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DiFelice reports; Cubs recall Dubois, Wuertz, Mitre and Murray Catcher Mike DiFelice reported to the Chicago Cubs on Monday, six days after being acquired from the Detroit Tigers. DiFelice, who hit . | 1 |
MLB: Atlanta 3, Philadelphia 1 Andruw Jones #39; 25th home run of the season helped the Atlanta Braves beat Philadelphia 3-1 Monday. Travis Smith, pitching in place of Mike Hampton, held the Phillies to one run, five | 1 |
Walter Jones shows for practice, signs one-year deal KIRKLAND - The long-awaited return of left tackle Walter Jones finally happened this morning at Seahawks headquarters. Jones, who has been to the past three Pro Bowls, signed his one-year tender of \$7. | 1 |
Orlando Pace ends holdout, signs with Rams Offensive tackle Orlando Pace signed a one-year, \$7.02 million contract with the St. Louis Rams on Monday to end his holdout. Pace, a 28-year-old five-time Pro Bowl selection and former No. | 1 |
US claim that Bin Laden is nearly captured is politicking: Rashid ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid rejected as pre-election politicking a US officials weekend claim that Osama Bin Laden was close to being captured. | 0 |
At least 13 Palestinians killed, dozens wounded in Gaza City <b>...</b> Five explosions rocked a field in Gaza City used for training by anti-Israeli militants early Tuesday, killing at least 13 Palestinians and wounding 25 others, hospital officials and residents said. | 0 |
Singh on Top of the World After Deutsche Bank Win NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Fiji's majestic Vijay Singh took over as world number one from playing partner Tiger Woods after winning the Deutsche Bank Championship by three strokes at the Tournament Players Club Monday. | 1 |
Orca Interactive plans AIM flotation Emblaze (LSE: BLZ) group company Orca Interactive means to float stock on London #39;s AIM stock exchange. Orca develops flexible solutions for broadband commercial television over the Internet. | 2 |
Brees Keeps Starting Job With Chargers (AP) AP - Drew Brees was selected the starting quarterback of the San Diego Chargers on Monday, a move that was expected after he followed last season's miserable performance with a solid exhibition season. | 1 |
President to open EC hospital CAPE TOWN - President Thabo Mbeki, who was still in Ivory Coast yesterday, is scheduled to perform the official opening of Mthatha #39;s Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital tomorrow, the Eastern Cape Health Department announced yesterday. | 0 |
Miami, Florida St. Regrouping After Storm (AP) AP - Florida State and Miami were originally scheduled to play Monday. Instead, they spent the day trying to recover from Hurricane Frances. | 1 |
EU May Allow First GMO Seeds for Sale Across Bloc (Reuters) Reuters - The European Commission\is likely to authorize the first genetically modified (GMO)\seeds for commercial use across EU territory this week, in the\face of widespread consumer resistance to biotech crops. | 3 |
Clinton recovering after heart op Former US President Bill Clinton's heart bypass operation is successful, say doctors in New York. | 0 |
Explosions Kill at Least 13 in Gaza City GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli helicopters attacked a Hamas training field early Tuesday, killing at least 13 Palestinians and wounding 25 in the bloodiest strike in Gaza in months, officials from both sides said. Most of the casualties were members of the anti-Israeli militant group... | 0 |
Cyberspace gets an area code It #39;s not London (020), and it doesn #39;t much resemble Birmingham (0121). People visit it from Glasgow (0141) and go surfing it in Ipswich (01473). | 3 |
Maths holy grail could bring disaster for internet Mathematicians could be on the verge of solving two separate million dollar problems. If they are right - still a big if - and somebody really has cracked the so-called Riemann hypothesis, financial disaster might follow. | 3 |
Why women bosses live life on edge Sometimes it #39;s hard to be a woman: break through the glass ceiling, and you find yourself on the edge of a glass cliff. Alex Haslam, a social psychologist at Exeter University, told the British Association | 3 |
Agassi discards Mr Nice Guy #39; image Ask anyone who knows Andre Agassi and they will tell you that the bald but brilliant former champion is an awfully nice chap. But there are times when Agassi can be positively nasty; cruel even. | 1 |
Dementyeva Reaches Quarters French Open runner-up Yelena Dementyeva recovered from a terrible start to beat an emotional Vera Zvonareva 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a bizarre fourth-round match at the US Open on Sunday. | 1 |
Gerrard says criticism will spur England win Where there is Steven Gerrard, there is hope. England #39;s warrior of a midfielder flew into this unglamorous Silesian conurbation last night promising to turn all the headlines of | 1 |
Space station updated Leaving their orbiting outpost unmanned, the international space station #39;s two astronauts floated outside on a spacewalk Friday, plugging in new antennas and replacing a worn-out piece of cooling equipment. | 3 |
Brees keeps starting job with Chargers Drew Brees was selected the starting quarterback of the San Diego Chargers on Monday, a move that was expected after he followed last season #39;s miserable performance with a solid exhibition season. | 1 |
Explosions Kill at Least 13 in Gaza City GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Sept. 6, 2004 - Israeli helicopters attacked a Hamas training field early Tuesday, killing at least 13 Palestinians and wounding 25 in the bloodiest strike in Gaza in months, officials from both sides said. | 0 |
Colts Interested in Quarterback Tim Couch (AP) AP - The Indianapolis Colts were still fine-tuning their roster Monday, and one option is quarterback Tim Couch. | 1 |
France skeptical of new conditions for release of hostages (AFP) AFP - The captors of two French journalists allegedly put forward new demands for their release, but French officials cast doubt on the authenticity of the demands and remained cautiously optimistic about securing their release. | 0 |
Talks for Sudan's Darfur deadlocked over disarmament: AU officials, rebels (AFP) AFP - African Union-brokered peace talks for Sudan's western Darfur region stalled over the sensitive issues of security and disarmament as they began their third week, officials said. | 0 |
Intel and AMD battle for dual-core chips Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) showcased its dual-core x86 Opteron microprocessor this week. The upcoming dual-core CPU for the enterprise enviornment is expected to debut in mid-2005 and was housed in a HP ProLiant DL585 server. | 3 |
Oracle apps upgrade to ship within 60 days SEPTEMBER 06, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Customers will be able to get their hands on the delayed version of Oracle Corp. #39;s E-Business Suite 11i. | 3 |
Singh never faltered down the stretch waited for a mistake. And when Woods was the one to make it, Singh was on his way to a whopping sixth victory of the year and the No. | 1 |
Car bomb kills 7 Marines A MASSIVE car bomb exploded on the outskirts of Fallujah tonight, killing seven US Marines and wounding several others, a US military official said. | 0 |
Brawl after Bashir arrest cleared A BRAWL broke out at an Indonesian court yesterday after the arrest and detention of alleged Jemaah Islamiah head Abu Bakar Bashir was found to be legal, clearing the way for his trial under tough anti-terror laws. | 0 |
Davenport Tops Venus to Make Open Quarters (AP) AP - The matchup was fit for a Grand Slam final, not the fourth round. So, too, was the riveting last game. Lindsay Davenport and Venus Williams, seven major titles and 49 weeks at No. 1 between them, swapped powerful strokes for 13 superb minutes Monday at the U.S. Open, bringing fans to their feet with several of the game's 24 points. | 1 |
Falcons' Crumpler, Price Miss Practice (AP) AP - Alge Crumpler and Peerless Price joined an injury list that already included Warrick Dunn and Keith Brooking for the Atlanta Falcons. | 1 |
Japanese guard signs for NBA's Phoenix Suns (AFP) AFP - Yuta Tabuse has signed for the Phoenix Suns, boosting his hopes of becoming the first Japanese to play in the US National Basketball Association (NBA) regular season, the NBA's Tokyo branch said. | 1 |
Kidnapped UN Peacekeeper Released in Congo (Reuters) Reuters - A Moroccan soldier has been released\five days after he was kidnapped while serving in a United | 0 |
Mexico PRI Has Slim Lead in Veracruz Governnor Race JALAPA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's main opposition party put in a tepid performance in elections in a state it has run since the 1920s, hitting a bump on the long road toward its goal of returning to power nationally in 2006. | 0 |
Frances May Delay Shuttle Flights CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- No storm in history has done more damage to the Kennedy Space Center than Hurricane Frances did. Officials at the Florida facility said the storm tore about 1,000 exterior panels from the Vehicle Assembly Building. | 3 |
France #39;s premier expresses doubt about demand for ransom to free <b>...</b> Experts on Islamic militant groups are skeptical about a Web posting demanding \$5 million in ransom for two French journalists held hostage in Iraq, France #39;s prime minister said Monday. | 0 |
Space Shuttles Survive Hurricane Frances maggeth writes quot;In an update to a previous story, NASA damage assessment teams have begun work at the Kennedy Space Center, which was hit by Hurricane Frances. | 3 |
High alert for Karzai inauguration KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan #39;s capital is under tight security for the inauguration of Hamid Karzai as the country #39;s first popularly elected president. | 0 |
Tokyo Stocks Open Firmer on Economy TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average edged up 0.25 percent at the opening on Tuesday as investors stayed optimistic about Japan's economy and bought banks and insurance firms. | 2 |
Alitalia to slash 5000 jobs MANAGEMENT at the Italian national airline Alitalia put forward a rescue plan today to trade unions that foresees slashing 5000 jobs and splitting the struggling carrier into two in order to keep it aloft. | 2 |
\$5 million quot;shortfall quot; in Access accounts; BNZ freezes some Access <b>...</b> Access Brokerage liquidators said today they had discovered a \$5 million shortfall in the share trader #39;s accounts and the Bank of New Zealand said it has frozen all accounts in the name of Access Brokerage Ltd, including trust accounts. | 2 |
Buy-up just beautiful SHARES in drug wholesaler Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd rose nearly15 per cent yesterday after it acquired health, beauty and lifestyle retailer New Price Retail for \$112. | 2 |
Nikkei Opens Higher, Lifted by Survey Tokyo #39;s Nikkei average opened up 0.58 percent on Monday with buyers picking up a broad range of stocks after key economic survey renewed hopes over Japan #39;s economic outlook. | 2 |
Hurricane Frances imperils space flight #39;s scheduled return Hurricane Frances ripped hundreds of panels from NASA #39;s huge space shuttle assembly hangar and officials feared Monday that another powerful tropical storm heading toward Florida could slow down the return of manned space flights. | 3 |
MS pulls WinFS from Longhorn Microsoft is dropping the WinFS file system technology from Longhorn, the next version of Windows, in a bid to introduce the operating system by 2006. | 3 |
Agassi ousts Sargsian, faces Federer in Open quarterfinals; Henman <b>...</b> Andre Agassi tried to get this over in a hurry. He wanted a fast day at the US Open, just like Roger Federer. Agassi made short work of marathon man Sargis Sargsian on Labor Day, sweeping out his longtime | 1 |
England keeper James: Ill make amends against Poland LONDON: Under-fire goalkeeper David James pledged on Sunday to prove he is worth his place in Sven-Goran Erikssons team when England face Poland in a crucial World Cup qualifier tomorrow. | 1 |
Ronaldo stays in Brazil for engagement SAO PAULO: Brazil set off for the midweek friendly in Germany without Ronaldo on Sunday after he was given permission to stay behind for an engagement dinner with his girlfriend. | 1 |
Bump Doesn #39;t Stop Prince Arch in Saranac Favored Prince Arch overcame a bump with Good Reward in upper stretch to rally for a resolute victory by a head over Mustanfar in the closing-day \$108,200 Saranac Handicap (gr. | 1 |
Doubleheader trimmed to one game The New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were to play only one game of their scheduled doubleheader Monday. The first game was postponed because Tampa Bay was delayed leaving Florida because of Hurricane Frances. | 1 |
Grief in Russia Mixes With Harsh Words for Government As Russia began two days of national mourning for the victims of a school siege in North Ossetia, criticism mounted over the government #39;s handling of the wave of terrorism that | 0 |
Rockets fired on Gaza City camp Israeli helicopters fired four rockets at a camp in Gaza City where they believed Palestinian militants were training, killing at least 15 people, Palestinian medical sources told CNN. | 0 |
Moderate Earthquake Shakes Western Japan A moderate earthquake shook western Japan on Tuesday, two days after over 40 people were injured when two strong quakes hit the region. | 0 |
European Envoy Visiting Turkey to Assess Situation of Kurds With Turkey #39;s hopes of joining the European Union on the line, a senior European envoy flew to the country #39;s troubled southeastern region on Monday to assess the status of | 0 |
Alitalia unions baulk at 5,000 job cuts almost a quarter of its workforce - and split itself in two yesterday in last-ditch attempt to avoid bankruptcy. The struggling Italian airline met | 2 |
Michael Harrison #39;s Outlook: An elephant that Crosby doesn #39;t need <b>...</b> D-Day is looming for James Crosby. Whether it is this week or next, the chief executive of HBOS does not have very long left to decide whether to launch a counter-bid for Abbey National. | 2 |
Toyota Motor sets up JV in Guangzhou Toyota Motor Corp yesterday launched a joint venture with China #39;s Guangzhou Automobile Group to produce the Camry sedan in the capital city of Guangdong Province. | 2 |
New numbering system planned for internet calls Cheap telephone calls made using broadband internet connections came a step closer yesterday when Ofcom, the industry regulator, laid out its plans to help the take-up of the new technology. | 3 |
Prince Arch runs down Mustanfar in Saranac Prince Arch, who had been racing against the likes of multiple stakes winners Kittens Joy and Artie Schiller, returned from a layoff of nearly two months to win the \$108,200 | 1 |
Dutrow #39;s gamble pays off fabulously Despite the fact Love of Money had never raced around two turns or in a stakes race before, trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. thought enough of him entering Monday #39;s \$750,000 Pennsylvania | 1 |
Sussex hand title to Warwickshire Warwickshire were crowned as cricket #39;s new county champions at 5.06pm yesterday, even though their players were stuck indoors in front of their TVs and computers at the time. | 1 |
Yankees believe Devil Rays should forfeit game Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Half of the scheduled doubleheader between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay was postponed Monday after the Devil Rays had trouble leaving Florida because of Hurricane Frances. | 1 |
Typhoon Songda Approaches Nagasaki, Western Japan, Injuring 28 Typhoon Songda approached Nagasaki city on Japan #39;s southern island of Kyushu, injuring 28 people and cutting power as it headed north toward the Sea of Japan. | 0 |
Singh Knocks Woods From Top Spot in Golf NORTON, Mass. - Vijay Singh has been playing the best golf in the world for a long time... | 0 |
Tokyo Stocks Open Firmer on Economy (Reuters) Reuters - Japan's Nikkei average edged up 0.25\percent at the opening on Tuesday as investors stayed\optimistic about Japan's economy and bought banks and insurance\firms. | 2 |
Yankees Unlikely to Get D-Rays Forfeit (AP) AP - The New York Yankees asked the commissioner's office to award them a forfeit over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays after they failed to arrive in time Monday because of travel problems due to Hurricane Frances. It was a request that had no chance of being granted. | 1 |
Warrants for Colombian Soldiers in Union Killings (Reuters) Reuters - Colombian state prosecutors on\Monday ordered the arrest of three soldiers in connection with\the killing of union officials accused of being leftist rebels\last month, the state prosecution office said. | 0 |
Sony Changes U.S. PC Strategy to Boost Share-Paper (Reuters) Reuters - Sony Corp. is revamping its strategy in\the U.S. personal computer market by tailoring laptop computers\for corporate customers and entering the low-end market in a\move to boost share, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said on\Tuesday. | 3 |
Prosecutors summon Yukos lawyer in latest move against the oil giant (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - MOSCOW (AP) - Prosecutors tightened the screws on Yukos on Monday, calling in the oil giant's top in-house lawyer for questioning after searching his office and apartment on the same day the company challenged a freeze on its subsidiaries' bank accounts. | 0 |
Powerful Typhoon Hits Southern Japan (AP) AP - A powerful typhoon in southern Japan caused landslides and floods, left tens of thousands without power, and injured at least 23 people. In the western part of the country, a strong aftershock stuck Tuesday, hours after two major quakes injured 43 people. | 0 |
Agassi Ousts Sargsian From U.S. Open (AP) AP - Andre Agassi tried to get this over in a hurry. He wanted a fast day at the U.S. Open, just like Roger Federer. | 1 |
Heinz Kerry Recovers, Attends Parade (AP) AP - Teresa Heinz Kerry was back on the campaign trail at Labor Day parades in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia after a brief hospitalization over the weekend in Iowa because of an upset stomach. | 0 |
NZ Exchange Suspends Brokerage; Contacts Fraud Office WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--The New Zealand Exchange Ltd. (NZX.NZ) said Monday it has suspended Access Brokerage from trading in the stock market, and referred the matter to the Serious Fraud Office, the Securities Commission and the Minister of Commerce. | 2 |
Tokyo Stocks Open Slightly Higher Tokyo stocks opened slightly higher Tuesday morning amid renewed optimism for Japan #39;s economic recovery a day after strong business investment data. | 2 |
Newcastle to unveil Souness today Souness resigned from Blackburn Rovers yesterday after informing his players of the decision on the morning before training. Souness said: quot;I #39;m sad to be leaving but I #39;m excited. | 1 |
Uruguay back on World Cup course Uruguay have put their World Cup qualifying campaign back on course with a controversial 1-0 win over Ecuador while Chile and Colombia shared four red cards and no goals in a grim encounter. | 1 |
Schottenheimer holds off on QB call San Diego Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer is keeping his team -- including quarterbacks Drew Brees and Philip Rivers -- and its fans in suspense. | 1 |
Monday #39;s AL Capsules Daniel Cabrera pitched three-hit ball into the eighth inning, and Jose Leon and Melvin Mora had two RBIs apiece to lead the surging Baltimore Orioles past the Minnesota Twins 4-1 on Monday. | 1 |
13 killed in Israeli raid on Hamas activists #39;training #39; in Gaza GAZA CITY : Thirteen members of the radical Palestinian group Hamas were killed and more than 45 wounded in an Israeli raid in the Gaza Strip, medical sources and witnesses said. | 0 |
#39;\$5m ransom #39; for kidnapped journalists Iraqi insurgents who claim to be holding two French journalists in Iraq demanded a \$5 million (2.8 million) ransom yesterday as part of a disturbing set of new conditions for their release. | 0 |
Verheugen Arrives In Ankara ANKARA - The European Union (EU) Commissioner, Enlargement, Guenter Verheugen arrived in Ankara late on Sunday. Speaking to reporters at Ankara #39;s Esenboga Airport, Verheugen said that his visit to Turkey was | 0 |
Coke near antitrust deal with EU The European Union is moving closer to settling its long-running antitrust case against the Coca-Cola Co., having judged the beverage giant #39;s offer to modify distribution deals in Europe good enough to begin gauging the industry #39;s | 2 |
Our business too Horror and revulsion are the most natural of reactions to the aftermath of the hideous Beslan school siege, and the thoughts of decent people everywhere go out to the bereaved and suffering. | 0 |
Babies prefer to gaze upon beautiful faces Newborn babies prefer to look at attractive faces, says a UK researcher, suggesting that face recognition is hardwired at birth, rather than learned. | 3 |
Brazil Government Criticizes New York Times Report (Reuters) Reuters - Less than four months after\causing an uproar by almost expelling a New York Times\reporter, the Brazilian government criticized the U.S.\newspaper on Monday for a report on a controversial proposal to\oversee the country's journalists. | 0 |
Missing Russian helicopter found crashed near Chechnya; 2 crew members killed (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) - Eight Russian soldiers and police were killed by rebels in Chechnya within a 24-hour period, and a military helicopter crashed on a flight out of the region, killing two of the three crew members aboard, officials said. | 0 |
Yankees Believe Devil Rays Should Forfeit Game (Reuters) Reuters - Half of the scheduled\doubleheader between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay was\postponed Monday after the Devil Rays had trouble leaving\Florida because of Hurricane Frances. | 1 |
Tokyo Stocks Stay Firm on Economy TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei average edged up 0.23 percent by mid-morning on Tuesday as investors remained optimistic about Japan's economy and bought banks and shares in firms that depend on domestic business. | 2 |
Brazil Government Criticizes New York Times Report BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Less than four months after causing an uproar by almost expelling a New York Times reporter, the Brazilian government criticized the U.S. newspaper on Monday for a report on a controversial proposal to oversee the country's journalists. | 0 |
Russian May Have Solved Poincare Conjecture nev4 writes quot;Reuters (via Yahoo News) reports that Grigori Perelman from St. Petersburg, Russia appears to have solved the Poincare Conjecture. | 3 |
World #39;s Oldest Field Test Reveals Soil Secrets The world #39;s longest continually running experiment has revealed traces of plutonium in British soil from nuclear tests in the Nevada desert 50 years ago, scientists said on Monday. | 3 |
Agassi Handles Friend; Now Faces Tougher Foe efore facing an opponent, particularly a top-flight one, Sargis Sargsian sometimes receives advice from Andre Agassi. In a telephone conversation the night before the match, Agassi will | 1 |
Golf: Singh shows Tiger who #39;s Number One Fiji #39;s Vijay Singh replaced Tiger Woods as the world #39;s No.1 ranked golfer today by winning the PGA Deutsche Bank Championship. | 1 |
Serena rebels for a cause FASHION plate Serena Williams revealed yesterday she was progressing through the US Open against the advice of three doctors, who were concerned her injured left knee was not ready for the rigours of a grand slam. | 1 |
Souness is Newcastle boss The Scot told the Rovers playing squad of his decision this morning after agreeing to replace Sir Bobby Robson on Tyneside. In one of football #39;s strange quirks, Newcastle | 1 |
Oracle apps upgrade to ship within 60 days Customers will be able to get their hands on the delayed version of Oracle Corp.'s E-Business Suite 11i.10 within 60 days, the Redwood Shores, California, company announced Monday, at the opening day of its OpenWorld conference in London. | 3 |
Alitalia Tells Unions of Plan to Lay Off 5,000 Workers Alitalia, the Italian government-run airline and a partner with Delta and Air France in the SkyTeam alliance, told its unions on Monday that it planned to lay off about 5,000 | 2 |
Nikkei edges up on economic hope TOKYO (CBS.MW) - Japanese stock indexes edged higher by midmorning Tuesday, building on a strong upward momentum in the previous session after corporate capital spending raised hopes that gross domestic product data will be revised up later in the week. | 2 |
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