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Equatorial Guinea resumes coup trial Equatorial Guinea resumed on Tuesday the trial of 19 suspected mercenaries accused of plotting a coup in the oil-rich African country, after a two-month adjournment to give | 0 |
Russian, Japanese ministers to discuss peace treaty problem Astana - Moscow, November 17 KAZINFORM - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is planning to discuss with his Japanese colleague Nobutaka Machimura relations between the two countries, including the peace treaty problem. | 0 |
Silicon Valley Aims to Refresh Its Image Charlie Rose, the TV interviewer, is taping five shows back to back of Silicon Valley heavyweights. | 2 |
Roddick Defeats Henman in Masters Cup (AP) AP - Andy Roddick waited out a rain delay and then held off Tim Henman of Great Britain for a 7-5, 7-6 (6) victory in the first round of the ATP Masters Cup championship Tuesday night. | 1 |
Tough one for the Gunners THE Gunners - for the time being at least - have lost the knack of putting teams away. Draws with Southampton and West Brom in their last two Premiership games at Highbury highlight Arsenal #39;s current shortcomings | 1 |
Yahoo Launches Premium Personals Service (Reuters) Reuters - Yahoo Inc. late on\Tuesday launched Personals Premier, a premium online dating\service aimed at attracting serious relationship seekers with\deeper pockets. | 3 |
TiVo backer Alsop 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 |
Excited about Bonds chasing home run record? Not anymore SAN JOSE, Calif. _ So it has finally happened. The smoldering fumes of steroid smoke have burst into flames around Barry Bonds. According to his own grand-jury testimony, leaked to the San Francisco Chronicle | 1 |
HP profit tops lowered forecast Hewlett-Packard Co. today reported net income for its fiscal fourth quarter of \$1.09 billion, compared with \$862 million during the same quarter a year earlier. | 3 |
Two big PeopleSoft shareholders split vote on Oracle bid Reflecting the uncertainty that has always swirled around Oracle's hostile bid for control of PeopleSoft, two major PeopleSoft shareholders have reached opposite conclusions about how to cast their votes on Oracle's buyout offer. | 3 |
Enron Inquiry Turns to Sales by Lay's Wife Federal prosecutors are investigating whether the wife of Enrons former chairman, Kenneth Lay, engaged in insider trading just before the company collapsed, people involved in the case said. | 2 |
Starbucks Will Use Cups With 10 Recycled Paper Starbucks has received F.D.A. approval to use recycled paper in their cups. The company says no one else uses recycled paper. | 2 |
Managing the Firehose of Real-Time Information RSS feeds, search alerts and other information monitoring technologies are great, but often end up providing too much of a good thing. PubSub is a 'matching engine' that offers a promising new way to keep up to date while alleviating information overload. | 3 |
Nordstrom posts 71 increase Nordstrom Inc. beat its cautious forecasts once again, posting a 71 percent increase in third-quarter earnings, reaping the benefits of a streamlined inventory system while focusing on improving its merchandise. | 2 |
Crematory Operator to Plead Guilty A former crematory operator accused of dumping 334 bodies and passing off cement dust as ashes has agreed to a plea deal requiring him to serve no more than 12 years in prison, the Associated Press learned Tuesday. | 2 |
DC Tops Nation In Women #39;s Pay, Equity With Men The District of Columbia ranks ahead of all 50 states in women #39;s median wage, while Maryland is a close second and Virginia ranks eighth, according to a new state-by-state report on the status of women. | 2 |
Growth in developing countries strongest in three decades: World <b>...</b> The developing countries will enjoy the strongest economic growth in three decades this year and should continue to enjoy solid expansion in 2005 and 2006, the World Bank predicted on Tuesday. | 2 |
HP Profit Tops Lowered Forecast Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday said quarterly profit topped its own lowered expectations as the computer and printer maker saw record revenues in every business | 2 |
Audit finds firm overbilled LA by \$4M A public relations company billed the city #39;s Department of Water and Power for more than \$4 million in questionable costs that it should repay, according to an audit released Tuesday. | 2 |
At 6,600 mph, test plane redefines zoom NASA #39;s experimental X-43A, a sleek unpiloted forerunner to a routine space launcher or a blindingly fast airliner, streaked above the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday to establish a speed record for jet aircraft of about 6,600 mph. | 3 |
Viagra: A Drug Ad Too Far? Pharmaceutical companies love to tout their drug ads as examples of consumer education. But that argument hardly stands up in Pfizer #39;s (PFE ) latest Viagra pitches. | 3 |
IBM Launches Public Grid Computing Project IBM hopes to give a boost to large-scale public grid computing projects with the launch of the new quot;World Community Grid. quot;. | 3 |
Microsoft Sharpens Up Its Elbows Microsoft is on the move again. As it has in the past, the software giant is trying to elbow aside rivals who have pioneered new markets. | 3 |
All Blacks rest captain New Zealand made the rare move of resting its captain, and Wales named three changes for their rugby Test at Millennium Stadium on Saturday. | 1 |
Kings Defeat Winless Bulls 113-106 (AP) AP - Peja Stojakovic scored 29 points, Mike Bibby added 27 and the Sacramento Kings kept the Chicago Bulls winless with a 113-106 victory on Tuesday night. | 1 |
Queen Urges Thais to Help Govt. Fight Muslim Unrest (Reuters) Reuters - Revered Queen Sirikit has urged all\Thais to work with the government in its fight against the\violence in the largely Muslim south, where almost 500 people\have been killed since January. | 0 |
Europe eyes end to limbo in EU assembly vote (AFP) AFP - EU lawmakers are expected finally to declare the European Union's new executive arm fit for office Thursday, ending an unprecedented three-week state of limbo for the expanding bloc. | 0 |
Report: SBC Sets TV Deal with Microsoft NEW YORK (Reuters) - SBC Communications, the No. 2 U.S. telecommunications company, has agreed to pay \$400 million to Microsoft Corp. for software that can deliver television via high-speed data lines, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. | 2 |
Oil \$46 Ahead of Expected U.S. Stockbuild SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices eased again early on Wednesday, hovering around \$46 a barrel ahead of weekly U.S. data expected to show fuel stocks rising in time for winter. | 2 |
Slammed shut General Motors Corp. plans to close its Baltimore manufacturing operations next year, shuttering a factory that employs 1,100 hourly and salaried workers. | 2 |
Update 5: Hewlett-Packard Income Surges 27 Percent Record revenue growth across all of Hewlett-Packard Co. #39;s business units, particularly in its consumer electronics division, helped generate strong fourth-quarter earnings for the computer giant. | 2 |
Senate Hears of Insurance Misdeeds Preliminary investigations in New York, Connecticut and California suggest that insurance companies frequently pay insurance brokers and agents undisclosed compensation -- including cash, loans | 2 |
Guerrero Wins AL MVP Vladimir Guerrero wins the American League MVP award Tuesday, just the fifth time a player switched leagues and earned the honor in his first season with his new team. | 1 |
Hollywood fires first lawsuits at pirates Hollywood #39;s top studios tried to knock the wind out of the sails of Internet movie pirates yesterday, filing the first wave of lawsuits against people they say are illegally sharing online copies of films. | 3 |
Virgin Mary sandwich? This image of a cheese sandwich was taken from the www.ebay.com Web site. Sandwich owner Diana Duyser, of Hollywood, put the sandwich up for sale last week, drawing bids as high as \$22,000 before eBay pulled the item Sunday night. | 3 |
NBA ROUNDUP James Helps the Cavaliers Break .500 LeBron James scored 33 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers moved over .500 for the first time in more than three years with their fourth straight victory, a | 1 |
Guerrero is AL MVP Vladimir Guerrero had such a huge impact during the final week of the season that voting for the American League Most Valuable Player award wasn #39;t even close. | 1 |
NCAA Game Summary - San Diego at Arizona Tucson, AZ (Sports Network) - Mustafa Shakur led three Arizona players who scored at least 20 points as the 10th-ranked Wildcats opened their 2004-05 season with an 80-69 victory over San Diego at the McKale Center in the first round of the Preseason NIT. | 1 |
Ohio State knocks Clarett #39;s allegations Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel and the school #39;s athletics director, Andy Geiger, defended the besieged program Tuesday -eiger delivering a vigorous | 1 |
There was no coup plot, say accused Malabo - Equatorial Guinea intends to seek the extradition of Mark Thatcher, son of the former British prime minister, in connection with the alleged coup plot, a government source here has said. | 0 |
Thailand #39;s queen urges unity in violence-plagued deep south Thailand #39;s Queen Sirikit urged thecountry to unit to solve ongoing violence in the Muslim-dominated deep south. In a emotional plea for peace in the region, the Queen said theinnocent | 0 |
Fox hunting ban in England, Wales looms after compromise fails (AFP) AFP - An outright ban on fox hunting with dogs in England and Wales appeared inevitable after a majority of over 100 MPs in the House of Commons rejected last-ditch compromises on the blood sport. | 0 |
Report: SBC Sets TV Deal with Microsoft (Reuters) Reuters - SBC Communications, the No. 2 U.S.\telecommunications company, has agreed to pay #36;400 million to\Microsoft Corp. for software that can deliver television via\high-speed data lines, The New York Times reported on\Wednesday. | 3 |
Two militants, civilian killed in Kashmir attack (AFP) AFP - Two Islamic militants were killed in a fierce gunbattle with security forces near a stadium in Kashmir where Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was later due to speak, an army spokesman said. | 0 |
Heart Scanner Stirs New Hope and a Debate A new method of diagnosing heart disease takes only seconds to conduct, but critics say the technique is ripe for overuse. | 3 |
Boston Scientific Will Invest In Developer of a Plastic Stent Boston Scientific announces an investment in and strategic partnership with REVA Medical, which is working on a polymer successor to todays metal stents that would be biodegradable in the body. | 3 |
Clippers Pop Raptors 101-89 (AP) AP - Marko Jaric had 23 points, eight assists and seven rebounds Tuesday night to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 101-89 victory over the Toronto Raptors. | 1 |
Earnings Climb at Hewlett The Hewlett-Packard Company said yesterday that its profits rose 27 percent in the fourth quarter as revenues reached record levels across its business lines. | 2 |
Insurance Investigation Leads to More Guilty Pleas Two midlevel employees of the Zurich American Insurance Company pleaded guilty yesterday to criminal charges related to the rigging of bids that investigators say was organized by the Global Broking unit of Marsh amp; McLennan. | 2 |
Retail discord ringing over charity #39;s bells As the Salvation Army kicks off its annual red-kettle program today, a growing number of retailers, from Best Buy to Target, are banning Salvation Army bell ringers | 2 |
Murdoch Moves to Avoid a Friendly Fight for Control The chairman of the News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, may be telling investors and the media that his relationship with his counterpart at Liberty Media, John C. Malone, is friendly, as he did yesterday at an annual meeting. | 2 |
Kings Defeat Winless Bulls 113-106 Sacramento Kings #39; Peja Stojakovic, left, of Serbia-Montenegro, and Chicago Bulls #39; Andres Nocioni of Argentina battle for a loose ball on the sidelines in Sacramento, Calif. | 1 |
Bush Folly, Campaign 2004 and the Middle East The saddest thing about the American election of George Bush is that in the long run it will make the United States irrelevant in all matters save that we have the power to blow the | 0 |
HP Fares Well in Much of Asia SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Upbeat earnings from U.S. computer company Hewlett-Packard drove an index of Asian stocks outside of Japan toward a 5-year high, but the dollar's weakness against the yen pressured shares in Japanese exporters. | 2 |
Four Companies Plan Expansion in Virginia Four companies are planning to hire more than 10,000 workers for new homeland security-related jobs in Virginia over the next five years, Gov. Mark R. Warner is to announce today. | 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 |
D.C. Tops Nation In Women's Pay, Equity With Men The District of Columbia ranks ahead of all 50 states in women's median wage, while Maryland is a close second and Virginia ranks eighth, according to a new state-by-state report on the status of women. | 2 |
Senate Hears of Insurance Misdeeds Preliminary investigations in New York, Connecticut and California suggest that insurance companies frequently pay insurance brokers and agents undisclosed compensation -- including cash, loans, stock and exotic trips -- for steering health, automobile and other retail insurance business to them, state officials told Congress yesterday. | 2 |
Iraq forces 'need extra US help' The senior US general in Iraq expresses concern about the ability of Iraqi forces to cope with election security. | 0 |
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 that businesses may be under growing pressure to raise consumer prices. | 2 |
Eagles Hang On Jason Thomas scores a career-high 23 points and grabs 11 rebounds to help American withstand a late Vermont rally and beat the Catamounts, 67-64. | 1 |
Australia stunned by murder of aid worker who helped Iraq's poor (AFP) AFP - Aid worker Margaret Hassan's apparent murder by her kidnappers in Iraq caused shock and dismay among Australians and employees of the charity group that employed her, CARE Australia. | 0 |
Two dead in Srinagar gunbattle as Manmohan Singh arrives (Reuters) Reuters - Indian soldiers killed two militants after a fierce gunbattle in Srinagar on Wednesday, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in the city to promote peace in the disputed region. | 0 |
Federal surplus at least #36;8.9 billion but clouds on horizon, says Goodale (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - A strong domestic economy and healthy global demand means Ottawa is on pace to record another whopping budget surplus - #36;8.9 billion - this fiscal year, says Finance Minister Ralph Goodale. | 0 |
More Than 15,000 Species Said to Be Facing Extinction (Reuters) Reuters - More than 15,000 species, from sharks\to frogs to fir trees, are facing extinction and the total is\rising faster than ever before, conservationists and scientists\said Wednesday. | 3 |
Summary: Rice, Bush Have Good Relationship (AP) AP - STANCE: Condoleezza Rice has been both protege and mentor to President Bush in his first four years in the White House and has never indicated publicly any difference in view with him. | 0 |
GOP Election Victory Shaping Budget Bills (AP) AP - The Republican election victory and the sheer weight of record deficits are shaping a pair of mammoth budget bills that the GOP is trying to shove through Congress during its lame-duck session. | 0 |
Israel Vows Response to Rocket Fire from Lebanon (Reuters) Reuters - Israel vowed on Tuesday to respond\against militants who launched a cross-border rocket attack\into the Jewish state from southern Lebanon, but said it would\act with restraint to avoid inflaming the situation. | 0 |
Verizon Considering Move to Va. Verizon Communications Inc., which has been in discussions with New York and New Jersey over whether to keep its headquarters in Manhattan, has put out feelers to Virginia as well..<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT> | 3 |
InPhonic Shares Gain During Debut Shares of InPhonic Inc., a Washington reseller of wireless service and telephones over the Internet, rose 26 percent Tuesday on their first day of trading..<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT> | 3 |
Flight attendants union OKs strike The board of the country #39;s largest flight attendants union authorized a national strike Tuesday after its president said the airline industry is using the bankruptcy process to threaten workers #39; livelihoods. | 2 |
Hollywood sues film pirates Los Angeles - 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 peer-to-peer file-sharing programs. | 3 |
IBM Sponsors Humanitarian Grid Computing Project BrianWCarver writes quot;Reuters reports that IBM and top scientific research organizations are joining forces in a humanitarian effort to tap the unused power of millions of computers and help solve complex social problems. | 3 |
Albatron debuts Nvidia AGP6600 and AGP6600GT cards for the AGP 8x <b>...</b> Albatron Technology today announced the Nvidia-based AGP6600 and AGP6600GT VGA cards, both of which are designed for the AGP 8x interface. | 3 |
Roddick outlasts Henman Second-ranked Andy Roddick of the United States edged Tim Henman of Britain for a 7-5, 7-6 (8-6)victory Tuesday night in the first round of the ATP Masters Cup championship. | 1 |
Guerrero wins by country mile They partied in the streets yesterday in the Dominican Republic, where the president declared a national holiday after Anaheim #39;s Vladimir Guerrero won the American | 1 |
ABC apologizes for intro on #39;Monday Night Football #39; ABC apologized Tuesday for beginning this week #39;s Monday Night Football telecast with a tease sequence in which Nicolette Sheridan, star of ABC #39;s top-rated domestic drama, attempted to seduce | 1 |
ON FOOTBALL A Giant task awaits New York #39;s Manning Life doesn #39;t get much better than being a successful quarterback in the NFL. Tom Brady dates actresses. Brett Favre has a best-selling book. | 1 |
FBI nabs #39;activist #39; on extortion charges CHICAGO In July of 2002, community activist Derrick Mosley blasted State Sen. James Meeks, who had been named successor to the president of the Rainbow/PUSH coalition, for offering spiritual counseling to prominent people accused of sexual offenses. | 1 |
New Mexico #39;s Long gets extension through 2009 New Mexico, on the verge of going to a third straight bowl game, Tuesday gave coach Rocky Long a contract extension through 2009. While details of the new contract are still being worked | 1 |
Clarett may leave shiners on Buckeyes Maurice Clarett #39;s charges against Ohio State are so unsettling that the NCAA may do more than round up the usual suspects this time. | 1 |
Minnesota #39;s shooters slash Miami #39;s defense MINNEAPOLIS - The Heat wasn #39;t overly concerned about its 0-2 record against Western Conference teams heading into Tuesday #39;s game at Minnesota. | 1 |
New Free Trade Plan For Asia Pacific Asia-Pacific leaders attending the annual summit in Santiago this week are being asked to consider establishing a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP). | 0 |
France won #39;t release Arafat #39;s medical records France has no intention of making Yasser Arafat #39;s medical records public and will leave the decision about what to do with them up to his family, the foreign minister said yesterday. | 0 |
Craft sets speed record A sleek NASA X-43A aircraft set a world speed record Tuesday, flying at more than 6,600 mph in a test flight that eventually could revolutionize air travel and space exploration. | 3 |
Late run propels Guerrero to MVP Vladimir Guerrero provided an instant return on Anaheim #39;s five-year, \$70 million, free-agent investment, and Tuesday was named the American League MVP by the Baseball Writers Association of America. | 1 |
- NY Post: Charles Wenzelberg George Steinbrenner met with Pedro Martinez yesterday in Tampa, perhaps setting the stage for the most mind-blowing defection between enemies since Babe Ruth. | 1 |
Gunshots echo in Indian-controlled Kashmir Gunshots echoed in the heart of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir Wednesday morning, just a few hours before Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives. | 0 |
US racing insurgents for influence in Fallujah as battle winds <b>...</b> As fighting winds down, US troops face an even more difficult mission in Fallujah winning the people #39;s allegiance. Planners want to | 0 |
Thai queen urges nation to unite to end southern violence (AFP) AFP - Thailand's respected queen has made a rare public appeal for the nation to unite to end violence in the troubled Muslim-majority south where nearly 550 people have died this year. | 0 |
Google shares fall as staff sell Shares in Google have fallen 6.7 as employees and early investors in the web search take advantage of the first chance to sell their holdings. | 0 |
Final foray The group of fans approached the coach after spotting her on a street in downtown New Orleans, eager to share their admiration of her team, even though it was missing from the women's Final Four. | 1 |
Holes yet to be covered The Patriots worked out former Super Bowl MVP Dexter Jackson Monday, according to the NFL's daily personnel notice, but by last night the safety had agreed to terms with his former team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. | 1 |
It's bad news bare for ABC ABC apologized yesterday for a steamy intro to quot;Monday Night Football quot; after receiving complaints from viewers and the NFL. | 1 |
Revolution veterans left open The Revolution will expose some of their most experienced and respected players to the Major League Soccer expansion draft, scheduled for Friday to stock new teams in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. | 1 |
Holy Cross at a glance Coach: Bill Gibbons (20th year, 393-172). Last year: 13-15, 8-6 (fourth in Patriot League). | 1 |
Time to step to the fore The University of Connecticut is still not sure what life will be like without Diana Taurasi, the two-time national player of the year who led the Huskies to three straight national championships. Taurasi, who was the No. 1 draft pick in the WNBA last spring (Phoenix Mercury), lost only eight games in her four-year career. | 1 |
Harvard at a glance Coach: Kathy Delaney-Smith (23d year, 335-240). Last year: 16-11, 9-5 (tied for second in Ivy League). | 1 |
Hoopla for 2006 event begins Declaring, quot;Boston, the ball is in your court, quot; the NCAA yesterday tipped off an 18-month drive to pay for the 2006 Women's Final Four at the FleetCenter, which is expected to cost \$2.3 million, with a ceremony at the State House. | 1 |
Militants rebuff Abbas truce idea GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Islamic militant groups behind many suicide bombings dismissed yesterday a call from Mahmoud Abbas, the interim Palestinian leader, to halt attacks in the run-up to a Jan. 9 election to replace Yasser Arafat. | 0 |
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