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FEC is left in limbo by ruling US District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has struck down 15 Federal Election Commission (FEC) regulations governing activities ranging from political coordination to state party fundraising, throwing candidates and election lawyers into confusion 43 | 2 |
WR Grace, Honeywell Settle Lawsuit WR Grace amp; Co., a chemical company currently in bankruptcy proceedings, on Monday said it has settled litigation with Honeywell International Inc. | 2 |
AOL Goes Shopping America Online has launched an online shopping service called inStore that lets users search for products, compare prices and features, and set up price-drop alerts. | 2 |
Report: MCI hires advisers for possible sale MCI Inc. has hired three investment banks and a law firm to help the telecommunications company quietly search for potential buyers, according to a published report Monday. | 2 |
Massachusetts fines two company units \$5 million BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- Franklin Resources has agreed to pay a \$5 million fine in connection with charges that it allowed market timing in a fund that prohibited the practice in its prospectus. | 2 |
AOL to offer service to fight hackers Most IT Managers won #39;t question the importance of security, but this priority has been sliding between the third and fourth most important focus for companies. | 3 |
#39;They play like they #39;re going for a beer #39; On Saturday night Hal Sutton, his United States Ryder Cup team 11-5 behind after the four-ball and foursomes series and facing the possibility of demolition, was asked a simple question and gave a simple answer. | 1 |
Ganguly furious after India #39;s loss BIRMINGHAM (England) - Furious India captain Sourav Ganguly, himself out for nought, launched a blistering attack on his misfiring batsmen after his team were knocked out of the ICC Champions Trophy by bitter rivals Pakistan on Sunday. | 1 |
Salt Lake gets expansion team; divisions realigned for 2005 The Arena Football League Board of Directors approved Salt Lake City #39;s expansion bid on Monday and realigned divisions for 2005 after dropping three teams. | 1 |
Bears safety Brown out for season Mike Brown #39;s five career defensive touchdowns are more than any player in the history of the Chicago Bears. Now, two games into his fifth season, the Bears safety and defensive captain is finished for the year after tearing his right Achilles #39; tendon. | 1 |
Floods Kill at Least 241 in Haiti GONAIVES, Haiti Sept. 20, 2004 - Rescuers pulled bodies from floodwaters that raged through parts of Haiti #39;s third-largest city, sweeping people from their homes and forcing survivors to spend the night | 0 |
Murphy mounts new bid to restore devolved government Northern Ireland #39;s political leaders gather at Hillsborough Castle today in a bid to breathe fresh life into the peace process. | 0 |
Colts RB James might sit out com Fantasy Extra staff. Starting RB Edgerrin James suffered a grade-2 hamstring strain on his last touchdown run against the Titans on Sunday. | 1 |
Adams backs power-sharing plan Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has given his backing for a plan to revive power-sharing in Northern Ireland. The party confirmed that at a meeting of senior Sinn Fein leaders in Belfast, Mr Adams said he | 0 |
Bush Scraps Trade Embargo on Libya in WMD Reward (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush on Monday formally\ended the broad U.S. trade embargo on Libya to reward it for\giving up weapons of mass destruction but left in place some\U.S. terrorism-related sanctions. | 0 |
Sun Micro Aims to Woo Banking Customers (Reuters) Reuters - Sun Microsystems Inc. is\staging its first press and customer event in New York on\Tuesday in three years to roll out new products and woo\customers in the banking industry, one of the network computer\maker's most important markets. | 2 |
Rice Back at Work After Streak Ends (AP) AP - Jerry Rice returned to the practice field Monday and showed the Raiders the same old-fashioned work ethic that has defined his stellar career, a day after his record receptions streak ended. | 1 |
Is 'Rathergate' a Watershed Moment for U.S. Media? (Reuters) Reuters - Internet bloggers have drawn blood\and American journalism may never be the same. | 3 |
Green Looks for Way to Spark Cards Offense (AP) AP - Dennis Green made his reputation with high-powered offenses. Two games into his tenure as coach at Arizona, the Cardinals are sputtering like an engine with bad spark plugs that's low on oil. | 1 |
Nikkei Opens Up, Led by Techs, Exporters (Reuters) Reuters - Tokyo's Nikkei average opened 0.59\percent higher on Tuesday as investors sought bargains among\tech firms and exporters, but gains were limited by caution\ahead of a monetary policy meeting in the United States during\the day. | 2 |
Mitsubishi Elec to Stop Making Large LCD Panels (Reuters) Reuters - Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said on\Tuesday it would gradually stop making liquid crystal display\(LCD) panels for televisions and computers, instead focusing on\smaller LCD panels. | 3 |
Video on Web Site Shows Beheading of Man (AP) AP - A video posted Monday on a Web site showed the beheading of a man identified as American civil engineer Eugene Armstrong. The militant group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the slaying and said another hostage #151; either an American or a Briton #151; would be killed in 24 hours. | 0 |
Floods Kill at Least 241 in Haiti (AP) AP - Rescuers pulled bodies from receding floodwaters Monday that had raged through parts of Haiti's third-largest city, swept people from their homes and forced survivors to spend the night in trees, atop cars and on rooftops. The rapidly rising death toll from Tropical Storm Jeanne's weekend devastation stood at 241. | 0 |
Halliburton not notified on contract ban in Nigeria: spokeswoman (AFP) AFP - US company Halliburton said Nigeria has not notified it about its decision to place an embargo on awarding government contracts to the oil services giant's subsidiary in the west African country. | 0 |
Karzai to Become Afghan President; UN Says Security Threatened Hamid Karzai becomes Afghanistan #39;s first democratically elected president today at an inauguration ceremony in the capital Kabul, as the United Nations said warlords and drug trafficking threaten the country #39;s security. | 0 |
Convicted killer Robert Baltovich finally in court in bid to clear his name (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - Lawyers for Robert Baltovich, convicted 12 years ago in the murder of his girlfriend, began a long-awaited legal bid to clear his name Monday in an appeal that's expected to resurrect the grim spectre of sex killer Paul Bernardo. | 0 |
Sun Micro Aims to Woo Banking Customers SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sun Microsystems Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=SUNW.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">SUNW.O</A> is staging its first press and customer event in New York on Tuesday in three years to roll out new products and woo customers in the banking industry, one of the network computer maker's most important markets. | 2 |
Nikkei Opens Up, Led by Techs, Exporters TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei average opened 0.59 percent higher on Tuesday as investors sought bargains among tech firms and exporters, but gains were limited by caution ahead of a monetary policy meeting in the United States during the day. | 2 |
Cubs Get Doubleheader Split in Miami The Chicago Cubs' 24-hour visit to Miami included a brief stay atop the N.L. wild-card race. Then they lost their lead because they couldn't beat David Weathers. | 1 |
Bush Scraps Trade Embargo on Libya in WMD Reward NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Bush on Monday formally ended the broad U.S. trade embargo on Libya to reward it for giving up weapons of mass destruction but left in place some U.S. terrorism-related sanctions. | 0 |
Abbas promises to coordinate with Syria A top-level Palestinian delegation yesterday promised Syria #39;s leader that it would coordinate with the country in future peace negotiations with Israel, but stopped short | 0 |
Floods Kill at Least 241 in Haiti GONAIVES, Haiti - Rescuers pulled bodies from receding floodwaters Monday that had raged through parts of Haiti's third-largest city, swept people from their homes and forced survivors to spend the night in trees, atop cars and on rooftops. The rapidly rising death toll from Tropical Storm Jeanne's weekend devastation stood at 241... | 0 |
Dangerfield in Coma After Heart Surgery LOS ANGELES - Rodney Dangerfield has been in a coma for a couple of weeks after undergoing heart surgery, but has begun to show some awareness, his wife said Monday. The 82-year-old comedian was stable and had been breathing on his own for 24 hours, Joan Dangerfield said in a statement released by the comic's publicist, Kevin Sasaki... | 0 |
YUKOS Cuts China Supplies, Oil Above \$46 Oil prices broke above \$46 on Monday after Russian oil giant YUKOS said it would cut some oil shipments to China, the first toll on exports from the company #39;s financial turmoil. | 2 |
VMware releases virtualization tool for PCs SEPTEMBER 20, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - VMware Inc. released today a virtualization tool for PCs it says will cut hardware and maintenance costs for users such as independent contractors that support third parties on their networks. | 3 |
Open-source programmer rebuts charge A programmer has rebutted an accusation that he contributed proprietary software to an open-source project called Mambo, while his accuser has moderated his legal threats. | 3 |
Hot skills: Oracle Application Server offers an alternative to IBM <b>...</b> Oracle Application Server 10g is an application platform suite that offers full support for J2EE, high-speed caching, rapid application development, enterprise portals, identity management, business intelligence, application and business integration | 3 |
Russia May Delay Space Station Replacement Crew MOSCOW -- Russian news agencies report that the launch of the next International Space Station crew may be delayed by up to 10 days. | 3 |
Wolfmeyer acquitted in murder-for-hire plot CBC SPORTS ONLINE - A Missouri woman was acquitted of charges she helped NHL player Mike Dantion hire a hit man in a failed plot to kill his agent. | 1 |
Mitsubishi Elec to Stop Making Large LCD Panels TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said on Tuesday it would gradually stop making liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for televisions and computers, instead focusing on smaller LCD panels. | 3 |
Open-source programmer rebuts charge Back-and-forth dance characterizes dispute over code released to open-source Mambo project. | 3 |
IBM, Boeing team up for defense work The defense-related work is estimated to be worth \$200 billion. | 3 |
Earnings alert: Adobe strong despite drop Plus: Linux demand lifts Red Hat profit...Strong sales of phones, other gadgets boost PalmOne profit...Lawson expects quarterly loss. | 3 |
Adobe: Health strong overall, despite quarterly drop Sequential revenue and profit declines had been widely expected; year-over-year growth robust. | 3 |
Gates, Ballmer's pay hold at about \$900,000 Paychecks stay the same for the top two, but compensation changes for other Microsoft workers as stock grants replace options. | 3 |
Briefly: TI touts combo chip with VoIP, Wi-Fi roundup Plus: ContextWeb nabs \$3 million...Macromedia taps into AIM...Hewlett-Packard packages services for blades. | 3 |
Dust makes mesh of wireless sensors Start-up Dust Networks takes the covers off a low-power wireless system for linking sensors in walls, remote cameras and other places.\ | 3 |
Intel invests in five 'digital home' companies SAN FRANCISCO - Intel Corp. has made new investments in five companies developing technologies that play into the chip maker's vision of a merged personal computer and consumer electronics industry, something Intel calls the digital home. | 3 |
AOL launches shopping service MIAMI - America Online Inc. has launched an online shopping service called inStore that lets users search for products, compare prices and features and set up price-drop alerts. | 3 |
Sun looks for turn-around on Wall Street SAN FRANCISCO - On Tuesday, executives from Sun Microsystems Inc. will head to Wall Street, hoping to convince customers and partners in the financial industry that the company continues to be viable in the industry that Sun President and Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Scwhartz affectionately refers to as "the swamp from which we spawned." Sun is expected to make a number of new product and partnership announcements during an event for customers, press and analysts at the W Hotel in New York City on Tuesday. | 3 |
Oil Rises for Fourth Day as Yukos May Reduce Exports to China Crude oil rose for a fourth day in New York after OAO Yukos Oil Co. said it will halt shipments to China #39;s biggest oil company because its bank accounts have been frozen in a tax dispute with the Russian government. | 2 |
Sun Micro Aims to Woo Banking Customers Sun Microsystems Inc. (SUNW.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is staging its first press and customer event in New York on Tuesday in three years to roll out new products | 2 |
Unilever warning typifies sector under pressure WHEN a big fish flails in the water, a backwash is assured. That happened yesterday when food and consumer goods giant Unilever put out a profits warning. | 2 |
IBM, Boeing team up for defense work com September 20, 2004, 5:03 PM PT. This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half. | 2 |
Microsoft shares Office source code with governments As a result of the ongoing success of the Microsoft Government Security Program (GSP) and positive feedback from governmental entities, Microsoft has announced it will offer access to the source code of its flagship desktop offering, Microsoft Office 2003 | 3 |
AMD drives mobility amp; to Acer Ferrari notebook The new Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processor 3000 for thin and light notebooks enables a powerful 32-bit computing experience today with a seamless transition to 64-bit computing. | 3 |
Water-methane link strengthen life-on-Mars clues The European Space Agency(ESA) says it has found concentrations of water vapour and the gas methane in the same places on Mars, which strengthen speculation that the Red Planet could be a haven for microbial life. | 3 |
Space O 2 Generator Fails Again Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are again without a working oxygen generator on Monday after a backup component failed over the weekend, said a NASA spokeswoman. | 3 |
Cal Coaching Legend Pete Cutino Dies Unexpectedly BERKELEY, CA - Pete Cutino, a Cal coaching legend and one of the greatest figures in United States water polo history, died of apparent heart failure at his Monterey home yesterday afternoon. | 1 |
American hostage killed in Iraq A video grab image on an Islamist internet site shows American hostage Eugene Armstrong prior to his execution September 20, 2004. | 0 |
Braves Preparing for Postseason Run (AP) AP - With a 13th straight division title all but assured, the Atlanta Braves can go into a familiar mode: preparing for the postseason. | 1 |
Russian Governor Backs Colonel's Pardon (AP) AP - The fate of an army colonel convicted of murdering a Chechen woman will be decided by President Vladimir Putin following a Russian governor's decision to support pardoning the officer, Russian media reported Monday. | 0 |
Bush, Kerry Teams Agree to Three Debates (AP) AP - Negotiators for President Bush and Democrat John Kerry agreed Monday to three 90-minute debates beginning Sept. 30, including one town-hall format with questions from undecided voters in the audience. | 0 |
Tiger Fails to Clarify Cup Enigma at Oakland Hills BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (Reuters) - Tiger Woods finished the 35th Ryder Cup on a personal winning note in the last-day singles, but the enigma of his relationship with the biennial team competition remains. | 1 |
Briefly: IBM, Boeing team up for defense work roundup Plus: TI touts combo chip with VoIP, Wi-Fi...ContextWeb nabs \$3 million...Macromedia taps into AIM. | 3 |
Adobe beats estimates on strong overall growth Despite a slight seasonal dip, the software maker surpasses earnings expectations, as year-over-year growth comes in strong. | 3 |
ID Biomedical Gets U.S. Flu Vaccine Deal MONTREAL (Reuters) - ID Biomedical Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=IDB.TO target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">IDB.TO</A> <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=IDBE.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">IDBE.O</A> signed a distribution deal for its Fluviral drug that could reap sales of up to \$2.5 billion over a decade and help U.S. authorities ease a vaccine shortage as early as next year, it said on Monday. | 2 |
Export Cut to China Seen as Clever Strategy on Yukos #39;s Part Yukos, the Russian oil giant, is playing a weak hand well in its battle with the Kremlin by cutting its oil shipments to China ahead of a meeting between leaders of the countries this week, analysts said on Monday. | 2 |
Unilever cuts profit growth forecasts as clouds gather over sector Unilever, the consumer goods giant, slashed its profit growth forecasts yesterday in the face of poor sales, weakening consumer spending and tough competition. | 2 |
Merrill bankers at centre of first Enron criminal trial The first criminal trial stemming from the 2001 collapse of Enron began yesterday with the swearing in of a jury. The trial is expected to focus on the role the investment | 2 |
IMF Chief Sees Potential Hazard in US Fiscal Policies he managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Rodrigo de Rato, said yesterday that the dollar would have to fall and the United States would have to tackle its growing indebtedness | 2 |
Halliburton not notified on contract ban in Nigeria: spokeswoman WASHINGTON, Sept 20 : US company Halliburton said Nigeria has not notified it about its decision to place an embargo on awarding government contracts to the oil services giant #39;s subsidiary in the west African country. | 2 |
Int #39;l Space Station crew begins preflight exams The replacement crew for the International Space Station has begun a two-day preflight exams, a part of final preparations to relieve the two-man Russian-American crew finishing a six-month mission. | 3 |
Ryder-Tiger fails to clarify Cup enigma at Oakland Hills Tiger Woods finished the 35th Ryder Cup on a personal winning note in the last-day singles, but the enigma of his relationship with the biennial team competition remains. | 1 |
English soccer legend Clough dies A spokeswoman for Derby City Hospital said that the manager was pronounced dead on Monday morning. Clough, who underwent a successful liver transplant in 2003, had been diagnosed with stomach cancer but only | 1 |
Two solid weeks for Seattle defense, but offense needs a boost Mike Holmgren is thrilled to be 2-0 and quite pleased with his team #39;s defensive effort in a 10-6 win at Tampa Bay. He praised punter Tom Rouen for outstanding kicking. | 1 |
Brees expects to start despite concussion San Diego Chargers quarterback Drew Brees expects to start Sunday at Denver despite sustaining a mild concussion in a loss to the New York Jets. | 1 |
Iraq War Foes Focus on Alternative Agenda to Bush (Reuters) Reuters - On the eve of President Bush's\address to the United Nations, domestic and foreign critics of\his Iraq war policy focused on a radically different\international agenda on Monday. | 0 |
Colombia Militia Leader Said Killed (AP) AP - The leader of a paramilitary faction involved in peace talks was apparently one of five insurgents killed in an ambush on Monday, officials said. | 0 |
Sweeping ban imposed on trial of B.C. woman accused of assisting suicide (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - DUNCAN, B.C. (CP) - A two-page publication ban signed by a B.C. Supreme Court justice was taped to the doors of a courtroom Monday where a Victoria woman is facing charges of helping two women commit suicide. | 0 |
Researchers Say Microscope Can See Atoms (AP) AP - Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are peering into the atomic world with record clarity, developing an electron microscope image that can distinguish the individual, dumbbell-shaped atoms of silicon in a crystal. | 3 |
Another 400 to lose jobs at Chase The \$58-million merger between JP Morgan Chase and Bank One Corp. is costing the region more jobs. Chase is eliminating 400 positions at its card services division, which is located at its | 3 |
Winning comeback for #39;superb #39; Ferdinand RIO Ferdinand said it was a welcome relief just to be playing football again after making his return from an eight-month suspension last night in Manchester Uniteds 2-1 Premiership win against Liverpool at Old Trafford. | 1 |
Penguins cancel games because of NHL lockout The Pittsburgh Penguins canceled their home preseason schedule and the regular-season opener on Monday because of the NHL lockout that threatens to wipe out the entire season. | 1 |
Two American soldiers killed KABUL: Two US soldiers died yesterday in a fire-fight with insurgents in a troubled southeastern Afghan province, the American military said. | 0 |
Nigeria bars Halliburton contracts Nigeria said on Monday it had banned the awarding of government contracts to Halliburton, the world #39;s second-largest oil services firm, following the theft of two radioactive devices from its Nigerian subsidiary. | 2 |
Musharraf says U.S. must address root of terrorism (Reuters) Reuters - The United States could lose its war on terrorism unless it deals with the poverty and political disputes that give rise to militant extremism, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview on Monday. | 0 |
Kerry Aide Talked to Retired Guard Officer (AP) AP - At the behest of CBS, an adviser to John Kerry said he talked to a central figure in the controversy over President Bush's National Guard service shortly before disputed documents were released. | 0 |
Nikkei Led Higher by Techs, Shippers TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 0.35 percent by mid-morning on Tuesday as investors sought bargains among technology and shipping firms, but gains were limited by caution ahead of a monetary policy meeting in the United States. | 2 |
Effort to Extend Tax Cuts Gains Ground (AP) AP - Republican leaders, eager to deliver a pre-election victory to President Bush, moved closer to agreement Monday night on legislation needed to extend three popular middle-class tax cuts that are set to expire this year. | 0 |
At Country Clubs, Gay Members Want All Privileges for Partners The hot topic at many golf clubs is one few members could have dreamed of talking about a decade ago. | 0 |
Yahoo Shells Out \$160 Million for MusicMatch Apple #39;s iTunes Music Store may be the current 800-pound gorilla of the online music industry (as far as paid downloads are concerned), but now Yahoo - possibly the most visited site on the Internet - is getting into the fray, paying \$160 million in cash | 3 |
Mets or Expos Will Be Crowned the NL Least ORGET Red Sox-Yankees. Never mind the National League wild card. Oakland-Anaheim, Los Angeles-San Francisco? Who cares? The most compelling race left is the pursuit of last place in the National League East. | 1 |
Trial for Wall Street as blue-chips slump on warnings HIGHER oil prices and profit warnings from Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever sent US shares lower. Buying of semiconductor shares helped limit losses on the Nasdaq as investors bought Intel and other semiconductors | 2 |
Stelios reaps windfall from tanker disposal EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou and his family are likely to receive a windfall of about 100m from the sale of a New York-quoted shipping business which he established 12 years ago. | 2 |
Reborn WorldCom in search of \$6bn buyer MCI, the telecom giant that used to be called WorldCom, has appointed bankers to explore a possible sale of the business. WorldCom has only recently emerged from what was | 2 |
Europe wins golf #39;s Ryder Cup Europe #39;s golfing team has won the Ryder Cup with a record margin, scoring 18-and-1/2 points over the nine-and-1/2 for the United States. | 1 |
Brutal kidnappers gaining in popularity The video posted last night showing the beheading of the American hostage Eugene Armstrong is the latest example of the ruthlessness of the Iraqi militant group responsible. | 0 |
Howard #39;s anti terror teams rejected Malaysia has hit out at Australian plans to base counter-terrorism teams in Southeast Asia, saying it #39;s capable of dealing with any terrorism threat on its own. | 0 |
JP Morgan cancels 2.8bn IBM outsourcing deal Financial services firm JP Morgan Chase has cancelled a groundbreaking 2.8bn outsourcing deal with IBM which was intended to run for seven years. | 3 |
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