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Ruling Is Awaited on Death Penalty for Young Killers A Texas high school student convicted of a double murder waits on death row as the Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of the juvenile death penalty. | 0 |
UFJ Holdings bank reports large half-year loss TOKYO UFJ Holdings, Japan #39;s fourth-largest bank, reported a large net loss of 674.3 billion for the first half of its fiscal year on Wednesday as it scrambled to reduce its bad loans before a takeover by Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group. | 0 |
American Express to Replace Auditor (Reuters) Reuters - American Express Co. said on\Wednesday that it will replace Ernst Young LLP with\PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its independent registered public\accountant. | 2 |
US jobless claims fall again Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell unexpectedly to 323,000 last week, down 12,000 from a week earlier, the US Labour Department said today. | 2 |
Microsoft called back to court over Novell settlement The judge overseeing the software giant #39;s appeal of a European Commission ruling has summoned both parties to appear at an quot;informal hearing quot; on Thursday. | 2 |
Taking Inventory Of Analog Devices Credit Suisse First Boston lowered estimates for Analog Devices (nyse: ADI - news - people ) after the maker of integrated circuits provided disappointing guidance. | 2 |
Video recreation of JFK assassination marks a new low A spokesman for Sen. Edward Ken- nedy had an apt description of a video game that shamefully exploits the assassination of John F. Kennedy: The release of quot;JFK: Reloaded quot; on Monday -- the 41st anniversary | 3 |
Groups protest sex, violence in video games Video games that have players shoot rival gang members, watch bare-breasted women and recreate the assassination of President Kennedy were criticized Tuesday by advocacy | 3 |
Google sued by Perfect 10 Google has been sued by adult site Perfect 10 for alleged copyright infringement. Perfect 10 #39;s suit says that Google #39;s Web search engine allows people to see copyrighted images owned by the company (access | 3 |
Turinui leaps over Rogers MORGAN Turinui has leapfrogged over the troubled Mat Rogers to take over at outside centre for Australia in Saturday #39;s rugby Test against England at Twickenham. | 1 |
College Basketball: Iowa Upsets No. 15 Texas MAUI, Hawaii (Sports Network) - Jeff Horner posted 27 points while Pierre Pierce added 18 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, as the Iowa Hawkeyes defeated a ranked team for the second night in a row with an 82-80 victory over No. | 1 |
Hot demand for travel packages to Capital One Bowl The Hawkeyes are headed to Florida for the Capital One Bowl in Orlando on New Year #39;s Day. Travel agencies say travel packages are selling fast. | 1 |
France Leads Spain 2-0 in Fed Cup Semis (AP) AP - Defending champion France took a 2-0 lead over Spain in the Fed Cup semifinals Wednesday behind singles victories by Nathalie Dechy and Tatiana Golovin. | 1 |
Pakistan links Kashmir to granting India MFN status Pakistans Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Wednesday that granting the Most Favored Nation (MFN) status to India was closely related to the solution of the Kashmir dispute. | 0 |
Queen outlines crackdown on terror LONDON: The British Government has detailed a range of new measures to fight global terrorism and organised crime, as the Queen set out its new law-making agenda ahead of expected elections next year. | 0 |
Russia sends scientist to jail for spying A Russian court has sentenced a physicist Valentin Danilov to 14 years in a Siberian prison for passing space secrets to China. Danilov, 53, a professor at Krasnoyarsk | 0 |
Indonesian police confirm four arrested over Australian embassy bombing (AFP) AFP - Indonesian police said they have arrested four key Muslim extremists for the deadly bombing of Australia's Jakarta embassy in what was hailed as a breakthrough in the hunt for militants behind a series of attacks in the country. | 0 |
Nortel to Maintain Certain Accounting Nortel Networks Corp. on Wednesday said it will not be required to change its accounting treatment of optical products sales, and it received verbal confirmation that two stock exchanges do not plan to begin any suspension or delisting procedures. | 2 |
Holiday travel may exceed record If so, leave early. Travel experts predict traffic congestion, poor weather and possible job actions by Pennsylvania Turnpike toll takers and US Airways workers at Philadelphia International | 2 |
Weak Demand for Delta Debt Swap Delta Air Lines (DAL:NYSE - news - research) said Wednesday its debt exchange has ended, with the intermediate and long-term portions receiving insufficient interest from bondholders. | 2 |
Virgin Mary On Grilled Cheese Sandwich Sells on eBay The online casino, GoldenPalace.com, bid \$28,000 to purchase a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich that supposedly bears the image of the Virgin Mary. | 3 |
IBM introduces Workplace Resource Center IBM has unveiled, under its Workplace platform strategy, an online developer resource centre that will give corporate and third-party developers access to tools to help develop products and services for the platform. | 3 |
Former star bowler Lillee ends coaching role at Australian academy Fast bowling great Dennis Lillee has cut ties with Australia #39;s Cricket Academy after failing to come to terms on a new coaching contract. | 1 |
Spurrier named football coach at South Carolina One day after his good friend Lou Holtz announced his retirement, Spurrier on Tuesday was named the Gamecocks #39; new football coach. | 1 |
BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Diogu lifts ASU to victory over Delaware TEMPE - Double- and triple-teaming don #39;t bother Ike Diogu. He gets his points from the line. Arizona State #39;s junior center had 32 points and nine rebounds, almost singlehandedly lifting the Sun Devils (2-0 | 1 |
It #39;s official: Bowl bids accepted by trio of Big Ten teams Iowa, Purdue and Wisconsin accepted bowl bids on Tuesday, and the news didn #39;t stop there for the Hawkeyes and Boilermakers. *Iowa will head back to Florida for the holidays, this time to the Capital One Bowl in Orlando. | 1 |
UMich Finds Consumer Sentiment Up a Bit (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. consumer sentiment brightened\slightly in November, helped by cheaper gasoline and a better\jobs outlook, a survey released on Wednesday showed. | 2 |
GE unit plans \$1.1 billion purchase of Mass.-based water treatment <b>...</b> WATERTOWN, Mass. -- A unit of General Electric Co. said Wednesday it will buy Ionics Inc. for \$1.1 billion in cash, not counting about \$200 million in debt GE will assume in its purchase of of the water treatment company. | 2 |
NETHERLANDS: Ahold says Q3 loss highlights #39;year of transition #39; Dutch retail giant Ahold has reported a third-quarter net loss, as its results were impacted by exceptional costs and asset impairment charges. | 2 |
Iran 'Atomic Bomb' Militia Stage Show of Strength (Reuters) Reuters - To shouts of "No compromise" tens of\thousands of Iran's Basij militia staged a show of strength on\Wednesday, a day before the U.N. nuclear watchdog meets to\discuss Iran's disputed nuclear program. | 0 |
Pakistan's PM says peace with India hinges on Kashmir (Reuters) Reuters - Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Wednesday he remained hopeful that sustainable peace could be achieved with India after a friendly meeting with his counterpart Manmohan Singh. | 0 |
Game should be pulled I was just shy of a year and a half old when John F. Kennedy was killed by an assassin #39;s bullet 41 years ago this week. But like so many of my generation - the so-called baby boomers - I believe | 3 |
Redknapp quits as Portsmouth manager Two weeks after Portsmouth appointed Croatian unknown Velimir Zajec as executive director, Harry Redknapp quit as manager on Wednesday, citing the need to take quot;a complete break from the game quot;. | 1 |
Freed UN electoral workers in Afghanistan look forward to resuming <b>...</b> 24 November 2004 - Three United Nations election workers freed yesterday nearly a month after being abducted in Afghanistan today thanked the Afghan people for the support shown during their ordeal and said they were looking forward to getting back to | 0 |
Syria ready to resume Israeli talks #39;without conditions #39;: UN envoy DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he is ready to reopen negotiations with Israel quot;without conditions, quot; visiting UN Middle East envoy Terje Roed-Larsen revealed. | 0 |
Russian Scientist Jailed for Spying for China A Russian scientist convicted of spying for China was sentenced to 14 years in a high security jail Wednesday. Physicist Valentin Danilov was initially acquitted of selling | 0 |
Afghan bomb kills two US soldiers Two American soldiers are killed by a homemade bomb in central Afghanistan, the US military says. | 0 |
Jobless Claims Down; Goods Orders Slip Orders for long-lasting US-made goods unexpectedly slipped 0.4 percent in October, hinting at manufacturing softness, but new claims for jobless aid shrank last week, government reports showed on Wednesday. | 2 |
US October New Home Sales Rise 0.2 to 1.226 Million Rate US new home sales unexpectedly rose 0.2 percent in October to 1.226 million at an annual rate, the third highest ever, as hiring improved and borrowing costs fell. | 2 |
Delta exchange offer expires, volume lower than goal Delta Air Lines Inc. announced Wednesday that its offer to exchange unsecured notes for secured bonds fell short of a company goal, but that enough investors had tendered their short-term securities for a debt exchange to occur. | 2 |
Hard Rock to display Virgin Mary sandwich The handover for the infamous Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich is to take place at 1 pm, Wednesday, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel amp; Casino in Hollywood. | 3 |
The Portsmouth fiasco: a fan #39;s view One of the good things about supporting Portsmouth is that no one has ever had any expectations. A life of mid-table mediocrity - as the unlamented former manager Graham Rix promised the | 1 |
#39;Honda out to stop Ant #39;s Williams test #39; Honda still appear to be smarting from Williams #39; attempt to sign Jenson Button and in an apparent case of tit-for-tat they #39;re reportedly trying to stop Anthony Davidson #39;s Williams test. | 1 |
We gave a good fight: Ganguly India quot;gained a lot quot; from the drawn cricket Test against South Africa and would now carry the confidence into the deciding second match in Kolkata, skipper Sourav Ganguly said in Kanpur on Wednesday. | 1 |
Flatley returns to Wallaby team for England match Morgan Turinui will start as centre and Elton Flatley returns as fly half for Australia #39;s rugby match against England at Twickenham on Saturday as coach Eddie Jones rearranges his side to deal with injuries. | 1 |
New Homes Sales Rise 0.2 Pct. in October (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. new home sales rose 0.2 percent\in October to the third-highest level on record following an\upwardly revised gain in September, a government report showed\on Wednesday. | 2 |
The Fool's Look Ahead Think you can make it through the week ahead? Here is some financial news to look out for, plus crafty tips to make the leftovers go down smoothly. | 2 |
A Fool Looks Back Doughnuts, macadamia nuts, and toy nuts were in play in a short yet lively week in the market. | 2 |
Biogen, Elan up on MS drug approval SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Elan Corp. and Biogen Idec rose in premarket trade Wednesday after the US Food and Drug Administration approved the companies #39; multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri. | 2 |
Update 1: GE Unit to Buy Ionics for \$1.1 Billion A unit of the industrial, financial and media conglomerate General Electric Co. said Wednesday it will buy the water treatment company Ionics Inc. | 2 |
UMich Finds Consumer Sentiment Up a Bit US consumer sentiment brightened slightly in November, helped by cheaper gasoline and a better jobs outlook, a survey released on Wednesday showed. | 2 |
The \$28K Sandwich That Grew No Mold With a winning bid of \$28,000, the online casino GoldenPalace.com won the auction for one of eBay #39;s most coveted oddities: a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich, one side of which bears the Virgin Mary #39;s image. | 3 |
Answers.com: Get to know more than one browser In the past, I have taken great pride in informing you, my readers, about new and cutting-edge technology. Sometimes it is also necessary to re-examine existing or older technologies. | 3 |
The Sims 2 - First Expansion Announced The first expansion for the Sims 2 game will be The Sims 2 University. With the University expansion, your Sims will be able to enroll in college, attend classes and of course, party. | 3 |
DS Dead Pixels Issue If you got a Nintendo DS, you may have been one of the unlucky few to have gotten systems with a quot;dead pixel. quot; This dead pixel is a tiny dot on the screen that is stuck on one color and never changes. | 3 |
Researchers Develop 3-D Phone Technology (AP) AP - It's an idea that was popularized by Princess Leia's plea for help in Star Wars: sending a 3-D hologram. Now, two Japanese scientists have developed technology they hope will one day turn the humble telephone booth into a high-tech chamber for beaming holographic images. | 3 |
Liverpool Football Club eye Italian The Reds are in desperate need for a striker following the injuries to Djibril Cisse and Milan Baros, whilst Luis Garcias hamstring problem has hardly helped matters. | 1 |
BAR Dashes Davidson #39;s Williams Hopes BAR dashed Briton Anthony Davidson #39;s hopes of racing for Formula One rivals Williams on Wednesday. A month after they fended off the BMW-powered team #39;s bid for highly-rated | 1 |
UK #39;s Straw Gets Israeli Pledge on Palestinian Vote Israeli leaders told Britain #39;s foreign secretary on Wednesday they would do their utmost to let Palestinians hold elections but criticized the top presidential candidate | 0 |
US Troops End Nine Years in Bosnia Peace Force The US military on Wednesday ended a 9-year peacekeeping role in Bosnia but kept on a small contingent to hunt down top war crimes suspects Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic. | 0 |
Saved from the jaws of death DOLPHINS saved a former St Ives man and his daughter from a shark attack as they swam off the northern New Zealand coast. The bottlenose dolphins surrounded Rob Howes, 47, his daughter Niccy, 15, Helen Slade | 0 |
Chirac arrives in Libya for first ever visit by French head of state (AFP) AFP - President Jacques Chirac arrived in Libya in the first ever visit by a French head of state, confirming maverick leader Moamer Kadhafi's gradual return to international respectability. | 0 |
GAME OFF' URGED (SiliconValley.com) SiliconValley.com - An assortment of politicians, religious leaders and social advocacy groups lashed out Tuesday at the video-game industry and retailers, saying they make violent and racy games too accessible to children. | 3 |
Foreign troop withdrawal only when Iraq stable: Mubarak (AFP) AFP - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he was not disappointed that a two-day conference on the future of Iraq, hosted by his country earlier this week, failed to set a date for the withdrawal of foreign troops. | 0 |
Linux Server Sales Hit a New High (PC World) PC World - For the first time, sales top #36;1 billion in one quarter, researcher says. | 3 |
Hearing Set After Microsoft Rivals Quit (Reuters) Reuters - The judge considering Microsoft\Corp.'s appeal against European Union sanctions has called a\closed meeting for Thursday to decide what action to take after\two more major opponents of the U.S. software giant withdrew\from the case. | 3 |
IPod creates its own economy (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Investors usually get nervous when a company relies on the sales of one product. The exception is when that product is an Apple iPod. Just as consumers can't seem to get enough of the iPod, investors are foaming over companies having anything to do with the digital music player. | 3 |
Arctic States Agree to a Vague Plan to Slow Thaw (Reuters) Reuters - Eight Arctic countries agreed to a\vague plan to counter a rapid melt of the region on Wednesday\with indigenous peoples accusing the United States of blocking\stronger action aimed at slowing global warming. | 3 |
New World Conservation Boss Eyes Climate, Oceans (Reuters) Reuters - The newly elected president of the\World Conservation Union (IUCN) said Wednesday that global\warming and the lack of protected marine zones were key\challenges that needed to be hoisted high on the green agenda. | 3 |
Archaeologists Discover Bronze Age Site (AP) AP - Archaeologists said Wednesday they have comprehensively dated the contents of a Bronze Age site in Scotland, probably the first time such a site has been dated in its entirety. | 3 |
US sweeps Iraqi Sunni 'hotspots' Thousands of US-led troops target lawless areas south of Baghdad known as Iraq's "triangle of death". | 0 |
Math Whiz Breaks Calculation Record (AP) AP - A 38-year-old with degrees in psychology, education and computer science needed only 11.8 seconds to calculate the 13th root of a 100-digit number in his head, setting a new record, organizers said. | 3 |
Utility Will Pay \$7.2 Million in Electrocution Consolidated Edison has agreed to pay the family of a woman who was electrocuted on a city street more than \$6.2 million and to set up a \$1 million scholarship fund in her name. | 0 |
Dutch actress to authenticate breasts online No implants up top, insists <cite>Playboy</cite> model | 3 |
Urgent meeting in Microsoft case A judge in a major EU anti-trust case against Microsoft calls a sudden meeting after high-profile departures. | 3 |
New browser wins over net surfers \The proportion of surfers using Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) has dropped to below 90, say web analysts. | 3 |
"2046" makers deny "Oscars" snub over Wong exclusion from gong list (AFP) AFP - Stars of Wong Kar-wai's acclaimed movie "2046" may skip Asia's glittering version of the Oscars next week, aides said, while denying the cast was snubbing the event in protest at Wong's absence from the best director nominees' list. | 0 |
GAO to Investigate Voting Irregularies (AP) AP - The Government Accountability Office, responding to a request from Democratic lawmakers, will investigate the way votes were counted in the Nov. 2 election. | 0 |
AMD Says Demand Rebounded After Election Hiccup SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Computer chip demand turned positive after a "hiccup" around the time of the U.S. presidential elections, an Advanced Micro Devices Inc. executive said on Tuesday. | 3 |
Finland Says Could Cancel Tele2's 3G License HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland may withdraw a third generation mobile network license from Suomen 3G, an operator owned by Sweden's Tele2 <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=TEL2b.ST qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">TEL2b.ST</A>, due to delays in building the high-speed network, it said on Tuesday. | 3 |
Linux Ready for Prime Time, Intel Says Despite all the Linux hype, the open-source movement has yet to make a huge splash in the desktop market. That may be about to change, thanks to chipmaking giant Intel Corp. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT> | 3 |
MedImmune Forms Research Partnership MedImmune Inc. will pay a New Jersey biotech company \$15 million to collaborate with it on potential new treatments for autoimmune diseases, starting with lupus. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>- The Washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
Hearing Set After Microsoft Rivals Quit <p>\</p><p> By David Lawsky</p><p> BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The judge considering Microsoft\Corp.'s appeal against European Union sanctions has called a\closed meeting for Thursday to decide what action to take after\two more major opponents of the U.S. software giant withdrew\from the case.</p> | 3 |
FCC: 8M Wireless Users Keep Cell Numbers Nearly 8 million mobile phone users have switched carriers and kept their cell numbers since a new rule allowing that flexibility went into effect one year ago, the Federal Communications Commission disclosed Tuesday. | 3 |
Online Movie Pirate Ordered to Pay \$23.8M A Malaysian man must pay film studios \$23.8 million for running a Web site that allowed paying members to watch pirated movies, the Motion Picture Association said. | 3 |
Group Cites Video Games for Violence, Sex Video games that have players shoot rival gang members, watch bare-breasted women and recreate the assassination of President Kennedy were criticized Tuesday by advocacy groups that said, at the least, they should be kept away from children. | 3 |
'Half-Life 2' a Tech Masterpiece It's been six years since Valve Corp. perfected the first-person shooter with "Half-Life." Video games have come a long way since, with better graphics and more options than ever. Still, relatively few games have mustered this one's memorable characters and original science fiction story. | 3 |
Genes to blame for restless sleep \If you can't get a good night's sleep it's likely that your parents are at least partly to blame. | 3 |
Barrow Placed on IR The Redskins have placed linebacker Mike Barrow on the injured reserve list, which means he will not play a down for them this season. | 1 |
Authorities Seize Tape Federal authorities have seized a videotape believed to be at the center of an alleged blackmail attempt against Yankees slugger Gary Sheffield and his wife, a prosecutor said. | 1 |
Biogen gets the first in 8 years FDA approval for a multiple <b>...</b> Today was a day of good news for multiple sclerosis patients: FDA granted approval to a new anti-multiple sclerosis drug Antegren developed by Biogen Idec Inc. | 2 |
After AT amp;T merger, Cingular Wireless expects to cut 6,800 jobs NOVEMBER 24, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - With its acquisition of AT amp;T Wireless Services Inc. complete (see story), Cingular Wireless LLC is preparing to lay off about 10 of its 68,000 workers over a 12- to 18-month period starting next year. | 2 |
Time Warner Nears Settlement on AOL Charges Under a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission that is still under discussion, Time Warner would not admit any wrongdoing but would pay \$750 million to settle the case. | 2 |
Malaysia #39;s Genting in JV with UK casino operator KUALA LUMPUR - Genting International Plc, a subsidiary of Malaysia #39;s Genting Berhad, has agreed to set up a 50:50 joint venture with the United Kingdom #39;s largest casino operator, Stanley Leisure. | 2 |
Judge Blocks RIAA Mass Suits Last week, members of the Motion Picture Association of America filed 11 lawsuits against hundreds of people they accused of using file-sharing networks to share copies of movies. | 2 |
UPDATE 2-GE to buy water treatment company for \$1.1 billion General Electric Co. (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) will buy Ionics Inc. (ION.N: Quote, Profile, Research) for \$1.1 billion to build out its water treatment and services business | 2 |
If Turnpike Strike Hits, No Tolls On First Day HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has decided that drivers will get a free ride Wednesday if toll collectors and other unionized employees go on strike. | 2 |
Mixed Economic Data Fog US Outlook Orders for long-lasting US goods slipped unexpectedly in October, but new home sales rose, consumer sentiment brightened a bit this month and claims for jobless aid fell, a mixed bag of reports showed on Wednesday. | 2 |
US consumer sentiment rises slightly NEW YORK - US consumer sentiment brightened slightly in November, helped by cheaper gasoline and a better jobs outlook, but came in below market expectations, a survey released Wednesday showed. | 2 |
#39;Virgin Mary #39; toast sold on net A piece of toast said to bear a picture of the Virgin Mary has sold on the internet for a whopping \$28,000. It #39;s actually a toasted cheese sandwich that was made 10 years ago, and the burn marks on it look like the Biblical figure. | 3 |
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