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Flakes? Here's hoping for plenty more of it At Boston's Ski Ball at the Ritz-Carlton last Friday night, a marvelous thing happened: Outside the window, snow swirled out of a black sky into streetlights below. | 1 |
Kmart buying Sears in \$11 billion deal Some stores could close, but popular merchandise could be more widely available in Arizona after Wednesday #39;s announcement of Kmart Holding Corp. | 2 |
VORNADO MAKES BUNDLE ON SEARS The real-estate investment trust recently bought an options position that equaled 4.3 percent of Sears, Roebuck shares - and announced that it had done so even though it wasn #39;t required by law. | 2 |
Marsh, Aon Trail on Board Independence Amid Spitzer #39;s Probes Marsh amp; McLennan Cos., Aon Corp. and Willis Group Holdings Ltd., insurance brokers whose business practices are the focus of a probe by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, have | 2 |
Senate panel to scrutinize FDA over Vioxx review The nation #39;s system for ensuring that drugs are safe faces perhaps its biggest crisis in years, with the disclosures that federal regulators and drug giant Merck allowed Vioxx | 2 |
Radio Chain to Cut Ties to Promoters Paid by Labels Infinity Broadcasting, one of the nation #39;s largest radio chains, said yesterday that it planned to sever its relationships with independent record promoters, distancing itself from a practice that critics have likened to bribes. | 2 |
MPAA to pirates: We #39;ll shut you down #39; WASHINGTON The newly installed president of the Motion Picture Association of America is renewing Hollywood #39;s promise to go after movie pirates, no matter where they are in the world. | 3 |
World #39;s largest hard drive released MAKERS OF PC bits and bobs Seagate Technology today announced that it has shipped what it reckons is the world #39;s largest PC hard drive. | 3 |
Enjoy the Arctic while it #39;s still here The next time you step outside, take a good long look around. What you will see is how the Arctic has looked for at least 10,000 years and you may be among the last of the many generations who can say they have seen it that way. | 3 |
BUZZ: Desktops New publishing system Adobe Systems Inc. released a new version this week of the popular Acrobat desktop publishing system, with features for both authors and recipients of electronic documents. | 3 |
Hewitt rallies to beat Moya at ATP Masters Lleyton Hewitt knows how it feels to be No 1 in the world. Anything less is no big deal to him. Australia #39;s Hewitt rallied to beat Carlos Moya of Spain, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4, in a first-round | 1 |
2012 Olympics bids could hinge on politics, economics The fat quot;Bid Books quot; for the 2012 Summer Olympics are in the money-grubbing hands of the International Olympic Committee. | 1 |
It #39;s a winding road to Nextel Cup glory HOMESTEAD So, what exactly do the top five in the Chase for the Nextel Cup have to do to win? NASCAR has done the math and it adds up like this: KURT BUSCH: Leading the Chase, Busch | 1 |
Lippi delighted with new-look Italy Italy coach Marcello Lippi was delighted with the performances of his five new caps in Wednesday #39;s 1-0 win over Finland. Fabrizio Miccoli #39;s superbly-struck first half free-kick gave an experimental Azzurri | 1 |
Wolfpack batters old friend in opener NC State playing at home, rolling over a hapless opponent powerless to stop the onslaught. But Wednesday night, Towe watched things from the other end. | 1 |
Pistons #39; defense puts brakes on Timberwolves Chauncey Billups scored 15 of his 21 points in the third quarter and the Detroit Pistons rallied past the Minnesota Timberwolves, 93-85, last night. | 1 |
Success quiets lineup anxiety NEW ORLEANS - Amar Stoudemire did not want to be a starting center. Shawn Marion was not excited about taking on power forwards. | 1 |
Iran- Eu deal subject to progress in nuke talks LONDON, Nov 18 (IranMania) - Iran warned Wednesday that its deal to suspend sensitive nuclear activities in order to ease fears it is seeking the nuclear bomb was subject to rapid progress in a new round of negotiations to begin next month. | 0 |
Hassan Body Found in Fallujah: Australian PM Australia #39;s prime minister says a body found in Fallujah is likely that of kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan. John Howard told Parliament a videotape of an Iraqi terrorist group executing a Western woman appears to have been genuine. | 0 |
Israel kills 3 Egyptian police by mistake An Israeli tank has opened fire and killed three Egyptian police along the Gaza-Egypt border after mistaking them for Palestinian militants planting explosives against Israeli forces, military officials say. | 0 |
US Consulate Bombing Suspect Arrested in Pakistan Pakistani authorities have arrested the alleged mastermind of a deadly bombing near the US Consulate in Karachi two years ago, but another key member of his network is still on the run, a senior official said today. | 0 |
Revamped EU team faces vote The European Parliament is to vote on whether to approve the new executive commission team on Thursday. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Wednesday urged parliament to back his revised choice. | 0 |
North Korean media drop Kim Jong Il #39;s glorifying title Pyongyang (AsiaNews/Ap) - North Korea #39;s state-run media dropped the title of quot;Dear Leader quot; to glorify the communist nation #39;s leader Kim Jong Il in recent stories, a Japanese agency that monitors the regime #39;s media reported on Thursday. | 0 |
Honeywell Confident About China Outlook SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Honeywell, the U.S. avionics-to-antifreeze conglomerate, will beat its own target for \$1 billion of China sales in 2005 as it expands aerospace manufacturing there, its country chief said on Thursday. | 2 |
Virgin Mobile adds more customers Virgin Mobile added 647,000 new users in the last half-year with turnover up by 18, the firm says, but profits fell due to rising costs. | 2 |
Sears merging with Kmart in US AILING US stores giant Kmart is hoping that sharing a sick bed with rival Sears Roebuck will cure its ills. The pair, under siege from Goliaths Wal-Mart and Target, yesterday unveiled plans for a 6bn merger. | 2 |
AOL offers its customers online shield free of charge America Online blocked popup ads and intensified its fight against junk e-mail last year. Starting today, the largest online service is carrying its campaign against online plagues even further. | 3 |
Regents Weigh Future of Labs, Race Data LOS ANGELESNew Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson urged UC to compete for continuing its management of the national Los Alamos weapons laboratorybut to partner up with an industrial company | 3 |
Microsoft Director of Windows Product Management Talks Firefox BetaNews has an interview with Microsoft #39;s Gary Schare, which includes some discussion about Mozilla Firefox. The Director of Windows Product Management says that Microsoft is looking towards its browser add | 3 |
#39;Monday Night #39; flap gets FCC #39;s attention That steamy locker room opening to ABC #39;s quot;Monday Night Football quot; continued to draw reaction Wednesday, most of it negative. | 1 |
History not on UF #39;s side GAINESVILLE Florida defensive end Derrick Harvey has facial hair. He weighs 235 pounds and stands 6 feet 6. By society #39;s physical standards, Harvey certainly is considered an adult. | 1 |
Union meets with agents; no progress An NHL lockout that #39;s already nine weeks old won #39;t end any time soon unless owners show some willingness to negotiate, agents said after a meeting with the players #39; union. | 1 |
Nablus academic runs to succeed Arafat Abdel Sattar Qassem, a Nablus academic and political outsider, on Wednesday announced his decision to run in the upcoming election for the chairmanship of the Palestinian Authority. | 0 |
HP Earnings Rebound (TechWeb) TechWeb - CEO Carly Fiorina says Enterprise Servers and Storage unit has returned to profitability. | 3 |
U.S. Accused of Changing Drilling Rule (AP) AP - The Sierra Club alleges in a lawsuit that the Bush administration changed a rule so oil and gas producers could more easily drill under national parks from outside their boundaries. | 0 |
Microsoft's Ballmer Warns Asia of Linux Lawsuits SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. Chief Operating Officer Steve Ballmer on Thursday warned Asian governments that they could face intellectual rights-infringement lawsuits for using rival open-source operating platforms such as Linux. | 3 |
Detail, not retail, drives Lampert The man behind the country #39;s biggest retail merger is best known for being secretive - and successful. By JEFF HARRINGTON, Times Staff Writer. | 2 |
Dollar #39;s fall worries Japanese officials Masatsugu Asakawa has one of the busiest jobs in Tokyo these days: monitoring the US dollar #39;s fluctuation against the Japanese yen. | 2 |
Ofcom clampdown on BT ELECOMS watchdog Ofcom today ordered BT to open up its modern services such as broadband to all its competitors at the same price it charges its own retail business within a matter of months. | 2 |
Congress closes in on reviving Net tax ban WASHINGTON - 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 |
Techs lead fall in Europe European equities retreated on Thursday, with technology stocks under pressure after disappointing news from Applied Materials, while the euro #39;s rise to new record highs against the dollar also weighed. | 2 |
To meet goal, Salvation Army needs our help The Salvation Army has set an ambitious fund-raising goal for the holiday season. The organization hopes to raise \$300,000 in its annual kettle drive. | 2 |
Motion Picture Association sues movie downloaders The Motion Picture Association of America filed an undisclosed number of lawsuits Tuesday throughout the country against individuals it believes illegally downloaded | 3 |
Report follows humans #39; penchant for running To the Nike nation, the joggers in dogged pursuit of fitness or the finish line, the news will come as no surprise: The human body was built to run. | 3 |
Sun to set Solaris free, after a fashion Sun Microsystems plans to announce a free version of its Solaris operating system Monday, taking a page that Red Hat tore from its playbook in 2003. | 3 |
After towel drop, some big-league hypocrisy We were led to believe Tuesday that the world was shocked and horrified Monday night when ABC aired an intro for quot;Monday Night Football quot; using a nude Nicollette Sheridan to entice Eagles star Terrell Owens from playing the game. | 1 |
With no new talks set, NHL lockout expected to drag on An NHL lockout nine weeks old won #39;t end any time soon unless owners show some willingness to negotiate, agents said after a meeting with the players #39; union. | 1 |
Buffs ousted from NIT play Dion Harris scored a career-high 24 points and had four assists and five steals Wednesday to lead Michigan to a 69-60 victory over Colorado in the second round of the preseason NIT. | 1 |
SuperSonics 103, 76ers 95 PHILADELPHIA - Ray Allen scored a season-most 37 points, Rashard Lewis had 21 and Vladimir Radmanovic added 20, leading Seattle to its seventh consecutive victory. | 1 |
UN Security Council to Discuss Sudan UNICEF spokesperson Paula Claycomb speaks in Khartoum, Sudan, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004. Claycomb expressed hope that the meeting of the United Nations security council in Nairobi, to begin Thursday, would encourage a comprehensive peace deal in Sudan. | 0 |
US, Iraqi assessments: insurgents will to fight not broken by <b>...</b> BAGHDAD, Iraq Expert assessments have concluded the recapture of Fallujah has not broken the insurgents #39; will to fight and may not pay the big security dividend US planners had hoped for. | 0 |
Abrams said US choice to succeed Kurtzer as Israel envoy Israel Radio reported Thursday that Elliot Abrams, director of the Middle East department of the National Security Council, was the leading candidate to succeed Daniel Kurtzer as US Ambassador to Israel. | 0 |
UN appeals for release of Afghan hostages weeks after they were snatched from their car on a busy street in central Kabul. Nayan are with a Taliban splinter faction that has threatened to kill them unless Taliban prisoners are freed. | 0 |
Hamas amp; Islamic Jihad The Attacks Must Continue (IsraelNN.com) Following a second round of talks in as many days between interim PA leader Abu Mazen and representatives of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror organizations, the terrorists exclaimed they are unwilling to comply with requests to halt | 0 |
Gulf War syndrome real, says inquiry THERE is such a thing as quot;Gulf War syndrome quot; and the Ministry of Defence should face up to the fact, an independent inquiry concluded yesterday. | 0 |
NBA and union at odds over brawl ban appeals NEW YORK: The National Basketball Association and the players union were at loggerheads on Friday over who has jurisdiction to hear the appeal of the record suspensions meted out in the wake the ugly brawl at a Pacers-Pistons game last month. | 1 |
Ofcom shake-up spares BT break-up Ofcom has warned BT to commit to quot;substantive changes quot; or risk an inquiry under anti-price fixing laws, but has shied away from ordering a break up of the telecoms giant. | 2 |
South Africa SABMiller had a gain of \$96 million from selling its 29.4 percent of Harbin Brewery Group to Anheuser-Busch Cos. and a gain of \$239 million from the disposal of 21 percent of South African retailer Edgars Consolidated Stores Ltd. | 2 |
Sun to offer utility pricing for desktops com November 17, 2004, 2:22 PM PT. This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been enterprise directories for several months, but for many IT managers, ERP (enterprise resource planning | 3 |
New York funeral for rapper ODB Friends, family and fans gather at a church in Harlem, New York, for the funeral of rapper ODB. | 0 |
Modernisation plan transforms Britain's Royal Mail (AFP) AFP - Just two years ago the Royal Mail was losing over one million pounds (1.4 million euros, 1.9 million dollars) every day. | 0 |
Intel evaluating India for chip making unit (Reuters) Reuters - Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of computer microchips, is evaluating India as one of the options for setting up a chip manufacturing unit, its chief executive said on Thursday. | 0 |
Bettman, Union Meet NHL commissioner Gary Bettman had lunch Friday with NHL Players #39; Association executive director Bob Goodenow in New York, and the league will listen to a new proposal from the union Thursday in Toronto. | 1 |
Conspiracy Theories Persist on Arafat's Death The rapid decline of the 75-year-old Palestinian leader's health, the refusal of his wife and authorities at the French military hospital where he died last Thursday to release his medical records and Israel's threat a year ago to "remove" him have spawned a cottage industry of speculation among Palestinians. | 0 |
Kashmiri Separatists to Consider Indian Offer of Peace Talks Kashmir's leading separatist political group said it would meet Thursday to discuss plans to resume peace talks with the Indian government, a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reaffirmed his desire for peace through dialogue. | 0 |
APEC Ministers Start Trade, Security Talks Top government ministers from 21 Pacific Rim nations convened high-level talks on free trade and global security Wednesday as police battled university students protesting the summit and a weekend visit by President Bush. | 0 |
Sagging Dollar Hits New Low Against Euro A stock trader reacts at the Frankfurt stock market, Germany, Wednesday, Nov 17, 2004. The German stock index DAX reached this year #39;s highest level on the same day the US dollar dropped to a new all-time low | 2 |
New Scientist Gives New Microsoft Search Thumbs Up Popular British scientific magazine New Scientist has given Microsofts new MSN search engine, still in very early beta, good grades. | 3 |
Nuggets use twin powers to win For the first seven games, the much-ballyhooed duo of Carmelo Anthony and Kenyon Martin looked more like a misfit. But not Wednesday night, when the two perhaps gave | 1 |
Notebook: McCaw to sell 50 percent of Canucks, GM Place British Columbia businessman Francesco Aquilini bought half of the Vancouver Canucks and General Motors Place arena from John McCaw of Seattle. | 1 |
North Korean Media Drop Dear Leader #39; Title, Press Monitor Says North Korea #39;s official media have dropped the honorific dear leader #39; #39; from reports on Kim Jong Il, a Japanese news agency reported a day after other reports said his portrait had been removed at some public sites. | 0 |
Creative declares 'war' on Apple's iPod MP3 player firm commits \$100m to out-spend rivals' ad campaigns | 3 |
Eisner, on Ovitz, describes a culture clash at Disney GEORGETOWN, Delaware It was at his mother #39;s funeral in the summer of 1996 that Michael Eisner, the chief executive of Walt Disney, knew he had to dismiss the president he had hired just 10 months earlier. | 2 |
Lampert rolls with the risks It #39;s all about Eddie. Wall Street is betting Kmart chairman Eddie Lampert will be able to add a successful combination with Sears, the biggest retail merger in history, to his impressive resume. | 2 |
PBHG funds founders pay \$80M each Gary Pilgrim, once a poster boy for the hot-growth mutual fund mania and the cult surrounding their managers, and his partner Harold Baxter agreed yesterday to pay \$80 million each to settle | 2 |
Dexia, Sanpaolo IMI confirm talks LONDON (CBS.MW) -- French-Belgian bank Dexia and Italy #39;s Sanpaolo IMI both confirmed a report on Thursday that they were in talks that could lead to the creation of the eurozone #39;s fourth largest bank. | 2 |
Microsoft bags \$400 m Internet TV deal In the 10year deal, SBC Communications will launch video services over high-speed data lines using Microsoft technology. WASHINGTON: SBC Communications will use Microsoft Corp. | 2 |
NM governor wants UC regents to continue running Los Alamos New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson traveled to California yesterday to urge the University of California regents to compete to continue managing the Los Alamos National Laboratory. | 3 |
Lawmakers Slicing, Dicing Copyright Bill After cobbling together a string of copyright bills in the hopes of gaining enough support for final passage, lawmakers are ripping the package asunder in | 3 |
UC rejects #39;multiracial #39; category University of California regents yesterday resoundingly rejected a proposal that sought to add a quot;multiracial quot; category to UC #39;s admissions application. | 3 |
Creative declares #39;war #39; on Apple #39;s iPod Digital music player maker Creative has pledged to spend \$100m to out-market Apple in a bid to take the market away from the iPod. | 3 |
Federer beats Lleyton, again WORLD No.1 Roger Federer won his 20th match in a row over a top-10 opponent, beating Lleyton Hewitt for the fifth consecutive time to book a semi-final spot at the ATP Masters Cup. | 1 |
China to fire Haan Arie Haan will be sacked as China national coach following the nation #39;s early exit from the 2006 Asian World Cup qualifiers according to Chinese officials. | 1 |
First Test, Day one, Aus v NZ Stephen Fleming #39;s decision to bat first didn #39;t look the correct one at first as Michael Kasprowicz ripped though the tourists #39; top order, taking all of the first three wickets to fall, including Fleming for a duck. | 1 |
NHLPA won #39;t alter original proposal NHL Players Association executive director Bob Goodenow said Wednesday the union has no immediate plans to submit a new proposal to the owners in hopes of ending the lockout that is now in its third month. | 1 |
Bulls the answer to Warriors #39; struggles OAKLAND, Calif. - This can be said with absolute certainty: The Golden State Warriors were excited to see the Bulls show up at The Arena in Oakland. | 1 |
Percival Signs 2-year deal with Tigers Just a few days after the start of the free agency period, the Tigers made their first big splash in free agency, coming to terms on a 2-year deal with former Angels closer Troy Percival. | 1 |
Israel apologises to Egypt Jerusalem - Israel has presented its apologies to Egypt after three of its policemen were killed overnight on the border with the Gaza Strip, a source within Prime Minister Ariel Sharon #39;s office said on Thursday. | 0 |
PM lifts ban on recruitment in J amp;K JAMMU: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday announced lifting of the ban on recruitment in central government service in Jammu and Kashmir. | 0 |
Euro sets new record high at 1.3074 dollars (AFP) AFP - The euro hit a new record high of 1.3074 dollars, even as eurozone officials called for the United States, Europe and Japan to take a common position against the currency's rise. | 0 |
Oil Steady as Winter Worries Stem Decline LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices held steady on Thursday as concern over lean heating fuel supplies in the United States and Europe ahead of winter stemmed falls of nearly \$10 since late October. | 2 |
Chirac Visits Blair Amid Rancor Over Iraq (Reuters) Reuters - French President Jacques Chirac began a\visit to Britain Thursday overshadowed by his withering\accusations against Washington and London of endangering the\world by invading Iraq. | 0 |
Palestinians to Host Western Diplomats (AP) AP - The leading sponsors of the "road map" peace plan will send top officials to the West Bank next week in a renewed effort to revive the internationally backed peace plan, Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath said Thursday. | 0 |
CORRECTED: Microsoft's Ballmer Warns Asia of Linux Lawsuits (Reuters) Reuters - Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive\Officer Steve Ballmer on Thursday warned Asian governments that\they could face intellectual rights-infringement lawsuits for\using rival open-source operating platforms such as Linux. | 0 |
Use Linux and you <cite>will</cite> be sued, Ballmer tells governments Lawsuit doom over 228 'stolen' patents predicted | 3 |
CORRECTED: Microsoft's Ballmer Warns Asia of Linux Lawsuits SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer on Thursday warned Asian governments that they could face intellectual rights-infringement lawsuits for using rival open-source operating platforms such as Linux. | 3 |
Davao bombing suspects arrested \Two men suspected of planting bombs in the southern Philippines city of Davao last year are arrested. | 0 |
German trial stirs torture debate An ex-police officer goes on trial in Germany charged with threatening a suspect with torture. | 0 |
Update 1: Philippine Shares End Higher Philippine shares ended higher Thursday, with blue chip Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. , or PLDT, providing a boost after the strong overnight performance of its American Depositary Receipts, traders said. | 2 |
Running turned humans into what they are today, U. of U. biologist <b>...</b> The thousands of runners who step up to the starting lines of marathons each year may be following in the footsteps of our earliest human ancestors. | 3 |
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