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Genius solves \$1m mystery ONE of the seven great unsolved mysteries of mathematics may have been cracked by a reclusive Russian who has no interest in the million dollar prize his solution could win him. | 3 |
Storm #39;s slow approach helped save buildings The beaches of the east coast #39;s barrier islands seemed as calm as they could be on Monday. Just one day after Hurricane Frances wobbled through, only | 3 |
British archeologists find Viking burial site, complete with arms <b>...</b> Archeologists in northwestern England have found a burial site of six Viking men and women, complete with swords, spears, jewelry, fire-making materials and riding equipment, officials said Monday. | 3 |
No surprises for big names NEW YORK - It was as if the US Open tennis tournament took a deep breath yesterday morning (Singapore time). No remarkable upsets happened. | 1 |
Francona trying to #39;ignore #39; personal ties to A #39;s The Boston Red Sox manager worked as the bench coach for the Athletics last season, and still has many friends in the other clubhouse -- and during a September pennant race, he just can #39;t deal with any personal distractions. | 1 |
Tri-Nations expansion RUGBY in the Pacific Islands has been dealt a huge blow after they were left out of a major shake-up in the southern hemispheres premier tournaments yesterday. | 1 |
Another strong quake hits western Japan TOKYO : A strong earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted western and central Japan, following two major tremors at the weekend, the meteorological agency said. | 0 |
Frances hits Florida Panhandle as state begin recovery from initial strike (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - ST. MARKS, Fla. (AP) - Frances hammered the Florida Panhandle on Monday, taking a second swing at a storm-weary state where it already had knocked out power to six million people, torn up roofs and boats and been blamed for at least five deaths. | 0 |
Viking Burial Site Found in England (AP) AP - Archaeologists in northwestern England have found a burial site of six Viking men and women, complete with swords, spears, jewelry, fire-making materials and riding equipment, officials said Monday. | 3 |
Agassi Handles Friend; Now Faces Tougher Foe Andre Agassi came away with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Sargis Sargsian, setting up a high-profile match on Wednesday with top-seeded Roger Federer. | 1 |
China's Three Gorges on Alert After Floods Kill 76 BEIJING (Reuters) - China has put the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydro-electric project, on flood alert, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday after rain and mudslides killed 76 in areas to the west. | 0 |
Alitalia Tells Unions of Plan to Lay Off 5,000 Workers Alitalia, the Italian government-run airline, plans to lay off about 5,000 of its 21,000 employees in a move to avoid filing for bankruptcy protection. | 2 |
Diet Pill Was a Driving Force in French Drug Merger The year's big drug-industry merger may turn out to be about using marketing muscle to fight fat. | 2 |
China Ex-President May Be Set to Yield Last Powerful Post Jiang Zemin, China's military chief and senior leader, has told Communist Party officials that he plans to resign, two people with leadership connections say. | 0 |
9/11 Proposals Lead the Agenda Facing Congress Members of Congress return for a march to Election Day that is complicated by the call to reorganize U.S. intelligence agencies. | 0 |
Finance: Interest rate lift expected on Thursday Already having the highest interest rates in the developed world, the Reserve Bank is set to raise them further on Thursday and may leave the door open for more rises ahead. | 2 |
TSV Holdings IPO closes TSV Holdings Ltd share offer closed oversubscribed and a week early following strong institutional and retail support. TSV Holdings raised \$6 million after offering 30 million shares at 20 cents each to investors | 2 |
Viking burial site unearthed in England LONDON - Archaeologists in northwestern England have found a burial site of six Viking men and women, complete with swords, spears, jewelry, fire-making materials and riding equipment, officials said Monday. | 3 |
US #39;politicking #39; over Osama capture claim: Pakistan Pakistan rejected a US official #39;s weekend claim that Osama bin Laden was close to being captured as quot;politicking quot;. quot;He can say this, but we have no sound information. | 0 |
More Homeless in Sudan Horror, UN Says More than 3,000 people have been displaced since the end of August by violence in an area of North Darfur state in Sudan, a United Nations report said on Sunday. | 0 |
Toyota in quest for pole position in China Japan #39;s No. 1 automaker is no longer content to take a back seat to foreign rivals in China. On Monday, Toyota Motor Corp. announced the launch of Guangzhou Toyota Motor Co. | 2 |
Quattrone #39;s Fate Lies in Firm Hands Former high-flying investment banker Frank P. Quattrone is about to find out just how unlucky he is. Convicted in May, Quattrone, 48, is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday | 2 |
Debian rejects Sender ID The Debian Linux group will not deploy the Sender ID anti-spam standard, because Microsoft #39;s license terms do not fit within its free-software guidelines. | 3 |
At Stadium, Long Day #39;s Journey Into Night ithout depositing any driving rain or generating any gusty wind, Hurricane Frances reached into the Bronx yesterday and disrupted the Yankees #39; baseball schedule. | 1 |
Israeli attack on Hamas activists in Gaza kills 13 Hamas <b>...</b> An Israeli attack on Hamas activists training near Gaza City killed at least 13 people early today. The raid came a week after Hamas murdered 16 Israelis in twin suicide bombings on buses in Be #39;er Sheva. | 0 |
Pakistan denies claim of progress in bin Laden hunt ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The government dismissed a top American counterterrorism official #39;s claim of progress in the hunt for Osama bin Laden, saying today that Pakistan does not have any information on the Al Qaeda leader #39;s whereabouts. | 0 |
Court clears way for Anwar appeal Malaysia #39;s top court has agreed to review the corruption conviction of Anwar Ibrahim, the country #39;s former deputy prime minister. | 0 |
True delay of game At 3 pm Monday, on a picture-perfect Labor Day in the Bronx, Yankees Stadium public address announcer Bob Sheppard informed the 5,000 or so fans on hand that the game against the Tampa Bay | 1 |
Donald takes European Masters title England #39;s Luke Donald gave the European Ryder Cup team a boost after securing a runaway victory in the European Masters at Crans Sur Sierre in Switzerland. | 1 |
Malaysia Court Clears Way for Anwar Appeal (AP) AP - Malaysia's highest court cleared the way Tuesday for an appeal that could allow newly freed former deputy leader Anwar Ibrahim back into politics. | 0 |
Former Amateur Golf Star Dies at 78 (AP) AP - Harvie Ward, a two-time U.S. Amateur champion and a top teaching pro whose clients included the late Payne Stewart, has died after a long illness. | 1 |
New polls show Australian government neck and neck with opposition (AFP) AFP - Two new polls showed Australia's conservative government and Labor opposition neck and neck after the first week of campaigning for the October 9 election. | 0 |
Federer Receives Walkover Into Quarters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top seed Roger Federer reached the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open without hitting a ball when Andrei Pavel pulled out with a back injury Monday. | 1 |
Pirated Goods Continue To Swamp China Street sales of illegally copied Hollywood films, fake auto parts and pharmaceuticals are thriving despite an official government crackdown, agitating a nettlesome trade conflict between Washington and Beijing. | 3 |
Navy Plans to Buy Fewer Ships Squeezed by budget constraints, the Navy is proposing significant cuts in its shipbuilding program that could batter the struggling industry. | 2 |
Quattrone's Fate Lies in Firm Hands Convicted in May, Quattrone is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday for obstructing a federal securities investigation and attempted witness-tampering, based on a December 2000 e-mail he sent his Credit Suisse First Boston subordinates endorsing a plan to "clean up those files. | 2 |
Court clears way for Anwar appeal Malaysia's top court agrees to review a corruption conviction against the former deputy PM Anwar Ibrahim. | 0 |
Bush and Kerry Clash Over Iraq and a Timetable Senator John Kerry said he wanted troops home within four years, and President Bush defended the war as "right for America." | 0 |
Explosions Kill at Least 13 in Gaza City GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli helicopters attacked a Hamas training field in Gaza early Tuesday, killing at least 13 Palestinians and wounding 25, officials from both sides said. It was Israel's deadliest strike in the area in four months... | 0 |
Knicks: Isiah decides to put Houston #39;s return on hold Allan Houston #39;s comeback was put off one more time yesterday, when the Knicks shooting guard announced he will not be activated for tonight #39;s game against the Memphis Grizzlies | 1 |
Milton deal getting closer for Yanks The Yankees are expected to make a push in the next couple of days to sign Eric Milton, and the lefthander has allowed the Yankees to examine his surgically repaired left knee. | 1 |
Mexico #39;s firm says oil price to remain high Mexican consultancy firm Bursametrica said on Monday that international market oil prices will remain high in the short and long run. | 2 |
Brian Fallow: Bank set to pull the trigger Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard will fire his interest rate gun and then conspicuously reload it when he delivers his monetary policy statement on Thursday. | 2 |
The Changing Face Of Campus Tech SeaDour writes quot;CNET News has an interesting perspective on the changing face of technology on campus. These days, students are showing more interest in the tech perks that campuses have to offer, and universities are taking notice. | 3 |
Agassi ousts good friend Having defeated Sargis Sargsian in the round of 16 of the US Open, Agassi now gets Roger Federer in the quarterfinals. Having gotten through the dicey part, now comes the fun. | 1 |
Davenport Is Too Strong for Venus Williams ll the emotion Venus Williams crammed into staving off elimination against Lindsay Davenport at the United States Open last night saved the 25th edition of their rivalry from being a dud. | 1 |
Donald confident enough to play with any of his Ryder Cup <b>...</b> CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland (PA) -- Luke Donald will tell Bernhard Langer this week that he is confident enough to be paired with any of his European teammates in the 35th Ryder Cup Matches at Oakland Hills. | 1 |
Defending champ upset by Petrova The top-seeded Belgian was upset in the fourth round of the year #39;s last Grand Slam tournament by 14th-seeded Nadia Petrova 6-3, 6-2. | 1 |
Anwar given chance to clear name Malaysia #39;s highest court has cleared the way for an appeal that could erase newly freed former deputy leader Anwar Ibrahim #39;s criminal record and allow him back into politics. | 0 |
Two hospitalised in Malaysia amid bird flu outbreak KUALA LUMPUR : Two people have been hospitalised in Malaysia #39;s northeastern Kelantan state after a suspected new outbreak of the deadly strain of bird flu that has killed 27 people across Asia, officials said on Tuesday. | 0 |
Deposed No. 1 Woods Finds Comfort in His Improved Swing NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Tiger Woods was in upbeat mood despite being deposed as world number one by Fiji's Vijay Singh Monday. | 1 |
Yanks Show Visitors No Shelter The Yankees finally played ball last night, taking advantage of an opponent that looked as if it had spent the whole day sitting in ballparks, on buses and in an airplane. | 1 |
Putin under pressure over siege Calls grow for answers over the school siege in Beslan as Russia holds a second day of official mourning. | 0 |
UT #39;s Johnson takes aim at more honors It took only a couple of plays for Derrick Johnson to make his first huge hit as a Texas Longhorn. The freshman from Waco, fresh off the bench in a game against New Mexico State on Sept. | 1 |
Beijing cracks down hard on fake brands A senior market regulator said yesterday that Beijing law enforcement bodies have banned brands such as Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Prada, Givenchy, Fendi and some 20 others from being sold at marketplaces around the city. | 2 |
Porn in China: Death by success takes on a new meaning The phenomenon of quot;death by success quot; -- in which a website is brought down by strong user interest -- is well known online but has taken a new twist in China. | 3 |
Numbering System Announced For Internet Phone Users The Internet is receiving its own batch of phone numbers for Voice over Broadband (VoB) phone services, the UK #39;s Telecom regulating body Ofcom announced today. | 3 |
CFL Game Summary - Toronto at Hamilton Argonauts wide receivers R. Jay Soward and Andre Talbot and Tiger-Cats cornerback Wayne Shaw were ejected for fighting midway through the first quarter...Toronto is 2-3-1 on the road and 2-3-1 against the East this season...Hamilton is also 2-3-1 at home | 1 |
New polls show Australian government neck and neck with opposition SYDNEY : Two new polls showed Australia #39;s conservative government and Labor opposition neck and neck after the first week of campaigning for the October 9 election. | 0 |
Shell Malaysias Jintan gas field starts work SHELL Malaysia #39;s Jintan field, located about 275km north west of Bintulu, offshore Sarawak, came onstream on Aug 31. Jintan is the second gas field brought into production, following Serai which came onstream | 2 |
Open-Henin-Hardenne loses US Open crown, top ranking Justine Henin-Hardenne #39;s reign as US Open champion and world number one came to an abrupt and surprise end when she lost 6-3 6-2 to Russian Nadia Petrova in the fourth round on Monday. | 1 |
Petrova Upsets Defending U.S. Open Champ (AP) AP - Justine Henin-Hardenne lost her U.S. Open title and her No. 1 ranking Monday night. The defending champion was upset by Nadia Petrova 6-3, 6-2 Monday night in the fourth round, the earliest the Open's top-seeded woman has lost since Billie Jean King went out in the third round in 1973. | 1 |
Players union must act now Baseball #39;s players union must step up to diffuse the growing drug-enhancement scandal that has gripped the nation #39;s pastime. | 1 |
Dollar Stalls as Market Awaits Greenspan TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar barely moved on Tuesday as most investors were reluctant to take positions ahead of an address by the Federal Reserve chief that is expected to point to further rises in U.S. interest rates this year. | 2 |
High Court rules on Bernie Ecclestone Overnight in London a High Court judge ruled in favor of three shareholder banks who sought to gain control of a business they majority own, but is presently stacked with directors friendly to Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, that ensures he retains | 1 |
Golf: Singh ends Tiger's reign Vijay Singh wins the Deutsche Bank Championship to take the number one ranking from Tiger Woods. | 0 |
Iraq suicide bombing kills 10 An apparent suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed vehicle on the outskirts of Fallujah on Monday, killing seven United States Marines and three Iraqi National Guard soldiers and wounding several others, the US military said. | 0 |
Oil prices calm In a bid to relieve Western economies of the unprecedented rise in oil prices, Saudi Arabia has slashed prices for its crude sales for October. | 2 |
AL Wrap: Orioles Celebrate Homecoming by Beating Twins Daniel Cabrera pitched 7 1/3 strong innings to help the Baltimore Orioles mark their return to Camden Yards after a two-week road trip with a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Twins in the American League Monday. | 1 |
Worst rains in years kill dozens in PRC At least 79 people were killed and 74 were missing after some of the worst rainstorms in recent years triggered landslides and flash floods in southwest China, disaster relief officials said yesterday. | 0 |
Japan Typhoon Causes Landslides, Floods TOKYO Sept. 6, 2004 - A powerful typhoon pounded Japan #39;s southern main island of Kyushu on Tuesday, grounding airplanes, halting trains and forcing thousands to evacuate their homes. | 0 |
Official Campaign Opens in Afghan Presidential Poll KABUL (Reuters) - The official month-long campaign for Afghanistan's first-ever direct presidential election opened on Tuesday in what will be a major test of U.S.-led nation-building efforts since the 2001 ouster of the Taliban. | 0 |
Perle Asserts Hollinger's Conrad Black Misled Him Richard N. Perle, a director at the media company Hollinger International who was criticized in an internal report, says he was duped by its former chief, Conrad M. Black. | 2 |
Tokyo Stocks Rise on Economic Optimism The Nikkei average rose 0.53 percent by midsession on Tuesday as investors remained optimistic about Japan #39;s economy, buying banks such as Mizuho Financial Group and shares in firms tied to domestic business. | 2 |
Dollar Stalls as Market Awaits Greenspan The dollar barely moved on Tuesday as most investors were reluctant to take positions ahead of an address by the Federal Reserve chief that is expected to point to further rises in US interest rates this year. | 2 |
Oil ministers to discuss gas project NEW DELHI, Sept 6: Indian and Pakistani Oil Ministers are to meet to discuss the gas pipeline project that has been hanging fire for some years, Indian Foreign Minister Kunwar Natwar Singh said on Monday. | 2 |
Long-standing Math Puzzle May Have Been Solved ONE of the seven great unsolved mysteries of mathematics may have been solved by an eccentric Russian. Grigori #39;Grisha #39; Perelman is an expert on Ricci flow. | 3 |
The digital student life Free Wi-Fi, subsidized music-download services, even free iPods at Duke University. There #39;s no question that high-tech perks are a fixture of today #39;s college experience. | 3 |
VIEWPOINT: Better Russian planning would prevent siege deaths British-based Professor David Alexander is the head of the Disaster Management Subject Group at Coventry University #39;s School of Science and the Environment. | 3 |
UPDATE 1-Open-Henin loses US Open crown, top ranking Justine Henin-Hardenne #39;s reign as US Open champion and world number one came to an abrupt and surprise end when she lost 6-3 6-2 to Russian Nadia Petrova in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows on Monday. | 1 |
Federer, Henman Advance at US Open NEW YORK Sept. 6, 2004 - Top-seeded Roger Federer and No. 5 Tim Henman became the first men to reach the quarterfinals at the US Open on Monday, Federer on a walkover over Romanian Andrei Pavel and Henman | 1 |
Backe Keeps Astros in Rare Air The crowd in Houston was on its feet, beckoning the latest slugging surprise in the Astros #39; vaunted offense to reemerge from the dugout. | 1 |
Notes: Mariners add four more Seattle added Aaron Taylor, Jeremy Reed, Mickey Lopez and Greg Dobbs to the Major League roster prior to the game Monday at Safeco Field. | 1 |
Healthy-scratch Hull leaves practice in a huff ST. PAUL, Minn. - A winner of the World Cup of Hockey tournament has yet to be crowned, but newly signed Coyotes player Brett Hull already is assured an award - Most Unhappy Player. | 1 |
BROWN #39;S PRAISE FOR BEARS CAPTAIN KNIGHT All-rounder Dougie Brown believes Nick Knight can lead Warwickshire to further success over the coming years after clinching the Frizzell County Championship. | 1 |
PGA Player of the Year Singh ready for more in #39;05 Vijay Singh, who took more than 20 years to get to the top of his profession, culminated his career year Monday when he was named 2004 Player of the Year on the PGA Tour. | 1 |
Car bomb near rebel Iraqi city kills 7 US marines A car bomb attack on a US patrol outside the rebel-held city of Falluja on Monday killed seven American marines and three Iraqi National Guardsmen, in the deadliest single attack on US forces in five months. | 0 |
Palestinian Authority Prevents Voter Registration Arab quot;Palestinians quot; launched a voter registration drive Saturday, a first step toward long-overdue elections, and Palestinian Authority/Palestine Liberation Organization quot;Chairman of Terror quot; Yasser Arafat promised that voting for parliament and president | 0 |
Israel and Russia agree to fight terrorism JERUSALEM: Israel and Russias foreign ministers inked a deal Monday to step up intelligence cooperation after the Beslan school tragedy, branding terrorism as the biggest challenge facing the international community. | 0 |
Brooks Returns Star sophomore linebacker Ahmad Brooks is back with the first string after a curious demotion prior to the season-opening win over Temple last Saturday. | 1 |
Thinking of Winchester Navy coaches remember Ron Winchester's gregarious personality Monday, four days after the former Midshipmen tackle was killed in the Al Anbar province in western Iraq. | 1 |
Playoff Hopes in Peril Back-to-back drubbings at the hands of the Fever have plunged the Mystics into the Eastern Conference's cellar and endangered the team's postseason chances. | 1 |
No To-Morrow The Ravens released their final 53-man roster Monday. The team terminated the contract of veteran fullback Harold Morrow, and waived eight other players. | 1 |
BUBBA #39;S ILLNESS BAD NEWS FOR JOHN web sites) #39;s heart prob lem will make it even harder for John Kerry (news - web sites) to recover from his dramatic slippage in the polls, nervous New York Democrats said over the weekend. | 2 |
FPL struggling to get lights back on for customers Florida Power amp; Light Co. was only able to restore power to 45,400 customers in Palm Beach County between Sunday morning and Monday afternoon. | 2 |
Future of National Irish and Northern Banks discussed by IBOA The Irish Bank Officials Association (IBOA) has held a strategy meeting about the future of National Irish and Northern Banks. It follows the recent High Court Inspectors report into National Irish Bank and | 2 |
Henin-Hardenne finally runs out of gas Justine Henin-Hardenne missed nearly four months with an energy-sapping virus and then, against most odds, won six matches in Athens and left with an Olympic gold medal. | 1 |
Resurgent Davenport bests Venus Clearly, this is not the Venus Williams of old, so perhaps Lindsay Davenport #39;s 7-5, 6-4 fourth-round victory over Williams yesterday in the US Open no longer merits a gold star as a special achievement. | 1 |
China #39;s Olympians welcomed in HK China #39;s victorious Olympic athletes have arrived in Hong Kong for a celebration of their record-breaking achievements. China picked up 32 gold medals at the Athens games, and came second only to the USA in the overall medals table. | 1 |
Hull and Routine Grow Old Together for United States Some people still think of Brett Hull as his father #39;s son, but he has long been his own man. He showed it as an amateur two decades ago when he chose to play for the United States after Canada rejected him. | 1 |
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