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Vijay takes win in stride NORTON -- Most people will look back on the final round of the 2004 Deutsche Bank Championship and think, quot;wasnt that poetic quot; -- Vijay Singh overtakes Tiger Woods in the world rankings by beating him head-to-head on the golf course. | 1 |
Bush Picks Mo. for Labor Day Campaigning (AP) AP - Pressing his advantage, President Bush is campaigning by bus in Missouri, where rival John Kerry needs help from a state Democratic Party that faces problems of its own. | 0 |
Nikkei Hits Five-Week Closing High TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei rose 0.49 percent to a five-week closing high on Tuesday as growing optimism about the domestic economic outlook buoyed small-cap stocks, but recent gainers like miners fell on profit-taking. | 2 |
Putin: No Talks with Separatist 'Child-Killers' MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin attacked the West for calling on Russia to seek political dialogue with Chechen separatists in the wake of last week's school hostage siege in which at least 335 died -- half of them children. | 0 |
Roadside Bomb Targets Baghdad Governor, 1 Killed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Guerrillas tried to assassinate Baghdad's governor on Tuesday, opening fire on his convoy and then detonating a bomb in a van parked by the roadside, police and government officials said. | 0 |
Typhoon Songda Pounds South Japan, Snarls Transport TOKYO (Reuters) - Powerful typhoon Songda made landfall in southern Japan on Tuesday, pounding the region with torrential rains and high winds that forced evacuations, caused blackouts and brought public transport to a virtual standstill. | 0 |
Weather dampens High Street sales UK High Street spending growth slows in August, partly hit by wet weather, a British Retail Consortium survey finds. | 2 |
Easyjet reports passenger jump UK budget airline Easyjet sees passenger numbers jump by 24 in August compared with the same month last year | 2 |
Baghdad governor escapes attack The governor of Baghdad escapes unhurt when a roadside bomb explodes near his convoy. | 0 |
Slip in demand lowers prices for seats on NYSE New York Stock Exchange members seeking to rent their trading rights outnumber brokers who want them, as profits decline at the world #39;s biggest stock exchange. | 2 |
FX Asia: Kiwi To Add To 9-Yr High Vs Aussie On Rate Gap WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--The New Zealand dollar is likely to add to its nine-year high against its Australian counterpart if, as expected, the two countries | 2 |
Anderson makes NHRA history with US Nationals win Greg Anderson has so dominated Pro Stock this season that his championship quest has evolved into a pursuit of NHRA history. By Bob Hesser, Racers Edge Photography. | 1 |
Offence takes day off The Men in Black had no attack. The Calgary Stampeders -- sporting their black jerseys for the first time in two years -- sputtered on offence from the opening kickoff to the final gun as the Edmonton Eskimos | 1 |
Effects of hurricane could delay space shuttle launch NASA #39;s Kennedy Space Center suffered more damage from Hurricane Frances than any storm in its history, but escaped devastation that could have ended the US human space flight program. | 3 |
Israel hits Hamas training camp in the deadliest attack in Gaza for nearly four months, as Israel strikes back after a double suicide bombing. field used at night as a training base for militants, locals said. | 0 |
Pakistan rejects US claim that bin Laden near capture ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan Monday rejected as pre-election politicking a US official #39;s weekend claim that Osama bin Laden was close to being captured. | 0 |
Army to Rebid Halliburton Contract -WSJ (Reuters) 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 #36;13 billion -- and\open the work to competitive bids, the Wall Street Journal said\on Tuesday, citing an internal Army memorandum. | 2 |
Steelers Uncertain of Bell's Status (AP) AP - For the second straight season, the Pittsburgh Steelers might go into their opener without one of their key defensive players. | 1 |
Japan's foreign reserves hit record high in August (AFP) AFP - Japan's foreign exchange reserves at the end of August rose 8.75 billion dollars from July to a record 827.95 billion dollars for the fourth consecutive monthly rise, the finance ministry said. | 2 |
Iraq Governor Survives Assassination Bid (AP) AP - An explosion targeted the Baghdad governor's convoy as he was traveling through the capital Tuesday, killing two people but leaving him uninjured, the Interior Ministry said. | 0 |
Digital Gear: Gadgets, Networks Go Mobile (PC World) PC World - A high-capacity cigar, keys to the Internet, disc repair tools, Bluetooth add-on kit, and more. | 3 |
Co-Op Puts A New Twist On Open Source (TechWeb) TechWeb - Eight companies hope to cut costs and improve quality by sharing software code. | 3 |
Oracle biding time while court tackles PeopleSoft takeover Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. SAN FRANCISCO -- Oracle Corp. is biding its time and preparing for the integration of PeopleSoft | 2 |
Gamecocks Coach Lou Holtz Goes Hopeful (AP) AP - When coach Lou Holtz set out to revamp South Carolina's losing culture this offseason, he took a look at himself as well. | 1 |
Australian opposition rushes out tax policy to halt poll slide (AFP) AFP - Australia's opposition Labor Party tried to revitalise its election campaign, promising tax breaks for families and the lower paid as new opinion polls showed its lead had disappeared. | 0 |
Done -- and 1 Where a day earlier there had been pleasure over the news that the Deutsche Bank Championship had committed to two more years at TPC Boston, yesterday there was a hint of a letdown -- that the final round had to end. | 1 |
Digital Gear: Gadgets, Networks Go Mobile A high-capacity cigar, keys to the Internet, disc repair tools, Bluetooth add-on kit, and more. | 3 |
Quarterback faceoff a bit of a throwback With precision passing, Joe Montana directed the San Francisco 49ers to four Super Bowl titles. Dan Marino used his amazing arm to amass more than 61,000 passing yards in an unforgettable career with the Miami Dolphins. | 1 |
NL notables Brandon Backe hit the first home run by an Astros pitcher since Ron Villone smacked one Aug. 15, 2003. | 1 |
Yankees settle for single win After a daylong wait for an afternoon doubleheader that got turned into a single night game, the New York Yankees found their 1-2 punch. | 1 |
It's Dungy's turn to play defense Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy is often characterized as the individual on the NFL's Competition Committee most responsible for getting the 5-yard chuck rule enforced this season. But in a conference call with Patriots media yesterday, Dungy said that wasn't the case. | 1 |
Finns gladly take tip from Eloranta Former Bruin Mikko Eloranta tipped a shot past Olaf Kolzig with 3:22 left, lifting Finland to a 2-1 win over Germany yesterday and into the semifinals of the World Cup of Hockey. | 1 |
Scott's birdie string runs out He had his chances. Oh, did Adam Scott have his chances for a repeat victory in the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston yesterday. After igniting the inbound nine of his final-round 65 with birdies on Nos. 10 through 13, Scott narrowly missed opportunities on his next four holes. | 1 |
Commonwealth Large capsules GREATER LAWRENCE Coach: Steve Berard (fifth year, 12-30). Last year's record: 2-8. Returning starters: N/A. Returning lettermen: N/A. Strength: Numbers. Weakness: Lack of winning tradition. Outlook: After a tough season in which the Reggies picked up just two victories and went winless in league play, things can only get better. Steve Berard's squad was often mentioned as a sleeper in ... | 1 |
Patriot League capsules DUXBURY Coach: Don Dellorco (22d year, 143-72-9). Last year's record: 9-1-2. Returning starters (6): Peter Bizinkauskas, TE, 6-1, 190, Sr.; Tim Confer, TB/CB, 6-0, 180, Sr.; Shaun Croscup, C, 6-0, 225, Sr.; Matt Johnston, NG, 5-10, 180, Sr.; Ryan Mullin, FB/LB, 5-8, 170, Jr.; Chris Nixon, TB, 5-10, 170, Jr. Returning lettermen (11): Steve Ahern, S, Sr.; Tim Griswold, OT/DT, ... | 1 |
Amcor cleans out top management ranks Amcor has today revealed a thorough trashing and a top level clean out at the packaging giant over possible breaches of the Trade Practices Act after the company said certain officers and | 2 |
Rivalry you can bank on For employees at Bank of America's headquarters, lunch time presents geographic as well as culinary challenges. Workers must choose whether to walk a couple of blocks to the city's most popular sandwich shops, which happen to be clustered near the headquarters of Wachovia Corp. , Bank of America's cross-town rival. | 2 |
Deciphering the Nasdaq The fall season that greets us this month is usually the best time to make money with technology stocks. So, does the Nasdaq stock index, drooping with a decline of about 8 percent so far this year, really represent the investing world's view of technology right now? | 2 |
Bush, Kerry spar over drug benefit Republicans who led chants of quot;flip-flop! quot; at the GOP convention in New York last week say they have new ammunition against presidential candidate John F. Kerry, who is on record as being both for and against a provision prohibiting Medicare from negotiating lower prices with drug companies. | 2 |
MRI machines adapt to newest patients: pets Fido may not be able to say where it hurts, but veterinarians at Angell Animal Medical Center in Jamaica Plain will be able to peer into his brain with an MRI being installed this month. | 2 |
Alitalia to cut 5,000 jobs in shake-up Italy's flagship air carrier Alitalia plans to cut 5,000 jobs as part of restructuring efforts aimed at averting collapse, news reports and an industry source said yesterday. | 2 |
Saudi Arabia cuts oil prices Oil prices eased yesterday as top world exporter Saudi Arabia slashed prices for its westbound crude sales in an effort to shift the large volumes it is offering to cool world markets. | 2 |
Compromises urged amid deadlock in Darfur talks ABUJA, Nigeria -- Peace talks on Sudan's violence-torn Darfur region are deadlocked, a mediator said yesterday, as the chief of the African Union appealed to the Sudanese government and rebels to compromise. | 0 |
Four Cabinet members quit over term battle BEIRUT -- Four Cabinet ministers resigned yesterday to protest the extension of President Emile Lahoud's term, part of a bruising political battle that divided allies and drew the attention of the UN Security Council. The ministers' resignations were not expected to bring down the 30-member government of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. But they prompted Lahoud to convene a meeting with ... | 0 |
13 Palestinians killed in Gaza strike GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli helicopters attacked a Hamas training field yesterday morning, 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 allegedly were members of the anti-Israeli militant group. | 0 |
No progress reported after talks on Kashmir 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 the pivotal dispute over the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir. | 0 |
Victims mourned, officials criticized BESLAN, Russia -- Funeral processions filled the rainy streets of this southern Russian city yesterday, carrying coffins large and small, as townspeople buried scores of victims of a carefully planned school standoff that prosecutors linked to a Chechen rebel leader. | 0 |
Viking burial site found in England LONDON -- 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 yesterday. | 0 |
Gentler interrogation is working, US says BAGHDAD -- The US military is reaping more high-quality intelligence tips from Iraqi prisoners than ever, since it jettisoned several coercive interrogation techniques after the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal in May, the American general in charge of Iraqi prisons said yesterday. | 0 |
You take the bus, Ill take the limo America is riveted by the story emerging in court of how former Disney president Michael Ovitz, now being sued over his 74 million pay-off, shocked even Hollywood with his grandiose behaviour. | 2 |
The Fungi Hunt: So Many Species, Ripe for Finding For mycologists mushroom hunters working in the mountains of Belize, there's little glamour, but many mysteries to solve. | 3 |
In a Wife's Request at Her Husband's Deathbed, Ethics Are an Issue In the midst of tragedy, a wife asks if it is possible to retrieve and store some of her husband's sperm after his death. | 3 |
A Sociologist With an Advanced Degree in Calamity Kathleen Tierney, a disaster researcher, says that catastrophes change the way people experience time. | 3 |
Where the Healing Touch Starts With the Hospital Design A sprinkling of architects and designers around the world are working to greatly change hospitals by humanizing their design. | 3 |
5,000 Alitalia jobs may be slashed Alitalia, Italy #39;s largest airline, said it plans to cut 5,000 jobs, or about a quarter of its regular work force, and split into two companies to save \$1. | 2 |
Merrill #39;s \$1ma week liability THE banker at the centre of Britain #39;s biggest sex discrimination case was losing her firm almost \$1ma week, a tribunal has been told. | 2 |
Pakistan to consider Indian diesel export offer NEW DELHI: Pakistan will consider India #39;s offer of diesel export to boost cooperation on the energy front, said Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri here Monday. | 2 |
Matsushita To Launch World #39;s Largest Plasma TV TOKYO, SEPT 6: Panasonic brand products maker Matsushita Electric Industrial Co said on Monday it will launch the world #39;s largest plasma display television, with a screen measuring 65-inches diagonally, on Oct 1 in Japan. | 3 |
Astros pitcher supplies the pop The crowd was on its feet, beckoning the latest slugging surprise in the Astros offense to re-emerge from the dugout. Already seated and oblivious to the cheers, Brandon Backe | 1 |
Valverde puts heat on Tour leaders Alejandro Valverde threw down the gauntlet to the other contenders in the Tour of Spain cycle race by winning stage three between Burgos and Soria. | 1 |
Golf: Cool-head Luke up for the cup LUKE DONALD will tell Bernhard Langer next week he is confident enough to be paired with any of his European team-mates in the Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills. | 1 |
Cubs top Expos on five homers Ramirez hit two two-run homers and right-hander Carlos Zambrano allowed four hits in eight innings Monday, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 9-1 victory over the Montreal Expos. | 1 |
Israeli Strike in Gaza Kills at Least 14 Palestinians Israeli attack helicopters, warplanes and tanks hit a training camp in Gaza, used by the Islamic militant group Hamas. Palestinian sources say 14 militants were killed and another 30 people injured. | 0 |
Palestinians prepare to vote Voter registration has begun throughout the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in preparation for possible general and local elections next year. | 0 |
Russia School Siege Stokes Ethnic Tensions (AP) AP - Raya Archakova says she's afraid to send her 17-year-old daughter to English lessons after last week's school siege, but not because she's worried about another terrorist attack. | 0 |
Spammers exploit anti-spam trap Spammers have become enthusiastic adopters of technology designed to spot and stop them. | 3 |
Japan optimism pushes Asia higher TOKYO, Japan -- Asian stocks closed mainly higher Tuesday, led by Japanese banks and insurers. Taiwan and Singapore did best in the region. | 2 |
Matsushita to unveil world #39;s largest plasma display Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd announced Monday it will launch a 65-inch high-definition plasma display on October 1. The latest model of the Viera series will be the | 3 |
Indians #39; long balls leave Mariners 0-for-September Ichiro Suzuki inched closer to the Major League hits record with a 2-for-4 night. They were two of just five hits Seattle managed against Cleveland starter CC | 1 |
Rochus runs aground in 5-set loss to Hrbaty The Little Engine That Could simply couldn #39;t any longer. Olivier Rochus, who stood much taller than his 5-foot-5-inch frame in two big | 1 |
Ortiz double breaks it open They once again escaped with a victory in a game that had the same type of tension that marked the last time they played at Network Associates Coliseum, the home of the always formidable Oakland Athletics. | 1 |
Recharged Americans confident A well-rested US team is eager for a rematch against Russia. It #39;ll get it tonight in a World Cup of Hockey quarter-final elimination game (CBC, 6 pm). | 1 |
Putin Attacks West #39;s Chechnya Double Standard, Independent Says Russian President Vladimir Putin said Western countries observe double standards when they call Chechen separatists rebels instead of terrorists, the Independent reported. | 0 |
Turkey Must Increase Kurds #39; Rights -Verheugen Turkey must go further in improving its Kurdish minority #39;s cultural rights, EU Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said on Tuesday. | 0 |
Alitalia, Cushy #39; Jobs Machine, Faces Cost Cuts (Update1) Every morning at 7:45, Alitalia SpA Flight 1022 leaves Rome #39;s Fiumicino Airport for Milan #39;s Malpensa Airport. An average of 80 seats on the Airbus 320, 60 percent of the total, are occupied | 2 |
Softbank, Dentsu, Nippon Meat to Join Nikkei 225 Next Month Softbank Corp., Dentsu Inc. and Nippon Meat Packers Inc. will be added to the Nikkei 225 Stock Average, the compiler of the 55-year-old benchmark said. | 2 |
New Internet magazine grooms women for jihad DUBAI: quot;Our main mission: push our children to the battlefield, like Al-Khansaa, quot; declares Umm Raad al-Tamimi in a newly-launched online magazine teaching women how to contribute to jihad, or holy war. | 3 |
Fiji proud of its new king of golf Vijay Singh #39;s rise to No. 1 in golf could be a tonic for old ethnic divisions in Fiji, even if it takes a while for his achievement to sink in. | 1 |
Petrova upends Henin-Hardenne Justine Henin-Hardenne looked up at the scoreboard that showed her opponent, Russian Nadia Petrova, leading by a set and a break. Then | 1 |
Virgin in Talks With Chinese Telecom Firm British conglomerate Virgin Group Ltd. announced Tuesday that it is in talks with a mainland Chinese telecommunications company to set up a joint venture to provide mobile services in China. | 2 |
AP: Iran Nuke Fuel Program Starts at Mine (AP) AP - Iran's campaign to control the nuclear fuel cycle starts deep under this barren patch of desert, in a mine that engineers expect to start yielding uranium ore in less than two years. | 0 |
ESPN Star Sports challenge India cricket rights (Reuters) Reuters - Walt Disney Co. and News Corp. are to challenge in court the conditional award of Indian cricket TV rights to local media firm Zee Telefilms Ltd., their ESPN Star Sports joint venture said on Tuesday. | 0 |
Dollar Soft Pedals, Waits on Greenspan LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar eased further off last week's highs on the euro and yen on Tuesday as the market awaited a speech by Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan which was expected to confirm a measured pace of interest rate rises. | 2 |
Will IAMGold merger deal pass or fail? The crucial Gold Fields shareholder vote on whether to merge Gold Fields #39; international mining assets and those of Canada #39;s IAMGold is set to take place on Tuesday, with the result hanging in the balance. | 2 |
Welcome for freed Kenyan truckers Three Kenyan drivers held hostage by militants in Iraq for 42 days return to Nairobi to an emotional welcome. | 0 |
Kerry Launches Second Attack on Bush Hitting President Bush on the issues of jobs and the war in Iraq, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is moving aggressively in the face of polls showing his candidacy lagging. Campaigning in North Carolina, a state hurt by job losses, Kerry says he would end tax breaks for companies that outsource overseas... | 0 |
AP: Iran Nuke Fuel Program Starts at Mine SAGHAND, Iran - Iran's campaign to control the nuclear fuel cycle starts deep under this barren patch of desert, in a mine that engineers expect to start yielding uranium ore in less than two years. Elsewhere in central Iran, the ore will be processed into yellowcake powder and then into uranium hexaflouride gas, and the gas injected into centrifuges to be enriched into fuel... | 0 |
Softbank, Dentsu, Nippon Meat to Join Nikkei Average (Update1) Softbank Corp., Dentsu Inc. and Nippon Meat Packers Inc. will be added to the Nikkei 225 Stock Average, according to the provider of the 55-year-old benchmark. | 2 |
NATO, Russia to discuss school siege NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has called a meeting of NATO states and Russia on Tuesday to discuss the siege of a school by Chechen separatists in which more than 335 people died, a NATO spokesman said. | 3 |
We #39;ll get it right, claims Gerrard With team spirit integral to sporting success, it #39;s hardly surprising that everyone in the England camp wants Wayne Bridge to do well. | 1 |
McLaren aim to spoil Ferrari #39;s party Kimi Raikkonen #39;s well-deserved win in the Belgian Grand Prix has revived hopes of the last few races of the year being genuinely competitive. | 1 |
Sox pick up where they left off vs. A #39;s: Roll up 8-3 win in return <b>...</b> Catching the New York Yankees stats, schedule remains the primary goal of the Red Sox stats, schedule, but winning the wild card and being forced to face the Oakland | 1 |
Suicide bomber kills seven US Marines A suicide attacker sped up to a US military convoy near Fallujah and detonated an explosives-packed vehicle yesterday, killing seven Marines and three Iraqi soldiers, US military officials said. | 0 |
'Amazing' Viking cemetery found Archaeologists unearth what is believed to be the first discovery of a Viking burial site in the UK. | 3 |
Crude Oil Slides Again The benchmark US crude was down 96 cents, or 2, to \$43.03 a barrel, as traders felt confident about supply-and-demand dynamics. Prices are now down about 13 from their intraday record high of almost \$50 a barrel on Sept. | 2 |
Unions reject Alitalia rescue plan LONDON, England -- Italian trade unions have rejected a rescue plan put forward by Alitalia management, intended to turn the airline around with job cuts and a restructured corporate framework. | 2 |
Seagate Sees Results Above Estimates Seagate Technology, the top US maker of computer hard-disc drives, on Tuesday forecast quarterly earnings and revenue above Wall Street estimates amid stronger demand for its products than in the previous quarter. | 2 |
manufacturing output falls again British manufacturing output unexpectedly dropped for the second month running in July, figures showed today. The data, from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reinforced impressions that interest rates were either at or close to their peak. | 2 |
Union rejects US Air proposal Leaders of US Airways Group Inc. #39;s pilots union rejected the carrier #39;s latest contract proposal late Monday, a blow to the No. | 2 |
Halliburton Shares Fall on Outlook for Iraq Contract (Update1) Shares of Halliburton Co., the world #39;s biggest oilfield-services company, fell as much 1.6 percent in Germany after the Wall Street Journal said a contract worth as much as \$13 billion with the US Army may be broken up. | 2 |
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