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Awaiting Drug Results, Hamilton Is Suspended by His Pro Team US cyclist Tyler Hamilton was suspended from his professional team yesterday and put on notice that his contract would be invalidated if he is found guilty of the drug charges against him. | 1 |
SI.com MONTREAL (Ticker) -- Mike Piazza kept the New York Mets from hitting rock bottom in the National League East Division. Piazza had two hits, including a go-ahead single in the eighth inning, as the Mets posted a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Expos . | 1 |
National League Game Summary - Chicago at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - Carlos Zambrano tossed 7 1/3 shutout innings to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 1-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the middle contest of a three-game set at PNC Park. | 1 |
Offensive outburst Arkansas coach Houston Nutt said a few doubts crept into his mind about his offense this summer. It #39;s hard to blame him after 10 veteran | 1 |
National League Game Summary - Philadelphia At Florida Miami, FL -- Eric Milton pitched 6 1/3 strong innings, and Philadelphia used four home runs to beat Florida, 12-4, in the second of a three-game series. | 1 |
US troops fight militants in Baghdad, other cities US troops struck at militant strongholds across Iraq on Wednesday, pounding insurgent positions in Baghdad and clashing with fighters in central and northern cities. | 0 |
Italian Women Said Dead in Iraq, UK Hostage Pleads (Reuters) Reuters - Two Italian women aid workers were\reported killed in Iraq and a British hostage pleaded for his\life after the killing of two Americans, as the latest hostage\crisis put pressure on governments with troops in Iraq. | 0 |
Cardinals Clip Brewers 3-2 (AP) AP - Larry Walker hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday. | 1 |
Italian Women Said Dead in Iraq, UK Hostage Pleads BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two Italian women aid workers were reported killed in Iraq and a British hostage pleaded for his life after the killing of two Americans, as the latest hostage crisis put pressure on governments with troops in Iraq. | 0 |
Hernndez Drops First After Losing Yanks' Lead Orlando Hernndez failed to protect a 3-0 lead, so the Yankees lost a chance of clinching at least the wild card. | 1 |
Detroit Seeks Its Own Prize on 'Oprah' The show's 276-car giveaway is part of an effort to reclaim credibility in the domestic car market. | 2 |
Sprucing Up Sidewalks D.C. has hired a group to develop new design standards for downtown food carts and souvenir stands. | 2 |
Googles Picasa Hacked Via Security Hole Google's Picasa Hacked Via Security Hole\\Google's Picasa was allegedgly hacked into over the weekend. Zone-H reports that Picasa was victim to a security hole in its forum. Picasa is a software for managing photos, the company has been acquired by Google earlier this year. \\The server hosting the Picasa web ... | 3 |
Warnings Shadowed Firms' Rapid Growth Wednesday's disclosure that government regulators have raised safety and soundness questions about mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae has given new ammunition to critics of the company and its sister firm, Freddie Mac. | 2 |
Rape Inquiry Expands A third La Salle University basketball player has been charged with rape over an alleged 2003 sexual encounter with a female La Salle player. | 1 |
US House, Senate Negotiators Agree on \$146 Bln Tax-Cut Plan US House and Senate negotiators agreed on a \$146 billion tax-cut plan that includes the renewal of four breaks for middle-income families and 23 business provisions. | 2 |
UPDATE 1-Trump Hotels ends \$400 mln talks with DLJ Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts Inc. (DJTC.OB: Quote, Profile, Research) , trying to restructure \$1.8 billion in debt, said on Wednesday that it and DLJ Merchant Banking Partners | 2 |
Nextel Says FCC Undervalued Deal Nextel Communications Inc. said the Federal Communications Commission should reduce by at least \$452 million what it is charging the company for new airwaves. | 3 |
Answer Desk Q: Where can I get help if I have problems with my computer after installing Windows XP Service Pack 2? A: Only a small percentage of Windows users have reported serious issues after installed Service Pack | 3 |
State goal: Cut gas emissions California is expected this week to order automakers to cut quot;greenhouse gases #39; from passenger cars, trucks and SUVs, becoming the first state in the nation to try to combat global warming. | 3 |
Anti-spam firms hit back at Gartner claims Anti-spam vendors hit back on Tuesday against analyst firm Gartner #39;s claims that the level of spam is falling. quot;I don #39;t agree with it at all, quot; said Mark Sommer, chief technology officer at MessageLabs. | 3 |
West Indies, England to contest Champions Trophy final: Sports India, Cricket Southampton, Sep 22 : The West Indies Wednesday beat Pakistan by seven wickets in the second semi-final to set up the title clash with England in the Champions Trophy Saturday. | 1 |
Jets Say They Didn #39;t Run Enough Last Season Through the season #39;s first two games, the Jets have the league #39;s top running game and the highest-scoring offense, and they are off to their best start in Coach Herman Edwards #39;s four-year tenure. | 1 |
Spain: Valencia crush Deportivo at Riazor A CORUA, Sep 22 (SW) - Valencia CF have confirmed their title aspirations by crushing Deportivo la Corua 1-5 at Riazor stadium, while Levante surprised Atletico de Madrid, winning 2-1. | 1 |
Tropical Storm Jeanne leaves more than 500 dead in Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE.More than 1,000 people have died or are missing as a result of Tropical Storm Jeanne, particularly in the northeastern region of the country where, at the close of this edition, more bodies were being discovered and the banks of certain | 0 |
A new broom in Jakarta Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is set to become Indonesia #39;s next president. The former general has been projected as the landslide winner of this week #39;s presidential ballot. | 0 |
Gaza Pullout To Start Summer 2005, Last 12 Weeks: Israeli PM JERUSALEM, Sept 22 (AFP) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Wednesday that Israel #39;s withdrawal of troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip would start in the summer of 2005 and last 12 weeks, in an interview with public television. | 0 |
21 die in Baghdad violence At least 21 people were killed and 150 injured yesterday as two suicide car bombers wrought havoc in Baghdad and US forces pounded suspected insurgents in the east of the capital. | 0 |
Bid to Save Tax Refunds For the Poor Is Opposed Congressional negotiators appeared to have beaten back efforts yesterday to expand or preserve the tax refunds for poor families, even as they added \$12. | 2 |
CA settles as former CEO indicted Computer Associates has announced a deal with the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission that will solve the software vendor #39;s accounting scandal. | 2 |
Group Decries Corporate Tax Slide Business tax cuts and proliferating shelters pushed the effective tax rate of 275 large US corporations down by 20 percent since 2001, even as their pretax profits jumped 26 percent, according | 2 |
Red Sox Stop Orioles 7-6 in 12 Innings (AP) AP - Orlando Cabrera homered in the bottom of the 12th inning to lead the Boston Red Sox to their second straight win in their last at-bat, 7-6 over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night. | 1 |
Senate Panel Votes to Transfer TV Airwaves to Safety Groups A Senate committee voted yesterday to transfer airwaves used by dozens of television stations to spectrum-starved public safety organizations but included a provision that critics say | 3 |
New technology increases threats New technologies will make existing information security measures obsolete over the next five years, according to analyst Gartner. | 3 |
Don #39;t touch my internet! Cut off their connection to the web and people have moments of quot;withdrawal and feelings of loss, frustration and disconnectedness quot;, according to a report released this week by Yahoo. | 3 |
Citysearch Launches Pay Per Call Search Advertising Program Citysearch Launches "Pay Per Call" Search Advertising Program\\Citysearch, a local search service, announced the national roll out of its PFP-Calls product to enhance its PFP (pay for performance) advertising package. The new product allows local merchants to track business leads through the number of phone calls they receive. Merchants are ... | 3 |
China kicks off last three flyaway races Motorsport.com. Formula One now enters the final three races of the 2004 season, all of which are long distant events. The inaugural Chinese Grand Prix heads the trio this weekend, followed by Japan and Brazil. | 1 |
Piazza brings home winning run in eighth as Mets down Expos 3-2 MONTREAL (CP) - The Montreal Expos may claim it is of little importance to them if they finish out of last place in the National League East, but it #39;s definitely important to Steve Trachsel and the New York Mets. | 1 |
Haiti Flood Death Toll Could Reach 2,000 (AP) AP - Workers used dump trucks to empty more than 100 bodies into a 14-foot-deep hole on Wednesday #151; the first mass grave for the more than 1,070 flood victims of Tropical Storm Jeanne. Bystanders shrieked, held their noses against the stench and demanded that officials collect bodies in waterlogged fields. The government late Wednesday said up to 1,250 people were still missing and that the death toll could rise to 2,000 people. | 0 |
Italian Women Said Dead in Iraq, UK Hostage Pleads Two Italian women aid workers were reported killed in Iraq and a British hostage pleaded for his life after the killing of two Americans, as the latest hostage crisis put pressure on governments with troops in Iraq. | 0 |
Lebanon Arrests 10 Al-Qaeda Suspects, Foils Embassy Attack BEIRUT, 23 September 2004 - Lebanon arrested 10 members of a suspected Lebanese Al-Qaeda network, thereby thwarting a planned attack on the Italian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanese Interior Minister Elias Murr said yesterday. | 0 |
Sudan says it will observe UN resolution The Sudanese government agreed to observe the UN resolution on Darfur, avoiding threatened sanctions to their oil industry. But it says the resolution is unfair and unjust to Sudan. | 0 |
Cambodia Reports New Bird Flu Outbreak Cambodia says it has found a new outbreak of bird flu in a province near Phnom Penh. Cambodia #39;s agriculture ministry says all birds at the farm where the outbreak was found will be slaughtered. | 0 |
Opposition figure stirs row as he blames Australia government for <b>...</b> SYDNEY : Australia #39;s government reacted furiously to an opposition politician #39;s claim that ruling party lawmakers were collectively to blame for the 2002 Bali bombings and a bloody attack on its Jakarta embassy. | 0 |
Wizards Beat Fire 1-0 in Open Final (AP) AP - Igor Simutenkov scored on a free kick five minutes into the first overtime period, leading the Kansas City Wizards to a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire in the championship match of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday night. | 1 |
Afghan election brings political marketing to wartorn country (AFP) AFP - quot;If you are showing the new Afghanistan, you cannot do it with a photo of a cemetery! quot; explains an exasperated worker with the media production house guiding Afghan presidential candidates into the murky world of political marketing. | 0 |
Senate Panel Weighs In On Wireless Directory (washingtonpost.com) washingtonpost.com - The Senate Commerce Committee voted yesterday to require cell phone companies to get the approval of individual customers before listing their wireless phone numbers in public directories. | 3 |
IRA Urged to Trade Arms for Power-Sharing Deal The IRA was tonight told to be prepared to surrender its weapons if a deal to revive power sharing in Northern Ireland is to go ahead. | 0 |
Politicians Go Courting on Indian Reservations In the last few years, political races from Congress to county sheriff have begun to hinge on the American Indian vote. | 0 |
Attorney: Spector May Face Indictment LOS ANGELES - Music producer Phil Spector has been ordered to appear in court Monday - a possible sign that he has been indicted by a grand jury for murder, his attorney said Wednesday. Attorney Roger Rosen said he hasn't been told there is an indictment, but can think of no other reason why he and Spector have been called to court... | 0 |
Cueing the Balloons in Hussein's Home Town Iraqis hailed the rebuilding of a bridge destroyed during the war in a ceremony held Wednesday, but many have decried the slow pace of reconstruction efforts. | 0 |
In the Eye of the Storms For much of last month's siege at a Russian school, it was left to a Moscow pediatrician known for his work at crisis scenes to mediate the standoff on the telephone. | 0 |
Senate Panel Weighs In On Wireless Directory Committee voted to require wirless firms to get the approval of customers before listing their numbers in public directories. <br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
Ivory Coast rebels ask Mbeki to help with security Ivory Coast #39;s rebels have asked President Thabo Mbeki to help provide security when they begin to disarm. Laurent Gbagbo, Ivory Coast #39;s president, has acceded to Mbeki #39;s request to create a conducive atmosphere | 0 |
Nextel Says FCC Undervalued Deal Wireless firm says agency should cut at least \$452 million what it is charging the company for new airwaves. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
Panel Votes to Transfer Airwaves to Groups Committee votes to transfer airwaves to public safety groups but includes a provision that critics say could allow broadcasters to delay the move indefinitely. <br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
NL Wrap: Rallying Reds Make Braves Wait for East Title Javier Valentin smacked a three-run homer in a five-run ninth inning off John Smoltz to carry the rallying Cincinnati Reds to an 11-8 victory over the Atlanta Braves in the National League Wednesday. | 1 |
Batista #39;s blast not enough Mike Piazza #39;s eighth-inning single off reliever Luis Ayala helped the Mets edge the Expos, 3-2, in front of 3,664 at Olympic Stadium on Wednesday night. | 1 |
Giambi and Brown Could Boost the Bench in October he Yankees will soon meet to discuss their 25-man postseason roster, and two of the biggest curiosities are the recuperating Jason Giambi and Kevin Brown, the injured pitcher. | 1 |
Cambodian villagers eat bird flu fowl A deadly bird flu virus, which has killed 29 Asians this year, has reappeared in Cambodia and the government is deeply worried because villagers ate birds which had died from it, officials said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Dollar trades stronger THE Australian dollar continued to trade only slightly stronger today as investors wait for local data due out next week to provide some short term direction. | 2 |
ADB predicts China #39;s economy to achieve soft landing in 2005 The 2004 Asian Development Prospect report has predicted that this year #39;s GDP growth rate will be 8-point-8 percent higher than last year while next year #39;s growth rate will slowdown to eight percent. | 2 |
Enron Defendants Try to Deflect Witness #39;s Story Defense lawyers on Wednesday sought to poke holes in a government witness #39;s story of an angry confrontation with a former Enron Corp. | 2 |
Carb craze casualty Twinkies maker Interstate Bakeries Corp., the nation #39;s largest wholesale baker, filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday after failing to meet auditor deadlines for financial reports. | 2 |
ADB says China should raise rates to cool economy China should raise interest rates to cool the economy and prevent a future buildup of bad loans in the banking system, the Asian Development Bank #39;s (ADB) Bei-jing representative Bruce Murray said. | 2 |
Option Says New Mobile Data Card to Launch in Nov. (Reuters) Reuters - Belgium's Option said on\Wednesday it would launch a new wireless data card targeted at\the U.S. market in November. | 3 |
Atlanta Braves Team Report - September 22 (Sports Network) - The Atlanta Braves will try to move one step closer to their 13th straight division title, as they continue a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds tonight from Turner Field. | 1 |
Ecclestone makes no apology for chasing China #39;s golden fleece Sunday #39;s Chinese grand prix promises to be the biggest payday of Bernie Ecclestone #39;s 25-year career as the controller of formula one. | 1 |
New York Mets News Mike Piazza sent a flare down the right-field line in the eighth inning Wednesday night at Olympic Stadium, and Bartolome Fortunato couldn #39;t have been happier about that cue shot. | 1 |
Sports: Blue Jays 5 Yankees 4 NEW YORK Toronto spotted the New York Yankees a 3-to-0 lead before winning in the Bronx 5-to-4. Vernon Wells supplied the go-ahead, two-run triple off Orlando Hernandez in the seventh inning. | 1 |
Cubs 1, Pirates 0 Carlos Zambrano pitched 7 1-3 shutout innings to outduel Oliver Perez and beat Pittsburgh for the fifth straight time this season, carrying the Chicago Cubs to a tense, 1-0 victory over the Pirates on Wednesday night. | 1 |
A Biographical Behemoth Is Ready to Bend Shelves Walk up St. Giles, the great piazza that runs north of St. Mary Magdalen #39;s church here, with St. John #39;s College to your right and the Ashmolean Museum to your left, and | 0 |
Fannie Mae Used Improper Accounting-Probe (Reuters) Reuters - Fannie Mae used improper accounting\to manipulate its quarterly earnings reports, regulators said,\touching off the mortgage finance industry's second such\controversy in less than 18 months. | 2 |
This Date in Baseball (AP) AP - 1908 #151; In a crucial game with the Chicago Cubs, Fred Merkle of the New York Giants failed to touch second base as the apparent winning run crossed home plate. This resulted in a great dispute and the game was eventually declared a tie and played over on Oct. 8 after the Cubs and Giants ended the season in a tie. | 1 |
Asia growth to hit 7, bank says Developing Asia and the Pacific will grow at 7.0 percent in 2004 on strong exports and buoyant intraregional trade, the Asian Development Bank says. | 2 |
Immersion Corp. shakes \$82M from Sony in #39;vibro-tactile #39; game <b>...</b> Immersion Corp., a small California firm that develops and licenses touch-related technologies, has been awarded \$82 million after winning a patent infringement lawsuit against PlayStation maker Sony Corp. | 3 |
Lara shaken but stirred It was all a bit of a fast bowler #39;s joke at the time but, as Brian Lara lay dazed on the pitch, the words of Shoaib Akhtar must have felt a little more sinister. | 1 |
Wizards 1, Fire 0 Igor Simutenkov scored on a free kick five minutes into the first overtime period, leading the Kansas City Wizards to a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire in the championship match of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup on Wednesday night. | 1 |
Insurgents Who Beheaded 2 Show Briton in Plea for Life A militant group that beheaded two American engineers this week posted a video on the Internet early Thursday showing a third hostage, Kenneth Bigley, a Briton, pleading for his life. | 0 |
Malaysian leaders vow war against traitorous #39; Anwar Malaysian leaders vowed to wage political war against former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, calling him a quot;traitor quot; at the annual ruling party congress yesterday and saying there would be no room for him to mount a comeback. | 0 |
US lender accused of #39;cookie-jar #39; figures America #39;s biggest mortgage lender was thrown into turmoil yesterday when the industry watchdog accused it of having major accounting problems and doubted the quot;soundness quot; of the company. | 2 |
Four Nations Lobby For UN Security Council Seats Japan, Brazil, India and Germany are joining forces to lobby for permanent seats on the UN Security Council. The move comes as a high-level panel prepares recommendations on reforming and enlarging the most powerful UN body. | 0 |
Belgian coach Raymond Goethals dies at 83 BRUSSELS, Dec 6 (SW) - The Belgian Raymond Goethals, former coach of Standard Liege, RSC Anderlecht and Olympique de Marseille, has died at the age of 83. | 1 |
Charges Vs. DeLay Linked to Ethics Charges (AP) AP - The money laundering allegation in a congressional ethics complaint filed against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay involves the same #36;190,000 in political contributions that led to indictments of the Texas congressman's aides on similar charges. | 0 |
Top Shiite Cleric Is Said to Fear Voting in Iraq May Be Delayed Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has threaten to boycott the nationwide elections if Shiite power is diluted on the ballot. | 0 |
Scientists find surprising polar life Colonies of microorganisms found thriving under rocks at the north and south poles are evidence that life can exist in harsh areas on Earth which may mimic conditions on Mars, scientists said Wednesday. | 3 |
Button decision delayed until next month Briton Jenson Button will have to wait until mid-October to find out whether he drives for Williams or BAR next year. Button has spent the past three seasons with BAR, but in August revealed he has signed | 1 |
Reds rock Smoltz in 11-8 victory ATLANTA - If all goes according to plan, the Braves will clinch the division tonight, but that won #39;t lessen the sudden unease they feel at John Smoltz #39;s vulnerability. | 1 |
O #39;s Go Down in the 12th The plan to promote BJ Ryan into a part-time closer had seemingly provided the Baltimore Orioles with an almost flawless late-inning bullpen scenario. | 1 |
Clash over prisoners exposes power struggle The confusion yesterday over whether two quot;high-value quot; women prisoners being held in Iraq would be released has underlined the limits of the interim government #39;s authority. | 0 |
Lebanon arrests 2 leaders BEIRUT Lebanon said Wednesday it had arrested 10 members of a Qaeda-linked group planning to blow up the Italian Embassy in Beirut using a car packed with 300 kilograms of the explosive TNT. | 0 |
Schilling Adds Voice to Talk of the Red Sox Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling called into a sports-talk radio station on Wednesday to dispel speculation that he didn't get along with teammate Pedro Martnez. | 1 |
Nokia Launching 6670 Business Phone HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia unveiled a mobile phone for business users on Thursday that incorporates a camera with a megapixel resolution, beefing up a patchy handset portfolio that has cost it market share. | 3 |
Jays Defeat 'El Duque' Vernon Wells hits a go-ahead, two-run triple in the seventh inning as the Blue Jays rallies past the Yankees, 5-4, sending Orlando Hernandez to his first loss. | 1 |
Indonesia's Megawati Apologizes, Warns on Terror JAKARTA (Reuters) - President Megawati Sukarnoputri urged Indonesians on Thursday to accept the results of the country's first direct election of a leader, but stopped short of conceding defeat. | 0 |
Oil Dips as U.S. Considers SPR Loan (Reuters) Reuters - Oil prices fell on Thursday on\expectations that the United States might loan some crude to\U.S. refiners from its strategic petroleum reserve after\weather-related disruptions led to a big dip in supplies. | 2 |
Nokia Launching 6670 Business Phone (Reuters) Reuters - Nokia unveiled a mobile phone for\business users on Thursday that incorporates a camera with a\megapixel resolution, beefing up a patchy handset portfolio\that has cost it market share. | 3 |
Liberal Group Decries Corporate Tax Slide Business tax cuts and proliferating shelters pushed the effective tax rate of 275 large U.S. corporations down by 20 percent since 2001, study shows. | 2 |
US Airways Wants Deals By Friday US Airways will ask the bankruptcy court to temporarily nullify its labor agreements and impose wage cuts if the carrier's unions do not agree on concessions by Friday, the chief executive told employees yesterday. | 2 |
China to Discuss Currency Policy With G-7 Nations China will participate in a special meeting with the Group of Seven industrialized countries on Oct. 1, the U.S. Treasury said yesterday, an announcement that could herald Beijing's eventual membership in the elite economic club. | 2 |
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