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Monza: whats at stake this weekend Michael Schumacher wants to celebrate his world championship in style, while the Renault F1 Team is looking to strengthen its championship advantage. | 1 |
African sugar farmers await sweet victory African sugar farmers and other developing countries stand to benefit from a new ruling by the World Trading Organisation (WTO) declaring some European sugar exports as illegal. | 2 |
US jobless claims fall New US applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week partly as a result of Hurricane Charley, the Labor Department reported Thursday. | 2 |
Fidelity National to Acquire InterCept Fidelity National Financial Inc. said Thursday that it agreed to acquire InterCept Inc., a provider of technology services to banks, in a deal valued at about \$400 million. | 2 |
WPP Offers Over \$1.25B for Grey Global Britain #39;s WPP Group PLC and private-equity firm Hellman amp; Friedman have submitted offers in the auction for advertising firm Grey Global Group, according to people familiar with the matter. | 2 |
The dispute goes on BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro Charles Darwin #39;s evolution theory is out of schools in Serbia-Montenegro -- and the Bible is in. The education minister decided this week to drop the evolution theory from elementary school classes in favor of creationism. | 3 |
Agassi-Federer match could resume The glamour match of the US Open so far, two-time champion Andre Agassi vs. No. 1 Roger Federer, was suspended because of showers on Wednesday. | 1 |
Heralded Lady Vols #39; Freshman Has Surgery KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Heralded Tennessee freshman Candace Parker underwent knee surgery and could miss the upcoming women #39;s college basketball season. | 1 |
Shevchenko #39;s goals will be crucial. (Getty Images) AC Milan begin their Serie A campaign at home to newly-promoted Livorno on Saturday evening under the weight of great expectation. | 1 |
Zbikowski makes impact in Irish debut Lost in Notre Dame #39;s disappointing 20-17 loss to Brigham Young last week was the surprise start of sophomore Tom Zbikowski at strong safety. | 1 |
Door remains open for Button, say BAR BAR expect Briton Jenson Button to continue racing for them next season if Formula One #39;s contract recognition board takes their side in a bitter tug-of-war with Williams. | 1 |
Sudan agrees to extend mandate of Darfur monitors Sudan will agree to expanding the mandate of African Union (AU) monitors in its Darfur region to allow them to document human rights abuses, Justice Minister Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin said on Thursday. | 0 |
Pakistani Jets Attack Suspected Militants WANA, Pakistan Sept. 9, 2004 - Pakistani warplanes pummeled a suspected al-Qaida training facility near the border with Afghanistan on Thursday, flattening a vast mud-brick compound and killing at least 50 fighters, the military said. | 0 |
Dozens More Killed In New Fighting In Iraq American and Iraqi forces once again fought with Insurgents in the cities of Falluja and Tall #39;Afar, killing dozens of Iraqis in airstrikes and gunbattles. | 0 |
India, Nepal Hold Talks Over Tackling Maoist Revolt Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba held talks with his Indian counterpart on Thursday to try to secure more help to crush an increasingly deadly Maoist revolt in the poor Himalayan nation. | 0 |
Talks over, Kashmir blame game begins Another round of India-Pakistan peace talks over, and once again it #39;s time for the blame game. A day after their by now ritualistic photo-op bear hug, the foreign ministers of the | 0 |
Europe condemns Jakarta bombing FRANCE and Britain led strong European condemnation of today #39;s car bomb attack which killed at least eight people outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, with several governments pledging to pursue joint efforts to root out international terrorism. | 0 |
Adware - Are Downloads Safe? Adware - Are Downloads Safe?\\Developers offering downloads are paying the price for the malformed truths that have been put forth regarding downloads. While not a political campaign the smears are ever present in the adware arena.\\Years ago developers saw they could monetize freeware that was becoming expensive to host. Developers ... | 3 |
Ford Recalls Econoline Vans to Fix Brakes (Reuters) Reuters - Ford Motor Co. said on Thursday\it is recalling 234,208 Econoline vans in North America to fix\a defect in the anti-lock brake unit that can spark fires even\when the vehicles are parked. | 2 |
US jobless claims plunge by 44,000 (AFP) AFP - US weekly unemployment claims plunged by 44,000 in the week ended September 4, to 319,000, the Labor Department revealed. | 2 |
Pakistan launches attack on suspected militants near Afghan border; 50 killed (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - WANA, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani warplanes pummelled a suspected al-Qaida training facility near the border with Afghanistan on Thursday, flattening a vast mud-brick compound and killing at least 50 fighters, the military said. | 0 |
Oil Leaps as U.S. Inventories Dwindle LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices jumped a dollar on Thursday after the U.S. government said crude stocks fell to a fresh five-month low last week and distillate fuel inventories barely grew ahead of winter. | 2 |
NATO, Russia United Against Terrorism (AP) AP - NATO diplomats and Russia's ambassador to the alliance pledged to remain united in the fight against terror Tuesday, condemning that attack on a Russian school that left more than 350 people dead. | 0 |
Global house prices still rising As the sun looks ready to set on the UK house price boom, global house prices are still rising, a report in the Economist said. | 2 |
Frank #39;s Nursery going out of business Franks Nursery amp; Crafts Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and plans to begin closing stores soon as it initiates going-out-of-business sales. | 2 |
For BlackBerry Users, a New Way to Write N the annals of consumer electronics, certain devices have proven so compelling, they #39;ve created consumer cults. You know, Mac heads. | 3 |
Samsung SPH-V5400 with 1.5 GB hard drive While most mobile phones are lucky to have 4 MB of RAM to store user data, Samsung #39;s new SPH-V5400 phone offers a whopping 1.5 GB of storage courtesy of its integrated mini-hard drive. | 3 |
German virus author charged woth cmputer sabotage The teenager accused of authoring the Sasser and Netsky worms has been formally charged with computer sabotage. Eighteen-year-old Sven Jaschan was arrested in May at his parents #39; home in Waffensen, Lower Saxony, in northern Germany. | 3 |
Danish striker Jon Dahl Tomasson extends contract with AC Milan Danish striker Jon Dahl Tomasson has extended his contract with AC Milan through the 2008-09 season. Tomasson, 28, becomes the third starter in Milan #39;s lineup to have his contract extended this summer. | 1 |
Levet willing to miss out Thomas Levet says he would be willing to be left out of the foursomes and fourballs at the Ryder Cup as long as the European team wins. | 1 |
Baseball contenders feasting on also-rans One reason pennant races have heated up in both leagues is because the supposed spoilers are the ones getting spoiled. Consider the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who once were third in the American League East and flirting with . | 1 |
AD Holland a great hire for East Carolina No, it isn #39;t North Carolina or Kentucky, but East Carolina also takes great pride in its intercollegiate athletic program. The Pirates on Wednesday announced the hiring of Terry Holland as their new athletic | 1 |
The Crisis in Darfur, Written Remarks, Senate Foreign Relations <b>...</b> Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the situation in Darfur. Let me start by reviewing a little history. | 0 |
Kashmir solution hinges on Pakistan crackdown-India India and Pakistan can make progress on resolving their thorny dispute over Kashmir only if Islamabad delivers on its promise to act against Kashmiri rebels on its soil, India #39;s foreign minister said on Thursday. | 0 |
Jakarta bombing draws international defiance, condemnation JAKARTA : The bloody car bomb attack outside the Australian embassy in Indonesia Thursday drew strong international condemnation and defiance as leaders vowed to work together to fight the scourge of terrorism. | 0 |
Mass Grave Uncovered In Northern Iraq 9 September 2004 -- An Iraqi official says that construction workers have uncovered a mass grave in northeastern Iraq. Mansour Hama Karim, an official at the Human Rights Ministry in the Kurdish-dominated | 0 |
Sybase releases free database for Linux Company goes head-to-head with MySQL and PostgreSQL with a free version of its ASE database for Linux. | 3 |
Capsule from Genesis Space Probe Crashes in Utah Desert Scientists with the US space agency NASA have begun investigating the crash landing Wednesday of the Genesis space capsule in Utah. | 3 |
Ump #39;s terrible call hurts Serena, tennis NEW YORK -- She used the word conspiracy, as if someone is out to get the Williams family. quot;At first I thought it was another Wimbledon conspiracy, quot; Serena Williams said in discussing one of the most flagrantly awful calls in the history of tennis,. | 1 |
RealNetworks Sells 3 Mln Songs, Ends Download Promo (Reuters) Reuters - RealNetworks Inc. is ending\its 49 cent-per-song music download service but will keep the\promotional prices in place for top 10 songs, the Internet\media and software company said on Thursday. | 3 |
Interbrew pumps 19.9 pct rise in first-half profit, holds targets (AFP) AFP - Interbrew said its first-half profit rose 19.9 percent and maintained its 2004 full-year targets, saying the diversity of its beer brands around the world helped smooth out bumpy markets. | 0 |
IBM Announces Dual-Core Support (PC World) PC World - New server is designed to run AMD's upcoming Opteron chips. | 3 |
FEC: Wis. Car Dealer Can Run Campaign Ads (AP) AP - A Wisconsin auto dealer can continue airing car ads even though its founder and namesake is running for the Senate, election officials said Thursday. | 0 |
Bush's guard service under new scrutiny (AFP) AFP - US President George W. Bush faced fresh questions about his Vietnam War-era service as he and his Democratic rival, Senator John Kerry, campaigned in key states ahead of the November 2 election. | 0 |
Dollar Rises as U.S. Jobless Claims Fall NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar edged higher against major currencies on Thursday after the U.S. weekly jobless claims report suggested stable job creation, although Hurricane Charley likely skewed the data. | 2 |
EU irked by Turkish adultery law The EU enlargement commissioner says Turkey's plans to make adultery a crime could affect its chances of joining the EU. | 0 |
AFC Powers Meet in NFL's Season Opener FOXBORO, Mass. - Forget last season's win over Indianapolis in the AFC championship game... | 0 |
Job gains hike mortgage rates Mortgage rates crept higher this week on news of good job growth in August, according to a survey conducted by mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. | 2 |
Cracker Barrel Settles NAACP Discrimination Lawsuits (Update1) Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., which has restaurants in 41 states, said it will pay \$8.7 million to settle all discrimination lawsuits brought or supported by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. | 2 |
Applebee #39;s sees room for 3,000 restaurants in USA Restaurant chain Applebee #39;s International (APPB) said Thursday that there is room for at least 3,000 of its namesake restaurants in the United States, nearly double the existing number. | 2 |
ITV may sell its \$126m stake in Seven Network British television broadcaster ITV is looking to sell a range of quot;noncore quot; assets, including its \$126 million, or 12.3 per cent, stake in Australia #39;s Seven Network. | 2 |
University Of Michigan Lands Big Gift ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan is getting \$100 million from a New York real estate magnate -- the school #39;s largest gift ever. | 2 |
Survey: IT Job Growth on Slow Track The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) survey says that the high-tech job market showed a modest 2 percent increase in the first quarter of 2004, but that the market is expected to shrink over the rest of the year. | 3 |
Virtual Server 2005 Fills Gap In Microsoft Line New virtual-machine technology can be used to test software patches and migrate aging Windows NT applications. By John Foley, Paula Rooney, CRN. | 3 |
RealNetworks Sells 3 Mln Songs, Ends Download Promo SEATTLE (Reuters) - RealNetworks Inc. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=RNWK.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">RNWK.O</A> is ending its 49 cent-per-song music download service but will keep the promotional prices in place for top 10 songs, the Internet media and software company said on Thursday. | 3 |
Delta Cutting Flights From OKC To Dallas-Fort Worth OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma will lose Delta Air Lines flights to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as the airline restructures to try to avoid bankruptcy. | 2 |
Ali Calls for U.S. Boxing Commission (AP) AP - Boxing great Muhammad Ali asked Congress on Thursday to create a U.S. Boxing Commission, saying oversight by the federal government is needed to protect boxers from exploitation and injury. | 1 |
Royals Pound Tigers 26-5 (AP) AP - Joe Randa had six hits and tied a major-league record with six runs scored as the Kansas City Royals broke a club record for runs in a 26-5 rout of the Detroit Tigers in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday. | 1 |
Cracker Barrel Announces \$8.7M Settlement NASHVILLE, Tenn. Sept. 9, 2004 - Cracker Barrel has agreed to an \$8.7 million settlement to resolve lawsuits accusing the restaurant chain of mistreating and segregating black customers and discriminating | 2 |
National Semi rallies on results National Semiconductor Corp. posted a higher quarterly profit Thursday, with sales in line with its reduced forecast on lower-than-expected demand for flat-panel displays and from Chinese wireless handset makers. | 2 |
A Taste of Yum! Wins the World Over It seems that fast food is in style. Favorites McDonald #39;s (NYSE: MCD) and Wendy #39;s (NYSE: WEN) had already posted positive August sales comps; Yum! | 2 |
Health Stocks in Motion Shares of Radiation Therapy (RTSX:Nasdaq - news - research) were among the worst-performing health and pharmaceutical stocks Thursday after Banc of America Securities initiated coverage with a sell rating. | 2 |
Normal plant will trim second shift, 1,200 jobs by months #39; end NORMAL, Ill. Mitsubishi Motors says it will eliminate the second shift at its only US plant on September 17th and about 12-hundred workers will be laid off by the end of the month. | 2 |
Kraft affirms 2004 profit forecast Kraft Foods Inc. Thursday stood by its previously lowered earnings forecast for the calendar year and said new products including its 100-calorie snack packs would help drive growth in the second half. | 2 |
FCC Insists Broadband Deployment Improving (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. communications regulators on\Thursday insisted the United States was making progress in\rolling out high-speed Internet service, despite falling\further behind other countries. | 3 |
Bordeaux's producers target Denmark to fight wine hangover (AFP) AFP - A delegation of producers from the prestigious French wine-growing region of Bordeaux launched a major campaign try to convince Danes to start drinking their wines again. | 0 |
Congress Puts Hooks in Spyware, Copyright Crooks (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - Congressional lawmakers are taking a cue from Hollywood with an aim to beef up penalties against people who illegally swap copyrighted movies and songs over the Internet. Meanwhile, lawmakers also are targeting spyware and hackers with the threat of jail time for evil cyberspace deeds. | 3 |
NASA tries to salvage solar dust NASA experts were today studying the debris from the Genesis capsule that crashed as it brought back samples of solar particles - the latest in a series of setbacks for the US space agency as it seeks to get its space program back on course. | 3 |
IBM strikes out at Intel with new Opteron box IDF Fall #39;04 With the Intel Developer Forum rolling along in full force, IBM made the obvious decision to announce its next-generation server based on AMD #39;s Opteron processor. | 3 |
New ring and possible moons found at Saturn The Cassini spacecraft has detected two and possibly three new additions to the already full environment of Saturn, and scientists are puzzled over what they #39;ve seen. | 3 |
Titans-Dolphins Game Moved to Saturday (AP) AP - The Miami Dolphins' opening game against the Tennessee Titans will be played Saturday instead of Sunday because of approaching Hurricane Ivan. | 1 |
IBM DB2 Takes Sting Out of Database Management IBM announced Thursday the general availability of the quot;Stinger quot; version of its DB2 Universal Database, which delivers to database administrators a host of new autonomic database self-management and self-healing capabilities designed to simplify data | 3 |
House Panel Gets Tough on Spyware, P2P Piracy WASHINGTON -- With an eye on peer-to-peer networks, the US House Judiciary Committee approved legislation Wednesday criminalizing some acts of copyright infringement. | 3 |
T-Mobile Debuts New Blackberry Phone quot;T-Mobile has made it a priority to provide its customers with phones and services that not only meet their professional needs, but their personal needs as well, quot; said Scott Ballantyne, vice president marketing, T-Mobile USA. | 3 |
Virtual Server becomes reality After two years of fits and starts, Microsoft will finally deliver its Virtual Server 2005 product, which company officials contend will be an important contributor to its Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI), the company #39;s plan for managing distributed | 3 |
Intel CTO: New Protocol Needed For Next-Gen #39;Net Intel #39;s chief technologist called for an overlay network to be applied to the Internet infrastructure to allow new protocols and services to be enabled. | 3 |
Huge DNA database opens door to mistakes: scientist The scientist who invented DNA fingerprinting two decades ago has warned that the huge expansion of the British national database, which now contains details of 2.5 million criminals, could | 3 |
Scientists Create Fly-Eating Autonomous Robot According to New Scientist.com, Scientists at the University of West England have designed an autonomous robot which generates its own energy by eating flies. | 3 |
Darwin is OK after all, Serbia says BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro - Serbia reversed an order to ban Darwins theory of evolution from schools on Thursday, after its education minister drew national ridicule for ruling in favor of Old Testament creationism. | 3 |
Inmates in Charge of Travelzoo It #39;s official: The lunatic fringe has clearly gotten loose. There really is no other way to explain what #39;s going on with shares at online travel company Travelzoo (Nasdaq: TZOO). | 3 |
Youth admits to creating computer virus German prosecutors say a teenager has confessed to creating the virulent Sasser computer virus. Authorities say Sven Jaschan is believed also to be responsible for the Netsky virus. | 3 |
IBM #39;Stinger #39; Database Coming in Mid-September IBM #39;s next version of the DB2 Universal Database, code-named quot;Stinger, quot; will be generally available on Sept. 17, the company said Thursday. | 3 |
US economic outlook downgraded: WSJ survey (AFP) AFP - US economists have trimmed their forecasts for hiring and economic growth in view of steep energy prices and other factors, a Wall Street Journal survey showed. | 2 |
Golf: Harrington leads while wet Woosie walks away GUT LARCHENOF, Germany : Europe #39;s Ryder Cup hopes received another boost when Padraig Harrington hit a six under par 66 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the German Masters. | 1 |
Klinsmann #39;s aggressive moves net Germany draw with Brazil Juergen Klinsmann took some risks in his home debut as Germany coach and they paid off in a 1-1 draw Wednesday with five-time World Cup champion Brazil. | 1 |
Thursday, 9 pm EST (ABC) Not quite eight months ago, with a light snow dusting Foxboro #39;s Gillette Stadium, these two stared each other down with a trip to Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston on the line. | 1 |
Hurricane Ivan Pushes Up Titans Game in Miami Nashville, Tenn. (WVLT/AP) - It looks like Mother Nature isn #39;t much of a sports fan. The Tennessee Titans and the Miami Dolphins will play 24 hours early, courtesy of Hurricane Ivan. | 1 |
Jagr hopes to play against Canada despite hip injury Jaromir Jagr sat out practice Thursday but hopes to be ready when the Czech Republic plays Canada in the World Cup of Hockey semifinals. | 1 |
A #39;s may be headed for off-season And if not, well, there are no water-holding explanations other than the one Monte Poole already provided yesterday, which is that the A #39;s and Boston Red Sox are about as similarly potent as whiskey and milk. | 1 |
Spain #39;s Freire wins sixth cycling stage Spain #39;s Oscar Freire won the sixth stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Thursday, and countryman Manuel Beltran of the US Postal Service team kept his lead as the overall standings remained unchanged. | 1 |
Best of times, worst of times The smiles should be wider than the Wasatch Mountains this week at The Y., as they call Brigham Young University. The Cougars are coming off a triumph of Biblical proportion over Notre Dame, in | 1 |
Cricket telecast: Opportunity for lost bidders EVEN as Zee Telefilms chalks out its strategy for the cricket rights, legal experts are of the opinion that the Bombay High Court #39;s suggestion for a fresh round of bidding could open options for the other broadcasters who had lost out in the first round. | 1 |
Nokia Raises Outlook on Better Phone Sales (AP) AP - Nokia said Thursday its third-quarter revenue and profits would be better than expected, citing an increase in mobile phone sales. The news pushed its shares up nearly 6.5 percent in trading. | 3 |
Hudson Hopes A's Received Wake-Up Call (AP) AP - Tim Hudson hopes being swept by Boston will serve as a wakeup call for the Oakland Athletics. | 1 |
US declares genocide in Sudan afrol News, 9 September - US Secretary of State Colin Powell today made a statement saying his government had reached quot;the conclusion that genocide has occurred and may still be occurring in Darfur. | 0 |
Australian embassy blast not linked to elections: Downer JAKARTA : A deadly bomb blast outside Australia #39;s embassy in Jakarta was not linked to next month #39;s Australian elections or forthcoming polls in Indonesia, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said. | 0 |
Anger At US Chechen Policy (CBS/AP) Russia castigated the United States on Wednesday for its willingness to hold talks with Chechens agitating for independence and suggested the issue could harm bilateral relations, the Interfax news agency reported. | 0 |
At least 3 killed in blast at Australian Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia -- A powerful bomb exploded near the Australian Embassy in Jakarta early today, killing at least three people and wounding 50, witnesses and officials said. | 0 |
Two More Arrests in South Africa Weapons Probe South Africa has arrested two men in an investigation into alleged trafficking of equipment used to build nuclear weapons. Authorities say Daniel Geiges and Gerhard Wisser are charged with illegally importing | 0 |
Defense officials: Arafat expulsion unlikely Senior defense officials dismissed as quot;empty words meant for domestic political consumption quot; Foreign Minster Silvan Shalom #39;s call to expel Palestinian Authority head Yasser Arafat. | 0 |
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