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Early to rise? Not for UConn quot;I think the game played out probably the way I thought it would play out, quot; he said. quot;I can #39;t say that I #39;m really, really that surprised. | 1 |
Broncos #39; rout frustrates Saints owner NEW ORLEANS -- Another blowout loss left New Orleans owner Tom Benson furious and wondering whether his team belonged in the NFL. Reuben Droughns rushed for 166 yards and a touchdown, Jake Plummer threw for | 1 |
Green #39;s move has us fishing for answers Although the move was stunning, the outcome was predictable and the latest effort from our resident football/fishing genius may have finished off the Cardinals for good. | 1 |
U.S., Afghan Forces Raid Homes in Kabul (AP) AP - American and Afghan forces searching for three kidnapped U.N. workers smashed their way into houses in downtown Kabul early Monday, officials and witnesses said. | 0 |
U.S. Commander: More GIs Needed in Iraq (AP) AP - The United States will boost its forces in Iraq to a record number of 150,000 in coming weeks because inexperienced Iraqi troops cannot ensure security for next month's national elections, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said Saturday. | 0 |
Russia Agrees to Write Off Iraqi Debt to Paris Club Russia agreed on Sunday to forgive up to 80 percent of Iraqs debts to the Paris Club (about \$33 billion). A US Treasury official quoted by Reuters said they received this information from Russia. | 0 |
killer quake rocks dominica, guadeloupe THE ISLANDS of Dominica and Guadeloupe were rocked by a massive earthquake killing at least one person and destroying numerous homes. | 0 |
Sorenstam Ends the Year With Trophy (AP) AP - Despite 33 victories in the last four years, Annika Sorenstam keeps saying that winning is not as easy as she makes it look. | 1 |
China plane 'flew like drunkard' A plane which plunged into a frozen lake in China killing 54 people was flying erratically moments before it crashed. | 0 |
Camden tops dangerous cities list Camden has become the nation #39;s most-dangerous city, a national ranking company based in Kansas announced Sunday. Camden, which was ranked third worst last year, took the dubious honor from | 2 |
Legal fees add to James Hardie #39;s troubles PETER CAVE: The disgraced building products firm James Hardie has revealed softer first half profits as a result of costs related to an inquiry into its asbestos compensation fund. | 2 |
Cable #39;s Rivals Lure Customers With Packages For years, consumers who wanted to cut the cord with their cable company found that getting television and high-speed Internet service often meant the inconvenience of finding two new providers. | 2 |
Lampert #39;s potent force in investing branches into retailing DreamWorks SKG co-founder David Geffen laughs when asked what it #39;s like to invest with Edward Lampert, the hedge fund manager and Kmart chairman who startled the | 2 |
Tasteless JFK video game hits the Internet Just in time for today #39;s 41st anniversary of President John F. Kennedy #39;s assassination, a tasteless Internet game is being launched that lets players be Lee Harvey Oswald. | 3 |
Sorenstam ends the year with another trophy Despite 33 victories in the last four years, Annika Sorenstam keeps saying that winning is not as easy as she makes it look. Not many could argue with her at the season-ending ADT Championship. | 1 |
Another Manning controls a team #39;s future This is a rotten time for moral victories. Like it or not, the New York Giants received one Sunday. While their playoff hopes took another hit when their rally | 1 |
UNC upends UConn quot;I think the game played out probably the way I thought it would play out, quot; he said. quot;I can #39;t say that I #39;m really, really that surprised. | 1 |
Boulware returns interception 60 yards for TD With the game tied 17-17, the Dolphins stopped the Seahawks on downs and got the ball at their own 47 with 1:51 remaining. On third down, AJ Feeley threw a 7-yard pass to Chris Chambers for a first down at the Seattle 41. | 1 |
McNabb throws four more touchdowns in ninth victory Putting the teams #39; records aside, quarterback Donovan McNabb knew this would not be an easy game to win. McNabb studied the films and he knew Washington would come with a defense that would | 1 |
The Legacy of Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat, long-time leader of the Palestinian people, died in Paris on November 11 at the age of 75. He had been taken to France for medical treatment after falling gravely ill at the Palestine Authority | 0 |
APEC shows power as primary regional forum The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) has shown again its power as the primary economic forum in the Pacific Rim, as 21 top leaders from its member economies | 0 |
Iraq election date announced Iraq #39;s Electoral Commission has announced that elections in the country will go ahead on January 30, not January 27 as previously suggested. | 0 |
UK ; Prince Charles hits back UK News, The Prince of Wales is taking the unprecedented step of hitting back at criticism from senior politicians over his views on education. | 0 |
Hookes: Bouncer to stand trial Melbourne - A hotel bouncer charged over the death of former Australian Test cricketer David Hookes will stand trial early next year on charges of manslaughter and assault, a court heard on Monday. | 0 |
AstraZeneca Buys 20 Stake in Cambridge Antibody (Update1) AstraZeneca Plc, the UK #39;s second biggest drugmaker, bought a 19.9 percent stake in Cambridge Antibody Technology Group Plc, an unprofitable biotechnology company, for 75 million pounds (\$139 million). | 2 |
Mike Wallace subpoenaed Richard Scrushy once sat down to talk with ''60 Minutes" correspondent Mike Wallace about allegations that Scrushy started a huge fraud while chief executive of rehabilitation giant HealthSouth Corp. Now, Scrushy wants Wallace to do the talking. | 2 |
Boston Capital hopes to raise \$1b in IPO Boston Capital Real Estate Investment Trust Inc., an owner of apartment complexes in Florida, Oregon, Washington, and Utah, boosted the size of its initial public offering to as high as \$1 billion. The Boston-based company plans to sell as many as 100 million shares for \$10 each, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In November, Boston ... | 2 |
Bringing back conversion vans An automotive fad of the 1970s, customized vans, might be the next big thing coming out of Detroit. | 2 |
Busch pulls out Cup title When his right-front tire went flying off early in the Ford 400, the final race of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, Kurt Busch, it seemed, was destined to spend his offseason | 1 |
Lelie-Plummer connection produces 6th TD of season Reuben Droughns scored a 51-yard touchdown on his first carry of the game and gained 11 more yards on first down to start Denver #39;s next drive. | 1 |
Dollar sees gains against the euro The US dollar rose against the euro and other major currencies yesterday, recovering after some early losses as foreign exchange trading resumed in the new year. | 2 |
FOOTBALL: BLATTER: I #39;LL BACK WALK-OFF FIFA president Sepp Blatter last night said he would have supported England #39;s players had they staged a walk-off in Madrid last week. | 1 |
Man sues Brigham and Women's over death of his wife The widower of a woman who died at Brigham amp; Women's Hospital while delivering her first child is suing the hospital, alleging that doctors accidentally damaged at least two arteries during the emergency delivery, then disregarded signs that she was bleeding to death. | 2 |
Developer to sell rentals in Allston as condos Another developer plans to capitalize on a hot condo market by selling off its rental apartments to home buyers. | 2 |
Future of Illini's Turner's at Hand (AP) AP - Illinois coach Ron Turner deflected questions about his future all season long, not wanting to be a distraction or take away from his players and the games they had left. | 1 |
Powell: US will aid Palestinian elections Seeing a rare and probably fleeting opportunity to influence the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, the Bush administration is preparing financial assistance to help Palestinians | 0 |
Canberra forgives Iraq #39;s \$1.1bn debt CANBERRA will excuse Iraq \$1.1 billion that it owes Australia as the war-torn nation attempts to get back on its feet financially. | 0 |
Genzyme banks its future on cancer drugs When Genzyme Inc. breaks down its revenue this year, there's a big hole: treatment of cancer. | 2 |
57 die in China mine disaster 57 miners have died in a fire at five connected iron ore mines in northern China. The fire started last Saturday in a privately run mine in Shahe city, and rapidly spread to four other mines nearby, trapping 106 people working underground. | 0 |
India cuts troops numbers in Srinagar A battalion of Indian Army soldiers has pulled out of Kashmir #39;s summer capital Srinagar, marking the first withdrawal from the urban hub of insurgency in the Himalayan state. | 0 |
Iraq ; Iraq looks to world for approval Iraq News, The two-day conference in the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh will start with a meeting of the foreign ministers of Iraq, its six neighbours and Egypt. | 0 |
Security forces raid houses, detain suspects in Afghan capital KABUL, Afghanistan Officials and witnesses say foreign and Afghan security forces have raided houses in Kabul, smashing their way in and detaining several men. | 0 |
Crude futures fall more than \$1 Crude futures fell more than \$1 a barrel yesterday amid mild weather in the US Northeast on the first trading day of the new year. | 2 |
Wright is right again LAS VEGAS -- Shane Mosley gave Winky Wright his big chance. After beating Mosley a second time, Wright is now ready to cash in on it. | 1 |
Two-for-one deal for Roush HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Greg Biffle gave his car owner, Jack Roush , a two-for-one special yesterday, winning the Ford 400 NASCAR Nextel Cup finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway on the same day Kurt Busch , Biffle's Roush Racing teammate, finished fifth to capture the inaugural Chase for the Nextel Cup championship. | 1 |
Sydney protesters get free travel Sydney commuters get a day's free travel after an unprecedented protest against the city's rail network. | 0 |
PeopleSoft board once again spurns Oracle #39;s bid SAN FRANCISCO - Business-software maker PeopleSoft said Saturday its board had again unanimously rejected Oracle #39;s \$9.2 billion tender offer as inadequate, a day after 61 percent of PeopleSoft shares were tendered to Oracle. | 2 |
US and Europe play blame game over dollar Europe and the US kept up a war of words over the sliding US dollar at a G20 meeting of rich and developing nations over the weekend, blaming each other for the currency #39;s fall and avoiding new steps or rhetoric to halt it. | 2 |
Camden overtakes Detroit as most-dangerous city TRENTON, NJ A Kansas company #39;s yearly ranking has Camden, New Jersey, as the nation #39;s most dangerous city. The rankings based on crime statistics are detailed in Morgan Quitno #39;s quot;City Crime Rankings, quot; an annual reference book. | 2 |
AWB clinches #39;tough #39; China deal Wheat exporter AWB has clinched the biggest sale to China in more than a decade. AWB will supply 1.5 million tonnes of wheat, a sale it values at around \$200 million. | 2 |
BT chases after military action TELECOMS group BT will bid this week for a 4bn Ministry of Defence contract to stitch together IT systems for Britain #39;s armed forces. | 2 |
Let's play hedge fund The requirements to start a hedge fund are pretty basic. You need a desk, a computer, and some rich clients to hand over lots of money to put at risk. | 2 |
Search tools, music gadgets and e-mail, oh my The year #39;s biggest upset in sports has to be the Boston Red Sox #39;s improbable world championship. The biggest upset in politics: that choosing the president did not require Supreme Court intervention. | 3 |
Golf: Playoff bogey enough to bring Sorenstam LPGA crown WEST PALM BEACH, United States : Annika Sorenstam captured her eighth title of the year here Sunday, beating Cristie Kerr in a playoff for the season-ending LPGA ADT Championship with a bogey on the first playoff hole. | 1 |
Top 25 roundup: North Carolina upsets UConn quot;I think the game played out probably the way I thought it would play out, quot; he said. quot;I can #39;t say that I #39;m really, really that surprised. | 1 |
Injury report; stars of the day Green Bay running back Ahman Green left last night #39;s game against the Houston Texans after aggravating a rib injury. Green had returned in the second quarter after leaving earlier with the rib problem. | 1 |
Empty feelings For weeks, months - really for two years - Butch Davis has talked about little else but spilled guts, effort and heart in his postgame press conferences. | 1 |
Times Co. to buy stake in free Boston paper The New York Times Co. , owner of The Boston Globe, said it will buy a 49 percent stake in Metro Boston, the free newspaper distributed to commuters. | 2 |
Troops Raid Homes in Search for UN Hostages American and Afghan forces searching for three kidnapped UN workers smashed their way into a number of Kabul houses today. About 10 people were detained in the pre-dawn operation, but there was no indication the three foreigners had been found. | 0 |
Nonprofit officer arrested in thefts Police had been hunting Scott Pfiel, a former director of Meals on Wheels Chicago, for months when they finally found their theft suspect -- holding down a high-profile job at an Indianapolis nonprofit. | 2 |
First full planes, then full stomachs Passengers flying toward their Thanksgiving feasts can expect to find crowded airports and packed flights on the way. By JEAN HELLER, Times Staff Writer. | 2 |
Outrage over JFK slay video game A British firm seeking to capitalize on the anniversary of President John F. Kennedy #39;s murder today is issuing JFK Reloaded, #39; #39; a purportedly educational docu-game #39; #39; that lets players | 3 |
New chip designs help AMD boost market share Design engineer Alan Lear has rolled up his sleeves. His lab is crammed with motherboards and oscilloscopes. He scans a screen showing the signal | 3 |
In Spain, a missing link? NEW YORK Scientists in Spain have discovered fossils of an ape species from about 13 million years ago that they think may have been the last common ancestor of all living great apes, including humans. | 3 |
Man hurt keeping his tiger from teen ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. - The owner of a wildlife sanctuary was injured by a 350-pound Siberian tiger that was startled by a 14-year-old boy at a county fair, officials said Sunday. | 1 |
Minsheng sells stake to Temasek BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhuaent) -- China #39;s first private lender, Minsheng Bank, has won regulatory approval to sell a 4.55 percent stake to a Singapore government firm, clearing the final hurdle for the investment in a fast-opening financial arena. | 2 |
Eagles wing it, win easily The Redskins fail to capitalize on scoring chances and fall to 3-7, the worst start in Joe Gibbs #39; coaching career. PHILADELPHIA -- Good teams score touchdowns when they have a first down from the opponents #39; 10-yard line. | 1 |
Notebook: Mavs #39; Nowitzski out after ankle sprain All-Star forward Dirk Nowitzki had to be helped to the Dallas locker room after twisting his left ankle last night against the Denver Nuggets. | 1 |
Rusty McNair leads Titans over Jaguars McNair threw a touchdown pass, directed two other scoring drives as the Titans (4-6) beat the Jacksonville Jaguars (6-4) 18-15 Sunday. | 1 |
Police arrest man on suspicion of murdering French student (AFP) AFP - Police arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of murdering a French student in August, Scotland Yard said. | 0 |
Threats Delay Vote Preparations in Mosul (AP) AP - Death threats have chased away four elections officials in Mosul, stalling preparations for the vote in the northern city. Insurgents have torched election materials and a militant group believed to operate in Mosul has warned Iraqis not to participate in the election. | 0 |
Eli earns #39;E #39; for effort Some quarterbacks take weeks to get comfortable in the NFL. Sometimes it takes several years. Yesterday it took Eli Manning a mere 30 minutes. | 1 |
England intent on revenge against Australia England vice-captain Mike Tindall insists the world champions will be motivated by a sense of payback when they tackle Australia at Twickenham next Saturday. | 1 |
Colts Punish Bears 41-10 (AP) AP - Edgerrin James on the ground. Peyton Manning through the air. The Indianapolis Colts made it look easy. | 1 |
Oracle claims mandate from PeopleSoft shareholders Oracle has announced that, as of midnight (US Eastern Standard Time) on Friday 19 November, 228,702,471 shares of PeopleSoft common stock, representing more than 60 per cent of the outstanding shares, had been validly tendered in support of its all-cash | 2 |
Dollar hovers near record low The dollar sank Monday to within half a cent of last week #39;s record low against the euro after a weekend meeting of world finance chiefs ended with no agreement to stem the greenback #39;s decline. | 2 |
Krispy Kreme Posts Loss, Scraps Sales Forecast (Update1) Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc., the second-largest US doughnut maker, had a fiscal third- quarter loss of \$3 million, or 5 cents a share, compared with net income of \$14.5 million, or 23 cents, a year earlier. | 2 |
Xstrata in new bid for mines firm Swiss mining firm Xstrata has relaunched an \$7.4bn Australian dollar (\$5.8bn) takeover bid for Australia #39;s WMC by appealing to its shareholders. | 2 |
Hartford listed as nation #39;s seventh-most dangerous city _ Hartford has been named the nation #39;s seventh-most dangerous city, while Danbury and Stamford have been recognized for their safety, according to a company #39;s annual ranking based on crime statistics. | 2 |
ING to sell Baring Asset Management Financial group ING has agreed to sell Baring Asset Management to US groups MassMutual and Northern Trust and says it will make a net gain of 250 million euros (176 million pounds) on the deal. | 2 |
Econ Edge: The Economic Week This week will see the release of October new and existing home sales, a measure of strength in the housing industry. But the short holiday week will also leave investors looking ahead to the holiday travel season. | 2 |
Mylan says Icahn talks not in co #39;s best interests Mylan Laboratories Inc. (MYL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said its board does not believe discussions with financier Carl Icahn #39;s about his unsolicited proposal to buy the company are in the company #39;s best interests. | 2 |
James Hardie will miss forecasts MELBOURNE James Hardie Industries, Australia #39;s fourth-biggest maker of building materials, said Monday that full-year profit would miss analysts #39; estimates because of boycotts by unions protesting the handling of asbestos compensation. | 2 |
Uphill battle for Sears/Kmart Twenty years ago, I wrote a report called quot;Retailer or Realtor, quot; that argued retailers had huge hidden real estate values. | 2 |
Swift blasts off on dying star mission Swift, a satellite space lab that will hunt and study the most violent explosions ever seen in the universe, has finally launched from Cape Canaveral. | 3 |
JFK Assassination Video Game Technology brings a whole new light to history.Technology brings a whole new light to history.Technology brings a whole new light to history. | 3 |
Dixons spells out the future - DVD Dixons is to phase out video cassette recorders in its namesake stores after revealing that DVD players are now outselling VCRs by a ratio of 40 to one. | 3 |
AMD loses nVidia monopoly Intel users will be able to use nVidia graphics hardware in the future after a surprise announcement from the two companies. The deal will be welcomed by users who will be able to use nVidia #39;s nForce platform | 3 |
Fossil find may be the father of us all Spanish anthropologists, intrigued by a single fossil tooth found near a Catalonian village, dug up more of the animal #39;s stony skeleton and announced they have discovered what may be the last common ancestor of all the world #39;s living great apes | 3 |
RIAA sues filesharing US students The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is suing 761 people for alleged illegal filesharing. University students are a particular focus of the legal action with 25 people named for using university networks to distribute music. | 3 |
New Sober variant spreading A new version of the Sober e-mail worm started spreading in Europe on Friday, according to antivirus suppliers, which have given the worm a mid-level threat rating. | 3 |
#39;Half-Life #39; sequelenters excitingnew territory It #39;s been a long commute for Gordon Freeman. He nodded off on the train from Black Mesa six years ago, exhausted from his victory over the vile, slime-spewing aliens infesting the atomic research station. | 3 |
India debates manned space flight BANGALORE (AFP) - India #39;s space agency is ready to send a man to space within seven years if the government gives the nod, while preparations have already begun for the launch of an unmanned lunar mission, a top official said. | 3 |
3G mobile service set for take-off With most technical issues resolved and giants like Vodafone signing up customers, 2005 could be the year when third-generation (3G) mobile services finally gain a global audience. | 3 |
US Air Force deploys Microsoft and Dell The US Air Force has awarded a \$500m, six-year contract to Microsoft Corp and Dell Corp, to update and consolidate 38 software licenses across multiple sites on more than 525,000 machines. | 3 |
NBAs knockout punch Indiana #39;s Ron Artest yesterday was suspended without pay for the rest of the season for fighting with fans during a bench-clearing brawl Friday night in the final minute of a game against the Detroit Pistons in Auburn Hills, Mich. | 1 |
Federer finishes in style Roger Federer, the top seed and world number one, has rounded off his outstanding year with victory in the Masters Cup over Australian Lleyton Hewitt. | 1 |
UPDATE 2-India make impressive reply in first test India openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir shared an unbeaten first wicket partnership of 185 on the third day of the first test on Monday. | 1 |
Golf pair deliver another World Cup for England Luke Donald and Paul Casey are unlikely to be awarded MBEs but they have given England another World Cup victory to crow about. The pair will not be talked about in the same way as Jonny Wilkinson after his | 1 |
NFL: Eli Manning loses debut but inspires Giant hopes After a shaky first half, Eli Manning showed why the Giants mortgaged their future on draft day. Manning led New York on two second-half drives that turned a one-sided game into a thriller in a 14-10 loss to Atlanta on Sunday. | 1 |
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