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Caymans slowly recovering from Ivan A representative of the Cayman Islands has said that the island nation is getting back on its feet after the weekend onslaught of Hurricane Ivan. | 0 |
News: Feds say Lamo inspired other hackers Prosecutors blame the New York Times hacker for inspiring others of his generation to become cyber outlaws.\ | 3 |
Report: Bribes Got Bomb Suspects on Planes (AP) AP - Russian authorities believe that two Chechen women suspected of blowing up Russian passenger jets last month got on the planes by paying bribes, media reports said. | 0 |
TV row threatens Australia Tests, warns India's cricket board (AFP) AFP - India's cricket chiefs went into an emergency huddle amid fears next month's home series against world champions Australia will be cancelled if a television rights imbroglio is not resolved. | 0 |
John Madden First you have to look at the Dallas Cowboys. Last year they won 10 games, made the playoffs, and of course lost to the Carolina Panthers who went onto the Super Bowl. | 1 |
Kerry Tries to Turn Campaign Against Bush (AP) AP - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, trying to recover from a brass-knuckles campaign against his character, is attempting to steer the election to a referendum on President Bush's leadership. | 0 |
Hurricane Ivan pushes oil higher World oil prices are on the rise, as Hurricane Ivan threatens to disrupt oil flow in the Gulf of Mexico. | 2 |
Cal coach gets extension BERKELEY, Calif. (CP) - Former CFL player and coach Jeff Tedford agreed to a five-year extension Monday with the University of California that will see him remain under contract as the school #39;s head football coach through 2009. | 1 |
WADA Chief: Marion Jones Could be Turning Point in Effort to Rid <b>...</b> The chief of the World Anti-Doping Agency says drug allegations surrounding US Olympic sprint champion Marion Jones could become a turning point in efforts to rid sports of drugs. | 1 |
Apple bitten by watchdog UK watchdog the Office of Fair Trading is investigating claims that Apple is ripping off its UK customers. The investigation follows a complaint that UK customers were having to shell out more for the reassuringly | 3 |
AOL dumps sender ID According to internetnews.com, AOL has dumped the idea following concerns expressed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), coupled with the tepid support for Sender ID in the open source community. | 3 |
Gnome 2.8 Desktop released A NEW version of the open Sauce desktop Gnome is on the net for Linux users to play with. Gnome 2.8 includes Evolution 2.0, the open-source e-mail and groupware client that looks like Microsoft Outlook if | 3 |
NHL lockout begins The NHL is locking out its players starting today, threatening to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season and perhaps beyond in an effort by management to effect massive change in the sport #39;s economic structure. | 1 |
Bout shapes De La Hoya career Oscar De La Hoya is an underdog for the first time in his career and he doesn #39;t seem quite sure what to make of it. I know in my mind this is the one, #39; #39; said the Golden Boy. | 1 |
Gunmen Seize Three British Citizens in Baghdad Gunmen snatched three British citizens, believed to be civilians, from a house in central Baghdad early on Thursday, Iraq #39;s Interior Ministry said. | 0 |
SINGH CELEBRATES TOP AWARD Vijay Singh, who this year became the first player to surpass 10 million US dollars (5.2million) in a single season, was delighted to be named the US PGA Tour #39;s Player of the Year. | 1 |
A Queens Garden Gives New Meaning to 'Green' Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens has broken ground for a \$12 million renovation featuring geothermal energy and recycled rainwater. | 3 |
They're Robots? Those Beasts! Researchers developing robotic lobsters, flies, dogs and cockroaches believe that machines inspired by biology will be able to operate in places where today's robots cannot go. | 3 |
Pakistan Offers Amnesty to Terror Suspects (AP) AP - After a series of bloody clashes in its border regions, Pakistan on Thursday again offered amnesty to foreign militants, but vowed to defeat them by force if they didn't lay down their weapons. | 0 |
The Battle of Algiers Revisited In September of 2003 the Bush administration telegraphed their intent to use torture on prisoners in Iraq when they screened Gillo Pontecorvo's 1965 film The Battle of Algiers for officials in the Pentagon. | 3 |
Opec to cool crude boil with additional gallons : Opec on Wednesday lifted oil supply quotas by one million barrels a day, 4 per cent, in a renewed bid to force down stubbornly high world crude prices. | 2 |
Coke takes the fizz out of Wall St A profit warning from Coca-Cola took the fizz out of leading Wall St shares and sent the main indices sharply lower. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones was down 86. | 2 |
MGM DEAL FALLOUT MAY MEAN TIME WARNER-COMCAST FEUD Comcast swooped in to save Sony Corp. #39;s bid for MGM Corp., but highly-placed people on Wall Street are now wondering what the real price will be. | 2 |
Owners put the NHL on ice A lockout of the NHL #39;s players, the second in the past 10 years, officially commenced Wednesday at 10:01 pm It was a motion declared by commissioner Gary Bettman Wednesday | 1 |
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY THE SUN: Glenn Hoddle is being lined up for a shock return to Southampton. Also: John Toshack has emerged as the No 1 choice to become Wales manager after Mark Hughes was named Blackburn #39;s new boss last night. | 1 |
Aussies cant wait to face Black Caps London: Australian cricketers are hungry for some action and ravenous to get stuck into New Zealands one-day team at The Oval, captain Ricky Ponting said on Wednesday. | 1 |
McNamara likely to return to action in six weeks CELTIC received a boost yesterday with the news that Jackie McNamara should be back in action within six weeks. The Celtic captain was stretchered off in the second half of the 3-1 Champions League defeat | 1 |
Sanctions cannot solve crisis in Sudan: Signed article Recently in spite of Sudan #39;s opposition and criticism from international community the US is ready to go ahead with submitting a resolution to the UN Security Council for sanctions against Sudan. | 0 |
Rescued crew talk of quot;exhausting and frightening quot; ordeal A crew of five rescued off the coast of Cornwall after spending eight days adrift in a liferaft have spoken of their quot;exhausting and frightening quot; ordeal. | 0 |
Respectful Ravens Prepare for Steelers (AP) AP - The Baltimore Ravens have put a lid on the trash talk this week. With an 0-1 record, a depleted offensive line and a thin receiving corps, the defending AFC North champs have more on their minds than merely trading barbs with their hated rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers. | 1 |
'Little Santana' Makes Big Plays for Miami (AP) AP - Miami receiver Sinorice Moss looks a lot like his older brother Santana #151; on and off the field. | 1 |
Oracle readies major app server upgrade SAN FRANCISCO -- Oracle on Wednesday will introduce Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2, which is being characterized as a significant upgrade to the product with improvements in Java, Web services, and identity management and the addition of RFID backing. | 3 |
Men Seized in Baghdad Were Americans, British - Police BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The three foreign men kidnapped from their house in central Baghdad on Thursday were two Americans and one Briton, Iraq's Interior Ministry said. | 0 |
South Korea Aiming for Early October Nuclear Talks SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea plans to intensify diplomatic efforts to hold six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs in early October now chances look slim for a meeting this month, the foreign minister told Reuters on Thursday. | 0 |
Patriots see no patsies Bill Belichick has been able to motivate the Patriots to rise to the elite level of the NFL, so his ability to quot;sell quot; his team's next foe, the Arizona Cardinals, shouldn't be a surprise. | 1 |
NHL locks players out; outlook dim National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman, painting a bleak picture of the league's economic state, yesterday locked out players from training camps, which were to open this week, and cast doubt on the prospects for a 2004-05 season because of severe differences with the league's Players' Association. | 1 |
Ten times two equals one NASCAR champ NASCAR's 2004 season has finally come to this: The Last Ten. And this: The Last Ten Men Standing. | 1 |
Both sides talking lawsuits in Oakland chair incident The woman whose nose was broken when Texas Rangers reliever Frank Francisco threw a chair into the stands Monday night said yesterday she plams to seek compensation for her injuries once prosecutors and baseball officials complete their investigation. Jennifer Bueno , 41, with a large white bandage covering her nose, and her husband, Craig , appeared at a news conference ... | 1 |
Bonds: No HR in SF win Barry Bonds barely missed his 700th homer, but J.T. Snow connected following yet another walk to the San Francisco slugger and the Giants beat the Brewers, 8-1, behind Brett Tomko's four-hitter last night in Milwaukee. | 1 |
NL notables After Randy Johnson of the Diamondbacks struck out Vinny Castilla in the seventh for career whiff No. 4,137, play was interrupted momentarily while the scoreboard flashed the statistics. | 1 |
AL notables The Yankees posted back-to-back shutouts for the first time since Aug. 27-28, 2002, at Boston. | 1 |
McKenzie back with the Pack Cornerback Mike McKenzie returned to the Green Bay Packers yesterday after holding out throughout training camp and missing the season opener. | 1 |
Tufts' field hockey post is a good fit for McDavitt Autumn has been a busy time of year for Fred and Ellen McDavitt, with all three daughters having played field hockey ever since an aunt provided the family with a sack of field hockey sticks more than 15 years ago. | 1 |
Rogers in quick start for Bentley offense Watertown's Mary Rogers, a two-time high school field hockey All-American who led Bentley College in scoring as a freshman last season, has maintained her offensive touch in the early going this season. | 1 |
McNally serving Stonehill well Women's volleyball player Lauren McNally of Ashland, a two-year letter-winner and starter at Stonehill College in Easton, has consistently ranked among the team's leaders, both in kills and blocks. | 1 |
Couple arrested over Jakarta bomb Indonesian police arrest two people suspected of involvement in last week's Jakarta car bombing. | 0 |
Losing bidders still have shot at Fan Pier The owners of Fan Pier reached out to one of the losing bidders for the property over the last week to see whether the firm was still interested in the land, in case the winning team led by Lennar Corp. doesn't close the deal. | 2 |
An irregular heartbeat It's up; it's down. It takes off like a rocket, but later sinks like a stone. | 2 |
Developers file plan for Waterside Place The Drew Co. and Urban Retail Properties of Chicago yesterday filed plans to build Waterside Place, a million-square-foot shopping center, cinema, and residential project in the heart of the South Boston Waterfront. | 2 |
Stewart asks to start serving her prison sentence Hoping to put the ordeal of the last several months behind her, business executive Martha Stewart said yesterday that she wants to begin serving her prison sentence for lying about a stock sale quot;as soon as possible. quot; | 2 |
Manufacturing accelerates Manufacturing in the nation accelerated in August and September, supporting Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's view that the economy quot;regained some traction. quot; | 2 |
OPEC votes to lift output, aims to ease fears OPEC ministers yesterday agreed to increase their ceiling for oil production to help bring down stubbornly high prices in a decision that traders and analysts dismissed as symbolic because the cartel already is pumping more than its new target. | 2 |
S. Africa remark sparks political flap The comment from the head of the mining conglomerate Anglo American last week seemed harmless enough. Tony Trahar said the political risk of investing in South Africa quot;is starting to diminish -- although I am not saying it has gone. quot; | 2 |
Doubts expressed over Delta Delta Air Lines Inc. revised its annual report yesterday to reflect its growing financial difficulties and the possibility of seeking bankruptcy protection quot;in the near term. quot; | 2 |
CEO of Coke lowers outlook for quarter Coca-Cola's chief executive yesterday said the world's largest beverage maker needs to work harder, better execute its strategy, and improve its culture as he warned that third-quarter per-share income will drop at least 24 percent from a year ago. In a speech to employees, CEO Neville Isdell said: | 2 |
German chip maker pleads guilty in price-fixing case German computer chip maker Infineon Technologies AG has agreed to plead guilty to price fixing and will pay a \$160 million fine, the Justice Department said yesterday. | 2 |
J.P. Morgan takes on workers as IBM outsourcing deal ends Undoing a technology outsourcing deal set in late 2002, J.P. Morgan Chase yesterday said it would take back 4,000 of IBM's employees who have been providing the Wall Street firm with an array of technology support services. | 2 |
Software enables nurses to bid for extra shifts AYER -- Registered nurses at Nashoba Valley Medical Center are doing what few of their counterparts anywhere can do: logging on to their computers and bidding on working shifts that have openings. | 2 |
Johnny Ramone loses cancer fight Johnny Ramone, guitarist in seminal band The Ramones, dies of cancer at the age of 55. | 0 |
Bribes cited in downing of Russian jets MOSCOW -- Two Chechen women suspected of blowing up Russian passenger jets last month were briefly detained by police before the flights but bribed at least one airline employee to get on the planes, media reports said yesterday. | 0 |
US faults Saudis on religious liberty WASHINGTON -- The United States for the first time named Saudi Arabia yesterday as a country that severely violates religious freedom, potentially subjecting the close US ally to sanctions. | 0 |
Iraqis find three beheaded bodies BAGHDAD -- Villagers found three decapitated bodies north of Baghdad yesterday, and a car bomb killed two people at an Iraqi military checkpoint south of the capital in attacks that seem to be increasingly targeting Iraqis rather than the United States and its multinational force allies. | 0 |
Two GOP leaders attack Iraq policy WASHINGTON -- Two leading Republican legislators yesterday attacked the Bush administration's approach to rebuilding Iraq, in one of the strongest indictments of the administration's Iraq policy from members of President Bush's party. | 0 |
Egypt, Syria see pullout links CAIRO -- The Egyptian and Syrian presidents linked calls by the United Nations and Arab leaders for Syrian troops to leave Lebanon to past UN resolutions demanding that Israel withdraw from captured territory in the West Bank and Golan Heights. | 0 |
Funds for population goals urged LONDON -- Wealthy countries are falling billions of dollars short of their promises to help fund reproductive health care and efforts to improve the status of women around the world, the United Nations said yesterday. | 0 |
Fox hunt protest turns violent LONDON -- In the second major security breach in London this week, five fox hunting enthusiasts stormed onto the floor of the House of Commons yesterday to disrupt a debate on banning the centuries-old sport. | 0 |
Kerry Tries to Turn Campaign Against Bush WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, trying to recover from a brass-knuckles campaign against his character, is attempting to steer the election to a referendum on President Bush's leadership. Kerry has less than seven weeks to take over the lead in the presidential race... | 0 |
Oracle puts focus on data integration at OpenWorld SAN FRANCISCO -- Data integration will be one of the major themes at Oracle's OpenWorld conference this week. | 3 |
On Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005 <strong>Analysis</strong> Smaller, cheaper and supported | 3 |
OPEC votes to lift output, aims to ease fears OPEC ministers yesterday agreed to increase their ceiling for oil production to help bring down stubbornly high prices in a decision that traders and analysts | 2 |
Stewart asks to start serving her prison sentence Hoping to put the ordeal of the last several months behind her, business executive Martha Stewart said yesterday that she wants to begin serving her prison | 2 |
EARNINGS WATCH MarketWatch.com. Richemont sees significant H1 lift, unclear on FY (2:53 AM ET) LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Swiss luxury goods maker Richemont(zz:ZZ:001273145: news, chart, profile), which also is a significant | 2 |
The Journal to add Saturday edition For the first time in 52 years, The Wall Street Journal will start publishing a Saturday edition next September, the nation #39;s biggest financial newspaper announced yesterday. | 2 |
US seeks new pact with EU that bans aerospace subsidies US trade negotiators will deliver a firm message to their European counterparts this morning in Brussels, Belgium: The Bush administration wants to scrap a 12-year-old aerospace trade pact and craft a wholly new accord that bars government loans, two | 2 |
Chapter 11 trustee appointed for AmeriDebt A federal bankruptcy judge appointed a Chapter 11 trustee Wednesday for AmeriDebt, the credit-counseling company that now faces a \$15 million claim from the Internal Revenue Service over its disputed status as a nonprofit. | 2 |
NHL begins lockout that could be lengthy Three months ago, the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup. Now there might not be a season for the Lightning to defend that championship. | 1 |
Ryder Cup format Over three days, 12-man teams from the US and Europe will play a total of 28 matches. Each match win is worth one point; tied matches result in a half-point for each team. | 1 |
Sir Alex sharpens axe SIR Alex Ferguson is set to take the axe to his under-performing side after a shambolic start to his 10th Champions League campaign as Manchester United manager. | 1 |
De La Hoya #39;s last stand Oscar De La Hoya has long been compared to Sugar Ray Leonard. Saturday night he #39;ll have a potentially painful encounter to try and prove all those comparisons were right. | 1 |
Bianchi turns down Argentine coach post Jose Pekerman is to be offered the job of Argentinian football coach after Carlos Bianchi turned it down it was announced on Wednesday. | 1 |
Ten times two equals one NASCAR champ The Chase for the Nextel Cup will begin in earnest Sunday with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. It will be the first event of NASCAR #39;s | 1 |
FOOTBALL: UEFA CUP FIRST ROUND, FIRST LEG TIES: SOUEY CALL FOR <b>...</b> GRAEME Souness has vowed his Newcastle side will be known for an aggressive attacking style as he kicks off reign in the UEFA Cup tonight. | 1 |
Bonds remains shy of 700, but Giants still win big Bonds sent the first pitch he saw to the right-field warning track Wednesday night, then didn #39;t come close again in San Francisco #39;s 8-1 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers. | 1 |
NL notebook: Mets fire Howe, effective at end of the season The New York Mets fired manager Art Howe yesterday but left him in the dugout for the final 2-1/2 weeks of a season gone bad after the All-Star break. | 1 |
3 Britons abducted in Baghdad Three British nationals were nabbed by gunmen in the Iraqi capital on Thursday, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. The three British men were believed to be civilians living | 0 |
Japan to confirm what Annan meant by saying Iraq war illegal TOKYO - Japan will try to confirm what UN Secretary General Kofi Annan meant by reportedly saying the US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal act, top government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda said Thursday. | 0 |
Assembly to debate Musharraf role Pakistan #39;s national assembly is due to debate whether President Pervez Musharraf should serve both as president and armed forces chief. | 0 |
China #39;s communist party leaders kick off key meet as power <b>...</b> BEIJING: China #39;s ruling party leadership began a much-anticipated meeting in Beijing amid an apparent power struggle at the heart of the organization. | 0 |
Ivan strands Utahns; help is on the way A family from Layton and more than a dozen other Americans have been stranded on Grand Cayman Island for five days without much food, clean drinking water or electricity in the wake of Hurricane Ivan. | 0 |
Critics take on Putin terror plan President Vladimir Putin #39;s move earlier this week to enhance his own power in response to a wave of terrorism does not take on the real problem: the corrupt and unreformed security | 0 |
Group visits N. Korea blast site Diplomats from eight countries are on their way to the site of a mysterious blast in North Korea that sparked speculation a nuclear test had taken place. | 0 |
Internet Explorer Loses More Market Share (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - New data shows Web site visitors paying more attention to alternative browsers, as Microsoft's share drops to 93.7 percent of the market. | 3 |
Samsung develops high quality image censor for camera phones (AFP) AFP - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., said it had developed a new image sensor chip for mobile products, which it said had the highest sensitivity and the smallest size in the industry. | 3 |
Australian PM rejects Annan claims Iraq war 'illegal', criticises UN (AFP) AFP - Australian Prime Minister John Howard rejected claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Iraq war was quot;illegal quot;, slamming the United Nations as quot;paralysed quot;. | 0 |
U.S. Treasuries Touch Softer Before Data LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury prices were a touch softer on Thursday, with the market slightly defensive before the day's batch of economic numbers. | 2 |
Martha Stewart asks to serve sentence now Millionaire executive Martha Stewart said on Wednesday she #39;s ready to go to prison as soon as possible, saying she wants to put her quot;nightmare quot; behind her and quot;reclaim her good life quot;. | 2 |
HBOS leaves field clear in battle for Abbey National BANKING giant HBOS yesterday said it had pulled out of a potential takeover battle for Abbey National. The announcement that it will not be bidding clears the way for Spain #39;s Santander | 2 |
PacifiCare buys AMS for \$502 million PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. said Wednesday it may look to expand in Wisconsin after completing its purchase of American Medical Security Group Inc. | 2 |
Corus Reports First-Ever Profit as Steel Prices Soar (Update3) Corus Group Plc, the UK #39;s biggest steelmaker, reported its first profit and said earnings will rise in the second half because of higher steel prices and cost cutting by Chief Executive Officer Philippe Varin. | 2 |
Intel gives up its need for speed to focus on power At last it looks as if the computer industry #39;s obsession with speed, as measured by megahertz alone, is coming to an end. First AMD stopped using the precise megahertz rating of its CPU chips as a selling point. | 3 |
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