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Ritter Family Files Wrongful Death Suit LOS ANGELES - The family of John Ritter has sued a Burbank hospital, accusing it of negligence in the death of the 54-year-old actor. Ritter's wife Amy Yasbeck and his four children, including actor Jason Ritter, filed the wrongful death suit in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Sept... | 0 |
Nets 88 Raptors 86 EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ Jason Kidd scored ten points in his season debut to help the New Jersey Nets beat the Toronto Raptors 88-to-86. | 1 |
EBay to Tender for South Korea's Internet Auction (Reuters) Reuters - EBay Inc. on Thursday\said it will soon launch a tender offer to buy the remaining\outstanding shares of South Korea's Internet Auction Co. Ltd.\for about #36;41.1 million in cash. | 3 |
Judge Clears Oracle's Bid For Rival (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - A federal judge ruled yesterday that the Justice Department erred in seeking to block Oracle Corp.'s proposed hostile takeover of PeopleSoft Inc., giving a boost to Oracle's efforts to snare its smaller software rival. | 3 |
Genesis #39;faulty battery #39; probed A faulty battery has emerged as one of the likeliest causes for the crash-landing of the Genesis space probe. Scientists have been removing pieces of dirt and mud that lodged in the damaged canister after it smashed at high speed into the Utah desert. | 3 |
Oxygen problems plague space station In what should have been the quot;home stretch quot; of their six-month orbital expedition, the crew of the international space station is struggling with new problems in their critical oxygen production system. | 3 |
Real Networks sale ends The company ended its temporary promotion that saw it slash the price of its downloadable songs to 49 cents. The company launched the promotion last month to compete with Apple #39;s iTunes service, the market leader. | 3 |
FCC Splits on US Broadband Rollout Success Despite being ranked eleventh in the world in broadband penetration, the United States is rolling out high-speed services on a quot;reasonable and timely basis to all Americans, quot; according to a new report narrowly approved today by the Federal Communications | 3 |
NASA securing space center for possible strike by Ivan CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA is still picking up the pieces after Hurricane Frances, and now the space port is bracing for the even more menacing Ivan. | 3 |
Roddick rolls on quot;I #39;m serving well, I #39;m breaking (serve) a lot. I #39;m returning well and moving well. I think I #39;m up to 50 percent for breaking this tournament, which is extremely high for me. | 1 |
No reservations about Zimbabwe tour, says Vaughan Michael Vaughan has insisted that no member of his side has reservations about the decision to tour Zimbabwe for five one-day internationals later this year. | 1 |
NL Wrap: Perez Strikes Out 14 as Pirates End Astros Run Oliver Perez tossed a three-hitter over eight innings and struck out 14 batters to help host Pittsburgh end Houston #39;s 12-game winning streak with a 3-1 victory in game one of a National League (NL) doubleheader Thursday. | 1 |
US overcomes inconsistent play by following simple qualifying <b>...</b> Qualifying for the World Cup isn #39;t all that complicated. Get three points from every home game and one from every road match and you #39;ll make it every time. | 1 |
Kazmir Is Impressive in Long-Awaited New York Debut t was a moment some local fans had longed for: Scott Kazmir, pitching in New York. The results met expectations, but the setting did not. | 1 |
US, Iraqi forces seek to reclaim control of 3 cities Airstrikes are used in Tal Afar and Fallujah with more than 60 killed in quot;no-go quot; zones. An Iraqi soldier guards the road near radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr #39;s office. | 0 |
S. Korea Admits Extracting Plutonium The South Korean government acknowledged Thursday that it extracted a small amount of plutonium during a 1982 research experiment, a declaration that came | 0 |
Six Palestinians Killed in New Fighting in Gaza, West Bank Six Palestinians died in renewed violence across the Gaza Strip and West Bank on Thursday, according to Palestinian officials, as a private group | 0 |
Teen first in Thailand to die of avian flu since disease re <b>...</b> A man in Thailand has died of avian flu, the first human casualty in the country since the disease re-emerged in Asia in July, officials said Thursday. | 0 |
Japan #39;s GDP growth revised down to 0.3 pct in 2nd quarter Japan #39;s economic growth in the April-June period was revised down to 0.3 percent in real terms, dropping 0.1 percentage points from the previously released figure,the government said Friday. | 0 |
DNA fingerprinting not foolproof, research pioneer says The genetic profiles held by police for criminal investigations are not sophisticated enough to prevent false identifications, according to the father of DNA fingerprinting. | 3 |
-Posted by dan.farber 10:16 pm (PDT) Intel CTO Pat Gelsinger says the Internet must be upgraded with a new layer of capabilities to deal with imminent problems of capacity, security and reliability. | 3 |
Astronauts will try to fix space station air generator Astronauts will attempt to repair the primary oxygen generator on the international space station, and plenty of backup oxygen sources mean Russian Gennady Padalka and American Mike Fincke are in no danger, NASA said Thursday. | 3 |
Oracle wins antitrust suit in bid for rival Ruling lifts major <b>...</b> A federal judge handed Oracle Corp. a major victory Thursday when he ruled that the software giant #39;s \$7.7 billion hostile bid to gobble up rival PeopleSoft Inc. | 2 |
Chinese currency policy targeted A coalition of organized labor and industrial groups yesterday asked the Bush administration to attack China #39;s currency policy at the World Trade Organization. | 2 |
Jobless Claims Drop; Imports and Inventories Rise Far fewer Americans than expected applied for first-time unemployment benefits last week as the effects of Hurricane Charley faded, the Labor Department reported Thursday. | 2 |
Fed speakers reinforce view for rising US interest rates CHICAGO (CBS.MW) - The dollar turned mixed, paring broad gains earned Thursday in the wake of US jobless claims data that reinforced expectations for rising US interest rates. | 2 |
Delta Reduces Expenses by Cutting Jobs, Closing Hub Delta Air Lines will cut up to 7,000 jobs, reduce pay for other workers and close its Dallas hub as part of an effort to slash nearly \$3 billion more in annual costs and chart a course toward financial recovery. | 2 |
National Semiconductor posts robust quarterly profit SAN FRANCISCOAnalog chip maker National Semiconductor Corp. yesterday posted a higher quarterly profit, with sales in line with its reduced forecast on lower-than-expected demand for flat-panel displays and from Chinese wireless handset makers. | 2 |
BA sells Qantas stake to pay debt British Airways is selling off its 18.25 per cent stake in Australian flag carrier Qantas to repay off some of its huge debts and build up its cash war chest for new deals in Europe. | 2 |
TSX chief will lead Royal shake-up Barbara Stymiest, head of the Toronto Stock Exchange for the last five years, is leaving to become chief operating officer of the Royal Bank of Canada as part of a major executive and organizational shake-up. | 2 |
Alcan okays plan for Australian expansion MONTREALAlcan Inc. has given the green light to a \$1.3 billion (US) expansion of an alumina refinery in Australia #39;s Northern Territory. | 2 |
Housing starts increase in August TORONTO -- Housing starts in Canada were up in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 241,500 according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. | 2 |
Melinda Gates Joins Washington Post Co. as Director a former Microsoft Corp. executive and wife of founder Bill Gates -- to its board yesterday, adding the spouse of the world #39;s richest | 2 |
Charlotte ranks 19th in traffic congestion Local commuters waited an average of 45 hours in traffic in 2002, making Charlotte the 19th-most congested city in the nation, according to a study by the Texas Transportation Institute. | 2 |
DuPont will settle C-8 lawsuit The DuPont Co. has agreed to pay up to \$340 million to settle a lawsuit that it contaminated water supplies in West Virginia and Ohio with a chemical used to make Teflon, one of its best-known brands. | 2 |
Sudan rejects US genocide declaration as politics The Sudanese Foreign Minister has rejected a United States declaration of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan, saying the US is using a humanitarian crisis for political purposes. | 0 |
With six spots secure, only four openings remain in the chase For the six drivers who already are guaranteed a spot in NASCAR #39;s 10-race championship chase, Saturday night #39;s Chevy Rock and Roll 400 amounts to nothing more than just another race. | 1 |
Motorola to Invest #36;90 Million in China R D Center (Reuters) Reuters - Motorola Inc. said on Friday it plans\to invest #36;90 million in a new research facility in Beijing as\the U.S. mobile phone maker fights to wrest back top position\in the domestic handset market. | 3 |
U.S. Growth Outlook Cut -Blue Chip (Reuters) Reuters - Top forecasters cut their outlooks\for U.S. growth this year and next but said inflation seems to\be leveling off and consumer spending should strengthen in the\months ahead, a survey out on Friday showed. | 2 |
Astros Split Doubleheader With Pirates (AP) AP - Jeff Bagwell, Brad Ausmus and Lance Berkman drove in two runs each and the Houston Astros shook off Pirates starter Oliver Perez's dominance in the opener, beating Pittsburgh 9-2 for their 13th victory in 14 games and a doubleheader split. | 1 |
Fallujah May Be Toughest City to Retake (AP) AP - Searching for victims or survivors, the young man in a black T-shirt swung a sledgehammer into a slab of concrete perched atop debris #151; all that was left of a house blasted by U.S. warplanes. Nine people, two of them children, died in the ruins. | 0 |
Japan Lowers April-June Economic Data (AP) AP - Japan revised its economic growth numbers for the April-June quarter downward Friday, but analysts shrugged off the report and said recovery was on solid footing for the world's second largest economy. | 2 |
Patriots Begin Title Defense with Narrow Win Over Colts (Reuters) Reuters - The New England Patriots began their\quest for successive Super Bowl titles with a tight 27-24 win\over the Indianapolis Colts in the opening game of the NFL\season in Foxboro Thursday. | 1 |
Sudan Says U.S. Genocide Declaration Political (Reuters) Reuters - The Sudanese foreign minister rejected on\Friday a U.S. declaration of genocide in the Darfur region of\Sudan and said the United States was using a humanitarian\crisis for political purposes. | 0 |
NL Wrap: Perez Strikes Out 14 as Pirates End Astros Run (Reuters) Reuters - Oliver Perez tossed a three-hitter\over eight innings and struck out 14 batters to help host\Pittsburgh end Houston's 12-game winning streak with a 3-1\victory in game one of a National League (NL) doubleheader\Thursday. | 1 |
U.S. Open: American Agony as Roddick, Agassi Go Out NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sweden's Joachim Johannson left Andy Roddick shellshocked after beating the defending champion in five sets on Thursday to reach the U.S. Open semi-finals. | 1 |
Patriots Begin Title Defense with Narrow Win Over Colts NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New England Patriots began their quest for successive Super Bowl titles with a tight 27-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts in the opening game of the NFL season in Foxboro Thursday. | 1 |
Oil Firm After 4 Percent Jump SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices held firm on Friday after leaping almost \$2 a day earlier on news U.S. crude stocks sank to a five-month low last week and distillate fuels barely grew ahead of winter. | 2 |
Dollar Up Vs Yen, Hits 3-Week Low Vs Euro TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar rose against the yen on Friday following a surprising downward revision to Japanese growth data, but it lost ground against other currencies on worries about the huge U.S. trade deficit. | 2 |
Suicide Bomber Carried Out Jakarta Attack-Police JAKARTA (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in a Daihatsu minivan packed with explosives was responsible for an attack at the Australian embassy in Jakarta on Thursday that killed nine people, Indonesian police said on Friday. | 0 |
National Airport Tests Boarding Pass Screens Passengers identified for additional security screening will now have their passes checked for explosives using document-scanning machines. | 2 |
Roddick's Comeback Falls Short Fighting power with power Thursday night, Joachim Johansson ended Andy Roddick's bid to repeat as United States Open champion. | 1 |
Patriots Get Help From Colts in Opener The New England Patriots held off the Indianapolis Colts to extend their winning streak to 16 games and begin their quest to repeat as Super Bowl champions. | 1 |
Halliburton Unit Gets a Positive Review From Pentagon The giant oil services company announced that a Pentagon review found that its purchasing-system practices "are effective and efficient and provide adequate protection of the Government's interest." | 2 |
Yankees Sweep to Widen Lead With two easy victories, the Yankees did something they had not done in the previous 16 days. They gained ground on the Boston Red Sox. | 1 |
Melinda Gates Joins Washington Post Co. as Director The firm elects Bill Gates's wife to its board, adding her to a 10-member board that already includes the world's second-richest person, Warren E. Buffett. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"><B>-Leslie Walker</B></FONT> | 2 |
HK Plays Down Talk of Smear Campaign Ahead of Vote HONG KONG (Reuters) - A survey two days before Hong Kong legislative elections showed pro-democracy forces, tainted by a sex scandal, may fare less well than expected, but the election chief dismissed talk of dirty tricks by China. | 0 |
Slower growth for Japan's economy Japan's rate of economic expansion is revised downwards for the three months to June amid falling government investment. | 2 |
Diplomatic push on N Korea talks Intense diplomatic efforts are under way to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons programme. | 0 |
Genesis 'faulty battery' probed Scientists believe a faulty battery may have led to the high-speed crash to Earth of Nasa's Genesis space capsule. | 0 |
Tennis: Johansson stuns Roddick Sweden's Joachim Johansson beats defending champion Andy Roddick in five sets. | 0 |
Judge Allows Oracle to Bid for PeopleSoft The ruling handed the Justice Department a rare defeat in a legal challenge to a corporate merger. | 2 |
US Airways Seen as Likely to Declare Bankruptcy Barring a last-minute change of heart by its recalcitrant unions, US Airways appears all but certain to seek bankruptcy protection on Sunday. | 2 |
Thai killer of UK couple hunted Police in Thailand are hunting a colleague who they say is their main suspect for the murder of a British couple. | 0 |
Shakespearean text lives online The British Library is putting high-resolution copies of Shakespeare's plays on the internet. | 0 |
Zeta 'stalker kept signed book' A woman accused of stalking Catherine Zeta Jones owned a book signed by the actress, a court hears. | 0 |
Patriots Open With Win Mike Vanderjagt misses a 48-yard field goal in the final seconds as defending champion New England holds on for a 27-24 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday. | 1 |
Trojans Trip Up Tigers Jason Samples throws one touchdown pass and catches another and offensive lineman Junior Louissaint scores on a 63-yard fumble recovery as Troy upsets No. 19 Missouri, 24-14, Thursday night. | 1 |
Sindelar Is Early Leader Joey Sindelar shoots a 5-under 66 and holds a two-stroke lead in the rain-delayed opening round of the Canadian Open. | 1 |
Mets End Losing Skid The Mets snap an 11-game losing streak while stopping the Marlins' franchise record-tying nine-game winning streak with a 4-0 victory. | 1 |
Johansson Upsets Roddick at U.S. Open NEW YORK - Andy Roddick ran into a bold, bigger version of himself at the U.S. Open, and 6-foot-6 Joachim Johansson sent the defending champion home... | 0 |
Patriots Beat Colts 27-24 in NFL Opener FOXBORO, Mass. - As usual, Tom Brady was uncannily accurate as the New England Patriots moved within three games of the NFL record for consecutive victories... | 0 |
Engineer Builds Robot That Walks on Water PITTSBURGH - It could be called a mechanical miracle - a robot that walks on water. With inspiration from nature and some help from research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a research team led by Carnegie Mellon engineering assistant professor Metin Sitti has built a tiny robot that can walk on water, much like insects known as water skimmers, water skaters, pond skaters or Jesus bugs... | 0 |
Motorola to Invest \$90 Million in China R D Center BEIJING (Reuters) - Motorola Inc. said on Friday it plans to invest \$90 million in a new research facility in Beijing as the U.S. mobile phone maker fights to wrest back top position in the domestic handset market. | 3 |
Federal Judge Clears Oracle's Bid for Rival Judge ruled that the Justice Department erred in seeking to block Oracle's proposed takeover of PeopleSoft, giving a boost to Oracle's efforts to snare its rival. <br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT> | 3 |
Government Hungry for TV's Airwaves Regulators are stepping up their pressure on TV stations to give up billions of dollars worth of airwaves in major markets around the country.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT> | 3 |
A day for patience at wet Glen Abbey The Canadian Open is his sixth consecutive tournament, and he hasn #39;t played any of them particularly well. Then, he had to wait through five hours of rain delays before he could tee it up Thursday at Glen | 1 |
Text from NHLPA #39;s summary of proposal TORONTO (Sept. 9, 2004) - The National Hockey League Players #39; Association (NHLPA) today reviewed its proposed framework for a new collective bargaining agreement with league officials and owners. | 1 |
Richmond race difficult to predict Matt Kenseth says that Saturday night #39;s Chevy Rock and Roll 400 quot;is going to be a little bit wilder than we #39;re used to seeing - and Richmond is usually pretty wild as it is. | 1 |
Taurasi has 21, Mercury beat Sparks 72-58 PHOENIX -- Rookie Diana Taurasi had 21 points and eight assists to lead Phoenix to a 72-58 victory over Los Angeles on Wednesday night, snapping the Sparks #39; 18-game winning streak over the Mercury. | 1 |
Troy trounces tigers DeWhitt Betterson lost his shoe, then the football and in a matter of seconds the 19th-ranked Missouri Tigers had lost control of tonights nationally televised game to Troy. | 1 |
The \$5m royal wedding Three weeks of celebrations, a guest list that included princes and world leaders, and a 21-gun salute. Jonathan Este reports on the marriage of the Crown Prince of Brunei. | 0 |
Sox have off-night in Seattle Much to their chagrin, the Red Sox were long overdue for a game like this. All the elements that had been so reliable during this riveting stretch of baseball decided to | 1 |
The #39;Marshall pass #39; sparks Trojan rally A single play changed the entire scope of the biggest game in Troy University football history. With 6:49 remaining in the second quarter and the Trojans trailing the No. | 1 |
Season may hinge on tonight Take one part hype, two parts anticipation and a pinch of trepidation. Sprinkle with salt and stir in bad blood. Chill for five days as a hurricane blows through. | 1 |
Ruling turns up heat on PeopleSoft Takeover battle likely to drag on as Oracle faces other obstacles in merger quest. | 3 |
Nikkei Tumbles Below 11,000 on GDP Data Japan #39;s Nikkei average sank 1.69 percent to below the key 11,000 mark by mid afternoon on Friday with stocks across the board losing ground after the government surprised the market by revising down economic growth figures. | 2 |
IBM pushes out new Stinger database SEPTEMBER 09, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - IBM said today that it #39;s about to ship the next generation of its DB2 Universal Database, which it said offers self-tuning capabilities that will result in less management overhead even as databases grow bigger and | 3 |
Thursday #39;s Baseball Roundup (CP) - Somehow, in the span of half an hour, the Detroit Tigers #39; pitching went from brutal to brilliant. Shortly after being on the wrong end of several records in a 26-5 thrashing from to the Kansas City | 1 |
UNDATED: third straight. Lisa Leslie recorded the third triple-double in WNBA history, finishing with 29 points, 15 rebounds and 10 blocks in Los Angeles #39; win over defending league champion Detroit. | 1 |
Britons flee Jamaica ahead of hurricane The deadliest hurricane to hit the Caribbean in a decade is on course to slam into Jamaica where around 800 Britons are being evacuated. | 0 |
Albert Cheng to be the voice of HK citizens if elected a <b>...</b> By Channel NewsAsia #39;s Hong Kong Correspondent Roland Lim. HONG KONG : Many eyes will be on Albert Cheng in the race for Hong Kong #39;s Legislative Council Elections on September 12. | 0 |
Prosecutors ID Only 143 Victims of Sasser Worm Sasser #39;s damage was extensive, affecting 18 million computers around the world ranging from millions of at home users to thousands of companies. | 3 |
With lockout on horizon, NHL labor talks break off After failing to make any progress toward a new collective bargaining agreement, the NHL owners and players agreed on one point: A lockout seems inevitable. | 1 |
Q and A: Wild night in Richmond on tap Question: After setting the stage for ultra-aggressive racing at Richmond, how will NASCAR officials police rough driving Saturday? | 1 |
AL roundup: Royals #39; 26 runs good only for split After being on the wrong end of several records in a 26-5 loss to the visiting Kansas City Royals, the Detroit Tigers went out and won 8-0 in the second game of the doubleheader. | 1 |
Irish, fans rave over mighty Quinn His friends know why: quot;He #39;s the Brad Pitt at Notre Dame, quot; said Adam Graessle, one of Quinn #39;s former teammates at Coffman High in Dublin, Ohio. | 1 |
Japan Cuts Second-Quarter GDP Estimate to 1.3 Pace (Update9) Japan unexpectedly cut its estimate for second-quarter economic growth to a 1.3 percent annual pace, the slowest in more than a year, as manufacturers slashed inventories. | 0 |
After Cutting Its Phone Prices, Nokia Raises Its Outlook Nokia raised its outlook for third-quarter sales and earnings, apparently benefiting from an unusual decision to cut its handset prices. | 3 |
No Fears: Laptop D.J.'s Have a Feast Plenty of music available online is not just free but also easily available, legal and most important worth hearing. | 3 |
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