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Siege bodes ill for Putin Rescue a catastrophe for leader and <b>...</b> WHEN it came, the end of the siege at School No1 in the small north Ossetian town of Beslan was the worst possible outcome. It was protracted, chaotic and bloody and a catastrophe not just for the families | 0 |
Suicide bomber kills 17 in northern Iraq A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle outside a police academy in the northern oil city of Kirkuk yesterday, killing 17 people, including 14 policemen. | 0 |
India, Pakistan Foreign Ministers to Start Talks on Kashmir Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers today begin two days of talks in New Delhi on divisive issues including Kashmir, as the South Asian neighbors seek to end five decades of hostility that has led to three wars. | 0 |
Mystery of Archer link to oil coup Investigators probing the backers of the alleged coup in Equatorial Guinea will discover this week what role - if any - disgraced Tory peer Lord Archer played in financing the plot that led to the arrest of Sir Mark Thatcher 11 days ago. | 0 |
Biffo and the Battler slug it out Down Under Australian markets are relaxed despite the bitter political campaign ahead of a general election. Duncan Hughes reports from Melbourne. | 0 |
Iraq renews closure of al-Jazeera offices The Iraqi interim governmentSaturday renewed closure of offices of the Arabic-languagesatellite television network Al-Jazeera over incitement toviolence. | 0 |
MLB: San Francisco 9, Arizona 7 Deivi Cruz capped a four-run eighth-inning rally with a two-run single Saturday to give the San Francisco Giants a 9-7 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. | 1 |
UPDATE 1-Insurers bracing for severe Frances losses - S amp;P Hurricane Frances threatens to deliver a powerful blow to private insurers and reinsurers and could cause severe challenges for some companies, Standard amp; Poor #39;s said on Friday. | 2 |
IDF shoots dead three Palestinians, destroys arms warehouse in <b>...</b> Israel Defense Forces troops shot and killed three Palestinians in two separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the army and Palestinian doctors said. | 0 |
Report: Citigroup to Bid for Cazenove (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. investment bank Citigroup is set to\bid for UK stockbroker Cazenove , challenging rivals JP\Morgan and Lehman Brothers for the City's most\venerable institution, the Observer reported. | 2 |
Putin Blames Corruption for Terrorism (AP) AP - Russian newspapers carried harrowing photos Saturday of the bloody climax of the school hostage-taking by militants demanding independence for Chechnya, but carefully avoided assigning blame. | 0 |
Jury finds Sept. 11 attacks are separate acts A jury #39;s finding yesterday that the Sept. 11 attack by two hijacked planes on the World Trade Center was two occurrences for insurance purposes provides an | 2 |
British businessman selling arms to Sudan: report (AFP) AFP - A millionaire British arms dealer is reportedly fuelling a bloody civil war in Sudan by arranging to supply its government with tanks, rocket launchers and a cruise missile. | 0 |
Agassi: Let's Give Replay a Try (AP) AP - At 34, Andre Agassi has seen a lot of things in tennis. And here's one more that he'd like to add: instant replay. | 1 |
Stocks fall as brokers downgrade blue chips Oil supply concerns and broker downgrades of blue-chip companies left stocks mixed yesterday, raising doubts Wall Street #39;s year- end rally would continue. | 2 |
AL Wrap: Punchless Yankees Continue to Struggle NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sidney Ponson pitched a complete-game two-hitter as the Baltimore Orioles stunned the New York Yankees 7-0 in American League play at Yankee Stadium on Saturday. | 1 |
NL Wrap: Bonds Kept in Park But Giants Rally for Big Win SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Marquis Grissom hit a grand slam homer and the San Francisco Giants rallied from a six run deficit to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-7 in National League play on Saturday. | 1 |
Bush backers like converted Democrat's zeal (AFP) AFP - US President George W. Bush found strong support among voters in key states for Democratic Senator Zell Miller, who has broken with his party and raised eyebrows with attacks on Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry. | 0 |
Agassi Sends Out Warning with Novak Win NEW YORK (Reuters) - Twice champion Andre Agassi sent out an ominous warning to his rivals for the U.S. Open title on Saturday with a ruthless 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 third-round demolition of Czech Jiri Novak. | 1 |
Soccer: U.S. Overcomes El Salvador After Bad-Tempered Battle FOXBORO, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Brian Ching and Landon Donovan scored well-taken goals as the United States beat 10-man El Salvador 2-0 in an ill-tempered CONCACAF zone Group A World Cup qualifier on Saturday. | 1 |
With Pitching in Shambles, Yankees Hitters Prove Punchless Baltimore's Sidney Ponson held the Yankees to two hits in his fourth career shutout. The Yankees have not scored a run in the last 17 innings. | 1 |
Victory Brings Hope, and Worry The optimists among Rutgers fans were delighted, but the Scarlet Knights still gave the pessimists something to worry about. | 1 |
Interest rates on short-term T-bills mixed Interest rates on short-term Treasury securities were mixed in yesterday's auction. The Treasury Department sold \$19 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 2.210 percent, up from 2.195 percent last week. An additional \$17 billion was sold in six-month bills at a rate of 2.380 percent, down from 2.395 percent. | 2 |
Gibbs Is All Business Joe Gibbs is shrewdly merging sports enterprises as coach of the Redskins and patriarch of a now family-owned NASCAR team to form one of sports' most lucrative brands. | 1 |
Democrats Urge Kerry to Turn Up Intensity of Campaign Leading Democrats have urged John Kerry's aides to concentrate on challenging President Bush on domestic issues. | 0 |
Surprise Starter Stars Freshman Chad Henne, not Matt Gutierrez, leads No. 8-ranked Michigan to a 43-10 triumph over Miami (Ohio) with two touchdowns passes on Saturday. | 1 |
Rangers Derail Red Sox The Red Sox lose for the first time in 11 games, falling to the Rangers 8-6 Saturday and missing a chance to pull within 1 1/2 games of the Yankees in the AL East. | 1 |
Tapit Heads Field Maryland-based Tapit, the Wood Memorial winner in April, is the 2-1 morning line favorite for Monday's \$750,000 Pennsylvania Derby. | 1 |
Jury finds Sept. 11 attacks are separate acts A jury's finding yesterday that the Sept. 11 attack by two hijacked planes on the World Trade Center was two occurrences for insurance purposes provides an extra \$1.1 billion, ensuring quot;a timely and complete rebuild quot; of the destroyed complex, its leaseholder says. | 2 |
Clinton in Good Spirits Before Surgery NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton was in good spirits Saturday, walking around his hospital room in street clothes and buoyed by thousands of get-well messages as he awaited heart bypass surgery early this coming week, people close to the family said. Clinton was expected to undergo surgery as early as Monday but probably Tuesday, said Democratic Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who said the former president was "upbeat" when he spoke to him by phone Friday... | 0 |
Sluggish Frances Cuts Power to 2M in Fla. FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Potent but slow-moving Hurricane Frances snapped power lines and whipped the Atlantic coast with winds over 90 mph Saturday, knocking out electricity for about 2 million people and forcing Floridians to endure another day of waiting and worrying... | 0 |
L.A. Airport Terminals Open After Scares LOS ANGELES - Four terminals at Los Angeles International Airport were shut down for more than three hours Saturday after a passenger bypassed security at one terminal and two flashlight batteries exploded during screening at another, authorities said. The incidents, about a half-hour apart, were apparently unrelated and there was no link to terrorism, according to the federal Transportation Security Administration... | 0 |
Finland Wins European Pool Finland didn't get its long-awaited revenge on Sweden, but a 4-4 tie was good enough to win the European Pool at the World Cup of Hockey on Saturday in Helsinki. | 1 |
Dolphins File Grievance The Miami Dolphins have filed a grievance against Ricky Williams, asking an arbitrator to uphold their contractual right to recover \$8.6 million paid in signing bonus and incentives. | 1 |
Pierce Beats Wimbledon Champ Sharapova NEW YORK - Maria Sharapova's drive to win another Grand Slam title got dashed Saturday when tennis' newest "It" girl lost to Mary Pierce 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the third round of the U.S. Open... | 0 |
Sluggish Frances Cuts Power to 2M in Fla. FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Potent but slow-moving Hurricane Frances snapped power lines and whipped the Atlantic coast with winds over 90 mph Saturday, knocking out electricity for about two million people and forcing Floridians to endure another day of waiting and worrying... | 0 |
Sony In Talks To Sell Products At Wal-Mart Sony Corp. is talking with Wal-Mart and Costco in an effort to boost sales by shipping to US discount chains with which it previously did little business. | 2 |
Gerrard reveals England change howler England boss Sven Goran Eriksson has defended goalkeeper David James after last night #39;s 2-2 draw in Austria. James allowed Andreas Ivanschitz #39;s shot to slip through his fingers to complete Austria comeback from two goals down. | 1 |
United States 2, El Salvador 0 Brian Ching got another big goal, and the United States received the gift of jewelry. Ching scored just five minutes in on the Americans #39; first shot, and El Salvador was forced to play a man short after a | 1 |
Sheriff Defends Handling of Bryant Case EAGLE, Colo. Sept. 3, 2004 - The sheriff and prosecutor in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case defended how the case was handled, and said they were disappointed it never went to trial. | 1 |
TiVo, Cable or Satellite? Choose That Smart TV Wisely Though technophiles are the one who usually like to brag about their electronic toys, recently, even tech novices have started crowing about their digital video recorders. | 3 |
Citing Threats, Entrepreneur Wants to Quit Caller ID Venture After receiving harassing messages and even a death threat, the founder of a service that fools caller ID systems has decided to sell the business. | 3 |
Stadler Leads First Tee Open (AP) AP - Craig Stadler moved into position for his second straight victory Saturday, shooting a 9-under 63 to take a one-stroke lead over Jay Haas after the second round of the inaugural First Tee Open. | 1 |
Schlepping to Moguldom Haim Saban, one of the nation's richest and most improbable media magnates, may be one of the most politically connected moguls in Hollywood, trying to influence all things Israeli. | 2 |
Does RAND Walk the Talk on Labor Policy? RAND is not unique among government contractors in continuing to do business with the government after being found in violation of labor law. | 2 |
Good Deals for Banks, Both Coming and Going With so few mergers and acquisitions these days and with fees for them shrinking, bankers have found a new way to milk more cash out of deals: working with both buyer and seller. | 2 |
To Get Out of a Stall, Apply Lift. An Election May Work. While the stock market close to stumbling through its fifth-longest stall since 1983, there could be a little election-year boost for equities. | 2 |
Microsoft Steps Into the Ring quot;Compared to iTunes, Microsoft #39;s music store currently offers only half the songs and is missing many features, but its biggest problem may be that its downloaded songs do not play on iPod, iPod | 2 |
Ireland boss happy with comfortable victory Clinton Morrison, Robbie Keane and Andy Reid struck for Ireland and Kerr said: quot;We made a lot of chances for 3-0, but I would have settled for that before the game and in the circumstances after losing a lot of players through injuries I am very happy | 1 |
Australia #39;s Costello Says Surplus Will Help on Interest Rates Australia #39;s Treasurer Peter Costello said his forecast in May for aA\$2.4 billion (\$1.7 billion) budget surplus will help keep interest rates from rising. | 0 |
Microsoft Steps Into the Ring For subscription services such as Napster and RealRhapsody, the entrance of Microsoft into its business space might have the same quot;Oh no! | 2 |
IBM Agrees to Share Blade Server Know-How The IBM announcement is being made in collaboration with Intel. Under an agreement reached two years ago, the companies have worked together to design and manufacture blade servers. | 3 |
Wal-Mart Launches Windows Media Song Downloads Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched an online music store that works with Microsoft Corp. #39;s Windows Media Player, the world #39;s largest retailer said on Thursday. | 3 |
Australia beat Pakistan LONDON, Sept 4: Andrew Symonds crafted an unbeaten century and Michael Kasprowicz took five wickets to give Australia a 10-run win over Pakistan in a one-day international at Lord #39;s on Saturday. | 1 |
Boy wonders arrival leaves Fergie with tricky balancing act Within 24 hours of capturing Wayne Rooney, Manchester United swelled with the kind of pride and proclamations of impending success not seen since that night at the Camp Nou. | 1 |
UPDATE 1-Albania double stuns European champions Greece Albania stunned Euro 2004 winners Greece with two goals in the first 10 minutes of their World Cup qualifier on Saturday and then hung on to win 2-1 and send their fans into a frenzy as they celebrated with fireworks. | 1 |
A loss for every rape victim M ost people are relieved to stop hearing the ugly story about the alleged rape of a 19-year-old hotel worker by a popular NBA star. | 1 |
Lemieux set to face Russia once again It was Sept. 15, 1987, and Mario Lemieux scored the winning goal against Russia at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton to capture the Canada Cup. | 1 |
Its time for the men in white coats, Sir Clive According to those who were there, an almost palpable tension hung in the air at that Twickenham press conference on Friday, as Sir Clive Woodward delivered his withering denunciation of English rugby by way of a parting speech from his job as national | 1 |
Utility discounts planned for poor As many as 225,000 low-income Massachusetts families may become automatically eligible for discounts of 20 percent and more on gas and electric service next month under a new policy adopted yesterday by state regulators. | 2 |
Hostage crisis unites French communities The Muslim community in France has supported the government ban on headscarfs, but, asks Hugh Schofield in Paris, was that unity based on fear of a backlash? | 0 |
#39;We guarantee we won #39;t apply death penalty - so let us extradite <b>...</b> Equatorial Guinea is willing to guarantee that it would not use the death penalty if it were allowed to extradite Sir Mark Thatcher and other British citizens | 0 |
No. 10 W.Virginia Tops E.Carolina, 56-23 (AP) AP - Kay-Jay Harris rushed for a school-record 337 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 10 West Virginia to a 56-23 victory over East Carolina on Saturday night. | 1 |
Canadian Golf Star Moe Norman, 75, Dies (AP) AP - Moe Norman, the eccentric Canadian golf star whose amazingly accurate swing dazzled tour stars for many years, died Saturday. He was 75. | 1 |
South Korean Lab Says Uranium Test Repeated 3 Times (Reuters) Reuters - South Korean government scientists\conducted unsanctioned uranium enrichment tests three times in\2000 but they were repeated procedures of a single experiment,\a spokesman at the state-run atomic research center said on\Sunday. | 0 |
Kerry's Wife Treated, Released from Iowa Hospital (Reuters) Reuters - Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of\Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, was taken to\hospital in Iowa on Saturday complaining of an upset stomach\and was released after routine tests, a spokeswoman said. | 0 |
South Korean Lab Says Uranium Test Repeated 3 Times SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean government scientists conducted unsanctioned uranium enrichment tests three times in 2000 but they were repeated procedures of a single experiment, a spokesman at the state-run atomic research center said on Sunday. | 0 |
Catch-up babies have weak chests Babies slow to grow in the womb who play catch-up in their first weeks of life after birth risk chest illnesses, research shows. | 0 |
Bad night, Vienna: England suffer from James calamity Flattery and deception are becoming England #39;s stock-in-trade. They managed to open a two-goal lead over Austria despite lacking inspiration but then conceded two goals in two minutes midway through the second | 1 |
Clemson Wins in 2OT Charlie Whitehurst threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Browning in the second overtime that lifted No. 15 Clemson to a 37-30 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday. | 1 |
Drug-ordering systems get a boost Nearly 70 percent of Massachusetts hospitals have failed to install special computer systems for ordering drugs for patients, mostly because they carry big price tags. But a new report from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative says the state's hospitals would end up saving money if they install these sophisticated systems to reduce medical errors. | 2 |
Rutgers Shocks Mich. St. Freshman Jeremy Ito kicked four field goals and Ryan Neill scored on a 31-yard interception return to lead improving Rutgers to a 19-14 victory on Saturday over visiting Michigan State. | 1 |
Ireton Gets Historic Win The Rodriguez brothers help Bishop Ireton beat Bishop O'Connell for the first time in 32 years on Saturday. | 1 |
It Takes Time to Judge the True Impact of New Technology About this time last year, I wrote a column following up on some pieces I #39;d written earlier to see what if anything new had happened to those topics. | 2 |
The Week Ahead Commerce Undersecretary Grant D. Aldonas arrives in Beijing for talks on textiles and other trade issues. US Chamber of Commerce opens small-business summit. | 2 |
Markets Quiet With GOP in New York The GOP convention came to New York last week and Wall Street did . . . well, not much. Many traders and money managers fled the city to avoid convention-related headaches. | 2 |
Mobile Mappers Stop Short of Ideal Thanks to such free mapping sites as MapQuest and Yahoo Maps, it #39;s been a while since road warriors have had to sketch out a route with a yellow highlighter, guessing which shortcuts to take or avoid. | 2 |
With Charley on Their Minds, Floridians Brace for Round 2 Al Cialella is from Philadelphia, where he always thought of quot;sturdy quot; oak trees as symbols of strength. He never knew that in central Florida, the water table | 2 |
Ichiro goes 5-for-5, needs 35 hits to break record Ichiro leads the majors with 223 hits, 34 short of the all-time single-season record. He has 27 games remaining to reach the record of 257 hits, set by George Sisler in 1920 with the St. | 1 |
Death threat to Turkish driver CAIRO: Iraqi militants threatened to behead a Turkish truck driver if his employers and the Kuwaiti contractor it works for don #39;t cease their operations in Iraq within 48 hours, according to a video tape aired on Al Arabiya yesterday. | 0 |
Putin Urges Strength; School Toll Tops 340 (AP) AP - A shaken President Vladimir Putin made a rare and candid admission of Russian weakness Saturday in the face of an "all-out war" by terrorists after more than 340 people #151; nearly half of them children #151; were killed in a hostage-taking at a southern school. | 0 |
Jobs Data Hold Promise of Stronger Growth (AP) AP - Employers stepped up hiring in August, expanding payrolls by 144,000 and lowering the unemployment rate marginally to 5.4 percent. While the figures didn't amount to a national job fair, analysts said, they did hold out the promise of stronger growth following the summer lull. | 2 |
Brewers Best Slumping Reds, 7-3 (AP) AP - Russell Branyan and Keith Ginter each hit three-run homers, rookie Ben Hendrickson earned his first major league victory, and the Milwaukee Brewers sent the Cincinnati Reds to their fifth straight loss with a 7-3 victory Saturday night. | 1 |
U.S. Wins World Cup Qualifying Semis (AP) AP - Brian Ching got another big goal, and the United States received the gift of jewelry. Ching scored just five minutes in on the Americans' first shot, and El Salvador was forced to play a man short after a defender was ejected midway through the first half for wearing a gold chain. Landon Donovan went on to score a second-half goal, and the United States won 2-0 Saturday to move into good position to advance to the regional finals of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. | 1 |
Brodeur Leads Canada Past Distracted Russia in Hockey TORONTO (Reuters) - A Russian team moved by tragedy could not beat an inspired Martin Brodeur as Canada claimed a 3-1 win over their rivals on Saturday to finish unbeaten in round-robin play at the World Cup of Hockey. | 1 |
Pope makes final journey of year The Pope will visit Italy's Adriatic coast for a beatification ceremony in his last journey of the year outside Rome. | 0 |
Global Crossing founder, others likely to be fined under SEC pact Global Crossing Ltd. founder Gary Winnick and at least two other executives are likely to be fined under an agreement that will end a Securities and Exchange Commission probe into the company's accounting, people familiar with the matter said. | 2 |
Microsoft XP SP2 Update And Spyware Conflict If you have spyware installed on your computer system and you update your operating system with the latest Windows XP Service pack 2 (SP2) update, your computer could possibly freeze. | 3 |
NL Wrap: Giants Rally for Big Win (Reuters) Reuters - Marquis Grissom hit a grand slam\homer and the San Francisco Giants rallied from a six run\deficit to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-7 in National\League play on Saturday. | 1 |
NL Wrap: Giants Rally for Big Win SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Marquis Grissom hit a grand slam homer and the San Francisco Giants rallied from a six run deficit to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-7 in National League play on Saturday. | 1 |
Iraq Injury Count Rose About 1,100 U.S. soldiers and Marines were wounded during August, by far the highest combat toll for any month since war began. | 0 |
Shanghai to Honor Its Jewish Legacy SHANGHAI -- Saul Marmer, a retired Cincinnati shoe retailer, peeled away from his tour group the other day to reflect on a special moment in Shanghai's long and eventful history. As summer rain bathed the city, and its residents raced about in their relentless drive to accumulate wealth, Marmer, 79, ducked into the Ohel Moishe Synagogue. | 0 |
Afghan Blast Has Alarming Implications NAIK NAM, Afghanistan -- Saher Gul was chalking a long division lesson on the blackboard of his two-room village school. Twenty-five boys, ages 9 to 19, were sitting cross-legged on the dirt floor. Suddenly the earthen walls and ceiling exploded and collapsed, smothering the class in a mountain of rubble. | 0 |
India, Pakistan Extend Peace Talks NEW DELHI, Sept. 4 -- India and Pakistan agreed Saturday to widen peace talks that focus on eight festering issues, including the decades-old dispute over the Himalayan region of Kashmir. | 0 |
Markets brace for fresh hurricane Hurricane Frances is pushing up commodity prices and weighing on insurance company stocks as it heads for the Florida coast. Orange juice prices hit nine-month highs on the New York Board of Trade on Thursday | 2 |
Enron CEO #39;s Firm Seeks #39;Success Fee #39; The firm led by Enron Corp. #39;s (ENRNQ.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) acting chief executive asked a bankruptcy judge for a \$25 million quot;success fee quot; for its efforts in | 2 |
Australia makes steady start at Lord #39;s Pakistan has taken two quick wickets to have Australia in trouble at 4-115 off 27 overs in their one-day international at Lord #39;s. | 1 |
Feminist anger as Bryant rape case is dropped The dismissal of rape charges against the basketball superstar Kobe Bryant caused ripples of disquiet yesterday among feminist activists and legal experts, who said the young | 1 |
United States 3, Slovakia 1 Team USA finally showed some energy in the World Cup of Hockey, beating Slovakia 3-1 Friday for its first win in the tournament. Bill Guerin, Jason Blake and Bryan Smolinski scored for the younger, quicker | 1 |
No. 18 Missouri 52, Arkansas St. 20 Brad Smith threw for 233 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 63 yards and another score to help No. 18 Missouri rout Arkansas State 52-20 on Saturday night in the season-opener for both teams. | 1 |
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