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AL Wrap: Twins Secure Third Straight AL Central Title NEW YORK (Reuters) - Torii Hunter and Corey Koskie belted two-run homers in the first inning to help the Minnesota Twins clinch their third straight American League Central Division title with an 8-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox Monday. | 1 |
Pound adds to pressure on Jones The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said yesterday that if Marion Jones is found to have taken drugs she should be stripped of all her medals, regardless of when she won them. | 1 |
Starwood Taps Former Coke Exec as New CEO NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steven Heyer, a former top executive at Coca-Cola who left shortly after being denied the chief executive slot in May, is set to take the helm of Starwood Hotels Worldwide, the company said on Tuesday. | 2 |
Yudhyono boost for stock market Indonesia's stock market makes strong gains as former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono looks set to become president. | 2 |
Cubs, Marlins Split The Cubs briefly lead the NL wild-card standings after winning the first game of a doubleheader with the Marlins, but lose the sceond. | 1 |
AOL to Sell Secure ID Tags to Fight Hackers NEW YORK (Reuters) - America Online will begin offering to sell members a security device and service that has been used to safeguard business computer networks, the world's largest Internet service provider said on Tuesday. | 3 |
AMD Announces New Mobile Chip For Notebooks Advanced Micro Devices announced its plans for a new lineup of mobile Athlon 64-bit processors intended for thin and light notebooks. | 3 |
Anteon gets Defense contract The US Joint Forces Command has awarded a \$29 million contract to design, establish and maintain a Joint Advanced Training Technology Laboratory to Anteon International Corp. | 3 |
Neither a #39;dream #39; nor a #39;team #39; This is my dream for future so-called American dream teams, no matter if they swing a golf club or cross over on the dribble. Not only that, they sit in coach. | 1 |
Criminal charges anticipated in fatal traffic collision ADA, Okla. -- A hit-and-run driver allegedly involved in a traffic collision that killed an East Central University football player from Texas surrendered to authorities Monday and will face murder charges | 1 |
Suspected terrorist released in UK London, Sept 21 (Guardian News Service): One of the 13 detainees interned in Britain for nearly three years as suspected international terrorists was released yesterday from ahigh security prison | 0 |
Senate Panel to Vote on Digital TV Bill (Reuters) Reuters - A critical Senate\committee plans to vote this week on legislation that would\require broadcasters to abandon their current analog TV\channels and switch solely to digital transmissions by 2009. | 3 |
Angels Clobber Mariners 5-2 (AP) AP - Dallas McPherson had three hits and an RBI in his first major league start Monday night, helping the Anaheim Angels gain ground in the playoff race with a 5-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners. | 1 |
Soccer Legend Maradona Arrives in Cuba (AP) AP - Former soccer great Diego Maradona returned to Cuba on Monday to resume treatment for cocaine addiction after a relapse confined him to a psychiatric hospital in his native Argentina and sparked unsuccessful attempts by his family to keep him at home. | 1 |
Singh voted PGA player of year by peers CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Vijay Singh officially supplanted Tiger Woods as the world #39;s finest golfer, earning PGA player of the year honours on Monday. | 1 |
Keegan Tips Downing for England Honours Former England boss Kevin Keegan has joined the campaign for Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing to be given his chance at senior international level. | 1 |
Airlines Likely To Change Tack An aviation analyst believes Air New Zealand and Qantas will amend their bid to form an alliance and work instead on sharing resources. | 2 |
No Passing Blame Quarterbacks Mark Brunell and Patrick Ramsey began dissecting their sloppy performances on the bus ride out of the Meadowlands on Sunday afternoon and continued the exchange on the charter back to Dulles that evening. | 1 |
Cubs split doubleheader with Marlins A storm on the horizon was not what Dusty Baker wanted to see during the Chicago Cubs #39; quick trip to South Florida. quot;When we were coming in, I saw some mighty clouds, quot; Baker said. | 1 |
Reds Hall welcomes Rose in exhibits only Ask any baseball fan to list the greatest players in Cincinnati Reds history, and the name Pete Rose usually will come up. But Rose didn #39;t take part in the unveiling of a new Reds museum. | 1 |
Critics see political taint All presidents claim credit for economic success - and are tarred for failure. But most economists say the Federal Reserve has the greater influence. | 2 |
San Diego #39;s credit rating suspended SAN DIEGO ---- The credit rating of the city of San Diego was temporarily suspended Monday by Standard amp; Poor #39;s, one of the major rating services of municipal finances. | 2 |
Water And Methane Find Points To Life On Mars? The European Space Agency #39;s probe, Mars Express, may have found new evidence that points to the possibility of present life on Mars. | 3 |
Sun set to announce new server, storage hardware SEPTEMBER 20, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Sun Microsystems Inc. will hold its quarterly product launch this week, unleashing a raft of new hardware offerings spanning servers to storage. | 3 |
Miscues haunt #39;Skins EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ--In an odd way, the Washington Redskins had sensed that they were on the verge of a slippery outing. You see, since the beginning of training camp, the Redskins #39; quarterbacks have had trouble receiving snaps from the center. | 1 |
World leaders gather for UN debate World leaders have convened for the annual UN General Assembly debate beginning today -ne day after interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi pressed the world body to help his country organize free elections in January. | 0 |
Nikkei Edges Down by Close TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei average started a holiday-shortened week slightly down on Tuesday, falling for a fourth straight session as brokers and banks fell again on recent domestic data showing signs of a slowdown in some key areas. | 2 |
Syria to move troops in Lebanon Syrian troops are about to redeployed in Lebanon, three weeks after a UN motion urged their withdrawal. | 0 |
UBS to Buy Julius Baer U.S. Business ZURICH/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Swiss banking group UBS, the world's largest wealth manager, said on Monday it had strengthened its position in the United States by buying local rival Julius Baer's U.S. wealth-management business. | 2 |
Informal alliance likely for Air NZ, Qantas Air New Zealand and Qantas are likely to form a modified alliance after the New Zealand High Court yesterday ruled against the airlines joining together in a formal way. | 2 |
Jaguar ends car making in Coventry Car production is to end at Jaguars historic Browns Lane factory in Coventry but some work will continue there, parent firm Ford has confirmed. | 2 |
City #39;s credit standing frozen by top agency Signaling it can no longer vouch for the fiscal health of America #39;s seventh-largest city, a major Wall Street credit-rating agency Monday suspended its ratings for San Diego because officials | 2 |
Oil price propels TSX as warnings hurt Dow The Toronto Stock Exchange cruised to a flat close yesterday as the latest rise in oil prices propelled energy stocks higher. But New York blue chips finished lower as the price of oil ended above \$46 (US) a | 2 |
Sun, HP Focus on SAN Management Sun Microsystems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. are both building storage virtualization tools and storage grid technology to help customers drive adaptable intelligence and unified management deeper into multivendor storage environments. | 3 |
Targeting stress response proteins on breast, prostate tumor cells <b>...</b> HOUSTON - Stress response proteins present on the outside of cancer cells offer a promising target for a novel drug quot;guidance system, quot; say researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. | 3 |
Charting the Majors * Guerrero beaned: Vladimir Guerrero left the Angels game against the Mariners in the first inning after being hit on the left side of the head by a pitch from Ryan Franklin. | 1 |
Toronto Blue Jays News As far as improbable endings go, this one has to rank high on the quot;Rudy quot; scale. Gustavo Chacin was the ultimate underdog on Monday night, a Double-A pitcher summoned to face the toughest team in the American League. | 1 |
Belichick fillets Tuna: Powerful coach can rip Parcells Haven #39;t seen too many people dare to cross Bill Parcells, verbally or in print. Not many have the guts. Most are afraid to incur the Tuna #39;s wrath. | 1 |
Maroth finally gets 11th win, 3-1 When you #39;ve lost 21 games in a season, how tough can it be to deal with a runner in scoring position and nobody out? Tigers left-hander Mike Maroth ruined three such opportunities for Cleveland | 1 |
US troops killed in Afghanistan Two US soldiers have been killed in a gun battle in southeastern Afghanistan, the US military has said. Six Afghan and two other American troops were slightly wounded in the exchange, in the province of Paktika. | 0 |
Bollore to Raise Havas Stake; Won #39;t Seek Short-Term Control French financier Vincent Bollore said he plans to lift his stake in Havas SA, the world #39;s sixth- largest advertising company, from the current 10. | 2 |
Creative out to cut iPod lead Computer audio equipment maker Creative Technology will be doubling its MP3 player product lines from its current eight by year-end, stepping up competition for rivals such as Apple Computer. | 3 |
Desktop Linux thinks small com September 20, 2004, 11:23 AM PT. This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half. | 3 |
Cancer cells hit by #39;guided drugs #39; Proteins found on the outside of cancer cells could be targeted by a drug quot;guidance system quot; which seeks out and destroys the disease, scientists have said. | 3 |
Moss, Owens battle on Monday night stage BRISTOL, Connecticut (Ticker) - Two of the NFL #39;s best receivers go head-to-head on the national stage Monday night when Terrell Owens and the Philadelphia Eagles host Randy Moss and the Minnesota Vikings. | 1 |
Tempers flare in M #39;s loss ANAHEIM, Calif. -- With players getting hurt left and right, the Anaheim Angels defeated the Mariners 5-2 last night at Edison Field. | 1 |
Safina Extends Family Run in China Russian Dinara Safina stormed into the second round of the China Open Monday, the day after big brother Marat Safin won the men #39;s title. | 1 |
Week 2 replay: Two down, and here #39;s what #39;s up By Charlie Riedel, AP. : Kansas City #39;s 0-2 start includes an offseason strategy that is backfiring. The Chiefs defense was a huge problem last year - so much so that NFL Commissioner | 1 |
At 63, Parcells mellowing ... sort of This time around, Bill Parcells is doing things differently. The coaching corps #39; new spokesman for tough love even took a moment to remind himself after the Dallas Cowboys #39; victory | 1 |
Fringe Parties Gain in German Elections BERLIN Sept. 19, 2004 - Voters in two east German states angry over high unemployment handed a rebuke Sunday to Germany #39;s two biggest parties, giving big gains to far right and former Communist groups, television projections showed. | 0 |
French state railways back in black in first half of 2004 (AFP) AFP - The French state-owned railway system was back in the black in the first half of 2004, posting a parent net profit of 43 million euros (52.4 million dollars) after losing 243 million euros in the first half of 2003, La Tribune economic news daily reported. | 0 |
Payback Time For The Cock Of The Prairie Is the strutting sage grouse, iconic bird of the Western steppe, an endangered species? No doubt about it, say environmentalists, who petitioned for federal protection for the quot;cock of the prairie, quot; as Lewis and Clark fondly dubbed it. | 3 |
Exports From Iraq North Oil Fields Normal (AP) AP - Exports from Iraq's northern oil fields are back to normal after a spate of attacks earlier this month that crippled a key pipeline, the state-run Northern Oil Co. said Tuesday. | 0 |
Japan's Mitsubishi Electric to focus on small LCDs due to competition (AFP) AFP - Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said that it plans to wind down production of large-size liquid crystal display (LCD) panels to focus on smaller panels because of price competition. | 3 |
Philippine telcos lead world in texting profits (AFP) AFP - Philippine carriers Smart Communications and Globe Telecom lead telcos worldwide in reaping revenues from cellular data transfers, according to a report in Business World. | 3 |
Microsoft slips out another database beta Microsoft has released another interim version of its forthcoming SQL Server 2005 database and has introduced a free management tool. | 3 |
American and Briton Face Beheading in Iraq BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants led by Washington's top foe in Iraq said they would kill an American and a Briton on Tuesday unless their demands were met, a day after they released footage showing them severing the head of another U.S. hostage. | 0 |
Firefox users ignore online ads, report says Internet Explorer users are at least four times as likely to click on Web ads than Firefox users, a German advertising technology company said last week. | 3 |
M S share buyback set at 332-380p Troubled retailer M S is offering 332-380p a share in a 2.3bn buyback scheme - less than Philip Green offered for control of the group. | 2 |
China gears up for share sell-off China's biggest steelmaker and its second biggest bank put the pieces in place for massive flotations. | 2 |
UK Government Calls For Stronger Ratings According to the UK #39;s trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt, laws banning the sale of 18-rated games to children need to be enforced more strongly and warnings on boxes should be clearer. | 3 |
Serena, Kuznetsova,Sharapova among top names in China Open Five of world #39;s top 15 players have made their way to compete this week #39;s \$585,000 China Open, a Tier II event on the WTA Tour. | 1 |
UN, leaders to focus on world poverty issue UNITED NATIONS -- The leaders of France and Brazil warned on Monday that poverty leads to violence and urged the international community to find ways to narrow the gap between rich and poor, casting a spotlight on the more than a billion people living on | 0 |
Appeals to Blair over UK hostage in Iraq The family of a British hostage captured in Iraq has appealed to the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to intervene to try to save his life. | 0 |
China Asks Yukos to Honor its Contracts Chinese officials urged Russias biggest oil exporter Yukos Oil Company to stand by its earlier commitments to export crude oil to China. | 2 |
Inquiry criticises James Hardie CEO Victims and unions have emerged as key stakeholders in the fight to ensure James Hardie Industries meets its asbestos compensation responsibilities after the NSW government tied them to the company #39;s economic future. | 2 |
AOL beefs up security MAMMOTH OUTFIT AOL has decided that passwords are not enough and is issuing an optional two tiered layer of security. According to Associated Press, the two-factor authentication scheme will cost \$1. | 2 |
Fund group to pay \$5m fine The company that runs the Franklin Templeton mutual funds yesterday admitted that it allowed an investor to market-time its funds in exchange for putting \$10 | 2 |
US broadcasters object to planned digital TV bill US television broadcasters Monday labeled as inadequate planned legislation to ensure millions of consumers can still watch television once broadcasters begin airing only in digital. | 3 |
Atari launches 64-bit AMD 64 game CHIP FIRM AMD has got itself very excited because Atari has released a game that takes advantage of 64-bitness. The game, called Shadow Ops: Red Mercury, has more detail, uses artificial intelligence and quot;never before seen textures quot;. | 3 |
Alexandria Hospital to Create a Virtual ICU Starting next month, intensive-care patients at Inova Alexandria Hospital will be monitored round the clock by more than doctors and nurses at their bedsides. | 3 |
Middleware moves into open source JBoss Application Server 4.0, middleware recently certified for J2EE, is ready for enterprise production deployment, according to JBoss. | 3 |
Nokia enhances SSL VPN security 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 |
If the US is ever going to defeat Europe, these changes need to be <b>...</b> BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- America is sick of losing these Ryder Cups. Sick, sicker, sickest. The Euros have whupped the bejesus out of us now four of the last five times and, as American player Kenny Perry | 1 |
Clough: A genuine original Although Brian Clough retired from management 11 years ago, he continued to monitor football with his usual passion. He followed the fortunes of his son, Nigel - the player-manager at Burton | 1 |
Job was a royal headache Benfica and Real Madrid set the standard for soccer success in Europe in the late 1950s and early #39;60s. The clubs have evolved much differently, but both have struggled | 1 |
Vikings Kearse-d by defensive wrinkle The cover of the official game program, being hawked by vendors for several blocks around Lincoln Financial Field here on Monday night, seemed to augur what was about to | 1 |
Hopkins leaves chink in the Golden Boy #39;s armor On paper, it looked like a matchup of youth against age. It even appeared it could have been one of those classic boxer-versus-slugger wars. | 1 |
Twins make it 3 straight The Minnesota Twins clinched on a bus in 1991. They clinched in a plastic-covered clubhouse in Cleveland in 2002, watching television. | 1 |
Time #39;s running out for Marlins in chase for NL wild card Although stormy weather has been a tough opponent for the Florida Marlins in their push to make the playoffs, it hasn #39;t deterred their hopes of catching lightning in a bottle. | 1 |
Kennedy suffers knee injury It didn #39;t look good when it happened on the field, and it looked worse in the clubhouse. Angels second baseman Adam Kennedy left the Angels #39; 5-2 win over the Seattle Mariners | 1 |
Notebook: Browns rookie Winslow might be out for season The rookie season of Cleveland tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. might have ended after two games. The first-round draft pick is among several players who will be sidelined for a few weeks | 1 |
Rice #39;s anger about broken streak seems over ALAMEDA, Calif. - 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 |
Debut at Lambeau Growing up in Brandon, Israel Idonije wouldn #39;t have known George Halas from Vince Lombardi, he didn #39;t really care about Da Bears and he was certainly no Cheesehead. | 1 |
Iran says to pursue nuclear program with or without IAEA <b>...</b> Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said Tuesday that Iran will push on with its nuclear program even if it is forced to halt inspections by the UN nuclear watchdog. | 0 |
Rich, poor gap worries world leaders Ahead of the UN General Assembly annual session, nearly 50 world leaders and the United Nations on Monday raised concerns about the rising gap between rich and the poor, but disagreed with United States on the strategy to fight poverty. | 0 |
New bid to end talks deadlock Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy and Irish foreign minister Brian Cowen will chair talks involving unionists and nationalists at Stormont aimed at ending the stand-off over proposed changes to devolution. | 0 |
Russian Parliament Proposes New Anti-Terror Law Russia #39;s parliament drafted proposals for an anti-terrorism law Monday, the day it began an inquiry into the Beslan school siege that killed more than 320 hostages, half of them children. | 0 |
Around the world Two Hamas militants were killed when an explosion ripped through their vehicle in Gaza City on Monday in an Israeli air strike, the second in as many days. | 0 |
Microsoft Mimics Local Radio (AP) AP - Fans of the Seattle music pop station Kiss 106.1 FM usually have to sit through an array of disc-jockey antics and advertising between listening to favorite artists like Avril Levigne and Ashlee Simpson. | 3 |
British Hostage's Family Appeals to Blair to Save Him (Reuters) Reuters - The family of a British hostage\threatened with execution in Iraq made a desperate appeal to\Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday to meet kidnappers'\demands and save his life. | 0 |
UK Man Held Over Cisco Source Code Theft (Reuters) Reuters - Police said on Monday they have arrested\a 20-year-old British man on suspicion of stealing Cisco\Systems source code, the basic instructions for the\machines that direct Internet traffic across the globe. | 3 |
Sony's Smaller PS2 to Debut in U.S., Europe on Nov 1 (Reuters) Reuters - Japan's Sony Corp. said on Tuesday it\would launch a new version of its popular PlayStation 2 game\console in the United States and Europe on Nov. 1 at a price of\ #36;149 and 149 euros ( #36;181) respectively. | 0 |
Twins Clinch; Angels Gain Ground (AP) AP - Torii Hunter and the Minnesota Twins are used to celebrating in September. The playoff party never gets old, though. The Twins clinched their third straight AL Central title Monday night with an 8-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox, then topped it off with a raucous celebration in the visitor's clubhouse. | 1 |
AMD Opteron is reved up with PowerNow technology AMD said its Opteron processor will be bolstered by power management technology that will decrease overall power consumption and optimize performance in enterprise server systems. | 3 |
Stop Misbehaving, Spacey Tells British Theatergoers (Reuters) Reuters - Hollywood star Kevin Spacey has lost his\patience with British theater audiences -- it's time to turn\off the mobile phones and stop rustling candy wrappers. | 3 |
Enterprise Linux, Subscription Sales Power Strong Red Hat Quarter (TechWeb) TechWeb - Red Hat's Enterprise Linux operating-system and software subscription sales soared over the past three months, leading the company to strong revenue growth and profits for its fiscal 2005 second quarter. | 3 |
IBM Expands Resources For ISVs As part of its ongoing effort to foster third-party application development for its hardware and software businesses, IBM on Monday unveiled resources in its Virtual Innovation Center aimed | 3 |
Lycos Withdraws Spam Screensaver The quot;Make Love Not Spam quot; screensaver has been temporarily pulled while Lycos deals with hosting and management issues, according to a company spokesman. | 3 |
Hackers are after your money, warns Symantec E-commerce has emerged as the quot;single most targeted industry quot; according to the latest Internet Security Threat Report from security software provider Symantec, with hackers now appearing to be motivated by economic gain rather than notoriety. | 3 |
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