 's Guillermo Canas dominated Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic to book his place in the final of the 380,000-dollar ATP Shanghai Open tennis tournament against unheralded German Lars Burgsmuller."
6536,0,"Surprise Chargers ' air power changing Marty 's stripes KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The San Diego Chargers players couldn 't quite believe what they were hearing, nor would many in the crowd at Arrowhead Stadium if they were privy to it."
2488,0,"This week in the state Legislature The Senate is expected to vote on the overall $3.3 billion spending plan for the state Department of Transportation, which supports state and local highway programs, public transportation programs and department administration (House Bill 5528)."
1968,0,"ATI Announces HyperMemory ATI Technologies announced a technology that reduces the need for dedicated graphics memory, which could lead to lower PC system costs."
4002,0,"Odyssey Warns of Weak Quarter, CEO Quits  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Odyssey Healthcare Inc.  <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ODSY.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">ODSY.O</A> on  Monday warned of an earnings shortfall, announced the  resignation of its chief executive and said it was the subject  of a Justice Department probe, sending shares of the hospice  care provider plummeting 42 percent."
4725,0,Broken thumb sidelines Payton Results of X-rays on Gary Payton 's right hand revealed a non-displaced fracture in the point guard 's right thumb. Payton did not play last night against the 
1974,0,Pen can pick some bike U-locks That U-shaped bike lock that you thought was so secure may be easy pickings for thieves who have nothing more sophisticated than a Bic pen.
1415,0,US Treasuries cut early gains on jobless drop US Treasury debt prices cut early gains but remained narrowly higher after the government said that new claims for jobless insurance fell in the latest week.
849,0,Closing Ceremonies Host city Athens bid a final farewell to the athletes and guests of the 2004 Summer Games with a spectacular party under a full moon.
7296,0,Firefox crosses 10m mark US web browser developer Mozillas open-source browser Firefox has recorded over 10m downloads since it was launched in November.
6858,0,Conference fumbles top status ATLANTA - Tommy Tuberville isn 't much into computers and formulas to determine who should play for college football 's national championship.
297,0,Google scores first-day bump of 18 (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Even a big first-day jump in shares of Google (GOOG) couldn't quiet debate over whether the Internet search engine's contentious auction was a hit or a flop.
5890,0,14 Nations to Participate in Plan to Reduce Methane Thirteen countries agreed yesterday to join a global plan proposed by the Bush administration to curb methane emissions by capturing the greenhouse gas and using it as an energy source before it is released into the atmosphere.
5877,0,"Agent:  'It 's going to be a love-in ' As many as 60 National Hockey League agents, including those representing the top players in the game, will descend on a Chicago hotel meeting room Wednesday for a tte--tte with executives "
4304,0,Connecticut joins California in Spitzer probe Connecticut is going to join California amid New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzers probe over the US insurance industry scandal.
3534,0,"Glazer could bid for Manchester United this week: reports LONDON : US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer could launch a takeover bid for English football giants Manchester United this week after securing financing and making contact with the club 's largest shareholders, newspapers here reported."
4186,0,"Robo-servants set to sweep into homes Millions of new robots will be installed in households over the next few years, a UN report predicts."
1059,0,"Napster Offers Music to Go This service leverages new Windows Media 10 technologies to enable Napster subscribers to download music to portable devices, a technology called Janus."
6101,0,"Sirius Satellite Radio  ""outperform, "" target price raised NEW YORK, November 19 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus  & Company reiterate their  ""outperform "" rating on Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI."
1687,0,"Federated Will Rename Stores as Macy 's All regional Federated Department Stores will change their names to Macy 's in January, the company said yesterday. The decision affects regional department stores that operate as Burdines-Macy 's in Florida "
4397,0,"Bellhorn Makes Big Noise for Red Sox  BOSTON (Reuters) - With a power-packed lineup that features  sluggers like Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, it was Mark  Bellhorn who was the unlikely hero of Game One of the 100th  World Series with a two-run homer for the Boston Red Sox  Saturday."
1634,0,Novell sees a 'both-source' future CEO asserts the future of software development will not be found in the open-source or proprietary models.
4369,0,Mexico Struggles to Preserve Ancient Ruins (Reuters) Reuters - The majestic pyramids and temples of the ancient Zapotec kingdom of Monte Alban sit spectacularly atop a hill in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca.
5192,0,Record Breaking Supercomputer Performance US Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced that a supercomputer developed for the nation 's Stockpile Stewardship Program has attained a record breaking performance of 70.
6291,0,"McDonald 's CEO Charlie Bell devoted working career to McDonald 's OAK BROOK, Ill. Cancer has forced Charlie Bell to step down as CEO of the restaurant chain to which he 's devoted most of his working career."
4107,0,Digital home entertainment hits the road Theater-quality entertainment systems are coming to the car. Is rush hour ready for wireless file swapping?\<br /> Photo gallery: Consumer gear takes a test drive
1788,0,"Brazil Embraer says suspends US Airways deliveries Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer (EMBR4.SA: Quote, Profile, Research) (ERJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said it had suspended aircraft deliveries to US Airways (UAIR."
6939,0,"Oklahoma State 's seniors rope victory Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, while watching tape of Oklahoma State in preparation for their encounter at the Jimmy V Classic, said to himself,  ""we might not even be able to play with this team."
7450,0,Mass. auto rates to stay fairly steady next year The state insurance commissioner yesterday held auto insurance premiums fairly steady for next year while approving measures that could sharply increase the rates paid by inexperienced teenage drivers.
5226,0,"Inheriting Aura From Woods, the New King of Golf Is a Lion Vijay Singh has a golf swing to envy, even when fooling around. A few days ago on the driving range at the Tour Championship, Singh grabbed Steve Flesch 's golf clubs."
7052,0,Scientists study clues to forecasting California quakes Two researchers say they 've discovered a pattern of tremors deep beneath the San Andreas Fault that someday may yield clues into unlocking the mysteries of California earthquakes.
3800,0,"Google Unveils Desktop Search, Takes on Microsoft Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday rolled out a preliminary version of its new desktop search tool, making the first move against "
6822,0,Mets and Yanks May Lose Leiter and Make Deal The Mets could lose one veteran left-handed pitcher to a team in their own division and another to a team in their own city. As representatives for Al Leiter negotiated a one-year contract with 
2850,0,"Net firms: Don't tax VoIP The Spanish-American War is over and a ""temporary"" tax created to pay for it should not be extended to Internet phone calls, industry groups tell the IRS"
623,0,Civil servants in net porn probe More than 200 staff at the Department of Work and Pensions have been disciplined for downloading porn at work.
4384,0,"Agassi bites the dust as Russian Safin sets up final clash with <b>...</b> MADRID: Marat Safin defeated Andre Agassi 6-3, 7-6 yesterday to book a place in the Madrid Masters final against Argentina 's David Nalbandian."
468,0,Microsoft: Use Script to Block Windows XP SP2 Updates Microsoft has offered up yet another way for businesses to block the automatic update of Windows XP to the big-deal Service Pack 2 (SP2) upgrade.
5724,0,"Norman looking to post a low score Greg Norman will be looking to post a low score to give the leaders a target in the final round of the Australian PGA Championship at Coolum 's Hyatt Resort, north of Brisbane."
911,0,"US Airways Up on Labor Talks US Airways ' (UAIR:Nasdaq - news - research) shares jumped almost 20 on news that management and pilots were back at the table, trying to hammer out an agreement on work concessions to save the company."
2243,0,"Lab test puts Hamilton 's gold at risk Olympic champion Tyler Hamilton, the stoic Marblehead cyclist whose name has become synonymous with resilience and grit, could lose his gold medal and be banned "
4082,0,Microsoft pushes SQL Server 2005 back Users and developers anxious to get their hands on Microsoft SQL Server 2005 will have wait a little longer. Since early this year Microsoft said to expect the finished version of the product in the first half of 2005.
4252,0,"We Are Using 20 More Resources Than The Earth Can Produce The human race is plundering the planet at a pace that outstrips its capacity to support life, according to a report by WWF. The Living Planet Report 2004 shows that humans currently consume 20 per cent more "
6269,0,Pioneer replaces plasma TV power supplies Certain Pioneer TVs have a faulty power supply. An upgrade is available.
4966,0,Allergan to axe 325 Westport jobs The county 's largest employer said the jobs losses at its Westport plant occurred following the spin off of Allergan 's optical medical device business to Advanced Medical Optics (AMO).
1733,0,"CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Expect a comfortable night for the Highbury boys The Gooners take their first step into European football this season tonight by welcoming Dutch league runners-up, PSV Eindhoven, to Highbury."
5491,0,"Traber rehabbed all of last season Traber was chosen in the first round and 16th overall of the 2001 draft by the New York Mets, and made his major league debut with Cleveland in 2003."
3464,0,"Marquee Matchup With apologies to Arizona and San Francisco, there are only two teams in the NFC West again this year, and that means the division has just two truly meaningful games: This one, and Seattle at St."
666,0,"Jury Selection to Begin in Kobe Bryant Rape Trial  EAGLE, Colo. (Reuters) - Jury selection begins in the Kobe  Bryant rape case on Friday when hundreds of potential jurors  fill out a questionnaire to help determine if they can sit in  judgment in a trial involving race, sex and celebrity."
4189,0,LVMH Plans to Buy Glenmorangie French luxury goods company LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis said Wednesday it plans to buy whisky maker Glenmorangie PLC for about 300 million pounds (euro430.
1320,0,Pass defense lags behind Forget about No. 1 rankings. Another number will be tested this week when USC plays Colorado State. It 's a triple digit that bothered USC coach Pete Carroll each time he heard it last season.
7543,0,Cancer drug blow for AstraZeneca DRUGS group AstraZeneca today suffered a massive setback after tests showed its blockbuster Iressa cancer treatment did not allow patients to live longer.
4275,0,Erdogan Believes European Council 's Decision Will Be A Milestone PARIS - Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed belief on Thursday that the decision that the European Council would make on December 17th (on whether and when to open negotiations with Turkey) would be a milestone for not only Turkey-(EU) relations 
3523,0,"Minutemen KO'd by Dukes HARRISONBURG, Va. -- Opposing running backs are beginning to enjoy playing against the University of Massachusetts."
2274,0,Tracking Service Aims to Ease Product Returns (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - A Texas company tries to take a little bit of the sting out of the biggest online retail nightmare: returns.
5811,0,"Celtics OK with this traveling Gary Payton was back at practice yesterday. His third round trip to California since the start of training camp was, as they say in the trade, an elevator ride. Out on Saturday. Check on the family. Back on Sunday in time for the rap concert at the FleetCenter."
946,0,"Australia Police to Trap Cyberspace Pedophiles (Reuters) Reuters - Australian police acting as part of an international ""cyber cop"" network will be able to trap pedophiles who use the Internet to ""groom"" or lure children for sex, under new laws passed by parliament on Tuesday."
766,0,"Top-ranked Illinois flyin ' high When the Illinois men 's basketball team moved to No. 1 in The Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Top 25 polls on Monday afternoon, it was a special moment for the program and the players."
4719,0,"Despite Scandals, Boeing Still Charms Wall Street Boeing's bottom line continues to fatten, even as its image tarnishes, thanks in part to the consolidation of the defense industry, which has left the Pentagon with few choices for buying weapons, industry analysts said."
6373,0,"Dollar drops to new overnight low The dollar hits yet another record low against the euro, causing concerns about the German and wider eurozone economies."
7122,0,"US Supreme Court to Decide Grokster Case The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider whether Internet file-trading networks should be held responsible when their users copy music, movies and other protected works without permission."
2307,0,Dollar Gains Vs Yen (Reuters) Reuters - The dollar rose to a five-week high against the yen on Thursday as rising oil prices hurt Asian currencies and the market decided that U.S. interest rates were still on a rising path.
6121,0,"Busch Wins Pole for Season-Ending Race Pressure? What pressure? Kurt Busch, last in the qualifying line and first in the NASCAR Nextel Cup points, waited out 54 other drivers Friday and then won the pole for the season-ending Ford 400, which will determine the 2004 champion."
3631,0,"Study: 39 Million Americans In Working Poor Families WASHINGTON -- A new report indicates that one in every five US jobs pays less than a poverty-level wage for a family of four. As a result, nearly 39 million Americans, including 20 million children, are members "
7205,0,"Airborne Cell-Phone Ban Likely to Remain for Now (Reuters) Reuters - Hopes -- and worries -- that U.S.\regulators will soon end the ban on using wireless phones during U.S. commercial flights are likely at least a year or two early, government officials and analysts say."
4094,0,A game to remember CHARLTON 'S players past and present would have been proud with this display - and how fitting that a game marking the Addicks ' centenary had everything you could wish for from a match.
7097,0,"Desktop Search Avalanche Set to Hit Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, and Microsoft all plan to follow Google to the desktop."
592,0,News: FBI seizes computers in first-ever criminal action against P2P network The Associated Press By Curt Anderson
6127,0,"Pepperdine 80, Fairleigh Dickinson 79 Glen McGowan had 22 points and little-used reserve Chase Griffin came off the bench to make two clutch free throws to help Pepperdine hold off Fairleigh Dickinson 80-79 Friday for fifth place in the BCA Invitational."
638,0,McClaren happy with striking duo Middlesbrough boss Steve McClaren believes Mark Viduka and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink could forge one of the most dangerous strike partnerships in the Barclays Premiership.
5976,0,"Olympic 2012 : Madrid unveils bid dossier Madrid, one of five cities bidding to host the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, unveiled its dossier on Wednesday (17 November), just two days after submitting it to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)."
2185,0,"US star slams sweet-rustlin', phone beepin' theatre crowd (AFP) AFP - Kevin Spacey, the US screen star who is spending a season working for one of London's top West End theatres, lashed out at members of the audience who rustle sweet wrappers and forget to turn off their mobile phones during performances."
2719,0,"High-Tech Start-Up Strives For Open-Source Compatibility SourceLabs could create some buzz because of its pedigree team of founders. The company is led by Chief Executive Byron Sebastian, a former executive at San Jose 's BEA Systems, who founded the company in spring."
40,0,"Johnson Helps D-Backs End Nine-Game Slide (AP) AP - Randy Johnson took a four-hitter into the ninth inning to help the Arizona Diamondbacks end a nine-game losing streak Sunday, beating Steve Trachsel and the New York Mets 2-0."
6916,0,"Colgate-Palmolive Announces Job Cuts Toothpaste maker Colgate-Palmolive said today it is cutting 4,400 jobs and closing a third of its 78 factories around the world. The group, which makes products such as Colgate "
6151,0,Police Join Probe Into Pistons-Pacers Mass Brawl Police launched an investigation on Saturday into an extraordinary mass brawl involving players and fans at a game between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers.
1147,0,Colo. Town Relieved by Bryant Decision (AP) AP - It was the surest sign that the Kobe Bryant case was leaving town for good after a 14-month occupation: A rancher obtained permission to tear down CNN's 15-by-20-foot camera platform near the courthouse.
4810,0,"New federal law ends check floating A new federal law that went into effect yesterday will eventually eliminate the days of check floating.. However, some Sumner County bankers say it depends on where you bank and "
5035,0,"Stocks Leap, Dow Up 142 Points at Open US stocks soared at the open on Wednesday as investors bet that George W. Bush would soon be declared the winner in the tight presidential race despite disputed results in the key state of Ohio."
1614,0,"Today's schedule College soccer: MEN -- Curry at Emerson, 4 p.m.; WOMEN -- Mount Ida at Curry, 3:30 p.m."
1228,0,South American World Cup Qualifiers: Brazil Ease Past Bolivia An impressive first-half display from Brazil saw the Selecao defeat Bolivia 3-1 to move back to the top of the South American World Cup qualifying group.
7117,0,"General Electric Raises Dividend General Electric Co., a maker of jet engines, plastics and appliances as well as owner of the NBC television network, said Friday that its board raised the company 's quarterly dividend by 10 percent to 22 cents per share, and authorized the repurchase of "
6836,0,"China plans renewed bank bailout A year after injecting $45bn into two state banks to ready them for flotation, China is preparing a fresh bailout for two more institutions."
5103,0,"Modified mice help explain nicotine addiction WASHINGTON - Researchers in California, using genetically modified mice, say they 're closing in on understanding exactly what makes nicotine in tobacco so addictive."
5162,0,"Sears Shares Soar as Vornado Boosts Stake  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sears, Roebuck   Co. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=S.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">S.N</A> shares  jumped as much as 25 percent on Friday after real estate  company Vornado Realty Trust <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=VNO.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">VNO.N</A> said it raised its stake  in the retailer, a step that could lead Sears to convert some  of its real estate assets into cash."
5573,0,"Europe Clears Pay TV Deal, Creating Rival to BSkyB The European Commission approved a joint venture that would group two Hollywood movie studios with a video-on-demand company to compete with Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB company."
6323,0,"Echoes Repeats Success Don't junk that GameCube: Metroid Prime 2 provides gorgeous atmosphere, a sweet score and fun gameplay to create a winner. By Chris Kohler."
5657,0,FDA Bans Vioxx And Bextra Critic From Advisory Panel Meeting A drug safety expert says his invitation to participate in a meeting on the risks of arthritis drugs like Vioxx and Bextra has been rescinded by government officials because he publicly expressed concerns about the medications.
995,0,Mariners riding the Ichiro wave Ichiro Suzuki singled three times last night to etch out a spot in history and to send the Toronto Blue Jays a little deeper into oblivion.
3416,0,Cardinals Crush Dodgers to Grab 2-0 Series Lead Mike Matheny 's two-run single highlighted a three-run fifth inning rally which lifted the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Divisional Series Thursday.
6978,0,Utah Hires Whittingham to Replace Meyer (AP) AP - Utah defensive coordinator Kyle Whittingham was hired as the school's football coach to replace Urban Meyer.
4427,0,"Plane of NASCAR Team Hendrick Missing (AP) AP - A plane carrying members of the Hendrick Motorsports organization was missing Sunday after losing contact with the Federal Aviation Administration on its way to a NASCAR race, and a search was underway for the aircraft."
3858,0,"NFL Preview: Another streak mark looming for Patriots Until the final 11 minutes of the Rams-Seahawks game last week, Seattle 's visit to New England this Sunday looked like one of those overhyped matchups labelled  ""Super Bowl Preview "" or  ""Streak-Ender."
1353,0,"Royals pain for Tigers; KC wins season series For all their rejuvenation, the Tigers have lost the season series to the Kansas City Royals, who own the American League 's worst record and don 't have a winning mark against another AL club."
867,0,"Federal-Mogul May Sell Turner  & Newall Assets, Independent Says Federal-Mogul Corp., the bankrupt US engineering company, may sell its UK-based Turner  & Newall Plc after the UK division 's independent pension trustee rejected a $130 million cash offer "
4061,0,"NBA ROUNDUP: O 'Neal puts on a show for new fans in Miami MIAMI -- Shaquille O 'Neal swatted away Boris Diaw 's lay-up to preserve a 26-point lead, then waved into a nearby television camera the moment he landed on his feet."
3318,0,"Woods struggling to cope with body changes: Singh St Andrews, Oct 07 - Vijay Singh thinks the main reason he has replaced Tiger Woods as world number one is the American 's failure to adapt to changes in his body."
6860,0,"Bedding Blip? Go Back to Sleep This is getting old. Every time Hidden Gems selection Select Comfort (Nasdaq: SCSS) gets settled in and ready for a long night 's rest full of dreams of two-times-in-three-years capital gains, along "
4516,0,"Red Sox Stumble and Fumble Their Way to Series Lead  ST LOUIS (Reuters) - So much for the ""Curse of the  Bambino."""
5664,0,"No. 6 Texas Rallies Past Kansas, 27-23 (AP) AP - Vince Young scored on an 18-yard touchdown run with 4:11 left and threw a 22-yard TD pass to Tony Jeffrey with 11 seconds remaining to rally No. 6 Texas past Kansas 27-23 Saturday."
2454,0,Wenger keep tabs on SWP Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has upped the stakes ahead of Saturday 's clash against Manchester City by claiming he would love to sign Shaun-Wright Phillips.
3278,0,"SpaceShipOne Lands After 2nd Flight MOJAVE, Calif. - The private manned rocket SpaceShipOne (search) streaked toward space early Monday in a bid to top an altitude of 62 miles for the second time in six days and claim the $10 million Ansari X Prize (search)."
5576,0,Orange Crush Bears Sixth-ranked Syracuse scores the first 24 points of the game and cruises to a 104-54 victory over Northern Colorado on Thursday night in the first round of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.
6817,0,"Crude Oil Ekes Out Small Bounce  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Battered oil prices struggled on  Friday to shake off this week's $6 slump, edging up from a  12-week low after a massive round of selling triggered by  easing worries about winter supply."
4769,0,"Oil Price Steadies After 5 Percent Slide  LONDON (Reuters) - Oil steadied on Thursday after  Wednesday's 5 percent retreat from record highs, as traders  concluded that China's surprise interest rate rise would not do  much to dampen fuel demand growth."
567,0,"Dragging the Net for Cyber Criminals In an attempt to stem the growing tide of online scams, identity theft and the proliferation of junk e-mail, the Justice Department and state law enforcement officials have initiated what seems to be the largest dragnet yet against spammers, so-called ""phishers"" and other Internet con artists. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2"" color=""򢰪""><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>"
1769,0,"CBOE to sell stake in National exchange, buy CBOT rights The Chicago Board Options Exchange said Tuesday its directors approved steps to reduce its financial ties to two other exchanges in town."
2113,0,"IT companies put to the loyalty test Cisco, IBM, Microsoft and SAP have the most loyal customers in IT, according to a report released today. The fact that they are some of the biggest, most successful IT vendors in "
6977,0,"NFL Fines Saints' Gleason  $5,000 for Punch (AP) AP - Steve Gleason of the New Orleans Saints was fined  $5,000 by the NFL on Wednesday after being thrown out of last week's game with Carolina for punching the Panthers' Kemp Rasmussen at the end of a kickoff return."
6492,0,Violent video games slammed p2pnet.net News:-The launch of the now much-maligned Kill Jack Kennedy Again game has achieved at least one thing: Its woken the mainstream media up to the fact that video games based on giving players a way to take part in virtual murder aren 'ta 
1688,0,"Help wanted by IT services firms The growing services industry is hiring, but tech workers looking for a job may need to do more than brush up on their coding."
7160,0,"Wenger to decide in build-up to Sunday 's Premiership showdown As Arsenal are preparing to play Chelsea in the big game of the weekend, Gunners ' manager Frenchman Arsene Wenger is still deciding in the build-up to Sunday 's Premier League showdown."
2462,0,Putin Says Russia Could Be a Yukos Bidder President Vladimir V. Putin said on Friday that state-run companies might bid for assets of Yukos in any sale to collect back taxes.
311,0,"French Take Gold, Bronze in Single Kayak ATHENS, Greece - Winning on whitewater runs in the family for Frenchman Benoit Peschier, though an Olympic gold is something new. Peschier paddled his one-man kayak aggressively but penalty free in both his semifinal and final runs on the manmade Olympic ..."
4760,0,Titan reveals its purple patches LONDON: Unprecedented pictures of the purple atmospheric haze on Titan have been captured by the Cassini spacecraft during its closest approach yet to Saturn 's largest moon.
5102,0,"RAP OVER DANGER DRUG BAN A PAINKILLER for arthritis sufferers should have been banned four years ago, experts said yesterday. Vioxx, used by 400,000 Brits, was taken off the market by its US makers last month due to potentially deadly side-effects."
5413,0,"Chips are down in tech world EUROPE 's biggest chipmaker, Infineon, rocked the technology world today as profits fell e100m (70m) short of analysts ' expectations."
3468,0,Sharapova eases through to second consecutive final Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova reached her second consecutive final with a 6-2 6-3 victory over Thailand 's Tamarine Tanasugarn at the Japan Open on Friday.
1166,0,Pfizer to settle asbestos claims NEW YORK (DowJonesAP) - Pfizer (PFE) said Friday it has agreed to pay $430 million to settle all lawsuits against it alleging injury from insulation products made by a subsidiary.
23,0,"Some People Not Eligible to Get in on Google IPO Google has billed its IPO as a way for everyday people to get in on the process, denying Wall Street the usual stranglehold it's had on IPOs. Public bidding, a minimum of just five shares, an open process with 28 underwriters - all this pointed to a new level of public participation. But this isn't the case."
7580,0,"England labour but find their second wind This was not an easy day on which to play cricket. The sun shone brilliantly enough but for all of the opening day of the series a buffeting westerly crosswind flapped the trouser legs of the players, put "
1488,0,"Atlanta police arrest Braves player on DUI charge ATLANTA - Atlanta Braves shortsop Rafael Furcal has been arrested on charges of driving under the influence. Jail officials say Furcal was booked into the Atlanta city jail at 6:25 am on charges of DUI, speeding and reckless driving."
1935,0,"FSB FUD over FOI, you cry <strong>Letters</strong> The postbag, and your miscellaneous musings"
1565,0,"Bulldogs shock K-State MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Paul Pinegar threw two touchdown passes to Matt Rivera and ran for another score, and Fresno State upset No. 13 Kansas State, 45-21, yesterday."
5708,0,"COLUMN: Many Struggle to Comply with Sarbanes Rules A flurry of companies may miss the deadline to comply with new regulations brought in after the corporate scandals of 2002, but the key for investors will be to judge how serious the underlying problems really are."
3340,0,Owen fitness holds the key Michael Owen will have one last chance to prove his fitness - and possibly determine which formation England will employ against Wales on Saturday.
2620,0,Oil Near $50 on Supply Fears in Nigeria Oil prices rose to record highs Monday near $50 a barrel for US crude as Nigeria emerged as the latest focus for worries about supply in an already tight worldwide energy market.
6104,0,Greenspan issues new warning over US current account deficit (AFP) AFP - US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said the United States' huge current account deficit cannot be indefinitely financed by foreign countries and investors.
3714,0,"TSMC, Freescale expect initial production of 65nm SOI in 4Q 2005 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Freescale Semiconductor expect to begin initial production of a high-speed 65nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) process in the fourth quarter of 2005, with volume production pending on market demand "
1125,0,"Did Apple Offer Sony an ITunes Deal? Update: A partnership may be crucial for long-term success, one industry insider says."
1367,0,"Pension Agency Raises Top Annual Benefit 2.8  The federal agency that protects private sector pension plans announced yesterday that the maximum annual benefit for plans taken over in 2005 will be $45,614 for workers who wait until age 65 to retire."
4920,0,"Dawgs get Gators off their back Not with players dragging off the field, their bodies drained by yet another anticlimactic loss. Not with their fired leader standing before reporters, struggling to hold back the tears once more."
6290,0,Trump 's casinos file for bankruptcy Donald Trump 's flagship casino business yesterday filed for bankruptcy as part of a financial restructuring aimed at easing $1.8bn (1m) debt.
5367,0,"AMD et Chartered signent des contrats d 'approvisionnement et de <b>...</b> SUNNYVALE, Calif. and SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)9 Novembre 2004--Chartered adopte la fabrication de prcision automatise d 'AMD et prvoit de fabriquer des processeurs AMD64 en 2006."
4090,0,Symbol Arms Mobile Professionals With New Handheld Symbol Technologies Tuesday launched a line of enterprise-class handheld devices aimed at mobile professionals such as retail managers and supply chain management professionals.
6841,0,"Lycos, spammers trade blows over screen saver DECEMBER 02, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Lycos Europe NV is caught in a tit-for-tat struggle with spammers just days after releasing a free screen saver program that uses computer downtime to swamp Web sites associated with spam campaigns."
6095,0,A PC in the toaster? How mod! photos There's also room in the humidor and the Darth Vader helmet. Take a gander at some strange and wonderful creations.
5439,0,"Cable and Wireless to cut 600 jobs, shut London headquarters (AFP) AFP - Cable and Wireless, the struggling British telecoms group, said it would cut 600 jobs across Europe, part company with a top executive and shut its London headquarters."
7283,0,"Red Sox say goodbye to Pedro Martinez Pedro Martinez closed in on a four-year deal with the New York Mets, and the Boston Red Sox resigned themselves Monday to losing the three-time Cy Young Award winner."
1395,0,"British Airways to shed Qantas londonBritish Airways Plc, Europe 's second-biggest airline, will sell its 18 per cent stake in Qantas Airways Ltd. worth 427 million or about $980 million (Canadian) to cut debt ahead of possible acquisitions in Europe."
6179,0,"Fans are to blame, but players will face biggest penalties Look for David Stern to come down hard on the principals in Friday 's Pacers-Pistons brawl. With the NBA 's image possibly at stake, many around the league expect him to send a strong message when he makes his final ruling."
3090,0,Worldpay struck by online attack Net payment system Worldpay is under attack from hackers delaying transaction times for hundreds of online retailers.
250,0,"Qantas wants better tax treatment MARK COLVIN: Qantas might have posted yet another record profit, but the national carrier 's boss, Geoff Dixon, claims earnings are being hampered by unfair subsidies for international carriers allowed to fly in and out of Australia. "
2662,0,"Independent directors demanded Black 's resignation, investor says Catalyst Fund General Partner I Inc., a disgruntled shareholder of Hollinger Inc., claimed yesterday that the company 's independent board members have demanded the resignations of Conrad Black, his wife and other insiders -- a charge disputed by the "
5523,0,Jones Buys Barneys in $400 Million Deal A company with a middle-brow reputation announced a deal today to buy the singularly trendy clothing chain.
5314,0,"News Corp plans for poison pill News Corp, the media group led by Rupert Murdoch, on Monday announced plans for a poison pill rights issue to prevent a hostile takeover by potential predators such as Liberty Media, one of the company 's largest shareholders."
7567,0,This week in merger news This week saw three merger deals worth about $60 billion--including one that ranks as the largest software merger in history.
2694,0,"Virgin Starts (70) Mile-High Club With the misery that has plagued the airline industry recently, the last place you 'd expect to see some inspiring -- heck, potentially rule-breaking -- thinking would be from an airline entrepreneur."
1431,0,"Applebee 's predicts earnings, units rise Company sees doubling of units to at least 3,000; predicts 17 earnings rise over next 3 to 5 years. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Restaurant chain Applebee 's International Inc."
476,0,"US beats Germany 2-1 in OT, to face Brazil in women 's soccer final Heather O 'Reilly, minutes after missing a wide open net, scored in the ninth minute of overtime Monday to give the United States a 2-1 victory over World Cup champion Germany and a place in Thursday 's gold-medal game."
3119,0,"IRS Demands FICA from Chili's Owner  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brinker International Inc. which  operates the Chili's restaurant chain, on Monday said it  received a demand from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service  regarding the company's share of FICA taxes on unreported tips  of $31.4 million during 2000 to 2002."
4350,0,"Agassi advances in Madrid MADRID, Spain (Ticker) - Appearing in his first tournament since the US Open, Andre Agassi has not displayed much rust. The 34-year-old Agassi advanced to the semifinals of the Tennis Masters Madrid on Friday "
1433,0,"DAILY DIGEST RealNetworks Inc. has sold about 3 million songs online during a three- week, half-price sale designed to promote an alternative to Apple Computer Inc."
3007,0,"Mariners' Ichiro Breaks Hits Record, Adds Single  SEATTLE (Reuters) - The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki  registered three singles to tie, break and then add to the  Major League hits record with his 259th of the season in a game  against the Texas Rangers Friday."
2854,0,Tesco steps up RFID efforts Tesco is rolling out radio barcode technology across its 98 Tesco Extra stores to track high-value items between its internal distribution centres and its outlets.
2352,0,"Stocks Off on Exxon Downgrade, Oil Price  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slipped on Thursday after  Exxon Mobil Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=XOM.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">XOM.N</A> was downgraded by a brokerage and oil  prices rose, raising investor concerns about the health of  corporate profits and economic growth."
530,0,"Discus Champion Thrown Out of Games  ATHENS (Reuters) - Hungarian Olympic discus champion Robert  Fazekas will lose his gold medal and be expelled from the Games  after breaking doping rules, the International Olympic  Committee (IOC) said Tuesday."
4649,0,"Koetter: Hill will play Saturday Hakim Hill, the ASU football teams oft-controversial running back, will be back on the field when the Sun Devils travel to face California, head coach Dirk Koetter announced Tuesday."
6540,0,"Holiday Shoppers Off to a Fast Start Holiday shoppers spent 10 percent more Friday than they did a year ago, according to early reports, but Wal-Mart Stores Inc. dampened hopes for a strong start to the key retail season by "
943,0,White Sox Edge Phillies Joe Borchard wows the crowd with the longest homer in the 14-year history of U.S. Cellular Field as the White Sox edge the Phillies 9-8.
7499,0,Mars mission hailed as top 2004 breakthrough The discovery that Mars could have supported life billions of years ago has been ranked by the editors of international journal Science as the most important scientific achievement of 2004.
1889,0,"RIM takes new BlackBerry design overseas Revamped keyboard is key feature of the 7100v, which is headed for European and Asian shores."
3275,0,"Islamic threaten women 's soccer tournament in Bangladesh The organizers of Bangladesh 's first women 's soccer tournament promised to keep playing despite protests by a Muslim group that called the event  ""indecent and against Islamic norms ""."
7056,0,"Federal Report Sees Crude Oil Staying High While the recent flurry of record oil prices may be temporary, government analysts said Thursday that $30-a-barrel oil should be expected for decades to come."
5373,0,"FireFox Roars from the Gates Tuesday, November 9, 2004 will likely go down in the history books as the day the browser wars officially started. Obviously things happened before today to get us to the point where there was a real, legitimate "
3116,0,"OPM Delving Deeper Into Employees ' Backgrounds which sets hiring and employment standards for the government -- is reviewing its employees to ensure that they are suitable for jobs involving the  ""public trust."
1355,0,"Heineken Profit Dips But Repeats Outlook  AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch brewer Heineken posted a 4.5  percent fall in core profit for the first half on Wednesday, at  the low end of expectations as a weak dollar and sluggish  markets hurt business."
6623,0,"With work, Dana-Farber learns from '94 mistakes Nurse Teresa Mazeika has known the woman knitting in the blue reclining chair for months. But she asks Carolyn Harlow her name and birthday anyway, as she approaches with chemotherapy for Harlow's blood cancer. Mazeika, a 17-year nursing veteran at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, isn't taking any chances that she is about to give the drug to the wrong patient."
1953,0,"IBM embraces grid converts On the eve of a grid-computing conference, Big Blue says five companies and the EPA have plans to build grids."
6870,0,Bush Signs Internet Access Tax Ban State and local governments will be barred from taxing connections that link people to the Internet for the next three years under legislation signed Friday by President Bush.
663,0,London oil drops to $40 a barrel The cost of a barrel of oil in London has dipped below $40 as energy prices have continued to slide. The price of Brent crude in London fell to a three-week low of $39.
7402,0,Valencia accept Angulo ban Valencia say they do not plan to appeal against the seven-match ban given to midfielder Miguel Angel Angulo by UEFA for his behaviour during last week 's Champions League match against Werder Bremen.
5478,0,"League of Development Major League Soccer plans to start a new league to develop young players, part of its 10-year sponsorship deal with Adidas."
3913,0,"FDA Orders Strong Antidepressant Warning Labels By DIEDTRA HENDERSON    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Friday ordered that all antidepressants carry ""black box"" warnings that they ""increase the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior"" in children who take them.    Patients and their parents will be given medication guides that include the warning with each new prescription or refill..."
4747,0,Kiwis heading for big win DANIEL VETTORI spun New Zealand to the brink of a crushing victory over Bangladesh in the second and final Test at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong today.
2820,0,"Pedro, Red Sox offer up few Rays of hope In Pedro Martinez stats, news ' first start since conceding to the New York Yankees stats, schedule by declaring that the Red Sox stats, schedule ' rivals were his daddy, ' ' the Tampa "
823,0,"Hamm not looking back Controversial Olympic gold medalist Paul Hamm is back in the United States and ready to move on. Hamm, in Worcester for the Rock  & Roll "
1686,0,"Science Students Win $100,000 Prize Description: Siemens Westinghouse announces the winners of its annual competition for high school students in math, science and technology."
7576,0,"2005 American Bowl teams announced New York, NY (Sports Network) - Indianapolis will take on Atlanta in the 2005 American Bowl in Japan, the league announced Friday."
998,0,"AMD dual-core demo pips Intel, IBM AMD has demonstrated the company 's first dual-core microprocessors. Dual-core processors offer improved performance over single-core chips, especially in multithreaded applications."
7294,0,"PeopleSoft gives in to Oracle, takes bid PeopleSoft Inc. capitulated to Oracle Corp., accepting a sweetened $10.3 billion takeover offer to end an 18-month battle that pitted PeopleSoft against its investors and led to the ouster of its chief executive."
1986,0,"Labels, Microsoft in talks on CD copying Record labels and Microsoft are in discussions about ways that the next generation of the Windows operating system, code-named Longhorn, can support copy-protected CD technology."
1715,0,"Indy 500 qualifying changes aimed at regaining interest INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis 500 will return to four days of qualifying for next year 's race, but with a new format of bumping on each day."
533,0,"Apple Tops in Customer Satisfaction Dell comes in a close second, while Gateway shows improvement, study says."
2023,0,"U.S. Forced to Battle for Ryder Cup Survival  BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - The U.S. Ryder Cup  team, wounded after a first day mauling, were facing a fight  for survival on Saturday."
3677,0,"Madrid draw with Villarreal to retain 2nd place Real Madrid played without four regulars and settled for a 0-0 draw with Villarreal yesterday, leaving them nine points behind Spanish league leaders FC Barcelona after 14 games."
3215,0,"Chiron Won't Make Flu Vaccine, Stock Down  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The company that makes half the flu  vaccine used in the United States said on Tuesday it will not  supply any vaccine for the coming flu season because of  problems at its plant in Britain, throwing a major U.S. flu  drive into disarray."
2794,0,Judge Clears Release of Kobe Evidence (AP) AP - A judge cleared the way for the release of documents and other evidence in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case on Wednesday.
7154,0,"Go save Hubble NASA should use the space shuttle and spacewalking astronauts to mount one last repair flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, and extend the life of one of the greatest scientific instruments ever made."
2102,0,India's Aztec acquires software testing company for 12.1 mln dlrs (AFP) AFP - Indian information technology firm Aztec announced it would acquire software testing company Disha Technologies for 12.1 million dollars.
2216,0,"Bears Place Brown on Injured Reserve (AP) AP - The Chicago Bears placed Mike Brown on injured reserve Tuesday, one day after announcing the safety would miss the rest of the season with a torn Achilles' tendon."
1201,0,"Titans Release No. 3 QB Jason Gesser (AP) AP - The Tennessee Titans released Jason Gesser, their third quarterback, on Sunday and plan to replace him with a veteran."
4940,0,"Med school move delayed to 2007 The MSU College of Human Medicine won 't be relocated to Grand Rapids until at least 2007, and could cost only half as much as university officials originally estimated."
1050,0,Not a big hit everywhere Bill Ryan is spending the last days of the summer traveling across Canada and the United States to pitch big shareholders on the complicated plan to sell 51 percent of his Banknorth Group Inc. to Toronto-Dominion Bank .
3337,0,"Transactions BASEBALL Cincinnati (NL): Announced OF John Vander Wal declined an outright assignment and elected free agency. Cleveland (AL): Designated INF Ivan Ochoa, P Jake Robbins, and OF Ernie Young for assignment. Montreal (NL): Declined to exercise its 2005 option on C Einar Diaz; assigned OF Matt Cepicky outright to Edmonton (PCL). Oakland (AL): Claimed P Tim Harikkala off waivers from ..."
202,0,"Stunt pilots to save sun dust IT PROMISES to be a scene worthy of a science fiction spectacular. A space probe carrying primordial material scooped from outer space starts to plunge towards our planet. But before it can strike, a helicopter flown by a Hollywood stunt ..."
5222,0,"Bridges Loom as Cash Cow That Nobody Dares to Milk There they stand, glinting in the sun, hanging off the shore of Manhattan like fruit-laden branches of a money tree: The free bridges over the East River to Brooklyn and Queens."
2786,0,"Colombia back in business, needs reforms-Uribe Colombia is back in business and the Andean country has ample room for growth backed by aggressive and transparent government policies but with some challenges "
4714,0,Stargazers Enjoy Total Lunar Eclipse Astronomy buffs and amateur stargazers turned out to watch a total lunar eclipse Wednesday night - the last one Earth will get for nearly two and a half years.
7546,0,"Yahoo Maps To Add Traffic Updates and Reports Yahoo Maps To Add Traffic Updates and Reports\\Yahoo is not only becoming the goto place for multimedia search and online entertainment, it's also now offering a new service for monitoring traffic conditions online. Yahoo's offering of traffic updates lets users plan their daily travel routes around slowdowns like constructon or ..."
6581,0,"Space Station Crew Moves Rescue Capsule The maneuver frees the hatch on the docking station that the crew members will use for work sorties in January and March. In addition, the launch of an unmanned Progress cargo ship has been postponed one day to December 24."
4017,0,"Raised by Others, Birds Use Code to Find Their Kind Like the ugly duckling, cowbirds are raised by other bird species. So how do they find each other as adults? A new study says they have a ""password,"" among other things."
6060,0,"Are the Spanish really racist? For once, it was the English fans who could claim the moral high ground. The Spanish Football Federation now faces an official inquiry after several black players in Wednesday night 's England squad were subjected "
6853,0,Nikkei up by midmorning; Intel update supports techs TOKYO (CBS.MW) - Japanese stock indexes rose by midmorning Friday as Intel 's higher-than-expected sales forecast listed the Japanese tech sector.
6317,0,"No Sign of El Nino in Pacific for Now - Scientists (Reuters) Reuters - Sea temperatures in the southeastern Pacific show no sign of bringing extreme ""El Nino"" weather conditions in the next two months, Peru's Maritime Institute\(IMARPE) said on Tuesday."
5140,0,Microsoft to help users prep for patching Microsoft said today that it plans to give customers three days' advance notice about its monthly security updates to help them prepare to install related software patches.
3736,0,"Jackson the Wizard of Loz WHATEVER her status as an individual in the world of basketball, Lauren Jackson 's ultimate legacy will be what she achieves with her teams."
4226,0,"Sinful new GTA: San Andreas trailer revealed Explicit lyrics, parachutes featured in new GTA: San Andreas trailer; official site also updated with info on Las Vegas-style city."
5075,0,"Update 1: Toshiba, TCL to Cooperate on Appliances Focusing on the fast-growing Chinese market, Japan 's Toshiba and major Chinese appliance maker TCL have signed a broad agreement to cooperate in making and marketing appliances in China, the companies said Thursday."
4191,0,KPMG to settle SEC charges in Gemstar audit case The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday that accounting firm KPMG LLP will pay $10 million to Gemstar-TV Guide International shareholders to settle allegations it committed improper conduct in Gemstar 's audit.
4311,0,"Primaris to spend $3.8B on jets Primaris Airlines Inc. has announced plans to buy 20 Boeing 7E7-8 Dreamliners and 20 737-800s, a deal worth $3.8 billion at list prices, the new low-cost business carrier and the Boeing Co."
1838,0,"European Stocks Open Flat, Havas Falls (Reuters) Reuters - European shares opened steady on Thursday, with French advertising group Havas falling after news of a capital increase along with its first-half results but Richemont rallied after reporting strong luxury goods sales."
3937,0,"Bullying ZCU is cleared of racism WHILE Zimbabwe 's international playing future hangs in the balance, the Zimbabwe Cricket Union has been cleared of racism by the International Cricket Council."
6349,0,"MyTravel Wins Court Approval for Creditor, Shareholder Meeting MyTravel Plc, an unprofitable UK tour operator, got the go-ahead from a London court to meet creditors for approval of a refinancing plan after it submitted a revised version."
7393,0,"Toshiba claims hard drive storage record Toshiba has developed what it claims are the world 's first hard disk drives based on perpendicular recording, a technology that can boost data density on a single 1.8in hard-disk platter to 40GB."
3131,0,Chiefs Have Opportunity to Get Back on Track Kansas City needs a win in the worst way. Thats obvious but tonight they face a tough Baltimore Ravens team that has as many question marks as our hometown Chiefs.
1113,0,9 in a row! Red Sox sweep Angels The Red Sox take control of the American League wild-card race with a 4-3 win over the Angels. It was Boston 's ninth straight win -- a season high.
1172,0,"Tigers celebrating after Beavers don 't get their kicks Freshman Alexis Serna is down on the field kneeling, pounding the Tiger Stadium turf. He wanted to hide. But couldn 't find a place."
5907,0,"Update 8: Crude Oil Futures Sink to $46 Per Barrel December delivery crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped 76 cents to $46.11 per barrel. The benchmark light, sweet crude remained about $8 a barrel cheaper than its closing record of $55.17 recorded Oct. 22 and Oct. 26."
2619,0,"DHS faces IT management challenge, GAO says A  ""formidable information and technology management challenge "" faces the Homeland Security Department, according a report released today by the Government Accountability Office."
1346,0,"Space Capsule Heading Back to Earth A space capsule holding atoms collected from solar wind was en route to a tricky rendezvous with Earth, offering scientists the first material NASA has brought back from space in nearly three decades."
4253,0,Jobless Claims Drop The US Labor Department said Thursday the number of individuals who filed for unemployment insurance fell to a six-week low last week.
4606,0,"Cards Try to Narrow Gap in Game 3 After losing the first two games to the Boston Red Sox, the St. Louis Cardinals try to make the World Series competitive by winning Tuesday night's Game 3 at home. Three-time Cy Young Award winner Pedro Martinez starts for Boston against journeyman Jeff Suppan, who used to play for the Red Sox. Both are 16-9."
1164,0,"Motorists Submitting to High Gas Prices (AP) AP - Americans appear to be getting used to paying more to drive  — even if it means they have less money to buy other things. For example, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, blamed disappointing sales in August on the fact that shoppers spent more just getting to and from its stores."
7059,0,Summary Box: Breast Cancer Surgery Refined (AP) AP - NEW APPROACH: A study says that removing just one to three key lymph nodes can spare women lifelong arm problems and reliably indicate whether breast cancer has spread.
2146,0,Silvestre 's double goals help Man. United beat Liverpool Silvestre became Man. United 's hero as he scored twice to lift a 2-1 victory over Liverpool for home side when all eyes were on Rio Ferdinand as he returned after an eight-match ban on Monday.
2821,0,"Sales, Sun surge ahead The Connecticut Sun had an off game last Saturday, when they dropped the opener of their WNBA Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Washington Mystics."
241,0,"Harris ' three-run double in ninth sinks Gagne LOS ANGELES - Paul Lo Duca never got to moonwalk to home plate, though he did skip gleefully to the dugout moments after facing former batterymate Eric Gagne for the first time. "
1606,0,Virus writers look for work THE WRITERS of the MyDoom viruses are encoding job applications into the latest variants of the bug. According to Sophos the plea for work was found when its boffins were stripping the code of the MyDoom-U and MyDoom-V variants.
5168,0,"Diamondbacks Fire New Manager Backman Wally Backman is introduced as the new manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks during a news conference on Nov. 1, 2004, in Phoenix. Backman was fired Friday, Nov. 5, by the club."
2706,0,"Hicks Muse Pays for ConAgra's Swift Stake  NEW YORK (Reuters) - ConAgra Foods Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CAG.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">CAG.N</A> on Tuesday  said private equity firm Hicks, Muse, Tate   Furst Inc.  exercised its option to buy the company's minority stake in  Swift Foods, and that ConAgra received $194 million in the  transaction."
4341,0,Clijsters and Hewitt reach break point There are two consolations for disillusioned tennis romantics upset by yesterday 's news of the split of Lleyton Hewitt and Kim Clijsters four months before their scheduled marriage.
3355,0,"CE giants  'readying Blu-ray camcorders ' Sony, Sharp and Matsushita plan to offer camcorders based on a cut-down version of the Blu-ray Disc, and could announce product as early as next year."
6423,0,"Cordio paves the way For the last six years, the Leominster Blue Devils have endured a Thanksgiving Day filled with frustration instead of celebration."
5861,0,IBM launches global computing grid IBM announced today that it was driving the initiative to use the worlds vast untapped computer power for useful things (like playing games and shopping online isn 't useful!
4172,0,"Coca-Cola Bottling 's 3Q Profit Drops Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, the Coca-Cola Co. 's major bottler and distributor in the Southeast, said Wednesday that third-quarter profit fell as bad weather, high fuel prices and fewer promotions led to lower volume."
1558,0,"American League Game Summary - Minnesota At Detroit Detroit, MI -- Jacque Jones ' single in the seventh scored Pat Borders with the go-ahead run and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park."
1020,0,D 'Urso suspended by FA The Football Association has handed referee Andy D 'Urso a 28-day suspension following his failure to give Barry Ferguson his marching orders against Southampton on August 21.
2795,0,"Cendant to Buy Orbitz for $1.25 Billion  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Travel and real estate heavyweight  Cendant Corp. on Wednesday said it will buy travel Web site  Orbitz Inc. for about $1.25 billion, making it the  second-largest competitor in the online travel industry."
4084,0,"AMD pushes desktop performance with new chips Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) is expected to unveil its most powerful desktop processors to date on Tuesday, a few days after rival Intel Corp. disclosed changes to its desktop processor road map."
1372,0,"Greenspan: Economy Regaining Traction  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is pulling out of  its recent soft patch and appears to be picking up steam,  Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan said on Wednesday in  remarks economists saw as cementing a September rate rise."
7338,0,Hollywood to sue server operators in bid to stymie online piracy LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood movie studios on Tuesday sued scores of operators of US- and European-based computer servers that help relay digitized movie files across online file-sharing networks.
1087,0,"Semiconductor Manufacturing to Boost Capacity by Half (Update2) Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., China 's biggest supplier of made-to-order chips, said its factory capacity will rise by more than half in the second half as the company brings more plants on line."
1653,0,"Symantec launches antiphishing service SEPTEMBER 13, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Symantec Corp. is fishing for dollars with a new service designed to help companies combat the ongoing epidemic of online identity theft, or  ""phishing, "" scams."
5115,0,"Calif. Voters Back  $3 Billion Stem Cell Measure (Reuters) Reuters - A controversial California ballot measure that would fund a decade of stem cell research with  $3 billion in state money was headed for a resounding victory on Wednesday, initial returns showed."
3953,0,"Toughest athlete is female and unknown You probably haven't heard about one of the toughest endurance sports around: the deca-ironman. That's 38 km swimming, immediately followed by an 1800 km bicycle ride and a 420 km run. Currently, the world record stands at about 187 hours, held by a German housewife. Nobody else has ever finished the course below 192 hours.  "
1692,0,"Office Depot Sees Profit Below Views  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Office Depot Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ODP.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">ODP.N</A>, the No. 2  U.S. office supply retailer, on Tuesday forecast third-quarter  and full-year profits below Wall Street estimates due to  disruptions from recent hurricanes."
6195,0,"Sugar Shane Not so Sweet (November 21, 2004). Ronald Winky Wright successfully defended his 154 lb. title for the sixth time in the highly anticipated rematch with the formerly sweet Sugar Shane Mosley "
7173,0,ST Tele-TM Intl to buy 47.7 in Idea Mumbai: Singapore Technologies Telemedia and TM International have announced that their consortium has signed definitive agreements for the acquisition of 47.7 per cent stake in Idea Cellular.
2949,0,Update 2: US Cybersecurity Chief Abruptly Resigns The government 's cybersecurity chief has abruptly resigned from the Homeland Security Department amid a concerted campaign by the technology industry and some lawmakers to persuade the Bush administration to give him more authority and money for 
4266,0,"Intel Cancels Plan to Enter Digital TV Chip Market  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=INTC.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news"">INTC.O</A> on Thursday  said it has scrapped plan to enter the digital television chip  business, marking a major retreat from its push into consumer  electronics."
3217,0,Is PeopleSoft waiting for the right price? A company board member testifies in trial that a sale would be possible if Oracle ups its offer.
6268,0,"Bofra burrows in through banner ads Hackers may be using banner ad servers to multiply the impact of the Internet Explorer virus, security experts warn."
741,0,Modified US space shuttle ready to fly next spring NASA said Thursday it had corrected flaws that caused the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia in February 2003 and that a modified shuttle would be ready to resume flights sometime next Spring.
1489,0,"SportsNetwork Game Preview (Sports Network) - The Kansas City Royals host the opener of a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays tonight, just one day after playing a very strange doubleheader."
2282,0,"AT T Builds VoIP Alliance (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - With its Internet-based phone service well established, AT T (NYSE: T) now is \focusing on establishing common ground among the broad array of technology providers that help the operator deliver VoIP to businesses and consumers."
3642,0,"Glacier Grows in Mount St. Helen's Crater (AP) AP - While earthquakes, steam and magma are getting all the attention on Mount St. Helens these days, the volcano's most unique feature could be the icy epitome of slow motion that has sprouted on its flanks in the last two decades: its glacier."
1375,0,"Motorola Aims to Sharpen Design Edge In a 26th-floor office suite overlooking Lake Michigan, some 40 industrial designers, mechanical engineers and specialists in fields ranging from anthropology to musicology "
3603,0,"Lions are suddenly road warriors One road victory was nice, but the Lions ' true road test came Sunday against the previously unbeaten Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome."
7048,0,"PalmSource Promises Linux OS PalmSource today promised a Linux version of its operating system, together with a cut-down offering for use in budget mobiles, after buying mobile phone developer China Mobilesoft."
2659,0,Banknorth investors voice doubts on bid Banknorth Group Inc.'s biggest investors are voicing concerns about the proposed sale of a controlling stake to Toronto-Dominion Bank .
4317,0,"Weyerhaeuser Profit Up  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Weyerhaeuser Co.'s  quarterly profit  rose sharply on a large gain from the sale of timberlands in  Georgia and it set tender offers to reduce as much as $700  million in debt, the company said on Friday."
5483,0,"Exporters Lead Nikkei Up, Trade Slow  TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei average was up 0.37 percent in  mid-morning trade on Thursday as a recovery in the dollar  helped auto makers among other exporters, but trade was slow as  investors waited for important Japanese economic data."
2585,0,The Sims 2; Demon Stone; The Number Devil Getting a life gets a lot more complicated in this sequel to the best-selling computer game in history.
4867,0,Feds Charge 28 in ID Theft Ring Agents at the US Secret Service unmasked 28 people who thought they were safe behind anonymous identities and charged them in connection with alleged ID Theft activities.
6198,0,Vieira slams Spain 's stance on racism Patrick Vieira has fiercely criticised Spain 's record in combating racism in football and paid tribute to England 's record in acting against it.
1281,0,"NL Wrap: Backe Pitches, Hits Astros to Win Over Reds Brandon Backe pitched seven innings and clubbed a two-run homer, the first of his major league career, to earn the Houston Astros an 11-5 triumph over the Cincinnati Reds in the National League Monday."
4847,0,Game sparks sales frenzy GAMES stores opened at midnight to meet demand for the latest version of the controversial Great Theft Auto. There were queues outside shops around Merseyside with people anxious 
1157,0,"Pierce hunts down Sharapova Maria Sharapova, the 17-year-old Wimbledon champion, was eliminated in the third round at the US Open yesterday by the 27th seed, Mary Pierce, who used to be known as  ""The "
3140,0,"IBM unveils notebook with fingerprint reader IBM on Monday introduced a biometric notebook computer with an integrated fingerprint reader,which it says can recognize the user of the computer."
3847,0,Spawn of X Prize on Horizon Innovators take note: The folks behind the X Prize vow there will soon be more competitions in several disciplines. Also: The da Vinci team presses ahead in Canada.... Rubicon team plans another launch attempt. By Dan Brekke.
1388,0,"Ex-WorldCom CEO Wants Witness Immunity (Reuters) Reuters - Lawyers for former WorldCom  Chief Executive Bernard Ebbers are seeking immunity for two witnesses who they believe could clear their client of fraud charges related to the company's  $11 billion accounting scandal,\according to court papers filed on Wednesday."
4842,0,"Koch, Park leads first day in Nine Bridges Classic Carin Koch of Sweden and South Korea 's Grace Park both shot a 6-under-par 66 on Friday, taking the lead after the first round of the LPGA 's CJ Nine Bridges Classic."
2008,0,"Jaguar Exit Throws F1 Deeper Into Turmoil  LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One, already struggling to shape  its future and put on a show, is staring into the abyss after  Ford's decision to pull out and sell its Jaguar team."
4969,0,"First credit rating for Serbia  19:50 November 01  Dow Jones LONDON -- Monday -- Serbia reached a milestone on the road to economic stability Monday, as its first-ever credit rating opened the way for a return to international credit markets."
6380,0,"FBI Interviews Halliburton Whistleblower Bunnatine Greenhouse, chief contracting officer of the Army Corps of Engineers, is seen in her official undated government photo. FBI agents recently spent a day interviewing Greenhouse, the Army contracting "
5004,0,"Volkswagen 's talks with union move forward LONDON, November 2 (newratings.com) - The German automotive giant, Volkswagen AG (VOW.ETR), continued its negotiations with the labour union today on its planned labour cost reductions."
4203,0,"New Crew Prepares For Space Station Duty CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A new crew is aboard the International Space Station Wednesday preparing to take over command of the orbiting outpost."
3985,0,"Too few games could set back PSP launch - Sony exec Signs of a delay, or just managing expectations?"
6577,0,Toronto 's SkyDome sold for $25 million Toronto 's Major League Baseball franchise finally has a nest it can call its own. Blue Jays-owner Rogers Communications has reached a $25 million deal to buy the SkyDome.
3395,0,"Opportunity Rover Stumbles Upon Rocky, Maybe Watery, Find (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - Almost by accident, NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has found a rock that may point to a second water event in the red planet's past."
1302,0,"US Open Tennis: Henin-Hardenne falls to Petrova and blunders NEW YORK The rivalry match at the United States Open fizzled, but the mismatch sizzled. After Lindsay Davenport defeated Venus Williams, 7-5, 6-4, in a match that was ho-hum until the last game, Nadia Petrova "
7119,0,Auto Parts Sector Falls on Delphi News Investors sold off shares of auto parts makers Friday after Delphi Corp. issued a profit warning and said it would cut nearly 5 percent of its work force next year.
6648,0,"Screensaver Strikes Back at Spammers New software allows recipients of spam to band together to target known websites behind the messages. The idea is to bombard the sites with messages, slowing them down and making them more expensive to run."
2526,0,Dolphins and Steelers Will Play Sunday Night (Reuters) Reuters - The Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers will play their scheduled game Sunday night at 8:30 p.m.
4242,0,"AT &T Posts $7.1 Billion Loss for the 3Q AT &T Corp. swung to a third-quarter loss of $7.12 billion after recording huge charges related to the company 's retreat from traditional telephone services, which has included at least 7,500 more job cuts "
2767,0,"Microsoft to offer stripped-down XP in India BANGALORE, INDIA -- Microsoft Corp. will introduce the Windows XP Starter Edition in India early next year, the company said Wednesday, two days after announcing similar plans for Russia."
4749,0,"Google and Microsft Getting Close Google and Microsft Getting Close\\Microsoft partnering with Google? Well sort of, an article released yesterday details the relationship between the two, and the use of Google Deskbar in Microsoft's Partner Pack for Windows, ""a collection of Microsoft and third-party products released last week that Microsoft describes on its Web site ..."
4693,0,"Palmeiro Signs One-Year Deal With Orioles (AP) AP - Rafael Palmeiro didn't want his homecoming with the Baltimore Orioles to end after just one season, so he took a pay cut and accepted a one-year,  $3 million contract Wednesday."
1842,0,"Senate panel opposes overtime rules  A Senate committee voted yesterday to scuttle new rules that critics say would deny overtime pay to millions of workers, as Democrats won the latest round in their election-year bout with President Bush over the issue."
2081,0,"Sci/Tech - Virus gang wars on the Web Following his arrest in May, the teenage computer wizard admitted to police he wrote the code for Sasser and more than two dozen Netsky viruses that wreaked havoc across the Internet during the first few months of 2004."
583,0,"Pittman misses out Fani Halkia (1980), of Greece, clears a hurdle en route to winning a gold medal ahead of fifth place finisher Jana Pittman, of Australia."
3851,0,"Red Sox need Arroyo Game 3 tonight in Fenway Park, but rain is forecast; Boston learns Schilling may be done for postseason. BY RONALD BLUM ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER."
224,0,Credit Suisse to merge CSFB unit into parent Credit Suisse Group announced plans to merge its Credit Suisse First Boston Securities unit with the rest of the company 's operations and cut as many as 300 jobs.
4085,0,AMD Readies Powerful Desktop Chips New Athlon 64 processors will compete with Intel's Pentium 4 Extreme Edition.
4011,0,"Manning Throws 3 TDs to Lead Colts Past Titans  INDIANAPOLIS (Sports Network) - Peyton Manning threw for  425 yards with three touchdowns and Edgerrin James ran for 105  yards with a pair of scores, as the Indianapolis Colts shook  off a sluggish start and rolled to a 51-24 victory over the  Tennessee Titans at the RCA Dome."
4269,0,"Viacom, Disney pay $1.5M FCC fine Disney and Viacom agreed to a fine of $1.5 million from the Federal Communications Commission over claims their children 's cable television networks violated advertising restrictions, the FCC said Thursday."
1798,0,"GM Plans to Use Woods More Creatively (AP) AP - General Motors Corp. is thrilled that Tiger Woods will promote Buick for the next five years, but GM chairman Rick Wagoner says the automaker could make better use of the world's best-known golfer."
1120,0,"No miracle this time That miracle, of course, took place in Lake Placid, NY, during the 1980 Winter Olympics. Thanks to the likes of Jim Craig, Mike Eruzione, Ken Morrow and the rest of the US hockey team, the mighty Soviet Union "
43,0,"Spam suspension hits Sohu.com shares (FT.com) FT.com - Shares in Sohu.com, a leading US-listed Chinese internet portal, fell more than 10 per cent on Friday after China's biggest mobile phone network operator imposed a one-year suspension on its multimedia messaging services because of customers being sent spam."
4582,0,Cassini to Look at Saturn's Giant Moon (AP) AP - The theory that Saturn's giant moon Titan has oceans or seas of liquid methane and ethane faced its best test yet Tuesday.
7421,0,"HP Shifting Last of Itanium Engineers Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Intel Corp. (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday ended their 10-year partnership to co-develop the Itanium chip "
2403,0,"Mountain climbers The Big East is under siege again. Oh, it's not as overt as the move by the Atlantic Coast Conference two years ago, which went on a membership drive, targeting Miami, Syracuse, Boston College, and eventually Virginia Tech."
739,0,"Rooney going nowhere unless price is right: Moyes England striker on his way. Or is he? Will it be St James ' Park or Old Trafford? Or will he remain at Goodison? Although Wayne Rooney today handed in a transfer request, and set in motion his seemingly inevitable "
3406,0,"Advanced Micro Devices meets reduced forecast for third quarter SAN FRANCISCO - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. reported a third-quarter profit from a loss a year-earlier on today, but sales fell from the second quarter in line with the chip maker 's recently reduced outlook."
710,0,"Stock Futures Flat Before GDP, Fed Speech  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures were nearly  unchanged on Friday as investors awaited key data on the  economy that could determine the market's early direction."
1268,0,"Intel lauds milestone in shrinking chips Contradicting fears that the semiconductor industry 's pace of development is slowing, Intel Corp has announced that it has achieved a milestone in shrinking the size of transistors that will power its next-generation chips."
6696,0,"Knicks: Crawford hits the one that counts The old axiom is that it doesn 't matter how many shots you miss; if you 're a shooter, you have to keep shooting. Jamal Crawford missed 21 shots against the Atlanta Hawks last "
4057,0,New Jersey Lawsuit Challenges Electronic Voting A coalition of private citizens and local elected officials in New Jersey plan to file a lawsuit to block the state's use of electronic voting machines.
6463,0,"Gone Phishing? Zastrossi writes  ""According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, phishing sites--the practice of making sites that look and act like popular sites such as banks in order to steal personal information from customers--rose from 543 sites in September to "
7045,0,"America West Pulls From Race for ATA America West Holdings Corp., parent of America West Airlines Inc., on Thursday said it does not plan to submit a bid to acquire bankrupt ATA Holdings Corp."
1874,0,Blackberry shrinks phone keyboard The latest Blackberry mobile device packs a traditional Qwerty keyboard into  20 keys.
7287,0,"Coleman Enjoys Fulhams Battling Display Fulham manager Chris Coleman was delighted with his side 's second-half performance, which brought them a hard-earned point in a 1-1 draw against Manchester United at Craven Cottage."
4723,0,Chelsea 1-0 West Ham Mateja Kezman finally broke his Chelsea goal duck with the winner against a spirited West Ham in the Carling Cup. The striker was making his 13th outing for Chelsea and he arrowed in a second half shot past keeper James Walker.
534,0,"Sabre, NWA Trade Barbs Over Ticketing Fee AUGUST 25, 2004 -- The Sabre Travel Network yesterday responded quickly to Northwest Airlines ' decision to impose a fee on all domestic tickets issued through global distribution systems, firing back with its own policy changes and concluding the "
5009,0,"Australian Bookies Gutted After Betting Splurge AUSTRALIA - As reported by the Sydney Morning Herald:  ""The biggest betting plunge in recent memory ensured bookmakers at Randwick were  'stripped out ' of more than $3 million by Makybe Diva 's Melbourne Cup romp yesterday."
6849,0,Two top Nokia executives resign HELSINKI: Nokia said the respected head of its networks unit had resigned and another top networks official left in the second major departure of top management in two weeks at the world 's largest mobile phone maker.
1485,0,"Intel sees big changes to the net The internet will have to be changed to stop it reaching breaking point, according to chip giant Intel.."
4413,0,"Stocks Seen Stymied by Oil, Earnings  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Record crude oil prices, a tidal wave  of quarterly earnings reports and anxiety ahead of the  presidential election may pin U.S. stocks down this week."
5285,0,"Study raises stent doubts Heart patients aren 't more likely to live long term after getting the artery-opening tubes called stents, according to a study released yesterday by researchers at Duke University."
6171,0,"Cavs Beat Bobcats for Sixth Win in Row (AP) AP - LeBron James scored 25 points, Jeff McInnis added a season-high 24 and the Cleveland Cavaliers won their sixth straight, 100-84 over the Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday night."
1470,0,Patriots Begin Title Defense with Narrow Win Over Colts The New England Patriots began their quest for successive Super Bowl titles with a tight 27-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts in the opening game of the NFL season in Foxboro Thursday.
3465,0,"Lego, Carrefour in French Price-Fix Probe (AP) AP - French competition authorities are investigating Danish toy maker Lego Systems AS and supermarket retailer Carrefour SA as part of a probe into alleged price fixing in the French toy market in 2002 and early 2003."
4845,0,"Harrington tied for first at Valderrama Padraig Harrington is tied for first at the Volvo Masters in Valderrama, at two under after 14 holes. Joining him at the top of the leaderbaod are Angel Cabrera, Brian Davis, and Alastair Forsyth."
5344,0,"Oracle to drop suit if takeover bid fails Oracle Corp. said Monday it will drop a lawsuit it filed in Delaware against PeopleSoft, its rival and takeover target, if a majority of PeopleSoft "
1982,0,Campbell targets City date for Arsenal return Sol Campbell is expected to play for Arsenal 's reserves on Monday and could be back in the first team for next weekend 's visit to Manchester City.
3142,0,"Sosa exits before game, angering management When his Cubs teammates were taking the field Sunday for the final game of the season, Sammy Sosa already had taken off. And now it is possible Sosa has played his final game as a Cub."
4434,0,"Hendrick Motorsports Plane Crash Kills 10 (AP) AP - A plane owned by the Hendrick Motorsports organization crashed Sunday on its way to a NASCAR race, killing all 10 people aboard, federal officials said. A spokesman for a funeral home where the bodies were being taken said the dead included the son, brother and two nieces of Rick Hendrick, owner of one of the most successful organizations in NASCAR history."
7513,0,"Stocky Monkey in Himalayas Is a Shy Rarity: A New Species Scientists from India working in the Himalayas have discovered a new species of monkey, a stocky, short-tailed, brown-haired creature they have named the Macaca munzala, or Arunachal macaque."
1992,0,"Crystal Palace 0, Charlton Athletic 1 Charlton manager Alan Curbishley believes Dennis Rommedahl 's sparkling winner will provide the platform for the Dane to recapture the form that made him one of Europe 's most feared wingers."
4906,0,Oil bounces higher amid fears of supply disruption Oil prices bounced higher on Friday following two days of sharp declines that came on the heels of rising inventories of crude in the US and a move by China to cool its economy.
3902,0,Pfizer Sends Out Update On Drug Bextra Pfizer Inc. said Friday that it will provide health-care professionals with additional information about its Bextra arthritis drug and that it will conduct further studies to confirm the drug 's long-term cardiovascular safety record.
223,0,"Brazil beats Haiti in goodwill soccer game The boys from Brazil beat Haiti 's national soccer team Wednesday in a friendly goodwill game 6-0. The game was the brainchild of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was on hand in the Haitian capital for the historical match. "
2575,0,"Now Virgin to offer trips to space LONDON, England -- British entrepreneur Richard Branson announced his company has signed a deal to offer the world 's first commercial flights to space under the branding  ""Virgin Galactic."
3623,0,SGI to Ship Intel Linux Workstation (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - Silicon Graphics Inc. will ship a new ultra high performance Intel Itanium-based Linux workstation designed for scientific and medical applications.
4361,0,"BAD BLOOD, GOOD RIVALRY: Vols prep for raging Tide The now former starting Tennessee safety was arrested early Monday morning for firing the handgun of teammate Chris Heath. Afterwards, Johnson was slapped with indefinite suspension."
2811,0,"Microsoft, Amazon File Lawsuits Against Spammers Microsoft and Amazon.com have joined forces to take legal action against US and Canadian-based companies for allergy sending fraudulent e-mails to Amazon and Hotmail users, claiming to represent these companies."
4144,0,"Game 5 marathon rated highly with viewers Monday's Game 5 of the Red Sox-Yankees series showed an interesting ratings pattern. The window from 5:15-8 p.m., the time allotted for the telecast, did a 42.2 rating and 66 audience share in Boston. Those are terrific numbers for any market. The better news for Fox was that the game was only half-over at that point."
5813,0,"ScanSoft to acquire 3 software firms ScanSoft Inc. said it plans three acquisitions. The company will acquire Phonetic Systems Ltd., a provider of automated directory assistance and voice-based programs, for $35 million in cash, and an additional consideration of up to $35 million, based on the achievement of performance targets and the potential vesting of a warrant to buy 750,000 common shares. ART Advanced Recognition Technologies ..."
3530,0,Lima's Complete Game Shutout Helps Dodgers Beat Cards  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jose Lima pitched a complete game  shutout and Shawn Green stroked two homers to help the Los  Angeles Dodgers beat the St Louis Cardinals 4-0 to stay alive  in their National League Divisional Series Saturday.
424,0,"New Fat-Busting Microwave Oven Unveiled  TOKYO (Reuters) - Eyeing up that juicy steak but worried  about your waistline? Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp.  <A HREF=""http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=6753.T qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news"">6753.T</A> says it has developed a new fat-busting microwave oven  that can melt some of your worries away."
2263,0,"US Stocks Fall, Cisco Leads Techs Lower Stocks fell on Wednesday after investment bank Morgan Stanley (MWD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said quarterly profit fell, casting doubt on corporate profit growth, while a brokerage downgrade on Cisco Systems Inc."
7378,0,"Globus inventors go commercial The creators of Globus open source grid software have set up a software and services company, Univa, to capitalise on their work on grid computing."
4703,0,National Foods: Take No Action On Fonterra Takeover Bid MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Australia 's National Foods Ltd. (NFD.AU) on Thursday told shareholders to take no action on New Zealand dairy group Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd.
2692,0,"Russia Next to get Windows XP Starter Edition The Windows XP Starter Edition Pilot program has expanded to add a fourth country, Russia, which now becomes the fourth market to join Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia."
124,0,"IBM Seeks To Have SCO Claims Dismissed (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - IBM (NYSE: IBM) has -- again -- sought to have the pending legal claims by The SCO Group dismissed. According to a motion it filed in a U.S. district court, IBM argues that SCO has no evidence to support its claims that it appropriated confidential source code from Unix System V and placed it in Linux."
3976,0,"Goodale Hints of Tax Cuts The Federal Government says they are considering more tax cuts for lower and middle-income Canadians. Fending off attacks over the 9.1 billion dollar budget surplus, Finance Minister Ralph Goodale said he "
3711,0,Alaskan pipeline has hurdles Energy companies planning a $20 billion gas pipeline to US consuming markets from Alaska welcomed new federal loan guarantees but cautioned Tuesday that other issues must be resolved before the huge project proceeds.
1110,0,"EU foreign ministers hope to break deadlock over ASEM summit The European Union said Friday it  ""hoped to reach a conclusion "" at a meeting of foreign ministers on the participation of military-ruled Myanmar in an upcoming summit of Asian and European nations."
5389,0,"Dolphins owner Huizenga stayed with likeable Wannstedt a little <b>...</b> This bit of coaching euthanasia -- Dave Wannstedt getting whacked (or whatever they called it) by the Dolphins -- had to happen. I 'm  ""stepping aside for the good of the team ' ' is what he told me just after noon today."
3004,0,"NASA puts off space shuttle flights until at least May WASHINGTON: The US space agency NASA has put off resumption of space shuttle flights from March until at least May, the agency has said."
5860,0,"Not To Be Outfeatured, Yahoo Adds E-mail Storage (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) has beefed up e-mail storage for users of its free e-mail service from 100 megabytes to 250 MB. The Internet giant also unveiled an anti-spam authentication technology called DomainKeys, which curtails messages sent from spoofed addresses."
1337,0,"Former Banker Quattrone Faces Sentencing  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Frank Quattrone, a former star  investment banker who once earned $120 million in a year, will  be sentenced on Wednesday for obstructing a federal  investigation into some of the most popular stock offerings of  the 1990s."
3787,0,"Gates Says Broadcast TV Model Faces Irrelevancy Bill Gates predicts a future for the entertainment industry in which traditional broadcast television is rendered irrelevant. It's a positive vision, however, because new and better business models made possible by technology are emerging."
3807,0,"Update 1: Northwest Airlines, Pilots Reach Deal Northwest Airlines Corp. and its pilots reached a tentative agreement on Thursday that includes $265 million in labor concessions, the Air Line Pilots Association said."
4987,0,"Singapore Shares End Up on Wall St. Gains Singapore shares ended higher Tuesday boosted by modest overnight gains on Wall Street and easing oil prices, traders said. The United States is a major trading partner and the local stock market traditionally "
62,0,"Natalie Coughlin Wins 100M Backstroke (AP) AP - American Natalie Coughlin won Olympic gold in the 100-meter backstroke Monday night. Coughlin, the only woman ever to swim under 1 minute in the event, finished first in 1 minute, 0.37 seconds. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, who swims at Auburn University in Alabama, earned the silver in 1:00.50. Laure Manaudou of France took bronze in 1:00.88."
1812,0,"USA searches for winning formula Hal Sutton anticipated the question. He had formulated an answer, too, long before he arrived in that Milwaukee hotel ballroom to announce his captain 's picks and finalize the US Ryder Cup team."
6393,0,Nintendo Returns to Profit (AP) AP - Nintendo Co. returned to profit in the first half of the fiscal year from a loss a year ago as the Japanese video-game maker erased foreign exchange losses and turned more profit with game-software sales.
1734,0,"Zimbabwe do England a favour Zimbabwe have been English cricket 's bte noir over the past year but here yesterday, they did them a huge favour in the Champions Trophy, despite losing to Sri Lanka by four "
3742,0,"Ahold, Ex-Execs Settle with Regulators (Reuters) Reuters - Ahold NV , the Dutch grocery operator, and three former top executives have agreed to settle U.S. securities fraud charges related to massive overbooking of profits, the company and U.S. regulators said on Wednesday."
1659,0,Microsoft adds to Visual Studio tools line 2005 Standard Edition targets developers working in small organizations.
4645,0,"Spanish bank makes bumper profits The Spanish bank which is buying Abbey made a 2.2bn profit (3.1bn euros)in the first nine months of 2004. Banco Santander Central Hispano, which is acquiring the UK lender in a 8."
7127,0,Rockets' McGrady Puts on Memorable Finish (AP) AP - Tracy McGrady needed only 35 seconds to turn a sure loss into an improbable win and a listless 20-point night into one of the league's most memorable clutch performances.
1518,0,"Braves hope Furcal 's situation doesn 't tarnish race While Rafael Furcal 's DUI arrest on Friday could serve as a distraction for the remainder of the season, the Braves are looking to put the matter behind them, and at the "
3640,0,"Retail sales improve amid caution The High Street perked up in September,   but consumer confidence is falling as a result of higher interest rates and concerns over the housing market,  figures reveal."
6287,0,Measures Aim to Stem Middle East Bird Slaughter (Reuters) Reuters - Conservationists launched a three-year project on Tuesday to protect millions of migrating birds which are indiscriminately targeted by hunters in North Africa and the Middle East.
5587,0,"Brown Bears Came to N. America Earlier Than Thought, Fossil <b>...</b> The discovery also sheds light on the ancestry of modern brown bears, which has long puzzled researchers. A genetic analysis of the skull fragment indicates its owner was closely related to the brown bears "
6356,0,Ohio State Bomb Dogs Irk Michigan Coach (AP) AP - The intense rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan has gone to the dogs  — bomb-sniffing ones.
1016,0,"Compete against your friends, SI experts and celebrities in this <b>...</b> OWINGS MILLS, Maryland (Ticker) --  ""Prime Time "" has decided this is the right time to return to the NFL. Deion Sanders, regarded as perhaps the most electrifying cornerback in league history, arrived here "
2001,0,"** For the latest news, please refresh this page regularly ** What 's up? I see the whole world has their eyes on the Oscar vs. Bernard fight. My thought is Oscar is coming off with an upset."
6974,0,"Gannett Needs Ad Pickup to Hit Target-CFO  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Newspaper publisher Gannett Co Inc.  <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GCI.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">GCI.N</A> will need to see advertising demand pick up for its  fourth-quarter earnings to meet the consensus target of Wall  Street analysts, its chief financial officer said on Wednesday."
2169,0,"Ask Jeeves retools search engine in bid to catch Google, Yahoo SAN FRANCISCO -- Hoping to emerge from the shadow of its more popular rivals, Ask Jeeves Inc. is adding new tools for visitors to save and organize links to Web pages they find through the company's online search engine."
7579,0,Airbus chief wins fight to take controls at Eads The head of plane maker Airbus yesterday won a bitter battle to oust his boss from the helm of parent aerospace group Eads after winning the support of a key shareholder.
5745,0,"Rivera was a corner stone for Ruiz NEW YORK -- For a time Saturday night, John Ruiz was ready to give up."
6889,0,Hawks soar over Blue Stars The Division 4 Super Bowl last night featured two teams coming off 180-degree turnarounds.
628,0,"BlackRock Buys State Street Research  NEW YORK (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BLK.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">BLK.N</A>, one of the  largest U.S. fixed income managers, on Thursday said it will  buy its far smaller competitor State Street Research    Management Co., marking the biggest takeover in the asset  management business this year."
4493,0,"Invasion of the Data Snatchers (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - Think your PC is safe? Think again. A new study indicates your home computer is likely bogged down with spyware, viruses and other scourges wrought by hackers and PC pranksters. Ignorance may be bliss for some people, but for computer users, not knowing can be costly and inefficient."
7242,0,"Oracle strikes friendly deal for PeopleSoft at US$26.50 a share After 18 months of conflict, a friendly merger deal has been struck between Oracle Corp. and PeopleSoft Inc. after the former raised its  ""final "" offer by 10 per cent."
3618,0,"Mauresmo retires, Davenport wins Porsche Tennis Grand Prix This was not the way that American Lindsay Davenport wanted to claim her second career title at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. In a match between the top two "
5846,0,"Europe 's Mission to Moon Called Success In this artist 's rendition released by the European Space Agency, the European-made SMART-1 solar-powered satellite is seen nearing the Moon on its way to make the first comprehensive inventory of key chemical elements in the lunar surface."
4335,0,"Rising oil, falling stocks lift US Treasury prices US Treasury prices rose on Friday as a potent combination of record high oil prices and slumping stocks kept market participants jittery about the potential for slower growth."
2045,0,"Sloppy win suits Badgers TUCSON -- Booker Stanley ran for a career-high 135 yards on 30 carries, including a 7-yard run for Wisconsin's only touchdown, and the 20th-ranked Badgers rallied for a stormy 9-7 victory over Arizona yesterday."
1390,0,"For BlackBerry Users, a New Way to Write While popular among financial-industry types, the BlackBerry is practically unknown to everyone else. RIM hopes to change that with its new model."
5504,0,"FTSE dips as insurers fall Blue-chip shares have retreated from 28-month highs, with insurer Royal  & Sun Alliance leading the losers as investors baulk at the potential for further adverse claims from its US business and a rating downgrade."
7230,0,Fiat and General Motors to square up in Switzerland MILAN (AFP) - Sharp differences between the Fiat Group and General Motors over an option by Fiat to sell its loss-making auto operations to GM will be the focus of a meeting between the two companies in Zurich on Tuesday.
5395,0,"Trojan horse drives spam into cell phones Infected computers send out a slew of unwanted text messages, a security firm says."
2731,0,"Currency Trading Rises to Record $1.9 Trillion a Day (Update3) Foreign-exchange trading surged to a record daily average of $1.9 trillion this year as hedge funds and other money managers increased bets on currencies, according to the Bank for International Settlements."
5239,0,"Knicks' Baker on rebound NEW YORK -- Putting a slight spin on Frank Sinatra , Gary Payton figures that if former teammate Vin Baker  ""can do it in New York, with a city like that, then he can do it anywhere. """
5329,0,"FCC expected to keep states off VoIP's back Sources expect that on Tuesday, the FCC will exempt more Net phone calls from state telephone rules and taxes, even as the cable industry tries to grab VoIP's coattails."
2450,0,"Ocean Spray to Buy Northland Assets Looking to expand its fruit receiving and concentrating operations in the nation 's largest cranberry-producing state, Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc."
1642,0,"Linux Promoters Challenge Microsoft (AP) AP - Seeking to be more competitive with Microsoft Corp., Linux backers have agreed on a standard version of the operating system so that programs written for one Linux distribution will work with others."
266,0,Carly Patterson Wins the Women's All-Round  ATHENS (Reuters) - Carly Patterson upstaged Russian diva  Svetlana Khorkina to become the first American in 20 years to  seize the women's Olympic gymnastics all-round gold medal on  Thursday.
6506,0,Weather Data In Your Own Back Yard (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - WeatherBug wants to make meteorologists out of its users. The Internet weather service based in Gaithersburg has begun selling sensors that can turn anyone's back yard into a Web-connected weather station.
3276,0,"Update 1: United Airlines to Slash US Flights As part of its bid to emerge profitably from bankruptcy, United Airlines announced plans Wednesday to slash its domestic flight schedule, increase its more profitable international schedule and reduce the size of its fleet over the next six months."
117,0,"iPod Comparison Newsday ’s Stephen Williams reports on seeing Sony ’s NW-HD1 audio player in a store:  “ ‘How ’s it compare to the iPod? ’ I asked a salesman.  ‘Battery life is a lot longer, up to 30 hours, ’ he said.  ‘The LCD readout is kind of dim, ’ I said.   ’Battery life is a lot longer, ’ he said.  ‘I understand it can ’t play MP3 files, ’ I said.  ‘Battery life is a lot longer, ’ he said. ” Aug 17"
3741,0,"QUALCOMM Acquires UK-Based, Mobile User Interface Leader Trigenix SAN DIEGO, Oct. 12 -QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today announced it has acquired Trigenix, a mobile user interface company, based in the United Kingdom."
6507,0,"Virginia Tech downs Virginia, 24-10 The team that few thought could contend for an Atlantic Coast Conference title less than two months ago is now one game away from winning it on its first try."
4329,0,"Broadhurst leads in Spain MADRID, Spain -- England 's Paul Broadhurst, winless in nine years on the European Tour, shot a 6-under-par 65 Friday and took a one-stroke lead midway through the Madrid Open."
4045,0,"Coke plans new push into energy niche In January, Coke plans to introduce an energy drink called Full Throttle. Coke hopes it will be a better competitor than an earlier entry, the slow-selling KMX."
4626,0,"Martinez Moves Red Sox Nearer Series Title (AP) AP - Don't question Pedro Martinez anymore. Fame and fortune already his, Martinez finally made it to the World Series on Tuesday night. And when he got there, he shut down the St. Louis Cardinals, putting the Boston Red Sox within one victory of the World Series title that has eluded them since 1918."
5659,0,This week in game news They risked hypothermia and fought off the effects of sleep deprivation so they could be among the first to achieve their quest in the wee hours of the morning.
54,0,"Dollar Briefly Hits 4-Wk Low Vs Euro  LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar dipped to a four-week low  against the euro on Monday before rising slightly on  profit-taking, but steep oil prices and weak U.S. data  continued to fan worries about the health of the world's  largest economy."
1304,0,"King Singh ... at last! The No. 1 golfer in the world is on his way to Glen Abbey for this week 's Canadian Open. No, Tiger Woods hasn 't changed his plans."
5361,0,"Bluetooth SIG completes Core Specification 2.0 The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced the successful completion of the first stage in its three-year roadmap for the wireless technology, with the release of Bluetooth Core Specification 2.0  EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)."
6297,0,"Publisher Files Copyright Suit Against Google An adult publishing company sued Google last week, alleging a dozen counts of copyright infringement. Perfect 10, a Beverly Hills, CA-based publisher of an adult-oriented magazine and Web sites, asserts that "
3390,0,"Check Boeing sops, Airbustells US Check Boeing sops, Airbustells <b>...</b> European aircraft maker Airbus on Thursday criticised a US move to take a fight about subsidies to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), saying it showed its rivals unwillingness to address its own subsidies."
2144,0,"Ankiel Impressing Cardinals in September (AP) AP - At the very least, Rick Ankiel is laying the groundwork for a run at the St. Louis Cardinals' rotation next season."
6773,0,Spammers strike back at Lycos In launching Make Love Not Spam Lycos this week started a controversial bid to battle unsolicited messages through a custom-designed website.
4083,0,"Microsoft: No extra licenses needed for multicore chips Customers that use the dual-core processors that Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) are expected to begin shipping next year will not need to buy extra licenses for Microsoft Corp. software, the software maker will announce Tuesday."
6751,0,"Howard: Telstra Board Will Choose Its CEO Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Thursday that Telstra Corp. 's board would choose its next chief executive, not the federal government, which has a majority stake in the telecommunications giant."
2313,0,"Former Enron employee testifies about cover-up to Merrill Lynch <b>...</b> NEW YORK, September 22 (newratings.com) - A witness in the first Enron criminal trial, and a former executive at the company, testified today that she believed that the Enron executives now on trial were involved in an effort to hide an illicit deal "
6820,0,"Fellowship of the Customized  Ring Tone In a short time, in a public way -- while on Metro, or in line at Starbucks, or inside a movie theater -- ring tones signal who you are. Or who you want people to think you are.<FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2"" color=""򢰪""><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>"
4688,0,"US economy continues to expand in spite of rising energy prices <b>...</b> The US economy continued to expand in September and early October in spite of rising energy costs, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday in its Beige Book, a survey of business activity around the country."
4787,0,"UK gives blessing to open source With most organizations that planned to move already moved to Microsoft Server 2003, OS migration has dropped to the bottom ranks after making its "
77,0,"Griffin to Anchor D-Line The Redskins expect huge things from 300-pound Cornelius Griffin, who was signed to aid the team's weakest unit - the defensive line."
4366,0,"Miller slams transit funding Public transit in Toronto will not improve next year despite $81-million in provincial gas tax funding announced yesterday, according to Mayor David Miller."
5079,0,"C 's open with dang: Squander 18-point lead in loss to Sixers This is getting monotonous. For the second straight night, a candidate from Boston was looking good after some exit polling, but when the last points/votes were counted, the opponent had the plurality."
3212,0,"German retailer snubs union plan Struggling German department store owner, KarstadtQuelle, has rejected unions concessions over pay considered crucial to a successful restructuring of the firm."
2312,0,Probe Examining Fannie's Promises Fannie Mae chief executive Franklin D. Raines invited reporters to his Wisconsin Avenue headquarters a year ago to complain good-naturedly that recent disclosures of accounting manipulations at smaller rival Freddie Mac had unjustly hurt his company.
3542,0,"Gazprom Plans LNG Terminal in US Gazprom came a step closer to the liquefied natural gas market on Friday, saying Petro-Canada would help in its goal to build plants in Russia and the United States."
3589,0,"US stocks end lower on job data, record high for oil NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- US stocks ended lower Friday as September 's weaker-than-expected employment report closed out a week of disappointing economic data, with a new a record high for oil and a lackluster start to the third quarter earning season prompting "
7290,0,"Symantec Said to Be in Talks for Veritas Symantec, which produces the Norton line of computer products, is in talks to acquire Veritas Software, a maker of data backup programs."
3262,0,"IBM delivers Websphere 6.0 IBM on Wednesday formally announced the next major release of WebSphere, code-named Vela, which company officials see as an integral building block for both its ongoing SOA (service-oriented architecture) and On Demand strategies."
376,0,"Cycling: Ulmer 's scorching times in secret rides New Zealand 's star cyclist, Sarah Ulmer, last week rode under world record time twice in an hour during a secret training session in France."
6106,0,"Prem Preview: Everton v Fulham A favourite with the crowd during his time at Goodison Park, many fans will not forget Radzinskis comments prior to his 1.75 m move to the Londoners during the summer."
7013,0,"Ellison: Data Hubs Could 've Prevented 9/11 SAN FRANCISCO -- Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is convinced that had the intelligence community used a unified database from Oracle, the terrorist attacks on 9/11 would never have happened."
7573,0,Microsoft buy comes with strings attached A software company that Microsoft acquired this week to help beef up computer security may come with a bug of its own--a company claiming ownership of the programs.
5133,0,"Santander Takeover of Abbey Approved by UK 's FSA (Update1) The UK 's Financial Services Authority approved Santander Central Hispano SA 's 9.4 billion-pound ($17.4 billion) takeover of Abbey National Plc, paving the way for Europe 's biggest cross-border bank merger."
1569,0,"Dolphins' Fiedler Not Happy About Benching (AP) AP - Dave Wannstedt wasn't happy with Jay Fiedler on Saturday, and the feeling was mutual. Wannstedt benched Fiedler at halftime of the Miami Dolphins' 17-7 loss to the Tennessee Titans, and the quarterback said he was disappointed about the quick hook."
7080,0,Big Dig no roadblock Huge cost overruns. Tunnel leaks. Multimillion-dollar lawsuits. Big trouble for the companies managing Boston's Big Dig? Not really.
939,0,"Braves Rally to Defeat Giants 7-6 (AP) AP - Even with a big lead in the NL East, the Atlanta Braves aren't taking anything for granted."
3235,0,"Schilling, Ramirez Lead Red Sox to Easy Opening Win Curt Schilling pitched 6 2/3 innings and Manny Ramirez hit a three-run homer in a seven-run fourth frame to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 9-3 win over the host Anaheim Angels in their American League Divisional Series opener Tuesday."
1246,0,"Supah Blitz captures Del Mar BC Handicap After spending the first 29 starts of his career mostly confined to the East Coast, Supah Blitz found out what everyone eventually does - it 's much better at Del Mar. In his "
5979,0,"US Airways Watch: 11/18/04 US Bankruptcy Court Judge Stephen Mitchell will hear arguments today asking him to reconsider a four-month, 21 percent pay cut he imposed on many unionized workers last month."
6142,0,"Market not ready to cheer Despite announcing the biggest news in its short history, OSI Pharmaceuticals stock fell nearly 10 percent Friday, as some investors grew nervous about whether its newly approved cancer drug would be the bonanza they expected."
2046,0,"Malls setting curfews for unchaperoned teens COLUMBUS, Ohio -- It's 10 on a Friday night, and all 15-year-old Sylvia Fallon wants is to hang out with her friends at the mall."
4271,0,Freddie 's goal rage FED-UP Freddie Ljungberg says Arsenal must stop letting in stupid goals or face another season of Euro heartache. The disappointed Swede reckons the Gunners have already wasted a golden opportunity 
2833,0,"Man arrested for fatally stabbing elderly parents SAITAMA -- A middle-aged man who fatally stabbed his parents has been arrested, police said. Hideo Nakajima, an unemployed man from Soka, Saitama Prefecture, apparently called police shortly before 8 pm, Wednesday."
6655,0,"Log on to be a satellite spy A Canadian inventor has created Internet-based technology that could soon see regular computer users acting as armchair spies. Vincent Tao, an engineer at Toronto 's York University "
6760,0,"Panera Hopes 'Chilling Out' Brews Sales (AP) AP - Bakery cafe chain Panera Bread Co. hopes its customers will stick around a little longer  — grab a bite to eat, buy another cup of coffee, try the Wi-Fi. In other words, just chill out."
3834,0,"Sun Reports Smaller Loss and Calls It a Turnaround As it struggled to increase sales and cut costs, Sun Microsystems managed to reduce its net loss in the first quarter to $174 million."
874,0,"Mr. Chang, Strike a Pose Halfway around the world, standing virtually in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the incomparable Timmy Chang is just days away from throwing his first pass of the season. From my tattered sofa, I will be watching him. I want you to watch him, too."
4429,0,"Dolphins finally win, taking out frustration on Rams The Miami Dolphins finally gave their fans reason to celebrate, combining a polished offensive performance with solid defense for their first victory this season, 31-14 over the St."
4078,0,"Constellation Brands Offers $1.3 Billion for Mondavi (Update1) Constellation Brands Inc., the world 's largest winemaker, offered $1.3 billion in cash to acquire Robert Mondavi Corp., maker of lower-price Woodbridge wines."
2649,0,"Former Executive Testifies, Offering Insider 's Look at Enron 's <b>...</b> A former executive who was a participant in the wrongdoing that helped cripple Enron testified on Monday, providing the first glimpse through the eyes of a principal of "
3369,0,"Astros Try to Go Up 2-0 Over Braves (AP) AP - The Houston Astros try to move a step closer to winning a playoff series for the first time, taking a 1-0 lead into Thursday's Game 2 against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field."
3148,0,"Brewers introduce prospective buyer Milwaukee, WI (Sports Network) - Mark L. Attanasio was introduced as next owner of the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday. Attanasio, an investor from Los Angeles, is planning on buying the team from the family of Commissioner Bud Selig."
2566,0,A wandering Congress trips over the US Constitution That is the one-word message of advice that citizens wanted to send to members of Congress at the end of last week. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate looked as if they are having trouble seizing 
1730,0,"Oracle Quarterly Net Income Rises 16 Pct Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday reported a 16 percent rise in quarterly net income as the world 's second largest software company benefited "
1289,0,"Hurricane loss 'less than feared' Hurricane Frances could cause $3-6bn in insured losses in the US, less than experts first predicted."
2963,0,"Ronaldo a doubt for Real Madrid, Spain (Sports Network) - Star striker Ronaldo could miss Real Madrid 's La Liga contest Sunday against Deportivo La Coruna due to injury."
960,0,"Apple unveils super thin iMac in Paris (AFP) AFP - Apple Computers launched the newest version of its iMac model, which at two inches thick, is the world's thinnest desktop computer, the company said."
6920,0,"Pixar Delays Its Next Film  'Cars ' to 2006 Pixar Animation Studios will delay the release of its next film,  ""Cars, "" until June 2006 as it switches from a holiday release schedule to releasing films during the summer when more children are at home."
2828,0,"IBM Claims Its BlueGene Supercomputer Is the Fastest IBM Corp. on Wednesday said it has developed the world 's fastest computer - a 16,000-processor version of its BlueGene/L supercomputer."
7417,0,"'Nano-needle' operates on cell Scientists have performed a delicate surgical operation on a single living cell, using a needle that is just a few billionths of a metre wide."
4981,0,"Paper says Merck hid data on Vioxx WHITEHOUSE STATION, NJ - Shares of Merck  & Co. plunged nearly 10 percent Monday after a media report said documents show the pharmaceutical giant hid or denied evidence for years that its blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx causes heart problems."
4300,0,"City Series-ly wounded With the Yanks out of the World Series, the city 's economy loses out on at least $40 million, according to studies by the controller 's office and other city agencies."
7282,0,"China move on textile exports gets cautious response The US and the European Union responded cautiously yesterday to China 's surprise undertaking to impose duties on some textile exports, a step it said was designed to ensure a  ""smooth "
7598,0,5 of arthritis patients in Singapore take Bextra or Celebrex <b>...</b> SINGAPORE : Doctors in the United States have warned that painkillers Bextra and Celebrex may be linked to major cardiovascular problems and should not be prescribed.
4167,0,"Patriots Place Sam on Injured Reserve  FOXBORO, Mass., (Sports Network) - The New England Patriots  placed rookie wide receiver P.K. Sam on injured reserve  Wednesday with a groin injury."
5437,0,"BRDC waiting for a proposal The Formula 1 teams say that the British Grand Prix is saved but the owners of Silverstone, the British Racing Drivers ' Club do not yet have a deal with Formula One Management."
761,0,"Next Version of Windows for PC's to Ship in 2006 To meet its timetable, Microsoft has scaled back its technological ambitions for the product, code-named Longhorn."
44,0,"Erstad's Double Lifts Angels to Win (AP) AP - Darin Erstad doubled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, lifting the Anaheim Angels to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. The win pulled Anaheim within a percentage point of Boston and Texas in the AL wild-card race."
7093,0,"Chicken Genome Sheds New Light on Human DNA A new study states that 60 of the genes in chicken have close relations to human DNA. This may not comfort those who frequently eat the creature, but may ponder this the next time they order a batch of chicken wings."
1607,0,Japanese automaker to boost production capacity in India Major Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor Corp. said Monday it has decided to set up a vehicle assembly plant and a new diesel engine factory in India to boost production in the country 's growing market.
7420,0,"Montie Brewer appointed CEO of Air Canada MONTREAL - Montie Brewer has been appointed president and CEO of Air Canada, the airline announced Wednesday. Robert Milton remains CEO of Air Canada 's parent company, ACE Aviation Holdings."
1364,0,"Hyundai signs deal for China truck plant Hyundai Motor Co. said yesterday that it has signed an agreement with a Chinese company, Jianghuai Automobile Corp., to build a commercial vehicle and engine plant in China 's Anhui province."
7434,0,"Baseball's Homeless Franchise Bud Selig, the Major League Baseball commissioner, didn't realize he was gambling when he awarded the Expos to Washington."
5217,0,"Ontario gets harsh with school dropouts HUNTSVILLE, ONT. - The Ontario government plans to introduce legislation that will require students to stay in school until they reach the age of 18, said the province?"
3875,0,"Insurance Probe Rattles Stocks  NEW YORK (Reuters) - An investigation into U.S. insurers  and brokers rattled insurance industry stocks for a second day  on Friday as investors, shaken further by subpoenas delivered  to the top U.S. life insurer, struggled to gauge how deep the  probe might reach."
3272,0,"Howard Stern: Serious business for Sirius Shock jock Howard Stern is jumping from radio broadcasting to satellite radio, promising to boost the ratings of the growing medium and bring his show to fans  ""my way."
2674,0,"Meet UK 's  'Dr Dolittle ' of animal behaviour London - Lincoln University in the east of England has appointed Britain 's first professor of animal psychiatry, a report said on Tuesday."
3950,0,IBM Releasing New Power5-Based Servers RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK - IBM is rolling out a new line of Power5-processor based servers that it says outperform rivals from Sun and HP.
6496,0,Climate change and unfamiliar species leave Inuit lost for words Global warming is increasingly rendering Inuit and other Arctic peoples at a loss for words. They simply do not have names in their languages for the temperate species flocking up from the south.
3089,0,"PeopleSoft ousts CEO, still opposes Oracle bid (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - PeopleSoft's board might have finally blinked. The business-software maker, facing a 16-month takeover siege from rival Oracle, has canned the CEO who bitterly opposed the deal and lost crucial regulatory support in its bid to stay independent."
6810,0,"NTL sells broadcast unit for 1.27bn to Macquarie NTL, the UKs largest cable company, has agreed to sell its radio and television broadcasting business for 1.27bn to a fund managed by Australias Macquarie Bank."
591,0,Northwest sues Sabre over ticket fees Northwest Airlines Corp. filed suit against Sabre Travel Network in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota alleging that Sabre instituted measures that will make it more difficult for the carrier to sell tickets.
659,0,"103 arrests for Internet fraud, related crimes since June: US (AFP) AFP - US authorities arrested at least 103 suspects and filed 117 criminal complaints since June 1 in a crackdown on various forms of online fraud, Attorney General John Ashcroft said."
3680,0,"DreamWorks Animation IPO may raise up to $725M Animated film-maker DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. set its anticipated initial public offering at 29 million shares -- which could raise $725 million, Reuters is reporting."
3412,0,"Sun and Kodak settle out of court As we reported previously, Kodak filed a lawsuit against Sun Microsystems claiming that the company had infringed on its patents by implementing  ""ask for help "" functionality in its Java programming language, which gave a huge boost to the company 's yearly "
7561,0,"Whitman: EBay To Buy Rent.com; Compliments Craigslist Stake Without reserve. EBay (nasdaq: EBAY - news - people ) on Friday said it is buying Rent.com. The latter, which is privately held, provides online listings of apartment and house rentals."
5690,0,"Where have all the people gone? While media and political attention is on the threat of outsourcing, the reality is that outsourcing is a sideshow in a much larger event."
2776,0,Start-up OQO to launch hand-size PC Want a full-fledged Windows XP computer that's about the size of a Pocket PC? Tiny machine debuts after two years of delay.
5307,0,"Microsoft Plans Heavy Hype for 'Halo 2' ""Halo 2"" appears to be one of the most hotly hyped and heavily anticipated video games ever, and Microsoft is planning a Tuesday release that may rival the best of Hollywood's movie glitz. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""򢰪""><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>"
5937,0,TV's Passport Stamp of Approval The sixth season of a popular reality television show is ready to rock the world.
4523,0,"WellPoint net income increases 28 percent THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- WellPoint Health Networks Inc. 's third-quarter net income rose 28 percent as the managed-care company saw membership growth in key markets and double-digit revenue growth."
1615,0,Schering-Plough and Bayer form strategic alliance Schering-Plough Corporation has announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with Bayer designed to maximize the companies ' pharmaceutical resources while maintaining each company 's own strategic interests.
2936,0,"Sun ships Java upgrade, focuses on ease of use OCTOBER 01, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Sun Microsystems Inc. this week released Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0, an upgrade of its programming language with more than 100 new features designed to bolster "
7281,0,"Pedro picks Mets, Lee dealt to Brewers Pedro Martinez picked the New York Mets over the Boston Red Sox, and the Chicago White Sox dealt Carlos Lee to Milwaukee for Scott Podsednik and a reliever on Monday as baseball 's annual winter meetings finished with many top stars still searching for "
2957,0,"China Pledges to Move Toward Flexible Exchange Rate China says it will move toward a flexible exchange rate for its currency, but there is no word on how long such a transition will take."
5152,0,Hope Fades for Saving 2 Boys Stuck in Mexico Cave (Reuters) Reuters - Hopes of rescuing two small boys trapped for five days in a jungle cave faded fast on Friday after contact was lost with the brothers and as the cavern flooded in overnight rains.
871,0,"Beijing gears up for 2008 Although the Beijing Olympics is still four years away, the Chinese capital is already gearing up to host the event. The city of over 12 million is refurbishing ancient landmarks in "
1705,0,Manpower forecasts positive 4Q hiring pattern Fourth quarter hiring in the Buffalo Niagara Falls market is expected to be on the rise according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
5143,0,Dollar Mired Near Lows Before Jobs Data  LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar teetered just above nine-year  lows on a trade-weighted basis on Friday as investors waited  for key U.S. jobs data before deciding whether to extend the  greenback's recent decline.
7164,0,"Cuts offered, issue remains tax or cap The union 's proposal to end the lockout, made Thursday at the league 's Canadian headquarters, calls for a tax that would penalize -- and perhaps deter -- high-end payrolls."
1722,0,VILLENEUVE ON VERGE OF F1 RETURN Former world champion Jacques Villeneuve is on the verge of a shock return to Formula One with Renault. The Canadian has been out of Formula One since leaving BAR one race before the end of last season but 
5388,0,"Trio of New Games Victimized by Piracy DALLAS - A month before the video game 's scheduled release this coming Tuesday, illegal copies of the hot sci-fi action title  ""Halo 2 "" were already circulating on the Internet."
2294,0,"REVIEW: New IMac G5 Short on Extras (AP) AP - For six years, iMacs have set the standard for the PC industry with eye-popping designs, clever utilization of space and leaps forward in usability. Lately, though, Apple Computer Inc. seems to be making more waves with iPod music players than its venerable consumer PCs."
555,0,"Microsoft offers SP2 compatibility guide Security-focused Windows XP update can be tough on applications. Guidelines are meant to help professionals ""test and mitigate."""
2941,0,"Salvaging Genesis Despite a seemingly calamitous crash to Earth last month by the Genesis spacecraft, large portions of the solar wind samples it had gathered in space appear to be salvageable, NASA scientists announced on Sept."
2091,0,"Oracle v. Peoplesoft: the joke is on... Opinion I thought it was a joke when Oracle first announced that it was going to try to buy PeopleSoft; or, at best, a spoiling tactic over PeopleSoft 's acquisition of JD Edwards."
944,0,ANOTHER VOICE Sugary drinks bad for you Many studies have linked the consumption of nondiet soda and fruit juices with added sugars to obesity and attendant risks of diabetes.
6759,0,"Oracle expected to push on content management at OpenWorld Oracle is expected to unveil updates to its software's content management and business intelligence functions, as well as other enhancements at next week's Oracle OpenWorld user event."
7150,0,"Finley finds a home with Angels CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Steve Finley will remain on the West Coast, but he 's decided to return to the American League after 14 seasons."
3772,0,US moves on to final round The United States national soccer team revealed both its immediate and long-term future in a 6-0 victory over Panama last night.
1099,0,Third Month of Slow Sales for Retailers The August start of the back-to-school shopping season was a disappointment for major retailers.
4585,0,Photo: Sony's LocationFree TVs The electronics maker's wireless television set emphasizes advances in the boob tube.
3831,0,California Ace for Rose Justin Rose had his first-ever professional hole-in-one at the tough par-three 17th at Forest Oaks and then confessed that it was his only decent shot of the day.
244,0,"Qantas says record profit not big enough Australia 's flagship carrier Qantas Airways has reported a record annual net profit but warned oil prices threatened its performance, increasing the chance of a hike in ticket price surcharges to offset its fuel bill. "
2592,0,Comcast gets option on TW Cable NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Comcast said Monday that it has an option to cut its stake in Time Warner Cable to 17 percent from 21 percent in exchange for stock in a unit that will hold cable-television systems and cash.
7484,0,"Connors rallying cry for British tennis  ""Do you have it in your heart? How much guts do you have? How much do you hate to lose? "". These are the questions Jimmy Connors will be asking of Britain 's brightest tennis hopes in the months, and possibly years, to come."
2039,0, 'Noles Rebound Leon Washington ran for 104 yards and a touchdown and Florida State sacked Alabama-Birmingham 's Darrell Hackney eight times Saturday night to rebound from a disappointing loss to Miami with a 34-7 victory.
3636,0,"FAMILIAR? Braves ' tune is postseason dirge again At the end of a long season and grueling playoff series, managers often point some weary optimist toward the hill and place the bullpen on high alert."
6207,0,"Update 2: Oracle Poised to Pounce on PeopleSoft Bolstered by investors, Oracle Corp. appears destined to complete its long-sought takeover of PeopleSoft Inc. unless its rival becomes more profitable and proves it 's worth more than the $9.2 billion bid currently on the table."
6397,0,"New drug extends multiple sclerosis options 25/11/2004 - The first in a completely new class of drug for multiple sclerosis has been approved in the US, opening up a new avenue of treatment for sufferers of the debilitating diseases and potential blockbuster revenues for developers Elan and Biogen "
4012,0,"Bono at Apple promo p2pnet.net News:-  ""Select "" members of the press on Monday have received an invitation to a special Apple iTunes / iPod promo slated for October 16, says MacCentral."
5,0,"Open Letter Against British Copyright Indoctrination in Schools The British Department for Education and Skills (DfES) recently launched a ""Music Manifesto"" campaign, with the ostensible intention of educating the next generation of British musicians. Unfortunately, they also teamed up with the music industry (EMI, and various artists) to make this popular. EMI has apparently negotiated their end well, so that children in our schools will now be indoctrinated about the illegality of downloading music.The ignorance and audacity of this got to me a little, so I wrote an open letter to the DfES about it. Unfortunately, it's pedantic, as I suppose you have to be when writing to goverment representatives. But I hope you find it useful, and perhaps feel inspired to do something similar, if or when the same thing has happened in your area."
913,0,Language of goals what counts for tongue-tied Ronnie and Michael England striker Michael Owen said his lack of Spanish and Ronaldo 's lack of English did not hinder celebrations of the Brazilian 's matchwinner for Real Madrid in Sunday 's 1-0 win at Mallorca.
2131,0,"US ponders $250,000 bounty on spammers Authorities in the US are considering a $250,000 bounty on spammers in an attempt to close them down. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has suggested rewards of anything from $100,000 to $250,000 for information."
6864,0,"Juniper Takes A Nip Out Of Cisco (BusinessWeek Online) BusinessWeek Online - Had Scott G. Kriens stayed at StrataCom Inc. for a few more weeks in 1996, he would have ended up working for fast-rising networking star Cisco Systems Inc. , which bought StrataCom that April.  But rather than take a ride on the Cisco rocketship, Kriens left to run tiny Juniper Networks Inc.  Now, Kriens and  Juniper are the highfliers. Over the past year, Juniper has handed its Silicon  Valley neighbor a string of defeats in  the market for gear used to shuttle  e-mail, videos, and Internet phone calls between cities and continents. ..."
6502,0,The Egg Goes to The Plucky Rebels Backup quarterback Robert Lane has 205 total yards with a touchdown pass and a touchdown run in Mississippi's 20-3 win over Mississippi State on Saturday.
7206,0,"NASA Chief Applies for Job at LSU (AP) AP - NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe will resign this week, a government official said Sunday, and a spokesman for Louisiana State University said O'Keefe is a leading candidate to become a chancellor there."
6995,0,"Heisman Horses Come Down to the Wire Entering the final week for Heisman Trophy voters to make their decision, the race has turned out tighter than it was believed to be last week."
7432,0,"Cavaliers Trip Trail Blazers 112-88 (AP) AP - LeBron James scored 12 of his 25 points in less than three minutes of the third quarter and Ira Newble added a season-high 18 as the Cleveland Cavaliers won their ninth straight at home, 112-88 over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night."
6035,0,"Epiphany looks to beef up call center CRM software maker Epiphany Inc. this week is rolling out new analytical software, including two new products and vertical-specific bundles aimed at the communications and retail finance industries."
4198,0,India snub for foreign airlines NEW DELHI: The Indian government increased the foreign direct investment (FDI) cap yesterday in domestic airlines from 40 to 49 per cent but kept a ban on foreign carriers taking stakes.
4069,0,"Microsoft, Cisco partner on network-access security Microsoft and Cisco Systems will collaborate to make their emerging products for network security compatible. The vendors had been working independently in the area of PC access to networks but say customers "
7177,0,"Gamers hit stores for release of  ""PlayStation Portable "" Computer-game enthusiasts flocked to software retailers across the country to buy  ""PlayStation Portable "" (PSP) that hit store shelves Sunday."
6937,0,"IBM sells PC stake to China's Lenovo China's biggest computer maker, Lenovo Group, said today it has acquired a majority stake in International Business Machines Corp.'s personal computer business for $1.25 billion, one of the biggest Chinese overseas acquisitions ever."
853,0,Italian Wins Marathon... US Finishes Second Italian Stefano Baldini has won the men 's marathon in a time of 2:10:54. Naturalized American Meb Keflezighi was a surprise runnerup with Brazil 's Vanderlei Lima finishing third.
1354,0,"The servers cannot take the strain, captain! A San Francisco startup plans to boldly go where no game developer has gone before with an online game based on the cult TV series  ""Star Trek."
3939,0,"Deco keeps Barca flying high as Ronaldo rescues Real Brazilians bagged the plaudits in Spain 's La Liga on Saturday as Deco, Brazil-born but a naturalised Portuguese international, fired Barcelona five points clear of the pack with the only goal in a derby win over Espanyol."
5264,0,"VARs: Stone 's Exit Won 't Slow Novell 's Linux Drive Solution providers last week said they do not expect the sudden departure of Novell vice chairman Chris Stone, who engineered the company 's aggressive Linux push, to slow its Linux initiative."
2697,0,"S &P cuts SBC, BellSouth debt ratings WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - Standard  & Poor 's on Tuesday cut the debt rating of BellSouth and SBC Communications, citing stiff competition and potential problems in absorbing AT &T Wireless."
1323,0,"Spaceport Mum on Frances Shuttle Delays (AP) AP - The director of the hurricane-ravaged Kennedy Space Center refused to speculate Tuesday whether the damage will thwart plans to resume shuttle flights next spring, but his words offered little hope of an on-time launch."
4896,0,"UPDATE 1-Beck to face Youzhny in St Petersburg final Unseeded Slovak Karol Beck reached the first final of his career at the St Petersburg Open, upsetting seventh-seeded Michael Llodra of France 6-4 2-6 6-1 on Saturday."
7486,0,"Braves, Smoltz agree to new deal Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - The Atlanta Braves announced Thursday that the team has come to terms with longtime pitcher John Smoltz to a new two-year contract with a club option for the 2007 season."
6903,0,"Sprint To Spend  $3 Billion on Network Upgrades (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Sprint (NYSE: FON) will spend US $3 billion over the next three years to upgrade its U.S. wireless network, including the development of high-speed Internet services."
1787,0,MCNAMARA RECEIVES GOOD NEWS Celtic have been boosted by the news that Jackie McNamara should be back in action within six weeks. The Hoops skipper was clearly in agony when he was stretchered off during Tuesday nights 3-1 defeat at the hands of Barcelona.
1629,0,Personal Tech Fast Forward columnist Rob Pegoraro discusses his latest column on Windows Media Player 10 and answer your personal tech questions.
5559,0,"Intel dauphin Otellini becomes king Intel 's board has given the go ahead for the long anticipated shift in power from current CEO Craig Barrett to current President Paul Otellini Come May 18, Otellini will take over the chipmaker and become its fifth ever CEO."
5461,0,Energy Dept. funds open-source InfiniBand work Three-year project will back programmers' effort to build Linux software support for the high-speed networking technology.
2628,0,"UPDATE 3-Walgreen profit rises, more stores planned Walgreen Co. (WAG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the top US drugstore chain, on Monday said quarterly profit rose 18 percent on strong sales of prescription drugs "
877,0,"For Now, Unwired Means Unlisted. That May Change. In October, most major cellphone carriers plan to start compiling a publicly accessible listing of wireless phone numbers."
1038,0,VeriSign sues ICANN in state court VeriSign is asking a California court to order the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to butt out of its business.
5049,0,Caley Determined to Make Right Choice Inverness Caledonian Thistle chairman Ken Mackie insists the club will not be rushed into appointing a successor to John Robertson.
5294,0,"Notes: Kahne, Harvick have verbal confrontation AVONDALE, Ariz. - Some sparks flew between rookie Kasey Kahne and Kevin Harvick at the conclusion of Sunday 's Checker Auto Parts 500."
3771,0,Cardinals Outslug Astros to Take Opening Game  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jim Edmonds hit a three-run double to  key a six-run sixth inning as the St Louis Cardinals beat the  Houston Astros 10-7 in the opening game of the National League  Championship Series at Busch Stadium on Wednesday.
6922,0,"Real eager to silence doubting supporters NO SPECTATORS will be watching in the ground, but the eyes of Europe will be trained on Romes Olympic Stadium tonight as Real Madrid seek the win they probably need to avoid a humiliating, early exit from the Champions League."
3184,0,"US Airways to Cut Hundreds of Jobs US Airways Group Inc. plans to eliminate ""hundreds"" of management and nonunion jobs and cut top executives' pay by between 5 and 10 percent."
1277,0,"Petronas pursues China LNG supply opportunities Petroliam Nasional Bhd., or Petronas, Malaysias national oil and gas firm, is in discussions with Chinas State-owned oil and gas firms for potential liquefied natural "
5514,0,"Interview: OSDL chief Stuart Cohen - Part 2 In the second of a two-part interview, Open Systems Development Labs chief Stuart Cohen gives his views on Linux security, desktops, the Domino effect towards Linux, and why Microsoft will eventually port to Linux."
2699,0,US Airways' Holding Pattern A decision on labor relief may be the difference between survival and liquidation.
7328,0,"Merck plans 5,100 job cuts by year-end Merck  & Co. plans to cut its workforce by 5,100 jobs by the end of the year--about 700 more than originally planned. Whitehouse Station, NJ-based Merck said in materials filed with the Securities and Exchange "
4560,0,"Halliburton suffers loss on asbestos claims HOUSTON -- Oilfield services giant Halliburton Co. on Tuesday swung to a loss in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, hurt by hefty charges from discontinued operations related to the settlement of asbestos and silica claims."
5138,0,"Supercomputer breaks speed record The US is poised to push Japan off the top of the supercomputing chart with IBM 's prototype Blue Gene/L machine. It is being assembled for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, a US Department of Energy lab (DOE)."
7597,0,"Martinez leaves bitter Like Roger Clemens did almost exactly eight years earlier, Pedro Martinez has left the Red Sox apparently bitter about the way he was treated by management."
1218,0,"Is It Time For Steroid Testing In High Schools? SALINAS, Calif. -- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig said in meetings Monday that he would accept government intervention on steroid testing if the players ' association refuses to change the current rules, which run for two more years."
1129,0,Gerrard only a 50-50 chance VIENNA - England midfielder Steven Gerrard is a major doubt to face Austria in today 's opening 2006 World Cup qualifier. Gerrard has failed to shake off a groin injury suffered in training on Thursday and 
3146,0,"Judge Challenges EU Position on Microsoft (Reuters) Reuters - A top European Union judge challenged the EU executive's reasoning in its antitrust court battle with Microsoft Corp. Friday, questioning why it opposed the U.S. software giant's setting industry standards."
1573,0,FDA Scientists Testing Limits of Medical Technology By LAURAN NEERGAARD    WASHINGTON (AP) -- A little-known Food and Drug program is testing the latest medical technology to determine how safe and useful it can be.    One cutting-edge experiment is designed to see if injecting certain drugs directly into diseased arteries works better than commonly used stents in keeping arteries clear...
5802,0,No. 2 Wake Forest Rips George Washington (AP) AP - Chris Paul scored 25 points and six assists to lift Wake Forest past George Washington 97-76 in the Preseason NIT in the Demon Deacons' debut as the nation's second-ranked team.
3977,0,Attorney general is on target with aim at insurance industry ills State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has embarked on another crusade against an industry whose wealth-fueled influence makes most politicians cower.
1696,0,"Chinese Mobile Phone Giant to Open Up to 3000 Internet Cafes China 's second-largest mobile phone company says it plans to open up to 3,000 Internet cafes by the end of this year. State-controlled China Unicom, which already operates 400 Internet cafes across the country "
3508,0,"Finance: Losing the Right to Sue  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More and more businesses are  sticking mandatory arbitration clauses into their contracts,  forcing consumers to give up their right to sue if they want to  conduct business, and consumer groups have made the elimination  of these clauses a top priority."
7549,0,Goldcorp Says It Will Review Glamis Bid Gold miner Goldcorp Inc. on Friday said its board is willing to review and evaluate a takeover offer from Glamis Gold Ltd. that would break up its friendly merger agreement with Wheaton River Minerals Ltd.
231,0,"Scandal won 't go away ATHENS -- It was telling yesterday that the majority of the dozens of journalists who asked questions and attended a news conference into a Greek doping scandal were mostly Canadian. Question after question came from Canadians. We were all there, I think, ..."
1487,0,US Open keeps it in the family It will be a long way from West Lakes when Lleyton Hewitt takes on his younger sister 's boyfriend. Robert Lusetich reports. IT is a US Open semi-final that has been previewed many times before -- in Adelaide.
3162,0,"Web Snags Right Demographic (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - In 1996, the Internet was a curiosity for most, the record labels were swollen with cash from CD sales, and R.E.M.'s ""New Adventures in Hi-Fi"" could only add to that hoard. Critics and fans drooled for the alt-rockers' follow-up to their last two hit albums, and the media counted down the days until the CD hit stores in September of that year."
7403,0,Newcastle 's Boumsong bid rejected by Rangers Newcastle United manager Graeme Souness has made an offer to Rangers for French international centre-back Jean-Alain Boumsong but the Scottish club have rejected his initial offer.
6988,0,"Leinart, Bush, White and Peterson lead final 5 Four players whose teams are bound for the Orange Bowl dominate the Heisman Trophy finalist list, which was announced Wednesday evening on SportsCenter."
7557,0,GM announces global economic development forums General Motors Corp. said Friday it would host a series of economic development forums around the globe in an effort to share the expertise it has acquired through various local projects.
4160,0,"Northwest Airlines Swings to 3Q Loss Northwest Airlines Corp. posted a third-quarter loss on Wednesday, compared with profits a year ago, due to rising fuel costs and low-fare competition."
6887,0,IBM reported to be exiting PC business IBM '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.
6930,0,Richardson Keeps Faith in Himself Kieran Richardson has banished any thought of leaving Manchester United - either permanently or on loan. The 20-year-old Londoner is expected to make his 20th senior appearance tonight as Sir Alex Ferguson 
4480,0,Yahoo! email acquisition aims to keep Google in view Stata Labs previously sold two products Bloomba and SAproxy Pro which have now been withdrawn from sale. Saproxy was an anti-spam product whilst Bloomba was an email management system which allows users to 
5289,0,"Notebook: James giving Sonics a jump-start Jerome James showed up late to the Sonics ' home opener, and his lack of substantial playing time in exhibition games hinted at another wasted season full of jokes about a 7-foot-1 guy who couldn 't grab a rebound from a toddler."
5586,0,"Report: EADS Could Link With Thales The French government is considering a linkup of European Aeronautic Defence  & Space Co. with Thales SA to create an aerospace giant, the financial daily Les Echos reported Friday."
2168,0,"Clouds darken PeopleSoft conference SAN FRANCISCO -- PeopleSoft Inc. is trying to create a party-like atmosphere at its annual customer conference, but this week's gathering may feel more like a wake with rival Oracle Corp.'s $7.7 billion takeover bid looming larger than ever."
4809,0,"The Red Sox Gaze Ahead After Much Looking Back The Boston Red Sox are already thinking about next year, the year after and, above all, how to avoid another eight-and-a-half-decade drought."
629,0,"Six-month deal for Hoddle at Wolves The 47-year-old former England coach was unveiled at a press conference, bringing to an end Wolves ' month-long search for a successor to Dave Jones."
7454,0,"Donato has Harvard on the move, in groove Three games into the 2004-05 season, the first-year coach with the Harvard degree and NHL pedigree was staring at a 0-2-1 record, an offense that was averaging a goal a game, and a locker room full of long faces."
7181,0,"Rapidly expanding Vietnam Airlines ready to take on America HANOI : Yesterday Vietnam, today Asia, tomorrow the United States: Vietnam Airlines has expanded to the point where it is even eyeing the huge American market, a move which would have been unthinkable not long ago."
6554,0,"Wal-Mart reduces sales forecast Wal-Mart, the world 's largest retailer, has lowered its November growth forecast amid concerns that fuel costs may slow down Christmas retail sales."
6300,0,Icahn blasts CEO Coury after Mylan rejects stock buyout offer The war of words between Mylan Laboratories Inc. and the company 's largest shareholder over Mylan 's $4 billion deal to acquire King Pharmaceuticals Inc.
6267,0,Banks seek court ruling over F1 Three banks go to the High Court in London seeking a ruling which could lead to Bernie Ecclestone losing control of Formula One racing.
5674,0,Will Hutton There were two stories last week that will have world-shaping implications. The first was in a Paris hospital and a compound in Ramallah.
6591,0,"Bush Picks Kellogg CEO for Commerce President Bush on Monday chose Carlos Gutierrez, the Cuban-born CEO of Kellogg Co (KN: Quote, Profile, Research) , as his nominee to be commerce secretary, his second selection of a Hispanic for a second-term Cabinet."
5101,0,"Nokia sees strong demand for smartphones and camera phones in 2005 Nokia has forecast that smartphone shipments worldwide are expected to increase to 238 million units by 2008, up from 23 million this year, according to Anssi Vanjoki, executive vice president and general manager of multimedia at Nokia."
5509,0,"Two Michigan St football players arrested EAST LANSING, Michigan (Ticker) - Two Michigan State football players were arrested Tuesday morning for planting three homemade  ""MacGyver bombs "" outside a campus apartment."
3030,0,Rapids Clinch MLS Playoff Berth (AP) AP - Dwyane DeRosario's goal in the 82nd minute lifted the San Jose Earthquakes to a 1-1 tie with the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.
5305,0,"Microsoft settles antitrust cases with Novell, CCIA Microsoft Corp on Monday announced antitrust settlements with Novell Inc. and the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA), ending years of legal wrangling."
6599,0,"Sun acquisition to boost IT services portfolio Sun Microsystemshas agreed to purchase Ashburn, Virginia, IT services company SevenSpace, the companies announced Monday. With the purchase, Sun takes a further step away from its traditional focus on supporting only its Solaris operating system platform and beefs up its support for competing operating systems like Windows, HP-UX and AIX."
572,0,"Tiny telescope 's big discovery opens new doors WASHINGTON - A tiny telescope has spotted a giant planet circling a faraway star, using a technique that could open a new phase of planetary discovery."
2229,0,"Bonds ' contract reworked; will stage assault on Aaron 's record as <b>...</b> Now that Barry Bonds is assured of staying with the San Francisco Giants for two more seasons, he already is looking beyond. His children won 't let him think about retirement just yet."
905,0,Defrocked Priest Gets Suspended Sentence for Marathon Attack A defrocked Irish priest who attacked the leader during yesterdays Olympic marathon was given a one year suspended sentence in Athens today.
1261,0,"Streaking Astros Clock Reds 11-5 (AP) AP - Astros pitcher Brandon Backe hit his first career homer, a two-run shot, and allowed one run in seven innings to keep Houston in the thick of the NL wild-card chase with an 11-5 rout of the Cincinnati Reds on Monday."
4151,0,"Growing auto losses cloud Ford 's outlook Ford Motor Co. swung to a third-quarter profit, but losses at the automakers global automotive operations widened, underscoring the difficulty Ford still faces "
6410,0,all in the beak: scientists find secret of homing pigeons ' <b>...</b> The sensitivity of a homing pigeon 's beak could provide an answer to the complicated story of how it finds its way home. Scientists have shown for the first time that homing 
4098,0,"Wells Fargo Profit Rises 12 Percent  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wells Fargo   Co. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=WFC.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">WFC.N</A>, the No. 4  U.S. bank, on Tuesday said third-quarter profit rose a  lower-than-expected 12 percent after a downturn in home  mortgage lending."
2751,0,"Angels Ascend to First-Place Tie With A's (AP) AP - For the first time in over three months, the Angels are back in first place."
3802,0,"New bug found in MySQL Users of the increasingly popular, open-source MySQL database may be at risk from remote attacks due to a bug in phpMyAdmin, a widely used Web-based MySQL administration tool."
2590,0,"Before the Bell - ESS Technology drops 4.4 pct Shares of ESS Technology (ESST.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , a maker of computer chips for DVD equipment, fell 4.4 percent in premarket trading on Monday after the company lowered its third-quarter revenue and earnings "
7581,0,EBay 's Buy Of Rent.com May Lack Strategic Sense Standard  & Poor 's Equity Research said the purchase of Rent.com by eBay (nasdaq: EBAY - news - people ) could be a bit of a miscalculation.
4170,0,"Petherick delighted over Franklin hat trick Peter Petherick welcomed James Franklin into the test hat trick club with open arms last night. The former offspinner, who took his hat-trick on debut against Pakistan in Lahore 28 years "
3128,0,"Lockheed Martin led group wins 3 billion dollar US Postal Service <b>...</b> OWEGO, United States : A group of technology and telecommunications heavyweights led by Lockheed Martin Corp has won a potential three billion dollar contract from the US Postal Service to revamp its vast data communication networks, Lockheed Martin said."
5719,0,"Firefox 1.0 Presents Threat to IE The Firefox browser offers superior security features over Internet Explorer -- and as long as IE drives more than 90 percent of the world 's computers, hackers will continue to make it a target."
3240,0,Update 1: Hollinger to Take $27M Charge for Suits Hollinger International Inc. said Tuesday it will take a pretax charge of $27 million to settle advertisers ' lawsuits over inflated circulation numbers issued for years by the Chicago Sun-Times.
2919,0,"EU Accuses Microsoft of Paternal View Microsoft Corp. said Friday that small companies and their customers would suffer most if it is forced to remove its digital media software from Windows, while the European Union accused it of being ""paternalistic"" in trying to decide what's best for everyone."
3766,0,"Patent case challenges Microsoft 's  'AutoPlay ' A federal judge has set a December date for a patent suit challenging  ""AutoPlay "" technology included in recent versions of Microsoft Windows."
965,0,"Hartford Sees $91 Mln in Charley Losses  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.  <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HIG.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">HIG.N</A> on Tuesday became the latest insurer to issue a profit  warning tied to Hurricane Charley, the strongest storm to hit  Florida in a dozen years."
6180,0,"Dreams of perfect market are fine, as long as they don't come true In these times of financial wrongdoing and subsequent systemic changes, it's only natural to wonder what a perfect investment world would look like."
7182,0,"Big Green slip by Wildcats Mike Lang had a career-high 25 points, including the go-ahead jumper with 1:16 remaining, to lift Dartmouth to a 69-67 nonconference victory over New Hampshire last night in Hanover, N.H. Lang's basket broke a 66-66 tie. Dartmouth (3-3) then fouled the Wildcats' Jermaine Anderson, who hit one of two free throws to make it 68-67 with 54 seconds left. A ..."
5141,0,"Search Marketing Beyond Google and Overture When most people talk about pay per click (PPC) search engine advertising, Google and Overture (Yahoo!) take center stage.  But in reality, there are hundreds of smaller 'Tier Two' search engines that offer compelling PPC opportunities. "
3067,0,Japan Shares Up 2 Percent by Midday Japanese stocks rose 1.9 percent by midsession on Monday as a strong performance by US semiconductor-related stocks gave a push to Japanese peers such as Advantest Corp.
2975,0,"Saks announces store closings Saks says shutting down weaker stores will allow the company to focus on its more  ""productive "" locations and further strengthen its brand."
5295,0,"PM welcomes EU partnership Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in the Hague last night to participate in the India-European summit.  ""In recognition of Indias growing stature and influence, the EU has proposed a strategic partnership with India."
6244,0,"HK Disneyland Theme Park to Open in September Hong Kong 's Disneyland theme park will open on Sept. 12, 2005 and become the driving force for growth in the city 's tourism industry, Hong Kong 's government and Walt Disney Co."
301,0,"Before-the Bell; Rouse Co. Shares Jump  <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=RSE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">RSE.N</A> jumped before the bell after General Growth  Properties Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GGP.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">GGP.N</A>, the No. 2 U.S. shopping mall owner, on  Friday said it would buy Rouse for $7.2 billion."
3234,0,"NBA Star Pippen Announces Retirement National Basketball Association star Scottie Pippen has announced his retirement from the game, leaving the Chicago Bulls team he helped lead to six NBA titles."
4643,0,"NASA expert says Bush stifles evidence on global warming IOWA CITY, Iowa A NASA scientist has charged that the Bush administration is subverting science and misleading the public by trying to suppress or alter evidence on the dangers of global warming."
760,0,"UK growth at fastest pace in nearly 4 years Britain 's economy accelerated to the fastest annual pace in nearly four years in the second quarter as manufacturing emerged from a slump and consumers ratcheted up spending, the government said Friday."
7507,0,"Crude Oil Rises on Speculation Cold Weather May Increase Demand Crude oil futures are headed for their biggest weekly gain in 21 months on speculation cold weather may boost demand in the US Northeast, where 80 percent of the country 's heating oil is used."
93,0,"Fund pessimism grows NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Money managers are growing more pessimistic about the economy, corporate profits and US stock market returns, according to a monthly survey by Merrill Lynch released Tuesday. "
1728,0,"Nokia Adopts SD Card Tech into Storage Portfolio To expand the capabilities of SD memory cards in mobile devices, the SD Card Association has recently formed a Mobile Phone Task Force."
4929,0,"Key Australia-US FTA deadline passes A key deadline to bring Australia 's Free Trade Agreement with the United States into force has expired. But the Australian Government is still confident the deal will come into effect next year, as Louise Willis reports."
6775,0,"Jordan returns as Wizards beat Nets The Wizards welcomed coach Eddie Jordan back last night with a 95-68 victory over the Nets, Jordan 's former team. Gilbert Arenas had a season-high 30 points, seven rebounds and five assists for host Washington."
4727,0,"Tokyo shares follow NY trend higher Share prices closed higher across the board in Tokyo this morning, as investors were cheered by last night 's gains on Wall Street."
1349,0,NASA's Shuttle Hangar Badly Damaged by Storm The gigantic hangar where the space shuttle is prepared for its missions sustained much more damage from Hurricane Frances than initially believed.
7100,0,"Ford to Recall 474,000 SUVs Worldwide (Reuters) Reuters - Ford Motor Co  said on Friday it was recalling about 474,000 Escape and Mazda Tribute sport utility vehicles globally because the accelerator cable may prevent the engine from returning to the idle position, which could increase stopping distance and result in a crash."
3557,0,American Crocker Sets Short Course World Record  INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Ian Crocker of the United States  set a short course world record of 22.71 seconds in the 50  meters butterfly at the world championships on Sunday.
7090,0,"Huskies fail 1st road test This so-called rivalry might be worth saving after all. UMass finally got one Thursday night. And the Minutemen did it in exciting fashion, one that totally disgusted Jim Calhoun."
1774,0,"Slowing population 'lacks funds' Rich countries are giving only half the amount they promised to help to slow world population growth, the UN says."
6067,0,"Aussies battle EU over cheese, champagne AP - The United States and Australia have prevailed in an interim ruling by World Trade Organisation (WTO) in a dispute over the protection given by the European Union to its regional goods such as Champagne wine and Feta cheese, trade officials said."
6455,0,"Winter on Saturday: Peace initiative in Spain shows Beckham 's <b>...</b> David Beckham prevented a major incident between England 's fired-up players and their aggrieved Spanish counterparts in Madrid, according to an England insider yesterday."
7381,0,"Lady Tigers run past Gophers MINNEAPOLIS -- One is a 6-foot-1 National Player of the Year candidate, looking to lead her top-ranked team back to the Final Four."
793,0,"Olympics-U.S. Women Show Men How to Win Gold  ATHENS (Reuters) - The U.S. women's basketball team showed  their men how to win gold Saturday as around 70,000 spectators  flocked to the Olympic stadium for a hectic athletics program  on the penultimate night of the Athens Games."
3289,0,"Old bones unearth new date for giant deer 's last stand A new investigation into extinctions caused by climate change has revealed that the giant deer, previously thought to have been wiped out by a cold spell 10,500 years ago, instead survived well into the modern era."
1821,0,"Giants' Stoutmire Tears ACL; Lost for Season  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (Sports Network) - The New York  Giants placed defensive back Omar Stoutmire on injured reserve  Wednesday after he tore his anterior cruciate ligament in  Sunday's season-opening 31-17 loss in Philadelphia."
2772,0,"EU antitrust ruling on MCI overturned In a fresh blow to Europe 's antitrust enforcers, a top appeals tribunal said regulators wrongly blocked MCI WorldCom 's aborted bid to buy Sprint Corp in 2000."
3324,0,Winter Concerns Push to Record High  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices broke into record  territory above $52 Thursday on heightened concerns that  supplies of heating fuels will prove inadequate during the  northern hemisphere winter.
3984,0,The Brains Behind AI Daphne Koller is pushing the limits of building computer programs that learn efficiently and reason intelligently. Third in a series profiling this year's MacArthur 'genius award' winners. By Kari Lynn Dean.
1949,0,Qualcomm Raises Earnings Forecast Qualcomm Inc. on Friday raised its quarterly profit forecast due to strong demand for its mobile phone technology. The San Diego company said it expects earnings per 
2489,0,Airport Staff Walk-Out Fails to Disrupt Flights A strike by hundreds of baggage handlers and maintenance workers at Gatwick Airport failed to disrupt flights today. The workers mounted picket lines outside 
5050,0,IP Proposal Ameren is offering some union workers at Illinois Power the chance to walk away from new management. The Saint Louis based utility company announced a voluntary separation opportunity for certain Ameren IP employees.
4224,0,"Panathinaikos 2, Arsenal 2 Arsenal keeper Jens Lehmann was left red-faced in Athens as two costly mistakes ensured that a Champions League victory slipped through his side 's fingers again."
3293,0,"IBM Updates WebSphere Application Server The Express version of the new WebSphere server is targeted at the small and midsized business market.  ""The SMB market has become much more pivotal and crucial to everyone, "" according to Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio."
2061,0,"Cisco, Microsoft in security showdown Cisco Systems and Microsoft are headed for a collision over network security, with customers caught in the middle. The two companies have each proposed competing  ""end to end "" security architectures, marking "
2678,0,First Look: Intuit's QuickBooks for Newbies New Simple Start Edition accounting software targets small businesses still using pencil and paper.
380,0,"U.S. Gymnasts Win 3 Medals; Hamm Angry (AP) AP - Terin Humphrey and Annia Hatch got silver. Courtney Kupets got bronze. And Paul Hamm got mad. The United States upped its gymnastics medal haul to seven Sunday night, the most since the Americans won 16 at the boycotted Los Angeles Games in 1984. And they might not be finished yet."
3964,0,"Strangers in Life Join Hands in Death as the Web Becomes a Tool for Suicide in Japan About once a month since January 2002, Japan has recorded a group suicide, successful or attempted, where participants met on the Internet."
5676,0,"Spurs accuse liar Santini FORMER Tottenham Hotspur manager Jacques Santini sparked a war of words last night after claiming that he had resigned nine days ago because of a rift with director of football, Frank Arnesen, and not as previously stated for personal reasons."
7588,0,"Search providers seek video, find challenges Internet search providers are reacting to users ' rising interest in finding video content on the Web, while acknowledging that there are steep challenges that need to be overcome."
5776,0,"Lowe 's Forecast Hammers Stock Home improvement retailer Lowe 's Cos. (LOW.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday reported a 15 percent rise in third-quarter profit, aided by its expansion to New York "
2204,0,"Jabil Circuit Posts Higher Profit  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Contract electronics manufacturer  Jabil Circuit Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=JBL.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">JBL.N</A> on Tuesday posted a higher quarterly  profit on stronger demand for computers, cellphones and other  electronic products."
6059,0,Air Force to launch enterprise Microsoft initiative The U.S. Air Force tomorrow plans to announce an enterprisewide Microsoft software initiative that some analysts see as a prime example of how users can leverage their spending power to force vendors to deliver more secure products.
6037,0,"Stern Blasts FCC at Satellite Promotion  'Down With the FCC! ' Howard Stern Says at New York Rally to Promote Switch to Satellite Radio. Radio host Howard Stern, below center, waits as thousands of his fans line up to receive a free Sirius radio from him in Union Square in New York Thursday, Nov."
3988,0,"Pfizer to Sponsor Large New Celebrex Trial  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc. said on Monday it plans to  sponsor a major clinical study to further assess the  cardiovascular safety of its arthritis drug Celebrex following  the withdrawal of Merck   Co.'s Vioxx, a drug in the same  class."
4347,0,"Cardinals make it to the World Series CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: Albert Pujols and Scott Rolen brought St. Loius past Houston during the sixth inning, giving them the win and the pennant."
5211,0,"Melvin Faces Major Challenge in Arizona (AP) AP - After the Wally Backman fiasco, the Arizona Diamondbacks were fortunate to have a handy and willing backup choice in Bob Melvin. The low-key Melvin so coveted the managing job that he brushed aside any concern about being the team's second choice. ""This is the one I really wanted,"" he said. ""This is where I feel most at home."" That home, though, is in disarray."
4181,0,"Countrywide Results Spark Sector Selloff  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Countrywide Financial Corp. on  Wednesday posted a 47 percent drop in quarterly earnings and  cut its outlook as mortgage refinancings fell and rates  climbed, sparking a broad sell-off in mortgage-company stocks."
6714,0,"NASA Cassini Image: Gazing Down at Saturn 's Rings Cassini pierced the ring plane and rounded Saturn on Oct. 27, 2004, capturing this view of the dark portion of the rings. A portion of the planet 's atmosphere is visible here, as is its shadow on the surface of the rings."
2062,0,VoIP becomes new option Jackson is one of the first to take advantage of Time Warner Cable 's new venture into Voice over Internet Provider (VoIP) telephone service here and she says it works great.
6490,0,"Sixers-Wizards matinee doesn 't disappoint Still home in Philly for the Thanksgiving holiday, we decided to hit the Sixers/Wizards matinee yesterday. One of the best decisions we 've made in a long time."
5467,0,"Andreas Herzog Retires From Pro Soccer (AP) AP - Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Andreas Herzog, who played for Austria in the 1990 and 1998 World Cups, retired from professional soccer Wednesday."
1328,0,Czech Republic Crushes Sweden 6-1 (AP) AP - Milan Hejduk scored two goals as the Czech Republic routed Sweden 6-1 Tuesday night in the quarterfinals of the World Cup of Hockey.
2783,0,Workers from 4 SF hotels go on strike Hotel workers at four San Francisco hotels have commenced a two-week strike this morning after working without a union contract for more than six weeks.
2517,0,"Mark it down: Notre Dame is back Shaking down the thunder from a puffy gray-white sky on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon, Notre Dame reminded the usual 80,795 suspects that an opening loss to Brigham Young was an aberration."
2877,0,"Dog Extinctions Show Why Bigger Isn 't Better Fossils from extinct dogs show why bigger is not better -- giant meat-eating animals died out because they relied too heavily on hunting other big animals, scientists reported on Thursday."
6330,0,"Gamecocks can expect fun, intensity from new Coach Spurrier (Columbia-AP) Nov. 24, 2004 - Friends and colleagues of South Carolina 's new coach Steve Spurrier say he is a family man who jokes around and likes to play golf, just like his predecessor Lou Holtz ."
3466,0,"Flu Shot Shortage Highlights U.S. Crisis  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Concerned health officials began  investigating on Friday what went wrong at a British vaccine  plant where half the U.S. flu shots were made, and called on  more companies to get into the vaccine business."
1382,0,England stars refuse to face media despite World Cup soccer <b>...</b> England 's soccer team refused to face the media after their 2-1 World Cup qualifying victory in Poland on Wednesday in protest at negative publicity they received after Saturday 's 2-2 tie with Austria.
2784,0,CSKA Moscow 2 Paris St Germain 0 CSKA Moscow clinched their first-ever Champions League win on Wednesday as Paris St Germain 's revival came to a shuddering halt at the Lokomotiv Stadium.
711,0,"Interbrew wins shareholder vote to buy AmBev LONDON, August 27 (New Ratings) - Belgian brewing giant, Interbrew SA (ITK.ETR), has received the approval of its shareholders for its proposed acquisition of the Brazilian brewer, AmBev."
5375,0,"Cablevision Narrows Loss on Revenue Surge Cablevision Systems Corp. on Tuesday said it narrowed its third-quarter loss as revenue jumped 20 percent, buoyed by subscriber growth."
6831,0,"Christmas clash over gift choices Children would like expensive hi-tech gifts for Christmas, but few parents are happy to buy these, research suggests."
3591,0,"Multiplex, Westfield in UK bid SHOPPING centre giant Westfield Group has drafted rival Multiplex and the billionaire Reuben brothers into its pound stg. 585 million ($1."
5195,0,"Jets' offensive line takes control WALTHAM -- East Boston's Jimmy Yarde lived the lineman's dream Tuesday night, returning a fumble 70 yards for a touchdown. Yesterday, he ran with something even more significant."
1258,0,Slovaks and Czechs reject French minister 's suggestion over EU <b>...</b> The Slovak and Czech governments Monday rejected a proposal by French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy to axe structural funds for new EU members whose taxes were lower than the European average.
1957,0,"Pa. Golfer Cleared of Not Yelling 'Fore' (AP) AP - A golfer plunked in the face by an errant ball was unable to convince a jury that the man who hit him was negligent for failing to yell ""Fore!"""
2473,0,"No. 21 Boise State holds off BYU 28-27 What started as another Boise State blowout came down to the final seconds. The No. 21 Broncos jumped to a 16-0 lead in the first quarter, but needed a missed field goal with "
1604,0,"Leftwich Snares Stunner Byron Leftwich caps an 80-yard touchdown drive with a 7-yard toss to rookie Ernest Wilford as time ran out, lifting the Jacksonville Jaguars to a 13-10 win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday."
922,0,Stocks Dip on Consumer Income Report News (AP) AP - An unsettling report on consumer incomes set off a spate of profit-taking on Wall Street Monday as investors worried that a tepid economy would erode companies' third-quarter earnings. Another drop in oil prices failed to shake the gloom from the market.
6915,0,"ESPN Fantasy Games OK, fantasy basketball owners who selected Jason Kidd with the 11th pick on draft day, it 's time for you to get a little satisfaction."
1296,0,"Israel to close Erez industrial zone before March Israel would start liquidating the Erez industrial zone in the northern Gaza Strip before launching the first stage of the disengagement plan in March 2005,local newspaper Ha 'aretz reported on Tuesday."
6351,0,"E-Mail And IM Get Closer ICQ, an IM service provider owned by America Online, and Mail2World Inc., a provider of messaging and collaboration services, this week revealed a free upgrade to the ICQmail service that "
5065,0,"NHS Signs Microsoft License Deal The British National Health Service (NHS) has signed a massive software licensing deal with Microsoft. The deal will ultimately save the NHS $625 million in licensing fees, as well as requiring that Microsoft "
307,0,"Service packs, senators and civil liberties <strong>Letters:</strong> The bulging postbag gives up its secrets"
4351,0,"Treo 650 on Monday? \\The blogs  are buzzing  that the Treo 650 will be released on Monday.\\From Gizmodo:\\""Not only have they announced special ""news"" next Monday at the CTIA Wireless Conference in San Francisco, earlier this week someone with PalmOne accidentally sort of, you know, told me. I told them I'd keep quiet as long as they did, but if they're going to go and announce it with a wink and a nod, I think I've done my part.""\\If they do this right I'll be sporting a Treo 650 soon! \\Of course if this is true:\\""File it under hoping I'm wrong. Several reports have filtered in from people who have had hands-on time with pre-release Sprint versions of the upcoming Treo 650. These reports say that the Treo wi ..."
6225,0,"Favre Does It Again With the Texans nursing a second-half lead, the stage was set for another Packers' comeback, authored by Brett Favre. The result: a 16-13 Green Bay win."
460,0,"US men 's basketball routs Angola Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Tim Duncan led a balanced American attack with 15 points and seven rebounds, as the United States men 's basketball team completed the preliminary round with a resounding 89-53 victory over winless Angola."
4951,0,Spanish flyer: Markko Martin steers his Ford Focus during the <b>...</b> MARKKO MARTIN won his second event in succession as he held off a late charge from Marcus Gronholm to come out on top in the Rally of Catalunya.
3583,0,"Diebold Cuts Forecast  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Diebold Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=DBD.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">DBD.N</A>, the leading  maker of automated teller machines, on Monday reduced its  third-quarter and full-year earnings forecasts as it absorbs  costs for recertifying its electronic voting machines in  California and for expenses related to a pending civil action  in that state."
1613,0,"For Craigslist, city was just the ticket Hadley Weinzierl used Craigslist to furnish her Jamaica Plain apartment, and when she bought a Maltese puppy, she sought advice from fellow Craigslisters on a good vet, a cheap dog-walker, and a park where she could let the dog run without a leash."
3285,0,McNealy: Microsoft needs Sun to beat IBM and Red Hat Whatever pleasantries once existed between Sun Microsystems and Red Hat have vanished. This won 't come as a shock to many of you.
340,0,"Video Game Makers Go Hollywood. Uh-Oh. OVIE producers are often criticized for running at the sight of original ideas, preferring instead to milk plays, books, news events, toys and even video games for their screenplays."
7447,0,Wade drives Heat over Wizards The Washington Wizards are finished with the Miami Heat for the season. That 's the good news. Dwyane Wade had 29 points and nine assists Wednesday to lead the Heat to a 98-93 win for their 
1446,0,"IBM 's New eServer Supports AMD Dual-Core IBM (Quote, Chart) is looking to get a leg up on the competition with the October 15 launch of eServer 326, a rack-mounted server that supports AMD 's (Quote, Chart) upcoming dual-core 64-bit processor."
4483,0,CTIA shines spotlight on mobile middleware Mobility will take center stage this week as San Francisco plays host to the Cellular Telecommunications   Internet Association's (CTIA) Wireless I.T.   Entertainment 2004 fall conference.
3923,0,"Alabama Upsets No. 24 Southern Miss 27-3 (AP) AP - Kenneth Darby rushed for 197 yards and scored two touchdowns, one on a run and one on a pass, as Alabama beat No. 24 Southern Mississippi 27-3 Saturday for its first win against a ranked opponent in nearly two years."
7289,0,Cavaliers activate Wagner again CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Cleveland Cavaliers activated Dajuan Wagner off the injured list Monday for a second time this season. Wagner missed five games with an inflamed right arch after earlier sitting out seven games because of a sprained right ankle.
5301,0," 'Poison pill ' just in case THE haste with which News Corporation has adopted a  ""poison pill "" - or stockholders rights plan - following the bold move of John Malone 's Liberty Media to put its foot on a further 8 per cent of the voting stock demonstrates a real concern as to his "
4473,0,"Stocks Seen Lower as Oil Hits New High  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures pointed to a lower  market open on Monday, as oil prices hit another record,  fueling worries that soaring energy costs will bite into  corporate profits."
4573,0,"26/10/04 Savabeel Compared To Dubai Millennium The man who says he didn 't have a pair of shoes until he was 12 is now fielding offers in the millions for a horse he compares to the late Dubai Millennium, the best in the world a few years ago."
3088,0,THIERRY HEELS THE WOUNDS THE MARK of brilliance is to produce the unexpected. The proof of genius is to do it time and again. Thierry Henry is a brilliant genius.
4775,0,NASA Again Postpones Launch of Autonomous DART Spacecraft com Staff. NASA once again postponed the launch of the Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft Thursday due to the discovery of contamination inside the fairing of its Pegasus launch vehicle.
6282,0,"Report: IBM software executive to become CA CEO Computer Associates is set to name a recently departed IBM executive as its new chief executive officer, The Wall Street Journal reported online on Monday."
3136,0,"Apple releases Security Update 2004-09-30 (MacCentral) MacCentral - Apple on Monday released Security Update 2004-09-30, which fixes two AFP Server and CUPS issues as well as problems with NetInfoManager, postfix and the ServerAdmin component in Mac OS X Server v10.2.8 and v10.3.5. In addition, a QuickTime heap buffer overflow problem that could allow someone to execute code hidden in a BMP has been repaired. The CUPS and QuickTime fixes apply to Mac OS X v10.3.5 and v10.2.8 as well as the Server versions of each while the others apply only to the user and Server editions of v10.3.5."
5370,0,"CVS Same-Store Sales Up 5.4 Percent  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drugstore chain CVS Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CVS.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">CVS.N</A> on  Tuesday said October sales at stores open at least a year rose  5.4 percent on higher demand for prescriptions and other  merchandise at its CVS stores."
6683,0,"The Kremlins Leviathan In Putins Russia Gazprom is by no means a mere natural monopoly, nor a newly established ministry for oil and gas. Gazprom is an instrument of public administration just like the pro-Kremlin United Russia "
2050,0,Owen starts as Real lose Michael Owen admitted Real Madrid are still looking for the right balance after they lost 1-0 at Espanyol in a bad-tempered game on Saturday.
5481,0,Growth cut THE Bank of England yesterday cut its forecast for UK economic growth next year to 2.5 per cent and said inflation could be below expectations.
6478,0,"Rison Free After Making Support Payment (AP) AP - Former Pro Bowl receiver Andre Rison was released from jail Monday after paying  $10,000 in child support."
1809,0,McKenzie Ends Holdout and Returns to Green Bay (Reuters) Reuters - Green Bay Packers cornerback Mike McKenzie ended his lengthy holdout Wednesday afternoon and joined his teammates in preparation for Week 2.
3864,0,ATA to temporarily lay off 156 employees INDIANAPOLIS - ATA Airlines announced temporary layoffs Thursday throughout its system amid speculation that the struggling airline was in merger talks.
2778,0,Travelzoo Shares Rise as Offering Rumor Fades (Reuters) Reuters - Shares of Internet travel site Travelzoo Inc.  rose nearly 4 percent on Wednesday as market rumors of a secondary stock offering faded.
4794,0,Gateway reports smaller net loss as restructuring continues Gateway Inc. reported a narrowed net loss in the first quarter as it continues to restructure its operations and integrate its acquisition of eMachines.
3612,0,"Verizon Wireless to Add 16 Cities to Broadband (Reuters) Reuters - Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S.\wireless company, will expand its high-speed data service to 16 markets by the end of the year, the chairman of Verizon Communications Inc. said on Monday."
1182,0,Microsoft Sees Open-Source Threat Looming Ever Larger Microsoft Corp. is facing growing pressure from open-source software across every segment of its businessa competitive threat that could have significant consequences for its financial future going forward 
2611,0,"Cisco 's SMB Goods Cisco Systems is accelerating its push into the SMB market with the launch this week of entry-level switching modules, an aggregation switch and a Web-based management tool that helps smaller customers gain easier access to high-level features."
3160,0,"Moose bullish about chances This is Mike Mussina 's fourth postseason here, so he knows the drill. He understands that all of his bad memories of his disappointing season -- the Japan trip, his early-season struggles and "
5449,0,"Tributes pour in for  'Crazy Horse ' Hughes had been battling the illness for 15 months but deteriorated in the past few days, his wife Barbara said.  ""He died at his home in Sheffield with his family around him, "" she said."
1468,0,"There 's a lot on the line for drivers at Richmond this weekend RICHMOND, Va. - Its the 26th race of the Nextel Cup season, and for the first time in the sports history, a season will end before, well, the season."
4831,0,"Dems, GOP: Who's Got the Brains? Well, both do, actually. But there are some discernible differences in brain activity which may just explain why a Democrat sees the world one way, and a Republican sees it another."
277,0,"Cink Leads NEC Invitational by One Shot (AP) AP - Free from the burden of trying to make the Ryder Cup team, Stewart Cink looked at ease Thursday on a marathon day at the NEC Invitational that ended with his name atop the leaderboard."
2275,0,"DaimlerChrysler, Mitsubishi in venture Automaker DaimlerChrysler AG said Wednesday it has signed a contract with Japan 's Mitsubishi Motors Corp. in which the two companies renewed their commitment to joint production and development projects."
807,0,"Hewitt advances to Long Island final Lleyton Hewitt is one match away from winning his second consecutive ATP title, with the Australian reaching the final of the TD Waterhouse Cup at Long Island."
6614,0," 'Breakthrough ' on hydrogen fuel US scientists had made a breakthrough in their quest to make low-cost hydrogen, a technology key to finding new sources of energy to end US dependence on foreign oil, they said."
89,0,"Consumers Would Pay In Phone Proposal A proposal backed by a coalition of telephone carriers would cut billions of dollars in fees owed by long-distance companies to regional phone giants but would allow the regional companies to make up some of the difference by raising monthly phone bills for millions of consumers. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""򢰪""><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>"
1967,0,AOL Rejects SenderID (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Questions regarding potential patent issues and skepticism from the \open source community relating to Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) SenderID have prompted global Internet service provider AOL (NYSE: AOL) to drop the anti-spam technology.
3577,0,"Insurance Giant to Export 1,100 Jobs to India One of the countrys biggest insurance firms today announced plans to transfer more than 1,100 jobs to India over the next few years, sparking fears of a crisis in the UK."
1536,0,"Garcia's Girlfriend Charged With Assault (AP) AP - Jeff Garcia's girlfriend, Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Year, was charged with assault in a bar fight last month with a woman the Cleveland Browns quarterback once dated."
5186,0,A Sneak Peek at Trillian 3.0 Instant Messaging The popular IM consolidation service adds audio and video chat.
4048,0,"South Korea to Pick Country's First 2 Astronauts (Reuters) Reuters - South Korea will pick its first two astronauts next year for a space trip by 2007, the science ministry said Sunday, after Russia agreed to help the country's space program."
1307,0,"Tribe challenges American origins Some of the earliest settlers of America may have been from Australia, southern Asia, and the Pacific, not northern Asia, research suggests."
3329,0,"Boeing, Airbus competition escalates into trade war A decades-long struggle between the world's two largest aircraft makers escalated into a trade war between the United States and Europe, just as France-based Airbus stepped up plans to challenge Boeing for lucrative US defense contracts."
5215,0,"Lehigh Downs Hoyas Mark Borda throws four touchdown passes and Lehigh wins its seventh straight game, 49-18, over Georgetown."
6748,0,"Intel planning Centrino-like brand for desktops Intel is preparing a marketing strategy that will brand desktop PCs with a similar label that made its Centrino notebook technology a household name, according to sources familiar with the company's plans."
2596,0,"Microsoft Lawyer Says Company Able To Comply with EU Antitrust <b>...</b> Microsoft attorney Brad Smith, said:  ""We will certainly be prepared to comply with the court 's order whatever it may be. We have invested a tremendous amount of time and energy and spent millions "
3679,0,"Feds Make A Strike Against Spyware Companies WASHINGTON -- In what regulators are calling a first, the federal government has asked for a court order to shut down a spyware operation."
6732,0,"Crowton Steps Down As BYU Football Coach BYU coach Gary Crowton walks off the field after BYU 's 28-27 loss to Boise State, in Boise, Idaho, in this Sept. 24, 2004 photo."
6461,0,W.T.O. Authorizes Trade Sanctions Against the United States The World Trade Organization authorized about $150 million in trade sanctions on the U.S. in retaliation for an import duties law that has been ruled illegal.
3586,0,Adams out at Foxes Micky Adams has quit as manager of Leicester City after the club failed to persuade him to stay. His resignation was accepted at an emergency board meeting at the Walkers Stadium this morning.
3502,0,"GPS in Cell Phones Performs Well While some handheld computers have GPS capabilities, not nearly as many people carry a PDA as the legions who've adopted cell phones as a daily appendage. That's why the notion of adding GPS navigation to a cell phone, as Nextel has with a service called TeleNav, seems appealing."
3052,0,"Ahold to Sell Spain Operations to Permira (AP) AP - The Dutch supermarket retailer Ahold, seeking to streamline global operations and reduce debt, said Sunday it will sell its holdings in Spain to Permira Funds for about  $849 million."
588,0,"Dell May Soon Unveil More Consumer Goods -Analyst (Reuters) Reuters - Dell Inc. (DELL.O), the world's largest PC maker, could announce an expanded selection of its consumer electronics line in the next several weeks, a retail industry analyst said on Wednesday."
3274,0,"Investors weigh effect of oil prices NEW YORK Another rise in oil prices is putting some pressure on stocks, which are mixed. The Dow Jones industrial average is down 12 points at ten-thousand-165."
5268,0,"Bonds deserves a  ""C "" for historic 73 What symbol should be placed next to Barry Bonds ' monumental mark of 73 home runs? How about a capital  ""C "" for  ""The Cream, ""  ""The Clear, ""  ""The Cheat ""?"
6242,0,Trump's Casinos File for Bankruptcy  PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Donald Trump's casino operations  filed for bankruptcy Sunday in a long-expected move that would  allow the real estate maverick to restructure the company's  debt and overhaul its aging casinos.
6237,0,"Wright ready to cash in after win Shane Mosley gave Winky Wright his big chance. After beating Mosley a second time, Wright is now ready to cash in on it. Wright pronounced himself one of boxing 's elite contenders Saturday night after beating "
5350,0,"Karp team won't buy Fan Pier For the second time in less than two months, a prospective buyer of the prime Fan Pier land in South Boston has pulled out of a deal."
4190,0,"Henman crushes Costa MADRID, Oct. 20. - Top-seeded Tim Henman of Britain was all praise for the novel idea of replacing ball boys and girls with fashion models at the Madrid Masters, after thrashing Spaniard Albert Costa 6-4, 6-2, on Wednesday."
487,0,"Dollar Keeps Gains as Market Awaits Data  TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar idled on Tuesday after gaining  the previous day, as many investors held off building positions  ahead of economic data from the United States."
7120,0,Yahoo Taps X1 For Desktop Search Search engine giant Yahoo has tapped Pasadena-based X1 Technologies to add the ability to search desktop files and folders on Microsoft Windows platforms.
347,0,Jerkens makes right call with Society Selection Trainer Allen Jerkens hemmed and hawed this past week over running Society Selection in Saturday 's Grade 1 Alabama at Saratoga.
571,0,"GM pulls Guy Ritchie car ad after protest Protests from seven safety groups have prompted General Motors to pull a television ad that shows a young boy driving a Corvette sports car so recklessly that it goes airborne, officials of the automaker say."
3715,0,"New Year, New Notebooks For All T.C. Williams High School is handing out laptops to make sure students of all backgrounds have the latest equipment in an increasingly computerized world."
6994,0,"Sandy Alomar Agrees to Sign With Rangers (AP) AP - Six-time All-Star catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. agreed Wednesday to a  $550,000, one-year contract with the Texas Rangers to be a part-time player next season."
3955,0,"MLB Not Likely to Punish Steroid Users (AP) AP - For all the fuss over reported admissions of steroid use by Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield, major league baseball probably won't discipline them."
3675,0,"DreamWorks Animation IPO Set at 29M Shares Underwriters for DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., producer of the blockbuster ""Shrek"" movies, Tuesday set the terms of the company's pending initial public offering at 29 million common shares, with an estimated price range of $23 to $25 a share."
5533,0,Photo: Gap's gadget garment Clothing retailer's new high-tech kids' fleece comes with a built-in radio.
448,0,"Oil Eases as Iraq Resumes Exports <p>\</p><p> By Andrew Mitchell</p><p> LONDON (Reuters) - High-flying oil prices eased for a second session on Monday as Iraq resumed exports from both its northern and southern outlets after lengthy disruption, despite fierce fighting in the holy city of Najaf.</p>"
2212,0,"Ackermann refocuses Deutsche FRANKFURT Joseph Ackermann, the Deutsche Bank chief executive, announced a much-anticipated personnel shake-up Tuesday aimed at solidifying leadership in its profitable investment banking business and restoring confidence in its commitment to Germany, the "
3037,0,Angels Rally Past A's to Clinch AL West Crown  OAKLAND (Reuters) - Garret Anderson capped a three-run  eighth inning rally with a run-scoring single as the Anaheim  Angels edged the Oakland Athletics 5-4 Saturday to capture  their first AL West pennant in 18 years.
7359,0,"NHL Players, Owners Reject Plans to End Lockout  TORONTO (Reuters) - Hopes of saving the National Hockey  League season all but vanished Tuesday when players and team  owners rejected proposals to end the labor dispute."
217,0,AMP shrugs off British debacle Australian insurer AMP returned to the black in the first half of the year with net profits of A$378m (150m) after a disastrous foray into Britain pushed it A$2.16 billion into the red last year. 
4066,0,"Ortiz, Sox rally to fight another day: Sink Yanks in 14, send <b>...</b> The official crowd at Fenway Park last night was a capacity 35,120, but as the years pass, the number of people who claim to have attended the Red Sox stats, schedule ' 5-4, 14-inning victory "
111,0,"IBM Buys Two Danish Services Firms IBM said Tuesday it has acquired a pair of Danish IT services firms as part of its effort to broaden its presence in Scandinavia. As a result of the moves, IBM will add about 3,700 IT staffers to its global head count. Financial terms of ..."
5707,0,Online Football: Bruins unable to squeeze past Trojans The UCLA football team had all that it asked for: possession of the ball in the fourth quarter with an opportunity to beat No. 1 USC.
2606,0,Button happy with 2nd JENSON Button was happy to settle for runners-up spot despite falling agonisingly short of a maiden Formula One win for the second race in succession.
2225,0,Cisco Unveils SAN Products Targeted At Disaster Recovery Cisco Systems unveiled two SAN products that it says will help companies evade or recover quickly from disasters affecting corporate data.
6925,0,"Coca-Cola will not sell low-carb C2 in UK Coca-Cola has decided not to sell its C2 brand in the UK, one of the company 's biggest markets, raising doubts about the future of the mid- calorie soft drink just six months after its launch in North America and Japan."
7094,0,"Fan v Fan: Manchester City-Tottenham Hotspur This weekend Manchester City entertain Spurs, and with last seasons seven-goal FA Cup epic between the two teams still fresh in the memory, entertain could be the operative word."
2003,0,"Mini World Cup heats up With the four minnows out of contention, the eight title contenders chase semifinal places in One-Day crickets mini World Cup with Australia first to get there by beating New Zealand by seven wickets yesterday in the first group showdown at the "
5252,0,"BT Group set to buy US Infonet for $1bn LONDON: Britains BT Group is hoping to make a dramatic return to the US with a $1bn acquisition of Californian telecoms group Infonet Services, the Sunday Times reported."
3155,0,"PeopleSoft down on testimony, forecast Investors react to a disappointing earnings projection and to testimony that dampens hopes of negotiations with Oracle."
4753,0,"Final edition for a respected Asian newsweekly HONG KONG The Far Eastern Economic Review, an often incisive newsweekly for more than half a century, will become a monthly opinion magazine in December, and virtually all of its employees will lose their jobs, Dow Jones announced on Thursday."
1336,0,"Asian Stocks Lower, Greenspan Awaited  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks edged lower on Wednesday  as profit taking set in after two days of gains and the dollar  firmed ahead of comments from Fed chief Alan Greenspan that are  expected to cement the case for further U.S. rate rises."
806,0,"Health Highlights: Aug. 28, 2004 A new drug that fights a form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, won applause if not approval from a panel of advisors to the US Food and Drug Administration."
656,0,Nigeria gives Shell $1.5 billion eco-bill The Shell oil company has been handed a $1.5 billion bill for ecological compensation in the Niger delta by the government of Nigeria.
1833,0,IBM protects passwords with PC chip New PCs will ship with a chip designed to thwart hackers--a hardware approach that's said to be safer than software.
1693,0,"Retail Sales Down; Trade Gap Larger (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. retail sales dipped in August and the U.S. gap with its international trade partners widened to a record level in the second quarter of the year, government reports released on Tuesday showed."
690,0,"Jets, Pennington Talk The New York Jets and quarterback Chad Pennington are looking to finalize a contract extension by next Wednesday."
5868,0,"Sun previews next version of Java Sun Microsystems on Monday night posted a prerelease, ""snapshot"" version of Java 2 Standard Edition 6.0, code-named Mustang, which represents the next generation of the Java platform."
7112,0,"Ericsson Selected by MTN South Africa to Supply 3G/WCDMA Network STOCKHOLM, Sweden --(Business Wire)-- Dec. 10, 2004 -- Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY) has been selected by MTN South Africa to supply 3G/WCDMA network."
3933,0,"Tigers are right on target AUBURN, Ala. -- Jason Campbell passed for a career-high 297 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 4 Auburn to a 38-20 rout of Arkansas yesterday."
12,0,"Dutch Retailer Beats Apple to Local Download Market  AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Free Record Shop, a Dutch music  retail chain, beat Apple Computer Inc. to market on Tuesday  with the launch of a new download service in Europe's latest  battleground for digital song services."
1305,0,"Survey: Surge in layoffs, hiring Challenger survey finds most job cuts in 6 months; seasonal hiring by retailers lifts new jobs. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Employers increased both hiring and layoff plans in August, according to a survey released Tuesday by an outplacement firm."
3092,0,"Els Sweats Out American Express Victory (AP) AP - Emotionally spent from a Grand Slam season of heartache, Ernie Els reasserted himself as a major force Sunday by outlasting Thomas Bjorn in a brilliantly played duel in the cold rain in the American Express Championship. He closed with a 3-under 69 for a one-shot victory and his first World Golf Championship."
2082,0,Microsoft Opens Office Source Code to Governments Microsoft Corp. will allow governments around the world that use its software to have controlled access to the source code for its pervasive Microsoft Office 2003 desktop offerings for the first time.
6097,0,"Google Launches New Search Tool For Academics Google has rolled out a new search tool called, Google Scholar. Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts "
1116,0,"Yukos faces tax arrears of $4bn MOSCOW: Russias tax ministry said on Friday that it had raised its back tax claims against oil major Yukos by a fifth for 01, to 119."
3968,0,"US consumers unaware of spyware The findings come in a report from the newly formed Consumer Spyware Initiative, a joint effort by Dell and the non-profit Internet Education Foundation that aims to increase awareness of spyware."
4284,0,"Software giant Microsoft rings up multibillion dollar profit gain REDMOND, Washington, Oct 21 (AFP) - The world 's biggest software company, Microsoft Corp, said Thursday that its first quarter profits swelled to 2.9 billion dollars as consumers and businesses pumped up demand for new computers."
1861,0,"US August Inflation Mild, Job Claims Rise  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices inched up just  0.1 percent last month as gasoline and car prices tumbled, the  government said on Thursday in a report suggesting an inflation  spike earlier this year was an aberration."
1067,0,British Bug Splat Survey Springs Surprise (Reuters) Reuters - The results of one of the stranger environmental surveys to be conducted in Britain are in -- and there's a surprise.
5460,0,"Federated Department Stores Posts Profit  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federated Department Stores Inc.  <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=FD.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">FD.N</A>, parent of Macy's and Bloomingdale's, posted  higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Wednesday, as the  company rebounded from the Florida hurricanes."
6608,0,Nuggets Knock Off Hornets 76-67 (AP) AP - Earl Boykins scored 22 points to help the Denver Nuggets overcome the absence of Carmelo Anthony and defeat the New Orleans Hornets 76-67 on Monday night.
570,0,"Is Google the Next Netscape? Is Google the Next Netscape?\\To draw a parallel between Netscape  & Google in their fight against Microsoft, it is necessary to examine the various similarities between the two situations and see if the tactics that worked then will work now. "
751,0,"A Canadian Invasion A few weeks ago, in a story on Nortel (NYSE: NT), I asked people to submit a Canadian joke to me. This is as good a place as any to reveal the winner."
5052,0,Nhl Players Still Express Solidarity The cracks that were appearing in the NHL Players ' Association 's resolve in the last two weeks were apparently smoothed over during a meeting Tuesday in Toronto.
4506,0,Your PC May Be Less Secure Than You Think Most users think their computer is safe from adware and spyware--but they 're wrong. A survey conducted by Internet service provider America Online found that 20 percent of home computers were infected by a 
3091,0,"Fable; Nascar 2005: Chase For The Cup Fable comes with a big reputation behind it -- it was developed by Peter Molyneux, creator of such involved, engrossing games as Populous and Black and White."
7322,0,"Orbitz's Michael Sands Is Named President (AP) AP - Travel-reservations Web site Orbitz Inc. Tuesday said it named its former chief marketing officer, Michael Sands, as president."
4978,0,"Open Source Ingres Swings At Oracle, SQL Server The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. Not SQL-type competition."
2032,0,"Europe Puts U.S. in Big Hole at Ryder Cup (AP) AP - Backed by the clutch performance from its English rookies and reliable play from Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood, Europe put the United States in another huge hole Saturday by taking an 11-5 lead at the Ryder Cup and making victory Sunday seem like a mere formality."
4359,0,"Google 's New PC Search Tool Poses Risks NEW YORK Oct. 18, 2004 - People who use public or workplace computers for e-mail, instant messaging and Web searching have a new privacy risk to worry about: Google 's free new tool that indexes a PC 's contents for quickly locating data."
3768,0,"Marshall carries W. Va. to victory The senior quarterback rushed for 110 yards, threw for a touchdown and even punted a quick kick in the Mountaineers ' 31-19 victory over Connecticut last night."
1684,0,Wenger attacks Madrid for transfer rule-bending Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger accused Real Madrid of ignoring the rules when it wants to sign a new player. Wenger said the Spanish powerhouse has sometimes made its interest known to the 
4690,0,"Hubris, Caution in Boston as Red Sox Eye Victory (Reuters) Reuters - Giddiness. Paranoia. Arrogance. Caution.\All were on display on Wednesday in Boston as the supposedly cursed Red Sox moved within one victory of a baseball championship that has eluded them for 86 years."
5771,0,"Deutsche Bank to Sell Scudder Business to Legg Mason Deutsche Bank AG of Germany plans to sell its New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Chicago offices of Scudder Private Investment Counsel to Legg Mason Inc. for $55 million, plus payments of up to $26 million, the company said Monday."
6570,0,Myskina caps magnificent year for Russia Anastasia Myskina capped a magnificent year for Russian tennis by leading her country to their first Fed Cup title with a dramatic win over holders France.
4860,0,"NASA Scientists Find Surface of Titan 'Very Alien' (Reuters) Reuters - The surface of Saturn's moon Titan may be covered by thick drifts of combustible organic ""snow""\floating on lakes of liquid methane or water and ammonia ice flows, NASA scientists said on Friday."
3046,0,ESPN.com news services HOUSTON -- The Houston Astros enter today 's contest against the Colorado Rockies knowing that a victory will earn them an improbable playoff berth.
5804,0,"S &P 500 Slides; Nasdaq, Dow Rise The Standard  & Poor 's 500-stock index slipped from a three-year high, dragged lower by energy shares including Exxon Mobil as crude-oil prices dropped to their lowest in almost two months."
2251,0,"PeopleSoft goes a bundle on IBM 'Most Significant Enterprise Applications Alliance in History,'it sez here..."
6147,0,"Manchester United Beats Charlton 2-0 (AP) AP - Manchester United defeated Charlton 2-0 Saturday in the Premier League behind goals from Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes. Charlton did little to test United's defense before 67,704 fans, and the only surprise was that Man United didn't score more."
7085,0,Dance pair out with injury Olympic ice dancing hopefuls Loren Galler-Rabinowitz and David Mitchell of the Skating Club of Boston will be sidelined for the remainder of the season because of a shoulder injury to Mitchell that will require surgery.
2851,0,"General Mills converting all US cereals to whole grain GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. -- Breakfast cereal maker General Mills is converting all of its cereals to whole grain. The company says it becomes the first leading food company to make the move involving cereals."
7469,0,Environment check from crab urine Crabs' urine and changes in snails' sex hormones are helping UK scientists to monitor the environment. 
2541,0,UK writing off poor nations' debt Gordon Brown says the UK will write off its share of debts owed by the world's poorest countries to the World Bank.
3721,0,"Seattle Sunset The Seattle Storm raced to hot starts in both the first and second halves and never looked back, using the momentum to win their first WNBA world championship."
7517,0,"Steelers ' Burress won 't return against Giants Thursday, he took himself out of consideration during a conversation with Pittsburgh Steelers trainer John Norwig.  ""When I 'm running full speed and make a little move, I still feel it a little bit, "" Burress said of his hamstring."
6642,0,"HP releases new products for enterprises Launches OpenView Automation Manager, Service Desk version 5.0 and partnership with Cisco for reselling HP management software. MADRID: Hewlett Packard has launched its HP OpenView Automation Manager that "
134,0,"Former Florida Swimming Coach Dies at 83 (AP) AP - William H. Harlan, the retired University of Florida swimming coach who led the Gators to eight conference titles, died Tuesday, school officials said. He was 83."
633,0,Electronic Jihad Internet Attack Rumored For Today Electronic Jihad Internet Attack Rumored For Today\\Is the Electronic Jihad attack happening today or is it just stirred up rumors? Yevgeny Kaspersky has raised concerns of a major attack on the internet today. Kaspersky has been widely quoted as saying that there would be a major online attack against Israeli ...
716,0,RealNetworks Gets in Content Business (AP) AP - RealNetworks Inc. survived the dot-com collapse and an assault from Microsoft Corp. Now it's trying to remake itself into a provider of paid Internet content.
2574,0,"Adobe updates RAW plug-in with digital negative format Adobe has updated Photoshop 's support for digital cameras ' RAW image formats. The new plug-in adds to the number of camera models supported and includes a utility for converting images into the DNG, digital negative format."
7301,0,"CEO quits at world's top maker of trains Paul Tellier stepped down as president and chief executive of Bombardier Inc. yesterday, surprising investors and sending the train and plane maker's shares down as much as 26 percent to a 10-year low."
7426,0,"R.I.P. Gary Webb -- Unembedded Reporter The finest journalist ever to get fired for telling the truth is dead at age 49. The official cause of death on the death certificate will be suicide. But, as we shall see, he had much help getting to that point. The story of the life and death of Gary Webb says much about the state of American politics and what passes as ""journalism"" in today's America. "
1619,0,"Frozen Eggs Showing Promise Italian researchers have achieved 13 human births using previously frozen eggs. It's encouraging for women who want to preserve their fertility, but efficiency is still low. By Kristen Philipkoski."
3402,0,"Web Gaming Changes Social Interactions (AP) AP - Not so long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, Chip Collier was on a mission. ""I really gotta stop bleeding and dying,"" the 24-year old said as he slouched in front of his computer in his ninth-floor Chicago apartment. ""I'm really horrible about not paying attention to my battle fatigue."""
3681,0,Microsoft issues patches for 7 software flaws Microsoft has warned of seven newly found flaws in its software that could allow an attacker to steal data and take over a personal computer running the Windows operating system.
6236,0,Nine men Bhoys fall at Ibrox CELTIC lost ground in the title race today after Rangers won a heated Old Firm encounter that will be better remembered for its sending offs and scuffles.
5330,0,VoIP firm ties rebate deal to Wi-Fi router Vonage and Cisco's Linksys have a new bundle: an 802.11g router and any of three Vonage plans.
4885,0,"Titan Photos Pose New Questions Photographs and radar surveys from the Cassini spacecraft 's Tuesday-night flyby of Saturn 's mysterious moon Titan are raising more questions than they 're answering, say NASA scientists."
3951,0,Garcia throws four TD passes in Cleveland 's 34-17 win over <b>...</b> CLEVELAND (CP) - Chad Johnson better still have a few bottles of that pink stomach medicine. His Cincinnati Bengals look pretty sick.
6961,0,Oil Prices Sink to a Four-Month Low  LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices sank to a four-month low  below $41 for U.S. crude on Wednesday after leading OPEC  producer Saudi Arabia questioned the need for the cartel to  curb supplies.
6742,0,Wet Seal Third-Quarter Net Loss Widens (Reuters) Reuters - Struggling clothing retailer Wet Seal Inc.  on Wednesday posted a wider quarterly loss as lackluster demand for its teen-oriented fashions forced the company to make bigger markdowns.
6482,0,Stephen Dodd leads Volvo China Open Stephen Dodd took a three-stroke lead Friday after 36 holes of the Volvo China Open in Shanghai to stand six-under-par 138 after two rounds.
3492,0,"Martha Stewart reports to jail to begin sentence the time she had to report to the country 's oldest federal prison for women. service of her sentence, "" a Federal Bureau of Prisons statement said."
1989,0,"After Being Bounced Around Florida Is Bouncing Back Although the three hurricanes that have hit Florida led to a broad economic slowdown, the glimmerings of a miniboom are already apparent."
1203,0,"Astros 10, Pirates 5 HOUSTON Mike Lamb went four-for-five with a homer and four RB-Is to lead the Houston Astros to their ninth straight win with a 10-to-five victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates today."
2193,0,"VeriSign bundles authentication tools Unified support for passwords, smart cards and tokens means better network security, the company says."
5132,0,Dubai first to breed at-risk bird A zoo in the Gulf has bred a bird which is threatened by the fast pace of development in the region.
5747,0,"Sun to set Solaris free, after a fashion Operating system to come at no charge for servers with x86 processors. But the bug fixes will cost you."
7074,0,"Germany's New Reality Undercut by vastly cheaper labor in neighboring Poland and by increasing global competition, the union at Adam Opel AG acceded to a plan by General Motors Corp. to cut 12,000 jobs throughout Europe."
4105,0,"Microsoft: No extra licenses needed for multicore chips OCTOBER 19, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Customers that use the dual-core processors Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. expect to ship next year won 't need to buy extra licenses for Microsoft Corp."
6042,0,"Argentina Views China As Market Economy Argentina recognized China as a market economy on Thursday, granting the Asian country a status it has been seeking worldwide to keep countries from imposing penalties on the dumping of Chinese exports."
2871,0,"Born to coach For the reason, with apologies to Michael Vick, look no further than the third-youngest head coach in the NFL. James Lawrence Mora, the son, is already starting to look suspiciously like father James Earnest "
3825,0,"Red Sox Feeling Heat of 0-2 Start in ALCS (AP) AP - The infield at Fenway Park was covered with a dirty white tarp on a dreary day. Unless the Boston Red Sox start winning soon, the gloom will last all winter. The Red Sox returned home Thursday after losing the first two games of the AL championship series to the Yankees in New York. As its workout began, Boston announced ace Curt Schilling's ailing ankle will prevent him from pitching Game 5 and perhaps the rest of the postseason."
2523,0,Fans Honour Legend Clough Thousands of football fans fell silent today to honour the life and achievements of legendary manager Brian Clough. A public tribute was held in Nottingham city centre and a minute 
2336,0,"Americans Have Dirty Paws New report gives them a 'C' for hand hygiene    HealthDayNews -- Americans are doing a crummy job of keeping their hands clean.    They got a ""C"" in hand hygiene in the 2004 Clean Hands Report Card produced by the Soap and Detergent Association..."
4478,0,"Ryder Quarterly Earnings Up  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ryder System Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=R.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">R.N</A> on Monday  reported an increase in quarterly net profit amid increased  demand for transport services, especially in its fleet  management division."
4984,0,"MANY NEWSPAPERS SEE CIRCULATION DECLINES Some of the nation 's largest daily newspapers reported steep circulation declines yesterday, with overall circulation down across the industry, a new report revealed."
6730,0,"HP Throttles Viruses Hewlett-Packard has developed a software program that could slow the spread of computer viruses and worms by acting as a  ""throttle "" on unauthroized network activity."
6986,0,"Alamosa to Buy AirGate for $392 Million  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alamosa Holdings Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=APCS.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">APCS.O</A> will  acquire AirGate PCS Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PCSA.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">PCSA.O</A> for $392 million in stock  creating the largest Sprint Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=FON.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">FON.N</A> wireless affiliate,  the companies said on Wednesday."
7291,0,"In U.S. Market, Cellphone Users Are Often All Talk Users in the United States continue to think of a cellphone as a device for talking, not text messaging. Marketers, however, hope to change that as soon as possible."
4662,0,"Google Acquires Satellite Mapping Firm Keyhole Google Acquires Satellite Mapping Firm Keyhole\\After a tip from Andy Beal, I checked out Keyhole Satellite Image mapping and local search tool and absolutely loved it. Basically, with Keyhole you get a satellite image of the world and can view streets in the major cities, political hotspots, and towns (mostly ..."
2707,0,"More Older People Turning to the Internet to Find Love Mary Bellis Waller, now 64, posted on two Internet dating sites during her search for a companion. Waller was a pioneer of online dating among people her age, and thousands of others age 60 and older are also turning to the Internet to find romance."
4165,0,"Opel workers abandon wildcat strikes BOCHUM - Workers at the Opel carmaking plant in the city of Bochum voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to end their nearly week-long wildcat strike and were to return almost immediately to work, officials announced."
6342,0,World Trade Organization holds off on sanctions over US anti <b>...</b> The World Trade Organization held off Wednesday on approving stiff sanctions on US exports - ranging from cod to mobile homes - intended to punish Washington until it repeals the so-called Byrd amendment.
5983,0,Seagate to Ship 400 GB HDD SL: Seagate Technology has announced that it will begin shipping the world 's highest capacity PC hard drive to retail stores and resellers.
2852,0,"Nortel Cuts Fewer Jobs, Exits Real Estate  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=NT.TO target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">NT.TO</A> on  Thursday said it would eliminate about 10 percent of its work  force, slightly less than previously estimated, and consolidate  real estate in a cost-cutting plan that will save $500 million  in 2005."
5580,0,"Delta pilots OK $5B in concessions SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Pilots at Delta Air Lines approved a management-backed pay cut that will save the airline $5 billion over the next five years, the pilots union said Thursday."
3614,0,"Polycom announces desktop videoconferencing software Polycom made several announcements today, including software that puts videoconferencing capability on standard desktops with third-party cameras."
7278,0,"Report Says N.H.L. Will Reject Proposal The N.H.L. appears poised to reject a proposal made by the players union, which included a 24 percent reduction in pay and other concessions but not a hard salary cap."
6720,0,"Microsoft sues over fake labels Microsoft has sued eight US computer resellers who it says bought or sold counterfeit Certificate of Authenticity labels or genuine labels that had been separated from their related software, all in breach of copyright and trade mark laws."
6799,0,"Brown, Fratello and Grizzlies all come out ahead Hubie Brown, 71, got to retire as coach of the Memphis Grizzlies of own volition, drawing accolades for transforming a franchise that never won more than 23 games into a 50-victory team in less than two seasons."
6663,0,Oragenics Shares Up on FDA Clearance Shares of Oragenics Inc. jumped after the biotechnology company reported Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration allowed it to proceed with safety trials on a lifelong tooth decay protection rinse that 
1469,0,Oil Firm After 4 Percent Jump Oil prices held firm on Friday after leaping almost $2 a day earlier on news US crude stocks sank to a five-month low last week and distillate fuels barely grew ahead of winter.
5677,0,"Chance to Measure Up During his 14 seasons as an NFL assistant and head coach, Virginia Coach Al Groh was often involved in the evaluation of college prospects."
840,0,UPDATE 1-Thompson earns Celtic a record win over Rangers Scottish champions Celtic secured a record seventh successive win over Glasgow rivals Rangers on Sunday with a 1-0 victory courtesy of midfielder Alan Thompson 's venomous late strike.
6131,0,"Yukos under the hammer at $8.6bn Russia pressed ahead yesterday with controversial plans to break up the country 's biggest oil company Yukos, setting a date of December 19 for an auction of its main production unit at a bargain basement starting price of $8.65bn (4.88bn)."
723,0,Socially Responsible Funds on a Tear Don't be too impressed -- great returns don't always mean much.
245,0,"State, drug chains reach agreement The state of Maine, Rite Aid Corp., and Community Pharmacy LP have agreed to a consent decree placing conditions on the sale of five Community Pharmacy stores to Rite Aid."
5784,0,SEC's Gaston Admits Official Missed Call (AP) AP - The Southeastern Conference's supervisor of officials said an LSU player should have been called for pass interference on a pivotal interception against Alabama.
6069,0,"American Fare Cuts Presage Price War American Airlines slashed its fares to Miami yesterday by as much as 85 percent from several cities including Washington's Reagan National Airport, possibly setting off a winter fare war on routes to Florida."
4207,0,"Soccer: Matuzalem brace ends Celtic 's Champions League hopes DONETSK, Ukraine: Brazilian midfielder Matuzalem defied the chilly temperatures to score a double for Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday in a 3-0 win which virtually ended Celtic 's Champions League ambitions this season."
4917,0,"PSP: Region Free There have been essentially four questions sent into the PSP Mailbag -- four questions, and a heck of a lot of hate mail. Those questions are: When is PSP shipping, what will PSP cost, how long will PSP 's "
3096,0,"Office Depot Chairman, CEO Nelson Resigns Office Depot Inc. (ODP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said Chairman and Chief Executive Bruce Nelson resigned  ""by mutual agreement "" with the board, after four years at the helm."
2497,0,US 2-Year Treasuries Fall for Week as Fed Raises Target Rate The benchmark two-year US Treasury note had its biggest weekly decline in a month on speculation the Federal Reserve will follow up this week 's interest-rate increase with at least one more this year.
2208,0,"Amazon 's A9 Search Evens Out Google results with links to books at Amazon.com, the Internet Movie Database, Google Images, and GuruNet.com, plus site information, including similar links that others have followed."
6105,0,"California employee pension fund tenders PeopleSoft shares to <b>...</b> NOVEMBER 19, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - The California Employees ' Retirement System (Calpers) is tendering its 1.5 million PeopleSoft Inc."
6081,0,"Dream TV Screen, Now in Size Large The most desired electronic gift item for this holiday season is a plasma TV. You might, however, want to consider something that wasn't even in the running: L.C.D."
4691,0,"Lexmark Loss Good for Consumers Lexmark's loss in court on Tuesday may mean that consumer electronics companies won't try to use the Digital Millenium Copyright Act as an all-purpose competition shield anymore, consumer advocates say. By Katie Dean."
1786,0,Hughes allowed to speak to Rovers The Football Association of Wales have given national boss Mark Hughes permission to speak to Blackburn over their vacant managerial post.
4879,0,GOLF: CLARKE 'S 11-SHOT TORMENT and then crashed out of it with a sextuple-bogey 11. The nightmare came on the infamous 536-yard 17th at Valderrama where 
3907,0,"American shoppers splurge in September WASHINGTON (AFP) - Shoppers -- the dynamo in the US economy -- shrugged off rising energy prices and splurged in malls and car showrooms in September, a government report showed."
6319,0,"Arrowhead: It still is pointing the way In comparison to its contemporaries it could be termed a modern marvel, an example of how to do things right when everyone else was doing things wrong."
2266,0,"Mars Express Instrument Finds Possible New Evidence When Vittorio Formisano, the principal investigator for the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) aboard the European Space Agency 's Mars Express, announced Monday that his team found that concentrations "
3828,0,Harvard Seeks Permission to Clone Human Embryos (Reuters) Reuters - Harvard University researchers said on Wednesday they were seeking permission to use cloning technology to make human stem cells.
3846,0,"RSS Feeds Hunger for More Ads There's no such thing as a free lunch. And soon, there may be no such thing as an ad-free RSS feed, either, as publishers add advertisements to their feeds in hopes of making money through the popular content-aggregating technology. By Cyrus Farivar."
7162,0,"Everton goes second with derby win Liverpool, England (Sports Network) - Everton moved up to second place in the Premiership Saturday with a 1-0 win over arch-rival Liverpool at Goodison Park."
3489,0,Socceroos lead at break The Socceroos lead the Solomon Islands 4-0 at half-time in their Confederations Cup qualifier in Honiara. A double from midfielder Josip Skoko and strikes to Ante Milicic and the impressive Brett Emerton have 
4551,0,"Cingular, AT &T deal gets an OK from Justice (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Justice Department antitrust regulators cleared the way Monday for Cingular Wireless'  $41 billion acquisition of AT &T Wireless Services (AWE), a crucial step toward creating the nation's largest wireless telephone company."
6049,0,"Nike Co-Founder Knight Steps Down as CEO (Reuters) Reuters - Nike Inc.  co-founder Philip Knight, who helped transform a small-start up business into the world's biggest athletic shoe company, will step down as chief executive officer, the company said on Thursday."
6340,0,"Bearcat qb has broken bone in throwing hand CINCINNATI University of Cincinnati quarterback Gino Guidugli (guh-DOO '-lee) has a broken bone in his throwing hand, and may miss Saturday 's game at number-seven Louisville."
3309,0,"Sparkling Singh targets Woods again If there is no rest for the wicked, then there is none either for the tormented, as represented by those members of the US Tour who are not Vijay Singh."
956,0,"Longhorn announcements barely a blimp on IT radar While developers are naturally curious over tweaks to the Longhorn road map, many IT administrators barely take notice. Enterprise IT customers typically lag at least "
1944,0," 'Emperor ' Adriano has Inter under his rule One match into the Italian league season and (Emperor) Adriano already has Inter Milan under his rule. The Brazilian striker has scored six goals in Inter 's first four matches this season, including "
1548,0,"Post-Olympic Greece tightens purse, sells family silver to fill budget holes (AFP) AFP - Squeezed by a swelling public deficit and debt following last month's costly Athens Olympics, the Greek government said it would cut defence spending and boost revenue by 1.5 billion euros (1.84 billion dollars) in privatisation receipts."
4979,0,LG Electronics-Matsushita PDP battle TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- South Korea 's LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it would file a counter measure against Japan 's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
3110,0,"Ballmer: Microsoft is listening to customers Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer says the software giant is listening to customers, and wants to make the company and its employees more accountable for delivering on its plans."
5233,0,Flat-screen TV prices are falling for holidays But trend provokes industry unrest; panel makers call for drop in retail markups to move units. By Evan Ramstad and Gary McWilliams.
6122,0,"Investors expect PeopleSoft shareholders to back Oracle bid REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. Investors continue to bet today that most PeopleSoft shareholders will back Oracle 's nine-point-two (b) billion-dollar takeover bid for its bitter rival."
4815,0,"Blame player, not game It was like nothing youd ever exercised your thumbs to before. You could do whatever you wanted, whenever you wanted. The game seemed endless."
92,0,"Intel Delays Launch of Projection TV Chip In another product postponement, semiconductor giant Intel Corp. said it won't be offering a chip for projection TVs by the end of 2004 as it had announced earlier this year."
5556,0,"Firefox - Ready To Take On Internet Explorer? The open-source Firefox browser is chipping away at Internet Explorer 's market dominance, and analysts are saying that Internet sites should add it to their test list."
463,0,"Gatlin sprints from unknown to 100m gold Reuters Athens Aug 23: American Justin Gatlin roared from virtual unknown to win the blue ribband Olympic mens 100 metres race yesterday, upstaging defending champion Maurice Greene and other more illustrious rivals."
6600,0,Six players suspended for one game Six players from both Clemson and South Carolina will be suspended for one game next season for their participation in a brawl near the end of the rivalry game November 20th.
3420,0,"RIAA legal action barely gets a mention SOMETHING INTERESTING HAPPENED in the filesharing world this week, the music industry launched another round of lawsuits against their core user base."
2388,0,"World awaits Chinese Grand Prix A quarter of a billion dollars to build the track. Tens of millions in racing fees. More than 150,000 live spectators and a television audience of hundreds of millions."
679,0,Changing of the Guard in US Track and Field Description: NPR 's Steve Inskeep talks with USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan about the latest news in track and field at the Athens Olympics.
6199,0,"Utah Caps Unbeaten Season With Rout of BYU (AP) AP - Utah beat rival Brigham Young 52-21 Saturday, completing its first unbeaten season since 1930 and putting the Utes one step closer to the first appearance in the Bowl Championship Series for a team from a mid-major conference."
1670,0,"Service-Sector Revenues Rise in Q2 Revenues in key sectors of the US services industry grew in the second quarter, the government said on Monday in a new survey aimed at measuring growth in the giant tranche of the economy."
3890,0,"GM trims earnings projection for year Kicking off what promises to be a dismal round of automotive earnings reports, General Motors yesterday laid out a range of problems that have no ready solutions, from the slowdown in auto-sales growth in China and record-high steel costs to intractable "
2252,0,"Bloglines aims for simplicity (SiliconValley.com) SiliconValley.com - There's been a lot of innovation in online publishing lately, but regular Internet users might be scratching their heads at some of the lingo. Social software, blogs and RSS technology? What does it all mean?"
7316,0,"Hanover Striker Mathis to Return to US Hanover 96 striker Clint Mathis is to return to the United States after only a year in the Bundesliga, the German club said Tuesday."
855,0,"A  'new Greece ' beams after success of Games As Greeks get a boost, it remains unclear if success will mean higher stature in Europe. By Peter Ford  Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor."
2107,0,"Yahoo Launching Music Download Service This Year Yahoo Launching Music Download Service This Year\\After its $160 million aquisition of MusicMatch, Yahoo is expected to be releasing its own music download service at the end of the year. According to ZDNet, Yahoo has been in the development phase of its music download service since last year, working with ..."
7550,0,"Robinho 's mother releaased by kidnappers The mother of Santos striker Robinho was released unharmed on Friday, 40 days after she was kidnapped at a family gathering. Marina da Silva de Souza, 44, appeared healthy but thinner than when she was abducted "
2636,0,Crude Oil Futures Rise Above $50 on Threat to Nigerian Supply Crude oil futures rose above $50 a barrel in New York on concern rebel attacks in Nigeria may reduce production while US inventories are near a 29-year low because of disruptions caused by Hurricane Ivan.
6690,0,"SEC Delays Reviews for Some Firms Securities regulators gave more than 2,000 public companies a brief reprieve from new rules requiring them to assess the strength of their financial safeguards."
5067,0,"Quick end to US election crucial US President George W. Bush is on the verge of a re-election victory, but Democratic challenger John Kerry is not conceding defeat, at least not now."
2427,0,"Strikes at London airports London - A 48-hour strike by aircraft refuellers at London Heathrow airport got under way on Friday, with baggage handlers at Gatwick airport also preparing to walk out, threatening a weekend of travel disruptions."
7343,0,A Deal That's Creating Plenty of Buzz About the Mets The prospect of Pedro Martnez going to Queens is potentially the best news in years for the Mets. They have now won a public relations battle with the Yankees.
2086,0,"Hynix, Samil Face Sanctions for Bookrigging Hynix Semiconductor, formerly Hyundai Electronics, was engaged in accounting fraud totaling 2 trillion won in 1999, financial regulators reported Monday."
6673,0,"Lycos Europe Pushes Limits in Anti-Spam Fight A new application from Lycos Europe aims to fight back against spammers, but some experts say the company may be enabling illegal activities."
5346,0,"New York Times Co. announces plan to sell Manhattan building _ The New York Times Co. plans to sell its building on West 43rd Street in Manhattan to a partnership led by Tishman Speyer Properties, the companies announced Monday."
2992,0,"Baseball-Ichiro Breaks Hits Record, Adds Single The Seattle Mariners ' Ichiro Suzuki registered three singles to equal, break and then add to the Major League hits record with his 259th of the season in a game against the Texas Rangers Friday."
4583,0,Fan Death Family members of a college student killed by Boston police during a Red Sox celebration will wait for an internal investigation before deciding if they will sue the department.
5490,0,"Brand, Clippers Clobber Pacers INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 10 (Ticker) -- The Indiana Pacers were looking for a first. The Los Angeles Clippers accomplished one. Elton Brand had 19 points and a season-high 16 rebounds as the Clippers pounded the Pacers, 102-68."
891,0,"Bellhorn makes plenty of noise: Big Second baseman Mark Bellhorn stats, news issued the closing statement in the Red Sox stats, schedule ' four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers yesterday at Fenway Park."
6389,0,Intel Helps Asian PC Partners Ship With Linux (TechWeb) TechWeb - Chipmaker provides Linux tools to reach growing market there.
1417,0,"Major teams bounce back in World Cup soccer qualifiers LONDON: After a mixed bag of results in the weekend 's soccer qualifiers, Europe 's major countries asserted their authority this morning with France, England and Italy all winning away."
2775,0,"Air Canada confirms order for 45 Embraer jets MONTREAL : Air Canada said it sealed a deal with Brazil 's Embraer SA for 45 Embraer-190 aircraft, worth 1.35 billion US dollars at list price."
3541,0,"Johnson to request release or trade Brad Johnson, who earlier in the week was replaced at quarterback by Buccaneers second-year pro Chris Simms, will ask the team to trade or release him, sources have told ESPN 's Chris Mortensen."
2238,0,Dimon solidifies control at nation 's second-largest bank NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Dina Dublon is resigning as chief financial officer after 23 years at JP Morgan Chase in a shakeup that further solidifies Jamie Dimon 's control at the nation 's second-biggest bank.
1045,0,"Apple Unwraps New IMac G5s PARIS -- Apple Computer will begin shipping its new IMac G5 desktop computer worldwide in mid-September, the company 's top marketing executive says."
5618,0,"UPDATE 4-New York 's Spitzer charges Universal Life with fraud New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Friday filed suit against Universal Life Resources (ULR), charging the life and disability insurance broker with taking fraudulent kick-backs for steering business to certain insurers "
5093,0,"Hubble Sees Rare Triple Jupiter Eclipse Nov. 4, 2004 - A rare alignment of Jupiter 's three largest moons across the planet 's face was captured on film by the Hubble Space Telescope."
661,0,"IBM To Amp Integration with Venetica Buy (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - IBM (NYSE: IBM) has said it will purchase Venetica, a privately held firm that provides content-integration software to unstructured data sources."
3304,0,Howard Stern moves radio show to Sirius Shock jock Howard Stern announced Wednesday he 's taking his radio show off the public airwaves and over to Sirius satellite radio.
1035,0,"Europeans Eat Less of Dangerous Fatty Foods By PAUL GEITNER    BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Europeans eat less of the most dangerous, cholesterol-raising fats than Americans do and the amount is decreasing, according to a report released Wednesday by the European Food Safety Authority.    Scientists at the European Food Safety authority declined to say whether the EU should follow the United States' lead and require special labels on margarine, chips, cookies, fries and other potential sources of trans fatty acids..."
284,0,Badminton pair want more Nathan Robertson says there is no reason why he and badminton partner Gail Emms should not win the next Olympics.
4123,0,"Profit Jumps at Motorola, but Shares Trade Lower OT "" gt; Motorola, the world 's second-largest maker of cellphones, said yesterday that its profit more than quadrupled in the third quarter and revenue jumped 26 percent compared with the quarter "
1501,0,"Oracle's Wish Comes True (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - Oracle is one step closer to taking over rival PeopleSoft now that a federal judge has ruled against the federal government's effort to thwart the  $7.7 billion hostile bid over antitrust concerns, a decision that could spark a rash of tech-sector acquisition attempts."
5185,0,IDC: Software sales to hit $189 billion The market researcher has predicted a 6.2 percent increase in software revenues during 2004.
1333,0,"Nevada Implements 1st Touch-Screen Voting Machines With Paper-Trail By RACHEL KONRAD     CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- In what could become a model for other states, Nevada voters on Tuesday became the first in the nation to cast ballots in a statewide election on computers that printed paper records of electronic ballots..."
3014,0,"IMF, World Bank look to keep global recovery strong (AFP) AFP - Facing a global economy on the mend but threatened by surging oil prices and other factors, IMF and World Bank policymakers opened two days of meetings Saturday to discuss ways to keep the recovery on track."
5080,0,"Plans for new Beagle trip to Mars The team behind Beagle 2, the failed mission to land on Mars and search for life, have unveiled plans for a successor. Professor Colin Pillinger, lead "
3391,0,"Head2Head Reader Responses The Packers have a far better shot at making the playoffs than the Titans. The Packers play in a much easier division, which gives them a better chance at winning the magic number of games (10?"
7440,0,"A Distraction as a Deadline Approaches As the holidays approach, Christmas spirit is a bargain-hunting essential."
6476,0,"Nissan 's supply shortage sends steel stocks up US steelmakers ' shares rose sharply yesterday, with US Steel, Allegheny Technologies and Nucor (which operates a mill in Seattle) reaching their highest prices in at least seven years, after Nissan said the metal is in short supply in Japan."
3319,0,Concerns About Winter Push Oil to Record  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices broke into new record  territory above $52 Thursday on heightened concerns that  supplies of heating fuels will prove inadequate during the  northern hemisphere winter.
5883,0,Crude oil futures fall to US$46 per barrel after moving above $47 Crude oil futures fell Tuesday after moving above $47 US a barrel in intraday trading. December delivery crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped 76 cents to $46.11 per barrel.
4474,0,"Monday Fortune Business Report Monday 's opening levels are: The Dow opens at 9,757.81, lower by 107.95. The Nasdaq starts the day at 1,915.14, lower by 38.48 ."
4686,0,"Military Buoys Profit at Defense Firms  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Robust demand for military equipment  and technology led four U.S. defense companies to post higher  quarterly profit on Wednesday, with jet maker Boeing Co. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=BA.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">BA.N</A>  reporting a 78 percent jump in earnings despite a decline in  commercial airplane revenue."
4833,0,"Canning Zook could backfire on the Gators Florida long-snapper Casey Griffith let the secret slip while talking to a Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Sun-Sentinel reporter this week:  ""Don 't tell anyone I told you this, but someone inside the system told me they heard we 're going to be playing against "
2673,0,"Microsoft, Amazon.com file phishing, spamming lawsuits Microsoft and Amazon.com Monday filed one joint and several separate lawsuits against companies and individuals accusing them variously of trying to defraud consumers by imitating Amazon and Microsoft, the companies said Tuesday."
72,0,"Cassini Spies Two Little Saturn Moons (AP) AP - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spied two new little moons around satellite-rich Saturn, the space agency said Monday."
5798,0,"Federer puts right spin on easy victory over Gaudio A grey, damp opening day at the Masters Cup here was memorable for the latest amazing shot in Roger Federer 's armoury. The world No 1 played an overhead with so much spin that the "
901,0,Robson  ' Massively Disappointed ' at Newcastle Exit Departing Newcastle boss Sir Bobby Robson has spoken of his regret at not being able to complete his mission after being relieved of his duties today.
508,0,"Toy store profits R back up TOY retailer Toys R Us has posted a second-quarter profit, over- turning the loss it made over the same period the year before. The New Jersey-based group, which is considering quitting the toys business, turned "
2861,0,IBM Claims Computing Crown (The Motley Fool) The Motley Fool - IBM (NYSE: IBM - News) has new bragging rights. Press reports indicate that the technology giant has created the world's fastest supercomputer two years after a Japanese computer claimed that title.
6936,0,"China's Lenovo to buy IBM's PC business TOKYO - China's Lenovo Group Ltd. signed a definitive agreement on Wednesday to acquire IBM Corp.'s personal computing division. Lenovo will pay US$1.25 billion in cash for the business, which is expected to transform it into the world's number three PC maker, the companies announced."
3035,0,"Lucent's history a case study in wild rides If you've ever wondered what ignited America's late-1990s obsession with telecom and tech stocks, you could well argue it all started with Lucent Technologies ."
691,0,AL Wrap: Oakland's Durazo Piles on Misery for Baltimore (Reuters) Reuters - Erubiel Durazo's three-run homer in the second inning helped the Oakland Athletics remain top of the American League (AL) West with a 9-4 win over the reeling Baltimore Orioles Thursday.
7409,0,"Sun Brews Java Tools Updates The Java Studio Enterprise 7 platform, available now, offers a collaboration feature called Code-Aware that allows distributed teams of developers in different buildings and different continents work together on projects, according to Sun."
2104,0,"Sun looks for props with new server, storage hardware Sun Microsystems will hold its quarterly product launch this week, unleashing a raft of new hardware offerings spanning servers to storage."
3804,0,US trade deficit balloons again Official figures show that the US trade deficit widened to the second-highest level on record in August.
3842,0,Spitzer Targets Brokers Thursday's actions are the first shots in what Spitzer called an investigation of widespread corruption in the insurance industry.
3237,0,Millar and Ramirez homers highlight big Boston inning The Red Sox thought they were going to have to earn all their runs against the Angels the hard way. Anaheim allowed the fewest numbest of unearned runs in the Majors all season (36).
7126,0,"Napster Mobile December 10, 2004 - Remember Napster? Oh, the heady days of swapping MP3s with blatant disregard to Hilary Rosen and the RIAA. Well, Napster is back -- as a legit music service and now the provider of ringtones through the new application Napster Mobile."
148,0,"St. Louis Cardinals News Right-hander Matt Morris threw seven solid innings, but the Cardinals needed a bases-loaded walk to second baseman Tony Womack and a grand slam from new right fielder Larry Walker to key a six-run eighth inning for a ..."
7015,0,"Disney takes sides in battle for next generation DVD (AFP) AFP - Hollywood movie powerhouse Walt Disney has taken sides with Japan's Sony Corp. in a bitter battle between studios to define a technical standard for next generation DVDs, it said."
398,0,Red Sox Rally to Beat White Sox 6-5 (AP) AP - Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz homered on consecutive pitches to start the eighth inning Sunday night and the streaking Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 6-5 for their sixth straight win.
6023,0,"Stocks in Motion: Claire 's Shares of Claire 's Stores (CLE:NYSE - news - research) were among the NYSE 's losers Thursday, falling 15 after the company posted third-quarter results that missed analysts ' expectations and warning about the fourth quarter."
3760,0,Apple to give its stores a Mini Me look The Mac maker has big plans to expand its network of retail outlets by creating small versions of its stores.
5335,0,"BT to buy Infonet for US$965mil BERLIN: BT Group Plc, Britain 's largest phone company, plans to buy Infonet Services Corp. for US$965mil to add a data network spanning more than 180 countries."
6005,0,PeopleSoft Investors Urged to Tender Shares  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oracle Corp. on Thursday said in a  letter to PeopleSoft Inc. stockholders that it would withdraw  its hostile takeover bid if less than half of PeopleSoft shares  were tendered by the offer's deadline.
2562,0,Tennis: GB lose out in Davis Cup Great Britain has been relegated from the Davis Cup group with the world 's best teams in after losing to Austria. Greg Rusedski lost the crucial match to Stefan Koubek 7-6 6-4 7-5 to see Britain lose out in the tie 3-2.
2428,0,"Security firm justifies virus writer's job SecurePoint says the alleged Sasser author was ""just an immature boy with mindless intent"" who wants to make amends."
1162,0,"In Internet Calling, Skype Is Living Up to the Hype Skype is the easiest, fastest and cheapest way for individual customers to use their computers with broadband connections as telephones."
2643,0,"Vodafone keen on future expansion Vodafone said today it remained keen on purchases in France, eastern Europe and Asia and Africa as it detailed annual cost cuts expected to reach 2."
4754,0,"AMD Rolls Out Low-Cost Net Access Device in India US chip maker Advanced Micro Devices AMD.N has unveiled a low-cost Internet access device that could cost just a few hundred dollars, aimed at first-time technology users in the developing world."
7395,0,"Nothing doing Well, that didn 't go very well, did it? Everybody knew the NHL planned on turning down the NHLPA 's latest offer yesterday, but the hockey world still held its breath when the two adversaries met face to face "
6798,0,Indians Strike Back South Africa were rocked by a two-wicket burst from off-spinner Harbhajan Singh just before tea on the fourth day of the second cricket test here today.
4285,0,"World 's  'worst plunderers ' named HUMAN beings are plundering the earth 's resources at an alarming and unsustainable rate, and Australians are among the worst offenders."
5847,0,"Ofcom's review of telecoms due this week <strong>Analysis</strong> That'll be the circus in town, then"
5585,0,No. 12 Mississippi St. Struggles in Opener (AP) AP - Two of the three ranked teams playing on the opening night of the college basketball season cruised to easy wins. Then there was Mississippi State.
230,0,"Braves 6, Padres 5 Andruw Jones hit a two-run homer off Trevor Hoffman in the ninth inning and the Atlanta Braves threw out the potential tying run at the plate for the final out Wednesday night, preserving a 6-5 come-from-behind win over the San Diego Padres. "
4009,0,"Apple and U2 co-host autumn music special The links between Apple and U2 grow stronger, with Apple 's announcement that it will hold a special music event next week on October 26."
1597,0,"WPP claims Grey Global prize LONDON, England -- UK-based advertising giant WPP Group says it has won the bidding to acquire US agency Grey Global. WPP, the world 's second-largest advertising company, said Sunday it had reached agreement "
1806,0,Cisco joins WiMax Forum The networking giant formally signs on to the wireless broadband group as the organization's ranks increase.
865,0,"Tokyo Stocks Flat, Focus on Data  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese stocks were flat in mid-morning  trade on Monday with confidence in the domestic economic  outlook failing to offset profit-taking that hit recent gainers  such as insurers and real estate stocks."
4661,0,Mortgage approvals drop sharply Figures showing falling mortgage approvals and rising repossessions suggest interest rate rises are being felt.  
3824,0,"Microsoft Brings TV to Xbox October 14, 2004 - Microsoft is set to release its Windows Media Center Extender for Xbox mid-November. The device will allow you to view recorded and downloaded media content stored on your PC via your Xbox."
5013,0,Climax to show off Avalon to US publishers  'Project Avalon ' becomes just plain Avalon; developer will show playable prototype of next-generation shooter to American execs.
7062,0,Injection Flaw Found in Browsers Danish security research firm Secunia has reported a vulnerability that occurs in most browsers that can be exploited by hackers looking to spoof the content of Web sites.
7066,0,Knee Injury Sidelines Chiefs' Holmes (AP) AP - Kansas City Chiefs star running back Priest Holmes will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury.
5105,0,Study Says Drug 's Dangers Were Apparent Years Ago Merck and federal officials should have withdrawn the painkiller Vioxx from the market as early as 2000 because studies of the drug had clearly shown that it doubled the risk of heart attacks 
1432,0,"Health Insurance Costs Soar, Workers Hit (Reuters) Reuters - Health insurance premiums rose five times faster than U.S. workers' salaries this year, according to a survey released on Thursday that also showed slippage in the percentage of American workers covered by employer health plans."
6148,0,Toronto Raptors Team Report - November 20 (Sports Network) - The Toronto Raptors found themselves on the wrong end of a 101-94 decision against the red-hot Seattle SuperSonics on Friday at the Air Canada Centre.
1583,0,"Upsets Shake Up College Football Poll (AP) AP - The upsets have begun and the little guys are moving into The Associated Press poll. After ranked teams started the season 21-0, five fell to unranked opponents this weekend, shaking up media poll released Sunday."
1710,0,"Sony goes OLED with Japanese CLIE PEG-VZ90 Despite pulling out of the US and European markets, Sony 's CLIE line is still kicking in Japan, and is now kicking with an OLED display."
3496,0,"A So-So Debut For Microsoft 's Blog Service Microsoft Corp. made a belated entrance into the  ""blogosphere "" Thursday, unveiling a free Web-log publishing service one day after Merriam-Webster Inc."
101,0,"Home Depot Likes High Oil Rising fuel prices, a bugbear for most of the retail sector, are helping Home Depot (HD:NYSE - news - research), the remodeling giant that reported a surge in second-quarter earnings Tuesday and guided the rest of the year higher. "
5839,0,"Google shares released for sale Employees and some investors in Google will be able to sell shares in the company as the latest ""lockup"" phase on sales ends."
5161,0,Rover gets mystery power boost Scientists have been baffled by a mysterious boost in power to one of its two robotic rovers which are exploring the surface of the Red Planet.
5109,0,Executives dismissed in insurance inquiry ACE yesterday became the latest insurance company to announce changes in its business practices in response to the industry investigation launched by New York 's attorney general.
4856,0,"CSFB May Cut Costs by Merging Units, Shedding Jobs, People Say Credit Suisse First Boston, the securities arm of Switzerland 's second-biggest bank, plans to cut costs by combining some units and eliminating jobs, people familiar with the matter said."
6018,0,"Bill Gates Gets 4 Million E-Mails a Day Bill Gates might not use AOL, but he's definitely got mail. The Microsoft Corp. chairman receives millions of Internet messages a day, said Steve Ballmer, the company's chief executive. ""Bill literally receives 4 million pieces of e-mail per day, most of it spam,"" Ballmer said Thursday."
4894,0,"Forsyth Forges Clear He may be 120 places lower in the world, but it was advantage Alastair Forsyth in his Volvo Masters duel with Sergio Garcia today before a thunderstorm suspended play."
2438,0,"Mom Hugs 'Miracle' Baby After Ovarian Transplant (Reuters) Reuters - Ouarda Touirat, her day-old baby daughter nestling in her arms, said Friday she had never lost hope that she could conceive after cancer treatment left her infertile."
5165,0,"Molson Will Pay Dividend to Push Through Coors Merger (Update6) Molson Inc., Canada 's biggest beermaker, said it will pay minority shareholders a special dividend to overcome opposition to its planned C$3."
5969,0,"Dollar in Sight of All-Time Low Vs Euro (Reuters) Reuters - The dollar was in striking distance of record lows against the euro and 7-    month lows versus the yen on Thursday, as traders concluded that nations at an upcoming G20 meeting would tolerate a weaker dollar."
5543,0,"Only injury can stop peerless Federer at Masters Cup Last season, Roger Federer left Houston not even the top-ranked player of the year. He returns to the Westside Tennis Club next week to defend his Masters Cup title as the most "
3778,0,"Before the Bell- First Health soars 21.5 percent Shares of First Health Group Corp. (FHCC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) rose 21.5 percent in pre-market trading on Thursday after rival Coventry Health Care Inc."
6604,0,"Autonomy, Mamma.com Join Desktop Search Ranks Not to be left out of desktop search, two search vendors on Monday leaped into the growing space for managing e-mail, documents and other hard-drive data."
6907,0,Oxford 18 Cambridge 11 Replacement winger Ross Lavery scored the decisive try just two minutes from time as Oxford finally justified the favourites tag they had carried into each of the last three matches.
6008,0,"Google Unveils Scholar Search Tool JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The online search engine leader Google has unveiled a new tool for scholarly research. The new service is aimed at making better sense of all the scholarly work stored on the web and it "
4659,0,Stanford picked to win much-improved Pac-10 Tara VanDerveer stepped to the dais at the Pacific-10 Conference women 's basketball media day Tuesday and was asked to make an opening comment.
312,0,Dogs in Training to Sniff Out Cancer Experts have trained unwanted dogs into supersniffers that can detect drugs or bombs. Now they're focusing on a new threat —prostate cancer.
4092,0,"Barcelona crush Malaga 4-0 MADRID, Dec. 5. - Samuel Etoo scored twice to help FC Barcelona beat Malaga 4-0 and extend its lead in the Spanish league to 10 points."
431,0,"Sports: Graham says he sent the syringe ATHENS, Greece Track coach Trevor Graham admits he was the person who triggered the BALCO investigation. Graham says he 's the one who anonymously sent a syringe of THG to the US Anti-Doping Agency."
1230,0,"So Long XMLHack! \\""It's been a lot of fun writing XMLhack since 1999, but it's time for us to take a rest.""\\""XMLhack has always been run by volunteers writing in their spare time, and now most of us have so little of that precious commodity it's infeasible to keep the site going at anything like the rate we want it to be.""\\""As editor, I'd like to extend my grateful thanks to all the contributors over time, a list of whom you can see on the contributors page. My special thanks go to Simon St.Laurent, my co-conspirator from the start.""\\So long guys!\\I've been a subscriber to XMLHack for probably > 3 years now.  They were one of the earlier blog-like sites to have RSS in what I'd call a 'modern' and rich f ..."
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5006,0,PalmOne to play with Windows Mobile? Rumors of Treo 's using a Microsoft operating system have been circulating for more than three years. Now an investment bank reports that PalmOne will use a 
880,0,"Infocus: Deploying Network Access Quarantine Control, Part 2 This article discusses Network Access Quarantine Control in Windows Server 2003, which allows administrators to quarantine mobile users and verify their security posture before giving them full access to the network. Part 2 of 2."
4744,0,"When Wireless Networks Merge Now that its $41 billion takeover of AT T Wireless has been completed, Cingular will spend hundreds of millions of dollars in coming weeks on its advertising campaign."
5113,0,"United Airlines Seeks Staff Concessions  NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Airlines is expected to ask a  bankruptcy judge to let it extract new concessions worth $725  million a year from employees as it seeks to reorganize, the  Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources."
3199,0,"Treos to sync to MS Exchange palmOne has licensed Microsoft 's Exchange Server ActiveSync protocol for use on future Treo devices, allowing for wireless server synchronization."
1040,0,"O's Stuff Devil Rays Javy Lopez drives in four runs, Daniel Cabrera becomes the first rookie to win 10 games this season, and the Orioles hold Tampa Bay to two hits in an 8-0 victory Wednesday night."
3364,0,"Sony, Matsushita, Sharp to launch Blu-ray Disc camcorders in 2005 <b>...</b> TOKYO (AFX) - Firms that are supporting one of the next-generation optical DVD formats, the Blu-ray Disc, plan to release camcorders that record on smaller versions of the discs as early as 2005, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, without citing sources."
2705,0,"Real Madrid 4 Roma 2 Real Madrid captain Raul was the hero as he scored twice to help his side overturn a two-goal deficit and beat Roma, easing the crisis with the Spanish club while making even worse what has been a dreadful season so far for Roma."
6826,0,"Nissan comes apart without parts Tokyo - Japan 's Nissan Motor said on Thursday that the company may have to suspend some production next March in addition to already announced suspensions, due to parts shortages, resulting in a decline of about 6 billion (R339.8 million) in annual sales "
4829,0,"Music industry group sues 750 for file sharing Los Angeles, October 29: A trade group representing the US music industry said on Thursday it has filed lawsuits against 750 people it claims used online file-sharing networks to illegally trade in copyrighted songs."
5606,0,"One of nation 's hottest coaches, Tedford will shock nation and <b>...</b> The T-shirt was the brainchild of Bob Rose, the University of California 's aptly named executive associate athletic director for communications, and it speaks to the school 's football revival on numerous levels."
7255,0,"Mazu scores VC lifeblood from Symantec, others Mazu Networks, the Cambridge, Massachusetts, network intrusion prevention system (IPS) technology company, has secured another round of venture capital funding, including a stake from security software giant Symantec."
5558,0,Outsourcing to Arkansas A new kid on the block promises to give offshore outsourcing a run for its money--by routing technology work to rural America. Outsourcing Blog
6306,0,"The Blog Confusion \\I hear that we have a new word - vlog.  The amount of confusion this will result in should be terrifying.\\My appologies to Abbott and Costello...  I couldn't resist.\\Abbott: I say Blogs's on first, Vlogs's on second, and Blogosphere's on third.\\Costello: Is Blog the publisher?\\Abbott: Yes.\\Costello: Is Blog going to have the video too?\\Abbott: Yes.\\Costello: And you don't know the fellows' names?\\Abbott: Well I should.\\Costello: Well then Blogs publishing the story?\\Abbott: Yes.\\Costello: I mean the persons's name.\\Abbott: Blog.\\Costello: The guy on first.\\Abbott: Blog!\\Costello: The first publisher.\\Abbott: Blog.\\Costello: The guy writing...\\Abbott: Blogs the publisher!\ ..."
7051,0,Amazon 's UK DVD Rentals Might Presage War with Netflix Analysts said Amazon 's launch of the DVD rental service in the UK might be to test its approach and streamline the logistically difficult process of handling DVDs through the mail.
1540,0,"Champions Trophy: England rout Zimbabwe BIRMINGHAM, Sep 11: England got their Champions Trophy campaign off to a successful start with a record 152-run win against Zimbabwe at Edgbaston here Saturday."
1794,0,"Howe won 't be back in 2005 According to a report on the MSG Network website, New York Mets manager Art Howe will not return as the team 's manager for the 2005 season."
5062,0,"Time Warner readies for accounting fallout NEW YORK Time Warner, the largest US media company and owner of America Online, said Wednesday that its third-quarter profit fell 7.8 percent as it set aside money to pay for potential penalties stemming from a government inquiry into its accounting "
6620,0,Brett Favre Shines as Green Bay Mauls St. Louis  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brett Favre celebrated his 200th  consecutive start by throwing three touchdown passes as the  Green Bay Packers destroyed the St. Louis Rams 45-17 at Lambeau  Field Monday.
7044,0,"Video Games Used to Relax Kids in Hospital (AP) AP - Letting children play video games on a Game Boy in the operating room before undergoing surgery can help relax them better than tranquilizers or holding Mommy's hand, researchers say."
3945,0,"Sun posts narrower quarterly loss OCTOBER 14, 2004 (REUTERS) - SAN FRANCISCO -- Sun Microsystems Inc. today posted a narrower quarterly loss as revenue rose year over year for the second consecutive quarter after three years of declines, sending shares slightly higher."
4638,0,FTSE 100 lifted by bright Dow The FTSE 100 has climbed as a surge by US shares gives a boost to European markets. Shire Pharmaceuticals SHP.L jumped after winning approval for a key drug and consumer goods giant Unilever ULVR.
3559,0,"Redskins Trail, 14-10 The Ravens have pulled in front of the Redskins, 14-10, when B.J. Sams returns a punt 78 yards for a touchdown."
6574,0,"Is this the end of IT as we know it? Halsey Minor, CEO of hosted integration provider grand central Communications, has a powerful message for IT: In four years, ... basically the whole notion of enterprise application software is going to be dead. He believes application functionality will instead be available as hosted, pay-per-use services delivered by companies such as Salesforce.com. Putting his money where his mouth is, Minor has recently launched a $50 million venture capital fund with his own money to fuel on-demand startups. For its part, Grand Central will handle data and process integration between enterprises and multiple on-demand services."
2064,0,"Camacho  'quits Bernabeu ' Real Madrid coach Jose Antonio Camacho has resigned after the club 's poor start to the season, according to reports in Spain. Cadena Ser radio said Camacho had told Real chairman Florentino Perez he was quitting "
2842,0,"Going Private: The Promise and Danger of Space Travel A flurry of space tourism milestones and announcements in recent days signals that human spaceflight is shifting from governments to the private sector, space experts say."
767,0,Daly penciled in for Deutsche Bank John Daly provided a nice surprise for local golf fans yesterday when he committed to play in next week 's Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC of Boston in Norton.
1805,0,"Marlins righthander Burnett to miss Friday 's start Miami, FL (Sports Network) - Florida Marlins starting pitcher AJ Burnett is hampered with inflammation in his right elbow and will miss his scheduled start on Friday against the Atlanta Braves."
6053,0,"Disney Profit Up, TV Outshines Studio  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=DIS.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">DIS.N</A> posted a 24  percent rise in profit on Thursday as advertising gains at ESPN  and ABC television networks more than made up for a sharp  slowdown at Disney's movie studio."
3073,0,"New Tungsten Boasts Big Storage PalmOne 's Tungsten T5 comes with 256MB of flash memory, so you never risk losing your data. If you 're a pack-rat type who likes to keep a lot of data you can 't afford to lose on your personal digital assistant, PalmOne has a handheld for you."
122,0,"AMD Ships Notebook Chips It wasn 't the first to go small, and it won 't be the biggest producer, but AMD 's (Quote, Chart) 64-bit 90-nanometer (nm) chips are expected to make waves in the semiconductor pool. "
6366,0,Lions have their work cut out for them against Manning You see it every time Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning steps to the line of scrimmage before taking the snap. It 's like he 's going through his own little workout routine.
1738,0,"Nedved to rejoin Czech national team after injury healed Czech captain Pavel Nedved will return to the national soccer team once his knee is completely healed, he said in a statement which his manager Zdenek Nehoda provided Tuesday."
6470,0,"Hoyas Beat The Citadel New coach John Thompson III gets his first victory as Georetown routs the Citadel, 69-34, behind 23 points from Brandon Bowman."
547,0,"A man with a plan ATHENS -- Four years ago in Sydney, after the US gymnasts had gone medal-free at the Olympics for the first time in 28 years, federation president Bob Colarossi was sitting at a table, explaining that the turnaround already had begun. The women had moved from sixth to fourth in the world in one year, the men from sixth to fifth. ..."
991,0,"A Year of Charges, Reforms for Funds NEW YORK -- Just a year ago this week, New York Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer shook the financial services industry -- and investor confidence -- by revealing that four big-name mutual fund companies had cut secret deals allowing a New Jersey hedge fund to profit from short-term trading at the expense of ordinary investors."
6229,0,"Toy Safety Glance 398,000 Bumble Bee toys distributed by Graco Children 's Products. Graco received 26 reports of antennae breaking off the toys, including five reports of children who started to choke on the broken parts."
1342,0,"Marlins Streak By Mets A four-day layoff fails to cool off the Marlins, who extend their winning streak to eight games by beating the Mets, 7-3."
2433,0,Boston Red Sox Team Report - September 24 (Sports Network) - A sensational pitching matchup is on tap at Fenway Park this evening when Pedro Martinez and the Boston Red Sox welcome Mike Mussina and the hated New York Yankees to town for another chapter in baseball 's fiercest rivalry.
293,0,"Swap Your PC, or Your President The producer of ads featuring PC users who switched to Macs is applying the same tactic to political commercials. This time, he'll focus on former backers of President Bush, recruited online, who've changed their political allegiance. By Louise Witt."
7405,0,"Yukos files for US bankruptcy protection Russian oil giant Yukos Wednesday filed for US bankruptcy protection in attempt to stop the forthcoming auction of its major asset Yuganskeneftegaz, accordingto the Interfax news agency."
4065,0,"GM Protests Spread Across Europe Tens of thousands of General Motors workers across Europe were set to stop working on Tuesday in a sign of solidarity with their German colleagues, who face massive job cuts."
3562,0,"Seminoles Monday recap Despite myriad miscues, Florida State rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit to defeat Syracuse 17-13 before 40,539 fans at the Carrier Dome."
2452,0,Peter Griffin: A9.com makes searching personal I 've really taken to A9.com. It 's almost as if this new player in the search engine game has been built specifically for me.
970,0,"UPDATE 3-Albertsons hit by California strike; shares fall Albertsons Inc. (ABS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 2 US grocer, on Tuesday reported a substantial drop in its quarterly profit as heavy promotions "
3797,0,Transport strike hits Netherlands Public transport grinds to a halt in the Netherlands as workers strike against the government's planned welfare cuts.
680,0,Govt. to Test New Air Passenger Screening Program The US government unveiled plans on Thursday for a revised computer-based program using personal information to identify airline passengers who may pose a threat to air travel.
6248,0,"Study Ranks St. Louis as Fourth Most Dangerous City A new study ranks St. Louis as the fourth most dangerous city. Camden, New Jersey came in first, followed by Detroit and Atlanta. The rankings are in Morgan Quitno 's  ""City Crime Rankings, "" an annual reference "
7412,0,Last minute name change for Nvidia 's new GeForce 6200 with <b>...</b> PCI Express allows Nvidia to tap into system memory to save expensive on-board graphics memory and achieve high performance at the same time.
3823,0,"NAB studying buyer interest for Irish banks SYDNEY: National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB), Australia 's biggest bank, is gauging buyer interest for its struggling Irish banks, signalling that it is prepared to exit part of its European market."
5129,0,"Product Previews palmOneUpgrades Treo With Faster Chip, Better Display With more than 600,000 units shipped, the Treo 600 is one of the big smartphone success stories. Last week, palmOne introduced the follow-on Treo 650 with a higher resolution 320-by-320-pixel TFT screen, which the company claims increases the visible area of the display and makes pictures and documents much clearer. The 650 also carries a removable battery; 32MB of flash memory, and a faster 312MHz, Intel XScale processor. Improved multimedia features include a built-in MP3 player, a digital camera with improved low-light capabilities, as well as video capture and playback functionality. Products are expected to ship by years end from some carriers who will add their own services, and will be priced at about $499.\ Treo 650, palmOne"
2447,0,"Intel shelves plans for Wi-Fi access point Due to lack of demand, the chipmaker postpones plans to build Wi-Fi access points into desktop PCs this year."
5901,0,Judge asked to penalize Microsoft over e-mails Burst.com asked a US judge to penalize Microsoft for destroying e-mails it says the world 's largest software company should have preserved as evidence in antitrust suits.
5325,0,"IBM 's eServer Blue Gene For Sale IBM 's five-year, $100 million Blue Gene project on Monday bore commercial fruit as the Armonk, NY-based computer maker announced it was offering the supercomputer to anyone who has at least $1."
4021,0,"IBM Unveils New Storage Technology IBM recently unveiled the TotalStorage DS6000, a roughly VCR-size system aimed at mid-size businesses. The new DS8000 series system features IBM Power5 microprocessors and IBM 's Virtualization "
3889,0, 'Do or die ' for cash-tight Delta Struggling Delta Air Lines ' latest financials show its cash on hand has dipped below the point where some analysts say it must decide to file for bankruptcy.
7148,0,"Sources: Sprint, Nextel closing in on $36B deal Sprint Corp. is in advanced talks to buy Nextel Communications Inc. for more than $36 billion in a mostly stock deal, sources familiar with the situation said today."
6881,0,"Bonds Could Have Unknowingly Taken Steroids  OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Barry Bonds took creams and  oils that could have contained steroids, but did so unknowingly  out of blind faith in his trainer and best friend, the baseball  player's lawyer said on Friday."
4721,0,"Washington Contractors' Sales Increase Companies that provide federal agencies with network integration and payroll accounting technologies are benefiting from a government trying to bolster its defenses against terrorism, experts say. <br><FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""򢰪""><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>"
5100,0,"Connect the jovian dots NASA 's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) captured an alignment of three of Jupiter 's largest moons: Io, Ganymede, and Callisto."
3773,0,Twists give Game 3 added weight NEW YORK -- The nature of this American League Championship Series fundamentally changed when it turned out that the supposed ankle tendinitis suffered by Curt Schilling was actually a displaced ankle tendon.
6222,0,"HGS Picks Watkins as New Chief Executive  Human Genome Sciences Inc. plans to announce today that it has hired a 20-year product development veteran from Abbott Laboratories Inc. as chief executive. H. Thomas Watkins, 51, will face the challenge of completing the Rockville company's makeover from gene hunter to drug marketer."
5624,0,"Lokomotiv Moscow captures league title Moscow, Russia (Sports Network) - Lokomotiv Moscow won the Russian Premier League championship on the final day of the season with a 2-0 victory over Shinnik Yaroslavl."
2933,0,"Two Millwall fans stabbed, hospitalized BUDAPEST, Hungary -- UEFA has charged Hungary 's Ferencvaros after their fans threw missiles and shouted racist abuse in Thursday 's UEFA Cup tie against Millwall."
4667,0,"ATA: Customers Won 't Be Affected By Bankruptcy INDIANAPOLIS -- ATA says it will honor all tickets and maintain its full schedule, after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday."
794,0,"Hard Drive: SP Your XP, RSN Don 't have Windows XP? Listen up anyway, because there 's a lesson to learn, not to mention sly put downs you can use to annoy your Windows-XP-using-friends so they 'll finally break down and admit "
5070,0,"CNH Global workers in Racine go on strike after contract stalemate CNH Global NV workers in Racine and three other cities went on strike Wednesday, six months after rejecting the company 's final contract offer."
1741,0,"Eagles Bring Back Levens; Place Andrews on IR (Reuters) Reuters - The Philadelphia Eagles made several roster moves on Tuesday, including bringing back Dorsey Levens and placing Shawn Andrews on injured reserve."
5980,0,"Nuggets 112, Raptors 106 Carmelo Anthony scored 30 points and Kenyon Martin added 24 points and 16 rebounds, helping the Denver Nuggets hold off the Toronto Raptors 112-106 Wednesday night."
6991,0,Siebel looks to midmarket to bolster revenues CRM software giant Siebel Systems said yesterday that it is launching a new program that will cater to small and midsize businesses in a bid to help it boost flat revenues.
7575,0,"Barcelona return for Mourinho Jose Mourinho, the Chelsea manager, last night talked about how  ""emotional "" it will be returning to Barcelona in the last 16, knockout stage of the Champions League."
4164,0,Cummins 3Q Profit More Than Quadruples Service engine maker Cummins Inc. on Wednesday said that third-quarter profits more than quadrupled - beating both its own guidance and Wall Street estimates - and full-year earnings would also exceed previous expectations.
243,0,"Survey: Napster, iTunes beat other download brands (MacCentral) MacCentral - Market research company Ipsos-Insight on Tuesday announced the results of TEMPO, a quarterly survey of digital music behaviors. According to the report, consumers aged 12 and older in the United States were as likely to be aware of Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes Music Store and Napster 2.0 when it came to recognizing digital music download brands -- each music service registered 20 percent of what TEMPO refers to as ""top-of-mind"" awareness."
7394,0,Eck: A court would have cleared Novo Rangers manager Alex McLeish claims Nacho Novo would have been vindicated had his case been dealt with as a civil hearing. The striker was banned for one game and had 12 penalty points added to his record 
4258,0,"General Assembly committee opens two-day debate on anti-cloning <b>...</b> The UN General Assembly 's legal committee begins a two-day debate today that will focus on the contentious issue. There is support among member states for a treaty banning human cloning, but divisions remain "
726,0,"USOC letter to FIG I write in response to your letter of August 26, 2004, which you asked the United States Olympic Committee to forward to Olympic gold medalist Paul Hamm of the United States of America."
1801,0,Celtic captain McNamara out for a month Celtic captain Jackie McNamara will be sidelined for at least a month after sustaining ankle ligament damage in Tuesday 's 3-1 Champions League defeat to Barcelona.
7500,0,"Hudson Traded to Braves (Reuters) Reuters - The Atlanta Braves have acquired standout righthander Tim Hudson from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for outfielder Charles Thomas, right-handed pitcher Juan Cruz and left-handed pitcher Dan Meyer."
83,0,"Intel to delay product aimed for high-definition TVs SAN FRANCISCO -- In the latest of a series of product delays, Intel Corp. has postponed the launch of a video display chip it had previously planned to introduce by year end, putting off a showdown with Texas Instruments Inc. in the fast-growing market for high-definition television displays."
4525,0,"Microsoft reworks antispam spec to silence critics com October 25, 2004, 6:49 PM PT. This priority retains its ranking at number five as more and more companies deploy Web Services to share business logic, data and processes with each other and with clients."
1457,0,"Broadband Providers Monitor Philly's Plans To Offer Citywide Wi-Fi (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - With Philadelphia's recent proposal to install a citywide broadband wireless network, will there be brotherly love between the city and its broadband service providers?"
1666,0,"Microsoft Targets Solo Programmers with New Visual Studio Version ORLANDO, Fla.Microsoft Corp. announced another edition of its upcoming development tools family, releasing information on Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition at the VSLive!"
2321,0,British Energy to delist to save rescue plan Beleaguered British Energy has applied to delist its shares as it tries to stop shareholders from blocking a restructuring plan to keep the company in business.
6566,0,"More buyers choose artificial Renee McDonald remembers the Christmas trees of her youth: spindly, fake and out of a box. They were hard to put up, and they just didn 't smell right."
4902,0,"FasTrak Toll Bridge Discounts End Monday About 70,000 motorists signed up for FasTrak, the electronic toll collection system, since July 1, when tolls went up from $2 to $3."
6076,0,Roddick breaks down Safin Top-seeded Roger Federer overcame a second-set lapse and remained unbeaten in the ATP Masters Cup Championships with a victory last night over Carlos Moya.
2532,0,"A win worth a Calypso or two London, September 26: Just the way the Brazil is synonymous with soccer and Tom with Jerry, West Indies cricket has always been synonymous with fast bowlers, with batsmen who had more flair than wood in their willows; and with calypso."
4938,0,"ROSSI CELEBRATES IN STYLE Valentino Rossi hailed an  ""unbelievable "" season after celebrating his fourth world championship with victory in Valencia."
6909,0,"Sherman remains confident after Packers ' flop in Philly They were, in theory, the NFC 's second-best team. Now they 're not and no one else is, either. The NFC has the Philadelphia Eagles at the top, the San Francisco 49ers at the bottom and everyone else in the middle."
253,0,"Oil Hits New High Over $48 as Iraq Violence Flares  LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices struck a fresh record above  $48 a barrel on Thursday, spurred higher by renewed violence in  Iraq and fresh evidence that strong demand growth in China and  India has not been slowed yet by higher energy costs."
416,0,"US women avoid disaster, advance ATHENS -- Preliminary-round elimination would have been a disaster for the United States women. Desperate for a victory, the Americans avoided embarrassment by finally playing like a gold medal contender -- and like a team."
2589,0,"Virgin tunes into the online music market  ""We dont see this market as crowded. There is tremendous growth potential "" - Zack Zalon, Virgin Digital president. Story in full VIRGIN Mobile, part of billionaire Sir Richard Bransons sprawling business "
2789,0,U.S. Stocks End Higher  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday  as investors snapped up semiconductor shares at bargain prices  and bought some blue chips after crude oil retreated from  record high prices.
6436,0,"Behaviour control by smartphone The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is developing mobile phones designed to learn users ' daily habits so that they can predict what users will do, reports The Register."
4634,0,"Belmont beats the best to take its place at the top Any time in the last decade and a half, yesterday's result would have been an upset. With a 3-2 victory over host Winchester, the Belmont girls' soccer team took the Middlesex League title from the Sachems for the first time in 16 years, and avenged a 1-1 tie with Winchester that was the only blemish on a 15-0-1 season."
1901,0,"Microsoft/Sun documents If you 're up for some light reading, see the links below for the underlying documents that formed Microsoft 's April settlement with Sun Microsystems."
4370,0,"Schumacher escapes high-speed practice crash SAO PAULO, Oct 23 (AFP) - World champion Michael Schumacher was involved in a high-speed crash in Saturday 's practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix."
6583,0,"Philippines GDP grows 6.3 on strong exports The Philippine economy continued to grow robustly in the third quarter despite rising consumer prices, with the gross domestic product expanding by 6.3 per cent from a year ago "
2245,0,"Sony shows off new, smaller PlayStation Sony on Tuesday showed a smaller, book-sized PlayStation 2 that will go on sale worldwide next month and help the Japanese electronics giant cut costs as video-game consoles continue to drop in price."
2221,0,"Giants Give Up Right to Void Bonds' Deal (AP) AP - Barry Bonds will have two more seasons to break Hank Aaron's career home run record with the San Francisco Giants, who decided Tuesday to drop their right to void the final year of his contract."
3991,0,"Tech Giants Declare, 'United We Stand' Tough times often make for strange bedfellows, and the explosion of viruses, computer worms and spyware programs on the Internet is producing unique alliances among top technology firms. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2"" color=""򢰪""><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>"
2466,0,"US Airways' Unions Brace to Fight Deep Cuts US Airways' 28,000 employees waited last night for the airline to file a petition with the judge in its bankruptcy proceeding, seeking to void existing labor contracts and impose a 23 percent pay cut on workers."
5555,0,"An Unknown Giant Flexes Its Muscles Although virtually unknown in the U.S., Lenovo - in talks to buy I.B.M.'s personal computer business - is China's largest PC maker and the world's fastest growing one."
5479,0,Halo 2 scores record sales of $125 million in first 24 hours Halo 2 broke entertainment retail records in its first 24 hours. Microsoft Game Studios said that the video game sold through 2.4 million stores in the US and Canada raking in $125 million in sales.
1144,0,"Symonds century lifts Australia LONDON, England -- Andrew Symonds rode his luck to score the second one-day century of his career as Australia scored 269-6 from their 50 overs against Pakistan at Lord 's."
651,0,"Dollar General earnings up 19 percent CHICAGO (CBS.MW) - Discount retailer Dollar General reported a 19 percent rise in fiscal second-quarter earnings, helped by higher sales and lower charges."
2616,0,"Elephant DNA Could Help Stem Ivory Trade (AP) AP - Analyzing the DNA of elephants may help trace the origins of ivory being sold illegally, information researchers hope will help foil such trade."
1495,0,Insurers Eye Ivan the Terrible How will companies and investors fare if the storm spawns moderate damage?
3208,0,"Japan 's Sato staying at BAR Japan 's Takuma Sato will continue to drive for BAR next season, the Formula One team said on Tuesday. Sato, gearing up for his home grand prix at Suzuka on Sunday, is eighth in the "
7210,0,"I.B.M. Sought a China Partnership, Not Just a Sale Inside I.B.M., the issue of whether to stay in the personal computer business has been debated for a decade. The issue was put to rest last week."
4130,0,"3 Former Enron Executives to Share a Trial Kenneth Lay, a founder of the Enron Corporation, will get two criminal trials - one by himself and one with his former protg, Jeffrey Skilling, a judge ruled Tuesday."
4571,0,"Microsoft Readies Next Business IM Server A little over a year after introducing the first version of Office Live Communications Server, Microsoft says it plans to release the next version of its enterprise instant messaging software, in December."
125,0,SUVs: Live And Let Die NEW YORK - The newly released traffic crash fatality data have something for everyone in the debate about the safety of sport utility vehicles. 
5090,0,"Mortgage Rates Rise Around the Country Mortgage rates around the country rose this week but are still at levels that should continue to provide support to the vibrant housing market, analysts say."
2397,0,Islands press Govt to reverse phone call decision Diplomats from a number of islands in the South Pacific are reported to be pressing the Government to reverse a decision to block all phone calls made to the islands.
6051,0,Is Mad Cow Disease Back? Reuters is reporting that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has a possible second case of mad cow disease in the United States.
5773,0,"Microsoft Opens Software Development Center in India (Update3) Microsoft Corp., the world 's largest software maker, will hire several hundred ' ' people in the next year at its development center in India, expanding its workforce of 800, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said."
2974,0,Saks to close 11 stores New York retailing group Saks said Friday it will close 11 stores and shed 700 jobs. The company said it will close down eight Saks Fifth Avenue stores and three Off 5th Avenue 
4004,0,"'Frankenfish' Caught in Great Lakes (Reuters) Reuters - The dreaded Northern Snakehead, a voracious predator dubbed the ""Frankenfish"" that can breathe out of water and wriggle across land, has invaded the Great Lakes, authorities said on Friday."
1500,0,"Core intermediate goods prices ' rise fastest in nine years WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Prices of US wholesale goods and services fell 0.1 percent in August, the Labor Department said Friday. The core producer price index -- adjusted to exclude food and energy goods -- also fell 0.1 percent."
4312,0,"Cisco Bolsters Its Security Story The move won 't have raised many eyebrows. Security is a hot market in which Cisco already has a strong grip in the enterprise space, and the vendor giant has already bolstered its security portfolio through "
3777,0,"Thai minister says zoo 's illegal orangutans to be moved JAKARTA/BANGKOK (DPA): Thailand, under growing pressure to repatriate some 100 orangutans allegedly smuggled into the country from Indonesia, plans to shift the apes from a private zoo to a safe centre, probably in Chiang Mai, a minister said on Thursday."
5025,0,"Oil firms above $50 as Bush nears win Oil prices jumped above $50 a barrel this morning, supported by US election tallies projecting a slim lead for President George W Bush."
5838,0,Former Louisville Basketball Player Dies (AP) AP - Former University of Louisville basketball player Larry Williams has died. He was 48.
3065,0,"NL Wrap: Expos End Life in Montreal with Defeat to Mets  NEW YORK (Reuters) - David Wright and Todd Zeile both  homered to lead the New York Mets to an 8-1 win over Montreal  at Shea Stadium on Sunday, handing the Expos a heavy defeat in  their final game before moving to Washington next season."
4467,0,Mission accomplished: US astronauts are home at last American astronaut Mike Fincke and Russian commander Gennady Padalka descended to Earth in remote Kazakstan late Saturday aboard a Soyuz space capsule.
3158,0,"Ex PeopleSoft chief admits lying to analysts WILMINGTON: The former chief executive of PeopleSoft, who was fired last week, said he lied to Wall Street analysts last year about the impact of Oracle 's hostile bid on the company 's business."
2763,0,"IBM Says Its Supercomputer Is World's Fastest  NEW YORK (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp.  on Wednesday said it has developed the world's fastest  computer, putting it back on top after a Japanese supercomputer  claimed the title some two years ago."
6085,0,"So you think you get a lot of e-mail SINGAPORE -- If you didnt think anybody else could possibly get any more spam than you, then think of Bill Gates. The Microsoft Corp."
4157,0,230m claim against FT struck out The High Court in London has struck out the bulk of a record 240m libel damages claim brought against the Financial Times by investment bank Collins Stewart Tullet.
3497,0,"New Star-Type Resembles Stillborn Star When a binary star system starts to transfer mass, one of the twins may well win out, leaving its companion to occupy a strange region half way between a star and a planet. A new star-type of this sort has been found, which resembles the infrared ash of a stillborn star."
1037,0,"SAP software exposes shipper's financial errors The installation of SAP financial software at a major London-based container transport firm exposed flaws in the company's accounting systems and processes, forcing it to restate its earnings."
4099,0,Tennessee's Johnson Suspended for Gun (AP) AP - Tennessee starting safety Brandon Johnson was suspended indefinitely because he fired a gun into the air near campus.
6026,0,"Google Unveils Service for Academics Google has launched Google Scholar, a search service aimed specifically at the academic community. The search tool will help scientists and academic researchers locate papers, theses and "
5966,0,No. 10 Ohio St. Tops No. 24 Arizona 78-45 (AP) AP - Caity Matter exploited Arizona's defense by hitting four 3-pointers and scored 20 points to lead No. 10 Ohio State to a 78-45 victory in the semifinals of the Women's NIT on Wednesday night.
4345,0,Starting for Cardinals Has Privileges St. Louis is a collection of superstar position players and anonymous pitchers.
5423,0,UPDATE:NZ F &P Healthcare 1H Net Up; Currency Hedge Helps WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--New Zealand medical equipment maker Fisher  & Paykel Healthcare Corp. (FPH.NZ) said Wednesday it is confident it can better the high revenue growth 
1690,0,"Microsoft, Polycom team on collaboration products Microsoft Corp. and Polycom Inc. have struck a multi-year agreement to link Microsoft's Office Live Communications Server with Polycom's conferencing products, the companies plan to announce Tuesday."
581,0,"Best Software overhauls Act  Best Softwarelaunched this week an overhaul of its Act contact management software, adding to the product line a second version with more scalability and advanced functionality."
4213,0,Celtic suffer defeat in Ukraine Brazilian Juninho has apologised for his performance in Celtic 's demoralising 3-0 Champions League Group F defeat in the Ukraine last night.
658,0,"Dell adds new switch to lineup Dell has upgraded its PowerConnect line with the addition of the PowerConnect 5324, a 24-port managed gigabit layer 2 switch."
660,0,"Microsoft Reprimanded for Misleading Linux Ad (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - The United Kingdom's advertising watchdog group, the Advertising Standards Association, has found that complaints lodged against a Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) magazine ad that stated that Linux was more expensive than Windows were valid."
1084,0,Megawati kicks off 36th ASEAN economic meeting JAKARTA (Agencies): President Megawati Soekarnoputri opened high-level economic talks between members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Friday with a warning to ASEAN leaders that they must stay the course on their agreed 
6746,0,Judge Declines to Dismiss Steroid Case (AP) AP - A judge declined to dismiss charges against four men accused of distributing steroids to top athletes amid accusations that prosecutors illegally searched a nutritional supplement lab and the house and car of Barry Bonds' trainer.
1072,0,"RNC Protesters Using Text Messages to Plan ""Multiple reports of provocateurs setting trash fires in midtown,"" read one text message sent to 400-plus mobile phones this week through a service called Ruckus RNC 2004 Text Alerts."
1937,0,Sex Drive With Gina Lynn Wired News introduces a new column by Regina Lynn Preciado. It's about sex. And technology. You'll dig it.
2515,0,"Dover 's place in  'Chase ' looks secure NASCAR officials spent several days last December going through different scenarios when they met to come up with their  ""Chase for the Nextel Cup "" plan."
3796,0,"Diesels, Hybrids Fated to Wed Two leading technologies used in fuel-efficient vehicles seem destined to unite. Industry experts say joining hybrid motors with diesel engines would result in the greenest mainstream vehicles ever, and the initial tests are promising."
708,0,"HP Moves Deeper Into Consumer Electronics Personal computer giant Hewlett-Packard Co. is stepping deeper than ever into the consumer electronics arena with its fall product lineup - so don't be surprised if you hear about ""HP TV"" along with ""HDTV"" when shopping for your next television."
5903,0,"Study: Posture found able to communicate fear A fight breaks out, and even though people at the far side of the crowd can 't see what 's going on, they are immediately on edge."
4272,0,Australia  'living beyond its means ' Environmental organisation WWF International has warned that the global population is consuming about 20 per cent more natural resources than the planet can produce.
2394,0,Japan Shares Down 1.6 Pct  TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei average dropped 1.65  percent by mid-afternoon on Friday and was on course for a  sixth day of losses as worries over high oil prices and  uncertainty over the U.S. economic and market outlook hit a  broad range of stocks.
1467,0,"GAME DAY RECAP Thursday, September 09 Bobby Madritsch pitched eight shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners ended a seven-game losing streak Thursday night with a 7-1 victory over Boston, dropping the Red Sox 3 games behind the first-place New York Yankees in the AL East."
5018,0,Time Warner Shares Idle Ahead of Report Shares of Media giant Time Warner Inc. were little changed Monday ahead of the company 's third-quarter earnings report as investors wonder exactly what chairman Dick Parsons might say about its troubled America Online unit.
5727,0,"Yahoo, EarthLink to Test New Anti-Spam System  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - EarthLink Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=ELNK.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news"">ELNK.O</A> and Yahoo  Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=YHOO.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news"">YHOO.O</A> said on Monday they would begin tests of a new  anti-spam technology that encodes digital signatures into  customers' e-mail as a way to separate legitimate messages from  unwanted spam."
5693,0,"Will Bills be more receptive? FOXBOROUGH -- Hello, Mike Mularkey. Welcome to opportunity. Watch that game film of New England-St. Louis last week?"
2724,0,Salaries Cut 10 at Delta in Bid to Remain Solvent elta Air Lines said yesterday that it was cutting the pay of executives and other salaried workers by 10 percent and making other changes meant to help it avoid a bankruptcy filing.
817,0,"Smith saves United LONDON, Aug. 28. - Alan Smith scored a late equaliser for Manchester United today as the side tied 1-1 at Blackburn. Sir Alex Fergusons side looked headed for their second Premier League defeat of the "
6355,0,"Apple iPod holds sway in Japan Juliana Sasaki did not bother checking out Sony 's digital music player in Tokyo before buying her iPod mini.  ""I knew Sony and other companies had MP3 players, but they can 't beat the mini, "" says Sasaki, 23, a language teacher."
3232,0,"Perez struggles against the Cardinals Odalis Perez learned just how quickly things could unravel against the potent St. Louis Cardinals. After allowing Albert Pujols ' first-inning home run Tuesday, Perez held the Cardinals hitless until there were two outs in the third."
5603,0,"HP Hugs JBoss Tighter HP (Quote, Chart) deepened its relationship with open source software concern JBoss, agreeing to become a major source of support for its application server and Linux."
27,0,"Tougher rules won't soften Law's game FOXBOROUGH -- Looking at his ridiculously developed upper body, with huge biceps and hardly an ounce of fat, it's easy to see why Ty Law, arguably the best cornerback in football, chooses physical play over finesse. That's not to imply that he's lacking a finesse component, because he can shut down his side of the field much as Deion Sanders ..."
1022,0,Need for carbon sink technologies Climate scientists tell a conference that greater efforts should be made to pull CO2 from the atmosphere.
2623,0,"Junior: Late father  'had a lot to do ' with rescue NEW YORK -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. has trouble remembering those frantic seconds when he escaped from his burning racecar. He believes, however, that his late father figured in his survival."
7184,0,Klitschko too good for Williams Vitali Klitschko proved too strong for Danny Williams as he retained his world championship crown in Las Vegas last night. Williams vowed to continue boxing despite being outclassed by Klitschko.
7441,0,Russian oil giant tries US court MOSCOW - Embattled Russian oil giant Yukos filed for bankruptcy protection in a US court in a last-ditch bid to avert auction of its core production unit.
2235,0,"Washington chooses a stadium site for Expos The DC Sports and Entertainment Commission outlined its plans Tuesday night in a meeting with city government officials. An official involved in the process, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated "
2863,0,"Dunn Sets Major League Strikeouts Record (AP) AP - Cincinnati Reds slugger Adam Dunn set the major league record for strikeouts in one season with 190, when he fanned in his first two at-bats Thursday against the Chicago Cubs."
4898,0,"Get the Facts on Microsoft Benchmarks Now that Steve Ballmer and company have given you all the facts you need to compare Windows and Linux, allow me to add just one little tidbit."
4594,0,"Cassini flies past Titan; pictures expected tonight NASA 's Cassini spacecraft streaked by Saturn 's smoggy moon Titan today, targeted to pass within just 750 miles of the planet-sized satellite to give scientists their first "
6296,0,"BHP stock boosted by share buy-back Mining giant BHP Billiton has completed a bigger-than-expected A$2.27 billion (950 million pound) share buyback, driving up its stock price as investors reinvest profits from the tax-efficient deal."
5040,0,BOND REPORT CHICAGO (CBS.MW) - Treasurys remained solidly lower Wednesday in the wake of election results that had President Bush ahead of Democratic challenger John Kerry.
3277,0,"UPDATE 2-UK 's Linx drops ITW offer after Danaher steams in British company Linx Printing Technologies Plc (LPT.L: Quote, Profile, Research) dropped its backing for an earlier takeover offer on Wednesday after US firm Danaher Corp (DHR."
5627,0,"U.S. to Allow Some Telemarketing 'Robo Calls'  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Telemarketers will be able to use  prerecorded ""robo calls"" to stay in touch with established  customers starting next week -- at least for the short term,  U.S. regulators said Friday."
149,0,"Greek sprinters arrive at IOC hearing ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou have arrived at an Athens hotel for an International Olympic Committee (IOC) hearing into their missed doped tests, a saga that has shamed and angered the Olympic host ..."
4363,0,"Greater pressure directed at US Airways unions Bankrupt US Airways is giving flight attendants, machinists and passenger service workers three weeks to reach consensual cost-cutting pacts before the airline asks "
3252,0,"Stocks retreat as crude rises The Dow Jones industrial average fell 38.86, or 0.4 percent, to 10,177.68. The Standard  & Poor 's 500 index was down 0.69, or 0.1 percent, at 1,134."
5202,0,Surrey poised to sign Harbhajan Surrey are waiting for approval from the Board of Control for Cricket in India before announcing Harbhajan Singh as an overseas signing for 2005.
3060,0,"You have mail, always, with a BlackBerry Washington lawyer William Wilhelm knows from experience that not everybody loves his BlackBerry as much as he does. The girlfriend was fed up with a relationship "
353,0,Belarus ' Nesterenko fastest in women 's 100m first round Belarus ' Yuliya Nesterenko became the fastest woman to qualify for the women 's 100 meters second round at the Olympic Games here on Friday.
1009,0,"Ooh la la, Apple unveils new iMac (SiliconValley.com) SiliconValley.com - Attempting to capitalize on iPod mania, Apple Computer Tuesday unveiled a fast new version of the iMac that it all but touted as a smart accessory for the sexy music players."
4960,0,"Dial M for Music Mobile-phone makers scored a surprising hit four years ago when they introduced handsets equipped with tiny digital cameras. Today, nearly one-third of the cell phones sold worldwide do double duty as cameras "
3938,0,"(Sports Network) - Carlos Beltran may be the newest Killer B in <b>...</b> lineup, but right now he is also the most feared hitter on the Astros. He 'll. play the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 4 today at Minute Maid Park."
3751,0,"PeopleSoft Execs Defend Bid Rejection PeopleSoft Inc. 's (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) chief financial officer on Wednesday said the company 's customer assurance program might not force liabilities on Oracle Corp."
3246,0,Freddie tightens controls Mortgage giant Freddie Mac announced Monday that it is shutting down some operations of its debt-securities sales division and transferring others - moves that experts said should tighten the company 's internal controls after an 
1206,0,"Jags Cut Compton, Maddox (AP) AP - Veteran offensive lineman Mike Compton and rookie defensive tackle Anthony Maddox were among the 12 players cut by the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday."
1248,0,"From overtime rules to job losses from outsourcing overseas to <b>...</b> Labor Day is one of those terms, like driveway and parkway, that means the opposite of what it seems to mean. Honoring the nation 's workers, Labor Day is not for working but for picnics."
7437,0,"Scientist Uses Whey to Protect Food (AP) AP - Oxygen, water, seeping oils  — they're all out to get your food, turning sweet nuts sour and tasty confections rancid. Food scientist John Krochta is fighting back with an unlikely weapon, edible food coatings derived from whey, the dairy byproduct favored by protein-conscious athletes and Miss Muffet."
4556,0,"GE Says It's on Track for 2004, 2005  BOSTON (Reuters) - Diversified manufacturer General  Electric Co. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">GE.N</A> said on Tuesday that it is on track to meet  its full-year earnings forecast and to achieve double-digit  gains in earnings per share in 2005."
2120,0,"Rogers Wireless Whistles and Fido Responds Its official. Microcell Telecommunications Fido wireless service will be the new dog in Rogers Wireless Communications Canadian kennel, and that puppy wasnt cheap."
491,0,"Marathoning mice could have Olympian effects on obesity A molecular switch known to regulate fat metabolism appears to prevent obesity and turns laboratory mice into marathon runners, a Salk Institute study has found."
1483,0,"Alcoa Shares Fall Most Since April in Europe After Forecast Shares of Alcoa Inc., the world 's biggest aluminum producer, fell the most in almost five months in Europe after the company said third-quarter profit from continuing operations will be below analysts ' estimates."
5736,0,"Yahoo Doubles Free E-Mail Storage Limits Yahoo Inc. is more than doubling its limits on free e-mail storage in its latest move to combat two of its biggest rivals, Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp."
2493,0,"Bremen, Bayern  & Stuttgart Win As Wolves Stay Top VfL Wolfsburg remain clear at the top of the Bundesliga table after a last-minute Diego Klimowicz strike condemned Kurt Jara 's Kaiserslautern to defeat at the Volks-Wagen Arena, on a day that saw Miroslav Klose hit a hat-trick for Werder Bremen at Bochum."
4046,0,"United without key pair Keane was not with the squad flying out to the Czech capital after contracting a virus and Ferdinand, who would almost certainly have skippered United in the Irishmans absence, was due to attend his grandmothers funeral."
5166,0,SCO Postpones Legal Web Site (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - The SCO Group is delaying the launch of a Web site focusing on the details of ongoing litigation concerning the company's intellectual property.
3961,0,"Martin 's Tour de Corse win hands WRC title to Loeb Motorsport.com. Markko Martin dominated the this year 's edition of the legendary Tour de Corse rally, the 14th round of the 2004 World Rally Championship."
2914,0,"Netflix, TiVo sign VoD alliance Netflix, the online DVD rental company, and TiVo yesterday said they will work together to deliver movies digitally down the wires, presumably specifically to the latter 's PVR equipment."
4696,0,Kezman 's first hammer blow MATEJA KEZMAN finally broke his scoring duck to settle this League Cup derby at Stamford Bridge today. Kezman missed a string of chances before firing in from Joe Cole 's through-ball in the 57th-minute to quash the Hammers ' hopes of making the last 16.
2915,0,"Genome mapped of CO2-absorbing algae US scientists have charted the genetic map of a microscopic algae that absorbs huge amounts of greenhouse gases.  ""These organisms are incredibly important in the global carbon cycle, "" said Virginia Armbrust "
2582,0,Red Hat opens losing propaganda offensive against Sun Opinion Heaven help us all - there 's a blog battle being waged between Red Hat 's chief cheerleader Michael Tiemann and Sun Microsystems ' President Jonathan Schwartz.
5522,0,"Jet-Lagged Clarke Tied for Lead in Japan  GOTEMBA, Japan (Reuters) - Britain's Darren Clarke shook  off the effects of jet-lag and a hectic schedule to fire a  six-under-par 66 for a share of the first-round lead at the  Taiheiyo Masters Thursday."
6396,0,Hartson 's goal gives Celtic hope in Europe They may not have exorcised their demons but Celtic certainly laid one ghost with a towering performance to come from behind to draw with Barcelona in the Nou Camp and take their 
3740,0,West Lafayette abuzz with Boilers ' lofty ranking Purdue 's Boilermakers are breathing thin and rarefied air as they climb up the college football rankings mountain. It 's a heady air that hasn 't been breathed on the West Lafayette campus in nearly 25 years.
4294,0,"In the E.R., Learning to Love the PC The keyboard is mightier than the whiteboard at an emergency room in the Bronx, where the use of computers is now a staple."
5083,0,Crude Futures Ease on News of Good Supply Crude futures eased slightly Thursday after a US government report showed another boost in supplies ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter.
3098,0,"Office Depot Chairman, CEO Nelson Resigns Office Depot Inc. (ODP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 2 US office supply chain, on Monday said Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bruce Nelson has resigned and a search for his successor is underway."
3738,0,"New MSN Search May Be a Google Killer! New MSN Search May Be a Google Killer!\\The Second Look at MSN's Search technology is available for public beta testing. I've given it a spin myself and must say that I'm impressed. Although they have no ads on the SERP's of the preview site, I'm sure they will load it ..."
3115,0,"SBC links e-mail, voice messages, fax SBC on Monday announced a new service that integrates voice messages, faxes and e-mails into a single mailbox that can be accessed from anywhere by phone or the Internet."
4477,0,"Aon may face civil suit The office of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has uncovered evidence of improper business practices at Aon Corp., the world 's second-largest insurance broker, according to a published report."
5060,0,"Microsoft Browser Market Share Slips Slightly Microsoft Corp. 's (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) share of the browser market slipped slightly in recent months but still dominated with 92."
2320,0,"Olympics-Five sports on shortlist for possible Games inclusion Golf, rugby and squash are on a shortlist of five sports to be assessed for possible inclusion in the 2012 Olympics. The International Olympic Committee is reviewing "
3924,0,Els Eases Into Final Defending champion Ernie Els beat Padraig Harrington 5 and 4 yesterday to move into the final of the World Match Play Championship.
5190,0,"Research predicts iceless Arctic Global warming is causing the Arctic ice-cap to melt at such an unprecedented rate that by the summer of 2070 it may have no ice at all, according to the most comprehensive study carried out on global climate change in the region."
5047,0,"Markets Celebrate Bush Victory Wall Street threw a victory rally for President Bush today, driving up the entire market -- especially the stocks that investors believe will benefit from even more dominant Republican control of the federal government."
1720,0,Oracle Profit Rises on Software Demand  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Oracle Corp. on Tuesday reported  a higher quarterly profit as the world's second largest  software company benefited from steady demand for its flagship  database software.
1250,0,"Red Sox, Schilling roll on BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox put themselves in great position for a run at the AL East-leading New York Yankees with a great homestand."
2723,0,Redskins Coach Bemoans Questionable Calls (AP) AP - Apparently even a Hall of Fame coach doesn't get a break from the officials.
5554,0,"Delta Pilots Ratify Concession Package  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Pilots at Delta Air Lines Inc. on  Thursday ratified a concession package that will save the  carrier $1 billion a year, in a move the company hopes will buy  it time to restructure outside of bankruptcy."
2070,0,"Odin Technologies Aims to Be the Chief of RFID (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - RFID tags, the dime-sized devices that can track inventory from the factory to the store, are being embraced as one of the hottest of new technologies. But Patrick J. Sweeney II likens most available applications of RFID, or radio frequency identification, to the user-unfriendly personal computers of the 1980s: a blank screen and a command prompt."
4999,0,"Profit Plunges at International Game Tech International Game Technology, the world 's biggest maker of slot machines, Tuesday said said profit for its latest quarter fell 50 percent from a year ago due to a charge for early redemption of debt and a tax adjustment."
3621,0,"Adams quits as Leicester boss LEICESTER: Mickey Adams has quit as manager of English Championship side Leicester City, the club announced yesterday. Adams ' resignation was accepted at an emergency meeting of the board of directors at the "
1384,0,"Germany, Brazil draw Germany and Brazil fought out a 1-1 friendly international draw in their first meeting since the 2002 World Cup final. The visitors opened the scoring on nine minutes thanks to a Ronaldinho free kick, but "
7113,0,"UEFA bans Lazio stadium for fan misbehavior UEFA on Friday ordered Italian side Lazio to play its next European match behind closed doors as punishment for unruly fan behavior during a game last month against Partizan Belgrade, including racial taunts directed at Partizan 's "
1317,0,Florida deaths blamed on Hurricane Frances State and local officials Tuesday said nine people have died in Florida because of Hurricane Frances. The following describes those deaths: - A 15-year-old grandson and a former son 
3381,0,Clubbing Wet Seal A same-stores sales drop that's less crummy than expected can't fix this sick pup.
6442,0,Salvation Army says Target policy threatens fund-raising ST. PAUL - Salvation Army officials say they 're worried that they may not meet their holiday fund-raising goal because they won 't have bell-ringers outside of Target stores.
1102,0,"Utes Pile It On Alex Smith throws for three touchdowns, rushes for two more and finishes with 435 yards of offense, and No. 20 Utah backs up its first preseason ranking with a 41-21 win over Texas A M."
743,0,"Flying Cars Reportedly Still Decades Away (AP) AP - It's a frustrated commuter's escapist fantasy: literally lifting your car out of a clogged highway and soaring through the skies, landing just in time to motor into your driveway."
3308,0,"Kobe Bryant Accuser 's Name to Be Disclosed -Judge The young woman who accused basketball star Kobe Bryant of rape must disclose her identity in her civil case against him, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday."
5900,0,"China, Argentina sign 5 cooperation documents China and Argentina signed five agreements in Buenos Aires Tuesday that will allow them to expand cooperation in the areas of trade, space, education, tourism and railways."
2520,0,"Is Google working on a web browser! After coming up with Gmail and Google News, rumours are rife that search engine Google is now working on a web browser, reports BBC."
6170,0,"All-rounder McGrath Glenn McGrath, thoroughbred fast bowler for a decade, embarked on a new career as an all-rounder in his 102nd Test match at the Gabba, hitting his first half-century as Australia "
6932,0,"Nowitzki, Mavericks Snap Timberwolves ' Streak Dirk Nowitzki scored 23 of his 34 points in the second half as the Dallas Mavericks snapped the Minnesota Timberwolves ' five-game winning streak 97-87."
6277,0,NFL Suspends Seattle Receiver Four Games (AP) AP - Seattle receiver Koren Robinson was suspended without pay Monday for the next four games for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy.
7383,0,"City to ponder Anelka future MANCHESTER, Dec 15 (SW) - Manchester City chairman John Wardle has not ruled out a winter break move of French in-form striker Nicolas Anelka."
4935,0,Allardyce is infuriated by Souness ' criticism BOLTON manager Sam Allardyce rounded on his Newcastle counterpart Graeme Souness last night for criticising their style of play. Allardyce saw his unsung side reclaim fourth spot in the table after a 2-1 victory at the Reebok Stadium.
6283,0,Defence contractors chase $23bn deal EUROPES biggest defence contractors will have the chance to bid for a $23 billion (12 billion) air refuelling contract for the US Air Force that has been withdrawn from Boeing.
1163,0,"The Next Shock: Not Oil, but Debt The American economic ship, which has weathered the recent run-up in crude oil prices, may be more vulnerable to sudden surges in the price of money."
6927,0,"Red Sox Formula Is a Model for Success As the shuffling of players intensifies this off-season, some of the Boston Red Sox' pictures will come down. The champions will have to change."
1879,0,"UEFA Introduces Anti-Doping Program  SOFIA (Reuters) - UEFA will enforce a new anti-doping  program at all levels in and out of competition, a meeting of  the European soccer body's executive committee decided  Thursday."
7109,0,"GE OKs  $15 Billion Buyback, Ups Dividend (Reuters) Reuters - Diversified manufacturer General Electric Co.  said on Friday it boosted its quarterly dividend by 10 percent and earmarked up to  $15 billion for share repurchases over the next three years."
4713,0,Durable Goods Orders Up Orders for durable goods rose in September for the third time in four months. Home sales also increased. Orders for goods intended to last more than three years increased 0.2 percent to $195.
4942,0,Business Technology: Microsoft And Its Blind Spot: Linux Steve Ballmer 's letter to customers said nothing about the widespread reality of tens of thousands of Microsoft customers who are eager to deploy BOTH Windows and Linux.
7072,0,NCAA Notifies Baylor Baylor received its notice of allegations Thursday from the NCAA about infractions in its men's basketball program discovered after the death of player Patrick Dennehy.
2058,0,"Stuttgart struggles to draw Berlin, Germany (Sports Network) - Life without star striker Kevin Kuranyi began with a scoreless draw for Stuttgart against Hertha Berlin."
5552,0,"Senna suspension stands Madrid, Spain (Sports Network) - UEFA 's suspension and fine of Villarreal 's Marcos Senna was upheld on Thursday after an investigation into the player 's positive drug test."
1749,0,Fish coasts through Second seed Mardy Fish brushed aside the challenge of qualifier Andres Pedroso with a 6-1 6-2 win in the International Tennis Championships.
6584,0,"Tough courses  'killing excitement ' RICHARD Green is campaigning for a fair go for players in a bid to make home tour tournaments more exciting this summer. Green blasted the brutal course set-up for last week 's Australian Open, claiming it "
3462,0,Man U condemns fan protest against Glazer Manchester United criticized fans who disrupted a game between reserve teams to protest a potential takeover of the famed English soccer club by Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer.
1170,0,"Smith lifts Missouri with all-around effort COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Brad Smith threw for 233 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 63 yards and another score to help No. 18 Missouri rout Arkansas State, 52-20, last night in the season opener for both teams."
341,0,Cricket-Lara mulls over future after England whitewash LONDON (AFP) - Brian Lara said he will take stock before deciding on his future as West Indies captain following his side 's 10-wicket defeat to England in the fourth and final Test.
6425,0,Melrose comes up short Melrose entered its Thanksgiving Day matchup with Wakefield as an undefeated powerhouse bound for the postseason. But Wakefield has tripped up the Red Raiders in recent years -- and yesterday was no exception.
2373,0,US may draw on oil in reserve WASHINGTON Oil prices climbed toward $49 per barrel Thursday even as the Bush administration considered drawing crude from the US emergency stockpile and lending it to refiners whose supplies were disrupted by Hurricane Ivan.
2387,0,Hubble heats debate over ionised universe Astronomers poring over the deepest image ever taken of the universe are coming to different conclusions about what made space transparent to light billions of years ago.
209,0,"Alaska Wildfires Grow to Record 5 Million Acres (Reuters) Reuters - Wildfires have scorched over 5 million acres in Alaska as of Tuesday, forestry officials said, a new record that signals possible changes in climate conditions and the composition of the vast forests."
5308,0,"Alternative Energy: Ready or not? Even with a boost from higher oil prices and growing concern about global warming, the payoff on most alternative energy technologies seems a ways off."
3017,0,"Poor nations seek WTO textile aid With 40 years of textile quotas about to be abolished in a move to help developing nations, a group of the world 's poorest countries are asking for a different approach: special trade deals to protect them from a free-for-all."
459,0,Philippine President Says Country Faces Fiscal Crisis Philippine president Gloria Arroyo warned that her country is in the midst of a fiscal crisis. A report by economists at the University of the Philippines said the country faces economic collapse 
4049,0,"MCI to Take $3.5 Billion Charge in 3Q Telecommunications firm MCI Inc. on Monday said it will take a hefty $3.5 billion charge in the third quarter to impair property, equipment and intangible assets related to its consumer phone business."
7468,0,"Symantec to Buy Veritas for $13.5 Billion  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Security software maker Symantec Corp.  has agreed to buy Veritas Software Corp. for $13.5 billion,  expanding into the backup and recovery software market, the  companies said on Thursday."
3520,0,"Yanks shock Twins, earn date with Sox: Another late rally erases 4 <b>...</b> Just when you think you 've seen it all, the Yankees devise a new way to win a game and torture their opponents. Last night, they somehow landed a spot in the American League "
4640,0,"Radcliffe awaits gun for start of Russian roulette For the 3,000 Britons who will run in the New York City marathon next month the most important thing will be to finish the 26.2-mile race, in order to achieve a sense of personal fulfilment."
1963,0,"Stellar Putting Gives Europe a 2 - 0 Ryder Cup Lead Inspired by a brilliant putting display, holders Europe secured the first two points in the opening fourball matches against the United States at the 35th Ryder Cup Friday."
366,0,"Emmons loses gold medal after aiming at wrong target American shooter Matt Emmons fired at the wrong target on his final shot Sunday, blowing a commanding lead in the Olympic 50-meter three-position rifle event and allowing Jia Zhanbo of China to take the gold."
7345,0,McLeish upset by Novo punishment Rangers manager Alex McLeish has criticised the punishment handed out to Nacho Novo by the Scottish Football Association. Novo and Celtic striker Henri Camara were both given one-match bans 
5277,0,"Closing the giving gap Near the entrance for the Christmas Tree Shop on Route 1 in Lynnfield, Barbara Patten stood next to her Salvation Army kettle and played her flute on a recent Saturday as customers walked past."
1253,0,"Cazenove faces scrutiny over merger talks Cazenove, the Queen 's broker, will tomorrow be under pressure to divulge the state of merger talks at its annual shareholder meeting, with US giants circling the firm."
5628,0,Governor calls for resignation of Big Dig chief BOSTON Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is calling for the resignation of the head of the state 's Turnpike Authority. Romney 's move comes in the wake of reports that a record 14-point-six (b) billion-dollar 
6671,0,"Merrill, Wachovia, others fined for late reporting NEW YORK: The NASD yesterday said it censured and fined 29 securities firms a total of $US9.22 ($NZ13.04) million for failing to properly disclose required information about their brokers more than 8300 times."
373,0,"Ulmer storms to gold New Zealand 's Sarah Ulmer stormed to gold in the women 's individual pursuit in a new world record time. Ulmer, fourth in Sydney four years ago, beat Australia 's Katie Mactier in a time of three minutes 24."
1341,0,"The Discreet Charm of the Very Bourgeois Toy Store? F.A.O. Schwarz may be shuttered and dark, but its catalog is somersaulting back in the direction of well-heeled children and the adults who indulge them."
5683,0,Final Round in Cable-ISP Fight The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear whether cable operators must give access to their lines to third-party ISPs. Michael Grebb reports from Washington.
5059,0,"US stocks: Markets rally on Bush win; oil surge limits gains US stocks rallied Wednesday, boosted by shares of health and defence companies that are seen benefiting from the re-election of President George W. Bush, but higher oil prices checked advances."
3671,0,"Microsoft Launches New Media Center PC Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its Windows XP Media Center, adding features such as instant messaging and high-definition television to a personal computer designed for the living room."
6859,0,Bode Miller picks up fourth win of World Cup season Bode Miller won for the fourth time this season Friday and Daron Rahlves was second -- the first 1-2 finish for US men in a World Cup downhill.
6740,0,Bellion strike gives Reds 1-0 victory over Gunners David Bellion scored 19 seconds after the opening kickoff as Manchester United 's backup team edged Arsenal 's youngsters 1-0 on Wednesday to reach the semifinal of the English League Cup.
1883,0,"CRM Best Practices: TCO and ROI (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - With CRM projects costing millions, even in some mid-size companies, it is no surprise CFOs are leading the charge to be sure the most important projects are first, that they are justified, and that they actually deliver on their forecast benefits."
2162,0,"Free Windows doesn 't stop Linux rush WINDOWS IS  'free ' in Iran, but even there is an increasing move towards Linux, according to an AFP report. Apparently, because Iran refuses to abide by international copyright laws, pirated copies of Windows make the product free and everyone uses it."
1588,0,"Ten Orioles pitchers issue 14 BBs as Yanks rally for 9-7 victory The New York Yankees took advantage of 14 walks, then capped their latest comeback victory with a couple of strolls around the bases."
6510,0,Time to look overseas for a healthier 401(k)  I change the mutual funds in my 401(k) plan about as often as the Red Sox win the World Series.
957,0,Novell reshuffles biz for Linux focus Novell is reorganising its business to focus on two key areas - Linux and identity management. The networking software firm 's Nterprise and Linux operations will be folded into a Platform and Application Services group CRN reports.
4391,0,"Broadhurst, Fichardt lead Open de Madrid Paul Broadhurst shot a 3-under 68 Saturday for a share of the lead after the third round of the Open de Madrid. Broadhurst finished 54 holes at 13-under-par 200 for a tie with Darren Fichardt, who shot a 67."
2379,0,BLOG That 's the most look-ed up world on Merriam-Webster 's <b>...</b> A FOUR-LETTER term that came to symbolise the difference between old and new media tops US dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster 's list of the 10 words of the year.
6484,0,"Yukos plans to fix itself before auction The Russian oil giant Yukos said yesterday that management was putting together an emergency plan to continue running the company for a few months, even after the auction of its prize asset in December."
1633,0,"Training is the Key to Defibrillator Success By DANIEL YEE     ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) -- Because defibrillators are more affordable than ever, they are quickly becoming commonplace in schools, businesses and other public places such as airports..."
1439,0,"IBM Aims New DB2 at Rivals IBM (Quote, Chart) announced its first major database refresh in almost two years with new features from the company 's autonomic computing vault."
7515,0,"Judge Orders Halt to YUKOS Unit Auction (Reuters) Reuters - A U.S. bankruptcy court on Thursday stepped into the battle between YUKOS and the Russian government, issuing an order to block Sunday's auction of the company's main oil-producing arm for 10 days."
7461,0,Clarke takes charge of Blunkett's Fear Agenda <strong>Analysis</strong> Horizontal drinkers rejoice
1440,0,"Predators sign 2003 first-round pick ----- NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) - The Nashville Predators signed defenseman Ryan Suter, their first-round pick in the 2003 draft, on Thursday."
7496,0,"Guidant merges with Johnson and Johnson Indianapolis, Dec. 16 - An announcement Thursday morning ends weeks of speculation and means that if Guidant shareholders sign off, Indiana will lose one of its few Fortune 500 companies."
5374,0,"AOL Plans Revamp, Shake Up Management - Reports The America Online unit of Time Warner Inc. (TWX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is reorganizing itself into four operational units to improve decision making, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post reported on Tuesday."
3849,0,IBM launches top-end Power5 servers IBM has expanded the top end of its eServer range with three multiple-processor systems aimed at datacentres and large enterprise clients.
2126,0,Bush Scraps Most U.S. Sanctions on Libya (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush on Monday formally ended the U.S. trade embargo on Libya to reward it for giving up weapons of mass destruction but left in place U.S.\terrorism-related sanctions.
3752,0,"McTeer: Lonesome Dove to be an Aggie NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - A New Economy champion, a lover of the Texas picker poets who write lovesick country songs...and, oh, by the way, a member of the Federal Reserve system for 36 years."
5472,0,"Forget Bextra NEW ORLEANS - This morning, Pfizer was blindsided as The New York Times reported information about a reanalysis of old data that say the drug giant 's Bextra, which is similar to Merck 's Vioxx, increased the risk of heart attacks and strokes."
1902,0,"In Athens, the other Olympics It was a sight the Greeks had never seen: Beneath the ancient temples of the Acropolis, dozens of international visitors maneuvered "
812,0,"Mobile phone  'deafness ' risk p2pnet.net News:- Defects in Siemens 65 series mobile phones could cause deafness, says the company.  ""In extreme cases, this volume could lead to hearing damage."
2446,0,"Locusts Encroach on West African Rice-Growing Area (Reuters) Reuters - West Africa's worst locust plague for 15 years has encroached on one of the region's largest rice-growing areas, authorities in Mali said on Friday."
3617,0,"Linux: Paris weighs a shift to open-source camp PARIS The open-source computer system known as Linux won a tough battle over Microsoft earlier this year when the city of Munich decided to change the operating software of 14,000 government computers, despite the personal intervention of Steve Ballmer "
1396,0,"Molson chief airs doubts The CEO of Molson Inc. raised doubts about his company 's deal with Adolph Coors Co., telling a Canadian newspaper he doesn 't know whether his shareholders will OK the merger, even though it 's  ""the best deal."
2143,0,"JBoss 4.0 Released JBoss, the self-proclaimed Professional Open Source company, released JBoss Application Server 4.0 today. The announcement follows closely behind the announcements of JBossCache 1.1 and the company 's new partnership with Sleepycat Software."
1405,0,"Dream team In March, when his free agency tour stopped here, five-time Pro Bowl safety John Lynch got a glimpse of the formula that has the New England Patriots poised to establish an NFL record for consecutive victories and become just the second team to win three Super Bowls in four years. Lynch ultimately signed a few days later with ..."
4283,0,"Nuggets 100, Clippers 88 Carmelo Anthony, who missed Denver 's previous game after being cited for marijuana possession, scored 23 points for the Nuggets in a 100-88 preseason victory Thursday night over the Los Angeles Clippers."
7562,0,"Broncos DT Elliss Out for the Season  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (Sports Network) - Veteran defensive  tackle Luther Elliss of the Denver Broncos will miss the  remainder of the season because of a herniated disk in his  lower back."
6736,0,"Moya says he 'll beat Roddick on Friday Spains top singles player said he expects to beat American Andy Roddick in the Davis Cup final, which begins Friday at the Estadio Olimpico de la Cartuja."
6491,0,"It may be end of line for narrow track Hurricane forecasters debate the usefulness of the  ""skinny line "" in tracking maps, and look at more accurate alternatives."
4803,0,"UK gov 't report cites merits of open source Open source software proponents received a potential boost from the UK government Thursday with a release of a report citing the well-documented advantages on the server side, but also growing maturity on the desktop front."
2573,0,"DATA VIEW: Singapore Aug Indus Output Below Expectations SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Singapore 's industrial output rose a smaller-than-expected 5.3 on year in August, as the production of pharmaceuticals fell sharply from a high base a year ago."
4681,0,"Report finds handheld device market in continued decline The worldwide market for handheld devices saw its third successive quarter of year-over-year decline in the third quarter of 2004, according to a new report released by IDC."
4796,0,Recording Industry Sues 750 Computer Users LOS ANGELES - The recording industry on Thursday filed another round of copyright infringement lawsuits against people it said were illegally distributing songs over the Internet.
5636,0,Warren Is Told Not to Get Personal The NFL cautioned Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Gerard Warren not to pick up a personal foul penalty against Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger during tomorrow 's game.
3959,0,"Dogged Astros Refocus Eyes on Texas On the strength of Carlos Beltran and a tireless bullpen, the Astros came back from a three-run deficit on Sunday to defeat the Cardinals, 6-5."
3336,0,"Sports Calendar Bolton Over-30 women's soccer. The Close-To-Home soccer league is looking for female players 30 and olderver for the fall season for a team in the Bolton area. Interested candidates can expect refereed games, a friendly atmosphere, and renewal of basic skills. All levels of experience welcomed. Contact Miriam Kandansky at 781-442-0750 or through e-mail at Miriam.Kadanskysun.com for more details."
7414,0,Weis Sues Doctors Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis files suit against the doctors who performed weight-loss surgery on him in 2002 that almost killed him.
3341,0,Stocks Seen Flat with Oil Above $52 US stocks looked to open flat on Thursday under pressure from the surge in oil prices and lackluster September sales reports from US retailers.
5261,0,Goosen Wins the Tour Championship Retief Goosen closed with a 6-under 64 to win by four shots and become only the third player to overtake Tiger Woods in the final round.
4276,0,"Beckham gets off scot-free despite candid confession IN A baffling interpretation of the word deliberate, the FA decided yesterday that there was insufficient evidence to charge David Beckham over his premeditated yellow card against Wales."
889,0,"Challenger disappoints with writedown The Kerry Packer-backed Challenger Financial Services Group has reported its first net loss since incorporating, impacted by a massive writedown of goodwill."
4658,0,"Aussie quartet put India on back foot The second day of the third Test at Nagpur belonged to Australia 's bowlers, with their attritional approach wearing down India 's batsmen."
4152,0,"AMD readies powerful desktop chips AMD is expected to unveil its most powerful desktop processors to date this week, a few days after rival Intel disclosed changes to its desktop processor road map."
3702,0,"Intel Posts Higher Profit, Sales Computer-chip maker Intel Corp. said yesterday that earnings for its third quarter were $1.9 billion -- up 15 percent from the same quarter a year ago -- but the company cautioned that computer-processor demand in the United States is likely to remain low."
6357,0,"Time Warner, SEC near deal on AOL troubles The Securities and Exchange Commission and Time Warner Inc. are nearing agreement on a deal in which the media giant would pay about $750 million to settle wide-ranging allegations "
5081,0,NHS signs nine-year extension with Microsoft The National Health Service (NHS) has extended a software licensing deal with Microsoft for nine years - three times longer than its current agreement.
5902,0,Press review 0850CET--The seizure of fake Nike sportswear by the Customs Department was one of the main stories on Wednesday 's newspapers. L-Orizzont published 
1425,0,IBM to use dual-core Opteron Big Blue will use AMD's chip in a high-performance server but isn't yet planning a general-purpose Opteron system.
2752,0,"BlueGene sneaks past Earth Simulator The Earth Simulator, an NEC supercomputer, is surpassed, at last. IBM announced yesterday that its Blue Gene/L supercomputer had achieved a sustained performance of 36."
5357,0,Australia in grip of water crisis There is a warning that some of Australia's major cities could run out of drinking water.
2259,0,"Morgan Stanley Profit Falls 34 Percent  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley  <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MWD.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">MWD.N</A> on Wednesday said quarterly profit dropped 34 percent  amid reduced trading revenue, falling well short of Wall  Street's already-lowered expectations after a summer of  sluggish market activity."
6712,0,"Cingular to upgrade wireless data network DECEMBER 01, 2004 (REUTERS) - Cingular Wireless LLC, the largest US wireless telephone company, said yesterday that it would upgrade its network next year to handle high-speed data transmissions."
4260,0,"No. 15 West Virginia, Syracuse battle it out for control of first MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (U-WIRE) -- Syracuse may enter Morgantown, W.Va., for Wednesday 's game under different circumstances than Mountaineer fans are used to from the former Big East powerhouse."
3200,0,"Els Looks Ahead with Promise After Major Woes  LONDON (Reuters) - After being a frustrated 'nearly man' at  this year's majors, Ernie Els plans to make the most of a  near-perfect finish to the 2004 season."
3177,0,"Small changes, big profits Staples Inc. hosted a daylong event last week for analysts who follow the company's stock, laying out plans to keep growing in the immediate future and beyond. Everyone went home smiling."
486,0,Dickens Departs Tony Dickens resigns as head coach at Northwestern six months after leading the Wildcats to the Maryland 4A boys basketball title.
1668,0,"EU increases pressure for rights in Myanmar EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to tighten sanctions against Myanmar if it does not improve its human rights record by Oct. 8, when an EU meeting with Asian countries starts in Vietnam."
1236,0,"Has Your Broadband Had Its Fiber? Falling costs, new technology, and competition, with a nudge from regulatory changes, are bringing fiber closer to homes in the US just a few years after the idea seemed all but written off."
5434,0,FCC OK's paging company deal (TheDeal.com) TheDeal.com - Arch Wireless Inc. can complete its  $367 million acquisition of Metrocall Holdings Inc.
2408,0,Symantec warns of weakness in its firewall and gateway products Security specialist Symantec has admitted to a number of vulnerabilities in its firewall and gateway products. The weaknesses make them liable to denial of service attacks and other compromises.
4240,0,Gunners reel after mugging in Athens ARSENAL manager Arsene Weenger was today counting his crocks ahead of Sunday 's premiership showdown with Manchester United at Old Trafford.
5756,0,Econ Edge: The Economic Week Fed Governor Speaks (12:45 pm ET) Federal Reserve Governor Mark Olson speaks about his economic outlook at a roundtable lunch in Toronto.
7249,0,"Bombardier shares slump as CEO leaves Bombardier, the troubled Canadian maker of aircraft and trains, saw its shares fall by around 20 per cent in Toronto, after it announced that Paul Tellier was stepping down early as president and chief executive officer."
4876,0,"No. 18 Boise St. 69, Hawaii 3 Jared Zabransky and the No. 18 Boise State Broncos reduced Timmy Chang 's bid to break the NCAA Division IA passing record to a footnote Friday night, routing Hawaii 69-3 for their 19th straight victory."
6188,0,"AUBURN 21, ALABAMA 13 Auburn 's Strong Second Half Keeps It in <b>...</b> For one half Saturday, the controversy over the Bowl Championship Series looked like it might disappear in the dampness of Bryant-Denny Stadium as undefeated Auburn found itself in a fight with archrival Alabama."
1420,0,"P G Backs Profit Forecast, Shares Down (Reuters) Reuters - Procter   Gamble Co.  on Thursday backed its quarterly profit outlook, helped by sales of new products and continued gains in developing markets."
6535,0,CBI calls for cuts in spending to reduce borrowing GORDON BROWN faces a new warning today that he will have to raise taxes by 7 billion or cut swaths of government spending if Labour wins next years general election.
5182,0,"Webmaster Worlds World of Search Conference Features 70 Speakers Webmaster World's World of Search Conference Features 70 Speakers\\The WebmasterWorld of Search Conference scheduled for November 16-18 in Las Vegas has published a final speaker roster and announced over 24 sessions with more than 70 industry-leading speakers. The line up features speakers from such companies as Google, Yahoo, Kanoodle, Ask ..."
4883,0,"Up, down and away: NASA 's  'Weightless Wonder ' makes final flight HOUSTON -- The NASA turbojet notoriously known as the  ""vomit comet "" for its use in training astronauts for weightlessness made its final flight Friday."
5750,0,Lowe 's Q3 earnings jump 15.5 percent NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Lowe 's reported a strong 15.5 percent increase in earnings in the third quarter early Monday and offered a bullish outlook for the full year.
6088,0,"BearingPoint CFO Out; Error Found McLean technology consulting company BearingPoint Inc. said yesterday that its chief financial officer, Robert S. Falcone, would retire on Nov. 30."
3323,0,"Santander: Rejects Spanish court tax ruling on execs LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Spain 's Banco Santander (STD) said it was in  ""complete disagreement with a judicial decision "" on Wednesday after a Spanish court ruling on tax fraud in a case dating from the 1980s."
5048,0,Coming to Project Managers: Multiscreen Microsoft PC Microsoft Corp. has launched a new entry in its ongoing effort to bring more innovative PC form factors to marketin the somewhat quirky form of a high-end system specialized for project managers.
4356,0,"Delta Air Lines Prepares Chapter 11 Filing Delta Air Lines Inc. could file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as soon as next week, a source familiar with the matter said yesterday."
6459,0,Frisday 's Sports Transactions BOSTON CELTICS_Activated G Delonte West from the injured list. Placed F Justin Reed on the injured list. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS_Activated G Aaron McKie from the inujred list.
863,0,"Ankiel solid in rehab start, unsure about future More that three years since he threw his last pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals, Ankiel gave up one unearned run and one hit in six innings Sunday for Triple-A Memphis in what could be his final start in the minors."
3095,0,Loeb looks for home comforts SEBASTIEN LOEB is dreaming of a title- winning homecoming after moving a step closer to the world championship in the Italian Rally.
1327,0,"ROBBO USHERS IN NEW ERA Andy Robinson, currently the caretaker of England 's only World Cup holding major sports team, is the future, barring a particularly bleak autumn."
4382,0,"Countdown to Deep Impact NASA 's Deep Impact spacecraft has arrived in Florida to begin final preparations for a launch on Dec. 30, 2004. The spacecraft was shipped from Ball Aerospace  & Technologies in Boulder, Colo."
5464,0,"Firefox Browser Alternative to Microsoft (AP) AP - Web surfing has belonged almost exclusively to Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer ever since it buried Netscape's pioneering browser. That doesn't seem to have bothered the developers of the Mozilla Firefox, a feisty new kid on the block that's worth a serious look."
1916,0,"Airbus sees mobile phone use on planes by 2006 BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhaunet) -- European plane maker Airbus has reported progress in plans to allow passengers to use mobile phones while in flight with a target date of 2006."
7199,0,"No. 21 Purdue Beats W. Michigan, 74-42 (AP) AP - Erin Lawless scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed seven rebounds and No. 21 Purdue beat Western Michigan 74-42 on Sunday."
6027,0,"Blue Chips Rise, Altria Higher on Upgrade  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue chips rose on Thursday, led  by Altria Group Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MO.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">MO.N</A> and other tobacco stocks, after a  federal appeals court expressed skepticism about whether the  government could force cigarette makers in a lawsuit to pay  billions of dollars."
2907,0,Huskies trip up Pitt Connecticut linebacker Alfred Fincher matched his career high with 17 tackles and helped the Huskies secure their first Big East win as a conference member 
6664,0,Australia give their neighbours no mercy Australia wrapped up a 2-0 win in the series after beating New Zealand by 213 runs on the fifth day of the second and final cricket Test on Tuesday.
904,0,"96 Processors Under Your Desktop Roland Piquepaille writes  ""A small Santa Clara-based company, Orion Multisystems, today unveils a new concept in computing,  'cluster workstations."
1212,0,CRICKET: Kaspa has selectors in a bind MICHAEL Kasprowicz has put national selectors into a difficult situation with a five-wicket burst that has enhanced Australia 's hopes of snatching a maiden Champions Trophy in London this month.
2355,0,"Dinosaur May Have Been Stealth Hunter (AP) AP - The strike would have come out of nowhere: One second the fish was swimming placidly, no danger in sight, a moment later it was lunch."
1782,0,"Moya Upset in First Round of China Open (AP) AP - Top-seeded Carlos Moya was upset by French qualifier Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 6-3, in the first round of the China Open on Wednesday."
3349,0,Fall Classic plus NEW YORK -- A short sacrifice fly by Hideki Matsui in the bottom of the 12th inning scored an alert Derek Jeter from third and gave the Yankees a 7-6 victory over the Minnesot Twins in Game 2 of their AL playoff series.
2367,0,"American Airlines revenue weakens American Airlines holding company AMR Corp. (AMR: Research, Estimates) on Wednesday said the airline 's August revenue was weaker than expected after hurricanes and high fuel prices "
2543,0,Financial planning an option for Coles COLES Myer Ltd chief executive Mr John Fletcher yesterday said he was interested in branching out from the retail business into financial planning services for the groups customers.
2979,0,"Gates: Microsoft to offer anti-spyware Company Chairman Bill Gates says ""this malware thing is so bad"" the software giant plans to offer its own tools."
4202,0,Phillies to interview Russell for vacant manager job Former Philadelphia Phillies catcher John Russell will be the seventh person to interview for the team 's vacant managerial position.
59,0,Dollar Rises Vs Euro on Asset Flows Data  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar extended gains against the  euro on Monday after a report on flows into U.S. assets showed  enough of a rise in foreign investments to offset the current  account gap for the month.
260,0,American Aaron Peirsol Wins Gold on Appeal  ATHENS (Reuters) - Aaron Peirsol won his second gold medal  at the Athens Olympics Thursday after winning an appeal against  his disqualification from the men's 200 meter backstroke.
4263,0,"Microsoft Profit, Revenue Rises  SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MSFT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">MSFT.O</A>, the world's  largest software maker, on Thursday said its first quarter  profit climbed as personal computer sales and business demand  fueled higher sales."
2799,0,Instant messaging worm exploits JPEG flaw (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Security experts have spotted the first attempts to create an Internet worm that propagates using instant messages and exploits a recently disclosed flaw in Microsoft software.
5482,0,"Microsoft Takes on Google Early Thursday, Microsoft will begin revving its engines squarely in Googles direction with the Beta launch of the new MSN Search engine."
201,0,"NetRatings survey shows broadband users now a majority in US AUGUST 18, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - A majority of US home Internet users now have broadband, according to a survey by NetRatings Inc. "
7392,0,"Hologram labels in Nokia batteries New Delhi: To help customers identify original Nokia batteries from the counterfeit ones, Nokia has introduced hologram labels with authentication codes in all its new batteries."
7083,0,Playstation 3 to arrive spring 2006 In Japan NVIDIA HAS MADE A big noise about Playstation 3 deal but unfortunately you won 't see this console any time soon. Nvidia stock holders definitely know about Sony and its Playstation 3 killer business and therefore Nvidia is recovering on the stock market.
6553,0,"ITA: Juventus blows 2-goal lead againt Inter Milan Serie A leader Juventus wasted a two-goal lead in the second half and was held to a 2-2 draw by Inter Milan at San Siro on Sunday, losing ground to defending champion AC Milan."
2430,0,Comcast part of group wanting to buy MGM A consortium led by Sony Corp. of America that includes Comcast Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Inc.
1027,0,"Companies Moving Cautiously on Microsoft 's SP2 Update  ""Whether companies roll out Windows XP immediately or replace their older operating systems with Windows XP when purchasing new PCs, companies now have to ensure XP SP2 compliancy by determining "
2681,0,"Russians Next In Line To Receive Cheap Windows After Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, Microsoft has identified Russia as the fourth market for its low cost scaled down operating system, Windows XP Starter Edition (XP SE)."
1426,0,"German teenager indicted over Sasser worm Prosecutors in Verden, Germany, indicted an 18-year-old student on Wednesday for allegedly creating the Sasser worm that crashed hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide after spreading at lighting speed over the Internet."
2444,0,Some Md. MDs Curtail Surgeries in Insurance Protest Physicians in a northwest Maryland county plan to halt non-emergency surgeries for at least two weeks to protest a 33 percent increase in malpractice insurance premiums.
1112,0,"Lynch triumphs at Redcar Fergal Lynch had a good win at Redcar as he returned to action yesterday along with champion jockey Kieren Fallon, fellow rider Darren Williams and trainer Karl Burke, after their shock "
7146,0,"HP targets China with low-cost PC SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Personal computer stocks were relatively quiet Friday as the sector focused more attention on China where Hewlett-Packard introduced a new, low-priced PC."
6702,0,Eurostocks Nudge Up on Ericsson  PARIS (Reuters) - European shares nosed up on Wednesday as  Ericsson gained on news it had won part of $4-billion Cingular  deal and with Glaxo buoyed after Pfizer affirmed its outlook.
6568,0,SEO 's Multiplying Effect on Paid Inclusion Paid inclusion (PI) has always been a hot potato. It 's not quite SEO (define) and not quite search advertising. No one wants to touch it.
5468,0,"Business Objects touts dashboards, standardization Business Objects executives this week touted dashboard technology features and rallied support for standardization on their new business intelligence software -- two hot-button issues for users here at the company's International Users Conference."
6688,0,"Browns coach Davis resigns; Robiskie named interim coach BEREA, Ohio (Ticker) - One day after admitting that his shaky job status was a  ""distraction "" to his players, Butch Davis resigned as coach of the Cleveland Browns on Tuesday."
6368,0,"Science ; As ice thaws, arctic peoples at loss for words Science News, Iceland, What are the words used by indigenous peoples in the Arctic for  ""hornet, ""  ""robin, ""  ""elk, ""  ""barn owl "" or  ""salmon?"
7084,0,"Save the Hubble The Issue: Space telescope was condemned to a lingering death. Our View: New report gives support to a manned rescue mission. The Hubble telescope may well be the most successful observatory ever built, producing "
2953,0,"Ig Nobel awards honor weird science advances If a herring asks you to pull his finger, be very afraid. Thats one of the lessons derived from this years Ig Nobel awards ceremony, an event that honors offbeat scientific achievements."
7330,0,Fed Raises Interest Rate to 2.25 Percent (Reuters) Reuters - The Federal Reserve raised U.S.\interest rates on Tuesday by a quarter-percentage point for the fifth time this year and said it will keep gradually lifting them from rock-bottom levels to forestall inflation.
854,0,"Warner Will Start for Giants in Opener Eli Manning remains the New York Giants' quarterback of the future. For now, the job belongs to Kurt Warner."
4710,0,"Owens Explains Ravens Snub Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis took a deep breath as he prepared to answer yet another question about Terrell Owens, the wide receiver who spurned an "
6878,0,"Halifax first lender to predict house price fall Halifax yesterday became the the first major lender to predict widespread falls in house prices across Britain next year. Reporting that house prices fell again last month, Britain 's biggest mortgage lender "
212,0,"Avalanche Sign Damphousse to One-Year Deal (AP) AP - The Colorado Avalanche prepared for the potential loss of several key front-line players, signing former San Jose Sharks captain Vincent Damphousse to a one-year,  $2 million contract Wednesday."
4037,0,Leggy models wont distract Corretja MADRID: Leggy models as ballgirls won 't be a distraction to family man Alex Corretja after the veteran moved into the second round of the Madrid Masters yesterday.
3097,0,"Metcalfe, Allen back ZigBee start-up Ember, a start-up that is developing chips for ZigBee--a low-cost, low-power wireless networking standard--received $25 million in venture capital funding this week."
1427,0,"Teenager Charged With Creating Sasser Informants, seeking a reward from Microsoft, led police to the German student."
6066,0,"Kmart and Sears announce merger Kmart Holding Corp and Sears, Roebuck and Co said Wednesday that they are merging to form a new retail company called Sears Holdings Corp that will be the US ' third-largest retailer with about US$55 billion in annual revenues."
228,0,"Insurer lowers hurricane estimate Hurricane Charley, the worst storm to hit the US in over a decade, will cost insurers just $7.4bn, one insurance expert estimates."
2508,0,"Quicken, Money Duel to a Draw (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - The Intuit-Microsoft battle for supremacy in the personal-finance software market is as long-running as some sports rivalries -- except that few users seem to care all that much about the outcome of this contest."
5840,0,Casino owners team up in Macao MACAO Publishing  & Broadcasting said Tuesday that it had bought a stake in Stanley Ho 's latest gambling project in Macao as Asia 's two leading casino operators team up to expand in the region.
2682,0,"DNA map of elephants to net Africa 's ivory poachers Scientists say a DNA map of Africa 's elephant herds will help combat the illegal trade in ivory. The map is a genetic profile of elephant groupings across the continent, from the dense forests of western and central Africa to the vast eastern savanna."
2891,0,"Rick Fox Retires Rick Fox retires Thursday, ending a 13-year pro career during which he was part of three NBA championship teams with the Los Angeles Lakers."
7268,0,"Lockheed to Launch Rocket; Boeing Gets New Date (Reuters) Reuters - Lockheed Martin Corp. on Monday announced that it will launch its Atlas V rocket on Dec. 17 as planned, while Boeing Co. waited to reschedule a launch of its Delta IV heavy-lift rocket that it was forced to abandon on Sunday."
3322,0,Martnez's Effort Lets Boston Fans Take Heart Boston's Pedro Martnez put his past four starts behind him Wednesday night to post a redemptive 8-3 victory over the Anaheim Angels.
6622,0,"Kansas, Oklahoma State cruise to easy victories NO. 2 KANSAS 85, NEVADA 52: At Lawrence, Kan. - Wayne Simien had his third double-double in as many games and Kansas routed Nevada on Monday night, avenging an embarrassing loss of a year ago."
2955,0,Briefly: MSN Messenger beta leaks onto Web roundup Plus: Level 3 to buy Sprint's dial-up business...Cisco CEO's salary shoots up from $1...SanDisk ups capacity on flash memory cards.
500,0,Iran shuts reformist websites WEBSITES CLOSE to Iran 's leading reformist party have been blocked by religious hardliners in the police bureau of public morals.
5656,0,"Don King Productions Presents:  ""Battle For Supremacy "" On Saturday November 13th, ten misfits, nomads and upstarts seek to wage war or settle the score at the famed Madison Square Garden in New York, New York."
3178,0,"SEC considering civil action over 3 AIG press releases American International Group Inc. said it has been informed by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it could face a civil action over three of the company's press releases, two of which came out in recent weeks."
6444,0,Hayden walks into strife Spirit of Australia was on the skids last night after another example of double standards by the home side marred the opening day of the second cricket test against New Zealand in Adelaide.
5820,0,"Federer relieved to return Roger Federer still appears unbeatable after he showed no signs of a torn thigh muscle to defeat Argentina 's Gaston Gaudio 6-1, 7-6 in the opening match of the ATP Masters Cup in Houston."
2485,0,"Serena sails into final at China Open Though in an unfamiliar city, top seed Serena Williams turned the inaugural China Open WTA tennis tournament into a home court here on Saturday as she stormed into the singles "
2435,0,Airbus drops out of Microsoft appeal Aircraft builder withdraws its request to intervene in Microsoft's antitrust appeal; Boeing also forgoes intervention.
3653,0,"Oracle considers lower PeopleSoft offer Oracle Corp could reduce its offer for PeopleSoft Inc by as much as a third, to $2.5 billion or $14 a share, to reflect declining performance at the rival company, an Oracle executive reportedly testified yesterday."
5917,0,"Grid bids to save the world Hoping to harness a few million of the personal computers not already running the SETIhome screensaver, IBM and United Devices yesterday launched the World Community Grid to act as a clearing house for humanitarian IT projects."
4974,0,"Lions career sack leader Porcher retires ALLEN PARK, Mich. - Robert Porcher finally couldn 't take standing on the sidelines any more. Porcher, the Detroit Lions ' career sack leader, retired Monday, ending a frustrating season and a 13-year career."
643,0,Nepal blockade 'blow to tourism' Nepal tour operators say tourists cancelled millions of  dollars of bookings due to the rebel blockade of Kathmandu.
5841,0,"INSIDE INFO: Man Utd shares drop MAN UNITED 'S share price has fallen by just over 2.5, less than expected after the resignation of Malcolm Glazer 's bankers JP Morgan."
1695,0,"Novell reaffirms open source strategy Novell is putting open source and identity management centre stage at its European user conference this week. The networking firm announced that Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES), which includes Novell 's "
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6096,0,"Auction for Yukos core set for Dec. 19 A planned sale of Russian energy giant Yukos ' main asset has become clouded by confusion over the price, the participants and the legality of the sale."
3998,0,UN 'must ignore cloning ban call' The UK's Royal Society urges the UN to ignore a call by President Bush to ban all forms of human cloning.
1234,0,"French Internet provider Wanadoo will build Dutch broadband network (AFP) AFP - The French Internet provider Wanadoo will construct its own broadband network in the Netherlands and hopes to reach 55 percent of Dutch homes, a spokesman told the Financieele Dagblad."
5172,0,Google Stock Falls on Outlook - Analyst  NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shares of Google Inc. fell  almost 9 percent on Friday after an analyst forecast a sharp  drop in the price over the next 12 months as the Internet  search company grows more slowly.
273,0,Cisco Flaw Leaves Router Vulnerable to Attack Cisco Systems issued a security advisory warning that some networks using its routers may be vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks. Devices running Internetwork Operating System and enabled for the open shortest path first (OSPF) ...
835,0,US Bells Do Video on Path Blazed by Small Telcos The three largest US local telephone corporations made a splash this summer with plans to sell video services on their voice and data lines in a few years.
2230,0,"Former Red left hole struggling bullpen has yet to fill Nearly six months have passed since the Reds traded Chris Reitsma to Atlanta, but Sean Casey still regrets the move.  ""You look at all the success the Braves "
5694,0,"This silence can't be golden What does Larry Bird think of Ron Artest's recent sabbatical? He's not saying. But given that this was a guy who came out of traction to play a game, we can pretty much assume what he has said behind closed doors."
3982,0,"IndyCar champ Kanaan finishes second and every lap FORT WORTH, Texas Helio Castroneves had a great restart today with two laps to go after a lengthy caution. He held off IndyCar Series champion Tony Kanaan to win the season finale at Texas Motor Speedway."
5834,0,"Wrigley bites into Kraft WRIGLEY is buying the Life Savers and Altoids sweet and mint businesses from Kraft Foods for 800 million. The deal allows Wrigley to expand in the sweet section, while leaving Kraft to focus on the rest of its food business."
5893,0,Eisner Says Ovitz Required Oversight Daily Michael D. Eisner appeared for a second day of testimony in the shareholder lawsuit over the lucrative severance package granted to Michael S. Ovitz.
7266,0,"GM, DaimlerChrysler plan hybrid cars SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN: General Motors Corp and DaimlerChrysler AG will jointly develop a petroleum-electric power system to catch up with Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co in so-called hybrid vehicles that save fuel and cut tailpipe emissions."
5180,0,"Report: E-voting problems cause loss of votes E-voting machine problems caused more than 4,500 votes to be lost in one North Carolina county during Tuesday's general election, and gave U.S. President George Bush more than 3,800 extra votes in Ohio, according to The Associated Press."
3068,0,"Mexico's 'Fire Volcano' Erupts, No Evacuations Yet (Reuters) Reuters - Mexico's so-called ""Fire Volcano"" spewed lava, glowing rocks and flames on Friday in an eruption that authorities said was not yet serious enough to evacuate nearby villages."
7217,0,"Report: Construction boom ahead A report released on Monday by the Washington-based Brookings Institution says that half of the residential, commercial and industrial buildings that will be up in 2030 in the largest metropolitan areas don 't yet exist."
6644,0,"Clayton Offers to Buy Rexel for 2.6 Billion Euros (Update5) Clayton, Dubilier  & Rice Inc. is leading a 2.6 billion-euro ($3.45 billion) buyout of an electrical- equipment supplier from France 's Pinault-Printemps-Redoute SA, the New York-based firm 's third European acquisition this year."
1237,0,No Sign Yet of Predicted Big California Earthquake (Reuters) Reuters - The clock is running out on a highly publicized prediction that a major earthquake will rip through Southern California by Sunday.
5499,0,"NASCAR gives liquor a shot Beginning next season, NASCAR will uncork its long-standing ban on hard-liquor sponsorships, which will tap a new source of funding for at least two high-profile race teams."
1283,0,Yankees Win Controversial Game Against Devil Rays  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alex Rodriguez drove in three runs and  Orlando Hernandez pitched seven strong innings to guide the New  York Yankees past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7-4 in the American  League Monday.
1988,0,FTC Endorses Bounty for Spammers The US Federal Trade Commission has given its endorsement to a plan that would reward insiders for information leading to the arrest and conviction of people or companies that produce spam.
2277,0,"Paralympics: China Surges As First Doping Cases Result In Lifetime <b>...</b> ATHENS (AFP) - The Athens Paralympics weathered its first doping scandal, while juggernaut China continued to dominate the competition, racking up nearly twice as many as second-place Britain over the first four days of competition."
4365,0,"Wall Street Fears an Undecided Election The doubts, the uncertainty, the mud-slinging that have kept investors indecisive all year are set to end one week from Tuesday when US voters go to the polls."
6814,0,"NTL to shed broadcasting arm Britain 's biggest cable company, NTL, agreed yesterday to sell its radio and television broadcasting business for 1.27bn to a consortium led by a fund managed by Australia 's Macquarie Bank."
82,0,"Dollar Near Recent Lows, Awaits ZEW/CPI  LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar held steady near this week's  four-week low against the euro on Tuesday with investors  awaiting a German investor confidence survey and U.S. consumer  inflation numbers to shed light on the direction."
336,0,"Chavez victory confirmed Caracas, Venezuela - The results of an audit support the official vote count showing that President Hugo Chavez won this month 's recall referendum in Venezuela, the head of the Organization of American States said Saturday."
1046,0,"Sneaky Sharing (PC World) PC World - Despite well-publicized wins by piracy foes, illegal digital music and movie trading continues to flourish in underground havens."
6763,0,"Ancient Skull Fragment Hints at Surgery (AP) AP - A skull fragment found in a 400-year-old trash pit at Jamestown contains evidence of the earliest known surgery  — and autopsy  — in the English colonies in America, researchers say."
6398,0,"WTO backs Korea in shipbuilding dispute with EU The World Trade Organization has ruled against European Union claims that the Korean government provided illegal subsidies to its shipbuilding industry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said today."
7240,0,"DaimlerChrysler, GM to team up on hybrid engines General Motors and DaimlerChrysler say they 're teaming up to develop hybrid technology for use in their vehicles. The two giant automakers say they have signed a memorandum of understanding."
6298,0,"SA-India Test: South Africa declare at 510 for 9 : Sports India: Cricket  gt; Kanpur, Nov 22 : South Africa declared their first innings at 510 for nine on the third day of the first cricket Test against India here today."
3487,0,Kodak accepts $92 million from Sun SUN MICROSYSTEMS will pay Kodak $92 million to settle a patents infringement case after a jury found it guilty of using Java patents.
7165,0,"Indians Trade Lawton A small-markets swap takes place on Saturday as the Indians send outfielder Matt Lawton to the Pirates for left-handed reliever Arthur Rhodes, sources say."
3475,0,Caymas to open with security gateways Security start-up Caymas Systems launches Monday with products to protect the flow of corporate data.
2199,0,"Space O2 Generator Fails Again Repairs to the oxygen generator onboard the International Space Station seemed to work, but then failed the following day. Astronauts are again limited to backup oxygen supplies. By Amit Asaravala."
323,0,"Report: Consumers tuning in to plasma TVs First-quarter shipments of plasma televisions in the United States more than doubled from the previous year, according to research firm iSuppli. Prices fell by nearly $1,000 over the same period. "
1990,0,"Enter your e-mail: If you can 't beat Google, make it better--that seems to be the lesson of A9.com, Amazon 's intriguing new search site. For Web searches, A9 simply gives you Google 's results, but it does a lot more--for instance "
4103,0,"NEEMO's Undersea Operations: Making Telemedicine a Long Distance Reality (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - It gives new meaning to the term ""housecall"", but aquanauts aboard NASA's undersea research station, Aquarius, have performed simulated medical procedures with the help of a Canadian doctor 1300 miles away."
5832,0,"4-to-6 defense: Urlacher out Lovie Smith 's Monday morning started off with a phone call from Tony Dungy, his longtime friend and former boss. The Indianapolis Colts ' coach was too early to offer condolences."
4034,0,Glazer raises stake in United to close on buy-out trigger point Malcolm Glazer edged closer to triggering a mandatory bid for Manchester United last night by increasing his stake in the club to 27.
6910,0,"Supreme Court Hears Wine Sales Case Winemakers who want to ship directly to consumers across state lines got a sympathetic hearing at the Supreme Court today, as the justices heard oral arguments in a case that could have a dramatic effect on Internet commerce and states' power to regulate the alcohol trade."
6765,0,AOL Updates Audio Video Search SingingFish AOL Updates Audio Video Search SingingFish\\Rumors are floating that market leaders Google along with Yahoo! and Microsoft (MSN) are working on an improved multimedia searching capabilities. AOL entered into the field with their acquisition of Singingfish Inc. around a year ago.\\Singingfish Inc. would be today announcing their updated services to ...
2025,0,"Barbarians at the Digital Gate How spyware, a program that creeps onto a computers hard drive unannounced, is wrecking the Internet."
2985,0,"China at G-7 Meeting for First Time China made its debut last night in the club of the world's leading economic powers, asinternational pressure mounts to change a decade-old currency peg that critics accuse of giving Chinese products an unfair competitive edge."
5851,0,Update 2: EDS Reports Third-Quarter Loss Electronic Data Systems Corp. finally settled a dispute with outside auditors and reported a third-quarter loss of $153 million due to the write-down of a huge contract to build a computer network for the Navy.
7354,0,"No. 13 Louisville Beats NC A T, 85-51  LOUISVILLE, Ky., (Sports Network) - Larry O'Bannon netted  25 points to lead No. 13 Louisville over North Carolina A T,  85-51, at Freedom Hall."
7156,0,"Franz takes first in Val d 'Isere Werner Franz claimed his maiden World Cup downhill victory with a time of one minute 57.51 seconds at Val d 'Isere. The Austrian 's victory means he becomes the first man to beat American Bode Miller, who finished fourth, in the discipline this season."
5248,0,Safin Clinches Third Paris Masters  PARIS (Reuters) - Marat Safin won the Paris Masters for a  record-equaling third time when he beat Czech qualifier Radek  Stepanek 6-3 7-6 6-3 on Sunday.
4568,0,"Lakshmi Mittal is Britain 's richest man London: NRI business tycoon Lakshmi N Mittal, who is set to control the world 's largest steelmaker, has emerged as the richest man in Britain."
6869,0,"Westwood up for challenge The course is a back-breaking 7,800 yards long off the tips, the rough is up, it 's 100F out there, the greens are fast and firm and refusing to hold, and yesterday there was a tricky wind to contend with."
3482,0,Trump defends Martha Stewart New York real estate mogul Donald Trump defended his friend Martha Stewart as the woman who turned home economics into a media empire began her prison term.
2895,0,"Mariners torment old foe A 's Ichiro, Madritsch and Cabrera are having a blast in an AL West race they watched from a distance. OAKLAND - George Sisler stayed on top for at least another day, but the Seattle Mariners took down the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday."
1961,0,Boxer Begs Bush to Back Bum Bill Members of California's congressional team make one last effort to look good for the tech industry back home.
4112,0,"Venus gets revenge, Mauresmo withdraws ZURICH, Switzerland (Ticker) - Venus Williams got a measure of revenge against Karolina Sprem of Croatia at the Swisscom Challenge on Tuesday."
4138,0,"Web-based kidney match raises ethics questions A Colorado man who placed a  ""transplant wanted "" ad on a Massachusetts-based Internet site is expected today to receive a kidney donated by a total stranger who simply wanted to do  ""something big. "" The transaction marks the first time an organ transplant has been brokered by a commercial web company."
7577,0,Carter could prove real plus for Nets The Nets reported deal for Vince Carter very much surprises me given New Jersey 's cost-slashing moves in the offseason that saw the exits of Kenyon Martin and Kerry Kittles.
110,0,Yahoo! Ups Ante for Small Businesses Web giant Yahoo! is gambling that price cuts on its domain name registration and Web hosting products will make it more competitive with discounters in the space -- which means that small businesses looking to move online get a sweeter deal through ...
3495,0,"Trading blows When a can of worms is opened, all manner of slimy things crawl out. So it was when the US government fired the first shots in a fusillade against the European Union - by complaining to the World Trade Organisation "
7464,0,Wall Street Looks Set for a Mixed Start (Reuters) Reuters - Wall Street looked set for a mixed start on Thursday as oil prices remained near two-week highs and investors braced for a clutch of economic data and earnings from high-profile firms like Goldman Sachs  and Nike\.
13,0,"Super ant colony hits Australia A giant 100km colony of ants  which has been discovered in Melbourne, Australia, could threaten local insect species."
2918,0,"Net giants adopt anti-spam system Some of the net's biggest players such as AOL, Hotmail and Yahoo are stepping up efforts to combat spam."
1211,0,"Porn producers face severe punishment Those who are engaged in the profit-oriented production and dissemination of pornographic materials through the Internet, mobile communication terminals and  ""phone-sex "" services in China are subject to punishment as severe as life imprisonment, according "
1465,0,"Georgia Receivers Try to Make Their Mark (AP) AP - It's taken four years and then some. Through injuries, timid play, occasional doubts and flashes of brilliance, everyone at Georgia has waited for Fred Gibson and Reggie Brown to fulfill their enormous potential."
2475,0,"Yanks deflate Sox This wasn 't Game 7 with the American League pennant at stake, but it certainly had the kind of bad vibes that the Boston Red Sox felt last October."
469,0,"Marathon meltdown THE winner smiled and then vomited. The roaring favourite collapsed and couldn 't finish. The Australian contemplated surrender, staggered on and didn 't regret it."
7098,0,"Southwest In, AWA Out Of Midway Bidding DECEMBER 10, 2004 -- Southwest Airlines this morning said it will submit a bid to the federal bankruptcy court in Indianapolis today for certain assets of bankrupt ATA Airlines."
1107,0,"IBM and Intel to open up blade specifications With today's expected announcement, hardware vendors will get access to the BladeCenter specifications by signing a seven-page licensing agreement, which grants users the right to license the specifications for certain types of products."
5466,0,"Google Enhances Discussion Groups Google is improving on the discussions its popular Web site hosts, hoping the upgrades will spur more online banter and make its market-leading search engine a richer destination."
2544,0,Green Bay Packers INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- The showdown between Peyton Manning and Brett Favre turned into an Arena Football League spectacle. Manning threw for 320 yards and five touchdowns in the first half when the Indianapolis 
2374,0,"Ireland blocks calls to 13 countries to thwart internet scam Ireland 's telecom regulator said this week that is taking  ""extraordinary "" measures to protect internet users from rogue autodialer programs that hijack their modems and run up long-distance phone charges by suspending direct dialing to 13 countries, most "
2664,0,Hilfiger shares plunge amid probe Shares of Tommy Hilfiger Corp. plummeted 22 percent yesterday following Friday 's announcement that the apparel maker 's US division received subpoenas from the US Attorney 's Office regarding 
6890,0,"Cavanagh, Crimson roll by Union Tom Cavanagh scored two goals, leading Harvard to a 4-1 win over visiting Union last night."
6529,0,"DEFOE DRIVES SPURS HOME Jermain Defoe underlined his claims for an improved contract as he inspired Tottenham to a 2-0 win against 10-man Middlesbrough. New coach Martin Jol, who secured his first win in charge, may have been helped "
5492,0,"Fed Raises Interest Rate A 4th Time, To 2 Percent The Federal Reserve suggested that it would continue to raise interest rates gradually through much of next year."
103,0,Surviving Biotech's Downturns Charly Travers offers advice on withstanding the volatility of the biotech sector.
5175,0,"Update 3: Sears ' Stock Surge After Firm Buys Stake Sears, Roebuck and Co. 's stock shot up 23 percent Friday after a real estate investment trust disclosed it had purchased a 4.3 percent interest in the department-store chain."
7155,0,"Strachan targeted by Portsmouth LONDON, England -- Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric has reportedly put former Southampton manager Gordon Strachan at the top of a list of possible targets for the English Premier League club 's vacant managerial position."
2314,0,"American Eagle Reaches Deal With Pilots Union leaders representing pilots at American Eagle, the commuter division of American Airlines, have accepted a tentative contract agreement that includes pay raises."
5814,0,"Mass. franchisees hit Shell in lawsuit Four years after filing suit against the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Cos., Shell service station owners in Massachusetts went before a US District Court judge in Boston yesterday, charging that Shell took several measures in the late 1990s to drive them out of business."
4706,0,"Yahoo Battles Google for The Cell Phone Yahoo added a search feature for cell phones Wednesday, just a few weeks after rival Google launched one of its own. While Google SMS (Short Message Service) uses text-only messages to deliver its results, Yahoo 's "
3940,0,"Halloween Means Sales as Adults Join In  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Halloween is expected to scare up  record sales this year as more adults -- and pets -- join in  what was once mainly a children's dress-up event, filling a  void before the key Christmas shopping season."
6190,0,Ohio State defense keeps Hart in check COLUMBUS - It had been awhile since anyone had slammed the door on Michigan phenom Mike Hart. The freshman running back established a school record by rushing for 150 or more yards in five straight games entering 
3023,0,"China vows currency shift but mum on date Washington, Oct. 2: In the face of growing international pressure, Chinese officials told top US officials on Friday that they would continue to push ahead with plans to float or revalue their currency, but "
2803,0,"Catch a piece of history but hire a lawyer first When Steve Williams picked up the ball Barry Bonds had just hit for his 700th home run, he thought he had his hands on a piece of history."
1767,0,"THE 35TH RYDER CUP Tiger 's Cup doesn 't run over with success Bloomfield Township, Mich. -- The Ryder Cup is upon us, and you know what that means: Time to dress up as Mrs. Doubtfire and taunt Colin Montgomerie from behind the ropes?"
6546,0,"GAME DAY RECAP Sunday, November 28 Sandora Irvin had 23 points and 17 rebounds and TCU upset a ranked team for the second night in a row, beating Michigan State (No."
1221,0,Monti gives Abbey takeover green light European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti has given the green light to the UK8.75bn takeover bid by Spain 's Santander for the UK 's Abbey National.
3101,0,"PeopleSoft Raises Revenue Forecasts  NEW YORK (Reuters) - PeopleSoft Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PSFT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">PSFT.O</A>, fresh from  firing its chief executive amid a hostile takeover bid from  Oracle Corp. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ORCL.O, target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">ORCL.O,</A> on Monday said quarterly revenue would  exceed Wall Street's expectations, helped by an increase in  customers making larger orders for its business software."
7193,0,"George sits for first time in career Irving, TX (Sports Network) - Dallas Cowboys running back Eddie George was inactive for Sunday 's game against New Orleans as a healthy scratch and missed a game for the first time in his NFL career."
5856,0,"Nova Chemicals, BP to Form European Plastics Venture (Update1) Nova Chemicals Corp., Canada 's largest chemical maker, and BP Plc, Europe 's biggest oil company, agreed to merge their European styrenics polymer businesses into a 50-50 venture to reduce costs."
4348,0,Column: Alabama fans should take responsibility for their own <b>...</b> Tennessee and Alabama fans needed extra reasons to hate each other about as much as Deion Sanders needs more reasons to love himself.
1919,0,"Forecasters: More Hurricanes May Be on Way Ivan, Frances and Charley delivered three staggering blows to the Gulf Coast and Florida, as well as Caribbean island nations, all in just five weeks."
3836,0,"No. 3 Miami Stops No. 18 Louisville 41-38 (AP) AP - The Louisville Cardinals drew a flag for excessive celebration in the second quarter, and another in the third. Against Miami, the displays of jubilation were premature. Led by Brock Berlin and Devin Hester, the third-ranked Hurricanes erased a 17-point deficit over the final 20 minutes and came from behind twice in the fourth quarter to beat No. 18 Louisville 41-38 Thursday night."
381,0,"Noguchi Wins Marathon BULLETIN<br>BC-OLY--Women's Marathon RUN,0058<br>BULLETIN<br>    ATHENS, Greece (AP)  --  Mizuki Noguchi of Japan won the marathon Sunday in 2 hours, 26 minutes, 20 seconds."
6285,0,Pulitzer shares surge on possible sale ST. LOUIS Pulitzer Incorporated shares spike more than 17 percent on news that the publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and two Arizona newspapers is considering a possible sale.
2474,0,US Airways To Ask Court For Pay Cuts S Airways said yesterday that it would ask a bankruptcy judge to approve emergency pay cuts - which its unions said would be 23 percent - and other moves to raise cash.
2972,0,"Cubs plate three runs in ninth inning, fall a run short The Chicago Cubs need more than rally caps, good-luck charms or curse-busters now. Mike Hampton and Dewayne Wise each hit two-run homers to lead the Atlanta Braves to "
5752,0,"Adobe Launching New Version of Acrobat by Year 's End Adobe Systems Inc. will release version 7.0 of its digital document product Acrobat by the end of the year, including a new free Acrobat Reader with added reviewing capabilities, the company announced Monday."
3765,0,"US may help to ease cost of Boeing terror insurance Boeing soon may be eligible to buy US terrorism insurance at below-market rates, adding fuel to a debate with Europe over aircraft-maker subsidies."
3695,0,"NHL Owner Is Criticized for Talking of Replacement Players The day before the regular season was supposed to open, the National Hockey League rebuked a team official yesterday for his comments about the league 's strategy in its labor lockout, its second in a decade."
5867,0,HP Profit Tops Lowered Forecast (Reuters) Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co.  on Tuesday said quarterly profit topped its own lowered expectations as the computer and printer maker saw record revenues in every business and every region.
5368,0,"Lights! Camera! Beckham! England 's most celebrated soccer player, David Beckham, has announced that he will undertake his first major acting role in a film trilogy called  'Goal!"
648,0,"Rangers Sign Weekes, Bolster Goaltending (AP) AP - Goaltender Kevin Weekes signed Thursday with the New York Rangers, who expect the unrestricted free agent to compete for the No. 1 job with Mike Dunham."
2627,0,"Sky-high oil prices will ground air transport profits: IATA MONTREAL, Canada : Sky-high oil costs will keep air transport profits in the basement, with losses between three billion and four billion dollars this year, despite a pickup in traffic, the international air trade association said."
3273,0,"Phelps Seeks More Gold at World Championships  INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Still riding a wave of euphoria  from the Olympics, Michael Phelps returns to the pool this week  at the world short course swimming championships seeking a  repeat of his six gold medals in Athens."
2206,0,"Oil prices rise above $47 per barrel Oil prices hurdled $47 a barrel Tuesday, with further declines in the nation 's supply expected in the short-term as petroleum producers disrupted by Hurricane Ivan continue to regroup."
7442,0,Quickies put Pakistan on top in Perth Pakistan pacemen Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami tore through Australia 's top order as the home side struggled to 72 for four at lunch on the opening day of the first test in Perth on Thursday.
6844,0,"Anti-Spyware Spending Set To Skyrocket The spyware plague will trigger a 2,500 percent increase in enterprise spending by 2008, a market-research firm reports. By Gregg Keizer."
5701,0,"Except for less export business, most find little to complain <b>...</b> Longtime Gonzales County rancher Jim Selman, who raises calves in the biggest cattle county in the nation 's biggest cattle state, sees 2004 as a year to remember."
6064,0,Nike founder steps down Nike boss Phil Knight last night announced his decision to step down as chief executive of the footwear company he helped found 42 years ago.
6363,0,"Judge Threatens to Punish MCI Over Fees It Has Paid The judge who presided over the Securities and Exchange Commission 's fraud suit against MCI, the long-distance telephone company, threatened to punish the company yesterday for ignoring his "
7027,0,Study: Return of Wolves Changes Ecosystem (AP) AP - Scientists studying the broader effects of wolf reintroduction said a growing body of evidence suggests that killing off predators such as wolves and grizzly bears in the last century started a cascade of effects that threw ecosystems out of balance.
5551,0,"European spacecraft prepares to orbit Moon Europes first lunar spacecraft is set to go into orbit around the Moon on Monday. SMART-1 has already reached the gateway to the Moon, the region where its gravity starts to dominate that of the Earth."
5790,0,Mularkey sticking with Bledsoe as Bills starter Mike Mularkey has a message to those clamoring for rookie quarterback JP Losman to replace Drew Bledsoe as Buffalo 's starter. Not yet.
6382,0,Court bars MCI from making payments A federal court Wednesday barred No. 2 US long-distance carrier MCI Inc. from making further payments to cover more than $25 million in unauthorized expenses related to bankruptcy of predecessor WorldCom.
5765,0,"Myskina, Kuznetsov to Play in Fed Cup (AP) AP - Anastasia Myskina and Svetlana Kuznetsova will lead Russia's Fed Cup team when it plays Austria in this month's semifinals. Defending champion France will feature Amelie Mauresmo and Mary Pierce in the other semifinal against Spain, which has won this event five times."
6391,0,"Exeter uni cans chemistry department In a move that has been dubbed as  'disastrous ' by the Royal Society of Chemistry, Exeter University is to drop the teaching of chemistry as a subject."
3359,0,Everyone wants a piece of Orton Every sports collectible dealer knows the key to profit is getting in early. And the hounds are suddenly on the scent of Kyle Orton.
2703,0,"Bombardier, DaimlerChrysler Settle Bombardier Inc. (BBDb.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) and DaimlerChrysler AG (DCXGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) ended a three-year dispute over the Montreal company 's acquisition of train "
207,0,"Intuit Posts Wider Loss After Charge (Reuters) Reuters - Intuit Inc. (INTU.O), maker of the No. 1 U.S. tax presentation software TurboTax, on Wednesday posted a wider quarterly loss after taking a goodwill impairment charge during its seasonally weaker fourth quarter."
4337,0,"China 's economy still sizzling, with GDP up 9.1 in Q3, but prices <b>...</b> China 's economic boom is still roaring despite efforts to cool sizzling growth, with gross domestic product climbing 9.5 per cent in the first three quarters of this year, the government reported Friday."
71,0,"AOL Properties Sign Girafa For Thumbnail Search Images AOL Properties Sign Girafa For Thumbnail Search Images\\Girafa.com Inc. announced today that the CompuServe, Netscape, AIM and ICQ properties of America Online, Inc., have signed an agreement with Girafa to use Girafa's thumbnail search images as an integrated part of their search results.\\Using Girafa's thumbnail search service, search users can ..."
6569,0,"Burger and Boks get IRB gongs South Africa 's Schalk Burger has been honoured as international rugby 's player of the year in 2004. The Springboks, the reigning Tri Nations champions, also scooped the awards for Team of the Year and Coach "
6022,0,"SBC and Yahoo! extend pact to offer Internet service SAN ANTONIO SBC Communications and Yahoo are expanding their high-speed Internet service partnership to link video, wireless phone, Internet and other services."
6571,0,"Universal, Warner Bros, Paramount, and New Line Support HD-DVD Major movie studious Paramount, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., and New Line Cinema all said today that they have adopted the new high definition DVD disc format (HD-DVD), and will begin issuing movie titles in the new format in 2005."
1229,0,Toyota to open south China plant Japan carmaker Toyota enters a joint venture to produce saloon cars in southern China.
197,0,Today in Athens Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel of the Netherlands wipes a tear after winning the gold medal in the women 's road cycling individual time trial at the Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre in Athens on Wednesday. 
6072,0,"Nike co-founder stepping down president effective December 28 after more than a year-long search. Knight, 66, who also will give up his title of president,. chairman, "" Knight said in a statement on Thursday."
6993,0,Nortel to Release Delayed Financial Results Nortel Networks said today that it will begin releasing restated and delayed financial results dating back to 2001 next week after a nine-month delay.
649,0,"Glaxo Settles Paxil 'Suicide Pill' Suit  NEW YORK (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GSK.L target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">GSK.L</A> has agreed  to release all clinical studies of its drugs to settle a  lawsuit that accused it of withholding negative information  about the antidepressant Paxil, the New York Attorney General's  office said on Thursday."
627,0,"Nokia, Pointsec team on mobile data security Enterprises seeking higher security for their growing number of mobile devices may be interested in new encryption technology that Nokia Corp. is deploying in its smart phone products."
3182,0,"Hutchison cuts IPO size by 7 pct HONG KONG: Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd (HTIL) cut the size of its IPO for a second time to bolster interest in its shares, reducing the sale 's value by about 7 percent to between US$890 million and US$1."
929,0,FOOTBALL: RAE KNEE SCAN HAS MCLEISH IN A SWEAT ALEX RAE was in hospital yesterday for a scan on his injured knee after playing through the pain barrier in Sunday 's Old Firm clash.
3225,0,"Ballmer strikes big rivals from Microsoft shopping list LISBON - Customers watching for Microsoft Corp. to make a headline-grabbing buy in the business applications market faced disappointment Tuesday as company Chief Executive Officer Steven Ballmer ruled out acquisitions of PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp. and SAP AG."
1226,0,Pornsters face life in China smut crackdown China is stepping up its hard line against internet pornography by threatening life imprisonment for anyoner caught peddling porn.
406,0,"HK walks out of 68-month deflation cycle, official Hong Kong Financial Secretary Henry Tang said he believed Hong Kong has walked out of the consumer price deflation cycle that lingered for 68 months, according to the consumer price index trend in the past few years."
7435,0,Spain coach faces racism inquiry THE Spanish football federation yesterday opened a disciplinary file against national coach Luis Aragones - but anti-racism campaigners expect him to be let off with a warning.
2588,0,"Walgreen 4th-Qtr Net Rises 18 Percent on Drug Sales (Update1) Walgreen Co., the largest US drugstore chain, said fourth-quarter profit rose 18 percent, helped by sales of prescription drugs. Net income had its biggest gain in almost two years, climbing "
2110,0,United Apology over Website Abuse Manchester United have been forced to issue an embarrassing apology to Liverpool for an ill-advised attack on the Anfield outfit on its own website.
1893,0,"Texas Instruments Plans Buyback (Reuters) Reuters - Texas Instruments Inc., the largest maker of chips for cellular phones, on Thursday said it plans to buy back  $1 billion in stock and boost its quarterly dividend by more than 17 percent, becoming the latest technology company to return extra cash to investors."
7008,0,"Get Real? This time last week, first lady Laura Bush was having what she might call her Christmas Tree Day. First, she showed off the decorated executive mansion to reporters and then joined her husband "
6601,0,"Bosox strike deal with Mirabelli; Yanks, Flaherty close The Boston Red Sox have signed backup catcher Doug Mirabelli to a two-year deal worth $3 million, making him the first of the World Series champions ' 16 free agents to re-sign."
5053,0,Nokia plans to boost memory for phones New handsets from the mobile phones global leader will have hard disk to store more songs and pictures in a move to tap the rapidly growing smartphone market.
644,0,Manchester United cruise into Champions League Manchester United eased into the Champions League group phase with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Dinamo Bucharest at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
5331,0,Competitions Foster Next Generation Of Linux Talent IBM 's Linux Scholar Challenge is one of a few programs to drum up enthusiasm among students worldwide in Linux and open-source software.
7303,0,"Big merger could box Qwest in Qwest Communications may not be immediately affected by a Sprint-Nextel merger, but its options could become more limited. At one time, Qwest and Sprint were viewed as possible merger partners."
4689,0,"Yahoo Debuts Mobile Search SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo (Quote, Chart) expanded its search empire to the mobile arena with the launch of some additional services. The company was one of the original content providers for mobile devices running "
3941,0,"Davydenko tops Davis Cup  'mate Youzhny MOSCOW -- Nikolay Davydenko overcame leg cramps to beat Russian Davis Cup teammate Mikhail Youzhny in a tough Kremlin Cup semifinal, 7-5, 6-7, 7-5 on Saturday."
5173,0,"U.S. October Hiring at a Seven-Month Peak  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. jobs were created at the  heartiest pace in seven months during October, the government   said on Friday, spurred by rebuilding in the hurricane-battered  Southeast and brisk hiring in service industries."
1048,0,"It 's got to be Cole on the left Football365 's top pundit looks ahead to England 's international double-header and calls for Joe Cole to be given the nod on the left... Of the three left-sided options available to Sven-Goran Eriksson on Saturday, I would personally go for Joe Cole."
4440,0,"Ontario won 't help other provinces squeeze Ottawa for more <b>...</b> Premier Dalton McGuinty sent a shot across the bow of have-not provinces Sunday, warning that Ontario will not support efforts to wring billions more in equalization payments out "
274,0,Sprint is chock full of potential heros It would be nice to see this week 's 100-meter sprint as simply the best footrace of all time. We could witness four sub-10-second sprints for the first time ever. It would be nice to watch with raised eyebrows instead of furrowed ones. It ...
3005,0,Perry OKs money for APS as more accusations arise The state 's Adult Protective Services agency will get an emergency infusion of $10 million to correct the kinds of problems that have arisen in El Paso.
1287,0,Rugby-Lions accept extra match on 2005 New Zealand tour The British and Irish Lions have accepted an extra match on their tour of New Zealand next year. The Lions will now play the traditionally strong Auckland provincial 
5111,0,"Top US spammer is bound for the slammer Washington - A man convicted of violating anti-spam laws by sending out tens of thousands of unsolicited emails using fake addresses faces nine years in prison in Virginia, authorities said on Thursday."
1369,0,"Attacks on Disney's Eisner Abate On Friday, the former Disney directors who led a shareholder rebellion aimed at the ouster of Disney's chief executive and other directors this year said they had dropped plans to run a slate of directors at next year's shareholders meeting."
3397,0,Stem Cells Emit Healing Molecules WASHINGTON (AP) -- Embryonic stem cells may not have to actually grow replacement body parts to be useful.    New research suggests these cells also secrete healing molecules powerful enough to reverse a lethal birth defect in mice...
5342,0,Volcano  'cowboys ' who ride a ring of fire Scientists tap everything from gas-sniffing devices to GPS systems to better forecast when a mountain will stir. By Brad Knickerbocker  Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
2214,0,"Michigan regulators allow SBC to charge more for use of its <b>...</b> State regulators unanimously voted Tuesday to allow SBC Communications Inc. to charge competitors more to use its network, but it was unclear when, or if, that increase would be felt "
6124,0,"Icahn Takes The High River NEW YORK - Why has Carl Icahn set his sights on the relatively insignificant Mylan Laboratories, a generic drug company with just $1.5 billion in sales and a $4.3 billion market cap?"
6786,0,"Williams Rejects Deal, Says He Won 't Return in 2005 Miami Dolphins tailback Ricky Williams has no immediate plans to resume his NFL career and, at least for now, intends to stay in retirement, according to his attorney."
6378,0,Petrol sales boost Tesco turnover The UK's largest supermarket - Tesco - says strong petrol sales aided a rise in third quarter sales across all parts of its business.
2093,0,"Media center at your fingertips Apple 's splashy digital music player has emboldened Microsoft and other technology titans to move quickly to the next frontier in portable entertainment: the video iPod, so to speak."
6226,0,"Google targets software giant  SEATTLE -- Not too long ago, Google Inc. seemed little more than a pesky insect to Microsoft Corp.'s 800-pound gorilla."
2923,0,"Arthritis drug withdrawn after trial A prescription painkiller used by more than 250,000 Australians to treat arthritis has been withdrawn from sale after a clinical trial found it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke."
7135,0,"The relief of shedding a big ball and chain: HHG sale of its <b>...</b> which owns fund manager Henderson, - yesterday escaped a ball and chain that has dragged at it ever since it came to the stock market a year ago."
1502,0,England v Zimbabwe England welcomed back the world 's best one-day player on Friday as they began their challenge for the ICC Champions Trophy by naming key all-rounder Andrew Flintoff in their line-up to face Zimbabwe at Edgbaston.
7511,0,"White House May Pick Bernanke The White House, seeking a strong economic team to craft and sell key features of its second-term agenda, is considering tapping Federal Reserve Board member Ben S. Bernanke to serve as chairman "
5418,0,"Vivendi surprises with rise in revenue Vivendi Universal, the French media group that almost collapsed into bankruptcy two years ago, yesterday surprised investors with strong third-quarter revenues driven by soaring music sales in the Britain and North America."
7026,0,"Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing  initial claims for jobless pay grew unexpectedly last week to  357,000, Labor Department data showed on Thursday, but an  official said an increase in the week after a public holiday  was typical."
1359,0,"Cash America shuffles assets, sets special dividend WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Cash America International (PWN) said it 's reached a deal to acquire privately owned SuperPawn, operator of a 41-store chain of pawn shops in the US including 21 locations in Las Vegas."
4060,0,"Kmart names new CEO Kmart yesterday hired a restaurant and branding expert as its new president and chief executive officer, suggesting the nation 's third-largest discount retailer would soon start "
5005,0,Liverpool 's Benitez hopes to sign new striker Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez would like to sign a new striker in January 's transfer window after an injured Djibril Cisse was sidelined for the rest of the season but warned he would not break the bank to sign someone.
6404,0,"NAIA Coach Nears Matching Smith's Total (AP) AP - Harry Statham thought he was making a temporary stop when he took over as McKendree College's basketball coach in 1966. His dream was to win a state high school championship, but jobs at the premier high schools were hard to come by, especially for a young coach. Statham figured if he could put a few successful seasons together at McKendree, his alma mater, he'd be able to land a better job."
7528,0,Pakistan collapses at the WACA Opener Justin Langer was last out after a glorious innings of 191 as Australia totaled 381 on the second morning of the first test against Pakistan in Perth on Friday.
2335,0,"Southern Africa Faces Food, Water Crises - Study (Reuters) Reuters - Southern Africa faces major challenges to feed its swelling populations and to keep its wells from running dry, a study showed Wednesday."
1814,0,"BTG hits Amazon, Netflix and others with patent suit BTG, a London-based firm that focuses on intellectual property and technology commercialization, filed suit against Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com and two other Internet companies for infringing on patents related to the tracking of users online."
385,0,"GAME DAY RECAP Sunday, August 22 Aramis Ramirez hit a three-run homer, Moises Alou also homered and the Chicago Cubs beat the Houston Astros 11-6 on Sunday in the testy conclusion of a three-game series between the NL Central rivals."
1006,0,Scottish  & Southern wraps up a 3bn deal over distribution <b>...</b> SCOTTISH  & Southern Energy yesterday called time on its 18-month acquisition spree after confirming a 3.1 billion swoop for two gas distribution networks.
5485,0,"News: Banks prepare for ATM cyber crime An industry and law enforcement group hopes to prevent Windows XP-based cash machines from inspiring ""the next wave of ATM crime."""
2072,0,Busch Takes Over Kurt Busch dominates Sunday's Sylvania 300 and comes away tied with Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the lead after the first race of the new 10-race championship showdown.
7152,0,"Iowa Bests Iowa St. Former Cyclone Adam Haluska does in his former team as he scores 20 points to lead the Hawkeyes past Iowa State, 70-63, on Friday."
3764,0,Petroleum and natural-gas supply data due out Thursday SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- A rally in heating-oil futures to a fresh record and gains for natural gas for the first time in four sessions pulled crude prices more than $1 a barrel higher Wednesday.
2343,0,"PeopleSoft Plays Defense The business software maker inks a deal with IBM, but it isn't likely to dissuade Oracle."
4687,0,Will Tellabs Push Its Luck? Perhaps the optical network supplier should call off its merger with AFC.
5387,0,"Computer Associates Launches PestPatrol Computer Associates is releasing eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware r5, aimed at consumers and small businesses, and based on technology CA obtained when it bought anti-spyware provider PestPatrol two months ago."
5300,0,"Stocks Open Lower as Wall St. Pulls Back US stocks opened slightly lower on Monday as investors pause after a three-day rally last week, with interest rates and a weakening dollar gaining focus now that the presidential election is over."
4081,0,"Solar Minimum is Coming Soon Something strange happened on the sun last week: all the sunspots vanished. This is a sign, say scientists, that solar minimum is coming sooner than expected."
7527,0,"Governor 's proposal: New game, same strategy If Gov. Rod Blagojevich 's proposal to crack down on violent video game sales sounds familiar, look no further than the man he beat to become Illinois ' chief executive."
1632,0,"Meditation Practice Helping Arthritis Patients By ALEX DOMINGUEZ    BALTIMORE (AP) -- Dalia Isicoff knows pain. A lifelong sufferer of rheumatoid arthritis, she has had seven hip replacement surgeries..."
6346,0,Microsoft Will Replace Fake Copies of XP U.K. users will be able to replace pirated versions of Windows that they have purchased.
4278,0,"Hackers are getting smarter, says Ballmer At Gartner Symposium ITXPO, Microsoft Chief Executive, Steve Ballmer touched on quite a few topics that are targeted towards Microsoft 's end consumers."
6079,0,"Auto suppliers feel squeeze DETROIT -- New car and truck sales rose more than two per cent during the first 10 months of 2004, but many of the companies that supply parts to the big automakers have little to celebrate -- their profits are shrinking as raw materials costs rise and "
5242,0,"DaLomba sprints to win With the Eastern Massachussetts cross-country championships just a week away, yesterday's MSTCA Invitational at Franklin Park offered area runners a last chance to tune up for the title race."
3334,0,"34 tech firms sued for alleged LCD patent theft Honeywell has issued lawsuits against 34 companies, including Dell, Apple, Sony and Toshiba alleging LCD panels used in their products infringe a 1992 patent the company holds."
2529,0,Serena takes China title Serena Williams got back to winning ways with victory over US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final of the China Open on Sunday.
2928,0,"Threat of Extinction Looms Over Larger Species Being the biggest dog may pay off at feeding time, but species that grow too large may be more vulnerable to extinction, new research suggests. Over 50 million years a succession of large carnivores evolved in North America, diversified, and then died out."
5933,0,Sears and Kmart Agree to Merge in $11 Billion Deal Two of the nation's most well-known companies today said they would combine to form the third-largest U.S. retailer.
173,0,"Small computers can have multiple personalities, too BOSTON The jury is still out on whether a computer can ever truly be intelligent, but there is no question that it can have multiple personalities. It 's just a matter of software. We usually think of the processor chip as the brains of a computer. The ..."
65,0,Indian state rolls out wireless broadband Government in South Indian state of Kerala sets up wireless kiosks as part of initiative to bridge digital divide.
1406,0,"Trying to recapture glory days With two Super Bowl wins in the last three years, the Patriots have enjoyed the greatest stretch in franchise history, and they've been lauded for doing it with team play. Here are examples of when the other sports franchises in town distinguished themselves in similar fashion."
4073,0,"Trust Digital Gets CEO, Cash Influx Trust Digital Inc., a McLean software company, is getting a new chief executive and $3.1 million in new investments as it tries to expand its business making security software for wireless devices. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""򢰪""><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>"
2995,0,"Jeff Gordon leads contenders at Talladega Joe Nemechek wasn 't surprised to be back at the front of the field, just that it took so long to get there. Nemechek, who earned the nickname  ""Front Row Joe "" when he won six poles from 1997-00, got No."
6293,0,"The Handbag? Total Knockoff. The Price Tag? All Too Real. It is as much a rite of the New York holiday season as sidewalk Santas or crowded Fifth Avenue sidewalks: the proliferation of hawkers selling counterfeit products like the fake Fendi handbag, the replica Rolex watch and the pirated DVD."
3342,0,"MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA: SPACEPORT Monday was a big day in Mojave. Tens of thousands of spectators showed up to see Burt Rutans SpaceShipOne make its second flight from below sea level to the edge of space, and in doing so "
2033,0,"Paper:US Airways Loses Loans for 100 Jets  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Airways lost the financing for  nearly 100 regional jets that were to be a key part of the  bankrupt airline's restructuring plan, The Washington Post  reported on Saturday."
5443,0,Sainz forced off road TWO-TIME world champion Carlos Sainz 's career came to a premature end today after the Spaniard was forced out of the Rally of Australia.
2503,0,UPDATE 1-Struggling Singh stays ahead in Pennsylvania World number one Vijay Singh stayed two shots clear of the field after struggling to a level-par 72 in the third round of the $4.2 million Pennsylvania Classic on Saturday.
3922,0,"Astronauts arrive at space station A RUSSIAN spacecraft has delivered three astronauts to the International Space Station, overcoming docking system problems which had delayed its launch."
4421,0,"Schilling, Morris face tall task So what will Curt Schilling do for an encore tonight? Take the mound without a flu shot? Five days after baseball 's most inspiring comeback that didn 't involve an Iowa cornfield, Schilling "
6651,0,"Tech Firms Keep Riding Chinese Tiger Microsoft watched a software deal with China go bust less than two weeks into the contract. And Beijing is pushing its government IT officials to buy local. But China remains a vibrant market where tech firms have to stay in play. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2"" color=""򢰪""><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>"
1400,0,Wind-Aided Delay May Be Plus for Pitt (AP) AP - The rainy remnants of Hurricane Frances forced Pittsburgh to practice inside in advance of its delayed season opener.
770,0,"DATA VIEW: HK Exports Slow In July, But Momentum Intact HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Hong Kong 's export expansion slowed a touch in July, as expected, but still continued at double-digit rates thanks to high trade volume with mainland China."
5365,0,"Dollar Holds Above Record Low Vs Euro  LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar held almost a cent above its  record low against the euro on Tuesday, winning a respite after  heavy selling as European officials warned about a strong euro  and investors grew wary ahead of U.S. trade data."
1315,0,"Briefly: Top McAfee exec to step down roundup Plus:  Samsung to put hard drives in phones...IDC says external disk storage up...Lawmakers to vote on spyware, piracy bills."
6951,0,"Hawks Evicted From New York City Perch (AP) AP - Pale Male the city hawk was evicted from his nest, and the flap has already begun."
2666,0,"Citigroup 's Krawcheck Named Finance, Strategy Chief (Update2) Citigroup Inc., the world 's biggest bank, named Sallie Krawcheck chief financial officer and head of strategy, making her the highest-ranking woman on Wall Street and giving her responsibilities outside the brokerage industry."
2318,0,"Maker of Twinkies goes into bankruptcy Onge. Interstate Bakeries Corp. has filed for bankruptcy, a casualty of rising costs and reduced demand for carbohydrate-rich breads and pastries, including its Wonder Bread and Hostess Twinkies."
5537,0,"Hit TV series 24 goes from small screen to smaller screen (AFP) AFP - The hit US television show  ""24 "" is going from the small screen to the smaller after 20th Century Fox and Vodaphone struck a groundbreaking deal to distribute the drama on mobile telephones."
585,0,"Ford to Repair Faulty Heated Seats in Focus Cars Ford Motor Co. said on Wednesday it will fix malfunctioning heated seats in 33,000 Focus cars, two-thirds of which were sold in Canada."
2898,0,Sports in brief He yelped after his second drive. His knees buckled after making contact on the sixth tee. . (See photo at left.) He stopped a half-dozen times and lifted his shirt so his caddie could rub heating cream between his shoulder blades.
1541,0,Tough to predict a hurricane landfall this season 's busy season of landfalling Atlantic hurricanes has seen a few less-than-perfect calls by tropical 
6390,0,"France surges into Fed Cup final Defending champion France surged into the Fed Cup final, completing a 5-0 sweep of Spain on Thursday behind singles victories by Nathalie Dechy and Tatiana Golovin."
1194,0,Cycling: Petacchi wins second stage in Spain MADRID : Alessandro Petacchi showed why he is considered one of the world 's top sprinters when coming out on top in a mass dash to the line in the second stage of the Tour of Spain.
289,0,"For starters, Giants ' Manning on mark Manning had a decent debut as a starter, but Delhomme overshadowed the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft by throwing for a touchdown and running for another in the Carolina Panthers ' 27-20 exhibition victory last night over ..."
7523,0,"For Guidant, J &J 's resources sealed the deal After lengthy talks and stiff negotiations over price, the decision by Guidant executives to sell the company for $25.4 billion came down to the attractiveness of Johnson  & Johnson 's deep resources."
5670,0,PSV Stays Top After 1-0 Win Over Willem II  AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink scored his  seventh goal of the season to give Dutch league leader PSV  Eindhoven a 1-0 win over Willem II Tilburg on Saturday.
5853,0,"Apple Sailing on Digital River the iPod -s a nifty little device, primarily allowing you to listen to downloaded music, but also giving you the opportunity "
920,0,Microsoft spends 1bn to keep out the hackers The growing threat of hackers and viruses has prompted Microsoft to roll out a billion- dollar upgrade of its Windows computer operating system to strengthen security.
6092,0,"Spain Condemns Racial Abuse, Defends Reputation  MADRID (Reuters) - The Madrid council has condemned the  racist behavior of fans that marred Wednesday's friendly  between Spain and England and said that the events should not  be allowed to harm the city's bid to host the 2012 Olympics."
7558,0,"CarMax Earnings Fall, Stock Up on Outlook (Reuters) Reuters - CarMax Inc.  on Friday posted lower quarterly profit, but the used-car retailer said its sales have been steadily improving, sending its shares up as much as 14 percent."
2334,0,"Sonics sign Turkish captain, adding veteran leadership The Sonics signed guard Ibrahim Kutluay yesterday. Terms of the contract were not disclosed, but it is expected to be a two-year deal worth about $3."
7376,0,Yukos seeks US bankruptcy refuge Embattled Russian oil giant Yukos has filed for bankruptcy protection in a US court in an attempt to prevent the forced sale of its main production arm.
2816,0,"Grand Jury Adds to HealthSouth Charges Federal prosecutors yesterday announced new perjury and obstruction-of-justice charges against HealthSouth Corp. founder Richard M. Scrushy, accusing the former chief executive of the rehabilitation "
620,0,"GM pulls Corvette ad with underage driver DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. has withdrawn a Corvette commercial that shows a young boy driving wildly through city streets after safety advocates complained, the company said yesterday."
409,0,"ROUNDUP: Franchitti overcomes pit mishap for IRL win FOUNTAIN, Colo. -- Dario Franchitti shook off a potentially dangerous pit mishap to win the IRL 's Honda 225 Sunday at Pikes Peak International Raceway."
4509,0,"Hendrick Motorsports Our thoughts are with the Hendricks Motorsport team in the United States today following the plane crash in Sunday which killed five team members, two family members and three pilots."
4424,0,UNITED V ARSENAL: MATCH REPORT United are back in the title race after bringing Arsenal 's long unbeaten run to a grisly end in the Manchester rain. Ruud van Nistelrooy erased the misery of his penalty miss in last season 's fixture by slotting a second-half spot-kick past Jens Lehmann.
4131,0,"Soy-Fertility Risk Downplayed (WebMD) Eating a diet rich in soy or taking soy supplements probably won 't harm a woman 's fertility, according to a new study."
1657,0,Disney Foes Want Eisner Out Now Disgruntled former Disney directors Roy Disney and Stanley Gold told Disney 's board Monday that CEO Michael Eisner should hit the road by early 2005 at the latest.
2315,0,"Bucs still seeking first offensive touchdown In good times and bad, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers could count on two things -taunch defense and stench offense. By Chris O 'Meara, AP."
5794,0,NASA Cancels Hypersonic Flight NASA scrubbed its mission Monday to launch a pilotless plane that is capable of flying at 10 times the speed of sound. The launch of the X-43A was canceled due to technical problems.
5908,0,Clip and save The historically maligned Clippers appeared headed for a letdown. They started their first seven games above .500 and had their first home game in eight days against the mediocre Toronto Raptors.
1114,0,"The Russians are back St. Paul, Minn.Outclassed and completely humiliated by the Russians here last night, the reeling and desperate Americans are planning wholesale lineup changes to get back on track in the World Cup."
5947,0,"Cheese sandwich back on eBay MIAMI -- You might say that this time, eBay melted in the resolve to ban the online sale of part of a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich."
6260,0,Thomson joins takeover bid for ContentGuard Thomson joined Microsoft and Time Warner on Monday in trying to take control of U.S. digital rights management (DRM) company ContentGuard Holdings.
298,0,Carly Patterson Wins Gymnastics All-Around Gold  ATHENS (Reuters) - Carly Patterson upstaged Russian diva  Svetlana Khorkina to become the first American in 20 years to  win the women's Olympic gymnastics all-round gold medal on  Thursday.
4763,0,A fresh look at the stars... A supernova spotted by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe more than four centuries ago - which changed the course of human knowledge - has just yielded a further discovery: the companion star that triggered the great event.
7274,0,"NASA administrator to resign WASHINGTON: Sean O 'Keefe, is resigning after three tumultuous years heading the US space program, the White House said Monday."
4377,0,Sachin ready for Nagpur Sachin Tendulkar will play in the third Test against Australia beginning Tuesday. That the master batsman has been declared fit to play in the Test was announced by physio Andrew Leipus of the Indian cricket team.
5678,0,"Stocks End Higher as Dell Boosts Techs Stocks extended their rally on Friday, led by technology shares after computer maker Dell Inc. (DELL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) shot up 8 percent on a higher quarterly profit and an optimistic forecast."
2744,0,Liberty rally to edge Shock Bethany Donaphin didn 't have time to think when she got the ball with the score tied and clock winding down in regulation. Donaphin hit a turnaround jumper with 0.5 of a second remaining to lift the host New 
6972,0,"Tech Firms, FBI to Fight 'Phishing' Scams Together (Reuters) Reuters - Internet companies and law-enforcement agencies said on Wednesday they will work together to track down online scam artists who pose as banks and other legitimate businesses, a practice known as\""phishing."""
3229,0,"Yahoo offers personal search Yahoo launched a new service designed to let users of its search engine save and manage their query results for accessing later and sharing with others, the company said Tuesday."
6793,0,"US Stocks Flat;Investors Await Intel,Jobs  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were little changed on  Thursday, pausing after Wednesday's sharp rally, as investors  were reluctant to wade into the market before Intel's  mid-quarter update after the close and Friday's jobs report."
5785,0,"Oil Edges Down, Microsoft Boosts Techs  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices touched 2-month lows near  $45 a barrel on Monday before taking back most of their losses,  but the downward trend knocked energy company stocks lower and  U.S. stock indexes ended little changed. A rise in Microsoft  shares helped boost the technology sector."
6165,0,"ViewPoints: Just say  'No ' You can 't get much clearer than No. That was the strongly implied response of the US Treasury secretary, John Snow, to Europe 's growing cries that he help it deal with a weakening dollar by intervening to stop the slide."
3242,0,"UK 's Diageo gets $2.26 bln from General Mills sale Britain 's Diageo Plc (DGE.L: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world 's biggest spirits group raised $2.26 billion from its sale of 49."
7014,0,Minn. Test Drives New License Technology (AP) AP - Minnesota next week will begin issuing a first-of-its-kind driver's license designed to thwart counterfeiters  — an issue that has taken on greater urgency since the Sept. 11 attacks.
3891,0,IBM 's High-End Power5 Servers Catch HP IBM on Friday introduced high-end servers in its pSeries and iSeries lines that include virtualization features and raw power that some experts say put the products on par with offerings from rival Hewlett-Packard Co.
1161,0,KERR CRUISES INTO LEAD Cristie Kerr carded a nine-under-par 63 to take a four-stroke lead after the third round of the State Farm Classic in Illinois. Kerr entered the day four shots behind Christina Kim but showed the youngster that Tour veterans must never be underestimated.
5970,0,US MNT Streaking Into Final Round The US mens national team will look to extend their record unbeaten streak to 13 matches when the take on Jamaica at Columbus Crew Stadium in its final match of semifinal-round qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
6405,0,"Madrid miffed! The organisers of Madrid 's bid complained that Paris had broken the rules by using France 's embassies in Oslo and Kuwait to hold events to promote its candidacy, the newspaper said."
5347,0,"Last Gasp of a Dying Star? Spacecraft to Find Out A new spacecraft is being readied to make the fastest, most detailed study yet of the fleeting gamma ray bursts emanating from deep in space."
4526,0,"Dave Hyde column, October 25, 2004 In somber tones and professional adjectives, the president, the athletic director and the no-longer-the-football-coach took turns announcing a University of Florida firing Monday that was surprising only for coming sooner rather than later."
1274,0,"Pump prices may dip after Labor Day Pump prices have been climbing in advance of Labor Day, as they often do before the last major drive-away weekend of the summer. The average price for self-serve regular "
3313,0,Microsoft Includes SP2 in Windows XP Embedded Customers using Windows XP Embedded will be able to use a downloadable preview to test the new software for conflicts with existing drivers.
1340,0,"Study: Athletic success doesn 't pay off in donations Success in big-time sports has little, if any, effect on a college 's alumni donations or the academic quality of its applicants, according to a study made under the direction of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics."
1254,0,"Oil Tip-Toes Higher, Watches Stocks, OPEC (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. oil prices edged higher for the second day in a row on Tuesday amid calls within OPEC to crack down on excess output at this week's meeting."
453,0,"Wiretaps may mute Nextel rivals Fed up with technical excuses, FBI wants carriers to support eavesdropping capabilities for push-to-talk technology now."
4895,0,Four pay price for India defeats India have dropped wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel and batsman Yuvraj Singh for the final Test against Australia. Opening batsman Aakash Chopra and seamer Ajit Agarkar were also left out after India conceded the 
862,0,Angels' Glaus Activated From DL (AP) AP - Troy Glaus was activated from the 60-day disabled list Sunday by the Anaheim Angels and was back in the lineup against the Minnesota Twins.
428,0,"Students crazy about iPod follow the music to Apple laptops (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Apple's trendy iPod digital music player, which has revitalized the company, is giving laptop sales a boost during back-to-school season."
5934,0,"Consumer Prices: Biggest Jump Since May Surging energy costs drove US consumer prices up by a hefty and larger-than-expected 0.6 percent last month, the biggest jump since May, a government report showed on Wednesday."
7060,0,"Study: Wild Monkeys Resort to Use of Tools (AP) AP - Wild South American monkeys routinely use fist-sized rocks to crack open seeds and to dig in dry Brazilian soil for grubs and edible tubers, researchers report in the journal Science."
670,0,"Let basketball As the US men 's basketball team limps into the Olympic medal round, the focus has been on the team 's lousy outside shooting."
7192,0,Poutiainen Wins But Plays Down Cup Hopes Finland 's Tanja Poutiainen snatched back the women 's World Cup lead with her third victory of the Alpine ski season on Sunday but played down her chances of winning the overall title.
2536,0,"NFL Game Summary - Jacksonville at Tennessee Nashville, TN (Sports Network) - Fred Taylor scored on a one-yard run with nine seconds left in the fourth quarter to lift the Jacksonville Jaguars to a 15-12 victory over the Tennessee Titans at The Coliseum."
1792,0,"Oracle Fails to Inspire Tech Rally Oracle Corp. handed the software industry some positive earnings news after the bell on Tuesday, but investors pulled cash from the sector on concerns that information technology spending has become anemic."
10,0,"Group to Propose New High-Speed Wireless Format  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A group of technology companies  including Texas Instruments Inc. <TXN.N>, STMicroelectronics  <STM.PA> and Broadcom Corp. <BRCM.O>, on Thursday said they  will propose a new wireless networking standard up to 10 times  the speed of the current generation."
1640,0,"Copy, rip, or import? If you 've been using the new Windows Media Player 10 for Windows XP, you may have noticed that Microsoft shifted from some of the more formal language that it used in Windows Media Player 9 --  ""Copy from CD "" and  ""Copy to CD "" -- to the more casual terms "
2584,0,"The Wayne Rooney era begins at Manchester United Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson calls him the best English player in the last 30 years, and he 's expected to debut for the club Tuesday in its Champions League match at Old Trafford against Turkey 's Fenerbahce."
2748,0,The Crusade Against Evolution In the beginning there was Darwin. And then there was intelligent design. How the next generation of 'creation science' is invading America's classrooms. By Evan Ratliff from Wired magazine.
657,0,"Texas School to Offer Women's Gaming Scholarship (Reuters) Reuters - As part of a drive to attract more women into the male-dominated video game industry, a program for aspiring game developers at Southern Methodist University will offer a women-only scholarship, organizers said on Thursday."
5919,0,"Dollar hits new low against euro The US Treasury Secretary pledges commitment to a strong dollar, as the currency hits another record low against euro."
3620,0,"Ecclestone driving a hard bargain The negotiations over the future of the British grand prix are expected to shift up a gear tomorrow when the sport 's governing body, the FIA, publishes a draft calendar for the 2005 formula one world championship."
7130,0,"Southwest To Bid For ATA Chicago Assets Southwest Airlines said on Friday it will bid at least USD$100 million for assets of bankrupt ATA Airlines, including taking over six of ATA 's 14 gates at Chicago 's Midway Airport and selling tickets on some of each other 's flights."
3022,0,Report: Bowa on His Way Out of Philly  PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - Larry Bowa will reportedly  be fired as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies at the end of  the season.
5849,0,"SMART-1 makes lunar orbit The SMART-1 probe has entered its lunar orbit, and the history books as the first European mission to have done so. Professor David Southwood, director of science for the European Space Agency (ESA), said:  ""Europe "
6365,0,"Good Luck and Bubblewrap.com Collard greens and black-eyed peas, a New Years tradition, on a chefs site; Virtual-Bubblewrap.com lets you punch holes with your mouse; KnowItAllVideo.com, where amateur instructional videos are posted and rated."
6657,0,"Najeh to the rescue for Packers No Ahman Green, no problem. At least that 's what it looked like on Monday night, as the Green Bay Packers ran roughshod over the St."
5787,0,"Will Firefox Ignite Enterprises? Many users are celebrating Mozilla 's release of Firefox 1.0, its open-source Web browser. The beta version was downloaded some 8 million times."
1273,0,"Summer Box Office Hits a High, Despite Lows In a summer when many of the studios' biggest bets failed to pay off, it was familiarity in the form of sequels and low-budget comedies that resonated with movie audiences."
1001,0,"Problem device bypassed trials The catheter that triggered three safety recalls by Boston Scientific Corp. of its best-selling Taxus coronary stent after being linked to three deaths and 47 injuries had not been subjected to the rigors of a human clinical trial, FDA records show."
1295,0,Beer and drugs hit manufacturing output Factory output fell unexpectedly in July for the second month in a row -- the first back-to-back decline in nearly two years -- as the production of beer and pharmaceuticals plummeted.
4273,0,"America 's curse There is an all but unanswerable case for asserting that the biggest story out of the United States this week has nothing to do with the presidential election, has no connection with the flu vaccine shortage and that it does not involve a gay bishop either "
4071,0,"Pro Hockey Notebook: 10/19/04 Courtney Prince, 25, of Manhattan, a former captain of the New York Rangers ' skating cheerleading squad sued the owner of Madison Square Garden, saying she was fired after she told "
3244,0,"Jug half full: Gophers hope to hit ground running at Michigan If Minnesota wants to walk out of Michigan Stadium with the Little Brown Jug for the first time since 1986, it had better hope its offense is its old self and its defense isnt."
4592,0,"How the credit policy will affect you The Reserve Bank of India announced the mid-term review of its monetary policy on Tuesday. Though the central Bank kept away from the much expected interest rate hike, the policy contained recommendations "
787,0,"Australia win Olympic hockey gold ATHENS, Aug 27: Australia won the Olympic men 's hockey tournament for the first time in history on Friday, beating the Netherlands 2-1 with a golden goal."
6926,0,"IT Heavies Launch  ""MegaGrid "" Project SAN FRANCISCO -- Four mainstream IT companies are pooling resources to launch a standardized enterprise grid infrastructure based on their products."
6680,0,Grinstein: Delta Pilots ' Retirement Exodus Likely On Wednesday At least 100 Delta Air Lines (nyse: DAL - news - people ) pilots are expected to retire effective Wednesday. That 's the starting date for the 32.5 pay cut agreed upon under Chief Executive Gerald Grinstein 's master plan.
1515,0,"ESPN Soccernet.com news services CARSON, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Galaxy signed forward Alan Gordon on loan from the Portland Timbers of the A-League on Friday. A Galaxy selection in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft, the club will have the option "
1262,0,"Maid sues Sony Pictures exec p2pnet.net News- James Jackson, vp of legal affairs for Sony Pictures Entertainment, filed for bankruptcy protection just days before a lawsuit accusing him and his wife of involuntary servitude, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy, negligence and "
4985,0,"Steeler subs doing their jobs When the New England Patriots rolled into town Sunday afternoon to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers, the final outcome of the football game might have been secondary to some vital information needed by the black and gold as far as the rest of the season is "
7121,0,Shares of Video Game Makers Rise Sharply Shares of video game makers rose sharply Friday after analysts reported industry sales increased 11 percent last month due mainly to the strength of two blockbuster titles that have proven to be the holiday season 's biggest sellers.
7070,0,"Premier swallows Bird 's custard Bird 's custard and Angel Delight are back in British hands after a 70m deal announced yesterday. The famous brands have been bought by Premier Foods, owner of Ambrosia custard and Rowntrees jelly, from the US food group Kraft."
1069,0,Smith setback for Windies West Indies have been forced to make a second change to their Champions Trophy squad because of injury. Dwayne Smith is suffering from a shoulder problem and has been replaced by Ryan Hinds.
4629,0,"UPDATE: Air New Zealand Rights Issue Greeted Positively WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--Air New Zealand Ltd. (AIR.NZ) said Wednesday it expects to post a slight drop in profit in the current financial year, and that it hopes to raise NZ$186 million in a rights issue next month to fund investment in new aircraft."
4995,0,Sri Lanka batsman fined as Pakistan tie series Sri Lanka 's Kumar Sangakkara has been fined 30 of his match fee for showing dissent during the fourth day of the second Test against Pakistan in Karachi.
7185,0,Miller Wins Giant Slalom After Maier Falters Bode Miller won his fifth victory of the World Cup season in a giant slalom on Sunday after the three men ahead of him all faltered.
6596,0,"South Korea, Singapore seal free-trade pact Korea and Singapore sealed a free-trade agreement yesterday that covers nine broad areas, including electronics, finance and intellectual property rights."
325,0,"One in four servers to run Linux by 2008 In a report, the research firm painted a bright future for the open source operating system, claiming that shipments of servers running Linux -- and revenues from those shipments -- will rise significantly over the next five years."
2296,0,"PeopleSofts big bash See you next year in Las Vegas , proclaimed a marquee at the PeopleSoft user conference in San Francisco in late September. It was one of many not-so-subtle attempts by the company to reassure its customers "
7111,0,"Space Station crew become  ""Weightless-Watchers "" with low food <b>...</b> With food supplies becoming critically low onboard the International Space Station, the astronauts have been told to cut back on their food consumption."
1204,0,"Labor situation deserves honest talk For a moment last week, President Bush escaped the White House spin chamber and was the plainspoken man much of the nation came to like four years ago."
2910,0,"Netflix, TiVo Promise New Service The two companies say they will jointly develop a set-top box to download movies over the internet. Netflix will arrange the movie licensing from Hollywood studios, and TiVo will take care of the product technology."
6589,0,A U.S. brain drain? A drop in engineering degrees combined with a fall-off in foreign students matriculating at U.S. colleges spells big trouble ahead.
3403,0,"Alcoa Profit Hurt by Labor, Storm Costs Alcoa Inc. (AA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world 's biggest aluminum producer, posted only slightly better quarterly earnings on Thursday, as higher metal prices were "
5699,0,Beckham Could Quit England After World Cup England captain David Beckham has revealed that he is considering retiring from international football after the 2006 World Cup. The 29-year-old Real Madrid midfielder is keen to preserve his club career for 
1995,0,"US Airways Said to Plan to Ask Court for Pay Cuts S Airways plans to ask a federal bankruptcy judge on Oct. 7 to impose temporary pay cuts on its workers unless it can reach agreement with its unions before then, people who have been briefed on the company 's strategy said yesterday."
3317,0,"MLB: NY Yankees 7, Minnesota 6 (12 inn.) Hideki Matsui drove in Derek Jeter with a 12th-inning sacrifice fly Wednesday night, giving the New York Yankees a dramatic, 7-6 win over Minnesota."
4494,0,"Sony NW-E95 and NW-E99 Network Walkman Sony Europe has launched two tiny 512MB and 1GB MP3 players, the NW-E95 and NW-E99 Network Walkman. Both play MP3 (Sony has officially bit the mp3 bullet) and ATRAC3plus compressed files and have a small blue backlit LCD screen."
6163,0,"With a Rookie Quarterback in the N.F.L., Call It in the Air Debuts are rarely pretty, especially for rookies such as Giants quarterback Eli Manning, who will make his first start Sunday."
2771,0,"Stewart 's Prison Chosen That prison is located in West Virginia which means that she is not headed to a facility in Connecticut or Florida, as she had hoped."
2048,0,"Gordon favored in  'chase ' LOUDEN, NH -- Right now, things are going Jeff Gordon 's way. That should enhance his chances of winning a fifth NASCAR championship."
4791,0,"At wireless show, services take center stage Games, graphic ring tones and other services dominate the showroom floor. Also: Yahoo battles Google for the cell phone."
1775,0,"Coast Guard Shuts Gulf of Mexico Ports  HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard shut five ports on  Wednesday in the Gulf of Mexico coast states of Alabama,  Florida and Mississippi as Hurricane Ivan churned nearer."
3880,0,"No Chance of Chiron Vaccine, U.S. Says  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - None of Chiron Corp.'s flu vaccine  made at a British plant is safe, which means the U.S. flu  vaccine supply will be half of what was expected, U.S. health  officials said on Friday."
3519,0,Bauman: Lapse cost Twins game It is easy to look at the final game of a postseason series as the game that meant everything. But this particular series took a decisive turn two games before the end arrived Saturday.
6928,0,"Arizona State 67, No. 11 Georgia 57 Kylan Loney had five 3s among her 23 points, and Arizona State used 24 turnovers by 11th-ranked Georgia to win 67-57 Tuesday night."
3057,0,"Mobile phone network reaches last of China's ethnic minorities (AFP) AFP - China has brought its mobile phone network to the last of its ethnic minority regions previously cut off from communication with the outside world, state media reported."
5723,0,"Instant Analysis: Va Tech at Miami For so many years, so many big games, and so many white-knuckle moments, the Miami Hurricanes have made the last minute of a football game their close friend."
6610,0,"NTT DoCoMo, Mm02 Sign Deal TOKYO - Japan 's top cell phone operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. and major British mobile carrier mm02 plc reached an agreement that will allow mobile telephone users in Britain, Germany, and Ireland to surf the Internet on the handsets, DoCoMo said Tuesday."
2777,0,"Baseball 's return: a long time coming for DC The last time the nation 's capital was home to the national pastime, the game was literally a riot. Fans stormed the field with two outs in the ninth inning of the Washington Senators ' farewell appearance at RFK Stadium on Sept."
988,0,Microsoft To Ship Longhorn in 2006 Without WinFS Microsoft will ship its next Windows client code-named Longhorn in 2006 as originally promised -- but without the next-generation file system known as WinFS.
1159,0,"Biffle Bests Mears Greg Biffle wins a nearly race-long duel with Casey Mears, pulling away over the last two laps to win the NASCAR Busch Series race Saturday at California Speedway."
6294,0,"Novell ships Desktop Linux for the enterprise NOVELL Inc has announced the availability of the Novell Linux Desktop 9, powered by SuSE Linux. Backed by Novells extensive enterprise-level support, training and consulting services, Novell Linux Desktop "
6100,0,Lazarus-like virus hits computers A new computer virus is catching people out by coming back from the dead.
5712,0,"USC rolls to easy win Despite playing well Arizona was unable the hold the top ranked USC Trojans, losing 49-9. The score was a bit deceiving as the Wildcats hung tough with the nations best team for about a quarter and a half."
6082,0,PeopleSoft Chief Threatens to Sue Over Oracle Statements PeopleSoft's chief executive accused Oracle of spreading misleading information about his stock sales and threatened to sue for defamation.
4050,0,"He's His Own Adu Georgetown Prep defender Fro Adu is proud of brother Freddy, a forward for D.C. United, but wants to step out on his own."
7263,0,"GM, Daimler Go Green Team-up will help the companies compete and fill gaps in both firms' portfolios."
6780,0,Microsoft sues eight resellers over dodgy stickers Microsoft has announced it 's suing eight PC resellers over claims they have been attaching Certificates of Authenticity (COA) to non-genuine Microsoft products.
4051,0,"Former Dire Straits Front Man Uses AMD Opteron for New Album Mark Knopfler, the former lead guitarist and singer for Dire Straits, has recorded his new  ""Shangri-La "" album on a dual AMD Opteron processor-based digital audio workstation."
4216,0,"Cingular Sales Rise in Quarter, but Profit Falls 18 Percent By Bloomberg News. Cingular Wireless, which is buying AT &T Wireless, said yesterday that third-quarter sales rose 4.9 percent, to $4."
2156,0,"US rates seen headed up despite soft-spot worries Federal Reserve policy-makers were expected to raise US interest rates on Tuesday for a third time this year, continuing to lift borrowing costs from rock "
1962,0,"Update 1: United Needs to Cut $500M More in Costs United Airlines, in a bankruptcy court filing in advance of a status hearing Friday, has revealed it needs to cut $500 million more in costs than previously stated."
5911,0,"Movie Studios Sue File Traders The Motion Picture Association of America slaps an undisclosed number of individuals with lawsuits, accusing them of sharing copyright flicks on the internet. By Katie Dean."
3435,0,"Microsoft, Sun, Intel push IT management via Web services (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Microsoft and Sun Microsystems on Thursday are publishing a specification to leverage Web services for managing a broad range of IT systems including PCs and devices on a network."
477,0,"Intel drops prices on computer chips SAN FRANCISCO - Intel Corp. has cut prices on its computer chips by as much as 35 percent, though analysts on Monday said the cuts were probably unrelated to swelling inventories of the world 's largest chip maker."
1242,0,Softbank's hopes on mobile services dashed (FT.com) FT.com - Softbank's hopes of starting a mobile phone service were dealt a blow on Monday after the Japanese telecoms regulator decided not to allocate bandwidth to new entrants for the time being.
7272,0,Atheros reaches into electronics devices Chipmaker announces new chipset and reference design for consumer devices and PCs.
1628,0,EU weighs euro 's rise against dollar European Union finance ministers considered the ever-strengthening euro against the dollar Monday amid appeals for Washington to rein in its budget and current account deficits to stop the slide of the US currency.
598,0,"UPDATE: NZ Auckland Airport FY Net Surges On Travel Boom WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--New Zealand 's Auckland International Airport Ltd. (AIA.NZ) Thursday posted double digit annual profit growth, buoyed by a surge in passenger travel, and said it expects to meet market consensus for the 2005 fiscal year earnings."
6631,0,"Minaya ahead in count even if he strikes out This is the way Mets fans wanted their team to do it with Vladimir Guerrero and Alex Rodriguez. They wanted the general manager of the moment, Steve Phillips or Jim Duquette, to get in there early."
4529,0,"Cards unfazed by Series deficit Monday 's workout at Busch Stadium contained a few more St. Louis Cardinals than you 'd expect considering it was optional, but you could understand why they 'd want to "
3455,0,Sun settles Kodak patent suit Sun Microsystems says it will pay Kodak $92 million to settle a high-profile patent suit involving Sun 's Java programming technology.
1958,0,"US Stocks Up, Ford Forecast Gives a Lift  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue chips advanced on Friday  after Ford Motor Co. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=F.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">F.N</A> raised its earnings forecasts, while  wireless technology provider Qualcomm Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=QCOM.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">QCOM.O</A> limited  gains on the Nasdaq after saying an accounting review may  reduce pretax income."
6693,0,"FDA Warns Cyberonics on Manufacturing  CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. regulators warned Cyberonics Inc.  <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CYBX.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">CYBX.O</A> of manufacturing deficiencies at the Houston plant  that makes its sole product, an implantable device to treat  epilepsy, the company said on Monday."
6772,0,"Plus: Cendant reported to buy Ebookers SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Not only did the word  ""blog "" enter Merriam-Webster 's dictionary this year, but Microsoft is getting on the personalized e-journal bandwagon."
2152,0,Jury Nearly Set for Enron Criminal Trial (Reuters) Reuters - Opening arguments in the first criminal case against former Enron Corp. employees are set to begin after a federal court spent Monday whittling down a panel of Houston-area residents to find an impartial jury in the city still stinging from the company's downfall.
204,0,"Owners Seek Best Ballpark Deal for Expos (AP) AP - Trying to get the best possible ballpark deal for the Montreal Expos, major league baseball instructed its lawyers to press ahead with negotiations involving four of the areas bidding for the team."
4676,0,Dell: From factory floor to finished gear PC giant also wants to be your supplier of high-end home electronics. Also: How your desktop gets bolted together.
5120,0,"NFL games on TV NY JETS (6-1) at BUFFALO (2-5) When, where: Sunday, 1 p.m., at Orchard Park, N.Y. TV: Ch. 4. Last meeting: New York won, 16-14, Oct. 10. Comments: The Jets pulled out the first meeting, 16-14, on a late 38-yard Doug Brien field goal. Chad Pennington threw for a season high 310 yards in that game, 90 of which went to ..."
7129,0,PayPal and Apple iTunes link-up Online auction house eBay 's payment system PayPal can now be used for purchases by US customers of Apple 's iTunes music store.
6161,0,Senators Want Boeing Deal Investigated Leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee asked the Defense Department on Friday to have its inspector general 's office investigate the Air Force 's effort to 
3361,0,Mauresmo breezes through Amelie Mauresmo comfortably came through her first match since taking over at the top of the world rankings. The Frenchwoman reached the quarter-finals of the Porsche Grand Prix in Filderstadt with a 7-5 6-4 win over Switzerland 's Patty Schynder.
1412,0,"Self-sustaining killer robot creates a stink It may eat flies and stink to high heaven, but if this robot works, it will be an important step towards making robots fully autonomous."
2017,0,"Florida, Alabama pick up the pieces after Ivan People in Florida and Alabama have started to clean up after hurricane Ivan - the third such pummelling for Florida alone in just five weeks."
3440,0,Oil prices send US stocks lower INVESTORS sent stocks sharply lower today as oil prices continued their climb higher and new questions about the safety of arthritis drugs pressured pharmaceutical stocks.
1557,0,Overtime Goal Puts Canada in World Cup Hockey Final Vincent Lecavalier 's goal 3:45 into overtime earned Canada a nail-biting 4-3 victory over the Czech Republic on Saturday and a place in the final of the World Cup of Hockey.
1917,0,"Tigers Clip Indians 6-4 (AP) AP - Eric Munson and Omar Infante each hit two-run homers and Detroit's bullpen stayed busy all night Thursday, leading the Tigers to a 6-4 win over the Cleveland Indians."
6350,0,"Phishing on the increase, group says (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Online phishing schemes increased significantly in October as financial institutions struggled to combat attempts to steal private account information from online consumers, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG)."
3815,0,"Humax, TiVo recorder aims for prime time The companies target mainstream audiences with a low-cost combination digital video recorder and DVD burner box."
1093,0,"After Steep Drop, Price of Oil Rises The freefall in oil prices ended Monday on a spate of ominous developments, including a deadly attack on a US consulate in Saudi Arabia and reports that OPEC might cut production this week."
6498,0,"No. 5 North Carolina 63, No. 24 Villanova 56 The North Carolina Tar Heels put their lackluster first half behind them. Then they did the same to Villanova. After scoring just 25 points in the first half, the No."
6709,0,Co-stars nearly steal show IT was a match that didn 't run to the script but this is the land where life often imitates the silver screen. And for 64 minutes yesterday the USA Tomahawks were pure Hollywood 
1667,0,Virus  'talks ' to victims Virus writers have created a piece of malware that  'talks ' to victims. The Amus email worm uses Windows Speech Engine (which is built-in to Windows XP) to deliver a curious message to infected users.
7038,0,"Ex-U.S. Cyber Security Chief Sees Curb on Phishing <p>\</p><p> By Lisa Baertlein</p><p> SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A former White House Web security chief predicted on Wednesday that technology companies and law enforcers could soon stamp out most Internet ""phishing"" scams that aim to trick people into giving away personal and financial information.</p>"
4041,0,"Parade of Heroes sets the pace for London 2012 bid Many of Britain 's Olympic medal winners had already done a lap of honour in Athens, the civic reception and some even appeared on A Question of Sport."
1345,0,"Nokia Shrinks 'Brick' Handset to Tap New Markets (Reuters) Reuters - Nokia, the world's biggest handset maker, unveiled on Wednesday a miniature version of its equivalent of the Swiss Army knife it hopes will lure women and less-techie business people."
1683,0,IBM puts G5 in Linux server The eServer OpenPower 720 is aimed at the entry-level market for 64-bit Linux-based servers and runs various configurations of what IBM calls the Power5 at 1.5 and 1.65GHz.
2348,0,"Infocus: Detecting Worms and Abnormal Activities with NetFlow, Part 2 This paper discusses the use of NetFlow, a traffic profile monitoring technology available on many routers, for use in the early detection of worms, spammers, and other abnormal network activity in large enterprise networks and service providers. Part 2 of 2."
3259,0,"Cardinals swing into playoff mode ST. LOUIS - When the St. Louis Cardinals were playing .500 ball for the last two weeks of the regular season after already having clinched the National League Central championship, one question persisted."
515,0,Gregg: I will help to close deal EVERTON chairman Bill Kenwright 's plans for a Russian revolution at Goodison Park may have thawed the cold war with director Paul Gregg.
3866,0,"United to seek more cuts from labor, elsewhere United Airlines says it 'll need even more labor cuts than anticipated to get out of bankruptcy. United told a bankruptcy court judge in Chicago today that it intends to start talks with unions next month on a new round of cost savings."
3744,0,"Safin, Petrova upset in Kremlin Cup Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic pulled off a major upset Wednesday, eliminating top-seeded Marat Safin 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-3 on the Russian 's home turf in the second round of the US$2."
6679,0,"New strain of Skulls Trojan hits smart phones Mobile phones running Symbian's Series 60 operating system are the target of a new strain of the Skulls Trojan horse program. The new Trojan comes with the Cabir.B worm, which, unlike the first version of the virus, can spread to other phones within reach of Bluetooth broadcasting range."
3185,0,"Nobel honours sub-atomic world  US scientists David Gross, David Politzer and Frank Wilczeck win the Nobel physics prize for their insights into the deep structure of matter."
7251,0,"UK 's Jaguar Workers Vote Against Strike Workers at Ford Motor Co. 's luxury British car unit, Jaguar, voted against a strike over plans to cut jobs and scale back production, unions said on Monday."
3763,0,"Asian Shares Hit by Metals Tumble, Oil (Reuters) Reuters - A sharp slide in global metals markets hammered industrial and mining stocks such as JFE Holdings and BHP Billiton Thursday, while oil prices crawled back toward record highs."
2569,0,Sox punish cocky Yankees BOSTONThese Yankees are an arrogant bunch. Six consecutive first-place finishes tend to do that. But very rarely do you see a team in the heat of a pennant race facing the team chasing them send out a starting pitcher just to see him get work.
560,0,"European Union Extends Review of Microsoft Deal By PAUL GEITNER    BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Software giant Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and the media and entertainment powerhouse Time Warner Inc..."
2345,0,"Sony Shift to Support MP3 <a href=""http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/20040923-4222.html"">Sony considers adding native mp3 support to its players</a> <font size=-1 color=f6f6f><nobr>Ars Technica</nobr>"
4324,0,"Lacie announces external SATA harddrive, high-end LCD Lacie today introduced a new series of external harddrives with SATA interface at the SMAU trade show in Milan, Italy. The drives are available in capacities up to 400 GByte."
3280,0,"Zingo keeps Manganese Bronze in red (FT.com) FT.com - Losses from its Zingo mobile phone cab-ordering service kept Manganese Bronze Holdings, maker of London taxis, in the red last year."
2439,0,"China Minmetals in talks to buy Noranda TORONTO -- One of Canada 's largest and best-known miners, Noranda Inc., is in exclusive talks to be acquired by a Chinese metals producer, the two companies confirmed Friday."
7404,0,"$210M Fine In AOL Probe WASHINGTON (CBS) America Online has agreed to pay a $210 million fine to settle a Justice Department investigation of securities fraud, a department official tells CBS News."
5895,0,"Science counts species on brink A list of 15,000 species threatened with extinction - many of them by human activity - is published."
4449,0,"Loss bodes well for future They beat a bunch of bad teams -- some, just barely -- to become the first team in franchise history to get off to a 5-0 start. Still, we couldn 't tell just how good the Jets really were."
234,0,"Justices to debate mail-order wine Being freelance wine critics may sound like a sweet gig, but Ray and Eleanor Heald have soured on it. Because their home state, Michigan, blocks direct shipments from out-of-state "
7293,0,"Yahoo! Hires Chief Data Officer In a move that has implications for ad targeting and reporting, Yahoo! has hired Usama Fayyad, a co-founder of the company now known as Revenue Science, to the newly-created position of Chief Data Officer."
900,0,"Minister Lee Says Uncertainty Deepens Economic Lethargy Deputy Prime Minister and Finance-Economy Minister Lee Hun-jai said Monday the nation 's current economic lethargy is due to unsubstantiated uncertainty ' ' about the future, which in turn weakens the confidence of market players."
5194,0,"GOLF ROUNDUP: Haas closer to ending drought ATLANTA -- The Tour Championship suddenly is loaded with optimism for Jay Haas and Tiger Woods. Haas, who turns 51 next month, showed no signs of slowing down."
2557,0,Fans put in position of deciding which team comes first Say you 're a Raiders fan and the Silver and Black are playing the Broncos in late December. You want Denver to hurt the hurt that only comes with having your hiney handed to you.
4000,0,"Google puts desktop search privacy up front Google has announced a new desktop search application that enables users to search their e-mail, files, web history, and chats. Perhaps learning from previous mistakes, Google says it has designed the product  ""from the ground up to respect user privacy."
2924,0,"GAME DAY PREVIEW Game time: 7:30 PM NEW YORK (Ticker) -- After a season in which they fired their coach, the New York Liberty are hosting the top-seeded Connecticut Sun Friday in Game One of the best-of-three Eastern Conference finals."
1086,0,"Fossil Pushes Upright Walking Back 2 Million Years, Study Says  ""Dating the beginnings of bipedalism is very important in the human story because, for many experts, it would mark a clear divergence from the ancestral/ape pattern and show that the human lineage had really begun, "" said Chris Stringer, director of the "
1209,0,"Tokyo Stocks Higher, Lifted by Survey  TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo stocks rose by mid-morning on  Monday with a broad range of issues getting a lift from a key  survey that boosted optimism on Japan's economic outlook, with  expectations rising that growth figures will be revised up."
4328,0,"Wolfpack, Canes Clash at Carter-Finley Since becoming NC State 's head football coach in January of 2000, Chuck Amato has endeavored to change the culture of a program that had rarely flirted with greatness."
7196,0,Magnificent Manning Sets Another Record  HOUSTON (Sports Network) - Indianapolis Colts quarterback  Peyton Manning threw two touchdown passes in the first quarter  of Sunday's game against the Houston Texans at Reliant Stadium  to set an NFL record for most consecutive games with multiple  TD throws.
5465,0,Toile Gets A Makeover The traditional pattern shakes its fussy image as designers give it a new look
3626,0,"Ravens Get Rest With the absence of running back Jamal Lewis, the Ravens hope to get a number of injured players back during their bye week."
6834,0,"Report: IBM's PC business up for sale IBM Corp. has put its PC business up for sale, according to a story published on Friday on the Web site of The New York Times."
3024,0,"No. 20 Wisconsin 24, Illinois 7 Tailback Anthony Davis ' return from an eye injury sparked No. 20 Wisconsin 's stagnant offense and the Badgers ' defense was as stout as ever in a 24-7 victory over Illinois on Saturday."
1025,0,Crude oil prices soar on drop in US oil inventories Crude oil futures surged Wednesday as the US Energy Department reported US oil supplies fell more than expected. Crude oil for October delivery rose 1.68 dollars to 43.
2240,0,"Giants creep up in division There was only an  ""uh oh "" inning for Brett Tomko in the first frame as the Giants pitcher gave up two home runs, but the right-hander got on track and breezed to a "
7424,0,"Memphis activates guard Williams Memphis, TN (Sports Network) - The Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday activated point guard Jason Williams from the injured list, while placing guard Antonio Burks on the IL."
890,0,Corporate Failures Hurt Pension Guaranty Group Description: A flurry of corporate bankruptcies in the past few years leaves a public agency strapped for cash: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
3578,0,Chargers Postgame Show Denver was poised to take the late lead when cornerback Drayton Florence knocked away an end zone pass headed for Rod Smith. The pass ricocheted to safety Jerry Wilson for an interception.
7470,0,Broadband charges set to tumble The cost of broadband internet access is likely to fall after Ofcom ordered British Telecom to cut the amount it charges internet providers.
5146,0,"Euro Stocks Rally After Strong U.S. Data  LONDON (Reuters) - European shares strongly extended gains  on Friday after data showed job creation in the U.S. economy  was double expectations at 337,000 in October."
5843,0,"Crude oil prices continue decline Crude oil fell to the lowest price in almost two months after Iran, OPEC 's second-biggest oil producer, said it would stop enriching uranium to ward off US calls for sanctions."
6450,0,"mmO2: i-mode launch looks certain mmO2 and NTT DoCoMo are reportedly planning to launch a UK i-mode mobile service. November 26, 2004 4:35 PM GMT (Datamonitor) - The much-touted tie-up between NTT DoCoMo and mmO2 to bring i-mode mobile content to the UK looks to be a done deal."
559,0,"UN organizes open-source software day across Asia The United Nations, through its International Open Source Network (IOSN) will organize the first annual Software Freedom Day on Saturday in an effort to educate Asian users about the benefits of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and encourage its wider use in the region."
1781,0,'Cities in crisis' leaders warn World leaders warn that rapid urbanisation will become one of the biggest challenges of the 21st Century.
6194,0,"Ohio State 's big plays kill Wolverines Football coaches, especially those at Michigan, continually stress the importance of preventing the big play. A lot of players didn 't get the message on Saturday."
5414,0,Microsoft to showcase new MSN Search preview Microsoft is having big problems in the Search Engine Market. Their online search engine stands nowhere on popularity charts and now Google and Yahoo!
3356,0,"Fujitsu Siemens profit grows 60 percent Fujitsu Siemens Computers (Holding) BV, Europe 's largest remaining computer manufacturer, posted a 60 percent leap in profit for the first half of its fiscal year on higher sales of laptops and servers to business customers, the company said Wednesday."
6705,0,"EU to Pursue Legal Action Against Greece BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union 's executive commission said Wednesday it would open legal proceedings against Greece for its sloppy bookkeeping and underreporting its budget deficit by billions of euros between 1997 and 2003."
3203,0,"Minot officials give preliminary approval to Wal-Mart Supercenter MINOT, ND - City Council members have given Wal-Mart preliminary approval to build a Supercenter, though not without some soul-searching."
933,0,"Orion Debuts Cluster Workstation Orion Multisystems, a new company founded by former Transmeta (Quote, Chart) executives, debuted a family of workstations Monday that think and act like a cluster of servers."
6245,0,Ryanair names Liverpool airport as 12th base Ryanair is making Liverpool 's John Lennon Airport its 12th European base. The low fares airline is investing $240m in four new Boeing 737-800 aircraft and will launch nine new European routes from the airport.
2621,0,Cisco switch products target small business Cisco Systems is aggressively targeting small and midsize businesses with a set of Ethernet switching products designed to greatly reduce the cost and complexity of operating a network.
2328,0,"Serena Williams, Sharapova reach quarterfinals Serena Williams struggled before finding her game Wednesday and reached the China Open quarterfinals with Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova."
6594,0,"Pew Weblog Statistics \\Interesting data  this morning (thanks Dan ) on weblogs:\\""Blog readership shoots up 58 in 2004 6 million Americans get news and information fed to them through RSS aggregators But 62 of online Americans do not know what a blog is""\\Read the PDF  for more stats (man I hate PDF).\\""27 of internet users say they read blogs, a 58 jump from the 17 who told us they were blog readers in February. This means that by the end of 2004 32 million Americans were blog readers. Much of the attention to blogs focused on those that covered the recent political campaign and the media. And at least some of the overall growth in blog readership is attributable to political blogs. Some 9 of internet users ..."
7489,0,"Point-counterpoint: Nets stifle Knicks Jason Kidd had the pass of the night, an off-the-backboard, alley-oop feed that Vince Carter dunked, and the New Jersey Nets defeated the New York Knicks and their self-proclaimed ""best point guard in the NBA,"" 93-87, last night at Madison Square Garden. Kidd didn't outplay point guard counterpart Stephon Marbury, who made that bold declaration the previous day at practice."
2441,0,Microsoft Changes Its Tune on Porting SP2 Fixes Microsoft Watch: Redmond had told developers privately earlier this year of plans to port some SP2 fixes to older versions of Windows.
6371,0,"Sid Meier 's Pirates! sets sail The fourth-quarter deluge of top-quality games continued today, with Atari announcing that Sid Meier 's Pirates! had shipped to stores."
3600,0,"Another Oracle exec says company might lower offer price for <b>...</b> WILMINGTON, Del. Another Oracle executive says the company could lower its offering price for rival PeopleSoft. During testimony this morning in Delaware, Oracle co-president Safra Catz said PeopleSoft 's declining "
4543,0,Lehmann may have played last Test The 34-year-old tore his right hamstring on day one of the third Test against India at the VCA Ground just as he was presenting a very good case to be retained when captain Ricky Ponting returns from injury next week.
3066,0,"AL Wrap: Indians, Twins Split Unique Doubleheader  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ben Broussard belted a two-run homer  to give the Cleveland Indians a 5-2 win over the Minnesota  Twins to salvage a split of a unique doubleheader on the final  day of the regular season on Sunday."
2982,0,"Gates: US Need Not Fear Overseas Tech The United States has nothing to fear from rapidly growing technology markets in China and India, Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corp."
4778,0,"Voting Machines Remain Unsecured--Experts In one example, a government study of voting-machine security issues was eventually canceled because conclusions by the panel of computer scientists were so negative."
1681,0,"Carrier 's uphill climb US Airways said yesterday it can emerge from bankruptcy a stronger airline, but acknowledged it needs deeper wage concessions from its pilots - something it has failed to get after two years of trying."
1913,0,"Knight Ridder Says It Will Miss Targets Knight Ridder Inc. expects third-quarter earnings to exceed expectations, largely due to a per-share gain of 9 cents related to the finalization of certain tax matters."
1539,0,Brown seeks to retain EU rebate Chancellor Gordon Brown has expressed his determination to retain the British rebate on its contributions to the European Union 's annual budget.
4793,0,EMC unveils 'Storage Router' EMC has unveiled long-awaited storage virtualization technology that the company said will allow users to manage its arrays -- and high-end boxes from major competitors -- through a single interface.
1413,0,Longhorn to put squeeze on gadgets SAN FRANCISCO--Windows makes it easy to quickly download files to iPods and other portable storage devices--a little too easy in the minds of many IT managers.
287,0,US unemployment claims slip but picture still murky NEW YORKFewer Americans lined up to claim first-time jobless benefits last week but analysts said the modest decline said very little about the current state of the labour market. 
2250,0,"Pantano replaced by Glock Jordan have terminated the contract of Italian driver Giorgio Pantano and called in Timo Glock as a replacement. The team said contractual difficulties were behind the split, and confirmed German Glock would race in Sunday 's inaugural Chinese Grand Prix."
2831,0,"Rough ride won 't stop next X Prize shot The rolling experienced by SpaceShipOne on its first Ansari X Prize flight on Wednesday will not jeopardise the team 's chances of winning the $10 million purse, team members said in a post-flight briefing."
6493,0,"Alltel buys Cingular properties, expands network Little Rock-based Alltel will expand its wireless phone service in Connecticut, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas in a $170 million deal with Cingular Wireless."
3448,0,Thomson to Sell Media Group for  $350 Mln (Reuters) Reuters - Thomson Corp.  said on Friday it will sell its media division to investment group Investcorp in a  $350 million cash deal that will tighten its focus on electronic publishing.
7325,0,"Worldwide PC Market Seen Doubling by 2010  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of personal computers  worldwide is expected to double to about 1.3 billion by 2010,  driven by explosive growth in emerging markets such as China,  Russia and India, according to a report released on Tuesday by  Forrester Research Inc."
6234,0,"Amtrak Infrastructure On Brink, DOT Warns The national passenger rail service risks a ""major point of failure"" if infrastructure needs remain unaddressed, the U.S. Department of Transportation warned in a scathing report made public."
7360,0,"Google partners with libraries Google 's plan to digitally scan books so that users can access them from its Internet search engine is being greeted with delight at the tiny library in my hometown of Half Moon Bay, Calif."
6007,0,Honda aiming for BAR buyout? Motorsport.com. Reports this week suggest that Honda is aiming to either buy BAR or become co-owner of the team by purchasing a shareholding.
4694,0,"Suse warns of hole in Linux kernel OCTOBER 27, 2004 (TECHWORLD.COM) - Linux distributor Suse has warned of one of the most serious security holes to date in version 2.6 of the Linux kernel, which could allow attackers to shut down a system running 2.6-based software."
63,0,"Oracle Overhauls Sales-Side Apps for CRM Suite (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) has revamped its sales-side CRM applications in version 11i.10 of its sales, marketing, partner relationship management and e-commerce application."
6868,0,Needham downgrades Apple on valuation NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) -- Apple Computer Inc. shares fell Friday after Needham  & Co. downgraded the stock to hold ' ' from buy.
1516,0,"Sun To Refresh UltraSPARC Servers SAN FRANCISCOSun Microsystems Inc. next week will roll out two new servers featuring its UltraSPARC IV processors, a Sun executive said Friday."
544,0,"Selig Welcomes Government Help In Steroids Scandal NEW YORK -- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Monday he would accept government intervention on steroid testing if the players ' association refuses to change the current rules, which run for two more years."
4193,0,Wenger Spares Red-Faced Lehmann Arsenal keeper Jens Lehmann was left red-faced in Athens as two costly mistakes ensured that a Champions League victory slipped through his sides fingers again.
1655,0,"Blurry Image Might Be First Picture of Exoplanet The image of a blurry red ball near a failed star just might be the first picture ever snapped of a planet outside our solar system, an astronomer who helped find the object said on Monday."
5315,0,"Pfizer's Gloom Factor The stock will continue to be depressed, but things will improve if Celebrex's safety is proven."
4899,0,"After the Lord Mayor 's show It is just six days since the  'mulligatawny madness ' at Old Trafford, but the shock waves are still reverberating around the Arsenal dressing room."
6438,0,"Four Hurricanes Hurting Florida Economy (AP) AP - Normally at this time of the year, labor contractor Jose Luis Avalos would be assembling a crew of workers who could each earn  $1,500 to  $2,000 a week in the area's abundant citrus groves."
4035,0,"Opel management, workers talk in job issues The management and labor representatives of the car producer Opel began talks Monday on thecontroversial massive layoffs faced by its workers."
4489,0,"Microsoft makes Exchange road map more mirky SAN FRANCISCO - After removing the 2006 ""Kodiak"" release of Exchange Server from its product road map earlier this year, Microsoft Corp.'s plans for the messaging software have gotten even cloudier."
788,0,"GOP Jamboree Could Briefly Lift Stocks  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fasten your seatbelts. The Republicans  are coming to town. If things go smoothly at the Republican  National Convention, the stock market could get a brief boost  next week, experts say."
2516,0,"Barrichello Wins Chinese Grand Prix SHANGHAI, China - Rubens Barrichello won the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday, taking advantage of Formula One champion Michael Schumacher 's disastrous weekend and outlasting runner-up Jenson Button by just over a second."
2459,0,Vaughan confident England can cap memorable season ENGLAND captain Michael Vaughan leads his side against the West Indies today quietly confident of claiming his first major one-day trophy in the ICC Champions Trophy final against West Indies.
3781,0,Ruud double lifts Dutch Amsterdam - Goals in either half from Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy lifted the Netherlands to a 3-1 win over Finland in their European Group One qualifier for the 2006 World Cup here on Wednesday.
821,0,"We owe Athens an apology ATHENS -- The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad -- the great disaster that wasn 't -- come to an emotional end this afternoon and, really, the world owes Athens an apology."
2114,0,"Bekele and Isinbayeva win Athletes of the Year titles in Monaco Monte-Carlo - Olympic champions Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia and Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia have been announced as the 2004 Athletes of the Year on stage tonight at the climax to the spectacular 2004 World Athletics Gala at the Grimaldi Forum, Monte-Carlo "
6528,0,"Redskins, Steelers Underway Patrick Ramsey makes his first second start of the season as the Redskins face the AFC North-leading Steelers at a sloppy Heinz Field in Pittsburgh."
3689,0,"Will your phone become your credit card? Motorola is working with MasterCard to introduce a ""lifestyle changing"" credit card phone by year's end."
5178,0,"Berkman tears ACL, may be out until June HOUSTON - Houston Astros star outfielder Lance Berkman suffered a torn ACL in his right knee and will undergo arthroscopic surgery within the next 10 days, the team announced Friday."
6562,0,"The Next Giant Leap Rendezvous "" for the docking techniques he developed while at MIT earning his PhD in astronautics. Lessig: Technology over ideology!"
2750,0,"New $50 bill designed to counter counterfeits WASHINGTON - The green is still there, but with touches of blue, red and yellow. A stylized image of the Stars and Stripes now waves in the background."
7521,0,"Holes Found in Cisco, Veritas, Samba Products (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - Security sources announce four mostly unrelated enterprise vulnerabilities in Cisco Unity, Cisco Guard, Veritas' Backup Exec, and Samba, the Windows file-sharing utility for Linux."
7401,0,Apple Blocks Use of RealNetworks ' Music on iPod Photo Apple has updated software on its iPod Photo digital music player to prevent users from playing music bought from RealNetworks ' online music store.
6769,0,"NBA Wrap: Curry, Chandler Lead Bulls Over Lakers  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eddy Curry registered 18 points and 10  rebounds and Tyson Chandler added 18 rebounds and 10 points as  the Chicago Bulls stunned the Los Angeles Lakers 92-84  Wednesday."
5872,0,"Olympic hopefuls for  '12 submit bids The five cities looking to host the 2012 Summer Games submitted bids to the International Olympic Committee, entering the final stage of a long process in hopes of landing one of the biggest prizes in sports."
2774,0,"Sports: Cobbs out for the season DENTON, Texas Last season 's NCAA rushing and scoring leader will miss the rest of this football season. North Texas running back Patrick Cobbs has sprained ligaments in his left knee."
1776,0,"As hockey clock strikes 12, Canada reclaims World Cup The message board in Canada 's dressing room spoke volumes:  ""Practice canceled tomorrow, "" it read.  ""No one else to beat."
4503,0,IBM to report on computer security threats IBM on Monday plans to begin releasing a monthly report of threats to computer networks in an effort to establish an indicator similar to the US government 's Homeland Security Advisory System.
5019,0,"Steenland: Northwest Joins Southwest In Raiding Bankrupt ATA Turf Gnawed by Northwest. Joining an apparent feeding frenzy, Northwest Airlines (nasdaq: NWAC - news - people ) on Tuesday said it plans to expand in Indianapolis, a move that will knock rival ATA Airlines from its No."
6265,0,"Stelco Loses Contract to Supply GM Steel (Reuters) Reuters - Stelco Inc. (STEa.TO) has lost a contract to supply steel to its biggest customer General Motors Corp. , the company said on Monday, after the insolvent Canadian steelmaker failed to strike a deal with its workers."
5448,0,"Cable   Wireless to Cut 600 Jobs  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Cable   Wireless posted its  first net profit in over 3 years and announced plans to cut 600  jobs and return cash to investors, sending the telecom  company's shares racing to 5-month highs on Wednesday."
1128,0,"LSU, Oklahoma play openers on Saturday Louisiana State beat Oklahoma in the Bowl Championship Series title game in the Sugar Bowl last January. Both teams play their openers on Saturday in the first full weekend of the college football season."
2085,0,"Pirates named PROSECUTORS HAVE named those charged in one of the biggest pirate software seizures in US history. The two-year investigation, dubbed Operation Digital Marauder, resulted in  ""one of the largest seizures of "
471,0,"Cisco Buys IP Platform Maker Network equipment giant Cisco Systems (Quote, Chart) is buying IP platform specialist P-Cube for $200 million in cash and stock. P-Cube 's technology helps telecom carriers, cable operators and ISPs manage "
5027,0,"Russell moving on, away from Lakers Bryon Russell doesn 't plan to read Phil Jackson 's book on the Lakers ' tumultuous 2003-04 season. Russell doesn 't need to; he saw it all himself, as part of the not-quite Team of the Century."
475,0,"SAP Gets $35 Million Post Office Pact SAP has landed a $35 million deal to help the US Postal Service overhaul its human resources systems. According to sources close to the deal, the agreement includes a $21 million consulting component, and "
2916,0,Millwall to complain to UEFA The Lions lost 3-1 to Ferencvaros - failing to progress to the next round of the UEFA Cup - on a night that saw four visiting fans suffering stab wounds and numerous other incidents of inter-fan violence.
3632,0,Shares plunge 20 at Global Crossing NEW YORKShares of Global Crossing Ltd. lost nearly 20 per cent in value yesterday on concerns it could face a second bankruptcy after it said it is cutting 600 jobs as it negotiates with lenders for financing.
1669,0,"Firefox browser to hit 1.0 milestone Though the release is technically a preview, the 1.0 version is a significant milestone for the open-source browser software, which has already won an enthusiastic following as an alternative to Microsoft 's Internet Explorer."
1513,0,California group sues Albertson's over privacy concerns A California-based privacy advocacy group is suing supermarket giant Albertson's over alleged privacy violations involving its pharmacy customers.
2182,0,"Stocks Edge Up, Goldman Earns Give Lift  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks edged up on Tuesday as  investors expected the Federal Reserve to stay on a course of  ""measured"" interest-rate increases, while major Wall Street  investment banks rose on higher profits."
5238,0,"Photos Plus Music Equals an Expensive iPod (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - First Apple put some color on the iPod, when it offered the iPod mini in a palette of pastel hues, and now it has put some color inside it, in the form of the new iPod Photo."
6399,0,Golovin and Dechy lead France into Fed Cup final MOSCOW (AFP) - Tatiana Golovin and Nathalie Dechy led holders France to a 5-0 mauling of Spain to set up a Fed Cup final clash against Russia.
5570,0,"No. 6 Syracuse Crushes N. Colo. 104-54 Syracuse 's Hakim Warrick dunks against Northern Colorado during the first half in Syracuse, NY, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)."
3051,0,"Oil Price Spike Had Chilling Effect -Fed The recent spike in oil prices has had some negative impact on the US economy, but the futures markets suggest that this will be a temporary phenomenon, a top Fed official said on Sunday."
6539,0,Signs of a Glut and Lower Prices on Thin TV's Dont buy that high-definition TV yet. Competition may force the prices down further.
4614,0,"CFL erred, Stamps still losers The result of the Calgary-BC game last Friday night will stand, the CFL announced yesterday. While a review of videotape from the game confirmed an officiating error resulting in a no-yards "
4994,0,"Cheap airfares help BAA profits Britain 's biggest airport operator BAA posted a 16 percent jump in first-half earnings on Tuesday, meeting expectations as cheap airfares and stronger economies drove up passenger numbers."
1757,0,"SABMiller 's China JV in $154m deal SABMiller, the world 's second largest brewer 's Chinese joint-venture, China Resources Breweries Limited (CRB) has acquired the Chinese brewing interests of Lion Nathan for an equity value of $71-million and estimated assumed debt of $83-million, CRM "
2157,0,"Nike Profit Up 25 Pct. on Converse Boost Nike Inc. (NKE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday reported a 25 percent rise in quarterly profit, topping Wall Street estimates, on strong sales of Converse sneakers "
4333,0,"Brazilian GP, Friday Fernando 7th and Jacques 12th after a studious opening day at Interlagos for the Mild Seven Renault F1 Team."
3432,0,"Citigroup Hits Back at Parmalat  MILAN (Reuters) - Citigroup on Friday launched a legal  challenge against a restructuring plan drawn up by Parmalat,  hitting back after the bankrupt food group took the world's  biggest bank to court recently."
24,0,"Rivals Try to Turn Tables on Charles Schwab By MICHAEL LIEDTKE     SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- With its low prices and iconoclastic attitude, discount stock broker Charles Schwab Corp. (SCH) represented an annoying stone in Wall Street's wing-tipped shoes for decades..."
3236,0,"Cape Town F1 bid And they plan to build a multi-million-dollar race track here for the event, an official said today.  ""The plans for the bid are far advanced."
1023,0,"Share-deal ban signals MGM deal MOVIE studio Metro-Goldwyn Meyer has reportedly banned some of its staff from buying or selling its shares, stoking speculation that a multibillion-dollar takeover of the group could be days away, with Time Warner the favoured candidate."
3137,0,South Seas Islands Pin Future on Geotourism The Cook Islands receive more tourists per capita than any other South Pacific destination. Now authorities are revamping their tourism strategy to focus on preservation.
3003,0,"Auto sales surged in Sept. Auto sales soared 10 in September, led by a 25 surge at General Motors and increases for Chrysler and Toyota. GM had its biggest gain in two years after boosting rebates."
2500,0,"Boeing gets downpayments Boeing has received downpayments for up to 200 of its new 7E7 planes in addition to the known 52 orders it has gained, Chief Executive Harry Stonecipher said in an interview published on Thursday."
6739,0,"Cingular Planning Major 3G Wireless Rollout Just as the AT &T buy helped Cingular move ahead of Verizon Wireless to the top of the industry in terms of size, the new network would likely give it an overall faster network, a distinction most say Verizon can now boast."
1863,0,"Judge Weighs Evidence in IBM, SCO Case IBM attorneys argued that Utah-based SCO Group has failed to provide any evidence that IBM allowed proprietary Unix code to enter the freely distributed Linux operating system and its $5 billion suit making that claim should be dismissed."
7212,0,Krzyzewski Wins No. 700 Shelden Williams collects 18 points and 15 rebounds to give Duke an 82-54 triumph over Toledo and Coach Mike Krzyzewski his 700th career win on Sunday.
7337,0,Fed lifts rates a further quarter point By Andrew Balls in Washington and Jennifer Hughes in New York. The US Federal Reserve on Tuesday raised interest rates by a quarter point to 2.25 per cent and signalled there had been no change in its assessment of economic conditions.
5742,0,"Microsoft signs two Indian deals Microsoft is to form multi-million pound partnerships with two Indian software firms, and is expected to double the 1,500 people it already employs in India."
2380,0,"Survey finds  'web withdrawal ' NEW YORK: Nearly half of US Internet users say they could not go without the Web for more than two weeks, with many suffering  ""withdrawal "" symptoms while offline, according to a recent survey."
1259,0,Button defends F1 decision Britain 's Jenson Button has justified his decision to leave BAR for Williams as the dispute over his future moves towards a conclusion.
2714,0,Jury Orders Medtronic to Pay $109 Mln to Inventor A jury in federal court in Tennessee has ordered Medtronic Inc. to pay at least $109 million to an inventor in a dispute over rights to spinal fusion technology.
7347,0,"Hockey Labor Talks Broken Off TORONTO -- National Hockey League labor talks came to a halt Tuesday after each side rejected the other 's proposal. The talks lasted more than three hours, with the league making a one-hour presentation on "
2765,0,Oil Falls Below $49 on Nigeria Cease-Fire  LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices dropped from record highs  above $50 a barrel on Wednesday as the U.S. government reported  a surprise increase in crude stocks and rebels in Nigeria's  oil-rich delta region agreed a cease-fire.
2717,0,"China Wins Paralympics China dominated the medals race at the Paralympic Games that ended Tuesday, and Chinese officials expect a similar performance when Beijing hosts the games in four years"
1042,0,"Make hotels just like home HOTEL operators, take note: Todays hotel guests are making a nonsense of room-pricing strategies with their aggressive, Internet-aided discount-hunting."
5583,0,Schedule filled with key games Supernatural forces must be at work in the land of high school football. There's no other way to explain a schedule that features 12 games between first- and second-place teams of leagues this weekend.
3332,0,Stern:  'I 'm tired of censorship '; switches channels The local radio galaxy tilted on its axis Wednesday when New York shock jock Howard Stern announced he would abandon the radio dial in 2006 for satellite subscriber radio.
3201,0,"Acuity Earnings Rise on Improved Demand  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Acuity Brands Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AYI.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">AYI.N</A>, a maker of  lighting products and specialty chemicals, on Tuesday said  quarterly profit rose 87 percent due to improved sales, lower  operating expenses and a lower tax rate."
5119,0,Regulator clears Abbey takeover The Financial Services Authority has cleared Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano's 9bn takeover of Abbey National.
791,0,"The Digital Transition If my car died tomorrow, I'd have a lot less angst picking its successor than I would if my TV conked out. <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""򢰪""><B>-Rob Pegoraro</B></FONT>"
4501,0,"Classmates agrees to $100M buyout United Online Inc., a California-based provider of low-cost Internet subscription services, has agreed to buy Internet networking company Classmates Online Inc."
3458,0,"House Passes Corporate Tax Bill The House, by a vote of 280 to 141, gave final approval last night to a far-reaching tax bill that provides a rich array of breaks to manufacturing companies, energy producers and small businesses and underwrites a $10 billion buyout of American tobacco "
4944,0,"Venus and Jupiter witnessed in dawn rendezvous WITH no planets on view, and with large areas of the southern sky devoid of bright stars, the evening sky at our star map times may not be the most exciting of the year."
1551,0,Kiwis trample USrookies LONDON -Nathan Astle 's 145 helped give New Zealand a record-setting 210-run victory over cricket rookie United States in the ICC Champions Trophy Pool A match at the Oval yesterday.
977,0,"Microsoft to delay advanced search technology from Longhorn Microsoft said Friday that it is delaying the release of a new data-storage technology, named WinFS, from the next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, in order to deliver the operating system by 2006."
3544,0,"Novak wins Japan Open Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic settled his game after a rocky start and beat Taylor Dent 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 Sunday to win the Japan Open for the sixth title of his career."
2384,0,"Making Windows More Secure HEY labor long hours to write their software, testing and perfecting it. They toil in obscurity, fully aware that they 'll never get credit for their work."
6586,0,"Merck 's Board Adopts Severance Plan for Top Officials (Update5) Merck  & Co., seeking to keep managers from leaving after the withdrawal of its Vioxx painkiller, adopted a plan to give severance payments to more than 200 executives should control of the company change."
6524,0,"Wal-Mart Move Ominous Sign for Retailers (AP) AP - Weaker-than-expected holiday shopping forced Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Saturday to cut its projected sales increase for November by more than half, an ominous announcement for retailers as their busiest time of year begins."
1514,0,"Late rally sees Wall Street end week on a positive note US BLUE-chips recovered from an early fall to end higher as a drop in oil prices offset a profit warning from aluminium maker Alcoa, while a rise in Oracle fuelled a rally in technology stocks after a judge rejected a government attempt to block a "
5372,0,"Microsoft's Legal Cleanup Day Perhaps Microsoft was hoping for all eyes to be on the much-ballyhooed launch Tuesday of its ""Halo 2"" video game, but the company's efforts to clean up its lawsuit headaches can't be overshadowed by virtual gunslinging.  <FONT face=""verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica"" size=""-2""\ color=""򢰪""><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>"
1550,0,"Panasonic unleashes new DVD recorder line Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., better known for its Panasonic brand, will soon start international sales of a high-end DVD recorder that offers network connectivity, the company said Wednesday."
4595,0,"Broncos And Monday Night On The Road Don 't Mix The Bengals were happy to be back on Monday Night Football after a 15 year absence. From gameplan to execution, they looked very good."
4648,0,Singapore Telecom ties up with Malaysia's TIME dotcom (AFP) AFP - Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) said it has entered into an agreement with Malaysia's TIME dotCom to link their corporate customers through private leased line circuits.
2896,0,"MLB: Milwaukee 7, St. Louis 6 Scott Podsednik and Keith Ginter both had a homer and three RBI Thursday night to help Milwaukee edge St. Louis, 7-6. In his final start prior to the playoffs, St."
2736,0,"Gunners Ready for Tough Test Fredrik Ljungberg admits Rosenborg have exceeded expectations in the Champions League, but is looking to put one over on his Scandinavian cousins tonight."
6719,0,iTunes now selling Band Aid song IPod owners can download the Band Aid single after Apple reaches agreement with the charity.
4115,0,"Briefly: Akamai boosts Web application services roundup Plus: Good Technology supported by HP, Samsung...RIM touts BlackBerry with Wi-Fi...HP to sell Voltaire's InfiniBand switch."
3078,0,Nikkei Up 2.5 Pct in Afternoon Tokyo 's Nikkei average jumped 2.5 percent by mid-afternoon on Monday as semiconductor-related stocks such as Advantest Corp. mirrored a rally by their US peers while banks and brokerages extended last week 's gains.
1740,0,"Champions League: Arsenal 1, PSV Eindhoven 0 Arsenal benefited from an own-goal in a 1-0 win over PSV Eindhoven in its opening Champions League match at Highbury on Tuesday. The Gunners largely dominated the Group E match, with Jose Antonio "
776,0,"Bush administration shifts stance on the cause of warming NEW YORK In a striking shift in the way the Bush administration has portrayed the science of climate change, a new report to Congress focuses on federal research indicating that emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases are the only likely "
216,0,"UPDATE 1-J &J in talks to buy Guidant - sources Health care and consumer products maker Johnson  & Johnson (JNJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is in negotiations to acquire medical-device maker Guidant Corp."
5486,0,"Microsoft to launch new search engine Software giant, Microsoft Corp., has decided to release beta versions of its updated MSN search engine earlier today. The company hopes to compete against leading search engines such as Google and Yahoo by "
923,0,"SEC Probes United Rentals, Shares Drop  CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators are  investigating United Rentals Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=URI.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">URI.N</A> and have subpoenaed  some accounting records, the company said on Monday, sending  its shares down 21.5 percent."
1083,0,"Some Dire Talk From Yukos Lifts Oil Prices OSCOW, Sept. 2- World oil prices rose on Thursday after Russia 's largest oil producer, Yukos, said a court ruling  ""paralyzes ' ' the company 's operations."
2812,0,"Microsoft, Amazon to combine forces Individually theyve been unstoppable in their respective industries. Theyre both legends that have survived the dot com burst and came out winners."
6654,0,Redknapp and Mandaric clear the air Harry Redknapp maintained on Tuesday that he had nothing to hide from the transfer deals conducted at Portsmouth during his time as manager.
2202,0,"Boeing, IBM Strategic Alliance Boosts Net-Centric Technology From the 1950 's until the present, one of the dominant companies in the world 's computer industry. Offers a variety of data processing hardware systems, system and application software, and information technology services."
6460,0,"Reliance battle seen getting messier in days ahead: Business India: Mumbai, Nov 26 : The much talked about family feud over the control of Reliance Industries, India 's largest industrial house, is set to turn into a full-fledged boardroom battle that may entail a revamp of the company 's management."
665,0,Athletics: Dominant Phillips takes long jump gold ATHENS - Dwight Phillips of the United States completed a hat-trick of global long jump titles when he crushed the field with his opening leap in Thursday 's final to win Olympic gold.
5996,0,"AA takes soft option on cost cuts PENNY-PINCHING American Airlines is to remove the pillows from half its planes to save $300,000 (163,000) a year. While the cost savings are small beer compared with the $4bn a year American has slashed "
2077,0,"Bears back their coach with win GREEN BAY, Wis. - Thanks to Lovie Smiths ambitious words and his teams resolve to uphold them, the long dormant rivalry between Chicago and Green Bay might be back on track."
4576,0,Photo: SGI's Columbia supercomputer The Linux-based Columbia is a top contender for the title of world's fastest supercomputer.
4958,0,"London Times goes strictly tabloid After more than two centuries as a broadsheet newspaper, The Times of London has gone strictly tabloid. On Monday, The Times moved to a totally compact format after almost a year of dual publication."
5735,0,"Colts 49, Texans 14 INDIANAPOLIS Peyton Manning completed 18 of 27 passes for 320 yards and threw five touchdowns as the Indianapolis Colts beat the Houston Texans, 49-to-14."
5880,0,"NASA 'Scramjet' Launched on Mach 10 Try (AP) AP - A tiny unmanned NASA ""scramjet"" soared above the Pacific Ocean Tuesday at nearly 10 times the speed of sound, or almost 7,000 mph, in a successful demonstration of a radical new engine technology."
4955,0,"Consumer spending jumped in September WASHINGTON - Consumers, who substantially slowed down their spending in late summer, roared back to life in September, boosting their purchases by 0.6 percent."
5228,0,Steelers Downgrade Staley From Probable (AP) AP - Pittsburgh Steelers running back Duce Staley was downgraded Saturday from probable to questionable for Sunday's game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
2376,0,"Jamaica had record FDI inflows in 2003 Jamaica last year attracted its highest level of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows yet, US$720.4 million, outperforming traditional powerhouse investment hosts such as Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago and even Argentina."
5767,0,"Smart phones to make up 16 of market LONDON-A new study shows that the market for smart phones will continue to increase during the next several years, with global shipments growing from 14."
5459,0,Mauresmo confident of LA victory Amelie Mauresmo insists she can win the Tour Championships this week and finish the year as world number one. The Frenchwoman could overtake Lindsay Davenport with a win in Los Angeles.
437,0,"Leeds students figure high on working curve Undergraduates in the city earn more than 90 a week on average, just behind Glasgow, Cambridge and Cardiff. Their hard-earned cash is likely to be spent on looking good and socialising, the "
5176,0,"Red Robin Perched Higher The company beats third-quarter estimates and raises yearly guidance, but Wall Street doesn't seem to care."
2019,0,Loeb extends lead over Solberg CARDIFF -- Championship leader Sebastien Loeb took two stage wins to boost his lead over Norwegian Petter Solberg as the Rally of Britain entered its second leg on Saturday.
319,0,"Court Won't Halt Arch Coal's Triton Bid (Reuters) Reuters - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that Arch Coal Inc. (ACI.N) may proceed with its bid to buy the assets of rival Triton Coal Co. LLC, denying an emergency request by the Federal Trade Commission to block the deal, a spokesman for the agency said."
4627,0,Ovitz Defends His Tenure Michael Ovitz said on Tuesday that Walt Disney Co. would have made a string of dazzling deals and shrewd strategic moves during his brief tenure as the company 's president 
2658,0,"Japan Shares Fall to Low on Oil Worry  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell 0.4  percent to a six-week closing low on Tuesday, marking an  eight-day losing streak, after oil prices topped $50 a barrel,  fanning concern over the business outlook for Japanese  companies."
3759,0,"Sony looks under the Christmas tree Americans will go gadget shopping this holiday season even if oil prices go up, Sony execs say."
479,0,"Dollar Holds Gains, Fed Comments Help  TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar held on to the previous day's  gain on Tuesday, supported by a retreat in oil prices and  upbeat comments on the U.S. economy from Federal Reserve  officials."
520,0,"Japan 's SMFG in $29B bid for UFJ Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. laid out a $29 billion bid for UFJ Holdings on Tuesday, challenging a rival offer by Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group to form the world 's biggest bank."
2448,0,"Rivals Ocean Spray, Northland make peace Cranberry juice rivals Ocean Spray and Northland have ended their legal battle and agreed to join forces. The companies said Friday that Ocean Spray will take over its smaller rival 's "
1076,0,"Sun to enter content switch market Sun Microsystems Inc. plans later this month to unveil its first ever content switch: a load-balancing and SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) acceleration switch based on the Nauticus N2000 products that the Santa Clara, California, company acquired in January of this year."
2186,0,"Jolly Online Shoppers Making Cash Registers Jingle Online holiday shoppers this year are making cash registers jingle and meeting analysts ' expectations as they spent $8.8 billion in November, researchers said Monday."
407,0,"Oil prices In terms of dollar value, of all the products in the world, nothing is traded more than oil. Crude oil traded above 47 dollars a barrel for the first time this week."
6717,0,"Fly Higher, Fly Lighter: 'Ballute' Technology Aimed at Moon Missions (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - BOULDER, Colo. -- Moviegoers may recall it as that nifty bit of high-speed technology used in 2010: The Year We Make Contact --  the space age equivalent of playing air bag bumper car with Jupiter."
2196,0,"Ask Jeeves Search Engine Gets Slim and Personal Ask Jeeves Search Engine Gets Slim and Personal\\Ask Jeeves has introduced new changes which have totally made over the search engine which hopes to give Yahoo, MSN and Google a run for their money. The new changes at Ask.com include MyJeeves personal search, a revamped local search, and an update ..."
603,0,"Oil Prices Alter Direction After a month-long rally that repeatedly pushed prices to new highs, the cost of a barrel slumped for the fourth day, leaving the price $10 higher than year-ago rate."
147,0,"Dollar Stuck, CPI Offers Little Direction  TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar moved in tight ranges on  Wednesday as most investors shrugged off lower-than-expected  U.S. inflation data and stuck to the view the U.S. Federal  Reserve would continue raising rates."
6582,0,"Telekom Austria taps the Bulgarian market Telekom Austria, Austrias largest telecoms operator, obtained access to the relatively underdeveloped East European mobile services market by winning the right to purchase the Bulgarian mobile operator MobilTel for 1.6billion ($2.12billion)."
6598,0,Stelco Financing by Deutsche Bank Gets Court Approval (Update2) Deutsche Bank AG 's C$900 million ($759 million) proposal to provide financing to Stelco Inc. was approved by an Ontario judge over the objections of rival bidders and Stelco 's unions.
4770,0,Cavs Pick Up Option on Drew Gooden  CLEVELAND (Sports Network) - The Cleveland Cavaliers  Thursday picked up the team's 2005-06 contract option on  forward Drew Gooden.
5280,0,"Start-ups are discovering they might have to wait until the timing is right Is the market for initial public offerings open or closed? Few questions loom larger for venture capital firms, which risk money on entrepreneurial companies and look for ''liquidity events "" that will help them recoup their investments. But more than at any other time in the recent past, the answer may depend on your vantage point."
5967,0,"Pacers triumph in Harrington 's return Harrington scored a season-high 30 points in a superlative performance against his former team, but the Indiana Pacers still escaped Conseco Fieldhouse with a 93-83 victory over Atlanta."
4020,0,"TI Profit Up on Cellular, TV Chip Sales Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the largest maker of chips for cellular phones, on Monday said quarterly profit rose about 26 percent on demand from handset "
4931,0,"Saturday Essay When in his mid-50s, immigrant Andrew Carnegie sold his steel holdings into a trust headed by JP Morgan in 1901, the Scottish immigrant and former cotton factory bobbin boy left a life of astounding, ground-up capitalism for retirement into philanthropy."
5016,0,UPDATE 1-Ronaldinho strikes to give Barca win over Milan A brilliant late strike from Ronaldinho gave dominant Barcelona a 2-1 win over AC Milan in an epic Champions League contest at the Nou Camp on Tuesday.
587,0,"US raids Net song swappers US agents have raided the homes of five people who allegedly traded hundreds of thousands of songs, movies and other copyrighted material over the Internet, Attorney General John Ashcroft says."
4214,0,"Japan probe claims Citigroup trio Three top Citigroup Inc. executives, including Vice Chairman Deryck Maughan, are leaving the financial services giant in the wake of a scandal at its Japanese private banking unit."
502,0,"Torre Calls a Meeting, and the Yanks Respond Joe Torre gathered the Yankees before Monday night 's game at Jacobs Field and imparted a simple message: put aside the struggles of the past week."
5323,0,"Scientists Try to Save Largest Salamander (AP) AP - The population of North America's largest salamander is plummeting in Missouri and Arkansas, and scientists from five states met to consider how to prevent the creature's disappearance."
4540,0,"Miss Peru takes Miss World crown Twenty-year-old Miss Peru has been crowned Miss World in a southern Chinese resort town, as China looks to become the regular host of an event that would have once been deemed heretical by its Communist leaders."
6013,0,Update 2: Google Says Revenue Growth Is Slowing Shares of Google Inc. slipped in pre-market trading Thursday after the world 's most popular Internet search engine warned for the second time in a week that its fourth-quarter revenue growth rate is likely to slow from previous quarters.
1066,0,"Mobile phone sales hit second-quarter record: Gartner (AFP) AFP - Global sales of mobile telephones hit a record 156 million in the second quarter, a study published by the US research group Gartner showed."
114,0,"Cassini Space Probe Spots Two New Saturn Moons (Reuters) Reuters - Two new moons were spotted around Saturn by the Cassini space probe, raising the total to 33 moons for the ringed planet, NASA said on Monday."
6796,0,"Setback for asbestos settlement at ABB ABB said it was aware of the ruling, but remained confident that a settlement would be reached. ABB is naturally surprised and disappointed at todays decision, but remains confident that it can resolve."
1362,0,"Serena falls to Capriati after chair ump 's miscue Unfairly, unbelievably, Serena Williams was robbed of a point by an umpire 's mistake at the US Open, just like her sister was at Wimbledon."
495,0,"Pressure points ATHENS -- The booing went on for nearly 10 minutes while Paul Hamm, chalked up and ready, waited beneath the horizontal bar last night.  ""Wow, "" Hamm told his twin brother Morgan.  ""I've never seen this before. """
4817,0,"Brazilian soccer player dies of heat attack during match Player Paulo de Oliveira,  ""Serginho, "" of Brazilian First Division club Sao Caetano, Wednesdaynight died of a heart attack during the second half of a match against Sao Paulo "
6874,0,"UCLA, Notre Dame Win Soccer Matchups (AP) AP - UCLA soccer coach Jillian Ellis was happy to beat her best friend, Princeton counterpart Julie Shackford. After all, a spot in the NCAA championship game was on the line."
4823,0,"New Englanders greet the day with wings on their heels In a Framingham coffee shop yesterday morning, an elderly man softly asked a customer if he could see her newspaper. When the woman held up the front page, emblazoned with news of the Red Sox victory, the man stared in silence, touched his eyes, and began to cry."
531,0,"Cisco to acquire P-Cube for $200M SAN JOSE, Calif.Cisco Systems Inc. said it has agreed to acquire P-Cube for $200 million in stock and cash to enable service providers to further control and manage such advanced Internet Protocol services "
21,0,Sun's Looking Glass Provides 3D View Developers get early code for new operating system 'skin' still being crafted.
5475,0,"Intel doubles cash dividend MANHASSET, NY - Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.) has taken some lumps this year due to weakening market conditions and several strategic errors, but the semiconductor supplier remains loyal to its shareholders."
7153,0,Dissecting the NHLPA 's proposal for a new CBA A closer look at the new offer from the NHL Players ' Association: Rollback: The whopping 24 pay cut on all existing player contracts is a monstrous concession.
3141,0,It 's Time for Tech Firms to Bet on Growth Industry leaders have been offering too few innovations and too many marginal upgradesat not-so-marginal prices. There 's a joke going around that our lives have become so boring that we 've taken up watching people play cards on TV.
3732,0,"Google Woos Froogle UK Shoppers  ""We developed Froogle UK so that online shoppers could quickly and easily locate the products they are looking for, from the most obscure to the most popular, "" Google Engineering Director Cosmos Nicolaou said in a statement."
7355,0,"76ers rally from 18 down to stun Nuggets Allen Iverson couldn 't resist when he saw the burgundy and yellow shirt Willie Green put on after the game.  ""That 's an ugly shirt, Willie, "" Iverson shouted over a crowd of reporters."
4728,0,"Tennis: Leading Brits go marching on TIM HENMAN showed he was on top form despite being diagnosed as suffering from magnesium deficiency, with a straight-sets win over Antony Dupuis in the first round of the Davidoff Swiss Masters."
3720,0,"McDonald 's earnings beat forecasts McDonald 's third-quarter earnings rose a higher-than-expected 42 percent, the world 's largest restaurant chain says, citing strong sales in the United States and a lower tax rate."
3056,0,"Trash Begins to Clutter Space Station (AP) AP - There's no space in the space station. With no garbage pickup by shuttles for nearly two years, the international space station is looking more and more like a cluttered attic."
4741,0,"Web TV Start-Ups Show Programs Outside the Box (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - Internet TV is a mirage, seeming so close yet turning out to be far away or downright unreal when you try to watch it. At least that's my take on the many past plans for zapping motion pictures over the Internet."
4934,0,Automakers work on fuel cell vehicles General Motors (GM) and Chinese partner Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC) on Saturday signed a joint development and commercialization agreement on hybrid and fuel cell 
2859,0,"Glory days long gone for Roy Jones What a shocker! The great Roy Jones lying unconscious on the canvas for five minutes. And who was the man who put him there? Unlikely light-heavyweight journeyman Glen Johnson - who, by his own admission, isn 't that flash."
5507,0,PIRES UNFAZED BY FRANCE EXCLUSION Robert Pires admits his current form does not merit inclusion in the French national side but has made it clear he has no plans to retire from international football.
7361,0,"Business ; Fiat Talks Tough Ahead of Key GM Meeting  ""There is a very good argument to say that the Italian car plants could benefit from the relocation of other GM businesses in Europe, "" Marchionne was quoted as saying."
4698,0,Georgia Tech Looks to Virginia Tech (AP) AP - Georgia Tech wants to avoid being embarrassed by another ACC rookie.
3870,0,"Demand For Oil Exceeds Forecasts Oil demand is rising faster than predicted this year as OPEC pumps more low-quality oil in a failed bid to reduce record prices, according to International Energy Agency, an adviser to 26 industrialized nations."
4889,0,Harrison keeps title for fifth time GLASGOW - Scotland 's Scott Harrison successfully defended his WBO featherweight title for a fifth time with a farcical first-round stoppage of Swedish-based Ethiopian Samuel Kebede on Saturday.
6801,0,"Earth's Solar System Shaped by Brush with Star, Astronomers Say (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - The outer reaches of our solar system may have been shaped long ago by a close encounter with another star that tore up both nascent planetary systems like colliding buzz saws, astronomers said today."
1476,0,"Stocks on the edge NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Wall Street took a wait-and-see approach to the final day of the trading week, looking for more information on inflation, trade, oil and a report of Michael Eisner 's 2006 departure from Disney."
4303,1,"N. Koreans Seek Asylum in Beijing Twenty-nine people believed to be North Koreans have entered a South Korean school in Beijing, apparently seeking asylum. Diplomats say the group, including two children, entered the school early Friday."
5256,1,"Infiltration: Who knows better, Army or Patil? NEW DELHI: It appears another instance of the left hand not knowing what the right is doing. Barely hours after Shivraj Patil claimed in Srinagar that there was a drop in infiltration from across the border "
3255,1,"US, Iraqi Forces in New Push to Retake Rebel Zone US and Iraqi forces pushed on with their second major offensive in a week Wednesday, hunting insurgents in a triangle southwest of Baghdad that has become one of Iraq 's most notorious hot spots."
2276,1,Israel Urges Sanctions on Iran for Nuke Program  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel urged the United Nations  on Wednesday to move toward sanctions against Iran because  Tehran is never going to abandon its alleged quest for nuclear  weapons.
6914,1,"BBC 'must keep up' BBC boss Mark Thompson says the corporation must keep up with change, after announcing nearly 3,000 job cuts."
4386,1,"Official: EU Will Help Rebuild Somalia (AP) AP - The European Union will help rebuild conflict-ravaged Somalia, but the cost is not clear, the EU's foreign policy chief said Saturday."
3033,1,Ransom may buy life of Iraq hostage The brother of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley was investigating whether it might be possible to buy his sibling 's life. Paul Bigley was looking into reports in a Kuwaiti newspaper that a new Iraqi militant group 
2055,1,"Suicide car bombing kills three, wounds seven in northern Iraq A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb Sunday near a joint US-Iraqi checkpoint, killing three people and wounding seven, including four US soldiers in the northern city of Samarra, the military said."
66,1,"Hurricane Survivors Wait for Water, Gas PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Urban rescue teams, insurance adjusters and National Guard troops scattered across Florida Monday to help victims of Hurricane Charley and deliver water and other supplies to thousands of people left homeless..."
1637,1,"Dive recovers Cromwell's sailor A sailor from a sunken ship belonging to Oliver Cromwell's navy had the upper body of a trapeze artist but bowed legs, his recovered skeleton shows."
647,1,Pinochet loses immunity: Your reaction The Supreme Court in Chile has ruled that the former dictator General Pinochet should have his immunity from prosecution removed. A lawsuit was brought by relatives of alleged victims of the military regime Operation Condor.
3688,1,"Ljubicic Downs Hanescu at Open De Moselle Top-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia beat Victor Hanescu of Romania 6-4, 6-4 Tuesday in the first round of the Open de Moselle."
76,1,"North Korea Talks Still On, China Tells Downer (Reuters) Reuters - China has said no date has been set for working-level talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis and gave no indication that the meeting has been canceled, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said on Tuesday."
6669,1,Panel Urges N.Y. to Pay $14 Billion More for City Schools Court-appointed referees recommended the state pay an additional $14 billion over four years to improve New York City schools.
2528,1,"Israel sends Syria tough message with Hamas strike Widening its pursuit of Hamas beyond the occupied territories, Israel reached into Damascus Sunday, dealing a blow to both Hamas and Syria."
4414,1,Israel strikes before Gaza vote ISRAEL killed two Islamic Jihad militants in the Gaza Strip yesterday as Ariel Sharon and his cabinet finalised a bill to withdraw from Gaza.
1780,1,Milosevic war crimes trial suspended The war crimes trial of the former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic was today adjourned for a month after key witnesses refused to appear in protest at the court 's decision to appoint defence lawyers.
6580,1,"Romania Faces Hung Parliament Risk After Vote  BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania faced weeks of uncertainty on  Monday after inconclusive general elections in the poor Balkan  country, already struggling to stay on track to join the  European Union.  Partial results showed the ruling ex-communist Social Democrats  (PSD) of Prime Minister Adrian Nastase a whisker ahead of the  opposition centrists in Sunday's election but well short of a  majority in parliament."
7065,1,"Prime minister says Australia faces tough economic year in 2005 (AFP) AFP - Prime Minister John Howard warned that Australia's strong dollar, high world oil prices and the lingering effects of prolonged drought would dampen the country's long-buoyant economy in 2005."
682,1,Amelie's final footsteps retraced Detectives have staged a reconstruction of the final steps of murdered French student Amelie Delagrange.
599,1,Mich. Rep. to Head Intelligence Panel (AP) AP - Republican Rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan was picked Wednesday to head the House Intelligence Committee amid a heated election-year debate over how to carry out a major overhaul of the nation's intelligence system.
7595,1,"Around the world Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned with the most harmful known dioxin, which is contained in Agent Orange, a scientist who analyzed his blood said Friday."
4656,1,India and Bangladesh Neglect Their Enclaves (Reuters) Reuters - Nazrul Islam is an Indian living in an Indian village.
6012,1,"Fini named Italy foreign minister The leader of Italy's right-wing National Alliance, Gianfranco Fini, is appointed foreign minister."
1475,1,Jakarta bombing blamed on Malaysian fugitives The Indonesian police asserted Friday it would intensify the hunt of two Malaysian fugitives Azahari and Noordin Moh Top believed to be responsible for the Thursday 's bombing at the Australian embassy.
2074,1,Adams backs power-sharing plan Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams   recommends his party  accept proposals to revive power-sharing.
727,1,"Japanese Utility Plans IPO in October (AP) AP - Electric Power Development Co., a former state-run utility, said Friday it is planning an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in October, a deal that could be the country's biggest new stock listing in six years."
2400,1,"Dogs said to smell cancer signs  LONDON -- It has long been suspected that man's best friend has a special ability to sense when something is wrong with us. Now, the first experiment to verify that scientifically has demonstrated that dogs are able to smell cancer."
4922,1,Iranian bill backs nuclear drive has passed a bill obliging the government to continue efforts to develop a nuclear energy programme. Uranium enrichment can be used both for nuclear power and to make atomic bombs.
2309,1,"Latham stands by Bali claims candidate Federal Labor leader Mark Latham has ruled out disendorsing Queensland Labor candidate Ivan Molloy, over comments about the Bali bombings."
516,1,"Straw: Sudan Must Help Displaced People (AP) AP - British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, touring a sprawling desert camp housing 40,000 displaced people from the troubled western Darfur region, urged the Sudanese government to do more to make it safe for the frightened refugees to return home."
721,1,"Who cares about Kerry? It's Bush we can't stand, say Vietnamese (AFP) AFP - The question of whether presidential candidate John Kerry was a coward or a leader during the Vietnam War might be raging in the United States, but on the streets of Hanoi people hope for just one result from the American election -- the exit of George W. Bush."
6480,1,Iraq election delay  'considered ' Iraq 's electoral commission has said it will consider a request from leading political parties to delay general elections scheduled for 30 January.
5575,1,Earthquake hits Indonesian island At least six people are killed as a strong earthquake jolts an island in eastern Indonesia.
2219,1,"Senate Panel Gives NASA Extra Money (AP) AP - NASA would get  $16.4 billion next year under a bill a Senate committee approved Tuesday, reversing a decision by House lawmakers to cut the space agency's budget below this year's levels."
3648,1,"Iraqi nuclear assets  'are missing ' Equipment which could be used to make nuclear arms has been vanishing from Iraq, the United Nations has been warned. Satellite images show entire nuclear plants appear to have been dismantled."
2968,1,U.N. War Court Transfers First Case to Serbia  BELGRADE (Reuters) - The U.N. war crimes prosecutor sent  the first case to the Serbian judiciary Friday in a move that  could warm ties between the Hague-based court and Belgrade.
3860,1,"Earthquake at sea gives Taiwan a jolt TAIPEI A strong earthquake in the Pacific off Taiwan rocked the island 's northeast on Friday, damaging buildings and injuring several people, officials said."
4444,1,"In Haiti, Peacekeepers Take on Militants Using armored cars and earth movers, U.N. peacekeepers and Haitian police moved into an area early Sunday controlled by militants loyal to ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, protecting workers removing burned out cars used as road blocks."
2513,1,"AFP Interview: UN refugee chief says Sudan likely to grant Darfur <b>...</b> ABECHE, Chad, Sept 26 (AFP) -- The Sudanese government has seen the writing on the wall and is likely to grant some autonomy to the violence-wracked Darfur region but the rebels should now do their bit to end the world 's worst humanitarian crisis, UN High "
6544,1,Cambodia plays active role in ASEAN Cambodia has been active and playing an increasingly important role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and regional affairs politically and economically 
3358,1,"Sadr aide freed as Iraq seeks pre-election calm could help the interim government 's efforts to calm rebel-held strongholds before elections due in January. colleague, Sheikh Mahmoud Sudani, after he got out of jail on Thursday."
48,1,"China Says Taiwan Spy Also Operated in U.S. - Media  BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing on Monday accused a  Chinese-American arrested for spying for Taiwan of building an  espionage network in the United States, and said he could go on  trial very soon."
6818,1,"Philippines not relieved from nature 's curse With the death toll mounting to 1,000 after a deadly storm Typhoon Nanmadol that hit the nation three days before, the nature 's curse is still haunting Philippines when an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2 rocked the northern Philippines on "
7407,1,"Peacekeepers fire on troops at river-border Bukavu/Nairobi - United Nations peacekeepers have fired on troops trying to enter the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from Rwanda, the UN-funded radio station Radio Okapi reported on Wednesday."
4406,1,"P. Diddy Takes Vote Drive to Swing States (AP) AP - Hip-hop mogul Sean ""P. Diddy"" Combs is following the lead of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry by taking his get-out-the-vote campaign to the swing states."
6667,1,"Ex-Guard Speaks Out About Di Tapes (CBS) Newly-surfaced videotapes of the late Princess Diana address her sometimes bizarre relationship with Prince Charles. The tapes were recorded by Diana 's voice coach, Peter Settelen."
7356,1,"Afghan Forces Arrest 2 Taliban Leaders KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Dec 14 -- Afghan forces have captured two top figures of the deposed Taliban government, including the personal security chief of leader Mohammad Omar, provincial officials said Tuesday."
4339,1,"In Controversial Move, Britain Says  'Yes ' to Troop-Redeployment <b>...</b> Some 850 British troops have started preparations to redeploy from southern Iraq to an area outside of Baghdad. The move comes after Britain agreed to a US request for help and is designed to make more US "
6523,1,"Rwandan  'motivated by riches ' Ouagadougou - Rwanda 's threat to launch military strikes in Democratic Republic of Congo would be motivated by the abundant mineral wealth in its giant western neighbour not by the desire to attack Hutu fighters based there, a Congolese diplomat said here "
5208,1,"Baffled in Loss, Democrats Seek Road Forward Democrats said President Bush's defeat of Senator John Kerry by three million votes left the party facing its most difficult time in at least 20 years."
4620,1,"Indonesia at a crossroad At midnight on Saturday, the dance floor in the Hard Rock Cafe (HRC) in Bali was heaving. Apart from a careful pat down at the door for guests, the scene was no different from two years ago, before Islamist "
1139,1,"Protesters greet Taiwan president during brief visit Tensions between Taiwan and China landed on Seattle 's doorstep last night when Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian visited Seattle under tight security, greeted by demonstrators both for and against Taiwan independence."
3245,1,HK democrats to take seats A new crop of Hong Kong democrats are due to be sworn in to the Legislative Council.
5927,1,"Arafat was not poisoned Paris - Doctors who treated Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat believe he died of a blood condition called disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and have ruled out poisoning, Le Monde newspaper reported on Wednesday."
155,1,"Future Doctors, Crossing Borders Students at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine learn that diet and culture shape health in East Harlem."
4734,1,Australia establish 300-run lead in third India Test (AFP) AFP - Australia batted cautiously in their second innings to build a lead of 300 runs over India with nine wickets in hand in the third cricket Test here.
7467,1,"Daily Mail hits back at Blunkett The Daily Mail today dismissed David Blunkett 's claim that the media played a role in his downfall, saying he only had himself to blame."
6218,1,"Blunkett gets tougher on drugs New police powers to prosecute offenders for possession if they test positive for drugs when they are arrested, even if the only drugs they have are in their bloodstream, are to be announced this week."
7245,1,"Spanish Leader Denies Gain From Bombings (AP) AP - Spain's prime minister, heckled Monday by opposition lawmakers, angrily denied his Socialist party instigated anti-government rallies on the eve of a general election to reap political benefit from the Madrid train bombings."
3509,1,"Mauritania coup kingpin held Nouakchott, Mauritania - Authorities said on Saturday they arrested the alleged ringleader of a string of foiled coup and assassination attempts against Mauritania 's leaders."
5444,1,"India will never become an international liability: Manmohan Singh <b>...</b> India News  gt; The Hague: The Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has said that despite three changes in government in the past 14 years since the economic reforms were introduced in the country, there has been no roll back in the reforms programme."
7172,1,"Australian man killed by shark on Great Barrier Reef (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - CAIRNS, Australia (AP) - A 38-year-old Australian man bled to death Saturday after he was rescued from the jaws of a shark while spearfishing on the Great Barrier Reef, authorities said."
4398,1,"South Africa 's Mbeki Leaves Ivory Coast Rebel Zone South African President Thabo Mbeki left Ivory Coast 's rebel town of Bouake after talks Sunday, saying mediators would prepare proposals to end the crisis in the world 's top cocoa grower."
5107,1,New EU Executive Chief Announces Revamped Team The incoming head of the European Union 's executive body has announced changes to his group of commissioners and says he is ready to go to the European Parliament to seek its approval of his team.
2838,1,"Musharraf meets Pope John Paul Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf met Pope John Paul II, who urged him to adopt a  ""spirit of dialogue and tolerance "" in his region."
3661,1,Cricket: Tendulkar to miss test Sachin Tendulkar is almost certain to miss Thursday's second Test against Australia in Madras.
57,1,"Delegates Urge Cleric to Pull Out of Najaf BAGHDAD, Iraq - Delegates at Iraq's National Conference called on radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to abandon his uprising against U.S. and Iraqi troops and pull his fighters out of a holy shrine in Najaf..."
1880,1,"Freedom on the March in Iraq, Bush Tells Voters (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush said on Thursday freedom was on the march in Iraq even as a U.S.\intelligence report depicted a bleak outlook for the country's future."
5815,1,"Swimmer, 77, believed killed in shark attack CAPE TOWN -- A great white shark estimated to be at least 18 feet long attacked and presumably killed an elderly South African woman yesterday off a beach near Cape Town, officials said. Tyna Webb, 77, who lived in the area, was swimming off Sunny Cove in Fish Hoek when the massive shark circled her and then attacked, witnesses and ..."
2167,1,"Israel Unions Start Nationwide Strike  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli unions began a nationwide  strike on Tuesday expected to affect about 400,000 public  sector workers and severely hamper international travel."
626,1,"Dream Team Leads Spain 44-42 at Halftime ATHENS, Greece - As expected, the U.S. men's basketball team had its hands full in a quarterfinal game against Spain on Thursday..."
286,1,"Iraq Oil Exports Still Halved After Basra HQ Attack  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq continued to export oil at one  million barrels per day on Friday after an attack on the South  Oil Company headquarters took sabotage operations to a new  level, an official at the state-owned entity said."
646,1,Panama pardons Castro 'plotters' Four men accused of planning to kill Cuba's Fidel Castro have been pardoned by Panama's president.
3570,1,"Legendary all-rounder Miller dies Keith Miller, arguably Australia's greatest  all-rounder in Test cricket, has died in Melbourne aged 84."
6386,1,"One killed, 15 injured in Khuzdar bomb blast One person killed and 15 injured as bomb went off in a market in district Khuzdar of Balochistan, reports The News. According to police officials, the bomb was planted in a cycle."
6948,1,"Three Iraqis Killed in Bomb Attack on U.S. Troops  SAMARRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Three Iraqis were killed on  Wednesday when a suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. convoy in  the northern city of Samarra, a local police official said."
6733,1,"Mozambicans Vote for New President Mozambique 's poor, many carrying small children, trudged along narrow dirt roads in oppressive heat Wednesday to pick a replacement for the president who has ruled "
1966,1,"U.S. Jet Fires at House in Fallujah (AP) AP - An American jet fired a missile at a house where about 10 members of an al-Qaida-linked group were believed to be meeting in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Friday, police and the U.S. military said. At least three people were killed."
4666,1,"Rumsfeld turns to radio interviews in battleground states to defend Iraq situation (AFP) AFP - US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he has been ordered not to comment on the presidential elections, but it hasn't kept him from defending the war in Iraq in interviews with radio talk show hosts in battleground states."
3515,1,"Chirac, in Beijing, Signs Accords to Increase French Investment President Jacques Chirac of France declared Saturday that France was a natural trade partner for China and, during a flurry of air, rail and energy deals, he played down "
5237,1,"Arafat 's legacy: Statelessness for Palestinians The exit from the world stage of Palestinian leader and icon Yasser Arafat will mark the end of a turbulent era, and the beginning of a period of uncertainty and possible instability in the volatile cauldron of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."
5717,1,"B.C. Mountie killed in stolen truck crash leaves wife, two small children (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - VERNON, B.C. (CP) - Vernon RCMP have identified the auxiliary officer killed when the cruiser in which he was riding was struck by a stolen truck as Glen Evely, 39."
3082,1,Gujarat riot murder retrial opens The retrial of 16 Hindus charged with the murder of 12 Muslims in the Gujarat riots of 2002 opens in Mumbai.
430,1,"Trial of Accused US Vigilantes Resumes KABUL, Afghanistan Aug. 23, 2004 - A defense lawyer for one of three Americans accused of torturing a dozen Afghan prisoners in a private jail showed a video in court Monday of Afghanistan 's former education "
1595,1,"U.S.: Korea Cloud Not From Nuclear Blast (AP) AP - A huge mushroom cloud that reportedly billowed up from North Korea was not caused by a nuclear explosion, South Korean and U.S. officials said Sunday, but they said the cause was a mystery."
3615,1,An Afghan 'hanging chad' dispute An independent inquiry is helping to defuse a controversy over ink used in Saturday's election.
4211,1,"Kerry to Go Hunting for Conservative Votes (AP) AP - John Kerry planned to go hunting Thursday, showing he's a regular guy to voters who might harbor some doubts."
1191,1,"Bush takes a double-digit lead as Kerry campaign struggles to regroup (AFP) AFP - George W. Bush took a double-digit lead in what had been a neck-and-neck presidential election contest, prompting Democratic challenger John Kerry to refocus his campaign on bread-and-butter economic issues, where the Republican incumbent president is considered vulnerable."
6166,1,"Iraq continues battle against insurgents BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Insurgents continued to strike against coalition targets in Iraq Saturday, resulting in the deaths of one US soldier and four government employees in Baghdad."
2547,1,Iran deploys new missile TEHRAN: Iran added one more missile to its military arsenal and the defense minister said Saturday his country was ready to confront any external threat.
3790,1,"Oil exports flow as strike woes ease A general strike in Nigeria, which has raised fears over oil supply from the world 's seventh-largest exporter, will likely end its first phase on Thursday  ""all going well "", union leaders said."
2410,1,Thirteen people killed in power plant explosion in Hebei Thirteen people were killed and one seriously injured in an explosion at a power plant in Wu 'an City in north China 's Hebei Province when the plant began trialoperation on Thursday afternoon.
2398,1,Palestinians kill three Israeli soldiers Palestinian fighters sneaked onto an Israeli military post at a small Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip early yesterday under cover of darkness and a thick morning fog 
4469,1,"Africa must move away from conflicts: Mbeki LUSAKA: Africa must move away from conflicts and begin to pool its resources to develop the impoverished continent and reduce poverty, South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday."
2944,1,"Stocks Climb on Strong Economic Data NEW YORK - Newly optimistic investors sent stocks sharply higher Friday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials up more than 100 points, after economic data showed strength in manufacturing and construction. Wall Street greeted the departure of PeopleSoft Inc.'s chief executive by buying up technology shares..."
7473,1,"Austrian warning on Turkey 's EU hopes MEISE, Belgium, Dec 16 (AFP) - The EU must be sure it has the  ""capacity to absorb "" Turkey before it gives a green light to the vast Muslim country 's hopes of joining the bloc, Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel warned Thursday."
2740,1,"Gangs on Prowl in Storm-Wracked Haiti (AP) AP - Victims who lost relatives, homes and belongings in Tropical Storm Jeanne are now tormented by street gangs who attack food convoys, raid homes at night and shoot those who get in their way."
5304,1,"Greenpeace  'shocked ' over death of anti-nuclear protestor PARIS - The international environment watchdog group Greenpeace said Monday it was  ""shocked and very saddened "" by the death of a French protestor who was struck and killed Sunday by a train transporting nuclear waste to Germany."
6432,1,"450 Colombian Paramilitaries Disarm (AP) AP - Some 450 right-wing paramilitary fighters left Colombia's crowded battlefields, turning in their weapons and asking society to let them back into its fold."
3511,1,"Afghan Refugees Vote in Pakistan, Iran Troops of Pakistani para-military force check Afghan refugee voters before they enter in polling station to vote in Afghanistan 's presidential election at Jallozai camp near Peshawar, Pakistan on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004."
3526,1,Rebel Attacks Hit Baghdad as Rumsfeld Visits Iraq A rocket attack and suicide car bombing killed at least four people in Baghdad Sunday as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld began an unannounced visit to Iraq to gauge efforts to calm violence before January elections.
5201,1,Iraq PM pleads for Europe 's help Iraq 's US-backed leader has made an impassioned plea for European nations divided by the war to reunite to help stabilize and rebuild his country.
695,1,"Iraq's Sadr Orders Fighters to Lay Down Weapons  NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Rebel Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr  on Friday ordered his men inside Najaf's Imam Ali mosque to lay  down their weapons and join thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims  outside the shrine."
525,1,"Bin Laden Driver Charged at Guantanamo GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Osama bin Laden's chauffeur was officially charged Tuesday in the first U.S. military tribunal since World War II, appearing at a pretrial hearing where his lawyer challenged the process as unfair..."
1207,1,"Former Saddam Deputy Arrested in Iraq (AP) AP - Iraqi authorities claimed on Sunday to have captured Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the most wanted member of Saddam Hussein's ousted dictatorship, but there was confusion over the report, as the Iraqi defense minister said word of his arrest was ""baseless."""
3650,1,Landmine kills Darfur aid workers Two aid workers are killed in Sudan's Darfur region after their vehicle hit a landmine.
2884,1,"Iran leader reasserts arms views NEW YORK Iran 's foreign minister has said that his country will never give up its right to develop nuclear technology for peaceful use, though he denied any intent to produce nuclear weapons."
5746,1,"Strong Quake Injures Six in Colombia  BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Six people were hurt and two  hospitals evacuated after a strong earthquake shook a large  part of western Colombia on Monday, the government said."
1532,1,Indonesian police release video tape of embassy blast Indonesian police have released video footage of the explosion outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta. At the same time they say there is no evidence to support the Australian Foreign Minister 's claim that 
3176,1,"Cambodia 's Legislature Bars Government from Pardoning Khmer Rouge Legislators today approved laws barring the Cambodian government from pardoning Khmer Rouge suspects, one day after ratifying a landmark UN-backed plan to set up a tribunal to prosecute surviving leaders of the murderous 1970s regime."
4169,1,"Bookies take bets on new Band Aid Bookies take bets on a new Band Aid single being Christmas No 1, expected to be confirmed by Midge Ure."
4812,1,Militant Rivals Show Unity Behind Arafat (AP) AP - The militant Palestinian group Hamas said Friday it was setting aside its differences with ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and called for a united Palestinian leadership to work toward general elections.
4353,1,"Roadside Bomb Injures Six GIs in Iraq (AP) AP - A roadside bomb exploded near an American military patrol in Baghdad Saturday, injuring six soldiers, the U.S. command said."
1739,1,"Pakistan turns up heat on al Qaeda Pakistani forces have been battling al Qaeda fighters in an ongoing operation to rout terrorists in a tribal area near the border with Afghanistan, Pakistani intelligence sources said."
2685,1,Pakistan's Musharraf calls for unity against global terrorism (AFP) AFP - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf kicked off a three-day visit to Italy by calling on the world community to stand united in the fight against global terrorism.
4644,1,"Thai PM Defiant After 78 Muslims Die in Custody (Reuters) Reuters - Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra shed few tears on Wednesday over the death of 78 Muslims in military custody as distraught mourners besieged an army base in the far south, demanding the bodies of relatives."
4154,1,"Kerry Win Would Trigger Fierce Senate Race (AP) AP - If John Kerry is elected president, Massachusetts would end up with its first Senate vacancy in 20 years, triggering a springtime special election that could determine the balance of power in Congress' upper chamber."
2237,1,"Bush, Lawmakers Discuss Social Security (AP) AP - President Bush sought support from congressional leaders of both parties Monday for his aggressive proposal to overhaul Social Security during his second term."
2553,1,"U.S. Wants to Lease Swedish Submarine (AP) AP - The United States wants to lease a Swedish attack submarine for naval exercises in the Baltic Sea in a deal possibly worth tens of millions of dollars, defense officials said Sunday."
1716,1,"North Korea Seen as Tying Nuclear Talks to US Election North Korea is waiting out the American presidential election in order to bargain with the winner over its nuclear weapons program, according to analysts here and a British diplomat who left Pyongyang today."
4251,1,AU OKs more troops for Darfur; talks resume Sudan 's government and Darfur rebels are likely to restart talks Thursday as the African Union said it would increase its forces in the restive region.
5685,1,Safety Group Closely Echoes Rail Industry Documents show that the nation's most influential rail-safety group is tightly bound to the railroad industry.
810,1,"UN, ending mission, says some human rights improvement Sudan's Darfur region (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - AL-FASHER, Sudan (AP) - Security has improved inside camps in Sudan's violence-torn Darfur region, but displaced villagers still face attacks and abuse when leave the camps, a United Nations team said Saturday, wrapping up a mission that could determine whether Sudan is hit with international sanctions."
42,1,"Politics an Afterthought Amid Hurricane (AP) AP - If Hurricane Charley had struck three years ago, President Bush's tour through the wreckage of this coastal city would have been just the sort of post-disaster visit that other presidents have made to the scenes of storms, earthquakes, floods and fires."
4243,1,Barroso proposal to defuse EU Commissioner row rejected The Socialist Group in the European Parliament (EP) on Thursday rejected a proposal by incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso designed to defuse a row over 
5938,1,"Bombings at Two Buenos Aires Banks Kill 1 (AP) AP - Homemade bombs exploded in two Buenos Aires banks Wednesday, killing a security guard, police said."
5716,1,"Abbas Escapes Gaza Shooting Unharmed (AP) AP - Mahmoud Abbas, the temporary successor to Yasser Arafat, escaped unharmed Sunday when militants firing assault rifles burst into a mourning tent for the deceased Palestinian leader, killing two security guards and wounding six other people."
7505,1,"Boys 'cured' with gene therapy  Gene therapy can cure children born with a condition that knocks out their natural defences against infection, mounting evidence shows."
5655,1,"Pakistan Says Militants on the Run, Despite Blast  NANO, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani forces are driving al  Qaeda-linked militants out of mountains near the Afghan border  but attacks such as a bomb that wounded soldiers on Saturday  could not be ruled out, a commander said."
7248,1,"Israel to Renovate Crumbling Entrance to Disputed Holy Site in Jerusalem's Old City (AP) AP - Israel will renovate the crumbling entrance to a disputed holy site in Jerusalem's Old City that is revered by Jews and Muslims, officials said Monday."
7253,1,"Congo Army Factions Clash in East - Army Officer Army reinforcements sent to bolster the Democratic Republic of Congo 's fragile border region with Rwanda have clashed with former rebel units within the army, a local military commander said on Sunday."
4715,1,"Large Explosion Heard in Central Baghdad (Reuters) Reuters - A large blast was heard in central Baghdad on Thursday, witnesses said."
6210,1,"Australia cancels 80pc of Iraqi debt Nineteen countries, including Australia, have agreed to cancel 80 per cent of the debt Iraq owes them. The deal secured for the Paris Club of creditor nations ends a trans-Atlantic dispute and probably sets "
2670,1,"Nigerian oil flows despite rebel threat-companies Oil should continue to flow from Nigeria, the world 's seventh largest exporter, despite a rebel threat to attack foreign oil workers in an  ""all-out war "" due to start on Friday, multinational energy companies said."
4880,1,Danish group 's gift criticized A Danish group has caused controversy in Colombia by publicly donating money to the country 's largest Marxist guerrilla organization.
129,1,"Peace delegation leaves Najaf empty-handed as fighting continues BAGHDAD, Iraq - A national political conference 's bid to end the fighting in the Shiite Muslim holy city of Najaf appeared to have failed Tuesday. "
2231,1,"Flick Collection Opens in Berlin Friedrich Flick, who made his fortune as an arms supplier to the Nazis during World War II, once presented old master paintings to Luftwaffe Commander-in-Chief Hermann Gring as a birthday gift."
4147,1,"Anglican claims he was misquoted over attack on Archbishop of Canterbury (AFP) AFP - Anglican Dean of Sydney Phillip Jensen, whose reported attacks on the Archbishop of Canterbury and Prince Charles sparked a storm of protest last week, claims he never made the comments attributed to him by the media."
3439,1,"Reclusive Amish could be thrown into election battleground (AFP) AFP - Martha Lapp hopes to vote for the first time in the US presidential election, in which the reclusive Amish sect that her family belongs to could play a key role."
2030,1,Leaked secrets reveal chaos at heart of Blair 's Iraq plans TONY Blair was facing a new Iraq crisis last night after explosive evidence emerged from within his own government that he was warned the country would be plunged into chaos after the fall of Saddam Hussein.
987,1,"Gaddafi to Compensate Libyan Jews for Lost Homes (Reuters) Reuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, easing his country's way back into the international fold, on Tuesday became the first Arab leader to promise compensation for Jews who were forced from their homes due to religious tension."
3452,1,"Cambodia passes succession law Cambodia approves a law to choose a new monarch, after King Sihanouk's abdication announcement."
676,1,US edge out Brazil for gold The United States beat Brazil 2-1 in extra time to win the women's Olympic football tournament.
6044,1,Police Chief Backs Using Force Against Intruders Britains top police officer today called for an urgent updating of the law to protect householders who use force to defend their homes against criminals - even if it involves killing the intruder.
1648,1,"Greek Orthodox patriarch is accident victim Vatican, Sep. 13 (CWNews.com) - The Greek Orthodox Patriarch Petros VII of Alexandria was killed in a helicopter crash on September 11, along with several other Orthodox prelates, as he traveled to Mount Athos."
7225,1,"Shah Rukh Khan apologises to Buddhist monks COLOMBO: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has apologised to Sri Lanka 's protesting Buddhist monks for the timing of his mega concert here, which coincides with the death anniversary of a popular priest, but said the show will go on."
4923,1,Kidnappers may extend deadline Militants holding three UN workers hostage in Afghanistan have offered to consider extending a three-day deadline for their beheading.
2042,1,"Japan's army works out plan to cope with North Korean terror attack (AFP) AFP - Japan's army has worked out a secret plan to deal with possible large-scale terror attacks by North Korea, a press report said."
2840,1,"Footage Shows 10 New Hostages in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Arab news network Al-Jazeera showed video Thursday of 10 new hostages seized in Iraq by militants.    Al-Jazeera said the 10 - six Iraqis, two Lebanese and two Indonesian women - were taken by The Islamic Army in Iraq..."
6253,1,"Iraq gears up for elections Iraq: Iraq geared up Monday for its first post-Saddam Hussein elections on January 30 despite relentless nationwide violence, as world powers gathered in Egypt for a conference on the country 's future."
6962,1,Inquiry Faults Commanders in Assaults on Cadets The Pentagon inspector general found the root cause of sexual assault at the Air Force Academy was its commanders' failure to acknowledge the problem's severity.
4403,1,"Suicide bomber wounds 7; Afghan vote tally nears end KABUL, Afghanistan -- A Taliban suicide fighter killed himself and wounded at least seven others, including three members of a NATO-led peacekeeping force, in a grenade attack on a busy shopping street in central Kabul yesterday."
1857,1,European Abortion Debate Turns Divisive (AP) AP - European Parliament legislators on Thursday turned a fight over abortion rights in Portugal into an emotional and divisive debate on women's rights and the division between church and state.
6597,1,"Jordan prince loses succession Jordan 's Prince Hamzah says he is conceding to the wish of King Abdullah II to strip him of his crown as heir to the throne.  ""I obey the command of my elder brother out of my loyalty, love "
4146,1,"Karzai's Big Poll Lead Shows Afghan Ethnic Divide (Reuters) Reuters - Hamid Karzai was cruising to victory in Afghanistan's first direct presidential elections, but by Wednesday the returns so far have underscored the ethnic fault lines that have often divided the country."
5879,1,South Korea president in Brazil (AFP) AFP - South Korea's President Roh Moo-Hyun started an official visit to Brazil as part of his country's campaign to find new business in the region.
2161,1,"PM to discuss strategic partnership Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived on Tuesday for the first major diplomatic foray that includes talks with US President George W Bush, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and address to the UN General Assembly."
4647,1,"Milosevic Defense Team Asks to Withdraw from Case  THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former Yugoslav President Slobodan  Milosevic's two court-assigned defense lawyers have asked to be  withdrawn from his case, The Hague war crimes tribunal said  Wednesday."
2406,1,"UK to Host Mideast Conference: Report LONDON , December 6 (IslamOnline.net  & News Agencies) - Britain received a green light from Washington to host a conference on Middle East peace after the Palestinian presidential elections, a British news paper reported Monday, December 6."
3882,1,"For Many Airline Pilots, the Thrill Is Gone While pilots still feel in command in the air, they increasingly are feeling slighted on the ground, as airlines extract salary and benefits concessions from them."
5008,1,"Death toll climbs in Baghdad blast A car bomb exploded outside the education ministry in central Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least six people and wounding about eight, the interior ministry said."
5806,1,Blair builds Atlantic bridge Tony Blair last night put worldwide political and human rights at the centre of his hopes to revitalise the United Nations and bring the United States and Europe closer together again in pursuit of global democracy.
3314,1,"Expansion may lead to division The Asia-Europe Meeting, ASEM, will hold its fifth summit in Hanoi in October amidst a recent crisis over the inclusion of Myanmar."
1549,1,"Spanish PM to host French, German allies in Madrid summit (AFP) AFP - Sealing ratification of an EU constitution and the question of terrorism will top the agenda when Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero welcomes French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to a summit meeting Monday."
802,1,"Hurricane Watch Issued for Gaston Off S.C. COLUMBIA, S.C. - A hurricane watch was issued for the South Carolina coast Saturday as forecasters predicted Tropical Storm Gaston would make landfall near Charleston on Sunday night..."
697,1,"Taiwan Rescuers Dig Out 7 Bodies Buried in Landslide  TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan rescue workers dug out seven  bodies from mud and rock in a mountain village that was hit by  a devastating landslide triggered by Typhoon Aere, but eight  still remained buried, officials said on Friday."
3524,1,"On an old road to Damascus: An ancient city finds new life DAMASCUS -- The crowd begins filling the courtyard of Opaline, a trendy restaurant, as late evening teeters toward early morning. Many arrive by golf cart, whisked through alleys to the wooden doors of a centuries-old Arab home within Old City walls."
992,1,"Moscow Rail Station Evacuated on Bomb Threat, Interfax Says Moscow police are conducting a partial evacuation at the Kursk railway station in central Moscow as they search for explosives after receiving an anonymous phone call from a man threatening "
5589,1,"Nujoma's Man Set to Sweep Namibia Elections  OSHAKATI, Namibia (Reuters) - Hifikepunye Pohamba, who has  spearheaded moves to expropriate white-owned land for  redistribution to black peasants, is virtually guaranteed  victory in Namibia's presidential polls next week."
1764,1,"Earthquake Rocks Indonesia's Bali, One Dead-Radio  JAKARTA (Reuters) - An earthquake rocked Indonesia's  premier tourist island of Bali on Wednesday, killing one person  and injuring at least two, El Shinta radio reported, quoting  hospital officials."
937,1,"MND confirms China pulling troops from drill The Ministry of Defense confirmed yesterday that China 's military had withdrawn most of its troops from Dongshan Island where it was to hold an annual war game, but would not say if the action indicated Beijing was calling off the maneuvers that simulate "
4971,1,Darfur peace talks inch forward despite deadlock over security ABUJA (AFP) - African Union mediators met separately with Sudanese government envoys and the leaders of the uprising in the strife-torn region of Darfur in a bid to hammer out a deal on demilitarising the conflict.
5078,1,"Blair Calls for World to Unite Prime Minister Tony Blair tried to bridge the trans-Atlantic rift over Iraq, urging a  ""fractured, divided and uncertain "" world to unite in the wake of President Bush 's election victory."
4229,1,Israeli troops kill Gaza militant At least one Palestinian is shot dead by Israeli troops as he attacked a checkpoint near Gaza City.
4897,1,"Iraqi president on visit to Kuwait KUWAIT CITY - Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar arrived in Kuwait on Saturday for a two-day official visit, an AFP correspondent reported."
6158,1,"African Troops Begin with Small Steps to Calm Darfur (Reuters) Reuters - The rebels emerge from the desert haze like ghosts. First one, silhouetted atop a sand dune and holding a grenade launcher, then a dozen more, their shadowy figures appearing in unison."
193,1,Iraq cleric 'to end Najaf revolt' Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr reportedly agrees to end an uprising in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf.
819,1,Terror is below radar in Russia It took 2 days for Russia 's security service to announce what virtually everyone else believed from the moment two domestic passenger airlines plunged to earth simultaneously 
2824,1,Israeli Tanks Surge Into Gaza Refugee Camp -Witnesses  GAZA (Reuters) - A column of Israeli tanks surged into the  heart of the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on  Thursday as the army broadened its sweep for militants behind a  deadly rocket attack on an Israeli town.
2063,1,"Polls Open for Indonesia 's First Direct Presidential Elections Polls have opened for Indonesia 's first direct presidential election. Election observers say they are impressed with the six-month electoral process, which also chose members of the national assembly and local councils."
3697,1,7 U.S. Groups Ask U.N. for Vote Observers (AP) AP - Seven American activist groups asked the United Nations on Monday to provide international observers for next month's presidential election.
7170,1,Israeli Labour party could clinch coalition deal with Sharon  'in <b>...</b> Israel 's opposition Labour party began talks with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon 's Likud party yesterday about joining its coalition - a partnership aimed at promoting a military withdrawal from Gaza.
5378,1,"Armitage holds talks with Pakistani leaders: World News: Islamabad, Nov 9 : US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage Tuesday met top Pakistani leaders to exchange views on a wide array of issues, including the dialogue between Pakistan and India and the war on terror."
1466,1,"Colts Lead Pats Early in Third Quarter FOXBORO, Mass. - Peyton Manning reached the 25,000-yard passing mark faster than anyone but Dan Marino, and the Indianapolis Colts shredded the New England Patriots for a 17-13 halftime lead Thursday night..."
4843,1,Cosatu Delegation Sent Home in Minibus A 12-member delegation of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was deported early yesterday after being driven to Beitbridge overnight in a minibus.
2830,1,"Thailand Tackles Bird Flu Epidemic BANGKOK, Thailand Sept. 30, 2004 - Millions of volunteers led by emergency teams fanned out across Thailand on Thursday in a new drive to fight bird flu after the prime minister gave officials 30 days to eradicate the epidemic."
5710,1,"Iran Agrees to Suspend Uranium Enrichment (AP) AP - Iran has agreed to fully suspend uranium enrichment and linked activities that Washington asserts are part of a nuclear weapons program, diplomats said Sunday."
5812,1,"China 'owns up' over mystery sub \China has expressed regret for the intrusion of one of its subs into Japanese waters last week, Tokyo says."
1053,1,"12 nations agree to locust battle plan DAKAR, Senegal -- Residents burned tires and children took to the streets with sticks in Senegal's capital yesterday to fight an invasion of locusts, as 12 West African nations agreed on a battle plan."
2721,1,"Taiwan Acknowledges Minister 's Improper Wording ' on Singapore Taiwan Foreign Minister Chen Tan- sun, who dismissed Singapore as a country the size of a booger, ' ' regretted his improper wording, ' ' said Foreign Ministry spokesman Michel Lu."
5471,1,"Refugees ' hopes for return will outlive Arafat BEIRUT, Lebanon - Yasser Arafat promised Palestinians he would return them to the homes they lost when Israel was founded in 1948."
3393,1,"Karzai Uncle Sam 's man WASHINGTON, October 08 (Online): As Afghans prepare for their first presidential elections on October 9, President Hamid Karzai, a Pashtun, is being challenged by over a dozen factional leaders, but most Afghans and international officials expect him to "
4757,1,"Bomb kills one in southern Thailand A bomb has exploded in southern Thailand, killing one person and injuring about 20, in what could be the first reaction to the deaths of 85 Muslim protesters earlier this week."
1546,1,"Strong quake hits Hokkaido SAPPORO -- A fairly strong earthquake hit eastern Hokkaido, northern Japan, late Monday night, and several people suffered minor injuries, officials said."
2540,1,"No progress in N.Korea, Japan talks on abductees : Talks between Japan and North Korea aimed at resolving a dispute over Japanese nationals abducted by the North decades ago ended Sunday without progress, Japanese officials said."
2368,1,PM Promotes His Image of Mostly Safe Iraq (AP) AP - It may have seemed odd that interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi felt compelled to spend a few of his precious first minutes at the White House giving reporters a geography lesson.
3377,1,Sudan Peace Talks Resume for South as Tensions Brew  KHARTOUM/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Sudan's government resumed  talks with rebels in the oil-producing south on Thursday while  the United Nations set up a panel to investigate charges of  genocide in the west of Africa's largest country.
2088,1,Bush video awarded Turner Prize Artist Jeremy Deller wins this year's Turner Prize for a film about US President George Bush's home town.
6338,1,"Britain plans national ID cards London -- Invoking a global threat of terrorism, the British government announced plans Tuesday to introduce national identity cards for the first time since the World War II era."
2087,1,"Ex-General Has Early Lead Over Megawati in Indonesia  JAKARTA (Reuters) - Early returns in Indonesia's  presidential elections Monday gave a lead to ex-general Susilo  Bambang Yudhoyono, who has vowed firmer leadership to fight  terror and boost the economy, over incumbent Megawati  Sukarnoputri."
879,1,"New Pakistan cabinet may be sworn in today Islamabad, :A new Cabinet in Pakistan is likely to be sworn in on Monday, two days after Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz was made the country 's 23rd Prime Minister."
3904,1,Iran to shun Europe nuclear deal Iran says it will reject any European proposal which requires it to halt its nuclear activities completely.
6324,1,Chavez Visit to Spain Sparks Coup Controversy  MADRID (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's  fence-mending visit to Spain sparked political uproar on  Tuesday when Madrid for the first time backed his allegations  that the former Spanish government backed a coup against him.
5142,1,Japan Airlines Sees Profit on Int'l Travel (AP) AP - Japan Airlines Corp. said Friday that it returned to profitability in first half of the fiscal year as international travel picked up from a decline a year ago caused by the war in Iraq and the SARS outbreak in Asia.
7187,1,"Myanmar Releases Hundreds of Prisoners Two prominent pro-democracy leaders were among hundreds of prisoners released from a Myanmar prison on Sunday as part of a broad amnesty granted by the country 's ruling junta, the prisoners and family members said."
4683,1,"EU Unveils Plans for New Banana Tariffs (AP) AP - The European Union said Wednesday it will impose a duty of 230 euros ( $290) per ton of bananas starting in 2006, in an effort to prevent producers in former African and Caribbean colonies from losing business to larger growers in Latin America."
1021,1,Israel seals off Gaza Strip The Israeli army sealed off Gaza Strip Wednesday by shutting down Erez Crossing and the Industrial Zone and prevented Palestinians from leaving.
4399,1,"U.S. Weighs More Sanctions Vs. Belarus (AP) AP - The Bush administration may impose sanctions against leaders of the former Soviet republic of Belarus as part of a broader range of punitive measures, the State Department said Thursday."
5454,1,"Bush 'picks new attorney general' White House legal counsel Alberto Gonzales is the president's choice for attorney general, sources say."
1813,1,"Sudan Rejects US-Sponsored Darfur Resolution Sudan on Wednesday rejected a US-sponsored UN Security Council draft resolution to punish it over a conflict in its western Darfur region, saying the measure was unfair and lacked balance."
1525,1,"Flight From Keys Begins as Gusts Whip Jamaica As Hurricane Ivan began to lash Jamaica with wind and rain, officials in Florida stepped up their evacuation efforts."
7544,1,Rebels in Battered Congo Town Declare Victory (Reuters) Reuters - Rebel soldiers confronting army loyalists near this deserted Congolese farming town declared victory on Friday after clashes that stirred fears of fresh violence in turbulent central Africa.
4118,1,"Video Shows March Madrid Bombing A ball of fire erupts from a train car, smothering commuters with smoke and littering the platform with bodies and staining it with blood in a chilling security-camera videotape of the March 11 train bombings broadcast Tuesday by a Spanish station."
7474,1,"Relations with India not at Pakistans expense: China BEIJING: Chinas improving relations with India will not come at the expense of Pakistan, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in his meeting with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz here on Wednesday."
2865,1,"Bush, Kerry brace for key presidential debate (AFP) AFP - The US presidential candidates were set to go head to head in a bruising, high-stakes televised debate, with Republican incumbent George W. Bush aiming to lock in his lead in the race and Democratic challenger John Kerry banking on a comeback."
3979,1,"Australian reporter freed in Iraq An Australian journalist was seized by militants in Iraq for nearly 24 hours, but then released unharmed."
6588,1,"Musharraf Sees 'Light at End of Tunnel' with India (Reuters) Reuters - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said on Monday there were prospects for resolving all disputes with India, including over Kashmir, through peace talks now under way."
2366,1,"Russia Seeks UN Terrorist Asylum Abuse Crackdown  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday proposed a  U.N. crackdown on the abuse of political asylum for terrorist  purposes, raising pressure on Western states to hand over  wanted Chechen activists."
6292,1,"SKorea's Hyundai Motor to join strike against labor reform bill (AFP) AFP - Workers at South Korea's largest automaker Hyundai Motor will go on strike Friday to oppose proposed government labor reform legislaton, union leaders said."
2347,1,"U.S. Won't Release Female Iraq Prisoners BAGHDAD, Iraq - Authorities insisted on Thursday that they won't give in to militants' demands to free female Iraqi prisoners despite the plea of a tearful British hostage begging Britain to save his life in a video released by his captors.    Meanwhile, Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, said that increasing violence must not be used as a pretext for delaying elections scheduled for late January..."
4708,1,Russian Parliament Ratifies Kyoto Pact (AP) AP - The Kyoto Protocol overcame its final legislative hurdle in Russia when the upper house of parliament ratified the global climate pact Wednesday and sent it on to President Vladimir Putin for his signature  — setting the stage for the treaty to come into force next year.
6481,1,"Iraq commission examines request to delay polls BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq 's electoral commission was due to study a call by top leaders to delay the January 30 polls because of violence gripping the country, as US-led troops continued their anti-insurgency crackdown."
3518,1,Taiwan's Leader Urges China to Begin Talks (AP) AP - Taiwan's leader used his National Day speech Sunday to urge China to begin peace talks so the two rivals can avoid war. Chinese and Taiwanese leaders haven't met since the Communists took over China in 1949 and Taiwan began resisting the mainland's rule. China insists that Taiwan is a Chinese province and has threatened to attack if it refuses to unify eventually.
5920,1,"Putin Says Russia Working on New Nuclear Systems (Reuters) Reuters - Russia is working on new nuclear missile systems that other powers do not have in order to protect itself against future security challenges, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday."
611,1,"China warns Singapore officials against future visits to Taiwan (AFP) AFP - China has warned Singapore officials against visiting Taiwan again after a ""private and unofficial"" trip by the city-state's new leader just weeks before he took office strained ties with Beijing."
3226,1,US vetoes Gaza resolution The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed resolution demanding an immediate end to military operations in Gaza and a pullout of Israeli forces.
1313,1,"Iran ready to test Shahab-3 missile again: defense minister TEHRAN (IRNA) -- Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani stressed that Iran 's recent test of the Shahab-3 missile was successful, saying his ministry is ready to test it again  'in the presence of observers '."
1756,1,"Report: Japan PM Advisers See China Military Threat (Reuters) Reuters - In a move that could further chill ties between the two Asian powers, an advisory panel to Japan's prime minister will say China should be described as a military threat in a defense review, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported on Wednesday."
4567,1,"EU Head Office Trims 2005 Growth Forecast (AP) AP - The European Union's head office issued a bleak economic report Tuesday, warning that the sharp rise in oil prices will ""take its toll"" on economic growth next year while the euro's renewed climb could threaten crucial exports."
1925,1,"US,  'EU-three ' agree on demand The Bush administration reached a tentative deal yesterday with three European nations at the UN nuclear watchdog agency on the next step in confronting Iran over its suspected nuclear weapons program."
6286,1,"Chinese President Meets With Castro (AP) AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Fidel Castro Monday for talks focusing on the broadening ties between Cuba and China, which has become the island's third-largest trading partner."
2056,1,"Sudan: UN Ruling Won 't Help Stop Crisis KHARTOUM, Sudan Sept. 19, 2004 - A US-backed United Nations resolution threatening oil sanctions for the violence in Sudan 's Darfur region will only make it harder for the government to calm the insurrection there, a Sudanese official said Sunday."
4561,1,"Rally demands aid worker 's release COLLEAGUES of aid worker Margaret Hassan, kidnapped a week ago today, gathered at a rally in Baghdad to demand her release. More than 200 people staged the protest as the Foreign Office dismissed claims that "
5700,1,"Northern Irish Protestant group pledges to end violence Northern Ireland 's main pro-British paramilitary group, The Ulster Defence Association (UDA), has pledged to end all violence and work towards complete disarmament."
5069,1,"Foreign reactions to the election Top foreign officials across Europe are either accepting or welcoming the second term for President Bush. Meeting in Moscow, Italian prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Russian President Vladimir Putin said they welcome the Bush win."
6545,1,Tremor shook Japan At least 14 people sustained injuries when a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 hit a sparsely populated area of Japan 's northernmost main island of Hokkaido.
4797,1,"Arafat to seek treatment in France RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - Yasser Arafat is about to leave his compound in the West Bank for the first time in two and a half years. Two helicopters from Jordan were expected to arrive in Ramallah late Thursday "
655,1,"Japan Won't Have U.S. Beef Anytime Soon (Reuters) Reuters - Japan's lucrative market for U.S.\beef, ruptured by mad cow disease worries, is likely to remain closed for the rest of this year, U.S. meat industry officials said on Thursday."
5243,1,"In Wake of Attacks, State of Emergency Declared in Iraq The Iraqi government declared a state of emergency for 60 days as U.S. and Iraqi forces prepared for an expected assault on rebels in Fallujah."
3783,1,President Hu congratulates Sihamoni on becoming king of Cambodia Chinese President Hu Jintao sent a message to Norodom Sihamoni on Thursday to congratulate him on his election as the king of Cambodia.
1936,1,"Cameroon leader's 'divide and rule' Cameroonian politician John Fru Ndi stands as presidential candidate in next month's election, splitting the opposition coalition."
681,1,Chile Court Strips Pinochet of Immunity (AP) AP - Chile's Supreme Court stripped Gen. Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution Thursday in a ruling that revived hopes of his foes that he might stand trial on charges of human rights abuses during his rule.
2183,1,"Election chaos? (U.S. News   World Report) U.S. News   World Report - Michael Cadigan's day job is practicing commercial law in Albuquerque. But over eggs at the trendy Gold Street Caffe in the heart of downtown, he and a dozen other lawyers are immersing themselves in the intricacies of election law. On Election Day, they plan to be out in force for Democrat John Kerry at polling places across New Mexico, where Al Gore won in 2000 by just 366 votes.  ""We know there was a lot of monkey business with counting ballots before, "" says Cadigan.  ""We want to make sure that doesn't happen again. ..."
79938,0,"Germans Use Nokia Phones In Wireless Ticket Trial The world 's top mobile phone maker Nokia said on Tuesday its phones would be used in a project to test wireless public transport fares in Hanau, near Frankfurt in Germany, beginning early next year."
57775,0,"MSN fighting Messenger difficulties, virus People using Microsoft 's instant-messaging software, MSN Messenger, may have been a mite lonely this weekend, with only a virus to keep them company."
30091,0,New breed of portable media players means squinting at palm-sized <b>...</b> It was a Holy Grail looming on the personal electronics horizon: a pocket-sized device with a workhorse battery and the capacity to hold hours of audio and video.
104611,0,Oil Down 3 Pct as U.S. Winter Stays Mild  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices slid 3 percent on Monday on  expectations that more mild U.S. weather at the start of the  New Year will limit heating oil demand.
28268,0,US retail sales fell 0.3 percent in August Retail sales slid in August as people steered away from buying cars and shoppers kept a close eye on their spending after splurging in July.
84919,0,U.K. to take tougher line on ultrawideband Report for British regulator calls for wireless technology to be more strictly controlled than in United States.
63842,0,Update 9: Oil Prices Nosedive on Profit-Taking Oil prices fell sharply on Monday in what traders described as a wave of profit-taking sparked by a steep decline in gasoline futures.
89046,0,"SunTrust Restates First-Half Results  NEW YORK (Reuters) - SunTrust Banks Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=STI.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">STI.N</A>, which  fired three executives over its accounting for bad loans, on  Friday restated first-half profit higher by $25.1 million, more  than it had forecast, to fix the mistakes."
119202,0,"Bad Day for Drug Companies and Patients  LONDON (Reuters) - Investors in pharmaceuticals were dealt  a triple whammy on Friday as Pfizer Inc, AstraZeneca Plc and  Eli Lilly and Co all shocked the market with bad news about key  products."
20272,0,"Perle Asserts Hollinger's Conrad Black Misled Him Richard N. Perle, a director at the media company Hollinger International who was criticized in an internal report, says he was duped by its former chief, Conrad M. Black."
89508,0,Fed Sticks With Its  'Measured ' Pace Federal Reserve officials agreed at a meeting in September that they probably would keep raising their benchmark interest rate in coming quarters because of the likelihood of continued solid economic growth.
47884,0,Angels Snatch Title as A's Fall Apart Anaheim scored three runs in the eighth inning off Oakland relievers to rally for a victory and clinch the American League West title.
85071,0,Stocks End Higher on Falling Oil Prices Stocks edged higher Friday as another drop in oil prices helped Wall Street withstand the effects of a disappointing jobs creation report.
109652,0,"Van Nistelrooy misses United 's last group game Ruud van Nistelrooy will miss Manchester United 's last Champions League Group D game away to Fenerbahce on Wednesday because of a calf injury, the Premier League club said."
74972,0,"Board OKs New Internet Domain Names (AP) AP - Two new Internet domain names  — "".post"" and "".travel""  — could appear online as early as next year as the Internet's key oversight board announced preliminary approval on Wednesday."
74414,0,"Durable Goods Orders Edge Up in September (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. orders for long-lasting durable goods rose by a smaller-than-expected 0.2 percent in September,\held back by another sharp fall in commercial aircraft,\government data showed on Wednesday."
44777,0,"Fiedler given opportunity to spark winless Dolphins By all accounts, Jay Fiedler is a good guy. He signs autographs, performs charity work and always speaks well of others, even the New York Jets."
21221,0,News: Nevadans to become first to use touch-screen voting that produces a paper trail The Associated Press By Rachel Konrad
25776,0,"OPEC Wary as Supplies Weigh on Oil Price  VIENNA (Reuters) - OPEC may resist calls to raise oil  output quotas much, if at all, when it meets this week for fear  of turning a decline from record prices into a rout."
91593,0,"Alienware tames prices for home PC users With its lowest-priced home PC to date, company shows desire to move beyond pricier game machines."
56877,0,"Mars ' polygon shapes may be result of water action Curious polygon shapes on the surface of Mars are among the latest evidence clearly suggesting the presence of water, and some of it may have appeared there even after the surface was bombarded by objects from distant space."
63816,0,"UPDATE 2-Star Gas suspends payout, may seek bankruptcy Star Gas Partners LP (SGH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) (SGU.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it has suspended distributions on its common partnership units and warned it may have to seek bankruptcy protection unless "
3991,0,"Leading Indicators and Jobless Claims Dip A closely watched measure of future economic activity fell in July for the second consecutive month, reinforcing evidence that the nation's financial recovery is slackening."
100699,0,US Travelers Face Weather Delays on Holiday Journey (Update3) Travelers faced weather delays across the US as they took to the highways and airways today to begin what industry experts say will be the biggest Thanksgiving travel weekend since 2000.
37928,0,"WEEK 3: Howie says Gruden 's a good coach, but a  ""terrible GM "" Every week, the experts of FOX NFL Sunday will candidly reveal their observations and make their opinions known as they prepare for their top-rated pregame telecast - seen each Sunday at 12 pm ET / 9 am PT."
101954,0,"Nintendo moving into online within 3 to 4 years - Miyamoto Comments attributed to Nintendo 's Shigeru Miyamoto in this week 's Famitsu magazine indicate that the company is planning to bring its systems online within a three to four year timescale, with DS leading the way."
115572,0,"Vodafone Drops on Report It Supports Bid for Sprint (Update3) Shares in Vodafone Group Plc, the world 's largest mobile-phone operator, dropped after The Wall Street Journal said the company is considering bidding with US partner Verizon Communications Inc."
97225,0,"Ohio State Surprises No. 7 Michigan  COLUMBUS, Ohio (Sports Network) - Troy Smith threw for 241  yards and two touchdowns and ran for 145 yards and a score to  lead the Ohio State Buckeyes to a 37-21 victory over No. 7  Michigan in the final game of the regular season for both  teams."
51606,0,"Update: Avaya to buy German IP telephony vendor U.S. telecommunications equipment maker Avaya Inc. increased its presence in Europe to the tune of about $635 million on Tuesday, agreeing to acquire German enterprise communications vendor Tenovis GmbH   Co. KG."
91434,0,"SEC Charges Hollinger's Black with Fraud  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators filed fraud charges  on Monday against former Hollinger International Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HLR.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">HLR.N</A>  Chairman Conrad Black and his deputy, David Radler, moving to  bar the two from serving as officers of a public company."
76941,0,"More  'Spammers ' in court A volley of lawsuits was launched against alleged spammers on Thursday by the four major US Internet service providers. This includes a case brought by AOL against twenty individuals accused of spimming, or "
73511,0,"Bayern rein in leaders Wolfsburg with 2-0 win Bayern Munich reined in Bundesliga leaders Wolfsburg on Tuesday with a 2-0 victory, courtesy of a double strike from Peruvian striker Claudio Pizarro in his first match in a month."
13989,0,"GOP Convention May Briefly Lift Stocks  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fasten your seatbelts. The Republicans  are in town. If things go smoothly at the Republican National  Convention, the stock market could get a brief boost this week,  experts say."
46032,0,"Nikkei Higher After Strong 'Tankan'  TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei average closed up 1.49 percent  on Friday, the first day of the fiscal second half, as a strong  reading in the Bank of Japan's ""tankan"" business survey  prompted investors at home and abroad to jump into the market."
4005,0,Scientists to Study Effects of Ship Waste (AP) AP - A team of scientists is traveling a 600-mile stretch of the Inside Passage this month to study the effects of cruise ship waste and other contaminants in Southeast Alaska waters.
45939,0,I.B.M. Employees Get $320 Million in Pension Suit I.B.M. said that it had agreed to pay $320 million to its employees to settle in part a class-action lawsuit over its pension plan.
83489,0,"Action Game 'Halo 2' Sold Early on eBay (AP) AP - Advance copies of the aliens-versus-space marines video game ""Halo 2"" have already fetched as much as  $265 on Internet auction site eBay, days before the official launch."
16908,0,Scientists to Study N.Y. Organic Farmers (AP) AP - Cornell researchers will watch five upstate New York dairy herds to learn about the problems and challenges of converting from conventional to organic farming.
103350,0,Arsenal Loses Again in Premier League Arsenal dropped five points behind Chelsea in the English Premier League on Sunday after losing 2-1 to Liverpool on an injury-time goal by Neil Mellor.
16745,0,A Commercial Software Service Aims to Outfox Caller ID A new computerized service enables customers to create phony outbound phone numbers in order to mask their telephone identities.
86575,0,"Vodafone begins 3G mobile service Vodafone launches its third-generation services for mobile phones, offering video calls, music downloads and games."
56343,0,Braves Beat Astros 6-5 to Set Up Atlanta Finale  HOUSTON (Reuters) - Adam LaRoche crushed a game-tying  three-run homer and J.D. Drew slapped a ninth-inning RBI single  to give the Braves a 6-5 comeback victory over the Houston  Astros on Sunday.
93762,0,Swedes Beam Poetry Into Outer Space (Reuters) Reuters - Swedish poets have broadcast their work into outer space by radio to give alien life forms -- if they exist -- a taste of earthling literature.
6531,1,"U.S. Rolls Into Softball Gold-Medal Game ATHENS, Greece - Right now, the Americans aren't just a Dream Team - they're more like the Perfect Team. Lisa Fernandez pitched a three-hitter Sunday and Crystl Bustos drove in two runs as the Americans rolled to their eighth shutout in eight days, 5-0 over Australia, putting them into the gold medal game..."
64633,1,Quarter of All Afghan Votes Counted; Karzai Ahead  KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai was on  course on Tuesday for an outright victory in the country's  historic presidential election with almost a quarter of the  votes counted from the poll 10 days ago.
58467,1,"Stocks Slide on Oil Prices, Earnings NEW YORK - Investors sent stocks lower Tuesday as oil prices crossed another milestone, $54 per barrel. Earnings reports from heavyweights Johnson   Johnson and Merrill Lynch   Co..."
7436,1,"North Korea: Tyrant is Bush, not Kim North Korea says it sees no reason to join a working-level meeting with the United States to prepare for further six-party talks on the communist state 's nuclear weapons development."
984,1,"Jackson Squares Off With Attorney SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Fans of Michael Jackson erupted in cheers Monday as the pop star emerged from a double-decker tour bus and went into court for a showdown with the prosecutor who has pursued him for years on child molestation charges..."
104568,1,"AP: EPA Looking at Using Tests on People (AP) AP - In setting limits on chemicals in food and water, the Environmental Protection Agency may rely on industry tests that expose people to poisons and raise ethical questions."