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Grunfeld Backs Action Wizards president of basketball operations Ernie Grunfeld agrees with the NBA Commissioner David Stern's level of punishment for the Pacers-Pistons brawl. | 1 |
Iraq Force Likely to Grow Officials say they will need a further increase in combat forces to put down remaining areas of resistance. | 0 |
Iraqi Election Set for Jan. 30 The balloting, however, remains imperiled by calls for a Sunni Muslim boycott and a persistent insurgency that has roiled Sunni regions. | 0 |
Connecticut Crashes Early North Carolina closes with a 16-5 run to upset Connecticut, 71-65, the three-time defending national champions' earliest loss since 1995. | 1 |
Bush Signs Bill to Keep Government Going President Bush on Sunday signed a stopgap spending bill that keeps the government running while Congress sorts out remaining issues related to a more permanent federal spending package. | 0 |
Justice Is Too Light It's too bad Stern stopped at 30 games for Ron Artest's Indiana teammate Stephen Jackson, who should have been kicked out for the rest of the season, too. | 1 |
Microsoft Targets Older People for Web Via TV SEATTLE (Reuters) - For people trying to get their aging parents on the Web so they can read e-mail and get digital photos of the family, Microsoft Corp. has a message: Don't give up. | 3 |
Iraq looks to world for approval An international conference aimed at supporting the Iraqi political process begins in Egypt. | 0 |
Cable's Rivals Lure Customers With Packages Cables two hungry rivals phone companies and satellite providers are stealing cables disgruntled customers with cheaper all-in-one packages that bundle TV with Internet and phone services. | 2 |
Silent bells For many of us, it just isn #39;t the holiday season until we see the bright red kettles go up and smiling bell ringers plying their trade outside local merchants. | 2 |
Humans Well-Suited for Running It may be hard to believe in these days of driving the SUV to the corner store, but people are actually pretty fast on their feet, and endurance running may have played an important role in human evolution. | 3 |
Lions #39; Printers sits and watches OTTAWA (CP) - In the end, Wally Buono #39;s decision to start Dave Dickenson at quarterback Sunday ahead of the CFL #39;s most outstanding player Casey Printers probably didn #39;t have much of an effect on the outcome of the 92nd Grey Cup. | 1 |
Jets (Eventually) Down Browns, 10-7 For more than three quarters on Sunday, it appeared as if the Jets wouldnt find the end zone if it was loaded with uranium and Quincy Carter was armed with a Geiger counter. | 1 |
Thousands Flee Clashes in East Congo - U.N. (Reuters) Reuters - Thousands of civilians have fled\their homes after clashes in the east of Democratic Republic of\Congo, the United Nations' humanitarian arm said on Friday. | 0 |
Crawford Outshines James With His 24 Points and Long-Distance Shots Just as LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers seemed ready to swipe the game from the Knicks, Jamal Crawford began to sink one shot after another. | 1 |
Internet Retailers Reaching Out to Mailbox Surfers E-commerce sites have been dabbling in catalogs for the past few years, but now theyre getting more serious, with more sites mailing more catalogs than ever. | 3 |
Playing Games in Your 20's? Nintendo Is Onto You Nintendo is hoping that the Nintendo DS will win over older, more sophisticated gamers. | 3 |
Oracle Will Take Its Quest Back to Court Oracle will continue its pursuit of PeopleSoft this week, asking a judge to dismantle one of the last obstacles to a deal. | 3 |
Computers as Authors? Literary Luddites Unite! A computer program known as Brutus.1 is generating brief outbursts of fiction that are probably superior to what many humans could turn out. | 3 |
Radio One Makes Its Move Radio One Inc. chief executive Alfred Liggins III agreed last night to buy a controlling stake in radio personality Tom Joyner's media company for \$56 million, furthering his attempt to turn the radio company his mother began out of a trailer 24 years ago into a diversified media group aimed at the black community. | 2 |
Building a Medical Data Network Digital patient records could become building blocks in a nationwide biomedical computer network for assembling and distributing up-to-the-minute studies of disease. | 3 |
Update 1: Pulitzer Inc. Says It #39;s Considering Sale Newspaper publisher Pulitzer Inc. said Sunday that company officials are considering a possible sale of the firm to boost shareholder value. | 2 |
Update 1: AirAsia Makes Solid Stock Market Debut AirAsia Bhd., the first low-cost carrier to be listed in Southeast Asia, made a solid debut Monday on the Malaysian stock exchange, while company officials said they #39;ll decide within two months on plans to acquire 40 new aircraft. | 2 |
Update 2: Tokyo Stocks Plunge; Dollar Trades Lower Tokyo stocks plunged more than 2 percent Monday morning and the US dollar traded just above its four-and-half-year lows against the yen, following a dollar selloff in New York on concerns over the swollen US trade deficit. | 2 |
Suspensions greeted locally with outrage, suspicion Ryan Carrell of Carmel will be at Conseco Fieldhouse Tuesday night for the Pacers #39; game against Boston. He #39;ll have with him a petition he #39;d like Pacers fans to sign before sending it to NBA commissioner David Stern. | 1 |
Burmese 'forgotten,' aid workers say BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thai survivors of Asia's tsunami disaster have complained they are second-class victims, with foreign tourists getting the best care. Now aid officials say a third class of victims in Thailand has emerged: migrant workers from Burma. | 0 |
Kings 88 Bucks 79 SACRAMENTO, Calif. Peja Stojakovic (PAY #39;-zhah stoy-AH #39;-koh-vich) scored 12 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter and the Sacramento Kings rallied for their fifth straight victory, 88-to-79 over Milwaukee. | 1 |
North Carolina pulls shocker on No. 4 Connecticut Connecticut missed shots, made turnovers and struggled at the free throw line. None of the mistakes caught coach Geno Auriemma off guard. | 1 |
Crawford #39;s hot hand halts Cavs #39; streak NEW YORK - Judging merely by the motion Jamal Crawford was using on his jump shot, it was clear he had leapt into the realm players call The Zone. | 1 |
NBA-Raptors Produce Thrilling Comeback Win (Reuters) Reuters - Rafer Alston contributed 20 points, 11\assists and seven rebounds and Lamond Murray scored 13 points\in the fourth quarter as the Toronto Raptors rallied from a\huge deficit to upset the San Antonio Spurs 96-91 Sunday. | 1 |
55 Killed In Chinese Plane Crash Beijing, Nov. 22 (NNN) : All the 53 people on board and two on the ground were killed as a plane crashed into a frozen lake in northern China. | 0 |
Iraqis not interested in Sharm el-Sheikh conference The Iraqis, who still suffer from the worsening security situation, are hardly interested in an international conference on Iraq to be held in the Egyptian Red Searesort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Nov 22-23. | 0 |
NBA-Raptors Produce Thrilling Comeback Win TORONTO (Reuters) - Rafer Alston contributed 20 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds and Lamond Murray scored 13 points in the fourth quarter as the Toronto Raptors rallied from a huge deficit to upset the San Antonio Spurs 96-91 Sunday. | 1 |
Japanese Banking Group Mizuho Reports Dip Mizuho, one of Japan #39;s four biggest banking groups, reported Monday that group net profit for the first fiscal half fell 8.4 percent from the previous year, despite some progress in getting rid of bad debts. | 2 |
Retail #39;s Little Guys Come Back Who #39;s afraid of Wal-Mart? Specialty retailers and chains with unique lines are thriving by offering shoppers what the big-box stores can #39;t. | 2 |
More corporate whistleblowers sing A 2002 congressional law adds protection for corporate tattletales, but few of them gain such status from US courts. By Adam Geller / Associated Press. | 2 |
NASA HUNTS BLACK HOLES NASA has launched the fastest-swivelling space observatory ever built to hunt the cosmos for clues to violent celestial explosions that some astronomers believe mark the birth of black holes. | 3 |
SpaceShipOne named Time #39;s #39;Invention of the Year #39; The first privately financed manned rocket to fly into space has been named Time magazine #39;s Invention of the Year. #39; #39;. | 3 |
Federer wins epic tie-break to reach final Houston, Nov 22 - World number one and defending champion Roger Federer won an epic 20-18 tie-break to seal a 6-3 7-6 win over Marat Safin and place in the Masters Cup final. | 1 |
Kerr #39;s career at crossroads WEST PALM BEACH - Cristie Kerr is about as good as any female golfer on the planet whose name isn #39;t Annika Sorenstam. quot;I was born to do this, quot; Kerr said Sunday afternoon while walking across the parking | 1 |
In The Fast Lane: Busch wins NASCAR title HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Kurt Busch got his first big break in NASCAR by winning a 1999 talent audition nicknamed quot;The Gong Show. quot; He was selected from dozens of unknown, young race drivers to work for one of the sport #39;s most famous team owners, Jack Roush. | 1 |
Fog delays start of play in Kanpur test Dense fog delayed the start of the third day #39;s play in the first test between India and South Africa on Monday. The visibility was improving but the groundsmen were busy mopping | 1 |
Manning shows promise despite losing first NFL start EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -- By their very nature, little brothers have a lifetime #39;s worth of experience coming up a little short, but you got the feeling watching Eli Manning on Sunday at Giants Stadium that he grew even in defeat. | 1 |
Packers Sherman #39;s Theory: Practice Sherman #39;s theory: Practice Houston Mike Sherman eased back into his seat as the Green Bay Packers #39; charter flight waited on the tarmac preparing to depart the Buffalo airport, but there was nothing the least bit comforting about his situation. | 1 |
AUSTRALIA TO FORGIVE IRAQI DEBT The deal is part of a new international agreement to forgive 80 per cent of Iraq #39;s international debt, amounting to a total of about \$150 billion. | 0 |
Powell starts new Middle East peace efforts Outgoing US Secretary of State Collin Powell arrived in Israel late Sunday as part of the international efforts to revive the stalled Middle East peace process amid continued violence in the region. | 0 |
Asia-Pacific leaders close summit Santiago (VNA) - The two-day summit meeting of the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum closed in Chile on Sunday, declaring their concerted efforts to ensure sustainable growth, trade and security. | 0 |
Controversy over Arafat #39;s medical file Paris: The widow of Yasser Arafat has questioned the right of his nephew to receive a copy of the medical file of the late Palestinian leader. | 0 |
Washington expects #39;message of unity #39; on Iraq from conference WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (AFP) - Washington expects this week #39;s international conference on Iraq to send a strong and unified message of support for the country, according to Secretary of State Colin Powell, who is to attend the meeting. | 0 |
Stocks Sink, Dlr Steadies Above 103 Yen (Reuters) Reuters - Fears of further dollar weakness sent\shares in Asian exporters sharply lower on Monday, after a\meeting of the Group of 20 rich and developing nations said\nothing to arrest its fall. | 2 |
Hardie boycotts start to bite BOYCOTTS of James Hardie building products over the company #39;s handling of asbestos liabilities were beginning to hurt sales in Australia, the company said today. | 2 |
France #39;s Industrial Power Trip In so many ways, French politician and presidential aspirant Nicolas Sarkozy is a breath of fresh air in French and European politics. | 2 |
Techbits: AOL security, Digital archives, Dual-network phones <b>...</b> America Online Inc. is packaging new features to combat viruses, spam and spyware in response to growing online security threats. Subscribers will be able to get the free tools | 3 |
VICK SHATTERS ELI #39;S DEBUT DREAMS Michael Vick did enough to make sure that Eli Manning #39;s first start as the quarterback of the New York Giants did not have a fairytale ending. | 1 |
Tiger #39;s swing clicks for first win in 20 attempts Tiger Woods yesterday won his first tournament since February and his first stroke-play event for 13 months, saying he feels the swing changes he has made are now starting to pay off. | 1 |
NFL Game Summary - Green Bay at Houston Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Brett Favre engineered three scoring drives in the fourth quarter, the final one ending with a 46-yard field goal by Ryan Longwell as time expired, to lift the Green Bay Packers to a 16-13 victory over the Houston Texans. | 1 |
Martin #39;s Presence Drives the Jets Knowing he was too hurt to be effective, running back Curtis Martin still wanted to be in the huddle as the New York Jets attempted to rally in the fourth quarter against the Cleveland Browns. | 1 |
Nowitzki Injures Ankle Against Nuggets (AP) AP - All-Star forward Dirk Nowitzki had to be helped to the Dallas locker room after twisting his left ankle Sunday night against the Denver Nuggets. | 1 |
Bush calls for broader Iraq debt relief SANTIAGO, Nov 21 (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Sunday welcomed newly scheduled Iraq elections and a deal to shave billions of dollars off the war-torn country #39;s debt, calling on all creditors to follow suit. | 0 |
Black box missing as investigators look into cause of China plane <b>...</b> BEIJING (AFP) - Investigators in China are searching for clues as to the cause of a plane crash that killed 54 people, but after more than 24 hours of efforts they have still not located the crucial black box. | 0 |
Man to face trial in Hookes case A 22-year-old hotel bouncer has been ordered to stand trial over the death of former Australian Test cricketer David Hookes. Zdravco Micevic has pleaded innocent to charges of manslaughter and assault. | 0 |
Thirty-Three Chinese Miners Dead in Blaze (AP) AP - A fire at a complex of iron mines in northern China killed at least 33 miners and trapped another 28, state media reported Monday. | 0 |
Radio One Makes Move CEO Alfred Liggins III to buy a controlling stake in radio personality Tom Joyner's media company, furthering his attempt to turn the radio company into a diversified media group.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
HGS Picks Watkins as New Chief Executive 20-year product development veteran from Abbott Laboratories will face the challenge of completing Human Genome Sciences' makeover from gene hunter to drug marketer.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
BearingPoint Leader Plans Shake-Up Analysts speculate that company is a possible target to be acquired and that big operational changes are in store for the 16,557-person technology consulting firm.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-Ellen McCarthy</b></font> | 3 |
BearingPoint Leader Plans Shake-Up Analysts speculate that company is a possible target to be acquired and that big operational changes are in store for the 16,557-person technology consulting firm. | 2 |
Mizuho 1st-Half Profit Falls 8 on Fewer Stock Gains (Update1) Mizuho Financial Group Inc., the world #39;s second-largest bank by assets, said first-half profit fell 8 percent after it failed to earn sufficient fee income to make up for reduced gains from stock investments. | 2 |
Packers Oust Texans 16-13 Green Bay Packers #39; Donald Driver, left, catches a 50-yard pass next to Houston Texans #39; Marcus Coleman (42) in the second quarter Sunday, Nov. 21, 2004, in Houston. | 1 |
Let #39;s hear it for the Heels Well, I was wrong about North Carolina #39;s matchup with UConn ... and am happy to be wrong. This is not to say anything against UConn. | 1 |
Utes Forcing Way In TAMPA - Just a few weeks ago, the Utah Utes were building an impassioned case for why they belonged in a Bowl Championship Series game. | 1 |
Ex-presidents to lead aid effort WASHINGTON -- President Bush, seeking to highlight America's concern over the Asian disaster, named his father and his predecessor yesterday to spearhead a private fund-raising campaign to help victims of last month's tsunamis, calling on Americans to ''contribute as they are able to do so." | 0 |
Paris Club agrees on Iraq debt reduction A French finance ministry spokesman said the Paris Club of creditor nations had reached a deal yesterday to write off 80 per cent of the debts Iraq owes them. | 0 |
Tough new laws on terror HOME Secretary David Blunkett yesterday promised sweeping new anti-terror laws if Labour wins an historic third term. He revealed a raft of measures - from jury-less courts for terror trials to allowing wire tap evidence in major cases. | 0 |
Hu tells Japanese leader his shrine visits are quot;crux quot; of problem <b>...</b> SANTIAGO : Chinese President Hu Jintao has told Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that his visits to a shrine honouring Japan #39;s war dead including war criminals are the quot;crux quot; of the problem in Sino-Japanese ties. | 0 |
An Exceptionally "EEVL" Search Resource One of the most respected engineering gateways on the web has just released four new databases providing free access to hundreds of online scientific and technical journals. | 3 |
Whole Latta heart Geno Auriemma told his team in the locker room that it was a no-win situation. Sylvia Hatchell had been saying just the opposite to her players for weeks. | 1 |
Raptors rally to drop Spurs TORONTO - Lamond Murray scored all 13 of his points in the fourth quarter, helping the Toronto Raptors overcome a 20-point deficit in the second half to beat the San Antonio Spurs 96-91 yesterday. | 1 |
Utah Enjoys BCS Celebration While It Can Utah Coach Urban Meyer is a man whose brown eyes boil with intensity. He subscribes to the football adage of taking one game at a time as if it were a directive from Scripture. | 1 |
Stick-up becomes unstuck at Aussie restaurant Sydney - Bemused diners watched as three hapless thieves unsuccessfully tried to kick open a sliding door in a botched attempt to rob an Australian seafood restaurant, police said on Monday. | 0 |
Advertisements You Didnt Demand Video-on-demand specials have so far appeared without advertisements. But Fox Cable Networks and Visa plan to try including ads in a show in January. | 3 |
Pulitzer Inc. says it #39;s considering sale ST. LOUIS - Pulitzer Inc. said Sunday that company officials are considering selling the newspaper publisher to boost shareholder value. | 2 |
Xstrata makes \$5.8B bid for WMC TOKYO (CBS.MW) - Swiss mining conglomerate Xstrata said Monday it offered to buy the entire issued share capital of major Australian mining company WMC Resources for A\$7.4 billion (\$5.79 billion) in cash. | 2 |
Crude Oil Little Changed After Gaining on Heating Oil Concern Crude oil futures were little changed in New York after surging 5.4 percent on Nov. 19 on speculation falling temperatures in Europe will boost competition with the US for heating fuel. | 2 |
Kmart-Sears merger not a cure Kmart Corp. #39;s cheeky proposal to acquire Sears, Roebuck and Co. for \$11 billion may be wowing Wall Street, but it doesn #39;t do anything to fix the serious problems afflicting two | 2 |
Newton ranked safest city in America Camden, NJ, has become the nation #39;s most-dangerous city, while at the other end of the spectrum, Newton, Mass., ranks as the safest city, according to a company #39;s yearly ranking based on crime statistics. | 2 |
Malaysia #39;s AirAsia rises sharply on debut KUALA LUMPUR : Shares in Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia rose sharply on their listing, doing well against a weaker broader market as investors bought into the low-cost concept, dealers said. | 2 |
Gas prices drop 5 cents nationwide SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- National gas prices dropped 5 cents per gallon in the past two weeks, according to a survey. Free! Sign up here to receive our SiteWatcher e-Newsletter! | 2 |
Wilbur Ross, Steel Winner, Bets on China Textiles as Quotas End Wilbur Ross used US government protection to merge four bankrupt steelmakers into a company so profitable he #39;s selling it for \$4.5 billion. | 2 |
Video game re-creates slaying of Kennedy A new video game to be released Monday allows players to simulate the assassination of President Kennedy. The release of JFK Reloaded is timed to coincide with the 41st anniversary | 3 |
Nintendo DS: Doubly good short for quot;Dual Screen quot; -* * 1/2 out of four, \$150) was designed to bring innovation to the portable video game market, so far only developer Sega has completely caught on. | 3 |
Nvidia, Intel Sign Agreement Intel has followed up its patent cross-licensing agreements with graphics processor maker ATI Technologies with a similar one with rival Nvidia. | 3 |
The phenomenon of Xbox #39;s gem, #39;Halo 2 #39; quot;Halo 2 quot; is unquestionably the most eagerly anticipated video game of 2004. But that may be a bit of an understatement. Its predecessor became a religion, a staple to what seems like 99 percent of dorm room gamers. | 3 |
Clash brings back bad memories for Tomjanovich Rudy Tomjanovich isn #39;t sure whether the TV images of the brawl between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers affected him more deeply because of what he went through in another on-court brawl 27 years ago. | 1 |
Sorenstam wins ADT Championship, Rosales 4th West Palm Beach, FLORIDA - Annika Sorenstam bogeyed the first hole of a playoff to win her third ADT Championship at Trump International Golf Club Sunday (Monday in Manila). | 1 |
FOR ELI, LINE PUTS ON GOOD FRONT The Giants #39; fourth offensive snap yesterday provided the afternoon #39;s first obvious mistake. Its plot sounded frighteningly familiar. | 1 |
Redskins Can #39;t Keep TO From Dancing in End Zone Wide receiver Terrell Owens found a vacant corner of the end zone and executed his pattern perfectly, a picture of fluidity with his feet planted firmly on the turf and both hands rising above his head. | 1 |
Vikings 22 Lions 19 MINNEAPOLIS Daunte Culpepper engineered a pair of touchdown drives in the fourth quarter to lead Minnesota #39;s 22-to-19 win over Detroit. | 1 |
U.S. to Help Rebuild Tsunami-Stricken Lives -- Powell BANGKOK (Reuters) - The United States will help the millions devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami, but an effort on the scale of the post-World War II Marshall Plan is probably not needed, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday. | 0 |
Powell meets Israel #39;s Sharon US Secretary of State Colin Powell has met Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for talks expected to focus on steps Israel could take to facilitate a Palestinian presidential election scheduled for January. | 0 |
International conference on Iraq opening in Egypt SHARM EL SHEIKH (Egypt), November 22 (Itar-Tass) - An international conference on Iraq is opening in the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Sharm El Sheikh on Monday. | 0 |
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