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Tsunami Warning System Could Be Created (AP) AP - A tsunami warning system could be built in the Indian Ocean in just a year and cost as little as #36;20 million, a scientist said Tuesday. | 3 |
Rebels Attack Governor #39;s Office in Iraqi City Rebels attacked the provincial governor #39;s office in Iraq #39;s third city of Mosul on Thursday, killing one of his bodyguards and wounding four more, the US military said. | 0 |
Israeli Troops Mistakenly Kill Three Egyptians Israeli troops killed three Egyptian policemen mistaken for Palestinian militants along the Gaza-Egypt border early Thursday, in what the army called a "professional and operational" mishap. | 0 |
Golf: Woods off to flying start in bid for first Japan tour win MIYAZAKI, Japan : American superstar Tiger Woods overcame rainy conditions to hit a five-under-par 65 for a three-stroke lead in the first round of the Dunlop Phoenix golf tournament. | 1 |
GOP Backs Off on Ethics Changes (Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON #8212; House Republicans on Monday reversed a decision, made less than two months ago, that would have allowed Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas to remain in his leadership post if he was indicted by a grand jury in his home state. | 0 |
PM visited injured BSF cosntables in base hospital. Srinagar, Nov 18 (UNI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the country was proud of the Border Security Force #39;s (BSF) performance in the Kashmir valley. | 0 |
Remote control rifle range debuts Soon you will be able to hunt and shoot wild pigs and sheep via the net. | 3 |
Techs Seen Heading Lower; Data on Tap NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. technology shares were expected to open lower on Thursday, weighed down by a sales warning from Applied Materials Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AMAT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">AMAT.O</A>, while S P and Dow stock futures were flat before weekly jobless claims data. | 2 |
Before the Bell: Altria Rises 1.5 Percent NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Altria Group Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MO.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">MO.N</A> rose 1.5 percent before the bell on Thursday. | 2 |
Oil Steady as Winter Worries Stem Decline 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 |
Local shoppers see the logic of Kmart-Sears deal The Dallastown resident said he #39;d wager that the \$11 billion merger of Kmart Holding Corp. and Sears, Roebuck and Co. will create a stronger retailer that is better equipped to compete with discount chains such as Wal-Mart and Target. | 2 |
Spanish Glass Manufacturer to Buy Plants Spanish glass manufacturer Vidrala SA said Thursday it will pay euro138.2 million (\$189 million) for two European production plants of Owens-Illinois Inc. | 2 |
Putin Tells Businesses to Get Used to Paying Taxes President Vladimir V. Putin warned Russia #39;s business elite on Tuesday to quot;get used to paying taxes and observing the law, #39; #39; but he also sought to allay investor fears | 2 |
Sun Raising Curtain on New Solaris Sun Microsystems on Monday was to unveil the latest version of its flagship computer operating system, Solaris. It also intended to offer a free version of the program to make it more attractive to corporate and academic users. | 3 |
Tennis: Only the elements slow Federer HOUSTON Roger Federer was at his best after midnight. Too bad hardly anyone was there to see it. With less than 500 fans remaining in the stands in the early Thursday morning after a deflating day of rain | 1 |
Schaefer in the dark over dismissal LEIPZIG - Bewildered German coach Winfried Schaefer has revealed no-one has told him he has lost his job as Cameroon manager following yesterday #39;s 3-0 defeat by Germany. | 1 |
Road weary-ers Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony beat a marijuana rap yesterday and then smoked the Raptors. Pot possession charges filed earlier this year against the sophomore were dismissed prior to last night #39;s game | 1 |
Confidence crisis as McMillan caught in two minds Craig McMillan was an after-thought for the Australia tour and bolted into the Test team. Today he charged down the pitch and was betrayed by a cluttered mind - unsure whether to run or wait. | 1 |
Sudanese refugees demonstrate outside UN meeting in Nairobi NAIROBI, Nov 18 (AFP) -- A few dozen southern Sudanese refugees demonstrated outside the United Nations offices in Nairobi on Thursday as the Security Council held a rare meeting to deliberate on peace in the vast African country. | 0 |
Arafat #39;s nephew can likely get access to Palestinian leader #39;s <b>...</b> PARIS French officials may have found a way to both abide by their own privacy laws and still respond to demands by Palestinian leaders to answer questions about Yasser Arafat #39;s death. | 0 |
Memo lands prince in trouble London - Prince Charles #39;s penchant for memo-writing caught up with him on Thursday when his uncompromising opinions about the state of education in Britain found their way onto the front pages. | 0 |
HTC 'Blue Angel' Wi-Fi PocketPC phone <strong><cite>Reg</cite> review</strong> Aka i-mate PDA 2k, O2 XDA IIs, Orange M2000, Vodafone VPA III, T-Mobile MDA III etc, etc | 3 |
Sales drop sparks spending fears Figures showing a drop in retail sales spark fears that the recent consumer spending rebound could be coming to an end. | 2 |
Seagate ships 'world first' 400GB PC HDDs A 7200rpm unit that's as fast as a 10,000rpm job, apparently | 3 |
Oil prices stronger in London trading after supply worries <b>...</b> LONDON : Oil prices rose slightly a day after renewed concerns over heating oil stocks in the United States brought a halt, even if temporary, to a sharp slide in prices in recent weeks. | 2 |
Ofcom Unveils UK Sector Proposals LONDON -- Ofcom today published its proposals to support the growth of greater competition, innovation and investment certainty in the UK telecommunications sector. | 2 |
Kettle Campaign Kicks Off Tonight The Salvation Army holds its annual Kettle Kick-Off this evening in downtown St. Paul with the lighting of a giant kettle. The Salvation Army plans to announce a \$7 million Christmas fund-raising goal. | 2 |
Gates. The grass isn #39;t so green on the other side With spam amounting to about 80 of total email traffic, you think that Bill Gates would have thought up some fantastic way of filtering it. | 3 |
Java #39;s #39;Mustang #39; Out of the Gate Sun Microsystems (Quote, Chart) got the jump on the next generation of Java with an early release of its next Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE). | 3 |
PeopleSoft Investors Urged to Tender Shares (Reuters) Reuters - Oracle Corp. on Thursday said in a\letter to PeopleSoft Inc. stockholders that it would withdraw\its hostile takeover bid if less than half of PeopleSoft shares\were tendered by the offer's deadline. | 2 |
Before the Bell: Altria Rises 1.5 Percent (Reuters) Reuters - Shares of Altria Group Inc. \rose 1.5 percent before the bell on Thursday. | 2 |
Egypt protest over Israel killing Egypt condemns the "irresponsible" shooting of three police officers by an Israeli tank on the Gaza border. | 0 |
Sun plans patent protection for open-source Solaris Plans to provide umbrella from patent-infringement suits to outsiders using or developing the OS--a move to counter Linux.\ | 3 |
Photo: Family time for former EA worker Joe Straitiff, recently fired from the game company after struggling with overtime issues, now spends more time with his daughter. | 3 |
Google Says Growth Is Slowing Down (AP) AP - Google Inc. Thursday warned that the growth it has showed so far this year may not be sustainable. | 3 |
Annan urges swift end to Sudan war, Darfur crisis (AFP) AFP - UN chief Kofi Annan called for talks on ending Sudan's civil war to be concluded swiftly, telling a special session of the Security Council that it would help reverse the worsening crisis in the western region of Darfur. | 0 |
Kmart - Sears Merger May Bring More Shopping Options to Region Kmart is acquiring Sears, Roebuck amp; Company for \$11 billion with the combined estimated earnings of the two making it the third-largest retailer in the United States. | 2 |
Limited Brands Operating Earnings Rise Retailer Limited Brands Inc. (LTD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday posted higher quarterly earnings before special items as clearance sales at its Express apparel stores and cost-cutting boosted results. | 2 |
Google Says Growth is Slowing The AP article: Google Says Growth Is Slowing Down, that the search leader says that the growth that the company has seen so far this year, might not be sustainable. | 2 |
Intel eyes India for chip plant Global chip manufacturing major Intel today said it was evaluating India as one of the possible destinations for manufacturing chips. | 2 |
Ofcom ultimatum to BT: Open up network access or face competition <b>...</b> BT must work harder to open up its network to rivals in order to aid uptake of broadband internet access or risk a possible investigation by the UK Competition Commission, the UK communications regulator has warned. | 2 |
Target disallows holiday bell ringers CHARLOTTE, NC -- The Salvation Army #39;s annual bell-ringing campaign gets under way this week, but the charitable organization is concerned that it might not be able to raise enough money this holiday season. | 2 |
Home sweet home -- impossible? More than 50 percent of California residents said in a survey being released today that they are very concerned that fast-rising home prices will lock out younger generations from the housing market. | 2 |
Virgin Mobile Reports Revenue Growth Virgin Mobile Holdings PLC reported an 18 percent surge in revenue but lower net profits for the half year Thursday as the costs of its listing on the London Stock Exchange this summer hurt the bottom line. | 2 |
Two DC airports mull private security Managers of Dulles International and Baltimore-Washington International airports reportedly are considering using private contracted screeners. | 2 |
Running Revolution Started as Evolution Millions of years before headphone-wearing joggers clotted the streets of America, the development of the ability to run played a crucial role in the evolution of early humans, according to new research. | 3 |
eBay #39;s Grilled Cheese Diet You can #39;t blame eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY). It has to deal with folks trying to sell everything from body parts to fake props of historical notoriety to Milli Vanilli CDs. | 3 |
Bill Gates Gets 4 Million E-Mails a Day Microsoft chairman Bill Gates speaks at a meeting part of the quot;Futurshow 3004 quot; technology fair, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004. | 3 |
MSN signs up Overture for another year Overture, the paid-for search broker, has retained MSN, its second biggest client after its parent company, Yahoo!, for another year. | 3 |
Seagate ships #39;world first #39; 400GB PC HDDs Hard drive maker Seagate has begun shipping what it claims is the world #39;s highest capacity PC hard drive: a 400GB beast that #39;s also the first drive of its class to hold up to 133GB on a single platter. | 3 |
Product lifecycles get the Windows treatment Windows shops that want to build a product lifecycle management strategy now have the assurance that Microsoft will be more closely aligned with one of the PLM industry #39;s largest manufacturing application vendors. | 3 |
Tiger puts rising suns in shade Tiger Woods was three shots clear and five under par today after the first round of the Japan Golf Tour #39;s Dunlop Phoenix Tournament. | 1 |
Honda set to buy BAR? Honda look set to become further involved with BAR, with them either buying the team outright, or becoming a co-owner. According to reports on BBC Sport Online a deal is all but agreed. | 1 |
Shock loss dethrones Brazil WORLD Cup champion Brazil lost its unbeaten record in South American World Cup qualifying yesterday, while Argentina held off Venezuela 3-2 to take over first place in the 10-team group. | 1 |
Spain must pay heavy price Spain #39;s sporting community must pay a heavy price for the sickening racist abuse aimed at England #39;s Ashley Cole and Shaun-Wright Phillips - a punishment so harsh it eradicates this shameful behaviour once and for all. | 1 |
Thanou missed rendezvous with destiny But instead of replacing Marion Jones as Olympic 100 metres gold medallist, Thanou did not even take part in the Athens Games after missing two pre-Games drugs tests. | 1 |
JR shoots down NHL -- again The Flyers star told Fox Sports #39; Best Damn Sports Show Period last night that there #39;s not going to be a season and demanded union head Bob Goodenow and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman to negotiate. | 1 |
Ireland set the early pace at World Cup England young guns Paul Casey and Luke Donald made a storming start to the World Cup on Thursday with four birdies in the first five holes. | 1 |
Power romps over rival So much for the intense match between long-time rivals that was supposed to go down last night at the 2004 PACE Canadian Squash Classic. | 1 |
Russia hands ratification documents of Kyoto Protocol to UN chief Russia has formally ratified the Kyoto Protocol on global warming following its signing into law byRussian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month. | 0 |
Removal of Kim Jong Il Portraits in North Korea Causes Speculation In North Korea, portraits of Kim Jong Il have been taken down in what may signal significant and possibly far-reaching changes in the Stalinist leader #39;s personality cult. | 0 |
Israel releases senior Hamas leader A senior member of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas has been released from an Israeli prison after completing a two-year sentence. | 0 |
Locusts invade Egypt SWARMS of pink locusts yesterday swept through Cairo in scenes recalling the biblical plague of Egypt. The swarms flew high above tall towers or swooped on to treelined streets, where scared pedestrians stamped on them or ran for cover. | 0 |
Death of a filmmaker IF YOU WANT to know where the outrage is when Islamist thugs butcher a civilian, look to the Netherlands. There may not be much of an outcry over the slaughter of humanitarian worker Margaret Hassan in Iraq, but the Dutch are up in arms about the Nov. | 0 |
Yahoo, SBC to Create Multimedia Platform (AP) AP - Internet giant Yahoo Inc. on Thursday said it has extended and expanded its partnership with SBC Communications Inc. to transform their Internet access service into a multimedia platform connecting Web, television and wireless phone services. | 3 |
Jobless Claims Dip, Match Forecasts (Reuters) Reuters - The number of Americans filing\first-time claims for unemployment benefits dipped to 334,000\last week, the government said on Thursday, matching\economists' forecasts. | 2 |
Treasuries Slip, Investors Play the Range (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. Treasury debt prices slipped on\Thursday, unwinding some of the gains made the previous\session, as investors played the recent range in largely\technical trading. | 2 |
Leading Indicators Dip Again in October (AP) AP - The Index of Leading Economic Indicators, a widely watched gauge of future economic activity, fell in October for the fifth straight month, suggesting that the economy may be slowing, a private research group reported Thursday. | 2 |
UN Appeals for Release of Workers in Afghanistan (Reuters) Reuters - The United Nations again appealed for the\safe return of three of its workers held hostage in Afghanistan\on Thursday, three weeks after they were snatched from their\car on a busy street in central Kabul. | 0 |
Limited Brands Quarterly Earnings Fall (AP) AP - Fashion retailer Limited Brands Inc.'s third-quarter earnings fell 40 percent because of fewer one-time gains, the company reported Thursday. | 2 |
Edward C. Baig: Personal Tech - Trade in your dumb phone for a smart one: Treo 650 (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - I've apparently been carrying around pretty dumb cell phones over the years - and I bet many of you have as well. That's what the telecom geniuses would have us believe, anyway. These phones don't organize our lives, don't play music, don't take pictures or videos and don't handle e-mail. | 3 |
BT Escapes Breakup in Review of Industry (AP) AP - Britain's telecommunications regulator backed away from breaking up BT Group PLC on Thursday and instead ordered the industry giant to improve competitor access to its networks. | 0 |
Dollar Rallies from Record Lows Vs Euro NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rose, gaining ground from its fresh all-time lows against the euro on Thursday on profit taking in the euro after a government report showed that U.S. jobless claims fell in the latest week. | 2 |
SAP CFO Puts Off Margin Target (Reuters) Reuters - Europe's biggest software\maker SAP could need a year more than anticipated to reach its\profitability target as it spends on research, development and\marketing, its chief financial officer said on Thursday,\sending its shares lower. | 3 |
PeopleSoft Threatens Oracle with Suit (Reuters) Reuters - PeopleSoft's chief executive on\Thursday said Oracle was spreading misleading information about\his stock sales and he threatened to sue for defamation on the\eve of the expiration of Oracle's #36;8.8 billion hostile tender\offer. | 3 |
Techs Open Down, Applied Materials Weighs NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. technology stocks opened lower on Thursday after a sales warning from Applied Materials Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AMAT.O target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">AMAT.O</A>, while weekly jobless claims data met Wall Street's expectations, leaving the Dow and S P 500 market measures little changed. | 2 |
Jobless Claims Dip, Match Forecasts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits dipped to 334,000 last week, the government said on Thursday, matching economists' forecasts. | 2 |
Treasuries Slip, Investors Play the Range NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury debt prices slipped on Thursday, unwinding some of the gains made the previous session, as investors played the recent range in largely technical trading. | 2 |
SAP CFO Puts Off Margin Target BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Europe's biggest software maker SAP could need a year more than anticipated to reach its profitability target as it spends on research, development and marketing, its chief financial officer said on Thursday, sending its shares lower. | 2 |
Limited Brands Operating Earnings Rise NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retailer Limited Brands Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=LTD.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">LTD.N</A> on Thursday posted higher quarterly earnings before special items as clearance sales at its Express apparel stores and cost-cutting boosted results. | 2 |
Williams-Sonoma Lowers 4th-Qtr. Forecast CHICAGO (Reuters) - Williams-Sonoma Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=WSM.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">WSM.N</A> on Thursday posted a rise in third-quarter earnings, but the housewares retailer lowered its fourth-quarter forecast, citing volatile sales trends and demand for furniture that is outstripping supply. | 2 |
Chafee: Reid Asked Him About Joining Dems. (AP) AP - Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, a moderate often at odds with GOP conservatives, disclosed Wednesday that the leader of Senate Democrats sounded him out about switching parties in the aftermath of President Bush's re-election. | 0 |
US state still without a governor two weeks after polls (AFP) AFP - Two weeks after the US general election, the northwestern state of Washington was still without a governor as the painstaking process of counting votes dragged on. | 0 |
Soccer: Britain Demands Action After Racist Chants LONDON (Reuters) - British ministers have condemned the "disgraceful" racial abuse of England's black players during Wednesday's friendly international against Spain in Madrid and demanded that soccer authorities take action. | 1 |
Drizzle of Shooting Stars Expected Friday Morning (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - This week brings us the \ return of the famous Leonid Meteor Shower, a meteor display that over the past \ several years has brought great anticipation and excitement to sky watchers \ around the world. | 3 |
Congress Probes FDA in Vioxx Case Congress is looking into whether the Food and Drug Administration ignored safety concerns about the drug raised by its own reviewers and outside scientists. | 2 |
A Year of Firsts for the ISS (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - As the tenth \crew of the International Space Station (ISS) tends to its orbital home this \month, the station itself marks its fourth year with humans continuously living \onboard. | 3 |
Scientists Hunt for Big Freshwater Fish (AP) AP - Scientists in 17 countries will scout waterways to locate and study the world's largest freshwater fish species, many of which are declining in numbers, hoping to learn how to better protect them, researchers announced Thursday. | 3 |
Russia's Putin Defends Political Reforms MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had no plans to grab more power or change the constitution when reforming Russia's government structure, dismissing fears in the West he is watering down democracy. | 0 |
Iran Says It Has No Secret Nuclear Activities TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran denied an exiled opposition group's allegations it was secretly seeking material to build an atomic bomb, a senior official said on Thursday. | 0 |
This week in phishing As online shopping gets into full swing, phishers are setting up fraudulent e-commerce Web sites and simply waiting for victims using Google and other search engines to find them. | 3 |
Williams-Sonoma profit up on Pottery Barn SAN FRANCISCO -- Williams-Sonoma Inc. Thursday said its profit rose 19 percent in the latest quarter, helped by brisk Pottery Barn business and a new link in the supply chain that strengthened furniture sales. | 2 |
Reuters shares up on Instinet sale rumors LONDON -- Shares in Reuters Group PLC rose Thursday on speculation that its part-owned stock-trading network Instinet Group Inc. is up for sale. | 2 |
Sun launches Solaris 10 Sun Microsystems launched the much-anticipated new version of its Solaris operating system this week, and announced an overhauled pricing model designed to compete with Linux. | 3 |
Ecuador rocks but China ousted from World Cup contention NEW YORK - Defending World Cup champion Brazil suffered the most shocking result of the day, but China was the biggest loser. The Brazilians lost to Ecuador for the just the second time in their history. | 1 |
Warriors handle Bulls with ease OAKLAND - Jason Richardson thought the Golden State Warriors forgot about him on offense two games ago in Cleveland. They couldn #39;t have missed him if they tried this time. | 1 |
Truex Can Relax, Go All-Out in Final Busch Race of Season Since he has nothing to lose, Martin Truex Jr. says, he can go all-out to win. Truex, 24, will finish his first season of Busch competition Saturday at Homestead in the final race of the year. | 1 |
India ; Stalemate Looms in Kashmir as Singh Ends Visit India News, SRINAGAR, India - The main separatist alliance in Indian Kashmir insisted on Thursday on holding talks with Pakistan before reviving a dialogue with New Delhi, a demand Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said was not acceptable. | 0 |
UN Security Council in Africa to Push Sudan Peace Staking its prestige on Sudan #39;s troubled peace process, the UN Security Council met away from its New York home for the first time in 14 years on Thursday to try to end two decades of war in Africa #39;s biggest country. | 0 |
Arafat family to get medical file on cause of death PARIS, Nov 18 (AFP) - Family members of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat are preparing a request to obtain medical files detailing his illness and cause of death, which France will grant, the French defense ministry announced Thursday. | 0 |
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