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Computer analysis shows scientists could reconstruct the genome of <b>...</b> Contrary to the movie Jurassic Park, in which scientists recreate dinosaurs from ancient DNA, genetic material more than about 50 thousand years old cannot be reliably recovered. | 3 |
Decision to boot Willingham a cold one Apparently, when the good fathers of Notre Dame lately looked to their football sideline, they saw a fellow who wasn #39;t nearly as acceptable as even Gerry Faust or Bob Davie, each of whom was allowed to squeeze out five years in South Bend. | 1 |
Jense: #39;Michael can be beaten #39; Jenson Button believes that Michael Schumacher will not wear the Formula One crown forever and intends to challenge the German for the Drivers #39; title next season. | 1 |
Ga. Tech romps past Michigan Ewing #39;s last 3-pointer came in the final minute, when he swished one with the shot clock winding down to give Duke a 78-73 lead. | 1 |
Wheldon targets IRL title Dan Wheldon is confident he can win the Indy Racing League title next season after coming close this year. The Englishman was a serious challenger all year but finished runner-up to his Andretti Green team-mate Tony Kanaan. | 1 |
Ask The Post Jill Dutt, assistant managing editor for Financial news, takes your questions on The Washington Post's coverage of business and finance. | 2 |
Suu Kyi to be held for another year Myanmar #39;s military rulers will keep opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi isolated under house arrest until at least November 27 next year, her opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) has said. | 0 |
US lawyers file complaint over abuses in Abu Ghraib BERLIN -- A group of American civil rights attorneys filed a criminal complaint in German court yesterday against top US authorities, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, for acts of torture committed at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. | 0 |
Greece to be warned on euro data The European Commission is to warn Greece about publishing false information about its public finances. | 2 |
Six Americans killed in Afghanistan plane crash KABUL (AFP) - Three US military personnel and three American civilian crew members were killed when their plane crashed at the weekend in central Afghanistan, the US military said. | 0 |
Mozambique Votes to Elect Successor to Chissano Mozambique used canoes and helicopters to ferry ballot papers to remote rural districts for Wednesday #39;s election to pick a successor to President Joaquim Chissano who spent 18 years in office. | 0 |
Row over Airbus boss intensifies French and German executives are in a bitter dispute over the leadership of aerospace firm EADS. | 2 |
Nokia to make handsets in India Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone manufacturer, is to start making handsets in India. | 2 |
The Rediff Special/rediff.com Newsdesk Twenty years after the world #39;s worst industrial disaster killed 7,000 people, maimed thousands for life, and eventually claimed at least 15,000 more lives, the survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy still await justice. | 0 |
Southwestern adventure in a ski town Finding a ski bum working in a ski town restaurant is easy. But Peter Willis took it a step further. | 1 |
Past meets present here quot;You are entering the past, quot; the sign says. quot;No cellphones. quot; Inside, the wooden floor creaks in spots and the aisles are crammed with everything from souvenir coffee mugs to toothpaste. There's even homemade fudge. | 1 |
New software blows the whistle on viruses #39; activities Engineers at Hewlett-Packard are working on quot;virus throttling quot; software that could slow the spread of viruses and worms, possibly limiting the destruction hackers inflict on millions of computers each year. | 3 |
New eco-friendly mobile phone case turns into flower Feeling guilty that you #39;ve just thrown away your umpteenth mobile phone to get the latest handset? Soon you may be able to plant your old one and watch it grow into a flower. | 3 |
Microsoft sues firms for software violations The world #39;s largest computer software manufacturer filed suit Tuesday in US District Court against a local software retailer it claims is selling and distributing counterfeit software labels. | 3 |
Researchers reconstruct parts of the genome of a common mammalian <b>...</b> A group of researchers has re-created with remarkable accuracy part of the genome of the common ancestor of all placental mammals, a small shrew-like creature that prowled the forests of what is now Asia more than 80 million years ago. | 3 |
HP kit to get Virus Throttler next year Hewlett-Packard is planning to build Virus Throttler technology into ProLiant servers and ProCurve switches starting in early 2005. | 3 |
Sony Adds MP3 Support To NW-HD3 Someone at Sony has wisened up and decided to add MP3 support to their new NW-HD3 player slated for release in December. quot;Sony is broadening support for the MP3 file format in its portable music player range. | 3 |
Stocks to Open Higher Despite Weak Dollar US stock futures were headed higher Wednesday as traders dive into a new month looking for an upbeat December market despite lingering questions about oil prices and a weaker dollar. | 2 |
HP plans to slow Net worms Hewlett-Packard is working on software that it says could slow the spread of Internet-borne worms and viruses, AP reports. Researchers at the company say the new virus-throttling software would not destroy | 3 |
CONSUMERS GROWING WARY Good news about US economic growth was offset by signs that the nation #39;s consumers were feeling less giddy than they had for more than eight months. | 2 |
Adecco, Manpower, Vedior Probed for Collusion #39; (Update1) Regulators in France, the world #39;s third-biggest temporary employment market, are investigating Adecco SA, Manpower Inc. and Vedior NV, the top providers of such workers, for alleged violations of competition laws. | 2 |
ShopKo November Sales Down 4.8 Percent ShopKo Stores Inc. said Wednesday that sales at stores open at least one year, or same-store sales, fell 4.8 percent during the month of November. | 2 |
Genome of the mammalian common ancestor reconstructed Using computer programs,scientists have suceeded in reconstructing the DNA of a creature that lived at the time of the dinosaurs more than 75 million years ago, a small, furry nocturnal animal that was the common ancestor of all placental mammals | 3 |
Update 6: Anthem, WellPoint Complete Merger Just hours after winning approval from Georgia, Anthem Inc. and WellPoint Health Networks Inc. announced the completion of a \$16.5 billion merger creating the nation #39;s largest health insurance company. | 2 |
China opens cities early to foreign lenders BEIJING China on Wednesday opened its ancient capital of Xi #39;an and an industrial city in the northeast to overseas banks, a year earlier than planned, as it eases restrictions on their expansion. | 2 |
IBM Details PC Unit's Financial Woes The business racked up nearly \$1 billion in losses since 2001. | 3 |
Knicks slip past Hawks He took a number of ridiculous shots last night, but one fell at precisely the right moment and gave the Knicks a dramatic 110-109 overtime victory against the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena. | 1 |
Cuba Releases Five Dissidents In a bid to thaw icy relations with Europe after last year #39;s crackdown on dissent, Cuban authorities released well-known writer Raul Rivero and four other dissidents as the EU reviews | 0 |
Mozambique Prepares for Elections to Replace Chissano Mozambique holds elections on Wednesday and Thursday to choose a successor to President Joaquim Chissano, who ruled for 18 years and led the southern African country to peace after a long civil war that claimed up to a million lives. | 0 |
Flowering phone is environmental wake-up call A rose is a rose is a phone? British scientists seeking to protect the environment have designed a biodegradable mobile phone cover that breaks down in soil when discarded and sprouts | 3 |
OECD sees China GDP growth slowing to 8 in 2005 LONDON (CBS.MW)-- The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development expects Chinese economic growth to slow to 8 percent in 2005, reflecting high oil prices and new government measures, AFX news reported from Paris. | 2 |
DATA VIEW: Australian Economy Puts Brakes On In 3Q -2- SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australian economic growth slowed sharply in the third quarter, hurt by a sluggish export sector with some offset coming from still buoyant domestic demand. | 2 |
US Stocks Dip Stocks were down on Wall Street today as consumer confidence dropped despite the latest report on the US gross domestic product, which grew at a faster pace than expected. | 2 |
UAL pension trustee seeks \$994 million United Airlines must pay \$994 million in skipped contributions to employee pension plans and in benefits accrued by the plans, said the company appointed to protect worker interests in the retirement funds. | 2 |
Philippine survivors flee new typhoon, 600 dead or missing REAL, Philippines (AFP) - Terrified survivors were fleeing the northeastern Philippines as a new storm bore down on the area where floods and landslides have killed more than 400 people and left nearly 200 missing. | 0 |
UK may need to raise taxes to cut deficits - OECD British public borrowing is set to rise and the government will need to raise taxes or reduce spending to decisively cut the deficit, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said yesterday. | 2 |
Stocks Seen Higher as Oil Slips Below \$49 US stock futures pointed to a higher market open on Wednesday, with oil dipping below \$49 a barrel and a batch of economic data on tap. | 2 |
EU to Pursue Legal Action Against Greece The European Union #39;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. | 2 |
ESPN to Offer Phone Service Through Sprint (AP) AP - Sports cable channel ESPN will launch its own branded wireless phone service next year, the first in a series of branded cell phone services planned by The Walt Disney Co., which owns ESPN. | 3 |
ShopKo Reports November Retail Sales GREEN BAY, Wis., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ShopKo Stores, Inc. (NYSE:SKO), today reported consolidated sales for the four weeks ended November 27, 2004 decreased 4.9 percent to \$272.8 million from \$286.8 million during the same period last year. | 2 |
Vehicle complexity leads to record number of recalls Automakers have recalled more vehicles in the USA this year than ever before, likely more a result of the increasing complexity of cars and trucks and greater vigilance than a lapse in quality. | 2 |
Hamas Says to Boycott Palestinian Presidential Vote (Reuters) Reuters - The Palestinian Islamic militant faction\Hamas will boycott a Jan. 9 presidential election for a\successor to Yasser Arafat, a senior Hamas leader said on\Wednesday. | 0 |
Myanmar to Detain Suu Kyi Another Year -- Party (Reuters) Reuters - Myanmar's military rulers will keep\opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi isolated under house arrest\until at least Nov. 27 next year, her National League for\Democracy (NLD) said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Egypt and Israel Discuss Gaza Withdrawal (AP) AP - Egypt's foreign minister and Israel's prime minister on Wednesday discussed the terms of a planned Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005, including the deployment of hundreds of Egyptian troops to ensure calm along the volatile Egypt-Gaza border. | 0 |
ESPN to Launch Mobile Phone Service in Sprint Deal (Reuters) Reuters - Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN\sports television network is launching its own brand of mobile\phone service in a deal with Sprint Corp. intended to\lure new users with sports news sent over a next-generation\network, the companies said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Sybase Server Available On IBM Linux Hardware (TechWeb) TechWeb - Sybase Inc. on Tuesday said it plans to ship next year a version of its Linux-based database on IBM's eServer systems. | 3 |
Video System Provides Bench Strength (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - World Champion Boston Red Sox employ video cataloguing of every pitch in every game using specialized software. | 3 |
New Program Turns Consumers Into Spam Vigilantes Lycos Europe debuted a new weapon in the war against unwanted e-mail Tuesday, by launching a screensaver designed to overload the Web sites featured in spam messages. | 3 |
Kennedy Knicknacks to Go on the Block Next Year Lovers of Kennedy lore will get a rare chance at owning some common possessions of late President John F. Kennedy and his family in an auction of art, furniture and other effects from their homes. | 3 |
Turning Phone Into Broadcaster (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - Enterprise communications systems are no longer used simply as tools of convenience and sound business practice but increasingly as crisis-management programs as well. | 3 |
UCI says Tyler Hamilton dumped by Phonak GENEVA (Ticker) - Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton has been dumped by his pro cycling team after he failed blood doping tests, the sport #39;s world governing body announced on Tuesday. | 1 |
Notre Dame fires Willingham After three up-and-down seasons that briefly brought the Notre Dame football program back to elite status, then quickly returned it to mediocrity, it was announced Tuesday | 1 |
Davis Cup final to break spectator records This weekend #39;s Davis Cup final between Spain and the United States is to set a new record for the number of spectators at an official tennis match. | 1 |
Federer Eases to Victory in Qatar Open DOHA (Reuters) - World number one and top seed Roger Federer posted a fluent 6-1, 6-1 victory over Spaniard David Ferrer in the first round of the ATP \$1 million Qatar Open on Monday. | 1 |
Performance, not passion, must be Lerner #39;s strength Visual clues for Browns #39; fans are in short supply. Lerner is camera shy, speaking on the day of Butch Davis #39; departure only after public relations people asked the live cameras to go dark. | 1 |
Bush to Thank Canadians for Post-9/11 Aid (AP) AP - When the United States closed its airspace after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, more than 200 airliners were diverted to airports across Canada, where stranded travelers were welcomed into homes. | 0 |
Brazil Garbage Dump Could Be Climate Trailblazer (Reuters) Reuters - A Brazilian garbage dump could be a\trailblazer for thousands of projects in developing nations\under a U.N. plan to battle global warming, a Norwegian company\said Wednesday. | 3 |
More than 400 Filipinos dead as new storm nears MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The death toll from landslides and flash floods in the eastern Philippines reached 412 Wednesday, as emergency officials warned of a new storm system approaching. | 0 |
Canadians protest against Bush visit THOUSANDS of Canadians have taken to the streets in protest as US President George Bush began his first official visit to the country. | 0 |
President attacked in central Belgrade BELGRADE -- Wednesday - Unknown assailants tried to force a car carrying Serbian President Boris Tadic off the road last night in what appeared to be a planned attack, according to Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti. | 0 |
Boycott of Palestinian Elections Sought GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Dec 1, 2004 - A Hamas leader announced Wednesday that the Islamic militant group will not field a candidate in Jan. 9 presidential elections and said he expected Hamas supporters not to participate in the vote. | 0 |
Palestinian master bombmaker sentenced JERUSALEM -- An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a Kuwaiti-born bombmaker to 67 consecutive life terms in jail for killing dozens of Israelis and at least five Americans. | 0 |
Parades Mark AIDS Day, Africans Told 'Abstain' BEIJING (Reuters) - The world's two most populous nations promised on Wednesday to eradicate ignorance about AIDS, a disease that was at first dismissed by many as a Western evil confined to drug users, homosexuals and prostitutes. | 0 |
Future Uncertain for Rare Hawaiian Bird (AP) AP - One of Earth's rarest birds might have gone into extinction following the death of one of the last known po'ouli. | 3 |
China Toll 166 in Grim Saga of Mine Deaths BEIJING (Reuters) - All the coal miners trapped after a gas explosion in a shaft in northern China are dead, bringing the toll to 166 in one of the worst disasters to hit the world's most dangerous mining industry, state media said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Hamas Says to Boycott Palestinian Presidential Vote GAZA (Reuters) - The Palestinian Islamic militant faction Hamas will boycott a Jan. 9 presidential election for a successor to Yasser Arafat, a senior Hamas leader said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Mozambique Votes to Elect Successor to Chissano MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique used canoes and helicopters to ferry ballot papers to remote rural districts for Wednesday's election to pick a successor to President Joaquim Chissano who spent 18 years in office. | 0 |
Hamas urges PA election boycott Militant group Hamas urges its supporters to boycott the election of a new Palestinian Authority president. | 0 |
Rumsfeld in Iraq abuse complaint US lawyers file a criminal complaint against Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld over abuses at Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq. | 0 |
Mugabe moves against party rivals Deep splits emerge in Zimbabwe's ruling party amidst jockeying for position to succeed President Mugabe. | 0 |
Cannabis raises risk of psychosis \Frequent cannabis use during adolescence and young adulthood raises the risk of psychotic symptoms later in life, research suggests. | 0 |
Crow fan not guilty of stalking A fan who pursued singer Sheryl Crow for 15 months is found not guilty of burglary and stalking charges. | 0 |
PCCW cautious in UK broadband wireless rollout Will launch a fixed wireless service in a 'major city' next year | 3 |
Fakes seized in anti-piracy raids Illegal CDs, DVDs, computer software and games worth 10m are seized in central Scotland. | 3 |
Dollar Falls, Hits Record Low Vs. Euro LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar tumbled to a record low against the euro and a 12-year trough versus sterling on Wednesday as it ran into a fresh wave of selling after consolidating earlier this week. | 2 |
ESPN to Launch Mobile Phone Service in Sprint Deal LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co.'s <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=DIS.N qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">DIS.N</A> ESPN sports television network is launching its own brand of mobile phone service in a deal with Sprint Corp. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=FON.N qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">FON.N</A> intended to lure new users with sports news sent over a next-generation network, the companies said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Talking About Linux Technology journalist Robin "Roblimo" Miller will be online to discuss his new book, "Point and Click Linux: Your Guide to Hassle-Free Computing." | 3 |
Microsoft to Open Research Center in India Microsoft Corp. is further expanding its presence in India with plans to open a research center in Bangalore. | 3 |
HP Touts Software to Slow Computer Worms Engineers at Hewlett-Packard Co. are working on "virus-throttling" software that they say could slow the spread of Internet-borne viruses and worms. | 3 |
ESPN to Launch Mobile Phone Service in Sprint Deal <p>\</p><p> LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co.'s <DIS.N> ESPN\sports television network is launching its own brand of mobile\phone service in a deal with Sprint Corp. <FON.N> intended to\lure new users with sports news sent over a next-generation\network, the companies said on Wednesday.</p> | 3 |
Mass. Gets Electronic Gun Fingerprinting With a quick electronic scan of a fingerprint, gun shop owners in Massachusetts will know immediately if a customer is eligible to buy a weapon, using a system that officials say is the first of its kind in the nation. | 3 |
Stakes high for EU science plans Europe must deliver on plans to set up an independent funding body for science or face an unprecedented brain drain, a leading scientist warns. | 3 |
BSE cattle ban to be phased out Plans to phase out the ban on cattle over 30 months old being sold as meat are announced. | 3 |
Holiday spirits are highest for stores that banked on weekend <b>...</b> If sales from the first weekend of the 2004 holiday shopping season taught retailers anything, it #39;s that there is no such thing as too much promotion. | 2 |
Harmony loses latest round in hostile takeover bid JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South African mining group Harmony has lost the latest round in a hostile takeover of rival Gold Fields when a court rejected an urgent attempt to appeal against a ruling frustrating its bid to create the world #39;s largest gold producer | 2 |
Goodyear sharpens focus as it sells plantation unit Goodyear Tire amp; Rubber, the biggest North American tiremaker, has agreed to sell its 95 percent stake in an Indonesian rubber-plantation unit to Bridgestone to end production of natural rubber and focus on tires. | 2 |
Microsoft to open research lab in India BANGALORE, INDIA - Microsoft Corp. is setting up a research lab in Bangalore, India, that will focus on areas including computing technologies for emerging markets, according to a company executive. | 3 |
Harbhajan has South Africa in spin Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh ran through the South African top order to give India a whiff of victory on the fourth day of the second test in Calcutta on Wednesday. | 1 |
US Davis Cuppers plan to use patience SEVILLE - Andy Roddick is known for his power. He #39;ll need patience, too, in the Davis Cup final against Spain. Playing on red clay in front of an expected record crowd, Roddick might need to tone down his | 1 |
Washington proposes to cap ballpark cost at \$630 million Financing for a ballpark for the Washington-bound Expos would be capped at \$630 million under an amendment approved Tuesday by the District of Columbia Council. | 1 |
Hex draw announced On February 9 the US will open the final round of World Cup qualifying in Trinidad amp; Tobago after the draw was announced Tuesday morning by FIFA. | 1 |
Microsoft Investigates Windows Server Flaw Vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain complete control of a system. | 3 |
Tech.gov: Barriers to Free Wi-Fi Federal and state governments usually promote competition for telecom services, but some states are blocking free Wi-Fi access. | 3 |
Gretzky Says Lockout Could Last 2 Years (AP) AP - Wayne Gretzky fears the NHL could be shut down for as long as two years if a labor deal is not reached soon. | 1 |
Shopping Search Update 2004, Part 2 Here's a look at new and interesting developments at the major shopping search and comparision sites during 2004. Today: NexTag, PriceGrabber, Shopping.com/Dealtime and Yahoo Shopping. | 3 |
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