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MetroStars Add Some Savvy At 36, Jeff Agoos comes east to the MetroStars, a team that gave up the most goals in the M.L.S. last season. | 1 | Sports |
FCC Insists Broadband Deployment Improving WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. communications regulators on Thursday insisted the United States was making progress in rolling out high-speed Internet service, despite falling further behind other countries. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
ATA Airlines enters receivership ATA Airlines parent ATA Holdings Corp. filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of federal bankruptcy law late Tuesday, and two other airlines immediately showed interest in ATA assets. | 2 | Business |
Federal Report Sees Crude Oil Staying High While the recent flurry of record oil prices may be temporary, government analysts said Thursday that \$30-a-barrel oil should be expected for decades to come. | 2 | Business |
News: Sluggish movement on power grid cyber security Industry cyber security standards fail to reach some of the most vulnerable components of the power grid.\ | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Interest hikes to fight inflation, the Fed says WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve policymakers suggested that quot;significant quot; increases in short-term interest rates probably would be needed to keep inflation from becoming a problem, according to minutes released Thursday of their August meeting. | 2 | Business |
Motorola to cut 1,000 more positions Motorola Inc., the world #39;s second-largest maker of mobile phones, will cut 1,000 jobs as the company prepares to spin off its computer-chip business, costing \$50 million in severance payments. | 2 | Business |
Controversial Microsoft security plan heads for Longhorn SAN FRANCISCO--Microsoft continues to tweak a controversial architecture for securing PCs but still plans to include the feature in Longhorn, the next release of Windows. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Demonstrations mark opening of APEC summit in Chile SANTIAGO - High level talks on free trade and global security got underway in the Chilean capital, as ministers from 21 Pacific Rim countries convened for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit. | 0 | World |
Israeli soldier suspended in girl #39;s death GAZA CITY, Gaza StripThe Israeli army yesterday suspended a platoon commander suspected of emptying an ammunition clip into a 13-year-old Palestinian girl from close range after she had collapsed under fire. | 0 | World |
IBM To Amp Integration with Venetica Buy (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - IBM (NYSE: IBM) has said it will purchase Venetica, a privately held firm that provides content-integration software to unstructured data sources. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Eta explodes ceasefire hopes with five bombs in the Spanish <b>...</b> ETA, the Basque separatist organisation, detonated five small bombs in Madrid last night, signalling that, despite recent setbacks, it was not yet ready to renounce violence. | 0 | World |
FOOTBALL: AL: IT #39;S TIME TOON WENT ALL THE WAY HAT-TRICK hero Alan Shearer is aiming to fire Newcastle all the way to the UEFA Cup Final this season. After his treble and a double from Patrick Kluivert polished off their Israeli opponents, Shearer said | 1 | Sports |
Musharraf Says Victory in War on Terrorism Requires New Tactics Pakistan #39;s President Pervez Musharraf said not enough is being done to win the war on terrorism, and that an iron curtain #39; #39; could descend between the US and other western nations and the Islamic world. | 0 | World |
United takes title: Eskandarian scores two goals for DC DC United was Major League Soccer #39;s first powerhouse, winning three titles in four years. United surged to the top again yesterday with a 3-2 MLS Cup victory over the Kansas | 1 | Sports |
The Missing Shoppers Something odd happened on the way to global recovery. The shoppers are not turning out the way they normally do when things start to look up. | 2 | Business |
Federal CISOs Rank Patch Management As Biggest Obstacle Survey by Intelligent Decisions indicates that patch management leaves less time for chief information security officers to work on improving overall security. | 2 | Business |
Real abandoned after bomb threat Real Madrid #39;s Primera Liga match against Real Sociedad has been abandoned with the scores level at 1-1 after police received a warning that a bomb would explode at the stadium at 9 pm (8 pm British time). | 1 | Sports |
Philippine Flood Toll Hits 29, Survivors Hunt Rats (Reuters) Reuters - Philippine rescue teams\evacuated thousands of people from the worst flooding in the\central Luzon region since the 1970s as hungry victims hunted\rats and birds for food. | 0 | World |
Williams Faces Fight More than 100 protesters denounced a proposal to build a baseball stadium, vowing that Mayor Anthony Williams will face stiff opposition. | 1 | Sports |
No Escape From E-Mail BlackBerrys, sometimes referred to as CrackBerrys among addicted adherents, make e-mail portable, available anytime and almost anywhere. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\ color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT> | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Maxtor loses its CFO--again It's the second time this year the disk drive maker has seen its CFO resign. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Anthem-WellPoint deal OKd Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi dropped his objection to Anthem Inc. #39;s purchase of WellPoint Health Networks Inc. after the companies agreed to spend \$265 million, more than double their previous commitment | 2 | Business |
Trial of alleged terror chief Bashir to continue: judge? (Updated <b>...</b> An Indonesian court Thursday dismissed defense arguments that the trial of alleged Southeast Asian terror chief Abu Bakar Bashir was illegal, and ordered that proceedings against him should continue. | 0 | World |
Krispy Kreme Posts Loss, Stock Off 16 Pct Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. (KKD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday reported a quarterly loss due to store closings and sluggish sales, sending its stock down 16 percent. | 2 | Business |
Toshiba Eyes Alternative Flat TV Technology SED TVs, coming next year, will offer bright, CRT-like pictures in a thin package. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Kalam meets Khalifa, offers condolences Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam called on new United Arab Emirates (UAE) president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan here to offer condolences over the death of his predecessor. | 0 | World |
Video shows beheading of American hostage The militant group led by al-Qaida ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi posted a gruesome video on a website yesterday showing the decapitation of a man identified as American civil engineer Eugene Armstrong, and said a second hostageeither an American or a Briton | 0 | World |
IBM Agrees to Share Blade Server Know-How The IBM announcement is being made in collaboration with Intel. Under an agreement reached two years ago, the companies have worked together to design and manufacture blade servers. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
After His Star Turn, Martnez Exits Stage Left The current tales of the Red Sox have them winning the World Series, then doing weird things to reconfigure their championship team. Hello, David; bye bye, Pedro. | 1 | Sports |
Protestant Leader: IRA May Disarm on Sly (AP) AP - A key Protestant leader in Northern Ireland on Wednesday warned that the Irish Republican Army may resume disarmament in secret, rather than allow the process to be photographed as demanded by Protestants. | 0 | World |
News: Tunable surfaces prevent Wi-Fi leaks Last year a man in Canada was arrested for downloading child pornography onto his laptop, but he used someone else's wireless access point to access the illegal material. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Mississippi State ambushes No. 20 Florida STARKVILLE, MISS. - The latest low point in Ron Zook #39;s tenure at Florida even has the coach wondering what went wrong. At the same time, Sylvester Croom #39;s first big victory at Mississippi State has given the | 1 | Sports |
Oracle, AMD and Sun to woo Asian developers Will invest \$30 million on bringing software developers in five Asian countries into their fold. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
North Beaches CAPE CANAVERALShuttles in good shape, but VAB loses more panels. NASA #39;s three space shuttles are just fine, but the already damaged Vehicle Assembly Building lost more of wall panels to Hurricane Jeanne. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Word of the year: Blog Merriam-Webster says the most searched word on its Web sites in 2004 was quot;blog. quot; The dictionary publisher defines the word as quot;a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
NBA to experiment with 3-point rules in NBDL NEW YORK (SportsTicker) - The NBA appears determined to lessen the impact of the 3-pointer. First, it will test out the change in the National Basketball Development League. | 1 | Sports |
Impressive Haas Continues Comeback Run at Open NEW YORK (Reuters) - Germany's Tommy Haas continued his impressive comeback from injury with a 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 victory over Brazilian qualifier Ricardo Mello to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Sunday. | 1 | Sports |
Women's Tour Shorten Season Under 'Roadmap 2010' NEW YORK (Reuters) - The women's tennis circuit is to be shortened next year in an effort to give the players a longer off-season, the tour's governing body announced on Thursday. | 1 | Sports |
Israel trade unions call general strike for Tuesday JERUSALEM: Israel #39;s Histadrut trade union confederation has called a general strike for Tuesday which is expected to paralyze banks in addition to the entire public sector, army radio reported. | 0 | World |
Econ Edge: The Economic Week Fed Governor Speaks (12:45 pm ET) Federal Reserve Governor Mark Olson speaks about his economic outlook at a roundtable lunch in Toronto. | 2 | Business |
IE Dominance Threatened by the Fox In addition to showing a penchant for alternatives to Internet Explorer, the latest data also suggest that Mozilla is becoming the preferred option for those seeking to abandon Microsoft. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Johnson traded to Broncos Ellis Johnson #39;s career with the Falcons took another odd - and final -wist on Monday when the team traded the disgruntled defensive tackle to the Denver Broncos. | 1 | Sports |
Sun Releases Solaris 10 for Free November 15, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- In an effort to win back some lost market share, Sun Microsystems (sun.com) released Solaris 10, the latest version of the company #39;s Unix-based operating system software, for free on Monday. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Borland moving forward with SDO 15 Sep 2004, 16:01 GMT - Borland Software took a new direction this week, with the announcement of Software Delivery Optimization (SDO). | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Manchester United manager wants to get to the bottom of #39;Soupgate #39; Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson wants to get the bottom of the quot;Soupgate quot; affair. Ferguson was forced to change clothes after United #39;s 2-0 victory Sunday over Arsenal. | 1 | Sports |
Tokyo Stocks Open Higher, Exporters Lead (Reuters) Reuters - The Nikkei average opened 0.69 percent\higher on Wednesday as gains on Wall Street eased uncertainty\ahead of the Nov. 2 U.S. presidential election, prompting\buying of Toyota Motor Corp. and other exporters. | 2 | Business |
Oracle Shifts to Integration Mode In a briefing with reporters, Oracle President Charles Phillips reaffirmed the company #39;s plans to solidify the deal before Dec. 30. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Astronauts Prepare For Final Space Walk Space station astronauts Gennady Padalka and American Mike Fincke are scheduled to make the final spacewalks of their mission today. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Update 1: Passengers Stranded by Canceled Flights Thousands of disgruntled vacationers were stranded at Heathrow Airport Tuesday after British Airways canceled scores of flights because of staff shortages and technical hitches. | 0 | World |
Before the Bell: Connetics Falls (Reuters) Reuters - Shares of Connetics Corp. \fell 15.5 percent before the opening bell on Wednesday after\the drugmaker said the U.S. health officials concluded that its\drug for treatment of seborrheic dermatitis was not effective. | 2 | Business |
Car bomb explodes outside Baghdad hospital, many dead Baghdad: A car bomb exploded outside the emergency unit of one of Baghdad #39;s main hospitals southwest of the Iraqi capital causing an unknown number of deaths, an official at the Yarmuk hospital said. | 0 | World |
Roddick Hits Record Serve in Voltchkov Thrashing CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - U.S. number one Andy Roddick broke his own fastest serve record as he overwhelmed Belarus's Vladimir Voltchkov in the opening match of their Davis Cup semifinal Friday. | 1 | Sports |
IBM claims to treble chip speed with #39;strained #39; breakthrough IBM says that it has developed a technique of using #39;strained germanium #39; which, it claims, will triple the performance of commercial chips. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Cisco Systems to Buy Dynamicsoft Networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. said Monday it agreed to buy Internet technology firm Dynamicsoft for \$51.2 million, marking the second acquisition announced by the company in as many weeks. | 2 | Business |
Update: CA cutting 5 of workforce Computer Associates International said today that it plans to cut 800 positions worldwide, or 5 of its workforce, in the hope of shaving \$70 million annually off its operating costs. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Intel and AMD battle for dual-core chips Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) showcased its dual-core x86 Opteron microprocessor this week. The upcoming dual-core CPU for the enterprise enviornment is expected to debut in mid-2005 and was housed in a HP ProLiant DL585 server. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
The Yank Caught In Yukos #39; Nightmare By a curious twist of fate, the job of rescuing Russian oil giant Yukos has fallen to an American who arrived in Moscow just over a year ago -- and who still needs a translator #39;s help. | 2 | Business |
OPPOSITION RALLY IN UKRAINE Tens of thousands of supporters of opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchencko have rallied in the streets of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, to demand next week #39;s elections are free and fair. | 0 | World |
Car bombs kill 34 children in Baghdad Insurgents have detonated three car bombs near a US military convoy in Baghdad, killing 41 people, 34 of them children, and wounding scores. | 0 | World |
Twinkies Maker Seeking Ch. 11 Protection KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Interstate Bakeries Corp., the nation's largest wholesaler baker whose products include Twinkies and Wonder Bread, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection early Wednesday... | 0 | World |
Left to ponder the loss amid the condos MONTREAL - Where the Field of Dreams was supposed to be built in Montreal, there now stand dreary, functional modern condominiums. | 1 | Sports |
Singh Keeps Lead Vijay Singh follows up his opening-round 64 by shooting a steady 68 and maintains a two-shot lead over American Ben Curtis in Farmington. | 1 | Sports |
U.N. Deadlocks on Cloning Ban The United Nations abandons efforts to ban all cloning and opts for a non-binding resolution. It's a blow to President Bush's efforts to push a ban and a victory for embryonic stem cell researchers. By Kristen Philipkoski | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Venezuela vote keeps Chavez as president CARACAS -- Venezuelans voted resoundingly to keep firebrand populist Hugo Chavez as their president in a victory that drew noisy reactions yesterday from both sides in the streets. International observers certified the results as clean and accurate. | 0 | World |
Boeing sales to get new leadership Boeing announced a shake-up in its executive ranks yesterday, ousting its chief airplane salesman at a time when rival Airbus is beating it in airplane orders for the fourth consecutive year. | 2 | Business |
New Zealand deports suspected spies New Zealand has deported two Israelis who admitted trying to fraudulently obtain passports, the BBC reported Wednesday. In July, Uriel Kelman and Eli Cara got six-month sentences for the crime. | 0 | World |
Cisco and Microsoft Partner for CRM 8/24/2004 -- Cisco Systems yesterday announced a new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Communications Connector for Microsofts CRM offering. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
IBM signs 100 software vendors to Workplace platform NOVEMBER 24, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - IBM yesterday announced that 100 independent software vendors have signed on to use software from its Workplace initiative, a new client computing model that gives employees a single way to access, share and manage | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Yankees are hoping latest sting doesn't prove fatal Before, it was a nuisance. Now, it has become a downright menace to the Yankees. | 1 | Sports |
APP aims to complete restructuring by end January Asia Pulp amp; Paper, the largest corporate defaulter in emerging markets history, said on Monday it aimed to have a restructuring in place by the end of January for a majority of the | 2 | Business |
Australia amp; New Zealand Allen Lew, managing director of SingTel Optus Pty #39;s mobile unit, and Andy Reeves, chief technology officer at Vodafone Group Plc #39;s Australian unit, speak on a teleconference from Sydney | 2 | Business |
Police officer arrested in Internet sex sting WHITE PLAINS, NY (AP) _ A city police officer was arrested at what he thought would be a sexual rendezvous with a teenage boy, six months after he was caught calling himself a quot;boy hunter quot; in an Internet chat profile, officials said. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Group Tracks US Companies That Send Jobs Offshore A union group on Thursday unveiled a Web site that lets users identify more than 200,000 US-based companies it says have exported American jobs or lost them because they were hurt by foreign trade. | 2 | Business |
Gateway expands Media Center PC lineup Media Center PCs allow users to record live television, burn DVDs and organize their digital media files. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Israel split over E Jerusalem residents participation in polls : Jerusalem, Nov 14 : Israel is divided over a US proposition to allow East Jerusalem residents to participate in elections for a new Palestinian Authority chairman, to lend it greater credibility. | 0 | World |
Oil Dives Below #36;46 to 8-Week Low (Reuters) Reuters - Oil prices tumbled again on Monday,\sliding to an 8-week low under #36;46 a barrel, as growing fuel\stocks in the United States eased fears of a winter supply\crunch. | 2 | Business |
Expos move closer to DC Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Owners voted 29-1 on Friday to approve the proposed move of the Montreal Expos to Washington for the 2005 season. | 1 | Sports |
Wal-Mart Will Allow Unions in China BEIJING (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, gave ground to Chinese pressure Tuesday and said it would allow its workers to set up a trade union. | 2 | Business |
Google Slashes IPO's Size NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc. slashed the size of its closely watched initial public offering nearly in half to less than \$2 billion on Wednesday, splashing cold water on what has been touted as the hottest Internet IPO in years. | 2 | Business |
Impact of deductibles For years, the piece of paper has been tucked into Paul Carson #39;s insurance policy that outlined his hurricane deductible. He never thought about it until Hurricane Frances destroyed the garage roof of his Tamarac home. | 2 | Business |
Boeing delays launch Weather bumped The Boeing Co. #39;s demonstration launch of the Decatur-made Delta IV Heavy rocket from today to Saturday. Boeing delayed the inaugural launch of the rocket for 24 hours because of | 3 | Sci/Tech |
PalmSource to add Linux OS to offerings PalmSource surprised the mobile vendor community today with the announcement that it will acquire China MobileSoft (CMS), ostensibly to leverage that company's expertise in building a mobile version of the Linux operating system. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Lightning Strike Injures 40 on Texas Field (AP) AP - About 40 players and coaches with the Grapeland High School football team in East Texas were injured, two of them critically, when lightning struck near their practice field Tuesday evening, authorities said. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Drug Movers Tip Balance Lower Stocks of branded and generic drug makers closed down a bit Tuesday as clinical study results mixed with merger updates. One of the big winners on the day was Nektar Therapeutics, on news that Exubera, the | 2 | Business |
SanDisk announces wrath of Memory Card products SanDisk has announced a number of memory card specific products at Photokina, in Cologne today. For the serious professional photographer, the company announced an 8Gb Compact Flash card costing \$1000, a 4Gb Memory Stick Pro and 2Gb SD Card. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Handcuffing protester speaks out Militant fathers #39; rights protester Jonathan Stanesby has described how he managed to handcuff himself to Children #39;s Minister Margaret Hodge for 40 minutes at a conference. | 0 | World |
Singh Wins 84 Classic, Breaks Woods #39; Record FARMINGTON, Pa. -- Vijay Singh held off Stewart Cink #39;s fast finish to win the 84 Lumber Classic by one shot Sunday and break Tiger Woods #39; one-year PGA Tour money record. | 1 | Sports |
French nuclear shipment heads towards Germany after protest A train carrying a shipment of highly radioactive waste was on its way to a German storage dump on Sunday, after being delayed for two hours by anti-nuclear protestors in eastern France. | 0 | World |
The Long, Long Oracle-PeopleSoft Saga Could Yet Have Many Miles To Journey (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - The oracle of Oracle seems to have pulled another rabbit out of his hat in his quest to buy rival PeopleSoft . A majority of PeopleSoft shareholders appeared poised Friday to accept Oracle's offer of #36;24 per share, though two analysts said it would be close. (Oracle planned to reveal results of its tender offer at about midnight, after press time.) | 3 | Sci/Tech |
System X takes seventh place Virginia Tech #39;s #39;System X #39; computer has fallen to seventh place in the Top500 supercomputer ratings, with G5 manufacturer, IBM, dominating the chart. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
European Spacecraft Prepares To Orbit Moon #39;Europes first lunar spacecraft is set to go into orbit around the Moon on Monday. SMART-1 has already reached the gateway to the Moon, the region where its gravity starts to dominate that of the Earth. | 3 | Sci/Tech |
Inside Karzai's Campaign To become Afghanistan's first elected President, he has to placate warlords, pacify the Taliban -- and survive | 0 | World |
UPDATE 1-Ingram Micro to buy Tech Pacific for \$493 mln Ingram Micro Inc. (IM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world #39;s largest computer products distributor, on Monday said it would acquire Australia-based Tech Pacific for \$493 million in cash, including debt. | 2 | Business |
Sharon cautious on reopening talks The Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, yesterday said the death of his long-time rival, Yasser Arafat, could prove to be quot;a historic turning point in the Middle East quot;. | 0 | World |
Free Bigley calls Gadaffi TRIPOLI: Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi yesterday appealed to kidnappers in Iraq holding British hostage Kenneth Bigley to release him, Libya #39;s official Jana news agency said. | 0 | World |
#39;Mercenaries #39; await their fate in Zimbabwe A Zimbabwe judge is to hand down sentences on Friday against the alleged mastermind of a coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, Briton Simon Mann, and 67 other suspected mercenaries who were convicted two weeks ago. | 0 | World |
Hungarian Referendums Fails 6 December 2004 -- Preliminary official results show that voters failed to approve a referendum on whether to give ethnic Hungarians living outside the country the right to become Hungarian citizens. | 0 | World |
At Least 84 Killed in S. Thailand Monday PATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) - At least 78 people died in a crush in southern Thailand Monday after police and troops fired shots to disperse a crowd of Muslim demonstrators outside a police station, a justice ministry official said on Tuesday. | 0 | World |
Judgment at Hand in Landmark Berlusconi Trial (Reuters) Reuters - Judges in the corruption trial of Prime\Minister Silvio Berlusconi withdrew on Thursday to decide their\verdict, which could hobble the Italian leader's political\future. | 0 | World |
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