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Cos. to Sell Songs on File-Share Service (AP) AP - Three major recording companies have agreed to make their music available to be shared and sold over a new online file-swapping service that aims to lure music fans away from rival services where trading of music and movies remains unfettered. | 3 |
Opposition Calls for Strike in Ukraine (AP) AP - Opposition leaders called Wednesday for a nationwide strike to shut down factories, schools and transportation after officials declared Ukraine's pro-Kremlin prime minister the winner of a presidential runoff election that many countries denounced as rigged. | 0 |
Iconic grilled cheese whips us Net frenzy 2004-11-24 Diana Duyser will soon become \$28,000 richer, courtesy her 10-year-old sandwich. It #39;s no ordinary sandwitch, though. | 3 |
Microsoft Will Replace Fake Copies of XP UK users will be able to replace pirated versions of Windows that they have purchased. Software pirates #39; increasing skill at creating counterfeit versions of Windows XP has prompted Microsoft to introduce | 3 |
IBM Signs Up 100 Vendors for #39;Workplace #39; IBM said the strategy is to enable companies to centrally manage business applications and tools across employee devices. That should help companies cut IT support costs as well as build work | 3 |
Ch. League: Milan, Barca, power through AC Milan and Barcelona joined the other powerhouses in the second round of the Champions League on Wednesday while Arsenal had two players sent off in a fourth tie in a row and still isn #39;t there yet. | 1 |
Roundup: It #39;s consolation time on Maui Freshman guard Daniel Gibson scored 19 points and started Texas #39; run of second-half 3-pointers Wednesday, leading the Longhorns to a 95-70 victory over Tennessee in the third-place game of the Maui Invitational. | 1 |
Miller acquisition put on hold Damian Miller #39;s first chance to don a Brewers cap was put indefinitely on hold late Wednesday, when the team announced it could not complete the 35-year-old #39;s physical before the Thanksgiving holiday. | 1 |
Cyber Cops Say 'Tis the Season to Be Wary (Reuters) Reuters - As the holiday shopping season\ramps up, cyber cops warned on Wednesday that online fraudsters\are working over time. | 3 |
Iran seeks to exclude uranium enrichment Iran has been seeking to exclude some uranium enrichment experiments from a nuclear freeze it agreed with three European governments this month, western diplomats said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Intel Touts Linux over Windows in Asia (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Intel has launched an effort to make it easier for the company's Chinese and Indian customers to build and buy desktop computers that run Linux rather than Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows software. | 3 |
Paisley hints at movement on IRA The hardline Democratic Unionist leader Ian Paisley yesterday suggested that if the IRA decommissioned its weapons and wound up its criminal activity, it could be allowed to continue as quot;an old boys #39; association quot;. | 0 |
Dolphins Shield Swimmers From Shark A pod of dolphins saved a group of swimmers from a predatory 10-foot great white shark off the northern New Zealand coast, a newspaper reported Tuesday. | 0 |
Cingular To Cut 10 Percent of Workforce (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Cingular Wireless has said it plans to cut at least 10 percent of its workforce -- some 7,000 jobs -- over the next year and a half. | 3 |
Firefox Erodes IE Market Share (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) domination of the Web browser market is falling as consumers opt for open-source software from the Mozilla Foundation, according to a survey. | 3 |
Report: Dell Passes Sun in Server Sales (AP) AP - Computer giant Dell Inc.'s server sales rose in the third quarter, overtaking Sun Microsystems Inc. for the No. 3 position, according to a Gartner Inc. research report released Wednesday. | 3 |
Stocks Close Higher Before Holiday (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. stocks closed higher on\Wednesday, with technology stocks Google Inc. and\Apple Computer Inc. leading the way in quiet trading\as Wall Street wound down for Thanksgiving. | 3 |
Global Warming Fight to Get Harder from 2012 -U.N (Reuters) Reuters - Fighting global warming will get\tougher once the Kyoto protocol ends in 2012 and the world must\try to get Washington involved in the long term, the head of\the U.N. Environment Program said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Ancel Keys, Who Found Source of Heart Disease, Dies (Reuters) Reuters - Ancel Keys, a pioneer in public health\best known for identifying the connection between a\cholesterol-rich diet and heart disease, has died. | 3 |
Group Passes on Addressing Global Warming (AP) AP - Although faced with fresh evidence of global warming, the United States and other members the Arctic Council on Wednesday failed to make any recommendations to combat a problem most scientists say is causing sea ice to melt and temperatures to rise. | 3 |
Paul Martin Pushes For New World Forum Canada's Prime Minister Paul Martin, while attending the APEC Summit in Santiago, Chile, tried to garner support among world leaders for his idea of instantiating a new world forum, a so-called L-20 group of leaders, consisting of the G-8 countries and the leaders of about 12 other emerging economic powers like India, China, Brazil and South Korea. As The Toronto Star reported, the animated Prime Minister Martin literally had to be yanked away by his own handlers after describing in urgent tones the need for United Nations reform and for a new forum of world leaders that he wants to create. He bemoaned Sudanese being slaughtered while the UN dithers, he interrupted several questions from reporters to elaborate further, and Saturday he waved off an aide who tried cutting off a press conference. | 3 |
Reciprocal Links Are Not Evil Reciprocal Links Are Not Evil\\I will repeat, reciprocal links are not evil. All this discussion in the forums about how people only want one-way links because they heard reciprocal links are bad and can get you kicked out of the search engines is taken way out of proportion. One example ... | 3 |
Creative Commons Search Engine Integrated into Firefox 1.0 Creative Commons Search Engine Integrated into Firefox 1.0\\Creative Commons today unveiled an updated beta version of its search engine, which scours the web for text, images, audio, and video free to re-use on certain terms a search refinement offered by no other company or organization today. Creative Commons rsquo; announcement coincides ... | 3 |
ADV: BLT Roll-Out Garage Flooring Better Life Technology has created unique garage flooring which beautifies in minutes and protects floors for years. Sizes 10 #39; wide are available. Prevents concrete stains and deterioration. | 2 |
News: DIY fingerprint idea thwarts ID thieves The Home Office is touting ID cards as a solution to ID theft in today's Queen's Speech but a Yorkshire man has taken matters into his own hands. | 3 |
Waving Hello, From a Distance Videoconferencing tools are increasingly making their way not just into the office but into the home, adding a dimension to long-distance visits with relatives and friends. | 3 |
Camcorders Finally Find Hard Drives JVC is introducing two camcorders that abandon tape and discs altogether, recording onto removable hard drives. | 3 |
The Cordless Phone Tries to Catch Up to Its Cool Cousin A cordless phone borrows a trick from its cellular cousins, shrinking toward the vanishing point. | 3 |
Blow a Fuse, Computer Chip, and Heal Thyself Semiconductor chips that can manage a good bit of their own upkeep are moving closer to reality. | 3 |
Our Smiles Are in the Mail If the holiday cards you send include a family photo, a growing number of sites can help design and produce them. | 3 |
P2P Music Upstart Signs On the Big Boys A new online music service, Peer Impact, has signed deals with three major music labels -- Sony BMG, Universal and Warner. What sets Peer Impact apart is its use of a peer-to-peer distribution | 2 |
MTFG, UFJ post declines in first half Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. announced Wednesday its group net profit fell 43.1 percent in the fiscal first half from a year earlier to 171.7 billion yen, while merger partner UFJ | 2 |
Bad Weather, Tight Security Slow Heavy Holiday Travel Travelers headed home for Thanksgiving were greeted Wednesday with snow-covered highways in the Midwest, heavy rain and tornadoes in parts of the South, and long security lines at some of the nation #39;s airports. | 2 |
Mercury Tries Online Campaign to Create a Cooler Image A prominent lineup of advertising talent is working to produce an online campaign aimed at cultivating a cooler image for the Mercury car brand. | 3 |
Pathway to Glory Ships November 24, 2004 - Nokia announced today that WWII strategy title Pathway to Glory is now shipping for the Nokia N-Gage game deck. | 3 |
Celtic Get Surprise Point In Barcelona Celtic shook off the hangover from their disastrous Old Firm encounter to earn a remarkable Champions League draw at Camp Nou against runaway Liga leaders Barcelona. | 1 |
Jason Kendall (left) has made the All-Star team three times. (Pat <b>...</b> PITTSBURGH -- According to published reports, the Pirates and A #39;s are close to completing a deal which would send catcher Jason Kendall to Oakland for left-handed pitchers Mark Redman and Arthur Rhodes. | 1 |
Hunt for Balkan war criminals #39;likely to fail #39; British defence officials conceded yesterday that military action to bring Serb and Croat war crimes suspects to trial would probably fail because of the sophisticated support network surrounding them. | 0 |
Click, and the Deals Arrive at the Doorstep Now that all the holiday presents have been opened, it is time to do some real shopping for the home, from the home. | 3 |
A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq (AP) AP - As of Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2004, at least 1,230 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 961 died as a result of hostile action, the Defense Department said. The figures include three military civilians. | 0 |
MTFG profit drops as bad loans rise TOKYO: Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (MTFG), Japan #39;s second biggest bank, said yesterday its first-half profit dropped by 43 as bad loans increased. | 2 |
Wind turbines coming to Ontario; province inks 10 renewable energy <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - More towering wind turbines will be sprouting up across Ontario after the government signed deals for five private wind-energy projects as part of a bid to make renewable energy a reality in the province. | 2 |
AIG settles charges, to pay \$126 million NEW YORK - American International Group Inc. said Wednesday that it has agreed to pay \$126 million to settle federal allegations that the insurance giant helped two customer companies commit accounting fraud. | 2 |
Nissan to Halt Output at 3 Plants for Lack of Steel (Update1) Nissan Motor Co., Japan #39;s second- largest carmaker, said it will suspend production at three factories for five days over the next two weeks because the company has difficulty obtaining steel. | 2 |
Group Passes on Addressing Global Warming Although faced with fresh evidence of global warming, the United States and other members the Arctic Council on Wednesday failed to make any recommendations | 3 |
Dolphins reactions mixed to possible Ricky return SAN FRANCISCO - Just when the Miami Dolphins thought they were done talking about Ricky Williams, news of the wayward running backs imminent return to the NFL put him back in his former teammates thoughts Wednesday. | 1 |
EU judge considers impact of Microsoft dropouts A European Union judge has summoned all sides for a closed meeting today to consider how to handle the decision by two major opponents of Microsoft to drop out of an antitrust case against the company. | 2 |
Aging population to slow down Australian economy: report A sharp increase in the number of aged people in the coming decades will enormously slow down Australia #39;s economic growth and increase health spending, an official report released on Thursday said. | 2 |
HK PRESS: Air China Shifts IPO Date To Avoid REIT Clash HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Air China, the mainland #39;s biggest carrier, will bring forward its listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to avoid clashing with the listing of the Housing Authority #39;s Real Estate Investment Trust, or REIT, reports the South China | 2 |
Film Studios Win #36;24 Million Against Web Site (Reuters) Reuters - Hollywood's major movie studios\said they won a #36;23.8 million judgment against a California\company and its Malaysian owner for operating a Web site that\charged customers to download illegally copied movies. | 3 |
Mobile Phone Makers Hoping To Get Boost From 3G Rollout (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - Europe's largest wireless carrier, Vodafone Group, this month said it's expanded its 3G high-speed wireless service to more markets -- and cell phone makers cheered. | 3 |
UPDATE 1-Mickelson storms to victory after shooting 59 US Masters champion Phil Mickelson tapped in a birdie on the final hole to become the fifth player in history to shoot 59 as he charged to victory in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf event in Kauai, Hawaii on Wednesday. | 1 |
Real face penalty after racist chants UEFA yesterday warned Real Madrid that they could be handed stiff punishment for the racist chanting of their supporters which marred Tuesday nights Champions League clash with Bayer Leverkusen at the Bernabeu. | 1 |
ECB set to call off tour to Zimbabwe over media ban England #39;s controversial cricket tour of Zimbabwe looks set to be cancelled after Michael Vaughan #39;s squad were last night instructed not to travel to Harare. | 1 |
Jones turns tables with renewed attack on England tactics The more things change, the more Eddie Jones stays the same. Two years ago, Australia #39;s super-smart coach countered accusations about the Wallabies #39; illegal dummy running by deflecting attention towards English skulduggery at the line-out. | 1 |
UN to assess Iran nuclear freeze The UN nuclear agency is set to meet in Vienna on Thursday to review Iran #39;s controversial nuclear programme. The board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will learn if Iran is abiding by an agreement | 0 |
Thatcher stunned as court orders he face coup questions SIR Mark Thatcher has lost his fight to avoid being questioned about his alleged involvement in a foiled coup to topple the president of Equatorial Guinea. | 0 |
Lawmakers Argue Over Tax-Return Snooping (AP) AP - A skeleton crew of lawmakers voted Wednesday to keep the government from shutting down as House Democrats lambasted Republicans over a provision passed last week that both parties agreed was a turkey. | 0 |
US 'alienating' world's Muslims The US is losing "the war of ideas" in the Islamic world and must alter its approach, a Pentagon panel says. | 0 |
Ontario Approves 10 Power Projects Worth C\$700 Mln (Update1) The Ontario government approved 10 electricity-generating projects that will power about 100,000 homes and generate C\$700 million (\$593 million) in new investment in the province. | 2 |
AIG pledges to return \$46m in fees AIG will return \$46m in fees it earned on three off-balance-sheet vehicles set up for PNC Financial as part of a settlement with regulators announced this week. | 2 |
PGA TOUR #39;s 59 Club Phil Mickelson #39;s 59 Wednesday at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf may not have come in an official 72-hole event, but it certainly put him in some elite company. | 1 |
A New Script for Searching Texts Written by Hand Search technology for images may lead to a way to search handwritten manuscripts. | 3 |
It #39;s like a bad soap HARRY REDKNAPP ended his two-and-a-half year roller-coaster ride on the south coast, insisting the situation was in danger of becoming a soap opera. | 1 |
Live: Champions League 1738: Stand-in Porto goalkeeper Nuno makes a superb reflex save from Yuri Zhirkov to stop Moscow going ahead. 1730: The first of Wednesday #39;s eight Champions League games kicks off with CSKA hosting current | 1 |
Three arraigned in \$3 million extortion scheme involving NBA star <b>...</b> A lawyer and two ex-convicts remained in jail Wednesday after being arraigned on charges of trying to use a videotape of a fistfight to blackmail Denver Nuggets basketball star Carmelo Anthony for \$3 million. | 1 |
Some tolling thoughts You don #39;t really believe Pedro Martinez is going to pitch for the Yankees, do you? Don #39;t forget about Pedro #39;s working hours on his non-pitching days. | 1 |
Aussies says Indon #39;s delay in revealing embassy bombing arrests <b>...</b> Australia accepted that Indonesian police delayed for almost three weeks revealing they had captured four suspects in the Australian Embassy bombing in Jakarta in September because they hoped to catch more, Foreign Minister | 0 |
Quake rattles northern Italy A strong earthquake measuring about 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked northern Italy from the Tyrrhenian to the Adriatic seas on early on Thursday, causing panic and some damage. | 0 |
Chirac woos Libyans for oil French President Jacques Chirac lead a delegation of business leaders on a trip to oil-rich Libya Wednesday hoping to expand trade ties. | 0 |
Freed UN hostages meet Afghan leader ahead of return home A group of three United Nations workers, freed after almost four weeks captivity in Afghanistan, have met President Hamid Karzai, in Kabul. | 0 |
Argentina to Delay \$103B Debt Swap Offer The Argentine government said late Wednesday it has postponed a global plan to restructure the bulk of US\$103 billion (euro78.35 billion) in default debt until mid-January, moving back a debt swap that was expected next week. | 2 |
Safe Mode in Windows Helps Fix What Ails It Booting up in safe mode; how to record vinyl records onto a PC; external floppy drives. | 3 |
Dollar Edges Up Vs Euro, Lows in Sight (Reuters) Reuters - The dollar inched up but stayed in sight\of record lows against the euro on Thursday, as investors took\a break from pummeling the dollar after showing little interest\in a mixed bag of U.S. economic data. | 2 |
AIP FYI #150: NASA Gets Funding Increase for Space Exploration <b>...</b> Under the omnibus bill funding the remaining FY 2005 appropriations (HR 4818), the House and Senate conferees gave NASA a substantial downpayment on the President #39;s Space Exploration Initiative. | 3 |
3 Arrested for Trying to Extort NBA Player Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony looks on during his team #39;s 90-88 victory over the New Jersey Nets in Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004. | 1 |
Giants Autofocus for Eagles and Owens This is the week of the season when every Giants defensive back needs to have shoulders as sturdy as snowplow blades. But safety Gibril Wilson reported Wednesday that he still had only one good shoulder. | 1 |
Presidents Call on U.S. to Help Tsunami Survivors (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. presidents past and present\appealed to Americans on Monday to help victims of the Asian\tsunami as one of the biggest aid efforts in history struggled\to bring food and water to millions of desperate survivors. | 0 |
U.S., U.N. Blame Rebels for Sudan Strife (AP) AP - U.N. and U.S. officials accused rebels Wednesday of sparking the latest violence in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, actions that violated a cease-fire deal and prevented aid from reaching thousands of refugees. | 0 |
Five-year football ban for Yorke racist FOOTBALL chiefs last night welcomed the five-year ban handed to the Blackburn fan who racially abused Dwight Yorke. Jason Perryman, 22, was caught on television hurling monkey chants and gesturing towards | 1 |
O #39;Neill hails heroes as Celtic earn vital point PERHAPS the most trying few days of his Celtic career so far would deepen the satisfaction Martin ONeill took from his teams extraordinary 1-1 Champions League draw with Barcelona at the renowned Nou Camp stadium last night. | 1 |
Valencia Victory Sets Up Frantic Werder Face-Off Valencia secured an unconvincing win over Anderlecht in Brussels to set up a pressure-cooker match that will be the final nail in the CL coffin for the Champions of Spain or Germany. | 1 |
U.N.: Rwanda Warns of Attacking Rebels (AP) AP - Rwanda has warned it will launch an attack "very soon" on Rwandan Hutu rebels sheltering in eastern Congo, the U.N. mission said Wednesday, relaying a threat that raised fears of renewal of one of Africa's most devastating conflicts. | 0 |
No. 20 Boston College Squashes Quinnipiac (AP) AP - Jessalyn Deveny scored 16 of her 22 points in the opening 9 1/2 minutes Wednesday, helping 20th-ranked Boston College to a 74-43 win over Quinnipiac. | 1 |
Industrial Park Hostage to U.S.-N.Korea Ties (Reuters) Reuters - An industrial park\offering cheap labor, handy transport links and next door to\major Asian markets should be a powerful lure for manufacturers\looking for a competitive edge. | 0 |
UFJ Forecasts Loss; Mitsubishi Tokyo Profit Declines (Update1) UFJ Holdings Inc. widened its loss forecast to 750 billion yen (\$7.3 billion) as it bids to clear bad loans before merging with Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. | 0 |
Crude futures slip after energy report CRUDE oil futures fell yesterday after the American government reported a slight increase in the US inventory of crude. The supply of distillate fuel, which includes heating oil, also increased, following | 2 |
Sony Pictures sets up operation in China Sony Pictures has set up a joint venture television and film co-production unit in China, taking advantage of a loosening of restrictions on the tightly controlled industry. | 2 |
Argentina to postpone debt restructure date The decision is an about-turn for President Nestor Kirchner #39;s administration. As late as Wednesday afternoon, Mr Kirchner appeared determined to go ahead with the government #39;s | 2 |
Gadhafi Claims Miniscule Reward for Giving up Pursuit of WMD Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says the international community should have offered Tripoli a better payback for renouncing its efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction. | 0 |
UN probes reports of Rwanda attacks United Nations officials are investigating reports that Hutu extremists have attacked Rwandan villages from bases in eastern Congo. | 0 |
Biogen Idec gains MS drug approval The US government approved a drug Tuesday to treat multiple sclerosis, an incurable disease of the central nervous system that affects 350,000 Americans. | 2 |
Mainland consumers optimistic about economic outlook: survey Consumers on the Chinese mainland are most optimistic about the economic outlook of the next 12 months, according to a survey released here Wednesday by AC Nielsen. | 2 |
Microsoft Says 2 Former Foes Don #39;t Have to Retract Evidence Microsoft will not demand the withdrawal of evidence submitted against it in a European antitrust case by two parties that have since dropped their support for the case, a spokesman said Wednesday. | 2 |
Nissan suspends plants due to steel shortage Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Japans second-biggest auto maker, said on Thursday it would suspend operations at three of its four domestic plants for five days each this month and next due to a shortage of steel. | 2 |
US objections at WTO delay inevitable tariffs A legalistic squabble yesterday delayed World Trade Organisation authorisation for sanctions against US goods, initially worth up to \$150ma year, by the European Union and six | 2 |
Toy safety warnings issued for holiday shoppers Megan Blanck-Weiss of the Washington Public Interest Research Group demonstrates in Seattle on Tuesday how the yo-yo water ball toy - a water-filled ball on an elastic-like cord | 2 |
FDA Whistleblower Seeks Legal Help From Public-Interest Group Dr. David J. Graham, the FDA drug safety reviewer who sounded warnings over five drugs he felt could become the next Vioxx has turned to a Whistleblower protection group for legal help. | 2 |
Sony enters Chinese digital market Sony Pictures has quietly set up a joint venture with state-controlled China Film Group that will make digital television programmes and feature films. | 2 |
Strike call fuels Ukraine tension Ukraine's opposition steps up its campaign to overturn the disputed presidential vote by launching a general strike. | 0 |
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