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Buyers, even browsers, mourn store's final sale LOWELL -- To shop at Birke's Department Store in its heyday was not for the faint of heart. | 2 |
Trojans don't trip PROVO, Utah -- Matt Leinart passed for 236 yards and two touchdowns and Reggie Bush scored twice in his first 100-yard rushing game for top-ranked Southern California in the Trojans' 42-10 victory over Brigham Young last night. | 1 |
Pontiac hits PR jackpot in 'Oprah' giveaway DETROIT -- ''The Oprah Winfrey Show quot; was the best advertising an estimated \$8 million could buy for the launch of the Pontiac G6 sedan. | 2 |
Practical advice for start-ups, with a high-tech angle In ''The Art of the Start, quot; author Guy Kawasaki has accomplished something rare: He's written a how-to business book that is simultaneously smart, practical, and fun to read. There's lots of useful information in this book for start-up entrepreneurs. | 2 |
QB Walter has hot hand TEMPE, Ariz. -- Andrew Walter threw for 428 yards and five touchdowns to lead Arizona State to a surprisingly easy 44-7 victory over No. 16 Iowa last night. | 1 |
Stewart's image makeover may be a good thing NEW YORK -- After her sentencing on July 16, Martha Stewart angrily denounced the case against her as a ''circus event quot; and vowed, Terminator-style: ''I'll be back. quot; | 2 |
Footnotes Tom Zbikowski returned a fumble 75 yards for a TD and had an interception that set up another score for Notre Dame (2-1), which forced six turnovers by Michigan State in a 31-24 road win. | 1 |
For long term, consider bonds over cash Q. I am 50 years old, employed at a good job, and have about \$2 million of investments, of which \$1.1 million is in cash equivalents. I have two kids, one of whom has \$150,000 in a Uniform Transfers to Minors account; the other has \$15,000. I am completely lost in terms of what to do. I have always been ... | 2 |
Nebraska holds on for victory Nebraska capitalized on four Pittsburgh turnovers and batted down a pass in the end zone on the game's final play yesterday to preserve a 24-17 win in the first meeting of the teams since 1958. | 1 |
Big finish is just a start for duo BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- It's not as though they're children or anything. David Howell is 29, a nine-year veteran of the European PGA Tour. Paul Casey is 27, a highly publicized collegiate star here in America who has earned more than \$1.6 million this year splitting his time between the American and European tours. | 1 |
It's a first for Woods BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- As for choosing a leadoff man, how did European captain Bernhard Langer come up with Paul Casey to go against Tiger Woods ? | 1 |
Progress is cited in N. Ireland peace talks LONDON -- Three days of talks aimed at breaking a two-year deadlock in the Northern Ireland peace process ended yesterday without a deal, but with officials expressing confidence of progress on the key issue of disarming the Irish Republican Army. | 0 |
A 9/11 legacy: confusion over a name Czechs find error in tracking Atta PRAGUE -- Add one more country to the list of those decrying intelligence failures before the Sept. 11 attacks. | 0 |
Milosevic's Hague lawyer finds his biggest obstacle is the client THE HAGUE -- It's not easy being Slobodan Milosevic's lawyer. Appointed two weeks ago to defend the former Yugoslav president against war crimes charges, British attorney Steven Kay's practiced poise and calm legal demeanor has, at times, given way to sheer frustration. | 0 |
In Michigan, criticism grows over Toronto's export of trash TORONTO -- Joe Racanelli slung a sagging plastic bag onto a heap of others on the back of his garbage truck and leaned on two levers to close a set of steel jaws. | 0 |
Police said to stop explosives-laden car MOSCOW -- Police intercepted a car packed with explosives in central Moscow yesterday and said they had thwarted a terrorist attack, Russian media reported. A suspect told investigators he was being paid \$1,000 to take the car to a major thoroughfare used by President Vladimir Putin, news agencies and television said, quoting security forces. The suspect died from a heart ... | 0 |
Prewar caution to Blair alleged LONDON -- Britain's foreign secretary and senior officials warned Prime Minister Tony Blair a year before invading Iraq that chaos could follow the toppling of Saddam Hussein, a newspaper reported yesterday. | 0 |
India's Tamil stars get a political stage MADRAS, India -- It all started at one of those gatherings where villagers turn out by the thousands to ask film star Vijaykanth -- known as the John Wayne of Tamil cinema -- to name their babies. | 0 |
Jeanne cuts deadly path in Caribbean, heads for Bahamas SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic --Tropical Storm Jeanne headed for the Bahamas yesterday after an assault on the Dominican Republic that killed 10 people, destroyed hundreds of houses, and forced thousands from their homes. | 0 |
Wonder Woman -- a Mideast version -- finds her niche CAIRO -- Jalila finally tracked down the terrorists who stole plutonium from the nuclear power plant where she worked. They had set up a camp right outside her native City of All Faiths and were clearly up to no good. | 0 |
Creating Animated Screenshots on Linux \\This is a cool little feature I've been wanting for a while now.\\Every once in a while I'll develop some cool feature in some software that I'm\writing and want to show off a screenshot. The only problem is that without\showing how it interacts with the user I can't demo the features raw power.\\An animated screenshot would solve this but no existing screenshot tools support\animated gif output.\\It turns out that 'convert' from ImageMagick supports. Ksnapshot can be used to\grab the screens and 'convert' can stitch them together.\\Heres what you do:\\- Startup ksnapshot and take a series of snaps from your application. Each\ snapshot should be an independent frame in the series.\\- Save ...\\ | 3 |
Pontiac hits PR jackpot in #39;Oprah #39; giveaway #39; #39;The Oprah Winfrey Show quot; was the best advertising an estimated \$8 million could buy for the launch of the Pontiac G6 sedan. | 2 |
Microsoft Offering Early Security Warnings Microsoft Corp. has quietly begun giving some of its largest customers early warning of security problems with its products. Under the free program, some customers get three business | 3 |
Lowe throws stinker, Yanks turn it around: Red Sox #39; momentum <b>...</b> Terry Francona deployed three Gold Glove winners in his infield for the first time yesterday at Yankee Stadium in hope that their defensive expertise would aid the cause of sinkerball pitcher Derek Lowe stats, news. | 1 |
Gordon the favorite for the Chase LOUDON, NH - As this newfangled stretch drive for the Nextel Cup championship ensues, Jeff Gordon has to be considered the favorite for a fifth title. | 1 |
Ratings game Mike Nugent (below): Ohio State place-kicker makes five field goals as Buckeyes #39; three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense bores #39;em and beats #39;em. | 1 |
Iran says ban on its uranium enrichment program #39;illegal #39; Iran said Sunday that demands from the UN atomic watchdog agency that it freeze all work on uranium enrichment -echnology that can be used for nuclear weapons -e quot;illegal. | 0 |
Pakistan detains 35 prisoners on their return from Guantanamo Bay ISLAMABAD - The government ordered 35 Pakistanis just freed from a US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to be detained for three months in a high-security jail here, officials said on Sunday. | 0 |
Storm splashes down in Beantown The clash of the remnants of Hurricane Ivan and a cold front coming down from Canada dumped 2 to 5 inches of rain over southern New England yesterday. | 3 |
More US struggles put Europs on cusp: Americans need repeat of <b>...</b> President George W. Bush was a governor in 1999 when his reading of a William Travis letter from the besieged Alamo stirred the American Ryder Cup team into a frenzy | 1 |
UN adopts resulotion threatening oil industry sanctions on Sudan Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Wang Guangya gestures during the UN Security Council vote at the United Nations in New York, Sept. | 0 |
Militants threaten to decapitate trio Militants threatened to decapitate two Americans and a Briton being held hostage unless their demands were met within 48 hours. In northern Iraq a car bomb killed at least 21 people and wounded 67 yesterday. | 0 |
Wife of US hostage makes somber plea for mercy (AFP) AFP - The wife of an American civilian kidnapped by militants in Iraq made a somber plea for mercy and the release of her husband and his two colleagues. | 0 |
PGA-Europe Aims to Close Comfortable Ryder Victory BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - Unless golf history is made, Europe will comfortably retain the Ryder Cup on Sunday against a U.S. team which has been in disarray for the first two days. | 1 |
FEMA: Storms Require Long-Term Recovery (AP) AP - The pounding of three major hurricanes in Florida during the past five weeks will require a long-term rebuilding effort comparable to the 1994 Los Angeles area earthquake, the nation's top emergency official said Saturday. | 0 |
Monarchs squeak into playoffs Yolanda Griffith scored a season-high 23 points, helping the Monarchs defeat the Houston Comets, 68-48, last night in Sacramento, clinching the final playoff berth in the Western Conference. | 1 |
Americans early risers, but get rude awakening BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Whatever magic they had found in the morning dew yesterday, they lost in the afternoon shadows at Oakland Hills Country Club. And so a heralded US Ryder Cup team finds itself in need of a miracle finish even grander than the one it scripted in 1999. | 1 |
For shining moment, Kvapil has enough in tank LOUDON, N.H. -- The sun came out -- finally -- 100 laps into yesterday's Sylvania 200 Craftsman Truck Series at New Hampshire International Speedway. Trouble is, it was a bit after 6 p.m. and the sun also happened to be setting behind the main grandstand. | 1 |
Fall guy NEW YORK -- How ugly was it? Ask one of the closest eyewitnesses to measure it on a scale of 1 to 10. | 1 |
De La Hoya given the hook in ninth LAS VEGAS -- Joe Louis was once told that an opponent, quot;Didn't like it to the body, quot; to which he replied, quot;Who do? quot; | 1 |
Win, lose Oscar is no gamble LAS VEGAS -- There is another reason 1992 Olympic champion Oscar De La Hoya is so appropriately called The Golden Boy. | 1 |
Four more for Buddle Edson Buddle scored a career-best and team-record four goals, and the host Columbus Crew beat the MetroStars, 4-2, last night, securing a playoff spot and extending their unbeaten streak to 13 games. | 1 |
Thrill of chase a season-long ride for Martin Let's get one thing straight about Mark Martin: The 45-year-old NASCAR driver is no dark horse in the Chase for the Nextel Cup. quot;You guys can call him a dark horse, but I don't, quot; said Jeff Gordon, who will be a 5-point leader over Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson when NASCAR's inaugural 10-race playoff format is unveiled today in the ... | 1 |
Hitting back Why does Patriots safety Rodney Harrison, a thoughtful, good-natured person off the field, play football with enough ferocity and virulence to make you wonder whether he got a hold of Dr. Jekyll's formula? Blame the people in his life -- coaches, opponents, college recruiters -- who he felt needed convincing that he was not meant to fit their concept of ... | 1 |
HOLMES WITHDRAWS FROM 800m Olympic champion Kelly Holmes will not contest the 800metres when the final day #39;s action at the World Athletics Final gets underway this afternoon. | 1 |
Time to put up, shut up As incredible as it sounds, the Giants have hit must-win territory already. They have played one game, lost it badly, and have spent the ensuing week talking as much | 1 |
Mayfield gears to make move The odds are stacked against him, but Jeremy Mayfield will do all he can to win his first Nextel Cup title starting with today #39;s Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. | 1 |
Vols #39; power set the stage Since debuting so successfully in the opener two weeks ago, true freshman quarterbacks Brent Schaeffer and Erik Ainge have been the talk of Tennessee football. | 1 |
What it means Two weeks before the season opener against Brigham Young, sophomore Tom Zbikowski left Notre Dame for a couple of days, reportedly unhappy with his status as the No. | 1 |
UN threatens sanctions to stop violence in Sudan The Security Council passed a resolution on Sudan on Saturday holding out the threat of sanctions on the country #39;s leaders and its oil industry if the government fails to curb ethnic violence. | 0 |
Hu takes over China #39;s top military job from ageing Jiang BEIJING : Chinese President Hu Jintao was named Sunday to replace elderly leader Jiang Zemin as head of China #39;s powerful Central Military Commission, state press said. | 0 |
Musharraf To Shed Off Military Uniform By Year End: US Washington, Sept. 19 (NNN): The United States strongly believes that Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf will step down as countrys Army Chief by the end of 2004. | 0 |
Zemin resigns as head of the China #39;s military commission China #39;s President Hu Jintao has succeeded Jiang Zemin as head of the powerful military commission, the government said Sunday, completing China #39;s first peaceful leadership transition since its 1949 revolution. | 0 |
Symantec To Acquire stake stake focuses on digital-security consulting services and products to assess and manage risks in enterprise environments. The company #39;s SmartRisk services cover software applications, critical | 3 |
Iran says ban on its uranium enrichment program quot;illegal quot; TEHRAN, Iran Iranian officials say it #39;s quot;illegal quot; for the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency to make them freeze all of their uranium enrichment work. | 0 |
Hopkins keeps title with 9th-round KO LAS VEGAS - The refrain was familiar. The chants have echoed throughout the years. But they were knocked out Saturday night. Hopkins (45-2-1, 32 KOs) dropped De La Hoya (37-4, 29 KOs) in the ninth round with | 1 |
Iran talks tough on nukes Tehran - Iran #39;s top nuclear official said on Sunday the Islamic republic would refuse to accept any limitations on its nuclear activities, and threatened to halt tough UN inspections if the case was referred to the Security Council. | 0 |
Tribal Areas Scenario: Pakistan Tightens Noose around Militants By Zulf Khan Afridi with Hayyan Faisal at Pakistan Times Foreign Desk. SHAKAI (South Waziristan): Fierce clashes were going on in the Karvan Manza areas of South Waziristan between security forces and miscreants. | 0 |
China's Jiang gives up top post Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin gives up his last official position as head of the military. | 0 |
China's Jiang Turns Over Last Post to Hu BEIJING - Former president Jiang Zemin turned over his last major post as chairman of the commission that runs China's military to his successor Hu Jintao, the government said Sunday, completing the country's first peaceful leadership transition since its 1949 revolution. Jiang, whose term was to have run until 2007, handed in his resignation during a meeting of the ruling Communist Party's Central Committee, the official Xinhua News Agency said in a brief dispatch... | 0 |
Bush fights #39;in the red #39; menace For Bush #39;s dad, it was #39;the economy, stupid #39;: Bill Clinton swept into the White House 12 years ago on a wave of pessimism about the #39;jobless recovery #39; from the early 1990s recession, confirming the received wisdom that what really matters on polling day | 2 |
Recipes for retirement You need to adjust your asset allocation as you get older. Why not just let a fund do it for you? NEW YORK (MONEY Magazine) - If you feel overwhelmed by the dozens of different investing options out there | 2 |
Hu becomes China military chief Jiang Zemin has given up the top job in China #39;s military, handing over the post to Communist Party chief Hu Jintao and completing a historic leadership transition to a younger generation. | 0 |
Release of female prisoners demanded BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnappers threatened in a videotape yesterday to slit the throats of three civilians -wo Americans and a Briton -ess authorities released female prisoners from two US-run prisons in Iraq. | 0 |
Iraqi Airways flies again Iraqi Airways has resumed international service, flying from Amman to Baghdad in the national carrier #39;s first international flight in 14 years since being grounded by war and sanctions. | 0 |
Serbs Vote for Councils and Belgrade Super-Mayor (Reuters) Reuters - Serbs went to the polls in local\elections on Sunday in the first test of voter opinion since\they chose pro-Western President Boris Tadic in June. | 0 |
Fear keeps Darfur people in camps or town: British minister (AFP) AFP - A junior British minister said that people living in camps after fleeing their villages because of conflict in Sudan's Darfur region lived in fear of leaving their temporary homes despite a greater presence now of aid workers. | 0 |
Serbs Vote for Councils and Belgrade Super-Mayor BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbs went to the polls in local elections on Sunday in the first test of voter opinion since they chose pro-Western President Boris Tadic in June. | 0 |
Raiders' Curry Done for the Season ALAMEDA, Calif. (Sports Network) - Oakland Raiders wide receiver Ronald Curry suffered a torn left Achilles' tendon during Sunday's loss to Kansas City and will miss the remainder of the season. | 1 |
Ivan chases Hurricane Hunters from their hangar on the Gulf Coast The Air Force Reserve #39;s Hurricane Hunters, those fearless crews who dive into the eyewalls of hurricanes to relay critical data on tropical systems, were chased from their base on the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Hurricane Ivan. | 3 |
Yankees restore some order Jon Lieber stopped the hard-charging Boston Red Sox in what might turn out to be a key game in the American League East race. Lieber no-hit the Red Sox until David Ortiz #39;s two-out | 1 |
Howard still a nose in front Halfway through the election campaign and Mark Latham is now out-campaigning John Howard, with two of his major policies launched, but still no guarantee he will be in front on polling day. | 0 |
Sharon is no De Gaulle Sharon is not Charles de Gaulle. He is as far away as ever from the conviction that Israel must recognize the national rights of the Palestinian people and withdraw from territories occupied in 1967, let alone | 0 |
Funeral held for anti-apartheid Afrikaner The funeral has taken place of Dr Beyers Naude, one of the leading anti-apartheid campaigners in South Africa, who died earlier this month aged 89. | 0 |
Honolulu Residents Vote for Mayor (AP) AP - Duke Bainum outspent Mufi Hannemann in Honolulu's most expensive mayoral race, but apparently failed to garner enough votes in Saturday's primary to claim the office outright. | 0 |
Mayors all revved up over fuel tax debate TORONTO -- The mayors of Canada #39;s biggest cities are telling Ottawa to step on the gas when it comes to delivering the fuel tax back to cities. | 2 |
Is Petro-Can sale tied to Kyoto revival? A few days ago, under the cover of darkness, the Ottawa Liberals #39; shiny new Environment Minister Stephane Dion slipped into Alberta to make a speech. | 2 |
More buyers choosing ingterest-only loans When Tony Cecchini decided to buy a house in South Fayette Township, Allegheny County, he selected an adjustable-rate mortgage with an interest-only payment for the first five years. | 2 |
Micron rival to pay fine for price-fixing Micron Technologies says it still does not expect to pay any fines or face criminal charges after a European competitor agreed this past week to price fixing charges. | 3 |
Hopkins KOs De La Hoya There was no dancing around by the challenger this time, no late rallies to steal rounds and -- most significant for the undisputed middleweight champion of the world -- no upset. | 1 |
6 turnovers stymie MSU in 31-24 loss to Irish Michigan State looked like a bunch of shamrocks in their green jerseys, pants and helmets, but it couldn #39;t take the luck of the Irish away from Notre Dame Saturday night in Spartan Stadium. | 1 |
UN Approves Oil Sanction on Sudan The United Nations (UN) Security Council passed a resolution yesterday (September 18) that proposes implementing oil sanctions on Sudan if the government fails to end the crisis in its Darfur region. | 0 |
Another Real bad performance Barcelona, Spain (Sports Network) - Real Madrid coach Jose Antonio Camacho tried to shake things up with some major changes to his lineup. | 1 |
The football gods were on our side #39; Jason Campbell was trying for one more miracle, one more chance in front of 87,451 fans yelling at the top of their lungs, then holding their breath. | 1 |
Iran #39;s parliament refuses to approve tough nuclear inspections TEHRAN: Iran #39;s conservative-controlled parliament said it would not ratify a treaty allowing tougher UN nuclear inspections after the International Atomic Energy Agency passed a tough resolution against the Islamic republic. | 0 |
Indonesians Get Ready for Final Round of First Direct Presidential <b>...</b> Indonesians are preparing to go to the polls Monday in the final round of the country #39;s first-ever democratic presidential election. | 0 |
Manmohan Trip: PM To Raise Issues Of UN Reforms, Terrorism New Delhi, Sept. 19 (NNN): Making a strong pitch for United Nations reforms and restructuring of the Security Council, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday left for a nine-day trip to Britain and the United States. | 0 |
Why Bush is teetering Although polls say otherwise, George W. Bush remains the underdog in this election. Both demographics and history suggest the president #39;s lead is perilous. | 2 |
Mortgage marathon -- lower payments, more of #39;em What medical advances have done for life expectancy, the mortgage industry is doing for borrowing -- making it last longer. In case a 30-year loan seems just too short, here comes the 40-year mortgage. | 2 |
Serbs Vote for Councils and Belgrade Super-Mayor Serbs went to the polls in local elections on Sunday in the first test of voter opinion since they chose pro-Western President Boris Tadic in June. | 0 |
Shiite Cleric's Militia Refuse to Disband (AP) AP - A new round of talks to cease hostilities in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City has ended in deadlock, with fighters loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr refusing American demands to disband and turn in weapons, both sides said Sunday. | 0 |
Linux backers are solid; United's hand out again (SiliconValley.com) SiliconValley.com - Maybe you were out of town last week, or maybe you just weren't paying attention. That's OK. Here's a quick rundown of what you missed, culled from reports by our staff and wire services. | 3 |
Survey shows what pleases new-home buyers Price and consumer satisfaction are not necessarily fellow travelers, according to a survey of new-home buyers. But buyers of new homes in the greater Bay Area were for the most part satisfied with the people | 2 |
WINDOWS IN THE ENTERPRISE --- Search utility possible solution for <b>...</b> In June, I wrote a short series on Microsoft #39;s next major operating system release, codenamed Longhorn. I raved about the much-anticipated WinFS file system that was supposed to replace the existing file system with a more robust SQL-based version. | 3 |
Government, Not Guns Is N.Ireland Sticking Point (Reuters) Reuters - Northern Ireland took\another small step in the slow march toward restoring home rule\this weekend with tacit promises from the IRA to end guerrilla\activity once and for all. | 0 |
Earthquake Swarm Shakes Eastern Sierra (AP) AP - A swarm of earthquakes #151; one a magnitude-5.5 #151; jolted a remote, sparsely populated area along the eastern Sierra Nevada on Saturday, authorities said. | 3 |
Iran Rejects UN Call for Uranium Enrichment Freeze TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran rejected on Sunday a U.N. resolution calling on it to freeze uranium enrichment activities and threatened to stop snap checks of its atomic facilities if its case were sent to the U.N. Security Council. | 0 |
Loss of independence The flow of jobs overseas isn #39;t the only consequence of misnamed free trade agreements. The North American Free Trade Agreement has opened our nation #39;s borders wider than ever to illegal immigration, and the | 2 |
Five Lose Jobs Due to Los Alamos Lab Scandals The Los Alamos National Laboratory has forced out five employees involved in safety and security scandals at the nuclear facility that gave birth to the atomic bomb, officials said on Thursday. | 3 |
Infineon to pay \$160 million in settlement of price-fixing case WASHINGTON Federal prosecutors have announced that they have cracked a global cartel that had illegally fixed prices of memory chips in personal computers and servers for three years, and that one of the companies involved, Infineon Technologies, had | 3 |
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