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Spanish Scientists Discover Fossil of Ancient Ape Description: The fossil remains of an ancient Spanish ape may help explain a key event in evolution. Scientists say the skeleton offers clues about how our ancestors stopped swinging from trees and started walking upright. | 3 |
Microsoft Talks Security, Seriously Products announced this week to streamline software-patch delivery are just part of Microsoft #39;s overall efforts to tighten system security, Scott Charney told attendees of the IT Forum in Copenhagen this week. | 3 |
Arafat #39;s widow given medical files The widow of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has picked up his medical records from the Paris hospital where he died November 11, and was reviewing the information, her lawyers said. | 0 |
Indo-Pak thaw: a little chill sets in NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 19: As the visit of Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to New Delhi nears, both countries are hardening their stands with Pak President Pervez Musharraf telling AFP today that he was not encouraged by signals from India. | 0 |
Minister handcuffed to fathers protester Margaret Hodge, the children #39;s minister, was handcuffed to a Fathers 4 Justice protester yesterday as she gave the keynote speech at a Law Society conference. | 0 |
No Surprise, the Angels Send Guillen On His Way The Anaheim Angels, who had preliminary conversations with the Mets about trading Jose Guillen for Mike Piazza, dealt him to the Washington-bound Expos. | 1 |
Giants Are Wary of Vick, on the Ground or in the Air The Giants defense has thought about little else except Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick this week. | 1 |
Gates Signs Deal on Software for the Blind (AP) AP - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates signed an agreement Friday with a Spanish association for the blind to develop better software for people with visual impairments. | 3 |
Skulls Trojan Infects Symbian Phones The quot;Skulls quot; Trojan, which bills itself as quot;Extended Theme Manager quot; by quot;Tee-222, quot; has been found on Symbian shareware download sites. | 3 |
NASA Sets Swift Launch for Saturday Nov. 20 Launch of NASA #39;s Swift spacecraft aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket is scheduled for Saturday Nov. 20 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station complex 17. | 3 |
Roberts Leads Mississippi St. to 67-54 Win Mississippi State #39;s Marcus Campbell drives to the basket around St. Mary #39;s EJ Rowland during the second half, at the Coaches vs Cancer Classic consolation game at Madison Square Garden in New York, Friday, Nov. 19, 2004. | 1 |
ABC Says It Won #39;t Attempt to Retain All BCS Games ABC Sports, which has carried the entire Bowl Championship Series since 1998, withdrew yesterday from talks to retain the full package of games. | 1 |
Myanmar Frees Number Two Political Prisoner-Source (Reuters) Reuters - Myanmar's ruling generals have freed\their second most prominent political prisoner, Min Ko Naing,\leader of student democracy protests in 1988, a source close to\his family said on Saturday. | 0 |
Iraqi Unrest May Delay Elections, Officials Warn (Update2) Elections in Iraq scheduled to take place by Jan. 31 may be postponed because of continued widespread violence or a coordinated boycott by Sunni Muslims, US and Iraqi officials said. | 0 |
Euro parliament approves new commission The European Parliament in Brussels approved a new team of EU commissioners Thursday with 66 percent of members in favor, the BBC reported. | 0 |
Muslim-secular rift deepens in Netherlands A yawning religious and racial chasm has opened in the Netherlands in the two weeks since a Muslim apparently killed a secular Dutch filmmaker. | 0 |
China Widens Economic Role in Latin America Driven by one of the largest and most sustained economic expansions in history, China is increasingly turning to South America as a supplier. | 0 |
Icahn Offers \$5.4 Billion for Mylan, Drug Maker The billionaire financier Carl Icahn offered to buy the generic drug maker Mylan Laboratories to force the company to drop its acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals. | 2 |
At Penn State, Concerns Grow Over a Fading Football Legend Alumni, fans and some former players are asking if Coach Joe Paterno is still capable of meeting the enormous expectations of the football empire he built. | 0 |
Mariucci Says Notre Dame Called Him (AP) AP - Lions coach Steve Mariucci said Saturday he was contacted by Notre Dame about its coaching vacancy but decided to stay with Detroit. | 1 |
No. 18 Alabama Beats W. Carolina 97-66 (AP) AP - Kennedy Winston scored 24 points to lead No. 18 Alabama over Western Carolina 97-66 on Friday night. | 1 |
News: Judge dismisses keylogger case Covert use of a hardware keystroke logger does not violate federal wiretap law, court rules. | 3 |
Oil majors cannot spurn Yukos morsels LIKE beetles scurrying for cover after a stone is lifted, the oil companies of the West feigned disinterest yesterday in the \$8 billion (4.3 billion) fire | 2 |
Peoplesoft bid hangs in balance US software giant Oracle #39;s \$9.2bn (4.9bn) bid for rival Peoplesoft was hanging in the balance on Friday as investors pondered its takeover offer. | 2 |
Senator reads Air Force-Boeing e-mail exchanges, demands <b>...</b> Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., stood on the Senate floor Friday and read e-mail exchanges between Boeing Co., executives and Air Force officials that he said revealed an improper | 2 |
No. 13 Vanderbilt Routs St. Francis 102-47 Carla Thomas scored 23 points, Ashley Earley 22 and Dee Davis a career-high 21 as No. 13 Vanderbilt opened the season with a 102-47 victory over St. | 1 |
US condemns recent Tamil Tiger attacks, welcomes Sri Lankan peace <b>...</b> WASHINGTON : The United States condemned recent attacks by Sri Lanka #39;s Tamil Tigers as an quot;assault quot; on the country #39;s fragile peace process and welcomed this week #39;s government overture to the separatist rebels. | 0 |
Sen. Harkin Has Cancerous Patch Removed (AP) AP - Sen. Tom Harkin said Friday that he had a cancerous patch of skin removed from his forehead. | 0 |
Pacers Fight with Pistons' Fans AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (Sports Network) - Ron Artest scored 24 points, as Indiana defeated Detroit 97-82 in a game that was stopped late in the fourth quarter due to a fight on the court that spilled into the stands and included the fans. | 1 |
Top-Ranked Kansas Holds Off Upset-Minded Vermont LAWRENCE, Kan. (Sports Network) - Wayne Simien had 25 points and 14 rebounds as the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks survived a scare and fought off the Vermont Catamounts, 68-61. | 1 |
Georgia Crematory Manager Pleads Guilty and Gives Apology Nearly three years after hundreds of bodies were found scattered, stacked and left to rot at the Tri-State Crematory, its manager pleaded guilty on Friday to theft, fraud | 2 |
Congress Votes to Ban States From Taxing Internet Service Congress passed a measure Friday putting a three-year ban on state and local governments #39; taxation of the monthly fees that Internet providers charge their customers. | 2 |
US Airways strike averted until new year Travelers flying US Airways during the coming holidays can breathe a little easier. The threat of labor-related disruptions has eased ... for the moment. Expanded hearings next month have decreased the likelihood | 2 |
FCC Says A La Carte TV Would Cost More Most consumers would end up paying more for cable and satellite television if they were allowed to pick only the channels they wanted to watch instead of being forced to buy large packages | 2 |
Air Force Pitch for Boeing Detailed Air Force Secretary James G. Roche asked a lobbyist for Boeing Co. to use the company #39;s Washington contacts to quot;quash quot; a deputy undersecretary of defense and make him quot;pay an appropriate | 2 |
IRS widens target for tax return audits The Internal Revenue Service is gearing up for tax season. And while it may be a kinder, gentler IRS these days, the agency is still coming after you - especially if you make a lot of money. | 2 |
Letter rankles Mylan Investor Carl Icahn issued a \$20-per-share bid to acquire Mylan Laboratories Inc. on Friday and said quot;at least quot; three other potential buyers in the generic drug industry could offer more. | 2 |
Equity Firm to Take Over Shoe Retailer The stiletto-heel shoe specialist Jimmy Choo changed hands on Friday, when the private equity company Hicks, Muse, Tate amp; Furst purchased a controlling stake in the company, valuing it at 101 million (\$188 million). | 2 |
Brawl With Fans Mars Pacers' Victory in Detroit Indiana's Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson charged into the stands and fought with fans, and the game was called with 45.9 seconds left. | 1 |
India Warns U.S. on Arms Sales to Pakistan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - India warned on Friday that new American arms sales to Pakistan could harm improving New Delhi-Washington ties as well as a promising dialogue between the South Asia's two nuclear rivals. | 0 |
Intel amp; nVidia Sign Sweeping Licensing Agreement Intel and graphics processing vendor nVidia said today that they have signed a wide-ranging technology sharing pact that will let nVidia use Intels front-side bus (FSB) technology. | 3 |
Another Month, Another Round Of Lawsuits It is becoming a monthly ritual as more people use p2p networks and the industry keeps the courts busy with John Doe lawsuits. In an RIAA press release, RIAA president Cary Sherman said: quot;During the fall, we | 3 |
Detroit #39;s Elephants Left Out in the Cold Wanda and Winky, the two Asian elephants that officials at the Detroit Zoo want to send from the northern cold to a southern sanctuary, must go to the Columbus Zoo instead, the accrediting association for the nation #39;s zoos has decided. | 3 |
Google Graduates to Vertical Search OK, I #39;ll be the first to admit I #39;m probably out of my league writing about the latest Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) tool being offered for beta testing. | 3 |
Chimeras a Step Closer to Reality In California, mice peer from their cages with human brain cells firing inside their skulls. These are not outcasts from quot;The Island of Dr. | 3 |
Giants Are Wary of Vick, on the Ground or in the Air The Giants' defense has thought about little else except Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick this week. | 1 |
Safin secures last berth Maraf Safin finally secured a berth at the semi-finals of the year-end Masters Cup after an easy victory over Tim Henman. The two were even at 1-1 when they took to the court. | 1 |
RYDER CUP ROOKIES IN POLE POSITION A season which brought them their first Ryder Cup caps and a record-breaking win in Detroit now sees Luke Donald and Paul Casey gunning for World Cup glory. | 1 |
Richards is leaving BAR David Richards has stood down as boss of Formul One team BAR after a change of ownership. Honda and founders British American Tobacco plan to form a joint venture company, replacing | 1 |
Ferguson: Rooney Will Cool It in Three Years Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson claims hothead striker Wayne Rooney will cool down in two or three years. Rooney has been widely criticised for his actions during Englands friendly defeat by Spain in Madrid on Wednesday. | 1 |
Santa Clara Shocks 4th-Ranked North Carolina OAKLAND, Calif. (Sports Network) - Travis Niesen scored a career-high 26 points, Kyle Bailey added 20 and Santa Clara shocked No. 4 North Carolina with a 77-66 victory in a Pete Newell Challenge game at The Arena. | 1 |
Busch wins Ford 400 pole HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Kurt Busch wanted everyone else in contention to win the Nextel Cup Series championship to chase him in the Ford 400. | 1 |
Suns 107, Lakers 102 Amare Stoudemire scored 33 points, including the go-ahead three-point play with 51.8 seconds remaining, to power the Phoenix Suns to a 107-102 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. | 1 |
Mavericks 103, Knicks 101 Dirk Nowitzki had 30 points and 12 rebounds to lead the short-handed Dallas Mavericks to a 103-101 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night. | 1 |
PM arrives in Chile for APEC summit SANTIAGO, Nov 20 (TNA) - Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived in the Chilean capital city of Santiago this early morning to attend the 12th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit due to be held on 20-21 November (local time). | 0 |
Arafat #39;s Widow Retrieves Medical Records In this picture released by the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, center, shakes hands with doctors at his compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah, in this Oct. 28, 2004 file photo. | 0 |
US-European tensions deepen over Irans nuclear program Next weeks meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors over Irans nuclear programs is looming as a tense diplomatic battleground between the US and its European rivals. | 0 |
Myanmar frees number two political prisoner as they sought to measure the significance of a purge of Prime Minister Khin Nyunt and his intelligence apparatus last month. The release could be a signal that the generals may be willing to move seriously on political reform, they said. | 0 |
Finally, green signal to Kyoto A GOOD news for environmentalists and all those who love Mother Earth came yesterday with Russia formally declaring that it has ratified the Kyoto protocol. | 0 |
US Drops Effort for Treaty Banning Cloning Faced with polarizing division in the 191-member General Assembly, the United States on Friday abandoned its aggressively pursued attempt to obtain a United Nations | 0 |
US may boost troop levels in Iraq The US says it may send more troops to Iraq before January, depending on the outcome of its offensive in Falluja. | 0 |
Greenspan warns over US deficit Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan says the US trade deficit cannot be sustained indefinitely. | 0 |
U.S. Soldiers and Iraqis Raid Mosque in Baghdad, Killing 3 The operation by U.S. and Iraqi troops may have been aimed at a cleric said to have incited insurgent violence. | 0 |
Greenspan Sees No Rise Soon for the Dollar Alan Greenspan's suggestions offered little relief to those in Europe who worry that the U.S. is seeking to gain an advantage for its industries from a weaker currency. | 0 |
Negotiators Add Abortion Clause to Spending Bill House and Senate negotiators have tucked a potentially far-reaching anti-abortion provision into a \$388 billion must-pass spending bill. | 0 |
Once a Model, a Health Plan Is Endangered Tennessee's health care plan for the state's most vulnerable residents, once hailed as an example for the nation, is on the ropes. | 0 |
Tar Heels Suffer Upset Santa Clara surprises No. 4 North Carolina, 77-66, in the Tar Heels' season opener at the Pete Newell Challenge on Friday night. | 1 |
Diplomats Say Tehran Sends Wrong Signal Officials say Iran has's continued conversion of uranium for enrichment signals potential trouble for a new and still untested agreement between the Islamic republic and European countries. | 0 |
Michigan Nips No. 20 Notre Dame 61-60 (AP) AP - Daniel Horton's three-point play with 20.7 seconds to go lifted Michigan to a 61-60 win over No. 20 Notre Dame on Saturday. | 1 |
United Loses Trio D.C. United loses three players to the expansion draft Friday, including veteran defender Ezra Hendrickson. | 1 |
Family, Friends Mourn a Soldier and a Poet The last day Christina DiPasquale saw her best friend, he gave her Gabriel Garcia Marquez's autobiography, "Living to Tell the Tale." Since it was the first of a trilogy, he told her, he would have to come back from Iraq to give her the rest of the story. | 0 |
Navy Can't Finish Chris Pugh's three-pointer erases a Navy lead with 1 minute 13 seconds remaining Friday night as Maryland-Baltimore County rallies past the Midshipmen, 67-61. | 1 |
From an Iraqi Pulpit, Prayers and Politics Friday sermons rival Arab satellite channels such as al-Jazeera in their influence over Iraqi opinion. | 0 |
Fallujans Get Grim Task: Grave Digging Residents will be paid \$5 a day for one of the first tasks that will prepare the city for the eventual return of its 250,000 citizens, most of whom fled before the Nov. 8 ground assault. | 0 |
Suns Power Past Lakers 107-102 (AP) AP - Amare Stoudemire scored 33 points, including the go-ahead three-point play with 51.8 seconds remaining, to power the Phoenix Suns to a 107-102 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. | 1 |
No. 5 Syracuse Dismantles No. 24 Memphis (AP) AP - Syracuse's stars got the Orange a tournament title. Hakim Warrick had 25 points, and Gerry McNamara added 21 to lead No. 5 Syracuse to a 77-62 victory over No. 24 Memphis on Friday night in the championship game of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. | 1 |
Pacers Fight with Pistons' Fans (Reuters) Reuters - Ron Artest scored 24\points, as Indiana defeated Detroit 97-82 in a game that was\stopped late in the fourth quarter due to a fight on the court\that spilled into the stands and included the fans. | 1 |
No. 21 Oklahoma Tops SE Missouri St. 84-62 (AP) AP - Dionnah Jackson had 23 points and eight assists to lead No. 21 Oklahoma to an 84-62 season-opening victory over Southeast Missouri State on Friday night. | 1 |
Three Share Pebble Beach Lead (AP) AP - Former tournament winner Kirk Triplett and PGA Tour rookie Ryan Palmer shot 6-under 66s on Friday and share a one-stroke lead with reigning Nationwide Tour champion Nick Watney after two rounds of the Pebble Beach Invitational. | 1 |
Syracuse, Off to a Fast Start, Wins Tournament Facing two Top 25 teams in two nights in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, the Orange handled both with relative ease. | 1 |
MAN IN THE NEWS A Firebrand on Drug Safety Every few years, a whistle-blower arrives on Capitol Hill and shakes up a federal agency with charges of incompetence and misfeasance. | 2 |
Vital Signs for the Week of Nov. 22 The dollar is dipping again. After falling against major currencies such as the euro, yen, and Canadian dollar in 2002 and 2003, the greenback stabilized this year. | 2 |
Hornets Stand in Way Howard, at 6-4 overall and 3-3 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, can clinch a winning record in the MEAC with a win over Delaware State on Saturday. | 1 |
Georgia Tech Wins Easy The third-ranked Yellow Jackets use a stifling defensive effort to crush the Alabama State Hornets, 74-37, on Friday night. | 1 |
Mixed Messages With the season winding down and conference championship games approaching, it seems an appropriate time to remind people of why some conferences are in favor of these games and why others aren't. | 1 |
Bender Hurt Again Pacers forward Jonathan Bender is expected to be out six weeks with an injured left knee. The knee has troubled Bender his entire career. | 1 |
ABC Shuns BCS ABC has pulled its contract offer to the Bowl Championship Series, a move that could result in three of college football's biggest games moving to another network. | 1 |
Fans, Players Brawl Indiana's Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson charge into the stands and brawl with fans in the final minute of their game against Detroit. | 1 |
Honda and Regulators Meet on Engine Fires in S.U.V.'s Honda told regulators that faulty gaskets are a major factor in an engine problem that has led to fires in its CRV sport utility vehicles. | 2 |
Target stores tell Salvation Army to retreat between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve last year, The Salvation Army raised nearly \$40,000 from its signature Christmas kettles at five local Target stores. | 2 |
Bomb Kills Venezuela Prosecutor, Gov't Swipes at U.S. (Reuters) Reuters - A Venezuelan prosecutor\probing a 2002 coup against President Hugo Chavez was killed by\a car bomb that the government blamed on Friday on radical\opponents it said were training in the United States. | 0 |
The secret to the rise of Man? Man became the world #39;s alpha species thanks to his outsized brain, according to the view that has dominated anthropology for decades. | 3 |
Sorenstam benefits from #39;mother of all #39; shots World number one Annika Sorenstam posted a 4-under-par round of 68 overnight to open a three-shot lead midway through the season-ending LPGA tournament at West Palm Beach, Florida. | 1 |
Syracuse, Off to a Fast Start, Wins Tournament The season may be young, but No. 6 Syracuse has already made a statement. Facing two Top 25 teams in two nights in the Coaches vs. | 1 |
Busch wins pole at Homestead Kurt Busch surprised himself by winning the pole yesterday for the NASCAR season finale, putting himself in excellent shape for the opening laps of Sunday #39;s climactic Ford 400. | 1 |
No. 21 Oklahoma Tops SE Missouri St. 84-62 Oklahoma guard Dionnah Jackson (35) dribbles upcourt while SE Missouri State forward Simone Jackson (24) chase her Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, during Oklahoma #39;s season opener in Norman, Okla. | 1 |
COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP Santa Clara Knocks Off No. 4 North <b>...</b> Travis Niesen scored 26 points and Kyle Bailey made three second-half 3-pointers to help Santa Clara spoil No. 4 North Carolina #39;s season opener, 77-66, last night in the Pete Newell Challenge in Oakland, Calif. | 1 |
Mets May Pick Up ex-Yank NEW YORK - The Angels #39; surprise trade of Jose Guillen to the Expos Friday eliminated one potential addition to the Mets #39; lineup, and possibly one of the suitors for high-priced catcher Mike Piazza. | 1 |
Chile Police Clash With Summit Protesters A cloud of tear gas surrounds a demonstrator during clashes with Chilean police as protesters stage a rally against the upcoming APEC summit in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Nov. 19, 2004. | 0 |
Iraqi Insurgency Continues to Overshadow January Election <b>...</b> A top US military official in charge of the Middle East says coalition forces will do all they can to ensure Iraqi elections set for late January will go ahead. | 0 |
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