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Opposition forms 900km human chain against government: World News: Dhaka, Dec 11 : Hundreds of thousands of people formed a 900 km-human chain across Bangladesh to show quot;no confidence quot; in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led coalition government. | 0 |
No. 20 Mich. St. Defeats Stanford, 78-53 (AP) AP - Paul Davis cleared his mind and a strong performance followed. | 1 |
AP: Bush Will Make Air Pollution Priority (AP) AP - President Bush will make air pollution a top priority in Congress early next year, starting with "an aggressive push" to build support for his pollution-cutting plan, senior administration officials said Saturday. | 0 |
Pavano Picks Yankees Carl Pavano decides he wants to pitch for the Yankees, and his agent and New York close in on a four-year contract worth about \$39 million. | 1 |
Rocket Takes Arbitration Roger Clemens accepts the Astros' offer of salary arbitration Saturday, meaning he will either play for Houston next season or retire. | 1 |
Olson Collects 1,000th Win Arizona coach Lute Olson gets his 1,000th victory Saturday as the No. 15 Wildcats knock off visiting Utah, 67-62, in Tuscon. | 1 |
GU Pounds San Jose St. Ray Reed scores 10 points and Georgetown holds San Jose State to a season-low point total in a 58-40 win over the Spartans. | 1 |
Mozilla Thunderbird email is go IF, LIKE ME you get sick and tired and hassled whenever Microsoft Outlook throws a wobbly you might be inclined to try out Mozilla #39;s Thunderbird as an email client. | 3 |
Carter Placed on Injured List (Reuters) Reuters - Toronto Raptors All-Star\swingman Vince Carter was placed on the injured list Friday\after tests revealed a mild strain of his left Achilles'\tendon. | 1 |
Group to Offer Proposal to Take Over Hudson Ferries With New York Waterway warning of an imminent financial collapse, a group of the company #39;s competitors drew up a plan yesterday to take over almost all of its ferry service along the Hudson River. | 2 |
Reports: Notre Dame Negotiates With Weis (AP) AP - Notre Dame is negotiating with New England Patriots offensive coordinator Charlie Weis to become its new head coach, the Chicago Tribune and two other newspapers reported Saturday. | 1 |
Free agent Pavano chooses Yanks Carl Pavano has made his long-awaited decision, instructing his agent to strike a deal with the New York Yankees. Scott Shapiro, who represents the free agent right-hander | 1 |
Vegas mayor brings glitz to the show Mayor Oscar Goodman crashed baseball #39;s winter meetings on Saturday with some shiny baubles and proposed to the sport in a manner befitting Brittany Spears more than Bud Selig: Let #39;s go to Vegas and get married. | 1 |
Middle Eastern reform to beat terrorism The American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, says, Middle Eastern economic and political reform will help defeat terrorism. With continued violence in US-occupied Iraq and the Palestinian question unresolved | 0 |
Arafat #39;s nephew says he died #39;unnatural death, #39; backing poisoning <b>...</b> The late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat #39;s nephew said Saturday his uncle may have died an quot;unnatural quot; death, a statement expected to renew speculation among Palestinians and in the rest of the Arab world where many already | 0 |
Knife fears could prompt new law Public fears over young people carrying knives could prompt new government restrictions. | 0 |
USC's Matt Leinart Wins Heisman Trophy (AP) AP - Matt Leinart replaced a Heisman Trophy winner and became one himself. | 1 |
Smoltz could return to Braves #39; rotation ANAHEIM, Calif. - John Smoltz might rejoin the Braves rotation if Atlanta finds another closer. Saturday afternoon, they did just that. | 1 |
Boomer to Boston, Pavano picks Yankees David Wells made the surprising decision to sign with the Boston Red Sox, Carl Pavano picked the New York Yankees and Roger Clemens narrowed his choices to the Houston Astros or retirement. | 1 |
Wall St. Week Ahead: Hope for Santa Rally NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street is hoping its traditional year-end "Santa rally" will pick up steam in the week ahead. | 2 |
How Consultants Can Retire on Your Pension Nowhere are the conflicts of interest for financial services conglomerates more potentially lucrative - and more obscure - than in the management of pension assets. | 2 |
Social Security Reform, With One Big Catch The idea that letting people invest some of their Social Security money in the stock market will allow for higher returns is as flawed as a perpetual motion machine. | 2 |
A New Way to Hedge Your Home's Paper Profit Through an increasing number of new investments, you can take steps to limit future erosion of your home's value. | 2 |
Can For-Profit Schools Pass an Ethics Test? Profits are up, but recently, a number of for-profit colleges have faced inquiries concerning the way they pursue federal funds. | 2 |
USC #39;s Matt Leinart Wins Heisman Trophy USC quarterback Matt Leinart scrambles out of the pocket against UCLA during the game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004. | 1 |
Notre Dame Narrows Its Focus to Weis More than two years ago, the New England Patriots #39; offensive coordinator, Charlie Weis, was so close to dying after complications from stomach-stapling surgery that a priest offered him last rites twice. | 1 |
ABC News No. 25 Kan. St. Trounces Mo.-KC, 63-31 Missouri Kansas City guard Lindsay Fields (22) passes the ball as she is pressured by Kansas State guard Megan Mahoney (34) in the second half Saturday, Dec. 11, 2004, in Kansas City, Mo. | 1 |
Arafat #39;s Medical Records Given to Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat #39;s nephew has turned over the late Palestinian leader #39;s medical records to a committee investigating the cause of his uncle #39;s death. | 0 |
PNA receives Arafat #39;s medical report Nasser al-Qidwa, Palestinian representative at the United Nations and nephew of late leader Yasser Arafat, handed Arafat #39;s death report to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on Saturday. | 0 |
In pictures: War in Chechnya Russia launched massive air strikes on the Chechen capital, Grozny, in December 1994 after the Chechen government refused to disarm and surrender to Moscow #39;s authority. | 0 |
Fla. State's Sam Won't Play in Gator Bowl (AP) AP - Florida State wide receiver Lorne Sam will not be available for the Seminoles when they play West Virginia in the Gator Bowl on Jan. 1. | 1 |
Apple's Music Store Now Accepts PayPal (AP) AP - Apple Computer Inc.'s online music store, iTunes, will now accept PayPal for purchases of music downloads, audiobooks and gift certificates. | 3 |
New Maldives Island Rises from the Depths (Reuters) Reuters - Life can be cramped when\you live on a remote cluster of tiny coral islands in the\Indian Ocean, so the Maldives has plumped for a novel if\seemingly extreme solution -- build a new island from scratch. | 3 |
Md. Studies Introducing Nonnative Oysters (AP) AP - On a damp, gray weekday morning on the Patuxent River, Harry Huseman is working hard for a few oysters. | 3 |
Larkin Seems Unlikely The likelihood of Barry Larkin playing for the Nationals appears dim following a meeting between Bowden and Larkin's agent. | 1 |
Iran, EU to Begin Nuclear Talks (AP) AP - Iran and the European Union will begin comprehensive talks on Tehran's nuclear activities next week, official media reported Saturday. | 0 |
Bush Pushes for Social Security Overhaul (AP) AP - President Bush made a fresh push Saturday for a new Social Security plan in which Americans would be allowed to channel a small portion of their income into "personal savings accounts," warning that inaction could end the retirement system. | 0 |
Malaria treatment target is found A transport system used by the malaria parasite to infect blood cells could be a target for new treatments, scientists hope. | 0 |
GM to fire on all cylinders if Opel #39;s cost-cutting fails WORKERS at General Motors German unit Adam Opel are not out of the woods yet. The company and union officials have agreed to reduce the German workforce by up to 10,000, but if cost cutting falls short, or | 2 |
Rangers a-leaping McLeishs men take over again from Celtic at top of the SPL ... and theyve got an Old Firm cup draw to savour. FOR the latest instalment of Premierleague-leadership swapsy read skoosh case to Rangers. | 1 |
#39;I #39;ve never been so scared #39; IT TOOK until the third of their four goals against Newcastle United last Saturday before the home supporters launched into their ironic chants of quot;Boring, boring Chelsea quot;. | 1 |
This frosh deserves Heisman In the 69-year history of college football #39;s most prestigious award, a freshman has never won the Heisman Trophy. I voted to change that in year No. | 1 |
Pavano picks Yankees; holdup on Wright deal a \$21 million, three-year contract, but there may be a hitch in the deal. New. hasn #39;t determined whether he passed it or failed it. | 1 |
UK Owns IU, Kentucky Beats Hoosiers in Basketball Too Today at Freedom Hall, Patrick Sparks scored 16 points as the tenth-ranked Wildcats dominated the Hoosiers inside in a 73-to-58 victory. | 1 |
Colombo blast: Two killed at Shahrukh #39;s concert Two people were killed and at least 18 injured when a bomb ripped through Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan #39;s mega concert in Colombo on Saturday night. | 0 |
Klitschko-Williams - Good Match-Up for Boxing, Bad for Some in <b>...</b> 11.12.04 - By Umar ben-Ivan Lee: The boxing economy is a trickle-down economy in its basic nature. Wealth trickles down from the heavyweight division to the lower weights; because the majority of casual fans | 1 |
Burmese Leader Promises Progress on Reforms Burma #39;s prime minister has said the country will proceed with democratic reforms, but gave no indication of when opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be freed from house arrest. | 0 |
US soldier jailed for murdering Iraqi BAGHDAD - A US soldier was sentenced to three years in jail for the murder of a wounded Iraqi teenager in Baghdad in August, the US military said on Saturday. | 0 |
George Washington Tops St. Francis (Pa.) (AP) AP - Pops Mensah-Bonsu scored 17 points, and No. 21 George Washington used a 20-2 run late in the first half to take control in a 79-65 victory Saturday night over St. Francis, Pa. | 1 |
Portuguese Gov't Resigns Ahead of Elections LISBON (Reuters) - The Portuguese government resigned on Saturday to avoid turf battles with President Jorge Sampaio in the run-up to snap elections in February. | 0 |
Japan PM's Support Slides on Iraq Concerns -Paper TOKYO (Reuters) - Support for Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and his cabinet slid sharply to 37 percent in a poll taken after his decision to extend the mandate of Japanese troops serving in Iraq, a national daily said on Sunday. | 0 |
Yankees Get Pavano The New York Yankees are close to finalizing a four-year deal for between \$39 million and \$42 million with free agent pitcher Carl Pavano. | 1 |
J. Lewis Will Start Running back Jamal Lewis will start for the Baltimore Ravens today against the New York Giants, according to a Ravens official. Lewis has not played since spraining his ankle against the Dallas Cowboys on Nov. 21, but he resumed practicing this week. Baltimore (7-5), which is in the thick of the AFC wild-card race, is 6-2 with Lewis and 1-3 without him. | 1 |
Irish Pound Huskies Behind a career performance from Crystal Erwin Notre Dame defeats visiting Washington, 72-58. Erwin hits all nine of her field goals and scores a career high 24 points. | 1 |
Eagles Win Again Jason Thomas matches a career-high with 26 points and American wins its fifth straight by beating visiting Ohio, 64-55, Saturday at Bender Arena. | 1 |
Aid Worker Hassan Mourned at London Service LONDON, Dec. 11 -- Family and friends gathered at Westminster Cathedral Saturday to remember Margaret Hassan, a respected aid worker abducted and believed murdered in Iraq. | 0 |
IAEA Leader's Phone Tapped The Bush administration has dozens of intercepts of Mohamed ElBaradei's phone calls with Iranian diplomats and is scrutinizing them in search of ammunition to oust him as director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to three U.S. government officials. | 0 |
Small Ally of Brazil's Lula Breaks with Government <p></p><p> SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's small PopularSocialist Party voted on Saturday to pull out of President LuizInacio Lula da Silva's government, a move that could make itharder for his administration to pass pending reforms.</p> | 0 |
Marriages Made in Corporate Heaven A flurry of year-end dealmaking hit the tech sector as companies maneuvered to get out of low-margin businesses, fill holes in their product lines and take financial advantage of the recent run-up in share prices. | 2 |
Premium Float A holding period that is said to vary widely, from days to months, depending on the terms between each insurer and each broker. | 2 |
Coral Peril TWENTY PERCENT of the world #39;s coral reefs quot;have been effectively destroyed and show no immediate prospect of recovery. quot; An additional 24 percent quot;are under imminent risk of collapse through human pressures, quot; and an additional 26 percent quot;are under a | 3 |
Microsoft #39;s Improved Media Center Still Falls Short a special layer of software designed to let people enjoy their digital photos, music and videos from across the room -- has to rank as one | 3 |
American soldiers are arrested for murder of a wounded Iraqi <b>...</b> At least four Iraqi police officers were killed and 16 American soldiers were wounded Saturday in a string of insurgent attacks across central and northern Iraq, military officials said. | 0 |
Sprint Nears Acquisition of Nextel Description: Sprint is about to acquire Nextel in a telecom merger that would create the nation #39;s third-largest wireless company. | 2 |
Altera, KLA drag down SVI An index of Silicon Valley stocks declined for the week, paced by Altera Corp., KLA-Tencor Corp. and Xilinx Inc. The Bloomberg Silicon Valley Index shed 10.01 in the past five days, or 2.1 percent, to 469.95. | 2 |
No. 2 Kan. Trounces La.-Lafayette, 96-51 (AP) AP - Keith Langford had 19 of his 24 points in a torrid first half that propelled second-ranked Kansas over Louisiana-Lafayette 96-51 Saturday night. | 1 |
McKenzie seeks first tour win at MasterCard Masters Day three at the MasterCard Masters promised so much. Bradley Hughes has been through difficult times in recent years, battling to retain USPGA Tour playing privileges, losing them and then spending two years | 1 |
Southern Cal #39;s Matt Leinart Wins Heisman NEW YORK -- Southern California quarterback Matt Leinart has won the 70th Heisman Trophy, edging out four other finalists, including Oklahoma quarterback Jason White who had hoped to win the trophy for a second time. | 1 |
Hatton cruises to his 15th defence BOXING: Ricky Hatton last night gave another stark indication that he is ready for a career-defining fight in the new year, by battering Ray Oliveira at the ExCel Conference Centre in London. | 1 |
Grenade kills two at Bollywood concert Two people were killed and 11 others wounded on Saturday when a hand grenade was lobbed into the VIP section of the audience at a concert led by Indian film star Sharukh Khan, police said. | 0 |
Alcohol hampers depth perception Drinking alcohol impairs driving ability by disrupting depth perception, researchers find. | 0 |
Earthquake Shakes Caribbean Territories (AP) AP - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake jolted the British Virgin Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Saturday, the Puerto Rico Seismic Network said. | 0 |
Rival Congo Army Factions Clash (AP) AP - Rival factions in Congo's postwar army battled in the eastern region of the vast nation Saturday, killing several people, a top military official said. | 0 |
Myanmar regime using Buddhism as an instrument of propaganda (AFP) AFP - Buddhism, enthusiastically followed by the majority of Myanmar's 53 million people, is being exploited as a propaganda tool by the military junta, monks and analysts said after the curtain fell on a world Buddhist meeting held here. | 0 |
Jeffeson Leads Nets Richard Jefferson scores 19 in the second half, and Travis Best has a season-high 21 to lead the Nets to a 95-90 victory over the Hawks. | 1 |
Iraqi Fighters Keep Up Attacks A series of car bombings, ambushes and assassinations across the country's most restive regions Saturday killed several civilians, police and clerics. | 0 |
Dangers on the Ground in Iraq Lead to Increased Use of Airlifts AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar, Dec. 11 -- In an effort to reduce the amount of military cargo hauled in vulnerable ground convoys across Iraq, the U.S. Air Force has begun airlifting much larger quantities of materiel to bases around the country. | 0 |
Arabs Reject U.S. Push for Reform RABAT, Morocco, Dec. 11 -- Senior Arab officials attending a U.S.-sponsored conference to promote democracy in the Middle East emphatically rejected on Saturday the Bush administration's assertion that greater democracy in the region would help end terrorism. They argued that the administration's strong support of Israel made it difficult to undertake political reform or to stop extremists driven by hatred of U.S. policies. | 0 |
Chen's Taiwan Poll Loss Seen Easing China Strains (Reuters) Reuters - The pro-independence party of Taiwan\President Chen Shui-bian suffered a surprise defeat in weekend\legislative elections that could ease tensions with China but\paralyze government on the democratic island. | 0 |
Yushchenko Was Poisoned; Ukraine Assesses Turmoil KIEV (Reuters) - Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned by dioxin during Ukraine's presidential election campaign, his Austrian doctors said on Saturday as the country counted the cost of the turmoil generated by the rigged poll. | 0 |
Chen's Taiwan Poll Loss Seen Easing China Strains TAIPEI (Reuters) - The pro-independence party of Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian suffered a surprise defeat in weekend legislative elections that could ease tensions with China but paralyze government on the democratic island. | 0 |
Is he a Weis decision? During the last couple days, the Notre Dame football coaching search has seemed to focus on former Irish quarterback Tom Clements and Notre Dame graduate Charlie Weis. | 1 |
Peru rebels 'to give up weapons' The man who led a bloody occupation of a police station in Peru says his followers will surrender on Monday. | 0 |
Marquette Upsets No. 24 Wisconsin, 63-54 (AP) AP - Travis Diener scored 29 points despite playing with a sprained ankle, and led unbeaten Marquette past No. 24 Wisconsin 63-54 Saturday night. | 1 |
Cheetham Leads Dunhill After 3 Rounds (AP) AP - England's Neil Cheetham had the only bogey-free round Saturday, shooting a 3-under-par 69 that gave him a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the Dunhill Championship. | 1 |
Manager believes club will remain competitive in 2005 There was a time when Braves manager Bobby Cox didn #39;t have to worry so much during the offseason. Those were the days when the organization #39;s pockets were deep enough to | 1 |
Marseille down on rank with loss to Auxerre while Lyon <b>...</b> A second-half strike from Benjani gave AJ Auxerre a 1-0 victory at struggling Olympique Marseille ina French first division soccer match on Saturday. | 1 |
EcoVillage Provides Challenge, Support (AP) AP - When Laura Beck and Greg Pitts realized their marriage was falling apart, one thing was clear: They would work together to maintain a loving, supportive environment for their young son, Ethan. In June 2002, the couple had moved from Austin, Texas, to EcoVillage at Ithaca, an "intentional community" in central New York where environmentally friendly neighbors share space, meals, chores and generally look out for each other. | 3 |
Congo factions clash on Rwandan border RIVAL factions in Congos postwar army fought gun battles on the vast nations eastern border with Rwanda yesterday, killing several people, a top military official said. | 0 |
Russian President Turns on Washington Over Ukraine The political crisis in Ukraine has touched off a fresh debate inside the White House and foreign policy offices over how President Bush should handle Russian President Vladimir Putin #39;s increasingly | 0 |
Season of Giving It may be the season of shopping, but time is running out for the Season of Giving. The Salvation Army is in desperate need of more volunteers to ring bells and collect money. | 2 |
Mavericks Trounce Rockets, 102-78 (AP) AP - Michael Finley scored a season-high 26 points and led a huge third-quarter charge as the Dallas Mavericks beat Houston 102-78, handing the Rockets their biggest loss of the season Saturday night. | 1 |
UNDATED: 2-of-8 shooting. Keith Langford had 19 of his 24 points in the first half as Kansas coasted from the outset. JR Giddens had 14 of his 16 points for Kansas (6-0) in the first half. | 1 |
Tendulkar honoured and thrilled but not satisfied DHAKA - Sachin Tendulkar was thrilled, but not satisfied, by his record-equalling 34th Test century against Bangladesh in Dhaka yesterday. | 1 |
Bulls Defeat Timberwolves, 99-88 (AP) AP - Rookie Ben Gordon scored a career-high 31 points, 16 in the fourth quarter to hold off a furious Minnesota comeback, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Timberwolves 99-88 Saturday night. | 1 |
IAEA Leader #39;s Phone Tapped The Bush administration has dozens of intercepts of Mohamed ElBaradei #39;s phone calls with Iranian diplomats and is scrutinizing them in search of ammunition to oust him as director general of | 0 |
Christmastime Consumerism Even self-proclaimed penny-pinching folks like me who loathe the way Christmas has become so commercialized can lose their common sense. | 2 |
Loophole Pays Off on Upscale Buildings Washington area homeowners living in historic districts are rapidly taking advantage of substantial federal income tax write-offs under obscure easement trust plan. | 2 |
Under the Tree, 1983 When John P. Reilly told me to think retro, visions of Davy Crockett and coonskin caps danced in my head. I began to imagine a sleigh full of hula hoops and plenty of Silly Putty in this year's bundle of toys. | 2 |
Oil Prices Increase after OPEC Limits Surplus Production Oil Ministers representing countries in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) met in Cairo, Egypt, and agreed to end the over quota production. | 2 |
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