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Medics' training applies lessons of battle FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- Fake blood spewed, smoke billowed, strobe lights flashed, and two high-tech dummies with limbs blown off lay on the ground. | 0 |
Can Klitschko Establish Himself as the Best against Williams? December 8, 2004. Vitali Klitschko is recognized by Ring Magazine as the Heavyweight Champion of the World. HBO Sports would also like you to believe it. | 1 |
CL Preview: Three teams still in the hunt in Group B LEVERKUSEN/ROME, Dec 7 (SW) - Dynamo Kiev, Bayer Leverkusen, and Real Madrid all have a good chance of qualifying for the Champions League Round of 16 if they can get the right results in Group F on Wednesday night. | 1 |
Signings roundup: Cormier signs two-year deal with Phillies PHILADELPHIA -- Left-handed reliever Rheal Cormier is returning to the Philadelphia Phillies, agreeing to a \$5.75 million, two-year contract. | 1 |
Coach to clash with former point guard Geno Auriemma has coached many great players while turning Connecticut into a five-time national champion. He will coach against one of them for the first time Tuesday night. | 1 |
Philippine officials appeal for international assistance Relief workers battled rain and choppy seas yesterday to deliver food and medicine to the country #39;s northeast following devastating back-to-back storms that killed at least 568 people and left hundreds more missing. | 0 |
Credit Suisse to Overhaul First Boston Operations Credit Suisse Group announced yesterday that it would integrate its Credit Suisse First Boston investment banking arm into the parent company over the next two years in an effort to create a quot;more focused franchise. | 2 |
No. 18 Alabama Holds Off Alabama St. 72-54 (AP) AP - Kennedy Winston scored 21 points and Chuck Davis had 18 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 18 Alabama to a 72-54 victory over Alabama State on Tuesday night. | 1 |
Switched on? Will Juniper Networks, Ciscos chief rival in the router market, make an entry into ethernet switching, and try to take yet another bite out of Ciscos business? | 3 |
Microsoft nears release of 64-bit Windows com December 7, 2004, 10:51 AM PT. Microsoft said Tuesday that it has released a near-final test version of updates to its Windows and Windows Server operating systems. | 3 |
Almunia feeling pressure Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger frankly admitted his goalkeeper, Manuel Almunia is feeling the pressure to perform after a nervous display in the Gunners Champions League win overnight. | 1 |
Red Sox to meet with Pedro in Dominican BOSTON -- The Red Sox offered arbitration to nine players Tuesday, including three key players who helped the club win its first World Series since 1918. | 1 |
Tuesday #39;s Sports Transactions Dec 7, 2004 - KANSAS CITY ROYALS Agreed to terms with RHP Kevin Appier on a minor league contract. OAKLAND ATHLETICS Named Von Hayes manager and Javier Alvidrez trainer of Midland of the Texas League, Todd | 1 |
Arizona State Upsets No. 11 Georgia 67-57 (AP) AP - Kylan Loney had five 3s among her 23 points, and Arizona State used 24 turnovers by 11th-ranked Georgia to win 67-57 Tuesday night. | 1 |
Wall St. Turns to the Time Out as Punishment Regulators are wielding a new weapon against Wall Street firms instead of multimillion-dollar fines: temporarily shutting down certain business lines. | 2 |
US presses Syrians on border security DAMASCUS, Syria -- The State Department's second in command said yesterday that Syria had improved security along its border with Iraq but needed to do more to keep armed supporters of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from sneaking across. | 0 |
EU backs Lamy to head World Trade Organisation Pascal Lamy, the former EU trade commissioner, could become the World Trade Organisation #39;s new director general, replacing Supachai Panitchpakdi when his three-year term runs out in August. | 2 |
Half of all workers on \$2 a day or less A record number people are working in the global economy but half of them make \$2 a day or less, according to a report published yesterday. | 2 |
Messier fined 1m for hiding debts France #39;s market regulator fined Jean-Marie Messier, the disgraced chairman of Vivendi Universal, 1m (700,000) last night for misleading investors with over-optimistic corporate bravado over a two-year period that ended in the collapse of his | 2 |
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 e-mail Client available. Mozilla, after taking on the Internet browser market which is quot;owned quot; by microsoft now decided to take on the Email Client Market, which is also controlled by microsoft. | 3 |
Toshiba #39;s DVD has it both ways Toshiba claimed yesterday to have developed the first DVD that is capable of playing both conventional and high-definition content, in the latest move in the race for the next generation of optical discs. | 3 |
Flash iPod rumours lift Apple stock Apple shares rose 4.9 percent on Monday after analysts said they expected the company to introduce a smaller, cheaper iPod in January. | 3 |
Pitt erupts in second half, routs Duquesne, 87-57 The annual quot;City Game, quot; matching Pittsburgh against cross-town rival Duquesne, has not been much of a game in recent years with the Panthers dominating | 1 |
Red Sox offer arbitration to Martinez, Lowe, Varitek Pedro Martinez, Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek were offered salary arbitration Tuesday by the Boston Red Sox, giving them until Jan. 8 to re-sign three key players who helped the team win its first World Series since 1918. | 1 |
Clippers #39; Brand suspended one game New York, NY (Sports Network) - Los Angeles Clippers forward Elton Brand was suspended Tuesday for one game by the NBA for shoving Charlotte #39;s Emeka Okafor during the fourth quarter of Monday night #39;s game. | 1 |
Cavaliers 103, Nets 97 LeBron James scored 27 points and assisted on Lucious Harris #39; clinching 3-pointer with 6 seconds left as the first-place Cleveland Cavaliers won their eighth straight at home, 103-97 over the New Jersey Nets on Tuesday night. | 1 |
No. 24 Wisconsin Tops Wisconsin-Green Bay (AP) AP - Mike Wilkinson scored 18 points and No. 24 Wisconsin beat Wisconsin-Green Bay 65-55 on Tuesday night, extending the longest home winning streak in Division I to 32 games. | 1 |
Blair petitioned to set up inquiry into Iraqi war dead Dozens of establishment figures, including five former ambassadors and leading military officers, signed an open letter to Tony Blair today calling for an inquiry into the deaths of Iraqis after the war. | 0 |
Goalie Gets Long Workout Providence goaltender David Cacciola expected to face a lot of shots when the Friars visited Boston College on Saturday. But he did not expect about three games' worth. | 1 |
Pierce Thrives in Middle The Redskins may have a tough time retaining improving linebacker Antonio Pierce when he becomes a free agent after the season. | 1 |
Cowboys Ride J. Jones Other running backs were ranked higher than Julius Jones in last April's draft and the Cowboys took heat for trading down and taking him. Now, minds are changing. | 1 |
Pittsburgh Pounds Memphis Carl Krauser scores all but two of his 17 points at the free throw line to lead No. 11 Pittsburgh to a 70-51 victory over Memphis. | 1 |
No 'Lake' Show for Malone Public and private comments from Kobe Bryant have ended any possibility that Karl Malone would rejoin the Los Angeles Lakers, according to Malone's agent. | 1 |
Losing Takes Its Toll Hometown boy Jim O'Brien has found that returning to Philadelphia as head coach is as tough as a week-old cheesesteak. With three new starters, the 76ers are scuffling at 6-10. | 1 |
Merck #39;s Board Appoints Panel to Investigate Handling of Vioxx The directors of Merck, the giant drug maker, have opened an independent investigation into whether the company acted properly regarding Vioxx, the arthritis treatment that it withdrew from the market in September. | 2 |
Football: Real prepare for crucial tie Real Madrid held their final training session in Rome on Tuesday evening ahead of their must-win Champions League match against Roma on Wednesday night. | 1 |
No. 11 Pittsburgh 70, Memphis 51 Krauser, one of seven New York City area players on No. 11 Pittsburgh #39;s roster, scored all but two of his 17 points at the free throw line in a 70-51 victory over Memphis on Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic. | 1 |
51 held over deadly feud in Naples Police have detained more than 50 people in a swoop on the local mafia, known as the Camorra, in the southern Italian city of Naples, which has been the scene of an escalating turf war. | 0 |
Australia to Spend A\$591 Million Increasing Embassy Security Australia #39;s government will spend A\$591 million (\$455 million) to upgrade security at its overseas missions and embassies over the next five years, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said. | 0 |
Clippers' Brand Suspended One Game NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Los Angeles Clippers forward Elton Brand was suspended Tuesday for one game by the NBA for shoving Charlotte's Emeka Okafor during the fourth quarter of Monday night's game. | 1 |
Terps Blast Bonnies No. 19 Maryland overcomes poor first-half shooting to earn a 91-42 victory over St. Bonaventure. | 1 |
Nowitzki Burns Wolves With Latrell Sprewell suspended and Don Nelson tossed two minutes into the game, Dirk Nowitzki becomes the story by scoring 34 points to lift the Mavs over the Wolves, 97-87. | 1 |
U.S. Blasts All Parties in Darfur Conflict (AP) AP - The United States on Tuesday accused all parties in the 22-month conflict in Sudan's western Darfur region of complicity in a growing humanitarian disaster and demanded that those responsible be held accountable for atrocities and attacks on civilians. | 0 |
US marines in Philippines on storm relief mission, health fears grow (AFP) AFP - US marines have begun arriving in the Philippines to help the relief effort from storms that have left over 1,500 people dead or missing, a US military spokesman said. | 0 |
Farmers Being Moved Aside by China's Real Estate Boom A two-tiered property system favors city dwellers while handicapping the farmers once at the core of Chinese society. | 0 |
U.S.: Rebels Aided by Sources in Syria Based on information gathered during the recent fighting in Fallujah, Baghdad and elsewhere in the Sunni Triangle, officials said that a handful of senior Iraqi Baathists operating in Syria are collecting money and turning it over to the insurgency. | 0 |
Europe #39;s Frustration Grows as Dollar Hits Another Low Europe #39;s financial policy makers issued their strongest warnings yet about the dangers of a swooning dollar, and the dollar promptly sank to a new low against the euro. | 2 |
Justices Question Ban on Wine Sales From Out of State If the Supreme Court argument Tuesday on interstate wine sales proves to be a reliable roadmap to the eventual decision, consumers who want to order wine directly from | 2 |
Bipartisan Panel Seeks Greenhouse Gas Limits A bipartisan commission that includes energy industry executives, environmentalists and academics will issue a report today that calls on the nation to adopt mandatory limits | 2 |
Gold Fields Shareholders Reject a Merger Shareholders of the South African mining company Gold Fields rejected a bid to merge with Iamgold of Toronto Tuesday, a development that shifted investors #39; focus back to Harmony Gold Mining #39;s hostile bid for Gold Fields. | 2 |
Rookie J. Jones, Cowboys Up and Running NFL scouts and front-office executives were less than enamored of the top tailbacks available in the draft in April. The first didn #39;t come off the board until the St. | 1 |
Dutchman suspected of aiding Saddam Police in Holland have arrested a Dutch national suspected of supplying thousands of tonnes of nerve gas to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. | 0 |
College Basketball: Pitt, Texas Roll to Easy Wins NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Carl Krauser scored 17 points, grabbed seven rebounds and handed out four assists to lead No. 11 Pittsburgh over Memphis, 70-51, in the Jimmy V Classic from New York's famed Madison Square Garden. | 1 |
The Windup, the Spin as Bonds Gets Advice Many marketing experts say that Barry Bonds needs to issue an apology, but those closest to Bonds indicate that he will remain the same strong and stoic superstar. | 1 |
Play of Some Linemen Carries a Lot of Weight Some massive defensive linemen are the antithesis of the slimmer, more mobile linemen made famous by the Tampa Bay defense and personified by Warren Sapp. | 1 |
French market watchdog fines Vivendi, former CEO PARIS - France #39;s stock market regulator on Tuesday fined Jean-Marie Messier euro1 million (US\$1.35 million) for misleading financial information issued by Vivendi Universal SA when he was its chairman and CEO, Messier #39;s lawyer said. | 2 |
Grieving parents return to sea's edge NAVALADY BEACH, Sri Lanka -- As dawn breaks over Sri Lanka's coast, dozens of parents come to the beach where huge waves seized their children a week ago. | 0 |
Maryland Women #39;s Basketball Returns Home on Tuesday Maryland has scored at least 72 points in its five wins this season and is 23-6 when scoring at least 70 points under head coach Brenda Frese. | 1 |
Lady Bulldogs Host Sun Devils When asked if he was concerned with losing to arch-rival Georgia Tech for the second time in three years last Friday night - that after the Lady Bulldogs won the first 24 meetings in the series by an average of more than 26 points per game -ndy | 1 |
Knicks injured guard Houston activated in Memphis Allan Houston was activated by the New York Knicks in Memphis of Tennessee Tuesday after missing 16 games with a sore left knee and should make his National Basketball Association season debut this week. | 1 |
EU-China summit to give Beijing signal on arms ban THE HAGUE : The EU is set to give a quot;positive signal quot; to China at a summit with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao over his call to lift a 15-year-old EU arms embargo, but no immediate decision is expected. | 0 |
US Blasts All Parties in Darfur Conflict UNITED NATIONS - The United States on Tuesday accused all parties in the 22-month conflict in Sudan #39;s western Darfur region of complicity in a growing humanitarian disaster and demanded that those responsible be held accountable for atrocities and attacks | 0 |
\$591m boost to embassy security THE Federal Government will spend \$591 million on boosting security at Australian missions overseas, providing better protection for staff and visitors. | 0 |
NBA Wrap: Nowitzki Leads Dallas Past Minnesota NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dirk Nowitzki scored 34 points as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 97-87 in National Basketball Association play Tuesday night. | 1 |
Porto Stays Alive, Arsenal and Bremen Progress LONDON (Reuters) - Defending champion Porto produced a thrilling fightback to beat Chelsea 2-1 and grab a Champions League lifeline as Arsenal and Werder Bremen booked their places in the next round Tuesday. | 1 |
The Rockies Waste No Time Taking Action on Neagle While the Yankees tear out their hair trying to decide what to do about Jason Giambi, the Rockies fired Denny Neagle, who was arrested for soliciting a woman for prostitution. | 1 |
Egypt Sees Move Towards Israel-Palestinian Peace (Reuters) Reuters - Egypt's official news agency said\Tuesday significant progress had been made in international\efforts to end Israeli-Palestinian violence, but both sides to\the conflict termed talk of a deal premature. | 0 |
Australia to boost security measures at overseas missions (AFP) AFP - Australia will spend 591 million dollars (460 million US) boosting security at its overseas missions in the aftermath of the Jakarta embassy bombing in September, the government said. | 0 |
IBM Selling PC Unit to China's Lenovo BEIJING/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - IBM is selling its PC-making business to China's largest personal computer maker, Lenovo Group Ltd., for \$1.25 billion, marking the U.S. giant's retreat from an industry it helped pioneer in 1981. | 2 |
OPEC Hawks Want to Keep Prices High Raise prices. Ease production. For weeks ahead of this week's OPEC meeting, hawks in the organization have been talking tough about the need to keep oil revenues high - and lowering output. | 0 |
Retirees Return to the Grind, but This Time It's on Their Own Terms Some companies are trying to rework policies in order to rehire retired professionals who want to return to work on a limited basis. | 2 |
Local IBM PC employees gear up for Lenovo move Lenovo #39;s planned acquisition of IBM #39;s personal computing division is expected to see 180 employees in Australia and 10 in New Zealand transition to the Chinese company, IBM Australia officials said today. | 2 |
Canada reverses its flu vaccine policy ID Biomedical of Vancouver, Canada #39;s main supplier of flu vaccines, said Tuesday it will not sell 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine to the United States. | 2 |
Metcash soars on expectations that Australian prey will turn <b>...</b> Shares in the Australian subsidiary of Metoz, formerly Metro Cash amp; Carry, yesterday jumped 15 percent as investors anticipated its takeover target, Foodland | 2 |
Harmony Gold Stakes a Bold Claim The upstart miner has won a huge round as part of its hostile takeover bid for Gold Fields. It #39;s not money in the bank yet, though. | 2 |
Private aid groups pressing New Delhi for access to islands NEW DELHI -- India's government again put aside private aid groups' urgent requests yesterday to help tsunami survivors on the devastated Andaman and Nicobar Islands, saying a decision would be made after five days. | 0 |
Astronaut #39;s Long Career Ends The longest serving astronaut in history, John W. Young, announced his retirement on Tuesday. Mr. Young, who has spent 42 years at the National Aeronautics and Space | 3 |
A Phony PC Price War? Dell rarely misses an opportunity to remind chief rival Hewlett-Packard (HPQ ) which outfit is king of low-cost PCs. On Dec. 6, one day before HP #39;s semiannual meeting with analysts and investors, Dell (DELL | 3 |
Kazaa Trial Won #39;t Fix Music Industry Blues As an Australian court considers whether Kazaa #39;s parent company should be forced to pay damages for the file sharing that goes on over its peer-to-peer (P2P) network, questions persist about | 3 |
IOC opens investigation into allegations against Jones LONDON (Ticker) - The International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday it has begun its investigation of doping allegations against American gold medal-winning sprinter Marion Jones. | 1 |
Gerrard makes Liverpool quit ultimatum Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard has admitted he could quit Anfield at the end of the season. Skipper Gerrard, who almost joined Chelsea last summer, said: quot;If the club is moving forward and doing well, I won #39;t have to be looking anywhere else. | 1 |
Hamm, Foudy and Fawcett take final bows tonight Another page in the saga of American soccer is turned tonight when the US women #39;s team plays Mexico at Home Depot Center (11 pm ET, ESPN Classic) in | 1 |
NBA Wrap: Nowitzki Leads Dallas Past Minnesota Dirk Nowitzki scored 34 points as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 97-87 in National Basketball Association play Tuesday night. | 1 |
Maryland Is a Bit Off, But Still Wins in Rout No. 19 Maryland is a potent offensive team this season, one with several players who are capable scoring threats. But occasionally, even the best shooters fail to get their shots to fall. | 1 |
NBA: Sprewell suspended over fan-directed obscenities NEW YORK - Minnesota Timberwolves guard Latrell Sprewell has been suspended one game without pay for directing obscenities toward fans, the NBA announced Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila). | 1 |
Bears #39; Krenzel sidelined for season CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Chicago Bears quarterback Craig Krenzel landed on injured reserve Tuesday, effectively ending his season. Krenzel injured an ankle as he scrambled for two yards in the second quarter of a 21-7 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Nov. 25. | 1 |
No. 14 Texas Overwhelms North Texas 86-57 (AP) AP - Brad Buckman scored 18 points and blocked seven shots to lead No. 14 Texas to an 86-57 victory over North Texas on Tuesday night. | 1 |
Annan Rejects Calls For His Resignation UNITED NATIONS -- Kofi Annan is rejecting calls for his resignation, vowing to quot;carry on quot; at the helm of the United Nations for the next two years. | 0 |
US accuses all parties in Darfur conflict of complicity in <b>...</b> UNITED NATIONS The US ambassador to the UN has accused all parties involved in western Sudan #39;s violence of being responsible for a growing humanitarian disaster. | 0 |
Epson developing e-paper, giant flexible screens Seiko Epson is developing flexible display technologies that could lead to "e-paper" that can be rolled up and folded as a replacement for paper-based newspapers or magazines. | 3 |
Sanders Nears Return Ravens defensive back Deion Sanders appears close to returning for Sunday's game against the New York Giants. | 1 |
Official death toll seen underestimated JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The tsunamis last week probably killed more people in the southernmost area of Burma than were reported dead by the country's ruling military junta, but the region has not been independently surveyed because of tightly restricted access, specialists say. | 0 |
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 Email Client Launched Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 Email Client Launched\\Dumped IE for the Firefox Browser? Why not trash Outlook and download Mozilla Thunderbird for the full Mozilla online experience. Moziilla Thunderbird, the second major offering from the Mozilla Foundation was released today in a 1.0 ready for distribution version. The Mozilla Foundation is a ... | 3 |
News: Sprint sued over alleged vice hacks A Las Vegas adult entertainment operator sues his local telephone company in federal court for \$30 million, ressurecting charges that phone hackers crippled his business.\ | 3 |
Hewlett Chief Says a Breakup Was Discussed Hewlett-Packard acknowledged that on three occasions it considered breaking up, but each time the board unanimously decided to keep the company together. | 3 |
Cisco Expects to Hit Estimate for Revenue Cisco Systems, the maker of Internet networking equipment, said that it was on track to meet Wall Street's estimates for 13 percent growth in revenue for fiscal 2005. | 3 |
Telecom Italia Outlines Plan to Purchase Mobile Unit Italia released details of its offer to buy the 44 percent it does not own of its mobile phone unit, Telecom Italia Mobile. | 3 |
Culturally Worlds Apart, Children Touch Musically A simulcast music exchange at Carnegie Hall on Saturday showed how technology can transform social studies and musical collaboration. | 3 |
Insurance Companies Subpoenaed in Probe New York and Connecticut officials say they are investigating whether improper behavior by insurance firms has been a factor in the rapidly rising cost of malpractice insurance for lawyers and doctors. | 2 |
Carmakers Fight Calif. Anti-Pollution Law Major automakers are challenging a state law requiring cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent over the next 12 years, a requirement companies say is prohibitively expensive. | 2 |
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