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Programs: For Stealth Lovers, 'Thief' Is a Steal (Reuters) Reuters - (Gene Emery is a columnist who covers science and\technology. His Internet address is GEmery(at)Cox.net. Any\opinions in the column are his alone.) | 3 |
California Cities And Counties Sue Microsoft For Antitrust The suit, whose plaintiffs include San Franciisco and Los Angeles, is the latest in a string of similar actions brought against Microsoft across the country. | 3 |
Ochoa wins LPGA Wachovia Classic Lorena Ochoa birdied three of the last four holes Sunday to overcome a five-stroke deficit and win the Wachovia LPGA Classic. Ochoa finished with a 65 to score a 19-under 269 for her second career win. | 1 |
Arafat appeals to kidnappers PALESTINIAN leader Yasser Arafat today issued an urgent call for the immediate release of two French journalists taken hostage in Iraq. | 0 |
Both Candidates Use McCain in Campaign Ads (AP) AP - Republican maverick John McCain campaigns with President Bush. He's good friends with Democrat John Kerry. And, in an unusual twist, he's shown up in campaign advertisements for both. | 0 |
Hewitt Wins Long Island, Sends U.S. Open Warning COMMACK, New York (Reuters) - Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt hammered out a warning to his rivals for next week's U.S. Open as he demolished Peru's Luis Horna 6-3, 6-1, to win the Long Island Cup on Sunday. | 1 |
Triumphant Olympics End With Pride, Relief ATHENS, Greece - Efharisto! A nervous world learned the Greek word for thank you and repeated it endlessly at an astonishingly successful Athens Olympics that quelled fears, surprised skeptics and greatly honored the birthplace of the games. Fireworks and spectacular lighting kicked off the closing ceremony Sunday night, a two-hour extravaganza of folk dancing and music in the Olympic tradition that summed up the glee and relief the games brought to Greece... | 0 |
Marathoner Finishes Third After Attack ATHENS, Greece - A defrocked Irish priest bolted from the crowd and grabbed the marathon leader about three miles from the finish Sunday. The Brazilian runner wound up with the bronze - and a special award for sportsmanship - and the former priest was arrested... | 0 |
Chirac Presses for Release of Two in Iraq PARIS - President Jacques Chirac dispatched his foreign minister to the Middle East on Sunday to work for the release of two French reporters abducted in Iraq, vowing to spare no effort to free them from kidnappers demanding the France scrap its ban on Islamic head scarves in state schools. Chirac appealed to the kidnappers with an implicit reminder that France opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq... | 0 |
Iraqis, U.S. Officials Meet in Peace Bid BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. military officials and representatives of rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr held talks Sunday aimed at reducing violence in the restive Baghdad slum of Sadr City, a day after clashes there killed 10 people, officials said... | 0 |
Ranks of uninsured grow to highest since #39;98 A stagnant economy and rising health care costs helped push the percentage of people in the USA without health insurance last year to 15. | 2 |
Khan secures boxing silver Cuban master Mario Kindelan has met the future of boxing and has survived the experience after he outpointed British teenager Amir Khan in the highlight of final action at the Olympic tournament. | 1 |
UDPATE 1-Hewitt wins Long Island, sends US Open warning Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt hammered out a warning to his rivals for next week #39;s US Open as he demolished Peru #39;s Luis Horna 6-3 6-1 to win the Long Island Cup on Sunday. | 1 |
Angels activated Glaus from DL Anaheim Angels: Troy Glaus was activated from the 60-day disabled list following a five-game rehab assignment in the minors and was back in the lineup for Sunday #39;s game against the Twins. | 1 |
Notes: Pudge out of lineup again Ivan Rodriguez isn #39;t just day to day with his illness. He #39;s becoming hour to hour. Tigers manager Alan Trammell initially had Pudge in Sunday #39;s starting lineup after two days off. | 1 |
Peace talks amid fresh violence BAGHDAD, Aug. 29. - Iraqi tribal leaders, Shiite politicians, government officials and US military officers met today for talks aimed at reducing tensions in Sadr City, a day after clashes there killed 10 people. | 0 |
Sudan Talks End in Deadlock on Humanitarian Issues Darfur rebels and the Sudanese government ended peace talks on Sunday in Nigeria in a deadlock on how to address what the United Nations has called the world #39;s worst humanitarian crisis. | 0 |
Equatorial Guinea president says thwarted quot;massacre quot; Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo said an international plot to overthrow him would have resulted in a massacre and those responsible deserve death by firing squad. | 0 |
No let-up in violence DHAKA, Aug. 29. - Crude bombs were set off and buses torched here today ahead of the Opposition-called general strike even as the government announced a 10-million-taka reward for specific information | 0 |
Agni-II missile test-fired India today successfully test-fired its longer-range missile Agni-II from the Integrated Test Range on the Wheelers Island in the Bay of Bengal off the Orissa coast, defence sources said. | 0 |
More than just tennis The atmosphere suits certain players. While others have to learn to deal with the unique situations that a New York crowd promote. | 1 |
Liverpool lose out to Bolton 1-0 Kevin Davies scored a first-half winner against Liverpool to push Bolton up into third place in the Premiership. Davies was Bolton #39;s hero when he coolly gathered and powered in a shot into the goal in the | 1 |
SI.com FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) -- Robin Ventura #39;s career will be remembered in large part for grand slams, whether they counted or not. | 1 |
Fast Track America Shawn Crawford is weird. Two years ago, the US Olympic sprinter wore a Phantom of the Opera mask during a race in Italy; Crawford was disqualified after the disguise blocked his sight, causing him to stray from his lane. | 1 |
Hostage Takers Widen Demands Beyond Iraqi Affairs BAGHDAD, Aug 29 (AFP) - For the first time since the kidnappings of foreigners started in Iraq in April, hostage takers have set conditions external to the country by demanding that France lift a ban on Islamic headscarves in state schools. | 0 |
Karzai Sworn in as First Democratically Elected Afghan President 150 foreign guests attending Tuesday's inauguration included U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, the highest-ranking American official to visit Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. | 0 |
Confident Hewitt Eyes Second U.S. Grand Slam Title NEW YORK (Reuters) - The secret is out. Lleyton Hewitt is back in form and hungry for another grand slam title. | 1 |
Java, Open Source, Regex, and Conformance \\The other day Tim Bray wrote up an interesting piece on java.util.regex.\\I sent him off a quick email detailing my past experiences and he just\blogged his feedback .\\"Well... yeah, but here's a story. I was kind of surprised at the results on my\OS X box, so I took the code and data over to a nearby Windows XP box and got\similar results, so I took 'em to a Debian-stable box I had handy and once\again, about the same story. "\\"Only, not quite the same. Because it was Perl 5.8.1 on one box and 5.8.3 on\another and 5.6.1 on the third, and the i18n/regex code was slightly different\in each version, and no two of them gave quite the same results. "\\"Now, I'll grant that Unicode/i18n is one ...\\ | 3 |
Acid oceans spell doom for coral The increasing acidity of the world's oceans could banish all coral by 2065, a Danish marine expert warns. | 3 |
Donald delight at call up Luke Donald has expressed his delight at being named as one of captain Bernhard Langer #39;s wildcards for the European Ryder Cup team. | 1 |
Benitez: Reds need time to gel Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has conceded that his side could take a few months to kick into gear following Sunday #39;s 1-0 defeat at Bolton. | 1 |
Democrats in N.Y. Showcase Swing Voters (AP) AP - Delores Ramirez was a supporter of President Bush in 2000, but on this muggy Sunday afternoon the retired Virginia businesswoman was standing on the steps of New York's City Hall with dozens of supporters of Democrat John Kerry who just finished a weeklong tour of five states. | 0 |
How tragic fuse was lit in Darfur The UN determines this week whether Sudan's leaders have met Monday's deadline. | 0 |
Standoff bolstered Sadr's support Interviews with Iraqi Shiite clerics reveal that moderates are increasingly supporting Sadr's anti-US campaign. | 0 |
At these Games, the big sports powers see less gold Gold medals at these Olympics will be more evenly distributed than at any since 1952. | 0 |
Sadly Fulfilling Marine's Dream Binh N. Le had not been back to the land of his birth since he came to the United States with an aunt and uncle at age 4, leaving his parents behind. | 0 |
Longhorn on hold until 2006 MICROSOFT will not broadly release its long-awaited update to the flagship Windows operating system, dubbed quot;Longhorn, quot; until 2006. | 3 |
Big Fat celebration to close Games For the last two weeks, the world #39;s focus was on Athens and sport and everyone was invited to a Big Fat Greek Closing Ceremony. | 1 |
Warner named Giants #39; starter New York Giants Coach Tom Coughlin Sunday named Kurt Warner the team #39;s starting quarterback for the season opener at Philadelphia Sept. | 1 |
French minister attempts to secure release of journalists French President Jacques Chirac has sent his Foreign Minister to the Middle East to try to secure the release of two journalists who are being held hostage in Iraq. | 0 |
Najaf: A Victory for Politics Friday #39;s defusing of the three-week military standoff in Najaf has the disappointing result that Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and his militia survive to fight another battle, threatening US military forces and the fledgling Iraqi government. | 0 |
Agni II missile test-fired again Indias indigenously built Agni II missile was successfully test-fired again from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)s missile testing range at the Wheelers Island in the Bay of Bengal off the Orissa coast on Sunday afternoon. | 0 |
Venezuela's Chavez Vows Tougher Land Reform (Reuters) Reuters - Venezuela's President Hugo\Chavez, emboldened by a recent referendum victory, on Sunday\promised tougher land redistribution as he pressed ahead with\the "revolutionary" reforms at the heart of the nation's\political conflict. | 0 |
Michael Owen Stars in Real Madrid Debut (AP) AP - Michael Owen made his debut for Real Madrid on Sunday, setting up a second-half goal by Ronaldo in a 1-0 victory at Mallorca in a Spanish league opener. | 1 |
Some GOP Gay Rights Backers Torn Over Bush (AP) AP - On the eve of the Republican convention, some GOP gay rights supporters frustrated by their party platform's hardline stance against same-sex unions say they are torn over whether to back President Bush in this fall's election. | 0 |
Venezuela's Chavez Vows Tougher Land Reform CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, emboldened by a recent referendum victory, on Sunday promised tougher land redistribution as he pressed ahead with the "revolutionary" reforms at the heart of the nation's political conflict. | 0 |
Palestinians Mourn Hero's Defeat in Arab Pop Contest SALFIT, West Bank (Reuters) - Thousands of Palestinians gathered at a West Bank park on Sunday, defying Islamic militant disapproval, in the hope their pop idol would become the first Palestinian to win an Arab song contest. | 0 |
GB beat Sydney medal haul Britain's golden night on the track help the nation's Olympians surpass their success in Sydney four years ago. | 1 |
US counties sue Microsoft SEVERAL everal California cities and counties have sued Microsoft, accusing the company of illegally charging inflated prices for its products because of monopoly control of the PC operating system market. | 3 |
Silicon to help explain origins of the universe ST. PETERS, Mo. - The origins of the universe could soon be uncovered with the help of silicon and other materials. In 2001, NASA launched a robotic spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Fla. | 3 |
Patchwork of FTAs won #39;t do - Doha Round crucial WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) members have finally established a framework for negotiations to conclude the Doha Round. This is good news. | 3 |
Baton passed to Beijing as curtain comes down on Athens ATHENS - The curtains came down on the Athens Olympics under a full moon Sunday after the sports extravaganza returned to the country of its birth and revival as the biggest in history. | 1 |
Spectator assaults marathon leader Italian Stefano Baldini won the Olympic men #39;s marathon overnight after a spectator dashed on to the course late in the race and bundled the then leader Vanderlei de Lima into the crowd. | 1 |
Old is gold - and twice as good IT IS impossible to achieve greatness in sport without being measured against history. On Saturday, the last night of athletics in the 2004 Olympics, a man and a woman, a king and a queen of the track, ran into history. | 1 |
Britannia rules as baton again lets US down SINCE the United States started taking part in the Olympic Games 4x100m relay in 1920, they have been disqualified three times and lost only once - to Canada in 1996. | 1 |
Ochoa comes from behind to win Wachovia LPGA Classic Kutztown, PA (Sports Network) - Lorena Ochoa fired a seven-under 65 on Sunday to come from behind and win the Wachovia LPGA Classic. | 1 |
Schumi seals seventh title SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, AUGUST 29: Michael Schumacher claimed a seventh world championship despite only finishing second behind Kimi Raikkonen at an incident-filled Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday. | 1 |
Bolton hands Liverpool first EPL loss Liverpool slumped to its first league defeat of the season on Sunday, surrending a first-half goal to 1-0 at Bolton. Kevin Davies scored in the 38th minute on a Henrik Pedersen cross, lifting | 1 |
Al Qaeda behind Kabul bombing A statement purported to be from al-Qaeda claimed responsibility today for a truck bomb which killed seven people, including two US citizens, in Kabul, and which was earlier claimed by the Taliban militia. | 0 |
MI encouraged us to torture, says US soldier BERLIN, AUGUST 29: A US soldier expected to plead guilty to charges of abusing Iraqi prisoners told a German magazine he deeply regretted his actions but said the abuses were encouraged by Military Intelligence. | 0 |
Here Comes the Sun America #39;s space program owes an unexpected debt to Batman - as well as to Seabiscuit, the Hulk and dozens of other movie projects. | 3 |
Palestinians Bemoan 'Superstar' Loss (AP) AP - Palestinians hoping for a morale boost after four years of bloody conflict with Israel were disappointed Sunday, when their contestant in a much-watched contest for the Arab world's best singer lost to a Libyan. | 0 |
Bolton Sends Liverpool to First Loss, 1-0 (AP) AP - Liverpool lost for the first time in the Premier League this season, beaten 1-0 at Bolton on Sunday on a 38th-minute goal by Kevin Davies. | 1 |
Austin Wins Buick Championship in Sudden Death CROMWELL, Connecticut (Reuters) - Woody Austin birdied the first hole of a sudden-death playoff against Tim Herron to win the Buick Championship on Sunday. | 1 |
Microsoft melds music to its Media When Microsoft opens its online music store on Thursday, the first song offered should be Dave Brubeck #39;s quot;It #39;s Dj Vu All Over Again. | 2 |
California Cities Sue Microsoft The California local governments are asking a judge to make the case a class action on behalf of all the state #39;s cities and counties. | 3 |
Greece proved to be ideal host ATHENS - No question where to watch the sun set on these Olympics. It was here, on the white marble slab benches of Panathinaiko Stadium, just as the bobbing gaggle of rail-thin runners made their way from Marathon. | 1 |
Basketball: Full of joy, US women win 3rd straight gold ATHENS They bounded onto the court with the joy of kindergartners, skipping to the beat of the sound system, turning a simple layup drill into a recess game. | 1 |
THE OLYMPICS 2004: BOXING: I KHAN GO FOR GOLD NEXT TIME TEENAGE boxing sensation Amir Khan kissed his Olympic silver medal - and vowed to grab a gold in four years. The 17-year-old lightweight star said he would resist the big-money offers and stay amateur. | 1 |
Mexican birdies way to title MEXICO #39;s Lorena Ochoa birdied three of the last four holes to overcome a five-stroke deficit and win the Wachovia LPGA Classic today. | 1 |
Roddick vs. Federer could cap Slam season Andy Roddick, at heart, is an entertainer. So he loves the US Open and its Big Apple buzz, the fans who offer players high-fives, just the general state of hyperactivity. | 1 |
Real Madrid wins its first match 1-0 in Mallorca in the Spanish <b>...</b> Ronaldo got Real Madrid off to a winning start Sunday thanks to an accurate assist from new signing Michael Owen securing a 1-0 win over Mallorca in the Spanish league. | 1 |
Everton #39;considering #39; increased Rooney bid Wayne Rooney will not be in the stands at Old Trafford when Everton meet Manchester United tomorrow - the day before the transfer window closes. | 1 |
Thompson #39;s perfect delivery extends Celtic #39;s domination Celtic yesterday fixed the seventh seal on their domination of Rangers when a volcanic strike by Alan Thompson produced the only goal of the first Old Firm derby of the season at Celtic Park. | 1 |
College Football: Tailback U takes on new meaning at Southern Cal <b>...</b> LANDOVER, Maryland It was a test of character not many people expected top-ranked Southern California would face so early in the season. | 1 |
PM presses interest rate warning NOW was the worst possible time to elect a Labor government given world economic conditions, Prime Minister John Howard said today. | 0 |
Bangladesh Opposition calls new strike Dhaka, Aug 29: Bangladeshs main Opposition party has called for a new general strike tomorrow, to protest last weeks grenade attack on its leader, Ms Sheikh Hasina Wajed, coinciding with a ruling party demonstration which was earlier put back by two | 0 |
Economists Back Fed View on Soft Patch (Reuters) Reuters - Lofty oil prices may make\the road ahead a little steeper, but the economy is on track to\emerge from a recent soft patch intact, private-sector\economists at a weekend retreat agreed. | 2 |
Gas Price Up Near #36;1.88 a Gallon -Survey (Reuters) Reuters - The average U.S. retail price of\gasoline rose slightly over the last two weeks to almost #36;1.88\a gallon -- the first increase reported since late May,\according to the nationwide Lundberg survey of about 8,000 gas\stations. | 2 |
Expect a real US NBA Dream Team in Beijing (AFP) AFP - Perhaps if National Basketball Association players ask nicely, the guys from Argentina wearing gold medals will come to the United States and give them a few pointers on how to play the game. | 1 |
Gas Price Up Near \$1.88 a Gallon -Survey NEW YORK (Reuters) - The average U.S. retail price of gasoline rose slightly over the last two weeks to almost \$1.88 a gallon -- the first increase reported since late May, according to the nationwide Lundberg survey of about 8,000 gas stations. | 2 |
Still No Fix for U.S. Space Shuttle (Reuters) Reuters - One year after a highly\critical report urged NASA to develop the means to fix a broken\space shuttle in orbit, the U.S. space agency still could not\repair a hole the size of the one that doomed the seven\Columbia astronauts, NASA said on Thursday. | 3 |
Britons attack US cloning ban bid Britain's Royal Society is backing a campaign to stop the US securing a world ban on all forms of human cloning. | 3 |
Olympics finish on high note ATHENS - The Olympic oracles had long prophesized doom for the Summer Games #39; Greek homecoming. Unfinished venues. Lax security. | 1 |
China supreme heading for Beijing ATHENS: China, the dominant force in world diving for the best part of 20 years, won six out of eight Olympic titles in Athens and prompted speculation about a clean sweep when they stage the Games in Beijing in 2008. | 1 |
Chechnya election has few voters GROZNY, Russia Under heavy security and with few voters visible in this hushed and abandoned capital, the republic of Chechnya on Sunday held a special presidential election, a step toward replacing a predecessor who was killed by a bomb. | 0 |
Gas Price Up Near \$1.88 a Gallon -Survey The average US retail price of gasoline rose slightly over the last two weeks to almost \$1.88 a gallon -- the first increase reported since late May, according to the nationwide Lundberg survey of about 8,000 gas stations. | 2 |
Indonesia needs to formulate country policy for WTO: Khor The World Trade Organization (WTO) general council agreed, early this month in Geneva, on the quot;July Package quot; that set a framework for the Doha Round, which had been in trouble since the collapse of the ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico about a year ago | 3 |
Montgomerie and Donald selected for Ryder Cup Faced with as difficult a set of decisions as any European captain has had to deal with, Bernhard Langer added Colin Montgomerie and Luke Donald as wild-card selections for the team | 1 |
DIVING - Helm backs himself to take a dive for last-second <b>...</b> Mathew Helm has practised the dive that won him silver at the Athens Olympics thousands of times. He finished Australia #39;s greatest Olympics in diving in almost the best possible way - with four perfect 10s and a spot on the medal podium. | 1 |
UPDATE 1-Austin wins Buick Championship in sudden death Woody Austin birdied the first hole of a sudden-death playoff against Tim Herron to win the Buick Championship on Sunday. Both Austin and Herron completed 72 holes | 1 |
Muslims Appeal to Iraqi Captors BAGHDAD, 30 August 2004 - Muslim leaders in Iraq and France yesterday appealed for the release of two kidnapped French journalists facing death. | 0 |
Terrorists blamed for Russian plane crashes Evidence of the explosive hexogen was found on a Tu-134 jetliner that crashed in the Tula region south of Moscow, said Sergei Ignatchenko, spokesman for the Federal Security Service. | 0 |
Olympics: Games Close with Drama Down to Last Medal ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece staged an exuberant closing ceremony on Sunday to bring the curtain down on the Athens Games, which took the Olympics back to their roots and provided drama right down to the last gold medal. | 1 |
NL Wrap: Pujols Hits 40th Homer, Reaches 100 RBI for Cards NEW YORK (Reuters) - Albert Pujols cracked his 40th home run of the season and reached 100 RBI for the fourth straight year to help the St Louis Cardinals blank the host Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 in the National League Sunday. | 1 |
Kremlin Choice Seen Leading Chechnya Vote GROZNY, Russia - The Russian government's choice for president of war-ravaged Chechnya appeared to be the victor Sunday in an election tainted by charges of fraud and shadowed by last week's terrorist destruction of two airliners. Little more than two hours after polls closed, acting Chechen president Sergei Abramov said preliminary results showed Maj... | 0 |
Gas Price Drop Ends; No Spike Expected LOS ANGELES - Gas prices nudged upward about half a penny in the last two weeks after dropping more than 20 cents since May 21, but another price spike is not expected due to a decline in crude oil prices, an industry analyst said Sunday. The combined national average for all grades of gasoline was \$1.91, said Trilby Lundberg, who publishes the semimonthly Lundberg Survey... | 0 |
McCain, Giuliani to Hail Bush on Security NEW YORK - Sen. John McCain and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, two of the Republican Party's most popular politicians, open President Bush's nominating convention by calling him a leader unafraid of making unpopular choices to protect a nation scarred by the Sept... | 0 |
US anglers big impact on fish stocks Recreational anglers may be responsible for landing nearly 25 percent of over-fished salt water species caught off US coasts, a study released Thursday suggests. | 3 |
Sunday #39;s Golf Capsules Woody Austin made a 6-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to beat Tim Herron and win the inaugural Buick Championship on Sunday. | 1 |
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