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Host riding high before facing US in key World Cup qualifier BOSTON (Ticker) -- The United States men #39;s soccer team faces Panama in a potentially contentious and definitely critical World Cup qualifying match Wednesday night in Panama City. | 1 |
Official Campaign Opens in Afghan Presidential Poll (Reuters) 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 |
JVC Creates Environmentally Sound DVD Victor Co. of Japan said today it has succeeded in manufacturing an environmentally friendly DVD with a special plastic synthesized from corn starch. | 3 |
Rally Offers Putin Support Over Hostage Bloodbath (Reuters) Reuters - Russian state television\predicted at least 100,000 people would attend a Moscow rally\on Tuesday to denounce terrorism, bolstering President Vladimir\Putin against critics over a Chechnya-linked hostage bloodbath. | 0 |
OUTSIDE FALLUJAH: 7 Marines killed in car bombing Seven US Marines were killed on Monday when an apparent suicide car bomb exploded near their military convoy on the outskirts of Fallujah. | 0 |
90 dead in China rain BEIJING, Sept 6: At least 90 people were killed and 77 were missing in torrential storms lashing southwest China, disaster relief officials said on Monday. | 0 |
NL Wrap: Backe Pitches, Hits Astros to Win Over Reds (Reuters) Reuters - Brandon Backe pitched seven innings\and clubbed a two-run homer, the first of his major league\career, to earn the Houston Astros an 11-5 triumph over the\Cincinnati Reds in the National League Monday. | 1 |
Karzai lives dangerously in Afghan hotseat (Reuters) Reuters - His fluency in several Afghan languages, his first-name friendships with world leaders and his familiarity to voters across the country should guarantee success for Afghan President Hamid Karzai in October elections. | 0 |
An Actor Working on Madison Avenue Rob Huebel, a New York comedian and commercial actor, hopes to find the intersection of Madison Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard. | 2 |
Untimely Injuries Force Quick Exits at US Open A rash of injuries struck the US Open men #39;s draw on Monday, with Nicolas Kiefer succumbing to a wrist injury, Sargis Sargsian fighting through knee trouble | 1 |
Frances-related accident claims Bowden relatives The grandson and former son-in-law of Florida State coach Bobby Bowden were killed late Sunday when their car was hit by a utility truck traveling from Texas to Florida to help restore power outages caused by Hurricane Frances. | 1 |
Argos WR Andre Rison seems a little underwhelmed by his CFL debut HAMILTON (CP) - Andre Rison has been to five NFL Pro Bowls and owns a Super Bowl ring. So maybe that #39;s why he seemed a little underwhelmed by his CFL debut in a thrilling and bizarre 30-30 Labour Day tie between | 1 |
Weeping Families Bury Their Dead as Siege Criticism Grows Funeral processions filled the rainy streets of Beslan, carrying coffins large and small, as townspeople buried scores of victims of a carefully planned school siege that prosecutors linked to a Chechen rebel leader. | 0 |
Israeli Air Strike Kills Militants at #39;Terror Training Field #39; Israeli helicopters attacked a Hamas training field in Gaza City, killing at least 13 militants and wounding 25 other Palestinians, witnesses said, in the bloodiest incident there in four months. | 0 |
Macromedia starts meter on Web conferencing New pay-as-you-go pricing for Breeze Live service is meant to attract small businesses. | 3 |
Blue Gene gets to its roots at Japan lab IBM sells its fourth supercomputer--to tackle the protein-folding challenge that inspired the computer in the first place. | 3 |
Banks, insurers lead Nikkei higher Japanese stocks rose on Tuesday on expectations that a Government report later today would provide further evidence of strength in the world #39;s second-largest economy. | 2 |
Editor sacked, Arab TV bureau chief arrested over Beslan coverage MOSCOW (Russia): The editor of Russia #39;s top daily Izvestia was forced to resign Monday after its owner ruled that the paper #39;s coverage of the Beslan school hostage crisis was quot;too emotional quot;. | 0 |
Turkish scheme to outlaw adultery #39;threatens EU talks #39; The European Commission laid out its opposition to plans by Turkey to criminalise adultery yesterday. The proposed law threatens to destabilise Ankara #39;s bid to open EU entry talks. | 0 |
Helping Frequent Fliers Redeem Miles for Tickets, Online Thanks to new technology, it will soon be easier to find out what is available in the murky realm of frequent-flier travel redemption. | 3 |
Konarka to Acquire Solar Technology Konarka Technologies is expected to announce that it has acquired from Siemens of Germany the technology to print power cells on flexible sheets of plastic. | 3 |
First witness for Milosevic due The first defence witness in the war crimes trial of Slobodan Milosevic trial is set to take the stand. | 0 |
Departure sparks reshuffle fever Work and Pensions Secretary Andrew Smith's resignation prompts speculation about a Cabinet reshuffle. | 0 |
Nokia #39;s Goal: Cell-Phone Planet The biggest-selling electronic product in the world is mobile phones. Analysts estimate that consumers from Canada to China will snap up more than 600 million handsets this year -- five times the number of TVs or personal computers expected to sell. | 3 |
Singhs win topples Tiger from top Vijay Singh of Fiji, right, smiles at Tiger Woods on the 18th green after winning the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston on Monday in Norton, Mass. | 1 |
Davenport turns away Venus Of course, for those same three years, Venus owned pretty much everybody else, too, save for sister Serena. But of late, with Lindsay aging a lot more than just gracefully in what was assumed | 1 |
Yankees Win Controversial Game Against Devil Rays (Reuters) Reuters - Alex Rodriguez drove in three runs and\Orlando Hernandez pitched seven strong innings to guide the New\York Yankees past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7-4 in the American\League Monday. | 1 |
China to crackdown on human trafficking amid growing gender imbalance (AFP) AFP - Chinese police have intensified a crackdown on trafficking of women and children as increasing numbers of females are sold into marriage in areas where gender imbalances are growing, state press said. | 0 |
Mizuho Securities, Japanese farmers #39; bank to boost ties TOKYO : The brokerage arm of Japan #39;s biggest lender, the Mizuho Financial Group, and Norinchukin Bank, the umbrella bank for farmers #39; cooperatives, are considering expanding their ties, an official said. | 2 |
Economy steady but job growth moderate Job creation improved in August, but employment is below 50-year average, giving fodder to Kerry and Bush. By Ron Scherer Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. | 2 |
UK Regulator Issues VoIP Numbering Plan Ofcom, the official telecom regulator for the UK, published its approach to new voice services, including Voice over Broadband (VoB) phone services. | 3 |
Babies prefer attractive faces Researchers at Britain #39;s University of Exeter found newborn babies, despite blurred vision, prefer to look at an attractive face. | 3 |
Agassi wins; Federer next NEW YORK Andre Agassi made short work of marathon man Sargis Sargsian yesterday and moved on to an incredibly attractive matchup at the US Open: Next up, top-seeded Roger Federer in the quarterfinals. | 1 |
GOLF ROUNDUP: Singh leads Woods, close to top spot Singh shot 68 to widen his lead over Tiger Woods at the Deutsche Bank Championship, putting him one round from his sixth victory of the year and the No. | 1 |
Sports: Petrova upsets top seed Henin-Hardenne NEW YORK Justine Henin-Hardenne (EH #39;-nen ahr-DEN #39;) has failed to successfully defend her US Open title, and she #39;s losing her number-one ranking to boot. | 1 |
Two Embarrassments The latest international decision related to the Lebanese sovereignty will be, for a long, the main dividing political factor in the country, and the justification used for this division. | 0 |
Alitalia plans to cut 5,000 jobs Alitalia, Italy #39;s largest airline, told its union Monday it plans to cut 5,000 jobs, or more than a quarter of its regular workforce, according to published reports. | 2 |
US Airways pilots union rejects offer Leaders of the US Airways pilots union decided last night not to allow 3,000 rank-and-file pilots to vote on a \$295 million cost-cutting proposal, increasing the likelihood of a US Airways bankruptcy this month. | 2 |
Hurricane spares shuttles, but ... Hurricane Frances spared NASA #39;s depleted shuttle fleet but ripped away siding from a towering landmark Kennedy Space Center facility, exposing the critical enclosure to the | 3 |
New iMac puts mean into lean In early July, Apple stopped taking orders for iMacs, saying it had planned to have the next generation iMac available that month. | 3 |
Rocket failure refuels dream of \$10 million Other people might have been discouraged, but Eric Meier and Phillip Storm have been upbeat since their 23-foot-long Rubicon 1 rocket blew up last month in a test flight near Queets, Wash. | 3 |
Intel lauds milestone in shrinking chips AP - Contradicting fears that the semiconductor industry #39;s pace of development is slowing, Intel Corp announced it has achieved a milestone in shrinking the size of transistors that will power its next-generation chips. | 3 |
GOLF NOTEBOOK Singh, not Tiger, shows killer instinct The gotcha moment, the beginning of the end of a golfing era, came at the fifth-to-the-last hole of the Deutsche Bank Championship. | 1 |
US Open: Agassi sharpens his game for Federer In 1939, a young Joe Louis fought a heavyweight title bout against close friend John Henry Lewis, a longtime light heavyweight champion. | 1 |
UNDATED: in 41 chances. Ryan Klesko singled in the go-ahead run with none out in the eighth inning and San Diego ended St. Louis #39; nine-game winning streak. | 1 |
Mariners Notebook: Call-ups wowed by Safeco When Greg Dobbs and Jeremy Reed were called into Tacoma manager Dan Rohn #39;s office on Sunday afternoon, they knew why. So did Mickey Lopez. | 1 |
No Kashmir solutions in India-Pakistan talks NEW DELHI -- The Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers ended two days of peace talks yesterday with promises of more negotiations on trust-building measures but no sign of progress toward resolving their pivotal dispute over the divided Himalayan region | 0 |
Padres Clobber Cardinals 7-3 SAN DIEGO - Ryan Klesko singled in the go-ahead run with none out in the eighth inning and the San Diego Padres beat St. Louis 7-3 Monday night to keep alive their slim playoff hopes and end the Cardinals' nine-game winning streak... | 0 |
OPEC chief sees relief The head of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries forecast on Monday that global crude prices would soon fall, partly because of expected supply increases from Iraq. | 2 |
Yukos ready to open new accounts Russia #39;s top oil exporter, Yukos, said yesterday it would open new bank accounts to fund its daily operations after bailiffs seized accounts of its main oil-producing units. | 2 |
Markets keep eye on earnings NEW YORK - Investors will be looking ahead to the Federal Reserve #39;s meeting and third-quarter earnings forecasts in Wall Street #39;s short trading week after the Labor Day holiday. | 2 |
Gentlemen, Start Your Rockets Hoping to promote transatlantic tourism, French-born New York hotelier Raymond Orteig in 1919 pledged a prize of \$25,000 -- worth about \$750,000 today -- for the first nonstop flight between New York and France. | 3 |
Contract chip makers spared Intel #39;s woes, for now Singapore/Taipei, September 6: The world #39;s top contract chip makers are not yet feeling the slowdown in demand that led Intel Corp to cut its third-quarter forecasts, but analysts say the relief may be just temporary. | 3 |
Army aid as China floods kill 100 BEIJING, China -- Torrential floods in southwest China have killed as many as 100 people prompting officials to call in the military to help rescue scores of people and locate dozens of missing. | 0 |
Red Sox Clobber Athletics 8-3 (AP) AP - David Ortiz homered and drove in four runs to lead the Boston Red Sox to their 12th win in 13 games, a wild 8-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night. | 1 |
Britain honours war heroes from Iraqi, Afghan campaigns (AFP) AFP - A sergeant who led a an attack on Iraqi forces despite being wounded and a Gurkha who saved the life of a US soldier in Afghanistan are among 90 British servicemen and women to be awarded military honours on Tuesday. | 0 |
Army to Rebid Halliburton Contract -WSJ NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Army plans within months to break up Halliburton Co.'s contract to provide support services for U.S. troops in Iraq -- valued at up to \$13 billion -- and open the work to competitive bids, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday, citing an internal Army memorandum. | 2 |
Sales in line: Wal-Mart new yorkWal-Mart Stores Inc., the world #39;s Number 1 retailer, says September sales at US stores open at least a year are tracking in line with the company #39;s forecast for a 2 to 4 per cent increase, though Wal-Mart expects Hurricane Frances will briefly | 2 |
The wake of Frances Airport sleepover: Hundreds of people made Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport their temporary home the last few days, sleeping in makeshift beds of pushed-together chairs and using clothing for blankets. | 3 |
Sony takes aim at iPod, but its mobile stereo not as good A quarter century after Sony Corp. first shipped the legendary Walkman personal stereo, the electronics giant is launching a high-tech model that aims to topple Apple Computer Inc. | 3 |
USA #39;s Hull fumes over benching Former Red Wing Brett Hull won #39;t be in the lineup again tonight, when the United States faces Russia in the quarterfinals of the World Cup of Hockey, and he #39;s not happy about it. | 1 |
Seattle calls up four from minors - including prospect Jeremy Reed Super prospect Jeremy Reed and right-hander Aaron Taylor, who is making a comeback from surgery, were among four minor-leaguers called up by the Seattle Mariners on Monday. | 1 |
Israeli Missiles Kill 13 Militants GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Sept. 7, 2004 - Israeli helicopters fired missiles at a Hamas training field in Gaza City early Tuesday, killing at least 13 militants and wounding 25 other Palestinians, witnesses | 0 |
Roadside bomb kills US soldier A US soldier was killed and another wounded Monday night when a roadside bomb exploded as their military convoy passed by on a road near Baghdad, according to the US military. | 0 |
Caribbean Islands Prepare for Hurricane BRIDGETOWN, Barbados Sept. 7, 2004 - Islanders scrambled to put up storm shutters and buy water ahead of Hurricane Ivan, as it churned toward Barbados with 105 mph winds just days after Hurricane Frances tore across the Caribbean. | 0 |
Syria raps UN over Lebanon resolution Syria Monday rapped the UN Security Council for passing a resolution which demands Syria #39;s respect for Lebanon #39;s sovereignty and withdrawal of its troops from the neighboring country, but turning a blind eye to Israeli quot;aggression quot; against the Palestinians | 0 |
Suspected bird flu claims baby's life in Vietnam (AFP) AFP - A 14-month-old baby boy in Vietnam has died from suspected bird flu despite claims by the government that the deadly disease has been brought under control, officials said. | 0 |
Unions may block Alitalia rescue The Italian airline is facing resistance from unions against its plan to evade bankruptcy by cutting 5,000 jobs. | 2 |
Israeli Missiles Kill 13 Militants GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli helicopters fired missiles at a Hamas training field in Gaza City early Tuesday, killing at least 13 militants and wounding 25 other Palestinians, witnesses said, in the bloodiest attack there in four months. In a statement, the Israeli military said the air force targeted a field Hamas used to assemble a large bomb and a suicide bomber's vest, practice hijacking vehicles and train in preparing and firing mortars and rockets... | 0 |
Asian Stocks: Japan #39;s Nikkei Rises, Led by KDDI; Taiwan Gains Japan #39;s Nikkei 225 Stock Average rose, led by KDDI Corp. and Marui Co., on expectations the government will boost its growth estimate for the world #39;s second- largest economy on Friday. | 2 |
China to Let Individuals Trade in Gold China #39;s gold-crazed masses will be allowed to trade in the precious metal under reforms that will upgrade trading on the country #39;s nascent market, state media reported Tuesday. | 2 |
FOCUS: Santander Says HBOS Counterbid To Face Problems LONDON (Dow Jones)--Banco Santander Central Hispano SA (STD), the Spanish bank planning to buy UK lender Abbey National PLC (ANBA), Monday attacked its potential domestic | 2 |
Beckham Main Worry for Eriksson Sven-Goran Eriksson is counting on David Beckham being able to prove his fitness for tomorrows vital World Cup qualifier in Poland despite a rib injury. | 1 |
Ortiz, Red Sox set fire to bats at home of A #39;s OAKLAND, CALIF. - David Ortiz homered and drove in four runs to lead the Boston Red Sox to their 12th win in 13 games, a wild 8-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night. | 1 |
Notes: Finger sidelines Damon The last time Johnny Damon was at the Network Associates Coliseum before Monday, he doesn #39;t remember leaving. The date was Oct. 6, 2003. | 1 |
Seattle calls up four from minors on expanded roster The Seattle Mariners called up four minor leaguers Monday, completing right-hander Aaron Taylor #39;s comeback from surgery. The 27-year-old Taylor spent most of the season on the disabled list after surgery one | 1 |
Angry Russians rally over siege More than 100,000 people are expected in central Moscow at an quot;anti-terror quot; rally amid mounting rage across the country over the bloody hostage siege in southern Russia. | 0 |
Malaysian PM denies deal with Anwar KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has denied that he struck a deal with rebel politician Anwar Ibrahim before Anwar was freed last week after nearly six years in jail. | 0 |
Israel Loses Spy Satellite (CBS/AP) A sophisticated Israeli spy satellite plummeted into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after launch, dealing a blow to Israeli efforts to keep an eye on Iran #39;s alleged nuclear weapons program. | 0 |
Vijay Singh Beats Tiger Woods to Take No. 1 Ranking (Update1) Vijay Singh ended the five-year run of Tiger Woods as the world #39;s No. 1-ranked golfer, beating Woods and Adam Scott by three shots at the Deutsche Bank Championship. | 1 |
Yankees win, denied forfeit NEW YORK - After a daylong wait for an afternoon doubleheader that was turned into a single night game, the New York Yankees found their 1-2-3 punch. | 1 |
Highlights of the college football weekend College football fans welcomed back the first full weekend of the season with plenty of excitement and storylines over a holiday weekend packed with action. | 1 |
Hurricane Ivan Continues To Churn Towards The Caribbean MIAMI, FL, Tues. Sept. 7: Dangerous Hurricane Ivan maintained its intensity at 11 pm last night churning just about 210 miles... A hurricane warning remained in effect for Barbados last night along with St. | 0 |
Roadside Bomb Targets Baghdad Governor, 1 Killed (Reuters) Reuters - Guerrillas detonated a roadside bomb in\Baghdad on Tuesday as the convoy of the Baghdad governor was\passing, killing one bystander, witnesses and police at the\scene said. | 0 |
Dollar Slips Vs. Yen as Greenspan Awaited TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar slipped against the yen in thin trade on Tuesday, but its losses were limited as investors waited on an address by the Federal Reserve chief that is expected to point to further rises in U.S. interest rates. | 2 |
Bob Evans Computer Scientist Bob Evans, 77, a computer scientist who helped popularize personal computing and served as a scientific adviser to the Taiwanese government, died of a heart ailment Sept. | 2 |
Yukos feels heat Prosecutors tightened the screws on Yukos yesterday, calling in the oil giant #39;s top in-house lawyer for questioning after searching his office and apartment on the same day the company challenged | 2 |
QBE shares lift on Europe merger move Shares in Sydney-based QBE Insurance Group Ltd shot up 3.4 per cent on Tuesday after it announced a management restructure of its European operations. | 2 |
Airbus confirms Boeing assault The company #39;s CEO says an aircraft to compete with the 7E7 Dreamliner could be offered by the end of the year. Airbus SAS plans to challenge Boeing Co. | 2 |
Former Merrill Lynch banker seeks millions Stephanie Villalba, a former top Merrill Lynch banker, lost her job because she was difficult to work with, unwilling to travel and lacked the leadership skills to turn around the loss-making division she ran, a British employment tribunal in London was | 2 |
Canada drips with oil, but it #39;s tough to get at Any serious effort to ease America #39;s addiction to Middle East oil starts near this Alberta boomtown cut out of Canada #39;s great boreal forest. | 2 |
Oracle #39;s Improved Business Suite At the Open World conference, which commenced yesterday in London, Oracle laid out the most comprehensive offering yet of its Business Suite of applications and unveiled new procurement applications for contracts and services. | 3 |
Gerrard - knows England are under pressure. (Getty Images) Steven Gerrard is confident that England can handle the pressure-cooker situation they will find themselves in when they tackle Poland in Wednesday #39;s World Cup qualifier. | 1 |
Winners go full Force at Nationals John Force didn #39;t score his fifth victory in the National Hot Rod Association #39;s biggest event Monday at Indianapolis Raceway Park. | 1 |
Sox stay in groove It #39;s that time of year, the suspenseful countdown to October when Kevin Millar, the Texas rally rustler, whips up a way to inspire the Red Sox as if they were defending the Alamo. | 1 |
CC hits cruise control For CC Sabathia, his 5-0 win Monday night over the Mariners proved to be uncharted terrain. No, it had nothing to do with it being a shutout. | 1 |
Eskimos chill Stampeders CALGARY -- After losing the annual Labour Day Classic last year to the Calgary Stampeders, the Edmonton Eskimos wanted revenge. The Eskimos built up a 19-0 first-half lead and held on for a 25-7 win yesterday | 1 |
NL notebook: Beware right field: Sosa, Grieve injured Sammy Sosa was out of the lineup against the Montreal Expos yesterday because of bursitis in his right hip. And his replacement, Ben Grieve, was injured while making a catch. | 1 |
Sensex stays rangebound in early Tuesday trade After resuming barely steady, the Sensex moved in a very narrow range during the opening session on the Bombay Stock Exchange on Tuesday on alternate bouts of buying and selling. | 2 |
Australia leaders accused of point scoring The government was accused of politicizing the military trials of two Australian terror suspects ahead of October 9 elections when it called on Washington to tighten legal procedures to ensure hearings at the US base in Cuba are fair. | 0 |
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