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Hurricane Ivan Kills 12 in Grenada ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - The most powerful hurricane to hit Grenada in a decade killed at least 12 people, damaged 90 percent its homes and destroyed a prison, leaving criminals on the loose, officials said Wednesday... | 0 |
Barnes Upset About Helping Bush Avoid War AUSTIN, Texas - Former Texas House Speaker Ben Barnes' recollections over how he helped President Bush get into the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War have evolved over the years from fuzzy to distinct, with him now expressing remorse for what he did. Barnes, a Democrat who was one of the most powerful politicians in Texas in the '60s and '70s, said at an Austin campaign rally for Democrat John Kerry that he was "ashamed" for helping Bush and sons of other wealthy Texans avoid service in Vietnam... | 0 |
Ebbers' Lawyers Seek Immunity For Witnesses Lawyers for the former WorldCom Inc. chief executive have asked a judge to force the government to grant two witnesses immunity from prosecution so they will testify on his behalf at an upcoming trial. <br> <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
A New-Age Reference Wikipedia has surprised Web watchers by growing fast and maturing into one of the most popular reference sites. | 3 |
Executives Plan Online Memorial To 9/11 Victims Nonprofit group September's Mission set out to create an archival spot in cyberspace for mourners and scholars of the attacks. | 3 |
Update 1: Brazil Wins Trade Battles Against US, EU Latin America #39;s agricultural giant won a pair of trade victories against farm subsidies for rich countries after the World Trade Organization agreed that Brazilian farmers have been hurt by government assistance for US cotton farmers and European Union | 2 |
Clinton #39;s My Life helps Bertelsmann triple profit Bertelsmann, the world #39;s fourth largest media group, is eyeing acquisitions after Bill Clinton #39;s memoirs and top music acts helped triple its half-year profits. | 2 |
Japan Current Account Surplus Up 8.2 Pct. Japan #39;s current account surplus expanded 8.2 percent in July from a year earlier for its 13th consecutive month of growth, the government said Thursday. | 2 |
Dow Jones Lowers Guidance on Fewer Ads Dow Jones amp; Co., a financial news provider and publisher of the Wall Street Journal, lowered third-quarter guidance on Wednesday, due to declining Journal advertising bookings for September. | 2 |
Morrison exploits holes in Swiss cheese defence Ireland #39;s fine start to the World Cup qualification endures. Four points from two matches provide strong foundations, though the performance here might have yielded less. | 1 |
Spice Isle in ruins BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - There are reports that at least 12 people were killed and 90 per cent of all homes in Grenada have been destroyed by Hurricane Ivan which has left quot;incalculable destruction quot; in the Caribbean #39;Isle of Spice #39;. | 0 |
PeopleSoft flap may be hurting Oracle's image Public opinion of the database giant sinks to 12-year low, a new report indicates. | 3 |
Controversial Microsoft plan heads for Longhorn Company is still fiddling with its "trusted" PC security technology but says some version of it will be in new Windows. | 3 |
Ultra wideband may get wider Motorola plans to bring a compromise offer to a Berlin meeting to break a standards stalemate. | 3 |
Honey, did you remember to call the DVD recorder? Panasonic's new DVD recorder has a massive hard drive and can be programmed using a cell phone. | 3 |
Ion Appoints Outside Managers After Banks Cut Credit (Update3) Ion Ltd., an Australian auto parts maker that supplies Ford Motor Co., appointed outside managers after banks cut off its credit because it spent too much expanding in the US and Australia. | 2 |
Review: Recovery Programs Rescue Damaged Discs By PETER SVENSSON NEW YORK (AP) -- You know it's bound to happen: One of the CDs you've burned is going to stop working - be it from scratches, aging, poor manufacturing or the fact that it was made with old software. But don't turn that disc into a drink coaster quite yet... | 3 |
Dignitaries arrive for wedding of Brunei #39;s crown prince _ Royalty and dignitaries from around the world filled the palace Thursday for the marriage of Brunei #39;s crown prince to a 17-year-old half-Swiss commoner in what was likely to be Asia #39;s wedding of the year. | 0 |
Hurriyat is not the only face of Kashmiris New Delhi: India made it clear late on Wednesday that if Pakistan thought that Hurriyat Conference was the only set of people who express the wishes of people of Kashmir then it is #39;on a wrong tree #39;. | 0 |
Protests Powered by Cellphone A text-messaging service is put into action to choreograph fast-moving political protests. | 3 |
The Tablet PC Takes Its Place in the Classroom A versatile portable device can play a role in tests, note-taking and homework, and even act as a blackboard. | 3 |
Out for V-I-C-T-O-R-Y, but Missing Tiles Missing a key piece to your favorite board game? The Web's abundance of board game sites might help. | 3 |
How I Got That Schwag: A Boldfaced Online Spree IS there anyone more stylish in New York than GIMM MUR SCHWG, the chain-smoking fashion editor of Boldface Names?. | 3 |
Semiconductors Offer a New Way to Cut the Cord Electronic devices are starting to come equipped with a short-range, high-speed wireless radio technology known as ultrawideband. | 3 |
Traffic jams green light for love (Reuters) Reuters - Millions of drivers use traffic lights and jams as the perfect opportunity to pick up a\hot date and sometimes even a marriage partner, according to a survey today. | 0 |
Stocks Slip as Profit Warnings Weigh NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slipped on Wednesday after several companies issued profit warnings, while Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's remarks that the economy was pulling out of a summer soft patch did little to quell expectations for a rate hike later this month. | 2 |
In High-Speed Households, She Surfs, He Snores Postmidnight buyers -- who include insomniacs, night owls and people who like to work late -- seem to be taking advantage of high-speed Internet access in the home. | 3 |
US steps up pressure over Darfur The US presents a new draft UN resolution to put pressure on Sudan to resolve the conflict in the Darfur region. | 0 |
A Library and Cinema in Your Pocket The increasing power of cellphones is fast shaping innovative forms of compact culture: micro-lit, phone soap operas and made-for-mobile dramas. | 3 |
British Airways Raises A\$1.1 Bln From Qantas Sale (Update2) British Airways Plc, Europe #39;s second- largest airline, raised about A\$1.1 billion (\$770 million) from the sale of shares in Qantas Airways Ltd. | 2 |
Freaky Future: #39;R #39; Word in Economic Forecast A Freaky Future? The mid-term economic outlook from the University of California-Los Angeles Anderson Forecast contends a recession may be brewing just over the horizon. | 2 |
The end of Genesis Launched in 2001, Genesis spent more than two years gathering samples of solar wind -- which normally doesn #39;t reach Earth #39;s surface. | 3 |
Microsoft introduces fingerprint recognition Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled nine new mice and keyboards, including the company #39;s first hardware products with fingerprint-recognition technology. | 3 |
House Panel Moves to Criminalize Spyware, Net Piracy sharing, which record companies blame for playing a part in a \$2 billion dollar decline in yearly CD sales since 2000. The House Judiciary Committee. | 3 |
Sybase masquerades trial offering as #39;freely deployable #39; database COMMENTARY -- In a press release issued yesterday, with the headline quot;Sybase First to Provide Free Linux Enterprise-Class Database for Production Use, quot; Sybase notes that it has quot;deepened its commitment to the Linux community with the availability of the | 3 |
Ump #39;s gaffes set replay talk aflame at US Open Whether or not there is a quot;Wimbledon conspiracy quot; as Serena Williams charged after her controversial loss to Jennifer Capriati at the US Open Tuesday night | 1 |
Patriots eye Super return If getting to the Super Bowl is half the fun, getting back is nearly impossible. No team over the last five seasons has gone to the NFL championship game in consecutive seasons, and | 1 |
Season over for Seattle #39;s Jacobsen Seattle, WA (Sports Network) - The Seattle Mariners announced prior to Wednesday #39;s game against Cleveland that first baseman/designated hitter Bucky Jacobsen will undergo surgery next week, ending the rookie #39;s 2004 campaign. | 1 |
Nepali villagers flee after Maoist threat KATHMANDU: Thousands of villagers have fled districts in Nepal #39;s remote eastern region following threats by Maoist rebels to attack the area and set up a quot;people #39;s government, quot; human rights and local officials said yesterday. | 0 |
NL Wrap: Clemens Notches 326th Victory as Astros Win (Reuters) Reuters - Roger Clemens landed his 326th career\victory to earn the Houston Astros a franchise record-tying\12th straight win, a 5-2 decision over the Cincinnati Reds in\the National League (NL) Wednesday. | 1 |
Dollar Slips on Greenspan, Japan Data TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar softened on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan sounded more cautious on the U.S. economic recovery than many investors had expected. | 2 |
EBay at a Crossroads: Can Buy Now' Share Space With Bid Now'? Many sellers and a few longtime analysts of eBay say the company is generating fewer of the bidding frenzies that once translated into profits. | 3 |
NL Wrap: Clemens Notches 326th Victory as Astros Win NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Clemens landed his 326th career victory to earn the Houston Astros a franchise record-tying 12th straight win, a 5-2 decision over the Cincinnati Reds in the National League (NL) Wednesday. | 1 |
It's Not Exclusive, but It's Lucrative: Why Luxe Went Online Class has been transformed by technology and consumers who are as well informed as they are impatient. | 3 |
Delta Air Lines cuts 7,000 jobs, reduces wages Delta Air Lines, the third-largest carrier in the United States, announced Wednesday it will cut 7,000 jobs -- 10 percent of its workforce -- during the next 18 months and will slash wages. | 2 |
Russia offers huge bounty for Chechens Russia #39;s Federal Security Service yesterday offered a reward of 300 million rubles (US\$10.3 million) for information that could help quot;neutralize quot; two Chechen rebel leaders, and a military official reasserted Russia #39;s right to strike terrorists the world | 0 |
Bid to Salvage Solar Evidence from Crashed Capsule Scientists are beginning efforts to retrieve solar atoms from the crashed Genesis space capsule, a day after it plunged to earth and slammed into the Utah desert. | 3 |
Microsoft builds-in biometric MICROSOFT has unveiled a new range of peripherals that include the company #39;s first foray into biometric identification on the desktop. | 3 |
Panasonic unveil DVD Recorders with 400GB HDD Capacity Today, Panasonic revealed the new models of DIGA DVD recorders. These recorders have HDD capacities of 160GB to 400GB. This is massive storage space for DVD Recorder; it also has high-speed dubbing, and superb home and mobile networking capabilities. | 3 |
Australia, Japan work on near zero-emission coal-fired electricity plant (AFP) AFP - Australian and Japanese researchers are working on a prototype quot;near zero-emission quot; coal-fired electricity plant in an effort to reduce a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, they said. | 0 |
Democrats Question Bush's Service, Costs of War (Reuters) Reuters - Democrats raised new questions about\President Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard service on\Wednesday as White House hopeful John Kerry charged the Iraq\war was draining resources from the U.S. economy at home. | 0 |
Seeks to slash up to 7,000 jobs over next 18 months SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Delta Air Lines, attempting to avert bankruptcy, said Wednesday it aims to cut \$5 billion in annual costs by slashing nearly 12 percent of its work force, dropping Dallas-Fort Worth as a hub, and trimming its fleet of planes. | 2 |
White House Puts Off Logging Decision (AP) AP - The Bush administration said Wednesday it will put off until after the election a final decision on a plan to allow road building and logging on 58 million acres of remote forests where both are now prohibited. | 0 |
John Kerry's Staggered Two-Month Ad Plan (AP) AP - John Kerry's campaign has bought or reserved airtime in 20 states to run ads between now and Nov. 2. His commercials are slated to start in each state and media market on a staggered basis, and in some states they may not run at all. | 0 |
NL Wrap: 326th Victory for Clemens as Astros Win Again NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Clemens landed his 326th career victory to earn the Houston Astros a franchise record-tying 12th straight win, a 5-2 decision over the Cincinnati Reds in the National League (NL) Wednesday. | 1 |
Dollar Up Vs Yen on Weak Machinery Data (Reuters) Reuters - The dollar edged up against the yen on\Thursday as surprisingly limp machinery orders data for Japan\helped investors to recoup earlier losses made on cautious\remarks about U.S. growth by the Federal Reserve chief. | 2 |
Nikkei Ends Down 1 Percent After Data (Reuters) Reuters - Tokyo's Nikkei stock average ended down\almost one percent on Thursday after surprisingly weak\machinery orders data jolted investor confidence in Japan's\economic outlook and triggered selling across the board. | 2 |
EU ministers to mull budget rules, seek a Mr Euro (AFP) AFP - EU finance ministers gather in the Netherlands Friday for informal talks likely dominated by efforts to agree on reforms to the long-strained budget rules underpinning the euro. | 2 |
AFC Powers Meet in Season Opener (AP) AP - Forget last season's win over Indianapolis in the AFC championship game. Don't focus on the Super Bowl title two weeks later. Block out Elton John's pregame performance Thursday night. | 1 |
Sanneh Scores As Crew Beat Earthquakes 1-0 (AP) AP - Tony Sanneh scored his first MLS goal in six years, helping the Columbus Crew extend their unbeaten streak to 12 games with a 1-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday night. | 1 |
Rain Turns Tennis Talk to Instant Replay (AP) AP - In the players' lounge, in the locker rooms, in officials' offices Wednesday, TVs around the U.S. Open showed Jennifer Capriati's quarterfinal victory over Serena Williams. | 1 |
Delta #39;s downsizing rallies competitors Delta Air Lines #39; jolting move Wednesday to shut down its hub at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport will result in fewer flight options for travelers while aiding its competitors. | 2 |
Another Blow from the WTO LOS ANGELES - 09/09/04 - For the third time in as many weeks, the World Trade Organization has handed down decisions against US ruling against US anti-dumping and cotton subsidy policies, and rejecting Washington #39;s appeal of an earlier ruling upholding | 2 |
Former star banker Quattrone gets 1 1/2 years in prison Facing prison in late October, former star investment banker Frank Quattrone is hoping a federal appeals court will overturn his obstruction-of-justice conviction. | 2 |
Biggest insurer sees silver lining in Florida Maurice quot;Hank quot; Greenberg, chairman of American International Group, the world #39;s largest insurer, said hurricane losses in Florida may stop a decline in property insurance rates. | 2 |
Ex-Invesco Chief Agrees to Penalty Raymond Cunningham, the former chief executive of Invesco Funds Group, agreed to pay \$500,000 to settle lawsuits over improper mutual fund trading, his lawyers said yesterday. | 2 |
At Wal-Mart, the New Word Is Compromise n an apparent mea culpa, the chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores said yesterday that the company #39;s quot;message has not in fact gotten out quot; and called it quot;management #39;s failure. | 2 |
Former Head Of Probe Into Enron Joins Firm Leslie R. Caldwell, a veteran prosecutor who directed the Justice Department #39;s probe of Enron Corp. until early this year, has joined the Morgan, Lewis amp; Bockius LLP law firm as a partner in its criminal defense and investigations unit. | 2 |
Viacom Offers a Premium To Push Blockbuster Shares NEW YORK, Sept. 8 -- Viacom Inc., the media company that owns CBS and MTV, offered investors a financial incentive to buy shares of the Blockbuster Inc. | 2 |
Stockholders want more value than its deal with Coors offers Some of the fizz is gone from the proposed merger between Molson and Golden, Colo.-based Adolph Coors Co. Molson has had trouble convincing institutional shareholders the Coors deal | 2 |
Tomball City Council approves budget Tomball City Council approved a \$40.5 million budget Tuesday that entails utility rate hikes and pay raises but no increase in the property tax rate. | 2 |
Ovitz Seeks to Be Excused From a Disney Suit A lawyer for Michael S. Ovitz, the former president of the Walt Disney Company, argued Wednesday that his client should be excused as a defendant in a lawsuit | 2 |
Space capsule crashes Genesis, payload of solar particles slam <b>...</b> The Genesis space capsule and its precious cargo -- billions of particles from the sun -- crashed into the Utah desert Wednesday in a last-minute bungling of a near-flawless, three-year scientific odyssey. | 3 |
Review: Nokia 9300 Communicator Nokia today officially announced the Nokia 9300, a smartphone that had been rumored to exist since CeBIT. The 9300 is part of the same family as its bigger brother, the 9500, and is designed for mobile professionals | 3 |
Dinosaurs Were Doting Parents, Fossil Find Suggests The discovery suggests that the care that crocodiles, birds, and other modern descendents of archosaurs give to their young may be an ancestral characteristic. | 3 |
Locked Windows WINDOWS XP Service Pack 2 is all about security; don #39;t let anybody convince you otherwise. This is no midway step to Longhorn, Microsoft #39;s next-generation operating system that is more than three years away | 3 |
Use of DNA databases questioned The scientist who discovered genetic quot;fingerprinting quot; 20 years ago said yesterday that he has some worries about the use of the technology. | 3 |
Recorder cuts a dash MANY inexpensive DVD recorders will do a fine job as a replacement for your VCR when it comes to time-shifting television programs. | 3 |
Commentary: Virtual numbers changing all The basic technology is called voice-over-IP and it is referred to as VOIP. Free! Sign up here to receive our SiteWatcher e-Newsletter! | 3 |
Genesis Crash Adds to NASA Post-Columbia Troubles With NASA #39;s broken Genesis capsule stuck in the Utah desert and its shuttle assembly building battered by a hurricane at Cape Canaveral, the US space agency defended its budget and mission on Wednesday. | 3 |
Porn in email down, claims vendor The number of quot;inappropriate quot; email attachments sent to businesses has fallen but the reason for this isn #39;t immediately apparent, email security vendor MessageLabs says in a media release. | 3 |
Mistakes by umpires may soon be obsolete The consensus of two of the highest-ranking executives in the United States Tennis Association is that Serena Williams definitely got a raw deal in her US Open quarterfinal loss to Jennifer Capriati Tuesday evening. | 1 |
Soccer: Luck and bold decisions save Sven #39;s job in Poland: British <b>...</b> LONDON : Sven-Goran Eriksson is redeemed as England coach partly through luck but also because he took the bold selection decisions necessary ahead of England #39;s 2-1 victory over Poland, the British press said. | 1 |
Hewitt aims for last four Family division or heavyweight contest, either way the gloves will be off at the US Open if Lleyton Hewitt survives his quarterfinal bout with Tommy Haas on Thursday (4am Friday morning AEST). | 1 |
Looking for Tiger Woods Anybody? Someone stand up. Well, since the Tiger Woods of the late 90s is absent, the number one golfer in the world is...Vijay Singh? | 1 |
AFC powers meet in season opener New England Patriots wide receiver Chas Gessner (18) is brought down by Jacksonville Jaguars safety Deke Cooper (35) in the second quarter of preseason NFL play, last Thursday in Foxboro, Mass. | 1 |
Canada shut down Slovakia Canada now meet the Czech Republic on Saturday for a place in Tuesday #39;s final while defending champions the United States face-off against Finland on Friday. | 1 |
Lee returns, MacGill dropped for India tour Fast bowler Brett Lee was recalled to Australia #39;s squad and legspinner Stuart MacGill was dropped for next month #39;s four-test tour of India. | 1 |
Roddick to lead US Davis Cup squad Andy Roddick, along with Olympic silver medalist Mardy Fish and the doubles pair of twins Bob and Mike Bryan will make up the US team to compete with Belarus in the Davis Cup, reported CRIENGLISH. | 1 |
Hurricane Ivan leaves 12 dead in Grenada ST. GEORGE #39;S, GRENADA - The most powerful hurricane to hit Grenada in a decade killed at least 12 people, damaged 90 percent of the country #39;s homes and destroyed a prison, leaving criminals on the loose, officials said Wednesday. | 0 |
Fresh initiatives on many fronts: Determination in joint <b>...</b> NEW DELHI, Sept 8: Pakistan and India announced their determination on Wednesday to resolve the Kashmir issue according to the letter and spirit of the Shimla Agreement , and invoked the purposes | 0 |
Muslim girls flout French ban on headscarves The French Education Minister, Francois Fillon, said yesterday that up to 120 Muslim girls were still disobeying the government #39;s ban on wearing headscarves in state schools since the new school year started last week. | 0 |
Nepal to seek India #39;s help in tackling Maoist revolt Nepal #39;s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said on Thursday that he would seek more help from India to crush a Maoist revolt wracking his homeland as he began talks with senior Indian leaders in New Delhi. | 0 |
#39;Mercenaries #39; await their fate in Zimbabwe A Zimbabwe judge is to hand down sentences on Friday against the alleged mastermind of a coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, Briton Simon Mann, and 67 other suspected mercenaries who were convicted two weeks ago. | 0 |
Delta slashes 7,000 jobs, Dallas hub Airline warns it may file for bankruptcy if too many senior pilots take early retirement option. Delta Air LInes #39; CEO says it faces bankruptcy if it can #39;t slow the pace of pilots taking early retirement. | 2 |
WTO rules against US, EU on sugar, cotton Latin America #39;s agricultural giant scored two trade victories Wednesday against rich countries #39; farm subsidies after the World Trade Organization agreed with Brazil | 2 |
Astros #39; streak hits 12 HOUSTON -- With two World Series rings and plenty of postseason experience over his 21-year career, Roger Clemens knows a lot about winning. | 1 |
Hurricane Ivan ravages Grenada, killing 15 and damaging 90 per <b>...</b> The most powerful hurricane to hit the Caribbean in nearly a decade killed at least 15 people including a Canadian, damaged 90 per cent of its homes and destroyed a prison, leaving | 0 |
Indonesia shares slip after blast Indonesia #39;s financial markets have reacted with shock to an explosion at the Australia embassy, with both shares and the currency sliding. | 0 |
Italy looks for Arab support to free hostages in Iraq ROME : A top Italian official leaves for the Middle East to seek the help of Arab countries to secure the release of two female Italian aid workers taken hostage in Iraq. | 0 |
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