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Mystery blast in Baghdad A blast tore through a crowded Baghdad market close to a police station yesterday and witnesses said at least 39 people were killed. | 0 |
Doubt over North Korean blast US and South Korean officials are still trying to verify what triggered a massive mushroom cloud in North Korea amid skepticism over Pyongyang #39;s explanation of the event. | 0 |
After global outcry, government drops plans to criminalize <b>...</b> Facing a popular outcry at home and stern warnings from Europe, the Turkish government discreetly stepped back Tuesday from a plan to introduce a motion into a crucial penal reform bill to make adultery a crime punishable by prison. | 0 |
New bird flu outbreaks in Malaysia Kuala Lumpur (VNA) - Malaysia #39;s Animal Health Service on Tuesday reported that the country has discovered three more bird flu outbreaks in Kelantan State in the northeastern region. | 0 |
Yahoo to Buy Musicmatch for #36;160 Million (Reuters) Reuters - Yahoo Inc. said on Tuesday it will buy\music software company Musicmatch Inc. for about #36;160 million\in cash, bolstering Yahoo's offering as online music providers\prepare to go head-to-head in the download market. | 2 |
Yahoo to Buy Musicmatch for \$160 Million NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. said on Tuesday it will buy music software company Musicmatch Inc. for about \$160 million in cash, bolstering Yahoo's offering as online music providers prepare to go head-to-head in the download market. | 2 |
Now Boarding: Zero G Flights for the Public (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - The Zero Gravity Corporation \ has been given the thumbs up by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to \ conduct quot;weightless flights quot; for the general public, providing the \ sensation of floating in space. | 3 |
House Panel Tackles NCAA's Sanctions Jeremy Bloom told a congressional panel Tuesday that the NCAA cut his college football career short without giving him a fair chance to argue his case. | 1 |
Storm Cat Colt Fetches \$8 Million A Japanese trainer paid \$8 million Tuesday for a colt by top sire Storm Cat at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. | 1 |
Allied Waste cuts forecast, again Allied Waste Industries Inc. cut its 2004 earnings forecast for the second time in three months Tuesday saying sales growth was coming from lower-margin businesses instead of the more profitable landfill operation. | 2 |
ABB won #39;t close Guelph transformer plant ABB Inc. has reversed a decision to close its transformer plant in Guelph, Ont., saving 300 jobs, the union representing the workers said today. | 2 |
Major graphics flaw threatens Windows PCs Microsoft published on Tuesday a patch for a major security flaw in its software #39;s handling of the JPEG graphics format and urged customers to use a new tool to locate the many applications that are vulnerable. | 3 |
U.S. Revises UN Draft on Sudan in Quest of Votes (Reuters) Reuters - The United States modified its\call for U.N. sanctions against Sudan on Tuesday but still kept\up the threat of punitive measures if Khartoum did not stop\atrocities in its Darfur region. | 0 |
Microsoft Eyes Video for Business IM (PC World) PC World - Software giant teams with Polycom to boost sales of Live Communications Server. | 3 |
Marlins Homer Way Past Expos 8-6 (AP) AP - The Florida Marlins found an appropriately wild end for their weird stay in Chicago. | 1 |
Oracle 1Q Earnings Rise 16 Percent Business software giant Oracle Corp. said Tuesday that first-quarter earnings rose 16 percent driven by new database license sales that rose 19 percent. | 2 |
Markets Cheer Lifting of Gazprom Ring Fence The moment investors have been awaiting for years came unexpectedly Tuesday, when President Vladimir Putin backed plans to lift rules banning foreigners from buying local Gazprom shares. | 2 |
IMF Voices #39;Some Concern #39; Over Legal Assault on Yukos The International Monetary Fund expressed concern Tuesday about the impact of the troubles besetting oil major Yukos on Russia #39;s standing as a place to invest. | 2 |
NHL Lockout a Virtual Certainty Thursday (AP) AP - Wade Redden took off his practice gear unsure of when he'd have a chance to put it on again. His injured shoulder wouldn't allow him to play for Canada in the World Cup of Hockey championship on Tuesday night. The lack of a collective bargaining agreement between NHL players and owners figures to keep the Ottawa defenseman off the ice much longer. | 1 |
Oracle Quarterly Net Income Rises 16 Pct SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Oracle Corp. on Tuesday reported a 16 percent rise in quarterly net income as the world's second largest software company benefited from steady demand for its flagship database software. | 2 |
Tiger Woods Feels the Pressure at Oakland Hills BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - Tiger Woods accepts he is under pressure to perform at this week's Ryder Cup. | 1 |
Stocks End Barely Higher NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended barely higher on Tuesday as oil prices rose and investors tried to anticipate the economic fallout from Hurricane Ivan as it moved through the Gulf of Mexico toward a possible landfall in the United States. | 2 |
OPEC Ponders Modest Rise in Oil Quotas VIENNA (Reuters) - OPEC is pumping near flat out in a bid to drag down oil prices but will not rubber-stamp all its extra output with a large increase in formal supply quotas, cartel ministers and delegates said on Tuesday. | 2 |
Dollar Weaker; Current Account Gap Weighs NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar was mostly lower on Tuesday, weighed down by a report showing the U.S. current account deficit ballooned to a new record in the second quarter. | 2 |
Rockies Terminate Neagle's Contract DENVER (Sports Network) - Colorado terminated the contract of pitcher Denny Neagle on Monday, three days after he was ticketed for soliciting a women for oral sex. | 1 |
Powell Says Darfur No Safer After Genocide Label WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sudan must do a lot more to make its Darfur region safer, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday, adding that Khartoum had failed to improve security since the United States last week accused it of committing genocide there. | 0 |
New cracks in nuclear containment As North Korea, South Korea, and Iran raise risks of an arms race, the global challenge to nonproliferation grows. | 0 |
Always in hiding, an Iraqi interpreter's anguished life As an interpreter for the US Army, Khalid Ahmed faces constant taunts and death threats from fellow Iraqis. | 0 |
Abductions in Iraq a big business Groups tied to Abu Musab Zarqawi claim a major car bombing Tuesday, taking Westerners as hostages. | 0 |
Football: Argentina coach resigns Marcelo Bielsa resigns as coach of Argentina less than a month after steering the country to Olympic gold. | 0 |
IETF deals setback to Microsoft antispam effort SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - An antispam technology proposed by Microsoft Corp. as a standard way of identifying the senders of e-mail messages suffered a blow last week when a group within the | 3 |
Linux Standard Base Gathers Vendor Support Several major IT vendors have agreed to support the Linux Standard Base 2.0, which establishes a global standard for the open-source operating system. | 3 |
Worm Seeks Out Network Passwords Sdbot quot;spreads via network shares using NetBEUI functions to get ... user names and passwords, quot; says security firm Trend Micro. | 3 |
CA Responsive On Storage Management Computer Associates on Monday unveiled storage-management software designed to help customers keep costs in line. The CA BrightStor r11. | 3 |
CMU #39;s computer science school receives \$20 million gift from Gates PITTSBURGH -- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given \$20 million to Carnegie Mellon University to help fund construction of a new computer science building. | 3 |
Cordero: Fan was quot;way out of control quot; Texas Rangers closer Francisco Cordero appeared on the Jeff Rickard Show on Sporting News Radio to discuss Monday night #39;s incident in which several members of the Rangers bullpen were involved in an altercation with Oakland fans and one - Frank | 1 |
=== Louisville-Tulane game postponed due to Hurricane Ivan === New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Saturday #39;s Conference USA game between No. 24 Louisville and Tulane has been postponed due to the possible threat of Hurricane Ivan. | 1 |
Marlins 8, Expos 6 The Marlins homered three times in a six-run third inning, and Jeff Conine drove in the winning run with a walk Tuesday to lift Florida to an 8-6 victory over the Montreal Expos at US Cellular Field. | 1 |
Zee TV to take legal recourse Zee TV Network has decided to take legal recourse in the battle over the controversial cricket telecast rights, as its board of directors has chosen not to submit fresh bids. | 1 |
Adriano double gives Inter 2-0 win over ten-man Bremen Brazilian Adriano scored both goals as Inter Milan beat Werder Bremen 2-0 in their opening match in Champions League Group G on Tuesday. | 1 |
Insurgents Target Iraqi Police; 59 Dead A car bomb ripped through a busy Baghdad market where Iraqis were gathering to join the police force Tuesday, and gunmen attacked a police van to the north, killing at least | 0 |
Indonesia says tourism unaffected by Australian embassy bomb blast <b>...</b> The Indonesian tourism industry has so far not been affected by last week #39;s bombing outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta and officials said they do not expect a significant drop in visitor numbers as a result of the attack. | 0 |
Iraqi President says polls should go ahead Iraqi elections should go ahead as planned in January despite mounting violence unless the United Nations says it is not feasible, interim President Ghazi al-Yawar says. | 0 |
L.A., Washington Hotel Workers Strike LOS ANGELES - Thousands of hotel workers in Los Angeles voted to authorize a strike, their union said Tuesday, joining in an effort that could lead to walkouts in three cities. About three-fourths of the 3,000 housekeepers, bellmen and other workers at nine prominent Los Angeles hotels took part in the vote Monday, and union spokesman Danny Feingold said Tuesday that 83 percent of them chose to authorize a strike... | 0 |
Insurgents Target Iraqi Police; 59 Dead BAGHDAD, Iraq - Guerrillas bombed a Baghdad shopping street full of police recruits and fired on a police van north of the capital Tuesday in attacks that killed at least 59 people and struck at the heart of the U.S. strategy for fighting Iraq's escalating insurgency... | 0 |
Oracle quarterly profit rises on software demand Oracle (ORCL) Tuesday reported a 16 rise in quarterly net income as the world #39;s second largest software company benefited from steady demand for its flagship database software. | 2 |
Officials Can #39;t Say Nukes Safe From Terror Three years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission cannot independently verify that every nuclear power plant is taking required safeguards to protect | 2 |
Sony To Acquire Hollywood Studio For \$3Bn LOS ANGELES, SEPT 14: A consortium led by Sony Corp has agreed in principle to acquire Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc for nearly \$3 billion. | 2 |
Oracle shows sales and earnings growth in Q1 Oracle Corp. reported revenue and earnings growth in its first fiscal quarter, with its revenue from new software licenses rising 7 percent, to US\$563 million. | 2 |
A Game Boy for \$200? A preview page at Walmart.com reveals expected pricing and availability for Nintendo's DS handheld game player. | 3 |
Hackers Plot Denial-of-Service Attack Against Symantec A new variant of the MyDoom virus is designed to launch a denial-of-service attack against antivirus software maker Symantec, according to security firm Sophos. | 3 |
Larsson goal caps return to Celtic as Barca win 3-1 Barcelona striker Henrik Larsson marked his return to Celtic with his Spanish side #39;s third goal in an impressive 3-1 win against the Scottish champions in Tuesday #39;s Champions League Group F opener. | 1 |
Argentina #39;s #39;mad man #39; quits ARGENTINA soccer coach Marcelo Bielsa quit today, just two weeks since he guided them to their first Olympic title. Bielsa, 49, nicknamed the quot;mad man quot; for his eccentric press conferences and his volatile | 1 |
Hurricane postpones Louisville-Tulane game until December Tulane officials have postponed Saturday #39;s football game against Louisville because of the threat of Hurricane Ivan. Tulane officials said in a statement Tuesday that the game is tentatively rescheduled for the weekend of Dec. 4 at the Superdome. | 1 |
Iraq Appeals for International Troops Before January Elections The United States and Iraq have issued an appeal at the UN Security Council for more help in establishing a democratically elected government in Baghdad. | 0 |
Microsoft issues patch for 'critical' JPEG-handling flaw Microsoft has released a "critical" patch to fix a security flaw affecting how Windows, Office and developer tools software programs process images in the JPEG image format. | 3 |
SMASH protocol a hit at Enterprise Management World The new SMASH protocol, which was demonstrated at Enterprise Management World, got good marks from data center managers at the event. | 3 |
Boston's Beth Israel to pilot PanGo's asset tracking technology When the asset-tracking project goes live on Oct. 1, the hospital expects to be able to better track patients, clinicians and critical equipment. | 3 |
IETF deals setback to Microsoft antispam effort A working group within the Internet Engineering Task Force voted not to proceed with an antispam technology standards proposal submitted by Microsoft because of concerns about intellectual property claims that the company is making. | 3 |
German software pirate, and his father get jail time A German court yesterday sentenced a second member of one of Europe's largest software counterfeiting rings to three years prison and handed down a sentence to his father for helping run front operations. | 3 |
Maximizing your notebook's battery power Tips to squeeze every last minute of power out of your notebook's battery. | 3 |
Proxim settles patent lawsuit with Symbol Under the terms of the agreement, Proxim will pay Symbol \$23 million over the next two and a half years. | 3 |
IBM broadens suite of RFID services The RFID services from IBM will include consulting, business case development, technical proof of concept, pilots for the client and trading partners and full system implementation for industrial companies. | 3 |
Sun, Microsoft to detail interoperability next month Sun Microsystems and Microsoft next month plan to reveal the work they have been doing to make their products interoperable, a Sun executive said yesterday. | 3 |
Sun trims fourth-quarter earnings by \$12M In financial documents filed with the SEC, Sun Microsoystems said its net income for the quarter that ended June 30 had been revised downward by \$12 million and 1 cent per share. | 3 |
Xerox updates doc software, signs up HSBC and Boeing Xerox Corp. has won several new document services deals and updated its content management and workflow software, it announced Tuesday. | 3 |
Senator faults 4 pilots for US Airways bankruptcy Following a meeting Tuesday with US Airways Group Inc. president and CEO Bruce Lakefield, US Sen. Rick Santorum laid blame for the airline #39;s second bankruptcy filing on four pilots #39; union representatives from | 2 |
McDonald #39;s Raises Dividend, Shares Climb McDonald #39;s Corp. (MCD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday raised its annual dividend 38 percent, a move the world #39;s largest restaurant chain said is another sign of its revitalization. | 2 |
Microsoft issues patch for #39;critical #39; JPEG-handling flaw SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 (REUTERS) - Microsoft Corp. today released a patch for its latest quot;critical quot; security flaw affecting how Windows, Office and developer tools software process images in the JPEG image format. | 3 |
Bielsa steps down despite strong summer Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sports Network) - Marcelo Bielsa resigned as Argentina #39;s coach on Tuesday, despite leading his country to the final of Copa America and to an Olympic triumph this summer. | 1 |
UPDATE 1-Vicente inspires Valencia win over Anderlecht Vicente scored the opening goal and created the second to give Valencia a comfortable 2-0 victory over Anderlecht in their opening Champions League Group G match on Tuesday. | 1 |
Eagles bring back Levens; place Andrews on IR Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The Philadelphia Eagles made several roster moves on Tuesday, including bringing back Dorsey Levens and placing Shawn Andrews on injured reserve. | 1 |
Latest Violence in Iraq Leaves Scores Dead, Many Without Power A car bomb has killed at least 47 people in the Iraqi capital, while an attack on an oil pipeline in the north left much of the country without power. | 0 |
15 Killed In US Strike On Iraqi Hotspot Of Fallujah FALLUJAH, Iraq (AFP) - At least 15 people were killed as US jets spearheaded yet another assault on alleged Al-Qaeda fighters in Fallujah while Iraq #39;s premier warned that key elections may be delayed in areas of unrest. | 0 |
Firefox 1.0 Available Today Firefox 1.0 Available Today\\Firefox 1.0 (Preview Release) is now available. If you've never tried this wonderful browser it's MORE THAN worthy of your attention. What's new in this release?\\- Improved pop-up blocker: new pop-up blocker blocks even more pop-ups while making it easy to view pop-ups when necessary.\\- Security improvements: ... | 3 |
AOL Making Portal and Search Engine Changes AOL Making Portal and Search Changes\\Some big changes are in the making at AOL which will help to expand their content, channels, and advertising revenue past their paid internet service provider members and to the masses. And no, it's not the Netscape homepage! AOL is currently testing a preview of ... | 3 |
Mets Manager Meets With Team Brass (AP) AP - Manager Art Howe met with New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon and general manager Jim Duquette on Tuesday, one day after saying that if the team planned to fire him, it should do it now. | 1 |
Pilots Reach Accord With Alitalia (AP) AP - Pilots at Alitalia agreed Tuesday to nearly double their annual flying hours and accept lower pay #151; the first breakthrough in talks aimed at keeping the near-bankrupt Italian carrier in business. | 0 |
Maryland Wary of No. 7 West Virginia (AP) AP - Overconfidence usually isn't an issue when facing the nation's seventh-ranked team on the road, yet Maryland has every reason to feel smug about its chances of winning Saturday against West Virginia. | 1 |
Oracle Quarterly Net Income Rises 16 Pct SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Oracle Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ORCL.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ORCL.O</A> on Tuesday reported a 16 percent rise in quarterly net income as the world's second largest software company benefited from steady demand for its flagship database software. | 2 |
Parties Spar in Congress on Medicare Increase (Reuters) Reuters - Senate Republicans and Democrats on\Tuesday battled over blame for a record increase in Medicare\health premiums, which Democratic presidential candidate John\Kerry has criticized in his campaign to unseat President Bush. | 0 |
House OKs Fines for Lawyers for Meritless Suits (Reuters) Reuters - The House of Representatives on\Tuesday passed a bill to punish lawyers who file lawsuits\deemed meritless by a judge, and bar them from shopping around\for a sympathetic court. | 0 |
Xserve G5 Supercluster When the Hypersonic Missile Technology team at COLSA Corporation and the U.S. Army need to model hypersonic flight on a computer system, they #146;ll no longer have to wait two months to get results. They now can use one of the world #146;s largest and most powerful computers: a supercluster of 1,566 64-bit, dual-processor Apple Xserve G5 servers. Sep 14 | 3 |
Regulators promise 'light touch' on BPL ARLINGTON, VA - Members of three state public utilities promised a light regulatory touch on broadband over power line (BPL) service as electric companies begin to experiment with the alternative to traditional high-speed Internet service. | 3 |
Argentina loan program delay #39;unadvisable #39;-bankers Argentina #39;s postponement of its International Monetary Fund loan program was quot;very unadvisable quot; as the country tries to regain access to international credit markets, a global banking group said on Tuesday. | 2 |
Deutsche executives retreat to ready a new strategy FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in Germany, appears headed for an important executive overhaul aimed at turning problem areas of the business into profit centers over the coming year. | 2 |
Problem with the Way Microsoft Opens JPEG Files Affects Dozens of <b>...</b> A remote attacker could take complete control over computers running many versions of Microsoft software by inserting malicious code in a JPEG image that executes through an unchecked buffer | 3 |
BellSouth Uses New Cisco Routers to Reach SMBs, Branches BellSouth today announced it will use the routers that Cisco launched today to allow small and medium businesses and enterprise branches to receive cost-effective access to VoIP, call and content management, security and other applications previously | 3 |
Mourinho #39;s Chelsea off to a flyer as champions Porto draw Coach Jose Mourinho began his quest for a second successive Champions League title in the best way possible when his Chelsea side beat Paris St Germain 3-0 in their opening Group H match on Tuesday. | 1 |
Villeneuve to test drive for Renault CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Canada #39;s Jacques Villeneuve is getting back into a Formula One driver #39;s seat. F1 team Renault announced that Villeneuve will test drive at Silverstone this week. | 1 |
Palace interlopers are released on bail LONDON Two campaigners for fathers #39; rights who penetrated Buckingham Palace dressed in Batman and Robin costumes were released on bail Tuesday, the police said. | 0 |
British envoy for Korean blast site THE North Korean Government will allow the British ambassador to Pyongyang to travel to its border with China this week to investigate the explosion that occurred there five days ago -- initially reported as a nuclear blast, but now said to have been | 0 |
US allows Iraqis back to Tal Afar homes Anxious civilians trickled back into Tal Afar Tuesday, digging through the rubble of buildings flattened during a nearly two-week siege by US-led forces targeting | 0 |
Ankara, chastened, steps away from adultery law VAN, Turkey After suffering a wave of criticism from European Union officials, women #39;s groups, newspaper columnists and finally from its own members, Turkey #39;s governing party abandoned a proposal on Tuesday to criminalize adultery. | 0 |
Arab League avoids stand on UN in Lebanon CAIRO Arab foreign ministers agreed Tuesday to avoid a position on UN intervention in relations between Syria and Lebanon after Syria and Jordan disagreed over what approach to take. | 0 |
Terrorism, Debt Loom Over Australia Election Prime Minister John Howard doesn #39;t have one new Tampa #39; #39; heading into next month #39;s Australian election, but two. The MV Tampa was the vessel Howard #39;s party rode to victory in November 2001, figuratively speaking. | 0 |
Celtic crash to first ever home Champions League defeat (AFP) AFP - Celtic crashed to their first ever Champions League defeat at Parkhead when they went down 3-1 to Spanish giants Barcelona in their Group F tie. | 0 |
Chelsea Impressive in Opening Match (AP) AP - Chelsea coasted to a 3-0 win on Didier Drogba's two goals, Arsenal needed an own-goal for victory and defending champion FC Porto was held to a 0-0 draw on the opening night of the Champions League season. | 1 |
South African Films Offer Love, Comedy in Toronto (Reuters) Reuters - A decade after apartheid ended, South\African filmmaking has come of age and is able to tell stories\about the country's troubled past with humor and affection,\several of the country's directors said on Tuesday. | 0 |
Probe Recommends Against Overseas Census (AP) AP - Congressional investigators recommended Tuesday that the Census Bureau not include Americans living abroad as part of the U.S. census in 2010. | 0 |
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