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Australian Official Travels to Iraq (AP) AP - Defense Minister Robert Hill traveled to Iraq Saturday to meet with some of the 900 soldiers Australia has stationed there as part of the U.S.-led coalition, the ministry said. | 0 |
Brehaut Takes Lead in PGA Tour Qualifier (AP) AP - Jeff Brehaut shot an 11-under 61 Friday and took a two-stroke lead halfway through the PGA Tour's final qualifying tournament. | 1 |
Bush Appealing to Congress on 9/11 Bill (AP) AP - President Bush will make a final appeal to Congress to find a way to pass legislation before the end of the year that would make the Sept. 11 commission's terror-fighting recommendations law, White House officials said Friday. | 0 |
Halifax forecasts 2 house price fall House prices will decline 2 per cent over the next year as the market experiences a quot;measured slowdown quot;, the Halifax said yesterday. | 2 |
Wolves amp; Dudley agree Burtonwood takeover Wolverhampton amp; Dudley, the brewer and pub group, announced a 120m offer for Burtonwood of Cheshire, sparking speculation about a wave of sector consolidation. | 2 |
Watchdogs: Don #39;t Scale Back Nuke Cleanup The US Department of Homeland Security plans to scale back the level of cleanup recommended after detonation of a dirty bomb, policy watchdogs assert. | 3 |
Ubisoft Ships Prince of Persia: Warrior Within SAN FRANCISCO, CA - December 2, 2004 -bisoft, one of the worlds leading video game publishers, today announced that Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is now available on store shelves for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, Xbox | 3 |
On a Slow Court, Spain Is Quicker The first day of the Davis Cup final between Spain and the United States made history as a record 27,200 spectators took their seats under the temporary roof in the Estadio Olimpico. | 1 |
Yanks May Have to Pay to Send Giambi Away The Yankees are making plans for the 2005 season, desperately hoping that Jason Giambi will be a former Yankee but operating, at least for the moment, as if he will be with them. | 1 |
Miller #39;s winning streak ends at three as Goergl wins Super Austrian Stephan Goergl ended American Bode Miller #39;s three-race winning streak by taking a World Cup Super-G race in the Colorado Rockies on Thursday. | 1 |
Confusing week coming to end at Utah Eventually, the Utah Utes will know who they #39;re playing, where they #39;re playing and who will be coaching them in the future. | 1 |
NBA, Union Debate Brawl Before Arbitrator NBA, Players #39; Union Go Before Arbitrator to Debate Suspensions of Four Players Over Mich. Brawl. A fan wearing a T-shirt with a message about the Indiana Pacers watches a large television screen during the | 1 |
Mosul clashes plague forces in North Iraq American and Iraqi forces clashed with insurgents in several areas of Mosul yesterday, killing at least 11 attackers in a key northern city that has seen a surge in violence recently, officials said. | 0 |
Far Fewer Jobs Were Added in November Than Forecast The economy added 112,000 payroll jobs in November, far fewer than the month before and not enough to keep up with average increases in the adult population. | 2 |
Weighing I.B.M.'s Possible Absence in the PC Market I.B.M. is in discussions to sell its PC business to Lenovo, the largest maker of PC's in China - a burgeoning market that Hewlett-Packard and Dell covet. | 2 |
Coupons in Hand, Shoppers Welcome Markdowns Shocked by a mediocre post-Thanksgiving weekend, merchants are rushing to mark down their merchandise - before the majority of holiday shoppers have even seen it. | 2 |
Some Officials Seeking Shift From Pensions Some California officials are proposing that the state get out of the pension business and give state and municipal workers a 401(k) plan instead. | 2 |
Rare bird falls to avian malaria An extremely rare Hawaiian bird dies in captivity, possibly marking the extinction of its entire species only 31 years after it was first discovered. | 3 |
Pound: Jones Should Lose Olympic Medals (AP) AP - Marion Jones should be stripped of her five Olympic medals if allegations that she used banned drugs before the 2000 Sydney Games are true, World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound said Friday. | 1 |
Pacers Activate Miller From Injured List (AP) AP - Guard Reggie Miller was activated from the Indiana Pacers' injured list Friday, and the franchise's career scoring leader will make his season debut this weekend after serving a one-game suspension. | 1 |
Yanks May Have to Pay to Send Giambi Away Even though the Yankees are trying to develop a case against Jason Giambi, they are skeptical about ever getting his contract voided. | 1 |
Mets Cut Ties With Hospital The Mets were one of the first professional sports franchises to enter a long-term, multimillion-dollar agreement with a hospital in which the hospital paid for the right to have its doctors treat members of the team. | 1 |
Nationals Open Shop A 1,000-square-foot gray trailer in the parking lot of RFK Stadium serves as the first retail outlet fans can get Nationals gear. | 1 |
Pennington to Start Quarterback Chad Pennington is scheduled to start for the New York Jets when they face the Houston Texans on Sunday. | 1 |
Portis Will Be Busy Running back Clinton Portis should get the ball often against the Giants as the Redskins plan to rotate Ladell Betts in less often. | 1 |
Pavano on Tour Coveted free agent pitcher Carl Pavano will visit five cities, including Baltimore, in less than a week to decide where to sign. | 1 |
Cavs Cage Tigers Freshman Sean Singletary scores 25 points and Devin Smith has 23 on Friday night as No. 24 Virginia overcomes a huge game by Auburn freshman Toney Douglas to edge the Tigers, 89-87. | 1 |
Wizards Pummel Hawks, 114-90 (AP) AP - Larry Hughes scored 19 points and Juan Dixon added 17 to lead Washington to a 114-90 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night, moving the Wizards four games over .500 for the first time in almost three years. | 1 |
Microsoft introduces new blog service Microsoft Corp., worlds largest software maker, has entered the blog market with its new MSN Spaces beta service that it started offering to end-users starting Thursday. | 3 |
Miller in downhill win BODE Miller earned his fourth win of the season when he and fellow American Daron Rahlves finished a first-ever 1-2 in a World Cup downhill today. | 1 |
Magic Defeat Knicks, 104-98 (AP) AP - Cuttino Mobley scored 34 points in his second game back from a groin injury and made two key hustle plays down the stretch to lead the Orlando Magic past the New York Knicks 104-98 Friday night. | 1 |
Powerful drug kingpin extradited to US Drug kingpin Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, wearing handcuffs and a bulletproof vest, flew late Friday aboard US government plane for trial in the United States, becoming the most powerful Colombian trafficker to ever be extradited | 0 |
Meyer Spurns Irish for Gators Notre Dame has failed and Florida has succeeded in hiring Utah Coach Urban Meyer, according to various family members. | 1 |
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Cable as Internet Carrier The Supreme Court on Friday stepped into one of the most heated debates over the future of the Internet: how to classify high-speed Internet cable service for purposes | 2 |
New McDonald #39;s Chief Vows to Keep Strategy Unchanged The new chief executive of the McDonald #39;s Corporation, James A. Skinner, promised yesterday to continue the positive momentum the company has had for the last 18 months and make no significant | 2 |
Congo Tells Rwanda Troops to Stay Out President Joseph Kabila accused Rwanda on Friday of trying to cause a confrontation with Congo in an effort to disrupt Congolese moves to secure the country and move toward elections next year. | 0 |
Man stabs 12 children in northeast China A man stabbed and injured 12 first-grade children at a primary school in northeast China Friday morning before being seized by police, Xinhua news agency said. | 0 |
IBM Focuses on Services, Outsourcing Units (AP) AP - International Business Machines Corp.'s possible exit from the personal computer business would be the latest move in what amounts to a long goodbye from a field it pioneered and revolutionized. | 3 |
Chiefs' Green Expected to Start Sunday (Reuters) Reuters - Kansas City Chiefs\quarterback Trent Green is expected to start in Sunday's game\against the Oakland Raiders despite suffering from bruises to\his ribs and hip. | 1 |
CORRECTED: Tundra Study Backs Longer Oil-Search Season (Reuters) Reuters - Snow is more important than\ice in protecting the delicate tundra from disturbances, a\finding that holds promise for a longer oil-exploration season\in Alaska's rapidly warming Arctic, state officials said on\Friday. | 3 |
Jamal Lewis Out Versus Bengals BALTIMORE, (Sports Network) - Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis will miss his second straight game with a sprained right ankle when his club takes on the Cincinnati Bengals this Sunday. | 1 |
Explorer Says Titanic Should Be Protected (AP) AP - Legendary explorer Robert Ballard was nervous this summer as he prepared to return to the Titanic for the first time since he discovered the famous shipwreck nearly two decades ago. | 3 |
Backman Sentenced to 10 Days in Jail KENNEWICK, Wash., (Sports Network) - Wally Backman, briefly the manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, was sentenced to 10 days in jail Friday for violating his probation. | 1 |
Scientist: Prairie Dogs Have Own Language (AP) AP - Prairie dogs, those little pups popping in and out of holes on vacant lots and rural rangeland, are talking up a storm. They have different "words" for tall human in yellow shirt, short human in green shirt, coyote, deer, red-tailed hawk and many other creatures. | 3 |
Yankees and Mets Swap Relievers NEW YORK, (Sports Network) - The New York Yankees and New York Mets swapped lefthanded relievers on Friday, with the Yankees shipping Felix Heredia across the East River in exchange for Mike Stanton and cash considerations. | 1 |
Bodies Found in Nicaragua May Be Briton, American MANAGUA, Nicaragua (Reuters) - Nicaraguan police found two bodies on Friday on a volcanic island and said they were likely the remains of an American and a Briton who went missing last month. | 0 |
Tech Stings Bulldogs Stephanie Higgs scores 16 points to lead Georgia Tech to a 55-49 upset of No. 6 Georgia, which shot just 29 percent Friday night in Atlanta and lost for the second time in a week. | 1 |
Ukrainian Court Orders New Vote for Presidency Ukraine's Supreme Court overturned the results of the country's disputed election and ordered a new runoff by Dec. 26. | 0 |
Germans Say Plot Against Allawi Foiled; 3 Arrested German authorities said they disrupted a possible plot to attack Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, during his visit here Friday, arresting three Iraqi men and conducting raids across the country. | 0 |
Suspicion Swirls Around Bonds The lawyer for Barry Bonds confirmed Friday that the San Francisco Giants left fielder used a clear substance and a cream given to him by his personal weight trainer | 1 |
Pennington Scheduled To Start for the Jets Quarterback Chad Pennington is scheduled to return to the New York Jets #39; lineup tomorrow against the Houston Texans at Giants Stadium. | 1 |
Miami Heat Crush the Bulls 105-81 (AP) AP - Shaquille O'Neal didn't dominate and didn't need to Friday night. Reserve Christian Laettner scored 23 points #151; making 10 of 13 shots #151; Eddie Jones added 21 and O'Neal 18 as the Miami Heat moved the ball around the floor, shot 50.6 percent and beat the Chicago Bulls 105-81. | 1 |
Baseball Owners Tentatively OK Expos Move (AP) AP - Baseball owners took another step toward moving the Montreal Expos to Washington next year, giving conditional approval Friday but hinging their decision on the September agreement that did not cap the cost of a new ballpark. | 1 |
Eustachy Returns to Iowa, but Loses Game (AP) AP - Larry Eustachy returned to Iowa with a new look and a new attitude. He also picked up a technical foul. Some things never change. | 1 |
Weighing a PC Market After a Retreat by I.B.M. I.B.M. is in discussions to sell its PC business to Lenovo, the largest maker of PC's in China - a burgeoning market that Hewlett-Packard and Dell covet. | 3 |
Salvation Army Hurts After Target Denial The sound of bell ringers has always been heard at Target stores, but this year the bells have been silenced, and that silence is having tremendous effects. | 2 |
US Newspapers and their Audience USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but dont really understand the Washington Post. They do, however, like their smog statistics shown in pie charts. | 2 |
Spurs Hold on to Beat the Pistons 80-77 (AP) AP - Ben Wallace's return from a six-game suspension couldn't help the Detroit Pistons overcome San Antonio, with Tony Parker scoring 20 points and Brent Barry hitting two critical free throws in the final seconds as the Spurs held on for a rugged 80-77 victory Friday night. | 1 |
Spain lead United State 2-0 in Davis Cup final Rafael Nadal upset Andy Roddick 6-7 (8-6), 6-2, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 to give Spain a 2-0 lead over the United States in the Davis Cup final in Seville, Spain, on Friday. | 1 |
Celtics 91, Raptors 89 Gary Payton saved his biggest contribution for last, going scoreless for the first time in Boston but stealing the ball in the final seconds to help the Celtics hold off the Toronto Raptors 91-89 Friday night. | 1 |
Russia opposes veto powers for India NEW DELHI, Dec 3: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday expressed his opposition to veto powers for India or any other country seeking to become member of a revamped UN Security Council. | 0 |
England emerge champions England made their first-ever appearance in the IRB Emirates International Dubai Sevens a winning one by posting a 26-21 win over a Fijian side twice reduced to six men on the field. | 1 |
Rockies #39; Neagle arrested for solicitation of prostitution Denver, CO (Sports Network) - Colorado Rockies pitcher Denny Neagle was arrested early Friday for allegedly paying a woman \$40 for oral sex, the Rocky Mountain News reported. | 1 |
Annan #39;s Post at the UN May Be at Risk, Officials Fear United Nations officials fear that Secretary General Kofi Annan may have lost the confidence of the organization #39;s most powerful constituent, the United States. | 0 |
Sharon faces uphill battle to form new coalition JERUSALEM (AFP)- Israel #39;s prime minister stepped up efforts yesterday to overcome resistance within his right-wing Likud party to include Labour in an enlarged government coalition, ahead of a decisive party meeting next week. | 0 |
Rare bird falls to avian malaria An extremely rare Hawaiian bird has died in captivity, possibly marking the extinction of its species only 31 years after it was first discovered. | 3 |
Rockies Name Third Base Coach (AP) AP - The Colorado Rockies named Mike Gallego their third base coach and Jeff Bridich as manager of minor league operations on Friday. | 1 |
No. 23 Iowa Crushes Centenary 88-53 (AP) AP - Pierre Pierce scored 19 points and No. 23 Iowa continued to dominate in its own tournament, rolling to an 88-53 victory over winless Centenary on Friday night in the first round of the Hawkeye Challenge. | 1 |
High Court To Decide Cable Case The Supreme Court yesterday agreed to consider whether the federal government should require cable television operators to open their cable lines to Internet service providers offering competing services. | 2 |
SUVs gaining popularity The Census Bureau has confirmed what any driver on the Parkway East already knows: There are a lot of sport utility vehicles out there. | 2 |
Lycos Europe #39;s antispam tool no longer available After days of negative publicity and criticism, Lycos Europe #39;s quot;Make love not spam quot; screensaver application is no longer available. | 3 |
Spain sweeps opening singles from US in Davis Cup final With drums pounding and a brass band playing, Andy Roddick and his US teammates were reduced to silence yesterday in the Davis Cup final. | 1 |
Unbeaten Auburn looks like a loser quot;The system has forsaken us, quot; moans local contractor quot;Tiny Tim quot; Thompson, standing in the parking lot of a strip mall less than a mile from Auburn University. | 1 |
Germany foils plan to attack Allawi German authorities claimed to have foiled a plot to attack Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, as German police arrested three Iraqis in a series of raids across three cities. | 0 |
Indian press lashes Putin for ruling out UN Security Council veto NEW DELHI (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin has been given a thumbs-down from India #39;s media after failing to back veto rights for any new permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. | 0 |
Rumsfeld to Remain at Pentagon President Bush will keep Donald H. Rumsfeld as defense secretary, administration aides said Friday, hours after Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson resigned with a dire warning about the nation's vulnerability. | 0 |
One State Talks About Shifting Out of Pensions Some California officials are proposing that the state get out of the pension business and give state and municipal workers a 401(k) plan instead. | 2 |
TSA Keeping Pat-Down Procedures in Place Despite a barrage of complaints, the Transportation Security Administration will continue to require physical pat-downs for some passengers at security checkpoints. | 2 |
Holiday Gift Card Giving Gets More Innovative From department store to discounter, retailers are using innovative technology and clever packaging to make shoppers feel good about giving the gift of plastic. | 2 |
Fox Calls For Court Review of Standards Fox Broadcasting Co. is appealing a record-setting \$1.18 million fine for airing racy fare on a show called "Married by America," saying the government's indecency rules for broadcast television are unconstitutional because they don't apply to cable and satellite television. | 2 |
Boeing Changes Management in Key Division Boeing Co. changed management of its commercial aircraft division yesterday, replacing the head of the sales team after losing several competitions to its European rival Airbus SAS. | 2 |
Riggs Bank Replaces Its Chief Legal Officer Riggs has replaced Joseph M. Cahill as part the ongoing fallout from a recent internal investigation into failures to abide by federal laws designed to prevent money laundering. | 2 |
Prosecutors Want Trial to Remain in Houston Federal prosecutors Friday urged a judge in Houston to keep the fraud trial of three former Enron Corp. executives in the energy trader's hometown, saying that a fair trial is possible. | 2 |
NBA Wrap: Spurs Squeeze Past Pistons (Reuters) Reuters - Tony Parker scored 20 points and Brent\Barry made two free throws in the final seconds to give the San\Antonio Spurs an 80-77 win over the Detroit Pistons Friday. | 1 |
Tennis: Spain take 2-0 lead over US in Davis Cup final Rafael Nadal upset world number two Andy Roddick in four sets to give Spain a commanding two-nil lead over the United States in the Davis Cup final on Friday. | 1 |
NHL players still oppose salary cap An overwhelming majority of NHL players who expressed their opinion in a poll said they would not support a salary cap even if it meant saving a season that was supposed to have started Oct. 13. | 1 |
Revived Wizards remain on a roll One of the longest-running curiosities in sports is why fans in Atlanta don #39;t come out to professional sports events. And many fans who showed up at Philips Arena last night | 1 |
Danforth Says He Left Position At UN for Personal Reasons John C. Danforth, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said Friday that he withdrew his name from contention for any senior post in President Bush #39;s second term | 0 |
Indian press lashes Putin for ruling out UN Security Council veto (AFP) AFP - President Vladimir Putin earned a thumbs-down from India's media after failing to back veto rights for any new permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. | 0 |
Newest Reports Place Bonds Back at Center of Steroid Case Barry Bonds is being linked more than ever to what could be baseball's biggest scandal since the Chicago White Sox threw the 1919 World Series. | 1 |
Fockers retain film chart crown Comedy Meet The Fockers remains top of the North American box office chart after taking another 23.7m. | 0 |
Study Finds Patterns in Web Site User Motivations and Questions Web developer David Poteet of New City Media reports on the User Interface 9 Conference. | 3 |
Stats Likely to Stand Those in charge of baseball's statistics say Barry Bonds's records will remain intact for now. | 1 |
IBM said to be eyeing a sale of its PC business IBM, which pioneered the personal computer business in the 1980s, is said to be negotiating the sale of its PC unit in a move that could reshape the industry. | 2 |
CAD to probe China Aviation Oil on share sale by parent SINGAPORE : China Aviation Oil has confirmed it is being probed by the Commercial Affairs Department for problems at the company. On Friday, the white-collar crime buster | 2 |
Arsenal loss of form is a crisis, says Wenger Arsene Wenger says Arsenal #39;s loss of form adds up to a crisis at Highbury but believes the feeling inside the club remains optimistic. | 1 |
Dominick Guinn and Serguei Liakhovich heavyweight quotes Ballys Atlantic City, in association with Main Events, will present a sensational fight card highlighted by featherweights Rocky Juarez vs. | 1 |
UN urges aid for tsunami orphans The UN highlights the plight of children orphaned by the tsunami disaster, some of whose lives are at risk. | 0 |
Taking Europe for a Ride In a manner that recalls haggling in a Persian bazaar, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Islamic Republic of Iran are engaged in a tussle about the meaning of their recently concluded bargain over Tehrans nuclear program. | 0 |
China: Relations with EU will Suffer if Arms Embargo Continues China has warned that continuing the European Union (EU) arms embargo on Beijing will negatively affect the relationship between them. | 0 |
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