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Stoudemire Scores 50 Points in Suns' Win (AP) AP - Amare Stoudemire scored 50 points to lead Phoenix to a 117-98 win over Portland on Sunday night. | 1 |
World Bank Chief to Step Down in '05 The comment was the first public acknowledgement by James D. Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank, 71, that he is unlikely to win the backing of the Bush administration for a third term. | 2 |
Gas Pipeline Explodes in Southern Russia (AP) AP - A natural gas pipeline just outside the southern Russian city of Makhachkala exploded Wednesday, sending flames soaring into the air and lighting up the night sky. | 0 |
Justin Trudeau says his wedding will be in Montreal this spring or summer (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - MONTREAL (CP) - Justin Trudeau, formerly a very eligible bachelor, says he's still working on his wedding plans but won't be married before next spring. | 0 |
Dean Urges Dems to Stick to Convictions (AP) AP - Howard Dean, with an eye on leading the Democratic Party in the wake of widespread election losses, said Wednesday that Democrats must campaign on their convictions and not give into the temptation to behave like Republicans. | 0 |
Bush Pushes MLB to Address Steroid Issue (AP) AP - President Bush called on Major League Baseball on Wednesday to take "strong steps" to confront the use of steroids and other illegal performance-enhancing substances by players. | 0 |
Company Recalls 158,000 Light Bulbs (AP) AP - A company is recalling about 158,000 fluorescent light bulbs because they can overheat and spark, the government said Wednesday. | 0 |
Former Nazi Guard Loses Canadian Court Ruling (Reuters) Reuters - Canadian immigration\officials won a victory on Tuesday in their bid to revoke the\citizenship of a former Nazi SS prison guard convicted of war\crimes in Italy. | 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 on Wednesday as suicide bombers and gunmen again struck Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital. | 0 |
Israel's Sharon Lines Up Support for Likud Vote JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon marshalled support on Wednesday for a Likud party vote to bring the Labour Party into government, a move that would avoid snap elections and pave the way for a Gaza withdrawal next year. | 0 |
'Unknowns' stirring Palestinian race Some say Mustafa Barghouthi's campaign may lead to the creation of a viable secular opposition in Palestinian politics. | 0 |
A hotbed of energy waits to be tapped in Indonesia Geothermal sources remain untapped as leaders focus instead on the country's reserves of fossil fuels. | 0 |
Ukraine's Yushchenko hails reform Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko hails "a great victory" after parliament passes wide-ranging reforms. | 0 |
Defying Speculation, Snow Will Remain Treasury Secretary John W. Snow will stay on as treasury secretary, the White House said this afternoon, dashing speculation that he would soon be forced out of the Cabinet. | 2 |
Police, Peddlers Clash in Venezuelan City Police and National Guard troops fired tear gas and plastic bullets at crowds of angry street vendors in Venezuela's capital Wednesday as officers tried to remove merchants from zones where they are barred from selling their wares. | 0 |
Potential Guidant Merger Could Be Blow for City (Indianapolis-December 8, 2004) - As the City of Indianapolis tries to build an image as a center for the life sciences, one of its premiere biotechnology companies could be leaving. | 2 |
US stocks: Merck helps lift US stocks higher, dollar up New York - US stocks closed higher on Wednesday, as the dollar strengthened and shares of Merck amp; Co. helped lift the Dow after the drugmaker gave a forecast that was not as weak as some on Wall Street had expected. | 2 |
Toshiba comes out with dual capability hybrid DVD Hardware manufacturers are in fix when it comes to settling down for a standard for DVDs. Toshiba, NEC and Sanyo are favoring a next-generation DVD standard called HD (high-definition) DVD while Sony and other | 3 |
Gerrard rocket sends Liverpool through Steven Gerrard #39;s stunning late goal caps a remarkable Liverpool comeback as they beat Olympiakos Pireaus 3-1 to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League. | 1 |
Pacers image hurting after brawl, charges For the Indiana Pacers, its been a long three weeks since a brawl with Detroit fans scarred the image of what was once considered one of the NBAs model franchises. | 1 |
Sox agree to terms with Hermanson com. He liked the quot;juice of the ninth inning, quot; according to White Sox general manager Ken Williams. quot;But the eighth innings can be just as important, quot; added Williams during a Wednesday | 1 |
EU to consider lifting arms embargo on China THE HAGUE - The European Union and China on Wednesday pledged to boost bilateral ties at their annual summit here, with the European Union saying it would consider lifting its 15-year-old embargo on arms sales to China. | 0 |
No deal on Kashmir bus NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan said on Wednesday they would need to hold more talks on starting the Kashmir bus service. Two days of discussions between the two countries on what is seen as a key symbolic step | 0 |
Pakistan test fires Hatf-IV missile ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday successfully test fired a medium range nuclear-capable ballistic missile, capable of hitting targets deep inside India, the military said. | 0 |
Colts Sign Gramatica for Kickoffs INDIANAPOLIS (Sports Network) - The Indianapolis Colts have signed kicker Martin Gramatica to handle kickoffs. | 1 |
IBM brand loyalty holds key for Lenovo Lenovo #39;s purchase of IBM #39;s PC business is such an unprecedented coup for a Chinese technology company that even some local journalists joined the cheers when it was announced on Wednesday. | 2 |
Stocks End Higher Helped by Merck, Dollar NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed higher on Wednesday, as the dollar strengthened and shares of Merck Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MRK.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MRK.N</A> helped lift the Dow after the drugmaker gave a forecast that was not as bad as some expected. | 2 |
In Japan, recovery is stalling TOKYO Japan #39;s once-robust recovery slowed to a near standstill in the third quarter as consumer spending weakened more than expected, according to revised growth figures released on Wednesday. | 2 |
Some Salvation Army #39;s bell ringers taking donations via plastic PHOENIX Salvation Army bell ringers are accepting more than coins in the kettle this year. The charity is equipping some bell ringers to take donations on credit cards. | 2 |
Ontario Teachers #39; Pension Plan buying Alliance Laundry Holdings <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - The Ontario Teachers #39; Pension Plan has struck a \$450 million US deal to buy American laundry equipment maker Alliance Laundry Holdings - the Canadian fund #39;s first acquisition in the United States without a partner. | 2 |
Mozilla Releases Thunderbird (Article Central) The Mozilla Foundation launched version 1.0 of its email management software Thunderbird in advance of the official release this Tuesday. | 3 |
Nvidia will supply graphics chip for new PlayStation Nvidia will supply the graphics chip for the successor to the PlayStation 2 games console being developed by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI), the companies announced on Tuesday. | 3 |
Report urges shuttle mission to service Hubble WASHINGTON: An expert panel on Wednesday recommended sending a manned shuttle mission to repair the aging Hubble Space Telescope, instead of the robotic mission NASA had envisioned. | 3 |
Dell #39;s CEO rejects the idea of buying IBM #39;s PC business. Michael Dell has seen the future and it #39;s a 128-node quot;MegaGrid quot; running the Linux operating system on Dell servers at Oracle #39;s lab in Austin, Texas. | 3 |
Mobile phones: An ear full of worms DECEMBER 08, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - DUSSELDORF, GERMANY - They #39;re coming to mobile phones -- those nasty viruses, worms and Trojan Horses that have, on more than one occasion, crippled PCs. | 3 |
Group B: Real breeze through behind Bayer Real knew they had to win against the Italians to be assured of a place in the next round and went ahead in the ninth minute when after a lengthy passing move, Zinedine Zidane put in Ronaldo and the Brazilian lifted the ball past the advancing Roma keeper | 1 |
Lampard confident Frank Lampard believes Chelsea can overcome the disappointment of losing to Porto in the Champions League to extend its lead over Arsenal in the English Premiership when the two clubs meet in a top-of-the-table clash at Highbury on Sunday. | 1 |
Harrison Signs #36;66M Deal With Colts (AP) AP - Marvin Harrison is remaining with the Indianapolis Colts as Peyton Manning's primary target. | 1 |
Blair win would endorse war: PM THE re-election of British Prime Minister Tony Blair would be seen as an endorsement of the military action in Iraq, Prime Minister John Howard said today. | 0 |
S Korean president visits troops in Iraq SEOUL - President Roh Moo Hyun made a surprise visit Wednesday to South Korean troops stationed in northern Iraq, the Blue House presidential office announced. | 0 |
Japan's stressed crown princess pledges early return to official duties (AFP) AFP - Japan's Crown Princess Masako, the former career woman who has kept out of the public eye for a year due to stress, promised on her 41st birthday she would try to get back to her official duties soon. | 0 |
Al-Qaida may be hiding messages in computer files, Mounties warn (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - The RCMP has warned its investigators to be on the lookout for cleverly disguised messages embedded by al-Qaida in digital files police seize from terror suspects. | 0 |
Bill Would Nearly Double Border Patrol (AP) AP - Congress' intelligence overhaul provides the largest buildup in border guards in the nation's history, but many House Republicans won't be satisfied until states are forbidden from giving illegal immigrants driver's licenses that the lawmakers say enable terrorists to operate in the United States. | 0 |
Annan Rejects Calls for His Resignation (AP) AP - Secretary-General Kofi Annan rejected calls for his resignation from several U.S. lawmakers, saying Tuesday he will "carry on" at the helm of the United Nations for the next two years. | 0 |
Colts Extend Harrison The Indianapolis Colts keep Peyton Manning's favorite target for six more season as Marvin Harrison signs a six-year, \$66-million contract on Wednesday. | 1 |
#39;Shrek 3 #39; delayed until 2007 Fans of the Shrek movies will now have to wait until 2007 for the third film in the franchise, DreamWorks announced today. Shrek 3 was previously scheduled to be released in November 2006, but has now been put back to May 2007 for financial reasons. | 2 |
Alamosa to Buy AirGate for \$392 Million Alamosa Holdings Inc. (APCS.O: Quote, Profile, Research) will acquire AirGate PCS Inc. (PCSA.O: Quote, Profile, Research) for \$392 million in stock creating the largest Sprint Corp. | 2 |
Astronauts, Not Robots Should Upgrade Hubble-Panel Shuttle astronauts would do a better job of upgrading NASA (news - web sites) #39;s aging Hubble Space Telescope (news - web sites) than space-faring robots -- with | 3 |
Palmsource buys Linux mobile OS developer The news that PalmSource bought China MobileSoft for its knowledge of the exploding Chinese market for mobile devices makes a lot of sense. | 3 |
New DVD Dual Layer HD-DVD/DVD Format This is fantastic news and could possibly make the HD-DVD format the winner over the competing Blu-Ray technology.... Two Japanese companies said Tuesday they have developed a DVD that can play on both existing | 3 |
2004 Virus Activity Collaborative and More Clever, Says Security <b>...</b> The Netsky-P worm, which was first seen in March, accounted for almost a quarter of all virus incidents reported during 2004, says security firm Sophos, making it the hardest-hitting virus of the year. | 3 |
#39;Human Error #39; Crashed Britain #39;s DWP A software upgrade was inadvertently given to PCs not intended to receive it, which made payment processing systems at Britain #39;s Department for Work and Pensions stop working, EDS #39; investigation revealed. | 3 |
Gerrard stunner seals comeback STEVEN GERRARD scored one of the finest - and most dramatic -oals Anfield #39;s famous Kop has ever witnessed today. And it was enough to fire Liverpool into the knockout stages of the tournament with a gut-wrenching victory. | 1 |
Champions League round-up Real Madrid got the win they needed against Roma to progress to Champions League knockout stages. An early goal from Ronaldo and a Luis Figo brace gave Real a 3-0 victory, in a match played behind closed doors at the Stadio Olimpico. | 1 |
Harrison signs new \$66 million deal with Colts Harrison agreed to a six-year, \$66 million contract with the team on Wednesday that includes a \$22 million signing bonus, according to a league source who requested anonymity. | 1 |
UN General Assembly gives Annan what its president calls vote of <b>...</b> 8 December 2004 - The United Nations General Assembly today gave Secretary-General Kofi Annan a standing ovation and a lengthy round of applause, in what its president called a quot;rare and valuable homage quot; and a vote of confidence - a characterization | 0 |
Outgoing Notre Dame President Hits Firing (AP) AP - Notre Dame's outgoing president criticized the decision to fire Tyrone Willingham after just three seasons, saying he was surprised the coach was not given more time to try to succeed. | 1 |
Snow to Remain as U.S. Treasury Secretary WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush asked Treasury Secretary John Snow to stay in his job on Wednesday and Snow agreed to do so, ending a frenzy of speculation that the 65-year-old former railroad executive was about to be replaced. | 2 |
Russian Cellphone Carrier Faces Tax Claim VimpelCom, the No. 2 cellphone company in Russia, received a first notice for \$157 million in back taxes on Wednesday, sending its stock plunging and prompting fears of another Yukos-style tax investigation. | 2 |
Lilly Debuts Clinical Drug Trial Web Site INDIANAPOLIS - Eli Lilly amp; Co. debuted a Web site Wednesday for clinical trial data on its prescription drugs, including Prozac and its new antidepressant, Cymbalta. | 2 |
White Finalist for a Second Heisman Trophy (AP) AP - Jason White has a chance to join Archie Griffin as a two-time Heisman Trophy winner. | 1 |
Security Bytes: Injection flaw in popular browsers com staff. Danish security firm Secunia has reported a quot;moderately critical quot; window injection vulnerability in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Netscape, Safari and Konqueror. | 3 |
Toshiba Develops Hybrid DVD Toshiba Ltd. and Memory-Tech said this week that they plan to bring to market a hybrid DVD disc that can be used both for standard-definition and HD content. | 3 |
Telenor Boosts Hungarian Wireless Position Telenor will remain a key player in the Hungarian wireless market after it announced its Hungarian mobile arm, Pannon GSM, acquired a UMTS license in Hungary. | 3 |
A Time Line Of The IBM PC Business Dec. 8, 2004 From the introduction of its first PC in 1981 to this week #39;s sale of its PC business to Lenovo of China for about \$1.75 billion in cash, IBM has had a quite a few milestones in the PC industry. | 3 |
#39;Human Error #39; Crashed Britain #39;s DWP The computer crash that shut down systems at Britain #39;s Department for Work and Pensions only caused delays in dealing with new and amended claims, according to the agency. | 3 |
IT Heavyweights Form Grid Computing Alliance Dell, EMC, Intel and Oracle have sealed an alliance to develop grid computing technology. The move is an effort to develop a standard approach to building and deploying enterprise grid computing infrastructures. | 3 |
Tom Brady Keeps Winning for Patriots (AP) AP - Tom Brady hasn't completed more than 20 passes in five games. He's thrown for fewer than 175 yards each of the past two weeks and for three touchdowns just once this season #151; on opening day. | 1 |
Roundup: 5 Pacers charged for fighting fans Five Indiana Pacers players were charged in Detroit on Wednesday for fighting with fans in the stands and on the court during the brawl that broke out at a Pistons #39; game last month. | 1 |
Harrison signs \$66M deal with Colts Harrison agreed to a six-year, \$66 million contract with the team on Wednesday that includes a \$22 million signing bonus, according to a league source who requested anonymity. | 1 |
Redskins Daily 12/8 LaVar Arrington practiced for the first time since undergoing knee surgery. Now the Redskins have to wait and see if he #39;ll be able to play. | 1 |
Oklahoma's White Could Win Second Heisman (AP) AP - Growing up in a small Oklahoma town, Jason White would try to throw a football through a tire. Usually, he'd miss. But there was this consolation: He sure could run. | 1 |
NATO, Belgium Sign Deal to Build New HQ (AP) AP - NATO and the Belgian government signed an agreement Wednesday to build new alliance headquarters adjacent to the current site, confirming Brussels as the home of the military bloc and underscoring improved relations between the host and the United States. | 0 |
More U.S. Soldiers Survive War Wounds (AP) AP - For every American soldier killed in Iraq, nine others have been wounded and survived #151; the highest rate of any war in U.S. history. It isn't that their injuries were less serious, a new report says. In fact, some young soldiers and Marines have had faces, arms and legs blown off and are now returning home badly maimed. | 0 |
Rwanda Tells U.N. It Put Troops on Congo Border UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Rwanda, appearing before the U.N. Security Council, denied again on Wednesday that it had sent soldiers into neighboring Congo in pursuit of Hutu rebels but acknowledged it had massed troops along the border. | 0 |
US punishes troops over stun guns Four members of a US special operations unit in Iraq are disciplined for using electric stun guns on prisoners. | 0 |
La Scala Is the Star at Its Own Reopening The choice of Antonio Salieri's long-forgotten opera "Europa Riconosciuta" seemed just right when La Scala reopened on Tuesday night after nearly three years of renovation. | 0 |
Appeals Panel Hears Arguments in Leak Inquiry A three-judge panel heard arguments on whether two journalists should be jailed for refusing to name their confidential sources to a grand jury, and it seemed to reject their main argument, based on the First Amendment. | 0 |
Minnesota gives new license technology a test drive Minnesota next week will begin issuing a first-of-its-kind driver #39;s license designed to thwart counterfeiters -n issue that has taken on greater urgency since the Sept. | 2 |
Thunderbird is go Finally, and with less fanfare than the release of its sibling application, Firefox 1.0, a few weeks ago, the email client called Thunderbird has reached its coming of age. | 3 |
High price for high-speed mobile licenses in Hungary The T-Mobile unit of Deutsche Telekom and the Pannon GSM unit of Telenor said Wednesday that they had won licenses to provide high-speed mobile phone service in Hungary, but analysts said they might have paid too much in their effort to stay ahead in the | 3 |
Four Teams Advance at Champions League Real Madrid #39;s Luis Figo of Portugal, right, and Roma #39;s Traianos Dellas of Greece, top left, and Philippe Mexes of France reach for the ballr during their Champion #39;s League Group B soccer match between Roma and Real Madrid, in Rome #39;s Olympic stadium | 1 |
UEFA to probe Valencia-Werder Bremen incidents UEFA will be launching disciplinary proceedings against Valencia and Werder Bremen following the incidents that marred their Champions League match at the Mestalla on Tuesday. | 1 |
Bettis endorses former Steelers assistant Clements as Notre Dame <b>...</b> PITTSBURGH - Steelers running back Jerome Bettis remains upset that Notre Dame fired football coach Tyrone Willingham but supports former Steelers assistant coach Tom Clements as his successor. | 1 |
Bryant surprised by Malone #39;s reaction Kobe Bryant would love to have Karl Malone back with the Los Angeles Lakers, and believes comments he made in a recent radio interview were misunderstood. | 1 |
Snow to Remain as U.S. Treasury Secretary WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush on Wednesday asked Treasury Secretary John Snow to stay in his job and Snow agreed, ending a frenzy of speculation that the former railroad executive and loyal Bush foot soldier was about to be replaced. | 2 |
UTC raises its offer for Kidde and gets closer to 1.4bn deal Kidde moved a step closer yesterday to being bought by America #39;s United Technologies, which increased its offer for the UK fire extinguisher maker to 1.39bn. | 2 |
Supreme Court hears initial arguments regarding state bans on <b>...</b> The Supreme Court heard initial arguments Tuesday regarding state laws in Michigan and New York that ban interstate sales of wines through the Internet. | 2 |
5 Pacers, 7 Fans Charged in Detroit Brawl (AP) AP - Five Indiana Pacers and seven fans were charged Wednesday in the melee that broke out at the end of a nationally televised game against the Detroit Pistons last month, one of the worst brawls in U.S. sports history. | 1 |
Use humans to fix Hubble, panel tells NASA WASHINGTON - NASA should turn to astronauts, not robots, to repair the aging Hubble Space Telescope, an expert panel recommended on Wednesday. | 3 |
BEA Continues Service Oriented Architecture Push BEA Systems is set to release Diablo, an SOA-based application server that is the cornerstone of the upcoming WebLogic Platform 9.0. | 3 |
Gaza Settlers Seek to Keep Communities (AP) AP - Residents of some Jewish settlements in the northern Gaza Strip have proposed that their entire communities be moved to locations inside Israel under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw from Gaza next year, a lawmaker said Wednesday. | 0 |
Silence is golden for relieved Real The Sword of Damocles no longer hangs over Real Madrid. Trailing Barcelona by nine points in the Spanish league, defeat here last night would have put them out of the competition they consider their own. | 1 |
Alex Smith is a Heisman Finalist He was chosen today as one of five finalists for college football #39;s most prestigious individual title. Joining Smith for Saturday #39;s award ceremony in New York will be Oklahoma teammates Jason White and Adrian | 1 |
Liverpool keep dream alive Running on pure adrenalin, attacking in relentless red waves towards a beseeching Kop, Liverpool fought back magnificently against the dying of their Champions League light last | 1 |
UEFA not informed of racist chanting UEFA have received no reports of racist chanting by Porto fans during the Champions League game against Chelsea in Portugal on Tuesday night. | 1 |
Time for Celtic #39;s money men to fund O #39;Neill #39;s ambition ITS TIME to take stock. Those were Martin ONeills words late on Tuesday night as he tried to quantify the effect upon Celtic of watching their European season plunge into darkness. | 1 |
Almunia feels he can hold on to his place Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia insisted that he was ready to face Chelsea in Sunday #39;s table-topping London derby despite a nervous performance on his Champions League debut, in Tuesday #39;s 5-1 win over Rosenborg. | 1 |
Coulthard fits the bill at Red Bull David Coulthard #39;s season-long search for a Formula One drive next year is almost over. Negotiations between Red Bull Racing and Coulthard, who tested for the Austrian team for the first time | 1 |
US soldiers would kill civilians, says Marine A former US Marine has claimed that he saw American troops in Iraq routinely kill unarmed civilians, including women and children. | 0 |
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