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SUV sales in Tennessee jump fastest in the country KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Sales of sport utility vehicles jumped 151 percent in Tennessee between 1997 and 2002 - faster than any other state and three times the national rate, a new government report says. | 2 |
Microsofts New Blogging Service Microsoft quietly launched its new blogging service, MSN Spaces, earlier this week. The quiet launch has already attracted more than 250,000 users to the new service, still in beta. | 3 |
Napster Creator Creates Way To Pay For Traded Files The man whose Napster software let lots of music fans swap songs on the Internet for free is now working to help the music companies who once sued him out of business. | 3 |
HP drops plans to put Compaq technology into HP-UX DECEMBER 03, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Hewlett-Packard Co. said yesterday that it has abandoned plans to integrate a number of advanced technologies it acquired in its 2002 purchase of Compaq Computer Corp. | 3 |
Nortel Wins \$5M Virtual Call Center Contract with BT A new system from Nortel will replace British Telecom #39;s existing distributed infrastructure based on Nortel Meridian private branch exchange products. | 3 |
Irish botch chance to hire Meyer Doesn #39;t anyone watch The Apprentice? The Donald drove home the point Thursday night that you never underestimate your enemy, and that #39;s precisely what Notre Dame did apparently assuming it could low-ball Meyer | 1 |
Owners vote to move team The president of the re-named Washington Nationals, Tony Tavares, told WTOP Radio the vote was overwhelming. Tavares said the deal to move the Expos remains contingent on the DC Council giving final approval to a stadium plan. | 1 |
Suicide strike kills 14 in Iraq : A suicide car bomber ploughed into a Shia mosque in Baghdad after dawn prayers today, killing 14 people and stoking fears that sectarian divisions over when to hold elections could unleash further bloodshed. | 0 |
REGION: Iran making a lot of mistakes WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday Iran was making a lot of mistakes but said any action to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons was a call for President George W Bush and other leaders to make. | 0 |
Munabao-Khokhropar: Pakistan, India agree to re-open another train <b>...</b> ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India agreed on Friday to re-open the Khokhropar-Munabao railway link, which was severed nearly 40 years ago. | 0 |
North Korea nuclear issue must be resolved peacefully, South <b>...</b> LONDON - South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said on Friday the nuclear standoff with North Korea must be resolved peacefully, despite hawks in the United States pushing for a more hardline approach. | 0 |
Sharon steps up efforts to form national unity govt JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stepped up efforts on Friday to overcome resistance in the ranks of his right-wing Likud party to an enlarged government coalition with the centre-left Labour, ahead of a decisive party meeting. | 0 |
British death toll from tsunami could approach 200: foreign secretary (AFP) AFP - Forty Britons have died in the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster and 159 others were missing and "highly likely" to have died, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said, suggesting the death toll could approach 200. | 0 |
Disney World increases daily ticket prices; offers other options Walt Disney World, revamping its admissions policy for the first time in at least two decades, is dramatically restructuring its ticket pricing structure by offering lower prices for longer stays and other options. | 2 |
Spain on top in Seville Rafael Nadal has repaid the faith shown in him by defeating Andy Roddick in four sets to hand Spain a 2-0 lead after the first day of the Davis Cup final in Seville. | 1 |
Double act can bring Old Firm fans back TOMMY BURNS #39; appointment as Walter Smith #39;s assistant had nothing to do with politics and everything to do with him being the right man. | 1 |
Yanks, Mets close to deal In a change-of-scenery deal, the Yankees are close to a trade that would send left-handed reliever Felix Heredia to the Mets and put Mike Stanton back in pinstripes. | 1 |
Five 2012 Bid Cities Make Presentations To European Olympic <b>...</b> Prior to their 10-minute presentations before the general assembly of the European Olympic Committees in Dubrovnik Croatia, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge spoke to the five cities bidding to host the 2012 Summer Olympic | 1 |
Madrid blasts after ETA warning Five explosions hit Madrid at Friday evening rush hour -- three of them at gas stations -- after a warning from the Basque separatist group ETA, police said. | 0 |
Donation Line For Flooded Philippines Floodwaters have receded in the northern Philippines, following a week of severe flooding and four typhoons, but thousands of people remain cut off from help. | 0 |
Yankees Send Lofton to Phillies for Rodriguez The begin reshaping their roster, sending Kenny Lofton and cash to the Phillies for setup man Felix Rodriguez and nearing a trade to reacquire Mike Stanton from the Mets. | 1 |
UPDATE 1-Aon sells much of Endurance holding for \$320.5 mln Insurance broker Aon Corp. (AOC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday it sold nearly all of its equity investment in property and casualty insurer Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. | 2 |
East Carolina hires Skip Holtz as football coach Holtz replaces John Thompson, who was forced out about two weeks ago after a 3-and-20 record in two seasons with the Pirates. Holtz has spent six years as assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach at South | 1 |
Treasuries Rally as Job Doubts Reemerge NEW YORK (Reuters) - Treasury debt prices soared on Friday after the latest employment figures suggested U.S. job creation continues to lag, soothing worries the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates more aggressively. | 2 |
Oil Prices Fall Below \$43 Crude oil futures sank for a fourth straight day Friday, settling beneath \$43 a barrel for the first time in nearly three months and capping a 14 percent decline for the week. | 2 |
Head of Lockheed's Aeronautics Division to Retire The head of the aeronautics division of defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. will retire next year, the company announced Friday. The division makes fighter jets and other planes for the United States and foreign armies. | 2 |
Microsoft Sues Porn Spammers over #39;Brown Wrapper #39; Violations Spam that includes sexually oriented content viewable in the e-mail message violates the quot;brown paper wrapper quot; rules that are part of the CAN-SPAM law, as well as Federal Trade Commission rules. | 3 |
Lycos pulls the plug on anti-spam screensaver Lycos Europe has yanked its quot;Make Love, Not Spam quot; anti-spam screensaver from its site, leaving only a cryptic message of quot;Stay Tuned quot; in its place. | 3 |
Expos move gets owner backing MLB owners have voted 29-1 to approve the proposed move of the Montreal Expos to Washington for the 2005 season. The decision is still subject to the District of Columbia government enacting funding for a new stadium. | 1 |
Vizcaino gets one-year deal Houston Astros: The Astros re-signed utility infielder Jose Vizcaino to a one-year contract. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Vizcaino made \$1.2 million last year. | 1 |
Holtz introduced as East Carolina #39;s football coach East Carolina introduced former South Carolina assistant Skip Holtz as its head football coach on Friday, welcoming him as the man to lead the program quot;into a new era. | 1 |
Holtz Introduced As East Carolina Coach (AP) AP - East Carolina introduced former South Carolina assistant Skip Holtz as its head football coach on Friday, welcoming him as the man to lead the program "into a new era." | 1 |
Meyer Headed to Univ. of Florida JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Sports Network) - In a surprising turn of events, Urban Meyer is expected to be named head football coach at the University of Florida. | 1 |
Yankees Re-Sign Catcher Flaherty NEW YORK (Sports Network) - The New York Yankees re-signed catcher John Flaherty to a one-year contract on Friday. | 1 |
Dow chemical given poison well water to mark mass Bhopal deaths (AFP) AFP - A group of activists on Friday delivered to Dow Chemical a container of poisoned well water from the Bhopal gas disaster site to mark the 20th anniversary of the world's worst industrial accident in India. | 0 |
Bush asks defence chief to stay US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld accepts a request from President Bush to say in his job, a senior official said. | 0 |
Supreme Court Takes Broadband Regulation Case Grotius writes quot;Reuters reported that the Supreme Court will hear a broadband regulation case that may determine whether FCC regulations apply to cable companies providing broadband services. | 2 |
Weak employment report casts doubts over US economic strength WASHINGTON (AFP) - A weaker-than-anticipated report on the US labor market, showing just 112,000 jobs added in November, cast fresh doubts over the pace of growth of the world #39;s largest economy. | 2 |
ANNWhat does Asia want from China? Asians tend not to be very straightforward. They avoid precise questions and exact answers, even on matters of paramount importance - like money. | 2 |
Microbes on Mars pose risk to Earth Earth #39;s defences may need to be boosted against the risk of potentially deadly microbes returning on board space probes sent to study Mars, according to leading scientists. | 3 |
Death toll reaches 35 in Philippine typhoon MANILA - Powerful Typhoon Yoyong, which pounded the main Philippine island Luzon from late Thursday, killed at least 35 people in landslides, electrocutions and by falling trees, disaster officials said Friday. | 0 |
US Treasury report finds no forex manipulation None of the United States #39; major trading partners manipulated their currencies to gain economic advantage in the first half of 2004, the US Treasury Department said in a report released on Friday. | 2 |
Kildow Continues US Domination in Downhill Skiing Lindsey Kildow of the United States won a women #39;s downhill Friday to celebrate the first World Cup victory of her career. With compatriots Bode Miller and | 1 |
Flaherty agrees to stay with Yankees Backup catcher John Flaherty decided to stay with the New York Yankees, agreeing Friday to an \$800,000, one-year contract. Flaherty, 37, hit .252 in 127 at-bats but was the key to several New York wins, hitting six homers and driving in 16 runs. | 1 |
Treasury Report Finds No Manipulation WASHINGTON (Reuters) - None of the United States' major trading partners manipulated their currencies to gain economic advantage in the first half of 2004, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a report released on Friday. | 2 |
IBM in talks to sell its PC business IBM is in talks to sell its personal computer manufacturing business which, if successful, would mark the end of an era in the brief history of the PC, a machine the company helped to invent. | 2 |
Office Depot Aims for Business Customers NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retailer Office Depot Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ODP.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ODP.N</A> is making over its brand, appealing to small business customers who still find it hard to distinguish its staples from those of its biggest rival. | 2 |
US Study Says Sage Grouse Not Endangered The US Fish and Wildlife Service said on Friday its senior biologists have recommended that the greater sage grouse not be listed as an endangered species, a finding for | 2 |
Rothschild Buys Stake in Liberation Paper When the leading left-wing tabloid sells a sizable stake to a Rothschild heir, you know things are getting desperate for France #39;s newspaper industry. | 2 |
Mervyn #39;s Welcomes Back Salvation Army Bell Ringers Mervyns announced Thursday it is lifting its ban on Salvation Army bell ringers and is making an exception to its no solicitation policy for the Armys annual Christmas Kettle Drive. | 2 |
McDonald #39;s CEOs display pattern of chronic disease Embattled McDonald #39;s has lost its second CEO in the past year after Charlie Bell resigned today to continue his battle with cancer. | 2 |
Wal-Mart Brightens Dec. Sales Forecast NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=WMT.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">WMT.N</A>, the world's biggest retailer, on Monday brightened its outlook for December sales at U.S. stores open at least a year, now expecting sales to increase 3 percent. | 2 |
Lycos Europe Appears To Have Canned Its Spam War Earlier this week, the online community/portal company started distributing a screensaver that conducted the attacks by making requests from servers quot;verified to be spam-advertising sites, quot; Lycos said. | 3 |
Stocks Set to Start '05 on Upbeat Note NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures gained on Monday as oil prices slid lower -- pointing to an upbeat start to 2005 when Wall Street opens. | 2 |
Singulus to support Blu-ray Disc mass production DECEMBER 03, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - TOKYO -- Blu-ray Disc will take an important step forward next year when Singulus Technologies AG begins selling machines for mass producing read-only versions of the discs, the company said this week. | 3 |
HP laughs off Tru64 promises, welcomes Veritas HP has given up on trying to bring key parts of Compaq/DEC #39;s Tru64 operating system over to HP-UX and decided instead to buy similar technology from Veritas. | 3 |
Kazaa launches file-swap defence Lawyers for file-swapping software firm Kazaa have begun their defence in a landmark Australian music piracy case. Kazaa said its software, which allows users to exchange copyrighted music over | 3 |
Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within is Now Available! Ubisoft has announced that Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within is now out for all platforms, including the Nintendo GameCube. Developed by Ubisofts Montreal studio, the same that brought you Prince of | 3 |
From the sidelines SI.com spoke to Sports Illustrated senior writer Jon Wertheim, who is in Seville, Spain, covering the Davis Cup final for the magazine. | 1 |
Reports say Meyer is gone Amid widespread media reports that he has accepted the job as head football coach at the University of Florida, Utah #39;s Urban Meyer was at his home Friday afternoon in Sandy, a suburb of Salt Lake City. | 1 |
John Flaherty is a career .255 hitter with 78 homers and 384 RBIs. <b>...</b> NEW YORK -- The Yankees made their first player signing of the 2004-05 offseason on Friday, inking backup catcher John Flaherty to a one-year contract. | 1 |
Egypt, Israel Work to Resolve Dispute (AP) AP - In the latest sign of improving ties, Egypt and Israel moved closer to resolving a simmering dispute Friday, a day after President Hosni Mubarak called Israel's prime minister the best chance for Mideast peace. | 0 |
A sovereign Quebec would help trade between Quebec and northeast: Duceppe (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - (CP) - Trade between Quebec and the northeastern United States is a natural and a sovereign Quebec would help make it easier, Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe said Friday. | 0 |
Danforth's moderate leanings tested in politics and at UN (AFP) AFP - John Danforth, who has resigned as US ambassador to the United Nations, is a respected moderate within the Republican establishment and an ordained Episcopal priest sometimes nicknamed "Saint Jack." | 0 |
Kiev Parties as Court Orders Re-Run of Rigged Poll KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine begins preparing on Saturday for a new election after its highest court annulled a rigged poll, breaking a political deadlock and triggering a night of ecstatic street celebrations in Kiev. | 0 |
Powell Says U.S. Can't Hunt Iran Nukes in Caves WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Friday that Washington had no way to force Iran to allow U.N. inspectors unrestricted access to suspected nuclear sites despite U.S. doubts Tehran would come clean on its own. | 0 |
Wal-Mart Brightens Dec. Sales Forecast (Reuters) Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the\world's biggest retailer, on Monday brightened its outlook for\December sales at U.S. stores open at least a year, now\expecting sales to increase 3 percent. | 2 |
Hornets, Mavericks Swap Armstrong, Dickau (AP) AP - The New Orleans Hornets traded veteran guard Darrell Armstrong to the Dallas Mavericks for third-year player Dan Dickau on Friday. | 1 |
Monaco record first Ligue 1 win in nine games Two first half goals within two minutes gave Monaco a 2-0 win over Stade Rennes on Friday, ending a series of eight Ligue 1 games without a win. | 1 |
Abbas making progress on a truce TEL AVIV Mahmoud Abbas, the new leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the man expected to be elected president of the Palestinian Authority, has been making progress in persuading radical groups like Hamas to hold their fire against Israeli | 0 |
DRC FORCES ALERT AS CIVILIANS FLEE The Democratic Republic of Congo has placed it troops on alert and is deploying soldiers to the east of the country, after reports that Rwandan troops have infiltrated the area. | 0 |
November Job Growth Unexpectedly Weak WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy created only 112,000 new jobs in November, the government said on Friday, about a third of October's total and weak enough to deepen a shadow of uncertainty hanging over the holiday sales season. | 2 |
IBM Reported to Put Its PC Business Up for Sale IBM (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is reportedly in talks to sell its personal computer business in a deal that could be worth up to \$2 billion and would cap a | 2 |
Oil prices fall 14 per cent in a week NEW YORK - Crude oil futures fell for a fourth day Friday, settling below \$43 a barrel for the first time since August and extending the week #39;s decline in oil prices to 14 per cent. | 2 |
Salvation Army using cardboard bell-ringers to stoke donations BIRMINGHAM, Ala. That smiling Salvation Army bell-ringer may look a little frozen in place this holiday season, but it #39;s not because of the cold weather. | 2 |
Fidelity still fighting independent chair rule Fidelity Investments hasn #39;t given up its opposition to a rule that requires the boards of mutual funds to have an independent chair, and the senior US senator from New Hampshire is backing that effort. | 2 |
Moody #39;s revises FedEx outlook to stable from negative Moody #39;s Investors Service on Friday revised its outlook on FedEx Corp. (FDX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) to stable from negative, citing expected improvements in FedEx #39;s profits | 2 |
Forbes Removes Ad-Sponsored Links on Site (AP) AP - Forbes magazine is removing paid advertising links from stories that appear on its Web site, abandoning an experiment it began in August. | 3 |
Microsoft Sues over Lewd Spam In seven newly filed lawsuits, Microsoft alleges the purveyors of unsolicited obscene e-mail messages violated federal restrictions. | 3 |
Napster #39;s Fanning Back in the P2P Game The idea behind Snocap, Napster creator Shawn Fanning #39;s new endeavor, is to give rights holders the level of comfort they need to make their content available on P2P networks. | 3 |
MS Rolls Out Second Interim Beta of SQL Server 2005 Microsoft Corp. on Friday released its second Community Technology Preview of SQL Server 2005 and rolled out a new, free tool to manage SQL Server 2000 and MSDE (Microsoft Desktop Engine) 2000. | 3 |
PlayStation 3 chip goes easy on developers com December 3, 2004, 3:26 PM PT. SAN FRANCISCO--The quot;Cell quot; processor that will power the next version of the PlayStation game console will also be adaptable for advanced scientific | 3 |
Sun submits mystery license to open source group A Sun engineer chartered with directing the engineering effort to open source Solaris has published a new software license that could be used for the open-source release of Sun #39;s Unix operating system. | 3 |
Lycos Europe Ends Spam-Fighting Campaign (AP) AP - The Web portal Lycos Europe on Friday terminated a spam-fighting campaign that had been criticized as a breach of Internet civility. | 3 |
Jones to sue Conte over doping claims US sprint queen Marion Jones says she will sue accused steroid peddler Victor Conte over his allegations that she received banned drugs before winning five medals at the Sydney Olympics. | 1 |
Holtz Introduced As East Carolina Coach GREENVILLE, NC Dec 3, 2004 - East Carolina introduced former South Carolina assistant Skip Holtz as its head football coach on Friday, welcoming him as the man to lead the program quot;into a new era. | 1 |
EBay Adds 'Want It Now' Feature (Reuters) Reuters - EBay Inc. has added a\new "Want it Now" feature for people to request exactly what\they want on the online marketplace, a spokesman said on\Friday. | 3 |
IBM Reported to Put Its PC Business Up for Sale (Reuters) Reuters - IBM is reportedly in\talks to sell its personal computer business in a deal that\could be worth up to #36;2 billion and would cap a gradual\withdrawal from the business it helped to pioneer in 1981. | 3 |
Kabila sends 10,000 troops to border KINSHASA, Friday - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday began deploying troops to the east of the country amid reports that Rwandan forces were operating in the area and thousands of civilians were fleeing clashes. | 0 |
Rescuers scramble to help survivors of Philippines floods; more than 650 killed (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - REAL, Philippines (AP) - Helicopters delivered food to famished survivors and picked up casualties as flash floods began to recede, revealing the magnitude of a disaster triggered by back-to-back storms that left more than 650 people dead and nearly 400 missing in the northern Philippines. | 0 |
Report: IBM To Spin Off PC Unit (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - IBM (NYSE: IBM) is selling its PC business, marking the end of an era for the\personal computing pioneer, according to a story published today in the | 3 |
Air India trial ends after 19 months, judge to decide verdict March 16, 2005 (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - VANCOUVER (CP) - The Air India bombing trial concluded Friday, leaving only a judge to decide the verdict of two men accused of plotting Canada's worst mass murder and one of the world's worst acts of terrorism. | 0 |
Apple Shares Fall on Needham Downgrade (AP) AP - Apple Computer Inc. shares fell Friday after Needham amp; Co. downgraded the stock to "hold" from "buy." | 3 |
How Global Warming Can Lead to a Big Chill (Reuters) Reuters - Global warming could lead to a big\chill in the North Atlantic, at least if history is anything to\go by, researchers reported on Friday. | 3 |
Owners Approve Move Baseball's owners vote to approve the relocation of the Expos to Washington for the 2005 season despite a lone objection from Orioles owner Peter Angelos. | 1 |
Lycos Fights Spam With DDOS Lycos Europe has recently joined the fight against spam by releasing a screensaver as part of its "Make Love Not Spam" campaign, which uses its participants machines to bombard websites that advertise through spam e-mails with data, effectively launching a distributed denial of service attack against them, with the intent being to push up bandwidth bills of the spammers who operate these websites. Is this an effective new front in the battle against spam? | 3 |
HP must open source Tru64 goodies - users <strong>Letters</strong> DEC/Compaq hands in pain | 3 |
IBM Reported to Put Its PC Business Up for Sale SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - IBM <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=IBM.N qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">IBM.N</A> is reportedly in talks to sell its personal computer business in a deal that could be worth up to \$2 billion and would cap a gradual withdrawal from the business it helped to pioneer in 1981. | 3 |
EBay Adds 'Want It Now' Feature SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=EBAY.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">EBAY.O</A> has added a new "Want it Now" feature for people to request exactly what they want on the online marketplace, a spokesman said on Friday. | 3 |
BellSouth Prepares Network Upgrade for Video WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BellSouth Corp. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=BLS.N qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">BLS.N</A>, the No. 3 U.S. local telephone company, plans to upgrade its network to offer video services and speedier Internet access to about 80 percent its customers by 2009, industry sources said. | 3 |
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