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County Refocuses on Retail Prince George's County officials Tuesday renewed their push to persuade retailers to locate in the county by releasing a 70-page report that said it is home to more high-income households than Anne Arundel, Howard counties. | 2 |
Chinese Firm To Buy IBM #39;s PC Business For \$1.75 Billion BEIJING -- China #39;s biggest computer maker said it has acquired a majority stake in IBM #39;s personal computer business for \$1.75 billion dollars in one of the biggest Chinese overseas acquisitions ever. | 2 |
Slate #39;s Jurisprudence: Court Mulls Wine by Mail Description: NPR #39;s Alex Chadwick talks with Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick about Tuesday #39;s arguments before the US Supreme Court concerning interstate wine sales. | 2 |
Technology, Energy Lead Decline US stocks dropped as comments from technology companies such as Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard and Intel failed to revive a rally that stalled after the Standard amp; Poor #39;s 500-stock index set a three-year high last week. | 2 |
No.5 Oklahoma St. Tops No.4 Syracuse 74-60 (AP) AP - Stephen Graham scored 16 points, including two three-point plays in the final 4 1/2 minutes, and No. 5 Oklahoma State beat No. 4 Syracuse 74-60 on Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic. | 1 |
Werder Bremen and Porto get it done late Porto, Portugal (Sports Network) - Champions League holder FC Porto and defending Bundesliga champion Werder Bremen each produced late goals Tuesday to secure advancement into the knockout stage of this season #39;s Champions League competition. | 1 |
It #39;s fun #39;n #39; games again at Florida The Florida Gators have charisma again and chutzpah. And presence and prestige. And eloquence and arrogance. The Gators introduced Urban Meyer as their new football coach Tuesday, and the man who is named | 1 |
James Leads Cleveland to Top of Eastern Conference Cavaliers 103 <b>...</b> CLEVELAND -- LeBron James scored 27 points and assisted on Lucious Harris #39; clinching three-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 |
US soldier, ex-Afghan militia leader killed in clash KABUL, Afghanistan -- A US soldier and a former Afghan militia leader were killed yesterday when American troops clashed with gunmen while searching the leader's compound in western Afghanistan, US and Afghan officials said. | 0 |
Rumsfeld to continue as defence secretary US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had quot;enthusiastically quot; accepted President George W Bush #39;s suggestion to stay on in the post. | 0 |
UN: Chaos Looms in Darfur The United Nations is warning of impending chaos in Sudan #39;s western Darfur region, with increasing violence and a breakdown of order. | 0 |
French Universities to Enroll Imams PARIS (Reuters) - France will start enrolling future Muslim prayer leaders into secular universities next autumn to teach them the law, civics and history they need to integrate, Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin said in an interview. | 0 |
US Marines Dispatched to Storm-Ravaged Philippines WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday dispatched about 600 Marines and Navy personnel from Okinawa to help residents in the flood-ravaged Philippines. The Pentagon said tents, water and medical supplies also were being sent. | 0 |
Pakistan Tests Medium-Range Nuclear-Capable Missile ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan conducted another test of a nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface ballistic missile on Wednesday as part of its efforts to boost defenses, an official statement said. | 0 |
Court could allow out-of-state wine to flow into Michigan The US Supreme Court will soon decide whether Michigan wine drinkers should be able to buy a case of California merlot or Virginia chardonnay directly from the vintners. | 2 |
JOHNSON amp; JOHNSON REPORTEDLY IN TALKS TO ACQUIRE GUIDANT Johnson amp; Johnson is in advanced talks to acquire Guidant Corp. for more than \$24 billion, according to a New York Times report. | 2 |
Dell seeks to open plant in Europe Dell is looking to open its second European production plant, its chairman says, and a source familiar with the plan says the company is considering a location in France. | 3 |
Champions League roundup In Europe, soccer clubs continued their efforts in final group matches to reach the knockout stage of the Champions League tournament. | 1 |
Even Kidd Can #39;t Help Nets Win on Road With Jason Kidd back in the lineup, the Nets have demonstrated new life. But LeBron James proved to be a little too much for Kidd and the Nets here Tuesday night. | 1 |
Oil for food: The mother of all scandals COME JANUARY, the United Nations might just make the Ukrainian government look virtuous by comparison. That is when the initial findings from former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volckers investigation of the UNs Oil for Food program are due. | 0 |
Israeli soldier, four militants killed in Gaza GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: Hamas militants killed an Israeli soldier and wounded four with an explosion in a booby-trapped chicken coop on Tuesday, in what the Islamic group said was an elaborate scheme to lure troops to the area with the help of a double | 0 |
Japan Stocks Rise But Weak Data Weigh (Reuters) Reuters - Japan's Nikkei stock average edged up by\mid-session on Wednesday as exporters like Canon Inc. bounced\back from losses, but gains were limited by data confirming\weak economic growth in the three months to September. | 2 |
Dollar Firmer, Sell-Off Seen Waning (Reuters) Reuters - The dollar paused from recent heavy\selling on Wednesday, edging up against the euro and the yen as\investors brushed aside revised data that confirmed sluggish\growth in Japan's economy. | 2 |
Lenovo Buys IBM #39;s PC Business for \$1.25 Billion (Update4) Lenovo Group Ltd. agreed to pay \$1.25 billion for International Business Machines Corp. #39;s personal computer business, lifting China #39;s largest PC maker to third in world rankings and giving it a globally recognized brand. | 2 |
Court asked to lift bar on interstate wine sales Seventy-one years after the repeal of Prohibition, the US Supreme Court was told yesterday that the constitutional amendment that ended the quot;noble | 2 |
Independent study finds robotic rescue mission costly, uncertain <b>...</b> An aerospace research group says trying to fix the famed space telescope using a robot would cost two (b) billion dollars and take at least five years to get things ready. | 3 |
Fujitsu amp; Cisco To Jointly Develop Routers Fujitsu and Cisco have announced that they have reached an agreement to enter into a strategic alliance to carry out joint development of high-end routers, plan future cooperation in routing and switching, and collaborate on quality improvement. | 3 |
An Educated Cat? This one supposedly earned an MBA--and a lawsuit for the online university that issued the degree. Dallas-based online university Trinity Southern faces a lawsuit for consumer fraud filed by the Pennsylvania Attorney General #39;s Office. | 3 |
China Computer Maker Acquires IBM PC Biz (AP) AP - International Business Machines Corp. is selling a majority stake in its pioneering personal computer business to China's biggest computer maker, Lenovo Group Ltd., for #36;1.75 billion in cash and stock. | 3 |
IOC Is Looking At Jones The IOC opened an investigation Tuesday into doping allegations against Marion Jones, who eventually could be stripped of her five medals from the 2000 Olympics. | 1 |
Illinois to name Zook its new coach CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Former Florida coach Ron Zook will be named Illinois #39; 22nd head coach today, sources said Monday. Zook, a former Miami University defensive back, will replace Ron Turner, who was fired Nov. 22 after the team went 3-8. | 1 |
Butt boosts Test chance with ton SYDNEY: Salman Butt enhanced his claims for a recall to the Pakistan Test side with an unbeaten century in his team #39;s first official tour match in Australia yesterday. | 1 |
Oklahoma State squeezes Orange Stephen Graham scored 16 points, including two three-point plays in the final 4 1 / 2 minutes, and No. 5 Oklahoma State beat No. 4 Syracuse 74-60 on Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic. | 1 |
UN warns of diarrhea, malaria outbreaks in storm-hit areas Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. INFANTA, Quezon, Philippines -- As relief operations continued throughout much of devastated | 0 |
Anderson terms Musharraf man of courage LONDON: Donald Anderson, Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons, on Tuesday hailed President General Pervez Musharraf as a man of courage who is trying to contribute significantly to fight against terror. | 0 |
What's your tipple? How about a prehistoric Chinese brew (AFP) AFP - For wine snobs, it could be the ultimate vintage guaranteed to impress: A 9,000-year-old prehistoric preserved wine dug up from the Neolithic village of Jiahu in northern China. | 0 |
Winnipeg police in standoff with armed man after cabbie shot (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - WINNIPEG (CP) - An armed man suspected in the shooting of a Winnipeg cab driver was holding police and RCMP at bay Tuesday night in the area of a Sikh temple on the city's outskirts. | 0 |
College Basketball: Oklahoma State Beats Syracuse NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Brothers Joey and Stephen Graham scored 16 points apiece and No. 5 Oklahoma State used a strong second half performance to beat fourth-ranked Syracuse 74-60 in the second game of the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. | 1 |
IBM Deal Puts Lenovo on Global Stage The deal is a dramatic sign of the ongoing transformation of the still nominally communist People's Republic of China into an increasingly outward-looking nation integrating itself into the world economy.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
Tougher Cyber-Security Measures Urged A group representing technology industry executives Tuesday called on the Bush administration to step up efforts to protect the nation's computer and Internet infrastructure, and proposed that the position of national cyber-security director be elevated. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</b></font> | 3 |
AT #38;T Unit to Build Network for Treasury AT #38;T Government Solutions said yesterday it has won a contract worth as much as \$1 billion to provide a high-speed communications network to the Treasury Department. | 3 |
Toyota Cuts Deals for Satellite Radio In the latest battle for distribution and subscribers, XM Satellite Radio Inc. and its rival Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. yesterday announced separate deals with Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. | 3 |
Spherix May Get Another Shot at Contract The Government Accountability Office recommended that a federal contract competition that went against Spherix Inc. be reopened because of flaws in the process, Spherix said yesterday. | 3 |
Chinese firm buys IBM PC business IBM, the pioneer of the personal computer, is selling its PC hardware business to number one Chinese computer maker Lenovo. | 2 |
Colgate to cut work force, India may emerge hub The US-based oral care and personal products company Colgate-Palmolive Company is drawing a blueprint to restructure its operations. | 2 |
The faithful seek answers STOCKHOLM -- The question rises from the rubble of the earthquake in Sumatra. It echoes on the Indian Ocean shores where bodies are still piled high and in homes halfway around the world where loved ones wait for news of the missing: How could God let this happen? | 0 |
UN: More workers than ever before are living in poverty More workers than ever were living in poverty last year, and greater efforts need to be made to create more and better jobs if the world is going to achieve the target of halving poverty by 2015, according to a UN report released yesterday. | 2 |
Virgin eyes mobile JV in China Virgin Group chief Richard Branson said yesterday he has earmarked US\$300 million for a cellular phone joint venture on the Chinese mainland, the world #39;s largest mobile market by users. | 2 |
Spitzer Probe Looks At Professional Liability NU Online News Service, Dec. 7, 9:53 am EDTTwo insurance carriers have announced that New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has subpoenaed them for information about professional liability insurance for law firms. | 2 |
Yahoo Bolsters Local Search Business Listings Yahoo has quietly expanded its local business listings and rolled out a service that gives businesses control over their listings in Yahoo Local through a new paid inclusion program. | 3 |
#39;Morning Edition #39; Returns: Congrats to the Cat Description: Coby is the proud recipient of a master #39;s degree from Trinity Southern University. It #39;s an online university, which may not have realized that new grad is a cat. | 3 |
Gunners ease past Rosenborg Arsene Wenger stopped short of declaring Arsenal back to their best but the Gunners boss does believe his side are on the road to recovery ahead of Sunday #39;s Premiership summit meeting with Chelsea. | 1 |
Van Nistelrooy misses United #39;s last group game Ruud van Nistelrooy will miss Manchester United #39;s last Champions League Group D game away to Fenerbahce on Wednesday because of a calf injury, the Premier League club said. | 1 |
Twins, veteran Radke agree to two-year deal The Minnesota Twins agreed to a two-year contract with veteran right-hander Brad Radke, and offered arbitration to third baseman Corey Koskie, left-hander Terry Mulholland and catcher Henry Blanco, the team announced late Tuesday. | 1 |
Appier Agrees to Comeback With Royals (AP) AP - Kevin Appier agreed to another comeback attempt and settled Tuesday with the Kansas City Royals on a minor league contract. | 1 |
Rumsfeld: Troops may exit Iraq within 4 years Kuwait City -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld expressed hope Monday, but did not explicitly predict, that American troops would be out of Iraq by the end of President Bush #39;s second term. | 0 |
on the record: JACOBABAD: I was under no pressure to sign the presidents dual office bill, said Mohammadmian Soomro, the acting president. Mr Soomro told Online on Sunday that he gave assent to the bill on his own since he was constitutionally authorised to do so. | 0 |
Pakistan Tests Medium-Range Nuclear-Capable Missile Pakistan conducted another test of a nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface ballistic missile on Wednesday as part of its efforts to boost defenses, an official statement said. | 0 |
No. 25 Gonzaga Edges Washington St. 54-52 (AP) AP - Ronny Turiaf scored 17 points and Adam Morrison added 12 as No. 25 Gonzaga held off Washington State 54-52 on Tuesday night. | 1 |
Tokyo's Nikkei Average Rises 0.54 Percent TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 0.54 percent by late afternoon on Wednesday after revised figures on Japanese economic growth, while sluggish, came in better than some had feared and the yen edged down against the dollar. | 2 |
Nikkei Ends Higher TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 0.62 percent by the close on Wednesday after revised figures on Japanese economic growth, while sluggish, came in better than some had feared and the yen edged down against the dollar. | 2 |
Update 3: China Computer Maker Acquires IBM PC Biz International Business Machines Corp. is selling a majority stake in its pioneering personal computer business to China #39;s biggest computer maker, Lenovo Group Ltd. | 2 |
Merck sets up Vioxx review committee BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- Merck amp; Co. said late Tuesday that it is establishing a committee to review its handling of the controversial withdrawal of its popular painkiller Vioxx from the market. | 2 |
UK's Blair Challenged to Tally Iraq War Dead (Reuters) Reuters - British diplomats and peers joined\scientists and churchmen on Wednesday to urge Prime Minister\Tony Blair to publish a death toll in the U.S.-led war in Iraq. | 0 |
Report says five Pacers among 10 to be charged from NBA brawl (AFP) AFP - Prosecutors here are expected to file charges Wednesday against five National Basketball Association players and five spectators who fought in a November 19 brawl, the Detroit Free Press reported. | 1 |
Yankees Close in on Deal With Wright (AP) AP - Jaret Wright and the Yankees closed in on a three-year contract Tuesday night worth #36;20 million to #36;21 million, the first major move by New York to revamp its aging rotation. | 1 |
Pro-independence parties tipped to make gains in Taiwan vote (AFP) AFP - Pro-independence parties are tipped to make gains in Taiwan's legislative elections this weekend and thereby anger China, already threatening to take military action if the island drifts further from Beijing. | 0 |
Teen to Play PGA Tour Event Next Season (AP) AP - Michelle Wie will make another appearance on the PGA Tour after accepting a sponsor's exemption Tuesday night to play next month in the Sony Open. | 1 |
Nvidia, Sony Unite For Graphics Chip Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI) and Nvidia have announced that the companies have been collaborating on bringing advanced graphics and computer entertainment technology to SCEI #39;s next-generation computer entertainment system. | 3 |
Trend Micro Offers Free Mobile Security Solution Trend Micro, Inc., a player in network anti-virus and Internet content security software and services, has announced the availability of Trend Micro Mobile Security- a free solution that protects wireless devices from spams and viruses. | 3 |
Cardinals re-sign pitcher Matt Morris Matt Morris will return to the St. Louis Cardinals, agreeing Tuesday night to a \$2.5 million, one-year contract that allows him to earn an additional \$4.5 million in performance bonuses. | 1 |
Twins keep Radke, Blanco to Cubs CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Pitcher Brad Radke and the Minnesota Twins reached terms Tuesday on a two-year, \$18-million US contract. quot;I think it turned out for the best for both sides, quot; Radke said. | 1 |
Knicks: Houston activated but may sit until weekend Even though coach Lenny Wilkens and Allan Houston said there was no chance Houston would play, the Knicks took the curious step of activating the 6-6 guard from the injured list before last night #39;s loss in Memphis. | 1 |
Yankees drop Cairo, chase Womack, Wright As they continued to beef up their 2005 starting rotation, the Yankees last night made a surprising decision about second base. Two hours before the deadline for teams to offer salary arbitration | 1 |
Krauser sinks Tigers from free throw line NEW YORK - Carl Krauser and his New York teammates won another quot;home quot; game. Krauser, one of seven New York City area players on No. | 1 |
Syracuse #39;s flaws show in loss to Oklahoma St. With one NCAA championship and three trips to the Final Four on his rsum, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim didn #39;t need last night #39;s matchup against Oklahoma State to know that his team | 1 |
Ex-US marine: I killed Iraqi civilians A former US marine has said his unit killed more than 30 innocent Iraqi civilians in just two days. In graphic testimony presented to a Canadian asylum tribunal on Monday, Sergeant Jimmy Massey #39;s evidence | 0 |
Top official angry over foreign insurgents in Iraq Iraq #39;s deputy prime minister yesterday expressed his growing impatience with neighbouring countries for not doing enough to keep foreign fighters from joining the insurgency here, and warned that his government would take a quot;decisive | 0 |
China calls for Europe to lift arms embargo German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder stretches his hand to shake hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao after a joint press conference in Beijing. | 0 |
US praises Mbeki #39;s I Coast peace bid The United States on Tuesday praised the efforts of South African President Thabo Mbeki who, on the behalf of the African Union, has vied to restart the peace process in the Ivory Coast. | 0 |
J amp;J deal with Guidant in the offing The prospect of Johnson amp; Johnson acquiring Guidant, a medical device maker that brought cutting-edge technology to cardiovascular medicine, has fueled whispers for years, gaining intensity when | 2 |
Singapore Police Arrest CAO Chief Exec Singapore police said they have arrested Chen Jiulin, chief executive of embattled China Aviation Oil (CAO) Singapore Corp. Ltd., upon his arrival in Singapore early on Wednesday. | 2 |
Supreme Court Hears Wine Arguments The US Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday involving two cases that could determine whether states can ban interstate, direct-to-consumer shipments of wine. | 2 |
POITIER SAW #39;DEEP MISMATCH #39; Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier, who starred in quot;To Sir, With Love, quot; took the stand yesterday to testify about another Hollywood drama: Michael Ovitz #39;s brief and | 2 |
Harmony closes in on Gold Fields as Sanlam springs vote surprise ATTEMPTS by mining house Gold Fields attempts to resist rival Harmony #39;s hostile takeover bid were dealt a major blow yesterday, after a last-minute switch by Sanlam Asset Managers effectively torpedoed its plan to list its international assets in Canada. | 2 |
White Sox Cut Ties With Ordonez (AP) AP - The Chicago White Sox cut ties with Magglio Ordonez on Tuesday, declining to offer arbitration to their All-Star right fielder. | 1 |
Canadian JTF-2 special ops force gets American citation (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's special operations military unit, Joint Task Force 2, has been awarded the U.S. Presidential Unit Citation for heroism in battle. | 0 |
MLB Players Open to Changes in Steroids Testing PHOENIX (Sports Network) - The Major League Baseball Players Association announced Tuesday it would work toward a new agreement with owners for tougher steroid testing. | 1 |
UN Council Warns Rwanda Against Attack in Congo UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Security Council, in an apparent warning to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, said on Tuesday it intended to consider unspecified measures against individuals who undermined the peace process in Congo. | 0 |
Chinese firm buys IBM PC business IBM is selling its PC hardware business to number one Chinese computer maker Lenovo. | 0 |
Bush Pins Hopes on Iraq Election President Bush told Marines on Tuesday that Iraqi insurgents have suffered a "severe blow" but are not defeated, as he sought to boost U.S. troop morale and prepare the public for a violent run-up to next month's election in Iraq. | 0 |
Former Marine Testifies to Atrocities in Iraq A former U.S. Marine staff sergeant testified at a hearing Monday that his unit killed at least 30 unarmed civilians in Iraq during the war in 2003 and that Marines routinely shot and killed wounded Iraqis. | 0 |
IBM Deal Puts Lenovo on Global Stage Deal is a dramatic sign of the transformation of China into an increasingly outward-looking nation integrating itself into the world economy.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font> | 0 |
BC eases past UMass AMHERST -- Its nonconference schedule might have suggested otherwise, but the undefeated Boston College men's basketball team did not reach this point of the season with an 11-0 record by taking the path of least resistance. | 1 |
Oil falls to 3-month low on mild US weather Oil prices fell 3.5 to a three-month low yesterday as mild winter weather sapped demand in the US Northeast, the world #39;s largest heating oil market. | 2 |
Virgin in talks to secure a slice of China #39;s mobile market HONG KONG - Virgin is planning to launch a mobile phone service in China as a 50-50 joint venture with a Chinese company within a year to 18 months, according to reports. | 2 |
Tech Firms Urge Bush to Focus on Cybersecurity A cybersecurity advocacy group has called on President George Bush to focus more resources on computer issues and to elevate the top IT security position at the US Department of Homeland Security to the assistant secretary level. | 3 |
Yankees close with Wright, Womack Despite a published report to the contrary, the Yankees have not come to terms with Jaret Wright as of Tuesday night, but the Bronx Bombers did move quickly to replace | 1 |
PITT PUNISHMENT Pittsburgh point guard Carl Krauser is a Bronx kid and a former amateur boxer, so he knows tough when he sees it; and he knows when he doesn #39;t see it. | 1 |
Singapore police arrest China Aviation Oil chief? (updated PM 3:06 <b>...</b> Police said they arrested the chief executive of Beijing-backed China Aviation Oil #39;s subsidiary in Singapore on Wednesday, following the company #39;s announcement last week of massive trading losses. | 2 |
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