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Ivan Lashes Jamaica; Death Toll Hits 37 (AP) AP - Waves two-stories high crashed on Jamaica's eastern shore Friday, flooding homes and washing away roads as Hurricane Ivan's ferocious winds and pounding rains began to lash the island and threatened a direct hit on its densely populated capital. The death toll elsewhere in the Caribbean rose to 37. | 0 |
Despite Win, More Hurdles for Oracle (Reuters) Reuters - Oracle Corp. can\celebrate a ruling by a U.S. judge that it can take over\archrival PeopleSoft Inc. , but analysts say the\world's second biggest software maker has a battery of other\barriers to overcome before a deal is clinched. | 3 |
UN mulls resolution pressing Sudan on Darfur (AFP) AFP - UN Security Council nations met to look for common ground on a disputed US draft resolution pressing Sudan to rein in Arab militias behind the bloodshed in Darfur. | 0 |
Oracle Big Win Reopens Door For A Big Deal (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - A long-awaited ruling Thursday by U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker has cleared the way for Oracle to proceed with its #36;7.7 billion hostile bid to buy rival PeopleSoft . | 3 |
AP Poll: Bush Holds Slight Lead on Kerry (AP) AP - President Bush opens the fall campaign with a slight lead over Democratic Sen. John Kerry, an Associated Press poll shows, as voters express growing confidence in the direction of the country and the performance of the incumbent. | 0 |
CBS Defends Report on Bush Guard Memos (AP) AP - CBS News mounted an aggressive defense Friday of its report about President Bush's service in the Air National Guard, with anchor Dan Rather saying broadcast memos questioned by forensic experts came from "what we consider to be solid sources." | 0 |
Vaughan confident England can shine in South Africa England captain Michael Vaughan said on Monday that he expected an evenly matched series against South Africa but suggested his bowlers could hold the key. | 1 |
Capriati Loses to Dementieva in U.S. Open Semifinal NEW YORK (Reuters) - Elena Dementieva broke the heart of Jennifer Capriati when her spine-tingling 6-0, 2-6, 7-6 victory over the American on Friday set up an all-Russian U.S. Open final against Svetlana Kuznetsova. | 1 |
Spain Says Last Oil Sucked Out of Prestige Tanker (Reuters) Reuters - The last few tons of sticky toxic fuel\oil have been sucked out of the wreck of the Prestige tanker,\Spain said on Friday, almost two years after the ship went down\in the country's worst environmental disaster. | 3 |
Kuznetsova Stuns Davenport to Reach U.S. Open Final NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova stunned an injury-hit Lindsay Davenport 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 at the U.S. Open on Friday to reach her first grand slam final and end the American's hopes of regaining the world number one ranking. | 1 |
Former Washington Sen. Brock Adams Dies (AP) AP - Brock Adams, who served as transportation secretary under President Carter and represented Washington state in the Senate for one term, died Friday. He was 77. | 0 |
Cleveland Fed Chief: Higher Rates Needed SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M (Reuters) - U.S. interest rates should rise to forestall future price pressures, Cleveland Fed President Sandra Pianalto said on Friday, while conceding that inflation did not pose a major threat now. | 2 |
Viduka Goals Help Middlesbrough Beat Man. City 3-2 (Update1) Mark Viduka scored twice to end his run of 12 matches without a goal and help Middlesbrough beat Manchester City 3-2 in English soccer #39;s Premiership. | 1 |
Latest economy data show growth slowing Japan #39;s economy grew 0.3 percent in real terms in the April-June period from the previous quarter, the government said Friday, marking a surprise downward revision from the initially reported expansion of 0.4 percent. | 2 |
FDA Panel Rejects AstraZeneca Drug BETHESDA, Md. (Reuters) - A U.S. panel of medical experts recommended on Friday that U.S. regulators reject AstraZeneca's <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AZN.L target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">AZN.L</A> <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AZN.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">AZN.N</A> application to sell its anti-clotting drug Exanta. | 2 |
Cisco #39;Buys #39; Into Managed Services Cisco Systems stepped up its commitment to helping partners deliver services with last week #39;s acquisition of publicly traded managed service provider NetSolve in a deal valued at nearly \$200 million. | 3 |
Extinct plants, animals threaten loss of thousands more EDMONTON - An extra 6,000 species of butterflies and other small creatures will be wiped out if their endangered plant and animal hosts go extinct, scientists say. | 3 |
Williams to Challenge Klitschko for World Title LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Danny Williams is to challenge Vitali Klitschko for his World Boxing Council heavyweight title in the United States in December. | 1 |
Troops Patrol Streets in Hurricane-Ravaged Grenada PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters) - Troops secured buildings against looters and authorities imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew as the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada struggled to recover on Friday from Hurricane Ivan's devastating strike. | 0 |
Three Lebanese employees of food company shot dead in a Baghdad <b>...</b> Three Lebanese nationals who worked for a food company in Baghdad were shot dead in one of the victim #39;s homes on Friday and a fourth person | 0 |
All-Russian Women's Final at U.S. Open Is Set Elena Dementieva somehow outlasted Jennifer Capriati 6-0, 2-6, 7-6 (5) to set up all-Russian women's final at the U.S. Open. | 1 |
Furcal's Arrest Disappoints Braves Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal was arrested on drunken driving charges Friday, his second D.U.I. arrest in four years. | 1 |
Hurricane's fringes lash Jamaica Heavy rains and high winds pound Jamaica as Hurricane Ivan roars towards the Caribbean island. | 0 |
Bank signs 500m deal for IBM net telephones Banking group Lloyds TSB yesterday awarded IBM a 500m contract to supply internet telephony and data services in one of the biggest such deals seen in Europe. | 3 |
Tennis: Dementieva triumphs Elena Dementieva beats Jennifer Capriati in a third-set tie-break to set up an all-Russian US Open final . | 0 |
Former Seahawks Star Arrested (AP) AP - Former Seattle Seahawks running back Chris Warren has been arrested in Virginia on a federal warrant, accused of failing to pay #36;137,147 in child support for his two daughters in Washington state. | 1 |
Violence Will Intensify in Iraq as Elections Near, Rumsfeld Says But the defense secretary said that the U.S. was determined to insure that voting takes place as planned. | 0 |
California boy wins national science competition A 17-year-old California boy won a premier high school science competition Monday for inventing a device that converts ocean wave energy into electricity. | 3 |
Cubs Spank Marlins 11-2 to Split Twinbill CHICAGO - Eleven months after winning two straight at Wrigley Field to take the NL pennant, the Florida Marlins returned Friday and split a doubleheader with Chicago. Moises Alou and Aramis Ramirez hit back-to-back homers, and the struggling Cubs routed the Florida Marlins 11-2 Friday to gain the split... | 0 |
Estimated 18.6M Watch 'Joey' Debut on NBC NEW YORK - Based on its series premiere, Joey Tribbiani is missing a few viewers along with his "Friends." An estimated 18.6 million people watched the first episode of "Joey" Thursday, the spinoff of "Friends" that NBC was counting on to keep its Thursday night lineup strong, according to Nielsen Media Research. That's lower than any original episode of Matt LeBlanc's old series drew last season, including the 24.5 million people who saw the season debut... | 0 |
Julio Files Appeal Orioles pitcher Jorge Julio receives a four-game suspension from Major League Baseball on Friday for throwing a pitch that nearly hit Minnesota's Augie Ojeda in the head. | 1 |
Dementieva Outlasts Capriati at U.S. Open NEW YORK - Elena Dementieva kept floating her funny serves, slow and spinning Frisbees more suited for table tennis than the hard courts at Flushing Meadows. And at the end, that was barely enough... | 0 |
Braves' Furcal Arrested Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal is arrested on drunken driving charges Friday, his second DUI arrest in four years. | 1 |
Ivan Begins Lashing Jamaica; Toll Hits 33 KINGSTON, Jamaica - Waves two-stories high crashed on Jamaica's eastern shore Friday, flooding homes and washing away roads as Hurricane Ivan's ferocious winds and pounding rains began to lash the island and threatened a direct hit on its densely populated capital. The death toll elsewhere in the Caribbean rose to 33... | 0 |
Recognizing the best The world is awash in awards (say that three times fast, I dare you). Companies, media outlets, professional associations, even internal departments everyones got a little slice of recognition to parcel out. With this wanton proliferation of prizes, many awards start to feel like marketing-driven publicity stunts with little beef behind them. | 2 |
Is This Speck of Light an Exoplanet? Is this newly discovered feeble point of light the long-sought bona-fide image of an exoplanet? A research paper by an international team of astronomers provides sound arguments in favor, but the definitive answer is now awaiting further observations. | 3 |
Clinton Spurs Men to Get Hearts Checked By MARILYNN MARCHIONE (AP) -- Hospitals around the country are seeing an epidemic of "Clinton syndrome" as worried, middle-aged men take the former president's heart problems to heart and rush to get their own tickers checked. Some, like Gary Haden, are scared enough to pay \$400 out of their own pockets for a heart scan at a private center that will get them in the same day they call... | 3 |
Health Highlights: Sept. 10, 2004 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: ----- Nightclub Lasers Can Harm Eyes Nightclub lasers may be a vision hazard, according to the United Kingdom's National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB). The board said that laser beams are strong enough to cause serious injuries, but often come with inadequate safety information and are used by people with no laser safety experience, BBC News Online reported... | 3 |
Briefly: Groups push on for TV on cell phones roundup Plus: Shopping.com holders cut IPO shares...Transmeta starts new chip, warns on earnings...Keynote to buy researcher Vividence. | 3 |
Sun looks to chip performance to bring brighter days Beleaguered server firm is working on a series of higher-performance processors it hopes will get profits back on track. | 3 |
MyDoom spawns four small offshoots Four minor copies of the program surface, which some security experts believe indicates that a more lethal MyDoom may be on the way. | 3 |
Update 2: Qwest, SEC Reach Agreement, Says Official Qwest Communications International Inc. has tentatively agreed to pay \$250 million to settle fraud allegations by federal regulators, a union official said Friday - a move that could help lift a cloud that | 2 |
Scientists retrieve some intact material from space capsule <b>...</b> Optimistic NASA scientists said today they have recovered some intact materials from the wreckage of the Genesis space capsule, offering hope that the mission to gather solar | 3 |
G-8 countries make progress over nuclear tensions with Iran <b>...</b> The United States narrowed differences with European allies Friday on how to pressure Iran to renounce the development of nuclear weapons, but it hasn #39;t yet won agreement to haul the country before the UN Security Council, a US official | 0 |
An Online Art Form: the Away Message (AP) AP - As people spend more time online #151; and logged into instant messaging services #151; it's inevitable that there are times they just can't respond. That's why the "away message" #151; set up to be sent automatically from someone's account #151; has become so popular. | 3 |
Sun adds UltraSparc IV to 4-way, 8-way servers SAN FRANCISCO - Sun Microsystems Inc. is preparing to launch two systems that will bring its UltraSparc IV processor into the low end of the company's server product line. Called the Sun Fire V490 and V890, the servers are slated to be introduced during Sun's Network Computing quarterly product announcement on Sept. 21, Sun said. | 3 |
DemoMobile 2004: Mobility made easier SAN DIEGO -- Here at the DemoMobile 2004 conference, about 40 vendors had six minutes each to demonstrate their wireless technology invention to the crowd. Some products, although amazing in description, don't translate very well on the live screen and in such a tight time constraint. Some demonstrations, however, entirely captivate the audience and leave in their wake an audible buzz of excited voices. | 3 |
Mobile apps rising The DemoMobile 2004 spotlight shone on tools and services designed to mobilize business and application processes, as earlier concerns regarding wireless infrastructure build out and coverage have faded. | 3 |
Spam Influx Reaches New Heights Back-to-school sales and political pitches helped spur latest barrage of spam. | 3 |
Court Rules Against State Web-Blocking Law Judge says law violates free speech, orders blocking stopped. | 3 |
Will Your Next Cell Phone Have a Hard Drive? Hitachi and Intel are teaming up to add storage to more mobile devices. | 3 |
Genesis scientists hopeful of salvaging solar atoms Nasa scientists have recovered some intact materials from the wreckage of the Genesis space capsule that crashed in the Utah desert this week and are hopeful the mission to gather solar atoms may be salvaged. | 3 |
For Intel, the future has two cores With the economy slowly turning up, upgrading hardware has been on businesses radar in the past 12 months as their number two priority. | 3 |
A winsa win NEW YORK - With a shot at claiming the No. 1 ranking, Amelie Mauresmo engaged Elena Dementieva in a contest called, Anything you can do, I can do worse. | 1 |
Cricket: Pressure for young Zimbabwean bowler BIRMINGHAM, England Tinashe Panyangara might just be the future of Zimbabwean cricket. The 18-year old fast bowler #39;s talent was demonstrated earlier this year in the under-19 World Cup, when his six wickets ensured an astonishing win over Australia. | 1 |
Canucks re-sign Sedin twins CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Vancouver Canucks have re-signed the Sedin twins for another season. Henrik and Daniel Sedin each agreed to one-year deals with the Canucks on Friday. | 1 |
Rutgers Cappie Pondexter to miss first semester NEWARK, NJ - Two-time All Big East senior guard Cappie Pondexter is going to miss the first half of Rutgers women #39;s basketball season. | 1 |
Indonesia warned of second terror cell Australia #39;s top police official warns that militants may be ready to strike again in Indonesia, a day after an attack killed at least nine people. | 0 |
Police Name Man Wanted for Letter Bombs Police said today they are trying to trace a 32-year-old man in connection with a number of letter bombs. Unemployed Justin McAuliffe, of De Parys Avenue, Bedford, has not been seen since he left his flat on Saturday. | 0 |
Trio Makes Web Data Transfer to Handsets Easier Have you ever gone online to get driving directions, only to leave the printout behind? Have you made movie plans, but forgot to jot down the show times? Or do you simply need an easy way to feed phone numbers to your cell phone? A trio of entrepreneurs believe they have a solution. | 3 |
Education Helping More Seniors Get Online A growing number of older Americans are discovering the Internet. Across the country, programs have sprouted at senior centers and libraries to help people master the Internet, which advocates say is an important tool for seniors trying to overcome isolation and stay independent. | 3 |
Chicago Mayor Covers City with Surveillance Cameras More than 2,000 surveillance cameras in public places would be tied in to a network that would use sophisticated software to spot emergencies or suspicious behavior under a plan announced Thursday by Mayor Richard Daley. | 3 |
Judge Rules Internet Child Porn Law Unconstitutional By JOANN LOVIGLIO PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A federal judge threw out on Friday a Pennsylvania law requiring Internet service providers to block Web sites containing child pornography, saying the tools to do so also cause "massive suppression" of constitutionally protected speech. Enacted in 2002, the law gave Pennsylvania's attorney general the power to require that companies like America Online Inc... | 3 |
Sun looks to chip performance to bring brighter days Sun Microsystems wants to distinguish its future servers by fitting them with new chips that get their jobs done more efficiently. | 3 |
Stocks climb as oil falls A sharp decline in oil prices and a surprise drop in wholesale prices pushed stocks higher Friday as investors #39; concerns about third quarter earnings were mitigated. | 2 |
US labor, industry coalition charges China currency #39;manipulation #39; WASHINGTON : An alliance of labor, industry and farm groups filed a complaint charging China with creating unfair trade conditions and undermining US workers and industry by manipulating its currency. | 2 |
Qwest Shares Rise on Reported Settlement Shares of Qwest Communications rose more than 5 percent in Friday action amid news that the company has agreed to pay \$250 million to end a federal probe of fraudulent accounting practices employed by former management. | 2 |
2 Tribune Papers Revise Circulation Again he Tribune Company said yesterday that two of its newspapers, Newsday and the Spanish-language daily Hoy, had overstated their average circulation figures by even more than the company | 2 |
Punch pays 335m for InnSpired Punch Taverns, the acquisitive tenanted pubs owner, has swallowed a further 1,064 pubs, taking its estate to more than 8,000 sites. | 2 |
Insurance nightmare Damage from multiple hurricanes leave a mess <b>...</b> Allstate Corp. and Citizens Property Insurance Corp., which reported the biggest losses from last month #39;s Hurricane Charley, may face the largest claims from Hurricane Frances | 2 |
VeriSign speeds up registry updates VeriSign said Thursday it will update its domain name system servers every few seconds, instead of twice a day. With this quot;rapid updates quot; policy, the Internet domain name registry said, people who seek new | 3 |
FTC lets 3G be THE US FTC has set aside more spectrum for third-generation cell phone calls and wireless. An additional 20 megahertz previously used by unlicensed personal communications services and mobile satellite services has been handed over to the new technology. | 3 |
Warning signs at Intel FOR Wall Street types reluctantly dragging themselves back from the Hamptons, slightly cheaper crude oil prices gave them something to cheer about this week and an excuse to buy some oversold stocks. | 3 |
Canucks re-sign Sedin twins, Auld The Vancouver Canucks re-signed twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin and goaltender Alex Auld on Friday. The Sedins signed one-year deals, while Auld agreed to a two-year contract. | 1 |
Security Council condemns armed groups in Haiti The UN Security Council condemned illegal armed groups in Haiti it said were performing unauthorized law enforcement and called on the transitional government | 0 |
Sony's SXRD Projection TV to Take on DLP New rear-projection technology from Sony to be featured in new HDTV. | 3 |
IBC in Amsterdam After a day of conferences and seminars, this year #146;s IBC trade show for media, video and broadcasting professionals kicked off in Amsterdam. Within minutes the Apple booth was buzzing as Motion made its first public appearance at a major European event. See a photo gallery from the first day of the show. Sep 10 | 3 |
Oracle's Ellison Earned #36;3.85M Salary (AP) AP - Larry Ellison, the chief executive of software maker Oracle Corp., earned #36;3.85 million in salary and bonus for the fiscal year that ended May 31, according to documents filed Friday. | 3 |
Australia holds security meeting as warns of second suicide bomb team (AFP) AFP - Australian security chiefs prepared for a key security meeting to take stock of Thursday's bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta, as a top police official warned of a second suicide bomb team operating in Indonesia. | 0 |
Qwest Said to Settle S.E.C. Investigation Qwest Communications has agreed to pay \$250 million to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into its accounting practices. | 2 |
Telkom Makes #39;Last Mile #39; Wireless Telkom and Intel announced last night that they are to trial WiMAX broadband wireless networks locally, to give the end-user wireless alternative connections to the telco #39;s network. | 3 |
US blue chips hurt by Alcoa, but techs rise US blue chips were knocked lower on Friday by a profit warning from aluminum maker Alcoa Inc. , but tech stocks gained after a judge rejected a government bid to block a takeover of PeopleSoft Inc. | 2 |
Qwest Said to Settle SEC Investigation west Communications, the Midwest regional telecommunications giant, has agreed to pay \$250 million to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into its accounting practices, the company #39;s union said yesterday. | 2 |
BAA enjoys a record August Airports operator BAA said it enjoyed its busiest August last month with 14.2 million passengers using its seven airports, an increase of 3.7 on August last year. | 2 |
Pennsylvania child porn law struck down A federal judge today overturned a Pennsylvania law aimed at restricting access to web sites hosting child pornography. Pennsylvania Statute 7330 required ISPs to block access by the customers to child porn sites. | 3 |
Sweet dreams are made of this ... have we solved the Freudian <b>...</b> Sigmund Freud may have been right all along. Dreams really could be our unconscious minds giving us a glimpse of our deepest, darkest desires. | 3 |
Microsoft Makes Nice with Mice Microsoft (Quote, Chart) unveiled nine consumer-oriented mice and keyboards, with geek-chic touches like Bluetooth connectivity and biometrics. | 3 |
Parliamentary panel to probe Beslan tragedy : Apparently responding to wide public dismay over last week #39;s school hostage-taking, President Vladimir Putin on Friday agreed to formation of a parliamentary investigative commission. | 0 |
Christina Kim Leads Hammons Classic by One (AP) AP - Christina Kim shot a 6-under 65 Friday and held a one-stroke lead over Annika Sorenstam and LPGA Tour rookie Shi Hyun Ahn after the first round of the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic. | 1 |
Scientists Recover Critical Genesis Parts (AP) AP - NASA scientists said Friday they have recovered some critical pieces of the Genesis space capsule intact and are optimistic the wreckage will yield valuable information about the origins of the solar system. | 3 |
Record-Breaking Singh Stalks Canadian Leader Weir OAKVILLE, Ontario (Reuters) - Hometown hero Mike Weir surged into the lead after an incomplete second round at the 100th Canadian Open Friday, hotly pursued by new world number one Vijay Singh. | 1 |
Judge Questions Md. Vote Chief's Ouster (AP) AP - A judge who will decide whether Maryland's top elections official may keep her job on Friday questioned the attempt by the State Board of Elections to fire her, wondering how it might affect the November vote. | 0 |
Grizzlies Quickly Match Cavs' Offer to Tsakalidis MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Sports Network) - The Memphis Grizzlies didn't take long to match the Cleveland Cavaliers' offer sheet given to center Jake Tsakalidis. | 1 |
US takes stern message to Syria US envoy William Burns travels to Syria to warn Damascus over its troops in Lebanon and alleged links with militants. | 0 |
In Shift, Putin Vows Public Inquiry Into School Slaughter The Russian president's announcement came as questions multiplied about the events in which more than 300 people died in Beslan. | 0 |
Trade deficit slips lower in July WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - The US trade deficit narrowed in July as imports fell for the first time in almost a year, the Commerce Department reported Friday. | 2 |
VeriSign Accelerates DNS Verisign (Quote, Chart) has launched its new name server initiative, a move designed to improve the speed with which .com and .net DNS zone files are updated. | 3 |
Hubble Captures Cat #39;s Eye Nebula Sept. 9, 2004 - Like an onion cut in half, the concentric shells surrounding the Cat #39;s Eye Nebula are visible in the newest image from the Hubble Space Telescope. | 3 |
All-Russian tennis final set for women #39;s US Open CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Svetlana Kuznestova became the first Russian to advance to a US Open final after defeating American and former champion Lindsay Davenport in three sets on Friday at Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, NY. | 1 |
Henman thrives on lone mission FOR so long written off as a perennial contender at Wimbledon but nowhere else, Tim Henman has stood convention on its head this year. | 1 |
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