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Pistons Coach Brown Returns to Bench (AP) AP - Detroit Pistons coach Larry Brown returned to the bench Wednesday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves after missing two weeks due to hip surgery. | 1 |
Padres Sign Jackson and Garcia to Minors (AP) AP - The San Diego Padres signed infielders Damian Jackson and Jesse Garcia to minor league contracts Wednesday and invited them to spring training. | 1 |
US to tackle Afghan drugs trade Washington announces a major new initiative to try to tackle the production of illegal drugs in Afghanistan. | 0 |
SAIC Said Near Deal to Sell Telcordia (AP) AP - Science Applications International Inc. on Wednesday neared an agreement to sell its telecommunications software company, Telcordia Technologies Inc., to two private equity firms for #36;1.35 billion, according to sources familiar with the matter. | 3 |
Bush Pardons Turkeys After 'Tough Contest' (AP) AP - The race was close, tough, sometimes bitter, but "now's the time for healing," President Bush said in sparing the lives of two White House turkeys. | 0 |
Euro at fresh high as Snow dashes hopes of currency intervention The dollar slumped to a fresh all-time low against the euro yesterday as John Snow, the US Treasury Secretary, poured cold water on hopes of intervention to stem its decline. | 2 |
Update 6: Hewlett-Packard Shares Up on Earnings News Hewlett-Packard Co. #39;s shares rose more than 4 percent Wednesday as investors reacted to its report a day earlier that earnings rose 26.5 percent in the fourth quarter, led by record revenue growth across all of the computer giant #39;s business units | 2 |
Burst.com says Microsoft destroyed evidence Top managers at Microsoft Corp. told employees to destroy evidence contained in old e-mail during 2000, even as the company faced several antitrust lawsuits at the time, court documents filed by Burst. | 2 |
Iran strikes another nuclear deal I ran has agreed to suspend its nuclear programs while it continues negotiations with European nations on the future of those efforts. | 0 |
Mitsubishi secures \$1.23b aid deal: report Scandal-hit Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors will likely to get 100 billion yen (\$AU1.23 billion) in additional aid from three group firms, a report has said. | 2 |
Virgin Mary Cheese Sandwich Bids on eBay (Nov. 17) -- The grilled cheese sandwich bearing the likeness of the Virgin Mary is back on ebay. A woman says she made the sandwich ten years ago. | 3 |
Netscape aims beyond Firefox com November 17, 2004, 5:02 PM PT. This priority retains its ranking at number five as more and more companies deploy Web services to share business logic, data and processes with each other and with clients. | 3 |
Wife of Enron's Lay Investigated (Reuters) Reuters - Federal prosecutors are investigating\whether the wife of former Enron Corp. Chairman\Kenneth Lay illegally sold shares in the company just before it\went bankrupt, a lawyer for Lay said on Wednesday. | 2 |
Margaret Hassan Margaret Hassan, who has been murdered aged 59, devoted more than 30 years of her life to helping the disadvantaged people of Iraq. | 0 |
#39;I only wish my dead comrades were here to hear this verdict #39; An independent inquiry called on the Ministry of Defence yesterday to admit the existence of Gulf War syndrome and set aside millions of pounds to compensate sick veterans. | 0 |
Kidlow captures first victory LAKE LOUISE -- Both Bode and Picabo did it here first. Now Lindsey Kidlow can add her name to the list of American skiers who claimed their first World Cup downhill victories on the slopes of the Canadian Rockies. | 1 |
Militant Wanted in Pearl Abduction Killed (AP) AP - An Islamic militant wanted in the murder of American Journalist Daniel Pearl was killed Wednesday in a shootout with Pakistan police who were trying to arrest him, officials said. | 0 |
U.N. Urges Temporary Bottom-Trawling Ban (AP) AP - The U.N. General Assembly urged nations Wednesday to consider temporary bans on high seas bottom trawling, disappointing scientists and some countries seeking an immediate halt to the destructive fishing practice. | 3 |
NM Governor Want UC to Manage Los Alamos LOS ANGELES - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson urged the University of California on Wednesday to fight to keep its contract to manage the nation #39;s top nuclear laboratory. | 3 |
Percival to visit Tigers Troy Percival will indeed be visiting Detroit. What happens from there is anyone #39;s guess. Agent Paul Cohen confirmed to MLB.com on Monday that the free agent closer will | 1 |
Indian troops leave Kashmir A thousand Indian troops withdrew from the disputed territory of Kashmir yesterday in a goodwill gesture aimed at fostering a new peace in the province. | 0 |
Apec ministers urge new effort on trade talks SANTIAGO, Chile - Pacific Rim trading nations said today they should pool their influence to breathe new life into talks to free up world trade. | 0 |
Bombs in Buenos Aires Kill One Bombs detonated at three banks in downtown Buenos Aires Wednesday resulting in the death of one security guard and in leaving another person injured. | 0 |
Marijuana Charge Dropped Against Anthony (AP) AP - Prosecutors dropped a marijuana possession charge against Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony on Wednesday, saying it would be tough to get a conviction after a friend claimed the drug was his and not Anthony's. | 1 |
Brazil Upset in Ecuador; China Eliminated (AP) AP - 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. | 1 |
Wife of Enron's Lay Investigated 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 Kenneth Lay illegally sold shares in the company just before it went bankrupt, a lawyer for Lay said on Wednesday. | 2 |
Democrat Slams Kerry on Hispanic Outreach (AP) AP - A Democrat whose organization spent about #36;6 million to get out the Hispanic vote criticized John Kerry's campaign effort Wednesday and said Democrats risk becoming a permanent minority if they don't do a better job. | 0 |
Study: Learning to Run Propelled Evolution (AP) AP - No one has ever doubted that, in the beginning, primitive man learned to walk before he could run. But how about it taking three million years for that second part #151; after the whole walking thing was already down? Or, when it finally happened, the idea that simply being able to run radically propelled our evolution as a species? | 3 |
Assassination Is an Issue in Trade Talks As union activists have fallen by the hundreds in Colombia, labor rights groups and some members of the U.S. Congress have promised to do something about the violence. | 2 |
Wis. Plans to Invest in Stem Cell Study (AP) AP - Gov. Jim Doyle announced plans Wednesday to invest nearly #36;750 million to support human embryonic stem cell research and other medical experiments. | 3 |
Percival to Sign With the Tigers The free-agent closer Troy Percival and the Detroit Tigers agreed Wednesday to a two-year, \$12 million contract. | 1 |
EBay Eliminates Offense Verbiage from Listings Internet auction giant eBay is toughening its offensive-material policy by eliminating offensive words used as search criteria or in descriptions of items. | 3 |
New Mexico governor backs UC as Los Alamos lab manager LOS ANGELES New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today endorsed the University of California to keep managing the Los Alamos National Laboratory. | 3 |
Seagate Ships World #39;s Largest HD November 17, 2004 - Seagate Technology today announced that it has shipped the world #39;s largest PC hard drive to various retail outlets. | 3 |
Percival to Sign With the Tigers The free-agent closer Troy Percival and the Detroit Tigers agreed Wednesday to a two-year, \$12 million contract, a move that will lead to Ugueth Urbina #39;s becoming a setup man or his being traded. | 1 |
Intro still generating buzz, mostly negative If ABC hoped to generate a little bit more buzz for Monday Night Football and quot;Desperate Housewives, quot; its risqu intro to the Dallas-Philadelphia game sure did the trick. | 1 |
Agents Tell Players There #39;s Little New In NHL Lockout An NHL lockout that is nine weeks old will not end soon unless the owners show some willingness to negotiate, agents said after a meeting with the players union. | 1 |
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 |
Sun invites outside involvement with Java 6 Sun puts very early versions of the source code on its Web site so Java programmers could better see and participate in its development. | 3 |
Microsoft says IE updates possible Hedging slightly on its vow not to update browser before releasing Longhorn, Microsoft says it could release add-ons to freshen up IE. | 3 |
Earnings alert: Salesforce quarterly revenue rises Plus: Write-downs widen DirecTV's loss...Time Warner net income slips...Cell phone unit shores up Verizon. | 3 |
Salesforce.com posts 82 percent rise in revenue Subscription software maker reports jump in third-quarter sales, but sees growth slowing next year. | 3 |
HP to tout Itanium SAP customers Hewlett-Packard says nearly 200 of its customers using SAP business applications have migrated to HP servers with Itanium inside. | 3 |
Sun changing course on Itanium plans--again Sun doesn't want to bring its Solaris operating sytem to Intel's Itanium chip. This week. | 3 |
Clinton due to open his library Ex-US leader Bill Clinton is to open his presidential library, housing millions of documents from his time in office. | 0 |
Tired pair join to take on Wal-Mart UNTIL yesterday Wal-Mart virtually owned copyright on the term biggest in the world, when applied to retailers. But retailers Sears and Kmart have formed a shopping behemoth worth \$11 billion (5.9 | 2 |
US CREDIT-Kmart acquisition hits Sears credit Credit investors found it difficult to muster much joy over Kmart Holding Corp. #39;s (KMRT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) plan to buy Sears, Roebuck amp; Co. | 2 |
Europe Unlikely to Win US Agreement on Halting Euro #39;s Surge European officials, blaming US deficits for a surge in the euro, are unlikely to persuade Treasury Secretary John Snow to help support the dollar when the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers meet in Berlin. | 2 |
Prices slump as stocks rise OIL prices extended heavy recent losses as United States government data showed crude stocks building for an eighth straight week ahead of winter. | 2 |
Microsoft lures NetWare users with migration tools, support US software maker Microsoft has announced the availability of a combination of tools, prescriptive guidance, training and technical support for customers that are considering migrating from Novell NetWare to Microsoft Windows Server 2003. | 3 |
Linux Core Consortium To Build Common Code Linux vendors from Europe, Asia, and North and South America have teamed up to create a common core implementation of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) 2.0. | 3 |
Sun, Gingell Part Company Rob Gingell, until recently Sun Microsystems Inc. #39;s chief engineer and also a Sun fellow and vice president of the company, has severed his ties with Sun to join former colleagues at an up-and-coming technology company. | 3 |
Henman has skills to flush Coria from baseline lair Two factors are in Tim Henman #39;s favour here today as the British No 1 attempts to defeat Guillermo Coria, of Argentina, to give himself a chance of advancing beyond the round-robin stage at the Masters Cup. | 1 |
Ken Jones: Holyfield the warrior trapped in a world without end The morning after Evander Holyfield lost the undisputed heavyweight championship to Riddick Bowe on 13 November 1992 it was unanimously agreed by his management team that it was time to quit. | 1 |
China beat Hong Kong 7-0 but still eliminated China beat Hong Kong of China 7-0 but were still eliminated from the Asian zone second stage World Cup qualifying tournament on Wednesday. | 1 |
MRFIXIT: EASTER PARADE PUNTERS willing to risk a wager on Scotland tomorrow face a tougher test than usual. With Berti Vogts in charge, the safest punt was backing our opponents and we suffered some horrendous friendly | 1 |
Soccer: Ukraine stun Turkey in World Cup qualifiers LONDON - 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 soccer World Cup for the first time. | 1 |
Special to ESPN.com Oklahoma sports information director Kenny Mossman has a fresh, new story about quarterback Jason White that he #39;s dying to tell. | 1 |
Suicide car bomb, clashes with insurgents leave at least 10 dead <b>...</b> A suicide attacker drove his bomb-laden car into a US convoy during fighting Wednesday in a northern town, where hospital officials said at least 10 Iraqis were killed amid a wave of violence across Iraq #39;s Sunni Arab heartland. | 0 |
Russia developing new missile system MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia is developing a new type of nuclear missile system unlike those held by other countries, news agencies reported. | 0 |
Gulf War Syndrome Acknowledgment Urged LONDON - A new report on Gulf War illness urges the British government to acknowledge that Gulf War syndrome is real and calls for compensation for veterans who became ill following service in the 1991 conflict. | 0 |
Gates, UNESCO Sign Computer Access Deal (AP) AP - Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates signed a cooperation agreement with UNESCO on Wednesday to improve access to computers, the Internet and information technology training in developing countries. | 3 |
No. 19 N.C. State Rips New Orleans 92-58 (AP) AP - Julius Hodge led a balanced attack with 21 points, and No. 19 North Carolina State jumped on New Orleans early in a 92-58 victory Wednesday night in the first round of the BCA Invitational. | 1 |
REVIEW: Microsoft Search Falls Far Short (AP) AP - Microsoft Corp. isn'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 |
More security hiccups for IE Researchers have found a trio of flaws in Internet Explorer--making almost 20 in total. | 3 |
Japanese Co. Markets Dual-Network Phone (AP) AP - Japan's top mobile carrier has begun marketing a cell phone that can make Internet calls over Wi-Fi wireless networks in addition to regular ones. | 3 |
Biometric pilot program to tighten U.S. borders Three U.S. border crossings have been outfitted with fingerprint readers and digital imaging equipment as part of the US-VISIT program. | 3 |
Wibhu changes name, lands \$10.25 million Newly named AirTight Networks picks up funding, appoints new execs and board members. | 3 |
SBC seeks new Net phone fees Company pursuing different wholesale access rates to its local phone network for Net phone providers. | 3 |
Cisco buys IT management start-up Acquisition is expected to help Cisco Systems reinforce its network management offerings. | 3 |
Burst.com Claims Microsoft Destroyed Evidence Top managers at Microsoft told employees to destroy evidence contained in old e-mail during 2000, even as the company faced several antitrust lawsuits at the time, court documents filed by Burst. | 2 |
Sun changing course on Itanium plans--again com November 17, 2004, 5:03 PM PT. Organizations are replacing aging servers with newer more-powerful boxes, often Linux--based, and theyre also investing in storage. | 3 |
27 killed in Iraq violence BAGHDAD: A suicide car bomber blasted an American convoy north of Baghdad as US troops battled insurgents west of the capital yesterday in a wave of violence that killed at least 27 people. | 0 |
No. 11 Notre Dame Upends No. 6 Duke 76-65 (AP) AP - Jacqueline Batteast scored 17 points, including 10 during a decisive three-minute run in the second half, to lead No. 11 Notre Dame to a 76-65 victory over No. 6 Duke in a WNIT semifinal Wednesday night. | 1 |
Manning and Giants in Line of Fire The players forming rookie quarterback Eli Manning's line of protection have not inspired much confidence lately, least of all among themselves. | 1 |
An Alliance for the Scale to Battle a Common Foe The fact that neither Kmart or Sears has faired well against Wal-Mart may leave some people wondering if the combined company can do any better. | 2 |
Kmart snaps up Sears for \$11bn The discount retailer Kmart announced yesterday an \$11bn (5.9bn) acquisition of Sears Roebuck, bringing two of the best-known names in American retailing under one roof. | 2 |
Dollar melts but Snow stays firm The dollar plunged to an all-time low against the euro yesterday as the Bush administration signalled it was not prepared to take any action to prevent the slide. | 2 |
Mitsubishi Buys Shares in Isuzu Motors A major Japanese trading company is investing in Isuzu Motors Ltd., a truckmaker allied with General Motors Corp. of the United States, to strengthen a partnership in Thailand. | 2 |
Stadium on Calendar D.C. Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp has set a vote on a plan to build a baseball stadium with public funds for Nov. 30. | 1 |
FCC Rebukes ABC Michael Powell, chairman of the FCC, said Wednesday he was disappointed with ABC for airing a sexually suggestive opening to "Monday Night Football." | 1 |
Chance for McCants Redskins wide receiver Darnerien McCants is happy to be back on the active roster and contributing again. | 1 |
Reed Takes Offense Safety Ed Reed has made game-changing plays in three of the Ravens' last four wins, and has become a scoring threat from the defensive side of the ball. | 1 |
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines sinks teeth into retail The day after Half-Life 2 hit the market, the second game to be powered by developer Valve #39;s Source engine followed suit. Activision announced that Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines has shipped for the PC. | 3 |
Sun previews next version of Java Sun Microsystems has posted a prerelease, quot;snapshot quot; version of Java 2 Standard Edition 6.0, codenamed Mustang, which represents the next generation of the Java platform. | 3 |
Kasprowicz strikes twice for Australia Fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz captured two wickets in four balls to help Australia restrict New Zealand to 67 for two at lunch on the opening day of the first test at the Gabba on Thursday. | 1 |
Race jibes mar Spain #39;s win Defender Aitor del Horno scored in the ninth minute to earn Spain a 1-0 victory over England in their friendly at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. | 1 |
Schaefer fired hours after 3-0 loss to Germany Cameroon fired coach Winfried Schaefer on Wednesday, just three hours after his team lost to Germany 3-0 in an international friendly, the country #39;s soccer federation said. | 1 |
Casey opens war with America A slanging match, instigated by Paul Casey of Europe #39;s Ryder Cup team, continues to simmer here as teams from 24 countries prepare for the World Cup which starts today. | 1 |
Northwestern Barred The Northwestern boys' basketball team has been barred from postseason play after an infractions committee found they violated state rules for the third consecutive year. | 1 |
Gulf war syndrome did damage to 6000 AN independently-funded inquiry called yesterday for the Ministry of Defence to compensate up to 6000 British veterans of the 1991 Gulf war for quot;damaged health quot; as a result of their service. | 0 |
Barroso heading for victory in commission vote The new European commission will start work on Monday after its incoming president, Jos Manuel Barroso, won the guarantee of substantial support for his team last night by making further concessions to the European parliament. | 0 |
Widely panned, loos in China get clean-up In the panoply of human rights, it isn #39;t the first to trip off the tongue. But more than 150 delegates at an international conference yesterday urged that it should be. | 0 |
LDP to propose self-defense force Japan #39;s ruling party is considering constitutional revisions for setting up a self-defense military force and also making the emperor the head of the state. | 0 |
Speed Rules at De Francis The Grade I \$300,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at Pimlico features a fast field despite not missing the country's prime burner Pico Central. | 1 |
Trying to Notch a Berth Navy already has caught the attention of several bowl game officials and hopes a strong performance against Rutgers on Saturday will cement its chances of postseason play. | 1 |
Racist Taunts in Spain Fans taunt black players on England's team Wednesday night during Spain's 1-0 victory in an exhibition game. | 1 |
Wizards Outlast Celtics Antawn Jamison scores 27 points and the Wizards shut out the Celtics for the first 4:47 of overtime in a 110-105 victory Wednesday. | 1 |
"Halo 2" goes AWOL As if it wasn't tough enough being a soldier these days, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service has run out of copies of "Halo 2." Missing Links | 3 |
Photos: Sun execs talk tech Jonathan Schwartz looks to an open-source future, while Scott McNealy shows off the upcoming "Niagara" chip. | 3 |
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