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1 in 10 bird species could vanish within 100 years By 2100, about 10 of all bird species probably will be extinct, killed off by habitat loss, hunting and climate change, conservation biologists estimate. | 3 |
Microsoft delays WinFS even more WinFS is perhaps one of the most awaited feature from the Microsoft stable after Longhorn was announced. Microsoft says that it has been their dream to come out with something like WinFS and completely change the way file system works. | 3 |
Mets Are on Verge of Signing Martnez as Boston Bows Out Before Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein left baseball #39;s winter meetings on Monday afternoon, he told executives from other teams that Boston had lost Pedro Martinez | 1 |
Giants set to welcome Matheny CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The San Francisco Giants plan to announce the signing of free-agent catcher Mike Matheny late Monday. Matheny, 34, reportedly will receive \$9 million US over three years. | 1 |
French lawyer asks Red Cross to look into reports of Saddam <b>...</b> PARIS A French lawyer is asking the Red Cross to check into reports that Saddam Hussein has begun a hunger strike. The attorney says he represents Saddam and that there are indications from Iraq that the former | 0 |
DUP to Meet Blair for Talks The Rev Ian Paisleys Democratic Unionists will meet Tony Blair at Downing Street today as efforts continue to resolve the impasse over IRA disarmament. | 0 |
Mets Are on Verge of Signing Martnez as Boston Bows Out The Mets are close to signing Pedro Martnez to a four-year contract for \$56 million, according to a person involved in the negotiations. | 1 |
Nets' Owner Staying a Stormy Course Bruce Ratner now spends his time trying to convince fans not to abandon a team that abandoned Kenyon Martin in a series of jumbled decisions last summer. | 1 |
Oracle to Acquire PeopleSoft for \$10.3 Billion, Ending Bitter Fight The merger is another step in the consolidation of the information technology industry as it matures. | 2 |
Bangladesh Is Surviving to Export Another Day Garment makers in poor countries have been dismayed over the upcoming abolition of trade quotas, but the outlook is not as bleak as many experts had thought. | 2 |
Rivals Join To Develop Hybrid-Car Technology General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG are throwing their combined weight behind a new hybrid technology for cars and trucks, setting the stage for what had been a niche product to spread to the mainstream for American consumers. | 2 |
Howard Says Full Sale of Telstra This Term Isn #39;t Guaranteed Australian Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday #39;s invitation for proposals from investment banks on how to sell the government #39;s A\$32 billion (\$24 billion) stake in Telstra Corp. | 2 |
Ravens Win, Watch The Ravens hold on to a 30-23 victory over the Miami Dolphins after building a 20-point lead and now need losses by Denver and Jacksonville to make the postseason. | 1 |
Heat Win 5th Straight, Beat Wizards 106-83 (AP) AP - Shaquille O'Neal scored a season-high 40 points, and the Miami Heat overcame the loss of leading scorer Dwyane Wade to beat the Washington Wizards 106-83 Monday night for their fifth straight win. | 1 |
MozSource Now Offers Technical Support for Key Mozilla Products MozSource, the independent company that operates the Mozilla Store and the Netscape Store, has announced the launch of its new high-quality, affordable technical support service for Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and Mozilla 1.7. | 3 |
Cassini has another successful Titan flyby The Cassini spacecraft completed a successful rendezvous with Saturn #39;s moon Titan today. This was the last pass before the European Space Agency #39;s Huygens probe is sprung loose from Cassini on Christmas Eve. | 3 |
NHL to reject players #39; latest offer: TSN TSN has obtained a memo showing the NHL will reject the latest offer from its players. quot;In sum, we believe the Union #39;s December 9 CBA proposal, while offering necessary and significant short-term financial | 1 |
Patriots loss is Notre Dame #39;s gain For some people, it #39;s going to the dentist or even the doctor. For others, it #39;s a bumpy plane ride or even something more down to earth, like that household chore which comes around a little too often. | 1 |
Oracle Reaches Takeover Deal With PeopleSoft Software maker PeopleSoft Inc. announced Monday that it had agreed to be acquired by Oracle Corp. in a \$10.3 billion deal, ending one of the longest and nastiest takeover battles in recent corporate history. | 2 |
US Quiet on China Trade Tax China #39;s promise to impose new taxes on some textile exports will do little to sway the administration as it debates whether to limit the expected flood of Chinese | 2 |
High oil prices predicted for next 20 years Although the recent flurry of record oil prices might be temporary, government analysts said Thursday that \$30-a-barrel oil should be expected for decades to come. | 2 |
Sprint #39;s Planned Nextel Deal Builds on Wireless Strength When Gary D. Forsee took over as chief executive of Sprint Corp. 20 months ago, the phone company was reeling from the telecom bust, burdened by debt and grappling with bigger | 2 |
China Aviation Oil Unit Procures Jet Fuel A new subsidiary of troubled China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp. has begun procuring jet fuel amid a criminal investigation into huge trading losses at the Singapore-listed firm, as well as demands for repayment from creditors. | 2 |
Citi and Amex: Plastic Fantastic? The financial titans hope their co-branded cards win over better-heeled, prompt-paying consumers. It may not be so simple, however. | 2 |
AMD and IBM develops new technology for processors AMD and IBM in collaboration have developed a new technology that can lead to massive increase in processor power. They call it strained silicon transistor and tests have shown it resulted in a 24 increase in performance. | 3 |
Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Monday Night Viewing conditions could be just right to try and catch a meteor shower Monday night. Some scientists say the best shooting star show of the year will peak Monday night. | 3 |
Marvel-ous deal for Mforma: mu Earlier today, Mforma and Marvel Enterprises announced the mobile entertainment industry #39;s largest content licensing deal to date. | 3 |
NFL Wrap: Steelers End Bills' Playoff Hopes ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (Sports Network) - Jeff Reed kicked five field goals and James Harrison returned a fumble for a touchdown, as the Pittsburgh Steelers completed the best season in franchise history and knocked the Buffalo Bills out of playoff contention with a 29-24 victory at Ralph Wilson Stadium. | 1 |
Coughlin to Simplify Manning #39;s Tasks The image of Eli Manning standing on the Giants #39; sideline Sunday, wearing a look of utter dejection, may end up as the defining portrait of a season going down the tubes, a rookie quarterback helpless to stem the downward swoosh. | 1 |
No. 6 Wake Forest 67, Temple 64 With two starters on the bench, Wake Forest had a different look at the start of its game against Temple. The postgame celebration wasn #39;t quite the same, either. | 1 |
Bengals Uncertain Of Palmer #39;s Status Cincinnati Bengals Coach Marvin Lewis said yesterday that he expects quarterback Carson Palmer to play again this season, but he doesn #39;t know if it will be this week. | 1 |
Two US marines killed in Iraq TWO US Marines were killed in Iraq #39;s Baghdad province, the marines said in a statement which gave no further details. The deaths followed the killing of eight marines over the weekend in the restive western Al-Anbar province. | 0 |
Sinn Fein slams Unionist #39;s refusal to resume peace talks BEIJING, Dec. 14 -- In Northern Ireland, hopes of reviving stalled talks between nationalist and unionist political parties have been dealt a blow by an Irish Republican Army refusal to deliver photographic proof of disarmament. | 0 |
For Brazil's Economy, the Doctor Is In Antonio Palocci, a doctor from Brazil's farm belt, has found himself presiding as the country's finance minister during the most robust economic expansion in a decade. | 2 |
Rivals Join to Develop Hybrid-Car Technology General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG are throwing their combined weight behind a new hybrid technology for cars and trucks, setting the stage for a spread to the mainstream. | 2 |
Global Crossing Ex-Chief Cleared The Securities and Exchange Commission has rejected a staff recommendation to bring civil charges against former Global Crossing Ltd. chairman Gary Winnick, his lawyer said Monday. | 2 |
AMD and IBM work together to improve chip performance Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and International Business Machines (IBM) have developed a new technology that they claim will deliver higher performance margins, from their latest microprocessors, with dual stress liner technology. | 3 |
Opportunity leaves Endurance Crater A frame from Opportunity #39;s front hazard avoidance camera shows the rover #39;s farewell glance at Endurance Crater. Credit: NASA/JPL. | 3 |
NBA ROUNDUP O #39;Neal Scores 40; Wade Hurt By The Associated Press. Shaquille O #39;Neal scored a season-high 40 points, and the host Miami Heat overcame the loss of Dwyane Wade, its leading scorer, to beat the Washington Wizards | 1 |
Report: Mets about to get Pedro Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - It looks as if Pedro Martinez is about to become a member of the New York Mets. The Boston Herald reported Monday afternoon that Martinez has agreed to a four- year, \$56 million | 1 |
Cavaliers 92, Grizzlies 86 LeBron James punctuated a 31-point performance with a slam in the closing seconds and finished with eight assists and seven steals, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 92-86 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night. | 1 |
#6/5 WAKE FOREST ESAPCES WITH 67-64 WIN OVER TEMPLE PHILADELPHIA - As sophomore Dustin Salisberys desperation three-point attempt with two seconds remaining sailed awry, so did the hopes of a Temple upset over #6/5 Wake Forest , who escaped with a 67-64 win on Monday night at the Liacouras Center . | 1 |
Romanians hope for new era In BUCHAREST story please read in fifth paragraph ... Prime Minister Adrian Nastase ... instead of ... Prime Minister. By Mirela Roman and Radu Marinas. | 0 |
Prep Banned From IAC Georgetown Prep's football team will not be allowed to play in the Interstate Athletic Conference, not because the Little Hoyas broke any rules, but because they're too good. | 1 |
Deacons Silence Owls Trent Strickland makes sure No. 6 Wake Forest avoids a loss to Temple Monday night by scoring nine points in the last nine minutes in the Demon Deacons' 67-64 win. | 1 |
Geico Wants To Restrict Google Ads Geico Corp. yesterday urged a federal judge in Alexandria to issue an injunction prohibiting Internet giant Google Inc. from selling ads based on searches using the Washington insurance giant #39;s | 2 |
IBM, AMD speed chips IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) and Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) said Monday that they have developed a strained silicon transistor technology aimed at | 3 |
Rovers Find More Evidence That Mars Was Once Home to Water More evidence of past water on Mars may help answer the questions quot;How wet? quot; and quot;How long? quot; At a news conference here at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical | 3 |
Bears #39; Urlacher hurts hamstring CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher hopes an MRI will determine the severity of a left hamstring injury sustained in this past Sunday #39;s 22-3 loss at Jacksonville. | 1 |
For Oracle, price is finally right SAN FRANCISCO - Oracle Corp. finally scooped up rival PeopleSoft Inc. after 18 months of legal and verbal strife, ending a feud with a \$10.3 billion deal that promises to shake up the business software industry. | 2 |
Daimler and GM gear up for transmission revolution Carmakers DaimlerChrysler and General Motors are to co-operate on developing a new type of transmission-based system to compete with Toyota and Honda in the growing hybrid market. | 2 |
Blog Creation, Readership Rises in 2004 (AP) AP - Readership of online journals known as blogs grew significantly in 2004, driven by increased awareness of them during the presidential campaign and other major news events, according to a study released Sunday. | 3 |
Ukraine Seeks to Control Yushchenko Probe (AP) AP - Ukraine's outgoing government sought Monday to control the inquiry into the poisoning of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, with officials close to the government taking charge of both investigations into who tried to harm or kill the leader of the "Orange Revolution." | 0 |
COLEMAN TIPS CHELSEA FOR TITLE Fulham boss Chris Coleman on Monday backed neighbours Chelsea to be crowned Barclays Premiership champions after Manchester United slipped up at Craven Cottage. | 1 |
UN suspends aid operations in South Darfur after killing of workers (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The United Nations has suspended its humanitarian operations in Sudan's troubled South Darfur area following a shooting that killed two aid workers, the agency said Monday. | 0 |
NBA Wrap: O'Neal Pours in 40 Points as Miami Wins (Reuters) Reuters - Shaquille O'Neal scored a season-high\40 points and added 12 rebounds and five blocked shots to drive\the host Miami Heat past the Washington Wizards 106-83 Monday. | 1 |
Giants Agree to 3-Year Deal With Matheny (AP) AP - The San Francisco Giants and catcher Mike Matheny agreed to a #36;10.5 million three-year contract Monday, the latest move to upgrade the team's defense. | 1 |
EU Works on Turkey Membership Talks (AP) AP - The European Union edged closer Monday to giving Turkey the green light on membership talks, but jitters over bringing the relatively poor Muslim nation into the fold prevented a decision on a starting date. | 0 |
WTO approves membership talks with Iraq, Afghanistan The World Trade Organization (WTO) has approved requests by Iraq and Afghanistan to begin membership negotiations, but Iran #39;s bid for such talks was again blocked by the United States. | 0 |
India, Pak to discuss CBMs Islamabad, Dec 14 - Experts from Pakistan and India are meeting today and tomorrow in Islamabad to discuss nuclear and conventional confidence building measures (CBMs). | 0 |
Add 'Podcasts' To Your Tech Terms Playlist (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - Just as you can download music to an iPod, some folks are doing the same with a new form of talk radio. | 3 |
Wake Forest Holds Off Temple; Mississippi State Wins PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - Eric Williams scored 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field to lead sixth-ranked Wake Forest to a 67-64 win over Temple at the Liacouras Center. | 1 |
Late Bouba Diop Strike Denies United LONDON (Reuters) - A late equalizer from Pape Bouba Diop gave Fulham a 1-1 draw at home to Manchester United on Monday and prevented Alex Ferguson's team from moving back into to the thick of the Premier League title race. | 1 |
Chavez Allies Name Supreme Court Justices President Hugo Chavez's allies in Congress appointed 17 new justices to the supreme court Monday as opposition parties accused the leader of stacking the nation's highest court with government-friendly magistrates. | 0 |
Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for \$10.3 Billion SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PeopleSoft Inc. on Monday agreed to a sweetened \$10.3 billion buyout by rival software maker Oracle Corp., relenting after a 18-month takeover saga marked by personal insults, courtroom battles and the ouster of PeopleSoft's chief executive. | 2 |
Citigroup Says It Will Issue American Express Cards American Express, which fought for the right to sign deals with banks that issue cards on the Visa and MasterCard networks, said that it won a contract with Citigroup. | 2 |
Grid pioneers launch company SAN FRANCISCO - The creators of the Globus open source grid software formally launched software and services company Univaon Monday with the hopes of capitalizing on their work on grid computing. | 3 |
Samsung Makes Smaller MMC Card for Cell Phones Thumbnail-sized memory card's maximum capacity will be 128MB. | 3 |
FOMC rate calls may get more interesting next year WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - The Federal Open Market committee is meeting behind closed doors on Tuesday and the most that financial markets can muster is a collective yawn. | 2 |
Jaguar workers vote against strike action Jaguar workers have voted against strike action in protest at the axing of car production in Coventry. Although the switch from Browns Lane to production facilities at Castle Bromwich in Birmingham forces | 2 |
MSN Desktop Search Debuts With the launch this week of new toolbars, Microsoft wants to make it as easy to find lost files on your desktop as it is to search the Web. | 3 |
HP targets Chinese market with AMD powered PC China with its large population provides a big market for the PC Manufacturers. However, it is the local computer makers who rule the Chinese PC Market. | 3 |
Google to Digitize Some Library Collections Five prestigious university and public libraries have reached agreement with Google Inc. to digitize millions of volumes in their collections and make portions of the text available for free | 3 |
White Sox deal C. Lee to Brewers for Podsednik, Vizcaino ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Hoping to add more power to their lineup, the Milwaukee Brewers acquired outfielder Carlos Lee from the Chicago White Sox for center fielder Scott Podsednik, reliever Luis Vizcaino and a player to be names later on Monday. | 1 |
Finance: the Point of No Returns (Reuters) Reuters - (Linda Stern is a freelance writer who covers personal\finance issues for Reuters. Any opinions in the column are\solely those of Ms. Stern. You can e-mail her at\lindastern(at)aol.com.) | 2 |
Filipinos mourn the death of movie legend The actor, who nearly unseated Gloria Arroyo in May #39;s presidential election, suffered a stroke at the weekend. News of Mr Poe #39;s illness and death has gripped the nation, pushing aside reports about a bomb | 0 |
US military denies Saddam on hunger strike Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was not on a hunger strike, the US military said Sunday. File video footage released on December 14, 2004 shows Saddam Hussein having his | 0 |
Cavs Edge Grizzlies LeBron James has a stellar all-around game with 31 points, eight assists and seven steals to lead Cleveland over Memphis, 92-86. | 1 |
Electronic Arts Gets an Exclusive N.F.L. Deal The video game maker Electronic Arts announced an exclusive five-year deal with the National Football League to design games using the N.F.L. brand. | 3 |
Cardinal Health to Cut Costs by Eliminating 4,200 Jobs Cardinal Health, the drug wholesaler, said Monday it would cut 4,200 jobs, or 7 percent of its work force, and close 25 manufacturing and distribution locations as part of a plan to reduce costs. | 2 |
World Prize Still Within Henry #39;s Grasp Thierry Henry might find some consolation in the fact that the European Player of the Year has gone on to be crowned the worlds best only once in the last four years. | 1 |
Oil Prices Extend Gains Above #36;41/barrel (Reuters) Reuters - Oil prices extended gains above #36;41 a\barrel on Tuesday on forecasts of colder temperatures in the\U.S. Northeast, a supply cut by top OPEC producer Saudi Arabia\and disruptions to Iraqi crude exports. | 2 |
US Air Flight Attendants Ready for Strike (Reuters) Reuters - Flight attendants at bankrupt US\Airways Group Inc. have authorized their union to\call a strike should a federal court allow airline management\to void their contract, the Association of Flight Attendants\said on Monday. | 2 |
Survey: Local hiring to remain flat/12-14 The majority of employers in Hamilton and Fairfield dont plan to hire over the next three months, according the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey. | 2 |
Bomb Kills 7 Iraqis, Year After Saddam's Capture (Reuters) Reuters - A suicide car bomber killed at least\seven Iraqis outside Baghdad's government compound on Monday,\the first anniversary of Saddam Hussein's capture. | 0 |
Microsoft launches software for searching desktops SEATTLE - Microsoft has become the second tech-industry giant to offer software for searching through computer desktops, a technology it claims is superior to that launched by Google two months ago. | 3 |
Google adds major libraries to its database Google, the operator of the world #39;s most popular Internet search service, plans to announce an agreement Tuesday with some of the nation #39;s leading research libraries and Oxford | 3 |
Yahoo Names Its First Chief Data Officer Yahoo has named Dr. Usama Fayyad as Chief Data Officer and senior vice president of the Strategic Data Solutions group. Fayyad will be responsible for Yahoo! | 3 |
Oracle Launches New Real-Time Collaboration Suite Oracle today announced its Oracle(r) Collaboration Suite 10g with new real-time collaboration tools and enterprise content management capabilities. | 3 |
NBA Wrap: O #39;Neal Pours in 40 Points as Miami Wins Shaquille O #39;Neal scored a season-high 40 points and added 12 rebounds and five blocked shots to drive the host Miami Heat past the Washington Wizards 106-83 Monday. | 1 |
Weis Finds New Home With Notre Dame While hes spent the past several seasons in New England winning two Superbowl championships and looks poised to a third, Weis may have hoped that success would have lead to an NFL head coaching job. | 1 |
No. 20 Mississippi St. 74, New Orleans 59 Once Mississippi State started rolling, New Orleans was no match for the 20th-ranked Bulldogs. Shane Power scored 17 points and Mississippi State extended its road winning streak to 13 games | 1 |
Eight US Marines among 24 killed in Iraq BAGHDAD: At least 24 people, including eight US Marines, were killed in Iraq suicide bombing and fighting. An al-Qaeda-linked suicide bomber blew up his vehicle on Monday near cars waiting to enter the Green | 0 |
#39;Israel should coordinate Gaza pullout with Palestinians #39; Israel is prepared to withdraw troops from Palestinian areas well ahead of a planned pullout from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank next summer, Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said. | 0 |
Google Announces Search Deal with Seven Libraries Web search leader Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said late on Monday it is working on a project to digitally scan the collections at seven libraries and will make | 2 |
No. 19 Louisville Tops Tennessee St. (AP) AP - Francisco Garcia matched his career-high with 29 points, including eight straight during a 27-4 run, and No. 19 Louisville pulled away for a 98-64 victory over Tennessee State on Sunday. | 1 |
MSN Toolbar Suite Beta The MSN Toolbar Suite combines several great programs that speed up your search tasks and help you surf the Web. There #39;s now an MSN Toolbar for Microsoft Office Outlook, the MSN Deskbar in the Windows taskbar | 3 |
Google Partners with Oxford, Harvard amp; Others to Digitize <b>...</b> Google has announcing five new content partners and a massive scanning project that will bring millions of volumes of printed books into the Google Print database. | 3 |
Phishing is a problem for all Internet browsers Take heart, Internet Explorer users. Now it appears that virtually every Internet browser program - not just yours - poses a security risk. | 3 |
Oracle Redefines Enterprise Content Management With Launch of <b>...</b> To help companies increase productivity, reduce risk and better meet regulatory compliance guidelines through improved management of unstructured data, Oracle announced the launch of its enterprise-class content management technology, Oracle Files 10g. | 3 |
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