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Ticket Process Begins The Expos seek deposits from fans who had registered for season tickets, although the process begins a day earlier than expected. | 1 |
Founders of Pilgrim-Baxter fund settle charges of improper trading WASHINGTON The two founders of the Pennsylvania-based Pilgrim-Baxter mutual fund family have agreed settle regulators #39; charges of improper trading. | 2 |
Applied Materials 4th-Qtr Profit Rises to Highest in Four Years Applied Materials Inc., the world #39;s biggest maker of semiconductor-production equipment, said fourth- quarter profit rose to its highest level in four years on demand from chipmakers for new machines. | 2 |
Britain, Ireland Launch 'Final' N.Irish Peace Push DUBLIN (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 |
Microsoft Swings at Novell Microsoft is offering new migration tools to tempt NetWare users to move to Windows Server 2003. Along with the tools comes a promise that NetWare customers will get online training and unlimited technical support via newsgroups. | 3 |
Sun Microsystems to give away new operating system HOPING to attract more developers worldwide, Sun Microsystems is giving away its latest operating system, Solaris 10, after spending years of development and investing roughly 500 million dollars into the software. | 3 |
Urbina #39;s future in doubt after Tigers sign Percival The Detroit Tigers have said improving their bullpen was their No. 1 priority this off-season. To that end, they have signed free-agent closer Troy Percival away from the Anaheim Angels. | 1 |
Verplank, Tway to represent US SEVILLE, Spain -- South Africa will underline their strength in depth if Trevor Immelman and Rory Sabbatini can retain their title at the WGC-World Cup of Golf at Seville #39;s Real Golf Club. | 1 |
Defender one of six available in expansion draft Defender Antonio de la Torre will celebrate his 27th birthday Thursday as a member of the Rapids. Where he #39;ll celebrate next year is anyone #39;s guess. | 1 |
Rapper practices with USC football team USC #39;s football team may be in the hunt for one of the two coveted spots in the national championship game, but that doesn #39;t mean the Trojans aren #39;t trying to enjoy the ride to a possible Orange Bowl berth. | 1 |
Argentina: Bank bomb blasts kill one A series of bombings ripped through three banks in downtown Buenos Aires Wednesday killing one security guard and injuring a member of the bomb squad. | 0 |
Taiwan Takes Active Role at APEC Meetings in Chile Representatives of 21 Pacific Rim economies are in Santiago, Chile for preliminary meetings leading up to this weekend #39;s meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. | 0 |
Palestinian commission to investigate Arafat #39;s cause of death RAMALLAH, West Bank The Palestinian prime minister has ordered an investigation into the cause of Yasser Arafat #39;s death. A statement from Ahmed Qureia #39;s (AHK #39;-mehd kuh-RAY #39;-uhz) office says a commission will | 0 |
Security Council members arrive in Nairobi ahead of session on <b>...</b> 17 November 2004 - Members of the United Nations Security Council arrived today in Nairobi ahead of a two-day meeting devoted to the civil conflicts engulfing Sudan, including the crisis in the western region of Darfur and the long-running war in the | 0 |
After Saint Colin, an unprincipled doctor Saint Colin is no more, and like many a consecrated counterpart there was always more plaster to the man than marble. Gone is the administration quot;moderate, quot; and while radicalism is not necessarily | 0 |
EG coup plans aired in court Pretoria - Nick du Toit and Simon Mann were the masterminds of a planned coup in Equatorial Guinea, and Sir Mark Thatcher, who has denied involvement, was financially implicated. | 0 |
Fears for policemen #39;s lives There were fears tonight for the lives of 31 Iraqi policemen who were kidnapped as they returned from a training camp in Jordan. They were abducted on Sunday when gunmen stormed the hotel they were staying | 0 |
Summit demands clean loos for all Laugh all you want, say public hygiene experts at the World Toilet Summit, but the importance of having loos you can use is no joke. | 0 |
Kmart, Sears Join Forces Plus, Hewlett-Packard's marginal margins, Yahoo! courts singles, and hyper growth equals one hot IPO. | 2 |
SBC to use Microsoft software SAN ANTONIO SBC Communications will use a Microsoft software system to transmit television over high-speed Internet connections. Those are like the ones San Antonio-based SBC will offer after replacing the | 2 |
Applied Materials Signals Caution Applied Materials (AMAT:Nasdaq - news - research) posted sharply higher net income in its fiscal fourth quarter but said it had seen demand decelerate recently. | 2 |
US FDA: Pfizer #39;s Contraceptive Can Weaken Bones The US Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) on Wednesday ordered a strong, new warning for Pfizer Inc. #39;s injectable contraceptive called Depo-Provera, saying it could permanently weaken bones. | 3 |
Yahoo upgrades its email service Yahoo #39;s email service has begun to use the company #39;s DomainKeys authentication technology, almost a year after Yahoo first unveiled this antispam project. | 3 |
Sharp Unveils Blu-Ray Disc Recorder with Hard Drive, DVD Sharp #39;s new recorder has a dual Blu-ray disc/DVD tray to allow digital dubbing in six directional combinations to and from the hard drive, Blu-ray discs, and DVDs, including the ability to dub five DVDs (4.7 GB) onto a single Blu-ray disc (25 GB). | 3 |
Afghan militants to decide fate of UN hostages Kabul: A murky Taliban splinter group which has held three UN workers hostage in Afghanistan for three weeks said it would decide on their fate Wednesday, as the US military expressed hope they would be released. | 0 |
ATP Tour to Give Nutritional Supplements (AP) AP - The ATP Tour will supply players with nutritional supplements checked by a WADA-affiliated laboratory starting next season. | 1 |
Microsoft, Dassault Systemes in Strategic Alliance PARIS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=MSFT.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">MSFT.O</A>, the world's largest software maker, and France's Dassault Systemes <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=DAST.PA qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">DAST.PA</A> have forged a global, 5-year strategic alliance to deliver Dassault's 3D software to firms using the Microsoft software platform. | 3 |
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 |
Stocks Rise on Sears, HP; Oil Trims Gains NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed higher, reviving their recent rally on Wednesday after Kmart's plan to buy Sears in a \$10.85 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 a rise in oil prices capped session gains. | 2 |
Student group grabbing Ukrainian spotlight ahead of presidential election (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - 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 |
Percival Joins Tigers DETROIT (Sports Network) - The Detroit Tigers have signed free-agent closer Troy Percival. According to a source, the deal is for two years and worth \$12 million. | 1 |
NASA Scramjet Breaks Aviation Speed Record Description: The scramjet is a new plane that can fly at nearly 10 times the speed of sound. NASA conducted a successful test-flight Tuesday. | 3 |
Presse Economique / Technologique SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2004--AMD (NYSE:AMD) a clbr aujourd #39;hui le premier anniversaire de son alliance stratgique avec Sun Microsystems, Inc. | 3 |
NASA Delays Swift Launch Launch of NASA #39;s Swift spacecraft has been delayed at least 24 hours due to a concern with Range Command-Receiver Decoder equipment on the launch vehicle. | 3 |
SDForum: Open source becoming first option Enterprises that in the past may have been leery of open source alternatives to commercial software have opened up to the concept, panelists said on Tuesday at an SDForum conference entitled quot;Open Source - Entering the Mainstream. | 3 |
FCC to review steamy intro to #39;Monday Night Football #39; WASHINGTON - The US Federal Communications Commission is reviewing whether the steamy locker-room opening to ABC #39;s Monday Night Football this week warrants a full-blown investigation. | 1 |
Chirac, Blair hope to put bad blood behind them British officials were on diplomatic tenterhooks as they awaited the arrival on Thursday of French President Jacques Chirac for a two-day state visit to Britain. | 0 |
Seattle Starting LB Out for Season (AP) AP - Seattle Seahawks linebacker Anthony Simmons will have season-ending surgery to repair a broken left wrist. | 1 |
Hornets' Davis Out With Inflamed Disc (AP) AP - Hornets guard Baron Davis will miss at least five games after being put on the injured list Wednesday because of an inflamed disc in his lower back. | 1 |
Top Judges Have Doubts on Tobacco Penalty WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A divided U.S. federal appeals court panel on Wednesday expressed skepticism about whether the government had the power to force cigarette makers to pay billions of dollars in past profits as part of its racketeering case against the industry. | 2 |
Update 12: Kmart Acquires Sears in \$11 Billion Deal A resurgent Kmart, home of the blue light special, is buying the once-dominant Sears department store chain in a surprising \$11 billion gamble it is counting on to help both better compete with Wal-Mart and other big-box retailers. | 2 |
US Stocks Rise as Sears, Kmart Gain; Technology Shares Climb US stocks rose as Kmart Holding Corp. #39;s \$11 billion offer for Sears, Roebuck amp; Co. lifted retailers and Hewlett-Packard Co. | 2 |
Cisco To Acquire Network Management Vendor Cisco Systems on Wednesday said it plans to acquire Jahi Networks, a privately held network management appliance vendor, in a \$16 million deal. | 3 |
Can #39;t say I didn #39;t tell you so Previously, I have asked what happens to the software industry if enterprises expect to acquire their software for free via open source. | 3 |
Plenty of Blame to Go Around in Monday Night Meltdown Sometimes you have to wonder what the geniuses at the major network sports divisions are imbibing or inhaling when they make critical decisions about what we watch. | 1 |
Haristeas double hands Greece much-needed victory Two first-half goals from Werder Bremen striker Angelos Haristeas helped Greece secure a 3-1 victory over Kazakhstan on Wednesday and kickstart their World Cup qualifying campaign. | 1 |
Chilean police arrest 120 demonstrators against globalization <b>...</b> Around 120 protesters were arrested here Wednesday after they crashed with police in a rally against globalization and US President George W. Bush, who will arrive here for | 0 |
New push to stop child soldiers New report shows commitment by 85 countries to end the practice - but enforcement still lags. | 0 |
Redskins Audition Ramsey As Offense Chief (AP) AP - The fans' constant chants for Patrick Ramsey were a source of locker room humor among the Washington Redskins over the last few weeks, including one running gag involving Ramsey's wife. | 1 |
Identity politics: Is a Christian or Kurd 'a Turk'? Multiculturalism is stirring a bitter public debate about national identity in Turkey. | 0 |
Putin woos Ukraine with a Russian common market The choice in Sunday's presidential election: move closer to Europe or Russia? | 0 |
Hokies Take It One at a Time (AP) AP - No. 15 Virginia Tech is all alone in first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference with three games left, including one against Virginia and another against Miami. | 1 |
Dollar Sags to Record Low Vs Euro NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar dropped to an all-time low against the euro on Wednesday ahead of a G20 finance ministers' meeting as analysts fretted that officials would do little to stem the currency's fall. | 2 |
Seattle Starting LB Out for Season Seattle Seahawks linebacker Anthony Simmons will have season-ending surgery to repair a broken left wrist. | 1 |
Microsoft's Bill Gates in Paris to seal UNESCO partnership, meet Chirac (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - PARIS (AP) - Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates signed a co-operation agreement with UNESCO on Wednesday to improve access to computers, the Internet and information technology training in developing countries. | 0 |
Gannon No Longer Wearing Neck Brace (AP) AP - Rich Gannon no longer needs a bulky, plastic brace to protect the broken vertebra in his neck. | 1 |
Treasuries Stage Rally Despite Inflation NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury prices rallied on Wednesday as inflation gains excluding food and energy, one of the Federal Reserve's preferred price measures, proved less dramatic than bond bulls had feared. | 2 |
MPAA Fights Film Swapping with Suits and Software The real question is whether the movie industry, unlike the recording industry, can provide an answer to P2P that is as convenient and valuable to users. | 3 |
EBay Agrees to Limit Racial Slurs on Auction Site Internet auction house eBay Inc. said on Wednesday it would limit the use of racial slurs after US city officials complained the offensive terms were being used to advertise lawn jockeys and other antiques. | 3 |
Percival agrees to two-year deal with Tigers Free agent Troy Percival and Detroit agreed Wednesday on a two-year contract, giving the Tigers two closers for their bullpen. Percival, 35, was 2-3 with a 2.90 ERA and 33 saves last season with the Anaheim Angels, who made no attempt to re-sign him. | 1 |
Arsenal reserve goalkeeper Graham Stack charged with rape Arsenal reserve goalkeeper Graham Stack was charged Wednesday with raping a 21-year-old woman at his home in London. The offence was alleged to have taken place in Beckenham, southeast London, on Sept. | 1 |
Indias leader makes peace overtures in Kashmir INDIA withdrew about 1,000 troops from Kashmir yesterday as Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister, made his first visit to the disputed territory since coming to power. | 0 |
World mourns murder of Hassan Australia joined the world yesterday in mourning the apparent murder of Iraqi aid worker Margaret Hassan. British-born Mrs Hassan, 59, headed CARE International #39;s work in Iraq, a position funded by CARE Australia | 0 |
New Nuclear Weapon to Surpass Others, Putin Says President Vladimir V. Putin, meeting with Russia #39;s defense officials and military commanders here, said today that the country would soon deploy new nuclear missile | 0 |
Bank bomb blasts kill one A series of bombings ripped through three banks Wednesday in downtown Buenos Aires killing one security guard and injuring a member of the bomb squad. | 0 |
Arms embargo imposed on Ivory Coast Villagers have to drink dirty well water in Ivory Coast #39;s Northern areas controlled by the rebels, Nov. 15, 2004.The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Monday to impose an immediate arms | 0 |
Giants Know It's Not All Up to Eli (AP) AP - Two days into the Eli Manning era, the New York Giants really aren't expecting the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft to turn their season around, at least by himself. | 1 |
Kabul Museum's "Lost" Treasures: Photographs More than 22,000 antiquities survived 25 years of turmoil in Afghanistan in a secret vault. The discovery that they are safe and intact is a ray of hope in the quest to restore Afghanistan's rich cultural heritage. <b>Photo gallery.</b> | 3 |
Did Humans Jog to Their Destiny? The emergence of modern humans may be tied to the evolution of running, a new study suggests, a new study suggests. | 3 |
Climate Researchers Toast Vintners' Grape Harvest Records While oenophiles may pore over grape harvest records in search of the perfect vintage of wine, a team of French scientists and historians are raising their glasses in a toast to the insight the records yield on past climate. | 3 |
Could Kinsey's Sex Research Be Done Today? When Alfred Kinsey's sexual-behavior studies were published half a century ago, the United States was shocked. The topic remains so sensitive that some scientists think Kinsey would not have been able to do his work today. | 3 |
Fear Is Spread by Body Language, Study Says Menacing body posture can be as threatening as a frightening facial expression, according to new research. The finding may explain how fear spreads. | 3 |
Disney Relaunches Muppets on Web Site (AP) AP - Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo and their pals are starring in their own Web site #151; the first in a series of new creative efforts launched by The Walt Disney Co. since buying the Muppets in April. | 3 |
How "Jesus Lizards" Walk on Water Scientists have figured out how so-called Jesus lizards are able to scurry across the surfaces of ponds and streams. | 3 |
Calstrs pension fund sees \$23.1 billion shortfall Calstrs, the third largest US pension fund, faces a \$23.1 billion funding shortfall and many other public pension funds may face similar gaps, the deputy chief executive of the third largest US pension fund said on Friday. | 2 |
Poland withdraws support for EU patent plan Opponents of the proposal say Poland's move delivers a serious blow to attempts to make software patentable in Europe. | 3 |
Shape-shifting robot shows off its moves Plus: eBay outlines policy on racist language. News.com Extra | 3 |
RCMP Commissioner signed papers approving B.C. legislature raids (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - VICTORIA (CP) - The RCMP in British Columbia sought the written approval of the top Mountie in Canada before conducting a raid on the B.C. legislature last December, documents obtained from a federal Access to Information request show. | 0 |
US Seeks Jail for Man in Advance-Fee Stocks Scam (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday\they are asking a judge to jail a former Miami, Florida, man\accused of setting up a half-dozen boiler-room financial scams\that faked Web sites and government documents. | 3 |
Sorenstam Still Queen of LPGA Mountain (AP) AP - Having won more than #36;2 million each of the last four years, surely Annika Sorenstam could afford to hire someone to paint the inside of her summer home in Lake Tahoe. | 1 |
Applied Materials Profit Up SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Applied Materials Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AMAT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">AMAT.O</A>, the largest producer of chip-making equipment, on Wednesday said demand for advanced manufacturing tools pushed quarterly profit and sales higher, but warned that chip oversupply would lead to lower orders and sales in the current quarter. | 2 |
PBHG Funds Founders Banned from Industry NEW YORK (Reuters) - The founders of PBHG mutual funds agreed to pay \$160 million in restitution and civil fines and to be banned for life from the securities industry to resolve allegations they facilitated improper trading in the funds, regulators said on Wednesday. | 2 |
SEC Delays Annual Report Filing Deadline WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday it was postponing by one year a deadline for large corporations to speed up filing of annual and quarterly financial reports with the SEC. | 2 |
Stocks close up on retail merger but off highs on oil price <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - Stocks finished higher Wednesday but well off highs of the day, as a runup in the price of oil cooled investor response to a merger between US retail giants Kmart and Sears, Roebuck and strong economic data. | 2 |
Inflation Spike, Oil Price Hike Temper Rise in Stocks That enthusiasm was tempered somewhat today when the Labor Department reported that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.6 percent in October, the biggest increase since June and | 2 |
Washington Cold-Shoulders Europe on Currencies European complaints over a strengthening euro are falling on deaf ears in Washington, where officials see a weaker dollar as a key to unwinding global economic imbalances, analysts say. | 2 |
Oil slips under \$46, awaits expected US stockbuild SINGAPORE: Oil prices extended losses to fall below \$46 Wednesday ahead of weekly US data expected to show fuel stocks rising in time for peak winter demand. | 2 |
Burst: Microsoft policy led to critical e-mails #39; destruction Software giant Microsoft Corp. developed policies to destroy internal e-mails and other documents crucial to ongoing lawsuits, according to a motion filed by a California software company. | 2 |
Iran May Seek to Mate Missile, Nuclear Warhead-US (Reuters) Reuters - The United States has seen\information suggesting Iran is working on the technology to\deliver a nuclear warhead on a missile, Secretary of State\Colin Powell said on Wednesday. | 0 |
TiVo Users to Still See Many Ads NEW YORK (Reuters) - TiVo Inc.<A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=TIVO.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">TIVO.O</A>, maker of digital television video recorders, will next year add ways for viewers to see advertising and corporate logos even as they try to skip commercials, the company said on Wednesday. | 3 |
MPAA Introduces P2P #39;Spyware #39; The Motion Picture Association of America has opened a second front in its war against online sharing of movies, offering a free program that will detect the presence of peer-to-peer file-sharing software and downloaded songs or movies. | 3 |
Four vendors team up on new standardized Linux NOVEMBER 17, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Four small Linux vendors have joined together to create a new Linux Standard Base 2.0-compliant binary set that they hope will attract independent software vendors and hardware makers to port their wares to the new code | 3 |
Seagate Offers Record 400 GB Hard Drive Seagate #39;s native SATA interface technology with Native Command Queuing (NCQ) allows the Barracuda 7200.8 to match the performance of 10,000-rpm SATA drives without sacrificing capacity | 3 |
Prehistoric reptile didn #39;t lay eggs: study LONDON - A prehistoric reptile gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs, fossil evidence suggests. Scientists weren #39;t sure if the ancient reptiles, called sauropterygians, hatched from eggs on land like sea turtles or were born alive in the water. | 3 |
Let #39;s Bring Racism into Football...or not With the ill-tempered England - Spain game in Madrid at the Bernebau drawing to a close, and England currently 1-0 down; what are the mindless Spanish supporters doing? | 1 |
Marijuana charges against Nuggets #39; Anthony dropped Denver, CO (Sports Network) - Denver forward Carmelo Anthony had marijuana charges dropped by the city district attorney Wednesday. | 1 |
Parcells Has Run Out of Answers What does Bill Parcells do now? The Dallas Cowboys #39; coach has been unable to coax inspired play out of his downward-spiraling team, and now the situation has become truly desperate in the aftermath | 1 |
Bombs explode at Bueno Aires banks BUENOS AIRES - Two homemade bombs have exploded at two banks in Buenos Aires, killing a security guard. The explosions occurred near ATM machines in branches belonging to Citibank and Banco Galicia, shattering windows and the building facades. | 0 |
France #39;s vision is not ours BEFORE ARRIVING in London this morning for his state visit, President Chirac took pains to ridicule Tony Blairs vision of building a bridge between Europe and America. | 0 |
New push to stop child soldiers A report released Wednesday shows commitment by 85 countries to end the practice - but enforcement still lags. By Mike Crawley Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor. | 0 |
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