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Experimental Jet Just Misses Mach 10 An experimental NASA jet has flown at just under 10 times the speed of sound, a record that is a step forward for the plane and its experimental scramjet engine. | 3 |
Software Gives Parents Chance to Snoop As part of three-pronged, anti-piracy attack launched Tuesday, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) plans to release free software to help parents determine what movie and music titles their children have stored on a computer, along with any | 3 |
Bidding war for #39;Virgin Mary sandwich #39; MIAMI - A decade-old grilled cheese sandwich bearing what could be the image of the Virgin Mary is garnering intense interest on an internet auction site. | 3 |
Rival engines catch up with Google GOOGLE, the world #39;s number one search engine, has lost its edge. That #39;s the considered view of software engineers who have been testing an early version of Microsoft #39;s MSN Search service, released last week. | 3 |
Paris confident it can win bid for 2012 Summer Olympics Paris is confident of maintaining its status as the odds-on favourite to host the 2012 Olympic Games, citing widespread political backing, strong financial support, affordable tickets and 80 per cent of venues within 10 minutes reach. | 1 |
Ringing true Some players don #39;t attend the private ceremony, called a quot;joke quot; by an angry Tim Taylor. By TOM JONES, Times Staff Writer. | 1 |
PM unveils gift of peace, a knot in the wrapping Prime Minister Manmohan Singh waves as Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad claps during a public rally in Srinagar on Wednesday. Reuters. SRINAGAR: Less than a week after announcing a troop cut, the biggest confidence | 0 |
Putin: Russia Developing New Kind of Nuclear Missile Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is developing a new type of nuclear missile. Mr. Putin spoke at an annual meeting of the armed forces #39; senior leadership. | 0 |
Chilean police, students clash in run-up to Asia-Pacific summit SANTIAGO (AFP) - Chilean anti-riot forces fired tear gas and water cannon at student protesters, three days before President George W. Bush #39;s arrival for a weekend Asia-Pacific summit. | 0 |
Analysis: Israel hand seen in Ivorian clash New allegations that Israeli arms dealers helped the army of Ivory Coast attack a French military base look likely to reignite long-tense relations between Israel and France. | 0 |
The Plot Thickens: Testing European Tolerance BRUSSELS: The killing of controversial Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh by a suspected Islamic extremist and the subsequent spate of retaliatory attacks on Muslim targets are a damaging blow to relations between European Union #39;s 15 million Muslims and their | 0 |
KMart to Buy Sears in \$11.5 Billion Deal NEW YORK (Reuters) - Discount retailer Kmart Holding Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=KMRT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">KMRT.O</A> will buy department store operator Sears, Roebuck Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=S.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">S.N</A> in a \$11.5 billion deal unveiled on Wednesday, creating the third-largest U.S. retailer. | 2 |
Stocks Up on Sears Deal, But Gains Lag NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Wednesday after news of an \$11.5 billion retailing deal and solid earnings from computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HPQ.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">HPQ.N</A>, but a rise in oil prices caused stocks to trim gains. | 2 |
Wife of Ex-Enron Chief Stock Sale Probed HOUSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors are investigating whether the wife of former Enron Corp. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=ENRNQ.PK target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">ENRNQ.PK</A> Chairman Ken Lay illegally sold shares in the company just before it went bankrupt, a lawyer for Lay said on Wednesday. | 2 |
Wife of Ex-Enron Chief Stock Sale Probed (Reuters) Reuters - Federal prosecutors are investigating\whether the wife of former Enron Corp. Chairman Ken\Lay illegally sold shares in the company just before it went\bankrupt, a lawyer for Lay said on Wednesday. | 2 |
US lawmaker charges BNP Paribas may have stood by in Iraq oil-for-food swindle (AFP) AFP - France's BNP Paribas received hundreds of millions of dollars from the scandal-plagued UN Oil-for-Food program in Iraq, while possibly ignoring rampant abuses in the program, a top US lawmaker charged. | 0 |
Anorexic Girls Bond on Web to Dismay of Doctors (Reuters) Reuters - An underground subculture of\teenage girls who bond over their eating disorders and glorify\bone-thin celebrities has surfaced on the Internet, in a\growing trend that experts say frustrates treatment. | 3 |
UK 'needs more foreign workers' The UK must lure foreign talent if it is to compete with the growing economic challenge of countries such as India and China, the government warns. | 2 |
United Loses Nelsen Ryan Nelsen, the defensive force behind D.C. United's MLS championship run this season, will not return to the club. | 1 |
UPDATE 4-Kmart to buy Sears in \$11.5 billion deal Discount retailer Kmart Holding Corp. (KMRT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) will buy department store operator Sears, Roebuck amp; Co. | 2 |
SBC Inks Deal with Microsoft for IP TV Although telcos need to position themselves as strong competition to cable operators and VoIP providers, IDC #39;s Amy Harris questioned whether SBC #39;s effort will pay off. | 2 |
DoCoMo to launch 5 new 3G FOMA cell phone models TOKYO - NTT DoCoMo Inc said Wednesday it has developed five new models for the 901i series of 3G FOMA cell phone handsets, featuring an enhanced audio system, and will market one model, the SH901iC, nationwide Nov 26 with other models to follow. | 3 |
Aquilini buys half of Vancouver Canucks VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Local businessman Francesco Aquilini bought half of the Vancouver Canucks from American John McCaw. | 1 |
Russia rebound with four-goal win Russia rebounded from last month #39;s 7-1 thrashing by Portugal with a morale-boosting 4-0 win over Estonia in a World Cup qualifier in Krasnodar on Wednesday. | 1 |
One killed in Buenos Aires bank attacks Bombs have exploded at three banks in the Argentine capital, two owned by US giant Citibank, killing one man and injuring a bomb disposal expert - but police said the identity of the attackers remained a mystery. | 0 |
White House reacting cautiously to Putin nuclear missile remark WHITE HOUSE The White House is reacting cautiously to Vladimir Putin #39;s announcement that Russia #39;s developing an entirely new nuclear missile. | 0 |
Over 60 Iraqi policemen kidnapped after training in Jordan More than 60 Iraqi policemen were kidnapped by unknown gunmen after the officers finished a training course in Jordan, said Iraqi police. | 0 |
Ukranian Pro-Democracy Group Protests (AP) AP - KIEV, Ukraine #151; Their name means "It's Time." Their slogan shows a ticking clock, and their ability to bring thousands of students to the streets is spooking the government as the country prepares for Sunday's pivotal presidential election. | 0 |
FCC Reviews 'Desperate Housewives' Football Promo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday reviewed complaints about ABC's steamy "Desperate Housewives" promotion before "Monday Night Football" and while the agency's chairman expressed disappointment, it was not clear whether government would tackle the network. | 1 |
Appeals Court Doubt Tobacco Penalty WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A divided U.S. federal appeals court panel on Wednesday expressed skepticism about whether the government had the authority to force cigarette makers to pay billions of dollars in past profits as part of its racketeering case against the industry. | 2 |
Heating Oil Price Drops for 2nd Week WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The average price U.S. consumers pay to warm their homes with heating oil declined for the second week and inventories of distillate fuel are expected to start rising later this month as more refineries ramp up their operations, the government said on Wednesday. | 2 |
House Panel Questions Role of French Bank (AP) AP - Lawmakers are questioning whether a French bank failed to comply with U.S. money-laundering laws, possibly helping Saddam Hussein manipulate the #36;60 billion U.N. oil-for-food program. The bank denies any wrongdoing. | 0 |
Kmart to Buy Sears in \$11.5 Billion Deal NEW YORK (Reuters) - Discount retailer Kmart Holding Corp. will buy department store operator Sears, Roebuck Co. in a \$11.5 billion deal unveiled on Wednesday, creating the third-largest U.S. retailer. | 2 |
SBC, Microsoft Ink #36;400M Internet TV Deal (AP) AP - SBC Communications Inc. will use a Microsoft Corp. software system to transmit television over high-speed Internet connections like the ones SBC will offer after replacing the local arteries of its copper telephone network with fiber-optic cables. | 3 |
Palestinian Inquiry Probes Arafat's Death (AP) AP - Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia ordered an inquiry Wednesday to determine the cause of death of former leader Yasser Arafat. | 0 |
SBC Plans Nationwide VoIP Rollout (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - SBC Communications (NYSE: SBC) is jumping on the voice over Internet (VoIP)\bandwagon with the launch of service in selected markets and a proposed\nationwide rollout designed to help the company keep pace with the\competition. | 3 |
NTT DoCoMo Launches Wi-Fi 3G Cell Phone (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Japan's NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) has launched a Wi-Fi/cellular phone that telecom industry analysts say is the first of its kind. | 3 |
LG Handset Receives Digital Video (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - LG Electronics, the South Korea-based wireless handset manufacturer, has launched the first terrestrial DMB (digital multimedia broadcast) cell phone. | 3 |
Microsoft To Beef Up Interoperability with Vintela Investment (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has become a minority investor in Vintela, a Utah-based maker of software that allows the Windows operating system to communicate with other software types, such as Unix, Linux or Mac OS. | 3 |
Researchers Cruise in Purdue Data Cave (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - High-performance computing and artificial intelligence software may blast through barriers in data management to create a so-called "data cave," like the one Tom Cruise uses to catch crooks in the movie "Minority Report". | 3 |
Product Review: SMC 2804WBRP-G Wireless Barricade G Router (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - SMC's new 802.11g wireless router likely will spark considerable interest because of its inclusion of a USB print server. This feature is attractive to residential households or small businesses that would like to use a single printer across multiple computers. | 3 |
Pacific Rim Nations Meet on Trade, Security Top ministers from 21 Pacific Rim nations convened high-level talks on free trade and global security Wednesday, while police battled university students protesting the summit and a weekend visit by President Bush. | 0 |
Bombings at Two Buenos Aires Banks Kill 1 Homemade bombs exploded in two Buenos Aires banks before they opened Wednesday, killing a security guard, police said. | 0 |
Roses in the Pig Sty Whenever an entire industry is beset by scandal, look for the participants who are clean. | 2 |
Abkhazian police defiant Police in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region refuse to take orders from the government. | 0 |
(10) Virginia Tech 16 (9) Miami 10 MIAMI Virginia Tech reigns in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The tenth-ranked Huskies won the ACC title outright today with a 16-to-10 victory over ninth-ranked Miami. | 1 |
Oil prices flounder after US inventory data LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices see-sawed, failing to sustain a brief rally on news of a surprise fall in US distillate stockpiles, including heating fuel, and an unexpectedly small increase in crude inventories. | 2 |
Credit Agricole third-quarter profit jumps 70 pct on lower <b>...</b> PARIS (AFP) - French bank Credit Agricole posted a better-than-expected 70.9 percent surge in third-quarter net profit thanks to lower provisions and despite an overall decline in revenues. | 2 |
Virgin Mary sandwich toast of bidders The eBay auction of a cheese sandwich said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary has drawn cheesy spoofs, including victuals meant to resemble the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. | 3 |
MGS 3: Snake Eater cooks up retail It #39;s been three years since the last all-new Metal Gear Solid game, MGS 2: Sons of Liberty, hit the PlayStation 2. In that time, there have been various remakes of installments from the series, including: Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, which was basically | 3 |
Spain to ramp up security with 35,000 police for Madrid Games bid MADRID (AFP) - Spain will draft some 35,000 police to beef up security, according to a dossier handed to the International Olympic Committee who were mulling the specifics of Madrid #39;s 2012 Olympic bid. | 1 |
NBA finals preview? Wolves vs. Pistons Reigning league MVP Kevin Garnett has picked up where he left off last season for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The same cant be said for the defending NBA champion Detroit Pistons. | 1 |
Iran #39;has blueprint for nuke #39; Vienna - Equipped with black-market blueprints of a nuclear bomb and some weapons-grade uranium, Iran is defying the United Nations by secretly continuing supposedly suspended activities as it presses ahead with plans to have atomic arms by next year, an | 0 |
Politics-Ivory Coast: South Africa Attempts to Diffuse Tensions South African President Thabo Mbeki is engaged in political fire-fighting in the Ivory Coast, where fears of a full-scale civil war between government and rebel forces loom large. | 0 |
Linux keeper, SpikeSource CEO talk up open source (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -- Accommodating large patch sets in Linux is expected to mean forking off of the 2.7 version of the platform to accommodate these changes, according to Andrew Morton, lead maintainer of the Linux kernel for Open Source Development Labs (OSDL). | 3 |
If Oracle Backs Off, PeopleSoft Could Rebound (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Oracle's (Nasdaq: ORCL) promise to step away from its pursuit of PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) if less than 50 percent of the company's shares are tendered by Friday may not be the last word in the deal. | 3 |
Stocks Gain on Sears Deal, But Trim Gains NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks advanced on Wednesday after Kmart's plan to buy Sears in an \$11.5 billion deal was announced and computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HPQ.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">HPQ.N</A> posted solid earnings, but higher oil prices prompted some investors to sell equities. | 2 |
NASD Calls for Soft Dollar Deal Limits BOSTON (Reuters) - The NASD on Wednesday submitted recommendations to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to limit the use of soft dollar deals and increase disclosure about such practices. | 2 |
More Troops May Be Needed in Ivory Coast -Mbeki THE HAGUE (Reuters) - South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday it might be necessary to send more troops to Ivory Coast to quell tension unless there is a deal soon between the government and rebels. | 0 |
Taking care of business They don #39;t call it the Grand National Drunk for nothing. Temptations abound during Grey Cup Week and it #39;s easy for players on both sides to get caught up in all the hoopla. | 1 |
French soldiers group slaps Gbagbo with wrongful death suit LILLE, France, Nov 17 (AFP) - A French soldiers #39; advocacy group on Wednesday filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo for an air strike November 6 that killed nine French peacekeepers. | 0 |
Australian Train Derails, Injuring 100 in Queensland State More than 100 people were injured, at least two critically, when a passenger train derailed in Australia #39;s north-east, Queensland Rail chief executive Bob Scheuber said. | 0 |
GIs Find Belongings of Once-Missing Marine (AP) AP - U.S. troops have recovered personal effects of a U.S. Marine who was once feared beheaded by Iraqi insurgents after disappearing from his unit, U.S. officials said. | 0 |
Oil Up as Winter Heating Supplies Fall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices abruptly ended a losing streak on Wednesday, jumping nearly \$1 after a U.S. government report showed heating oil stockpiles down 16 percent from last year ahead of winter. | 2 |
USDA Tests Another Louisiana Field for Soy Rust (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. Agriculture Department\expected test results late Wednesday on whether soybean rust\had infected another Louisiana field, the sixth in a week, a\spokesman said. | 3 |
NASA Calls Off Launch of Black Hole Hunter (AP) AP - With just hours left in the countdown, NASA called off the launch Wednesday of a spacecraft that will hunt for emerging black holes. | 3 |
Revamped art museum 'like teacup' The architect behind New York's revamped Museum of Modern Art likens it to a Japanese teacup. | 0 |
Leading Democrat Senator Won't Block Confirmation of Gonzales President Bush's nominee for attorney general, Alberto R. Gonzales, was all but guaranteed Senate confirmation today. | 0 |
Africa Lobbies for More AIDS, TB, Malaria Funds (Reuters) Reuters - African leaders lobbied the\Global Fund for Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria for more money\on Wednesday to solve a cash crunch but were told a new round\of funding was likely to be delayed by several months. | 0 |
Sears, Kmart match could pinch rivals, experts say The coupling of Martha Stewart housewares and Kenmore #39;s appliances could make the combination of Kmart Holdings Corp (KMRT.O: Quote, Profile, Research | 2 |
Aussie dollar reaches nine-month high On the cross rates it was at 60.1 euro cents, 81.29 Japanese yen, 42.17 pence sterling, and 1.105 New Zealand dollars. On Wall Street stocks have jumped on news of a merger between retailers Kmart and Sears | 2 |
Crude futures bounce around \$46 per barrel range Crude futures prices traded near two-month lows on Wednesday after the US government reported that commercially available oil supplies increased for the eighth straight week. | 2 |
Oil slides on supply fears NEW YORK: Oil prices extended a streak of losses last night as dealers anticipated that strong Opec output and recovering production in the US would boost lean stockpiles in time for peak winter heating demand. | 2 |
Analysis: China #39;s risks in investing in Argentina China could be Argentina #39;s next best friend, especially at a time when the country is facing more enemies than allies as it is now. | 2 |
Wife of Enron Founder Under Investigation The wife of Enron founder Kenneth Lay is under federal investigation for possible insider trading because she arranged for the Lay family foundation to sell half a million shares of Enron Corp. | 2 |
Beat this for speed: Mach 10 Imagine travelling from Los Angeles to New Delhi in little over an hour. Or completing a round of the globe in five hours flat. On Tuesday, NASA moved the concept of dream planes closer to reality as its hypersonic | 3 |
Expert explains grilled cheese miracle #39; #39; Brace yourself. There may be a less-than-miraculous explanation for that image of the Virgin Mary a Florida woman says appeared in her grilled cheese sandwich. | 3 |
NTT DoCoMo To Launch New Mobile Phone Models Three of the five new NTT DoCoMo models are equipped with Sony #39;s FiliCa contactless IC card technology that enables the handsets to function as electronic money. | 3 |
Pulp Fiction writer sues Microsoft Always in the courts for something, this time its writer and consultant to games makers Roger Avary who is involved in legal action with Microsoft. | 3 |
Cambridge SoundWorks gives digital music a spin Home theater company Cambridge SoundWorks is helping consumers tackle the time-consuming task of converting CDs into digital files. | 3 |
NASA calls off launch of black hole-hunter CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With just hours left in the countdown, NASA called off the launch Wednesday of a spacecraft that will hunt for emerging black holes. | 3 |
Seagate Hatches 400GB Barracuda Seagate announced today the availability of a 400 gigabyte (GB) Barracuda 7200.8 model for high-end PC #39;s and entry-level servers. | 3 |
Two More Internet Explorer Holes Discovered <a href="http://news.com.com/Firefoxfortunehunters/2100-1032_3-5455173.html">Firefox fortune hunters</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f><nobr>CNET News.com</nobr> | 3 |
Nokia Demos IPv6 Mobile Looking to the future of the internet, voice over IP, streaming video, and other applications, Nokia has developed a prototype handset that supports Mobile Internet | 3 |
No World Cup for China China has been denied a second straight trip to the World Cup finals despite a 7-0 victory over Hong Kong, failing to advance in qualifying when Kuwait won Asia #39;s Group Four by one goal. | 1 |
Moscow details its 2012 Olympic bid Moscow has promised tight security, more than a dozen new sports facilities, mid-range hotel rooms and improvements in the city #39;s smog-belching traffic if it hosts the 2012 Olympic Games. | 1 |
Tigers sign closer Percival DETROIT (SportsTicker) - The Detroit Tigers are willing to take a chance on aging closer Troy Percival. By George Nikitin, AP. The Tigers on Wednesday signed the 35-year-old Percival, who had spent his entire | 1 |
NBA Roundup: Sonics fly high again in Philly PHILADELPHIA - Wide open or contested, the Seattle SuperSonics hit three-pointers from all over the court. Ray Allen scored a season-high 37 points, Rashard Lewis had 21 and Vladimir Radmanovic added 20, leading | 1 |
Bomb explosion at banks kills one in Argentine One person was killed, another injured when three bombs exploded in a branch bank of US Citibank on Wednesday. A private guard of the bank died and a policeman was injured | 0 |
Blair and Chirac to Hold Downing St Talks Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac will hold talks in London tomorrow - with Downing Street insisting their differences over Iraq and the UK-US relationship need not be a barrier to progress on other issues. | 0 |
Powell calls on Israel to enable Palestinian elections FM Shalom, who met US secretary in Washington, said Israel would do all that it can to enable elections, as long as it would not harm our security. | 0 |
The threat at home European elites, like American elites, are having trouble understanding the recent American elections. How can 59,054,087 people be so DUMB? | 0 |
Britain, Ireland Launch 'Final' N.Irish Peace Push (Reuters) Reuters - The British and Irish prime ministers\presented bitterly divided Northern Ireland politicians on\Wednesday with what their governments insist is their final\plan for restoring home rule in the province. | 0 |
EBay Agrees to Limit Racial Slurs on Auction Site (Reuters) Reuters - Internet auction house eBay Inc.\said on Wednesday it would limit the use of racial slurs after\U.S. city officials complained the offensive terms were being\used to advertise lawn jockeys and other antiques. | 3 |
Pink locusts swarm over Cairo (AFP) AFP - Swarms of locusts descended on Cairo and around the fertile Nile Delta, but the authorities insisted the insects posed no serious threat to agriculture. | 0 |
Militant Wanted in Pearl Abduction Killed (AP) AP - An Islamic militant wanted in connection with the murder of American Journalist Daniel Pear was killed in a shootout with police, according to Pakistani authorities on Wednesday, who also announced the arrest of a suspect in the deadly bombing near the U.S. Consulate in Karachi two years ago. | 0 |
Garcia, Jimenez Favorites at Home for Cup (AP) AP - Chomping on a cigar, his unruly ponytail flowing from his cap, Miguel Angel Jimenez smiled as he said, "Buenos dias" to the clubhouse guard at the Real Club de Golf. | 1 |
Economy Expands Despite Rising Oil Prices WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Surging energy costs drove up U.S. consumer prices a hefty and larger-than-expected 0.6 percent in October, while industrial output and housing starts rebounded strongly from the prior month. | 2 |
Thompson Resigns from East Carolina Post GREENVILLE, N.C. (Sports Network) - East Carolina head football coach John Thompson announced his resignation, effective at the end of the season, on Wednesday. | 1 |
CORRECTED: Cocoa Drops, Metals Jump on Weak Dollar NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cocoa prices sank on Wednesday as exporters in top-grower Ivory Coast kept up with the arrival of the new crop, which was halted several times this month by an outbreak of civil violence and a farmers strike. | 2 |
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