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Restatement Decision Deferred The Securities and Exchange Commission is months away from deciding whether Washington mortgage giant Fannie Mae will need to restate its earnings in the aftermath of a sharply critical report on its accounting practices, according to government and company officials. | 2 |
No-Bid Defense Contracts Common More than 40 percent of the Pentagon's \$900 billion in prime contracts during the past six years have been awarded without competitive bidding, according to a Center for Public Integrity study released Wednesday. <BR>\<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"... | 2 |
Judge Strikes Down Section of Patriot Act Allowing Secret Subpoenas of Internet Data A federal judge ruled that the provision broadly violated the Constitution by giving federal authorities unchecked powers to obtain private information. | 3 |
Pentagon Spends Without Bids, a Study Finds More than 40 percent of Pentagon business, a total of \$362 billion, has been awarded on a no-bid basis over the last six years. | 2 |
I.M.F. Asks China to Free Its Currency From Dollar The International Monetary Fund added its voice to the growing calls for China to float its currency immediately. | 2 |
Imf Warns House Buyers to #39;Exercise Caution #39; Sudden changes in the housing market pose the biggest threat to the UK economy, the world financial watchdog warned today. In an unusually stark message, the International Monetary | 2 |
Fresh ALH bid pushes market to new record A bidding war for Australia #39;s biggest hotel owner has helped push the Australian share market into record territory yet again. | 2 |
Gateway PC Delivers New Motherboard Standard Gateway #39;s new 700GR desktop PC, based on a new chassis design that focuses on helping cool high-end processors and graphics cards, will be available this weekend at US retail stores. | 3 |
A 3-Decade Campaign Is Over: Baseball Is Back in Washington Back in the days when the Washington Senators were losers, which was often, there was a saying: quot;First in war, first in peace, and last in the American League. | 1 |
Gateway PC Delivers New Motherboard Standard (PC World) PC World - BTX technology cools down the company's new 700GR desktop. | 3 |
Sexual abuse trials underway on Pitcairn Pitcairn Island #39;s sex trials have started this morning with Mayor Steve Christian the first to face the court. The prosecution has told the court Mr Christian committed offences against four women between 1964 and 1975. | 0 |
UN calls for more AU monitors in Darfur Camps The United Nations said on Wednesday that African Union monitors should be deployed in Darfur refugee camps and should also monitor police to help in building trust with the local community. | 0 |
Qantas #39; Jetstar Asia lifts off for a long haul future QANTAS chief Geoff Dixon is confident the new low cost Asian airline launched yesterday in Singapore will last the disance. Qantas owns 49 per cent of Jetstar Asia, a sister airline to Jetstar Australia, along | 0 |
IBM OKs Partial Pension Suit Settlement (AP) AP - IBM Corp. and plaintiffs challenging the legality of its pension plan agreed to a deal Wednesday that settles most claims and caps the company's potential liability at #36;1.7 billion. The company previously had estimated that a settlement could cost up to #36;6.5 bil... | 3 |
IBM Settles Some Pension Suit Issues International Business Machines Corp. said Wednesday it had agreed to settle most of the issues in a suit over changes in its pension plans on terms that allow the company to continue to appeal a key question while capping its liability at \$1.7 billion. <BR><FONT face="ver... | 3 |
Akamai Strives for a Safer, Speedier Net It was dark and eerily quiet in the command center of Akamai Technologies Inc., a company whose mission of easing Internet traffic jams gives it a clear view of what's happening on the Internet. | 3 |
Oil Ends Below #36;50 on Nigerian Cease-Fire (Reuters) Reuters - Oil prices slid from record highs\above #36;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 |
IMF Says China Able to Slow Economy (AP) AP - China can manage to slow its roaring economy to a sustainable level, but only if it avoids loosening curbs on lending and investment too quickly, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday. | 2 |
Russia 'to ratify climate treaty' Russia appears set to approve the Kyoto climate change treaty, which could lead to its adoption worldwide. | 3 |
IBM reaches settlement in pension suit NEW YORK -- IBM Corp. agreed to a deal Wednesday that all but settles a case in which 140,000 workers claimed the computer giant #39;s pension plan discriminated against older workers. | 2 |
Mutual-fund industry buffeted by regulators, media, markets: IFIC <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - Canadian mutual fund operators face a triple threat from regulatory probes, negative news coverage and lacklustre financial markets, the head of the industry #39;s national association said Wednesday. | 2 |
Rocket plane lands safely after bid for X Prize Despite a few tense moments, the SpaceShipOne rocket plane made a successful manned flight into space, putting it in the lead in the race to win the \$10-million Ansari X Prize. | 3 |
Jeff Gordon has momentum Motorsport.com. Momentum is a funny thing in racing. It #39;s not something that you can see or hear. It #39;s not easy to put your finger on exactly when it starts. | 1 |
Italian Officials Dispute Reports of Ransom Italy #39;s government dismissed reports Wednesday that it paid \$1 million to free two Italian aid workers who were kidnapped in Iraq and held for three weeks before being released Tuesday. | 0 |
Sudanese Villagers Attacked in Darfur Haggard survivors of fighting in southern Darfur, thorns stuck to their bloody feet, straggled into this refugee community before dawn Wednesday and told harrowing | 0 |
SportsNetwork Game Preview (Sports Network) - Pedro Martinez tries to stop a personal three-game losing streak this evening when the Boston Red Sox attempt a three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Tropicana Field. | 1 |
Expos not quite out of limbo where? -- for so long now, it #39;s easy to overlook one pesky little problem: There are still a whole mess of questions that haven #39;t been answered about the Expos #39; move to Washington. | 1 |
IMF Approves Aid for Iraq, Pushes for Debt Relief (Reuters) Reuters - The International Monetary Fund on\Wednesday approved #36;436 million in emergency lending to Iraq\and said it hoped its backing would generate additional\international economic support, including debt relief. | 0 |
U.S. Denies Cubans Visas for Conference (AP) AP - Cuban scholars charged Wednesday that the U.S. government denied visas to more than 60 Cubans seeking to attend conference on Latin America in the United States. | 0 |
Alaska Judge Orders Ballots Reprinted (AP) AP - A Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered the state to rewrite, reprint and redistribute all its ballots for the Nov. 2 election, saying the wording of a ballot initiative was inaccurate and biased. | 0 |
UK hopes for Iraq hostage contact Britain says it is doing all it can to free UK hostage Kenneth Bigley, but rules out deals with Iraqi militants. | 0 |
Putin: Don #39;t meddle in Ukraine Ankara - Russian President Vladimir Putin strongly warned on Monday against foreign interference in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics and suggested that Ukraine #39;s opposition was seeking power at any price. | 0 |
Faulty gene link to obesity risk The old adage that being overweight "is in the genes" may be true, at least partially, for some, say researchers. | 0 |
A 3-Decade Campaign Is Over: Baseball Is Back in Washington In the first relocation of a major league team since last time the Washington Senators left, the Expos are headed to the nation's capital. | 0 |
Division Is Almost in Yanks' Hands After a doubleheader sweep of the Minnesota Twins, the Yankees can clinch the A.L. East championship on Thursday by beating them again. | 0 |
Alaska Judge Orders Ballots Reprinted ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered the state to rewrite, reprint and redistribute all its ballots for the Nov. 2 election, saying the wording of a ballot initiative was inaccurate and biased... | 0 |
Alaska Judge Orders Ballots Reprinted ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered the state to rewrite, reprint and redistribute all of its ballots for the Nov. 2 election, saying the wording of a ballot initiative was inaccurate and biased... | 0 |
Italian Officials Dispute Reports of Ransom Italy's government dismissed reports Wednesday that it paid \$1 million to free two Italian aid workers who were kidnapped in Iraq and held for three weeks before being released Tuesday. | 0 |
Jordan Acts to Curb a Rising Chorus of Critics As violence worsens in Iraq on Jordan's eastern border and in the West Bank in the opposite direction, the kingdom's traditionally moderate Islamic activists have intensified their rhetoric denouncing the government. | 0 |
Attackers Kill Three Afghan Soldiers Taliban gunmen crept up to an Afghan government office under cover of darkness early Wednesday and launched a battle that left three Afghan soldiers and four attackers dead, police said. | 0 |
Dad ID's Kidnapped Daughter in Colombia Daniela Vanegas, a bright-eyed girl with thick, dark tresses, was kidnapped almost a year ago as she boarded her school bus in Bogota. | 0 |
San Francisco Workers Strike Unionized workers at four large San Francisco hotels went on strike yesterday morning over issues similar to those causing an impasse between hotels and their workers at several large hotels in Washington. | 2 |
US Revises 2nd-Quarter Growth to 3.3 Rate The gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic output, grew at a 3.3 percent annual rate in the second quarter, the Commerce Department reported yesterday, revising its earlier estimate of 2.8 percent. | 2 |
D-Rays Dim Boston's Bid for AL East Title (AP) AP - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays damaged Boston's slim chances of winning the AL East, beating Pedro Martinez and the Red Sox 9-4 Wednesday night. | 1 |
George Solomon In a career that spanned 75 years of writing for The Washington Post, the late columnist Shirley Povich covered some of the most memorable sporting events of the century. | 1 |
Angels center fielder agravates knee Anaheim Angels: Center fielder Garret Anderson left the game at Texas because of a sore left knee. The Angels said Anderson irritated the patella tendon near his left knee. | 1 |
U.S. Women Defeat Iceland 3-0 (AP) AP - Abby Wambach had a goal and an assist as the U.S. women's national soccer team beat Iceland 3-0 Wednesday night in the second game of its 10-game Olympic gold medal victory tour. | 1 |
Marshall Holds Off Miami, Ohio 33-25 (AP) AP - Stan Hill threw three touchdown passes and Marshall held off a late rally to beat Miami, Ohio 33-25 Wednesday night. | 1 |
O'Neal Takes Shot Shaquille O'Neal dismissed as "ridiculous" Kobe Bryant's allegations that O'Neal had paid up to \$1 million in hush money to various women and then took his own shot at his former teammate. | 1 |
Conoco and Lukoil: Everyone Wins The US oil giant got a good price, Russia #39;s No. 1 oil company acquired a savvy partner, and Putin polished Russia #39;s image. | 2 |
Martha Stewart headed to West Virginia prison Martha Stewart says she #39;s happy she #39;ll be able to serve her time so soon, although she #39;ll be doing it in a different prison than she #39;d requested. | 2 |
Report: Black may leave Hollinger Mogul Conrad Black is in negotiations that may culminate in his resignation from Hollinger Inc., according to a published report Thursday. | 2 |
PRIVATE ROCKETSHIP TO SPACE AND BACK The advent of space tourism is one step closer with the safe return this week of a private manned rocketship from the edge of space. | 3 |
Google #39;s Chinese Wall The search outfit boasts of making all the information in the world just a click away. These days that doesn #39;t seem to apply in China. | 3 |
Greenback strengthened slightly after energy price spike pressures <b>...</b> The dollar strengthened slightly against major currencies in Asian trade yesterday, with the yen coming under pressure from a further spike in crude oil prices, dealers said. | 2 |
Woolworths tops rival pubs offer Retailer Woolworths raised its bid Thursday for Australian Leisure amp; Hospitality Group (ALH) by 15 percent to Aust. \$1.11 billion (\$795 million), topping an offer by private equity firm Newbridge Capital. | 2 |
Sun burn Mystics, advance to conference finals An infusion of young talent and a change of scenery has done wonders for the former Orlando Miracle. Reborn last year as the Connecticut Sun, the team landed in the WNBA Eastern Conference | 1 |
St. Louis at Houston, 8:05 PM HOUSTON (Ticker) -- The Houston Astros will try to set a franchise record for consecutive home wins and inch closer to the National League wild card lead when they wrap up a three-game set with the St. | 1 |
Forty apparent asylum seekers make bid for freedom in PRC A group of 44 people, at least some of them North Koreans, entered the Canadian Embassy yesterday, using ladders to scale a spiked fence in what appeared to be one of the biggest recent asylum bids by refugees from the North. | 0 |
REGION: UNSC shouldnt take up Iran nuclear issue MOSCOW: Russia is against bringing up Irans nuclear programme at the UN Security Council and thinks the issue should be handled by the bodys nuclear watchdog, a top official said on Wednesday. | 0 |
NZ will keep pushing for apology over Mossad #39;agents #39; NZ PM Clark demands apology for actions of suspected Mossad agents jailed for passport fraud; Eli Cara, Uriel Kelman released on Wed. | 0 |
Inter Conquer Brussels Inter emerged as the winners over Anderlecht in Brussels to claim the first spot in the Champions League Group G. The nerazzurri took the lead nearly immediately when Adriano from the left served a low powerful | 1 |
SportsNetwork Game Preview (Sports Network) - Roger Clemens tries to win his seventh straight decision and possibly vault the Houston Astros into the lead in the National League wild card standings, as they go for a three-game sweep of the NL Central champion St. | 1 |
14 dead after typhoon hits Japan A weakening Typhoon Meari swept through northern Japan after killing at least 14 people and leaving 13 missing in two days of floods and landslides caused by heavy rain. | 0 |
Looters Impede Aid to Haiti; UN Sending More Troops The United Nations rushed hundreds more peacekeepers to storm-ravaged Gonaves on Monday to stem looting, while hundreds of weary Haitians lined up for | 0 |
Salesforce.com expands call center support SEPTEMBER 29, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Hosted CRM evangelist Salesforce.com Inc. began a new branding campaign this week to draw attention to its customer service support functionality, launching a new Web | 3 |
BYTE OF THE APPLE Steven P. Jobs loves the Beatles. He plays the Liverpool quartet #39;s songs at Apple expositions, and the CEO of Apple Computer (AAPL ) has even compared his own management team to the Fab Four. | 3 |
Rogers wins unique double gold Michael Rogers made up for his disappointment in the Olympic time trial by collecting the gold medal in the world championships - twice. | 1 |
Tony Stewart: Championship charge culminated at Talladega In the fall of 2002, Tony Stewart left Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series point leader. He came into the fourth and final restrictor plate race of | 1 |
Oil Prices Slip as Supply Threats Ease SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices slid toward \$49 a barrel on Thursday after U.S. crude stocks rose unexpectedly and rebels in Nigeria's oil-rich delta region agreed to a cease-fire with the government, reducing an imminent threat to supplies. | 2 |
Yen Trims Losses as Tankan, G7 Eyed TOKYO (Reuters) - The yen trimmed losses made against the dollar earlier on Thursday, but gains were limited as investors refrained from taking fresh positions ahead of the Bank of Japan's quarterly survey of corporate sentiment. | 2 |
Free Net phone upstart sues Vonage, Fry #39;s Internet phone service Sipphone has charged Vonage Holdings and retailer Fry #39;s Electronics with false advertising for failing to adequately disclose limitations on hardware that allows phone calls to be placed over a broadband connection. | 2 |
Stocks End Up on Economic Growth Reading and Higher Oil Prices Stocks rose today as investors digested a jump in the second-quarter gross domestic product and kept a close eye on lower oil prices. | 2 |
Economy Grew at 3.3 Percent Rate in 2nd Quarter While the economic growth in the U.S. was significantly better than a previous estimate, it was still the weakest showing in more than a year. | 2 |
Moya helps Spain draw first blood CARLOS Moya fired Spain into a 1-0 lead over the United States in the Davis Cup final yesterday. In front of a record tennis crowd of 27,200, the former world No 1 bamboozled Mardy Fish 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 at Seville #39;s Olympic Stadium. | 1 |
Miss Peru Wins World Beauty Title Miss Peru, Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, was crowned Miss World 2004 at a glittering event held in China. Miss Dominican Republic Claudia Julissa Cruz Rodriguez was the first runner-up, and Miss USA Nancy Randall was third. | 1 |
Solanki enjoys Bulawayo surface Vikram Solanki praised the quality of the wicket at the Queen #39;s Sports Club after his match-winning century against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Saturday. | 1 |
Tim's Cook-For-Yourself Diet Plan: Save money and lose weight My weight has been up and down over the past several years. I'd lose weight, but I'd have trouble keeping it off, and all the other problems that many people have. Looking back on it, I find that one of my biggest problems is lack of discipline. While I ... | 3 |
The Division Is Almost in the Yankees' Hands After a doubleheader sweep of the Minnesota Twins, the Yankees can clinch the A.L. East championship on Thursday by beating them again. | 0 |
White House: Guard Never Disciplined Bush WASHINGTON - President Bush never was disciplined while serving in the Texas Air National Guard, never failed a physical and never asked his father or family friends for help to get him into the Guard during the Vietnam War, the White House said Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Whi... | 0 |
IMF Approves \$436 Million Loan for Iraq The International Monetary Fund approved a \$436 million loan to Iraq on Wednesday, a milestone in the nation #39;s effort to normalize its finances and rebuild its economy. | 2 |
Stewart to serve sentence in West Virginia She wanted Connecticut. She would have settled for Florida. But on Wednesday, Martha Stewart drew the short straw. She was assigned to serve her sentence at a federal | 2 |
Reaching for the Sky A private manned rocket soared into space for a second time yesterday, landing successfully after an unexpectedly bumpy ride that nearly meant an early end to the team #39;s bid to win a \$10 million prize. | 3 |
IBM claims BlueGene/L now world #39;s most powerful supercomputer IBM announced today that an IBM BlueGene/L supercomputer has surpassed NEC #39;s Earth Simulator in Japan to become the world #39;s most powerful supercomputer. | 3 |
Dolphins Receiver Chambers Questionable (AP) AP - Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Tim Bowens, who has yet to play this season, will miss Sunday's game against the New York Jets with a herniated disc in his back. | 1 |
Real Madrid celebrates comeback MADRID: It wasnt just the late September sun that the Spanish capital was basking in here on Wednesday, there was a warm glow as well from the way Real Madrid came back from two goals down to beat Roma 4-2 in Tuesdays Champions League group B match. | 1 |
Pakistan captain eyes history Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq wants to put the disappointment of his team #39;s ICC Champions Trophy semifinal loss behind him with a victory Thursday against a young Zimbabwe in the opening game of the triangular one-day series. | 1 |
Specially marked balls used for Ichiro as he closes in on record US Major League baseball has released to the press the specially marked balls used for when Ichiro Suzuki bats as he closes in on the record for most hits in a season. | 1 |
MLB: Houston 6, St. Louis 4 Jeff Bagwell singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh Wednesday night, giving Houston its franchise-record 15th straight home win, 6-4 over St. | 1 |
#39;It was just enough. For now #39; quot;Tony Blair #39;s conference speech ... his 10th as leader of the Labour party, demonstrated why he is still the political conjuror of the day. | 0 |
COLUMN: Major League Baseball Strikes Out in Montreal TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada bid a final adieu to the Montreal Expos who disappeared from the country's sports scene on Wednesday in a wave of bitterness and nostalgia. | 1 |
Free Net phone upstart sues Vonage, Fry's Net phone service and retailer push misleading products on consumers, Sipphone charges. | 3 |
Players' Tempers Burn in the Land of Playoff Fever Baseball suspended Milton Bradley for the rest of the regular season Wednesday for throwing the kind of tantrum that is becoming commonplace in California. | 1 |
Reducing Information Overkill Vivisimo has launched Clusty, a meta search engine with an impressive array of tools that helps you quickly find relevant results from a variety of information sources. | 3 |
Google Shares Just May Be Winners After All Wall Street, which forced Google, the Internet search engine, to lower the price of its shares sharply in its initial public offering in August, has decided that the company is worth a lot more today than it was then. | 3 |
Schools Relax Cellphone Bans, Nodding to Trend Rather than banning the phones outright, schools are capitulating to demands of parents and market realities, and allowing students to carry cellphones in school. | 3 |
Wisconsin State Journal Someday, we may see Wednesday as being one of the most important dates in the history of aviation. The flight of quot;SpaceShipOne, quot; however, seemed almost routine - at least until one thought about how miraculous it was. | 3 |
Ontario spammer sued by Microsoft, Amazon.com A 25-year-old Kitchener, Ont. man is being sued again, this time by giants Microsoft and Amazon.com, for allegedly clogging cyberspace with fraudulent junk mail. | 3 |
Tech Briefs SourceLabs has raised \$3.5 million in a first round of funding from Ignition Partners and Index Ventures. The Seattle startup, which was founded earlier this year, will help companies integrate and deploy open source software. | 3 |
Reds 4, Cubs 3, 12 innings Austin Kearns tied the game with a two-out double in the ninth inning, then hit a two-run homer in the 12th and the Cincinnati Reds dealt the Chicago Cubs a key loss, 4-3 Wednesday. | 1 |
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