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train	Founders of the group are Matsushita Electric, Sony, Hitachi, NEC, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung, Sharp and Toshiba.	A key portion of the accord was the implementation of a special council to monitor health spending, set goals for the system and measure progress in reforming health care.	3.8
train	Sources within the racing industry have told the Daily Bulletin that Fontana will get a second NASCAR race on Labor Day weekend starting next season.	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI jumped 2.09 percent, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX leapt 2.23 percent.	1.2
train	According to the Census Bureau, the Hispanic population increased by 9.8 percent from the April 2000 census figures.	The team has named the sensor Canary, for cellular analysis and notification of antigen risks and yields.	2.25
train	After Freitas' opening statement, King County Superior Court Judge Charles Mertel recessed trial until after the Thanksgiving weekend.	Druce last night was held in isolation at the same prison.	4.8
train	A tropical storm rapidly developed in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday and was expected to hit somewhere along the Texas or Louisiana coasts by Monday night.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 6.48 points, or 0.66 percent, to 990.51.	1.5
train	Shares of Allergan fell 14 cents to close at $78.12 on the New York Stock Exchange (news - web sites).	Said Mr. Burke: "It was a textbook landing considering the circumstances."	3.75
train	Lawyers and others familiar with the federal investigation say it remains focused on Campbell, though prosecutors declined to discuss the probe.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> gained 5.51 points, or 0.56 percent, to 981.73.	4.25
train	Apple Computer's new online music service sold more than 1 million songs during its first week of operation, the company said Monday.	"IT is the only vehicle on which established economies will be able to compete" with fast-growing economies such as China and India, Barrett said.	3
train	"I really liked him and I still do," Cohen Alon told the Herald yesterday.	Agents confiscated several classified documents in his possession and interrogated him.	4
train	The dollar fell as low as $1.1624 per euro from $1.1486 on Friday, and traded at $1.1594 at 10:15 a.m. in London.	He ran last year for the Democratic nomination for Texas governor, but lost the primary to multimillionaire Tony Sanchez.	3
train	"We hope all parties will continue to make efforts and continue the process of dialogue," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.	Steve Squyres, a Cornell University scientist, is principal investigator for the missions' science instruments.	1.75
train	Chavez said investigators feel confident they've got "at least one of the fires resolved in that regard."	"But at this stage, given the early detection, the outlook in such instances would be positive," he said.	4.6
train	FRIENDS of Robert De Niro yesterday rallied around him after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.	Shares of Fox Entertainment Group Inc., News Corp.'s U.S. media and entertainment arm, fell 45 cents to $26.85 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading.	3.2
train	Stocks dipped lower Tuesday as investors opted to cash in profits from Monday's big rally despite a trio of reports suggesting modest improvement in the economy.	The developers, The Related Cos. and Apollo Real Estate Advisors, hope sales top $1 billion.	3.75
train	"This is an easy case in my view and wholly without merit, both factually and legally."	Fighting has continued sporadically in the west, where it is complicated by the presence of battle-hardened Liberians on both sides.	3.75
train	Some 95 million Americans -- half of all households -- invest in mutual funds.	Spansion Flash memory solutions are available worldwide from AMD and Fujitsu.	4.25
train	Mr Pollard said: "This is a terrible personal tragedy and a shocking blow for James's family.	The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC shed 8 points, or 0.45 percent, to 1,645.	0.8
train	"But HRT should not be used to prevent heart disease or any other chronic condition."	More than 130 people have been arrested and $17 million worth of property seized in an Internet fraud sweep announced Friday by three U.S. government agencies.	4
train	Seven 20- and 21-year-old cadets were ticketed by police for drinking alcohol in an off-campus hotel room early Saturday with two young women, aged 16 and 18.	We don't need a little bitty tax relief plan.	3
train	They came despite what BA called a "difficult quarter", which it said included unofficial industrial action at Heathrow.	The investment gives Larkspur, Calif.-based BayStar more than 2.9 million shares of SCO common stock, or 17.5 percent of the company's outstanding shares.	3.6
train	The benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR lost 11/32 in price, taking its yield to 3.21 percent from 3.17 percent late on Monday.	With 97 percent of precincts counted tonight, 68 percent of voters opposed the tax.	3.5
train	The Nasdaq composite index added 30.46 points, or 2 percent, to 1,520.15.	Five-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is in Denver today for a meeting about surviving cancer.	3.6
train	But church members and observers say they expect that the decision could be problematic for many Episcopalians.	Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports, he said.	3.5
train	The boy also sprayed the room full of retardant from fire extinguishers, which made it hard to see, the chief said.	Van-Vliet, who was also injured, called in the accident on the school bus radio.	4
train	Aventis, based in Strasbourg, France, is one of a handful of companies that still make the flu vaccine.	License sales, a key measure of demand, fell 21 percent to $107.6 million.	2.6
train	Lowe's, with about half as many stores, reported a 33 percent increase in third-quarter profit behind a 12 percent jump in same-store sales.	The company also said it would cut wholesale prices on cassettes and change the suggested retail price to $8.98.	2.5
train	But Forest, the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, said: ''Mention the word prohibition and everyone knows what happened there.	It may be dying because entrenched interests are positioning themselves to control the Internet's choke-points and they are lobbying the FCC to aid and abet them."	1.4
train	Entrenched interests are positioning themselves to control the network's chokepoints and they are lobbying the FCC to aid and abet them.	Amnesty International said that over the past 20 years it had collected information about 17,000 disappearances in Iraq.	2.4
train	On the other hand, if this will help further establish Steve's innocence, we welcome it."	Captain Robert Ramsey of US 1St Armored Division said a truck had exploded outside the building at around 11 am.	2.4
train	Pataki praised Abraham's decision, and LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said the cable should be kept in operation permanently.	The most common side effects after getting the nasal spray were nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat and cough.	4.4
train	Nine seconds later, it broke the sound barrier and continued its steep powered ascent.	Doctors concluded Erbitux, the cancer drug that enmeshed ImClone Systems in an insider trading scandal, worked just as well as an earlier company-sponsored study said it did.	2.625
train	He also recruited others to participate in the scheme by convincing them to receive fraudulently obtained merchandise he had ordered for himself.	Griffith, 77, grew up in Mount Airy and now lives in Manteo.	4.2
train	Albertsons and Kroger's Ralphs chain locked out their workers in response.	Early Monday, insurgents threw a homemade bomb at a U.S. convoy in northern Baghdad, killing an American soldier.	2.6
train	The fines are part of failed Republican efforts to force or entice the Democrats to return.	The mother also contended that she was sexually assaulted by one of the guards during the 1998 confrontation.	3.2
train	The audiotape aired last week by the Arab Al-Jazeera television network appears to be an effort to incite attacks.	Lay had refused to turn over the papers, asserting his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.	3
train	Antonio Monteiro de Castro, 58, currently director of the group’s Latin America & Caribbean operations, will become chief operating officer from the same date.	The researchers gave copies of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" to the carb-cutters.	1
train	Fletcher said he expects to have the support of lawmakers from agricultural states, many of whom are on the committee.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> climbed 19.11 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,615.02.	3.6
train	"Whatever has happened to you by way of punishment is certainly more than enough," Covello told the 49-year-old, whose family, friends and supporters filled half the courtroom.	ESPN reported that Knight's two-year deal is worth $2.38 million, including a $300,000 signing bonus.	4
train	The drop in core wholesale prices in April reflected falling prices for cars, trucks, men's and boy's clothes and cigarettes.	Shares of Allergan were up 14 cents at $78.40 in late trading on the New York Stock Exchange.	4.25
train	Ms Lafferty's lawyer, Thomas Ezzell, told a Kentucky newspaper: "My understanding of this is that there is a lower percentage of successful impregnations with frozen.	The intervention force will confiscate weapons, reform the police, strengthen the courts and prison system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry.	4.8
train	Police using pepper spray arrested 12 people Monday night at a march and rally by about 400 activists protesting an annual training seminar of the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit.	Dusty had surgery for cancer in 2001 and had a kidney removed.	3.8
train	Higher courts have ruled that the tablets broke the constitutional separation of church and state.	With the remaining three shuttles grounded in the wake of the Columbia accident, the rookies will have to wait even longer.	4
train	Squyres is principal investigator for the Athena payload - a collection of science instruments carted by each rover.	Bulger's brother, a former FBI informant, is now on the law enforcement agency's "10 Most Wanted" list.	0.8
train	The injured passenger at John Peter Smith Hospital died later Friday morning, Jones said.	The University of Michigan plans to release a new undergraduate admissions policy Thursday after its acceptance requirements were rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court in June.	1.75
train	Monkeypox is usually found only in central and western Africa.	CBS said the show "does not present a balanced portrayal of the Reagans for CBS and its audience.	3
train	"What can I say to you?" he told a crowd at a cemetery with a thousand headstones, many of them marking the graves of entire families.	The Supreme Court said Monday the government can require public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters, rejecting librarians' complaints that the law amounts to censorship.	3
train	"It appears from our initial report that this was a textbook landing considering the circumstances," Burke said.	OPEC this week is set to pressure independent exporters to back the cartel's next supply cut to prevent the resumption of Iraqi exports undercutting oil prices.	3.5
train	Schofield got Toepfer to admit on cross-examination that she ignored many of O'Donnell's suggestions and projects.	The 27-year-old rapper's attorney in the civil matter, Mark Gann, did not return calls for comment.	1
train	The only other person who had not been accounted for Sunday was a man from Fort Worth, Texas.	In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average a gauge of 30 blue chip stocks was up 3.29 points or 0.04 per cent to 8,585.97.	3.6
train	The company said it would cut the wholesale price of most top-line CDs to $9.09 from $12.02.	"Saddam is gone, but we want the (U.S.) occupation to end."	2.5
train	In addition, the Justice Department said that the FBI has conducted ''fewer than 10'' investigations involving visits to mosques.	A spokesman for SCO could not be reached for comment this afternoon.	3.25
train	Families stuck on the highway remained in their cars, and used their cell phones to call home.	Mr Blair went on: "I think we did the right thing in relation to Iraq.	3.75
train	"I am proud that I stood against Richard Nixon, not with him," Kerry said.	Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call had expected Kodak to earn 68 cents a share for the quarter.	2.75
train	Republicans had pledged to complete a Medicare drug package by August, then extended the deadline to Oct. 17, and they are still working on it.	Selenski used the mattress to scale a 10-foot razor wire, Fischi said.	3.4
train	"These changes may affect a large number of existing Web pages," the statement continued.	The arm was kept in a separate room, but the monkeys could track their progress by watching a representation of the arm and its motions on a video screen.	3.25
train	The Nasdaq composite index advanced 20.59, or 1.3 percent, to 1,616.50, after gaining 5.7 percent last week.	The meat, poultry, butter, cheese and nuts were being stored by more than 100 wholesalers in Chicago.	4
train	Thirty-three of the 42 men had been arrested by Wednesday evening, said Daniel Bogden, U.S. attorney in Nevada.	The matter could then be sent to the U.N. Security Council.	3.8
train	Kollar-Kotelly has scheduled another antitrust settlement compliance hearing for January.	Moore, the suspended chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, stands trial before the Alabama Court of the Judiciary.	4
train	The 30-year bond US30YT=RR firmed 31/32, taking its yield to 4.16 percent -- another record low -- from 4.22 percent.	Harvey was taken to St. Luke's Hospital for precautionary neck X-rays, which came back negative.	4.5
train	Amazon also reported that the New York Attorney General's office had settled civil fraud charges with one of the spoofers it identified.	For the 12-month period ending June 30, high-speed lines installed in homes and businesses increased by 45 percent.	2
train	A spokesman said: "Since November, we have co-operated fully with the police.	Cisco executives were encouraged by $1.3 billion in cash flow and the increase in net income, but said they remained ``cautiously optimistic'' about a rebound.	5
train	The technology-packed Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> dropped 37.78 points, or 1.94 percent, to 1,912.36.	The report also claims that there will be up to 9.3 million visitors to hot spots this year, up again from the meagre 2.5 million in 2002.	2.75
train	But JT was careful to clarify that it was "not certain about the outcome of the discussion at this moment".	Hollywood actor Robert De Niro has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his spokesman said today.	2
train	The film is the second of a trilogy, which will wrap up in November with The Matrix Revolutions.	LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said that meant the cable could be used "as we see fit.	3
train	"This has been a persistent problem that has not been solved," investigation board member Steven Wallace said.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC lost 2 points, or 0.18 percent, to 1,649.	3.5
train	The officials did not say whether U.S. forces crossed into Syrian territory and were vague about how the Syrian border guards became involved.	As Sayliyah was the command base for the Iraq war, but hundreds who ran the war have returned to the United States.	3
train	Young has 28 days to file a response and ask the NASD for a hearing.	The technique is used during the second and, occasionally, third trimester of pregnancy.	2.6
train	"People are obviously inconvenienced," said Dr. Jim Young, Ontario's commissioner of public safety.	Next week, John S. Reed, the former Citicorp chief executive who Sunday became interim chairman and chief executive of the exchange, will take up his position.	4.2
train	State Education Commissioner Kent King said Wednesday that the scores on the Missouri Assessment Program tests disappointed him.	Prairie dogs, usually found in southwestern and western states, aren’t indigenous to Wisconsin.	3.5
train	The support will come as a free software upgrade called WebVPN for current customers that have support contracts.	The same survey found the median household income rose by $51, when accounting for inflation, to $43,057.	3.75
train	Its former chief Mickey Robinson was fired for cause when he left in September, the company said.	The helicopter was owned by Las Vegas-based Sundance Helicopters Inc., according to the sheriff's office.	3
train	For the full 12-month period ending June 30, 2003, advanced services lines for ADSL increased by 37 percent and cable modem connections increased by 75 percent.	Edie Falco was not nominated for "Frankie and Johnny."	4.2
train	Kodak expects earnings of 5 cents to 25 cents a share in the quarter.	The charges of espionage and aiding the enemy can carry the death penalty.	3.6
train	Agriculture ministers from more than one hundred nations are expected to attend the three-day Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.	British Airways plans to retire its seven Concordes at the end of October.	3.75
train	Argentine Guillermo Coria and Netherlander Martin Verkerk are in the other half.	With diplomacy heating up in the nearly 10-month-old crisis, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing flies to Japan on Sunday en route to South Korea on August 13.	4.091
train	In two weeks, he'll probably send out Peace Rules in the Preakness.	Still, he noted that Miami must decide whether to seek A.C.C. membership by June 30 to adhere to Big East guidelines.	4
train	Southwest said its traffic was up 4.6 percent in the quarter, and it ended the quarter with $2.2 billion in cash.	The currency briefly weakened on Monday morning but rebounded to trade at 55.25/29, little changed from Friday.	4.8
train	According to security sources, London Metropolitan Police Commissioner John Stevens placed his force on its highest state of alert last week following the warning.	The 30-year bond <US30YT=RR> firmed 24/32, taking its yield to 4.18 percent, after hitting another record low of 4.16 percent.	3.2
train	Mayor Joe T. Parker said late Thursday that the three workers were two men and a woman who were inside the building when the first blast occurred.	BAT also said Antonio Monteiro de Castro, director for Latin America and the Caribbean, would become chief operating officer on January 1, 2004.	3.75
train	She had only a single condition, that the book not be published until her death.	"Our outcomes are very encouraging," George Mason researcher Ken Alibek said.	1.75
train	Perry has called lawmakers into two special sessions to address congressional redistricting.	The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades endorsed Mr Dean several weeks ago.	0.25
train	Joe Kernan, who had been lieutenant governor for the past seven years, was sworn in as governor after O'Bannon died Saturday.	The company has publicly identified Linux as one of its biggest competitive threats.	3.333
train	Waksal has pleaded guilty to securities fraud and is to be sentenced next week.	The consumer-confidence index came in at 83.5 in June, down slightly from a revised 83.6 in May, the Conference Board said.	3.75
train	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI edged up 13.33 points, or 0.15 percent, to 9,196.55.	"MediaMax performs EXACTLY as "advertised" to the companies who purchased it," Jacobs said in the statement.	3.2
train	July 1st is the sixth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule.	Their belief was based on speculation that estrogen prevents cell damage and improves blood flow.	3.25
train	They said they had concluded that the film failed "to present a balanced portrayal" of the Reagans.	"I came to Washington basically to establish relationships and make sure we are getting more federal money," Schwarzenegger said after one meeting.	3.5
train	"Americans don't cut and run, we have to see this misadventure through," she said.	Wal-Mart has told its top 100 suppliers that they'll need to have radio-frequency ID systems in place for tracking pallets of goods through the supply chain by Jan. 25, 2005.	4.75
train	The two-year note US2YT=RR fell 5/32 in price, taking its yield to 1.23 percent from 1.16 percent late on Monday.	In that case, the court held that the city of Cincinnati had violated the First Amendment in banning, in the interest of aesthetics, only the advertising pamphlets.	3.2
train	The British Foreign Office said Monday that coalition authorities in Iraq were pleased that the men were freed.	Its safe to assume the Senate is prepared to pass some form of a cap....The level of it is to be debated.	3.8
train	Dixon was otherwise the class of the field at Pikes Peak International Raceway.	"This is America, my friends, and it should not happen here."	3
train	VeriSign introduced its Site Finder service on Sept. 15.	Dynes has been at UC San Diego since 1991 after spending 22 years with AT&T Bell Labs, where he worked on superconductors and other materials.	3.4
train	The camp hosts summer religious retreats for children and other events year-round, according to its Web site.	Police believe Wilson then shot Jennie Mae Robinson once in the head before turning the gun on herself.	3.6
train	Shares of Corixa fell 12 cents to $6.88 on the Nasdaq stock market.	Democrats dominate the Assembly while Republicans control the Senate.	3.4
train	The bank's shares fell 45 cents in trading yesterday to $91.51 per share.	U.S. forces struck dozens of targets on Monday, killing six guerrillas and arresting 99 others during 1,729 patrols and 25 raids conducted over 24 hours.	3.8
train	The rapper's lawyer, Mark Gann, didn't return calls for comment.	The system is priced from US$1.1 million to $22.4 million, depending on configuration.	3.5
train	This is America, my friends, and it should not happen here," he said to loud applause.	Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday it will take time to locate die-hard remnants of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime in Iraq.	3.2
train	According to market research from The NPD Group, the number of people downloading music dropped from 14.5 million in April to 10.4 million in June.	"We've put a lot of effort and energy into improving our patching progress, probably later than we should have.	2.8
train	While some other parts of Africa have been used as staging grounds for the terror group, Malawi previously had not been a major focus of investigations into al-Qaida.	On Thursday, a Post article argued that a 50 basis point cut from the Fed was more likely.	2.8
train	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> gave up 11.91 points, or 1.19 percent, at 986.60.	Waksal pleaded guilty to insider trading charges last year, and he is scheduled to be sentenced June 10.	4.8
train	Amgen shares gained 93 cents, or 1.45 percent, to $65.05 in afternoon trading on Nasdaq.	Nine seconds later, SpaceShipOne broke the sound barrier, the company said.	3