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Man Runs Onto Court at Davis Cup Final Security men struggle with an a spectator, center, who stormed the tennis court during the Davis Cup final match between Spanish Carlos Moya and American Andy Roddick in Seville, Spain, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004. | 1 |
Kidnapped French Journalists' Fate Unknown (AP) AP - The managing editor of France's Le Figaro newspaper told a radio station Thursday that two French journalists held hostage in Iraq were still believed alive, even after militants' deadline passed for Paris to overturn a law banning Islamic head scarves or see the pair killed. | 0 |
Colombia Looks to Build Drug Crime Museum (AP) AP - A sprawling hacienda once owned by Pablo Escobar, emblematic of the drug lord's excesses, may soon house a museum highlighting the evils of drug trafficking, a top Colombian official said. | 0 |
Clampdown Risk Worries China's Online Game Firms (Reuters) Reuters - China's online games industry fears it\could be in line for a clampdown similar to one hurting\providers of mobile messaging services. | 3 |
E-Commerce Site Buys Into New Oracle Software (TechWeb) TechWeb - Overstock.com is able to shift work among clusters with Oracle's 10g database. | 3 |
IBM, Intel to Open eServer Blade Designs (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - In an effort to seed the market for future designs, the companies plan to provide the specifications for the BladeCenter switching framework, the blade adapter framework and the design of the blade itself. | 3 |
Australian opposition makes interest rate pledge to key "mortgage belt" (AFP) AFP - Australia's opposition party chief signed an unusual public pledge to keep interest rates down if he wins the October 9 general election, declaring the issue "personal". | 0 |
Dyslexia Not the Same in Every Culture (AP) AP - With 6,000 characters to memorize, Westerners shudder at the idea reading even the most basic street signs and instructions in Chinese. A new set of brain images shows why: Reading English-style alphabets and Chinese characters use very different parts of the brain. | 3 |
Scientists to Study N.Y. Organic Farmers (AP) AP - Cornell researchers will watch five upstate New York dairy herds to learn about the problems and challenges of converting from conventional to organic farming. | 3 |
US Airways Pilots May Be Near Pay Pact NEW YORK (Reuters) - US Airways Group Inc.'s pilots union said on Wednesday it may agree this week on a plan to cut wages and benefits to help the seventh-biggest U.S. airline avoid a second bankruptcy filing. | 2 |
Oil Holds at \$44 After Sharp Crude Draw LONDON (Reuters) - World oil prices stood firm on Thursday, holding onto near-\$2 per barrel gains made the previous session when U.S. inventory data showed commercial crude stocks falling to their lowest in five months. | 2 |
U.N. Tribunal Convicts Bosnian Serb (AP) AP - The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal convicted a high-ranking Bosnian Serb leader Wednesday of torture, deportation, and other crimes against Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats, but acquitted him of genocide. He was sentenced to 32 years in prison. | 0 |
Hopes Pinned on Talks in Russia Hostage Drama BESLAN, Russia (Reuters) - A prominent doctor negotiated on Thursday with gunmen holding hundreds of children, parents and teachers for a second day under threat of death in a school near Russia's rebel Chechnya region. | 0 |
Bangladesh Hangs Two Ex-Policemen for Rape, Murder DHAKA (Reuters) - Two former policemen convicted of the rape and killing of a teenager were executed by hanging in a north Bangladesh jail early on Thursday. | 0 |
Apple unveils #39;skinny #39; iMac G5 Apple Computer #39;s marketing chief Phil Schiller unveiled the newest version of the popular iMac at the Apple Expo in Paris on Tuesday. | 3 |
Is quot;IBMtel quot; the Next Winning Combo? On Sept. 2, IBM (IBM ) and Intel (INTC ) made a strategic move to put themselves at the center of the small but budding computer-hardware industry known as blade servers. | 3 |
MS Portable Media Centers to ship mid-Sept Creative Technology will today begin shipping its anticipated Zen Portable Media Center in the US, with a UK roll-out in the middle of the month. | 3 |
Philly goes Wi-Fi crazy The grand city of Philadelphia unveiled today an ambitious plan to coat the city with Wi-Fi, using a mix of public and private funds to provide the service. | 3 |
Dyslexia Not the Same in Every Culture With 6,000 characters to memorize, Westerners shudder at the idea reading even the most basic street signs and instructions in Chinese. | 3 |
Taiwan #39;s Acer Reshuffles Its Leadership TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese high-tech giant Acer Inc. on Wednesday announced a leadership reshuffle and the retirement of Stan Shih _ the company #39;s founder and a major figure in Taiwan #39;s bid to dominate the personal computer industry. | 3 |
Acclaim Goes Down Like a Hooker With Rent Bills Acclaim Entertainment, the maker of such popular 1990s video games as Mortal Kombat and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and once one of Long Island #39;s largest public companies, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy | 3 |
Appeals court slams garage door DMCA claim A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that the maker of a universal garage door remote did not violate the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA, putting the brakes on one of the more adventuresome interpretations of the controversial copyright law | 3 |
Dollar Near Lows on Players' Data Nerves TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar barely moved off recent lows on Thursday after soft manufacturing data left traders nervous of building positions ahead of U.S. jobs data later in the week. | 2 |
Like song says, Yanks get going Alex Rodriguez is generally so wound up after a game that when the Yankees play at home, he goes back to his apartment in Manhattan and watches a re-broadcast of the game on television. | 1 |
Federer struggles at Open; Hewitt eases into second round Flushing Meadows, NY (Sports Network) - World No. 1 Roger Federer struggled in his second-round match against little-known Marcos Baghdatis, but pulled out a four-set win Wednesday. | 1 |
Fallon in the clear Solicitors acting for Kieren Fallon said last night they expect the six-times champion jockey to be cleared of any allegations of race-fixing following his arrest yesterday. | 1 |
Rooney: I #39;ll be doing it my way MANCHESTER UNITED new boy Wayne Rooney has insisted he does not need the advice of his new team-mates on how to behave. Rooney signed a 27m deal with the Old Trafford outfit on Tuesday to become Britain #39;s costliest teenage footballer. | 1 |
Tough loss for Storm as they struggle without Jackson She often wears an oval-shaped, blue-hued necklace with a fluttering fairy painted on the front. Storm forward Lauren Jackson said it was a gift from her mother, something to watch over Lauren while they were separated. | 1 |
Early runs puts Webb on Easy St. Brandon Webb found himself in the strangest of positions on Wednesday night, protecting a 3-0 lead against the Dodgers after just three innings. | 1 |
Notebook: Hurricane might disrupt Canes Host Miami and Florida State might have to wait several extra days before playing their season opener. School officials were strongly considering postponing the game five days from Monday to Sept. | 1 |
Bush Envoy Defends U.N. Against Schwarzenegger UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Bush's ambassador to the United Nations defended the world body on Wednesday, after California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said the United States, not the U.N., was best for democracy. | 0 |
China Holds Brothers for Grisly Killing of 12 BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have detained two brothers who killed 12 people, most of them women working in nightclubs and bath houses whom they robbed and dismembered in a 15-month spree, a newspaper said on Thursday. | 0 |
Infineon executives fined; jail term for price fixing NEW YORK, December 6 (newratings.com) - The US Department of Justice has imposed steep fines and announced jail terms for four senior executives of Infineon Technologies (IFX. | 3 |
Could Apple Blow Its iPod Lead? Rivals are stalking its consumer-electronics star, and history shows its strategy still has old weaknesses. But catching Jobs amp; Co. | 3 |
NL Wrap: Baseball-Cubs Edge Expos to Maintain Wild-Card Pace NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Chicago Cubs registered an important victory in their battle for the National League wild-card berth, edging out the Expos 2-1 over 11 innings in Montreal Wednesday. | 1 |
IBM And Intel To Open Access To BladeCenter Specs The move will make it easier for third-party hardware and software providers to create BladeCenter-compatible products, giving the server-blade market a boost. | 3 |
Who #39;s calling? It might not be who you think it is A start-up began offering a technology Wednesday that can spoof a caller ID number, potentially opening the door to telemarketing calls that seem to be coming from a relative or a different company. | 3 |
Acer appoints Italian as new president Taiwan #39;s flagship PC company Acer Inc. has announced it will have a foreigner serving as president starting 2005, a bold change for a 28-year-old Taiwanese brand that is roaring its way across multiple geographies and cultures. | 3 |
Acclaim Entertainment to liquidate in bankruptcy Acclaim Entertainment Inc., maker of video games such as quot;Showdown: Legends of Wrestling, quot; filed for bankruptcy and will liquidate its assets after failing to obtain a loan to pay employees and other expenses. | 3 |
Business Digest Microsoft Corp. said it is cutting a net total of 49 jobs from its Windows Server division as part of a shift to more automated software testing and changes in the way it produces technical documents. | 3 |
Even in victory, Bryant #39;s a loser He has torn apart his team, his life and the world that revolves around him. Now that the latest bullet has whizzed past Kobe Bryant #39;s head, you have to wonder if he can see the smoldering ruins of what he #39;s left behind. | 1 |
AL Wrap: Yankees Bounce Back to Maintain Lead Over Boston NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Yankees rebounded from their worst ever defeat to register a 5-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians in American League action Wednesday. | 1 |
UPDATE: Malaysian Stock Mkt Rebounds On Anwar Release KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Malaysian shares rebounded Thursday after the country #39;s high court overturned the sodomy conviction of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and released him from prison. | 0 |
Jenkins faced N. Korean pressure before Koizumi meeting Charles Robert Jenkins, the husband of former abductee Hitomi Soga, was pressured by North Korean officials to refuse Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi #39;s invitation to go with him to Japan, an interview has revealed. | 0 |
Israelis accuse Syrians of harboring Hamas Israeli officials pointed an accusing finger at Syria yesterday after two Palestinian suicide bombers killed 16 people and wounded scores more in the first such attack in Israel in more than five months. | 0 |
China, US near end to nuclear technology dispute China and the United States are close to resolving a long dispute over the transfer of nuclear technology, paving the way for US companies to sell nuclear reactors to China in transactions that may be worth billions of dollars, the | 0 |
US drafts resolution demanding Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon The United States has circulated a draft resolution to other Security Council members demanding that Syrian forces withdraw quot;without delay quot; from Lebanon. | 0 |
Gunmen fire on Chalabi convoy On Wednesday, gunmen fired at a convoy carrying Ahmad Chalabi, a former Iraq Governing Council member and one-time US ally, wounding two of his bodyguards. | 0 |
S Korea in 'rogue' nuclear trials The BBC is told that South Korean scientists engaged in secret, illegal experiments to enrich nuclear fuel. | 0 |
Time on Jones #39;s side Even if indicted BALCO chief Victor Conte has the doping goods on sprinter Marion Jones, it #39;s unclear whether the International Olympic Committee can revoke the five medals she won in Sydney in 2000. | 1 |
Firm says stent won back share of market Boston Scientific Corp. said yesterday it has won back the market share that its flagship cardiac stent system held before three safety recalls reduced doctors' orders of the product. | 2 |
Councilor envisions citywide wireless Web access Councilor John M. Tobin Jr. envisions a Boston Utopia, with greater public spirit and a more robust sense of community. And he says he knows how to achieve it: WiFi. | 2 |
GM, Ford sales decline DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. reported disappointing US sales yesterday, prompting the nation's two largest automakers to cut planned vehicle production in the fourth quarter, which could hurt profits. | 2 |
United ready to cut more jobs United Airlines is poised to make more reductions in its work force -- already 40 percent smaller than it was before the 2001 terrorist attacks. The second-biggest US airline confirmed job cuts will be part of its plan to get out of bankruptcy. | 2 |
US urged to probe Northwest Airlines fees The Justice Department is being asked to investigate new Northwest Airlines fees that added \$7.50 to the cost of a round-trip ticket purchased through systems used by travel agents. | 2 |
Philadelphia looks to become one big hot spot For about \$10 million, city officials believe they can turn all 135 square miles of Philadelphia into the world's largest wireless Internet hot spot. | 2 |
Widening market share in data storage EMC Corp. widened its lead as the world's top seller of data storage computers over Hewlett-Packard Co. and International Business Machines Corp. in the second quarter, researcher Gartner Inc. said. In the second quarter, EMC's sales of the machines that organize and retrieve data rose to 23.1 percent of the worldwide market, or \$745.6 million, from 20.6 percent a year ... | 2 |
Can MSN music unseat iTunes? The software giant quietly raised the curtain for its MSN Music Web site, which offers song downloads for 99 cents. The store also has a home in Windows Media Player 10, which is slated to launch on Thursday. | 2 |
Black aide attacks Hollinger report DAVID Radler, former chief operating officer of Hollinger International and right-hand man to Lord Black, has savaged the special report that claimed they had #39;looted #39; the publishing company of more than \$400m (223m. | 2 |
US Airways, pilots say they #39;re close to a deal on cutting wages US Airways Group Inc. and its pilots union said they may agree by today on a plan to cut \$295 million in wages and benefits to help the carrier avoid a second bankruptcy filing. | 2 |
Signs hint at a healthier job market After job growth skidded nearly to a halt in June and July, signs are emerging that companies are ready to jump-start hiring and might already be expanding their payrolls at a faster pace. | 2 |
Slower Pub Sales Hit Whitbread Shares in Whitbread weakened 3 today after it said slower sales in its pub restaurants and upmarket hotels had offset rising demand for budget lodges. | 2 |
United sees \$625M in broad cuts United Airlines, denied federal money to help it emerge from bankruptcy and squeezed for cash, plans at least \$625 million in cost cutting, top company officials told employees. | 2 |
Open Text plummets on profit warning, analysts slashing targets Open Text Corp. shares plunged to their lowest in more than a year yesterday after the business software maker warned that profit in the current quarter will fall short of forecasts and analysts | 2 |
US Airways, pilots say they're close to a deal on cutting wages US Airways Group Inc. and its pilots union said they may agree by today on a plan to cut \$295 million in wages and benefits to help the carrier avoid a second bankruptcy filing. | 2 |
Rounding into form A word about Angels in the outfield, and we're not talking about the Hollywood original with Paul Douglas and Keenan Wynn, or the remake with Christopher Lloyd and Danny Glover. This is about the Anaheim fly-chasers, the ones who have not had a moment's peace since alighting on the Fens. | 1 |
Alternative for dental sedation \Dentists develop an alternative sedation procedure to potentially risky general anaesthetic. | 0 |
AL East race now a chase Imagine the satisfaction around these parts if the chant suddenly is true. Maybe it's no longer just the jealous, seventh-grade, quot;you're fat-you're ugly quot; taunting. Maybe it's reality. Finally. | 1 |
EBay to boost stake in South Korean firm EBay Inc., which has been aggressively expanding in Asia, plans to increase its stake in South Korea's largest online auction company. | 2 |
Aim is to make most of final shot That night seven years ago, Michael Jennings might not have taken a spot on the Patriots' roster if it had been given to him. | 1 |
Outside influence They came -- like they always do on a Saturday afternoon in April -- to see the state of the nation. Only this time, it was different. | 1 |
Judge refuses lower Jackson bail A judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation case refuses to reduce the singer's \$3m (1.67m) bail. | 0 |
His play is not out of left field Underrated. That was the word Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia used to describe left fielder Jose Guillen. For a player who has faced more than his share of doubters with more than his share of teams (Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Arizona, Cincinnati, Oakland) during his eight-year career, it was welcome praise. Tough to imagine, but true for a player batting .302 with ... | 1 |
Militants hold scores of students, teachers MOSCOW -- Militants wearing suicide-bomb belts seized a school in southern Russia and took scores of children, parents, and teachers hostage early yesterday, threatening to blow up the building if government troops tried to storm it. | 0 |
Iraqi legislature convenes for first time BAGHDAD -- Iraq's interim legislature convened yesterday for the first time, walled off behind US tanks as mortar rounds hit close to its meeting place. | 0 |
NL notables The Cubs , who are scheduled to begin a three-game series in Miami tomorrow, returned to Chicago to await a decision from government officials, who will determine whether tomorrow night's game will be postponed because of Hurricane Frances. | 1 |
You can start thinking about Yankees for '05 The Red Sox will play their 2005 season opener against the Yankees in New York April 4, then open their home schedule against the Yankees April 12, according to the preliminary schedule recently distributed to the 30 major league teams and union officials. The teams also are scheduled to end the regular season with a four-game series at Fenway Park ... | 1 |
Two Qaeda arrests in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani security forces have arrested two quot;important quot; Al Qaeda operatives, an Egyptian and a Saudi national, officials said yesterday. | 0 |
Jets give QB \$64m extension Chad Pennington agreed to a \$64 million, seven-year contract extension with the New York Jets yesterday that includes \$23 million in guaranteed money. | 1 |
US aims to seek UN sanctions against Iran, Powell says WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said yesterday the United States wants UN sanctions imposed on Iran after the Bush administration concluded the country is on the verge of enriching enough uranium for four nuclear weapons. | 0 |
Canada, Sweden get home guarantees Ryan Smyth scored two goals to lead Canada to a 5-1 victory over Slovakia in the World Cup of Hockey last night in Montreal. | 1 |
Amid protests, Fox touts successes Mexico leader tries to reassure nation MEXICO CITY -- Amid a welter of mass demonstrations and political conflicts, President Vicente Fox used his annual state-of-the-union address yesterday to try to assure Mexicans that their raucous, evolving democracy is on the right path. | 0 |
Annan says Sudan hasn't halted attacks on civilians in Darfur UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said yesterday that Sudan's government has not stopped attacks on quot;terrorized and traumatized quot; civilians in its Darfur region and urged the speedy deployment of an expanded international peacekeeping force. | 0 |
Health benefits, concern surface in study of farm-raised fish MUNICH -- The heart health benefits from fish like salmon and mackerel seem to be weakened when farm-raised fish are fed vegetable oil instead of fish oil, new research indicates. | 0 |
Right on course He will tell you the story because it embodies so much of who he is and where he came from. There is no denying he became hooked on golf at an early age -- 7 to be precise -- and that he was a genuine phenom and that he could never get enough of it. quot;I was very ... | 1 |
Clark is all business on, off course In the Deutsche Bank field of 156 golfers, many are well-known, but a lot are far removed from the spotlight. Meet another of those unheralded golfers -- South African Tim Clark. | 1 |
Chip shots BREADWINNER: There were 18 groups in Monday's pro-am at TPC Boston in Norton whose contributions benefited the Red Sox Foundation, but few had a better story than the one that included three generations of the Thumann family -- Henry Thumann, the 90-year-old founder of the deli meats company based in New Jersey, Robert Burke, and Robert Burke Jr. Thumann's used ... | 1 |
Cheney and G.O.P. Mount Vigorous Assault on Kerry Vice President Dick Cheney said that the nation's fundamental security was at stake in the presidential election. | 0 |
Tactics by Police Mute the Protesters, and Their Messages New York police have developed a pre-emptive strike policy, cutting off demonstrations before they grow large. | 0 |
Keeping score around New England PROS Stow man Jacques Panet-Raymond , who directs the golf schools at Stow Acres CC, shot 4-under 68 to win a NEPGA pro-member at Kernwood CC in Salem. The annual NEPGA Assistants Pro-Pro Match-Play Championship is down to four teams after a day of competition at Bass Rocks GC in Gloucester. Brian Owens (North Kingstown) and Dan Dwyer of the ... | 1 |
Dual County League capsules ACTON-BOXBORO Coach: Bill Maver (19th year, 141-50-1). Last year's record: 13-0. Returning starters (8): Bobby Abare, RB/LB, 6-1, 200, Sr.; Larry Abare, RB/S, 6-1, 200, Sr.; Nate Crutchfield, FB/NG, 5-9, 205, Sr.; Ben Larkins, OT, 6-2, 225, Sr.; Pete Rankis, TE, 5-11, 185, Sr.; Andrew Sides, TE/DE, 6-1, 190, Sr.; Joey O'Brien, DE, 5-7, 175, Sr.; Dave Crocker, CB, 5-10, ... | 1 |
Bay State Carey capsules BRAINTREE Coach: Bill O'Connell (second year). Last year's record: 6-5. Returning starters (7): Steve Arki, FB-LB, 5-11, 185, Sr.; Joe Burbank, WR-DB, 5-10, 170, Sr.; Zach Clark, OL, 6-0, 180, Sr.; Andrew Dominguez, QB-DB, 5-9, 170, Sr.; Pat McGrail, WR-DB, 6-3, 200, Sr.; Dave Wall, WR-DB, 5-11, 160, Sr.; Craig Whitney, OL-DL, 5-8, 190, Jr. Returning lettermen: Too many to ... | 1 |
Dyslexia Not the Same in Every Culture With 6,000 characters to memorize, Westerners shudder at the idea reading even the most basic street signs and instructions in Chinese. A new set of brain images shows why: Reading English-style alphabets and Chinese characters use very different parts of the brain... | 0 |
Ferreira was a major headache at big ones Maybe a morbid thought, but wouldn't this be a fitting epitaph on Wayne Ferreira's tombstone: | 1 |
Bush Ready to Accept GOP Nomination NEW YORK - President Bush was reaching out to Americans to keep him on the job, recalling the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks "when one era ended and another began," and offering himself as a resolute wartime commander in chief with ambitious plans for a second term... | 0 |
As Frances Nears, Fla. Urges Evacuations MIAMI - Nearly a half-million people were ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Frances swirled toward Florida on Wednesday just weeks after Charley's devastating visit, threatening to deliver the most powerful one-two punch to hit a state in at least a century. Those planning to ride out the storm snapped up canned food, water and generators, while military helicopters and planes were flown out of the area and Cape Canaveral's Kennedy Space Center said it would close on Thursday... | 0 |
Official: 16 Killed in Russian Crisis BESLAN, Russia - Armed militants with explosives strapped to their bodies stormed a Russian school in a region bordering Chechnya on Wednesday, corralling hundreds of hostages - many of them children - into a gymnasium and threatening to blow up the building if surrounding Russian troops attacked. Casualty reports varied widely... | 0 |
Calif. Horse Country Wary of West Nile NORCO, Calif. - Rowdy, a 4-year-old horse, got sick after splashing through the Santa Ana River on a training ride... | 0 |
NASA is trying to reduce the size of liftoff debris NASA is relying on an overhaul of the space shuttle #39;s towering external fuel tank to eliminate dangerous debris that triggered the fatal breakup of Columbia nearly two years ago, space agency officials said Monday. | 3 |
Canada Romps Ryan Smyth scored two goals to lead Canada to a 5-1 victory over Slovakia on Wednesday night in the World Cup of Hockey. | 1 |
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