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Varitek Wants Stability in Next Contract (AP) AP - If the Boston Red Sox want to keep Jason Varitek, they might have to give him a no-trade clause. | 1 |
Nine out of 10 pubs face smoking ban Government plans to ban smoking in the majority of enclosed public spaces in England, ranging from offices to restaurants, within four years were labelled a quot;bodge quot; yesterday. | 0 |
US, Iraqis regain some ground in Mosul MOSUL - US and Iraqi troops recaptured police stations and secured bridges in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday in an offensive aimed at pushing out fighters supporting the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. | 0 |
Right wing icon voted greatest Dutchman Slain right wing politician Pim Fortuyn has been voted the greatest Dutchman of all time by television viewers in the Netherlands. | 0 |
Jerry Graybeal Quits As Weber State Coach (AP) AP - Weber State football coach Jerry Graybeal resigned Tuesday after a 1-10 season, the worst in the program's 43-year history. | 1 |
Ramsey Settles In Redskins quarterback Patrick Ramsey, for the first time since preseason, will spend time working with the first-team offense. | 1 |
Hoping for Big Finish Virginia Tech opened the season unranked but climbed to No. 15 with a 7-2 record going into Thursday night's game against Maryland. | 1 |
Jordan To Head Scouting The Orioles name former Florida Marlins scout Joe Jordan director of scouting on Tuesday. Jordan worked with VP Jim Beattie from 1997 to 2001 with the Expos. | 1 |
Randall Makes Difference One person not surprised by Virginia Tech's successful season is Ralph Friedgen, who says quarterback Bryan Randall is the key. | 1 |
Ten Colombian Police Die in Marxist Rebel Ambush (Reuters) Reuters - Ten Colombian police officers\were killed on Tuesday in an ambush by the National Liberation\Army, or ELN, in the worst attack by the Marxist group in\years, authorities told Reuters. | 0 |
Texas Officials Wary of Plan to Hunt by Internet (Reuters) Reuters - Hunters soon may be able to sit at\their computers and blast away at animals on a Texas ranch via\the Internet, a prospect that has state wildlife officials up\in arms. | 3 |
New York Announces New System to Process Families Seeking Shelter A streamlined process supplies beds and social workers more quickly and eliminates the system's rundown gateway in the Bronx. | 0 |
Handle With Care: Moving the Modern The deputy director for exhibitions relived her two-and-a-half-year race to transport, store and reinstall the Modern's collection in time for the museum's reopening on Saturday. | 0 |
Some Democrats Believe the Party Should Get Religion Bested by a Republican campaign emphasizing Christian faith, some Democrats are scrambling to shake off their secular image, stepping up efforts to organize the "religious left." | 0 |
Chinas fixed-asset investment eases slightly Chinas fixed-asset investment in October was up 26.4 percent from a year earlier, down from the previous month but at a level analysts said was still high enough for Beijing to keep a tight grip on credit. | 2 |
Vodafone doubles dividend VODAFONE, the mobile phone giant, yesterday confirmed it is to reward patient shareholders by doubling its interim dividend following a quot;robust quot; set of first-half figures. | 2 |
X-43A Jet Breaks Air Speed Record NASA engineers shattered the aircraft speed record on Tuesday by flying their unmanned X-43A jet off the coast of California at nearly 6,600 miles per hour. | 3 |
Mavs Lose Injured Dampier, Terry (AP) AP - Dallas Mavericks center Erick Dampier left Tuesday night's game against Phoenix with strained hip, then guard Jason Terry was lost to a sprained ankle. | 1 |
Hewitt states intent with demolition of Moya Lleyton Hewitt was able to get off the mark after an overnight delay at the Masters Cup here yesterday. The Australian former world No 1 completed his opening round-robin contest, defeating Carlos Moya, of Spain, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4. | 1 |
Jerry Graybeal resigns as Weber State coach after 1-10 season Weber State football coach Jerry Graybeal has stepped down after a 1-10 season, the worst in the program #39;s 43-year history. Graybeal informed athletics director William J. Weidner of his decision Tuesday and | 1 |
Hot Stove heats up with Pedro-Steinbrenner meeting com. The rumors that Pedro Martinez would be meeting with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner in Tampa started rippling through Red Sox Nation around midday on Tuesday. | 1 |
Israel has duty to protect citizens Tom Friedman, in his column quot;Jews, Israel and America, quot; offers an unrealistic solution that is at odds with recent history and the current geopolitical environment: quot;... One thing that Israel | 0 |
Skating to Europe According to the International Ice Hockey Federation, 276 N.H.L. players have signed with European teams. Could hockey be headed for a new world order? | 1 |
Losing Puts Frustrated Parcells in a Foul Mood Coach Bill Parcells refused to talk about his future in Dallas, a tenure that may be short-lived if the Cowboys' troubles continue. | 1 |
College Coach Believes in Manning The last time Eli Manning made a debut as a starting quarterback, his coach, David Cutcliffe of Ole Miss, had goose bumps. | 1 |
China Construction Spending Down in Oct. China #39;s spending on construction and factory equipment edged lower in October, but there was no sign of a major cutback despite efforts to curb lending for such investments. | 2 |
Reid offers blueprint for fitness John Reid, the health secretary, yesterday championed personal choice over state dictation as he launched the government #39;s wide-ranging blueprint for disease prevention ranging from smoking bans to personal health trainers, curbs on advertising junk food | 0 |
Dollar Stuck Near Lows Ahead of G20 Meet (Reuters) 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 |
Climate change 'ruining' Everest The world's highest peak should put on a UN danger list to force action on global warming, campaigners say. | 3 |
HP Lifts Asian Tech Stocks SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar hovered above 7-month lows against the yen, pressuring shares in Japanese exporters, but stocks elsewhere in Asia neared a 5-year high as upbeat earnings from Hewlett-Packard boosted tech stocks. | 2 |
SBC in Deal With Microsoft to Provide TV on High-Speed Lines SBC Communications will pay \$400 million to Microsoft for software used to deliver TV programming over high-speed data lines. | 2 |
Congress Urged to Conduct Its Own Insurance Inquiry Senate governmental affairs subcommittee hearing on insurance brokerage policies, with Eliot Spitzer of New York and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut scheduled to testify. | 2 |
Yet Again, Jil Sander and Prada Part Ways Sander - who sold her fashion house to Prada four years ago, left four months later, then made a dramatic comeback in 2003 - has left the company again. | 2 |
U.S. Troops Move to Rein in Rebels in North of Iraq The U.S. military raced into the streets of Mosul to root out bands of rebels. Also, a kidnapped aid worker is feared dead. | 0 |
World poverty is in retreat Developing countries will enjoy their best year of economic growth in 2004, producing a quot;spectacular quot; drop in poverty around the world, the World Bank said yesterday. | 2 |
Vodafone doubles dividend Vodafone made good on its promise to return more cash to shareholders yesterday with a doubling of its half-year dividend and plans to buy back a further 2.2bn of shares over the next four months. | 2 |
Murdoch #39;s News Corp. to join S amp;P 500 NEW YORK - News Corp., the media company built by Rupert Murdoch, will join the Standard amp; Poor #39;s 500 stock index after the close of trading on Dec. 17, S amp;P said on Tuesday. | 2 |
EUROPEAN SPACECRAFT ENTERS LUNAR ORBIT The first European spacecraft to be sent to the moon has entered lunar orbit, according to the European Space Agency. The SMART-1 spacecraft has reached its closest point from the moon so far, coming within 5,000 kilometres of the lunar surface. | 3 |
Evil Searches MSN #39;s beta search tool has been out for a week and has already created a controversy with a search for quot;more evil than Satan quot; throwing up Google #39;s home page as its first match. | 3 |
Intel climbs flash rankings as market dips The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip giant climbed back up the rankings in the flash memory market in the third quarter, according to research firm iSuppli, thanks to its pricing strategy. | 3 |
Guerrero named American League MVP Anaheim Angels outfielder Vladimir Guerrero was named Most Valuable Player in the American League Tuesday. Guerrero received 21 of 28 first-place votes and 354 points in balloting | 1 |
Boss, Pedro talk shop Sometimes George Steinbrenner does his own negotiating, and on Tuesday, ESPN has learned, he met face-to-face with the most prominent free agent pitcher on the market -- Pedro Martinez, who | 1 |
US push to rid Mosul of insurgents American troops and Iraqi security forces launched a major operation to regain control of Mosul yesterday, after a week of lawlessness which saw large parts of Iraq #39;s third city fall under the control of militants determined to open a new front in the | 0 |
APEC helps Chile deepen ties with Asia-Pacific region: govt The Chilean government said Tuesday that the presidency of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) has helped Chile to deepen relations withthe Asia-Pacific region. | 0 |
Hawks Rally From 11 Down, Edge Rockets (AP) AP - Antoine Walker had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and the Atlanta Hawks rallied from an 11-point deficit in the final 6:11 to beat the Houston Rockets 88-84 Tuesday night. | 1 |
Terps Deny Musketeers Maryland's women's basketball team pulls out a tough 74-72 victory over Xavier when it blocks Kristy Wallner's attempt to tie the game for Xavier in the closing seconds. | 1 |
Colombia Rebels Kill 9 Officers in Ambush (AP) AP - Leftist rebels ambushed a police convoy Tuesday in northeastern Colombia, killing at least nine officers and wounding three others, authorities said. A 10th policeman was killed in a separate incident. | 0 |
Man arrested after 2 killed, 29 hurt in bombing of Pakistani cinema (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A bomb exploded in a cinema during a screening early Wednesday in northwestern Pakistan, killing two people and injuring 29 others, police said. | 0 |
Dollar Stuck Near Lows Ahead of G20 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 |
Steinbrenner and Martnez Meet: Let the Intrigue Begin The Red Sox' Pedro Martnez met with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner in a potential bid to dramatically change his status in the Bronx and in Boston. | 1 |
Gun battle erupts in Kashmir city Militants attack a stadium in Srinagar hours before the Indian prime minister is due to address a rally. | 0 |
Business 'booms' for rural crafts Craftspeople could soon overtake farmers as the biggest contributors to the rural economy, a report says. | 0 |
Google Falls as More of Its Shares Start Trading Shares of Google, the newly public Web search company, fell 6.7 percent as selling restrictions were lifted on 39 million shares held by employees and early investors. | 3 |
In Texas, 28,000 Students Test an Electronic Eye Hoping to prevent the loss of children, a few schools have begun monitoring student movements using technology similar to that used to track livestock and retail shipments. | 3 |
PeopleSoft Shareholders Have Opposing Views on Oracle Bid PeopleSofts top shareholder, Capital Guardian Trust, has decided to support Oracles \$8.8 billion hostile takeover, but the No. 2 holder, Private Capital Management, has decided against it. | 3 |
PM #39;s visit to focus on reconstruction of Kashmir New Delhi: The two-day visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Jammu and Kashmir, starting on Wednesday will focus more on reconstruction and development of the state, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said. | 0 |
Asia-Pacific powers to set sights on N. Korean nukes, trade <b>...</b> SANTIAGO : Asia-Pacific power brokers, starring US Secretary of State Colin Powell, convene here Wednesday determined to suppress terrorism, free up world trade and thwart North Korean nuclear ambitions. | 0 |
Time to Talk Baseball It's time to talk about the serious risks and potential benefits of building an expensive ballpark in Washington. | 1 |
Fans Honor United Approximately 500 D.C. United fans gathered at RFK Stadium on Tuesday to celebrate the team's victory in Sunday's MLS Cup. | 1 |
China to invest 20 billion dollars in Argentina BUENOS AIRES : China #39;s President Hu Jintao and Argentine President Nestor Kirchner signed cooperation agreements as Chinese companies pledged investments of 20 billion US dollars. | 2 |
NASA #39;Scramjet #39; Soars Almost 7,000 Mph In this photo released by NASA, the X-43A quot;scramjet quot; is seen attached to a modified Pegasus rocket under the wing of a B-52 aircraft before its release off the Southern California coast Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2004. | 3 |
No. 15 Hokies still have ACC title hopes Virginia Tech was picked to finish in the middle of the pack in its first year in the ACC. Instead, it heads into the final weeks of the season with a chance to win the conference title. | 1 |
Tim Duncan and Spurs Torch Knicks 99-81 (AP) AP - Tim Duncan had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and began a key third-quarter burst that helped the San Antonio Spurs beat the New York Knicks 99-81 Tuesday night. | 1 |
Tenth-Ranked Arizona Rips San Diego 80-69 (AP) AP - Mustafa Shakur scored 23 points and Ivan Radenovic 20 #151; both career highs #151; in 10th-ranked Arizona's often-sloppy 80-69 victory over San Diego Tuesday night in the first round of the Preseason NIT. | 1 |
NBA Wrap: Allen Leads Sonics to Seventh Straight (Reuters) Reuters - Ray Allen scored a season-high 37\points to carry the Seattle SuperSonics to their seventh\straight victory, a 103-95 win over the 76ers in Philadelphia\Tuesday. | 1 |
New Technique Stirs a Debate in Cardiology A new method of diagnosing heart disease takes only seconds to conduct, but critics say the technique is ripe for overuse. | 0 |
In Texas, 28,000 Students Test an Electronic Eye Hoping to prevent the loss of a child, a few schools have begun monitoring students' arrivals and departures using technology similar to that used to track livestock. | 0 |
Stocks drop as wholesale prices surge A huge jump in wholesale prices sent stocks falling yesterday as investors worried that rising oil prices were taking a toll on the overall economy. | 2 |
S amp;P changes its indices S amp;P has announced changes to its indices in the US and Australia in relation to News Corporation. After trading closes on Friday December 17, 2004 New Corp. | 2 |
NASA Jet Sets Record for Speed A small, pilotless NASA aircraft set a speed record for jet planes on Tuesday when it dashed out over the Pacific Ocean at almost 10 times the speed of sound, project officials announced. | 3 |
Nokia Demonstrates IPv6 Phone Nokia Corp. on Tuesday demonstrated the use of IPv6, the next generation Internet protocol, on a handset. The Finnish company demonstrated what it called the industry #39;s quot;first Mobile IPv6 call. | 3 |
Beckham wasnt interested in The Pink Panther Football star David Beckham said Monday that he turned down a good part in MGMs The Pink Panther, staring Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Beyonce Knowles and Jean Reno. | 1 |
Eriksson: No Man Utd, Arsenal rifts in squad England boss Sven Goran Eriksson insists the row between Manchester United and Arsenal will not spill over into tonight #39;s international against Spain. | 1 |
Yankees #39; Sheffield blackmailed CBC SPORTS ONLINE - New York Yankees right-fielder Gary Sheffield revealed Tuesday that he and his wife were targeted by a blackmailer. | 1 |
Militants launch attack in Kashmir ahead of Indian PMs visit SRINAGAR - Militants early Wednesday launched an attack near a stadium in Kashmir where Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is due to address a rally later, police said. | 0 |
Rumsfeld terms Ecuador ally in fighting terrorism US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday termed Ecuador an ally in the combat against terrorism and drug trafficking. Rumsfeld made the remarks at a joint press conference | 0 |
Specter Gets Hatch Support to Chair Panel (AP) AP - Sen. Arlen Specter gained ground Tuesday toward winning the Senate Judiciary Committee chairmanship, which was thrown into doubt after he said judges who oppose abortion rights would face confirmation problems. | 0 |
Bush to Visit Canada on Nov. 30 (AP) AP - President Bush will make his first official visit to Canada on Nov. 30, meeting Prime Minister Paul Martin for talks ranging from security for the world's longest undefended border to commerce between these major trading partners, officials said Tuesday. | 0 |
DeLay Supporters Move to Protect His Spot (AP) AP - Supporters of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay proposed a Republican rules change Tuesday that would protect the Texan's leadership position if he were to be indicted by a Texas grand jury that already charged three of his associates. | 0 |
U.S. Extends Deadline to Switch Screeners (AP) AP - The government announced Tuesday that it will make it easier for airports to replace federal baggage and passenger screeners with privately employed workers. | 0 |
Stock car racing in Canada gets boost from NASCAR deal with CASCAR TORONTO (CP) - Stock car racing in Canada received a boost Tuesday as NASCAR announced a multi-year operational and marketing agreement with CASCAR. | 1 |
Ten Colombian Police Die in Marxist Rebel Ambush <p></p><p> BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Ten Colombian police officerswere killed on Tuesday in an ambush by the National LiberationArmy, or ELN, in the worst attack by the Marxist group inyears, authorities told Reuters.</p> | 0 |
Stern Likes Latest Arena Plan for Kings (AP) AP - NBA commissioner David Stern believes the Sacramento Kings will secure funding for a new arena in plenty of time to prevent the team from leaving Northern California. | 1 |
Arizona Stops San Diego Mustafa Shakur scores 23 points and Ivan Radenovic 20 in 10th-ranked Arizona's often-sloppy 80-69 victory over San Diego Tuesday. | 1 |
A New Pattern Is Cut for Global Textile Trade The expiration of WTO textile quotas at the end of 2004 is expected to jeopardize jobs in some of the world's poorest places as the textile industry uproots to consolidate in low-cost China. | 0 |
Skating to Europe and Playing On According to the International Ice Hockey Federation, 276 N.H.L. players have signed with European teams. Could hockey be headed for a new world order? | 1 |
Attendant Union Approves Strike Over Contracts The president of the nation #39;s largest flight attendants union yesterday vowed that its members would go on a nationwide strike if US Airways and United Airlines are allowed to nullify their labor contracts in bankruptcy court. | 2 |
Crude dips below \$US46 CRUDE oil futures eased below \$US46 a barrel in Asia today as traders awaited the weekly US crude inventory report, which has helped bring down prices in recent weeks by showing a recovery in supplies. | 2 |
Wholesale Inflation Rises Sharply Wholesale inflation rose last month at the fastest pace in more than 14 years, largely because of steep jumps in energy and food costs, the government reported yesterday, raising concerns | 2 |
US - Consumer Price Index (Oct, 2004) The Consumer Price Index is a measure of the average price level of a fixed basket of goods and services purchased by consumers. Monthly changes in the CPI represent the rate of inflation. | 2 |
Audit concludes firm overbilled LA by \$4 million LOS ANGELES An audit has concluded that a public relations firm overbilled the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power by more than four (m) million dollars. | 2 |
GM to Close Van Factory In Baltimore General Motors Corp. said yesterday that it will shut its 70-year-old van factory in southeast Baltimore next year, confirming a closure that some 1,100 workers have long expected but that state officials had hoped to stave off. | 2 |
NASA #39;scramjet #39; launched, soars at 11,263 kph A tiny unmanned NASA quot;scramjet #39; #39; soared above the Pacific Ocean Tuesday at nearly 10 times the speed of sound, or almost 7,000 mph (11,263 kph), in a record-breaking demonstration of a radical new engine technology. | 3 |
Europe #39;s Spacecraft Enters Lunar Orbit BERLIN, Nov. 16 -- A small spacecraft has made it into lunar orbit, marking a key milestone in Europe #39;s first successful mission to the moon and setting the stage for the craft to begin studying the lunar | 3 |
eBay pulls carpet from under cheesy miracle The folk at eBay were unbelievers in the cheesy miracle: one half of a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich, the owner of which claimed it bore the image of the Virgin Mary. | 3 |
World Community Grid IBM has launched a network to harness the power of idle computers around the world. It #39;s trying to create one massive PC to help out in scientific research in what could become the world #39;s largest public computing grid. | 3 |
Sheffield Says Wife Was Blackmail Target By The Associated Press. Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield said yesterday that he and his wife were the targets of a blackmailer who claimed to have embarrassing videotapes showing her having sex with a professional musician. | 1 |
Kewell back in big time AUSTRALIA coach Frank Farina believes Harry Kewell #39;s nightmare season is about to change for the good, declaring the Liverpool midfielder is returning to form. | 1 |
NBA roundup: Walker leads Hawks #39; comeback vs. Rockets ATLANTA -- Antoine Walker had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and the Atlanta Hawks rallied from an 11-point deficit in the final 6:11 to beat the Houston Rockets 88-84. | 1 |
Leaders condemn #39;Hassan murder #39; Political leaders have condemned the apparent murder of aid worker Margaret Hassan by her Iraqi kidnappers. Tony Blair said it was quot;abhorrent quot;, while Irish premier Bertie Ahern said her kidnappers quot;stand condemned by. | 0 |
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