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Singer being moved to French jail French rock star Bertrand Cantat, jailed in Lithuania for killing his lover, is going home to serve his sentence. | 0 |
Pro-hunt demo at Labour gathering Thousands of angry pro-hunting protesters are to stage a rally at the Labour Party conference in Brighton. | 0 |
Audit Finds Large FBI Translation Backlog WASHINGTON - Despite major increases in money and personnel, the FBI is still failing to translate many al-Qaida surveillance recordings in a timely manner and faces a giant backlog of untranslated material from terrorism and espionage investigations, a new Justice Department a... | 0 |
Industry reacts to Tech Pacific buy Resellers may feel the Ingram Micro acquisition of Tech Pacific in the pocket as their credit lines could be cut in half once the two firms join. | 2 |
US Airways, two unions meet on proposed \$38 million cost cuts US Airways met with two unions yesterday to try to agree on concessions before an Oct. 7 hearing at which a bankruptcy judge may let the carrier temporarily reduce pay 23 percent to help avoid potential liquidation. | 2 |
Joint bid for Adelphia? Time Warner Inc., the world #39;s largest media company, and Comcast Corp. said they are considering making a joint bid for bankrupt cable-television operator Adelphia Communications Corp. | 2 |
Fannie Mae makes deal, but more probes due Fannie Mae, the nation #39;s largest mortgage buyer and a financial juggernaut that affects tens of millions of home buyers, agreed Monday to major changes in its accounting and management | 2 |
Harrah #39;s will sell E. Chicago riverboat Harrah #39;s Entertainment Inc. and Caesars Entertainment Inc. will sell an East Chicago riverboat casino and three other gambling resorts for \$1. | 2 |
Barge deal helped Enron stay afloat Row, row, row your barge gently up a creek / Merrill Lynch, Merrill Lynch, Merrill Lynch, Merrill Lynch / life is but a dream ... .. especially on Wall Street, where Merrill, the world #39;s largest securities | 2 |
Biotech industry eager for Finneran #39;s arrival He is quitting the Legislature for the top post at the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, but that will not mean House speaker Tom Finneran will give up his suits and gavel for a lab coat and test tube. | 2 |
Athletics Edge Mariners 6-5 (AP) AP - Bobby Crosby's sacrifice fly with one out in the ninth scored pinch-runner Esteban German with the winning run in the Oakland Athletics' 6-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night. | 1 |
PREPARE FOR LIFTOFF Business tycoon Richard Branson said yesterday he #39;s launching the world #39;s first passenger service to space in 2007. It will offer zero-gravity flights, lasting two to three hours, for a mere \$198,600. | 3 |
Seattle team traces origin of ivory via elephant DNA map By analyzing elephant DNA, a research team led by Seattle scientists has discovered a way to trace the origins of ivory and help stem the poaching that still threatens the giant beasts across much of their habitat. | 3 |
Warner secretary of technology to quit George C. Newstrom is quitting as Virginia #39;s secretary of technology, becoming the first departure from Gov. Mark R. Warner #39;s Cabinet. | 3 |
How the runs scored Athletics first: Kotsay singled to right. Byrnes lined out to shortstop J.Lopez. Chavez singled to right, Kotsay to second. Durazo singled to right, Kotsay to third, Chavez to second. | 1 |
Sox clinch playoff berth It didnt happen at Fenway Park this year, though it was hard to believe the Red Sox werent the home team on Monday night. The | 1 |
Notebook: Gannon to miss 8 weeks as injury wave continues The league #39;s injury epidemic didn #39;t pause last weekend, with Oakland quarterback Rich Gannon breaking a vertebra in his neck Sunday that will sideline him for eight weeks. | 1 |
AL notebook: Union hopes to get Guillen ruling reversed The players #39; association filed a grievance yesterday seeking to overturn the Anaheim Angels #39; suspension of left fielder Jose Guillen. | 1 |
Expos #39; move to DC appears imminent Signaling for the first time publicly that he might be persuaded to drop his opposition to a team in Washington, DC, Orioles owner Peter Angelos said he could go along if a deal is struck to protect his franchise and Maryland #39;s investment in Oriole Park | 1 |
BCCI questions Zee #39;s petition The BCCI today questioned in the Supreme Court the maintainability of the writ petition filed by Zee Telefilms challenging cancellation of the exclusive telecast rights of domestic cricket for the next four years granted by the former to the latter. | 1 |
Airport wall collapse kills eight workers A huge wall collapsed at an unfinished terminal at Dubai airport yesterday, killing at least eight workers and injuring more. Workers saw up to 40 casualties being taken away. | 0 |
Japanese prime minister reshuffles cabinet Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled his cabinet yesterday, replacing several top ministers in an effort to boost his popularity, consolidate political support and quicken the pace of reforms in the world #39;s second-largest economy. | 0 |
Blair prepares crucial party speech Tony Blair faces one of the trickiest speeches of his career today, seeking to win back his Labour party after rifts over Iraq and spell out new policies to set up next year #39;s re-election bid. | 0 |
NL Wrap: Cubs Pound Reds to Retain Wild Card Lead (Reuters) Reuters - Todd Walker homered, had three hits\and drove in four runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 12-5 win\over the Cincinnati Reds in National League play at Wrigley\Field on Monday. | 1 |
German retail giant in shake-up Loss-making German department store giant Karstadtquelle plans a major shake-up to try to haul itself back into profit, amid rumours of thousands of job cuts. | 2 |
Challenge over Enron extradition Three former bankers are due in court to face an extradition hearing in connection with the collapsed energy giant Enron. | 2 |
Pensions grounded? First it was the steel industry, now it's the airlines. United Airlines and US Airways Group Inc. , both in bankruptcy protection, have warned they might terminate employee pension plans in a bid to survive. Delta Air Lines Inc. may also file for bankruptcy. | 2 |
A highflier laid low Here is the fundamental question investors ask about individual companies and their stocks every day: What's this business really worth? | 2 |
For Mass. biotech, a boost in stature The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council's recent track record on Beacon Hill is the envy of most other industry lobbies. On issues from blocking drug price-control efforts to state funding for job training, the council has successfully persuaded the Democrat-controlled Legislature ... | 2 |
States face Medicare drug price handicap Some states are paying far higher prices than others for prescription drugs under the Medicaid program, but data that would help them get a better deal are kept confidential by the federal government, a new report says. | 2 |
13th recipient of artificial heart dies The 13th patient to receive the world's first fully implantable artificial heart died Sunday night after an unexpected malfunction in the device made by Abiomed Inc. of Danvers, company officials said yesterday. | 2 |
US probes French bank's role in monitoring program NEW YORK -- Congressional investigators examining quot;a semitrailer truck load quot; of subpoenaed documents are trying to determine whether lax monitoring at a French bank that held more than \$60 billion for the UN oil-for-food program facilitated illicit business ... | 2 |
Rates rise on T-bills Interest rates on short-term Treasury securities rose in yesterday's auction. The Treasury Department sold \$19 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 1.710 percent, up from 1.685 percent last week. An additional \$17 billion was sold in six-month bills at a rate of 1.950 percent, up f... | 2 |
Antispam effort dealt setback A row over intellectual property claims from Microsoft Corp. has dealt a fatal blow to an ambitious effort by Internet engineers to create a technical standard for curbing junk e-mail. | 2 |
Testa Hurwitz names managing partner The Boston law firm Testa, Hurwitz amp; Thibeault yesterday named F. George Davitt its managing partner. | 2 |
Dow closes under 10,000 on oil fears The blue-chip Dow Jones average closed below 10,000 for the first time in six weeks on Monday as a spike in oil prices to nearly USD50 a barrel renewed concerns about corporate profits. | 2 |
Gucci earnings surge as YSL cuts losses Luxury goods maker Gucci saw operating profit more than double in the second quarter thanks to higher sales and lower losses from its Yves Saint Laurent brand, its owner French retailer Pinault Printemps Redoute says. | 2 |
Patient dies as mechanical heart fails A man who lived for 147 days on a mechanical heart made by Danvers-based Abiomed Inc. died because of complications related to the device, officials said yesterday. | 2 |
Bio council hopes prez is good cell He #39;s a high-profile figure with national contacts and an unrivaled understanding of how to move the Legislature. That #39;s why the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council overlooked his opposition on stem-cell research | 2 |
Officials: Might Be Time to Lift Ban on Hospital Cell Calls (Munster) - Some health officials in northwest Indiana say it might be time for hospitals to lift bans on cellphone calls. They say research that shows the phones don #39;t interfere with medical equipment. | 3 |
Plunkings strike a sour note They may never be mistaken for the boys from the Bronx as Boston #39;s archrivals. But the Devil Rays picked up last night where the Yankees | 1 |
** For the latest news, please refresh this page regularly ** Undisputed middleweight king Bernard quot;The Executioner quot; Hopkins told Boxingtalk.com, quot;It #39;s Sunday evening and I just got back home, we just finished helping Frank Cappucino. | 1 |
Yankees, Twins ready to start head games Its risky to call a series in late September that neither team really has to win a playoff preview. Just the same, the three-game series between the Twins and Yankees that concludes Thursday is as compelling as such series get. | 1 |
One terabyte optical disk developed BOFFINS AND boffinettes at Imperial College London are developing a new optical disk that can store a terabyte of data. The Multiplexed Optical Data Storage (Mods)technology is expected to be released towards | 3 |
Apple offers fix for PowerBook white spots Apple has announced a programme to repair certain 15in PowerBooks whose screens have been found to show faint white spots. The 15in PowerBook G4 Display Repair Extension Program will provide free repairs for | 3 |
CNN #39;S MAN KIDNAPPED An Arab-Israeli television producer for CNN was abducted at gunpoint by a group of Palestinians yesterday after being pulled from a network van in Gaza City. | 0 |
US envoy criticizes #39;forces of the past #39; US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, speaking less than two weeks before historic elections, denounced Afghanistan #39;s warlords yesterday as quot;forces of the past quot; and said they must either reform or face imprisonment. | 0 |
Airlines take a hit on fuel MONTREAL -- Despite a jump of 19 in world air traffic so far this year, airlines are expected to lose as much as \$4 billion US in 2004 due to high fuel costs, says the International Air Transport Association. | 2 |
Microsoft #39;s Softer Tune with the EC Microsoft #39;s day in court -- this time, Europe #39;s Court of First Instance in Luxembourg -- doesn #39;t come until Sept. 30. But the software giant is already on the offensive, holding court of its own with a Sept. | 2 |
Artificial heart recipient dies after 147 days New Albany -- An Indiana man who lived with an artificial heart for 147 days has died, the heart manufacturer said Monday. Abiomed Inc. | 2 |
Someone must stop this deal If ever a global takeover deserves to be shot down by Ottawa, the China Minmetals senseless plan to play games of global Monopoly with Noranda Inc. | 2 |
P amp;O to axe up to 1,200 jobs P amp;O says it will cut up to 1,200 jobs and slash services as part of a review to reduce costs at its loss-making ferries business. | 2 |
St. Helens climbers ordered to lie low The risk of a volcanic explosion or related landslide on Mount St. Helens has prompted the mountain #39;s managers to keep climbers off the 8,363-foot peak and close some hiking trails while scientists assess the danger. | 3 |
Secure Flight Takes Flight: Its About Time D., and Alane Kochems. The Department of Homeland security has announced a new program, Secure Flight, designed to screen flight passenger data and flag possible terrorists before they board an airplane. | 3 |
Microsoft charges for Hotmail Outlook access SPAM FIGHTING super hero software behemoth Microsoft has come up with a wizard way of stopping those who send spam from its free Hotmail accounts. | 3 |
Warner offers sales pitch for state NORFOLK -- Gov. Mark Warner used his time in front of an audience of high-powered decision-makers at the commonwealth #39;s annual tech conference Monday to pitch Virginia as a technology-savvy state. | 3 |
I keep seeing spots on my Apple APPLE IS EXTENDING its warranty for Titanium and Aluminum 15-inch PowerBook G4 screens after users have started seeing spots before their eyes. | 3 |
Same old song LANDOVER, Md. -- The past took center stage Monday night at Fed-Ex Field, and the feel of history was almost palpable. But when push came to shove, it wasn #39;t really the kind of history that the Washington | 1 |
Neck injury sidelines Raiders QB The 2002 NFL MVP has a broken vertebra in his neck that will sideline him at least eight weeks. Coach Norv Turner didn #39;t believe Gannon was at risk for paralysis and said the quarterback was walking around | 1 |
Kazmir #39;s a kid with plenty of moxie ST. PETERSBURG - The fastball was directed at Manny Ramirez #39;s left knee. Make no mistake about it. The pitch didn #39;t get away from Scott Kazmir. | 1 |
Beltre #39;s slam helps Dodgers open three-game lead The Los Angeles Dodgers are closing in on their first playoff berth in eight years, and they #39;re not about to leave their chances to fate. | 1 |
SI.com ARLINGTON, Texas (Ticker) -- Chone Figgins gave the Anaheim Angels a huge lift in the tight American League West Division race. Figgins tripled and scored in the eighth inning and Bartolo Colon allowed three | 1 |
A #39;s maintain one-game lead with ninth-inning win After Barry Zito gave up a tying three-run homer to Willie Bloomquist, the Oakland Athletics bounced back and maintained their one-game lead over Anaheim in the AL West. | 1 |
Gill: Bring back old format Manchester United chief executive David Gill has called for the Champions League second group stage to be restored. Old Trafford boss Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger were among the | 1 |
NK Says Fuel Rods Have Been Turned into Weapons North Korea has made another strong statement about its nuclear capability. At the United Nations on Monday, a North Korean minister said his country had made arms from reprocessed nuclear fuel rods. | 0 |
Carson man charged with Iraqi #39;s murder Two US soldiers, including one from Carson, have been charged with murder in the death of an Iraqi civilian, the 1st Cavalry Division announced Monday. | 0 |
Virgin #39;s Branson to offer commercial space flights This week, Sir Richard Branson announced his new company, Virgin Galactic, has the rights to the first commercial flights into space. | 3 |
Volcano puzzles scientists SEATTLE -- Small earthquakes at the rate of one or two a minute yesterday had seismologists keeping a close watch on Mount St. Helens. | 3 |
Secure Flight Program Moves To Test Phase The Transportation Security Administration last week moved forward with plans to test its new Secure Flight passenger-screening system. | 3 |
Jordan's King: Iraq Elections Impossible (AP) AP - The Jordanian monarch said in an interview published Tuesday that elections in Iraq are impossible in the current chaos and that he sees no chances of improvement in the short term. | 0 |
Ichiro draws media crowd OAKLAND - The Seattle Mariners won #39;t get to the postseason this year, but they #39;re being covered as if they #39;re already there. | 1 |
American Forces Bomb Site in Fallujah (AP) AP - American forces bombed a site in the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah early Tuesday where several militants loyal to terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi were believed to be holed up, the U.S. military said. | 0 |
Israelis and Palestinians seek release of kidnapped journalist JERUSALEM - Israel and the Palestinian Authority were engaged in intensive efforts Tuesday morning to secure the release of an Israeli Druze employee of CNN who was kidnapped by masked men in Gaza City. | 0 |
Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in West Bank JENIN, West Bank - Israeli troops shot dead a mentally-ill Palestinian in the West Bank town of Jenin early on Tuesday, Palestinian security sources said. | 0 |
Lubbers set for new Darfur talks UN refugee commissioner Ruud Lubbers is due to meet top Sudanese officials on Tuesday to discuss what the UN calls the world #39;s worst humanitarian crisis. | 0 |
Flood of New Voters Signing Up (AP) AP - New voters are flooding local election offices with paperwork, registering in significantly higher numbers than four years ago as attention to the presidential election runs high and an array of activist groups recruit would-be voters who could prove critical come Nov. 2. | 0 |
Saudi Militants Switch from Suicide to Hit-And-Run RIYADH (Reuters) - After a series of spectacular suicide attacks, militants in Saudi Arabia are now launching isolated hit-and-run shootings of Westerners, posing fresh problems for security forces in the world's main oil exporter. | 0 |
Blair Delivers Crucial Party Speech Under Iraq Cloud BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - Britain's Tony Blair faces one of the trickiest speeches of his career on Tuesday, seeking to win back his Labour Party after rifts over Iraq and spell out new policies to set up next year's re-election bid. | 0 |
Jackson's father 'fine' after op Michael Jackson's father, Joseph, is released from hospital after surgery to fix two bleeding stomach ulcers. | 0 |
Israeli strikes kill 7 Palestinians JERUSALEM -- Israelis killed seven Palestinians in attacks yesterday, including a Gaza airstrike that killed one militant and wounded a militia commander, who vowed revenge from his hospital bed. | 0 |
To have and have not published ROME -- A bullfight, an act of bravado, a brush with death. A newly discovered story by a young Ernest Hemingway has all the elements to delight fans and scholars -- but it can't be published. | 0 |
Warloads will hijack Afghan vote, group says KABUL, Afghanistan -- Elections heralded as the dawn of democracy in war-ravaged Afghanistan will be hijacked by warlords able to intimidate voters and candidates to entrench their own power, a leading rights group warned today. | 0 |
Pakistan arrests 4 after raid that killed Al Qaeda fugitive KARACHI -- Security forces following up on a raid that killed a top Al Qaeda fugitive arrested four more suspected extremists yesterday, and Pakistan's president predicted the investigation would lead to more high-profile militants. | 0 |
Japan's leader shakes up Cabinet TOKYO -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reshuffled his Cabinet yesterday, replacing several top ministers in an effort to boost his popularity, consolidate political support, and quicken the pace of reforms in the world's second largest economy. | 0 |
P amp;O to axe routes, 1,200 jobs LONDON, England -- European shipping giant P amp;O is to close four of its 13 ferry routes with the loss of about 1,200 jobs, the company announced. | 2 |
EU Court Overturns Bar on Merger The European Commission was wrong to bar the takeover bid by US telecoms firm WorldCom for rival Sprint, a European Union court said on Tuesday, annulling the action taken four years ago. | 2 |
Testaverde keeps answering age-old questions LANDOVER, Md. - Dallas quarterback Vinny Testaverde dropped back to pass and let a deep ball fly down the left sideline. Washington cornerback Fred Smoot stayed with Cowboys wide receiver Antonio Bryant step for step. | 1 |
Football sites are set The MIAA Football Committee yesterday announced the sites that will host postseason football contests. There will be six doubleheaders Tuesday, Nov. 30 at Curry College | 1 |
Defense removing push to seal Bryant case evidence Kobe Bryant #39;s attorneys abruptly dropped a bid to seal evidence in the NBA star #39;s rape case Monday, saying the details will be leaked anyway and releasing all the documents would reveal | 1 |
Huge Diamond Heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris Two diamonds together worth over 11 million euros (\$13.53 million) disappeared from an antique dealers #39; show at the Paris Louvre museum on Monday in an apparent mid-afternoon robbery. | 0 |
Woods Eyes Fourth Title After Singh's Withdrawal LONDON (Reuters) - Three-times winner Tiger Woods bids for a third successive title at this week's WGC-American Express Championship in Kilkenny, Ireland. | 1 |
Sharapova Cruises Past Gagliardi in Korea Open SEOUL (Reuters) - Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova crushed Switzerland's Emmanuelle Gagliardi 6-1, 6-3, in the first round of the Hansol Korea Open WTA event on Tuesday. | 1 |
Berth announcement The wackiest bunch of barnstormers in 21st century baseball, the renegade Red Sox, last night played their way into the postseason promised land amid the adulation of a traveling band of fans, none more striking than a flock of bearded, white-robed disciples. | 1 |
Win or lose, Red Sox are decisively a draw Red Sox plus Yankees equals big TV ratings in both Boston and New York. Friday night's series opener at Fenway Park earned a 21.6 rating (35 audience share), the best number a Channel 38 Red Sox telecast has earned during quot;the modern era quot; of cable. | 1 |
Angels, A's keep the pace Chone Figgins and Troy Percival saved the Anaheim Angels, and gave them a little boost in the West race. | 1 |
Plunkings strike a sour note They may never be mistaken for the boys from the Bronx as Boston's archrivals. But the Devil Rays picked up last night where the Yankees left off Sunday, squaring off with the Red Sox in an incident that emptied both dugouts and bullpens before Terry Francona's crew celebrated the clinching... | 1 |
AL notables Joe Crede is Chicago's sixth player with 20 homers, a franchise record. The other White Sox with 20 or more homers are Paul Konerko (40), Carlos Lee (29), Jose Valentin (29), Aaron Rowand (22), and Juan Uribe (21). | 1 |
Bonds takes a steroid test Barry Bonds hopes his random steroid test last week will remove suspicion that he uses performance-enhancing drugs. | 1 |
The out pattern persists The NFL injury epidemic didn't pause this weekend, with Rich Gannon breaking a vertebra in his neck that will sideline him for eight weeks, and Rex Grossman and Charlie Garner out for the season. | 1 |
Sun stay alive with a win over Mystics The Connecticut Sun got a wake-up call Saturday when then were defeated by the Washington Mystics in the first game of their best-of-three WNBA Eastern Conference semifinal series. | 1 |
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