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Battle over Website Address An internet entrepreneur today claimed he was fighting a David versus Goliath battle with computer giant Apple over the ownership of a website address. | 3 |
NASA #39;s Longest-Serving Astronaut to Retire The longest serving astronaut in history, who flew twice to the moon and commanded the first space shuttle mission, has announced his retirement after 42 years at NASA. | 3 |
Industry Group Urges Bush To Address Cybersecurity A group representing the cybersecurity industry has called for the White House to show quot;greater leadership quot; in guarding the nation #39;s computer infrastructure from attacks by hackers and viruses | 3 |
Cricket: Key unlocks Oppenheimer XI attack in England romp RANDJESFONTEIN, South Africa : Stand-in captain Marcus Trescothick and the hard-hitting Robert Key took England to a comfortable win in the opening match of their South African tour against a Nicky Oppenheimer XI at the NFO private ground north of | 1 |
Petrino Named Coach of the Year; LeFors and Brohm Also Earn <b>...</b> Louisville, Ky. - Head coach Bobby Petrino, who has guided the University of Louisville to a No. 7 national ranking, has been tabbed as the Conference USA coach of the Year, while senior quarterback Stefan | 1 |
Toro Earnings Rise; Dividend Doubled (Reuters) Reuters - Lawn-care equipment maker Toro Co. on\Wednesday reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings\and doubled its dividend, citing increased sales and cost\controls. | 2 |
Treasuries Up, Indirect Bidders Buy Big (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. Treasury prices built on early\gains on Wednesday after an auction of five-year debt drew\surprisingly strong demand from indirect bidders, which include\foreign central banks. | 2 |
GM: See Red, Save Green; #36;7,500 Cash Back (Reuters) Reuters - General Motors Corp. will offer\cash rebates as high as #36;7,500 on some 2004 models in its new\"Red Tag" incentive program to be launched on Dec. 10 in an\effort to boost sales after two disappointing months, dealers\said on Wednesday. | 2 |
U.S. Officials Raid Stores, Arrest 2 in Game Piracy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal authorities raided three Washington, D.C.-area video game stores and arrested two people for modifying video game consoles to play pirated video games, a video game industry group said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Jerez Testing, Day 1, 08/12/04 A dry day in Jerez saw team drivers Giancarlo Fisichella and Franck Montagny conducting tyre development for Michelin. | 1 |
Liberty Hires Coyle The New York Liberty bring former interim coach Pat Coyle on as their head coach on Wednesday. | 1 |
Lufthansa reaches wages agreement German airline Lufthansa reaches a deal with unions on pay and working hours for its ground staff. | 0 |
Foodland says don #39;t sell Australasian grocer Foodland Associated which owns major chains in New Zealand says the hostile takeover bid by rival Metcash is complex and risky, and is urging shareholders not to act on the \$920 million bid. | 2 |
Dealers: GM #39;Red Tag #39; deals up to \$7,500 Dealers describe General Motors #39; new incentive program which puts no-haggle prices on special tags. DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp. | 2 |
UPDATE 2-Dynegy cuts 2004 profit view, shares slide Electricity wholesaler Dynegy Inc. (DYN.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday slashed its 2004 profit forecast and said it expects a loss next year due to costs | 2 |
Ontario fund buying Alliance Laundry for \$450 mln Alliance Laundry Holdings, a commercial laundry equipment manufacturer, said its controlling shareholder Bain Capital agreed to sell the company to Teachers #39; Private Capital for about \$450 million. | 2 |
Merck guides to lower-than-expected 2005 earnings NEW YORK, December 8 (newratings.com) - Merck amp; Co (MRK.NYS) has guided to lower-than-expected 2005 earnings due to the withdrawal of its blockbuster arthritis drug, Vioxx, and increased generic competition for its cholesterol drug, Zocor. | 2 |
Mars Was Wet, Studies Say, But Was It Inhabited? Scientists say there is no doubt that abundant water once soaked Mars. Now the big question is whether the red planet ever supported life. Some experts say the early signs are promising. | 3 |
Pompeii Worms: Hottest Bodies on Earth? Perhaps the most heat-tolerant complex organism on Earth, Pompeii worms burrow into the sides of hydrothermal vents found deep in the Pacific Ocean. Scientists aim to learn how the worms survive their hellish home. | 3 |
Mozilla Launches Thunderbird E-Mail Client A spokesperson for Mozilla said that Thunderbird is another milestone in cooperation between hundreds of open-source community volunteers. | 3 |
PalmSource Embraces Linux Through China Buy NEW YORK - PalmSource #39;s planned acquisition of China MobileSoft signals its desire to expand its presence in Asian markets, as well as to produce a new, Linux-based version of its handheld operating system. | 3 |
Panel: Astronauts Should Rescue Hubble This image taken by NASA #39;s Hubble Space telescope, and released Thursday Aug. 12, 2004, shows nebula N44F, which, at left, is being inflated by a stellar wind, creating an interstellar bubble. | 3 |
Scientists Complete Chicken Genome There #39;s quite a bit of clucking going on at Michigan State University: they have just sequenced the genome of a chicken. That #39;s a first for birds and agricultural animals | 3 |
Oldest Astronaut John Young Retiring While on the moon, John Young drove a motorized rover 16 miles and spent three nights on the lunar surface. He is the only person to go into space as part of the Gemini, Apollo and shuttle programs and was | 3 |
Cyber-Security Group Pushes 12-Point Plan On White House A policy and advocacy group called on the Bush administration Tuesday to put more muscle behind cyber-security, and urged the White House to act on a dozen proposals and recommendations to protect the country #39;s technology infrastructure. | 3 |
Tech Leaders Converge To Form Project MegaGrid Project MegaGrid has a mega-goal, but analysts said it is also an achievable one. Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, said that whenever world-class players come together | 3 |
Repair processes still up in air for May liftoff NASA managers said on Monday that neither money or time would ease the requirements to repair the space shuttle on-orbit for the first launch since the Columbia tragedy. | 3 |
The Complete Guide to iPod photo Pictures If you #39;re reading this, you either have a brand new iPod photo or are thinking about getting one. In either case, you #39;re probably excited about carrying your entire digital photo | 3 |
Cap Harnesses Human Thought to Move PC Cursor Scientists say they have developed a non-invasive, brain-computer interface that enables a person to move a cursor across a computer screen just by thinking about it. | 3 |
Dollar Rallies Against Major Currencies NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rocketed higher on Wednesday as investors took a break from worrying about the U.S. current account deficit and focused on relative interest rates, which increasingly were expected to favor the dollar. | 2 |
Birding Column: Scrub Jays' Peanut Feeding Frenzy Birdman of Bel Air Michael Tekulsky shares stories about the feeding habits of scrub jays, birds that will voraciously dine on acorns, peanuts, bread, cheese #151;even tortilla chips. | 3 |
Leiter returns to Marlins By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer. in New Jersey as a Mets fan. I #39;m taking away my experience as positive. #39; #39;. Burnett, plus left-hander Dontrelle Willis. | 1 |
Cavs activate Scott Williams from injured list Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - The Cleveland Cavaliers activated forward/center Scott Williams from the injured list on Wednesday. | 1 |
Closer, left fielder among most pressing needs Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry got most of his holiday shopping done before the Winter Meetings this weekend in Anaheim. The Cubs signed Nomar Garciaparra and | 1 |
Is Asian Bird Flu the Next Pandemic? Most health experts agree that Asian bird flu poses a grave danger and will likely spread unless urgent steps are taken. But some virologists caution that alarmist warnings could harm preparedness plans. | 3 |
Toro Earnings Rise; Dividend Doubled CHICAGO (Reuters) - Lawn-care equipment maker Toro Co. on Wednesday reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings and doubled its dividend, citing increased sales and cost controls. | 2 |
Hoon visits British troops in Iraq British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon visited his country #39;s troops in Iraq today and said he saw no reason to delay next month #39;s elections as preparations are on track. | 0 |
Pakistan, India for early Kashmir bus service ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India on Wednesday reiterated their commitment towards an early establishment of the proposed Kashmir bus service, a joint statement said. | 0 |
Action Update: Nov. 22 - Dec. 5, 2004 US Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited Kabul on Nov. 22 and reiterated that the United States will continue to search for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. | 0 |
AutoZone Earnings Edge Higher CHICAGO (Reuters) - AutoZone Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AZO.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">AZO.N</A>, the largest U.S. auto parts retailer, on Wednesday said quarterly earnings rose less than 1 percent as high gas prices made customers choose between paying for fuel or preventive maintenance. | 2 |
GM: See Red, Save Green; \$7,500 Cash Back DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GM.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">GM.N</A> will offer cash rebates as high as \$7,500 on some 2004 models in its new "Red Tag" incentive program to be launched on Dec. 10 in an effort to boost sales after two disappointing months, dealers said on Wednesday. | 2 |
NYSE Bans First Specialist in Probe NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday said it permanently barred a former Van der Moolen Specialists USA <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=VDMN.AS target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">VDMN.AS</A> trader, the first individual to be punished as part of a broader probe by regulators into NYSE floor-trading abuses. | 2 |
U.S. Senator Says Dollar Slide Worrying WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Democratic senator on Wednesday said lawmakers were concerned about a slide in the value of the dollar and urged the Bush administration to step up pressure on China to move to a more flexible exchange rate. | 2 |
Jawa in Jersey May the Force be with Mike Degirolamo when he goes up against the city council of Gloucester Township, N.J. Missing Links | 3 |
Chinese Banks to Offer American Credit Cards Two major state-run Chinese banks on Wednesday announced plans to roll out American credit cards, including the country's first dual-currency American Express Card. | 2 |
Jay-Z to Head Def Jam Recordings Label Rap star Jay-Z, who has little corporate experience, will become the chief executive for one of Universal's biggest divisions. | 2 |
IBM's Win-Win in Exiting PCs IBM is exiting the PC business, but it -- along with some PC competitors -- should benefit. | 2 |
Five Pacers charged in basketball brawl DETROIT - Five Indiana Pacers players were charged today with assault and battery in a brawl that broke out on the court last month and spilled into the stands at The Palace of Auburn Hills. | 1 |
Sports briefs for December 8, 2004 It was the interviews made by Victor Conte, head of the BALCO lab in California, that led International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge to set up a disciplinary commission to investigate accusations Marion Jones used performance-enhancing drugs | 1 |
Map of chicken DNA key to genetic comparisons LONDON - Scientists have identified the one billion letters of the DNA code in chickens, a step they say could help them better understand our own biology and lead to better breeds for farmers. | 3 |
PalmSource to buy China MobileSoft PalmSource entered in an agreement with a major Chinese mobile phone software company China MobileSoft Limited (CMS) to acquire its operations. | 3 |
Sony Taps nVidia for #39;Cell #39; Console Graphics Dean McCarron of Mercury Research said console designers are focusing on multicore, multi-threading technology that can allow multiple programs to run efficiently at the same time. | 3 |
Group Calls on Feds To Bolster Cyber Security The Cyber Security Alliance has outlined a 12-point plan for the US government to take a more proactive role in ensuring cyber security. | 3 |
Harry Redknapp is new Saints boss The former Portsmouth boss has been signed up to the Saints for 18 months, replacing Steve Wigley, who has decided to leave the club. | 1 |
Coulthard #39;s back in action Pedro de la Rosa may have destroyed the competition on the second day of testing at Jerez, but it was David Coulthard who captured the headlines making his Red Bull Racing debut. | 1 |
UEFA to investigate behaviour at Valencia versus Werder NYON, Dec 8 (SW) - The European governing body UEFA will be investigating both Valencia CF and Werder Bremen, following the clash between these two teams at Mestalla stadium on Tuesday. | 1 |
Colts bring in Gramatica as kickoff specialist Gramatica replaces Jason Baker, whose locker was empty Wednesday. The Colts have not yet officially announced how they made room on the roster for Gramatica. | 1 |
Winter Meetings checklist The offseason didn #39;t just start, even if you #39;re beginning to detect the first signs of life from Toronto. The Blue Jays have been lying low until this point, waiting | 1 |
British minister sees Iraq vote on schedule British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon, who visited troops in Iraq today, said he saw no reason to delay next month #39;s election as preparations are on track. | 0 |
UN Investigating Reports of Rwandan Rights Violations in Congo The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo is investigating reports that Rwandan soldiers were responsible for violations of human rights in the east of the country last month. | 0 |
Indonesia urges OPEC to raise benchmark price Indonesia is likely to ask the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during its scheduled meeting later this week to revise upward its crude oil price band so | 2 |
Justices wade into wine sales Doug LaVelle, owner of Elmira-based LaVelle Vineyards, says his winery and customers would benefit tremendously if he could ship wine directly to consumers in all 50 states. | 2 |
Rangers sign C Alomar Six-time All-Star catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. signed a \$550,000 contract Wednesday with the Texas Rangers to be a part-time player next season. | 1 |
Treasuries Up, Indirect Bidders Buy Big NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury prices built on early gains on Wednesday after an auction of five-year debt drew surprisingly strong demand from indirect bidders, which include foreign central banks. | 2 |
N. Ireland peace deal left undone, Blair and Ahern admit BELFAST : The British and Irish leaders conceded that their plan to restore power-sharing government to Northern Ireland was #39;incomplete #39; but stressed that a definitive peace deal hinged on the sole dispute over how to carry out IRA disarmament. | 0 |
Iraqis May Extend Election Amid Violence BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq may modify plans for its first free election to give people more time to vote next month, officials said Wednesday as suicide bombers and gunmen again struck Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital. | 0 |
Oil Firms After Touching Four-Month Low NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices firmed after touching a four-month low on Wednesday, as a government report showing that U.S. supplies of heating oil rose only slightly last week kept dealers on edge ahead of Friday's OPEC meeting. | 2 |
Stocks Rise as Merck Shares Help Lift Dow NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks traded higher on Wednesday, with shares of drugmaker Merck Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MRK.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MRK.N</A> helping to boost the Dow after its 2005 forecast offered relief to some investors on Wall Street. | 2 |
Sirius stock plunges on downgrades Shares of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. tumbled after two analysts issued downgrades, calling the stock overvalued. Sirius #39;s stock had nearly tripled in value since October, boosted by the company #39;s inking a | 2 |
Pfizer Reports Positive Trial Results Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday that a long-term study of its Norvasc blood pressure treatment in patients with other heart disease risks was stopped early because of the drug #39;s significant benefits. | 2 |
Apple Tries to Take Out iTunes.co.uk Apple Computers is attempting to nab the domain www.itunes.co.uk from a British entrepreneur in a true David vs. Goliath battle. Benjamin Cohen registered his domain in 2000 for a music search engine called CyberBritain. | 3 |
Five Pacers Hit with Criminal Charges for Brawl Five Indiana Pacers, including NBA All-Star Ron Artest, were charged with assault and battery on Wednesday for their role in what authorities described as one of the worst brawls in US sports history. | 1 |
Gilly puts NZ to sword After Gilchrist was dismissed yesterday Australia continued to plough along at more than 6 runs an over, at least until the mini collapse halfway through the innings, anyway, but even until then the innings failed to sustain the don #39;t-stop-watching-in | 1 |
White Sox sign Hermanson to two-year deal The Chicago White Sox have come to terms on a two-year, \$5.5 million contract with pitcher Dustin Hermanson. He will earn \$2 million in 2005 and \$3 million in 2006, with the club holding an option for 2007 at \$3.5 million. | 1 |
Soccer player loses finger on fence A Portuguese soccer player lost a finger when he caught his wedding ring on a fence while celebrating a goal for his Swiss team. Paolo Diogo was injured after his late goal put Servette ahead 4-1 Sunday against Schaffhausen. | 1 |
How did rape become a weapon of war? Women #39;s bodies have become part of the terrain of conflict, according to a new report by Amnesty International. Rape and sexual abuse are not just a by-product of war but are used as a deliberate military strategy, it says. | 0 |
Russia #39;s Upper House Passes Bill Tightening Putin #39;s Grip on <b>...</b> Russia #39;s upper house of parliament has approved President Vladimir Putin #39;s controversial plan to end direct elections to choose regional governors, and allow the Kremlin to appoint them instead. | 0 |
Snow to Stay at Treasury President Bush asked Treasury Secretary John Snow on Wednesday to stay in his administration, and Snow agreed, keeping a key member of Bush's economic team in place. | 2 |
Pricey Gas Stalls AutoZone The retailer posts a flat first quarter, claiming high gas prices affect consumers' car budgets. | 2 |
Pricey Gas Stalls AutoZone High gas prices are a tough obstacle for most businesses, and the auto parts retail business is no exception. AutoZone (NYSE: AZO), the largest of the auto parts retailers, said this morning | 2 |
Online Research Worries Many Educators (AP) AP - Go to Google, search and scroll results, click and copy. When students do research online these days, many educators worry, those are often about the only steps they take. If they can avoid a trip to the library at all, many students gladly will. | 3 |
Apple tangles with owner of itunes.co.uk UK-based Internet entrepreneur Benjamin Cohen says that he got an unexpected shock last month after he checked his voicemail and heard a lawyer representing Apple Computer Inc. | 3 |
Marino Doesn't See Return to Dolphins Soon (AP) AP - Dan Marino misses being part of the Miami Dolphins, yet does not see a scenario where he'd soon consider returning to the team's front office. | 1 |
Five players among 10 men facing assault charges in NBA brawl (AFP) AFP - Prosecutors issued assault and battery charges against five National Basketball Association players and five spectators who fought in a November 19 brawl. | 1 |
Romania ends negotiations to join EU (AFP) AFP - Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana said his country had completed its negotiations to join the European Union in 2007. | 0 |
Lieber Agrees to 3-Year Deal With Phillies (AP) AP - Right-hander Jon Lieber agreed to a #36;21-million, three-year contract with the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday, rounding out a revamped starting rotation. | 1 |
Samarra sees repeated attacks BAGHDAD, Dec. 8. - Insurgents launched a string of assaults around Samarra today, trading gunfire with US forces, attacking a convoy, and blowing up a police station after looting its armoury, officials said. | 0 |
Law enforcement, top tech firms join to halt online "phishing" scams (AFP) AFP - A coalition of Internet and finance firms along with law enforcement agencies was launched in a bid to halt the growing number of online scams that lure consumers to fake websites to obtain personal and financial data. | 3 |
Air India Board Approves Boeing Purchase (AP) AP - The board of Air India's charter airplane operation has approved a plan to acquire 18 Boeing airplanes in a deal that could be worth more than #36;1 billion at list prices. | 0 |
U.S. Officials Raid Stores, Arrest 2 in Game Piracy (Reuters) Reuters - Federal authorities raided three\Washington, D.C.-area video game stores and arrested two people\for modifying video game consoles to play pirated video games,\a video game industry group said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Russia's VimpelCom faces #36;158m tax bill (FT.com) FT.com - Russian authorities on Wednesday claimed #36;158m in back taxes from VimpelCom, the country's second-largest mobile phone company, raising fears of spreading political interference in private business. | 3 |
Mozilla Releases Thunderbird 1.0 E-Mail Client (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - The open source Mozilla Foundation has released Thunderbird 1.0, an e-mail client, as a follow-up to last month's much-discussed debut of the group's Firefox 1.0 browser. | 3 |
Tech Firms Partner on Instant Messaging Threat Center (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - IMlogic, a Waltham, Massachusetts-based firm, has partnered with McAfee, Sybari and AOL to establish an instant message and P2P threat center that will detect the spread of viruses, worms and other malware aimed at these online channels. | 3 |
Apple tangles with owner of itunes.co.uk (MacCentral) MacCentral - U.K.-based Internet entrepreneur Benjamin Cohen says that he got an unexpected shock last month after he checked his voicemail and heard a lawyer representing Apple Computer Inc. telling him to hand over his Web site domain, itunes.co.uk. Apple alleges that Cohen's CyberBritain Holdings Ltd is a "cybersquatter" just sitting on the domain hoping for a big settlement; Cohen denies the allegation. | 3 |
Scientists Crack Chicken's Genetic Code (Reuters) Reuters - Scientists have cracked the genetic code\of the chicken, showing it shares about 60 percent of its genes\with humans and has a common ancestor that lived about 310\million years ago. | 3 |
Strange-Voiced Whale at Large in the Ocean -Study (Reuters) Reuters - A lone whale, with a voice unlike any\other, has been wandering the Pacific for the past 12 years,\American marine biologists said Wednesday. | 3 |
U.S. Defers Energy Leasing Near Cliff Dwellings (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. Bureau of Land Management's\Utah state office said on Wednesday it is deferring an auction\this week of oil and natural gas leases near the Hovenweep | 3 |
Doctors Probe: Was Yushchenko Poisoned? VIENNA (Reuters) - Poisoning remains one of the possibilities behind Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko's illness during election campaigning, Medical experts investigating his ailments said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Report: NASA Should Use Space Shuttle to Service Hubble (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - A report from National Academy of \Sciences released today recommends that NASA scrap plans to service the Hubble \Space Telescope (HST) robotically and instead use a space shuttle to get the job \done as originally planned. | 3 |
Volcanic Activity Possible on Object Beyond Neptune (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - A large planet-like object out in the realm of Pluto shows signs of either a relatively recent collision or perhaps volcanic activity, astronomers said today. | 3 |
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