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Rams Hold Another Physical Workout (AP) AP - It worked for the St. Louis Rams last week, so Wednesday was another good day for full-contact scrimmaging. | 1 |
Big Lots Posts Wider Third-Quarter Loss (AP) AP - Big Lots Inc., the country's largest closeout retailer, Wednesday posted a wider loss for its latest quarter, as charges for the prepayment of debt and liabilities from its former KB Toys Inc. unit hurt its bottom line. | 2 |
Williams standing firm in dispute with Ottawa over offshore revenues (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams came out swinging again Wednesday in his ongoing dispute with Ottawa and Prime Minister Paul Martin over the province's claim to offshore oil revenues. | 0 |
TiVo Users to Still See Many Ads (Reuters) Reuters - TiVo Inc., 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 |
Bush Presents Awards for Arts, Humanities (AP) AP - Musicians, composers and authors were among the more than two dozen people Wednesday honored with National Medal of Arts and National Humanities awards at the White House. | 0 |
Sun to offer utility pricing for desktops Thin-client Sun Ray product hasn't taken off yet, but Sun hopes subscription pricing will boost its popularity. | 3 |
Iran May Seek to Mate Missile, Nuclear Warhead-US MANAUS, Brazil (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 |
Study: Fill Gov't Science Posts Faster (AP) AP - Presidential appointments to senior science and technology posts should be filled more quickly and without regard to political affiliation, a new report from the nonpartisan National Academies urged Wednesday. | 3 |
Colts Could Be Missing 2 Starting Guards (AP) AP - The Indianapolis Colts could be without their starting guards Sunday against Chicago. | 1 |
Hot Topic 3Q Earnings Sink 18 Percent (AP) AP - Mall-based retailer Hot Topic Inc., Wednesday reported an 18 percent decline in profit for the latest quarter, blaming weak Halloween sales. | 2 |
Kobe Bryant Rape Case Could Be Headed to California DENVER (Reuters) - Attorneys for the Colorado woman who accused Kobe Bryant of rape are considering suing the basketball star in his home state of California because of a strict cap on damages in Colorado, they said on Wednesday. | 1 |
Kobe Bryant Rape Case Could Be Headed to California (Reuters) Reuters - Attorneys for the Colorado woman who\accused Kobe Bryant of rape are considering suing the\basketball star in his home state of California because of a\strict cap on damages in Colorado, they said on Wednesday. | 1 |
Percival Signs With Tigers Free agent Troy Percival and Detroit agree Wednesday on a \$12 million, two-year contract, giving the Tigers two closers for their bullpen. | 1 |
Quebec government abandons plans for gas-powered electricity plant (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - QUEBEC (CP) - The Quebec government ditched plans for the province's first gas-powered electricity plant Wednesday in the face of intense opposition from local residents and environmental groups. | 0 |
Georgia Tech Lineman Also Wrestles (AP) AP - So far, football is working out just fine for Joe Anoai. He's starting at Georgia Tech as a sophomore. His team will likely get an invitation to its eighth straight bowl game. | 1 |
Oil Up as Winter Heating Supplies Fall Oil prices abruptly ended a losing streak on Wednesday, jumping nearly \$1 after a US government report showed heating oil stockpiles down 16 percent from last year ahead of winter. | 2 |
US Congress Moves to Reinstate Internet Tax Ban Congress moved toward reinstating a ban on Internet-access taxes after the Senate on Wednesday tweaked a measure it had previously passed with hopes the House of Representative would take it up. | 2 |
Lampert: Architect of Sears-Kmart Deal Compared To Buffett In the hubbub of Wednesday #39;s Kmart (nasdaq: KMRT - news - people ) and Sears Roebuck (nyse: S - news - people ) merger stunner, one name has quietly moved to the fore: Edward Lampert, chairman at the Big Red K and a Sears shareholder. | 2 |
Insurance officials propose new brokerage disclosure rules State insurance commissioners from across the country have proposed new rules governing insurance brokerage fees, winning praise from an industry group and criticism from | 2 |
End to pillow talk on American flights Cash-strapped American Airlines Wednesday said it is trying to take some of the fluff out of its costs: so the world #39;s largest carrier is eliminating pillows on its planes. | 2 |
PRODUCT REVIEW: Microsoft search falls far short of Google Microsoft Corp. isn #39;t often an underdog in anything, so when the software powerhouse released its new search engine, I was anxious to give it a whirl. | 3 |
Seagate Ships 400-GB Drive The 7,200-RPM drives are available in 200-GB, 250-GB, 300-GB and 400-GB capacity points, with either a native Serial ATA or parallel ATA interface. | 3 |
Closer Percival OKs \$12M Deal With Tigers DETROIT Nov 17, 2004 - Free agent Troy Percival and Detroit agreed Wednesday on a \$12 million, two-year contract, giving the Tigers two closers for their bullpen. | 1 |
WRAPUP 1-Ukraine stun Turks, Portugal reach 20-goal mark Andriy Shevchenko scored twice as Ukraine won 3-0 in Turkey on Wednesday to put them in with a great chance of qualifying for the World Cup for the first time. | 1 |
Colts could be missing both starting guards Tupe Peko didn #39;t practice Wednesday because he hurt his right foot in last week #39;s 49-14 victory over Houston. Rick DeMulling has been limited in practice because of a bruised chest. | 1 |
Kobe Bryant Rape Case Could Be Headed to California Attorneys for the Colorado woman who accused Kobe Bryant of rape are considering suing the basketball star in his home state of California because of a strict cap on damages in Colorado, they said on Wednesday. | 1 |
REGION: EU warns Iran nuclear row could still go to UN STRASBOURG: The EU reiterated on Wednesday that an accord on Irans nuclear plans was a step in the right direction, but warned the row may still go to the UN Security Council if the deal is not rapidly implemented. | 0 |
Guard killed in bomb attacks on Argentina banks BUENOS AIRES: Three bombs exploded at banks in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, killing one man and injuring another, police said. A booby-trapped package exploded Wednesday at a Buenos Aires branch of US-based Citibank, killing a security guard. | 0 |
Dutch PM: EU must integrate immigrants better Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende urged the European Union to work harder on integrating ethnic minorities into European society, citing mounting tensions and a spate of reprisal attacks in his country following a murder allegedly committed by a | 0 |
PLO chief vows crackdown on violence Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Mahmoud Abbas says officials will take steps to end lawlessness and violence in the Palestinian territories ahead of scheduled January 9 elections for president. | 0 |
Congress Said Set to Back Mideast Trade (AP) AP - Congress will vote as early as February on a free trade agreement with Bahrain and stands ready to consider agreements with other countries in the Middle East, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said Wednesday. | 0 |
APEC Ministers Urge New Effort on Trade Talks (Reuters) Reuters - Pacific Rim trading nations\said on Wednesday they should pool their influence to breathe\new life into talks to free up world trade. | 0 |
Lampert Keeps Low Profile As Kmart Chair (AP) AP - For the last year and a half, industry observers have speculated about Kmart Holding Corp. chairman Edward Lampert's plans since the troubled retailer emerged from bankruptcy. On Wednesday, they found out. | 2 |
Navy Delays Presidential Helicopter Deal (AP) AP - The Navy has put off until at least January a decision on the contract to replace the aging Marine One presidential helicopter fleet, giving both prospective contractors more time to lobby for the prized job. | 0 |
APEC Ministers Urge New Effort on Trade Talks SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Pacific Rim trading nations said on Wednesday they should pool their influence to breathe new life into talks to free up world trade. | 0 |
Kmart, Sears To Merge Into One Company BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Two big stores are preparing for a mega-merger. Kmart Holding Corp. and Sears, Roebuck and Co. have decided to join forces. | 2 |
The man behind the deal Eddie Lampert has built a reputation as one of the investing world #39;s savviest money managers. By Yuval Rosenberg, CNN/Money contributing writer. | 2 |
Hot Topic 3Q Earnings Slip 18 Percent Teen clothing retailer Hot Topic Inc. said Wednesday that profit fell 18 percent in the fiscal third quarter as increased costs offset higher revenue. | 2 |
USDA Tests Confirm Soy Rust in Florida Florida has found the highly contagious soybean rust fungus in one of its soybean fields on Wednesday, becoming the third infected US state in a week, state officials said. | 2 |
First Americans may have crossed Atlantic 50,000 years ago In a discovery sure to set off a firestorm of debate over human migration to the western hemisphere, archaeologists in South Carolina say they have uncovered evidence that people lived in eastern North America at least 50,000 years ago - far earlier than | 3 |
U.S. Seeks to Keep UBS Cup Streak Alive (AP) AP - The Americans have never lost the UBS Cup, which returns to South Carolina this week for the fourth competition in the Ryder Cup-style event. | 1 |
Brazil Upset in Ecuador; China Eliminated Ecuador upset Brazil 1-0 Wednesday to send the World Cup champions to their first loss in qualifying for the 2006 tournament, and China was eliminated on the fifth tiebreaker despite a 7-0 victory over visiting Hong Kong. | 0 |
Bush Wants to Get North Korea Nuclear Talks Going <p></p><p> By Steve Holland</p><p> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush plans to urge alliesat an Asia-Pacific summit in Chile this weekend to press NorthKorea to return to stalled talks over its nuclear weaponsprogram, senior U.S. officials said on Wednesday.</p> | 0 |
Iran May Seek to Mate Missile, Nuclear Warhead-US <p></p><p> By Saul Hudson</p><p> MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - The United States has seeninformation suggesting Iran is working on the technology todeliver a nuclear warhead on a missile, Secretary of StateColin Powell said on Wednesday.</p> | 0 |
USDA Tests Confirm Soy Rust in Florida WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Florida has found the highly contagious soybean rust fungus in one of its soybean fields on Wednesday, becoming the third infected U.S. state in a week, state officials said. | 2 |
U.S. Stocks Up on Kmart-Sears Deal NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks surged on Wednesday on news of Kmart's plan to buy Sears, but the dollar sank, touching a record low against the euro on worries over the wide U.S. current account deficit and the strength of China's yuan currency. | 2 |
It was the language barrier NEW DELHI: With all the flap about whether India should get the veto or not, the real culprit here seemed to have been the language barrier. | 0 |
Netflix Raises Subscriber Forecast After Price Cut (Reuters) Reuters - Online DVD rental company Netflix\Inc. on Wednesday raised its subscriber and revenue\forecasts for the fourth quarter, saying a price cut had helped\draw new customers. | 3 |
Official: Russia Not Cooperating in Probe (AP) AP - Russia is refusing to provide witnesses or information to the independent investigation into alleged corruption in the multibillion-dollar U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq, an official close to the investigation said Wednesday. | 0 |
Intuit Posts 1Q Loss; Revenue Up 11 Pct. (AP) AP - Intuit Inc. posted a narrower net loss for its latest quarter as increased revenue from its QuickBooks accounting software helped boost results. | 3 |
Canada calls for IMF to take hard look at yuan (AFP) AFP - Canada wants the International Monetary Fund to examine whether the Chinese yuan really is undervalued, giving it an unfair trade advantage, Trade Minister James Peterson said. | 0 |
Racist Taunts Mar Soccer Match (AP) AP - Fans taunted black players on England's team Wednesday night during Spain's 1-0 victory in an exhibition game. | 1 |
Snow chills market as dollar hits a fresh low THE dollar slipped to a fresh low against the euro yesterday after John Snow, the US Treasury Secretary, poured cold water on any suggestions of co-ordinated central-bank action to prop up the ailing greenback. | 2 |
HP reports 27 rise in quarterly profits SAN FRANCISCO: Hewlett-Packard Co said on Tuesday its quarterly profit rose 27 as the computer and printer maker saw record revenues in every business and every region and fixed problems with its server and storage unit, sending shares higher by 8. | 2 |
Sandy Spring Bancorp Lowers 2004 Outlook Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc., the parent company of Sandy Spring Bank, reported Wednesday that it cut its outlook for the year because the company to adjust its balance sheet to exit a leveraged position. | 2 |
Scramjet breaks own speed record on final flight With a defiant streak across the sky, the fastest plane in the world broke its own speed record before plunging into the sea for the last time. | 3 |
Donate Your PC #39;s Spare Time to Help the World IBM and officials from some of the world #39;s leading science, education, and philanthropic organizations Tuesday launched a global grid computing project aimed at harnessing unused global computing power to help solve a variety of health issues and other | 3 |
Apple plans iTunes for Japan Apple Computer, the maker of Macintosh computers and iPod digital music players, plans to start a music download service in Japan by March 2005. | 3 |
4 Linux Vendors Team Up for Standardized Linux In an effort to encourage software and hardware providers to support Linux Standard Base 2.0, four smaller Linux vendors are joining together to ensure their core binaries are compatible with each other and with the standard. | 3 |
Web Hosting Through Windows Microsoft announced the Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting Version 3.0 on Tuesday, touting it as a flexible, modular platform with new out-of-the-box services that enable users to roll out hosted offerings faster and cheaper. | 3 |
Henman lives in hope after Roddick setback Wimbledon this ain #39;t. When it rains in SW19, herds of well-drilled young men rush forward with tarpaulins to protect the hallowed turf. | 1 |
Keane nets 24th goal in win over Croatia DUBLIN: Tottenham striker Robbie Keane extended his Irish goal-scoring record with his 24th strike for his country as Ireland beat Croatia 1-0 in a friendly international on Tuesday. | 1 |
Dungy: #39;MNF #39; intro racially offensive If ABC hoped to generate a little bit more buzz for quot;Monday Night Football quot; and quot;Desperate Housewives, quot; its steamy intro to the Dallas-Philadelphia game sure did the trick. | 1 |
Attorneys in suit against Bryant meet in federal court DENVER Attorneys for Kobe Bryant and the woman who accused him of sexual assault have met in Denver federal court to map out a preliminary schedule for the civil case. | 1 |
Baseball: Anaheim #39;s Guerrero named American League MVP NEW YORK : Anaheim Angels right fielder Vladimir Guerrero was named baseball #39;s American League Most Valuable Player in his first year after jumping from the National League. | 1 |
France #39;hiding nothing #39; about Arafat AMID speculation over the cause of Yasser Arafat #39;s death, French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier today said France had nothing to hide concerning the late Palestinian leader #39;s medical file. | 0 |
Gulf war syndrome is genuine says law lords #39; inquiry Veterans of the 1991 Iraq conflict were jubilant yesterday as the head of an inquiry into illnesses among them agreed that they were victims of Gulf war syndrome and censured the government for having dismissed their plight. | 0 |
Militant Wanted in Pearl Abduction Killed An Islamic militant wanted in the murder of American Journalist Daniel Pearl was discovered running a clothing shop near the Indian border and killed in a shootout with police, Pakistani authorities said Wednesday. | 0 |
Oil prices rise on heating fears Oil prices rise again after US government data showed heating stocks remained 16 down on 2003 levels. | 2 |
Miller #39;s podium-finish streak snapped BEAVER CREEK, Colo. -- Norway #39;s Lasse Kjus confirmed his return to fitness Saturday, capturing his first World Cup giant slalom win in eight years as American Bode Miller #39;s run of five podium finishes came to a crashing halt. | 1 |
Football: Spain 1-0 England Asier del Horno's early goal gives Spain victory in an ill-tempered friendly. | 0 |
On 38th Floor, a \$9 Million Sample Sale Pierre Berg's 38th-floor apartment in the Pierre hotel is a sumptuously furnished pied--terre in the sky. But, after 26 years, he is selling the five-room apartment. | 0 |
#39;Blog #39; tops words of the year A four-letter term that came to symbolize the difference between old and new media during this year #39;s presidential campaign tops US dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster #39;s list of the 10 words of the year. | 3 |
Missouri's Season of Hope Disappears (AP) AP - One miserable month has wiped away all the promise Missouri started with this season. | 1 |
Climate change sceptics 'wrong' A new study claims to undermine the key argument used by people sceptical of climate change. | 3 |
Kmart, Sears Merger Could Change Low-Cost Shopping CHICAGO -- Two companies famous for blue-light specials and monstrous catalogs are joining forces to become the third-largest retailer in the United States. | 2 |
Wall Street stocks end higher on Kmart-Sears merger deal Wall Street stocks rose moderately Wednesday as investors cheered the merger deal that combined retailers Kmart Holding Corp. and Sears, Roebuck and Co. | 2 |
Netflix Raises Subscriber Forecast After Price Cut Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc. (NFLX.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday raised its subscriber and revenue forecasts for the fourth quarter, saying a price cut had helped draw new customers. | 2 |
American yanks pillows Move to save hundreds of thousands of dollars on short-haul flights, decrease turn-around time. DALLAS, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Cost cutting at American Airlines may cost passengers some sleep as the airline has removed pillows on about half of its fleet. | 2 |
Congress close to renewing ban on Internet access taxes Lawmakers revived a long-stalled effort Wednesday to block state and local governments from taxing Internet connections, in a last-minute agreement to ban the taxes until 2007. | 2 |
Salvation Army Loses \$17,000 in Donations Since Target Refuses To <b>...</b> On Friday, we #39;ll begin to hear a familiar sound of the holiday season, the sound of bells ringing in the name of the Salvation Army. | 2 |
Microsoft Rolls Out NetWare Migration Package Microsoft is campaigning for Novell NetWare users, again. This time Microsoft is wooing Netware users with a migration package that contains several incentives ranging from tools, prescriptive guidance, training | 3 |
Microsoft Unveils Management Software November 16, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Software giant Microsoft (microsoft.com) announced on Tuesday that it has released version 3.0 of Microsoft Solutions for Windows-based Hosting, a management platform that includes tools for handling | 3 |
Best game yet for the Xbox How do you top a battle between marines and an alien religious cult fighting to the death on a giant corona in outer space? The next logical step is to take that battle to Earth, which is | 3 |
Spaniards #39; racism row intensifies The Spanish football federation were facing renewed and sustained criticism last night over the racist chanting directed at England #39;s black players - Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand and | 1 |
Ireland blanks Croatia in friendly DUBLIN - Robbie Keane scored off a Damien Duff cross to give Ireland a 1-0 victory over Croatia in an exhibition soccer match Tuesday. | 1 |
Arsenal keeper Stack charged with rape Arsenal footballer Graham Stack was today charged with raping a 21-year-old girl at his home, Scotland Yard said. The 23-year-old goalkeeper, who is on loan at Millwall, was charged following the alleged rape | 1 |
City dropping drug charge against Nuggets star DENVER - The city attorney has decided to drop a minor drug charge filed last month against Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony. Anthony was charged with possessing less than one ounce of marijuana, a petty | 1 |
Soccer: Klinsmann tastes first home win against hapless Cameroon LEIPZIG, Germany : Jurgen Klinsmann enjoyed his first home win as German manager with his team defeating ten-man Cameroon 3-0 in a friendly match. | 1 |
Real Salt Lake trades for Kreis in first player move Real Salt Lake obtained its first player in Major League Soccer Wednesday, trading for Dallas forward Jason Kreis in exchange for future considerations. | 1 |
Quarterback controversy rages as Lions get back to work for <b>...</b> OTTAWA (CP) - Casey Printers pronounced himself fit to play Wednesday, but whoever fits into the BC Lions #39; plans at starting quarterback for the Grey Cup remained anyone #39;s guess. | 1 |
Demonstrations mark opening of APEC summit in Chile SANTIAGO - High level talks on free trade and global security got underway in the Chilean capital, as ministers from 21 Pacific Rim countries convened for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit. | 0 |
Russia researching new missile systems Without getting into details of the missiles or their capabilities, Putin links their development to a response to the threat of international terrorism. | 0 |
Arafat receives parting shots after death Former President Bill Clinton suggested in print that Yasser Arafat quot;..simply couldn #39;t make the final jump from revolutionary to statesman...it would be different if the end of violence took Palestine out of the headlines and instead he had to worry about | 0 |
UN Council Wants Sudan Peace Deal by End of Year (Reuters) Reuters - The U.N. Security Council, on a\high-profile visit to the Kenyan capital, expects Sudan and its\southern opposition on Thursday to promise to complete by Dec.\31 a comprehensive peace agreement ending a 21-year civil war. | 0 |
Lawyers Meet in Kobe Bryant Civil Suit (AP) AP - Kobe Bryant's attorneys have identified about 125 potential witnesses to testify in the civil lawsuit filed against him by the woman who accused him of sexual assault, attorneys told a judge Wednesday. | 1 |
Shawn Fanning downloading again Boston #39; Northeastern University dropout Shawn Fanning, who tapped out the code to Napster in 1999, is back in the music downloading game. | 3 |
Microsoft Accused of Destroying E-Mails (AP) AP - Microsoft Corp. developed policies stressing the systematic destruction of internal e-mails and other documents crucial to lawsuits it has faced in recent years, a California software company alleges. | 3 |
Russia Developing New Nuclear Missile (AP) AP - Russia is developing a new nuclear missile system unlike any weapon held by other countries, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, a move that could serve as a signal to the United States as Washington pushes forward with a missile defense system. | 0 |
Column: Modified Vintage Cars Get Hot NEW YORK (Reuters) - Car buyers, tired of designs that roll off the assembly line, are shifting gears to decades past. | 2 |
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