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Brunell Improving, but It #39;s #39;Wait and See #39; At the start of yesterday #39;s practice, Redskins quarterback Mark Brunell jogged from sideline to sideline while throwing passes to Tim Hasselbeck about 10 yards away. | 1 |
Ramanna, the happy-go-lucky N-czar MUMBAI: India #39;s nuclear czar Raja Ramanna (79) passed away at 3.15 am on Friday at Bombay Hospital. The architect of the country #39;s atom bomb project, who had serious intestinal problems, was cremated at the Shivaji Park crematoriumon Friday afternoon. | 0 |
The thief in outer space: Prometheus The latest batch of images from the Cassini spacecraft has established that the speculations made by scientists from the Space Science Institute were true after all. | 3 |
Odd Man Out in U.S. Inquiry Into Fannie Mae The 211-page report that was released on Wednesday by the Fannie Mae regulatory agency has put Roger L. Barnes in the spotlight. | 2 |
Word of the year: Blog Merriam-Webster says the most searched word on its Web sites in 2004 was quot;blog. quot; The dictionary publisher defines the word as quot;a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer. | 3 |
Gatwick baggage handlers striking Hundreds of baggage handlers at Gatwick airport have started a 24-hour strike as part of a dispute over workloads. The action, involving around 600 Servisair baggage staff, began at 0300 BST on Saturday. | 2 |
Florida braces itself for Hurricane Jeanne For Florida, the hurricane season from hell gets more hellish. Charley, Frances and Ivan - and now Jeanne, a major storm that is due to barrel into the south-eastern part of the state tomorrow. | 2 |
New Haven architect to design Adriaen #39;s Landing science center HARTFORD, Conn. -- A design for a futuristic glass building with a giant plasma video screen landed Cesar Pelli the job as architect for the new science center at Adriaen #39;s Landing. | 3 |
Pakistan and India agree to explore options NEW YORK: Pakistan and India on Friday agreed to explore possible options for a peaceful and negotiated settlement of the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in a sincere spirit and purposeful manner. | 0 |
Raja Ramanna, Indian nuclear scientist, dies Raja Ramanna, architect of India #39;s nuclear weapons program, died early Friday. He was 79. As director of the government-run research center in Bombay, Ramanna headed the team that built | 0 |
U.S. Bombs Fallujah; Eight Dead, 15 Hurt (AP) AP - U.S. warplanes, tanks and artillery units attacked the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Saturday, killing at least eight people and wounding 15, hospital officials and witnesses said. | 0 |
EU reportedly to OK Oracle bid for PeopleSoft SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Oracle is close to gaining approval from European Union regulators regarding its proposed takeover of PeopleSoft, according to the Financial Times on Friday. | 2 |
Bucs now get to see other side of Sapp Warren Sapp #39;s presence and legacy linger around the Tampa Bay Buccaneers like something tangible, something that can be felt, heard and feared, say an open-handed slap to the face mask. | 1 |
NL Wrap: Cubs Maintain Wild-Card Lead with Win Derrek Lee #39;s 10th-inning single scored Mark Grudzielanek with the winning run, clinching the red-hot Chicago Cubs a 2-1 victory over the host New York Mets in the National League Friday. | 1 |
Raja Ramanna passes away Dr Raja Ramanna, the bellwether of Indias nuclear programme, passed away at Bombay Hospital in the early hours of Friday. He was 79. | 0 |
NL Wrap: Cubs Maintain Wild-Card Lead with Win NEW YORK (Reuters) - Derrek Lee's 10th-inning single scored Mark Grudzielanek with the winning run, clinching the red-hot Chicago Cubs a 2-1 victory over the host New York Mets in the National League Friday. | 1 |
Thousands in Fla. Told to Flee Hurricane FORT PIERCE, Fla. - About three-quarters of a million residents of Florida's east coast were urged to evacuate - again - as Hurricane Jeanne churned westward Friday and threatened the state with its fourth pounding in six weeks... | 0 |
Navy Is Ready to Run Against Vanderbilt Navy vs. Vanderbilt <br> Records: Midshipmen 3-0; Commodores 0-2. <br> When: 1:30 p.m. Where: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Radio: WRC-1260 (in progress), WNAV-1430. <br> Off and Running: After leading the nation in rushing with 323.2 yar... | 1 |
Canadian X Prize Team Postpones Launch A Canadian was forced to delay its first launch in the X Prize competition, an international race to put civilians into space. First prize is US\$10 million. | 3 |
Australia makes it 3-0 with doubles win Australia has retained its place in the Davis Cup world group after outlasting a dogged Moroccan team in today #39;s doubles rubber at Perth #39;s Royal Kings Park. | 1 |
Matsui finally gets to Martinez On paper, the matchup of Hideki Matsui against Pedro Martinez didn #39;t look like a good one for the Yankees. But, as Derek Jeter always says, that #39;s why they don #39;t play the games on paper. | 1 |
Europe Is Said to Be Close to Allowing Bid by Oracle The European Union's competition commissioner is ready to allow Oracle to proceed with its \$7.7 billion hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft, people close to the case said Friday | 3 |
As With Other Chip Makers, Sales Begin to Stall at Philips Signaling a possible wider slowdown in the semiconductor industry, Royal Philips Electronics on Friday became the latest company to say that sales had begun to stall. | 3 |
Senate #39;s Cellular Stand It #39;s been four months to the day since I last wrote on the subject of the cell phone industry #39;s plan to publish your unlisted cell phone number for all the world to see -- and charge you for the privilege. | 3 |
AL Wrap: Hit Machine Ichiro Helps Seattle Edge Texas Ichiro Suzuki moved closer to the single-season record with two more hits as he led the Seattle Mariners past the Texas Rangers 8-7 in the American League Friday. | 1 |
Dodgers 3, Giants 2 Shawn Green can sit out Saturday knowing he was a huge help to the Dodgers during their crucial series against San Francisco. Green hit a two-run homer in Los Angeles #39; 3-2 victory over the Giants on Friday | 1 |
Gannon gets another shot at Buccaneers #39; tough defense The last time Rich Gannon saw defensive players wearing Tampa Bay uniforms he threw them the football five times. That, of course, was almost 20 months ago in the Buccaneers #39; 48-21 demolition of the Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII. | 1 |
The fate of Ken Bigley and the struggle against the occupation of <b>...</b> The fate of British hostage Kenneth Bigley has come to encapsulate the unbridgeable division between the political establishment and the democratic hopes and concerns of working people. | 0 |
Army Floats a Trial Balloon The U.S. Army has leased a blimp from the nation's only airship manufacturer and outfitted it with sensors and cameras to determine how effective the electro-optical and infrared cameras are at detecting potentially threatening movements on the ground. | 3 |
Boeing plant sale seen by year-end The Boeing Co. expects to sell its Wichita, Kan., fuselage and components plant by the end of 2004, Chief Executive Harry Stonecipher said yesterday. | 2 |
Stocks creep higher in New York NEW YORKUS blue-chip stocks ended barely higher yesterday as a spike in oil prices to record closing levels pared earlier gains and renewed concerns about the effect of high energy prices on consumer spending and corporate profits. | 2 |
Sony on Collision Course with Music Majors over MP3 including its own Sony BMG venture - over the MP3 song format. Sony is considering manufacturing devices that play digital | 3 |
Chat with Jeremy Schaap On Saturday, Sept. 25, immediately following the premiere of ESPN #39;s new original movie, Hustle (ESPN, 9 pm ET), ESPN will air Hustle: The Pete Rose Debate, hosted by Jeremy Schaap. | 1 |
A #39;s stretch AL West lead If anyone wasn #39;t quite sure whether 22-year-old A #39;s righty Rich Harden is ready for prime time, they got their answer on Friday night. | 1 |
Arabs are not responsible for atrocities THE Western media is deceiving the world into thinking that the Arabs are responsible for the atrocities that have driven 1.3 million people out of their homes in Darfur, Sudan, according to a former member of the West Darfur parliament. | 0 |
Howard dismisses Iraq letter row PRIME Minister John Howard today rejected claims warnings from a top weapons expert were ignored before Australia sent troops to war in Iraq. | 0 |
China #39;s racing drivers closing on Formula One The dream of watching the Formula One Grand Prix with their own eyes on their home circuit has been realized as the F1 Chinese Grand Prix makes its China debut here on Sunday. | 1 |
Trend Micro Gives Away Mobile Security Trend Micro on Monday followed in the footsteps of rivals like Symantec by introducing anti-virus and anti-spam software for handhelds and smart cell phones. | 3 |
No. 21 Boise St. 28, BYU 27 Jared Zabransky threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to TJ Acree with 3:42 remaining and No. 21 Boise State held on, extending the nation #39;s longest winning streak with a 28-27 victory over Brigham Young on Friday night. | 1 |
Baines: Movie on Rose strikes out Being a fan of the Cincinnati Reds #39; Big Red Machine in the 1970s, I was hoping for a little nostalgia when I watched a preview of ESPN #39;s Pete Rose movie this week. | 1 |
Nation/world briefs NEW YORK - Oil prices neared \$49 a barrel Friday, capping a rise of 7 percent for the week, as Gulf of Mexico crude production rebounded at a slower-than-expected rate in the wake of Hurricane Ivan. | 2 |
Next Space Station Launch Set for Oct 11 The blast-off in a Soyuz spacecraft from Russia #39;s Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan will deploy a replacement crew for Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, who have manned the orbital platform since April. | 3 |
Yankees best Martinez again BOSTON -- They leaped off their benches like a couple of desperate heavyweights, sweat and mouthpieces flying. The Yankees and the Red Sox tried to knock some sense into each other. | 1 |
Hustle #39; drops the ball on Rose story and it surely is not -- it isn #39;t for lack of a great story, compelling characters, and a capable director. Really, the | 1 |
Musharraf calls meeting with Manmohan a success NEW YORK: President Pervez Musharraf has called his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh historic for India, Pakistan relations, in an interview to US television. | 0 |
New Crew to Leave for Space Station on Oct. 11, NASA Says A new crew will be sent to the International Space Station next month, even though there are concerns about adequate oxygen and other supplies. | 3 |
N.Korea Calls Missile Launch Reports 'Speculation' (Reuters) Reuters - A senior North Korean official dismissed\reports that the secretive country was preparing a missile\launch, calling them speculation, Japan's Kyodo news agency\reported on Saturday. | 0 |
U.S., Iraq Pressing for Electoral Conference -NYT NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Bush administration and interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi are pushing several Western and Middle Eastern countries, including Iran, to join in holding a conference in October to boost Iraq's electoral process, The New York Times repo... | 0 |
Brunei Parliament Reopens, But No Talk of Election BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters) - The monarch of oil-rich Brunei reopened the tiny country's parliament for the first time in 20 years on Saturday, but made no mention of elections and warned his subjects not to get carried away. | 0 |
Cricket: ICC trophy preview The Champions Trophy final against West Indies is England's biggest one-day match for 12 years. | 0 |
Bad Air and Water, and a Bully Pulpit in China Pan Yue's job as deputy director of China's top environmental agency has given him the opportunity to put environmentalism on the national agenda. | 0 |
House Democrats Decry GOP Intel Bill WASHINGTON - Some lawmakers are opposing a new intelligence bill prompted by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, complaining that Republicans refused to work with their Democratic colleagues to craft a balanced bill that would represent both viewpoints... | 0 |
Thousands in Fla. Told to Flee Hurricane FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Hurricane Jeanne forced the evacuations of more than 800,000 residents Saturday as it bore down on Florida with winds near 105 mph and threatened to strengthen into a major storm... | 0 |
Billionaires galore The Forbes list of the 400 Richest Americans includes the following men who claimed the top 10 spots: Bill Gates, top left; Warren Buffett, top center; Paul Allen, top right; Robson Walton, bottom | 2 |
Red Hat pushes wider use of open-source computing One of the worlds largest providers of Linux software on Monday said the Philippines has great potential for developing open-source computing because Filipinos have a thorough understanding | 3 |
Mac Night Owl interviews Mossberg The Wall Street Journal #39;s Personal Technology columnist Walter S. Mossberg often muses on the Macintosh, iPod and Apple #39;s latest doings -- recently he declared the iMac G5 quot;the most elegant | 3 |
Company Offers Zero-Gravity Flights Starting Oct. 9, Zero Gravity will offer twice-a-month flights on planes that carry 27 passengers and are scheduled to fly out of its home base of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | 3 |
Yankees frustrate Red Sox, Pedro again Pedro Martinez came out to start the eighth inning against the Yankees and promptly coughed up a lead. His night was over after serving up five runs over 7 1/3 innings, and the Yankees wound up dealing the Red Sox a crushing blow. | 1 |
Gagne is shaky in ninth In the never-ending and rarely successful quest to neutralize Barry Bonds, conventional baseball wisdom is about as useful as a fastball down the middle. | 1 |
NL Highlights - CUBS 2, METS 1: At New York, Derrek Lee hit an RBI single in the 10th inning to give Chicago its fourth straight win to maintain the NL wild-card lead. | 1 |
Israel Destroys Refugee Homes, Kills One A day after a mortar round killed an Israeli-American woman in a nearby settlement, the Israeli army charged into a Palestinian refugee camp Saturday, killing one person and tearing down 20 homes, witnesses said. | 0 |
Ichiro Closes on Sisler's Hit Record (Reuters) Reuters - Japan's Ichiro Suzuki\is poised to break one of the oldest records in major league\baseball. | 1 |
Ichiro Closes on Sisler's Hit Record SEATTLE/ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) - Japan's Ichiro Suzuki is poised to break one of the oldest records in major league baseball. | 1 |
Bill Gates on top, Bose is 278 Microsoft chief Bill Gates has topped the list of business magazine Forbes #39; 400 Richest Americans list for the ninth consecutive year, while India-born Amar Gopal Bose is ranked 278. | 2 |
Rash of doping scandals makes it hard to believe anyone is clean Thursday was a relatively good day for US cyclist Tyler Hamilton. I say quot;relatively quot; because Hamilton was informed by the International Olympic Committee that he will be allowed to keep the gold medal he won last month. | 1 |
Liberty strike first to take series lead Elena Baranova scored 17 points to lead the New York Liberty over the Shock in Detroit last night in Game 1 of their first-round best-of-three series. | 1 |
Army bulldozers flatten refugee homes close to Jewish settlement GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Witnesses in the Gaza Strip say the Israeli army bulldozed 35 homes in a Palestinian refugee camp today even as the two sides exchanged heavy fire. | 0 |
Rescuing the orphans of Chechnya A decade ago, when Hadijat Gatayeva risked her life to pluck orphaned children out of the blackened ruins of her native Chechnya, she never imagined that the small, personal rescue operation would have no end. | 0 |
Brigham seeks OK to expand \$315m plan calls for a new wing Brigham and Women's Hospital, one of the region's medical powerhouses and one of its most crowded, is proposing its largest expansion in two decades, including a new 13-floor wing connected to the main campus by tunnels and a bridge. | 2 |
Ocean Spray buys competitor's assets Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. purchased Northland Cranberries Inc.'s processing plant and inventory for \$28 million in cash to bolster its manufacturing and ingredient business. | 2 |
Manufacturing seen stronger despite fall in durable goods WASHINGTON -- Orders to US factories for big-ticket goods dropped in August, largely weighed down by a sharp decline in demand for commercial airplanes. | 2 |
Oil prices rise 7 for the week NEW YORK -- Oil prices neared \$49 a barrel yesterday, capping a rise of 7 percent for the week, as Gulf of Mexico crude production rebounded at a slower-than-expected rate in the wake of Hurricane Ivan. | 2 |
Mutual funds saw tough 3d quarter NEW YORK -- Mutual funds suffered along with the rest of the stock market during a troubled third quarter, with growth and technology sector funds posting the worst returns. | 2 |
SEC probes Morningstar CHICAGO -- The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the investment research firm Morningstar Inc. for failing to properly correct inaccurate data it published about a mutual fund, the company disclosed yesterday. | 2 |
Unions win a round vs. United CHICAGO -- A federal bankruptcy judge ruled against United Airlines yesterday in a procedural dispute, siding with unions that said the company submitted unsubstantiated claims about how employees would be affected if pension plans were terminated. | 2 |
US Airways to seek temporary pay cuts ARLINGTON, Va. -- US Airways chief executive Bruce Lakefield said yesterday the airline would, as expected, ask a bankruptcy judge to impose temporary pay cuts on its union workers to conserve cash during the slow fall travel season. | 2 |
Unlikely lads fight for the right to party When Mike Gatting bumped into his umpiring nemesis Shakoor Rana some time after their finger wagging contretemps at Faisalabad in 1987-88, he was not best pleased. | 1 |
Schumacher Leads Field In Final Practice For Chinese Grand Prix SHANGHAI, Sept 25 (AFP) - Ferrari posted the two fastest times in the final practice session for the first ever Chinese Grand Prix here Saturday, with Michael Schumacher quickest round the new circuit. | 1 |
US Democrats target Iraq security as kidnappings increase The Egyptian foreign ministry has confirmed the abduction of six Egyptians employed by an Iraqi unit of the Egyptian telecom giant Orascom. | 0 |
Redrawing the Middle East Two articles appeared side by side on September 21 in newspapers across America. The first contained an update on Irans efforts to produce enriched uranium for nuclear powered plants to meet its growing energy needs. | 0 |
Giving a game a good score Game makers need to spend time to make sure that music adds to the playing experience. | 3 |
Commerce One Headed For Liquidation (TechWeb) TechWeb - A high flyer in the heady days of the Internet boom, Commerce One has told federal regulators that its continuing losses may lead to the end of the software company. | 3 |
Rutan ready to realise vision As the first X-Prize flights go ahead, BBC News Online asks SpaceShipOne's Burt Rutan to explain his motivation to fly above the Earth. | 3 |
Protection plea for reef fish A rare reef fish called the humphead wrasse should be guarded from the trade that is threatening its future, conservationists say. | 3 |
Kidnappers Seize 6 Egyptians, 4 Iraqis (AP) AP - Kidnappers seized six Egyptians and four Iraqis working for the country's mobile phone company, authorities said Friday, and Muslim leaders in Britain announced plans to send negotiators to Baghdad in hopes of winning the release of hostage Kenneth Bigley. | 0 |
U.S. Airstrike Targets Militants in Falluja By Fadel al-Badrani FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. aircraft launched a new airstrike in the rebel-held city of Falluja on Saturday aimed at killing supporters of a Jordanian militant who has led a campaign of suicide bombings and kidnappings in Iraq. | 0 |
India, Pakistan discuss joint project, Kashmir UNITED STATES NEW YORK -- The leaders of India and Pakistan yesterday hailed a new era in often-fraught relations between the two nuclear rivals and agreed to study a joint pipeline project and pursue solutions to the Kashmir conflict. The one-hour private meeting between ... | 0 |
Another 10 are taken Six Egyptians and four Iraqis working for the country's mobile phone company are the latest kidnapped, authorities say, and Muslim leaders in Britain announce plans to send negotiators to Baghdad to try to win the release of Kenneth Bigley. More than 140 foreigners have been taken in Iraq and 26 ki... | 0 |
Iraqi judge dismisses case against Chalabi BAGHDAD -- A judge has dismissed counterfeiting charges against a senior political figure once considered a front-runner to become Iraq's leader, authorities said yesterday. | 0 |
Kidnappers seize Egyptians, Iraqis BAGHDAD -- Kidnappers seized six Egyptians and four Iraqis working for the country's mobile phone company, authorities said yesterday, and Muslim leaders in Britain announced plans to send negotiators to Baghdad in hopes of winning the release of hostage Kenneth Bigley. | 0 |
Calif. OKs Toughest Auto Emissions Rules LOS ANGELES - California has adopted the world's first rules to reduce greenhouse emissions for autos, taking what supporters see as a dramatic step toward cleaning up the environment but also ensuring higher costs for drivers. The rules may lead to sweeping changes in vehicl... | 0 |
Flights Leave on Time at Strike-Hit Gatwick Flights out of Gatwick were leaving on time this morning despite the start of a 24-hour strike by hundreds of baggage handlers. The airport said scheduled flights | 2 |
Morningstar fund data probed by SEC Morningstar, the research firm that tracks more than 16,000 mutual funds, is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. | 2 |
US Judge: Anti-Bootlegging Law Is Unconstitutional A federal judge dismissed charges against a New York record store owner on Friday who had been selling unauthorized recordings of concerts, saying a law against boot-legging was unconstitutional. | 2 |
Burp vaccine cuts greenhouse gas emissions You cannot stop a sheep belching or farting, but you can make sure its eructations are less damaging to the environment. Belches and, to a far lesser degree, farts from sheep, cows and other farm animals account for around 20 of global methane emissions. | 3 |
Sudanese troops search for coup plotters KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Sudanese troops set up roadblocks near the presidential palace and military headquarters in Khartoum after the government claimed to have uncovered a coup plot. | 0 |
Eighth wonder In the dead of winter last January, Terry Francona faced the largest crowd of Red Sox fans since he succeeded Grady Little as the franchise's 44th manager. As more than 1,000 diehards applauded him at the annual writers dinner in a sprawling ballroom at the Sheraton Boston, Francona politely thanked his s... | 1 |
Haunting memories have managed to reappear quot;I'll be another ghost, fully capable of haunting. quot; -- Grady Little, shortly before he was let go as manager of the Red Sox | 1 |
We've seen this swat team before If you're old enough to think you may have seen a Yankee lineup like this before, you have. | 1 |
Dodgers get big lift from Green Shawn Green can sit out today knowing he was a huge help to the Dodgers during their crucial series against San Francisco. Green hit a two-run homer in visiting Los Angeles's 3-2 victory over the Giants last night, a day before the first baseman will miss a game to observe the Jewish hol... | 1 |
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