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Mavericks Defeat Trail Blazers, 92-83 (AP) AP - Marquis Daniels had a block, a steal and three straight assists in a just over a two-minute span in the fourth quarter Friday, helping push the Dallas Mavericks to a 92-83 win over the Portland Trail Blazers that ended a three-game losing streak. | 1 |
Off-Court Woes Burden Cavaliers' Wagner (AP) AP - Dajuan Wagner often wonders how so many things went wrong at once. | 1 |
Hubie meets press; no details on health Hubie Brown appeared at a news conference Friday but did not elaborate on the health issues that led to his retirement as coach of the Memphis Grizzlies. | 1 |
Raptors increase security after threat made against Carter A threat made against Toronto Raptors guard Vince Carter caused the team to increase security at last Wednesday #39;s game against the New York Knicks. | 1 |
Ivory Coast snubs Francophone summit after spat Ivory Coast angrily pulled out of a summit of French-speaking countries on Friday after police in the host nation Burkina Faso confiscated | 0 |
Internet Explorer gets Finnish Thumbs Down Not for the first time does Internet Explorer users got a warning from a government organization. US-CERT released similar warnings in June this year, following a malware attack, which affected Internet Explorer | 3 |
Police conduct investigation on Carter threat CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Toronto police are taking a threat made against Vince Carter seriously. Toronto Police Detective Sgt. Sneddon of the 52 Division told Sportsnet. | 1 |
AD says university did nothing wrong Ohio State wants to interview former players who have corroborated Maurice Clarett #39;s allegations of improprieties within the football program. | 1 |
Lions #39; Drummond out for season Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - Detroit Lions kick returner Eddie Drummond will miss the remainder of the season after fracturing his shoulder blade during Thursday #39;s 41-9 loss to the Indianapolis Colts. | 1 |
Slutskaya leads after short program Olympic silver medalist and 2002 world champion Irina Slutskaya presented an almost flawless program to take the lead after the short program at the Cup of Russia on Friday. | 1 |
Bush Vows to Work on WTO Compliance, Blasts Airbus (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush pledged on\Friday to work with Congress to comply with a WTO ruling in a\row over payment of anti-dumping duties to U.S. companies, and\said he expected the trade body to hold Europe to account over\"unfair" subsidies to aircraft maker Airbus . | 2 |
Holiday shopping season kicks off They lined up in Georgia, braved the cold in Connecticut, and tried to stay awake in Chicago. From coast to coast shoppers rushed to the stores -- and they were enthusiastic in Seattle. | 2 |
SEC OK #39;s AGL Purchase of NUI Corp. Natural gas utility AGL Resources Inc. on Friday said the Securities and Exchange Commission approved its purchase of financially troubled NUI Corp. | 2 |
76ers Slip by Wizards 116-114 in Overtime (AP) AP - Allen Iverson stole an inbound pass, drove down the court and made a layup at the buzzer, giving the Philadelphia 76ers a 116-114 overtime victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday. | 1 |
Man United confident of catching up on Chelsea Manchester United is confident they can catch up nine points on Premier League leader Chelsea. First they have to win their third match in a row for the first time this season. | 1 |
Mets Hire Former Yankees Hitting Coach (AP) AP - Former New York Yankees hitting coach Rick Down was hired for the same job by the Mets on Friday, reuniting him with new manager Willie Randolph. | 1 |
Iraqi Political Groups Call for Delay in Vote Leading Iraqi political groups are calling on the interim government to delay national elections scheduled for January 30, because of ongoing violence in the country. | 0 |
Ontario to require 5 ethanol in gas by 2007 CHATHAM, Ont. - A plan to make Ontario gas more ecologically friendly by containing at least five per cent ethanol won #39;t mean all pumps provincewide are serving up cleaner gas, Premier Dalton McGuinty admitted Friday. | 2 |
Chip sales up 1.5 percent in October Organizations are replacing aging servers with newer more-powerful boxes, often Linux--based, and theyre also investing in storage. | 2 |
Japanese Stocks Lower as Banks Retreat TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average was down 0.19 percent by mid-morning on Tuesday, the first trading day of 2005, as investors grabbed profits in Mizuho Financial Group and other major banks that had made strong gains late last year. | 2 |
More Internet Users Surfing Away From Microsoft #39;s Explorer Like millions of computer users, Bob Davis found out the hard way that Microsoft #39;s Internet Explorer has security flaws. quot;My computer was taken over with viruses and spyware and so, unfortunately, I had to reformat my entire hard drive, quot; Davis said. | 3 |
MetroStars Add Some Savvy At 36, Jeff Agoos comes east to the MetroStars, a team that gave up the most goals in the M.L.S. last season. | 1 |
Sorenstam to Play Woods in Skins Game (AP) AP - Annika Sorenstam is mixing it up with the men again, and this time the competition includes Tiger Woods. Sorenstam and Woods will play against each other for the first time when they tee off Saturday in the Skins Game at the Trilogy Golf Club in the middle of the desert. | 1 |
Split Could Cost Iraqi Shiites Politically (AP) AP - As Iraq's Sunni Muslims ponder boycotting the Jan. 30 election and some press for a delay, the majority Shiite Muslims face another threat to their expected victory: a split in Shiite ranks that could cost them the chance to dominate the next parliament. | 0 |
Mystic crocodiles draw thousands of devotees in southern Pakistan (AFP) AFP - Crocodiles with huge teeth-filled mouths lie in the sand and slap their snouts on the edge of sulfur springs, greeting worshippers who journey to the Mango Pir shrine on the outskirts of Pakistan's volatile port city Karachi. | 0 |
Giving doctors more support crucial to health reform, council head says (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - HALIFAX (CP) - Giving family doctors more support by spreading out the burden of primary care is crucial to reforming Canada's health-care system, says the head of a council evaluating nationwide efforts to improve medicare. | 0 |
Upstarts Try to Make Name in Online Travel (AP) AP - Like a lot of frequent travelers, Kevin Pollard relies on the Internet to save money on airfares, hotel rooms and rental cars. The quest generally took him to the Web's most popular travel sites #151; Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia #151; until he discovered a new breed of specialty search engines that promise to dig up even better bargains. | 3 |
Recording Industry, File-Share Face Off (AP) AP - 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. | 3 |
Blowing the Whistle Can Bring Big Bucks (AP) AP - Crime may not pay, but blowing the whistle on companies that swindle the government sure can. Jim Alderson got #36;20 million in one settlement and split #36;100 million with another whistleblower in a related case, both involving Medicare fraud by the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain and a company it acquired. | 0 |
The Squeeze On BlackBerry (BusinessWeek Online) BusinessWeek Online - Mike Lazaridis and James L. Balsillie, the co-CEOs of Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM.) (RIM), have plenty of reason to feel on top of the world. After 20 years spent in the quiet university town of Waterloo, Ont., developing technology to deliver wireless e-mail, their BlackBerry gizmo is an outright phenom. What the iPod is to mobile music lovers, the BlackBerry is to workers on the go. For the fiscal year ending in February, company sales should more than double, to #36;1. ... | 3 |
Open Source Leader Takes Sun's Schwartz to Task (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - Open-source leader Eric Raymond spells out his objections to Sun President Jonathan Schwartz's contention that the Java Community Process is truer to open-source ideas than is Linux. | 3 |
Carbon Storage Comes to Disused Texas Oil Fields (Reuters) Reuters - A short distance from Spindletop oil\field, the site of the gusher that triggered the Texas oil rush\more than a century ago, scientists have found a purpose for\the long-disused underground reservoirs -- as storage for the\pollution emitted by burning fossil fuels. | 3 |
76ers 116, Wizards 114, OT Allen Iverson stole an inbound pass, drove down the court and made a layup at the buzzer, giving the Philadelphia 76ers a 116-114 overtime victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday. | 1 |
Nieto hired to coach catchers NEW YORK -- The New York Mets hired former New York Yankees hitting coach Rick Down for the same job on Friday, reuniting him with new manager Willie Randolph. | 1 |
Missouri puts school nickname on arena The University of Missouri renamed its new sports arena with the school nickname Friday, just days after the original namesake, a 22-year-old Wal-Mart heiress, was accused of academic cheating at another college. | 1 |
Fan v Fan: Internazionale-Juventus This weekend sees one of the big games of Serie A - a Milan-Turin clash between Inter and Juventus. Both sides are doing well in the Champions League -ut Juve lead the way in Serie A. Goal. | 1 |
Abbas Gets Boost in Bid for Palestinian Presidency (Update2) Mahmoud Abbas #39;s nomination for Palestinian Authority president received a boost from reports that a jailed Fatah party leader, Marwan Barghouti, wouldn #39;t challenge his bid and had endorsed his candidacy. | 0 |
Iraq considering petition to postpone January #39;s elections Iraq #39;s electoral commission said it will examine Saturday a request by 15 leading political parties for the Jan. 30 elections to be postponed by six months. | 0 |
Harry hurries back home after attack LONDON, Nov. 26. - Prince Harry arrived home from Argentina today amid media reports that shots were fired at the ranch where he was staying. | 0 |
Maker recalls 175,000 Swiffer vacuums CINCINNATI - Swishing around the house with a battery-operated Swiffer vacuum cleaner could really fire up your housework, maker Procter amp; Gamble Co. | 2 |
NYSE suspends Gold Fields trading The South African company Gold Fields Limited announced Friday that the New York Stock Exchange has suspended trading in its stock. | 2 |
Selig Rubber-Stamps Yankees' Deal for Johnson Commissioner Bud Selig returned from a vacation and promptly cleared one item off his desk, approving the Yankees' trade with the Diamondbacks for Randy Johnson. | 1 |
NCAA Game Summary - Colorado at Nebraska Lincoln, NE (Sports Network) - Bobby Purify ran for 130 yards with a touchdown and Joel Klatt threw for 222 yards with a score, as Colorado kept its Big 12 title hopes alive and sent Nebraska to its first losing season in 43 years with a 26-20 victory in | 1 |
PM looks east to Asean NEW DELHI, Nov. 26. - In a major thrust to Indias Look East policy, Dr Manmohan Singh will leave for Laos on Sunday to attend the 3rd India-Asean summit scheduled to be held in Vientiane on 30 November. | 0 |
News: Phishers tapping botnets to automate attacks Computer criminals are making phishing more potent by automating attacks. Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) analysts reckon fraudsters are using automated tools and botnets to ramp up attacks. | 3 |
Columnists: Profitware Some of the largest anti-virus companies have virtually ignored the spyware problem because there is no profit incentive for them to do otherwise. Meanwhile, spyware companies make millions. | 3 |
WTO paves way for retaliatory tariffs on US goods GENEVA - The World Trade Organization on Friday approved lists of US products on which Japan, five other countries and the European Union plan to levy punitive tariffs in retaliation for a US failure to repeal an illegal antidumping measure. | 2 |
Shoppers Swarm Malls in Holiday Kickoff Kelsey Reynoso, a two-year-old girl, looks at toys in a catalog, as her family lines outside the KB Toys store inside the Glendale Galeria mall Friday, Nov. 26, 2004, in Glendale, Calif. | 2 |
Psychiatric Solutions to Sell Shares Psychiatric Solutions Inc., an operator of mental health hospitals, said Friday that it registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer 3 million common shares. | 2 |
Steelers Keep Winning Despite Injuries (AP) AP - Their right guard went down early in training camp, and their star inside linebacker followed shortly after that. The veteran quarterback joined the injury list two games into the season, and their Pro Bowl nose tackle, top cornerback and best running back followed. | 1 |
Colts Thrive in Grueling Four-Game Stretch (AP) AP - Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Montae Reagor could feel the weariness long before Thursday's game at Detroit. The constant hits, the barrage of meetings, the quick pivots from game plan to game plan had already worn down his body and mind. | 1 |
Moon gas could meet earths future energy demands UDAIPUR: A potential gas source found on the moons surface could hold the key to meeting future energy demands as the earths fossil fuels dry up in the coming decades, scientists said on Friday. | 3 |
Apples iPod takes a bite of hip culture Short of an actual prize, one of the most coveted handouts at this years Grammy Awards, Academy Awards and MTV Video Music Awards was the iPod music player stashed in celebrity goody bags. | 3 |
quot; #39;Chang #39;e quot; flying to the moon is just round the corner: Viewpoint quot; #39;Chang #39;e quot; #39;, is one of the most talked about names among the Chinese, this is not only because it is the name of a beautiful angel in ancient Chinese legend, who is living in the moon, but more importantly, it has become a code name of the moon- probing | 3 |
St. Louis Rams Release Punter Sean Landeta (AP) AP - Shaky special teams helped cost punter Sean Landeta his job with the St. Louis Rams. | 1 |
Langer lashes out On a day made in heaven for batsmen, Stephen Fleming called wrong at the toss and all Ricky Ponting had to do was unleash hell. One down in the two-Test series, New Zealand needed | 1 |
More injuries, another QB option for woeful Bears Coping with another inept offensive showing, the Chicago Bears were ready to change quarterbacks again Friday, while trying to patch up an injury-depleted line. | 1 |
Ollie out, McKie in for Sixers PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - The Philadelphia 76ers on Friday placed guard Kevin Ollie on the injured list with a lower back strain and activated guard Aaron McKie. | 1 |
Benitez against ground-share Rafael Benitez, the Liverpool manager, has voiced his opposition to the idea of Liverpool and Everton sharing a ground. Benitez feels that fans would lose their sense of identity with a club if they shared with their neighbours. | 1 |
15 Iraqi Political Groups Call for Delaying Elections The call for a six-month postponement of elections planned for Jan. 30 gives a boost to a movement largely led by Sunni Arabs. | 0 |
Myanmar releases 500 prisoners The Myanmar government released about 500 prisoners from the notorious Insein Prison Friday, witnesses said. There was no immediate word, however, on whether political detainees were among them. | 0 |
Irish, Southern Cal Renew Storied Rivalry (AP) AP - Matt Leinart became a Notre Dame fan at age 8, when the movie "Rudy" was released. | 1 |
Violent Video Games Not Meant For Children, But Parents Buy Them <b>...</b> Shoppers in America spend more than \$6 billion a year on video games according to a Software Association survey. Holiday sales bring an extra boost to game | 3 |
US retailers cheer 'Black Friday' Sales on America's busiest shopping day of the year could exceed last year, retail experts believe. | 2 |
EU, Japan Win WTO Support for Trade Sanctions on US (Update5) The European Union, Japan and Canada won permission from the World Trade Organization to levy tariffs on US goods to retaliate for a law that has given American companies \$750 million in customs imposed on foreign competitors. | 2 |
Poutiainen edges Paerson in giant slalom; Canadian Forsyth is 11th ASPEN, Colorado (CP) - Finland #39;s Tanja Poutiainen charged down the hill on the final stretch of her second run and edged Sweden #39;s Anja Paerson by 0.09 seconds for her first World Cup giant slalom title on Friday. | 1 |
Ferguson relishing clash with United old boy Robson Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson locks horns with his former captain Bryan Robson on Saturday as he bids to end a memorable week on winning note. | 1 |
Saint Liam Spirited Winner of Clark Handicap Heavily favored Saint Liam repelled the challenges of Perfect Drift and Seek Gold in the stretch and pulled away to victory in the \$558,000 Clark Handicap (gr. | 1 |
Royalty payout could await voices behind 'The Wall' (AFP) AFP - The youngsters who sang the chorus in "The Wall" may be pushing middle age today, but they stand to collect a tidy little sum for their vocal contribution to the Pink Floyd rock opera. | 0 |
U.N. Said Not Protecting Sudan Refugees (AP) AP - The United Nations is failing to protect millions of people displaced by conflict in Sudan's Darfur region and violence in other hotspots around the world, a U.N. report said Friday. | 0 |
Iran and Europe trying to save Iranian nuclear fuel suspension <b>...</b> VIENNA (AFP) - Iran and Europe continued efforts to see whether Tehran could unconditionally respect a commitment to freeze any nuclear fuel cycle work that could be diverted to produce atomic weapons. | 0 |
Fresh violence engulfs Darfur EL-FASHIR, Sudan Just two weeks after the Sudanese authorities and their guerrilla enemies signed a pledge to restore security and broaden access to aid groups, a fresh surge of violence is engulfing Darfur. | 0 |
U.S. Army Deserter Leaves Jail in Japan (AP) AP - U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins was released from military jail on Saturday after serving 25 days for abandoning his squadron in 1965 and defecting to North Korea, where he lived for nearly four decades. | 0 |
Canadian observer labels Ukraine elections grotesquely fraudulent (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - EDMONTON (CP) - Canadians sent to observe elections in Ukraine saw campaign tents fire-bombed and heard of voters being roughed-up while trying to cast ballots, says the Edmonton lawyer who headed up a monitoring project. | 0 |
U.S. Goods Face Penalties Oked by WTO (AP) AP - The World Trade Organization imposed penalties Friday on U.S. exports ranging from apples to textiles, escalating a trade dispute the Bush administration has struggled to defuse by unsuccessfully urging Congress to repeal legislation aimed at protecting American steelmakers. | 0 |
Top Settlements Under False Claims Act (AP) AP - A sampling of top settlements under the False Claims Act, a law designed to stop fraud in government procurement contracts, and the whistleblowers who helped the government win the awards, and helping themselves as well. | 0 |
US will conform to anti-dumping rules: Bush WASHINGTON: The United States said on Friday it will adhere to its international obligations on anti-dumping efforts, after the World Trade Organization gave seven trading powers, including the European Union, a final green light to levy multimillion | 2 |
CIBC #39;disturbed #39; at word of continued faxes of client data to US <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - CIBC revealed Friday that it learned last month that faxes containing sensitive customer information were allegedly still arriving at a US junkyard two years after the bank thought the problem had been fixed. | 2 |
Martha Stewart Omnimedia shares soar Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. stock jumped to its highest level in nearly four years on Friday following a steady climb spurred by Kmart Holding Corp. | 2 |
Benefits chaos A MASSIVE computer crash at the Department of Work and Pensions has blocked payments of vital benefits to terminally-ill claimants, Tories claimed today. | 3 |
Fletcher Out to Prove his Worth Darren Fletcher is determined to show Sir Alex Ferguson that he is worthy of a Manchester United place at any stage of the season, not just the end. | 1 |
Reds, Toffees to share? Liverpool and Everton have scheduled talks with the Government about the possibility of sharing a new stadium. With both clubs looking to relocate and the Reds having started planning for the construction | 1 |
Sixers activate McKie from injured list Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Philadelphia 76ers guard Aaron McKie was activated from the injured list prior to Friday afternoon #39;s contest against the Washington Wizards. | 1 |
Windies tour may be called off CRICKET Australia cannot rule out withdrawing the invitation for the West Indies to play in this summer #39;s one-day tournament if the players #39; contract dispute is not settled. | 1 |
Alpine Skiing: Miller Quickest But Not the Happiest American Bode Miller was fastest in Friday #39;s final training for the first downhill of the Alpine World Cup season. Miller, winner of the season opening giant | 1 |
Arena gets new name _ The sports arena at the University of Missouri-Columbia is no longer named after Wal-Mart heiress Elizabeth Paige Laurie. The board of curators for the four-campus University of Missouri | 1 |
Man held over China school deaths A man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of eight boys stabbed as they slept in a dormitory, Chinese officials have said. | 0 |
Rockets kill four Gurkha guards in Baghdad #39;s Green Zone FOUR former Gurkhas working for a British security firm have been killed in a rocket attack in Baghdad, one of the deadliest strikes so far on the capitals high-security Green Zone. | 0 |
Man held over China school deaths A man is arrested in China on suspicion of stabbing to death eight pupils at a school, officials say. | 0 |
Police reviewing 'Huntley' tapes Police are considering interviewing Ian Huntley about comments he is said to have made on the Soham murders. | 0 |
CIBC orders companywide halt to faxes with customer info until <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - Scrambling to deal with a potentially serious breach of client privacy, CIBC said late Friday it is ordering all employees to stop using the bank #39;s internal fax system to send customer information between branches or offices. | 2 |
Music Biz Heads to Australia for Kazaa Trial Industry eyes are turning toward Oz as more than 50 lawyers begin waging a courtroom battle over Kazaa, the peer-to-peer technology owned by Australia-based Sharman Networks | 3 |
Stylish gadgets which have become cultural icons WHEN it comes to stylish electronic gadgets, few companies make them like Apple Computer Inc. The Apple Power Book G4 range of professional-standard notebook computers, instantly identifiable | 3 |
Iraq Officials Seek Delay for Elections US soldiers patrol in Fallujah, Iraq, Friday Nov. 26 2004. In Fallujah, insurgents ambushed US troops as they entered a home during house-to-house searches in the former rebel bastion, killing two Marines | 0 |
No more free tolls on turnpike, as strike continues HIGHSPIRE, Pa. When toll collectors went on strike on the day before Thanksgiving, drivers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike were allowed to go through the toll booths without paying -- at least, for one day. | 2 |
Jardine chief quits as profits warning savages shares Jardine Lloyd Thompson, the country #39;s biggest insurance broker, issued a swingeing profits warning yesterday and announced its chief executive had quit. | 2 |
Brown cites lost spirit, medical issues, as reasons for retirement Hubie Brown said he stepped down as the coach of the Memphis Grizzlies for two reasons: He lost his spirit, and because of medical issues he wants kept private. | 1 |
No. 17 Rutgers 77 Oregon State 53 Chelsea Newton scored 16 points to lead No. 17 Rutgers to a 77-53 victory over Oregon State in the second round of the Paradise Jam tournament on Friday. | 1 |
Iran nuclear row #39;resolved #39; VIENNA: Iran and European negotiators reached a tentative compromise committing Tehran to freezing a programme that can make nuclear-weapons grade uranium, but Tehran still had to approve the agreement, diplomats said last night. | 0 |
Du Toit gets 34 years #39; jail for Guinea coup plot A court in Equatorial Guinea found Nick du Toit, a South African former special forces soldier, guilty of a plot to overthrow the President of the oil-rich country and sentenced him to 34 years in prison yesterday. | 0 |
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