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Plus, IBM's win-win, Eli Lilly bares all, and a ticking retirement time bomb.	2Business
Jane Wyman won an Oscar for her performance in the movie âJohnny Belindaâ and was the first wife of President Ronald Reagan.	0World
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co. said it may bid for $15 billion of Indian military orders in the next decade, as it seeks to benefit from closer ties between the U.S. and India, a Bloomberg report said on Friday.	2Business
UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council on Saturday adopted a resolution threatening to "consider" sanctions against Sudan and establishing a UN commission of inquiry to investigate atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, and to determine whether Sudanese	0World
Rights groups say millions of foreign workers should be protected by Saudi labor law.	0World
A look back at the Holy Grail of ultimate growth stocks.	2Business
AP - Paul Pierce scored 18 points, Kevin Garnett had 16 and the Boston Celtics extended their winning streak to nine games by beating the Toronto Raptors 90-77 Sunday. Rajon Rondo had 14, Eddie House came off the bench to score 11 and Tony Allen had 10.	1Sports
Leaders of Japan and South Korea have jointly urged North Korea to return to talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program. They agreed that imposing economic sanctions now on Pyongyang would thwart such efforts.	0World
FREEHOLD, N.J. - She just wanted six-pack abs. So in the summer of 2003, Dionne Passacantando, a 17-year-old high school cheerleader, gymnast, and vice president of her Allen (Texas) High School class, made a decision she regrets. She bought anabolic steroids from a boy on the school football team.	1Sports
FARMERS are being invited to help protect their	3Sci/Tech
Users of the new video service Joost will be able to see free clips from MTV, Paramount and BET.	0World
TORONTO (Reuters) - Wayne Gretzky is an ice hockey god to millions of Canadians but even the "Great One" is unable to offer a solution to the labor dispute now threatening to wipe out the entire NHL season.	1Sports
Australia cemented its position as the dominant cricket team of the past decade with its first series win in India since 1969, conquering what former captain Steve Waugh called the ``final frontier.	1Sports
AFP - An American teacher arrested in Bangkok for the decade-old killing of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was due to arrive in Los Angeles on a flight from Thailand amid new reports that he had sought surgery at a Thai sex-change clinic.	0World
Iran's nuclear weapon program has become a pressing issue, even more so after North Korea joined the exclusive club. There have been a lot of hand-wringing, negotiations and threatening involving Iran. But no action. And any action seems unlikely or - at the most - ineffective. In this article I argue that economic sanctions even if imposed will not be effective in stopping Iran's nuclear program, and that military intervention is unlikely. Therefore Iran will join the nuclear club and it is only a matter of time.	3Sci/Tech
The bank cites errors, puts two top executives on leave and delays its third-quarter report. By JOHN HIELSCHER. SunTrust Banks Inc.	2Business
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. jets pounded suspected Shiite militant positions in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City on Monday, killing at least five people and wounding 46...	0World
Evidence from the Mars exploration rovers Spirit and Opportunity has led scientists to suggest that water was once present in large quantities on the red planet.	3Sci/Tech
A European Union envoy heads to Somalia to try and prevent war between Islamist forces and the government.	0World
The Vermont Agency of Human Services is warning some 70,000 people in the state that a computer breach may have exposed their Social Security Numbers and other personal data.	3Sci/Tech
Rare gold coins - the last treasures of a fabled collector known as the King of Coins - went on pre-auction display Thursday after sitting undisturbed in a Baltimore bank vault for nearly a half-century.	0World
A Manhattan architect is attempting to marry modernist design and reasonable cost in a Long Island modular home.	2Business
Colgate advanced to the quarterfinals of the Temple Cup for student eights at the Henley Royal Regatta when it rallied to beat Englandâs Eton College by three-and-a-quarter lengths. Georgetown also advanced to the last eight in the same event after dominating Nihon University of Japan to win by three lengths. The Hoyas will race California, which easily beat Englandâs Reading University.In the Ladiesâ Plate for elite eights, Brown University easily beat a composite English crew. Syracuse won in the same event, as did a composite crew from the New York Athletic Club and Englandâs Molesey Boat Club.	1Sports
TACOMA, Wash. (Sports Network) - The Seattle Seahawks and tackle Walter Jones have apparently agreed to terms on a seven-year contract worth more than $50 million with a $15 million signing bonus. The Tacoma News Tribune reported the two sides hammered out the deal late Tuesday night.	1Sports
AP - Purdue quarterback Kyle Orton has no trouble remembering how he felt after last year's game at Michigan.	1Sports
INDIANAPOLIS (Sports Network) - Chauncey Billups scored 20 points to lead Detroit to an 88-76 win over Indiana at Conseco Fieldhouse.	1Sports
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Monsanto Co. reported sharply higher quarterly earnings on Thursday, driven partly by surging U.S. sales of its genetically modified corn and other seeds.	2Business
AP - NATO troops reached the wreckage of an Afghan airliner Monday, four days after it crashed into a snowy mountain peak, and began the gruesome task of searching for survivors among the 104 people on board, an alliance spokesman said.	0World
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Electronics manufacturers railed against a European tax on recordable discs and music players like iPods on Friday, even as a Dutch industry group was getting ready to impose new local levies on recordable media.	3Sci/Tech
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employee fired this week for allegedly intercepting and recording messages from a New York Times reporter and others said he felt pressured to uncover who at the retail giant was leaking embarrassing information to outsiders, The Wall Street Journal reported.	2Business
Toronto - Avalanche defenseman Bob Boughner, one of six NHL Players' Association vice presidents, spent much of Thursday afternoon on the telephone.	1Sports
The teams work with Special Operations forces on counterterrorism missions, which had been the province of the C.I.A.	0World
The Knicks players disagreed with Isiah Thomasâs harsh criticism that they play without pride and heart. But it remains to be seen if they can disprove his assessment.	1Sports
A tool some banks use to finance long-term assets may become a threat to the capital markets.	2Business
Geologists say the risk of a landslide in the Canary Islands causing a tidal wave able to cross the Atlantic is vastly overstated.	3Sci/Tech
ATHENS Imagine, just for the length of a breezy, sun-kissed summer evening in Athens, that you had not heard a word about Michael Phelps before these Olympics began. That you knew nothing about his childhood in Baltimore; the failed Olympic dreams of his ...	1Sports
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said on Tuesday that he would launch a tender offer for home builder WCI Communities Inc. , in which he already has about a 14.6 percent stake, at $22 per share.	2Business
FORMER Chelsea defender Paul Elliott believes Jose Mourinho's table-toppers have the self-belief to end their miserable league run at Highbury.	1Sports
BEIJING (Reuters) - China, host of six-party talks aimed at reining in North Korea's nuclear program, on Thursday described North Korea's failure to meet a deadline to account for its nuclear activities as a natural delay.	0World
The Norfolk County Registry of Deeds has reduced costs and decreased waiting times by over 200 percent with an electronic document management solution from IBM (NYSE: IBM) and its partners.	3Sci/Tech
This may be asking a lot, but you should consider setting aside an hour or two between shopping trips and holiday parties to make some year-end financial moves.	2Business
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Tata Motors Ltd unveiled the world's cheapest car on Thursday, bringing car ownership closer to millions of consumers in emerging markets.	2Business
SYDNEY A fund managed by Macquarie Bank, Australia's largest investment bank, said Thursday that it had agreed to buy NTL's transmission towers in Britain for Â£1.27 billion, or $2.47 billion.	2Business
The owner of several Denver-area radio stations, and other properties in 63 countries worldwide, says third-quarter earnings dropped 59 percent from last year -- but still beat analysts' expectations.	2Business
ST. CLOUD, Minn...	0World
KABUL (Reuters) - Six Canadian soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday when their armored vehicle hit a roadside bomb, the Canadian government said, in what was the deadliest attack on NATO forces this month in the country.	0World
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Tyrese Rice scored a career-high 32 points, including a key 3-pointer near the end of regulation and two huge free throws in overtime, to propel Boston College to a 74-71 victory over Miami in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament Friday.	1Sports
Consumers stepped up their borrowing in July by the largest amount since the beginning of the year, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday.	2Business
AP - Restaurants, under fire from health advocates for too-big servings and not enough detail on nutrition, are fighting back.	3Sci/Tech
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dow Jones & Co. Inc. said on Wednesday its board will take over negotiations related to a $5 billion takeover offer from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , a move that could bring a quicker resolution to the talks.	2Business
For the first time in two years, the guarantor of internet privacy abruptly terminates a company's right to display the TRUSTe seal -- without saying why. Privacy advocates say consumers deserve details.	2Business
AP - Howard Baker, the former Senate majority leader, plans to step down as ambassador to Japan.	0World
An Australian city has signed a contract to replace Microsoft 's Windows-desktop system on several thousand PCs with Sun Microsystems's products, Sun officials said Friday.	3Sci/Tech
Once famed for his antics off the pitch, the Brazilian has ditched the playboy lifestyle to make Barcelona the best in Europe. Such is Ronaldinho's awe-inspiring quality as	1Sports
Greg Anderson had his fill of doing double duty as telecom administrator and information technology guru at PIAB Inc., a vacuum technology firm with 50 employees in Hingham.	2Business
AP - The McLaren team was fined $100 million and stripped of its points in the constructors' standings Thursday in the spying scandal that has rocked the sport.	1Sports
Gallaher Group, which makes Silk Cut and Benson & Hedges cigarettes, yesterday announced a small rise in profits for the first half of the year but said it was facing tough trading outside Britain, especially in Germany and Ireland.	2Business
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission did not declare effective Google Inc.'s registration statement for its multibillion-dollar initial public offering by the close of the agency's business day on Tuesday, an SEC official said.	2Business
AP - Adam Everett's return to form is paying off for the Houston Astros.	1Sports
LONDON - The violence in Iraq will not stop the country's elections from going ahead, as planned, next January, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Sunday.	0World
AFP - Chelsea completed their first signing of the January transfer window with Czech Republic midfielder Jiri Jarosik moving to Stamford Bridge from CSKA Moscow.	0World
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were little changed on Friday, with investors wary of making bold bets following a four-day run-up that drove the Dow up near a record and put Wall Street on course for its biggest third quarter in nine years.	2Business
MELBOURNE - Australian stocks ended 0.1 per cent higher on Tuesday as a new appointment helped boost National Australia Bank, while heavyweight resource group BHP Billiton slipped after recent gains.	2Business
AP - St. Peter's fired football coach Scott Kochman on Friday for using ineligible players during the team's season-opening loss to Monmouth, school officials said.	1Sports
MACAU (Reuters) - Taiwan and China reached a landmark deal on Saturday to allow nonstop charter flights over the Chinese New Year holidays, a move which could ease tensions and improve ties between the bitter political rivals.	2Business
Managers: Terry Francona is in his first year with the Red Sox and is 3-0 in the postseason. Joe Torre is 887-567 (.610) in nine seasons with the Yankees, 68-31 (.687) in the postseason.	1Sports
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. expect their merger to close by the end of 2007, according to presentation slides for an analysts' conference call on Tuesday.	3Sci/Tech
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas producer XTO Energy Inc. on Tuesday said fourth-quarter profit declined 5 percent as lower natural gas prices weighed on results.	2Business
Missed putts have cost Sergio Garcia victory at the season-ending Volvo Masters at Valderrama in Spain, as Englishman Ian Poulter beat the local favourite on the first hole of sudden death.	1Sports
ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) - The Anaheim Ducks needed just 14 years to win their first Stanley Cup but are going to need more time to win over fans.	1Sports
IPE.com 22/Nov/04: GLOBAL - ING Group is to sell Baring Asset Managementâs investment management activities to MassMutual, while Northern Trust will buy the unitâs fund administration arm.	2Business
The Yankees could not overcome the least effective outing of the season for Roger Clemens and continued their season long struggle to hit left-handed pitching in a loss to the Devil Rays.	1Sports
AP - Airlines warned the British government Saturday that the country's air travel is "grinding to a halt" because of tough new anti-terror security requirements. One airline asked for police and army reservists to help with screening.	0World
AFP - The British upper house of parliament, the House of Lords, watered down legislation to ban fox hunting in England and Wales, in a move that is likely to provoke a showdown with MPs determined to outlaw the blood sport.	0World
Blog: Want to make that music track a ringtone? Get ready to spend $.99 all over again.	3Sci/Tech
Late goals from Brazilian Kaka and midfielder Andrea Pirlo gave AC Milan a 2-1 win at lowly Parma in Serie A on Saturday. Brazilian Adriano hit a devastating first half	1Sports
With the trial starting for four ethnic Russians charged in connection with rioting last year, the Estonian news site Delfi.ee has weathered a two-week-long DoS attack. The attack, which ended Tuesday, was minimally disruptive, according to Hillar Aarelaid, manager of Estonia's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT). He described it as an "ordinary DDoS" attack in which the news agency's servers were flooded with Internet traffic, in an attempt to crash them. "Minimum assistance was needed from our side" to deal with the attack, he said in an e-mail interview. DDoS is one of the techniques used in May 2007 during a widely publicized -- and far more widespread -- assault on computer systems in the tiny Baltic nation . Unlike last year's attacks, there were no political messages published in coordination with the Delfi.ee attacks, Aarelaid said. The May 2007 attacks came after Estonian officials decided to relocate the statue of a Red Army soldier erected during the Soviet era, leading to protests from ethnic Russians angered by the move and by the destruction of the graves of Russian soldiers. Estonian authorities were quoted in the media saying that the cyberattacks were traced to government servers in Russia, causing the attacks to be viewed as cyberwarfare. At one point, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) weighed in on the issue, saying that "tensions over the Soviet war memorial and graves in Estonia must be resolved diplomatically between the two countries." Security experts have described the online attacks as more of an online riot than coordinated, state-sponsored cyberwarfare, but they were effective. At the height of the onslaught, parts of the country's financial system were brought down as hackers crippled servers at Estonia's banks. This four men on trial this week are accused of involvement in the April street riots that preceded the cyberattacks, according to a Reuters report . They are Dmitri Linter, Maksim Reva, Dmitri Klenski, and Mark Sirik.	3Sci/Tech
The first rule in being a reporter is that if you see a bunch of fellow ink stain wretches hanging around somewhere, head in the other direction. It's the only way to get fresh information. So Sunday evening, while Vijay Singh and Justin Leonard were ...	1Sports
RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/	3Sci/Tech
Sixty minutes into a World Cup qualifying match in Jamaica last month, the United States trailed and risked losing its first game ever to the Reggae Boyz.	1Sports
After posting strong Q4 results, the company has seen its stock price finally catch up with its value. Does that make it a buy?	2Business
Foreign Service officers looking for pay equity will have to keep waiting.	2Business
UNITED NATIONS - A U.N. Security Council vote on whether to threaten sanctions against Sudan hinged on China and other opponents who fear that the specter of punishment could ruin efforts to end a crisis that has killed more than 50,000 and spawned 1.2 million refugees...	0World
Publicis Groupe, the advertising conglomerate, and Google, the Internet giant, said they would jointly develop an innovative approach to digital advertising.	3Sci/Tech
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp said on Tuesday it would eliminate 650 corporate and investment banking jobs and sell its equity prime brokerage business, as the second-largest U.S. bank retrenches in the face of difficult credit market conditions.	2Business
By The Hartford Courant, Conn. Feb. 16--Removing the bald eagle from the list of endangered species would be an important milestone for America, placing the official stamp of success on a decades-long effort to save this magnificent bird -- our nation's symbol -- from extinction.	3Sci/Tech
AP - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, freed on bail after more than six months in a Chilean jail, said Saturday that his political movement is still strong in Peru and promised a political comeback.	0World
Organized crime may have brought in more than $2 trillion in revenue last year, about twice all the military budgets in the world combined, a report issued yesterday said. The "State of the Future" report, published by the Millennium Project of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, said organized crime entities generated income from money laundering, counterfeiting, and piracy, ...	0World
FT.com - US stocks sank to their lowest since October 2006 on fears that a contraction in US manufacturing may tip the economy into recession.	2Business
By afternoon on the most frigid Valentine's Day in years, Carol Owen could tell that her Fairfax floral business, Witham Floral Design, would take a hit.	2Business
A grassroots campaign across the United States, fueled by message boards, blogs and Web sites, may be convincing CBS to cancel its cancellation of Jericho.	3Sci/Tech
A focused Hasim Rahman earned his way back into a heavyweight title shot with a fourth round stoppage of game Kali Meehan. Meehan, who was no match for "The Rock", weighed in	1Sports
AN ACADEMY Award winning screenwriter has sued the mighty Microsoft saying it stole his idea for a virtual yoga studio when it issued "Yourself!	3Sci/Tech
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A US mining company admitted Wednesday that it released mercury into the environment at one of its Indonesian gold mines but denied that it had any health impact on people.	2Business
At least 50 die in fighting between forces loyal to the Herat governor and a rival militia in west Afghanistan.	0World
Followers of the Yankees and Red Sox, do not delude yourselves: money does matter. Imagine, please, being Ron Gardenhire, manager of the Minnesota Twins, as opposed to either Joe Torre or Terry Francona. It's Game 2 of the American League Division Series. Your team has a chance to go up, two games to none, in Yankee Stadium. And who is ...	1Sports
New York offers one of the worldâs great comedy bargains, the chance to be part of the audience for the late-night shows watched by millions, free. But the price for those free seats is time.	0World
Never mind that the convention business is in a slump, and never mind that New York is a distant outsider for the 2012 Games.	1Sports
Nicky Anosike scores a career-high 20 points and second-ranked Tennessee physically dominates No. 22 Auburn in an 85-52 win.	1Sports
From sock-hoppers to hip-hop, from disco to downloads, radio has always sought ratings gold in the musical and cultural trends of the moment.	2Business

Plus, IBM's win-win, Eli Lilly bares all, and a ticking retirement time bomb.

2Business

Jane Wyman won an Oscar for her performance in the movie âJohnny Belindaâ and was the first wife of President Ronald Reagan.

0World

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co. said it may bid for $15 billion of Indian military orders in the next decade, as it seeks to benefit from closer ties between the U.S. and India, a Bloomberg report said on Friday.

2Business

UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council on Saturday adopted a resolution threatening to "consider" sanctions against Sudan and establishing a UN commission of inquiry to investigate atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, and to determine whether Sudanese

0World

Rights groups say millions of foreign workers should be protected by Saudi labor law.

0World

A look back at the Holy Grail of ultimate growth stocks.

2Business

AP - Paul Pierce scored 18 points, Kevin Garnett had 16 and the Boston Celtics extended their winning streak to nine games by beating the Toronto Raptors 90-77 Sunday. Rajon Rondo had 14, Eddie House came off the bench to score 11 and Tony Allen had 10.

1Sports

Leaders of Japan and South Korea have jointly urged North Korea to return to talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program. They agreed that imposing economic sanctions now on Pyongyang would thwart such efforts.

0World

FREEHOLD, N.J. - She just wanted six-pack abs. So in the summer of 2003, Dionne Passacantando, a 17-year-old high school cheerleader, gymnast, and vice president of her Allen (Texas) High School class, made a decision she regrets. She bought anabolic steroids from a boy on the school football team.

1Sports

FARMERS are being invited to help protect their

3Sci/Tech

Users of the new video service Joost will be able to see free clips from MTV, Paramount and BET.

0World

TORONTO (Reuters) - Wayne Gretzky is an ice hockey god to millions of Canadians but even the "Great One" is unable to offer a solution to the labor dispute now threatening to wipe out the entire NHL season.

1Sports

Australia cemented its position as the dominant cricket team of the past decade with its first series win in India since 1969, conquering what former captain Steve Waugh called the ``final frontier.

1Sports

AFP - An American teacher arrested in Bangkok for the decade-old killing of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was due to arrive in Los Angeles on a flight from Thailand amid new reports that he had sought surgery at a Thai sex-change clinic.

0World

Iran's nuclear weapon program has become a pressing issue, even more so after North Korea joined the exclusive club. There have been a lot of hand-wringing, negotiations and threatening involving Iran. But no action. And any action seems unlikely or - at the most - ineffective. In this article I argue that economic sanctions even if imposed will not be effective in stopping Iran's nuclear program, and that military intervention is unlikely. Therefore Iran will join the nuclear club and it is only a matter of time.

3Sci/Tech

The bank cites errors, puts two top executives on leave and delays its third-quarter report. By JOHN HIELSCHER. SunTrust Banks Inc.

2Business

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. jets pounded suspected Shiite militant positions in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City on Monday, killing at least five people and wounding 46...

0World

Evidence from the Mars exploration rovers Spirit and Opportunity has led scientists to suggest that water was once present in large quantities on the red planet.

3Sci/Tech

A European Union envoy heads to Somalia to try and prevent war between Islamist forces and the government.

0World

The Vermont Agency of Human Services is warning some 70,000 people in the state that a computer breach may have exposed their Social Security Numbers and other personal data.

3Sci/Tech

Rare gold coins - the last treasures of a fabled collector known as the King of Coins - went on pre-auction display Thursday after sitting undisturbed in a Baltimore bank vault for nearly a half-century.

0World

A Manhattan architect is attempting to marry modernist design and reasonable cost in a Long Island modular home.

2Business

Colgate advanced to the quarterfinals of the Temple Cup for student eights at the Henley Royal Regatta when it rallied to beat Englandâs Eton College by three-and-a-quarter lengths. Georgetown also advanced to the last eight in the same event after dominating Nihon University of Japan to win by three lengths. The Hoyas will race California, which easily beat Englandâs Reading University.In the Ladiesâ Plate for elite eights, Brown University easily beat a composite English crew. Syracuse won in the same event, as did a composite crew from the New York Athletic Club and Englandâs Molesey Boat Club.

1Sports

TACOMA, Wash. (Sports Network) - The Seattle Seahawks and tackle Walter Jones have apparently agreed to terms on a seven-year contract worth more than $50 million with a $15 million signing bonus. The Tacoma News Tribune reported the two sides hammered out the deal late Tuesday night.

1Sports

AP - Purdue quarterback Kyle Orton has no trouble remembering how he felt after last year's game at Michigan.

1Sports

INDIANAPOLIS (Sports Network) - Chauncey Billups scored 20 points to lead Detroit to an 88-76 win over Indiana at Conseco Fieldhouse.

1Sports

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Monsanto Co. reported sharply higher quarterly earnings on Thursday, driven partly by surging U.S. sales of its genetically modified corn and other seeds.

2Business

AP - NATO troops reached the wreckage of an Afghan airliner Monday, four days after it crashed into a snowy mountain peak, and began the gruesome task of searching for survivors among the 104 people on board, an alliance spokesman said.

0World

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Electronics manufacturers railed against a European tax on recordable discs and music players like iPods on Friday, even as a Dutch industry group was getting ready to impose new local levies on recordable media.

3Sci/Tech

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employee fired this week for allegedly intercepting and recording messages from a New York Times reporter and others said he felt pressured to uncover who at the retail giant was leaking embarrassing information to outsiders, The Wall Street Journal reported.

2Business

Toronto - Avalanche defenseman Bob Boughner, one of six NHL Players' Association vice presidents, spent much of Thursday afternoon on the telephone.

1Sports

The teams work with Special Operations forces on counterterrorism missions, which had been the province of the C.I.A.

0World

The Knicks players disagreed with Isiah Thomasâs harsh criticism that they play without pride and heart. But it remains to be seen if they can disprove his assessment.

1Sports

A tool some banks use to finance long-term assets may become a threat to the capital markets.

2Business

Geologists say the risk of a landslide in the Canary Islands causing a tidal wave able to cross the Atlantic is vastly overstated.

3Sci/Tech

ATHENS Imagine, just for the length of a breezy, sun-kissed summer evening in Athens, that you had not heard a word about Michael Phelps before these Olympics began. That you knew nothing about his childhood in Baltimore; the failed Olympic dreams of his ...

1Sports

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said on Tuesday that he would launch a tender offer for home builder WCI Communities Inc. , in which he already has about a 14.6 percent stake, at $22 per share.

2Business

FORMER Chelsea defender Paul Elliott believes Jose Mourinho's table-toppers have the self-belief to end their miserable league run at Highbury.

1Sports

BEIJING (Reuters) - China, host of six-party talks aimed at reining in North Korea's nuclear program, on Thursday described North Korea's failure to meet a deadline to account for its nuclear activities as a natural delay.

0World

The Norfolk County Registry of Deeds has reduced costs and decreased waiting times by over 200 percent with an electronic document management solution from IBM (NYSE: IBM) and its partners.

3Sci/Tech

This may be asking a lot, but you should consider setting aside an hour or two between shopping trips and holiday parties to make some year-end financial moves.

2Business

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Tata Motors Ltd unveiled the world's cheapest car on Thursday, bringing car ownership closer to millions of consumers in emerging markets.

2Business

SYDNEY A fund managed by Macquarie Bank, Australia's largest investment bank, said Thursday that it had agreed to buy NTL's transmission towers in Britain for Â£1.27 billion, or $2.47 billion.

2Business

The owner of several Denver-area radio stations, and other properties in 63 countries worldwide, says third-quarter earnings dropped 59 percent from last year -- but still beat analysts' expectations.

2Business

ST. CLOUD, Minn...

0World

KABUL (Reuters) - Six Canadian soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday when their armored vehicle hit a roadside bomb, the Canadian government said, in what was the deadliest attack on NATO forces this month in the country.

0World

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Tyrese Rice scored a career-high 32 points, including a key 3-pointer near the end of regulation and two huge free throws in overtime, to propel Boston College to a 74-71 victory over Miami in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament Friday.

1Sports

Consumers stepped up their borrowing in July by the largest amount since the beginning of the year, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday.

2Business

AP - Restaurants, under fire from health advocates for too-big servings and not enough detail on nutrition, are fighting back.

3Sci/Tech

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dow Jones & Co. Inc. said on Wednesday its board will take over negotiations related to a $5 billion takeover offer from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , a move that could bring a quicker resolution to the talks.

2Business

For the first time in two years, the guarantor of internet privacy abruptly terminates a company's right to display the TRUSTe seal -- without saying why. Privacy advocates say consumers deserve details.

2Business

AP - Howard Baker, the former Senate majority leader, plans to step down as ambassador to Japan.

0World

An Australian city has signed a contract to replace Microsoft 's Windows-desktop system on several thousand PCs with Sun Microsystems's products, Sun officials said Friday.

3Sci/Tech

Once famed for his antics off the pitch, the Brazilian has ditched the playboy lifestyle to make Barcelona the best in Europe. Such is Ronaldinho's awe-inspiring quality as

1Sports

Greg Anderson had his fill of doing double duty as telecom administrator and information technology guru at PIAB Inc., a vacuum technology firm with 50 employees in Hingham.

2Business

AP - The McLaren team was fined $100 million and stripped of its points in the constructors' standings Thursday in the spying scandal that has rocked the sport.

1Sports

Gallaher Group, which makes Silk Cut and Benson & Hedges cigarettes, yesterday announced a small rise in profits for the first half of the year but said it was facing tough trading outside Britain, especially in Germany and Ireland.

2Business

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission did not declare effective Google Inc.'s registration statement for its multibillion-dollar initial public offering by the close of the agency's business day on Tuesday, an SEC official said.

2Business

AP - Adam Everett's return to form is paying off for the Houston Astros.

1Sports

LONDON - The violence in Iraq will not stop the country's elections from going ahead, as planned, next January, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Sunday.

0World

AFP - Chelsea completed their first signing of the January transfer window with Czech Republic midfielder Jiri Jarosik moving to Stamford Bridge from CSKA Moscow.

0World

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were little changed on Friday, with investors wary of making bold bets following a four-day run-up that drove the Dow up near a record and put Wall Street on course for its biggest third quarter in nine years.

2Business

MELBOURNE - Australian stocks ended 0.1 per cent higher on Tuesday as a new appointment helped boost National Australia Bank, while heavyweight resource group BHP Billiton slipped after recent gains.

2Business

AP - St. Peter's fired football coach Scott Kochman on Friday for using ineligible players during the team's season-opening loss to Monmouth, school officials said.

1Sports

MACAU (Reuters) - Taiwan and China reached a landmark deal on Saturday to allow nonstop charter flights over the Chinese New Year holidays, a move which could ease tensions and improve ties between the bitter political rivals.

2Business

Managers: Terry Francona is in his first year with the Red Sox and is 3-0 in the postseason. Joe Torre is 887-567 (.610) in nine seasons with the Yankees, 68-31 (.687) in the postseason.

1Sports

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. expect their merger to close by the end of 2007, according to presentation slides for an analysts' conference call on Tuesday.

3Sci/Tech

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas producer XTO Energy Inc. on Tuesday said fourth-quarter profit declined 5 percent as lower natural gas prices weighed on results.

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Missed putts have cost Sergio Garcia victory at the season-ending Volvo Masters at Valderrama in Spain, as Englishman Ian Poulter beat the local favourite on the first hole of sudden death.

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ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) - The Anaheim Ducks needed just 14 years to win their first Stanley Cup but are going to need more time to win over fans.

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IPE.com 22/Nov/04: GLOBAL - ING Group is to sell Baring Asset Managementâs investment management activities to MassMutual, while Northern Trust will buy the unitâs fund administration arm.

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The Yankees could not overcome the least effective outing of the season for Roger Clemens and continued their season long struggle to hit left-handed pitching in a loss to the Devil Rays.

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AP - Airlines warned the British government Saturday that the country's air travel is "grinding to a halt" because of tough new anti-terror security requirements. One airline asked for police and army reservists to help with screening.

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AFP - The British upper house of parliament, the House of Lords, watered down legislation to ban fox hunting in England and Wales, in a move that is likely to provoke a showdown with MPs determined to outlaw the blood sport.

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Blog: Want to make that music track a ringtone? Get ready to spend $.99 all over again.

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Late goals from Brazilian Kaka and midfielder Andrea Pirlo gave AC Milan a 2-1 win at lowly Parma in Serie A on Saturday. Brazilian Adriano hit a devastating first half

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With the trial starting for four ethnic Russians charged in connection with rioting last year, the Estonian news site Delfi.ee has weathered a two-week-long DoS attack. The attack, which ended Tuesday, was minimally disruptive, according to Hillar Aarelaid, manager of Estonia's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT). He described it as an "ordinary DDoS" attack in which the news agency's servers were flooded with Internet traffic, in an attempt to crash them. "Minimum assistance was needed from our side" to deal with the attack, he said in an e-mail interview. DDoS is one of the techniques used in May 2007 during a widely publicized -- and far more widespread -- assault on computer systems in the tiny Baltic nation . Unlike last year's attacks, there were no political messages published in coordination with the Delfi.ee attacks, Aarelaid said. The May 2007 attacks came after Estonian officials decided to relocate the statue of a Red Army soldier erected during the Soviet era, leading to protests from ethnic Russians angered by the move and by the destruction of the graves of Russian soldiers. Estonian authorities were quoted in the media saying that the cyberattacks were traced to government servers in Russia, causing the attacks to be viewed as cyberwarfare. At one point, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) weighed in on the issue, saying that "tensions over the Soviet war memorial and graves in Estonia must be resolved diplomatically between the two countries." Security experts have described the online attacks as more of an online riot than coordinated, state-sponsored cyberwarfare, but they were effective. At the height of the onslaught, parts of the country's financial system were brought down as hackers crippled servers at Estonia's banks. This four men on trial this week are accused of involvement in the April street riots that preceded the cyberattacks, according to a Reuters report . They are Dmitri Linter, Maksim Reva, Dmitri Klenski, and Mark Sirik.

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The first rule in being a reporter is that if you see a bunch of fellow ink stain wretches hanging around somewhere, head in the other direction. It's the only way to get fresh information. So Sunday evening, while Vijay Singh and Justin Leonard were ...

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Sixty minutes into a World Cup qualifying match in Jamaica last month, the United States trailed and risked losing its first game ever to the Reggae Boyz.

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After posting strong Q4 results, the company has seen its stock price finally catch up with its value. Does that make it a buy?

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Foreign Service officers looking for pay equity will have to keep waiting.

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UNITED NATIONS - A U.N. Security Council vote on whether to threaten sanctions against Sudan hinged on China and other opponents who fear that the specter of punishment could ruin efforts to end a crisis that has killed more than 50,000 and spawned 1.2 million refugees...

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Publicis Groupe, the advertising conglomerate, and Google, the Internet giant, said they would jointly develop an innovative approach to digital advertising.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp said on Tuesday it would eliminate 650 corporate and investment banking jobs and sell its equity prime brokerage business, as the second-largest U.S. bank retrenches in the face of difficult credit market conditions.

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By The Hartford Courant, Conn. Feb. 16--Removing the bald eagle from the list of endangered species would be an important milestone for America, placing the official stamp of success on a decades-long effort to save this magnificent bird -- our nation's symbol -- from extinction.

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AP - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, freed on bail after more than six months in a Chilean jail, said Saturday that his political movement is still strong in Peru and promised a political comeback.

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Organized crime may have brought in more than $2 trillion in revenue last year, about twice all the military budgets in the world combined, a report issued yesterday said. The "State of the Future" report, published by the Millennium Project of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, said organized crime entities generated income from money laundering, counterfeiting, and piracy, ...

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FT.com - US stocks sank to their lowest since October 2006 on fears that a contraction in US manufacturing may tip the economy into recession.

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By afternoon on the most frigid Valentine's Day in years, Carol Owen could tell that her Fairfax floral business, Witham Floral Design, would take a hit.

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A grassroots campaign across the United States, fueled by message boards, blogs and Web sites, may be convincing CBS to cancel its cancellation of Jericho.

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A focused Hasim Rahman earned his way back into a heavyweight title shot with a fourth round stoppage of game Kali Meehan. Meehan, who was no match for "The Rock", weighed in

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AN ACADEMY Award winning screenwriter has sued the mighty Microsoft saying it stole his idea for a virtual yoga studio when it issued "Yourself!

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JAKARTA, Indonesia - A US mining company admitted Wednesday that it released mercury into the environment at one of its Indonesian gold mines but denied that it had any health impact on people.

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At least 50 die in fighting between forces loyal to the Herat governor and a rival militia in west Afghanistan.

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Followers of the Yankees and Red Sox, do not delude yourselves: money does matter. Imagine, please, being Ron Gardenhire, manager of the Minnesota Twins, as opposed to either Joe Torre or Terry Francona. It's Game 2 of the American League Division Series. Your team has a chance to go up, two games to none, in Yankee Stadium. And who is ...

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New York offers one of the worldâs great comedy bargains, the chance to be part of the audience for the late-night shows watched by millions, free. But the price for those free seats is time.

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Never mind that the convention business is in a slump, and never mind that New York is a distant outsider for the 2012 Games.

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Nicky Anosike scores a career-high 20 points and second-ranked Tennessee physically dominates No. 22 Auburn in an 85-52 win.

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From sock-hoppers to hip-hop, from disco to downloads, radio has always sought ratings gold in the musical and cultural trends of the moment.

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