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Mets talk to RudyOmar Minaya is getting down to business in determining Art Howe #39;s successor. The Mets #39; GM interviewed Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo yesterday, and intends to meet with Yankees	1
Hostage Takers Give Up After 18-Hour Standoff on Bus in GreeceThe two gunmen who had hijacked an Athens-bound commuter bus surrendered to the authorities and released their six remaining captives.	0
EMC acquires Retrospect maker DantzOCTOBER 12, 2004 (MACCENTRAL) - Hopinkton, Mass.-based EMC Corp. announced today that it has acquired Retrospect backup software maker Dantz Development Corp.	3
Kolzig Head WestCapitals goalie Olaf Kolzig will stay close to his home during the lockout, taking a position as goaltenders coach with his former junior team, the Tri-City Americans.	1
Amazon.com Begins DVD Rental Service on UK Site (Update2)Amazon.com Inc., the world #39;s biggest Internet retailer, began offering a DVD-rental service in the UK that will probably increase traffic on its site and could compete with Netflix Inc.	2
High oil prices baffle US economyUS Treasury Secretary John W. Snow on Sunday said record-high oil prices baffle the development of US economy. quot;It #39;s creating headwinds for the otherwise very strong economy	2
Suspected Turkish al-Qaida leader reportedly killed in Iraq <b>...</b>Turkish television stations broadcast a video Friday that claimed that Habib Akdas, suspected leader of the Turkish al-Qaida cell blamed for November suicide bombings in Istanbul, was killed this week in a US bombing raid in Iraq.	0
In New England, It's Play, Win, RepeatOn Sunday against the Miami Dolphins, the Patriots will be going for their 19th consecutive victory.	1
Will Pruett come down on Herd now?How many other teams can make news by finishing two-a-day practices with a bar fight -- not to mention one in which some Thundering Herd knucklehead maybe gives a ticket to the festivities to a player on a team they #39;ll be playing next month?	1
Paris Weighs Shift to Linux from MicrosoftInternational Data Corp. said growth in demand for Linux servers in Europe is expected to almost double by 2008. Microsoft is fighting back by cutting prices and through publicity campaigns that claim that	3
Contraception ControversyAdvances in medical science should lead to improvements in birth control methods -- but current debates remain hung up on teenagers' sex lives. Adult women and men looking for better options shouldn't be left out in the cold. Commentary by Gina Lynn.	3
UPDATE 1-Liverpool manager against Everton ground-shareManager Rafael Benitez is opposed to Liverpool sharing their proposed new stadium with city rivals Everton. Officials from the two Premier League clubs	1
Mmo2, Lucent to deploy converged fixed-mobile network on Isle of <b>...</b>UK mobile operator Mmo2 and US telecoms equipment maker Lucent Technologies are to deploy a converged fixed-mobile network for Mmo2 #39;s subsidiary, Manx Telecom, on the Isle of Man.	3
Major Atlantic hurricane season forecastFORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Hurricane forecasters are calling for an above-average Atlantic hurricane season again next year after one of the most destructive seasons on record.	2
Sony preparing high-speed Memory Stick ProSony is continuing development of its Memory Stick format, with a new high-speed variety due out this fall. Backward compatible with existing devices, it will be recognizable by a red and white color scheme.	3
EU charges countries favouring Intel over AMDFrance, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden are violating European Union law by favouring chips made by Intel over rival AMD when they buy computers, the European Commission has said in formal charges.	2
US broker faces credit downgradeMARSH amp; McLENNAN, the worlds biggest insurance broker, was last night facing a potentially crippling downgrade of its credit rating by Standard amp; Poors, after its borrowing power was all but frozen by its bankers.	2
West Braces for Elderly Population Boom (AP)AP - The Census Bureau says the population of those 65 and older will increase more rapidly in the West than in any other area of the country. While retirees settle in, states are figuring out how to keep up with an aging population. Will there be enough doctors and nurses? Hospitals and nursing homes? Will housing be affordable?	3
SpaceShipOne Wins #36;10 Million Prize with Flight (Reuters)Reuters - The world's first privately\funded manned spacecraft soared to the blackened frontiers of\space for the second time in a week on Monday, setting a new\altitude record and clinching a #36;10 million prize designed to\spur commercial space travel	3
Mills buys stakes in 9 GM-owned mallsVirginia-based REIT will pay \$1B, before transaction costs, for a 50 stake in the properties. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Real estate investment trust Mills Corp. said Tuesday it will buy a 50 percent managing stake in nine regional malls from a General Motors ...	2
Rice finally stops LamarIt takes an audacious arrogance to persevere through the kind of shooting slump Rice senior guard Brock Gillespie endured in the first half Thursday night against Lamar.	1
It was a heavenly Game 7Sometimes, when you're living through an event, you can be too close to what's happening to realize the magnitude of it.	1
Brief: PeopleSoft revises Q3 earnings upPeopleSoft has increased its earnings results for the third quarter after recalculating the income tax benefit related to the severance package for its former CEO, Craig Conway.	3
FCC asks high court to rule on broadbandThe federal government is challenging an appeals court ruling that, officials fear, would stifle the expansion of cable broadband services by burdening the providers with new regulations.	3
Update: Sun, Microsoft to detail interoperability in OctoberSun Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. next month plan to provide more details on work they are doing to make their products interoperable, a Sun executive said Monday.	3
John, Paul, George, Ringo...and Steve?A close reading of the California filing, which is similar to the British one, reveals an extremely complex case -- one that a London judge has already criticized for a lack of clarity.	3
WMC finds more ore in OutbackSINGAPORE Ever since WMC Resources rejected Xstrata #39;s \$5.8 billion takeover offer last month, saying it was insufficient, WMC #39;s chief executive, Andrew Michelmore, has been saying that there was more to his company than meets the eye.	2
Police issue sketches of top 10 suspects in Jakarta blastJAKARTA - Police yesterday issued sketches of the 10 most-wanted suspects linked to last week #39;s Australian Embassy bombing. The sketches, issued by Inspector-General Paiman, included those of Malaysian bomb	0
Atlantic City Casino Hotel Workers StrikeATLANTIC CITY, NJ Oct. 1, 2004 - About 10,000 casino hotel workers from more than half the city #39;s 12 casinos went on strike Friday, even though negotiators had reached a tentative agreement with three of the casinos.	2
El Guerrouj is doubly good Distance king, Great Britain #39;s Holmes <b>...</b> quot;We are the World #39; #39; was the theme of the track and field competition on the last full day of activity at the 2004 Olympic Games as 14 countries other than the United States won medals at Olympic Stadium.	1
Cassini Probe Illuminates Saturn #39;s MoonThe photos sent back from the international Cassini spacecraft were taken during a flyby that took it within 745 miles of Titan. Scientists at NASA #39;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory declared themselves	3
Texas Still Upset by Arkansas Celebration (AP)AP - Texas still remembers Arkansas' players prancing all over the field, waving their state flag in the end zone and digging up pieces of the turf after the Razorbacks beat the Longhorns 38-28 last season.	1
No evidence of hijack bid found before jet explosionsMOSCOW -- Russia's transport minister, citing a quot;black box quot; recording from one of two planes that crashed minutes apart last week, said yesterday there was no evidence of a hijacking attempt or any other disturbance before explosions aboard the jetliners.	0
Make Love Not Spam DecentralizedLycos Europe released a screen saver that would pepper spam sites with requests for pages, in an effort to burden their bandwidth. Now it's disabled, but in very fixable ways...	3
#39;04 Series has given us some sloppy baseballTo this point -- Boston up 3-0 on St. Louis at Tuesday #39;s press time -- the 2004 World Series has been a major league letdown. I had a feeling that the American League Championship Series was our true World Series.	1
Earnings alert: Nokia sees lower profitPlus: Adobe strong despite drop...Linux demand lifts Red Hat profit...Strong sales of phones, other gadgets boost PalmOne profit.	3
South Korea #39;s Kospi also tumbles after US lossTOKYO (CBS.MW) - Japanese stock indexes fell sharply by midday Monday as record oil prices and the dollar #39;s fall to a six-month low against the yen sparked fears about the impact on consumer spending and corporate profits.	2
Microsoft, Intel team set to conquer US living roomsMicrosoft Corp. and Intel Corp. are joining forces to conquer US living rooms and make further inroads into the coveted consumer electronics space.	3
How To Get A War-Torn Region To #39;Shalom #39;A Palestinian farmer told of how his olive grove of 400 trees had been poisoned by Israeli settlers and his son run over and killed by a settler.	0
Pfizer Profit Up on Demand for Key Drugs NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PFE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">PFE.N</A>, the world's biggest drugmaker, on Wednesday said third-quarter earnings rose on higher sales of key medicines.	2
Microsoft Releases 10 Security Patches for Windows, Excel, and IEMicrosoft Releases 10 Security Patches for Windows, Excel, and IE\\If you use Microsoft Windows, Excel, or their Internet Explorer browser you better watch out, because there are some large security holes that need patching. Microsoft on Tuesday published 10 software security advisories, warning Windows users and corporate administrators of 22 ...	3
Intel Debuts M 765, the Newest Centrino ChipThe M 765 is made using Intel #39;s newest 90 nm process. It will begin shipping immediately in Centrino-based consumer and business devices.	3
HP to spend \$210m enhancing its radio sensorsHewlett-Packard said it will invest \$US150 million (\$210million) over five years in radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, to appeal to large corporate customers such as retailers Wal-Mart Stores and Best Buy.	3
Brazilian duo leave Celtic down and outDISASTER in Donetsk would be a catchy title, but it is unlikely that Celtic will be releasing a video of a Champions League match in which some initial bad luck was compounded by subsequent incompetence and disintegration, bringing the Parkhead side their	1
Food prices rise on second day of blockade of Nepal's capital (AFP)AFP - A blockade of the Nepalese capital called by Maoist rebels entered a second day, causing a rise in food prices and prompting the government to declare the city had enough supplies for a month.	0
Dolphins save swimmers from shark attackA school of Dolphins has saved a group of swimmers from a great white shark attack. The amazing rescue happened when lifeguard Rob Howes took his daughter and her friends for a swim off the northern New Zealand coast.	0
Final Preseason Game Important for McMahon (AP)AP - Don't tell Mike McMahon the NFL's final exhibitions are meaningless.	1
China's online game industry could grow seven-fold in two years (AFP)AFP - China's online game industry could grow seven-fold to become a billion-dollar business within the next two years, state media cites industry insiders as saying.	3
TransactionsBASEBALL Arizona (NL): Signed SS Craig Counsell. Boston (AL): Signed SS Edgar Renteria and P John Halama. Chicago (NL): Named Grady Little special assistant in player development and minor league roving catching instructor, and Randy Bush special assistant to the vice president and general manager. Cincinnati (NL): Signed Ps David Weathers and Ben Weber. Colorado (NL): Signed OF Reggie Taylor ...	1
Retail sales fall more than expectedLONDON (Reuters) - Retail sales fell more than expected in July and for the first time in over a year as poor weather pushed down clothing sales sharply.	2
Molson, Coors to Pay C\$381 Million to Sweeten Merger (Update1)Molson Inc., Canada #39;s biggest brewer, and Adolph Coors Co., agreed to pay Molson shareholders a special dividend of C\$381 million (\$315 million) as part of their proposed merger in an effort to win over investors.	2
Woods, Palmer Share Lead at Deutsche Bank (AP)AP - Palmer and Woods. How's that for a leaderboard? Too bad it's tour rookie Ryan Palmer #151; not Arnold #151; sharing the lead with Tiger Woods after one round in the Deutsche Bank Championship. The two shot 6-under 65s Friday on the TPC of Boston to take a one-stroke lead over Mark O'Meara and two others.	1
Blair #39;Should Broker Deal to Boost Aid Spending #39;Prime Minister Tony Blair was urged today to use Britains upcoming presidency of the G8 to broker a global agreement to cancel poor countries debt and double spending on aid.	0
Navy Says Kerry's Service Awards OK'd (AP)AP - The Navy's chief investigator concluded Friday that procedures were followed properly in the approval of Sen. John Kerry's Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals, according to an internal Navy memo.	0
Intel Delays LCOS chips for HDTVLCOS technology sandwiches a layer of liquid crystal between a cover glass and a highly reflective, mirror-like surface patterned with pixels that sits on top of a silicon chip. These layers form a microdisplay that can be used in projection displays such ...	3
Hunt for Grand Theft Auto piratesThe makers of the best-selling Grand Theft Auto games are ""aggressively pursuing"" the pirates who leaked the latest version of the series.	3
IBM launches Websphere 6IBM today announced that Websphere 6, the long awaited-update to its application server software, will be available by the end of the year.	3
UPDATE 1-SEC, NASD probing Jefferies trader #39;s gifts -WSJUS market regulators are looking into whether a Jefferies Group Inc. (JEF.N: Quote, Profile, Research) trader violated rules that prohibit expensive gift-giving in a bid to curry	2
German Police Detain 10 Neo-Nazis Before Hess March MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - German police detained 10 neo-Nazis on Saturday before a march marking the anniversary of the death of Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess.	0
Lithuanians face US NBA stars in Olympic basketball showdown (AFP)AFP - A struggling United States basketball team coming off two narrow escapes and a epic loss faces its toughest Olympic test yet Saturday against unbeaten Lithuania, which is playing like the team to beat for gold.	1
Give me back my rights, Milosevic tells appeals court (AFP)AFP - Slobodan Milosevic called on a UN appeals court to overturn a decision order imposing lawyers on the former Yugoslav president in his war crimes trial, a move supported by his reluctant defence team.	0
Mount St. Helens Calms Down, Scientists Lower Alert (Reuters)Reuters - Government scientists said that\volcanic activity on Washington state's Mount St. Helens had\started to taper off and downgraded their safety warning on\Wednesday, following nearly two weeks of seismic activity and\steam eruptions.	3
Iraq suicide bomber kills three men of Black WatchBy Richard Lloyd Parry at Camp Dogwood and Michael Evans, Defence Editor. THREE soldiers of the Black Watch battle group were killed yesterday in the first fatal suicide bomb attack against British troops in Iraq.	0
REVIEW: Waterproof IPod Housing All Wet (AP)AP - After you've joined the music revolution and plunked down #36;250 for an Apple iPod mini, it's easy to become quite protective of the little gizmo.	3
Argentina topples NBA starsATHENS -- Bronze is the best the American men can do in basketball and the reason is simple: A hastily assembled assortment of NBA stars couldn #39;t beat a better team -- Argentina.	1
Motorola, DoCoMo to make 3G phones for business useTOKYO: Motorola and NTT DoCoMo, Japan #39;s top mobile phone operator, said yesterday they would jointly develop third-generation (3G) handsets, giving Motorola a way into a market largely out of reach for foreign manufacturers.	3
Martin says Bush assured him no plans for space-based weapons (Canadian Press)Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - The prime minister says he's been assured by President George W. Bush that the U.S. missile defence plan does not necessarily involve the weaponization of space.	0
Sharon: Stop Terror and Talk; Arabs: Words Before ActionThe Palestinian Authority, refusing Israel #39;s demand for a halt in terrorist attacks, also insists that Israel release convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti, who is serving multiple life sentences for murder.	0
Costa Rica beat Canada 3-1 in WC qualifierCosta Rica overcame an early goal down to beat Canada 3-1 in Vancouver on Wednesday, ending the hometeam #39;s hopes of advancing to the next round of World Cup qualification.	1
Airline industry seen losing up to \$US4b in 2004MONTREAL: The global airline industry stands to incur losses of between \$US3 billion (\$NZ4.6 billion) and \$US4 billion this year as surging oil prices wipe out any hope of profit created by rising passenger traffic, the International Air Transport	2
MySQL to make use of Microsoft codeThis fourth priority #39;s main focus has been enterprise directories as organizations spawn projects around identity infrastructure.	3
Bryans hope for Davis Cup titleThe season once held so much promise. There were gold medal dreams, Grand Slam possibilities and aspirations of continued dominance.	1
Top-Ranked Kansas Holds Off Upset-Minded Vermont LAWRENCE, Kan. (Sports Network) - Wayne Simien had 25 points and 14 rebounds as the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks survived a scare and fought off the Vermont Catamounts, 68-61.	1
Shell pushes back AGMOil giant Royal Dutch/Shell has decided to delay shareholder meetings that will vote on a new unified board structure to allow more time to prepare the necessary documentation.	2
Fla. State's Sam Won't Play in Gator Bowl (AP)AP - Florida State wide receiver Lorne Sam will not be available for the Seminoles when they play West Virginia in the Gator Bowl on Jan. 1.	1
Court reinstates Indian board officialsIndia #39;s top court has set aside a lower court #39;s order suspending all office-bearers of the country #39;s cricket board, including president Ranbir Mahendra, because of alleged misconduct during board elections last month.	1
One Hamas leader survived assassination; five Palestinians killed in an Israeli bombardment in GazaFive Palestinians were killed and other seven injured today at dawn in an Israeli air raid carried out by one Israeli helicopter at the house of a leading figure from the Islamic resistance movement ( Hamas) in al-Shuja #39;eya quarters to the east of Gaza.	0
Microsoft makes mobile media pushMicrosoft has unveiled a series of handheld gadgets that can replay audio, movies and TV shows.	3
Bloomberg ColumnistsWal-Mart Stores Inc. isn #39;t just working to woo Japanese shoppers -- it #39;s doing a little shopping of its own in the No. 2 economy.	2
Robson Leads KanuSuper Eagles Nwankwo Kanu #39;s West Bromwich have named Bryan Robson as their new manager. Robson, 47, has agreed a two-and-a-half year deal, with Nigel Pearson moving to The Hawthorns as his assistant.	1
Putin Ratifies Kyoto Protocol on EmissionsPresident Vladimir V. Putin on Friday signed Russia #39;s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, the Kremlin announced, clearing the way for the international	0
Iginla #39;s two goals pave routAfter the United States advanced to the World Cup of Hockey semifinals Tuesday night, some of the players already started talking about facing Finland.	1
US Airways, Lenders File Cash PactThe government has thrown US Airways (UAIRQ.OB: Quote, Profile, Research) a lifeline until the middle of January, agreeing with key lenders to extend financing the	2
Don #39;t look backo Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig says his sport must get serious about steroid use. And now the players #39;union says it #39;s ready to talk about a testing plan.	1
DirecTV to write-off Net-via-satellite effortThis priority retains its ranking at number five as more and more companies deploy Web Services to share business logic, data and processes with each other and with clients.	2
Harvard Wants to Clone Human Embryos (AP)AP - Harvard University scientists have asked the university's ethical review board for permission to produce cloned human embryos for disease research, potentially becoming the first researchers in the nation to wade into a divisive area of study that has become a presidential campaign issue.	3
New mass offensive aimed at insurgentsUS, British and Iraqi forces are focusing this time on a hotbed south of the capital. BAGHDAD -- About 5,000 US marines, British troops and Iraqi commandos launched raids and arrested suspected insurgents	0
Botswana elections to hand victory to party in power since <b>...</b>GABORONE (AFP) - Queues of voters in diamond-rich Botswana waited patiently to cast their ballots in elections that are expected to hand victory to the party in power since independence in 1966 in one of Africa #39;s most stable countries.	0
UPDATE 3-United Dominion buys \$897 mln homes, shares fallUnited Dominion Realty Trust Inc. (UDR.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , one of the largest US apartment owners, said on Tuesday	2
Lycos Offers Program to Attack SpammersAt the risk of breaching Internet civility, Lycos Europe is offering computer-users a weapon against spam-spewing servers: a screen-saver program that automatically hits the offenders with data to slow them down.	3
For Windows, Opera takes requestsIn a first, Opera plans to support Microsoft's cell phone operating system, indicating progress for Windows.	3
Australian Says Practicality Key in IraqAn Australian security expert suggests Americans should focus on training national forces and meeting such basic needs of citizens as food and jobs in Iraq.	0
Venezuela Boosts Taxes on Orinoco DealsVenezuela on Sunday ordered foreign oil firms operating in its huge Orinoco heavy crude belt to pay much higher taxes in what President Hugo Chavez called	2
Harrison gets four yearsAmerican Alvin Harrison has followed his brother Calvin into athletic infamy after accepting a four-year ban for drugs offences. The dual 400m relay gold medallist has admitted to using several undetectable	1
Japan Eases Arms Export Ban for New Missile Shield TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan eased a blanket ban on arms exports on Friday to open the way for joint production of a new missile shield with the United States, but said it would still refrain from most other weapons exports.	0
Apec pushes for free trade boostLeaders of 21 Asia-Pacific states in the Apec grouping have ended a summit in Chile with a call for action to lower global trade barriers.	0
As Oil Price Soars, Markets ChillWeak chain-store sales, stumbling job growth and more record oil prices were too much for Wall Street #39;s bulls to bear last week.	2
A More Conservative Intel Doesn #39;t Add Many Details On <b>...</b>Burned by a series of production missteps and canceled products, the company lets AMD get out in front on multicore product announcements.	3
Different directionsToday #39;s edition of this rivalry will star Notre Dame as the quot;then quot; and Michigan as the quot;now. quot;. Both programs have compelling tradition and cool helmets and catchy fight songs, all the important stuff of tailgating debates.	1
Serena Williams ends Mauresmo #39;s bid for year-end No. 1 rankingSerena Williams is in love - with her new attacking game and herself. Williams moved a step closer to salvaging her season with a 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 semifinal victory over Amelie Mauresmo in the WTA Championships on Sunday.	1

Mets talk to RudyOmar Minaya is getting down to business in determining Art Howe #39;s successor. The Mets #39; GM interviewed Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo yesterday, and intends to meet with Yankees

1

Hostage Takers Give Up After 18-Hour Standoff on Bus in GreeceThe two gunmen who had hijacked an Athens-bound commuter bus surrendered to the authorities and released their six remaining captives.

0

EMC acquires Retrospect maker DantzOCTOBER 12, 2004 (MACCENTRAL) - Hopinkton, Mass.-based EMC Corp. announced today that it has acquired Retrospect backup software maker Dantz Development Corp.

3

Kolzig Head WestCapitals goalie Olaf Kolzig will stay close to his home during the lockout, taking a position as goaltenders coach with his former junior team, the Tri-City Americans.

1

Amazon.com Begins DVD Rental Service on UK Site (Update2)Amazon.com Inc., the world #39;s biggest Internet retailer, began offering a DVD-rental service in the UK that will probably increase traffic on its site and could compete with Netflix Inc.

2

High oil prices baffle US economyUS Treasury Secretary John W. Snow on Sunday said record-high oil prices baffle the development of US economy. quot;It #39;s creating headwinds for the otherwise very strong economy

2

Suspected Turkish al-Qaida leader reportedly killed in Iraq ...Turkish television stations broadcast a video Friday that claimed that Habib Akdas, suspected leader of the Turkish al-Qaida cell blamed for November suicide bombings in Istanbul, was killed this week in a US bombing raid in Iraq.

0

In New England, It's Play, Win, RepeatOn Sunday against the Miami Dolphins, the Patriots will be going for their 19th consecutive victory.

1

Will Pruett come down on Herd now?How many other teams can make news by finishing two-a-day practices with a bar fight -- not to mention one in which some Thundering Herd knucklehead maybe gives a ticket to the festivities to a player on a team they #39;ll be playing next month?

1

Paris Weighs Shift to Linux from MicrosoftInternational Data Corp. said growth in demand for Linux servers in Europe is expected to almost double by 2008. Microsoft is fighting back by cutting prices and through publicity campaigns that claim that

3

Contraception ControversyAdvances in medical science should lead to improvements in birth control methods -- but current debates remain hung up on teenagers' sex lives. Adult women and men looking for better options shouldn't be left out in the cold. Commentary by Gina Lynn.

3

UPDATE 1-Liverpool manager against Everton ground-shareManager Rafael Benitez is opposed to Liverpool sharing their proposed new stadium with city rivals Everton. Officials from the two Premier League clubs

1

Mmo2, Lucent to deploy converged fixed-mobile network on Isle of ...UK mobile operator Mmo2 and US telecoms equipment maker Lucent Technologies are to deploy a converged fixed-mobile network for Mmo2 #39;s subsidiary, Manx Telecom, on the Isle of Man.

3

Major Atlantic hurricane season forecastFORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Hurricane forecasters are calling for an above-average Atlantic hurricane season again next year after one of the most destructive seasons on record.

2

Sony preparing high-speed Memory Stick ProSony is continuing development of its Memory Stick format, with a new high-speed variety due out this fall. Backward compatible with existing devices, it will be recognizable by a red and white color scheme.

3

EU charges countries favouring Intel over AMDFrance, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden are violating European Union law by favouring chips made by Intel over rival AMD when they buy computers, the European Commission has said in formal charges.

2

US broker faces credit downgradeMARSH amp; McLENNAN, the worlds biggest insurance broker, was last night facing a potentially crippling downgrade of its credit rating by Standard amp; Poors, after its borrowing power was all but frozen by its bankers.

2

West Braces for Elderly Population Boom (AP)AP - The Census Bureau says the population of those 65 and older will increase more rapidly in the West than in any other area of the country. While retirees settle in, states are figuring out how to keep up with an aging population. Will there be enough doctors and nurses? Hospitals and nursing homes? Will housing be affordable?

3

SpaceShipOne Wins #36;10 Million Prize with Flight (Reuters)Reuters - The world's first privately\funded manned spacecraft soared to the blackened frontiers of\space for the second time in a week on Monday, setting a new\altitude record and clinching a #36;10 million prize designed to\spur commercial space travel

3

Mills buys stakes in 9 GM-owned mallsVirginia-based REIT will pay \$1B, before transaction costs, for a 50 stake in the properties. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Real estate investment trust Mills Corp. said Tuesday it will buy a 50 percent managing stake in nine regional malls from a General Motors ...

2

Rice finally stops LamarIt takes an audacious arrogance to persevere through the kind of shooting slump Rice senior guard Brock Gillespie endured in the first half Thursday night against Lamar.

1

It was a heavenly Game 7Sometimes, when you're living through an event, you can be too close to what's happening to realize the magnitude of it.

1

Brief: PeopleSoft revises Q3 earnings upPeopleSoft has increased its earnings results for the third quarter after recalculating the income tax benefit related to the severance package for its former CEO, Craig Conway.

3

FCC asks high court to rule on broadbandThe federal government is challenging an appeals court ruling that, officials fear, would stifle the expansion of cable broadband services by burdening the providers with new regulations.

3

Update: Sun, Microsoft to detail interoperability in OctoberSun Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. next month plan to provide more details on work they are doing to make their products interoperable, a Sun executive said Monday.

3

John, Paul, George, Ringo...and Steve?A close reading of the California filing, which is similar to the British one, reveals an extremely complex case -- one that a London judge has already criticized for a lack of clarity.

3

WMC finds more ore in OutbackSINGAPORE Ever since WMC Resources rejected Xstrata #39;s \$5.8 billion takeover offer last month, saying it was insufficient, WMC #39;s chief executive, Andrew Michelmore, has been saying that there was more to his company than meets the eye.

2

Police issue sketches of top 10 suspects in Jakarta blastJAKARTA - Police yesterday issued sketches of the 10 most-wanted suspects linked to last week #39;s Australian Embassy bombing. The sketches, issued by Inspector-General Paiman, included those of Malaysian bomb

0

Atlantic City Casino Hotel Workers StrikeATLANTIC CITY, NJ Oct. 1, 2004 - About 10,000 casino hotel workers from more than half the city #39;s 12 casinos went on strike Friday, even though negotiators had reached a tentative agreement with three of the casinos.

2

El Guerrouj is doubly good Distance king, Great Britain #39;s Holmes ... quot;We are the World #39; #39; was the theme of the track and field competition on the last full day of activity at the 2004 Olympic Games as 14 countries other than the United States won medals at Olympic Stadium.

1

Cassini Probe Illuminates Saturn #39;s MoonThe photos sent back from the international Cassini spacecraft were taken during a flyby that took it within 745 miles of Titan. Scientists at NASA #39;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory declared themselves

3

Texas Still Upset by Arkansas Celebration (AP)AP - Texas still remembers Arkansas' players prancing all over the field, waving their state flag in the end zone and digging up pieces of the turf after the Razorbacks beat the Longhorns 38-28 last season.

1

No evidence of hijack bid found before jet explosionsMOSCOW -- Russia's transport minister, citing a quot;black box quot; recording from one of two planes that crashed minutes apart last week, said yesterday there was no evidence of a hijacking attempt or any other disturbance before explosions aboard the jetliners.

0

Make Love Not Spam DecentralizedLycos Europe released a screen saver that would pepper spam sites with requests for pages, in an effort to burden their bandwidth. Now it's disabled, but in very fixable ways...

3

#39;04 Series has given us some sloppy baseballTo this point -- Boston up 3-0 on St. Louis at Tuesday #39;s press time -- the 2004 World Series has been a major league letdown. I had a feeling that the American League Championship Series was our true World Series.

1

Earnings alert: Nokia sees lower profitPlus: Adobe strong despite drop...Linux demand lifts Red Hat profit...Strong sales of phones, other gadgets boost PalmOne profit.

3

South Korea #39;s Kospi also tumbles after US lossTOKYO (CBS.MW) - Japanese stock indexes fell sharply by midday Monday as record oil prices and the dollar #39;s fall to a six-month low against the yen sparked fears about the impact on consumer spending and corporate profits.

2

Microsoft, Intel team set to conquer US living roomsMicrosoft Corp. and Intel Corp. are joining forces to conquer US living rooms and make further inroads into the coveted consumer electronics space.

3

How To Get A War-Torn Region To #39;Shalom #39;A Palestinian farmer told of how his olive grove of 400 trees had been poisoned by Israeli settlers and his son run over and killed by a settler.

0

Pfizer Profit Up on Demand for Key Drugs NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=PFE.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">PFE.N</A>, the world's biggest drugmaker, on Wednesday said third-quarter earnings rose on higher sales of key medicines.

2

Microsoft Releases 10 Security Patches for Windows, Excel, and IEMicrosoft Releases 10 Security Patches for Windows, Excel, and IE\\If you use Microsoft Windows, Excel, or their Internet Explorer browser you better watch out, because there are some large security holes that need patching. Microsoft on Tuesday published 10 software security advisories, warning Windows users and corporate administrators of 22 ...

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Intel Debuts M 765, the Newest Centrino ChipThe M 765 is made using Intel #39;s newest 90 nm process. It will begin shipping immediately in Centrino-based consumer and business devices.

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HP to spend \$210m enhancing its radio sensorsHewlett-Packard said it will invest \$US150 million (\$210million) over five years in radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, to appeal to large corporate customers such as retailers Wal-Mart Stores and Best Buy.

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Brazilian duo leave Celtic down and outDISASTER in Donetsk would be a catchy title, but it is unlikely that Celtic will be releasing a video of a Champions League match in which some initial bad luck was compounded by subsequent incompetence and disintegration, bringing the Parkhead side their

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Food prices rise on second day of blockade of Nepal's capital (AFP)AFP - A blockade of the Nepalese capital called by Maoist rebels entered a second day, causing a rise in food prices and prompting the government to declare the city had enough supplies for a month.

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Dolphins save swimmers from shark attackA school of Dolphins has saved a group of swimmers from a great white shark attack. The amazing rescue happened when lifeguard Rob Howes took his daughter and her friends for a swim off the northern New Zealand coast.

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Final Preseason Game Important for McMahon (AP)AP - Don't tell Mike McMahon the NFL's final exhibitions are meaningless.

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China's online game industry could grow seven-fold in two years (AFP)AFP - China's online game industry could grow seven-fold to become a billion-dollar business within the next two years, state media cites industry insiders as saying.

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TransactionsBASEBALL Arizona (NL): Signed SS Craig Counsell. Boston (AL): Signed SS Edgar Renteria and P John Halama. Chicago (NL): Named Grady Little special assistant in player development and minor league roving catching instructor, and Randy Bush special assistant to the vice president and general manager. Cincinnati (NL): Signed Ps David Weathers and Ben Weber. Colorado (NL): Signed OF Reggie Taylor ...

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Retail sales fall more than expectedLONDON (Reuters) - Retail sales fell more than expected in July and for the first time in over a year as poor weather pushed down clothing sales sharply.

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Molson, Coors to Pay C\$381 Million to Sweeten Merger (Update1)Molson Inc., Canada #39;s biggest brewer, and Adolph Coors Co., agreed to pay Molson shareholders a special dividend of C\$381 million (\$315 million) as part of their proposed merger in an effort to win over investors.

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Woods, Palmer Share Lead at Deutsche Bank (AP)AP - Palmer and Woods. How's that for a leaderboard? Too bad it's tour rookie Ryan Palmer #151; not Arnold #151; sharing the lead with Tiger Woods after one round in the Deutsche Bank Championship. The two shot 6-under 65s Friday on the TPC of Boston to take a one-stroke lead over Mark O'Meara and two others.

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Blair #39;Should Broker Deal to Boost Aid Spending #39;Prime Minister Tony Blair was urged today to use Britains upcoming presidency of the G8 to broker a global agreement to cancel poor countries debt and double spending on aid.

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Navy Says Kerry's Service Awards OK'd (AP)AP - The Navy's chief investigator concluded Friday that procedures were followed properly in the approval of Sen. John Kerry's Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals, according to an internal Navy memo.

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Intel Delays LCOS chips for HDTVLCOS technology sandwiches a layer of liquid crystal between a cover glass and a highly reflective, mirror-like surface patterned with pixels that sits on top of a silicon chip. These layers form a microdisplay that can be used in projection displays such ...

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Hunt for Grand Theft Auto piratesThe makers of the best-selling Grand Theft Auto games are ""aggressively pursuing"" the pirates who leaked the latest version of the series.

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IBM launches Websphere 6IBM today announced that Websphere 6, the long awaited-update to its application server software, will be available by the end of the year.

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UPDATE 1-SEC, NASD probing Jefferies trader #39;s gifts -WSJUS market regulators are looking into whether a Jefferies Group Inc. (JEF.N: Quote, Profile, Research) trader violated rules that prohibit expensive gift-giving in a bid to curry

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German Police Detain 10 Neo-Nazis Before Hess March MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - German police detained 10 neo-Nazis on Saturday before a march marking the anniversary of the death of Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess.

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Lithuanians face US NBA stars in Olympic basketball showdown (AFP)AFP - A struggling United States basketball team coming off two narrow escapes and a epic loss faces its toughest Olympic test yet Saturday against unbeaten Lithuania, which is playing like the team to beat for gold.

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Give me back my rights, Milosevic tells appeals court (AFP)AFP - Slobodan Milosevic called on a UN appeals court to overturn a decision order imposing lawyers on the former Yugoslav president in his war crimes trial, a move supported by his reluctant defence team.

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Mount St. Helens Calms Down, Scientists Lower Alert (Reuters)Reuters - Government scientists said that\volcanic activity on Washington state's Mount St. Helens had\started to taper off and downgraded their safety warning on\Wednesday, following nearly two weeks of seismic activity and\steam eruptions.

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Iraq suicide bomber kills three men of Black WatchBy Richard Lloyd Parry at Camp Dogwood and Michael Evans, Defence Editor. THREE soldiers of the Black Watch battle group were killed yesterday in the first fatal suicide bomb attack against British troops in Iraq.

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REVIEW: Waterproof IPod Housing All Wet (AP)AP - After you've joined the music revolution and plunked down #36;250 for an Apple iPod mini, it's easy to become quite protective of the little gizmo.

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Argentina topples NBA starsATHENS -- Bronze is the best the American men can do in basketball and the reason is simple: A hastily assembled assortment of NBA stars couldn #39;t beat a better team -- Argentina.

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Motorola, DoCoMo to make 3G phones for business useTOKYO: Motorola and NTT DoCoMo, Japan #39;s top mobile phone operator, said yesterday they would jointly develop third-generation (3G) handsets, giving Motorola a way into a market largely out of reach for foreign manufacturers.

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Martin says Bush assured him no plans for space-based weapons (Canadian Press)Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - The prime minister says he's been assured by President George W. Bush that the U.S. missile defence plan does not necessarily involve the weaponization of space.

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Sharon: Stop Terror and Talk; Arabs: Words Before ActionThe Palestinian Authority, refusing Israel #39;s demand for a halt in terrorist attacks, also insists that Israel release convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti, who is serving multiple life sentences for murder.

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Costa Rica beat Canada 3-1 in WC qualifierCosta Rica overcame an early goal down to beat Canada 3-1 in Vancouver on Wednesday, ending the hometeam #39;s hopes of advancing to the next round of World Cup qualification.

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Airline industry seen losing up to \$US4b in 2004MONTREAL: The global airline industry stands to incur losses of between \$US3 billion (\$NZ4.6 billion) and \$US4 billion this year as surging oil prices wipe out any hope of profit created by rising passenger traffic, the International Air Transport

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MySQL to make use of Microsoft codeThis fourth priority #39;s main focus has been enterprise directories as organizations spawn projects around identity infrastructure.

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Bryans hope for Davis Cup titleThe season once held so much promise. There were gold medal dreams, Grand Slam possibilities and aspirations of continued dominance.

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Top-Ranked Kansas Holds Off Upset-Minded Vermont LAWRENCE, Kan. (Sports Network) - Wayne Simien had 25 points and 14 rebounds as the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks survived a scare and fought off the Vermont Catamounts, 68-61.

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Shell pushes back AGMOil giant Royal Dutch/Shell has decided to delay shareholder meetings that will vote on a new unified board structure to allow more time to prepare the necessary documentation.

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Fla. State's Sam Won't Play in Gator Bowl (AP)AP - Florida State wide receiver Lorne Sam will not be available for the Seminoles when they play West Virginia in the Gator Bowl on Jan. 1.

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Court reinstates Indian board officialsIndia #39;s top court has set aside a lower court #39;s order suspending all office-bearers of the country #39;s cricket board, including president Ranbir Mahendra, because of alleged misconduct during board elections last month.

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One Hamas leader survived assassination; five Palestinians killed in an Israeli bombardment in GazaFive Palestinians were killed and other seven injured today at dawn in an Israeli air raid carried out by one Israeli helicopter at the house of a leading figure from the Islamic resistance movement ( Hamas) in al-Shuja #39;eya quarters to the east of Gaza.

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Microsoft makes mobile media pushMicrosoft has unveiled a series of handheld gadgets that can replay audio, movies and TV shows.

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Bloomberg ColumnistsWal-Mart Stores Inc. isn #39;t just working to woo Japanese shoppers -- it #39;s doing a little shopping of its own in the No. 2 economy.

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Robson Leads KanuSuper Eagles Nwankwo Kanu #39;s West Bromwich have named Bryan Robson as their new manager. Robson, 47, has agreed a two-and-a-half year deal, with Nigel Pearson moving to The Hawthorns as his assistant.

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Putin Ratifies Kyoto Protocol on EmissionsPresident Vladimir V. Putin on Friday signed Russia #39;s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, the Kremlin announced, clearing the way for the international

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Iginla #39;s two goals pave routAfter the United States advanced to the World Cup of Hockey semifinals Tuesday night, some of the players already started talking about facing Finland.

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US Airways, Lenders File Cash PactThe government has thrown US Airways (UAIRQ.OB: Quote, Profile, Research) a lifeline until the middle of January, agreeing with key lenders to extend financing the

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Don #39;t look backo Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig says his sport must get serious about steroid use. And now the players #39;union says it #39;s ready to talk about a testing plan.

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DirecTV to write-off Net-via-satellite effortThis priority retains its ranking at number five as more and more companies deploy Web Services to share business logic, data and processes with each other and with clients.

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Harvard Wants to Clone Human Embryos (AP)AP - Harvard University scientists have asked the university's ethical review board for permission to produce cloned human embryos for disease research, potentially becoming the first researchers in the nation to wade into a divisive area of study that has become a presidential campaign issue.

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New mass offensive aimed at insurgentsUS, British and Iraqi forces are focusing this time on a hotbed south of the capital. BAGHDAD -- About 5,000 US marines, British troops and Iraqi commandos launched raids and arrested suspected insurgents

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Botswana elections to hand victory to party in power since ...GABORONE (AFP) - Queues of voters in diamond-rich Botswana waited patiently to cast their ballots in elections that are expected to hand victory to the party in power since independence in 1966 in one of Africa #39;s most stable countries.

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UPDATE 3-United Dominion buys \$897 mln homes, shares fallUnited Dominion Realty Trust Inc. (UDR.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , one of the largest US apartment owners, said on Tuesday

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Lycos Offers Program to Attack SpammersAt the risk of breaching Internet civility, Lycos Europe is offering computer-users a weapon against spam-spewing servers: a screen-saver program that automatically hits the offenders with data to slow them down.

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For Windows, Opera takes requestsIn a first, Opera plans to support Microsoft's cell phone operating system, indicating progress for Windows.

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Australian Says Practicality Key in IraqAn Australian security expert suggests Americans should focus on training national forces and meeting such basic needs of citizens as food and jobs in Iraq.

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Venezuela Boosts Taxes on Orinoco DealsVenezuela on Sunday ordered foreign oil firms operating in its huge Orinoco heavy crude belt to pay much higher taxes in what President Hugo Chavez called

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Harrison gets four yearsAmerican Alvin Harrison has followed his brother Calvin into athletic infamy after accepting a four-year ban for drugs offences. The dual 400m relay gold medallist has admitted to using several undetectable

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Japan Eases Arms Export Ban for New Missile Shield TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan eased a blanket ban on arms exports on Friday to open the way for joint production of a new missile shield with the United States, but said it would still refrain from most other weapons exports.

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Apec pushes for free trade boostLeaders of 21 Asia-Pacific states in the Apec grouping have ended a summit in Chile with a call for action to lower global trade barriers.

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As Oil Price Soars, Markets ChillWeak chain-store sales, stumbling job growth and more record oil prices were too much for Wall Street #39;s bulls to bear last week.

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A More Conservative Intel Doesn #39;t Add Many Details On ...Burned by a series of production missteps and canceled products, the company lets AMD get out in front on multicore product announcements.

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Different directionsToday #39;s edition of this rivalry will star Notre Dame as the quot;then quot; and Michigan as the quot;now. quot;. Both programs have compelling tradition and cool helmets and catchy fight songs, all the important stuff of tailgating debates.

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Serena Williams ends Mauresmo #39;s bid for year-end No. 1 rankingSerena Williams is in love - with her new attacking game and herself. Williams moved a step closer to salvaging her season with a 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 semifinal victory over Amelie Mauresmo in the WTA Championships on Sunday.

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