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FDA Chief Counsel Daniel Troy Resigns (AP) AP - Daniel E. Troy, chief counsel for the Food and Drug Administration, resigned Tuesday with plans to return to the private sector. | 0 |
Hollywood Writer Sues Microsoft Over Yoga Game LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Academy Award-winning screenwriter Roger Avary has sued Microsoft Corp. in California for purportedly stealing his idea for a virtual yoga studio after the software giant sought his advice for winning over women to videogames, his attorney said on Tuesday. | 3 |
Ivorean head won't 'hinder' peace Ivory Coast's leader vows not to block peace moves in the divided nation as the UN imposes an arms embargo. | 0 |
Bush Names Hawkish Rice Top U.S. Diplomat (AP) AP - President Bush on Tuesday picked National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, who once tutored him on global affairs, to be his top diplomat, saying her foreign-policy experience and struggle against racism uniquely qualified her to be America's "face to the world" as secretary of state. | 0 |
Execs Tell Congress of More Insurance Woes (AP) AP - Revelations of bid-rigging within the insurance industry may lead Congress to a "Pandora's box" of unethical conduct, a top investigator told Congress on Tuesday, just before two more executives pleaded guilty. | 0 |
Glaciers Said Threatening Mount Everest (AP) AP - Melting glaciers caused by climate change are posing an urgent threat to Mount Everest's unique environment, activists said Wednesday, launching a campaign to protect the Himalayan mountain range and the world's highest peak. | 3 |
For O.D.B., Fun Was Too Much or Not at All For hip-hop stars, there is nothing glamorous about being out of control. The late rapper burned hot in a world where stars are supposed to stay cool. | 0 |
Europe's First Moon Mission Successful (AP) AP - A fuel-efficient, compact spacecraft has made it into lunar orbit, signaling Europe's first successful mission to the moon and putting the inexpensive probe on course to study the lunar surface, officials said Tuesday. | 3 |
Analyst: Outsourcing can save costs in health care BALTIMORE - Health care organizations not considering offshore outsourcing are missing out on significant cost savings, but administrators need to be aware of potential risks, including lax handling of data security by some vendors and the effect on employee morale, a health care IT analyst said Tuesday. | 2 |
Davenport Ends Season Top-Ranked Player (AP) AP - Lindsay Davenport finished No. 1 in the world for the third time in the year-end WTA rankings released Tuesday. | 1 |
Kobe Bryant Civil Lawsuit Set to Begin (AP) AP - Three months after prosecutors dropped a sexual assault charge against Kobe Bryant, attorneys for the NBA star prepared to return to court for the first hearing in a civil lawsuit filed by his accuser. | 1 |
Hewlett-Packard 4th-Qtr Net Rises on Server Rebound (Update4) Hewlett-Packard Co., the world #39;s No. 2 personal-computer maker, said fourth-quarter profit rose 27 percent, exceeding its forecast, as sales of servers rebounded and PC revenue set a record. | 2 |
Peoplesoft bid battle heats up The battle for PeopleSoft intensified on Tuesday, with the company #39;s two top shareholders said to be taking opposite sides in the software maker #39;s struggle against an \$8.8 billion hostile bid by its bigger rival Oracle. | 2 |
Murdoch: Plans Cable Rival For #39;Disappointing #39; CNBC Rupert Murdoch, sunny news junkie. After the annual shareholder meeting of Fox Entertainment Group (nyse: FOX - news - people ), Murdoch said he saw a niche for a new cable business news channel that #39;d offer | 2 |
Expos OK Deals With 3B Castilla, SS Guzman (AP) AP - The Expos made their first big splash since announcing their move to Washington, agreeing Tuesday to a #36;6.2 million, two-year contract with third baseman Vinny Castilla and a #36;16.8 million, four-year deal with shortstop Cristian Guzman. | 1 |
Growth in developing countries strongest in 3 decades: WB The developing countries will enjoy the strongest economic growth in three decades this year andshould continue to enjoy solid expansion in 2005 and 2006, the World Bank predicted on Tuesday. | 2 |
IRS Announces Thousands In Unclaimed Refunds FORT SMITH, Ark. -- Many Arkansans and Oklahomans could have money coming and not know it, federal officials said Tuesday. The Internal Revenue Service announced that more than 1,500 residents in both states have unclaimed tax refunds. | 2 |
Bell Ringers Banned from Target Captain Chuck Anderson from the Salvation Army is spraying the kettles red, in preparation for their annual Christmas fundraiser. He says, quot;Last year we helped almost 1500 children and senior citizens and over 600 families. | 2 |
US scramjet clocks 10 times speed of sound EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, United States : A US hypersonic experimental scramjet, the X-43A, clocked up a test flight at a world record speed 10 times faster than sound, NASA said. | 3 |
FDA Tells Viagra To Soften Its Ads The FDA said the Viagra ads were so suggestive they touted the drug #39;s effectiveness, thereby requiring a description of the evidence for the claim and the possible side effects. | 3 |
Europe probe safely enters Moon orbit PARIS The first European spacecraft sent to the Moon has entered orbit there, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday. The SMART-1 spacecraft reached its closest point to the Moon so far, coming within 5,000 | 3 |
Dell and Microsoft improves patch management Microsoft and Dell launched a new initiative program for their enterprise consumers that promise to be productive and cost efficient. | 3 |
Solaris will be available for free At yesterday #39;s official launch of the new Solaris 10 operating system in San Jose, Calif., Sun executives said Solaris will be issued next January under an quot;open-source quot; licensing plan similar to that used by the rival operating system Linux and the | 3 |
Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Back Up on EBay MIAMI Nov 16, 2004 - The Internet auction house eBay Inc. reversed itself Tuesday and is allowing bids for half of a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich that its owner says bears the image of the Virgin Mary. | 3 |
Hollywood Writer Sues Microsoft Over Yoga Game Academy Award-winning screenwriter Roger Avary has sued Microsoft Corp. in California for purportedly stealing his idea for a virtual yoga studio after the software giant sought his | 3 |
Spot On: Blu-ray bares teeth in format fight to the finish A battle over next-generation disc standards could create a rift in console game storage. Which side are you on? There are few who contest the fact that the acceptance of CD-ROM and then DVD-ROM standards | 3 |
Ireland Beats Croatia in Soccer Friendly; Australia Ties Norway Robbie Keane scored his 24th international goal as the Republic of Ireland beat Croatia 1-0 in an exhibition soccer match. Australia and Norway drew 2-2. | 1 |
Spotlight on entire Giants offense The Giants are on the clock again, and it is a race against time as dramatic as the one that ended in April when they made the trade for Eli Manning. | 1 |
Officials hope for calm after Apple Cup PULLMAN, Wash. -- Washington State officials hope to avoid a repeat of 2002 #39;s post-Apple Cup melee by having more police on site and stressing good sportsmanship at the game Saturday. | 1 |
Wales #39;homecoming #39; adds twist for Henry and Hansen There was a bizarre feeling to events yesterday, hearing two Wales coaches talking about New Zealand looking for a victory, but then, it is an unprecedented situation. | 1 |
Europe doesn #39;t believe in democracy What Tony Blair disarmingly calls his quot;damn high wire act quot; is getting shakier. The bridge between Europe and the United States has become a frayed rope in a tug-of-war match. | 0 |
Tension high, Dutch ponder old blasphemy law THE HAGUE Dutch leaders debated Tuesday about invoking a rarely used law banning blasphemy in response to a wave of ethnic tension and violence. | 0 |
Australia #39;s WMC Resources Says No Takeover Offer Made -2- MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Australian diversified nickel producer WMC Resources Ltd. (WMC) on Wednesday said it hasn #39;t received any new takeover proposals. | 2 |
Hewlett-Packard posts 26.5 per cent rise in fourth quarter profits Hewlett-Packard Co. reported Tuesday a 26.5 per cent rise in fourth-quarter profit on the strength of record revenue growth across all of the computer manufacturing giant #39;s businesses. | 2 |
Motorola to acquire MeshNetworks Motorola has agreed to buy MeshNetworks, a developer of technology and products for rapidly deployed, self-creating wireless mobile networks. | 2 |
US #39;Scramjet #39; Breaks Speed Record The US space agency (NASA) says an unmanned supersonic jet Tuesday succeeded in breaking a speed record. NASA says preliminary data from its X-43A experimental aircraft shows it reached speeds | 3 |
Xbox game lawsuit The LA Times today has the story (free reg. required ) of a notable Hollywood figure suing Microsoft over an Xbox game: quot;If this were one of his screenplays, Roger Avary might have sent gun-packing, wisecracking thugs to settle his beef with Bill Gates. | 3 |
Dell thrusts blade into datacentres A substantial price cut and footprint squeeze show a new commitment from Dell to getting its enterprise-class blade servers into data centres. | 3 |
RUMOR: Next generation Apple iPod to feature downloadable games? quot;Apple #39;s iPod has lately been subject to the Rumor of the Week, quot; Rich Duprey writes for The Motley Fool. quot;Gaming is the latest rumor to have attracted attention. | 3 |
Keane On Target As Ireland Win The Republic of Ireland #39;s leading scorer, Robbie Keane, extended his record to 24 goals as Brian Kerrs side beat Croatia 1-0 in a friendly at Lansdowne Road in Dublin on Tuesday. | 1 |
PREVIEW-Beckham and Owen to feel at home against Spain England captain David Beckham and Michael Owen, playing at a home from home in Wednesday #39;s friendly against Spain, have points to prove at the Bernabeu. | 1 |
ABC Sorry for #39;Desperate Housewives #39; Football Plug The National Football League has thrown a penalty flag at ABC television, and the network has apologized, for its literal use of locker-room humor to promote the new hit drama quot;Desperate Housewives. | 1 |
MLB: Anaheim Angels #39; Guerrero Wins MVP Award Major League Baseball #39;s Vladimir Guerrero of the Anaheim Angels has wrapped up his inaugural season in the American League by winning the Most Valuable Player Award. | 1 |
Boks bring #39;streetwise #39; approach to Twickenham Few who witnessed the decisive sucker-punch try by Ireland #39;s Ronan O #39;Gara in Dublin last Saturday, scored while the Springbok captain John Smit was engaged in a lengthy conference with his team on the subject of illegal ball-killing, would use the word | 1 |
Hurricanes Strap on the Pads for Tuesday Workout CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Despite a recent rash of injuries, the University of Miami #39;s 12th-ranked football team conducted a normal Tuesday practice with full-contact work at the Greentree Practice Fields. | 1 |
Iraq #39;s tireless worker killed in the country she loved When Margaret Hassan was kidnapped in October, her car was waved down by two men in Iraqi police uniforms. Gunmen surrounded the car and dragged Ms Hassan #39;s driver and unarmed guard from their seats. | 0 |
Japan vs. Russia on Kuril islands Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced on Tuesday that Tokyo would not support the idea to solve the problem of southern Kuril Islands and peace treaty with Moscow by getting just two islands, Shikotan and Habomai. | 0 |
China Sees Heavy Investment in Argentina in Decade (Reuters) Reuters - China and Argentina\signed accords on Tuesday that could bring nearly #36;20 billion\in investment from the Asian giant over the next 10 years for\the capital-starved Latin American economy. | 0 |
Film Trade Group Files Anti-Piracy Suits (AP) AP - A trade group representing seven major movie studios filed a first wave of lawsuits against individuals they say are offering pirated copies of films using Internet-based peer-to-peer file-sharing programs. | 3 |
By Matt Bramanti Some 10 years ago, Miami resident Diana Duyser made a grilled cheese sandwich. But not just any grilled cheese sandwich. This one bears the image of the mother of Christ, Duyser claims: The Blessed Virgin Mary, in bread-and-cheese form. | 3 |
Beckham to play beyond 2006 World Cup England captain David Beckham has denied reports that he plans to retire from international soccer after the 2006 World Cup and said he wants to play for his country as long as possible. | 1 |
Lauda says Red Bull should hire DC Three-time world champion Niki Lauda says Formula One #39;s new team Red Bull Racing should sign up David Coulthard. Austrian energy drink maker Red Bull bought the Jaguar team from Ford earlier this week, and | 1 |
World doubles number ones reach semifinals World doubles top players Daniel Nestor of Canada and Mark Knowles of Bahamas Tuesday defeated Zimbabweans Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) at the ATP Masters Cup held in Houston, the United States. | 1 |
Arafat in Gaza For all but the most elderly Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, portraits of Yasser Arafat, in outdoor posters, framed in public buildings, smaller pictures in the most humble homes of | 0 |
eXo adds portal software to ObjectWeb ObjectWeb, a consortium focused on delivery of open source infrastructure technologies, announced Tuesday that eXo Platform SARL has joined the consortium and that its Enterprise Portal Solution (EPS) will be hosted by ObjectWeb. | 3 |
eXo adds portal software to ObjectWeb (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - ObjectWeb, a consortium focused on delivery of open source infrastructure technologies, announced Tuesday that eXo Platform SARL has joined the consortium and that its Enterprise Portal Solution (EPS) will be hosted by ObjectWeb. | 3 |
Study: U.S. needs foreign-born workers Report backed by pro-visa group sees shortages in high-skill occupations, a view not shared by all. | 3 |
TiVo backer Aslop to leave VC firm Prominent venture capitalist at Silicon Valley's New Enterprise Associates wants to "see if I can design a working life for myself." | 3 |
SBC in Deal With Microsoft to Provide TV on High-Speed Lines SBC Communications plans to announce that it will pay \$400 million to Microsoft for software used to deliver TV programming over high-speed data lines. | 3 |
Universal Music Said to License Songs (AP) AP - Universal Music Group has licensed songs from its stable of artists including U2 and Eminem to a company that has developed technology designed to prevent the unauthorized distribution of audio tracks over online file-sharing networks, a source familiar with the venture said. | 3 |
Motorola Acquires MeshNetworks (AP) AP - Motorola Inc. is acquiring MeshNetworks Inc., developer of a technology that makes it easy to set up and expand wireless networks, in a deal expected to help the world's No. 2 cell phone maker win more government business. | 3 |
New Judges Chosen for Peru Rebel Retrial (AP) AP - Peru named three new judges to hear the retrial of Shining Path rebel leader Abimael Guzman, officials said Tuesday, replacing jurists who stepped down and caused his first public trial to collapse. | 0 |
Pakistan Movie Theater Explosion Kills 2 (AP) AP - A bomb exploded in a movie theater in northwestern Pakistan early Wednesday, killing two people and injuring 29 others, police said. | 0 |
Bush Seeks to Build on His Education Base (AP) AP - President Bush is ready to shift his education focus to older students, building on the law he pushed through before terrorism and war came to define his presidency. | 0 |
Congress Ready to Update Special Ed Law (AP) AP - Congressional negotiators have reached agreement on major changes in special education, aiming to boost discipline in class, better identify children with disabilities, get help to students earlier and reduce lawsuits by parents. | 0 |
Ozone 'link' to premature deaths High levels of may be killing off people living in cities around the world, experts suspect. | 0 |
Clash of the superheroes Marvel Enterprises, IP guardian of The Hulk and untold other fictional freaks, is suing the creators of the hot online game "City of Heroes," claiming that characters in the game are virtually identical to Marvel characters. Missing Links | 3 |
Guerrero Wins American League M.V.P. Award Vladimir Guerrero of the Anaheim Angels won the A.L. Most Valuable Player award, easily beating the second-place finisher, Gary Sheffield of the Yankees. | 1 |
European officials urge US to halt dollar #39;s slide BRUSSELS European finance officials on Tuesday called on the United States to take concrete action to halt the slide of the dollar. | 2 |
Vodafone pays out 6bn but fears grow on margins Vodafone is to hand out 6bn to shareholders this year thanks to a doubling of its dividend and an increase in its share buy-back programme. | 2 |
News Corp marked in for S amp;P move A date has been announced for the inclusion of Rupert Murdoch #39;s News Corporation in a key share market index in the United States. | 2 |
US wholesale prices up sharply in October Wholesale prices in the United States jumped 1.7 percent in October as a result of sharply higherenergy and food costs, the Labor Department reported on Tuesday. | 2 |
Scramjet flies at Mach 10 By staff writers and wires. NASA says it has broken the world speed record for powered flight with an experimental jet that has just flown at 10 times the speed of sound. | 3 |
EPA budget audit finds improvement An audit found improvement in the Environmental Protection Agency #39;s recent budgets, including a reduction of the Superfund deficit from \$82.7 million to \$7.6 million in 2004. | 3 |
Music rebels seek to tame P2P com November 16, 2004, 4:00 AM PT. After years of bitter battles between copyright holders and file-swapping services, the outlines of a partial truce are emerging that may soon see | 3 |
Senate May Ram Copyright Bill WASHINGTON -- Several lobbying camps from different industries and ideologies are joining forces to fight an overhaul of copyright law, which they say would radically shift in favor of Hollywood and the record companies and which Congress might try to | 3 |
Gerrard ready for Liverpool comeback Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard says he is ready to make his comeback at Middlesbrough after a two-month injury absence. Gerrard, who broke a bone in his foot during Liverpool #39;s 2-1 Premier | 1 |
New Mexico Coach Gets 2009 Extension ALBUQUERQUE, NM Nov 16, 2004 - New Mexico signed coach Rocky Long a contract extension through 2009 on Tuesday. While details of the new contract are still being worked out, Long is getting a pay raise of | 1 |
Former Buc Jackson signs with old team Tampa, FL (Sports Network) - Tampa Bay inked former Buc and Super Bowl MVP Dexter Jackson on Tuesday to add depth to its suddenly-thin safety position. | 1 |
Busch stays in front by avoiding finishes in back After tearing up the track in the first six rounds of NASCAR #39;s new 10-race, playoff-style championship format, Kurt Busch is looking a little more Matt Kenseth-esque these days. | 1 |
Geiger: No evidence to back accusations COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In the wake of Maurice Clarett #39;s accusations of impropriety within the Ohio State football program, Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel and athletic director Andy Geiger defended the program Tuesday. | 1 |
WC Group 2 Preview: Greece-Kazakhstan Greece host Kazakhstan on Wednesday night in a game that the home-side is looking only for the maximum in order to remain in the fight for the top places of the second group. | 1 |
Sudan: Peace Deal Must Tackle Past Abuses (Nairobi, November 18, 2004) - The impunity enjoyed by the Sudanese authorities in their ongoing atrocities in Darfur demonstrates why the near-final peace deal to end the country #39;s North-South conflict must include accountability for human rights abuses | 0 |
Witness recants The prime witness in an alleged coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea repudiated his confession Tuesday, saying it was coerced by interrogators who threatened him with death. | 0 |
Dollar Stuck Near Lows Ahead of G20 Meet TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar idled near seven-month lows against the yen on Wednesday as traders considered what officials from the Group of 20 countries might say about recent weakness in the U.S. currency at an upcoming meeting. | 2 |
St. Paul Travelers gets another subpoena in insurance probe ST. PAUL, Minn. Saint Paul Travelers Companies says it has been subpoenaed by the New York attorney general for documents relating to its business practices. | 2 |
Vodafone to Buy Back More Shares As it reported results on Tuesday, the Vodafone Group, the world #39;s largest mobile phone operator, said that it would double dividends and increase a share buyback program by 1 billion (\$1.9 billion). | 2 |
NASA Test Flight Nears 7,000 Mph, Breaks Record An unmanned experimental jet broke a world record for speed on Tuesday, cruising over the Pacific Ocean at just under 7,000 miles per hour in a NASA test of cutting-edge quot;scramjet quot; engine technology. | 3 |
Microsoft to NetWare Users: I Want You Microsoft has introduced a package of tools, training and technical support designed to lure users away from Novell #39;s Netware, to Windows Server 2003. | 3 |
Rep of Ire 1 Croatia 0 BRIAN KERR finished the international year on a high with this friendly win at Lansdowne Road. Republic of Ireland boss Kerr has taken his side to the top of Group Four in World Cup qualifying | 1 |
Arafat #39;s death a reminder of Palestinian struggle The Arab world is enormous and complex. In today #39;s world of terrorism and radical groups, it #39;s important not to lump all Arabs or all Muslims into one mound of extremism. | 0 |
Gerrard all set to make a comeback England midfielder Steven Gerrard says he is ready to make his comeback for Liverpool at Middlesbrough on Saturday, after a two-month injury absence. | 1 |
UN Council Heads to Kenya in Search of Sudan Peace UN Security Council ambassadors were still quibbling over how best to pressure Sudan and rebels to end two different wars in the country even as they left for Kenya on Tuesday for a meeting on the crisis. | 0 |
Chancellor takes aim at Brussels for bigger budget demands GORDON Brown yesterday fired off yet another political salvo at Brussels, as he dismissed a call from the European Commission to increase its spending limit by 35 per cent. | 2 |
Wal-Mart profit rises 13 LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas Wal-Mart Stores, the world #39;s largest retailer, on Tuesday reported a 12.7 percent rise in its earnings in the third quarter, meeting Wall Street expectations, but its stock fell on worries over its sales outlook. | 2 |
First European spacecraft in moon #39;s orbit The SMART-1 probe made it to within 3,100 miles of the moon yesterday morning, and will now begin spinning its way closer to the surface, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. | 3 |
Microsoft Enlists Channel Help For Server, Desktop Management As it strives to improve its reputation in the server and desktop management arena, Microsoft announced on Tuesday Virtual Server 2005 and Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 as well as the first public beta of Windows Update Services. | 3 |
Sony Plans Portable Blu-ray Disc Drives Sony and blue-laser diode maker Nichia have developed a component that they say is vital to realizing support for Blu-ray Disc and DVD discs in portable devices, they announced this week. | 3 |
Keane on target as Republic win TOTTENHAM striker Robbie Keane scored his 24th international goal last night as the Republic of Ireland beat Croatia 1-0 in a friendly international in Dublin. | 1 |
Rehhagel Gets Tough With Greece Greece coach Otto Rehhagel has attempted to shake the team out of their Euro2004 championship hangover by insisting that they dont deserve a place in World Cup 2006 if they cant defeat lowly Kazakhstan at home. | 1 |
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