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Goosen Forges One-Shot Lead at Grand Slam of Golf South Africa #39;s Retief Goosen fired a seven-under-par 65 to take a one-shot lead over the season #39;s other three major winners after the first round of the 36-hole PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Kauai, Hawaii on Tuesday. | 1 |
UNITED THROUGH MANCHESTER, England: Manchester United qualified for the Champions League knockout phase with a 2-1 Group D victory over French champions Olympique Lyon last night. | 1 |
Kings Defeat Rockets 102-96 Sacramento Kings guard Bobby Jackson, right, tries to shoot over the outstretched arm of Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, of China, left, during the fourth quarter in Sacramento, Calif. | 1 |
2 arrested for alleged racial taunts at Yorke Police yesterday arrested two men in connection with alleged racist taunts aimed at Birmingham City striker Dwight Yorke. YORKE... accused Rovers fans of making monkey gestures towards him last Sunday. | 1 |
Real Madrid Faces Champions League Decider in Empty Stadium Real Madrid #39;s all-star soccer team will play its sixth and final Champions League group game in an empty Rome stadium next month facing the prospect of first-round elimination for the first time in eight seasons. | 1 |
Barcelona to take on Celtic Join Group F leaders Barcelona take on Celtic today, knowing that a draw and a point will be enough for them to book their place in the last 16 of the Champions League. | 1 |
No. 12 Louisville Routs Chaminade in Hawaii Taquan Dean scored 21 points and the Cardinals bounced back from an opening-round loss to beat Chaminade, 93-63, yesterday in the consolation bracket of the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii. | 1 |
Goosen Leads Grand Slam by One Stroke (AP) AP - U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen shot a 7-under-par 65 to take a one-stroke lead Tuesday over PGA champion Vijay Singh in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf. | 1 |
Gene tops first day of Barcelona test Marc Gene put in a good performance on his first day of testing with his new Ferrari team, setting the pace at Barcelona, Spain. Gene, who has spent the past four years testing for rival BMW-Williams, posted a top lap of 1:15.662 in the F2004. | 1 |
It #39;s Official: Spurrier Is Hired to Coach Gamecocks Steve Spurrier was hired at South Carolina yesterday after the school trustees #39; executive board approved a seven-year deal worth \$1.25 million a season for the former Florida football coach. | 1 |
Henson Set to Start for Injured Testaverde Dallas Cowboys Coach Bill Parcells said yesterday that the rookie quarterback Drew Henson would make his first NFL start tomorrow against Chicago quot;unless things change appreciably with Vinny. | 1 |
Chinese Space Official to Visit NASA Chief (Reuters) Reuters - The head of China's space agency\will visit NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe next week, a move\one U.S. expert said could mean increased cooperation between\the two countries. | 3 |
NBA Players' Union Appeals Suspensions NEW YORK (Sports Network) - In a move that seemed almost inevitable, the NBA players' union filed an appeal Tuesday on behalf of the Pacers' Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal. | 1 |
Arctic Nations to Make Scant Promises to Slow Thaw (Reuters) Reuters - Eight Arctic countries will make\scant promises to slow a rapid thaw of the region linked to\global warming at a meeting in Iceland on Wednesday after U.S.\opposition to firmer action, delegates said. | 3 |
Pakistan must act to prevent AIDS: UNAIDS LONDON: Asian countries are at great risk from AIDS, but countries like Pakistan, where prevalence is low, can ward off potential epidemics through prevention programmes if they act quickly, the United Nations reported on Tuesday. | 0 |
World powers and neighbours back Iraqi elections SHARM EL SHEIKH: The worlds main powers and the Middle East countries put on a rare show of unity on Tuesday to support January elections in Iraq that UN chief Kofi Annan termed critical to quell rampant violence. | 0 |
Report: Man in Jakarta bombing arrested Indonesian media reports said the man alleged to be the field coordinator behind the bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta has been arrested. | 0 |
Singh, Aziz to talk after India-Pakistan spat Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz meets his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on Wednesday to hold talks that are expected to put aside a recent spat over disputed | 0 |
Britain plans tougher laws to fight terror LONDON: The British government announced yesterday a range of new measures to fight global terrorism and organised crime, as Queen Elizabeth set out its new lawmaking agenda. | 0 |
States Pull Out of Talks to Cut Aircraft Pollution (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. state and local air pollution\control officials said on Tuesday they are pulling out of\five-year-old talks to develop a voluntary program for reducing\pollution from aircraft engines. | 3 |
Half of Brazil's Amazon Jungle Occupied-Study (Reuters) Reuters - About half of Brazil's\original Amazon rainforest has been occupied by man, deforested\or used for industry like logging and its destruction is worse\than government data shows, a leading environmental group said\on Tuesday. | 3 |
Clippers' Livingston Placed on Injured List LOS ANGELES (Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Clippers placed rookie guard Shaun Livingston on the injured list Tuesday with a dislocated right kneecap. | 1 |
UK Plans New Laws Against Animal Rights Militants (Reuters) Reuters - Britain proposed new laws on Tuesday to\stop increasingly militant animal rights campaigners from\harassing scientists involved in medical experiments. | 3 |
EU Allows More Catches of Exotic Deep-Sea Fish (Reuters) Reuters - EU fisheries ministers agreed quotas\on Tuesday for new member states to catch deepwater fish,\exotic but threatened species that are fast becoming an\alternative to mainstays like cod and hake, officials said. | 3 |
Goosen on Top at Grand Slam KAUAI, Hawaii (Sports Network) - Reigning U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen shot a seven-under-par 65 on Tuesday to take the lead after the opening round of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf. | 1 |
Fact vs. Fiction: 10 Questions to Test Your Space IQ (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - Science speeds along so fast that it can be hard sometimes to know exactly \ what's known. So now and then its helpful to pause and ponder the state of things. | 3 |
Pope Receives Honorary Degree in Poland (AP) AP - Pope John Paul II received an honorary degree Tuesday from Nicholas Copernicus University in his native Poland, calling it a "sign of dialogue" between science and faith. | 3 |
Huge Black Holes Formed Quickly After Big Bang (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - Incredibly massive black holes had fully matured just a billion years after the birth of the universe, according to two separate studies. | 3 |
Species-Threatening Snails Found in Colo. (AP) AP - Tough and tiny snails that threaten to crowd out native species by hogging all the food have shown up in a Colorado creek for the first time, state wildlife biologists said Tuesday. | 3 |
Sorenstam Keeps Alive Grand Slam Dream WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Annika Sorenstam had no sooner clinched her 10th win of the year at the LPGA's season-ending ADT Tour Championship than she was already making her plans for the future. | 1 |
Groups Join, Seek Action on Global Warming (AP) AP - More than a dozen conservation and public health advocacy groups joined on Tuesday to throw their collective support behind further legislative action to prevent global warming. | 3 |
Union Appeals, Pacers Protest and 2 Fans Sue The N.B.A. Players Association filed an appeal to Commissioner David Stern over the suspensions of the Pacers' Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal. | 1 |
With Less Swagger, Spurrier Returns to SEC Steve Spurrier arrived Tuesday at Williams-Brice Stadium to be introduced as the new football coach at the University of South Carolina. | 1 |
Museum Addition Brings More Things to Try (AP) AP - Kids arm-wrestle all the time, but over the Internet? And there's nothing unusual about checking your weight, but in gallons? And all of this to illustrate lessons about networks and the search for life in outer space? | 3 |
Scientist Who Created K Ration Diet Dies (AP) AP - Ancel Keys, the University of Minnesota scientist who invented the K ration diet used by soldiers in World War II and who linked high cholesterol and fatty diets to heart disease, has died at the age of 100. | 3 |
Anger Management May Not Help at All The brawl that erupted last week at a basketball game has exposed the weakness of a common assumption: that anger can be treated almost as if it were an infection. | 1 |
Congress OKs #36;2.6M for Oyster Research (AP) AP - Congress has approved spending another #36;2.6 million to research putting Asian oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. | 3 |
Mourning Meets Ratner: Don't Ask Alonzo Mourning again shook things up when he questioned the Nets' new owner, Bruce C. Ratner, on his motive for purchasing the team. | 1 |
Branch return breathtaking It took Deion Branch nine weeks to get his quot;breath quot; back but when he did he left the Kansas City Chiefs breathless. | 1 |
Pacers circle wagons In the aftermath of the Friday night fight between the Pacers, the Pistons, and raucous fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Indiana coach Rick Carlisle borrowed a phrase from Winston Churchill, saying, quot;the imagination is baffled by the facts. quot; During a pair of news conferences at Conseco Fieldhouse yesterday that addressed the unprecedented NBA penalties levied against ... | 1 |
They have bond You may have seen Patriots owner Robert Kraft sitting with Red Sox owner John Henry at Fenway Park last season, and the two sat together at a playoff game in New York. They were together again Nov. 14 when the Patriots honored the Red Sox with a ceremony at Gillette Stadium. | 1 |
Facet of KC offense was a bit run down It was another record-setting day for the Kansas City Chiefs' offense last night, but New England proved it could get by with focusing primarily on stopping the run. | 1 |
Artest Says 'Move On' Ron Artest asks the public to "move on," as reports that an additional player was involved in the melee reach local authorities. | 1 |
A Tragic Free Fall The surprising death of Justin Strzelczyk, a former starter with the Steelers, leaves his friends and family with unanswered questions. | 1 |
Hokies' Imoh Is Ailing Virginia Tech tailback Mike Imoh won't practice this week because of a strained hamstring and a bout of the flu and is questionable to play in Saturday's game against Virginia. | 1 |
Hollenbach Gets Call Quarterback Sam Hollenbach will start Maryland's season-ending game against Wake Forest unless Jordan Steffy makes a highly improbable recovery from a concussion. | 1 |
S. Carolina Gets Spurrier Steve Spurrier takes over at South Carolina on Tuesday, returning to the college ranks after a three-year absence, and replacing Lou Holtz. | 1 |
Coaches on Firing Line The NFL coaches whose job security is under the most intense scrutiny these days are the Cleveland Browns' Butch Davis and the New Orleans Saints' Jim Haslett. | 1 |
Pacers Pull Out Win Jamaal Tinsley has a career-high 29 points and James Jones had a career-best 22 points and 10 rebounds to lead the suspension-weakened Pacers to a 106-96 win over the Celtics. | 1 |
Terps Start Slow, Erupt Maryland's potent offense erupts in the second half, scoring three goals in a four-minute span, as the Terrapins defeat Hofstra, 4-0, in an NCAA soccer tournament second-round game Tuesday night. | 1 |
Rockets Blast Back Bruce Gradkowski directs six second-half touchdown drives in Toledo's 49-41 victory Tuesday night over Bowling Green, putting the Rockets in the MAC title game. | 1 |
UNC Stops Tennessee Rashad McCants scores 27 points and North Carolina rides a sharp first half to a 94-81 victory over Tennessee in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational. | 1 |
NBA Brawler Ron Artest, Playing a Different Tune Yesterday morning things seemed pretty dicey for the NBA's Ron Artest, as chatter about "the poster boy for bad behavior" and talk of federal lawsuits, possible criminal charges and suspension appeals fluttered about the airwaves. <em>D</em><em>rama</em>, people. Then there was the little matter of the \$5 million -- \$5 million! -- in lost wages, the kind of thing that happens when you hand out beatdowns to fans, and end up being told to sit your heinie down for the rest of the season and repent. | 1 |
We're not so inEFFectual <strong>Letters</strong> Just you try battling the pigopolists, mate | 3 |
Microsoft sees bespoke Windows everywhere <strong>Analysis</strong> Premium hand-tuning service available | 3 |
<em>Reg</em> readers stick it to big tech <strong>Letters</strong> And just how long is a piece of string? | 3 |
Google sued by nude photo website A California-based pornographer says it is suing Google for providing illegal access to its website. | 3 |
Police tackle internet crime For the first time outside London, Welsh businesses join workshops to speak to police about internet crime. | 3 |
Queen unveils ID card scheme Plans for a new compulsory ID card scheme are unveiled during the Queen's Speech. | 3 |
Drivers 'ignoring mobile rules' Many drivers are ignoring the ban on using phones while driving, a survey suggests as tough new measures are expected. | 3 |
Napalm joke gets advert banned An advert for a Vietnam War PlayStation 2 game is banned over a reference to napalm. | 3 |
Global Chip Plant Use Falls as Slowdown Seen TOKYO (Reuters) - The utilization rate of the world's chip factories fell in July-September from the previous quarter, the first decline in almost two years and the latest evidence of a slowdown in the semiconductor sector. | 3 |
Plasma TVs Lead Gadget Price Declines NEW YORK (Reuters) - Falling prices in September for plasma televisions and digital cameras sparked the biggest monthly decline in U.S. consumer electronics prices in five months, according to an industry study prepared for Reuters. | 3 |
AMD: Chip Sales Rebound After U.S. Election SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Computer chip sales have recovered from a "hiccup" caused by anxiety surrounding the Nov. 2 U.S. presidential election, an Advanced Micro Devices Inc. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=AMD.N qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">AMD.N</A> executive said on Tuesday. | 3 |
Honda's Minimoto Maxii Tops Kids' Wish Lists-Yahoo An electric miniature motorcycle called the Honda <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=7267.T qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">7267.T</A> Minimoto Maxii tops this year's holiday wish list, according to Yahoo Inc.'s <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=YHOO.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">YHOO.O</A> Yahooligans Web site, which compiled votes from more than 185,000 U.S. youngsters aged 7 to 12 and released its annual list of Top 10 Toys late on Monday. | 3 |
Viacom Settles Outstanding FCC Fines Broadcaster has agreed to pay a record \$3.5M to erase a number of proposed radio indecency fines, including one against the "Opie Anthony Show" and another against shock jock Howard Stern.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>- The Washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
FDA to Issue Guidelines On Biotech Food Agency to publish draft guidelines that would encourage companies to submit voluntary safety evaluations of bioengineered crops that sometimes drift and cross-pollinate with nearby plants.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>- The Washington Post</b></font> | 3 |
Hackers Use Web Sites, Ads to Infect PCs Hackers co-opted several popular Web sites including comedycentral.com over the weekend, using them to infect thousands of computers with a virus that can be used to steal passwords, bank accounts and other personal information. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</b></font> | 3 |
Iran Rules Out Complete Nuclear Dismantling (Reuters) Reuters - Iran will never be prepared to\dismantle its nuclear program entirely but remains committed to\the non-proliferation treaty (NPT), its chief delegate to the\International Atomic Energy Agency said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Thanks to iPod, Apple's Rolling in Gravy While saying grace over the holiday spread, Apple executives might toss in a "thank you" for an influential analyst whose rosy report on iPod's ability to spur sales helped drive the company's stock up to a four-year high. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</b></font> | 3 |
EU Judge in Microsoft Appeal Calls Meeting The judge deciding whether to suspend the European Union's antitrust order against software giant Microsoft Corp. has called a meeting for this week after two key backers of the EU's decision pulled out of the case, officials said Tuesday. | 3 |
Ukraine Opposition Renews Street Protests Over Poll (Reuters) Reuters - Thousands of demonstrators pressing to\install Ukraine's opposition leader as president after a\disputed election launched fresh street rallies in the capital\for the third day Wednesday. | 0 |
Car Bombers Strike Near Green Zone, 7 Dead BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A double suicide car bomb attack devastated a police station just outside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone on Saturday, killing seven people and wounding 57 in the latest strike against Iraq's beleaguered security forces. | 0 |
JFK Internet Game Assailed Is this going too far? <br>JFK Reloaded, after all, is an online game that deals with the John F. Kennedy assassination and was made available yesterday -- the 41st anniversary of the president's death. | 3 |
A Daily Look at U.S. Iraq Military Deaths (AP) AP - As of Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004, at least 1,229 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 957 died as a result of hostile action, the Defense Department said. The figures include three military civilians. | 0 |
Rejecting the Next Bill Gates As Condoleezza Rice enters the State Department, she will face a number of pressing foreign policy problems that she cannot solve. This will not be for lack of effort or intelligence on her part. It's just that many foreign policy crises involve the interests and activities of countries across the globe, and changing them takes time. And even then, whether it's Iran, North Korea or Darfur, there is no quick fix that Washington can impose. But there is a growing danger for the United States that needs urgent attention, that can be solved and that is almost entirely within Rice's power to handle. It's the foreign visa crisis. Left unattended, it is going to have deep and lasting effects on American security and competitiveness. | 3 |
More Visas For Foreign Workers Congress is letting employers hire 20,000 more foreign high-tech workers under a special visa program after businesses reached the annual ceiling on the first day of the government's fiscal year. | 3 |
Bill Aims to Protect Joint Patents Patents that result from collaboration between universities and companies won new protections from legal challenge under legislation that passed Congress over the weekend. | 3 |
Thai official shot by accident, not assassination: PM (AFP) AFP - The most senior state official to be hurt in Thailand's restive south was accidentally shot and injured by one of his own guards, the Thai premier has said, discounting initial claims of an assassination attempt. | 0 |
Viewing The Customer With Spite It makes no sense, but when a huge, faceless corporation rejects you, it still hurts. | 3 |
Mtl experts knew about C. difficile outbreak but didn't tell province:report (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - MONTREAL (CP) - City health officials knew about the deadly C. difficile outbreak at least five months before the provincial Health Department was informed, according to a broadcast report. | 0 |
Bees survived dino extinction Tropical honeybees survived the devastating nuclear winter thought to have helped kill off the dinosaurs. | 3 |
Tests Show No Mad Cow, Cattle Prices Rise WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - An animal suspected of having mad cow disease was given a clean bill of health in a second round of sophisticated testing, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Tuesday after cattle prices soared in expectation of the news. | 2 |
Waterloo lessons could aid medics \The high survival rate among the injured at the battle of Waterloo could help inform modern medicine. | 3 |
Prosecutor Blasts GOP for Shielding DeLay (AP) AP - A Texas prosecutor who is leading an investigation into possible illegal campaign spending lashed out at congressional Republicans on Tuesday for changing their rules in order to protect House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. | 0 |
AIG Nears Settlements with Justice, SEC NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc. <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=AIG.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">AIG.N</A>, the world's largest insurer by market value, on Tuesday said it reached preliminary accords to settle federal criminal and regulatory probes into whether it helped two companies fraudulently inflate earnings. | 2 |
Oil Hits \$50 and Bounces Back Under \$49 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Tuesday but retreated from an earlier break above \$50, as dealers awaited a U.S. government report that is expected to show a small increase in thin heating oil stocks ahead of winter. | 2 |
N.C. Elections Board OKs Most Results (AP) AP - The state elections board certified nearly all results from the Nov. 2 election on Tuesday, but withheld approval of the outcome of two statewide races that are the subject of protests. | 0 |
Cingular to Cut About 7,000 Jobs NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cingular Wireless will cut about 7,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its work force, to cut costs as it integrates recently purchased AT T Wireless, the company said on Tuesday. | 2 |
Diplomats Question Ukraine on Election (AP) AP - The United States urged the Ukrainian government on Tuesday not to certify pro-Russia Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych as winner of disputed presidential elections in the former Soviet republic because of suspected widespread fraud. | 0 |
SEC, NASD Probe Gifts to Executives WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. market regulators are looking into gifts of Super Bowl tickets, private jet rides, wine and expensive golf outings by brokerage firms to mutual fund executives, officials said on Tuesday. | 2 |
Wash. GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Ahead (AP) AP - Republican Dino Rossi kept a razor-thin lead in the Washington governor's race as counties raced a Wednesday deadline for recounting 2.8 million ballots #151; and girded for yet another possible recount. | 0 |
Two States Accuse Aventis on Flu Vaccine CHICAGO (Reuters) - The governors of Illinois and New Mexico accused French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=SASY.PA target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">SASY.PA</A> of balking in providing data to U.S. regulators in the states' attempts to secure flu vaccine in the midst of a national shortage. | 2 |
Holidays Looking Merry for Web Retailers SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - It's shaping up to be a very merry holiday season for online retailers. | 2 |
Ban Yo-Yo Water Ball Toy, U.S. Group Says WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Water-filled yo-yo balls should be banned in the United States, a public interest group said on Tuesday as it issued its annual survey of hazardous toys before the holiday season. | 2 |
Iran Rules Out Complete Nuclear Dismantling BEIJING (Reuters) - Iran will never be prepared to dismantle its nuclear program entirely but remains committed to the non-proliferation treaty (NPT), its chief delegate to the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Wednesday. | 0 |
Three U.N. Hostages Freed Unharmed in Afghanistan KABUL (Reuters) - Three foreign U.N. workers held hostage in Afghanistan were freed unharmed on Tuesday, almost four weeks after their abduction at gunpoint on a Kabul street raised fears of a wave of Iraq-style kidnappings. | 0 |
Iraq Meeting Presses Baghdad to Seek Dialogue SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - An international conference on the political future of Iraq on Tuesday pressed the interim Iraqi government to make sure as many people as possible take part in Jan. 30 elections. | 0 |
Court: Australian Suspect Was Al Qaeda 'Sleeper' MELBOURNE, Australia (Reuters) - An Australian man was refused bail Wednesday after a court heard he trained at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan, saw its leader Osama bin Laden and agreed to become a "sleeper" for the terror network. | 0 |
Politicians Seek Debate on Blair's Iraq 'Misconduct' LONDON (Reuters) - Parliamentarians will table a motion on Wednesday demanding a debate on Prime Minister Tony Blair's "gross misconduct" in leading Britain to war against Iraq. | 0 |
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