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Fishmeal catch 'hits UK seabirds' British seabirds have had their worst breeding season ever with industrial fishing a key problem, scientists say.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.033441	0.000976	0.003397	0.962186
Poll Shows Chechen Police Official in Lead GROZNY, Russia - The Russian government's choice for president of war-ravaged Chechnya appeared to be the victor Sunday in an election tainted by charges of fraud and shadowed by last week's terrorist destruction of two airliners. Little more than two hours after polls closed, acting Chechen president Sergei Abramov said preliminary results showed Maj...	0	World	0	World	0.998775	0.000091	0.000535	0.000599
Update 1: Stewart Asks Court to Overturn Conviction Lawyers for Martha Stewart told a federal appeals court that she suffered a quot;fundamentally unfair quot; trial at the hands of prosecutors who incorrectly suggested she was accused of insider trading.	2	Business	2	Business	0.002278	0.000232	0.989649	0.007841
Stocks little changed on IBM, J amp;J news Stocks are little-changed in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down five points in today #39;s early going. Losing issues on the New York Stock Exchange hold a narrow lead over gainers.	2	Business	2	Business	0.001057	0.00031	0.984595	0.014038
Hewitt calls on fighting spirit SECOND-seed Lleyton Hewitt needed all of his famed tenacity to overcome feisty Frenchman Cyril Saulnier 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5) and reach the semi-finals of the Washington Open.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.002257	0.997426	0.000162	0.000156
Expos Rally to Defeat Phillies 12-8 (AP) AP - Tony Batista hit a go-ahead two-run single in Montreal's five-run ninth inning, and the Expos rallied for a 12-8 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.003184	0.996548	0.000092	0.000175
Lavish times in oil patch? Not a chance Dude, where #39;s my boom? That #39;s a question a lot of Hous- tonians are asking as oil crowds the \$50-a-barrel mark. Where #39;s the frenetic hiring as oil companies staff up for the good times?	2	Business	2	Business	0.056017	0.049618	0.888326	0.006038
Intel in new chip breakthrough Intel has created a more powerful memory chip without increasing its size, wrong-footing warnings that the firm had hit its technical limits.	2	Business	3	Sci/Tech	0.005959	0.000561	0.283884	0.709596
Beckham ready to defy Real David Beckham insists he is ready to play a full 90 minutes for England in the friendly against Spain if Sven-Goran Eriksson asks him to defy his club Real Madrid.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.002476	0.997219	0.000181	0.000125
Blue Jays activate Halladay from DL Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - The Toronto Blue Jays activated pitcher Roy Halladay from the 15-day disabled list and he is expected to start Tuesday #39;s game against the New York Yankees.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.000616	0.999192	0.000119	0.000073
Brown to Start Kevin Brown will return to the New York Yankees' rotation Sunday to start the series finale against the Boston Red Sox.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.033642	0.965314	0.000628	0.000416
EU chief holds secret Hamas talks EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana tells the BBC he met Hamas, a Palestinian militant group on the EU's terror list.	0	World	0	World	0.997094	0.000069	0.000959	0.001879
Depth of Planning by Rebels Is Evident in School's Remains Investigators suspect Chechen rebels had hidden weapons or other equipment beneath the first-floor library weeks or months before their attack on a Russian school.	0	World	0	World	0.987837	0.000321	0.001314	0.010528
Yahoo unveils personalisation tool Scouring the web using Yahoo is set to become a lot more personal following the unveiling of the beta version of a host of new tools that allow users to search and save results just they way they want to.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.001364	0.000195	0.005069	0.993373
South Carolinian may be tapped for top NASA job Retired Marine Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr., a former space shuttle astronaut from South Carolina for whom the new military elementary school at Laurel Bay north of Beaufort was named	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.006858	0.000372	0.001166	0.991604
It's Boulware to the rescue SEATTLE -- Rookie safety Michael Boulware saved the game for the Seattle Seahawks. Maybe the season, too.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.002725	0.996768	0.000327	0.00018
US Sept Consumer Sentiment Barely Budges (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. consumer sentiment stagnated in\early September, according to a survey released on Friday, as\doubts about the economy and the job market persisted.	2	Business	2	Business	0.032145	0.000156	0.966521	0.001179
PalmSource chairman to step down The separation of PalmOne and PalmSource will be complete with Eric Benhamou's resignation as the latter's chairman.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.003857	0.000423	0.093813	0.901906
Knicks: Houston activated but may sit until weekend Even though coach Lenny Wilkens and Allan Houston said there was no chance Houston would play, the Knicks took the curious step of activating the 6-6 guard from the injured list before last night #39;s loss in Memphis.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.000564	0.999263	0.000102	0.00007
Conferees Agree on Corporate Tax Bill House and Senate negotiators agreed Wednesday on an ambitious corporate tax bill that would shower billions of dollars in tax breaks on beneficiaries from old-line manufacturers to Alaskan whalers -- and includes a controversial \$10 billion buyout of the nation's tobacco farmers.	2	Business	2	Business	0.019673	0.000484	0.967641	0.012202
AL Wrap: Ford, Radke Help Twins Sweep Tigers NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lew Ford homered and drove in a pair of runs and Brad Radke pitched seven strong innings to lead the streaking Minnesota Twins to a 5-3 road win over the Detroit Tigers in American League action on Monday.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.001943	0.997781	0.000188	0.000088
Eisner to Leave Disney Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael D. Eisner announced plans Friday to retire in 2006, ending more than two decades atop what may be the world's best-known entertainment company.	2	Business	2	Business	0.007504	0.000785	0.856945	0.134766
Hungarian Weightlifter Stripped of Silver Hungarian weightlifter Ferenc Gyurkovics was stripped of his silver medal and kicked out of the Olympics on Saturday for using steroids. Puerto Rican wrestler Mabel Fonseca was also expelled for a positive drug test.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.028607	0.970442	0.000556	0.000395
Timberwolves Crush the Clippers 113-86 (AP) AP - Wally Szczerbiak scored a season-high 29 points, including 11 in the third quarter, and the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 113-86 on Friday night.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.000443	0.999377	0.00007	0.000109
AstraZeneca to take earnings hit on drug rejection AstraZeneca will have to take a charge against 2004 earnings after US regulators rejected its new anti-clotting drug Exanta, but a company spokesman has declined to say how large it will be.	2	Business	2	Business	0.017702	0.000183	0.978983	0.003131
UN gives up on efforts to seek worldwide cloning treaty The United States and other opponents of human cloning shelved their bid Friday for a UN treaty to ban the controversial procedure, unable to overcome opposition by nations seeking to allow cloning for embryonic stem cell research.	0	World	0	World	0.630372	0.000879	0.011731	0.357019
Malaysia #39;s Prime Minister denies deal over Ibrahim Malaysia #39;s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi denies he struck a deal with Anwar Ibrahim before the rebel politician was freed last week after nearly six years in jail.	0	World	0	World	0.998943	0.000077	0.000465	0.000515
Analysis: Iraq Dominates Policy Debate (AP) AP - President Bush and Democrat John Kerry are concentrating on Iraq and relegating other international issues to the sidelines. Their preoccupation is not lost on other world leaders.	0	World	0	World	0.99854	0.000074	0.000459	0.000927
Former Enron CEO Skilling Seeks to Move Trial Lawyers for former Enron Corp. chief executive Jeffrey Skilling asked a federal court to move his trial out of Houston, arguing in a filing on Monday that any jury in Enron #39;s hometown would be biased.	2	Business	2	Business	0.002672	0.000314	0.982818	0.014196
Qatari investment pays off as Shaheen sets record Qatar #39;s multimillion-pound investment in importing sporting talent reaped some benefit when Saif Saeed Shaheen broke the world record for 3,000 metres steeplechase in the Memorial Van Damme in the Stade Roi Baudouin here last night.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.000952	0.99873	0.00022	0.000099
Oil Heads Down, Holds Above \$49 Oil prices slipped on Monday but held above \$49 a barrel as easing concerns about a winter supply crunch pulled the market further away from record highs set two weeks ago.	2	Business	2	Business	0.016534	0.00035	0.982375	0.000742
10 Questions for College Football Things are getting tighter, contenders are dropping like flies and conference races are coming down to the wire. Ahhhh, it #39;s a good time to be a college football fan.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.004561	0.991808	0.001612	0.002018
IBM seeks to ease database burden "Stinger" update of DB2 will focus on automatic administration and an improvement in clustered performance.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.002853	0.000216	0.00527	0.99166
Sharapova downs Venus to reach Zurich semi-finals Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova beat former world number one Venus Williams 6-3 6-4 on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the \$1.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.003412	0.994675	0.001755	0.000157
Circuit City quarterly growth lags Circuit City Stores Inc. reported a gain of 2.9 percent in quarterly same-store sales Tuesday, but growth lagged estimates due to a calendar shift and reduced spending in August.	2	Business	2	Business	0.001382	0.000139	0.997058	0.00142
Giants #39; Hermanson suspended NEW YORK (Ticker) - The San Francisco Giants may have to continue their quest for the postseason without their closer. Major League Baseball on Tuesday suspended righthander Dustin Hermanson three games and	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.004922	0.994694	0.000236	0.000148
ICJ ruling on Israeli fences may lead to sanctions: Attorney General JERUSALEM, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz said Thursday that the Hague ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israeli security fences could lead to sanctions against the country, local newspaper Ha #39;aretz ...	0	World	0	World	0.995596	0.000118	0.000828	0.003457
World Series resumes at Fenway Park The Red Sox are trying to keep up their momentum tonight at Fenway Park in Game Two of the World Series. Boston scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.002178	0.997214	0.00044	0.000168
Four Infineon Executives Headed to Prison Four Infineon Technologies executives have agreed to pay US\$250,000 fines and serve prison time in the US for their roles in an international conspiracy to fix prices for DRAM computer memory chips, the Justice Department announced yesterday.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.002729	0.000384	0.093651	0.903236
worm has turned for teen virus king Sven Jaschan, 18, from Germany, faces up to five years in prison for writing and spreading the Sasser and Netsky worms, said to have cost businesses around the world millions of pounds.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.017568	0.000278	0.003326	0.978828
Australia Chooses to Bat in Second Cricket Test Against India Australia captain Adam Gilchrist won the toss and chose to bat first against India in the second cricket Test in Chennai. Australia, which won the first Test by 217 runs after Gilchrist	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.014717	0.984831	0.000238	0.000214
Koalas Put on #39;The Pill #39; to Control Population Wildlife authorities in Australia plan to implant contraceptive hormones into 2,000 koala bears in an effort to keep the numbers down.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.044057	0.000723	0.001918	0.953302
Seoul Asks Bush to Focus on N.Korea Nuclear Crisis SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun called newly re-elected President Bush and won his agreement that ending the nuclear crisis involving the isolated communist North should be a goal of his second term in office.	0	World	0	World	0.998512	0.000078	0.000906	0.000505
Bush Welcomes Scandal-Plagued Berlusconi (AP) AP - Days after he was acquitted in a corruption trial, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi got a warm welcome Wednesday from President Bush, who is grateful to Italy as a rare European ally willing to send troops to Iraq.	0	World	0	World	0.999013	0.000096	0.0004	0.000491
Dolby Labs files for IPO worth up to \$460 million WASHINGTON (Dow Jones/AP) -- Dolby Laboratories Inc., the developer of noise reduction systems for audio equipment, filed Friday to sell up to \$460 million in stock in an initial public offering.	2	Business	2	Business	0.002772	0.000352	0.969641	0.027235
Enter your e-mail: Here #39;s my colleague Denny Arar #39;s report on PalmOne #39;s latest business-oriented PDA, the \$399 Tungsten T5. The T5 has a big screen (320 by 480), scads of memory (256MB), built-in Bluetooth, and other features.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.000244	0.000229	0.012551	0.986975
Frist: Specter Must Prove Himself for Post (AP) AP - Sen. Arlen Specter must prove to his Republican colleagues that he is the right man to head the Senate Judiciary Committee in the next Congress, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday.	0	World	0	World	0.997879	0.00051	0.000527	0.001084
PeopleSoft Posts Profit <p>\</p><p> By Spencer Swartz</p><p> SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PeopleSoft Inc. <PSFT.O> on\Thursday returned to profit in the third quarter from a year\earlier with a 12 percent rise in sales that upended market\fears that Oracle Corp.'s takeover bid had damaged PeopleSoft's\business in the quarter.</p>	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.002313	0.000207	0.061444	0.936036
Musharraf: Political Steps Needed to Win War on Terror Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says the global war against terrorism cannot be won without resolving the major political disputes in the Muslim world.	0	World	0	World	0.998186	0.000071	0.000714	0.001028
Murder charges in Gujarat trial Sixteen Hindus are charged with the murder of 12 Muslims in one of the most notorious incidents in riots in India two years ago.	0	World	0	World	0.997128	0.000368	0.000848	0.001655
Humans Raise Risk of Europe Heatwaves -Scientists (Reuters) Reuters - Human activity has raised the risk of\more heatwaves like last year's, which gave Europe probably its\hottest summer since 1500, scientists said on Wednesday.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.012672	0.000502	0.001307	0.985519
Andre Agassi steals the show at Legg Mason Tennis Classic WHILE ONE-HALF of ten- nis #39;s greatest rivalry has retired (Pete Sampras), the other half is still going strong. Andre Agassi and the rest of his professional tennis crew rolled into Washington, DC, this past week for the annual Legg Mason Tennis Classic.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.00063	0.998757	0.000398	0.000215
Tributes paid to Belgium #39;s #39;magic #39; football coach The Belgian press paid tribute to Raymond Goethals on Tuesday, describing him as the magician and looking back on his teams many victories.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.001971	0.997218	0.000435	0.000376
Hackers Get Very Fast At Exploiting Microsoft Flaws A quot;modest quot; number of PCs have been hit, but security-firm execs are focused more on just how fast the new worm appeared.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.001415	0.000211	0.004578	0.993796
US Forces Attack Iraqi Insurgents in Fallujah, Samarra Another US air strike on the Iraqi rebel-held city of Fallujah has killed at least five people and wounded 11 others. American and Iraqi forces also are pressing ahead with an offensive in the city of Samarra	0	World	0	World	0.998774	0.000133	0.000559	0.000533
US consumer confidence declines for third straight month NEW YORK, October 27 (newratings.com) - US consumer confidence has declined to a seven-month low this month on persisting job concerns, according to the Conference Board.	2	Business	2	Business	0.003466	0.000105	0.995208	0.001221
'Weightless Wonder' Makes Final Flight (AP) AP - The NASA turbojet notoriously known as the "vomit comet" for its use in training astronauts for weightlessness made its final flight Friday. Few among the two dozen seasoned passengers aboard got sick.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.008946	0.000481	0.000514	0.990059
Wachovia reports boost in 3rd-quarter profits CHARLOTTE, NC - Financial services firm Wachovia Corp. said Friday that third-quarter earnings increased as declining retail brokerage activity was offset by higher revenue in wealth management and investment banking segments.	2	Business	2	Business	0.000845	0.000472	0.993181	0.005502
3Com to buy Tippingpoint 3Combecame the latest company to scoop up technology for preventing attacks on computer networks, announcing on Monday that it was acquiring TippingPoint Technologiesof Austin, Texas, for \$430 million in cash.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.000959	0.001157	0.462588	0.535296
Dreams hinge on Okla.-Texas outcome AUSTIN - Jason White, the heady Oklahoma quarterback with the two surgically repaired knees, already has ensured his legacy in the Red River Shootout, no matter the outcome of Saturday #39;s game.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.000372	0.998751	0.000588	0.000289
Fast Arctic Thaw Threatens People, Polar Bears Global warming is heating the Arctic almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet in a thaw that threatens millions of livelihoods and could wipe	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.077883	0.001428	0.003213	0.917475
KIDNAPPED ITALIANS: ROME, 4 BIG PICTURES ON CAMPIDOGLIO (AGI) - Rome, Sept. 11 - As of Saturday afternoon the piazza del Campidoglio in Rome displays 4 large photographs of Simona Pari, Simona Torretta and the two kidnapped Iraqis until they will be released.	0	World	0	World	0.998325	0.000201	0.000432	0.001042
China to strive for prudent, stable fiscal, monetary policies in <b>...</b> BEIJING (AFP) - China #39;s leaders have wrapped up a key economic meeting pledging to strive for stable economic growth next year with an emphasis on quality and efficiency rather than simply a high growth rate.	2	Business	2	Business	0.219653	0.000186	0.778656	0.001505
Williams to Start Game 1 of Playoffs (AP) AP - Woody Williams has the fewest victories of any Cardinals starter. But he, and not Matt Morris, will get the honor of starting their playoff opener.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.001239	0.998578	0.000073	0.00011
Global health suffering because of toilet taboo, hygiene experts say (AFP) AFP - Long-held silence over the taboo subject of toilets is taking its toll on global health and holding back developing countries, hygiene experts warned at a world toilet summit here.	0	World	0	World	0.976565	0.000124	0.005269	0.018041
Former Enron asst treasurer strikes plea deal A former assistant treasurer at Enron Corp. (ENRNQ.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud on Tuesday and will cooperate with	2	Business	2	Business	0.001909	0.00017	0.996353	0.001567
Sutton Goes for Broke in Final-Day Pairings BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (Reuters) - U.S. captain Hal Sutton, looking for a final-day miracle in the Ryder Cup, predictably packed the upper order of his singles list with his biggest guns for Sunday.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.000965	0.998811	0.000153	0.00007
Boeing thanks Airbus for the flattery The Boeing Co. is welcoming a decision by its European rival to build a plane that can compete with the Chicago company #39;s 7E7.	2	Business	2	Business	0.004893	0.000487	0.958272	0.036348
Sun Plans to Call on Lenovo After IBM Deal-CEO SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Scott McNealy is looking forward to making an early sales call on Lenovo's new CEO as soon as the company's \$1.25 billion deal to buy IBM's PC business closes, the Sun Microsystems CEO said on Wednesday.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.000415	0.000319	0.095613	0.903652
U.S. Sets Final Duties on Imported Shrimp WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States set final anti-dumping duties of up to 112.81 percent on shrimp imported from China and up to 25.76 percent on shrimp from Vietnam to offset unfair pricing, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday.	2	Business	2	Business	0.006955	0.000248	0.990882	0.001916
Sun Beat Mystics 80-70 to Even Series (AP) AP - Lindsay Whalen matched her career-high with 21 points and the Connecticut Sun beat the Washington Mystics 80-70 Monday night to even the best-of-three WNBA Eastern Conference semifinal.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.000338	0.999435	0.000092	0.000135
Google launches Froogle in time for Christmas shopping LONDON - Google is targeting the UK online shopping market, said to be worth 17bn annually, with the launch of dedicated shopping service, Froogle, in the UK, in time for the Christmas sales period.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.001083	0.000604	0.148349	0.849964
Canadian probe into submarine fire begins A Canadian board of inquiry is convening in Scotland to investigate the cause of the fire on the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi, in which an officer was killed.	0	World	0	World	0.979406	0.000829	0.004343	0.015423
Snap-On Ratchets Down Expectations The hand tool manufacturer beats estimates, but internal growth can't match competition.	2	Business	2	Business	0.043526	0.000464	0.939786	0.016225
Koizumi Surveys Japan #39;s Earthquake Damage Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi surveyed the earthquake damage in northern Japan on Tuesday, meeting people camped out in a high-school gymnasium after the nation #39;s	0	World	0	World	0.996282	0.000151	0.001057	0.00251
Cazenove links up with JP Morgan Cazenove, one of Britain's last independent investment banks, joins forces with US banking giant JP Morgan.	2	Business	2	Business	0.050832	0.000353	0.945627	0.003188
Government Legislation: A Bad Idea for Baseball Following the revelation that Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi used steroids, some government officials began demanding that major league baseball adopt a stricter steroid policy.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.020107	0.96793	0.006907	0.005056
Microsoft splashes cash on anti-spyware firm Microsoft said it plans to offer tools based on Giant #39;s technology that will help protect Windows PCs from spyware and other deceptive software.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.002855	0.000467	0.103325	0.893353
Lightning Re-Sign Captain Andreychuk (AP) AP - The Tampa Bay Lightning re-signed captain Dave Andreychuk to a one-year contract Tuesday.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.00075	0.999095	0.000065	0.000089
France #39;s #39;Watergate #39; trial opens PARIS, Nov 15 (AFP) - In an affair described as France #39;s equivalent of Watergate, 12 former government officials and senior police officers go on trial in Paris Monday for running a phone-tapping operation which was used by the late president Francois	0	World	0	World	0.997963	0.000076	0.000947	0.001014
Northwest Airlines, pilots reach tentative deal on wage <b>...</b> MINNEAPOLIS Northwest Airlines has won tentative concessions worth 265 (m) million dollars annually from pilots -- a major first step toward its goal of slashing labor costs by 950 (M) million dollars.	2	Business	2	Business	0.001947	0.000225	0.994369	0.003458
Dance, Music to Liven German Building (AP) AP - Where communist East German legislators once ruled, modern dance and club music are taking over.	0	World	0	World	0.988946	0.001254	0.000837	0.008962
13 dead in Japan quakes A BARRAGE of powerful earthquakes and aftershocks has thundered across northern Japan, killing at least 13 people, knocking down buildings and forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes for safety.	0	World	0	World	0.958521	0.00243	0.00331	0.035739
A one-Man show: Ruud blasts four past Sparta RUUD van Nistelrooy answered Sir Alex Ferguson #39;s prayers with four goals as Manchester United got its Champions League campaign back on track with a 4-1 win over Sparta Prague yesterday.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.000316	0.999354	0.000206	0.000124
Scientist: Extreme Weather Will Kill Millions (Reuters) Reuters - Millions of people across the\globe are set to die early due to extreme weather events such\as floods and heat waves caused by climate change, a British\scientist said Tuesday.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.0081	0.000355	0.001146	0.9904
Hungarian GP, Qualifying Fifth and ninth for Fernando and Jarno following qualifying for tomorrow's Hungarian Grand Prix.	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.13871	0.857068	0.001816	0.002405
'Political Machine' Game Brings Politics to PC Political couch potatoes who can't get enough of the impending presidential election will find endless fun with "The Political Machine." This new PC game from Ubisoft pits you as a string-pulling presidential puppet master, aka the campaign manager.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.006087	0.00098	0.007118	0.985815
The Sims 2 Developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts for Windows 98 and later; \$49.99 (US); ages 17 and older. Rachel loves Mike. Mike loves Rachel.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.001867	0.000875	0.002602	0.994657
After the Fall: Measured Moves Individual investors are struggling to find a balanced approach at an unreliable time for the market.	2	Business	2	Business	0.030332	0.000274	0.968214	0.00118
Kmart sale shows two-pronged strategy Kmarts in Rochester Hills and Woodhaven are among the 50 stores the discount chain will sell to Sears Roebuck amp; Co. Employees and civic leaders were understandably upset Wednesday after Kmart	2	Business	2	Business	0.000969	0.000257	0.996226	0.002548
Spitzer Arrives at Scene of Galactic Collision NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has set its infrared sight on a major galactic collision and witnessed not death, but a teeming nest of life. The colliding galaxies, called the Antennae galaxies, are in the process of merging together.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.011262	0.000578	0.00112	0.98704
Briefly: Holiday Inn welcomes Priceline roundup Plus: More colleges get cheap online music...Glitches hit some EarthLink-hosted sites...More money for fuel cells...Linux release features Windows support.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.000862	0.000234	0.003682	0.995222
Intel Demonstrates New Chips Intel Corp. President Paul S. Otellini yesterday demonstrated new chips scheduled for release next year that simultaneously run tasks such as burning CDs and playing video games	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.000513	0.000206	0.025619	0.973662
Investors Reward Kmart, Sears and Their Suppliers Stocks rose as an \$11 billion offer by Kmart for Sears, Roebuck lifted retailers and better-than-expected earnings from Hewlett-Packard ignited a rally in technology shares.	2	Business	2	Business	0.005625	0.000305	0.963	0.03107
Bagle Is Still Biting New versions of the Bagle worm are rolling onto the Internet, prompting antivirus companies to warn customers about the threat and to push out software updates to spot the new worms.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.00704	0.000428	0.003413	0.989119
SAP wins SW deal for gigantic US Postal staff According to the deal worth \$35 million, it will supply and install human resources software to help the US Postal Service manage its staff of about 700,000.	3	Sci/Tech	3	Sci/Tech	0.001679	0.000279	0.049046	0.948996
Steroid users will get slap on wrist Who is Barry Bonds trying to kid? The San Francisco Giants #39; slugger, who in 2001 whacked 73 home runs to set a new, single-season record, reportedly told investigators that he unknowingly took	1	Sports	1	Sports	0.002492	0.996426	0.000754	0.000328
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John Kerry Hits Midwest States (AP) AP - John Kerry's telling voters that President Bush's record on jobs and taxes have helped special interests, not their interests, as he launches the final stretch of his presidential campaign with running mate John Edwards.	0	World	0	World	0.998699	0.000098	0.000693	0.00051

Fishmeal catch 'hits UK seabirds' British seabirds have had their worst breeding season ever with industrial fishing a key problem, scientists say.

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Poll Shows Chechen Police Official in Lead GROZNY, Russia - The Russian government's choice for president of war-ravaged Chechnya appeared to be the victor Sunday in an election tainted by charges of fraud and shadowed by last week's terrorist destruction of two airliners. Little more than two hours after polls closed, acting Chechen president Sergei Abramov said preliminary results showed Maj...

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Update 1: Stewart Asks Court to Overturn Conviction Lawyers for Martha Stewart told a federal appeals court that she suffered a quot;fundamentally unfair quot; trial at the hands of prosecutors who incorrectly suggested she was accused of insider trading.

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Stocks little changed on IBM, J amp;J news Stocks are little-changed in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down five points in today #39;s early going. Losing issues on the New York Stock Exchange hold a narrow lead over gainers.

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Hewitt calls on fighting spirit SECOND-seed Lleyton Hewitt needed all of his famed tenacity to overcome feisty Frenchman Cyril Saulnier 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5) and reach the semi-finals of the Washington Open.

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Expos Rally to Defeat Phillies 12-8 (AP) AP - Tony Batista hit a go-ahead two-run single in Montreal's five-run ninth inning, and the Expos rallied for a 12-8 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.

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Lavish times in oil patch? Not a chance Dude, where #39;s my boom? That #39;s a question a lot of Hous- tonians are asking as oil crowds the \$50-a-barrel mark. Where #39;s the frenetic hiring as oil companies staff up for the good times?

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Intel in new chip breakthrough Intel has created a more powerful memory chip without increasing its size, wrong-footing warnings that the firm had hit its technical limits.

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Beckham ready to defy Real David Beckham insists he is ready to play a full 90 minutes for England in the friendly against Spain if Sven-Goran Eriksson asks him to defy his club Real Madrid.

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Blue Jays activate Halladay from DL Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - The Toronto Blue Jays activated pitcher Roy Halladay from the 15-day disabled list and he is expected to start Tuesday #39;s game against the New York Yankees.

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Brown to Start Kevin Brown will return to the New York Yankees' rotation Sunday to start the series finale against the Boston Red Sox.

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EU chief holds secret Hamas talks EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana tells the BBC he met Hamas, a Palestinian militant group on the EU's terror list.

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Depth of Planning by Rebels Is Evident in School's Remains Investigators suspect Chechen rebels had hidden weapons or other equipment beneath the first-floor library weeks or months before their attack on a Russian school.

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Yahoo unveils personalisation tool Scouring the web using Yahoo is set to become a lot more personal following the unveiling of the beta version of a host of new tools that allow users to search and save results just they way they want to.

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South Carolinian may be tapped for top NASA job Retired Marine Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr., a former space shuttle astronaut from South Carolina for whom the new military elementary school at Laurel Bay north of Beaufort was named

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It's Boulware to the rescue SEATTLE -- Rookie safety Michael Boulware saved the game for the Seattle Seahawks. Maybe the season, too.

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US Sept Consumer Sentiment Barely Budges (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. consumer sentiment stagnated in\early September, according to a survey released on Friday, as\doubts about the economy and the job market persisted.

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PalmSource chairman to step down The separation of PalmOne and PalmSource will be complete with Eric Benhamou's resignation as the latter's chairman.

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Knicks: Houston activated but may sit until weekend Even though coach Lenny Wilkens and Allan Houston said there was no chance Houston would play, the Knicks took the curious step of activating the 6-6 guard from the injured list before last night #39;s loss in Memphis.

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Conferees Agree on Corporate Tax Bill House and Senate negotiators agreed Wednesday on an ambitious corporate tax bill that would shower billions of dollars in tax breaks on beneficiaries from old-line manufacturers to Alaskan whalers -- and includes a controversial \$10 billion buyout of the nation's tobacco farmers.

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AL Wrap: Ford, Radke Help Twins Sweep Tigers NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lew Ford homered and drove in a pair of runs and Brad Radke pitched seven strong innings to lead the streaking Minnesota Twins to a 5-3 road win over the Detroit Tigers in American League action on Monday.

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Eisner to Leave Disney Walt Disney Co. chief executive Michael D. Eisner announced plans Friday to retire in 2006, ending more than two decades atop what may be the world's best-known entertainment company.

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Hungarian Weightlifter Stripped of Silver Hungarian weightlifter Ferenc Gyurkovics was stripped of his silver medal and kicked out of the Olympics on Saturday for using steroids. Puerto Rican wrestler Mabel Fonseca was also expelled for a positive drug test.

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Timberwolves Crush the Clippers 113-86 (AP) AP - Wally Szczerbiak scored a season-high 29 points, including 11 in the third quarter, and the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 113-86 on Friday night.

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AstraZeneca to take earnings hit on drug rejection AstraZeneca will have to take a charge against 2004 earnings after US regulators rejected its new anti-clotting drug Exanta, but a company spokesman has declined to say how large it will be.

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UN gives up on efforts to seek worldwide cloning treaty The United States and other opponents of human cloning shelved their bid Friday for a UN treaty to ban the controversial procedure, unable to overcome opposition by nations seeking to allow cloning for embryonic stem cell research.

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Malaysia #39;s Prime Minister denies deal over Ibrahim Malaysia #39;s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi denies he struck a deal with Anwar Ibrahim before the rebel politician was freed last week after nearly six years in jail.

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Analysis: Iraq Dominates Policy Debate (AP) AP - President Bush and Democrat John Kerry are concentrating on Iraq and relegating other international issues to the sidelines. Their preoccupation is not lost on other world leaders.

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Former Enron CEO Skilling Seeks to Move Trial Lawyers for former Enron Corp. chief executive Jeffrey Skilling asked a federal court to move his trial out of Houston, arguing in a filing on Monday that any jury in Enron #39;s hometown would be biased.

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Qatari investment pays off as Shaheen sets record Qatar #39;s multimillion-pound investment in importing sporting talent reaped some benefit when Saif Saeed Shaheen broke the world record for 3,000 metres steeplechase in the Memorial Van Damme in the Stade Roi Baudouin here last night.

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Oil Heads Down, Holds Above \$49 Oil prices slipped on Monday but held above \$49 a barrel as easing concerns about a winter supply crunch pulled the market further away from record highs set two weeks ago.

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10 Questions for College Football Things are getting tighter, contenders are dropping like flies and conference races are coming down to the wire. Ahhhh, it #39;s a good time to be a college football fan.

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IBM seeks to ease database burden "Stinger" update of DB2 will focus on automatic administration and an improvement in clustered performance.

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Sharapova downs Venus to reach Zurich semi-finals Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova beat former world number one Venus Williams 6-3 6-4 on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the \$1.

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Circuit City quarterly growth lags Circuit City Stores Inc. reported a gain of 2.9 percent in quarterly same-store sales Tuesday, but growth lagged estimates due to a calendar shift and reduced spending in August.

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Giants #39; Hermanson suspended NEW YORK (Ticker) - The San Francisco Giants may have to continue their quest for the postseason without their closer. Major League Baseball on Tuesday suspended righthander Dustin Hermanson three games and

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ICJ ruling on Israeli fences may lead to sanctions: Attorney General JERUSALEM, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz said Thursday that the Hague ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israeli security fences could lead to sanctions against the country, local newspaper Ha #39;aretz ...

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World Series resumes at Fenway Park The Red Sox are trying to keep up their momentum tonight at Fenway Park in Game Two of the World Series. Boston scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.

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Four Infineon Executives Headed to Prison Four Infineon Technologies executives have agreed to pay US\$250,000 fines and serve prison time in the US for their roles in an international conspiracy to fix prices for DRAM computer memory chips, the Justice Department announced yesterday.

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worm has turned for teen virus king Sven Jaschan, 18, from Germany, faces up to five years in prison for writing and spreading the Sasser and Netsky worms, said to have cost businesses around the world millions of pounds.

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Australia Chooses to Bat in Second Cricket Test Against India Australia captain Adam Gilchrist won the toss and chose to bat first against India in the second cricket Test in Chennai. Australia, which won the first Test by 217 runs after Gilchrist

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Koalas Put on #39;The Pill #39; to Control Population Wildlife authorities in Australia plan to implant contraceptive hormones into 2,000 koala bears in an effort to keep the numbers down.

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Seoul Asks Bush to Focus on N.Korea Nuclear Crisis SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun called newly re-elected President Bush and won his agreement that ending the nuclear crisis involving the isolated communist North should be a goal of his second term in office.

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Bush Welcomes Scandal-Plagued Berlusconi (AP) AP - Days after he was acquitted in a corruption trial, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi got a warm welcome Wednesday from President Bush, who is grateful to Italy as a rare European ally willing to send troops to Iraq.

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Dolby Labs files for IPO worth up to \$460 million WASHINGTON (Dow Jones/AP) -- Dolby Laboratories Inc., the developer of noise reduction systems for audio equipment, filed Friday to sell up to \$460 million in stock in an initial public offering.

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Enter your e-mail: Here #39;s my colleague Denny Arar #39;s report on PalmOne #39;s latest business-oriented PDA, the \$399 Tungsten T5. The T5 has a big screen (320 by 480), scads of memory (256MB), built-in Bluetooth, and other features.

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Frist: Specter Must Prove Himself for Post (AP) AP - Sen. Arlen Specter must prove to his Republican colleagues that he is the right man to head the Senate Judiciary Committee in the next Congress, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday.

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PeopleSoft Posts Profit \ By Spencer Swartz SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PeopleSoft Inc. <PSFT.O> on\Thursday returned to profit in the third quarter from a year\earlier with a 12 percent rise in sales that upended market\fears that Oracle Corp.'s takeover bid had damaged PeopleSoft's\business in the quarter.

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Musharraf: Political Steps Needed to Win War on Terror Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says the global war against terrorism cannot be won without resolving the major political disputes in the Muslim world.

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Murder charges in Gujarat trial Sixteen Hindus are charged with the murder of 12 Muslims in one of the most notorious incidents in riots in India two years ago.

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Humans Raise Risk of Europe Heatwaves -Scientists (Reuters) Reuters - Human activity has raised the risk of\more heatwaves like last year's, which gave Europe probably its\hottest summer since 1500, scientists said on Wednesday.

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Andre Agassi steals the show at Legg Mason Tennis Classic WHILE ONE-HALF of ten- nis #39;s greatest rivalry has retired (Pete Sampras), the other half is still going strong. Andre Agassi and the rest of his professional tennis crew rolled into Washington, DC, this past week for the annual Legg Mason Tennis Classic.

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Tributes paid to Belgium #39;s #39;magic #39; football coach The Belgian press paid tribute to Raymond Goethals on Tuesday, describing him as the magician and looking back on his teams many victories.

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Hackers Get Very Fast At Exploiting Microsoft Flaws A quot;modest quot; number of PCs have been hit, but security-firm execs are focused more on just how fast the new worm appeared.

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US Forces Attack Iraqi Insurgents in Fallujah, Samarra Another US air strike on the Iraqi rebel-held city of Fallujah has killed at least five people and wounded 11 others. American and Iraqi forces also are pressing ahead with an offensive in the city of Samarra

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US consumer confidence declines for third straight month NEW YORK, October 27 (newratings.com) - US consumer confidence has declined to a seven-month low this month on persisting job concerns, according to the Conference Board.

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'Weightless Wonder' Makes Final Flight (AP) AP - The NASA turbojet notoriously known as the "vomit comet" for its use in training astronauts for weightlessness made its final flight Friday. Few among the two dozen seasoned passengers aboard got sick.

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Wachovia reports boost in 3rd-quarter profits CHARLOTTE, NC - Financial services firm Wachovia Corp. said Friday that third-quarter earnings increased as declining retail brokerage activity was offset by higher revenue in wealth management and investment banking segments.

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3Com to buy Tippingpoint 3Combecame the latest company to scoop up technology for preventing attacks on computer networks, announcing on Monday that it was acquiring TippingPoint Technologiesof Austin, Texas, for \$430 million in cash.

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Dreams hinge on Okla.-Texas outcome AUSTIN - Jason White, the heady Oklahoma quarterback with the two surgically repaired knees, already has ensured his legacy in the Red River Shootout, no matter the outcome of Saturday #39;s game.

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Fast Arctic Thaw Threatens People, Polar Bears Global warming is heating the Arctic almost twice as fast as the rest of the planet in a thaw that threatens millions of livelihoods and could wipe

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KIDNAPPED ITALIANS: ROME, 4 BIG PICTURES ON CAMPIDOGLIO (AGI) - Rome, Sept. 11 - As of Saturday afternoon the piazza del Campidoglio in Rome displays 4 large photographs of Simona Pari, Simona Torretta and the two kidnapped Iraqis until they will be released.

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China to strive for prudent, stable fiscal, monetary policies in ... BEIJING (AFP) - China #39;s leaders have wrapped up a key economic meeting pledging to strive for stable economic growth next year with an emphasis on quality and efficiency rather than simply a high growth rate.

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Williams to Start Game 1 of Playoffs (AP) AP - Woody Williams has the fewest victories of any Cardinals starter. But he, and not Matt Morris, will get the honor of starting their playoff opener.

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Global health suffering because of toilet taboo, hygiene experts say (AFP) AFP - Long-held silence over the taboo subject of toilets is taking its toll on global health and holding back developing countries, hygiene experts warned at a world toilet summit here.

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Former Enron asst treasurer strikes plea deal A former assistant treasurer at Enron Corp. (ENRNQ.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud on Tuesday and will cooperate with

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Sutton Goes for Broke in Final-Day Pairings BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (Reuters) - U.S. captain Hal Sutton, looking for a final-day miracle in the Ryder Cup, predictably packed the upper order of his singles list with his biggest guns for Sunday.

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Boeing thanks Airbus for the flattery The Boeing Co. is welcoming a decision by its European rival to build a plane that can compete with the Chicago company #39;s 7E7.

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Sun Plans to Call on Lenovo After IBM Deal-CEO SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Scott McNealy is looking forward to making an early sales call on Lenovo's new CEO as soon as the company's \$1.25 billion deal to buy IBM's PC business closes, the Sun Microsystems CEO said on Wednesday.

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U.S. Sets Final Duties on Imported Shrimp WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States set final anti-dumping duties of up to 112.81 percent on shrimp imported from China and up to 25.76 percent on shrimp from Vietnam to offset unfair pricing, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday.

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Sun Beat Mystics 80-70 to Even Series (AP) AP - Lindsay Whalen matched her career-high with 21 points and the Connecticut Sun beat the Washington Mystics 80-70 Monday night to even the best-of-three WNBA Eastern Conference semifinal.

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Google launches Froogle in time for Christmas shopping LONDON - Google is targeting the UK online shopping market, said to be worth 17bn annually, with the launch of dedicated shopping service, Froogle, in the UK, in time for the Christmas sales period.

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Canadian probe into submarine fire begins A Canadian board of inquiry is convening in Scotland to investigate the cause of the fire on the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi, in which an officer was killed.

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Snap-On Ratchets Down Expectations The hand tool manufacturer beats estimates, but internal growth can't match competition.

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Koizumi Surveys Japan #39;s Earthquake Damage Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi surveyed the earthquake damage in northern Japan on Tuesday, meeting people camped out in a high-school gymnasium after the nation #39;s

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Cazenove links up with JP Morgan Cazenove, one of Britain's last independent investment banks, joins forces with US banking giant JP Morgan.

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Government Legislation: A Bad Idea for Baseball Following the revelation that Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi used steroids, some government officials began demanding that major league baseball adopt a stricter steroid policy.

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Microsoft splashes cash on anti-spyware firm Microsoft said it plans to offer tools based on Giant #39;s technology that will help protect Windows PCs from spyware and other deceptive software.

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Lightning Re-Sign Captain Andreychuk (AP) AP - The Tampa Bay Lightning re-signed captain Dave Andreychuk to a one-year contract Tuesday.

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France #39;s #39;Watergate #39; trial opens PARIS, Nov 15 (AFP) - In an affair described as France #39;s equivalent of Watergate, 12 former government officials and senior police officers go on trial in Paris Monday for running a phone-tapping operation which was used by the late president Francois

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Northwest Airlines, pilots reach tentative deal on wage ... MINNEAPOLIS Northwest Airlines has won tentative concessions worth 265 (m) million dollars annually from pilots -- a major first step toward its goal of slashing labor costs by 950 (M) million dollars.

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Dance, Music to Liven German Building (AP) AP - Where communist East German legislators once ruled, modern dance and club music are taking over.

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13 dead in Japan quakes A BARRAGE of powerful earthquakes and aftershocks has thundered across northern Japan, killing at least 13 people, knocking down buildings and forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes for safety.

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A one-Man show: Ruud blasts four past Sparta RUUD van Nistelrooy answered Sir Alex Ferguson #39;s prayers with four goals as Manchester United got its Champions League campaign back on track with a 4-1 win over Sparta Prague yesterday.

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Scientist: Extreme Weather Will Kill Millions (Reuters) Reuters - Millions of people across the\globe are set to die early due to extreme weather events such\as floods and heat waves caused by climate change, a British\scientist said Tuesday.

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Hungarian GP, Qualifying Fifth and ninth for Fernando and Jarno following qualifying for tomorrow's Hungarian Grand Prix.

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'Political Machine' Game Brings Politics to PC Political couch potatoes who can't get enough of the impending presidential election will find endless fun with "The Political Machine." This new PC game from Ubisoft pits you as a string-pulling presidential puppet master, aka the campaign manager.

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The Sims 2 Developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts for Windows 98 and later; \$49.99 (US); ages 17 and older. Rachel loves Mike. Mike loves Rachel.

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After the Fall: Measured Moves Individual investors are struggling to find a balanced approach at an unreliable time for the market.

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Kmart sale shows two-pronged strategy Kmarts in Rochester Hills and Woodhaven are among the 50 stores the discount chain will sell to Sears Roebuck amp; Co. Employees and civic leaders were understandably upset Wednesday after Kmart

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Spitzer Arrives at Scene of Galactic Collision NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has set its infrared sight on a major galactic collision and witnessed not death, but a teeming nest of life. The colliding galaxies, called the Antennae galaxies, are in the process of merging together.

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Briefly: Holiday Inn welcomes Priceline roundup Plus: More colleges get cheap online music...Glitches hit some EarthLink-hosted sites...More money for fuel cells...Linux release features Windows support.

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Intel Demonstrates New Chips Intel Corp. President Paul S. Otellini yesterday demonstrated new chips scheduled for release next year that simultaneously run tasks such as burning CDs and playing video games

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Investors Reward Kmart, Sears and Their Suppliers Stocks rose as an \$11 billion offer by Kmart for Sears, Roebuck lifted retailers and better-than-expected earnings from Hewlett-Packard ignited a rally in technology shares.

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Bagle Is Still Biting New versions of the Bagle worm are rolling onto the Internet, prompting antivirus companies to warn customers about the threat and to push out software updates to spot the new worms.

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SAP wins SW deal for gigantic US Postal staff According to the deal worth \$35 million, it will supply and install human resources software to help the US Postal Service manage its staff of about 700,000.

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Steroid users will get slap on wrist Who is Barry Bonds trying to kid? The San Francisco Giants #39; slugger, who in 2001 whacked 73 home runs to set a new, single-season record, reportedly told investigators that he unknowingly took

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Sailor dies after airlift from Canadian submarine off coast of Ireland (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - HALIFAX (CP) - At first, the military said it was just a minor fire.

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Rentokil warns of tough outlook Hygiene-to-security group Rentokil Initial has warned of further tough trading next year and announced plans to sell part of its hygiene division.

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John Kerry Hits Midwest States (AP) AP - John Kerry's telling voters that President Bush's record on jobs and taxes have helped special interests, not their interests, as he launches the final stretch of his presidential campaign with running mate John Edwards.

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