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Italy debates the cost of freeing hostages Euphoria still lingers in the air after the triumphant homecoming of two Italian aid workers held hostage in Iraq. But concern intensified | 0 |
Tense Moments During Trailblazing Private Space Flight (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - quot;My heart stopped \ here on the ground. quot;\ -- Erik Lindbergh | 3 |
Expedition Turns Up Life on Pseudo-Mars (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - An international team of scientists has found life on a Norwegian island. No surprises there, but the successful field test of a collection of life-detection instruments may be a stepping stone for future endeavors to sniff out life on Mars. | 3 |
Electronic Back-Seat Driver System to Be Tested Australian scientists have invented an electronic driver's assistant system, similar to the back-seat driver who forever points out road signs and warns against speeding. | 3 |
ConocoPhillips wins LUKoil stake in historic auction MOSCOW : US oil major ConocoPhillips bought a 7.6-percent government stake in Russia #39;s second-largest producer LUKoil for nearly two billion dollars in the nation #39;s largest post-Soviet privatization deal. | 2 |
HUD Secretary Comments on Fannie Mae WASHINGTON - It #39;s up to the board of Fannie Mae to decide whether top managers should be removed in the wake of the mortgage giant #39;s accounting crisis, HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson said Wednesday. | 2 |
Martha Stewart to serve time in West Virginia Martha Stewart is heading for quot;Camp Cupcake. quot; She will serve her five-month prison term at a West Virginia facility, not one in Connecticut or Florida, as she had hoped. | 2 |
Alcan spinoff Novelis will have \$2.8 billion US in debt MONTREAL (CP) - Alcan Inc. #39;s rolled-products division will be saddled with a debt of \$2.8 billion US as it becomes a separate company under the name Novelis, says a preliminary prospectus. | 2 |
SpaceShipOne completes first flight in X Prize pursuit Several St. Louis business people were on hand Wednesday to witness SpaceShipOne #39;s first attempt in its effort to win the \$10 million Ansari X Prize. | 3 |
New York Mets call news conference for Thursday; expected to hire <b>...</b> The New York Mets plan to make a major announcement Thursday amid reports they are planning to hire Omar Minaya from the Montreal Expos as head of baseball operations. | 1 |
Soccer: Del Neri appointed Roma coach ROME : Luigi Del Neri has been appointed coach of AS Roma, the troubled Serie A club confirmed. Del Neri arrived here Wednesday morning and went immediately to the home of Roma president Franco Sensi to iron out last minute details of the contract. | 1 |
Rogers wins time trial at road cycling worlds Australia #39;s Michael Rogers won the elite-division time trial Wednesday at the road cycling World Championships, defending the title he was awarded earlier this month after 2003 winner David Millar of Britain was stripped of his gold medal for doping. | 1 |
Nigeria Militia Leader Says Deal Reached ABUJA, Nigeria Sept. 29, 2004 - The leader of militia fighters threatening to widen a battle for control of Nigeria #39;s oil-rich south said Wednesday he agreed to a tentative deal with President Olusegun Obasanjo | 0 |
UN Wants African Monitors in Darfur Camps African monitors should deploy in camps to help protect the almost 1.5 million people displaced by the conflict in Darfur and should also monitor police to help build | 0 |
IBM claims supercomputer speed record The Blue Gene/L system performed just over 36,000 billion calculations a second during tests at IBM #39;s Rochester office in Minnesota, the company announced on 29 September. | 2 |
Kmart finalizes sale of 50 stores to Sears Kmart Holding Corp. has finalized the sale of 50 of its stores to Sears, Roebuck and Co. for \$575 million, the retailer said Wednesday. | 2 |
U.N. Wants African Monitors in Darfur Camps KHARTOUM (Reuters) - African monitors should deploy in camps to help protect the almost 1.5 million people displaced by the conflict in Darfur and should also monitor police to help build trust with the local community, the United Nations said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Craft reaches edge of space A MANNED private rocketship burst through the Earth #39;s atmosphere into space today after a hair-raising ascent, putting it half-way towards winning a \$US10 million (\$13. | 3 |
Low-Cost Versions of Windows XP Unveiled Microsoft Corp. is removing features and cutting prices in India for a special version of its Windows XP operating system to tap the large market potential in a country where only about 1 percent of the 1 billion people own computers. | 3 |
Kenya prison conditions slammed Kenya's Human Rights Commission criticises conditions at Meru jail where seven prisoners have died. | 0 |
'Men fled' from bridge death spot Murder trial witnesses say they heard screams and saw men running from where a British backpacker was found dead. | 0 |
Oil Below \$50 on Nigerian Cease-Fire LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices slid from record highs above \$50 a barrel Wednesday as the U.S. government reported a surprise increase in crude stocks and rebels in Nigeria's oil-rich delta region agreed to a preliminary cease-fire. | 2 |
Computer Associates to Cut 800 Jobs NEW YORK (Reuters) - Software maker Computer Associates <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=CA.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">CA.N</A>on Wednesday said it would cut 800 jobs, or 5 percent of its work force, in one of its biggest cost c... | 2 |
IBM reclaims world supercomputing title The United States today reclaimed the lead in global supercomputing more than two years after Japans Earth Simulator shook the computing world by claiming the top spot. | 2 |
Sears closes on Kmart stores Sears Roebuck and Co. has closed the acquisition of ownership or leasehold interest in 50 stores from Kmart Holding Corp., including one location on Oahu, the Chicago retailer said Wednesday. | 2 |
SpaceShipOne Rolls During Flight To Space SpaceShipOne, on a quest to win \$10 million, spun unexpectedly as it rocketed toward space Wednesday, but apparently went into space for the second time. | 3 |
Earth #39;s #39;hum #39; springs from stormy seas An enigmatic humming sound made by the Earth may be caused by the planets stormy seas, suggests a new analysis. Japanese seismologists first described the Earths humming signal in 1998. | 3 |
Apple introduces two new Garageband Jam Packs Apple has introduced two new Jam Packs for its popular GarageBand consumer music creation software today. These two new packs offer new instruments and loops for different genres. | 3 |
Golf: Shoulder injury casts doubts over Woods KILKENNY, Ireland : Tiger Woods is doubtful for this week #39;s World Golf Championships event in Ireland after injuring a shoulder in a fall. | 1 |
Safin sights Houston with Thai win Former world No 1 Marat Safin stormed into the second round of the Thailand Open on Wednesday with a confident 6-2, 6-3 win over Israel #39;s Noam Okun. | 1 |
Rogers wins world TT title Reigning world time trial champion Michael Rogers of Australia successfully defended his crown here at the world road race championships Wednesday. | 1 |
Hope in journalists #39; release THE French government remained tight-lipped today about the fate of two French journalists abducted over a month ago in Iraq as the release of up to 10 hostages there raised fresh hopes that they could be freed. | 0 |
Gilberto out with back injury Arsenal #39;s Brazilian midfielder Gilberto will be sidelined for at least a month with a back injury according to a club report. quot;Gilberto is out. | 1 |
Chechen pair held over journalist #39;s murder MOSCOW: Police have arrested two Chechen suspects in connection with the murder of journalist Paul Klebnikov, the editor of Forbes magazine #39;s Russian edition, who was shot in an apparent contract killing in July. | 0 |
Conoco Phillips buys 7.6 in Lukoil for \$2 bn Front-runner Conoco Phillips today won the auction for 7.6 per cent of Russian oil and gas group Lukoil, bidding some \$2 billion, in a deal that also takes the US group into a joint venture to exploit the Timan-Pechora area of Russia. | 2 |
Travelzoo Shares Rally After Offering Rumor Fades The bears are growling again inside Travelzoo.com Inc. (TZOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research). Shares of the Internet travel site soared on Wednesday after plunging more than 20 percent a day earlier. | 2 |
Private Space Ship Lands Safely, Nears Prize SpaceShipOne landed safely on Wednesday in the California desert after a wild corkscrew-like ascent into space, and is now a step closer to a | 3 |
Microsoft, Amazon Take Phishers to Court Microsoft and Amazon.com have joined forces against perpetrators of phishing scams, filing a lawsuit against a Canadian company that they say ran a spamming campaign using Microsoft #39;s Hotmail services and forging Amazon #39;s name. | 3 |
Rodman could have a place here, after all There are exactly 18.7 reasons why Dennis Rodman thinks he can play in the NBA again. The Worm is much older now, less energetic and physically not what he used to be. | 1 |
Delta Cuts to Run Desperate times call for desperate measures. In Delta #39;s (NYSE: DAL) case, that #39;s now, according to CEO Gerald Grinstein. In a memo to employees yesterday, Grinstein announced | 2 |
Sears buys two local Kmart stores Two closed Kmart stores in the Tampa Bay area are among 50 nationwide acquired by Sears, Roebuck and Co. in a \$576-million deal announced Wednesday. | 2 |
US Economy: Growth Slowed Less Than Expected in 2nd Quarter The US economy slowed less than previously estimated in the second quarter as exports and inventories grew, revised numbers from the government show. | 2 |
Private rocketship goes to space and back : MOJAVE, United States (AFP - A private manned rocketship blasted through the Earth #39;s atmosphere into space after a hair-raising corkscrew ascent on a flight aimed at capturing a 10-million-dollar prize. | 3 |
Microsoft Reveals More Intellectual Property Microsoft today released its third open-source offering called the FlexiWiki project on SourceForge.net. FlexWiki is a collaborative web-based authoring environment implemented on the Microsoft . | 3 |
Special to ESPN.com Who better to talk about the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry than Tom Gordon, who calls his days in Boston among his happiest in the game. | 1 |
Campbell starts for Gunners in Norway Sol Campbell started his second game in the space of five days when he lined up in the Arsenal defence for tonights Champions League encounter with Rosenborg in Norway. | 1 |
Darfur is All About Talk And No Action LISTENING to the saber-rattling emanating from western countries that are angry about the humanitarian crisis in the western Sudan region of Darfur, one would conclude that strong international action is about to be carried out on behalf of the more than | 0 |
Kmart wraps sale of 50 stores to Sears (AFP) AFP - Kmart Holding Corporation, parent company of the discount retail chain, said it had finalized the sale of 50 stores to Sears, Roebuck and Co for 575.9 million dollars in cash. | 2 |
Update 2: IMF Predicts Strongest Growth in 3 Decades The world economy this year should post its best growth in three decades even though oil prices are up sharply and economic activity in the United States probably will be slower than previously thought. | 2 |
The more the Red Sox and Cubs talk about it, the worse it gets I #39;m pleased to report that you #39;ve heeded my anguished cry for thoughtful commentary and staved off my insidious plan to write a treatise on Keynesian economics. | 1 |
Workers at four hotels in San Francisco go on strike Unionized workers at four San Francisco hotels went on strike Wednesday morning. A union leader called the walkout quot;a wake-up call quot; for hotels to stimulate stalled talks. | 2 |
Japan expected to remain quiet on yuan TOKYOWhen the United States demands at this week #39;s Group of Seven meeting that China loosen its grip on the yuan, Japan is expected to say little and try to avoid being drawn into the debate between the country #39;s two biggest trading partners. | 2 |
Space Flight Bumpy, But Successful (CBS/AP) The first private manned rocket to reach space soared toward the edge of the atmosphere again in an unexpectedly bumpy ride Wednesday in the first half of a bid to earn a \$10 million prize. | 3 |
Lynch set for return to Tampa It #39;s not quite Raymond Bourque returning to Boston in a Colorado Avalanche sweater, but it #39;s close. Put it this way: if John Lynch gets another Super Bowl | 1 |
Low-Cost Versions of Windows XP Unveiled (AP) AP - Microsoft Corp. is removing features and cutting prices in India for a special version of its Windows XP operating system to tap the large market potential in a country where only about 1 percent of the 1 billion people own computers. | 3 |
VoIP, Inc. Seeking To Partner with Cable Firms (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Voice-over-Internet provider VoIP, Inc. says it is in talks with some 70 smaller cable companies to provide them with wholesale Internet or VoIP-based phone service plans. | 3 |
Munich To Make Linux Migration Official (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - A year after announcing it would migrate its Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows-run computers to Linux, the German city of Munich is expected to make the migration official. The city's council has scheduled a vote, which is anticipated to kick off the next... | 3 |
Salesforce.com expands call center support (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - NEW YORK - Hosted CRM (customer relationship management) evangelist Salesforce.com Inc. began a new branding campaign this week to draw attention to its customer-service support functionality, launching a new Web site at Supportforce.com and announcing ... | 3 |
Strong Quake Rattles Tiny California Town (Reuters) Reuters - A strong earthquake and over 200\aftershocks struck central California on Tuesday, rattling a\large chunk of the state along the San Andreas Fault, but\causing little significant damage. | 3 |
Branson Dumps Cyberspace on Road to Outer Space (Reuters) Reuters - Richard Branson is abandoning cyberspace\as he heads for outer space. | 3 |
Bush and Kerry Gear Up for First Debate (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush and\Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday wrapped up\practice sessions for their first debate with each side\claiming the other faced the tougher challenge. | 0 |
Rival Uses Bin Laden Ad to Attack Murray (AP) AP - Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., has "a different view of Osama bin Laden," her campaign rival charged Wednesday in an attack ad that uses a picture of the al-Qaida leader and the senator's words to challenge her credentials in the war on terror. | 0 |
SpaceShipOne Successfully Soars Into Space Again By JOHN ANTCZAK MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) -- The first private manned rocket recovered from a wild corkscrew roll on its ascent to soar to space and back Wednesday in a bid to earn a \$10 million prize... | 3 |
Powell to Visit Brazil, Talk With Leaders Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Brazil Oct. 6-8 for talks with officials on Latin American issues and other topics. | 0 |
Parade of Hurricanes Erode Florida Beaches By BILL KACZOR PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- Many of Florida's beaches have taken on a different look after this year's parade of hurricanes finished shifting, eroding or completely relocating tons of sand... | 3 |
Cendant Makes Its Move on Diller By nabbing Orbitz in a pricey deal, Henry Silverman #39;s outfit will now go head-to-head against InterActiveCorp in online travel. | 2 |
Briefly: Microsoft boosts reporting tools roundup Plus: Circuit City picks up AT #38;T Net phone plan...Tech firms rally against copyright bill...Apple .Mac customers suffer e-mail glitches. | 3 |
Patriots Say They're Focused on Bills (AP) AP - Don't mention the streak within the confines of Gillette Stadium. The New England Patriots take a string of 17 straight victories into Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills. A win at Ralph Wilson Stadium would make them the sixth NFL team to win 18 straight, including p... | 1 |
Air Force, Navy to Play in Iraq War Shadow (AP) AP - Hype from the media, fans, players and coaches can make a college football game seem like a life-or-death situation. Not at the service academies. | 1 |
Microsoft boosts reporting tools Microsoft issues free tools to create business reports its Exchange and customer relationship management applications. | 3 |
Trend Micro Gives Away Mobile Antivirus App Experts say viruses don't pose a serious risk to handheld devices--yet. | 3 |
SpaceShipOne completes first flight in \$10M prize pursuit SpaceShipOne, the Paul Allen-backed venture that #39;s attempting to take paying passengers into suborbital space for the first time, has completed the first leg of its effort to win a \$10 million prize. | 3 |
Clijsters Makes Winning Return to Tour (AP) AP - Former top-ranked player Kim Clijsters made a winning return to the tour Wednesday, shaking off five months of rustiness to beat Iveta Benesova 7-6 (3), 6-2 and moving into the quarterfinals of the Gaz de France Stars tournament. | 1 |
Culpepper highlights NFC Players of the Week New York, NY (Sports Network) - Minnesota Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper, Seattle Seahawks cornerback Ken Lucas and New Orleans Saints kicker John Carney were named NFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week, respectively, for | 1 |
Dalmiya gets Pawar run out on last ball KOLKATA: Weeks of suspense, a final day packed with drama, and in the best potboiler tradition, it all boiled down to the last few moments. | 1 |
Del Neri replaces Voeller Rome - AS Roma hired Luigi Del Neri as coach on Wednesday to replace Rudi Voeller, who resigned last Sunday. The 54-year-old Italian coach and Roma officials agreed on a two-year contract, but terms were not immediately disclosed. | 1 |
CSKA beat PSG 2-0 in Moscow CSKA Moscow beat Paris St Germain 2-0 in a scrappy Champions League encounter on Wednesday to move temporarily to the top of Group H. Sergei Semak put the Russians ahead with a | 1 |
Nigeria rebel leader cites deal A rebel leader who had threatened to attack multinational oil interests in Nigeria says he and President Olusegun Obasanjo have agreed that rebel and government troops will stop firing on each other immediately. | 0 |
Clijsters Wins on Comeback BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian Kim Clijsters made a successful return from a long absence Wednesday, overcoming dogged Czech Iveta Benesova 7-6, 6-2 in the second round of the Belgian Open. | 1 |
Linksys, Verizon team on Net telephony Verizon will use Linksys phone adapters for its VoIP service, as the market for placing calls over the Net picks up momentum. | 3 |
Microsoft focuses on camera connections Software giant announces new tools for plugging digital cameras into PCs. | 3 |
Digital photo album bypasses PCs SanDisk's media player can be connected directly to a TV set to display still images and video clips taken by digital cameras. | 3 |
Salesforce.com expands call center support NEW YORK - Hosted CRM (customer relationship management) evangelist Salesforce.com Inc. began a new branding campaign this week to draw attention to its customer-service support functionality, launching a new Web site at Supportforce.com and announcing a batch of partnerships ... | 3 |
Lycos Pulls Antispam Screensaver Application that claimed to "spam the spammers" caused much controversy. | 3 |
Saudi Arabia Bans Mobile Phone Cameras By ABDULLAH SHIHRI RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia's highest religious authority has barred the use of mobile phones with built-in cameras, blaming them for "spreading obscenity." The edict, which follows a failed ban on the sale and import of the wildly popular de... | 3 |
Video Cameras at Movies May Be Criminalized By TED BRIDIS WASHINGTON (AP) -- Using video cameras to record films in movie theaters would become a federal crime punishable by up to six years in prison under a bill passed Tuesday by the House. The legislation, called the Piracy Deterrence and Education Act, also wo... | 3 |
Oil Ends Below \$50 on Nigerian Ceasefire NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices slid from record highs above \$50 a barrel Wednesday as the U.S. government reported a surprise increase in crude stocks and rebels in Nigeria's oil-rich delta region agreed to a preliminary cease-fire with the government. | 2 |
ConocoPhillips Buys \$2 Billion Stake in Lukoil The purchase, which ConocoPhillips, the American energy conern, made at an auction today for the Russian government's stake in Lukoil, sets the stage for projects in Iraq. | 2 |
Google News Biased? Can Algorithms Take Sides? Google News Biased? Can Algorithms Take Sides?\\Danny Sullivan posted a thread at SEW forums named News Search #038; Biases, where he points to an article written at OJR.org named Balancing Act: How News Portals Serve Up Political Stories. This blew my mind.\\The article ... | 3 |
Wal-Mart to take biggest hit from S amp;P index shift NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Wal-Mart Stores will experience the most negative impact from a plan for Standard amp; Poor #39;s to shift the composition of key index benchmarks over a phased, year-long transition, analysts said Wednesday. | 2 |
Amazon, Microsoft Suit Caps Busy Two Weeks Microsoft and Amazon.com are teaming up to sue a Canadian-based company that they say ran a phishing scheme. quot;They are going to crush this guy legally, quot; Panda Software CTO Patrick Hinojosa Hinojosa gleefully observes. | 3 |
Study: As much as 50 of Viagra sold online is fake (National) Sept. 29, 2004 - A British study shows as much as half of the Viagra sold on the Internet is not the real thing. Some of the pills have totally different ingredients. | 3 |
Q9 Networks Inc. to open Brampton, Ont., data centre after \$13M <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - Q9 Networks Inc., a provider of outsourced Internet services, says it will open a high-security data centre in Brampton, Ont. | 3 |
Nothing like Tito at the Garden The gestures are simple enough, but they speak volumes. A single fist, followed by an extended index finger to signify quot;number one, and a smile that seems out of place in such a violent sport. | 1 |
Forget the streak, Patriots say they #39;re focused on Buffalo The New England Patriots take a string of 17 straight victories into Sunday #39;s game against the Buffalo Bills. A win at Ralph Wilson Stadium would make them the sixth NFL team to win 18 straight, including playoff games. | 1 |
Paralympians warmly welcomed home Britain #39;s Paralympians returned home to a warm welcome after arriving at Gatwick airport on Wednesday. Team GB finished second in the table, behind China, with 94 medals - 35 of which were gold. | 1 |
IBM reclaims top supercomputer crown for U.S. (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - For the first time since 2002, Japan #39;s Earth Simulator is not the most powerful supercomputer on the planet. | 3 |
Belo to Cut 250 Jobs, Completes Circulation Probe Belo Corp. said on Wednesday it would cut more than 3 percent of its work force, mostly at its Dallas Morning News, which is grappling with a recent scandal into inflated circulation data provided to advertisers. | 2 |
Martha Stewart assigned to West Virginia prison Martha Stewart will do her time farther from home than she had hoped, at a remote West Virginia prison where inmates sleep in bunk beds and rise at 6 am to do menial labor for pennies an hour. | 2 |
UPDATE 1-Wal-Mart sets \$10 billion share repurchase plan Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world #39;s top retailer, on Wednesday said its board of directors authorized a \$10 billion stock repurchase plan, replacing a \$7 billion share buyback program. | 2 |
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