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Arsenal face key revival test Can two wins reverse a slide? Arsenal have scored eight times in winning their past two games, but those goals could be as confetti on the breeze if they slip up against Chelsea at Highbury on Saturday. | 1 |
Sport scene The NHL players #39; association offered an immediate 24 percent salary rollback Thursday in Toronto as the centerpiece of a proposal handed to the league in an effort to end the season-long lockout. | 1 |
Paceman Pathan sends Tigers packing at 184 A five-wicket haul by Indian paceman Irfan Pathan sent Bangladesh crashing to 184 against India in the first innings of first test when bad light forced an early close of the first day #39;s play due to insufficient light, reports BSS. | 1 |
Tice: UW job could lure him from NFL Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Tice said yesterday that there are only two or three college coaching jobs that might lure him away from the NFL. | 1 |
Klap: Strong backing at first Baseball has barely started breathing again since Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi admitted to using steroids - a scandal that froze the industry for an entire week. | 1 |
Putin quot;pleased quot; if Ukraine joins EU MOSCOW : President Vladimir Putin said he would be quot;pleased quot; to see Ukraine admitted to the European Union because this would only benefit Russia #39;s economy due to its deep and long-standing industrial links with Ukraine. | 0 |
GE raises dividend, boosts stock buyback General Electric Co. said Friday that it is raising its quarterly dividend by 10 percent to 22 cents per share, and could buy back up to \$15 billion worth of stock over the next three years. | 2 |
Siemens acquires Chantry for larger WLAN play Siemens AG has acquired Chantry Networks, a step that will extend its enterprise offerings and Voice over Internet Protocol into the wireless local area network space. | 3 |
Philip Morris Raises Prices on Marlboros, Other Smokes Altria Group Inc.'s Philip Morris USA has initiated a long-awaited increase in cigarette prices, providing what some analysts consider the first sign of life in the U.S. cigarette market since 2002. | 2 |
Florida Orange, Grapefruit Crops Reduced Further Florida's hurricane-damaged orange and grapefruit crop will be even smaller than originally estimated, officials said Friday, raising the prospect of higher prices for orange juice at supermarkets and an even greater scarcity of grapefruit juice. | 2 |
Dollar Rallies in Year-End Profit-Taking NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar gained broadly on Friday for the third straight session, as strong U.S. economic data gave traders additional reasons to take profits in other currencies before the year's end. | 2 |
GE OKs \$15 Bln Buybacks, Hikes Dividend BOSTON (Reuters) - Diversified manufacturer General Electric Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">GE.N</A> on Friday said it boosted its quarterly dividend by 10 percent and earmarked up to \$15 billion for share repurchases over the next three years. | 2 |
Winn-Dixie Names Rival's Ex-Executive CEO NEW YORK (Reuters) - Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=WIN.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">WIN.N</A> said on Friday it ousted President and Chief Executive Frank Lazaran after about a year in the post after he failed to revive the grocer despite ordering 10,000 job cuts. | 2 |
Supreme Court to take P2P case update The US Supreme Court on Friday said it would hear a controversial case on whether file-sharing software companies could be held legally responsible for copyright infringement on their networks. | 2 |
Microsoft helps in bogus degrees case With help from software giant Microsoft Corp., officials tracked down two brothers who authorities say sold bogus college degrees over the Internet, including an MBA that was issued to a housecat. | 3 |
NHL players propose a sizable salary cut The NHL players #39; association stunned the league and even its members with its latest effort to save the hockey season: an offer to roll back all players #39; salaries by 24 percent. | 1 |
No let down for White this year Oklahoma was tied with Texas A amp;M in College Station, Texas, having already come back from three 14-point deficits. The Corps was screaming. | 1 |
16 Killed in Venezuelan Plane Crash (AP) AP - A Venezuelan military plane crashed in a mountainous region near Caracas on Friday, killing 16 poeple, including high-ranking officers, a top government official said. | 0 |
Berlusconi Saved in Graft Trial by Time Ruling Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi escaped conviction in a major corruption trial on Friday after a court invoked a statute of limitations that meant time had run out to sentence him for bribery. | 0 |
Russia #39;s new mobile N-missile by #39;06 MOSCOW: Moscow revealed the first hints of its secretive new nuclear weapons priorities on Friday with a top Russian general saying that a new generation of strategic missiles would soon be mobile on land and that this was far from the only thing that | 0 |
Hostages walk free in Iraq TWO truck drivers from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka kidnapped in Iraq by the same militant group that claims to be holding two French journalists have been released by their captors, officials said today. | 0 |
Preemptive Shot By cutting back to its official quotas, the cartel is trying to prove it can keep control of prices -- a risky gambit in the face of lots of vagaries. | 2 |
Nextel, Sprint in advanced merger talks Nextel is reportedly in advanced merger talks with Sprint, a deal that would form the third largest US cell phone company. However, there were indications a third player, Verizon Wireless, might make a run | 2 |
Daimler Chrysler Asked To Recall 600,000 Vehicles Federal safety regulators have asked Daimler Chrysler AG to recall 600,000 vehicles, because their wheels could fall off. The vehicles in question are 2000 through 2003 Dodge Durango SUV #39;s and Dakota pick-up trucks. | 2 |
Ford to recall 474 000 SUVs worldwide Ford Motor Company said today it was recalling about 474 000 Escape and Mazda Tribute sport utility vehicles (SUVs) globally because the accelerator cable may prevent the engine from returning to the idle position, which could increase stopping distance | 2 |
American raises domestic fares FORT WORTH, Texas - American Airlines has increased most domestic US and US to Canada fares \$5 one way and \$10 round trip, effective Dec. 9, to help offset the continuing high cost of jet fuel, the airline explained in a news release. | 2 |
Lazio given stadium ban over racist fans Lazio will have to play their next European home game behind closed doors following racist abuse by their fans, UEFA has announced. | 1 |
A vote for Bush The Heisman Trophy comes with wings, a tail, a flight crew and jet engines. Boeing and Airbus are fighting over its manufacturing rights. | 1 |
The Crash After the Sugar High Imperial Sugar appears to be a lot sweeter than it was a year ago, but challenges remain. | 2 |
Rare Day of Joy for Ciena Faithful Disappointment is the usual sentiment for Ciena shareholders -- except for yesterday. | 2 |
U.S. Posts #36;57.88 Billion Budget Deficit (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. government posted a #36;57.88\billion shortfall between receipts and outlays in the month of | 2 |
Telecom Making a Comeback? It seems that every time I write about the telecommunications industry, my thoughts slip back to my proud days at the Standard amp; Poor #39;s Equity Group. | 2 |
Chrysler Recall Possible Federal safety regulators have asked the carmaker to recall Durango Sport utility vehicles and Dakota pickups in the model years 2000 to 2003. | 2 |
Cinergy to sell 6.1 million shares Cinergy Corp. of Cincinnati, Ohio, said Friday it plans to sell 6.1 million shares of common stock. The sale will be made under Cinergy #39;s effective shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. | 2 |
Media Companies Get US Supreme Court Hearing on File Sharing The motion picture and recording industries will get a US Supreme Court hearing in their bid to block the catastrophic, multibillion-dollar harm #39; #39; they say is caused by file-sharing software used to pirate movies and songs. | 3 |
Space telescopes discover more of sun #39;s sisters Astronomers are finding more of the sun #39;s sisters as they train two sharp eyes on the universe. NASA, ESA, DR Ardila, DA Golimowski, JE Krist, M. Clampin, JP | 3 |
Penn State Tells 80,000 Students To Chuck IE A public university with an enrollment of over 80,000 puts the kibosh on Microsoft #39;s Internet Explorer. A public university with an enrollment of over 80,000 put the kibosh this week on Microsoft #39;s Internet | 3 |
Apple #39;s iTunes now accepting PayPal com December 10, 2004, 11:28 AM PT. Customers at Apple Computer #39;s iTunes store will now be able to pay for their songs, albums and gift certificates using PayPal, a virtual wallet technology owned by eBay. | 3 |
Wenger to mull goalkeeper dilemma until last minute Arsene Wenger said he had still not made up his mind about whether Jens Lehmann or Manuel Almunia will be in goal for Arsenal #39;s showdown with Premiership leaders Chelsea on Sunday. | 1 |
NHL Lockout Glance NEGOTIATIONS: The NHL and the players #39; association held their first negotiating session since Sept. 9 on Thursday. The sides will meet again next Tuesday in either New York or Toronto when the league is expected | 1 |
Goodman warms up to pitch city to owners While this weekend #39;s Major League Baseball meetings in Anaheim, Calif., will probably be dominated by talk of steroids and big player moves, Las Vegas #39; mayor hopes to grab some attention Saturday | 1 |
Earthquake Hits Near India; No Damage Seen (AP) AP - A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in the seas near the remote, tsunami-ravaged Andaman and Nicobar islands, but caused no damage or casualties, officials said Monday. | 0 |
Court clears Berlusconi of corruption (AFP) AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi escaped a potentially devastating jail sentence when a Milan court cleared him of corruption charges after a four-year trial, a verdict which he hailed as "better late than never". | 0 |
France to allow a longer workweek France #39;s prime minister has announced plans to let workers negotiate workweeks that exceed the current 35-hour limit. Jean-Pierre Raffarin also vowed to cut the current 9.9 percent unemployment rate by a 0.1 | 0 |
Doubts Persist About Election Results (AP) AP - As the Electoral College prepares to certify President Bush's re-election on Monday, concerns persist about the integrity of the nation's voting system #151; particularly in Ohio, where details continue to emerge of technology failures, voter confusion and overcrowded polling stations in minority and poor neighborhoods. | 0 |
Airport Patdown Procedures Modified (AP) AP - The Transportation Security Administration is slightly altering the way airport screeners conduct patdown searches by allowing passengers to put their arms down after their upper bodies are checked. | 0 |
Sweden Awards Nobels But Shy Writer Stays Home STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Scientists and economists from the United States, Israel and Norway received their Nobel prizes on Friday at a ceremony marked by the conspicuous absence of literature laureate Elfriede Jelinek of Austria. | 0 |
Embattled Ukraine PM Slams Opponent's 'Orange Coup' KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's prime minister came out fighting on Friday in the campaign for a re-run of a rigged presidential election, accusing opposition challenger Viktor Yushchenko of instigating "totalitarianism" against voters. | 0 |
Sprinter Suspended Eight Years for Doping (AP) AP - Sprinter Michelle Collins was suspended for eight years for a doping violation linked to the BALCO scandal and will forfeit results that include 2003 indoor world and U.S. titles in the 200 meters. | 1 |
China Fills Top Sports Post for Olympics (AP) AP - China appointed a party official who has never worked in sports to oversee the preparation of athletes for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. | 1 |
Air Force Clears Athlete of Cheating (AP) AP - Air Force guard Dan Nwaelele will play Saturday against No. 3 Georgia Tech after being cleared of allegations that he cheated academically. | 1 |
Bradley's Appeal Rejected The Ohio Supreme Court rejects former Indians outfielder Milton Bradley's appeal of a three-day jail sentence he received after driving away from police who were trying to give him a speeding ticket. | 1 |
Summary Box: Delphi Corp. prepares for tough start to 2005 THE SITUATION: Squeezed by rising materials and health care costs and lower vehicle production, No. 1 auto supplier Delphi Corp. plans to cut 8,500 jobs worldwide next year after eliminating more than 9,000 in 2004. | 2 |
Chinas inflation falls sharply in November Chinas annual inflation rate dropped sharply in November, heartening policy makers who have been striving to cool the economy and reducing chances of a further rise in interest rates in the near term. | 2 |
Local gamer: Grand Theft Auto #39; steals the show Just how excited is Justin Field about the new quot;Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas quot; video game. quot;(It #39;s) the best game on the planet, in my mind, quot; said Field, the owner of the Eugene store and gaming center Big City Gamin #39;. | 2 |
Honda CR-V SUV Gets Top Rating in Side Crash Test Honda Motor Co. Ltd. #39;s 2005 model CR-V compact sport utility vehicle has earned the top safety rating in side impact crash tests, a US research group linked to the insurance industry said on Friday. | 2 |
Vail Resorts #39; loss widens to US\$31.5 million, real estate revenue <b>...</b> Vail Resorts said Friday that a drop in real estate revenue contributed to a wider loss in the first quarter, one of the company #39;s slowest times. | 2 |
Nintendo Ready to Take on Sony On Wednesday during a presentation at the Foreign Correspondents Club held in Tokyo, Nintendo Co. Ltd. President Satoru Iwata revealed some interesting bits of information regarding the company #39;s stance towards | 3 |
Man City v Tottenham Stuart Pearce has placed an early claim on the Manchester City job when Kevin Keegan steps down as manager in 18 months #39; time. | 1 |
Washington job reportedly interests Tice Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Tice said that there are two or three college football jobs that could lure him from the NFL, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. | 1 |
Line of Scrimmage: Week 14 - Peyton Will Own All QB Records When Peyton Manning breaks the single- season NFL record for passing touchdowns, an event that will likely occur this Sunday, I won #39;t go nuts celebrating the man. | 1 |
First tomatoes, now grapefruit It #39;s been a lousy fall for grocery shoppers. First the cost of tomatoes set new records, and now those lucky enough to find grapefruits can expect to pay more than \$1 a piece. | 2 |
Darfur Talks to Seek Political Pact Amid Fighting (Reuters) Reuters - Sudanese officials and Darfur rebels\arrived in Nigeria on Friday for talks on a political deal to\end two years of conflict in the vast desert region which\observers say is slipping deeper into chaos. | 0 |
Apple #39;s iTunes now accepting PayPal Customers at Apple Computer #39;s iTunes store will now be able to pay for their songs, albums and gift certificates using PayPal, a virtual wallet technology owned by eBay. | 3 |
Cisco to acquire BCN Cisco Systems has confirmed that it is to buy routing software start-up BCN Systems for an initial \$34 million (17.6 million). In the week it turned 20, the networking giant announced it will pay around | 3 |
Microsoft to Judges: Eolas Didn #39;t Invent Patented Tech An appeals court should throw out a half-billion-dollar patent infringement judgment against Microsoft because a lower court failed to recognize that the Web browsing patent was based on a technology that was not invented by the company awarded the money | 3 |
Enter your e-mail: E-mail users looking to strike back at spammers by installing a controversial screensaver are getting more than they bargained for. | 3 |
Microsoft Readies Five Windows Fixes As part of its new advance warning policy, Microsoft on Thursday said next week #39;s regularly-scheduled patch day will feature five fixes for Windows, none of them more severe than quot;Important. | 3 |
Johnny Ortiz: Retire Maker Train Rolls On Vitali Klitschko is referring to himself as the quot;Retire Maker, quot; he feels he is responsible for sending Lennox Lewis into retirement after their brutal fight for Lennox #39;s heavyweight title. | 1 |
COLLINS #39; EIGHT-YEAR BAN American sprinter Michelle Collins has been hit with an eight-year suspension for using a cocktail of banned drugs EPO, testosterone and the designer steroid THG. | 1 |
Preview: Manchester City v Tottenham Boss Kevin Keegan will again be without Claudio Reyna, Ben Thatcher, Trevor Sinclair and Jihai Sun. Bradley Wright-Phillips, who opened his goal-scoring account after just three minutes on the pitch against | 1 |
NHL labour meeting set for Tuesday The NHL and NHLPA will be meeting Tuesday in Toronto at 1pm et/10am pt at which time the NHL is expected to respond to Thursday #39;s NHLPA proposal. | 1 |
Air Force Clears Athlete of Cheating AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. Dec 10, 2004 - Air Force guard Dan Nwaelele will play Saturday against No. 3 Georgia Tech after being cleared of allegations that he cheated academically. | 1 |
Oprah, Cruise to Co-Host Nobel Concert Nobel Peace show host Oprah Winfrey smiles in the Oslo Town Hall where Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai of Kenya is to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Friday, Dec. 10, 2004. | 0 |
Palestinian Family Says Girl, 8, Was Killed by Israeli Bullet Israeli gunfire killed an 8-year-old Palestinian girl eating lunch in her home today during an exchange between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers in the southern Gaza Strip, the girl #39;s family said. | 0 |
Corrupt ways That Indias politicians have been rated among the most corrupt in the world in a report brought out by Berlin-based NGO Transparency International (TI) isnta matter of surprise at all. | 0 |
Dinesh Rajaratnam freed Sri Lankan truck driver Dinesh Rajaratnam taken hostage in Iraq last October has been released along with his Bangladeshi colleague Abul Kashem, the Foreign Ministry confirmed yesterday. | 0 |
Watch Lists Glance (AP) AP - Other measures related to transportation security, besides expanded use of government watch lists on flights, cruises and at airports, included in the intelligence overhaul legislation: | 0 |
Venezuelan plane crash kills 16 A military plane crashes in a mountainous area of Venezuela, killing 16 people. | 0 |
Gold Standard No More Maybe the reason so many coaches have steered clear of the job at Notre Dame is that they got a look at the people they would be working for, and under what circumstances. | 1 |
Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Girl Israeli troops shot and killed a 7-year-old Palestinian girl on Friday after militants fired mortar rounds at a Gaza Strip settlement, injuring four Israelis, one of them a child, officials said. | 0 |
16 Killed in Venezuelan Plane Crash A Venezuelan military plane crashed in a mountainous region near Caracas on Friday, killing 16 poeple, including high-ranking officers, a top government official said. | 0 |
1,400 Colombian Fighters Begin to Disarm More than a thousand paramilitary fighters began demobilizing Friday in the remote jungles of Colombia, where the main road is marked by crosses, burned vehicles and blown-up bridges - the scars of a protracted and bitter battle between their right-wing faction and leftist rebels for control of the region's cocaine industry. | 0 |
OPEC to Cut Production After Six-Week Price Decline (Update7) OPEC, the producer of more than a third of the world #39;s oil, agreed to cut output by about 4 percent in a bid to prop up prices after the biggest drop in three years. | 2 |
Summary Box: Airbus to Develop New Jet NEW PLANE: Airbus gets the go-ahead from its owners to start taking orders for the A350, a new mid-sized passenger plane it hopes will be the nemesis of its rival Boeing #39;s 7E7. | 2 |
Apple Says ITunes Music Store Now Accepts PayPal Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday said customers of its iTunes online music store can now use eBay Inc. | 3 |
Greed gone wild Let #39;s start with two hockey-related news bits most Americans probably aren #39;t aware of. 1) The NHL season still hasn #39;t started, and 2) On Thursday, union leaders made a new collective bargaining proposal to | 1 |
Delphi to cut 8,500 jobs worldwide (December 10, 2004) - Delphi Corp. said Friday it plans to cut 8,500 jobs -r 4.6 percent of its total work force -ldwide next year as part of an ongoing restructuring. | 2 |
Update 1: Hurricanes Hurt Florida Citrus Crops Because of hurricane damage, Florida #39;s grapefruit crop this season will be the smallest since the Depression, and its orange crop the worst in 13 years, agriculture officials said in a forecast issued Friday. | 2 |
UPDATE 1-Bank of America says moves 300 more jobs to Boston Bank of America Corp. (BAC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , which in September promised to move 100 wealth and investment management jobs to Boston, on Friday said it would move an additional 300 jobs to that city next year. | 2 |
Gemstar-TV Guide Taps Fox Executive as CEO Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. said on Friday it replaced Chief Executive Jeff Shell, credited with steering the company through a patch of legal woes, with a Fox | 2 |
Space holidays may not be happy There may not be a happy holiday in space because Russian and American astronauts have been told to ration their food supply for the next few weeks, until a space shipment can reach them. | 3 |
Yahoo adds fuel to desktop search rush Yahoo has announced it will join the fray with a new desktop product based on technology from X1 Technologies. Yahoo said it plans to launch a beta version of a new Yahoo Desktop Search tool in the coming | 3 |
US Supreme Court to hear appeal on music-swapping, copyright WASHINGTON : The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a case to determine whether music-swapping services can be held liable for copyright infringement if their networks are used for illegal digital copies. | 3 |
Apple #39;s music store now accepts PayPal NEW YORK -- Apple Computer Inc. #39;s online music store, iTunes, will now accept PayPal for purchases of music downloads, audiobooks and gift certificates. | 3 |
New file system has long road to Windows Microsoft #39;s long-planned new file system is likely still many years away from being a part of the company #39;s server operating system. | 3 |
Monkeys use tools to forage LONDON - Wild capuchin monkeys can understand cause and effect well enough to use rocks to dig for food, scientists have found. Capuchin monkeys often use tools and solve problems in captivity and sometimes | 3 |
Cisco purchase of BCN is par for the course Cisco Systems #39; acquisition of BCN Systems, a tiny networking software design company, runs true to form as Cisco continues its practice of buying key techn ologies to advance its product development strategy. | 3 |
SPECTOR: Players #39; offer not quite good enough Thursday #39;s collective bargaining meeting between the NHL and NHLPA lasted only four hours, but it #39;s still unknown if anything came out of it to save the 2004-05 season. | 1 |
Valdosta on a roll since loss in opener The Valdosta State Blazers nearly didn #39;t get to the NCAA Division II national championship game against Pittsburg State in Alabama. | 1 |
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