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Astros earn split after streak ends 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 the Pirates, 9-2, for their 13th victory in 14 games and a doubleheader split last night in Pittsburgh. | 1 |
Open's wild weather no windfall for Agassi Scarlett O'Hara, the onetime Georgia peach who refused to be gone with the wind, played defense by declaring, quot;Tomorrow is another day. quot; But for the venerable Andre Agassi, gusted and busted by the winds of Flushing Meadow, there is no another day at the US Open. | 1 |
Samsung pumps \$31bn into chip plants SOUTH Korea #39;s Samsung Electronics, the world #39;s largest memory chipmaker, is to invest \$US24 billion (\$31 billion) in new chip production lines over the next six years. | 2 |
Ugandan refugees 'heading home' Thousands of people who have fled their homes in northern Uganda are preparing to go home, officials say. | 0 |
Today's schedule College field hockey: Quinnipiac at Northeastern, 2 p.m.; Maine at Fairfield, 2 p.m.; Lasell at MIT, 6 p.m.; Virginia vs. BC at Bentley College, 7 p.m.; Vermont at UConn, 7 p.m. | 1 |
Paraguay seeks Stroessner return A Paraguay judge calls for the extradition of the country's former military ruler Alfredo Stroessner from Brazil. | 0 |
Stoppers earn save This is why the NFL doesn't need Elton John, Lenny Kravitz, Jessica Simpson, or even the Boston Pops. There is no better show than the game, and though Patriots defensive players were criticizing themselves for a poorly played game, it was two magnificent plays in the fourth quarter -- by Eugene Wilson and Willie McGinest -- that enabled ... | 1 |
Feaster stings Monarchs Allison Feaster responded to a challenge from Charlotte Sting coach Trudi Lacey. Feaster converted two free throws in the final seconds and finished with 23 points as the host Sting moved into a tie for first place in the Eastern Conference with a 74-69 victory over the Sacramento Monarchs last night. | 1 |
Yankees gain some breathing room with sweep The New York Yankees turned a long day into a productive one -- at the plate and in the AL East standings. | 1 |
He's set up to pitch in Everyone figured he was done for the season. So Scott Williamson joined the ranks of medical marvels last night when the Red Sox activated him from the disabled list with the hope the once-dominating setup man can help them win the American League East and much more. | 1 |
Sweden honours slain Anna Lindh Sweden remembers its hugely popular foreign minister Anna Lindh, who was stabbed to death a year ago. | 0 |
Texas LB Johnson Captures Bronco Nagurski Trophy CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Sports Network) - Texas linebacker Derrick Johnson was named the Bronco Nagurski Trophy winner Monday. The award is presented annually to the best defensive player in college football | 1 |
Sloppy Sox are sunk in Seattle Forget about the curse and the Sports Illustrated jinx. The Red Sox last night fell victim to a brief revival of their first-half defensive woes and a Native American pitcher who invokes the spirit of his Lakota Sioux ancestors -- the same tribe that helped annihilate General Custer at Little Big Horn. | 1 |
New tape features bin Laden lieutenant DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Ayman al-Zawahri, the number two figure in Al Qaeda, appeared in a new videotape aired on Al-Jazeera yesterday, ridiculing US forces as stuck in a quagmire in Iraq and Afghanistan. | 0 |
In new rift, Russia accuses US, Britain of coddling Chechens MOSCOW -- Last week's attack on a Russian school has driven new wedges between Russia and the West in the fight against terrorism, as Moscow continues to accuse the United States and European countries of coddling Chechen separatists. | 0 |
Luck, pluck helped 10-year-old survive attack in Russian school VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia -- In a terrifying videotape, 10-year-old Georgy Farniyev sat near a bomb, his hands behind his head and his face a mask of misery. He looked certain to die, but survived through luck, self-possession beyond his years, and enough grit to pull shrapnel out of his own arm. | 0 |
P. Diddy Talks About Child Support Lawsuit NEW YORK - The baby mama drama just won't stop for P. Diddy... | 0 |
Wall St. Seen Mixed; PeopleSoft Seen Up LONDON (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks were expected to open mixed on Friday, with technology stocks gaining ground led by PeopleSoft Inc <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PSFT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">PSFT.O</A> but blue chips held back by a profit warning from Alcoa Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AA.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">AA.N</A>. | 2 |
Deficit Weighs on Dollar; GDP Hits Yen LONDON (Reuters) - The yen fell half a percent against major currencies on Friday on a surprising downward revision to Japanese growth, while the dollar hit three-week lows against the euro on worries about the U.S. trade deficit. | 2 |
Oil Steady After 4 Pct Jump on Low Stocks LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices held firm on Friday after leaping almost \$2 a day earlier as the U.S. government said crude stocks sank for the sixth straight week and distillate fuels barely grew ahead of winter. | 2 |
Slowing H2 chip sales to hit 2005's growth - report Cause: softening in notebook PC and mobile phone demand | 3 |
Health premiums jump 11.2 Employers' health premiums rose 11.2 percent this year, according to a benchmark study released yesterday that reinforces voter concerns about the US healthcare system. | 2 |
Capitalizing on Fleet exodus William B. Maag spent weeks meeting Sovereign Bancorp executives at obscure suburban restaurants, taking phone calls on the sly, and hashing out a business proposal at a country club near the New Hampshire border. While his colleagues at FleetBoston Financial Corp. vied for new jobs at Bank of America Corp. after the banks' merger, Maag realized early on that the ... | 2 |
Harvard's PR problem The board of Harvard Management Corp., which oversees the billions at the world's richest university, met yesterday on the 13th floor of the Federal Reserve tower in Boston with a new chairman sitting at the head of the table for the first time in 15 years. Next week, annual returns for the \$19.3 billion endowment are due, and they will ... | 2 |
House blocks overtime rules In a sharp rebuke of a new administration policy, the House moved yesterday to block the Labor Department from carrying out overtime rules critics argued could deprive millions of workers of overtime pay. | 2 |
Oracle bid gets green light Oracle Corp. won permission yesterday from a federal judge to proceed with its \$7.7 billion hostile bid for PeopleSoft Inc. , reviving a battle that PeopleSoft said drove customers to competitors. | 2 |
Oil prices surge on fears over hurricane NEW YORK -- Oil prices surged yesterday on fears of hurricane damage and lower-than-expected crude oil and gasoline inventory data released by the government. | 2 |
China trade complaint rejected WASHINGTON #151; A business and labor coalition, seeking to apply political pressure before the presidential election, yesterday asked the Bush administration to bring a trade case accusing China of manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages. | 2 |
Wall St. Seen Mixed; PeopleSoft Seen Up (Reuters) Reuters - Wall Street stocks were expected to open\mixed on Friday, with technology stocks gaining ground led by\PeopleSoft Inc but blue chips held back by a profit\warning from Alcoa Inc. . | 2 |
CEO Eisner to Step Down in Sept 2006 -WSJ (Reuters) Reuters - Michael Eisner plans to step down as\Walt Disney Co.'s chief executive when his contract expires in\September 2006, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday. | 2 |
Royals Score 26, Shut Out in Same Day (AP) AP - Jeremy Bonderman brought the Kansas City Royals back to earth in a hurry. After Kansas City set a team record for runs in a 26-5 victory in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday, the Detroit right-hander shut down the Royals in the nightcap, allowing six hits in eight innings in the Tigers' 8-0 victory. | 1 |
Phillies Win Again, Cling to Playoff Hopes (AP) AP - The Philadelphia Phillies are clinging to their slim playoff hopes even if they're having trouble hanging onto fly balls. | 1 |
Deficit Weighs on Dollar; GDP Hits Yen (Reuters) Reuters - The yen fell half a percent against\major currencies on Friday on a surprising downward revision to\Japanese growth, while the dollar hit three-week lows against\the euro on worries about the U.S. trade deficit. | 2 |
Broadband Proves Popular (PC World) PC World - Number of users with high-speed connections has tripled in the last three years. | 3 |
China's August industrial output up 15.9 percent, quickens on July (AFP) AFP - China's industrial output for August rose 15.9 percent year-on-year after a 15.5 percent gain in July, with demand for coal, steel and natural gas driving growth, official data showed. | 2 |
'Cellular' answers action call (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - You've got to like a movie in which William H. Macy dispatches several villains with brute force and also dons an avocado facial mask. And you can't help but admire a film in which a cell phone is put to the use for which it was intended: assistance during an emergency. | 3 |
Spammers Hijack Sender ID (TechWeb) TechWeb - Microsoft's E-mail-filter technology, Sender ID, is unpopular with open-source advocates but popular with spammers, who are using it to bypass other filters. | 3 |
Oracle wins right to pursue rival (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - A federal judge Thursday rejected the federal government's request to block Oracle's (ORCL) #36;7.7 billion hostile takeover bid for software rival PeopleSoft (PSFT), removing a major hurdle to one of the biggest mergers in Silicon Valley history. | 3 |
US genocide charge is Bush election ploy - Sudan FM (AFP) AFP - Sudan's foreign minister rejected US charges of genocide in the western region of Darfur as a reelection ploy by US President George W. Bush. | 0 |
Court clears Oracle-PeopleSoft (TheDeal.com) TheDeal.com - The ruling is major blow to the Department of Justice, which argued that the hostile takeover weakens competition. | 3 |
Paper: Disney CEO to Leave Company in '06 NEW YORK - Walt Disney Co.'s chief executive Michael Eisner will leave the giant entertainment company in 2006 when his contract expires, a newspaper reported Friday. Eisner's departure was expected to be announced Friday, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal's Friday editions... | 0 |
Hi-tech phones sent TV channels Digital television channels are to be transmitted straight to hi-tech mobile telephones in a UK first. | 3 |
Tight US supplies boost oil price Oil prices have surged to two-week highs following news that supplies in the US are tightening. In New York on Thursday, the cost of a barrel of oil rose almost \$2 to \$44. | 2 |
Update 3: Paper: Disney CEO to Leave Company in #39;06 Walt Disney Co. #39;s chief executive Michael Eisner will leave the giant entertainment company in 2006 when his contract expires, a newspaper reported Friday. | 2 |
Local Enron cases get help A federal-court decision in a California utility case boosts arguments made by local utilities clamoring for refunds from the defunct energy trader Enron. | 2 |
Alaska to slash 900 jobs Alaska Airlines announced major expense-reduction surgery Thursday, trimming 900 workers from its payroll and closing its maintenance base. | 2 |
Space Capsule Expected to Yield Some Useful Data Despite Crash Scientists are optimistic that they will retrieve useful information from the smashed capsule that fell to earth in the Utah desert after three years in space, officials said Thursday. | 3 |
Spammers love Sender ID ALTHOUGH Microsoft #39;s anti-spam sender-ID is disliked by Open Sources, it is providing popular with the very people it is targeted against. | 3 |
SCHUMACHER GRABS TOP SPOT Michael Schumacher returned to top spot in today #39;s first practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. The Ferrari driver suffered a rare defeat two weeks ago in Belgium, although second place was enough to clinch a seventh world championship. | 1 |
Final Opportunity Brock Berlin and Chris Rix have known each other since 1999. One is from Louisiana, the other is from California. Yet, their story is the same. | 1 |
Operation in Wana: Terrorists Hideouts Smashed, Dozens Killed Pakistan Times Special Correspondent. WANA (South Waziristan): With fortitude to make vanish the clusters of terrorists, Pakistan Thursday gave a significant jerk and jolt to the menace | 0 |
Waging war on the super rats Scientists go back to the drawing board in their battle against poison resistant rats. | 3 |
Beauty spot given a green boost \A turf roof and solar slates are just two of the green innovations used to revamp buildings at one of Cornwall's most spectacular locations. | 3 |
Broadband Proves Popular Number of users with high-speed connections has tripled in the last three years. | 3 |
CEO Eisner to Step Down in Sept 2006 -WSJ Michael Eisner plans to step down as Walt Disney Co. #39;s chief executive when his contract expires in September 2006, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday. | 2 |
Cassini reveals new ring around Saturn A delicate new ring and possibly two new moons have been spotted around Saturn by the US-European Cassini mission, astronomers announced Thursday. | 3 |
EBay to Tender for South Korea #39;s Internet Auction EBay Inc. (EBAY.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said it will soon launch a tender offer to buy the remaining outstanding shares of South Korea #39;s Internet Auction Co. | 3 |
OAKLAND AIM TO BOUNCE BACK The Oakland Raiders became the latest team to appear in a Super Bowl and collapse the following season. After a nightmarish 2003 campaign, the Raiders once again have high hopes as they meet the Pittsburgh Steelers in the season opener for both teams. | 1 |
Text message warned of Jakarta bombing Police were sent a text message warning of yesterday #39;s suicide bombing in Jakarta that killed at least nine people 45 minutes before the explosion outside the Australian embassy. | 0 |
Protestors rally against Sadr ABOUT 1000 protesters marched through Najaf #39;s old quarter today to demand that Moqtada Sadr and his aides leave this holy city ravaged by fighting between the radical cleric #39;s followers and US and Iraqi troops. | 0 |
Ghana Gets a Fab Lab Fab Labs -- facilities built by MIT researchers to provide technology to make just about anything -- are springing up worldwide. At the newest one, in Ghana, newcomers were most enthused by the ability to make pink plastic key chains. By Michelle Delio. | 3 |
People's Republic of Mac China is booming and Beijing is its cosmopolitan heart. What's the platform of choice for the city's new tech and media elite? Well, it's not the Mac. But China's Macophiles are banding together. Hector Mackenzie reports from the Chinese capital. | 3 |
Kaiju Monsters Invade Hollywood Creatures gather to decide the fate of the world by -- what else? -- wrestling. Anything goes, including pizza tossing and porn. Xeni Jardin reports from Hollywood. | 3 |
Beware of Bots Bearing Messages Next time a stranger sends you an instant message, don't be sure there's a real person behind the exchange. You may be conversing with Chatting AIM Bot, a free service for pranksters that spews out computer-generated conversation. By Daniel Terdiman. | 3 |
U.S. Open Puts Serve in Server Sure, the players get all the attention at the U.S. Open championship. But hidden in the depths of the tournament stadium, a team of techies and their servers keep the whole event running. Michael Myser reports from New York. | 3 |
NASA Searches Genesis Wreckage The day after the Genesis space capsule crashes in the Utah desert, NASA technicians comb through the wreckage hoping to salvage something from the \$264 million mission. Amit Asaravala reports from Salt Lake City. | 3 |
Space Station Oxygen Maker Broken The oxygen generator for the International Space Station craps out, leaving the two astronauts on board weighing alternative sources for breathable air. | 3 |
Japan revises down April-June GDP, sending stock prices lower (AFP) AFP - The Japanese economy grew at a much slower pace than expected in the three months to June, confounding hopes the figures would be revised up sharply and sending already weak local stock prices lower. | 2 |
European stock markets higher in early deals (AFP) AFP - European stock markets climbed in early trading, shaking off a mixed showing on Wall Street overnight in the wake of surging oil prices. | 0 |
China Attacks Human Rights Report (AP) AP - Pro-Beijing media launched a scathing attack Friday on a report alleging human rights violations ahead of Hong Kong's weekend election, and a Chinese official lashed out at the "wicked" watchdog group that prepared it. | 0 |
Disney Says CEO Eisner to Retire in 2006 LONDON (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Michael Eisner will retire in September 2006, when his contract expires, the company said on Friday. | 2 |
Sudan, West in War of Words Over Genocide Charge NAIROBI (Reuters) - Sudan and Western powers plunged into a war of words over Darfur on Friday, with Khartoum countering U.S. charges of genocide by saying Washington was playing electoral politics with a humanitarian crisis. | 0 |
Tech Firms Announce Video Anti-Piracy Technology LONDON (Reuters) - NDS, STMicroelectronics and Thomson said on Friday they will develop new encryption technology to foil video piracy, a \$3.5 billion problem for broadcasters and movie studios. | 3 |
Hypnosis 'reduces cancer pain' \Childhood cancer patients suffer less pain when placed under hypnosis, scientists have claimed. | 3 |
Malaysia sees future in region Malaysia #39;s Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has sketched out his vision of a regional body that could one day become the Asian equivalent of the EU. | 0 |
Oracle #39;s 4bn PeopleSoft bid gets OK SOFTWARE giant Oracle #39;s stalled \$7.7bn (4.2bn) bid to take over competitor PeopleSoft has received a huge boost after a US judge threw out an anti-trust lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice to block the acquisition. | 2 |
Alaska Air shuts Oakland base Alaska Airlines closed its Oakland maintenance base Thursday and fired the facility #39;s 340 employees, as the troubled carrier announced cost- cutting moves to save up to \$35 million per year. | 2 |
Royal Bank Hires Stymiest From TSX in Executive Shakeup Royal Bank of Canada Chief Executive Officer Gordon Nixon replaced three senior bankers and hired the head of the Toronto Stock Exchange, overhauling senior management at Canada #39;s largest bank after a slump in the US eroded profit. | 2 |
Aga upbeat as profits rise Upmarket stove maker Aga Foodservice has posted a 6.4 percent rise in underlying first-half profit and says it expects a good full year on strong autumn orders in Europe and the UK. | 2 |
Qualcomm pays \$170 million for wireless screen designer Iridigm Qualcomm Inc. is paying \$170 million in cash for the 86 of shares it does not own in start-up Iridium Display Corp, which develops color screens for wireless devices. | 2 |
Intel plans to fix internet Intel Corp has proposed an overhaul of what it says is an increasingly creaky internet that would result in servers running its chips taking as central role in the network as Cisco #39;s routers do today. | 3 |
Lexmark recalls 40,000 laser printers An electrical-shock hazard is prompting the recall of nearly 40,000 laser printers made by Lexmark International Inc. and sold in the United States. | 3 |
US OPEN NOTEBOOK Hewitt, Henman reach the spotlight New York -- The quarterfinals #39; forgotten men Thursday were Lleyton Hewitt and Tim Henman, but they will toil in relative obscurity no longer. | 1 |
Rain, wind inflate scores Sindelar takes canadian open lead. Remnants of Frances force lengthy delay, with several golfers unable to finish rounds. Masters champion Phil Mickelson peers from behind a tree to learn the fate of his shot | 1 |
Baseball world, and Bonds, expect more than 700 Phoenix -- It #39;s time to call a private investigator, Scotland Yard, the FBI, anybody who can go undercover and find out who stole the buzz around Barry Bonds #39; 700th home run. | 1 |
Jauron treating return to Chicago as he would any other game Dick Jauron is going back to Chicago and if there is any bitterness in his heart, he #39;s not showing it. Jauron was fired as head coach by the Bears last year after the team finished | 1 |
Tech Firms Announce Video Anti-Piracy Technology (Reuters) Reuters - NDS, STMicroelectronics and Thomson said\on Friday they will develop new encryption technology to foil\video piracy, a #36;3.5 billion problem for broadcasters and movie\studios. | 3 |
Cheney Meets With Troops in Afghanistan Vice President Dick Cheney (website - news - bio) congratulated US troops for helping give democracy a chance to take root in Afghanistan. | 0 |
Punch Taverns buys another 1,000 pubs (AFP) AFP - Pubs owner Punch Taverns said it had bought InnSpired Group, which operates more than 1,000 pubs, in a deal worth 335 million pounds (490 million euros, 599 million dollars) including debt. | 0 |
Disney Says CEO Eisner to Retire Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Michael\Eisner will retire in September 2006, when his contract expires, the company said on Friday. | 2 |
Court sides with state in case against FERC Federal energy regulators improperly calculated how much money energy companies should refund to California consumers, and the state should get another | 2 |
Profit could miss Wall St. forecast by as much as 42 SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Alcoa fell more than 5 percent in late trade Thursday after the company said it expects third-quarter earnings to fall short of Wall Street forecasts, citing a strike, a fire and restructuring costs. | 2 |
FAA chief urges approval of O #39;Hare expansion plan The head of the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday urged approval of the O #39;Hare Airport expansion, saying it #39;s the only long-term way to battle chronic flight delays. | 2 |
Cracker Barrel to pay \$8.7 million to settle lawsuits Restaurant chain Cracker Barrel Old Country Store announced yesterday it will pay \$8.7 million to settle multiple lawsuits involving both racial discrimination allegations against customers | 2 |
Schumacher grabs top spot Michael Schumacher returned to top spot in Friday #39;s first practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. The Ferrari driver suffered a rare defeat two weeks ago in Belgium, although second place was enough to clinch a seventh world title. | 1 |
Police probe Jakarta suicide role At least one suicide bomber was responsible for carrying out Thursday #39;s attack near the Australian Embassy in central Jakarta that killed nine people and injured more than 180 others, police officials said Friday. | 0 |
Thai man dies of bird flu Bangkok (VNA) - A young Thai man in eastern Prachinburi province died of bird flu on Wednesday, Thai Health Minister Sudarat Keyuraphan said. | 0 |
EDS Ready to Trim Payroll Over 2 Years DALLAS, Sept. 9 -- Electronic Data Systems Corp. could cut 15,000 to 20,000 jobs -- more than 10 percent of its workforce -- over about two years to help reduce costs by about \$3 billion, chief executive Michael H. Jordan said Thursday. | 3 |
Acquisition Nets Big Clients PEC Solutions Inc. said yesterday it had acquired AC Technologies Inc. for \$46.7 million in cash plus \$3 million in employee bonuses and payouts. Both companies are government contractors based in Fairfax. | 3 |
NASA Hopes Data Can Be Salvaged From Crashed Craft A top NASA official said Thursday that scientists examining the remains of the crashed Genesis space capsule have peeked inside a broken canister containing atoms from the sun and seen some intact collection plates, although others have probably been pureed to dust. | 3 |
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