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Looking beyond the K-word Here we go again! First, remarks made by Pervez Musharraf over a mouthful of Iftaar goodies are touted as a blueprint for peace and then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gives it legitimacy by rejecting it. | 0 |
Transactions BASEBALL Cleveland (AL): Sold INF Erick Almonte to Nippon (Japan). New York (AL): Signed P Tanyon Sturtze. | 1 |
Gators Shock 'Noles Chris Leak throws a touchdown as Florida upsets No. 10 Florida State, 20-13, in Ron Zook's last game as coach. It is the Gators first win in Tallahassee since 1986. | 1 |
'Pacers Lite' Lose Late Limited to just six players because of suspensions and injuries, the Pacers take the Magic to the final moments before dropping a 86-83 decision on Saturday. | 1 |
Hornets Drop to 0-8 Reserve Eddie Griffin converts 10 of 14 shots for 23 points as the Minnesota Timberwolves deal the winless New Orleans Hornets another setback, 99-94. | 1 |
PeopleSoft board rejects takeover bid by Oracle PLEASANTON, California - PeopleSoft Inc. #39;s board yesterday rejected Oracle Corp. #39;s \$9.2 billion takeover bid, continuing its resistance after the company #39;s own shareholders tendered more than 60 percent of their stock to Oracle. | 2 |
Sirius Satellite: Making Waves When shock jock Howard Stern swooped into Sirius Satellite Radio, he was greeted like a conquering hero. Last month, a week after he announced on his popular morning radio show | 2 |
Nintendo Bets on New Hand-Held Console to Leap Ahead of Sony Nintendo Co., the world #39;s biggest maker of portable game consoles, begins selling its newest hand- held player today, accompanied by a \$40 million advertising push aimed at taking customers away from Sony Corp. | 3 |
Australia wins series opener? (updated PM 1:52) Glenn McGrath tormented New Zealand with bat and ball and Shane Warne took four wickets Sunday as Australia won by an innings and 156 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the two-test cricket series. | 1 |
Greenspan does down the dollar Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve chairman, yesterday gave the dollar a further push lower as he said the huge US current account deficit threatened to scare off foreign investors. | 2 |
#39;Medicine is for people, not profits #39; Dodge Ball, the game in which children try to avoid getting hit by a rubber ball, may seem to have nothing in common with the business of developing medicines. | 2 |
A nice addition was subtracted He didn't play. That, in and of itself, is hoop Halley's Comet. For all the trees that have been felled over the years chronicling anything and everything about Gary Payton, there's been one indisputable fact: He doesn't miss games. He can be everything from abrasive to solicitous, but he is unfailingly durable. If this were baseball, Doc Rivers wouldn't have ... | 1 |
It is better to give when not being deceived Six-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has already shown he can dominate the world of cycling. Now the cancer survivor is setting his sights on the world of charitable giving. | 2 |
How to avoid a scamming planner He said he kept two sets of books, stole from clients for two decades, and hid his activities from regulators. But Bradford C. Bleidt's purported multimillion-dollar scam would never have gotten off the ground if clients of Allocation Plus Asset Management Co. had followed two basic investment rules. | 2 |
Mergers pinching smaller nonprofits The staff at the Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse knows many of the homeless men and women who roam Boston's streets once served in the armed forces. For years, the small Roxbury nonprofit has helped by finding them jobs. | 2 |
When it comes to fly-fishing, he's hooked A funny thing happened when Dr. Burt A. Adelman, executive vice president for development at Cambridge biotech giant Biogen Idec, bought a fly rod for his son Ian on his 16th birthday. | 2 |
When business innovation leads to disaster This book attempts to demolish the notion that ''new is better. quot; For the most part, it succeeds. Sergio Zyman and coauthor Armin A. Brott build a solid foundation for their argument that innovation can be disastrous for the bottom line. Innovation is like a sugar high, they say -- a quick fix that just doesn't work. | 2 |
Etiquette at Work Q: What are the rules regarding hand shakes in business situations? Should men stand when shaking hands with each other? And are women required to shake hands? | 2 |
Lessons in making life-and-debt decisions It's safe to say most people would prefer to never have to see a bankruptcy attorney or judge. | 2 |
NY Ave. #39;Gateway #39; Opens Michael Foster is so fascinated by Metro trains that he knows how to identify different models of the cars. So it came as no surprise to his mother when he asked to kick off the weekend | 2 |
Humans raise odds of extreme weather This week #39;s issue of Nature features the first study to demonstrate a link between greenhouse gas emissions and an extreme weather event - in this case, the unusually high temperatures in Europe during the summer of 2003 that led to 14,000 deaths more | 3 |
Woods Ends Drought With First Win in Japan (AP) AP - Tiger Woods shot a 3-under 67 Sunday to win the Dunlop Phoenix by eight strokes for his first title since February and first ever in Japan. | 1 |
Microsoft defends its software Microsoft has been forced to fight for its lucrative Asian market, following government agreements to switch to other open-source software. | 3 |
Tech Buying Guide: Organizers Many people don #39;t use a handheld organizer for anything but tracking their calendar appointments and contacts lists. For them, there #39;s no reason to spend more than \$100, in the form of Palm #39;s Zire 21. | 3 |
Slew of multiplayer options helps #39;Halo 2 #39; fulfill hype quot;Halo 2, quot; which went on sale in November, shattered video game sales records, but does it live up to the hype? Yes. And in spades. | 3 |
Is Firefox 1.0 Less Stable than Firefox PR1.0? An anonymous reader wonders: quot;I had Firefox 1.0PR running smoothly on three different machines and it hardly ever crashed. After upgrading to 1.0, I seem to have at least one annoying crash a day. | 3 |
Bush tells Putin of democracy concerns (AFP) AFP - US President George W. Bush told Russian President Vladimir Putin in person for the first time that he worried about "overcentralization of power" in the Kremlin, said a senior US official. | 0 |
Readers give their versions of what happened it #39;s said that they were all there -- looked invisible to me. I do not agree with the suspensions being indefinite, 10 games | 1 |
World #39;s oldest man dies at 113 NEW YORK -- Fred Hale Sr., the oldest man in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records, has died less than two weeks shy of his 114th birthday. | 1 |
Ponting hails mighty turnaround Ricky Ponting hailed two outstanding days of pressure cricket for delivering one of Australia #39;s biggest Test victories over New Zealand, inside four days at the Gabba in Brisbane. | 1 |
Clemson, Carolina: THE AFTERMATH The 102nd gridiron meeting between archival Clemson and South Carolina will certainly be remembered, that #39;s for sure, but unfortunately, for all the wrong reasons. | 1 |
Rain doesn #39;t fall on Auburn #39;s parade A rainy Saturday afternoon belonged to hopeful Alabama fans, but once again, the blue and orange of Auburn owned Bryant-Denny Stadium by nightfall. | 1 |
Sugar Shane Mosley Sweet, but Wright Call in End Sugar Shane Mosley made all of the necessary adjustments from the first fight, but still managed to come up short as consensus junior middleweight champion Ronald Winky Wright earned | 1 |
MSU turnovers help Penn State score four touchdowns in third <b>...</b> A week after being at its best, Michigan State was at its worst. The Spartans still haven #39;t learned how to handle success, losing Saturday to Penn State, 37-13, at Beaver Stadium. | 1 |
53 dead in China plane crash A China Eastern commuter plane has crashed into a frozen lake seconds after takeoff in Inner Mongolia, killing all 53 passengers and crew, state media have said. | 0 |
Rescuers in China search for 79 iron miners trapped in blaze BEIJING Eight miners have been killed in a fire that broke out in a complex of iron mines in northern China. State media says Chinese rescuers are struggling to find 79 more miners still trapped. | 0 |
Recount Begins in Wash. Governor's Race (AP) AP - Both of Washington's potential new governors have experienced the uncomfortable sensation of reading their own political obituaries. | 0 |
NBA Wrap: Short-Handed Pacers Lose the Night NEW YORK (Reuters) - Grant Hill collected 28 points, seven rebounds and six assists to carry the Orlando Magic to an 86-83 win over the short-handed Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis Saturday. | 1 |
Woods Seizes First Strokeplay Title of Year MIYAZAKI, Japan (Reuters) - Tiger Woods picked up his first strokeplay title of a difficult year when he romped to an eight-shot victory at the Dunlop Phoenix tournament on Sunday. | 1 |
Ukrainians Choose New President in Landmark Poll KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainians Sunday began choosing a new president in a landmark poll offering a choice between the ex-Soviet state's prime minister, backed by Russia, and a liberal rival seeking gradual integration with the West. | 0 |
Hourihan finally getting her shot in goal When Northeastern University women's hockey goalie Marisa Hourihan skated off with a 3-0 victory over Quinnipiac University on Oct. 30, the Hanover native felt she was back where she belonged. | 1 |
Africa and its children ALERE, Uganda -- Kasmiro Bongonyinge remembers sitting up suddenly in his bed. It was just after sunrise on a summer morning two years ago, and the old man, 87 years old and blind, knew something was wrong. | 0 |
Palestinian candidates shaping ballot RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinians began registering candidates yesterday for a presidential election to succeed Yasser Arafat, while officials warned that the vote may be delayed if Israel does not halt military activities. | 0 |
Bush seeks unity on Iran, North Korea SANTIAGO, Chile -- President Bush used his first trip abroad since reelection to press allies yesterday for help in hemming in the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran, nations he considers part of an ''axis of evil. quot; | 0 |
Companies, scavengers scrap over recycled paper in Japan TOKYO -- The paper chase starts in the blackness of early morning, a cat-and-mouse game played on Tokyo's almost empty backstreets in the hours before businessmen shake off their hangovers and commuters emerge to flood the city. | 0 |
Air crash into lake kills all 53 on board BEIJING -- A small passenger plane carrying 53 people crashed today in a northern lake immediately after takeoff, and the government said there were no survivors. The plane crashed into a frozen lake in Baotou, a city about 330 miles northwest of Beijing, seconds after taking off at about 8:20 a.m., the official Xinhua News Agency said. The China Eastern ... | 0 |
Plan OK'd to cancel some Iraq debt BERLIN -- Germany and the United States have agreed on a proposal to write off as much as 80 percent of Iraq's debt, Germany's finance minister said yesterday, capping a months-long US push for debt forgiveness. | 0 |
Bush Frees Secret Service Agent from Chile <p></p><p> SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - President Bush Saturdayreached into a throng of squabbling bodyguards and pulled aSecret Service agent away from Chilean security officers afterthey stopped the U.S. agent from accompanying the president ata dinner.</p> | 0 |
Hall frustrates India with maiden ton Kanpur: Andrew Hall got a maiden Test century as South Africa made steady progress, frustrating India on the second day of the first Test at the Green Park Stadium on Sunday. | 1 |
Gamecocks finish at bottom of class CLEMSON, SC - It #39;s not too late, Steve Spurrier. Don #39;t sign any dotted lines until you see the film from the latest South Carolina debacle in Death Valley. | 1 |
On the firing line: Giants quarterback Eli Manning Eli Manning is behind schedule compared to his brother, Peyton, who set the family #39;s standard for rookie quarterbacks in 1998 with the Indianapolis Colts. | 1 |
Hot Hand, Cold Hand Lawrence J. Ellison, chief executive of Oracle Corp., whose 17-month campaign to take over rival PeopleSoft Inc. got a boost when major PeopleSoft owners offered to tender their shares. | 2 |
Suppliers optimistic about Kmart acquisition of Sears GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Kmart #39;s pending acquisition of Sears has a number of suppliers wondering how it will affect their business. | 2 |
Metro opens its newest station Metro opened its newest station yesterday amid hopes that it would spark more economic development in the city #39;s Northeast commercial district along Florida and New York avenues while serving residents in the nearby, emerging neighborhoods. | 2 |
It's crunch time for Crennel Saturday is the last day that NFL assistant coaches and front office personnel whose teams are in the playoffs can interview for jobs -- until their team's playoff run ends. That means this could be a big week for Patriots defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel, who has coveted a head coaching position for the past few years. | 1 |
Swift Observatory Launched IndigoSkies writes quot;NASA today successfully launched the Swift Observatory into Earth orbit for an intense two year study of GRBs (gamma-ray bursts) to determine whether there is a connection between them and the evolution of black holes. | 3 |
Yahoo extends Microsoft ad deal to mid-2006 NEW YORK - Yahoo Inc. has agreed to extend its deal to place advertisements on Microsoft Corp. #39;s MSN sites in the United States and overseas by one year through June 2006, Yahoo said Thursday. | 3 |
Secret of success (for 113 years): hobbies, honey, a merry outlook There were times when Fred Hale Sr. #39;s loved ones wondered if he might just live forever. Nothing seemed to stop Hale, the oldest man in the world. | 1 |
After defeating Mosley, Wright calls out Tito Trinidad November 21, 2004 -- After his second straight victory over Shane Mosley on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Ronald quot;Winky quot; Wright was quick to call out who he wants next -- Felix quot;Tito quot; Trinidad. | 1 |
Editorial: Changing Times, Changing PDA A consistent theme among many people in PDA forums around the Internet lately has been that Palm OS based PDAs are not making the effort to cater to the need for more useful features (for example, there is only one current PDA model that includes Wifi | 3 |
US, Germany Agree On Iraqi Debt Write-Off Germany and the United States have agreed on a proposal to write off as much as 80 percent of Iraq #39;s debt, Germany #39;s finance minister said Saturday, following a months-long US push for debt forgiveness. | 0 |
Palestinian candidates shaping ballot Palestinians began registering candidates yesterday for a presidential election to succeed Yasser Arafat, while officials warned that | 0 |
Chinese leader to visit Havana for communist summit (AFP) AFP - Fidel Castro will Monday receive Chinese President Hu Jintao in Havana, a meeting between an aged leader clinging to his communist ideology and a younger one who has tried to reduce the party's profile. | 0 |
Redefining the role of academic research Charles M. Vest, who will be stepping down next month as the president of MIT, personifies his school's famed ''engineering mentality. quot; Simply put, this is the inclination to find a problem and fix it. | 2 |
At Holocaust Museum, Turning a Number Into a Name The Yad Vashem museum in Jerusalem has assembled the names and biographies of Jewish victims of the Holocaust, and it will make the information available online. | 0 |
School District Challenges Darwin's Theory A Pennsylvania school district Friday defended its decision to discount Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and teach what critics say is a version of creationism. | 3 |
Two held after Air France flight diverted WASHINGTON -- A flight from Paris bound for Dulles International Airport was diverted Saturday night after US Customs officials detained two passengers aboard, officials said. | 2 |
Eurozone data to show sliding business confidence: economists (AFP) AFP - Eurozone figures to be released this week should show business confidence beginning to slide again owing to concern over slowing growth and the strong euro, economists said. | 0 |
Mickey #39;s Fight Club It was nearly 10 years ago that Disney CEO Michael Eisner began to seriously contemplate his own mortality. He #39;d just survived emergency bypass surgery, and he was worried: if something happened to him, who could possibly run Disney? | 2 |
Supplement maker walks fine legal line Just three years after Ohio salesman Steve Warshak started selling penis enlargement pills out of a spare room in his home, his company rakes in more than \$200 million a year on unproven palliatives | 2 |
NASA launches new satellite Swift The fastest-swivelling space science observatory ever built rocketed into orbit on Saturday to scan the universe for violent celestial explosions. | 3 |
Life is good Once upon a time, first-person shooter games had about as much plot and character development as a porn flick. Your digital hero just ran around and pumped hot lead into demons or aliens or Nazis, much like the porn hero . | 3 |
Linspire #39;s Robertson embraces Windows Media LINSPIRE INC. the company formerly known as Lindows announced on November 18 that it has licensed Windows Media technology and made it immediately available via a click-and-run online update to the users of the Linux distro. | 3 |
4 suspended after NBA melee NBA Commissioner David Stern indefinitely suspended four players who took part in an ugly melee with fans, now regarded as one of the worst in sports history, in a Friday night game between the Indiana Pacers and the host Detroit Pistons. | 1 |
Barcelona shuts out rival Real Madrid MADRID, Spain Barcelona moved further ahead in the Spanish league by beating rival Real Madrid 3-0 Saturday in the country #39;s biggest match. | 1 |
Gators #39;86 Noles TALLAHASSEE - The final act was the showstopper. A jaw-dropper. It was so Ron Zook. You figured he #39;d zig. Well, he zagged. You figured he would coach the Florida Gators to a loss in a big game. | 1 |
Cyclones near title after big comeback MANHATTAN, Kan. With a thrilling comeback, Iowa State is a win away from a surprising championship. Iowa State trailed the Wildcats by two touchdowns early in the fourth quarter, but freshman Bret Meyer | 1 |
Robinson hails Hodgson heroics Charlie Hodgson #39;s record-equalling performance against South Africa was praised by coach Andy Robinson after the Sale flyhalf scored 27 points in England #39;s 32-16 victory here at Twickenham on Saturday. | 1 |
Death toll of north China plane crash possibly up to 55 Two men on the ground were most likely killed in the plane crash Sunday morning in Baotou City, north China #39;s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, bringing the death toll of the accident to 55, local police sources said. | 0 |
Dissident freed in Myanmar YANGON, Myanmar -- One of Myanmar #39;s best known and longest-imprisoned political dissidents has been freed as part of a general release of almost 4,000 prisoners by the country #39;s ruling junta, a family member confirmed Saturday. | 0 |
Sharon: Stop Terror and Talk; Arabs: Words Before Action The Palestinian Authority, refusing Israel #39;s demand for a halt in terrorist attacks, also insists that Israel release convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti, who is serving multiple life sentences for murder. | 0 |
Prince William defends Royal Family LONDON -- Prince William supported the oft-criticized behaviour of his brother, Prince Harry, and also stuck up for his father, Prince Charles, in a rare interview with the British news media published yesterday. | 0 |
A show of ideological solidarity from China HAVANA In his first visit to Latin America, Chinese President Hu Jintao came bearing billions of dollars worth of potential trade and investment agreements that prompted regional leaders to herald a new era of closer ties with the emerging economic | 2 |
Beta doesn #39;t beat Google Granted, the new MSN (http://beta.search.msn.com) is still in the quot;beta quot; phase -- testing a work in progress. Microsoft is expected to make the technology part of its main MSN site early next year. | 3 |
FireFox Developers Riding the Wave The publicity avalanche surrounding FireFox continues unabated. News.com profiles developers at the forefront of the FireFox developer movement and explains how some crafty developers are taking advantage | 3 |
Fans to blame, say Clippers Talk throughout Staples Center on Saturday, as the Clippers lost to the Houston Rockets, centered around Friday night #39;s melee in Auburn Hills, Mich. | 1 |
Busch the man to beat for title NASCAR points leader Kurt Busch is all smiles as he walks back to his garage after winning the pole position on Friday at the Homestead Miami International Speedway in Homestead, Fla. | 1 |
Ferguson: delighted SIR Alex Ferguson has predicted Paul Scholes will end the season in double figures after finally breaking a 20-game goal drought at Old Trafford this afternoon. | 1 |
Michigan loses but wins anyway Troy Smith barely got on the field for Ohio State this season. After the Buckeyes #39; biggest game of the year, he had trouble getting off of it. | 1 |
Familiar result for Krzyzewski JJ Redick and Daniel Ewing each scored 20 points, and No. 11 Duke turned up the defensive pressure in the second half to beat Tennessee-Martin 88-46 Saturday night in the teams #39; season opener in Durham, NC. | 1 |
Roundup: UCLA triumphs in season opener UCLA freshman Jordan Farmar gave fans a preview of his playmaking skills with a no-look, crosscourt pass to Ryan Hollins for a dunk late in the second half. | 1 |
Today's schedule College basketball: WOMEN -- William Smith at Babson, 7 p.m.; Brandeis at Curry, 7 p.m.; Southern Maine at Tufts, 7 p.m.; Providence at UConn, 7:30 p.m. | 1 |
Grand opening for Terriers Minnesota may have spoiled Boston University's final game at Walter Brown Arena by claiming a 2-1 victory at the old barn Sunday, but the Terriers weren't going to let the Golden Gophers ruin their inaugural game at Agganis Arena. | 1 |
CRISIS IN IRAQ: THERE #39;S NO HUMANITY THE Red Cross yesterday launched a blistering attack on both sides in the war in Iraq. The organisation blasted US troops and Iraqi rebels for their quot;utter contempt for humanity quot; as the country continues to be torn apart by violence. | 0 |
Down, but never out The bright lights are gone. So are the screaming fans, the TV cameras, and the curvaceous card girls tucked into high heels and bikinis. But the scars on Micky Ward's face -- those are forever. | 1 |
After slip, Sorenstam back on top Annika Sorenstam lost her three-shot lead in five holes yesterday, then had to make three birdies over the final six to salvage an even-par 72 and take a one-shot lead into the final round of the season-ending LPGA ADT Championship in West Palm Beach, Fla. | 1 |
Fitzpatrick amp; Co. were amazing, end of story The last time Harvard had a run like this, the ball was a lot rounder, the players wore leather helmets, and the movie you took your girl to see on a Saturday night had no sound. | 1 |
Cut, cut: Scene is repeated in Providence Well, yes, there are worse things than a lockout. In the midst of the NHL's self-imposed two-hander over the head (now day No. 66 on what appears the fast track to infinity), a couple of Bruins prospects turned their opportunity to play in Providence into their final days in the Boston organization. | 1 |
Alou goes to bat for Sosa Moises Alou, who hit a career-best 39 home runs last season but doesn't expect the Cubs to re-sign him after they declined his \$11 million option, dismisses reports that Chicago will trade Sammy Sosa this winter. | 1 |
Perfect Game All autumn long, Harvard's football team has had its chroniclers thumbing through the archives and blowing the dust off records that go back to the 19th century. Yesterday afternoon, the unbeaten Crimson wrote their own chapter in bold face, throttling archrival Yale, 35-3, before 30,308 at the Stadium to post their best record (10-0) in 103 years and wrap up ... | 1 |
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