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Preview: Spurs vs. SuperSonicsIt hasn #39;t taken long for Brent Barry to see why he joined the San Antonio Spurs. Barry returns to the city where he spent his previous five NBA seasons as the Spurs, coming off two wins over perennial title contenders, visit the Seattle SuperSonics. | 1 |
SBC, Sprint deal doubles Wi-Fi customers #39; hot spot accessThrough a deal with rival SBC Communications Inc., Sprint Corp. will almost double the number of places subscribers can wirelessly log on to the Internet at high speeds, according to a report from the Kansas City Business Journal. | 3 |
Pavano picks Yankees; Red Sox grab WellsCarl Pavano decided he wanted to be a Yankee, and his agent and team officials worked to complete a four-year deal for about \$39-million. | 1 |
Intel preparing for next 20 years of chip makingIntel drew the curtain Friday on some of its future research projects to continue making transistors smaller, faster, and less power-hungry out as far as 2020. | 3 |
Khokhar in Delhi for new round of dialogueNEW DELHI, Sept 3: Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokhar arrived here on Friday to set the stage for the first formal talks on the Kashmir dispute between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan. | 0 |
Information may end up used against retailerHurricane Frances was on its way, threatening a direct hit on Florida. Far away, in Bentonville, Ark., executives at Wal-Mart Stores decided the situation offered a chance to use one of | 2 |
Dodging HarmAlex Cora's second homer in two days provides the spark Los Angeles needs to beat San Francisco 7-4 and extend its lead to 2 1/2 games in the NL West. | 1 |
Escobedo Keeps U.S. Unbeaten in Boxing (AP)AP - They washed cars, put up posters and sold T-shirts to raise the money to be here. When it was finally time for Vicente Escobedo to fight, his family and friends welcomed him into the arena by waving his picture and chanting ""Chente, Chente."" | 1 |
Chargers Name Brees Starting QB San Diego, Calif. (Sports Network) - The San Diego Chargers Monday named Drew Brees as the team's starting quarterback for their regular-season opener on September 12 against Houston. | 1 |
JETS STARRING IN #39;SURVIVOR #39;With Quincy Carter filling in for the injured Chad Pennington, the Jets #39; season is far from over. Just listen to the TV football experts. | 1 |
IBM laptop features fingerprint scannerIBM announced on Monday the launch of a new line of ThinkPad notebooks designed to provide an extra layer of data protection through advanced fingerprint technology. | 3 |
Qureia endorses Hamas revengeAhmed Qureia, the Palestinian prime minister, today broke with calls for a ceasefire and said that Hamas would be quot;justified quot; in taking revenge for an Israeli airstrike that killed 14 of its activists. | 0 |
San Antonio SpursSAN ANTONIO (Ticker) -- The San Antonio Spurs are using quick starts to finish off their foes. Bruce Bowen fueled another early surge as the Spurs jumped to a big lead and coasted to their third straight win, a 109-76 victory over the Utah Jazz . | 1 |
Launch of New Space Station Crew Set (AP)AP - The new crew of the international space station will head into space on Oct. 14, Russia said Friday, after two delays pushed back the launch. | 3 |
Abercrombie Fitch Lawsuit Said Settled (AP)AP - Both sides in an employment discrimination suit against Abercrombie amp; Fitch Co. reported agreeing to a multimillion dollar deal that would settle accusations the clothing retailer promoted whites at the expense of minorities. | 2 |
Palestinian Militants Fire Rocket in Gaza (AP)AP - Palestinian militants fired three mortar shells and a homemade rocket toward Jewish settlements in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, the army spokesman said. | 0 |
Poulter turns around frustrating year at VolvoIan Poulter won for the first time since last year #39;s Nordic Open, when he parred the first extra hole at the Volvo Masters Andalucia to edge out local hero, Sergio Garcia. | 1 |
Clarke: Goodenow the problemBob Clarke returned Monday from a vacation in Calgary where he was visiting his son and decided to weigh in on a couple of serious issues - the lockout and the status of Jeremy Roenick. | 1 |
Game on JFKs Killing Blasted For InsensitivityPeople find weird ways of raising controversies. And most of the time it is aimed to get cheap and free publicity from the media. Same concept has been used by the Scotland-based Traffic Games, which developed a game on John F Kennedy named JFK Reloaded. | 3 |
MozSource Now Offers Technical Support for Key Mozilla ProductsMozSource, the independent company that operates the Mozilla Store and the Netscape Store, has announced the launch of its new high-quality, affordable technical support service for Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and Mozilla 1.7. | 3 |
Hungary to withdraw troops from Iraq by March 2005: GyurcsanyBUDAPEST (AFP) - Hungary will withdraw its 300 troops from Iraq by March 31, 2005, Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said at a military ceremony in Budapest. | 0 |
Kevin Spacey swings and sings as Bobby Darin in Beyond The SeaTORONTO (CP) - The final frames of Beyond The Sea tell the audience, quot;Bobby Darin is still swinging. quot;. Not only does the spirit of Darin swing in the film, but so does Kevin Spacey, who wears the many hats | 3 |
Toll of Death and Ruin Grows in Soaked JamaicaThe storm was continued today toward Florida, with the Cayman Islands and Cuba immediately in its sights. | 0 |
West Japan on Guard for Aftershocks After QuakesJapanese authorities warned of possible aftershocks after two strong earthquakes hit western Japan on Sunday, but said the tremors were not directly linked to the sort | 0 |
Oil prices lead fund to Mexico, away from ChinaBrad Aham, manager of the \$745 million SSgA Emerging Markets Fund, said he #39;s increasing his investments in Mexico on optimism about record oil prices, and avoiding China, where central bankers are poised to raise interest rates. | 2 |
Stewart Company to Expand Furniture LineMartha Stewart #39;s media and merchandising company said Wednesday it plans to expand its furniture line amid strong demand from consumers. | 2 |
NHL players determined to fight salary capTORONTO (CP) - With the NHL season slipping away, players made it clear Tuesday they won #39;t cave in to team owners. quot;We #39;re more united now than we were before, quot; star defenceman Chris Pronger said after 74 members | 1 |
Lehmann in the blunder zoneTHE calamity-prone Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann will be the centre of more derision from Gunners fans after his two horrendous blunders cost the English giants an important win in a 2-2 draw with Panathinaikos in Athens. | 1 |
Red Sox getting warmerWhat had been a tough, grinding game for seven innings suddenly turned into an easy one for the Boston Red Sox last night. Locked in a 5-5 tie with their arch-rival New York Yankees | 1 |
Vikings WR Moss tests injured hamstringMoss ran on a treadmill and missed his third straight practice. Coach Mike Tice said his star receiver looked quot;pretty good quot; and would do more work on Oct. 23. | 1 |
Kodak wins Sun Java patents case, wants \$1bnKodak is returning to court this week to claim \$1bn in damages and unpaid royalties from Sun Microsystems. The court found in favour of the camera company on Friday and ruled that Sun had infringed Kodak #39;s Java patents. | 2 |
Silvestre #39;s double outshines FerdinandOn a storm-tossed night at Old Trafford, lightning in the form of Mikael Silvestre struck twice for a reinvigorated Manchester United. | 1 |
WHO #39;S AFRAID OF THE GUNNERS?WHAT is in store for the English and European top guns in the Champions League this week? THE main thing we can say about Arsenal is that opponents are no longer afraid of the Gunners. | 1 |
Tobacco company wants government to butt outMONTREAL - The Canadian arm of a huge tobacco company has asked a Quebec court to stop a provincial lawsuit claiming \$1.4 billion in unpaid taxes on smuggled cigarettes. | 2 |
Brussels crisis to cloud EU constitution ceremony (AFP)AFP - Europe's leaders gather in Rome on Friday to sign a historic constitution for the European Union (EU), but a crisis over the bloc's new executive Commission will only add to clouds over the ceremony. | 0 |
Pakistanis Arrest More Militant SuspectsKARACHI, Pakistan - Pakistani forces following up on a raid that killed a top al-Qaida fugitive arrested four more suspected extremists Monday, while the U.S. Embassy warned that security constraints could keep its staff from helping citizens who get into trouble outside big cities... | 0 |
Larsson on bench at ParkheadBarcelona coach Frank Rijkaard decided to leave returning hero Henrik Larsson on the bench for tonights glamour Champions League Group F opener at Parkhead. | 1 |
FTC Sues Alleged Spyware Distributors (PC World)PC World - Companies are accused of infecting PCs, and then selling spyware-blocking software. | 3 |
Hamish Carter wins men #39;s triathlonHamish Carter of New Zealand clinched the gold medal for men #39;s triathlon at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games here Thursday. Carter won the three-discipline event at 1 hour 51 minutes and 7.73 seconds. | 1 |
Verizon deal lets Philadelphia move ahead with wireless planThe city of Philadelphia has reached an agreement with Verizon Communications that will let the municipal government deploy a citywide Wi-Fi network, but a carrier-backed bill that would let incumbent carriers block such projects has been signed into law by Pennsylvania's governor. | 3 |
Determined Davenport reclaims world number one spotAmerican second seed Lindsay Davenport became the WTA #39;s new world No. 1 following her 6-4, 6-2 win over Dinara Safina of Russia in the second round of the \$2. | 1 |
Freescale Wins 200 Mln Euro Siemens Supply DealFreescale Semiconductor Inc. has won a long-term contract worth more than 200 million euros (\$246 million) to supply car components to Siemens, the companies said on Monday. | 3 |
Ford rallies spirits but Jaguar #39;s future still in balanceFORD finally delivered some good news yesterday when it confirmed its commitment to world rallying for a further four years. While the 350 employees at the Jaguar Racing Formula One team, which | 1 |
New Game Releases Could Herald #39;Holiday of Megagames #39;With next-generation game systems not expected until 2006, the video game industry needs blockbuster games to keep business flowing. | 3 |
Canadian flagbearer Gill bids hasty exit from Olympic judoka event (Canadian Press)Canadian Press - ATHENS (CP) - Montreal's Nicolas Gill will now play the role of spectator at the Summer Games. | 0 |
Clashes Near Iraq's Najaf Kill 40 People-Govt. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 40 Iraqis were killed on Saturday in fierce clashes near the southern city of Najaf, where Shi'ite militias are involved in a standoff with U.S.-led forces, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday. | 0 |
Astros #39; Kent delivers, pleads for #39;one more #39;He breaks up a scoreless tie with a three-run, ninth-inning homer to give Houston the victory and a 3-2 series edge on St. Louis. HOUSTON -- On a night when pitching suddenly took over the National League playoffs, someone was bound to get a hit. | 1 |
Sharon takes hard line on Palestinian rocketsJERUSALEM Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned on Sunday that Israel would retaliate against Palestinian rockets, even if they were fired from civilian areas, and an arms manufacturer said Israel had installed a radar system in a border town to warn of such | 0 |
Schumacher Leads Field In Final Practice For Chinese Grand PrixSHANGHAI, Sept 25 (AFP) - Ferrari posted the two fastest times in the final practice session for the first ever Chinese Grand Prix here Saturday, with Michael Schumacher quickest round the new circuit. | 1 |
Back to basics for Giants offense quot;Mulling quot; is not the word Tom Coughlin uses to describe the attention he has given to changing his quarterback. He hasn #39;t given a lot of thought to the Kurt Warner-Eli Manning | 1 |
SUDAN: Darfur peace talks make sluggish progressDAKAR, 26 Aug 2004 (IRIN) - Hit by power cuts and administrative hitches, the Darfur peace talks in the Nigerian capital Abuja made slow progress on Thursday, a spokesman for the African Union (AU) which is sponsoring the negotiations said. | 0 |
Wengers big problem now is in deciding which keeper to fieldLONDON: Arsenal recovered their poise to reach the knockout stages of the Champions League with a 5-1 thrashing of Rosenborg Trondheim and now face a crucial decision before Sunday #39;s league match with leaders Chelsea. | 1 |
Yankees frustrate Red Sox, Pedro againPedro Martinez came out to start the eighth inning against the Yankees and promptly coughed up a lead. His night was over after serving up five runs over 7 1/3 innings, and the Yankees wound up dealing the Red Sox a crushing blow. | 1 |
Winny user #39;s 3-year sentencep2pnet.net News:- A man accused of using Japan #39;s Winny p2p file sharing application to release movies online has received a suspended sentence in Japan. | 3 |
Japan industrial output rise marginally in August (AFP)AFP - Japanese industrial output rose only 0.3 percent in August, suggesting after a series of recent weak data that the recovery in the world's second-largest economy is slowing, economists said. | 2 |
Indian PM Seeks to End Violence in KashmirIndian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who heads for disputed Kashmir this week, said on Sunday his visit was aimed at putting an end to years of violence in the troubled Himalayan region. | 0 |
Royal Dutch/Shell merges companiesRoyal Dutch/Shell will merge its Dutch and British holding companies, the oil giant said on Thursday, as it seeks to address the failings that led to a shock downgrade in proven oil reserves in January. | 2 |
Zimbabwe #39;s opposition threatens to boycott electionsZimbabwe #39;s main opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has threatened to boycott all elections in the country until the government implements quot;real quot; electoral | 0 |
SA #39;s e-attacks jump 796Johannesburg, 23 September 2004 - Symantec #39;s sixth biannual report on global trends in Internet attacks, vulnerabilities, and malicious code activity shows SA recorded a 796 annual increase in the number of these attacks, rising from 375 per user last | 3 |
13 killed in Siberian mine explosionAt least 13 people were killed and up to 23 injured in an explosion in a Siberian mine. The blast, which was caused by methane, happened as a repair team was fixing a section of the mine near Russia #39;s border with Mongolia. | 0 |
Four saved from death #39;s jaws by a pod of dolphinsFOUR swimmers confronted by a great white shark off the coast of New Zealand were saved by dolphins that came to their rescue. The three-metre (10ft) shark came | 0 |
Gatlin ushers in a new eraATHENS, Aug. 23. - In a shade under ten seconds Justin Gatlin went from a hyperactive boy who used to jump off his parents TV set dressed in a Batman cape to the holder of the most prized title in track-and-field. | 1 |
Frances takes out sports eventsMIAMI - The Florida Marlins postponed Sunday #39;s game against the Chicago Cubs as Hurricane Frances crept ashore on the eastern coast of Florida. | 1 |
Panasonic, Toshiba delve into alternative energyAmong the planned offerings: a hydrogen-based home-heating system and a tiny fuel cell built to power an MP3 player for 20 hours. | 3 |
IBM lays claim to extension of server reignSays new research shows that it remains the top server computer vendor. But HP trumpets leadership in ""high growth"" segments. | 3 |
FOOTBALL: I FEAR LOVELL WILL LEAVE US LIKE NOVOJONAY HERNANDEZ fears Dundee striker Steve Lovell could be set to follow Nacho Novo out of Dens Park. Lovell continued his impressive start to the season by shaking off a virus to bag a double | 1 |
The Lowdown on High-End PDAsWith BlackBerry pagers and Treo smartphones all the rage, why would anyone need -- or even want -- a pedestrian personal digital assistant? | 3 |
Consumer confidence declines again in SeptemberContinued job worries resulted in an unexpected decline in consumer confidence in September, the second consecutive monthly dip, a New York-based private research group said Tuesday. | 2 |
Falling Bond Yields: Not To WorryWhat #39;s up with the bond market? As the Federal Reserve has steadily increased short-term interest rates over the past few months, investors in the bond-trading pits have pushed long-term yields down. | 2 |
Hawaii QB Chang Goes for Passing Record (AP)AP - Ask Hawaii's Timmy Chang about the 94 touchdowns he has thrown, and he talks about his great receivers and blockers. Ask about his 14,791 yards passing, and he credits his coaches for believing in him. | 1 |
Neighbors of Burned Homes Pained by Suburban SprawlThe fires set at a development on a wetland in Maryland have highlighted a long and contentious battle over whether the injection of suburban density belonged there. | 3 |
Gay Rights Activists Reassess Strategies (AP)AP - The ritual was replayed from Boston to San Francisco: Exuberant gay couples sharing marriage vows and slices of wedding cake. Gays thought barriers were finally crumbling. Then came the elections. | 0 |
Schwartzel wins on home soil after play-offSouth Africa #39;s Charl Schwartzel birdied the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with England #39;s Neil Cheetham to win the 958,945 dollar Dunhill championship at Leopard Creek Country Club today. | 1 |
CL Preview : Man United-Sparta PragueUnited host Sparta Prague as they look to take a confident stride towards the next phase. Manchester United expect to qualify from the group stage, its just something that they always do, like the sun coming up each morning. | 1 |
Gunners extend winning stretchARSENAL pulled clear at the top of the English Premier League table for the first time this season after producing a devastating change of gear to sink London rival Fulham 3-0 yesterday. | 1 |
Virus warning: Cyborgs at riskHumans will upgrade their nervous systems with technology, a professor predicts--and then they'll be open to computer viruses. | 3 |
US Treasuries flat, investors wary of high prices0100 GMT - US Treasuries little changed in Asian trade after yields fell to seven-month lows on high oil prices that have fuelled concerns of a slowdown in the US economy. | 2 |
Pakistan ; Pak gears up for EidPakistan News, Islamabad/Karachi: Preparations are in full swing across Pakistan for the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr. The festival is expected to fall on November 14 or 15 in Pakistan. | 0 |
Arsenal win thriller, equal Notts recordLONDON, AUGUST 22: Arsenal equalled Nottingham Forests 42-match unbeaten league record in heart-stopping style on Sunday when the Premier League champions roared back from 1-3 down to beat Middlesbrough 5-3 at Highbury. | 1 |
A Sense of SecurityAn Independent News writer tells of his switch from Windows to a 15-inch PowerBook,: #147;Two months in, I have a prevailing sense of security and safety. There #146;s been not a sniff of system meltdown. The software and security updates are easy, convenient and (via broadband) fast. The sense of considerable computing power and massive processing going on is very evident, but it feels secure behind the OS X firewall and a router; and all with no need for antivirus software. #148; Aug 20 | 3 |
Salesforce.com posts 82 percent rise in revenueSubscription software maker reports jump in third-quarter sales, but sees growth slowing next year. | 3 |
Lilly Sees Profit Lifted by Newer Drugs NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co. <A HREF=""http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=LLY.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"">LLY.N</A> on Thursday said it expects earnings in 2005 to rise to between \$3.05 and \$3.15 per share before special items as growing sales of newer medicines more than offset disappointing sales of its top-selling schizophrenia drug. | 2 |
Paisley breaks with Dublin on IRA disarmamentDUBLIN -- Northern Ireland's major Protestant party broke off relations with the Irish government yesterday after Prime Minister Bertie Ahern indicated he had accepted the IRA's refusal to provide photographs of disarmament. | 0 |
Price of Average U.S. House Rises 8.5 Pct WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The October average U.S. house price jumped 8.5 percent from a year ago, setting the stage for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to raise the limit on mortgages they can buy, a Federal Housing Finance Board survey showed on Tuesday. | 2 |
Blair, Bush Meet to Discuss Mideast Peace (AP)AP - Convinced that the road to Jerusalem doesn't run through Baghdad, British Prime Minister Tony Blair is trying to turn President Bush's attention from Iraq to the stalled Mideast peace process. | 0 |
Blue Chips End Lower, Wal-Mart WeighsUS blue chips ended lower on Monday after a disappointing sales forecast from the world #39;s biggest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | 2 |
Pakistani forces kill leading al-Qaida militant in shootoutPakistani security forces arrested more terrorist suspects yesterday, a day after killing the country #39;s leading al-Qaida figure and most wanted terrorist. | 0 |
Former Tottenham Coach Bill Nicholson Dies (AP)AP - Bill Nicholson, who coached Tottenham in its glory days of the 1960s and 1970s, died Saturday after a long illness. He was 85. Nicholson's death at a hospital in Hertfordshire, outside London, was announced on Tottenham's Web site on behalf of his family. | 1 |
Martinez meets with Mets GM in Dominican RepublicFree agent Pedro Martinez met with the general manager of the New York Mets in his home country, a month after helping the Boston Red Sox win their first World Series title since 1918, a baseball source told The Associated Press. | 1 |
Airplanes Vulnerable to Bombers, Experts SayDespite urgings from Congress and the Sept. 11 commission, U.S. commercial jets remain vulnerable to suicide bombers, aviation security experts said. | 2 |
Grains Found in Georgia Traced to Huge Asteroid ImpactATLANTA (AP) -- A layer of quartz grains found in an east Georgia kaolin mine have been traced to the impact of a giant asteroid that crashed near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay 35 million years ago. The 54-mile-wide crater left by the meteor, the sixth-largest in the world, has previously been identified as the source of a rare mineral called Georgiaite... | 3 |
Australian Shares Midday:No Buyers To Support S amp;P/ASX 200SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Consideration is being given to the effects of the high Australian dollar against the US dollar, with quot;buyers being held back while the currency remains at 76 cents, quot; says Peter Morgan, of Tolhurst Noall in Sydney. | 2 |
Swift Probe Successfully LaunchedImage: NASA #39;s Swift spacecraft lifts off from Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in sunny Florida, on Nov. 20 at 12:16:00.611 pm EST aboard a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle. | 3 |
One French was killed by bullets in JeddahThe Saudi authorities said that one French citizen was killed in Jeddah city yesterday at dawn in the second incident of its kind this month suspected to be carried out by members of al Qaida organization. | 0 |
U2 can have an iPodApple Computer has broadened its line of popular iPods by introducing an edition of the product dedicated to the Irish rock band U2 and a separate iPod combining music and photos. | 3 |
Opec in no hurry to cut quotaLONDON - Despite a recent plunge in oil prices, Opec producers appear to be in no rush to cut output quotas and markets expect the taps to be left wide open when ministers meet in Cairo this week. | 2 |
Philly Broadband Clash Pits City Against TelcosPhiladelphia officials have laid the groundwork to provide wireless, high-speed Internet access anywhere in the city, but their plan could be scotched under a state bill that could be signed into law on Tuesday. | 2 |
M #39;m! M #39;m! Could Be Better!Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB) shareholders, when seeing today #39;s first-quarter earnings report, probably said, quot;M #39;m! | 2 |
Titanic battle over new DVD formatIt is being billed as the next VHS versus Betamax, the seminal TV technology culture clash that left millions of pieces of domestic equipment obsolete almost as soon as they had been built. | 3 |
NASA plans trip to MoonWith polls showing Americans desire of space exploration, NASA has received the green signal from Congress to carry out voyages to Moon and eventually to Mars. | 3 |
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