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Hollywood sues BitTorrent web site owners Hollywood movie studios, through the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), have today sued scores of operators of computer servers that help relay digitised movie files across online file-sharing networks. | 3 |
NBA Game Summary - Golden State at Dallas The Golden State Warriors started a four-game road trip...This was the second meeting of the season between the two clubs. On November 8th, Dallas knocked off the Warriors, 101-98, in overtime in front of | 1 |
SuperSonics 108, Lakers 93 Rashard Lewis scored a season-high 37 points, and the Seattle SuperSonics improved to 18-4 with a 108-93 win over the Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday night. | 1 |
Blockbuster sacrifices late fees to lure renters Fort Worth, Texas - Blockbuster is tired of being the butt of jokes on Leno and Letterman. And, even closer to home, it wants to eliminate what the company #39;s president calls quot;those unpleasant conversations at the register. | 2 |
Google Strikes Deals for Library Content Google reached agreements with several major research libraries to digitize the content of thousands of books in their archives, adding momentum to the search giant #39;s effort to catalog vast amounts of offline information in addition to Web pages, the | 3 |
SuperSonics 108 Lakers 93 SEATTLE Rashard Lewis scored a season-high 37 points and Ray Allen added 26 as Seattle whipped the Los Angeles Lakers 108-to-93. Lewis scored 17 points in the first quarter and had 22 by the break to help | 1 |
Gunmen seize bus in Athens ATHENS, Greece -- Gunmen have seized a public bus near the Greek capital of Athens and are holding about 25 passengers hostage. Authorities have surrounded the Athens-Marathon bus that was seized early Wednesday morning, Greek police told news agencies. | 0 |
Southern Miss. Beats N. Texas in New Orleans Bowl NEW ORLEANS (Sports Network) - Dustin Almond passed for 299 yards with a touchdown and rushed for another score to lead the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles to a 31-10 victory over the North Texas Mean Green in the New Orleans Bowl at the Superdome. | 1 |
Iraq to Try Saddam Aides in Election Run-Up BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq will put some of Saddam Hussein's top lieutenants on trial next week, a month before a national election many hope will lay the ghosts of his rule, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Tuesday. | 0 |
Brazil Laundering Probe Stings Bankers, Politicians BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - A Brazilian congressional probe accused 91 people, including a former central bank chief and an ex-mayor of Sao Paulo, on Tuesday of involvement in suspected laundering of money from drug trafficking, smuggling and other crimes. | 0 |
Mexican Lawmakers Approve Controversial GM Law MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican lawmakers approved a new law on Tuesday to regulate genetically modified crops, but opponents said it catered more to the interests of big business than to the protection of centuries-old biodiversity. | 0 |
Ask Jeeves Joins Battle for Desktop Ask Jeeves today becomes the latest search engine to join the battle to organize the disparate information spread across users #39; computers. | 3 |
Washington Council Approves Stadium, With Conditions The City Council narrowly approved a taxpayer-financed plan late Tuesday night to build a new riverfront baseball stadium. But it was not clear whether the amended measure | 1 |
Pacers must work OT to end losing streak Jamaal Tinsley put up the biggest numbers, but he reserved his biggest praise for the old newcomer. Asked about Michael Curry #39;s contributions to the Indiana Pacers #39; 108-97 overtime | 1 |
Bush Allies May Defect Over Fiscal Proposals As the White House opens a two-day conference to promote its second-term fiscal priorities, powerful interest groups that once supported Bush are either working to undercut him or are wary of his proposals. | 2 |
Federal Reserve Raises Benchmark A 5th Time Federal Reserve officials raised a key short-term interest rate Tuesday for the fifth time this year, and indicated they will gradually move rates higher next year to keep inflation under control as the economy expands. | 2 |
Directors Approve Sprint-Nextel Merger The deal would create a new wireless telecommunications giant with 39 million customers.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT> | 2 |
Nextel Merger Puts It at Crossroads Daniel F. Akerson says the decisions he made as chief executive of Nextel Communications Inc. were all about survival. | 2 |
Shrinking Coverage Employer-paid health care for retired workers has been growing sharply more expensive, and the number of companies willing to provide it continues to shrink. | 2 |
Kuwait Will Meet Its OPEC Cut DUBAI (Reuters) - Core Gulf producer Kuwait will meet its OPEC cut by lowering oil product sales by 190,000 barrels per day (bpd) during first-quarter refinery maintenance, a Kuwaiti oil official said on Wednesday. | 2 |
Heating-oil, natural-gas futures rise amid Northeast chill SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Strength in heating-oil and natural-gas futures led an overall climb among energy prices for a second session Tuesday, as cold US weather sparked concerns over heating-fuel supplies for the winter season. | 2 |
Shiite Leaders Seek to Quell Fears as Rebels Kill 18 Iraqi Soldiers Leaders of the United Iraqi Alliance urged disaffected Sunnis to join in the elections for a national assembly. | 0 |
At Merck, There Are No Easy Answers Investors hoping for reassurance from Merck (MRK ) execs in light of recent problems got little besides generalities at the Dec. 14 meeting at the company #39;s Whitehouse Station, NJ, headquarters. | 2 |
United Reaches Tentative Deal With Pilots United Airlines, struggling to reorganize after two years in bankruptcy protection, reached a tentative agreement with its pilots #39; union on additional wage and benefit concessions, the union said yesterday. | 2 |
Stadium 'to stage tsunami gig' The Millennium Stadium is trying to stage a 'Live Aid' style concert to raise more than 1m for the Tsunami disaster appeal. | 0 |
NBA Wrap: Lewis Guides SuperSonics Past Lakers (Reuters) Reuters - Rashard Lewis notched a personal\season-high of 37 points, including seven three-pointers, as\the Seattle SuperSonics swept aside the Los Angeles Lakers\108-93 Tuesday to collect their 18th win of the season. | 1 |
Hockey players reject NHL counteroffer BEIJING, Dec. 15 -- The National Hockey League has slipped closer towards losing - for the first time - a season to a labor dispute. | 1 |
DC throws a curve WASHINGTON--Cynics might say Major League Baseball used competition from Northern Virginia to pry the District of Columbia #39;s pocketbook wide open for a new ballpark for the relocated Montreal Expos. | 1 |
Bobcats clip New Orleans in overtime CHARLOTTE - The storyline couldnt had been written any better for the Charlotte Bobcats Tuesday night in their first meeting with the New Orleans Hornets. | 1 |
McDyess plans to face the Knicks Despite spending more than a year-and-a-half as a Knick, McDyess managed played only 18 games last season after sitting out the entire 2002-03 season with knee injuries. | 1 |
Greek Police Surround Hijacked Bus Near Athens ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police surrounded a bus carrying 26 passengers that was seized by two armed hijackers along a highway from an Athens suburb on Wednesday, police said. | 0 |
Fed nudges up interest rates As expected, the Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate one-quarter point in continuing efforts to stave off inflation while holding rates at near record lows to help fuel economic expansion. | 2 |
To better compete with Netflix, Blockbuster is dropping its late <b>...</b> The movie-rental company said Tuesday it will drop late fees for games and movies starting Jan. 1 - a positive move as seen by customers at the Blockbuster on Westheimer in Montrose. | 2 |
Southwest changing ways under new chief executive When Gary Kelly, the new chief executive of Southwest Airlines, dressed up as the Kiss frontman for Halloween, we should have known it was more than a prank. | 2 |
Continental details pay, benefit cutbacks Continental Airlines said Tuesday it will cut pay and benefits for managers and clerical workers by \$48 million. The announcement marks the first specifics outlined by Houston-based Continental | 2 |
NK Subramanium, Special Correspondent The core business of Internet search engines is being threatened by the evolution of new generation of content providers. The search engines like Google or Yahoo make money by indexing the web sites all over | 3 |
Martinez is eager to repay the Mets The once-fanciful concept of Pedro Martinez as a Met moved closer to reality yesterday, as the free-agent right-hander confirmed that he would be leaving the Boston Red Sox to sign with the Mets. | 1 |
Charlotte NBA fans move on to Bobcats as Hornets stumble Sometimes it takes looking into the casket and viewing the body to get closure. Sometimes it takes seeing the cadaver to accept finality. | 1 |
Slump baffles guard Harris Guard Dion Harris can #39;t explain it, but he #39;s in a major shooting slump. In the last five games, he has shot 17-for-66 from the field (25.8 percent), including 7-for-35 from three-point range. | 1 |
Suicide Bombers, Gunmen Kill 32 in Iraq BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Suicide car bombers hit a bus packed with Iraqi National Guards on Sunday, killing 26 people in the deadliest attack of its kind in four months on Iraqis cooperating with U.S. forces to secure a Jan. 30 election. | 0 |
Bus hijacked on outskirts of Athens A bus was hijacked today and shots were fired at police who surrounded it on the outskirts of Athens. Police did not know how many passengers were aboard the bus. | 0 |
NBA Wrap: Lewis Guides SuperSonics Past Lakers NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rashard Lewis notched a personal season-high of 37 points, including seven three-pointers, as the Seattle SuperSonics swept aside the Los Angeles Lakers 108-93 Tuesday to collect their 18th win of the season. | 1 |
Continental announces wage, benefit cuts HOUSTON Continental Airlines has finalized wage and benefit cuts and changed some work rules -- to save money. The action comes as Houston-based Continental seeks to achieve 48 (M) million dollars of 500 (M) million dollars in labor cost cuts. | 2 |
Kuwait Will Meet Its OPEC Cut (Reuters) Reuters - Core Gulf producer Kuwait will meet its\OPEC cut by lowering oil product sales by 190,000 barrels per\day (bpd) during first-quarter refinery maintenance, a Kuwaiti\oil official said on Wednesday. | 2 |
Fed Raises Interest Rate to 2.25 Percent (Reuters) Reuters - The Federal Reserve pushed U.S.\interest rates up by a modest quarter-percentage point on\Tuesday and expressed confidence that inflation could be kept\at bay by slowly lifting credit costs from rock-bottom levels. | 2 |
Majerus accepts offer to be USC #39;s basketball coach next season BRISTOL, Connecticut (Ticker) - Rick Majerus #39; stint as a college basketball analyst for ESPN apparently has been short-lived. According to an ESPN. | 1 |
Angels agree to deal with Byrd LOS ANGELES - The Anaheim Angels added a starting pitcher Tuesday, agreeing to a \$5 million, one-year contract with right-hander Paul Byrd. | 1 |
Knicks get defensive Someone asked Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury after his team #39;s 87-79 victory over the rival Nets at Continental Airlines Arena last night whether a message had sent to the three-time | 1 |
No. 1 LSU too much for Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS - Top-ranked teams aren #39;t solo shows, and star Seimone Augustus sure has plenty of help around her with the LSU Lady Tigers. | 1 |
Saddam #39;s aides face trial Some of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein #39;s aides will go on trial next week, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Tuesday. | 0 |
British National Party Leader Arrested On Suspicion Of Racial <b>...</b> HBN, LONDON, England, Weds. Dec. 15: Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party, joined 11 other party members yesterday to be arrested on suspicion of incitement to commit racial hatred. | 0 |
Hezbollah TV Network Ends Broadcasts To France Dec 14, 2004 (AXcess News) Paris - A French satellite television provider says a channel operated by Lebanon #39;s Hezbollah militant group has ended its broadcasts to France. | 0 |
Dollar Slips Against Yen TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar slipped against the yen on Wednesday after a Bank of Japan survey suggested the deterioration in Japanese business sentiment was not as bad as some had feared. | 2 |
Airlines may return to profit in #39;05 Airlines worldwide may make a combined profit of \$1.2 billion next year, their first since 2000, as fuel prices fall from record highs and passenger traffic increases, the International Air Transport Association said. | 2 |
United says it has landed tentative pact with pilots United Airlines on Tuesday announced it has secured a tentative contract agreement with its pilots. The agreement makes the pilots the first of United #39;s four big unions to come to initial terms. | 2 |
Wireless patent suit still murky Research In Motion (RIMM), maker of the popular BlackBerry wireless e-mail device, got mixed news in court Tuesday - and a worst-case scenario that would stop BlackBerry sales in the USA. | 2 |
Gifford retiring early at Bank of America Chad Gifford, one of Boston #39;s most visible business leaders, said yesterday he would retire as chairman of Bank of America Corp. | 2 |
Salvation Army faces risk of barer kettles The Salvation Army may be forced to scale back its help for those in need if Londoners don #39;t start tossing more toonies into its kettles. | 2 |
Fiat, GM to Start Mediation Over Option MILAN (Reuters) - Fiat and General Motors Corp plan to start one-on-one mediation to settle a dispute over whether the Italian industrial group can sell its loss-mired car unit to GM from Jan. 24. | 2 |
MPAA SUES SERVERS THAT DOWNLOAD FILMS The major Hollywood movie studios, as part of the industry #39;s latest legal action to battle piracy, sued the operators of server computers they say help people find and download millions of illegally copied movies. | 3 |
NASA chief O #39;Keefe resigns NASA administrator Sean O #39;Keefe on Monday resigned after three years in charge of the US space agency which included the Columbia shuttle disaster, a NASA spokesman said. | 3 |
Toshibas latest 80GB drive Toshiba Corporation, the leading manufacturer of electrical and electronic goods, said on Tuesday that it has produced an 80-Gbyte version of its 1.8-inch hard drive which will be used in a next-generation Apple iPod. | 3 |
You #39;re Infected. Merry Christmas! A variant of the Zafi worm, Zafi.d, is doing the rounds disguised as a Christmas message. This worm arrives via email and through peer-to-peer networks bearing the message quot;Happy Hollydays quot; and the subject | 3 |
Good bio sensor news for diabetics New Delhi: American nanotechnology researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated a tiny, implantable detector that could one day allow diabetics to monitor their glucose levels continuously without ever having to draw a blood sample. | 3 |
Technology worker opens shop for digital photos only PLANO, Texas - All Jeff Goulston wanted was a little job security. Having watched thousands of jobs get shipped overseas, the technology consultant saw his long-term prospects drying up. | 3 |
War funding request may hit \$100 billion WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration plans to ask for between \$80 billion and \$100 billion to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan next year, rather than the \$70 billion to \$75 billion the White House privately told members of Congress before the election, according to Pentagon and White House officials. | 0 |
Iran to Comply with OPEC Output Quotas NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Iran, OPEC's second-biggest producer, will comply with the cartel's decision to curb excess output and pump crude oil at its official quota, an official said on Wednesday. | 2 |
FA to check Cech comments The Football Association is to look into comments Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech is alleged to have made about Graham Poll, and his decision to allow Arsenal #39;s controversial second goal at the weekend. | 1 |
Sonics #39; Lewis steals spotlight from anticipated Kobe-Allen matchup This was supposed to be a battle between Ray Allen and Kobe Bryant, meeting on the court for the first time since trading preseason barbs in the press. | 1 |
NO cries foul following loss PJ Brown sat slumped in his chair Tuesday night, still convinced he had knocked the ball away from Emeka Okafor. Yet with 5.7 seconds remaining in overtime and the Hornets holding | 1 |
Clayton, Counsell now on board The Diamondbacks introduced shortstop Royce Clayton as their newest member Tuesday after free-agent pitcher Matt Clement visited Bank One Ballpark. | 1 |
Bennett is catcher on the deep, deep fly When it became clear earlier this season that the Tennessee Titans wouldn #39;t be returning to the playoffs, the list of shortcomings included the complaint that Drew Bennett couldn #39;t catch the long ball. | 1 |
Emissions must be cut, says chief UN scientist BUENOS AIRES -- The world's chief climate scientist yesterday disputed the US government's contention that cutbacks in carbon dioxide emissions are not yet warranted to slow the pace of global warming. | 0 |
Abbas opposes use of arms RAMALLAH - New PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas called for an end to the armed uprising, as Israeli tanks rolled into Gaza yesterday in the aftermath of the most lethal Palestinian attack since Yasser Arafat #39;s death. | 0 |
Afghans arrest 2 Taliban commanders KABUL, Afghanistan -- Information from a man caught in a vehicle loaded with explosives led to the arrests of two senior Taliban military commanders, including a former security chief of the hard-line regime's leader, Mullah Omar, an official said yesterday. | 0 |
Documents detail abuse of detainees WASHINGTON -- US Marines fired a pistol in a mock execution involving four young Iraqi looters and shocked another Iraqi detainee with an electric transformer until he ''danced, quot; a document made public yesterday showed. | 0 |
Doctor who coauthored memoir of UN peacekeepers is let go UNITED NATIONS -- UN officials have decided not to renew the contract of a doctor who coauthored a controversial memoir about life on the front lines of UN peacekeeping in the 1990s. | 0 |
Concorde crash laid to debris, flaw CERGY-PONTOISE, France -- A metal strip that fell off a Continental Airlines jet and a fuel tank design fault led to the deaths of 113 people in the Concorde air disaster near Paris in 2000, an official report said on yesterday. | 0 |
Restaurant guide critic loses whistleblower suit PARIS -- The quot;storm in a saucepan quot; intensified yesterday for a former top restaurant inspector who has become the enfant terrible of French gastronomy. | 0 |
Business confidence dips in Japan Japan industrialists are gloomier about the economic outlook for the first time since March 2003, the central bank's quarterly Tankan survey finds. | 2 |
Coming and going A shade more than 14 months ago, David Wells appeared at a news conference in Fenway Park, not far away from the room where he greeted reporters yesterday. Back then, Wells was a card-carrying member of the Evil Empire, a true believer in the Curse of the Bambino, on the verge of pitching Game 3 of the Red Sox-Yankees AL ... | 1 |
Martinez showed his true colors So how are you enjoying your offseason so far? Anyway, I'll bet you didn't sign a \$54 million contract. I know I didn't. | 1 |
NHL is on thin ice There was plenty of rejection to go around yesterday. First, the National Hockey League owners -- via commissioner Gary Bettman -- voted a unanimous thumbs down on the Players Association's extensive proposal put forth last Thursday. Then, the NHLPA said thanks but no thanks to the league's counterproposal, which predictably included what the union said it would never ... | 1 |
Brown has it double covered FOXBOROUGH -- Troy Brown has tried not to be torn by his loyalties to his Patriot teammates. But they have made the versatile 12-year veteran a prized possession in a playful tug-of-war between the offense and defense. | 1 |
Senate Panel to Set Hearings on Insurgency, Shortages The Armed Services Committee's hearings will include an examination of criticism that the Defense Department failed to prepare for the insurgency and went into action with a shortage of armor for trucks and Humvees. | 0 |
Brockton mayor questions MIAA Brockton city officials, irritated by the logistical nightmare that plagued fans at both Super Bowl venues and questioning gate receipt totals for the six games, has taken aim at the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association. | 1 |
Blockbuster to end late fees Jan. 1 Desperately trying to mollify its restive customers, Blockbuster Inc. said yesterday that it plans to effectively eliminate late fees on game and movie rentals, starting Jan. 1. | 2 |
Retirees' health costs jump for third year Retirees for a third straight year are paying double-digit increases for healthcare coverage through their former employers, which are shifting a greater share of the cost to new retirees, according to a study released yesterday. | 2 |
Dollar rises narrowly against euro The US dollar rose slightly against the euro yesterday as the Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate by a quarter-point and the US trade deficit was larger than expected. | 2 |
US trade deficit hits record high America's trade deficit swelled to a record high of \$55.5 billion in October as imports -- including those from China -- surged to the loftiest levels ever. Skyrocketing crude oil prices also contributed to the yawning trade gap. | 2 |
Stocks post gains after Fed raises rates US stocks gained yesterday, after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates as expected, while it reassured investors that inflation was in check and indicated the economy was growing at a moderate pace. | 2 |
United, pilots tentatively agree on additional cuts United Airlines, seeking cost cuts to help it get out of bankruptcy, has reached a tentative agreement with its pilots union, the first labor accord on additional concessions the carrier proposed last month. | 2 |
Fewer teen techies find jobs waiting in the field Caleb Sima still marvels at how angry the people around him got when he fled high school for a computer job during the high-tech boom, thumbing his nose at the traditional career path. | 2 |
Turkish Engineer, 2 Aides Missing in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 14 -- A Turkish engineer and two Afghans were apparently kidnapped Tuesday in an area of eastern Afghanistan where bandits and insurgents from the Taliban and other Islamic extremist groups operate, officials said. | 0 |
Air Force awards \$240.5m contract Raytheon Co. , the fifth-largest US defense company, got a \$240.5 million award from the US Air Force to produce training aircraft, extending the company's largest contract for military aircraft. The award covers production of 50 of the T-6A training aircraft for use by the Air Force and Navy under the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System program, Raytheon spokeswoman Jackie ... | 2 |
A Plea for Support of Innovation America risks losing its leadership of the global economy if government and industry fail to make changes that encourage innovation, a panel of leading executives and university presidents say in a study to be released today. | 0 |
Nonprofit launches plan to reduce medical errors The Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Boston, run by Harvard physician Dr. Donald Berwick, will try to save 100,000 patients from fatal medical errors and poor care in the next 18 months by persuading hospitals to improve in six areas. | 2 |
Lucchino thinks it was a bad move The president and chief executive officer of the Red Sox thinks Pedro Martinez made the wrong decision. But Larry Lucchino nonetheless had nothing but praise for | 1 |
Lewis (37) is superman for Sonics Rashard Lewis scored a season-high 37 points, and SuperSonics improved to 18-4 with a 108-93 win over the Los Angeles Lakers last night in Seattle. | 1 |
No. 13 Louisville 85, N. Carolina A amp;T 51 Larry O #39;Bannon scored a season-high 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead No. 13 Louisville to an 85-51 victory over North Carolina A amp;T on Tuesday night. | 1 |
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