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ADV: The New York Times Home Delivery Uncover financial insights for your business daily with The New York Times - the authority on market trend news and analysis. Now delivered to your home or business starting at \$2.40/wk. | 2 |
Locusts Ravage Key Mauritanian Farming Region (Reuters) Reuters - An agricultural region\in eastern Mauritania faces the loss of its entire crop to\swarms of locusts unless action is taken immediately, a\regional government official has warned. | 3 |
Laser Printers Recalled for Shock Hazard - CPSC WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 39,400 laser printers made by Lexmark International Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=LXK.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">LXK.N</A> and sold by IBM <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=IBM.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">IBM.N</A> and Dell Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=DELL.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">DELL.O</A> are being recalled in the United States because of a potential electrical shock hazard, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday. | 2 |
Rise in UK Animal Experiments Angers Campaigners (Reuters) Reuters - The number of animal experiments in\Britain rose last year to its highest level since 1994,\prompting condemnation from animal rights campaigners who said\the government had failed to curb cruelty. | 3 |
Fiedler to Start for Dolphins Sunday Miami, Fla. (Sports Network) - Miami Dolphins head coach Dave Wannstedt has officially named Jay Fiedler the starting quarterback for Sunday's season opener against the Tennessee Titans. | 1 |
Hurricane Ivan Charges Into Eastern Caribbean (Reuters) Reuters - Hurricane Ivan ripped off\roofs and cut power across Barbados on Tuesday, lashing the\island with fierce winds but sparing it a direct hit as it\roared into the eastern Caribbean. | 3 |
Chargers Name Brees Starting QB San Diego, Calif. (Sports Network) - The San Diego Chargers Monday named Drew Brees as the team's starting quarterback for their regular-season opener on September 12 against Houston. | 1 |
Gold Medallist Sprinter Faces Surgery LONDON (Reuters) - Olympic gold medallist Jason Gardener faces more surgery -- but this time it will be on his wrists. | 1 |
U.S. Interfering in Lebanon and Syria, Damascus Says DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Damascus has accused the United States of interfering in the affairs of Lebanon and Syria, saying Washington had brought undue pressure to force a U.N. resolution last week on foreign influence in Lebanon. | 0 |
Taxman targets Yukos bank account Oil giant Yukos says the Russian tax ministry aims to take \$2.7bn in back taxes from its accounts without court approval. | 2 |
NATO, Russia to Boost Anti-Terror Cooperation BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO and Russia Tuesday agreed to boost cooperation in the fight against terrorism after a spate of attacks on Russian soil including the Beslan school siege that ended with at least 335 deaths. | 0 |
Britain Arrests Four in Anti-Terror Raids LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested four men Tuesday in an anti-terrorism raid in the southern port of Southampton. | 0 |
S.Africa Seizes Uranium Enrichment Materials JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa seized 11 shipping containers of uranium enrichment materials in a raid on a firm run by a man it has charged under laws forbidding nuclear proliferation, a government agency said Tuesday. | 0 |
Congress Sets Federal Deficit Estimate at \$442 Billion The estimate by Congress' nonpartisan budget experts immediately provided political fodder for both parties. | 0 |
Libya gets new mobile phones A new mobile phone network is launched in Libya, bringing competition to the sector for the first time. | 2 |
LA Lakers star eyes Serbian deal LA Lakers basketball star Vlade Divac is to pursue plans to buy Serbia's top mineral water firm, reports say. | 2 |
Hungary's state airline for sale The Hungarian authorities invite investors to bid for a 99 stake in the indebted national carrier. | 2 |
Stocks Climb Higher As Oil Prices Slip NEW YORK - Another drop in oil prices and belated reaction to last week's employment report sent stocks higher to start the holiday-shortened week Tuesday as investors saw the news as a sign of new economic strength. Investors rallied around falling oil prices as a sign that the summer's run on crude oil futures was over, boosting the chances for an autumn rally in stocks... | 0 |
Thousands in Russia Rally Against Terror MOSCOW - Waving flags and banners, tens of thousands of Russians demonstrated against terrorism Tuesday, massing outside the Kremlin in response to calls for solidarity by President Vladimir Putin's government after a series of deadly attacks that have killed more than 400 people. The growing crowd stood still for a moment of silence in memory of victims, starting the rally after a clock atop the Kremlin's Spassky Tower struck 5 p.m... | 0 |
Fiedler Beats Out Feeley As Dolphins' QB DAVIE, Fla. - Jay Fiedler was named Miami's starting quarterback for the fifth consecutive season Tuesday, beating out A.J... | 0 |
Clinton Breathing on Own After Surgery NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton was described as doing well Tuesday, breathing on his own as he recovers from an operation to relieve arteries so severely clogged that he was in imminent danger of a major heart attack. He was taken off his respirator Monday night - a crucial step in his recovery, Dr... | 0 |
Bush Blames 'Junk Lawsuits' for Job Woes President Bush and rival John Kerry on Tuesday offered different ways to boost the sluggish job market, the president calling for legal reforms to help workers and businesses while his Democratic opponent proposed ending tax breaks for companies that send jobs overseas. Kerry, moving aggressively in the face of polls showing his candidacy lagging, used the latest forecast of a record budget deficit to bolster his contention that Bush is leading the country in the wrong direction... | 0 |
14 Deaths Blamed on Hurricane Frances TAMPA, Fla. - Frances wound up a two-prong assault on Florida that pounded both the central part of the state and the Panhandle, leaving storm-weary residents Tuesday with flooding, frayed nerves and shortages of everyday items such as gas, ice and water... | 0 |
CBO Projects \$442 Billion Federal Deficit WASHINGTON - The Congressional Budget Office projected Tuesday that this election-year's federal deficit will hit a record \$422 billion, a shortfall that would be smaller than analysts predicted earlier this year. The figure immediately provided political fodder for both parties now in the final two-month stretch of the presidential and congressional campaigns... | 0 |
Fierce Clashes in Iraq Kill 36; 203 Hurt BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. forces battled insurgents loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City on Tuesday, in clashes that killed at least 36 people, including one American soldier, and injured at least 203 others, U.S... | 0 |
Thousands in Russia Rally Against Terror MOSCOW - Tens of thousands of demonstrators waving banners and flags gathered in Red Square in a show of unity against terrorism as the country mourned the hundreds of victims of a hostage-taking at a school in southern Russia. More than 100,000 people were expected to take part in the evening rally in the capital, organized by a pro-government trade union and advertised on state-controlled television by celebrities who appealed to citizens to turn out to say no to terror... | 0 |
CBO Projects \$442 Billion Federal Deficit WASHINGTON - The Congressional Budget Office is projecting that this election-year's federal deficit will reach \$422 billion, congressional aides said Tuesday, the highest ever, yet a smaller shortfall than analysts predicted earlier this year. The figure, provided by aides who spoke on condition of anonymity, is sure to provide political fodder for both parties during the remaining two months of the presidential and congressional campaigns... | 0 |
Stocks Rise on Falling Oil Prices Investors rallied around falling oil prices as a possible sign that the summer's run on crude oil futures was over. | 2 |
Struggle For The Soul Of Islam Three years after 9/11, an inside look at the ongoing global battle\between moderates and hard-liners over the future of a faith--and its\relationship with the West | 0 |
Rejecting Rite Aid Crummy comps and anemic overall sales have stockholders reaching for the antacids. | 2 |
Weighing Outsourcing's Impact Key factors help determine if outsourcing benefits or hurts Americans. | 2 |
Would a Settlement Boost Wal-Mart's PR? The company says it is discussing a settlement with the Justice Department. | 2 |
The iPod's Big Brother Apple's latest computer is as cool and sleek as its best-selling music player | 2 |
Eriksson to show faith Sven-Goran Eriksson stressed his unswerving loyalty to his players as he looked for England to transform their World Cup qualifying position in Poland on Wednesday- led by under-fire captain David Beckham. | 1 |
Former NFL player Kane pleads guilty to manslaughter CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Tommy Kane, the Montreal native who played wide receiver in the NFL and CFL, pleaded guilty to manslaughter Tuesday in connection with the death of his former wife. | 1 |
St. Louis Cardinals Team Report - September 7 (Sports Network) - The Cardinals will try to get back on the winning track this evening, when they battle the San Diego Padres in the middle test of a three-game set at PETCO Park. | 1 |
Security, Poverty, Reconstruction Emerge As Key Issues As Election <b>...</b> Campaigning in Afghanistan #39;s presidential election officially began today. Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai and his 17 opponents have 30 days to try to win support from more than 10 million registered voters. | 0 |
Snubbing the RIAA, Part II A long time ago (or so it seems), I wrote Snubbing the RIAA, Part I, in an attempt to provide some sources of non-RIAA backed music to the readers of K5. What follows is Part II, in which I present some more sources of great music, and some ways to tell if your favourite artist belongs to an RIAA-member label. | 3 |
Airline Shares Up on Oil Pricing Optimism Airline stocks moved slightly higher Tuesday on hopes fuel costs might become more manageable after the head of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said crude oil prices would likely retreat in the next few months. | 2 |
IMF Official Urges Nations to Do More The head of the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday urged developed countries to do more for Africa, including opening their markets to trade. | 2 |
UPDATE 4-Circuit City same-store growth misses estimates Circuit City Stores Inc. onTuesday reported a 2.9 percent gain in quarterly same-store sales, but its growth lagged estimates due to a calendar shift and reduced spending through August. | 2 |
Yuta Tabuse Press Conference Transcript NBA Japan introduced the newest member of the Phoenix Suns, Yuta Tabuse, at a press conference held in Tokyo. The following is the complete transcript, translated into English, including remarks from NBA Japan #39;s | 1 |
Lexmark Recalls About 40,000 Printers The Consumer Product Safety Commission on Tuesday said Lexmark International Inc. voluntarily recalled 39,431 of its laser printers sold under the Lexmark, IBM and Dell brands because of a potential shock hazard. | 3 |
NASA Space Shuttles Spared Frances #39; Wrath Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour -- were not in the NASA Vehicle Assembly Building during the onslaught of Hurricane Frances. The VAB lost about 40,000 | 3 |
Genesis samples to shed light on our origins Scientists are chomping at the bit for tomorrow #39;s Earthly return of a sample capsule from NASA #39;s Genesis spacecraft, hoping the star stuff it carries will help answer questions on the origins of the solar system and we who live in it. | 3 |
Red Hat goes after enterpise with Unisys partnership, updated <b>...</b> Red Hat has announced a partnership with Unisys and the availability of security updates to their Enterprise Linux offering today. | 3 |
Samsung announces phone with hard disc drive SEOUL, South KoreaSamsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced plans to launch the SPH-V5400, a mobile phone that includes a tiny hard disc drive to expand available memory capacity. | 3 |
Microsoft signals cut prices to combat Linux rivals Microsoft has admitted that growing pressure from open-source operating system, Linux, is eating into the companys profits and will hit revenues hard over the next fiscal year. | 3 |
Open sourcers revolt against Microsoft antispam plan Two prominent open-source software groups have rejected a proposed technology standard backed by Microsoft Corp. that would close a loophole used to send unsolicited commercial | 3 |
Did Jobs woo Sony boss over iTunes anti-Gates love-in? To throw a spanner in the works of Microsoft #39;s arrival on the digital music scene, Apple wanted to sign a strategic agreement with Sony, Japanese daily Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun has revealed, quoting sources from Sony. | 3 |
Shearer happy with Souey arrival Newcastle striker Alan Shearer has backed the appointment of Graeme Souness as boss at St James #39; Park. The Scot arrived on Tyneside on Monday to replace the sacked Sir Bobby Robson, having handed in his resignation at Blackburn earlier in the morning. | 1 |
Hold on! Not for the Pats The first time they met last season, the New England Patriots barely held on for a 38-34 victory. The second time they met last season, some members of the | 1 |
Russia In Turmoil Over School Killings MOSCOW -- Tens of thousands of demonstrators -- many waving banners and flags -- gathered in Moscow #39;s Red Square Tuesday in a show of unity against terrorism after last week #39;s hostage-taking at a school in Beslan in southern Russia. | 0 |
Sadr City clashes kill 22 Iraqis Clashes in Sadr City, where US forces and militiamen loyal to rebel Shi #39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have been fighting since April, have killed at least 22 Iraqis. | 0 |
Afghan woman takes on presidential politics Shell have to move a mountain of cultural, religious and sexual prejudice to achieve this in a country where, only a few years ago, women could not work or walk the streets on their own, and | 0 |
French Hopes for Speedy Iraq Hostage Release Fade Hopes for a speedy release of two French hostages in Iraq gave way to expressions of doubt and concern Tuesday after a statement setting out new demands for their release was posted on a Web site. | 0 |
First Milosevic Trial Defense Witness Called Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic blasted a decision to impose defense lawyers on him as quot;legal fiction quot; Tuesday as his first witness began her testimony at his war crimes trial. | 0 |
Oil: Reason Behind Coup Bid THE men exposed as plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea are the scum of the earth. Next time someone demands that the West should quot;take over and sort out Africa quot;, remember this scandal and the real face of Western intervention it reveals. | 0 |
PluggedIn: New Gadgets May Divert Drivers' Eyes from the Road LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Drivers still learning how to talk on cell phones and maneuver at the same time are headed for an even more complex world. | 3 |
Laser Printers Recalled for Shock Hazard - CPSC WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 39,400 laser printers made by Lexmark International Inc. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=LXK.N qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">LXK.N</A> and sold by IBM <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=IBM.N qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">IBM.N</A> and Dell Inc. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=DELL.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">DELL.O</A> are being recalled in the United States because of a potential electrical shock hazard, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday. | 3 |
U.S. Land of Potatoes Aims to Be High-Tech Hotbed NAMPA, Idaho (Reuters) - Jeffrey Moeser and his company are aiming to change the future of home entertainment. | 3 |
Lexmark Recalls Laser Printers WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 39,400 laser printers made by Lexmark International Inc. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=LXK.N qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">LXK.N</A> and sold by IBM <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=IBM.N qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">IBM.N</A> and Dell Inc. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=DELL.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">DELL.O</A> are being recalled in the United States because of a potential electrical shock hazard, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday. | 3 |
Red Hat, Unisys Announce Partnership Linux publisher Red Hat Inc. said Tuesday that information-technology consulting firm Unisys Corp. will begin offering a business version of the company #39;s open-source operating system on its servers. | 3 |
Samsung shows cell phone with hard-disk drive Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. plans to begin selling later this month a cellular telephone that includes a hard-disk drive. The handset was unveiled | 3 |
Sun, Novell and Red Hat Back AMD Dual-Core Chips Holger Dyroff, vice president of product management for SuSE Linux at Novell, said in a statement: quot;Novell #39;s SuSE Linux Enterprise Server is the right platform to benefit from the advantages | 3 |
The sounds of a revolution You can strap it around your arms or wind it around your neck while on your morning jog. And while you jog, you can listen to songs, download and store your personal CD albums directly, listen to FM radio | 3 |
Tivo, Netflix Close to Internet Movie Deal - Newsweek <p>\</p><p> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Online DVD renter Netflix Inc.\<NFLX.O> and television recorder maker TiVo Inc. <TIVO.O> are\close to a deal to allow Netflix subscribers to download movies\over the Internet to their TiVo devices, according to the\latest issue of Newsweek magazine.</p> | 3 |
Atari to Reissue Scores of Old Games Atari wants to take you back in time, and to get there, you can ride a "Centipede" or an "Asteroid," or bounce back and forth between the pixilated paddles of "Pong." | 3 |
UK 'will fail pollution targets' Air pollution levels in the UK are too high to meet key objectives and may harm human health, an expert tells the BA science festival. | 3 |
Ford to end second shift at suburban St. Louis plant Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it will end the second of its two production shifts at its suburban assembly plant effective Jan. 3, eliminating about 800 jobs. | 2 |
Softbank chief #39;s hard-nosed ambitions Masayoshi Son is a soft-spoken man with a mild manner and a polite smile that belies his grand ambitions. (Softbank) | 3 |
High Blood Pressure Dulls Emotions Elevated levels smooth out highs and lows, study says HealthDayNews -- Higher blood pressure may dull a person's emotional response, smoothing out emotional highs and lows, says a study in the current issue of Psychosomatic Medicine. Clemson University researchers checked the blood pressure of 65 volunteers and then showed them a series of photographs meant to elicit either a positive or negative emotional response... | 3 |
Sexual Content on TV Spurs Teens Into Action By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter HealthDayNews -- Teenagers who view sexual content on television, even if it only involves characters talking about sex, are twice as likely to start having intercourse in the ensuing year compared with peers who do not watch such content. Sexual content on TV was also more likely to hasten adolescents' movement from one "base" to another, in other words, from kissing to breast fondling to genital touching and on to oral sex, new research found... | 3 |
Doctors Expect Full Recovery for Bill Clinton By MARILYNN MARCHIONE (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton, who narrowly escaped having a heart attack, should be able to resume his active lifestyle, his doctors say. But whether that includes campaigning in the remaining two months before the presidential election is questionable... | 3 |
Oracle serves up lower-cost app server At Oracle OpenWorld, the database software giant touts the application server aimed at midsize companies. | 3 |
Red Hat upgrades security Update to Enterprise Linux 3 also includes support for IBM Power5 servers, new driver support and bug fixes. | 3 |
Hitachi debuts new high-end storage line New TagmaStore plays well with rivals' arrays to keep watch over 32 petabytes of data. | 3 |
Top McAfee exec to step down Stephen Richards will retire from his positions as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. | 3 |
WinZip offers fix for security flaw But users of the popular compression tool will need to upgrade to version 9 of the software. | 3 |
Cisco dangles rebate carrot before resellers The networking gear maker launches a financial incentive program to spur sales to smaller companies overseas. | 3 |
Start-up says it can deliver secure VoIP Net6 says it has just the trick to make voice calling over a Secure Sockets Layer VPN work well.\ | 3 |
VeriSign to bump up forecast Company cites better-than-expected performance from its recent acquisition of wireless content provider Jamba. | 3 |
Nokia gets a slice of BlackBerry pie Finnish phone giant is the latest to make its devices compliant with Research In Motion's wireless e-mail service. | 3 |
40 killed in clashes in Iraq #39;s Sadr city BAGHDAD (AFP) Forty people were killed and scores wounded in clashes between US forces and Shiite fighters in the Baghdad district of Sadr City overnight, the health ministry said. | 0 |
Israel Strikes Hamas Camp; 13 Are Killed Israeli tanks, helicopters and warplanes pounded a Hamas training camp on Tuesday, killing 13 Palestinians in the deadliest strike in Gaza in nearly four months, as Israel struck back after a double suicide bombing. | 0 |
Open sourcers revolt against Microsoft antispam plan Two prominent open-source software groups have rejected a proposed technology standard backed by Microsoft Corp. that would close a loophole used to send unsolicited commercial ("spam") e-mail, citing unresolved patent and licensing issues with the standard known as Sender ID. | 3 |
Oracle aims for users from start to grid LONDON -- Enterprise software giant Oracle Corp. may be known for big plans and bold moves but when it comes to capturing the European market the Redwood Shores, California, company has realized it also has to think small. | 3 |
Intel Eyes WiMax Wireless Chip maker will being testing the emerging, high-speed wireless technology. | 3 |
Tivo, Netflix Close to Internet Movie Deal - Report Online DVD renter Netflix Inc. and television recorder maker TiVo Inc. are close to a deal to allow Netflix subscribers to download movies over the Internet to their | 3 |
Samsung Debuts First Mobile Phone with Hard Drive Samsung #39;s V5400 mobile phone boasts a high-resolution 2.2-inch liquid crystal display and includes features such as an MP3 player, electronic book reader and Korean-English dictionary. | 3 |
IP Battle Lines Drawn in Spam Wars quot;We believe the current license is generally incompatible with open source, contrary to the practice of open Internet standards, and specifically incompatible with the Apache License 2.0. | 3 |
Microsoft sees sluggish PC growth ahead In Microsoft #39;s latest SEC filing again, Redmond warns that next year won #39;t see the handsome growth in PC sales that it has seen over the past twelve months. | 3 |
Petacchi snatches victory again in Zaragoza For the second year running Alessandro Petacchi won a bunch sprint at the Tour of Spain in Zaragoza to take his second stage of the 2004 race. | 1 |
THIS WEEKS COLTS OPPONENT Colts.com. Synopsis: The Colts, in their first game of the season, will play the team they faced in their last game last season: the New England Patriots. | 1 |
Panasonic Shows 65-Inch Plasma Display Newest HDTV is the largest such device designed for consumers, company claims. | 3 |
Two Italian women kidnapped in Baghdad An Italian aid organisation said on Monday that two Italian women were kidnapped from its office in Baghdad. The women, Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, both 29, worked for an NGO called quot;Un Ponte Per... quot; (A | 0 |
EU must play straight with Iran Hassan Rowhani, the secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council, held discussions on Monday with Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot and other officials of the Netherlands, which | 0 |
French Minister Says Release Of Hostages In Iraq Still Possible TIRANA, Sept 7 (AFP) - French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said on Tuesday he was convinced it was still possible to secure the release of two French journalists who have been held hostage in Iraq since August 20. | 0 |
OPEC President: Oil Prices Will Fall In addition to expected production increases, OPEC president Purnomo Yusgiantoro cited the upcoming US presidential election in early November a factor likely to ease international oil prices. | 2 |
Rejecting Rite Aid Shares of drugstore chain Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) needed some bandages and maybe a smear of soothing ointment this morning as they were scraped by investors for a 13 drop. | 2 |
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