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Ramsey Is Likely Starter Redskins backup quarterback Patrick Ramsey took an abundance of the snaps during practice Tuesday and remains likely to start Monday's game against Dallas at FedEx Field. | 1 |
Rose admits to #39;dismal #39; M amp;S sales Marks amp; Spencer yesterday revealed a further deterioration in trade - with dire new sales figures for its fashion, food and homewares - as it launched a 2. | 2 |
Job fears as Deutsche culls chiefs Deutsche Bank is streamlining the management of its investment banking arm, raising fears that jobs may be lost in the City. The German bank is reducing the number of executives running its investment banking | 2 |
Tesco reigns supreme as it announces 24 rise in profits Tesco demonstrated its position as the country #39;s biggest supermarket chain yesterday with a 24 rise in interim profits and its fastest sales growth in almost 10 years. | 2 |
Mars Rovers #39; Mission Extends with New Goals, New Funding The Mars rovers emerged from a communications blackout period and the low point of winter today with new funding and big plans for the journey ahead. | 3 |
Champ Twins, Cards chase one more goal: the home-field edge The St. Louis Cardinals and Minnesota Twins, who celebrated clinching the NL and AL Central Division titles on Monday, have the same agenda the last two weeks of the season | 1 |
Devil Rays 7, Royals 4 Jorge Cantu hit a go-ahead, two-run double during a five-run eighth inning to help the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 7-4 Tuesday night. | 1 |
Expos 6, Mets 1 Tony Batista homered twice to reach 30 this season, Livan Hernandez pitched another complete game and the Montreal Expos beat the New York Mets 6-1 Tuesday night before just 3,839 at Olympic Stadium. | 1 |
NASD fines Morgan Stanley \$100,000 WASHINGTON -- The National Association of Securities Dealers censured Morgan Stanley and fined the securities firm \$100,000 for failing to disclose to municipal bond buyers that the bonds could be called before their maturity dates, which could result in | 2 |
Report: 10 Held in Alleged Embassy Plot (AP) AP - Italian and Lebanese authorities have arrested 10 suspected terrorists who planned to blow up the Italian Embassy in Beirut, an Italian news agency and the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. | 0 |
Malaysia's Anwar mulls multi-party alliance (AFP) AFP - Malaysia's former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim has made no commitment yet to join any political party but is likely to play a role in a multi-party alliance, probably in opposition, he told AFP. | 0 |
Agency to Designate Habitat for Dragonfly (AP) AP - Prodded by a lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to designate critical habitat for the endangered Hine's emerald dragonfly. | 3 |
Kerry, Bush exchange blows over Iraq as president addresses UN (AFP) AFP - Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry on Tuesday renewed his pointed attacks on President George W. Bush's handling of Iraq, accusing him of failing to quot;level with the world's leaders quot; about the war during his speech at the United Nations. | 0 |
US, EU to give negotiations on Boeing-Airbus subsidy row more time PARIS (AFP) - The United States and the European Union agreed to allow more time for talks to settle a row over government help to aircraft makers Boeing and Airbus but said arbitration by the WTO remained an option. | 2 |
Eagles Solve Culpepper-Moss Problem Give the Vikings all the yards they wanted, just not a big play. The formula worked to perfection in the Eagles' 27-16 victory Monday night. | 1 |
The Former Cat Stevens Gets Plane Diverted WASHINGTON - A plane bound for Washington from London was diverted to Maine on Tuesday after passenger Yusuf Islam - formerly known as pop singer Cat Stevens - showed up on a U.S. watch list, federal officials said... | 0 |
Giambi Ends Slump As Yanks Beat Blue Jays NEW YORK - Jason Giambi homered to end the longest slump of his career and Esteban Loaiza finally earned his 100th career victory and first for the Yankees, leading New York over the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 Tuesday night. Gary Sheffield hit his 36th home run two days after getting a pair of cortisone shots... | 0 |
MCI Not Liable for Legal Costs From SEC Probe Creditors asked the court to force MCI to cover the costs of gathering documents demanded by the SEC. <br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
Critics Say Bill Could Trigger Flood of Faxes Bill designed to clarify rules for advertising via fax could expose consumers to a flood of unwanted solicitations. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
Rumsfeld Sees U.S. Troops Leaving Iraq Within 4 Years The defense secretary also cautioned that any final decision hinged on the progress of Iraq's new government. | 0 |
Nikkei Reverses Opening Gains (Reuters) Reuters - Tokyo's Nikkei average reversed opening\gains to fall 0.69 percent by midsession on Wednesday as early\buying on exporters, inspired by gains on Wall Street after an\increase in U.S. interest rates, ran out of steam. | 2 |
Growing Signs of a Slowing on Wall Street all Street #39;s earnings growth, fueled by two years of robust trading gains, is showing signs that it may taper off in coming quarters as a sluggish stock market and a less-favorable trading environment take a toll on profits. | 2 |
Appeals court cuts punitive damages in tobacco suit to \$50 million LOS ANGELES Punitive damages of 100 (m) million dollars awarded to the family of a man who sued tobacco giant Philip Morris have been slashed in half by a state appeals court in Los Angeles. | 2 |
Blogs look burly after kicking sand on CBS Bloggers enjoy a moment of glory after pooling their expertise to uncover the truth about the forged memos on Bush #39;s service record. | 3 |
Woods withdraws from 84 Lumber Classic Tournament officials of the 84 Lumber Classic confirmed on Tuesday that Woods has withdrawn from the event, which is scheduled to begin Thursday. | 1 |
Manchester United #39;s Keane faces assault charge Manchester United captain Roy Keane was charged with assault and criminal damage on Tuesday for a fight on September 4, police said. | 1 |
Nottingham Forest lead tributes to Clough LONDON: Nottingham Forest remembered Brian Clough as the architect of one of the great football achievements of all time after their former manager died from stomach cancer on Monday, aged 69. | 1 |
Eagles Solve Culpepper-Moss Problem The solution to a complex problem was deceptively simple. The Eagles had two 5-foot-10 cornerbacks starting for the first time this season to match up against Minnesota #39;s | 1 |
Rangers 9, Athletics 4 The Texas Rangers aren #39;t giving up on their long-shot chance in the AL West. Michael Young hit a grand slam, Mark Teixeira had a two-run double and the Rangers beat All-Star starter Mark Mulder for the second | 1 |
The District #39;s Play at the Plate Is Going to Be Very Close This is definitely not the closest that Washington has come to getting a major league team to return to the District. In early 1974, Topps ran off baseball cards of 15 San Diego Padres, including | 1 |
Bush Stands His Ground, Sets Himself Apart President Bush #39;s speech before the UN General Assembly on Tuesday was the verbal equivalent of a quot;greatest hits quot; album, repackaging and summarizing the key foreign | 0 |
Both American hostages beheaded Jack Hensley, the second American citizen held hostage in Iraq has been beheaded.(Xinhua/AFP Photo). BAGHDAD, Sept. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- A second American citizen held hostage in Iraq has been beheaded by his kidnappers, an Islamist website said Tuesday. | 0 |
Venezuela gives US\$1m to Haiti after tropical storm Jeanne Venezuela will give Haiti US\$1 million (euro810,000) to help the French-speaking Caribbean country recover from Tropical Storm Jeanne, which left at least 620 people dead and caused major damage last weekend, an official said | 0 |
NASA Extends Mars Rover Mission 6 Months (AP) AP - NASA thinks its Mars rovers just might keep going and going and going. The space agency has funded another extension of their mission, for an additional six months, if they last. | 3 |
NL Wrap: Cubs Earn 10th-Inning Win in Pittsburgh (Reuters) Reuters - Corey Patterson scampered home\following Salomon Torres's wild pitch in the first extra inning\to give the playoff-hopeful Chicago Cubs a 5-4 win over the\host Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Tuesday. | 1 |
Terrorist attacks abroad fail to dent Australia's sense of security (AFP) AFP - On one side is Sydney Harbour Bridge, on the other Sydney Opera House and the relaxed faces give little indication that this area is probably Australia's prime terrorist target. | 0 |
NL Wrap: Cubs Earn 10th-Inning Win in Pittsburgh NEW YORK (Reuters) - Corey Patterson scampered home following Salomon Torres's wild pitch in the first extra inning to give the playoff-hopeful Chicago Cubs a 5-4 win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Tuesday. | 1 |
Parts of Ariz. Border Crackdown Continue (AP) AP - A government crackdown on illegal immigration in southern Arizona will continue beyond Sept. 30, the day the initiative was supposed to wrap up, a top Homeland Security official said Tuesday. | 0 |
Japan Stocks Shed Early Gains TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese shares reversed opening gains to fall 0.69 percent by midsession on Wednesday after early buying of exporters, inspired by a rise on Wall Street after an increase in U.S. interest rates, ran out of steam. | 2 |
Stewart gets deadline NEW YORK Martha Stewart must report to prison in less than three weeks, a federal judge ruled yesterday in granting her request to begin serving her sentence for lying about a stock sale. | 2 |
The Last Raise for Gates and Ballmer? Despite Microsoft #39;s many woes, the honchos got a bump this year. Considering the company #39;s outlook, their next may be a ways off. | 2 |
Dollar Claws Back from Losses TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar edged up on Wednesday, recovering some of the losses it made after the Fed raised U.S. interest rates as expected but did little to change the market's view that its monetary tightening cycle will continue. | 2 |
Security firms merge to form Cybertrust Information security firms TruSecure and Betrusted are expected to merge today, creating Cybertrust, one of the world #39;s largest privately owned security groups. | 3 |
Rover Missions Renewed As Mars Emerges From Behind Sun PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- As NASA #39;s Spirit and Opportunity rovers resumed reliable contact with Earth, after a period when Mars passed nearly behind the Sun, the space agency extended | 3 |
Rise of the Botnets The first half of 2004 saw a huge increase in zombie PCs. Also called bots, their average numbers monitored by security firm Symantec rose between January and June from under 2,000 to more than 30,000 per day - peaking at 75,000 on one day. | 3 |
Roma pay for referee incident with loss of game Roma have paid a high price for the violent incident midway through their Champions League match against Dynamo Kiev last week. UEFA have acted severely in defence of their injured referee | 1 |
Eriksson and Gerrard add to England woe ENGLAND #39;S troubled build-up to their Wales showdown continued yesterday with Steven Gerrard #39;s injury diagnosis and fresh uncertainty over Sven-Goran Eriksson #39;s position. | 1 |
Turkey not yet ready for EU entry: Barroso PARIS: Turkey is not yet ready for entry into the European Union, but the 25-nation bloc cannot reject Ankaras membership if it meets all the requirements, the incoming EU Commission chief said on Tuesday. | 0 |
Al-Qaeda leader obtained Australian visa TONY EASTLEY: The Federal Government has confirmed reports that one of al-Qaeda #39;s most senior leaders obtained a tourist visa to come to Australia just one month before the September 11 attacks. | 0 |
Japan trade surplus in shock fall Figures show a fall in Japan's trade surplus, casting a shadow over the country's export-led recovery. | 2 |
A modified R24 for China The R24 has undergone several revisions ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix. Technical Director Bob Bell explains what's new. | 1 |
D.C. Unveils Stadium Plan Rumors spread that Major League Baseball is edging closer to moving the Expos to Washington as D.C. officials announce plans for a stadium on the Anacostia waterfront. | 1 |
Growing Signs of a Slowing on Wall Street Third-quarter results from Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers point to many difficult months ahead for Wall Street. | 2 |
The Former Cat Stevens Gets Plane Diverted WASHINGTON - A London-to-Washington flight was diverted to Maine on Tuesday when it was discovered passenger Yusuf Islam - formerly known as singer Cat Stevens - was on a government watch list and barred from entering the country, federal officials said. United Airlines Flight 919 was en route to Dulles International Airport when the match was made between a passenger and a name on the watch list, said Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration... | 0 |
Russian Drug Unit Maligned Over Dubious Tactics, Priorities Formed a year ago to bring the full force of the country's law enforcement to bear against a growing drug crisis, Russia's powerful new drug-fighting agency has an army of 40,000 at its disposal, four times larger than the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. | 0 |
Fed pushes interest rates up again The Federal Reserve boosted a key short-term interest rate by one-quarter percentage point today, marking the third increase this year. | 2 |
Spain #39;s BBVA to acquire Texas-based financial group MADRID, Spain Spain #39;s second-largest bank says it has agreed to buy Texas-based Laredo National Bancshares for 850 (m) million dollars in cash. | 2 |
Wind disperses genes of bioengineered grass Genes from a biotech turf grass have spread as much as 13 miles from a test plot - a discovery that confirms the ability of altered traits to spread great distances into the wild on wind-borne pollen. | 2 |
Nintendo's Newest Product Aims for Adults The Nintendo DS, which is geared for adults and older teenage video game players, has wireless capability for the Internet and two display screens. | 3 |
Bush defends Iraq war President George W Bush delivered an unapologetic defence of his decision to invade Iraq, telling the United Nations yesterday that it quot;helped to deliver the Iraqi people from an outlaw dictator quot;. | 0 |
Belgian PM in Car Crash Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt is recovering in hospital today, after his chauffeur-driven car crashed into a concrete pillar near his home and overturned several times. | 0 |
Navy to Award #36;6.4 Bln Satellite Contract (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. Navy will soon announce\whether Lockheed Martin Corp. or Raytheon Co. \will build a #36;6.4 billion communications system to beef up\satellite services for U.S. troops, the White House and State\Department, a spokesman said on Tuesday. | 3 |
This Date in Baseball (AP) AP - 1911 #151; Cy Young, 44, beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 for his 511th and final major league victory. | 1 |
Legal Loophole Inflates Profits in Student Loans The government is paying hundreds of millions of dollars in unnecessary subsidies to student loan companies even though the White House has the authority to cut them off. | 2 |
PONTING BACKS VAUGHAN #39;S MEN Australia are backing England to go on to win the ICC Champions Trophy after losing their one-day stranglehold over their arch rivals yesterday. | 1 |
Notes: Kennedy lost for season The Angels suffered a huge blow to their playoff chances Tuesday when they learned that second baseman Adam Kennedy suffered a season-ending knee injury in Monday night #39;s game. | 1 |
Antarctic Glaciers Melting Faster -Study Glaciers once held up by a floating ice shelf off Antarctica are now sliding off into the sea -- and they are going fast, scientists said on Tuesday. | 3 |
Government Source Code Review Program Expanded to Office Microsoft on Sunday expanded its controversial Government Security Program to allow governments that Microsoft trusts to review the source code of Microsoft Office. | 3 |
Clampdown on AS Roma Nyon, Switzerland - European soccer #39;s governing body on Tuesday awarded Dynamo Kiev a 3-0 forfeit victory and ordered AS Roma to play two matches behind closed doors because a fan injured Swedish referee Anders Frisk during a Champions #39; League match last | 1 |
SI.com ARLINGTON, Texas (Ticker) -- After a dominant effort against the Texas Rangers in his first start of the season, Mark Mulder has left much to be desired in his last three meetings with the division rivals. | 1 |
Watching Bush and Putin THE 59th session of the UN General Assembly got underway in New York yesterday amid growing anxieties over grinding poverty faced by billions of souls and the fuel it provides for terrorism | 0 |
Cat Stevens sparks US alert A London-to-Washington flight is diverted after a security alert involving the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens. | 0 |
Disney to Hire Search Firm to Find New Chief by June Disney directors said they would hire an executive search firm immediately and name a successor by June to replace Michael D. Eisner, the current chief executive. | 2 |
Enron fraud trial starts Six former Enron Corp. and Merrill Lynch amp; Co. executives were accused yesterday of disguising a \$7 million loan as a sale of energy-producing barges to quot;help Enron out of a jam quot; and artificially increase its revenue. | 2 |
OECD lifts forecast for First World economies The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) yesterday offered an optimistic assessment of prospects for the world #39;s leading industrialised economies. | 2 |
New Nintendo hand-held game device to debut in US In a shift in strategy, Nintendo was expected to announce yesterday that it plans to begin selling its next generation of hand-held video game devices in the US in time for the Christmas season. | 3 |
Mars Rovers to Keep Rolling If they last, the space agency has funded another extension of their mission for the next six months. The latest funding came as NASA regained reliable contact with the rovers Spirit and Opportunity after | 3 |
American League Game Summary - Kansas City at Tampa Bay Tampa Bay has won six of eight against the Royals this season, but Kansas City holds a slight 14-13 edge since the start of the 2001 campaign...Bell has seven career games against the Royals and is 2-0...Bell made his first start of the month and made his | 1 |
Conversion of uranium to continue, vows Iran VIENNA, Sept 21: Iran defied the United Nations on Tuesday by announcing it would go on converting a large amount of raw uranium to prepare it for enrichment, a process that can be used to develop atomic bombs. | 0 |
Haiti Death Toll Rises to 700-Plus Bodies lay in growing piles outside mortuaries today as United Nations peacekeepers planned the first major distribution of food and water in Haiti, devastated by floods that tore apart families and left hungry crowds that have mobbed truckloads of aid. | 0 |
Iraqi army revival discussed NEW YORK, Sept 21: Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi discussed proposals for rejuvenating the Iraqi army when he met President Pervez Musharraf in New York Monday evening, officials told Dawn. | 0 |
Syrian pullback of some forces near Beirut meets with skepticism? Syria #39;s decision to pull back some of its forces from hills near Beirut, an apparent attempt to deflect international pressure to get its army out of Lebanon altogether, was met with caution, skepticism and concern that the move may not end Damascus | 0 |
PeopleSoft, Unfazed, Announces 5-Year Pact With IBM PeopleSoft announced a broad partnership with IBM on Tuesday, in an attempt to show that it is moving forward aggressively despite the turmoil created by Oracle #39;s \$7. | 2 |
Lawyer outed as source of forged-memo claim It was the first public allegation that CBS News used forged memos in its report questioning President Bush #39;s National Guard service -- a highly technical | 3 |
Zee to file petition in SC Zee Telefilms is expected to file a petition in the Supreme Court today against the Board of Control for Cricket in India #39;s (BCCI) decision to cancel a tender awarded to it to telecast Indian cricket team #39;s matches over the next four years. | 1 |
American League Game Summary - Oakland at Texas Carlos Almanzar left the game with an apparent right forearm injury with two outs in the ninth...Texas beat the A #39;s for only the seventh time in 18 outings this season, but have won three of four from Oakland...Mark Kotsay and Jermaine Dye had three hits | 1 |
Bush: No apology, no retreat on Iraq UNITED NATIONS - President Bush unapologetically defended his decision to invade Iraq and asked skeptical world leaders on Tuesday to do more to help secure and rebuild the country. | 0 |
Coles Myer rings up record profit Australia #39;s biggest retailer Coles Myer has posted a record net profit of Aust. \$576.5 million (\$403 million) and says it is on track to achieve its 2006 target of A\$800 million. | 2 |
Tech Briefs Maggie Wilderotter, a Microsoft Corp. executive in charge of cultivating and improving relationships with governments and education groups, is leaving the company after nearly two years. | 2 |
Deutsche Bank #39;s Chief Shuffles Top Executive Ranks Deutsche Bank shuffled the ranks in its executive suite on Tuesday, putting more power into the hands of two prominent investment bankers based in London, but also naming | 2 |
JPMorgan #39;s Dimon, Three Months on Job, Reshuffles Leadership Jamie Dimon waited less than three months after becoming president of JPMorgan Chase amp; Co. to install as finance chief a banker he worked with for more than a decade. | 2 |
Smoker #39;s award cut to \$50M from \$3B Appeals court says punitive award against Philip Morris is still #39;excessive #39; and must be halved. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California appeals court has ruled that a smoker #39;s \$3 billion punitive damages award | 2 |
Analysis: Guard memo blunder raises questions about future of #39;60 <b>...</b> Dan Rather #39;s storied career at CBS could be nearing an ignominious close. He, his producer and his network authored one of broadcast journalism #39;s most embarrassing chapters | 3 |
Music player market on a high Analysts at IDC say the market could grow from the 12.5 million units shipped last year, predicting a compound growth rate of 20 per cent each year. | 3 |
AL Wrap: Red Sox Edge Orioles, Keep Pace with Yankees Mark Bellhorn singled to deep center with two men gone in the ninth inning to plate the decisive runs and help the Boston Red Sox rally for a 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Tuesday. | 1 |
NL Wrap: Cubs Earn 10th-Inning Win in Pittsburgh Corey Patterson scampered home following Salomon Torres #39;s wild pitch in the first extra inning to give the playoff-hopeful Chicago Cubs a 5-4 win over the host Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Tuesday. | 1 |
Commodities power Goldman profit NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Goldman Sachs Group said Tuesday that its third-quarter net income rose as its fixed-income, currencies and commodities trading operation recorded sales that were nearly \$1 billion ahead of year-ago levels, driven by rising energy | 2 |
Tropical storm kills over 622 in Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE: Floods unleashed by Tropical Storm Jeanne ravaged Haiti, killing more than 622 people in this deeply impoverished Caribbean nation, as well as 18 others elsewhere in the Caribbean. | 0 |
Giants Clobber Astros 9-2 (AP) AP - Barry Bonds praised his teammates for their clutch play while he's been busy walking all season, then watched them go out and do most of the work Tuesday night. | 1 |
Padres Defeat Dodgers 9-4 (AP) AP - Ramon Vazquez and Ramon Hernandez each hit a three-run homer for the San Diego Padres, and Adam Eaton beat Los Angeles for the fourth time this season in a 9-4 victory Tuesday night that cut the Dodgers' NL West lead to 1 1/2 games over San Francisco. | 1 |
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