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One killed in Nepal violence KATHMANDU: Angry protesters burnt tyres in Kathmandu and forcibly shut down schools and shops on Wednesday, following the killing of 12 Nepalis by their abductors in Iraq. | 0 |
La. Lawmaker Wants Opponent Off Ballot (AP) AP - The Louisiana Supreme Court was asked Wednesday to knock a congressman off the Nov. 2 ballot for switching at the last minute to the Republican Party. | 0 |
Dow Down on Oil Prices; Nasdaq Rises NEW YORK - Stocks were mixed Wednesday as a lower reading on manufacturing activity and rising oil prices chilled an early spate of bargain hunting, sending blue chips lower. Technology shares made a modest advance despite brokerage downgrades of two semiconductor companies... | 0 |
Israel Warns Syria on Deadly Bus Blasts JERUSALEM - Israeli leaders warned Syria on Wednesday that it bears the blame for a double suicide bombing by Hamas militants because it harbors the group's leadership, and they hinted at possible retaliation. In a first response to Tuesday's attack that killed 16 people in a southern Israeli city, Israeli troops blew up the home of one of the bombers and isolated the West Bank city of Hebron, where the attackers lived... | 0 |
Ballmer bullish on future, bearish on Linux Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer addressed a gathering of software industry leaders here on Wednesday, touting his company #39;s vision for a bright future | 3 |
Spreading Spam LOS ANGELES - This June a barrage of spam popped up in 152,000 in-boxes. They pitched the standard stuff: One was an advertisement for the quot;Top Drug Store Online, quot; another offered mortgage refinancing, another | 3 |
BMC update aims to nip downtime in the bud Batch scheduler revamp promises to fend off application failures and boosts BMC's service management push. | 3 |
City of brotherly love may embrace Wi-Fi Philadelphia may spread the joy of wireless Internet access to its citizens. | 3 |
Blue Chips End Lower After Oil Rises US blue chips ended slightly lower on Wednesday after crude oil climbed above \$44 a barrel, renewing fears that high energy costs would cut into corporate profits. | 2 |
A Pall Falls Over Forest Sometimes bad things happen to good companies. Consider drug maker Forest Laboratories (NYSE: FRX). The company is debt-free, cash-rich, and pumping out free cash flow at \$700 million a year. | 2 |
Nokia Ships One Million N-Gage Game Decks Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced that it has shipped its one millionth game deck globally since the sales of the N-Gage platform started eleven months ago. | 3 |
HEWITT BRINGS ON FERREIRA FAREWELL Lleyton Hewitt made it a sad US Open farewell for Wayne Ferreira with a clinical straight-sets victory. The No4 seed breezed into the second round after a 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 triumph. | 1 |
Can El Duque stop the bleeding? Once comfortable leaders in the AL East, the New York Yankees suddenly find themselves in a potentially disastrous tailspin. Theyll ask unbeaten Orlando Hernandez to help them recover from the worst loss | 1 |
PGA should toughen requirements for keeping Tour cards Frank Beard played on the PGA Tour for 20 years and was the leading money winner and Player of the Year in 1969. He will answer your questions every Tuesday on SI. | 1 |
ESPN.com news services PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Portland Trail Blazers have committed to forward Darius Miles, a long-term move that creates questions about Shareef Abdur-Rahim #39;s role with the team. | 1 |
Agent: Nothing to Alonzo #39;s return His agent says there #39;s nothing to reports that Alonzo Mourning plans another comeback, the New Jersey Nets say they wouldn #39;t be surprised if he tried and the man himself isn #39;t saying anything. | 1 |
French FM in Amman after Qatar talks, heartened by calls for <b>...</b> AMMAN : French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier arrived in Amman for the second time in 24 hours after a visit to Doha, where he said he hoped the captors of two French newsmen in Iraq would heed widespread calls to free the pair, a diplomatic source said. | 0 |
'Prime Time' Wants Third Super Bowl Ring (AP) AP - Deion Sanders insists he didn't come out of retirement for money, accolades or to prove he's still got a wealth of talent at age 37. | 1 |
Edwards Promises to Spread U.S. Wealth (AP) AP - Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards on Wednesday accused the Bush administration of leading the nation from "the edge of greatness to the edge of the cliff." | 0 |
Israel Threatens Syria After Hamas Bombings JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel threatened Syria Wednesday over what officials said was complicity in Palestinian suicide bombings that killed 16 people in the first such attacks in the Jewish state in nearly six months. | 0 |
New Planets could advance search for Life Astronomers in Europe and the United States have found two new planets about 20 times the size of Earth beyond the solar system. The discovery might be a giant leap forward in | 3 |
Behind the music: Microsoft? Microsoft is set to unveil the latest version of its media playback software on Thursday, giving its partners powerful new tools for selling digital entertainment services even as it launches its own music download store. | 3 |
Apple #39;s iMac is no longer flagship product The last time Apple Computer Inc. introduced an all-new iMac computer, back in January 2002, Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs was featured smiling with the desktop on the cover of Time magazine. | 3 |
eBay grabs the lot in Korea EBay, the online marketplace, yesterday continued its push across the globe with a \$530m (296m) offer to take full control of its South Korean affiliate, Internet Auction Co. | 3 |
Write home, ET, don #39;t phone ET shouldn #39;t phone home: the message would never get there. He should post a letter instead, say computer experts. They report in Nature magazine that radio messages would literally be a waste of energy. | 3 |
IBM to Share Technology and Designs for New Computer BM plans to announce today that it will share the designs and technology for a fast-growing line of computers known as blade servers. | 3 |
Culture Plays a Role in Dyslexia A new study reveals that cultural factors influence how dyslexia manifests itself by finding that the disorder affects the brains of Chinese and English speakers differently. | 3 |
Oracle delivers delayed patches Database software maker Oracle pushed out a host of long-awaited patches after struggling to organize its software fixes into a monthly release schedule. | 3 |
Linux Doesn #39;t Make Sense for Desktops Longhorn #39;s woes may open a door for Linuxa very tiny doorbut Linux just isn #39;ta good choice for desktops. Instead, desktop Linux proponents should wake up and switch to the Mac OS. | 3 |
TIMES NEWS TRACKER ike most bill collectors, Marvin Smith is always seeking ways to get chronic debtors to pay up. When he calls the first time, he typically hears excuses and requests for more time. | 3 |
Owls Use Dung to quot;Fish quot; for Beetles Levey, who is the lead author of the study, added that the finding is particularly noteworthy because it demonstrates that tool use can substantially benefit a wild animal. | 3 |
Update 4: Philly Considers Wireless Internet for All Forget finding an Internet cafe. For less than what it costs to build a small library, city officials believe they can turn all 135 square miles of Philadelphia into the world #39;s largest wireless Internet hot spot. | 3 |
Plastic magnet breaks the mold The world #39;s first practical plastic magnet has been created at the University of Durham, according to a report in New Scientist magazine. | 3 |
Hewitt back in top form Lleyton Hewitt finished as the No. 1-ranked player in the world in 2001 and 2002 by running down more balls and winning more matches than anybody. | 1 |
Ferguson has no fears for record buy Rooney Alex Ferguson has moved quickly to put a protective shield around teenage striker Wayne Rooney - and Manchester United #39;s new record signing insists he is mature enough to evade the pitfalls that could derail his emerging career. | 1 |
Smyth Nets Twice as Canada Routs Slovakia Adam Foote added a pair of assists for Canada, who improved to 2-0 in the tournament while handing Slovakia a loss in its first game of the eight-nation event. | 1 |
Menechino hits tie-breaking home run as Blue Jays rally past <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - Frank Menechino hit a tie-breaking home run in the seventh inning as the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Wednesday. | 1 |
For Serena Williams, Less Is Definitely More he is one of the best tennis players in the world, but the talk surrounding her has nothing to do with aces or ground strokes. When it comes to Serena Williams, the discussion turns to clothing. | 1 |
BASEBALL ROUNDUP Astros Apply Power in a Drive for More The Houston Astros, who are battling for a wild-card playoff spot, powered their way to a season-best sixth straight victory yesterday. | 1 |
Last season #39;s MVP to miss three games SEATTLE -- Seattle Storm forward Lauren Jackson, last season #39;s WNBA most valuable player, will miss the next three games while she visits her seriously ill grandmother in Australia. | 1 |
Zo seeks another comeback with Nets East Rutherford, NJ (Sports Network) - Retired NBA center and seven-time All- Star Alonzo Mourning is going to give his playing career one more shot. | 1 |
Gunmen seize Russian school, taking 400 hostages A television grab shows a soldier helping a girl away from the scene at a school in the town of Beslan in the province of North Ossetia near Chechnya, September 1, 2004. | 0 |
Pakistan Found to Aid Iran Nuclear Efforts new assessment of Iran #39;s nuclear program by the United Nations #39; International Atomic Energy Agency says that, as early as 1995, Pakistan was providing Tehran with the designs for sophisticated | 0 |
Curfew in Nepal as murders spark riot A curfew was imposed on Kathmandu last night, with orders to shoot people on sight, after thousands of demonstrators ransacked a mosque and fought pitched battles with police to protest at the killing of 12 Nepalese hostages by insurgents in Iraq. | 0 |
Nepalese Attack a Mosque and Muslims in Katmandu Thousands of enraged Nepalese attacked a mosque and more than a hundred Muslim-owned businesses and homes here on Wednesday to protest the killing of 12 Nepalese workers by terrorists in Iraq. | 0 |
Microsoft Wins a High-Definition DVD Battle (Reuters) Reuters - Blu-ray on Wednesday said Microsoft\Corp. has won the DVD technology group's backing of a\video compression standard for new high-definition discs,\marking an advance for the software maker in an emerging\consumer electronics arena. | 3 |
GM, Ford, Toyota see sales fall General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. have reported disappointing US sales, prompting the two largest US automakers to cut planned vehicle production in the fourth quarter, which could hurt profits. | 2 |
BofA pledges to move unit to Boston Ken Lewis, chief executive of Bank of America Corp., stands by job promises made to Massachusetts officials before BofA bought FleetBoston Financial Corp. | 2 |
US Airways Pilots Hint Deal Is Near on Cuts he pilots #39; union at US Airways said yesterday that it might be close to reaching an agreement on wage and benefit cuts that the struggling airline contends are necessary to avoid another bankruptcy filing. | 2 |
Joint Venture Wins Enron Pipeline Auction Enron Corp. (ENRNQ.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said a joint venture of Southern Union Co. (SUG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and a General Electric Co. | 2 |
Oil Futures Prices Rise 4.5 on Outsize Drop in Supplies Crude oil futures prices surged by almost \$2 a barrel yesterday, the biggest increase in two months, after the Energy Department reported that United States oil supplies had declined more than expected. | 2 |
United may cut 6,000 employees United Airlines is mulling plans to cut 6,000 jobs -- or 10 percent of its work force, according to the Financial Times. The move would allow the bankrupt carrier to cut annual operating costs by \$655 million. | 2 |
Interest rates start to bite as house price growth slows to three <b>...</b> House prices grew by just 0.1 in August, their weakest in almost three years, the Nationwide said yesterday, providing further evidence that the house price boom has hit the buffers. | 2 |
Court Now Says Shareholders Can Sue Oracle Reversing a lower court decision, an appeals court ruled Wednesday that a group of Oracle (ORCL:Nasdaq - news - research) shareholders can sue the company and top executives for allegedly covering up weak financial results in 2000 and 2001. | 2 |
PepsiCo Reaffirms 2004 Profit Forecast PepsiCo Inc. (PEP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world #39;s No. 2 soft drink company, on Wednesday reaffirmed its 2004 profit forecast and named former Kraft Foods Inc. | 2 |
Two Californians accused of trying to smuggle 50 immigrants by <b>...</b> Two US citizens have been detained and accused of trying to smuggle 50 Mexican nationals into Los Angeles in California aboard a rented yacht, authorities said Wednesday. | 2 |
Microsoft Launches Online Music Store (Reuters) Reuters - Microsoft Corp. launched a new online\store for music downloads on Wednesday, taking direct aim at\Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iTunes music service. | 3 |
Digital Radio a New Front in Piracy War (AP) AP - Technologies that let people record satellite and Internet radio broadcasts digitally are opening a new front in the recording industry's war on music piracy. | 3 |
'Astro Boy' Makes Video Game Debut (AP) AP - Tetsum Atom is a butt-kicking, pint-sized hero that wants nothing more than peace between humans and robots. More than a half-century after debuting in Japanese comic books, "Astro Boy" #151; as he's known outside of Japan #151; is starring in two new video games from Sega of America Inc. | 3 |
Is Linux Really a Contender Against Longhorn? (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - Microsoft looks to be giving the Linux client an opening against Windows with its changes to Longhorn's timing and features. Or are other contenders waiting in the wings? Check out two vastly different views of its opportunities. | 3 |
Microsoft Unveils Version of Music Store (AP) AP - On the face of things, Microsoft Corp.'s online music service looks a lot like the market leader, Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes. | 3 |
Strong Hurricane Approaches Bahamas, Florida (Reuters) Reuters - Hurricane Frances barreled toward the\Bahamas islands with 140 mph winds on Wednesday, a growing\threat that put millions of people on alert along Florida's\heavily populated east coast. | 3 |
Special X-Rays Unmask Mummy's Face, Virtually (Reuters) Reuters - The face of a man who died and was\mummified in Egypt 3,000 years ago has been modeled, using\special CAT scans and without unwrapping his bandages, Italian\researchers said on Wednesday. | 3 |
San Diego-Born Panda Hua Mei Has Twins (AP) AP - San Diego's native-born panda, Hua Mei, gave birth to twins on Wednesday, less than a year after she was sent into a Chinese breeding program. | 3 |
Survey Records Tarantulas' Travels (AP) AP - From now until the start of winter, male tarantulas are roaming around, searching for female mates, an ideal time to find out where the spiders flourish in Arkansas. | 3 |
Protected Status Sought for Calif. Owl (AP) AP - Environmentalists asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday to grant protected status to the California spotted owl, claiming the bird's old-growth forest habitat is threatened by logging. | 3 |
Women on Waves Portugal has a long tradition of protecting the human life. It was the first European country to abolish the death penalty, and more than 50 of voters rejected a 1998 referendum that would have liberalized abortion laws en (abortion is legal in Portugal if the pregnancy resulted from a rape, if it endangers the mother's life, or if the fetus is severely malformed; the morning-after pill is also legal). Now a Dutch boat from an organization called Women on Waves intends to pick women in Portugal, bring them to international waters (where the law of the boat's country applies: the Netherlands allows abortions for six weeks after conception, if not performed within 25 km from an Amsterdam hospital), perform abortions, and return them to land. The Portuguese government has refused entry to Women on Waves' ship, the Borndiep (previously Sea Change). | 3 |
Johnson amp; Johnson May Buy Guidant, NY Times Says (Update2) Johnson amp; Johnson, the world #39;s biggest producer of medical devices, is in talks to buy heart defibrillator maker Guidant Corp. | 2 |
No big deal One day after the Yankees #39; worst loss in team history, the Boss finally broke his silence. George Steinbrenner issued a brief statement Wednesday, in which he shrugged off Tuesday #39;s embarrassing 22-0 loss to the Cleveland Indians. | 1 |
Sanders back on the scene OWINGS MILLS, MD. -- Deion Sanders is back in the National Football League, this time with the Baltimore Ravens. The seven-time Pro Bowl defensive back passed his physical yesterday and formally ended his | 1 |
Annan urges big increase in troops for Darfur The UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, called for a substantial and speedy expansion of the international forces in Darfur after reporting that the Sudanese government had failed to stop attacks on civilians. | 0 |
Women take a shine to video games The makers of video games need acknowledge that women like to buy and play games, says a study. | 3 |
LATEST FUTURES NEWS SAN FRANCISCO (AFX) -- Oil futures fell again Tuesday, nearing a five-week low and ending the month with a loss of more than 2 percent amid new signs that key oil-producing countries will safeguard supply levels. | 2 |
Ford posts sluggish sales, cuts production DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. posted weaker US vehicle sales for August Wednesday and cut its fourth-quarter production, while its rival Chrysler posted a fifth straight month of stronger results. | 2 |
Ballmer bullish on future, bearish on Linux SEPTEMBER 01, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Addressing a gathering of software industry leaders in Boston today, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer touted his company #39;s vision for a bright future and cast doubt | 3 |
Time for a red card TEENAGE soccer player Wayne Rooney will get a staggering \$140,000 a week after his transfer from Everton to Manchester United. The rising star #39;s salary of \$7. | 1 |
Braves 7, Phillies 2 Andruw Jones and Chipper Jones each hit a solo homer, and Jaret Wright pitched six strong innings to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 7-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night. | 1 |
Henin-Hardenne advances The early action on the second day of the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York saw an easy victory for the number one seed, Belgium #39;s Justine Henin-Hardenne. | 1 |
Baseball: Long, long night #39;s journey for Yanks NEW YORK The Yankees could not help but watch the scoreboard. Their heads swiveled repeatedly toward the outfield as hit after hit for Cleveland sailed over or against the wall. | 1 |
Jump into different world is plunge into abyss FOR those who hoped that the ego had landed after the 2003 Rugby World Cup success, the news that he is resigning from his post as England coach to aim for Sven-Goran Erikssons job in football has the foreboding of an embarrassing new chapter for Sir | 1 |
Chalabi, Claiming Exoneration, Plans Another Comeback In his first public appearance since an Iraqi judge ordered his arrest three weeks ago, the Iraqi exile Ahmad Chalabi announced his return to Iraq #39;s political scene | 0 |
Microsoft Wins a High-Definition DVD Battle LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Blu-ray on Wednesday said Microsoft Corp. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=MSFT.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">MSFT.O</A> has won the DVD technology group's backing of a video compression standard for new high-definition discs, marking an advance for the software maker in an emerging consumer electronics arena. | 3 |
Microsoft Launches Online Music Store SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. launched a new online store for music downloads on Wednesday, taking direct aim at Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iTunes music service. | 3 |
There's Gold in That There Dead Air At a time when the nation's wireless companies are increasingly desperate for more airwaves to serve its customers, little-known NextWave Telecom Inc. has networks up and running in 26 markets but has never served a single paying customer. <BR>\<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT> | 3 |
Aether Declines Higher Bid for Transit Division Aether Systems Inc., a Maryland wireless data company that is selling off its operating units, said Wednesday it received a \$30 million offer for a division it had already agreed to sell to another buyer for \$25 million. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT> | 3 |
Judge Rules in Favor of Md. Vote Machines An Anne Arundel County judge Wednesday rejected a challenge to the state's touch-screen voting machines, saying they are more accurate than the paper ballots plaintiffs are seeking to make optional for the November elections. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT> | 3 |
Instant Messaging Is Growing Up, Going to Work IM DNWFM, WFU?<br> If you're an avid instant messenger, you probably know what I mean: "Instant messaging doesn't work for me, does it work for you?" Yet I appear to be on the way to becoming a minority, a fuddy-dud resisting the text-chat party. Instant messaging, or IM, is catching on with... | 3 |
Spherix Executive Resigns The chief executive of Spherix Inc. resigned after the board of the Beltsville company rejected his proposal to scale back its biotechnology division and focus on information services. | 3 |
Spokane Diocese in bankruptcy court The Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday, saying it did not have the money to cover lawsuits filed by alleged victims of clergy abuse. | 2 |
Maryland Judge Rules In Favor Of State In E-Voting Suit Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Joseph Manck has rejected a challenge to Maryland's electronic voting system. | 3 |
Scarce insects duck UK splat test Insects in the UK are less common than many of us think, a simple test by birdlovers suggests. | 3 |
Shock, awe and obscenity of snouts in a trough of greed REVELATIONS of the quot;self-righteous and aggressive looting quot; of Hollinger International by its former chief executive Conrad Black and his associates are so jaw-droppingly obscene it is tempting to conclude that, given the extremity of the behaviour Black | 2 |
Insurance, high gas costs hurt vehicle sales High gasoline prices and lofty insurance rates drove vehicle sales lower in Canada for another month, industry experts said. According to data provided by the auto makers and compiled by analyst | 2 |
Stocks End Mixed Amid Rising Oil Prices Stocks staggered to a mixed finish Wednesday as lower-than-expected manufacturing activity and rising oil prices chilled an early spate of bargain hunting, but technology shares posted a modest advance. | 2 |
Scientists discover planets in our galactic back yard Until recently, they were able only to detect the presence of planets equivalent in size to our own neighboring gas giant Jupiter. | 3 |
Microsoft Challenges Rivals With New Online Music Service icrosoft started selling music tracks yesterday on its MSN online service, taking on Apple Computer and a host of others in the fast-growing market for digital music. | 3 |
IBM and Intel to open up blade specifications In an effort to encourage hardware vendors to build components for the blade platform they co-develop, Intel Corp. and IBM Corp. on Thursday will open up parts of the BladeCenter | 3 |
From Microsoft, a First Take F you #39;re trying to figure out if somebody is a gadget freak, try this simple test: work the phrase quot;video iPod quot; into a sentence. | 3 |
Hitachi shrinks iPod hard drives If we don #39;t know anything about Apple #39;s next version of the iPod, one reasonable certainty is that it will be smaller and more robust, as Hitachi has just made the hard drives used 10 per cent smaller with the use of a new connector. | 3 |
Jets sign Pennington for long term The New York Jets announced Wednesday they had signed quarterback Chad Pennington to a long-term contract extension. The New York Daily News reported Pennington became the highest | 1 |
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