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New \$50 bill is colorized; the \$10 is next WASHINGTON -- A new \$50 bill with touches of red, blue and yellow will show up soon in banks, cash registers and wallets. A new \$10 also is in the works, the third greenback to get colorized in an effort to thwart counterfeiting. | 2 |
Black loosens grip on Hollinger FALLEN Press baron Lord Black has indicated he is willing to loosen control of Toronto-based Hollinger Inc amid allegations in an Ontario court filing by Canadian fund manager Catalyst. | 2 |
Cleveland vs. Kansas City KANSAS CITY 1ST: D DeJesus flied out to left. A Berroa doubled to left. A Berroa to third on wild pitch by C Lee, A Berroa scored on throwing error by catcher V Martinez. | 1 |
Blair admits he erred in days before Iraq war Brighton, England -- Prime Minister Tony Blair faced his critics at his Labor Party #39;s annual conference Tuesday and said he had erred in accepting faulty intelligence that Saddam Hussein #39;s regime possessed chemical and biological weapons. | 0 |
Tech.gov: Don't Call Me, I'll Call You A cell phone directory is in the works, along with legislation to keep it private. Is this a good thing? | 3 |
Fannie Mae #39;s woes may cost home buyers US home buyers may see a slight rise in mortgage rates if housing finance company Fannie Mae, which is mired in an accounting scandal, slows purchases of bonds backed | 2 |
Rail and air sink ferries as 1,200 jobs are cut The popularity of cut-price airlines and the Eurostar rail service to the continent is threatening to sink the ferry industry, where 1,200 job losses were announced yesterday. | 2 |
Getting back in the game America has regained bragging rights to the world #39;s most powerful supercomputer, after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus. IBM Corp. | 2 |
Dissidents tell Disney to #39;walk the walk #39; or else Dissident former directors Roy Disney and Stanley Gold on Tuesday called a temporary cease-fire in their war with CEO Michael Eisner and the Walt Disney Co. | 2 |
China announces huge investments in Canada The Chinese firm, Minmetals, owned by the Chinese government, has taken over the biggest mining company in Canada, Noranda Mining. | 2 |
Don #39;t Call Me, I #39;ll Call You Not too long ago, I was trying to meet up with friends at an outdoor concert in the park. We had chosen a really good, well-marked meeting place--which dozens of other people and their closest friends were | 3 |
Toutatis to whiz past Earth A mountain-sized asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth at 9:35 am EDT (7.05 pm IST) tomorrow, reports NASA. Although asteroid 4179 Toutatis will come no closer than four times the distance between | 3 |
Munich expected to make move to Linux official Despite concerns about software patents in Europe, Germany #39;s Munich city government make their move to Linux official according to Reuters. | 3 |
Nigerian Oil Delta Rebel in 11th Hour Peace Talks LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian rebel leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari said he arrived in the capital Abuja on Wednesday for talks with President Olusegun Obasanjo after his group threatened a new offensive against troops in the oil-producing Niger delta and threatened to ta... | 0 |
Angels tie A #39;s in West Ichiro Suzuki had two hits to move within three of tying the single-season record, and the Seattle Mariners pounded Tim Hudson in a 7-2 victory over the host Oakland Athletics last night. | 1 |
Belief is the key, insists Wenger Arsene Wenger accepts that his side #39;s dominance in the Premiership creates expectations in Europe, where they have never gone beyond the semi-finals. | 1 |
Baseball fever: Catch it at your own risk This week #39;s reminder comes courtesy of a lawsuit filed in San Francisco County Superior Court over ownership of another Barry Bonds home run ball. | 1 |
US downplays N. Korea announcement The Bush administration responded calmly yesterday to North Korean statements it has turned the plutonium from 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods into nuclear weapons. | 0 |
Nigerian Oil Delta Rebel in 11th Hour Peace Talks Nigerian rebel leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari said he arrived in the capital Abuja on Wednesday for talks with President Olusegun Obasanjo after his group threatened a new offensive against troops in the oil-producing Niger delta and | 0 |
Kidnapped CNN producer freed Palestinian militants yesterday released an Israeli Arab who works as a producer for CNN a day after abducting him at gunpoint in the | 0 |
Iraqi resistance could be broader than US claims During the past 30 days, more than 2,300 attacks have been directed against civilians and military targets in Iraq, in a pattern that sprawls over nearly every major population | 0 |
Blair Doubts Iraq Will Cost Him Next Election BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - Tony Blair said on Wednesday he believed Iraq would not be the decisive issue when Britons come to vote at next year's expected election. | 0 |
About 45 N.Koreans Enter Canada Embassy in China -Media BEIJING (Reuters) - About 45 suspected North Koreans climbed over a wall into the Canadian embassy in Beijing on Wednesday, the latest in a rash of diplomatic mission break-ins by people seeking asylum outside the isolated Communist country. | 0 |
Yen Reverses Off Lows, Keeps Eye on Oil LONDON (Reuters) - The yen pulled back above a 6-week low on the dollar and a 4-month trough on the euro on Wednesday, as oil prices backed off record highs, while the euro maintained its grip on recent gains against the dollar. | 2 |
Bardot fans snap up memorabilia More than 200 Brigitte Bardot fans descend on a memorabilia sale on the star's 70th birthday. | 0 |
Kidnappers in Iraq release 7 hostages BAGHDAD -- Kidnappers in Iraq freed seven hostages yesterday, releasing two female Italian aid workers who were abducted from their home three weeks ago, two of the women's Iraqi colleagues and three Egyptian employees of a local cell phone company. | 0 |
Many at odds with Bush foreign policy WASHINGTON -- A new survey indicates that a majority of the American public is at odds with many of President's Bush's foreign policy priorities, with overwhelming majorities favoring treaties that the Bush administration opted out of and more than half saying that the United State... | 0 |
Kidnapped CNN producer freed MAGHAR, Israel -- Palestinian militants yesterday released an Israeli Arab who works as a producer for CNN a day after abducting him at gunpoint in the Gaza Strip in an unusual ordeal that underscored the spiraling lawlessness in the Palestinian territories and the precarious position of th... | 0 |
CDs 'will dominate music market' The CD will stay the most popular music format until at least the end of the decade, according to a new survey. | 3 |
US downplays N. Korea announcement UNITED NATIONS -- The Bush administration responded calmly yesterday to North Korean statements it has turned the plutonium from 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods into nuclear weapons. | 0 |
Update 1: China Vows to Keep Economy on Track China #39;s leaders pledged at a key policy meeting to keep the economy on track next year while raising farm incomes, promoting energy conservation and holding down investment in overheated industries, state media said Monday. | 2 |
Hancock, homers hurt Chicago The Reds dealt Chicago #39;s playoff hopes a blow Tuesday night by using the Cubs #39; formula for winning: good starting pitching and home runs. | 1 |
Bomb-alert plane resumes US flight A bomb-alert Olympic Airways plane was back in the air and completing its journey to New York after being diverted to Ireland amid a bomb scare. | 0 |
7 Bounty descendants to be tried in attacks PITCAIRN ISLAND Half the men on remote Pitcairn Island, which is populated by descendants of the Bounty mutineers, go on trial Wednesday over a string of alleged sex attacks dating back up to 40 years. | 0 |
AmerisourceBergen to Boost Flu Vaccine AmerisourceBergen Corp. (ABC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday it has signed a 10-year agreement with ID Biomedical Corp. | 2 |
UPDATE 1-Circuit City posts weak sales; shares fall Circuit City Stores Inc. (CC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 2 US electronics chain, on Monday reported a surprise 4.3 percent drop in quarterly sales at stores open at least | 2 |
Radio Head: Station Merger Plans Unveiled Capital Radio and GWR Group have agreed to merge in a deal that will create the dominant company in the UK radio sector. Capital Radio CEO David Mansfield and GWR executive chairman Ralph Bernard will stay in their respective roles in the merged company. | 2 |
California is First to Enact Cell Phone Number Privacy Law Californians will have the right to decide for themselves whether their cell phone number is listed in a planned wireless 411 directory under a new bill signed into law last Friday (Sept. | 3 |
Left to ponder the loss amid the condos MONTREAL - Where the Field of Dreams was supposed to be built in Montreal, there now stand dreary, functional modern condominiums. | 1 |
Pitcairn sex trials delayed The trials of seven Pitcairn Island men charged with almost 100 child sex abuse crimes have been delayed till tomorrow. Prosecution police and some court officials had arrived on the island only | 0 |
World ; Three die as Maoists enforce 48 hr shutdown World News, Kathmandu, Three people were killed, over a dozen vehicles torched and a global march to empower people at the grassroots was disrupted as Maoist insurgents Tuesday enforced a 48-hour shutdown in six regions of Nepal. | 0 |
Eight captives freed in Iraq Two Italian humanitarian workers who were kidnapped three weeks ago from their office in Baghdad were released Tuesday night, along with two Iraqi colleagues who had been | 0 |
Palestinian PM Calls For CNN Producer #39;s Release GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia Tuesday said authorities were working hard for the release of a CNN producer and urged the kidnappers to free him. | 0 |
Likely retail #39;third force #39; to chew over THERE #39;S a sense of deja vu about the Metcash takeover offer for Western Australia-based Foodland Associated, because if Andrew Reitzer and his management team can pull it off it may finally create a competitive national quot;third force quot; in retailing to take | 2 |
Barrel of oil hits \$50 Crude oil surpassed \$50 a barrel for the first time and analysts said Tuesday that prices could keep rising because of a sharp rise in global demand, tight supplies and threats to output in petroleum-producing nations such as Iraq and Nigeria. | 2 |
New supercomputer called BlueGene breaks speed record, IBM says IBM Corp. claimed unofficial bragging rights Tuesday as owner of the world #39;s fastest supercomputer. For three years running, the fastest supercomputer has been NEC #39;s Earth Simulator in Japan. | 2 |
Nextel Communications Purchases 5.6 Million Nextel Partners Shares KIRKLAND, Wash. --(Business Wire)-- Sept. 27, 2004 -- Nextel Communications, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Motorola, Inc. | 2 |
Via gives a PCI Express boost to AMD-based computers Via Technologies Friday announced the introduction of its K8T890 PCI Express chipset for Advanced Micro Devices #39; (AMD) 64-bit processors. | 3 |
Tiger in 2000: A benchmark of more than majors Vijay Singh has one month to put the final touches on what already is a masterpiece. He won for the eighth time this year at the 84 Lumber Classic, setting the single-season earnings record with more than \$9. | 1 |
Bonds #39; 700th homer ball brings lawsuit from fan SAN FRANCISCO -- A court hearing is scheduled for today in a dispute over who is the rightful owner of the ball Barry Bonds hit for his 700th home run. | 1 |
Helpful hits lift Indians He #39;s done just fine when the Indians have scored a lot of runs. The five-game winning streak from July 20 through Aug. 14, when the Tribe scored 60 runs, and that 22-0 victory over the Yankees on Aug. 31 come to mind. | 1 |
PCI Express will please serious power junkies Computer shoppers who want and can afford the fastest machines face a dilemma as they decide just how to spend all that cash. Desktop PCs using the new PCI Express design - a faster way | 3 |
Tech.gov: Don't Call Me, I'll Call You (PC World) PC World - A cell phone directory is in the works, along with legislation to keep it private. Is this a good thing? | 3 |
Italy release raises British hopes The brother of a British engineer kidnapped in Iraq said he was encouraged by the release of two Italian aid workers held hostage in the country for three weeks, while Prime Minister Tony Blair said the British government was | 0 |
Oil Prices Ease From 21-Year High But Remain Volatile New York, Sept. 29 (NNN): Hitting fresh 21-year highs of more than \$50 a barrel a day earlier, oil prices eased slightly on Tuesday but remained quite volatile as increased fighting in Nigeria forced several | 2 |
Motorla to cut jobs worldwide Chicago - Motorola will cut 1 000 jobs and take a charge of \$50 million (R320.5 million) for severance benefits as it moves to complete a spinoff of its money-losing semiconductor unit, the company said. | 2 |
Nextel buys shares from Motorola SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Nextel Communications said Monday that it has purchased shares of its own stock and Nextel Partners from Motorola. | 2 |
S3 readying GammaChrome graphics chips DIGITIMES SAID that S3 design wins mean that cards using its quot;GammaChrome quot; 3D graphics accelerator will start to be sold during the fourth quarter. | 3 |
Wonderkid Wayne walking on water MANCHESTER - Sir Alex Ferguson admits he has never seen a player make as impressive a debut as Wayne Rooney did on his hat-trick night for Manchester United in the Champions League on Tuesday. | 1 |
At least Brown #39;s spirits seem good Joe Torre had enough to deal with yesterday, what with a rainout and Orlando Hernandez #39;s tired shoulder forcing him to shuffle his starting rotation. | 1 |
Update 23: Crude Prices Stay Above \$50 Per Barrel Oil lingered above the \$50 per barrel threshold in Asian trade Wednesday, breaching the mark for the second straight day ahead of key US crude stockpile data. | 2 |
Amazon, Microsoft file lawsuits against spammers Seattle, September 29: Microsoft Corp and Amazon.com Inc jointly filed lawsuits against e-mail spammers and scams to get unsuspecting users to divulge credit card and account information, the two companies said on Tuesday. | 2 |
P amp;O Cuts Some English Channel Ferry Routes Shipping giant P amp;O said Tuesday it was scrapping four of its 13 routes across the English Channel, with the loss of about 1,200 jobs. | 2 |
Hoenig: Outlook #39;generally sound #39; ALBUQUERQUE, NM (CBS.MW) -- The US economy is quot;generally sound quot; and should not be derailed by higher oil prices, Thomas Hoenig, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, said Tuesday. | 2 |
Stocks open higher on overnight gains in US shares TOKYO - Stocks opened higher Wednesday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as overnight gains in US shares prompted buybacks of recently battered Tokyo stocks. | 2 |
Beware! Deadly asteroid set to hit earth MUMBAI: The earth will have a close shave with one of the largest known potentially hazardous asteroids called #39;Toutatis #39; on Wednesday, Nehru Planetarium senior scientist Bharat Adur said. | 3 |
DNA Analysis Could Combat Ivory Poaching To determine the origin of elephant ivory tusks, a team of researchers led by Samuel Wasser of the University of Washington in Seattle collected samples in the most important areas inhabited by African elephant herds. | 3 |
Four more hits! Four more hits! The lighter side of Ichiro Suzuki emerged Tuesday night after he moved into a tie for second place on the Major League all-time single-season hit list. | 1 |
Millar #39;s homer in 11th lifts Sox ST. PETERSBURG The Red Sox crept closer to the Yankees in the AL East on Tuesday night, beating the Devil Rays 10-8 on Kevin Millar #39;s two-out, two-run homer in the 11th. | 1 |
Diverted Greek plane leaves Ireland for New York after bomb alert DUBLIN : An Olympic Airlines plane diverted to Ireland following a bomb alert, the second faced by the Greek carrier in four days, resumed its journey to New York after no device was found on board, airport officials said. | 0 |
Seoul dismisses North #39;s nuke claims as propaganda SEOUL (AFP) - South Korean officials on Tuesday dismissed as propaganda a top North Korean official #39;s claims that Pyongyang had made nuclear weapons from spent plutonium fuel rods, news reports said. | 0 |
Shares Dip, Debt Up Amid Security Fears LONDON (Reuters) - European shares dipped and government bond prices rose on Monday following an attack on a U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia and as Friday's weak U.S. jobs data continued to chip away at economic confidence. | 2 |
Stocks Open Lower NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened lower on Monday as oil prices rose above \$43 a barrel and the dollar held near record lows. | 2 |
Particle lab celebrates 50 years The European research facility which invented the web and helped shape our view of matter is exactly 50 years old. | 3 |
Ransom Concern Clouds Return of Italian Hostages (Reuters) Reuters - National joy in Italy at the safe return\of two aid workers held hostage in Iraq gave way in some\quarters on Wednesday to concern that Rome had paid a ransom\for the women's freedom. | 0 |
Suspected Taliban Kill Five Afghan Troops (Reuters) Reuters - Suspected Taliban\guerrillas killed five Afghan troops in an ambush on a district\headquarters in a troubled southern province, officials said on\Wednesday, 11 days before a landmark election. | 0 |
Russian Government to Discuss Ratifying Kyoto (Reuters) Reuters - The Russian government will discuss\ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on Thursday, the government\press service said on Wednesday, in a sign Russia is finally\making up its mind to back the climate change pact. | 0 |
Bush lead in polls raises Kerry's debate stakes (AFP) AFP - Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry trailed behind US President George W. Bush in the latest polls, raising the stakes for their first debate two days before that face-to-face confrontation. | 0 |
US-Led Forces Focus on South, East for Afghan Election KABUL (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan are stepping up efforts to improve security before next month's election, focusing on the south and southeast where militants have been most active, a military spokesman said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Britain's Blair Looks to Poll After Iraq Apology BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - Iraq will not be the decisive factor for Britons in the next election, Tony Blair said on Wednesday, as his party pondered the prime minister's conditional apology over the war. | 0 |
Israel Kills 3 Palestinians in Major Gaza Raid JABALYA, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed three Palestinians on Wednesday after storming into north Gaza for the third time in as many months to quell Palestinian rocket fire into Israel. | 0 |
Mauritania thwarts 'coup plot' Mauritanian security forces foil a coup attempt, the third in 15 months, says the interior minister. | 0 |
N Koreans storm Beijing mission A group of 40 people, thought to be North Koreans, force their way into the Canadian embassy in Beijing. | 0 |
US bill aims to jail film pirates Using video cameras to record cinema films would become a state-wide crime under a proposed US law. | 0 |
Growing Pessimism on Situation in Iraq While President Bush and others have delivered optimistic public appraisals, officials who fight the Iraqi insurgency and study it believe the rebellion is deeper and more widespread than is being publicly acknowledged, officials say. | 0 |
Lindh Asks Bush to Reduce Sentence Attorneys for John Walker Lindh, the suburban Californian convicted of fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan, asked President Bush yesterday to commute Lindh's 20-year prison sentence. | 0 |
Freescale To Launch Smaller, Faster G4 Processor Tony Smith of The Register (UK) has published a look at Freescale #39;s upcoming smaller, faster G4 processor. Freescale is the name of Motorola #39;s spun-off | 3 |
Fined and suspended A price tag has been attached to Brad Halsey #39;s brushback pitch to Boston #39;s Dave Roberts and subsequent ejection in the bottom of the eighth inning of the Yankees #39; 11-4 loss at Fenway on Sunday. | 1 |
Will sinking Lowe resurface in playoffs? We're back, it appears, to this: Derek Lowe is a guy you'd think twice about allowing to park your car, never mind start a playoff game. | 1 |
Giants get share of wild card Edgardo Alfonzo's two-run double capped a six-run rally in the fourth inning, and the San Francisco Giants tied the Chicago Cubs for the wild-card lead by beating the Padres, 7-5, last night at San Diego. | 1 |
NL notables Dodgers outfielder Milton Bradley was ejected in the eighth inning after he slammed a plastic bottle down in the front row of seats in the right-field corner. A fan apparently threw the bottle onto the field one play after Bradley dropped a liner with the bases loaded. | 1 |
AL notables Vladimir Guerrero has 121 RBIs and 120 runs to join Don Baylor as the only Angels player to reach those totals in each category in the same season. Baylor achieved the feat in 1979. | 1 |
Sales is hoping to close the deal Connecticut Sun shooting guard Nykesha Sales was the team's leading scorer this season, averaging 15.2 points. She scored in double figures 26 times, and in her six years in the WNBA, has scored almost 2,800 points. | 1 |
Mitchell downplays Carter's request Vince Carter wants out of Toronto, but new Raptors coach Sam Mitchell doesn't think it will be an issue when training camp opens next week. quot;I don't even think it's going to become a distraction, quot; Mitchell said. Carter has asked for a trade, but Mitchell hopes the All-Star ... | 1 |
Top-heavy matchups Seven Atlantic 10 teams are ranked in the latest Sports Network Division 1-AA poll, and four of them go head to head this weekend: No. 8 Maine plays at No. 4 Delaware and No. 12 New Hampshire is at No. 10 Villanova. In addition, No. 16 Northeastern plays at conference rival William amp; Mary, the hi... | 1 |
Today's schedule Pro basketball: WNBA playoffs: Sun vs. Washington (Game 3) at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn., 8 p.m. | 1 |
South Korea has a sole golden goal Whatever decision the Court of Arbitration for Sport makes in the Paul Hamm case, it won't involve a duplicate gold medal for rival Yang Tae Young. The South Koreans, who claim Yang would have won the Olympic gymnastics all-around had it not been for a scoring error, want their man de... | 1 |
Banknorth chief offers defense of sale plan As criticism mounted yesterday over Banknorth Group's pending deal with a Canadian bank, chief executive William J. Ryan defended his decision to sell a majority stake in New England's largest independent bank, saying it is in the shareholders' best interest. | 2 |
Oil Holds Near \$50 LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices held close to \$50 a barrel on Wednesday ahead of U.S. inventory data that is expected to show tighter supplies in the world's biggest oil consumer as a result of Hurricane Ivan. | 2 |
Radio Companies to Merge Classic FM owner GWR and Capital Radio are to merge in a deal creating a company with a 36 share of the UK commercial radio audience. | 2 |
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