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Astros 7, Cardinals 5 Roger Clemens won his 327th career game with seven strong innings, and the Houston Astros kept pace in the NL wild-card race by holding on for a 7-5 victory over the St. | 1 |
Australia says no to talks amid kidnapping claims Australia vowed yesterday never to negotiate with terrorists amid claims Iraqi militants have kidnap-ped two Australians and will execute them unless Canberra withdraws its troops from the country. | 0 |
Delta Pilots Tell Negotiators to Get Pact NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc.'s pilots union on Tuesday directed its negotiators to work out an agreement to address the early retirement of a large number of pilots, which threatens to push the No. 3 U.S. airline into a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. | 2 |
Strong C\$ cuts Aber Diamond Q3 net to US\$8.5M; dividend and <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - The strong Canadian dollar chipped away at Aber Diamond Corp. #39;s quarterly profit but, with sales almost doubling from a year ago, the company said Monday it has initiated a dividend and a share buyback. | 2 |
U.S. to Push for More Forex Flexibility NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow on Tuesday pledged a renewed drive to get countries such as China to adopt flexible currency rates in order to rein in the swelling U.S. trade deficit. | 2 |
His Sweet Spot Gone Sour, Sosa Takes a Dose of Boos While Mark McGwire avoids the spotlight and Barry Bonds closes in on 700 home runs, Sammy Sosa struggles to remain the forceful player around whom the Cubs revolve. | 1 |
Malaysia's Anwar Loses Bid to Lift Political Ban PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysian rebel politician Anwar Ibrahim failed on Wednesday in a final court bid to erase his criminal record and to immediately rejoin active politics, leaving a royal pardon as his only way back. | 0 |
Bleak Prognosis by C.I.A. Nominee Porter J. Goss said that rebuilding the C.I.A. would take more than five years and that spies must take more risks. | 0 |
U.S. Oil Eyes #36;45, Hurricane Shuts Output (Reuters) Reuters - Oil prices headed up toward #36;45 a\barrel on Wednesday as Hurricane Ivan shut 60 percent of crude\output in the Gulf of Mexico and at least five refiners along\the U.S. coast planned to close as a precaution. | 2 |
Hurricane Pushes U.S. Oil Toward #36;45 (Reuters) Reuters - Oil prices rose on Wednesday as\Hurricane Ivan -- one of the fiercest storms on record --\churned toward the southeastern United States, while the dollar\struggled with worrying economic data. | 2 |
AL Wrap: Devil Rays Humble Red Sox, Yankees Triumph (Reuters) Reuters - Carl Crawford and Rocco Baldelli\cracked solo homers and rookie Scott Kazmir out-duelled Pedro\Martinez to lead the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a 5-2 road win\over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday. | 1 |
Fish, Spadea Win in Delray Beach (AP) AP - Top-seeded Vincent Spadea and second-seeded Mardy Fish won Tuesday night in the first round of the Millennium International Tennis Championships on Tuesday night. | 1 |
NL Wrap: Bonds Denied Home-Run Milestone in Giants Win NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barry Bonds failed to collect a hit in his bid to join the 700-homer club, but he did score a run to help the San Francisco Giants edge the host Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 in National League action on Tuesday. | 1 |
SABMiller Venture to Buy Lion Nathan #39;s China Brewers (Update1) SABMiller Plc, the world #39;s second- largest brewer, said its Chinese venture agreed to buy three unprofitable breweries in China from Lion Nathan Ltd. | 2 |
Jos. A. Bank Settles Probe Of Sales Ads Men #39;s apparel seller Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. has agreed to pay \$475,000 to settle an investigation by New York Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer, who accused the company of using deceptive | 2 |
National League Game Summary - Houston at St. Louis St. Louis, MO (Sports Network) - Lance Berkman went 4-for-5 and drove in three runs to lead Houston to a 7-5 win over St. Louis in the opener of a three-game set at Busch Stadium. | 1 |
Court upholds Anwar political ban PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia -- Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will not be making a swift return to politics after the country #39;s Federal Court Wednesday upheld a 1998 corruption conviction against him. | 0 |
Tal Afar civilians return home after nearly two-week assault Anxious civilians trickled back into Tal Afar yesterday, digging through the rubble of buildings flattened during a nearly two-week siege by US-led forces targeting foreign fighters holed up in the city astride a smuggling route to Syria. | 0 |
Preparing for Playoffs Top drivers like Matt Kenseth have saved many of their alloted testing sessions for NASCAR's new season-ending 10-race playoffs. | 1 |
A Blackbird's Song In California, a Laotian refugee remembers the long suffering of his country's Hmong tribespeople | 0 |
Sick of Avian Flu Troubling new research and a lack of transparency raise the likelihood of a new pandemic on the horizon | 0 |
Dangerous Commission Pervez Musharraf's war on al-Qaeda and on Pakistan's domestic extremists has earned him many enemies | 0 |
Jury rules Sept. 11 attacks were 2 events A jury decided Monday that the attacks on the World Trade Center were two separate events for insurance purposes, meaning leaseholder Larry Silverstein can collect up to \$4.6 billion for rebuilding efforts. | 2 |
Vivendi says it has turned the corner despite net loss Paris - Vivendi Universal #39;s recovery was almost complete, the French media and telecommunications giant said yesterday, despite a massive second-quarter net loss, bloated by the effects of the weaker dollar. | 2 |
Tuesday #39;s AL Capsules Mike Mussina pitched three-hit ball for eight innings and struck out a season-high 11, leading the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Royals 4-0 Tuesday night. | 1 |
Russian authorities plan to merge gas and oil producers Moscow - Russia plans to combine Gazprom, the world #39;s biggest natural gas producer, with state-owned oil producer Rosneft, easing rules for trading Gazprom shares and creating a company that may dominate the country #39;s energy industry. | 2 |
Leather industry under threat Despite rapid growth in recent years, China #39;s leather industry still needs to improve the competitiveness to better weather possible impacts from growing international trade barriers, senior industry officials said. | 2 |
AL Wrap: Devil Rays Humble Red Sox, Yankees Triumph Carl Crawford and Rocco Baldelli cracked solo homers and rookie Scott Kazmir out-duelled Pedro Martinez to lead the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a 5-2 road win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday. | 1 |
Action in Sudan is needed now One need look no further than the heated political and moral arguments about the United States led intervention in Iraq to see that forceful involvement in the affairs of a distant nation | 0 |
Cannonball Run road rally thwarted (Reuters) Reuters - Spanish police have temporarily\seized luxury and sports cars driven by people they\suspected of participating in an illegal road rally named\after a 1981 film starring Burt Reynolds. | 0 |
Mussina Shows a Sparkle the Yankees Will Need A night after the Yankees gave up 17 runs in a loss, their outlook brightened considerably as Mike Mussina stifled the Kansas City Royals. | 1 |
Swiss Army Knife Meets the Kitchen Sink Looking for a search toolbar, an RSS reader, online bookmark manager or web research manager? Look no further: Pluck incorporates all of these features into a single, elegant search tool. | 3 |
OPEC and Ivan Bring Pressure on Oil Prices Opec members have split on whether their output should be increased in a bid to boost global supply that might cause oil prices to drop. | 2 |
Lion Nathan sells up Chinese operation Lion Nathan has been involved in the Chinese brewing industry since 1995 and its operations there employ more than 1,300 people, and produced 142 million litres of beer in the 2003 fiscal year. | 2 |
Judge OKs Human Rights Suit Against Unocal A California judge on Tuesday kept alive a human rights lawsuit that claims energy giant Unocal Corp. should be held liable for the alleged enslavement of local residents during | 2 |
Yahoo! and Musicmatch: A Hot Duet? The \$160 million deal signals that Semel amp; Co. will mount the biggest challenge yet to Apple #39;s dominance of online music. Since grabbing the helm at Yahoo (YHOO ) in 2001, CEO Terry Semel has banked on key | 3 |
Henry puts Arsenal on road to victory THIERRY HENRY inspired Arsenal to a victorious start to their Champions League campaign as Arsene Wenger #39;s side proved patience is a virtue at home to a cautious PSV Eindhoven side. | 1 |
SI.com ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- It looked like Roger Clemens , Lance Berkman and Jeff Bagwell were leading the Houston Astros to an easy victory, but it turned out to be not so easy. | 1 |
Israeli Troops Kill 5 in West Bank Clashes-Witnesses Israeli troops killed at least five Palestinian militants in the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday, witnesses said. A military spokeswoman confirmed operations were under way but declined to comment on casualties. | 0 |
Palace steps up security as Batman walks Security was stepped up around Buckingham Palace yesterday after the embarrassing lapse that allowed a protester dressed as Batman to storm the building. | 0 |
EU Forces Turkey to Backtrack on Adultery Amid protests from womens groups and warnings from the EU, Turkeys government agreed to measures that would appear to scuttle its plans to introduce legislation making adultery a crime. | 0 |
Linux Standard Base Takes on Industry Fragmentation (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - Analysts say a new standard version of Linux should go a long way to raise the platform's chances in the enterprise by improving open-source software's interoperability. | 3 |
9/11 Widows Group to Endorse Kerry (AP) AP - A group of activist Sept. 11 widows said Tuesday they will campaign for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, charging the Bush administration stonewalled their efforts to uncover intelligence failures leading up to the attacks and took the nation into a misguided war in Iraq. | 0 |
SI.com FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) -- A little bit of rest has done Kris Benson a world of good. Benson recorded his first shutout in more than four years and David Wright and Cliff Floyd each homered and drove in | 1 |
Jiang-Hu tussle ahead of China #39;s Communist Party plenum Beijing, Sept. 15 (PTI): The Communist Party of China will hold its fourth plenum here from September 16 to 19 to discuss key issues facing the nation but a reported power tussle between the camps of military | 0 |
Thousands rally against James Hardie THOUSANDS of construction workers and victims of asbestos were today making their way through central Sydney to rally outside a general meeting of James Hardie shareholders. | 2 |
Yahoo! buys MusicMatch for \$160M Internet giant Yahoo! extended its reach in Net #39;s growing multimedia market today when it announced the deal to acquire media player software house MusicMatch. | 3 |
Gentlemanly competition has potential to get out of hand The Ryder Cup matches were founded in 1927, in part, to promote sportsmanship and civility, and those ideals have been predominant themes in the run-up to what | 1 |
Rijkaard lauds Larsson Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard praised Henrik Larsson #39;s contribution as the striker scored on his return to Parkhead in the 3-1 win over Celtic. | 1 |
Canadian gold rush: Thornton key to downing Finland Today may be a dark day for Canada and its national sport, but the country #39;s favorite sons lit up the night last evening. On the eve of an almost certain National Hockey League lockout | 1 |
SEEKING ANSWERS: Japan plans Sept. 29-30 abduction talks While Pyongyang will likely delay six-nation talks on its nuclear programs, Japan #39;s Foreign Ministry is preparing discussions with North Korea later this month in Beijing to finally get answers on 10 missing Japanese. | 0 |
French Court Confirms Diana Paparazzi Acquittal Three photographers who took pictures of Britain #39;s Princess Diana and her friend Dodi al Fayed on the night of their fatal 1997 car crash did not break French privacy laws, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. | 0 |
Malaysia high court upholds Anwar's corruption conviction, thwarting comeback (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia's highest court upheld former deputy leader Anwar Ibrahim's conviction for corruption Wednesday, stopping him from returning to electoral politics until 2008, despite his recent release from prison. | 0 |
Malaysia's Anwar Loses Bid to Lift Political Ban PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysian rebel politician Anwar Ibrahim failed on Wednesday in a final court bid to erase his criminal record, leaving a royal pardon as his only option for a swift return to politics. | 0 |
US dollar sinks to new lows EUROPEAN Union finance ministers today pressed for action by the US to prop up the dollar as eurozone nations expressed their deep disquiet at the parlous state of America #39;s national finances. | 2 |
Vivendi posts big losses THE French media group Vivendi Universal today said that a surging net loss so far this year would give way to better-than-expected adjusted net income for 2004 as a whole. | 2 |
Databases to the Rescue at Oracle Strength in the software giant #39;s mainstay product powered a healthy quarter. Weakness elsewhere shows why PeopleSoft is a target. | 2 |
IBM, LG Electronics Put Brakes On Joint Venture IBM Corp. and LG Electronics Inc. will end their eight-year joint venture company, LG IBM PC Co., by the year #39;s end, according to an Associated Press report. | 3 |
Larsson helps Barca to victory against Celtic Celtic were on the receiving end of Henrik Larsson #39;s brilliance last night as they went down 3-1 to Barcelona in their opening Champion #39;s League match. | 1 |
Discontent in China boils into public protest When the local government announced it was going to confiscate their homes and businesses to make room for a new development, residents of this village in southeastern China fought back. | 0 |
NL Wrap: Bonds Denied Home-Run Milestone in Giants Win (Reuters) Reuters - Barry Bonds failed to collect a hit in\his bid to join the 700-homer club, but he did score a run to\help the San Francisco Giants edge the host Milwaukee Brewers\3-2 in National League action on Tuesday. | 1 |
Tiger Put to the Ryder Cup Challenge (AP) AP - Tiger Woods has been chasing Jack Nicklaus in golf record books since he was a kid. When it comes to the Ryder Cup, though, Tiger doesn't mean Jack. | 1 |
Viv Uni unfazed by \$2.2 bil loss The mood at Vivendi Universal #39;s headquarters was distinctly upbeat during a Tuesday morning news conference here to announce the company #39;s first-half results -- despite the fact that | 2 |
Oracle #39;s Earnings Just Top Expectations SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 15, 2004 - Oracle Corp. topped Wall Street #39;s profit forecast, but the business software maker saw sales of its business applications software slide 36 percent with the reversal of that | 2 |
SABMiller venture buys Lion Nathan #39;s China interest for US\$154m HONG KONG : Brewing giant SABMiller has said that China Resources Breweries Ltd., a joint venture in which it has a 49-percent stake, has bought the Chinese brewing interests of Australian brewer Lion Nathan for 154 million dollars. | 2 |
Toyota takes Prius hybrid to China Toyota Motor Corp. will start building its Prius hybrid sedans in China next year with FAW Group in a step it hopes will promote the vehicles as the global standard for fuel-efficient cars. | 2 |
C4 Systems wins contract The US Army named the Scottsdale-based division of General Dynamics Corp. on Tuesday as the lead contractor on a multibillion-dollar battlefield communication program. | 2 |
Hiring slump continues for many in high-tech Researchers at the University of Illinois in Chicago have confirmed what many high-tech workers have long suspected: The job market for technology workers remains bleak, years after the US recession officially ended in late 2001. | 2 |
Allied Waste cuts forecast Shares in Allied Waste Industries Inc. slid 9 percent in heavy volume Tuesday after the company lowered its profit expectations for the second time this summer. | 2 |
Amazon to Take Searches on Web to a New Depth Amazon.com, the e-commerce giant, plans to take aim at the Internet search king Google with an advanced technology that the company says will take searches beyond | 2 |
Sony starts mass producing OLED displays Yesterday we talked about how Toshiba and Canon have formed a joint venture to develop SED display technology. Now comes news that Sony is ready to start volume production of OLED displays. | 3 |
Bills for Domestic Programs, Disaster Relief Get Support Faced with pressures to deal with a spate of unanticipated natural disasters as well as with the election-year needs of dozens of key constituencies, Congress moved this week | 3 |
Internet is caught in its own web It is the news that Internet users do not want to hear: the worldwide web is in danger of collapsing around us. Patrick Gelsinger, the chief technology officer for computer chip maker Intel, told a conference | 3 |
Underdog role gives Europeans motivational edge On paper, it #39;s hardly a sporting proposition. It never is. On paper, the Ryder Cup is habitually a bigger mismatch than Lyle Lovett walking down the aisle with Julia Roberts. | 1 |
Canada is World Cup champion When Wayne Gretzky began assembling Team Canada #39;s roster last spring for the World Cup of Hockey, he knew that nothing short of victory would appease a nation that had been stunned by the Americans in 1996. | 1 |
Mussina pitches Yanks by Royals KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Mike Mussina pitched three-hit baseball for eight innings and struck out a season-high 11, leading the New York Yankees past the Kansas City Royals, 4-0, Tuesday night. | 1 |
Astros escape with victory Batting practice barely had started Tuesday evening, but the Astros already had killed one bird. Although it was an accident when Chris Burke #39;s hard grounder killed a pigeon | 1 |
Twins put up nine-spot in sixth Because their delayed flight home from Detroit didn #39;t land until 4 am CT on Tuesday, the bleary-eyed Twins were admittedly dragging entering their series opener with the White Sox. | 1 |
Comets remain in playoff race Over the first eight minutes it was hard to determine whether the Comets realized the desperate straits theywere in, trying to keep alive their faint playoff hopes. | 1 |
Facing UN resistance, US drops call for oil embargo The United States yesterday softened its threat of sanctions against Sudan #39;s oil industry in a new UN draft resolution demanding a halt to the violence in Darfur. | 0 |
Suicide bomber kills 47 in Baghdad A massive car bomb demolished a streetside market near a police recruiting station in the Iraqi capital yesterday, killing 47 persons and wounding at least 88 -ost of them aspiring officers. | 0 |
Police probe death threats against Sharon Jerusalem - Israeli police have launched an investigation into anonymous telephone threats to kill Prime Minister Ariel Sharon apparently linked to his plan to withdraw from the occupied Gaza Strip. | 0 |
Bird flu jumps outside quarantine zone in Malaysia for 1st time A Malaysian state near the border with Thailand faces a quarantine to stop the spread of potentially deadly bird flu, which has spread inexorably since first being discovered in this country a month ago, a news report said | 0 |
China Party Chief Rules Out Multi-Party Democracy Chinese Communist Party chief Hu Jintao ruled out multi-party democracy on Wednesday on the eve of a key meeting aimed at tightening the party #39;s grip on power. | 0 |
Delta Pilots Tell Negotiators to Get Pact NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc.'s pilots union on Tuesday ordered its negotiators to strike a deal with the carrier to address the possible retirement of a large number of pilots, which could lead to grounded flights and push Delta toward bankruptcy. | 2 |
Dollar Stalls as Focus Shifts to Fed TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar stalled on Wednesday after weaker-than-expected U.S. economic data failed to provide new direction for the market and focus shifted to what the Federal Reserve would say after an expected rate rise next week. | 2 |
Alitalia and pilots agree on new contracts MILAN Alitalia took a big step Tuesday toward resolving labor disputes that have threatened to push the Italian airline into bankruptcy, agreeing to new contracts with 2,300 pilots. | 2 |
Oracle beats forecast by penny, stock up SAN FRANCISCOOracle Corp. reported a 16 per cent rise in quarterly net income yesterday as the world #39;s second-largest software company benefited from steady demand for its flagship database software. | 2 |
Toyota to make Prius hybrid cars in China Japan #39;s largest automaker Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it has reached an agreement with China FAW Group Corp. to jointly produce Toyota #39;s Prius hybrid-engine cars in China by the end of 2005. | 2 |
Howe to Mets: If I #39;m out, fire me now If the free-falling Mets have already decided to fire Manager Art Howe, he wants to be let go now instead of after the season. quot;Why put me through this? | 1 |
Sinn Fein accuses Government of bugging Sinn Fein has accused the British government of planting a bugging device in one of its Belfast offices. It is the second time in as many weeks that the Northern Irish party has produced what it claims is evidence of continued bugging by Downing Street. | 0 |
Saudi Violence Pushes Oil Prices Higher Oil prices were forced higher today by an outbreak of violence in Saudi Arabia and concerns that Opec may cut output. The cost of a barrel of light, sweet crude oil climbed | 2 |
Senate Wants Intel Chief With Budget Say (AP) AP - The committee writing the Senate's intelligence reorganization plan is recommending creation of a strong national intelligence director with spending power, while leaving the Pentagon in charge of some military spy agencies. | 0 |
US to change Iraq funding focus The US administration seeks to refocus its spending in Iraq on better security and other short-term needs. | 0 |
Retail Sales Down in August Retail sales dropped 0.3 percent in August, led by a decline in automotive purchases, after climbing 0.8 percent in July, the Commerce Department said. | 2 |
Argentina coach Bielsa resigns Argentina coach Marcelo Bielsa resigned out of the blue on Tuesday, less than one month after steering the twice world champions to their first Olympic soccer gold medal. | 1 |
Special to ESPN.com TORONTO -- Long after the Finns had departed the ice, replaced by a throng of television cameras and the hopelessly odd looking World Cup of Hockey trophy, three Tampa Lightning teammates gathered for a picture along the boards, delirious Canadian fans | 1 |
Kazmir Shocks Red Sox With 9 Strikeouts As he took the mound to start the fifth inning Tuesday night, 20-year-old Scott Kazmir caught himself getting caught up in the moment. | 1 |
GAME DAY RECAP Tuesday, September 14 Felipe Lopez gave the Cincinnati Reds the lead in the sixth inning with his bat and made sure they kept it in the ninth with his glove. | 1 |
Mariners Edge Angels 3-2 (AP) AP - Bobby Madritsch pitched shutout ball into the ninth inning to beat Jarrod Washburn, and the Seattle Mariners hung on to defeat the Anaheim Angels 3-2 Tuesday night. | 1 |
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