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Survey: More Hotels Adding Broadband Access A study by the American Hotel amp; Lodging Association says half of US hotel rooms now offer broadband Internet access. By Eric Chabrow. | 3 |
Maria dials up big dose of heart Great players do not almost lose to the Laura Granvilles of the women #39;s tour in the first round of the US Open in their first real bow after having won a Wimbledon championship for the ages. | 1 |
Defense: Prosecution withheld key evidence EAGLE, Colo. -- Attorneys for NBA star Kobe Bryant have asked the judge to dismiss the sexual assault charges against him with opening statements less than a week away, a courts official said Wednesday. | 1 |
Bertuzzi trial set for new year VANCOUVER - Vancouver Canuck star Todd Bertuzzi will go on trial in Vancouver provincial court on Jan. 17, 2005 for his on-ice attack on another player last season. | 1 |
Yankees humbled in the Bronx The New York Yankees are comfortably the richest team in baseball. Their \$180m annual wage bill is more than double that of most of their counterparts, and they have many of the game #39;s most luminous stars in their line-up. | 1 |
Guscott backs Woodward move Former England centre Jeremy Guscott has tipped Sir Clive Woodward to be a success if he does move into football. Woodward resigned as England rugby coach on Wednesday and has been linked with a move to football | 1 |
Notre Dame #39;s Goolsby eager to return after missing season He sat out the entire frustrating 5-7 season because of what he describes as his own stupidity. He broke his left collarbone in the Gator Bowl to end the 2002 season, then broke it again several months later | 1 |
Referee D #39;Urso suspended for one month London, England (Sports Network) - The English Football Association #39;s referees committee has suspended Andy D #39;Urso for 28 days, retroactive to August 27 and ending September 23. | 1 |
Stoops brings new swagger to Arizona Mike Stoops #39; voice boomed over the meeting room, startling sleepy reporters at Pac-10 Media Day and announcing that a little Big 12 swagger was invading the mellow conference. | 1 |
Indiana town houses NHRA #39;s biggest operations The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the world renowned Indianapolis 500, may be the most famous racing venue in all of motorsports. | 1 |
Milosevic denounces #39;mutilation of justice #39; The former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic today told the war crimes tribunal in The Hague that the charges against him were quot;a mutilation of justice quot;. | 0 |
Blast at South African Gas Plant Kills 5 An explosion at a South African gas plant has killed five workers and injured at least 100 others. A spokesman for the Sasol energy company says the blast occurred Wednesday at its ethylene plant in the northeastern town of Secunda, Mpumalanga. | 0 |
Iraq #39;s Chalabi escapes assassination Just after escaping an attempt to kill him on Wednesday, he said an Iraqi court had dropped charges that could have put him in jail. | 0 |
Two die in Nepal protest against Iraq killings Police in Nepal have shot dead two men after crowds attacked a mosque in the capital, Kathmandu and charged through the streets to protest against the killing of 12 Nepalis in Iraq. | 0 |
Sikhs Gather to Celebrate 400-Year-Old Holy Book Thousands of Sikhs have gathered in the northern Indian city of Amritsar to mark the 400th anniversary of the installation there of Sikhism #39;s holiest book. | 0 |
29 N. Koreans seek asylum in Beijing Twenty-nine North Koreans sought asylum Wednesday at a Japanese school in Beijing, hoping to ultimately reach South Korea, the Kyodo news agency reported. | 0 |
Three killed in Saudi rush for IKEA vouchers Sixteen shoppers were injured on Wednesday at the Sweden-based furniture store opening in Jeddah. Medics revived some 20 customers. | 0 |
Verizon Starts Selling World Phone to Consumers (Reuters) Reuters - Verizon Wireless said on Wednesday its\stores have begun selling a phone from Samsung Electronics\(005930.KS) that was designed to work on mobile networks around\the world. | 3 |
U.S. Factory Growth Eases (Reuters) Reuters - Expansion in the U.S. factory sector\slowed in August as higher costs for energy and raw materials\squeezed manufacturers, a report showed on Wednesday, but\analysts said growth remained relatively robust. | 2 |
Israel Helicopter Fires Missiles at Gaza Refugee Camp (Reuters) Reuters - An Israeli helicopter fired three missiles\at an unknown target in a Gaza refugee camp on Wednesday,\Palestinian witnesses said, one day after militants killed 16\Israelis in bus bombings in southern Israel. | 0 |
GM, Ford Cut Production; U.S. Sales Fall (Reuters) Reuters - General Motors Corp. and Ford\Motor Co. posted weaker U.S. sales for August on\Wednesday and both cut planned fourth-quarter production as\their aging vehicle lineups lost ground to rival Chrysler and\some foreign brands. | 2 |
Bloggers Blanket Republican Convention (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - The idea of penning a blog to cover the Republican National Convention isn't so unique after all. | 3 |
CEOs See More Hiring, Capital Spending (Reuters) Reuters - A quarterly survey of U.S. chief\executives showed they plan to increase hiring and capital\spending, despite recent soft economic data, concerns about\sluggish job growth and high energy prices. | 2 |
Air Force Cadet Innocent of Steroid Charge (AP) AP - Air Force linebacker Overton Spence was found innocent of drug charges Wednesday after telling a court-martial he thought the steroids he had taken were legal. | 1 |
Talks Resume in Bid for N. Ireland Gov't (AP) AP - Ten years after the Irish Republican Army's momentous cease-fire, negotiations resumed Wednesday in hope of reviving a Catholic-Protestant administration, an elusive goal of Northern Ireland's hard-fought peace process. | 0 |
Phil Schiller, analysts discuss the iMac G5 (MacCentral) MacCentral - Apple Computer Inc.'s Senior Vice President of Hardware Product Marketing, Phil Schiller, officially kicked off Apple Expo Paris this week introducing the iMac G5 during his keynote address. Analysts are unanimous in their support for the new consumer machine and the strategic ties Apple has drawn between the iMac and the iPod in marketing the computer. | 3 |
Final Preseason Game Important for McMahon (AP) AP - Don't tell Mike McMahon the NFL's final exhibitions are meaningless. | 1 |
Parker spurs San Antonio to superb NBA start (AFP) AFP - Tony Parker sparked a game-opening 17-2 run and the San Antonio Spurs routed Chicago 91-75 here, extending their best start in club history to a National Basketball Association-leading 16-3 record. | 1 |
Report: Kidd Not Expected Back Until December (Reuters) Reuters - New Jersey Nets guard Jason\Kidd continues to recover from surgery on his left knee and\will reportedly be sidelined until December. | 1 |
Fidelity Slashes Fees on Index Funds (AP) AP - Leaping into a burgeoning price war with low-cost exchange traded funds, Fidelity Investments has slashed fees on five index mutual funds widely used in group and individual retirement accounts. | 2 |
Opera Browser Performs for Windows Mobile (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Bowing to the influence of wireless operators and handset makers, Opera Software will deliver its revolutionary \smartphone browser to the\Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system. | 3 |
Reds Activate Wilson, Larson (AP) AP - The Cincinnati Reds activated right-handed pitcher Paul Wilson and infielder Brandon Larson from the 15-day disabled list Wednesday. | 1 |
Carrefour's Profit Climbs for First Half (AP) AP - Carrefour, the world's No. 2 retailer said Wednesday that its profit increased 5.3 percent in the first half of the year, as robust international operations and lower finance costs helped it ride out tough conditions at its core French superstores. | 2 |
SCO Revenue Drops as Lawsuits Take Toll (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - It has been a bad quarter for the SCO Group in more ways than one. \The company experienced legal setbacks in its suit against \IBM and Linux users. Then there was the matter of its one-time stalwart financial backer, BayStar, looking very much as though it might bolt from the relationship at one point, due to differing opinions on SCO's overall strategy. | 3 |
Accused U.S. Deserter to Turn Himself In (AP) AP - Alleged U.S. Army deserter Charles Robert Jenkins said Wednesday he would surrender to U.S. military authorities to face charges he deserted his post along the demilitarized zone dividing north and south Korea in the 1960s. | 0 |
Swiss Army Medicine (Forbes.com) Forbes.com - Early last year 61-year-old Judy Norris was ready to stop all treatment and let her cancer run its course. Her kidney tumor, diagnosed in 1997, had spread to her abdomen, pancreas and both lungs. Six months of treatment with toxic interleukin-2, one of the only treatments for advanced kidney cancer, had eroded nerves in her hands and feet, caused frequent vomiting and made her skin peel all over--but did nothing to slow the tumors' relentless growth. In June, in a last-ditch effort to save her life, her oncologist recommended an experimental pill from Pfizer called SU11248. ... | 2 |
Report: SP2 Problems Impact 10 Percent of Windows XP PCs (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Businesses preparing to implement Windows XP SP2 should brace themselves for problems impacting a significant number of their Windows XP machines, according to research conducted by I.T. infrastructure management firm AssetMetrix. | 3 |
Mountaineers Prepared to Lead Big East (AP) AP - West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez can't help but notice the buzz on campus. | 1 |
AMD's Next Rabbit Out of the Hat: Dual Core (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Advanced Micro Devices is making a push to beat Intel in the development of dual core microprocessors based on x86 chips. \On Tuesday, AMD (NYSE: AMD) unveiled a prototype dual-core Opteron processor running in a Hewlett-Packard ProLiant server. | 3 |
Apple offers iTunes Affiliate Program (MacCentral) MacCentral - Apple on Wednesday introduced the iTunes Affiliate Program. The\program pays 5 percent commissions to affiliate Web sites by offering direct\links to a any song, album or artist on iTunes. Sites who are accepted as\affiliates can download Apple-made marketing materials and are eligible to\apply to the Apple Store Affiliate program as well. And applicants who sign\up through September 15, 2004 are also eligible to win one of five iPod\minis. | 3 |
China Showcases Space Program (AP) AP - Rising space power China provided a rare peek into its top-secret launch center Wednesday, capitalizing on its recent success in orbit to promote the military-funded project as a lure for foreign investment and a key to growing prosperity. | 3 |
Kerry Challenges Bush on Terror Policies (AP) AP - In a sharply worded challenge to President Bush, Democratic Sen. John Kerry said Wednesday "extremism has gained momentum" as a result of administration missteps in Iraq, but said the war on terror is a winnable one with the right policies. | 0 |
Rove: Kerry Tarnished Vietnam Veterans (AP) AP - President Bush's chief strategist said Wednesday that Democratic Sen. John Kerry tarnished "the records and service" of fellow Vietnam veterans with his anti-war protests, and compared the U.S. war on terrorism to the decades-old conflict in Northern Ireland. | 0 |
Hewitt Makes Impressive Start at U.S. Open NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lleyton Hewitt hit the ground running after a two-day wait to start his U.S. Open campaign on Wednesday, racing past experienced South African Wayne Ferreira 6-1, 7-5, 6-4. | 1 |
AIDS Activists Disrupt Convention Event (AP) AP - AIDS demonstrators disrupted a Republican youth gathering on the floor of the party convention Wednesday, shortly after President Bush's twin daughters left the stage. | 0 |
Oil Hits \$44 as U.S. Crude Stocks Slide NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices soared to \$44 a barrel on Wednesday, ending an eight-day streak of losses as a U.S. government report showed crude oil stocks falling to the lowest level in five months. | 2 |
One Small Step as China Opens Space Center (Reuters) Reuters - China\offered a rare glimpse of its manned space flight center\Wednesday, drawing back -- if only slightly -- the veil of\secrecy around China's ambitions in outer space. | 3 |
GM, Ford Cut Production; U.S. Sales Fall DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=GM.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">GM.N</A> and Ford Motor Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=F.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">F.N</A> posted weaker U.S. sales for August on Wednesday and both cut planned fourth-quarter production as their aging vehicle lineups lost ground to rival Chrysler and some foreign brands. | 2 |
Dwindling Atlantic Salmon Still King on Canada River (Reuters) Reuters - Atlantic salmon\once teemed up the rivers of eastern Canada in staggering\numbers to spawn in an annual ritual that put the biological\richness of the region on full display. | 3 |
New Class of Planets Found Around Two Other Stars (Reuters) Reuters - A new class of planets has been\found orbiting stars besides our sun, in a possible giant leap\forward in the search for Earth-like planets that might harbor\life, scientists said on Tuesday. | 3 |
Comet Research Pioneer Fred Whipple Dies (Reuters) Reuters - Fred Whipple, an astronomer who\originated the idea that comets were comprised of ice and\mineral dust, has died at the age of 97. | 3 |
"Mystery Cloud" Appears Over Eastern U.S. And Canada (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - lives in the eastern part of the United \States or Canada and gazing skyward on Tuesday evening may have noticed \something strange in their west-northwest sky. | 3 |
US Treasuries Resilient to Profit-Taking NEW YORK (Reuters) - Treasury debt prices recouped early losses to turn flat on Wednesday as bullish momentum fought profit-taking after three straight sessions of gains. | 2 |
Virtual Humans Proposed As Space Travelers (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - TELLURIDE, COLORADO -- Better make room for an extra crewmember aboard any spaceship heading outward. This person wont require food, oxygen or water, nor even need to buckle up for safety. The tag-along traveler could, however, be a lifesaver in terms of getting the expedition to and from a celestial destination. | 3 |
Stocks Wobble on DC Sickness Report NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks wobbled lower on Wednesday as reports that several people had been sickened in an office in Washington raised terrorism fears, upsetting the market, and oil prices jumped. | 2 |
Israel Helicopter Fires Missiles at Gaza Refugee Camp GAZA, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - An Israeli helicopter fired three missiles at an unknown target in a Gaza refugee camp Wednesday, Palestinian witnesses said, one day after militants killed 16 Israelis in bus bombings in southern Israel. | 0 |
CEOs See More Hiring, Capital Spending NEW YORK (Reuters) - A quarterly survey of U.S. chief executives showed they plan to increase hiring and capital spending, despite recent soft economic data, concerns about sluggish job growth and high energy prices. | 2 |
Armed Group Seizes Russian School, Talks Start MOSCOW (Reuters) - A heavily armed gang seized up to 400 hostages at a Russian school near Chechnya Wednesday and threatened to shoot dead 50 children for any one of their comrades killed, a senior local official said. | 0 |
France to Cut Debt with Telecom Sale PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - France will sell up to 12.1 percent of France Telecom in Europe's largest share placement in four years, bringing as much as 5.75 billion euros (\$6.95 billion) into state coffers as it strives to cut national debt. | 2 |
Hollinger Accuses Black of #39;Ethical Corruption #39; Lord Conrad Black ran a quot;corporate kleptocracy quot; for his own benefit at Hollinger International, the owner of the Telegraph papers in London and The Chicago Sun-Times, and the board of directors | 2 |
MGI Pharma-SuperGen in Cancer-Drug Deal NEW YORK (Reuters) - MGI Pharma Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MOGN.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MOGN.O</A> will spend up to \$85 million for a stake in SuperGen Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=SUPG.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">SUPG.O</A> and global rights to develop and sell SuperGen's experimental drug for an often-fatal cancer of the bone marrow, the companies said on Wednesday. | 2 |
Els Haunted by Major Failures CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland (Reuters) - World number three Ernie Els says he feels a failure after narrowly missing out on three of the year's four major championships. | 1 |
Pakistan Arrests 'Important' Al Qaeda Pair ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani security forces have arrested two "important" al Qaeda operatives, including an Egyptian and a Saudi national, officials said Wednesday. | 0 |
U.N. Calls for African Peacekeepers in Darfur UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations called on Wednesday for a quick and "substantially" larger international monitoring force in Sudan's Darfur region, saying Khartoum had failed to stop attacks against civilians by Arab militia. | 0 |
Arise Sir Mark mum pays FORMER prime minister and doting mother Margaret Thatcher yesterday agreed to bail her son, Sir Mark Thatcher, out of house arrest in Cape Town. | 0 |
Manufacturing Activity Up for 15th Month Manufacturing activity rose in August for the 15th consecutive month, but at a slower rate than reported in July, according to a monthly report released Wednesday by the Institute for Supply Management, a research group. | 2 |
Construction Spending Hits All-Time High Construction spending sprang back to life in July, rising to the highest level on record, the government reported Wednesday. | 2 |
Iraq's Chalabi Escapes Assassination, Arrest BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Ahmad Chalabi has survived again. Just after escaping an attempt to kill him Wednesday, he said an Iraqi court had dropped charges that could have put him in jail. | 0 |
CEOs See More Hiring, Capital Spending A quarterly survey of U.S. chief\executives showed they plan to increase hiring and capital\spending, despite recent soft economic data, concerns about\sluggish job growth and high energy prices. | 2 |
Russian pupils held in armed siege An armed gang is holding at least 200 hostages, many of them children, at a school in south Russia. | 0 |
Davis tops US qualifying England #39;s Brian Davis took top spot in the qualifying tournament at PGA West in California, where the leading 30 and ties made it onto the American tour. | 1 |
Upcoming slate offers opportunity This would be a good time for the Pistons to build a winning record as they try to regain their championship form. In the next eight days, they play four teams with losing or .500 records. | 1 |
US to throw out terror verdicts The justice department is set to overturn the convictions of three men after it emerged mistakes were made in the case. | 0 |
Monza Testing, Day 1, 01/09/04 Jarno and Fernando in action for the team on the first day of testing at Monza ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. | 1 |
New Chechen president confirmed Alu Alkhanov has been officially named the new president of Chechnya, and is due to take office in a month. | 0 |
Guidant wins new trial in St. Jude Medical suit DENVER Indianapolis-based Guidant Corporation says it has won the right to a new trial in its lawsuit seeking up to 140 (m) million dollars in damages from another maker of implantable defibrillators. | 2 |
US Economy: Manufacturing Expands at Slower Pace (Update2) US manufacturing expanded at a slower pace in August as fewer companies reported an increase in orders and production. Construction spending rose to a record in July, private and government reports showed. | 2 |
Carrefour posts 5.3 per cent profit rise, maintains 2004 goals Carrefour, the world #39;s No. 2 food retailer said Wednesday that its profit increased 5.3 per cent in the first half of the year, as robust international operations and lower finance costs helped | 2 |
Veritas Acquires KVS, Gains E-Mail Archiving Capabilities Veritas gets KVS #39;s Enterprise Vault, an app that archives business-critical data held within Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Office, and file systems. | 3 |
Fallon denies race fixing scam Champion jockey Kieren Fallon has denied any wrongdoing after being arrested over allegations of involvement in a massive race fixing scam. | 1 |
Hantuchova Upsets No. 17 Molik NEW YORK -- Daniela Hantuchova took another step back up the tennis rankings ladder Wednesday, defeating No. 17 Alicia Molik 6-4, 6-3 at the US Open. | 1 |
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: 22-0w #39;There #39;s a certain element of embarrassment, no question, #39; manager Joe Torre says as his Yankees suffer their worst loss ever. | 1 |
Russia in shock as hostage drama follows suicide blast MOSCOW, Russia -- Russia was in shock Wednesday as an armed group took more than 200 people hostage at a school near Chechnya just hours after a suicide bomber killed 11 people and injured dozens outside a busy Moscow subway station. | 0 |
Ford Cuts Production While Chrysler's Sales Rise Ford Motor posted weaker U.S. vehicle sales for August today and cut its fourth-quarter production. Chrysler posted a fifth straight month of stronger results. | 2 |
French govt to sell up to 12 in France Tele PARIS / LONDON: France said on Wednesday it will sell up to 12.1 of France Telecom to raise 5.8 billion (\$6.9bn) and help cut national debt in Europes largest placing in four years. | 0 |
Manufacturing Activity Rises Again, but at Slower Pace Manufacturing activity rose in August for the 15th consecutive month, according to a monthly report released today. | 2 |
Chief Executives Plan to Increase Hiring and Capital Spending A quarterly survey of U.S. chief executives painted the most positive economic picture since it was launched in November 2002. | 2 |
Stocks Are Mixed as Oil Prices Rise Stocks were trading mixed today following a lower reading on manufacturing activity and a spike in oil prices | 2 |
France to Lower Debt With Telecom Sale France will sell up to 12.1 percent of France Telecom in Europe's largest share placement in four years, bringing as much as \$6.95 billion into state coffers. | 2 |
Irish eyes look to Louisville Notre Dame #39;s search for a football coach appears to have turned from Utah eastward toward Kentucky, where sources familiar with the process said the Irish | 1 |
Bryant's Attorneys Ask for Dismissal Attorneys for NBA star Kobe Bryant have asked the judge to dismiss the sexual assault charge against him with opening statements less than a week away, a court official said Wednesday. | 1 |
Berkshire Hathaway "It's not a sin to be a trader in whole or part; it's just much easier to be an investor." | 2 |
United Natural's Healthy Again? The leading distributor of natural and organic foods beats revised expectations. | 2 |
France Asks Arabs to Help Free Kidnapped Journalists in Iraq The French government's appeal set in motion a swell of solidarity unseen in previous hostage dramas in Iraq. | 0 |
No Time Like Prime Time Here's where the Baltimore Ravens are missing the bus: They've got Deion Sanders and they've scheduled his news conference for early in the afternoon. Put it in Prime Time! | 1 |
Don't Overpay for Your Mortgage Bye-bye, PMI. So long, souped-up interest. Time to streamline your mortgage budget. | 2 |
AIDS Activists Disrupt Convention Event NEW YORK - AIDS demonstrators disrupted a Republican youth gathering on the floor of the party convention Wednesday, shortly after President Bush's twin daughters left the stage. The incident occurred after Jenna and Barbara Bush introduced White House chief of staff Andrew Card... | 0 |
Stocks Are Mixed on Surging Oil Prices NEW YORK - Stocks were mixed Wednesday as a lower reading on manufacturing activity and rising oil prices chilled an early spate of bargain hunting. Technology shares inched higher despite brokerage downgrades of two semiconductor companies With trading light, the markets were slow to react to the August reading of the Institute of Supply Management's manufacturing index, which declined to 59.0 in August, lower than the 59.8 percent expected on Wall Street... | 0 |
Kidnappers in Iraq Free Seven Truckers BAGHDAD, Iraq - Militants in Iraq freed seven foreign truck drivers Wednesday after holding them six weeks, while Muslims united behind calls for the release of two French reporters captured by a separate group demanding that France revoke a ban on Muslim head scarves in schools. Also Wednesday, gunmen shot at a convoy carrying former Iraqi Governing Council member Ahmad Chalabi as he returned from Najaf to attend the first meeting of Iraq's 100-member National Council, which is to act as a watchdog over the interim government and help shepherd the nation to elections... | 0 |
Kerry Challenges Bush on Terror Policies NASHVILLE, Tenn. - In a sharply worded challenge to President Bush, Democratic Sen... | 0 |
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