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Panel Urges Shuttle Mission to Help Hubble A panel said that NASA should send astronauts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope rather than rely on a robotic device. | 3 |
Astronomers Contemplate Icy Volcanoes in Far Places A discovery now has some astronomers entertaining visions of icy volcanoes roiling on some of the tiny worlds circling beyond Neptune, at least at one time. | 3 |
Buying Bowl Tickets Is a Game in Itself Tickets to your favorite bowl game are readily available, for a price. | 3 |
Report urging manned Hubble mission praised Colorado astronomers hailed a National Academy of Sciences report Wednesday that urges NASA to send shuttle astronauts - not a robot - to save the aging Hubble Space Telescope. | 3 |
Middle East ; Twenty Filipinos found alive in rubble after storm Middle East News, MANILA, About 20 Filipinos have been found alive in the rubble of a collapsed building, 10 days after a fierce storm and landslides devastated several eastern and northern provinces, a radio station has reported. | 0 |
#39;Unknowns #39; stirring Palestinian race In an election dominated by a jailed intifada leader and a moderate veteran negotiator who both come from the ruling | 0 |
Nintendo's DS beats sales target Japanese computer games firm Nintendo raises its sales target for the DS handheld games console after strong early sales. | 2 |
Ellison #39;s take on PeopleSoft, datahubs San Francisco ITWeb, 9 December 2004 - Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has reaffirmed his company #39;s commitment to datahubs and hinted of a merged product line after the PeopleSoft buyout. | 2 |
Hyatt to Buy AmeriSuites Hotel Chain Hyatt Corp. has agreed to buy the AmeriSuites hotel chain from affiliates of private equity firm The Blackstone Group, Hyatt said on Thursday. | 2 |
Infineon to Build \$1B Malaysian Fab Infineon Technologies AG today said it would build a new front-end production plant in Kulim High Tech Park, Malaysia, at a cost of \$1 billion. | 2 |
Premier Delight at buy from Kraft PREMIER FOODS today emerged victorious in the bidding for another slice of British gastronomic history. The owner of Ambrosia creamed rice has. | 2 |
Oil, chips to crimp stocks Rise in oil prices ahead of OPEC meeting, sales forecasts by 2 chipmakers send futures lower. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Stocks will struggle early Thursday due to another rise in oil prices ahead of Friday #39;s | 2 |
General Motors to Save \$664 Mln Through European Cuts (Update2) General Motors Corp., the world #39;s biggest carmaker, will save 500 million euros (\$664 million) annually after cutting 11,500 jobs and reorganizing its European division. | 2 |
Tribune to stop charging for Spanish-language paper The Chicago-based media giant plans to turn Hoy, its Spanish-language daily, into a free newspaper in two of the three cities where it is sold, executives said Wednesday. | 2 |
Amazon launching DVD rentals The Amazon.co.uk is launching a DVD rental service, the online retailer #39;s first foray into a market that was pioneered by US-based Netflix. | 2 |
Vioxx Withdrawal to Reduce Merck Earnings The withdrawal of painkiller Vioxx means Merck amp; Co. will miss the already diminished expectations of Wall Street analysts for 2005, the huge drug maker said Wednesday. | 2 |
Disney backs Blu-ray Sony has won Disney #39;s support for its Blu-ray Disc (BD) hi-definition video optical format. Disney #39;s home video operation, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, said it will ship quot;popular new releases and classic | 3 |
PalmOS Goes Linux PalmSource, the makers of the PalmOS are looking to acquire Chinas MobileSoft. MobileSoft will provide PalmSource with a solid footing in the lucrative Chinese and Asian markets, as well as providing valuable | 3 |
Pop-ups Spoof Into Your Money The firm has rated the flaw as moderately critical. It demonstrated the flaw on its site, with options for both users who use pop-up blockers and those who don #39;t. | 3 |
Nintendo President Shrugs Off PSP Following on from the hugely successful launch of the Nintendo DS across America and Japan, Satoru Iwata President Nintendo Co. has today shrugged off the challenge of the impending release of the Sony PSP. | 3 |
China Bans a New Computer Video Game SHANGHAI, China Dec 9, 2004 - China has banned a new computer game for referring to Taiwan and other regions claimed by China as separate countries. | 3 |
Space flight pro Young honored for NASA years NASA #39;s most experienced astronaut, John Young, was honored by NASA Tuesday night at the National Air amp; Space Museum for his 42 years of service as he prepares to retire. | 3 |
Sun #39;s McNealy talks about open source, Microsoft Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. SAN FRANCISCO, California, United States of America -- Months after it surprised the industry by | 3 |
Amazon Burning Makes Brazil a Leading Polluter Burning of the Amazon and other forests accounts for three quarters of Brazil #39;s greenhouse gas emissions and has made the country one of the world #39;s leading polluters | 3 |
Lonesome whale #39;s high-pitched voice baffles biologists A LONE whale with a mysterious voice that matches no other species has been discovered roaming the Pacific, it was revealed yesterday. | 3 |
IBM signs seven-year deal with Lloyds TSB IBM Corp has signed a seven-year deal to manage the voice and data services of London, UK-based financial institution Lloyds TSB. The contract is estimated to be worth \$972.5 million. | 3 |
NBA players and supporters charged Five memebrs of the National Basketball Association #39;s Indiana Pacers and seven supporters have been charged over the melee that broke out at the end of a nationally televised game against | 1 |
More Southampton Stories New Southampton manager Harry Redknapp has confirmed coach Kevin Bond will join him at St Mary #39;s. Bond will make the switch from Portsmouth on Thursday and Redknapp #39;s former Pompey assistant Jim Smith could also be joining him. | 1 |
Becks relieved after Roma win Rome - David Beckham said Real Mardrid had done what they needed to after defeating Roma 3-0 here on Wednesday to book their place in the last 16 of the Champions League. | 1 |
Last chance for NHL season TORONTO - The public mud slinging and name calling over the National Hockey League lockout fell to a hush Wednesday ahead of the first meeting between the league and its union since the deadlock began three months ago. | 1 |
Chittagong cleared for second Test The Ministry of External affairs has cleared Chittagong as venue for the second Test between India and Bangladesh after the assesment by the Indian security delegation. | 1 |
Singh showdown for Tiger For the first time, Tiger Woods will not be the reigning PGA Tour Player of the Year when the Target World Challenge begins on Thursday at Sherwood Country Club in California. | 1 |
Fergie stands by selection policy Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson insists he has no regrets about fielding a second-string side against Fenerbahce. Sanli Tuncay #39;s second-half hat-trick consigned the Red Devils to a 3-0 defeat in Istanbul | 1 |
It #39;s a wrap for Hamm and fellow legends On the night that some of the greatest names in women #39;s soccer retired -amm, Foudy, Fawcett -re was a new one on the US team when it took the field for the second half against Mexico at The Home Depot Center. | 1 |
British confident of Grand Prix deal Silverstone racing track owners are confident they will reach an agreement with Formula One rights holder Bernie Ecclestone for a British Grand Prix next July. | 1 |
Leicester keeper set for Gunners recall Taylors one-month loan at the Walkers Stadium is set to end shortly and Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is keen to bring him back to Highbury to battle for the goalkeeping jersey with Jens Lehmann and Manuel Almunia. | 1 |
Multi-faceted Duncan is NBA #39;s best So here #39;s this guy, Tim Duncan, who #39;s got credentials galore - including six All-Star game appearances, five All-NBA citations, three MVPs, two gold rings, and probably even a partridge in a pear tree. | 1 |
Tyson arrested for damaging car Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after he allegedly jumped on to the bonnet of a car. | 1 |
SuperSonics Top Spurs 102-96 (AP) AP - Ray Allen scored 29 points, including a pair of 3-pointers late in the game, as the Seattle SuperSonics ended San Antonio's 21-game home winning streak with a 102-96 victory over the Spurs on Wednesday night. | 1 |
Texans Want No Part of Manning's History (AP) AP - The Houston Texans were plenty embarrassed when Peyton Manning threw five touchdown passes against them in a 35-point rout. | 1 |
US Defense Secretary Says Military Ties With India Will Strengthen US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has paid a visit to the Indian capital New Delhi for discussions on how to improve military relations between the two nations. | 0 |
Four pulled from Philippines rubble after ten days Rescuers in the Philippines today pulled at least four survivors from a building that collapsed in mudslides ten days ago. The four survived by drinking quot;any kind of liquid that | 0 |
EU Could Lift Arms Embargo on China by Next Year The European Union Wednesday held out the prospect of lifting a 15-year-old arms embargo on China, possibly by next year. Washington firmly opposes | 0 |
Group Criticizes Coleman For Calling On Annan To Resign A left-leaning Minneapolis think tank says Senator Norm Coleman was, quote, quot;reckless, quot; unquote, by calling for United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to resign. | 0 |
Contentious race for power Cars circle the roundabout in the center of Ramallah in no particular order, and groups of young Palestinian men hang out on a steel structure in the middle. | 0 |
South American leaders vow to create an EU-styled political union With the European experience in their minds, South American leaders meet this week in Cuzco, the millenarian capital city of the Inca #39;s Empire in Peru, in an attempt to set the basis of the political unification of the continent and speed up the | 0 |
Furious Japan seeks action against NKorea for lying about <b>...</b> TOKYO : Japan is enraged at North Korea for allegedly lying about the deaths of two of its citziens the Stalinist state kidnapped, with commentators warning the deception has set back the chances of reconcilation with the outside world. | 0 |
Kremlin targets another oligarch Alarm in Russian markets yesterday at the authorities #39; \$158m tax demand from Vimpelcom, the mobile operator, underlines nervousness after the assault on Yukos. | 2 |
Hyatt to buy AmeriSuites, consolidate holdings LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Hyatt Corp. said it will buy the 143-unit AmeriSuites hotel chain from The Blackstone Group for an undisclosed sum and will consolidate all of the Pritzker family #39;s hospitality holdings into one company called Global Hyatt. | 2 |
Infineon to Invest \$1 Billion in Malaysian Factory (Update4) Infineon Technologies AG, Europe #39;s second-largest maker of semiconductors, plans to invest about \$1 billion in a new factory in Malaysia to expand its automotive chip business and be closer to customers in the region. | 2 |
UPDATE: Australia #39;s WMC Ups Stakes In Xstrata Battle PERTH (Dow Jones)--Trying to derail Xstrata Plc. #39;s (XTA.LN) hostile takeover bid, WMC Resources Ltd. (WMR.AU) Thursday said it will return up to A\$1 billion to shareholders | 2 |
Shrek 3 Moved To 2007 Dreamworks Pictures has announced they will delay the release of Shrek 3 from November 2006 to May 2007. quot;We believe there are more than a half a dozen strong release windows available annually | 2 |
DPI buys CSX terminal business for 1.15 bn dollars DUBAI (AFP) - Dubai Ports International (DPI), a leading world port operator, announced it had acquired the international terminal business conducted by CSX World Terminals (CSXWT) for 1.15 billion dollars. | 2 |
Many states altering rules on insurance Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and the Northridge earthquake in 1994 were two watershed natural disasters that prompted significant changes in homeowners #39; insurance. | 2 |
Scientists pluck the details from chicken-genetics map In a step forward for biology and agriculture, scientists yesterday unveiled the first, detailed analysis of the genetic blueprint of the chicken - revealing few surprises, but suggesting | 3 |
Mozilla launched Thunderbird 1.0 On Mozilla web site you can find the newest version of the e-mail client Thunderbird 1.0. Mozilla expects this software to be more competitive than Microsofts Outlook Express. | 3 |
Sun Plans to Call on Lenovo After IBM Deal-CEO Scott McNealy is looking forward to making an early sales call on Lenovo #39;s new CEO as soon as the company #39;s \$1.25 billion deal to buy IBM #39;s PC business closes, the Sun Microsystems CEO said on Wednesday. | 3 |
Trojan programme exploits anti-spam sentiment Chennai, Dec.9: An alert for a data-stealing Trojan horse programme that installs itself on computers by offering to fight spam has been sounded on the Internet, the New Scientist news service reported today. | 3 |
Singh on top of the world, and he got there quietly THOUSAND OAKS -- Anonymity is only a problem if you want it to be, and it is obvious Vijay Singh doesn #39;t want it to be. Let others chase fame. | 1 |
SPORT * RUSSIA * FRANCE * FOOTBALL * CSKA PARIS/MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti #39;s sports analyst Mikhail Smirnov) - Footballers of the Moscow Central Army Sports Club (CSKA) had their last and best game of the season in Paris, confidently outplaying local PSG (Paris Saint-Germain). | 1 |
US areas lag behind in keeping up with races BEAVER CREEK, Colo. -- As the World Cup rolls on to Europe after its brief moment of glory in North America, one can't help but remember when New England hosted such events, last put on by Tommy Corcoran at Waterville Valley. | 1 |
BU's Bourque finds himself in select company On Monday morning, when Chris Bourque glanced at his cellphone to see his coach was calling, he had a good idea of what Jack Parker was going to tell him. That day, USA Hockey was informing 10 players that they had been selected to represent their country at the 10-team World Junior Championship later this month in Grand Forks, N.D. | 1 |
ND's president speaks his mind A turbulent situation at Notre Dame became even more stormy yesterday when outgoing president Rev. Edward Malloy, speaking at a panel discussion in New York, criticized the school's decision to fire football coach Tyrone Willingham last week. | 1 |
Infineon to invest \$1bn in Malaysia to produce chips for cars LONDON, December 9 (newratings.com) - Infineon Technologies (IFX.ETR) announced yesterday its plans to invest about \$1 billion in Malaysia to build a factory to manufacture chips used in cars and industrial power applications. | 2 |
Oil, Dollar, Chips to Weigh on Wall St. A rise in crude oil prices for a second day, a stalled recovery in the dollar and a crop of warnings in the chip sector were set to push Wall Street lower at Thursday #39;s opening. | 2 |
#39;Shrek 3 #39; Hibernating Until #39;07 DreamWorks Animation Studios said Wednesday it would postpone the release of quot;Shrek 3 quot; to May 2007 from November 2006. The announcement came a day after | 2 |
Dubai Ports International Buys CSX #39;s Ports Dubai Ports International is buying the foreign port operations of US railroad company CSX Corp. for \$1.15 billion in cash, the companies announced Thursday. | 2 |
Vivendi to Sell 15 Stake in Veolia to Reduce Debt (Update3) Vivendi Universal SA, owner of the world #39;s largest music company, plans to sell a 15 percent stake in Veolia Environnement SA to cut debt and focus on media and mobile-phone businesses. | 2 |
Merck slashes #39;05 forecast, citing Vioxx The withdrawal of painkiller Vioxx means Merck amp; Co. will miss the already diminished expectations of Wall Street analysts for 2005, the drug maker said yesterday. | 2 |
BC doubles up Fordham Basketball games are most often decided by a crucial run, but last night was simply a runaway as the Boston College women's team routed Fordham, 82-40, before a crowd of 630 at Conte Forum. | 1 |
Washington pursues O'Brien for vacancy The courtship of Boston College football coach Tom O'Brien moved east yesterday when University of Washington athletic director Todd Turner and president Mark Emmert flew east and met with O'Brien. | 1 |
McNealy: Sun is boxing clever with Microsoft The ground-breaking legal settlement and technology sharing deal between Microsoft Corp and Sun Microsystems Inc will not diminish competition between the two adversaries. | 3 |
Peterson may become first freshman to win Heisman Never in the history of college football #39;s top award has a freshman walked away with what is arguably sports #39; most recognizable trophy. | 1 |
White Sox fill a gap The White Sox can scratch quot;veteran reliever #39; #39; from their wish list after signing right-hander Dustin Hermanson on Wednesday to a two-year, \$5.5 million contract with a team option for a third season. | 1 |
Oil, Dollar, Chips to Weigh on Wall St. (Reuters) Reuters - A rise in crude oil prices for a second\day, a stalled recovery in the dollar and a crop of warnings in\the chip sector were set to push Wall Street lower at\Thursday's opening. | 2 |
Europe Urged to Help NATO More in Iraq, Afghanistan (Reuters) Reuters - The United States said it expected\European countries to come up with offers of help in Iraq and\Afghanistan at a NATO meeting on Thursday to discuss the\alliance's role in the insurgency-hit countries. | 0 |
Venezuelan President Approves Media Law (AP) AP - A law that gives the government control over the content of radio and television programs in Venezuela took effect Thursday. | 0 |
'Miracle in mud' as four pulled alive from Philippine disaster (AFP) AFP - Philippine rescuers were frantically digging for more survivors after four people, including a toddler, were pulled alive from a building crushed by a landslide 11 days ago. | 0 |
Hand Recount Starts in Wash. Gov.'s Race (AP) AP - Sitting at a folding table under fluorescent lights, Republican Lloyd Haskins Sr. held up ballots for Democrat Carl Brownstein to see, and they both marked their running totals on white scrap paper. | 0 |
Oil, Dollar, Chips to Weigh on Wall St. LONDON (Reuters) - A rise in crude oil prices for a second day, a stalled recovery in the dollar and a crop of warnings in the chip sector were set to push Wall Street lower at Thursday's opening. | 2 |
Dollar Extends Recovery for 2nd Session LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar strengthened against major currencies for a second session on Thursday, as investors continued to take profits on bets against the long-suffering U.S. currency. | 2 |
OPEC Debates Need for Oil Supply Cutbacks CAIRO (Reuters) - OPEC oil producers on Thursday weighed up whether heavy recent price falls were severe enough to warrant cutting back excess supply at Friday's ministerial meeting. | 2 |
GM Unit Opel to Cut 9,500 German Jobs FRANKFURT (Reuters) - General Motors' <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GM.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">GM.N</A> German unit Adam Opel AG will cut around 9,500 jobs at its loss-making operations, a source who attended a briefing by the carmaker's management on Thursday said. | 2 |
Toll Brothers Profit Nearly Doubles NEW YORK (Reuters) - Toll Brothers Inc. reported on Thursday quarterly earnings that nearly doubled, buoyed by growing demand for its luxury homes, and the company raised its forecast for 2005. | 2 |
Disney backs Sony DVD technology The battle over next generation DVDs hot ups, with Disney opting for a technology developed by Sony. | 2 |
State reduces stake in Air France The French government sells 17.7 of its stake in Air France-KLM amid reports it may cut its holding in the airline to as little as 18. | 2 |
Nations mark anti-corruption day Events are held around the world to mark the first ever United Nations anti-corruption day. | 2 |
Over 1,000 Die Every Day from Congo War -- Report KINSHASA (Reuters) - Over 1,000 Congolese civilians a day are dying, nearly all from disease and malnutrition, due to a festering conflict that has killed 3.8 million people, an aid agency said on Thursday. | 0 |
Rescue chopper down off Alaska Six people are missing after a US Coast Guard helicopter crashes off Alaska during a ship rescue. | 0 |
Kiev back to work in protest lull Ukrainian government workers resume duties as protesters lift blockades ahead of the presidential vote re-run. | 0 |
Karzai warning over drugs trade Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the rampant drugs trade poses a bigger threat than the Soviet invasion. | 0 |
Shipman report demands GMC reform The General Medical Council is doing too little to protect patients, the latest report from the Shipman Inquiry has said. | 0 |
Iraq Combat Fatality Rate Lowest Ever Ten percent of soldiers injured in Iraq have died from their war wounds, the lowest casualty fatality rate ever, thanks in large part to technological advances and the deployment of surgical SWAT teams at the front lines, an analysis to be published today has found. | 0 |
FBI Searches Saudi Arabia's PR Firm The FBI searched offices of a prominent public relations firm Tuesday, looking for information about its client Saudi Arabia, law enforcement sources said. | 0 |
Aid to Palestinians Approved President Bush approved Wednesday \$20 million in direct aid to the Palestinian Authority, as part of a broader White House strategy to pursue peace in the Middle East following Yasser Arafat's death. | 0 |
Interpreter Says No To Secrecy Interpreters have long been the cogs in the wheel of international diplomacy. They make headlines only when they mess up, as when President Jimmy Carter's interpreter spoke of the Polish people's "lusts for the future" instead of their "desires" for the future. And even then, convention demands that interpreters remain in the background, refraining from public comment. | 0 |
Shrek 3 not in cinemas before 2007 The third movie adventure of animated hero Shrek has been postponed, and will now reach cinema screens in May 2007. The Hollywood Reporter says that #39;Shrek 3 #39; had been pencilled in by studio DreamWorks for a November 2006 release. | 2 |
5 Indiana players, 7 fans charged in November NBA brawl PONTIAC, Mich. - Five members of the Indiana Pacers and seven Detroit Pistons fans were criminally charged yesterday because of their roles in the Pistons-Pacers brawl last month - a fight that captured national attention. | 1 |
Crewmen Ration and Lose Weight on Space Station The two crewmen aboard the International Space Station lost a few pounds in the five weeks they were forced to ration their dwindling supply of food. | 3 |
General Motors to cut 9,500 jobs at German unit LONDON, December 9 (newratings.com) - General Motors Corp (XGM.NYS) plans to cut 9,500 jobs at its German unit, Adam Opel AG, as part of its efforts to reduce its significant losses in Europe. | 2 |
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