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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.	He added: "There is no doubt about the chemical programme, the biological programme and indeed the nuclear weapons programme.	3.25
train	Officials are trying to retrieve the bodies from the water," police officer J.D. Tambe told Reuters, adding 26 of the dead were women.	The privately held Google is believed to be profitable.	1.8
train	"I'm real excited to be a Cleveland Cavalier," James said.	Following California's lead, several states and the federal government passed similar or tougher bans.	4
train	"I notice a mood change in their priorities," one politician said.	Along with Boston, Watertown, Saugus and Framingham also are going smoke-free Monday.	4
train	Florida's Supreme Court has twice refused to hear the case.	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.	3.75
train	In connection with the incident, I have acknowledged that I behaved inappropriately."	He said police had identified the bodies of seven of the 14 bombers who launched five almost simultaneous raids Friday night.	3.4
train	The Bishop of Armidale, Peter Brain, was forthright.	The researchers gave copies of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" to the carb-cutters.	3.75
train	Another big gainer was Rambus Inc. (nasdaq: RMBS - news - people), which shot 32 percent higher.	Analysts polled by Thomson Financial First Call had been expected to see a loss of about 11 cents a share from continuing operations.	5
train	"It is about a third of what I owe in the world," he told reporters.	"The average track error for the five-day (forecast) is 323 nautical miles.	1.8
train	The router will be available in the first quarter of 2004 and will cost around $200, the company said.	The British Foreign Office said it had mediated the two men's release.	2
train	On Tuesday, the central bank left interest rates steady, as expected, but also declared that overall risks were weighted toward weakness and warned of deflation risks.	It added it had "co-operated fully" with police since November.	3
train	The BlueCore3-Multimedia includes a 16-bit stereo audio CODEC with dual ADC and DAC for stereo audio.	The Philadelphia Stock Exchange's semiconductor index .SOXX jumped 6.10 percent.	3
train	Druce is still being held at the prison and is now in isolation, she said.	The report added that "spin" and manipulative public relations "are not the answer," but that neither is avoiding the debate.	2.8
train	Micron has declared its first quarterly profit for three years.	"Mr. Bryant is innocent and expects to be completely exonerated," Mackey said in a statement.	3
train	Brendsel and chief financial officer Vaughn Clarke resigned June 9.	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	Perry has called lawmakers into two special sessions to address congressional redistricting.	On Tuesday, a Florida appeals court again refused to block removal of the tube.	4.5
train	Higher courts have ruled that the tablets broke the constitutional separation of church and state.	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.	4
train	Sobig.F spreads when unsuspecting computer users open file attachments in emails that contain such familiar headings as "Thank You!," "Re: Details" or "Re: That Movie."	On Monday, Abbey trotted on stage, tail wagging, with Conway before a crowd of 10,000 attendees at PeopleSoft's annual customer conference.	2.75
train	The findings are published in the November 6 edition of the journal Nature.	Further out the curve, the benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR shed 18/32 in price, taking its yield to 3.24 percent from 3.17 percent.	2.75
train	Albertsons and Kroger's Ralphs chain locked out their workers in response.	A poll released this week showed that the FBI bugging of the mayor has given a boost to his re-election effort.	3.8
train	It later emerged that he had broken his right thigh and bones in his right wrist and elbow.	In a news release Thursday, Strayhorn said this was the first time a comptroller rejected a budget.	3.2
train	The meeting was scheduled to end Wednesday night, with attendees approving resolutions that express the denomination's view on issues but that are not binding on churches.	The sales leave Mr. Turner with about 45 million shares in AOL.	3.4
train	Shares of SCO closed at $10.93, down 28 cents, in Monday trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.	Academic achievement -- including grades, test scores and high school curriculum -- are given the highest priority.	3.5
train	He left the army for Syria where he received religious training.	The product also streams Internet radio and comes with a 30-day free trial for RealNetworks' Rhapsody digital music subscription service.	1.6
train	The findings appear in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association (news - web sites).	That's when officers threw him to the ground and handcuffed him, according to testimony.	2.4
train	The tech-laced Nasdaq Composite Index gained 2.90 points, or 0.18 percent, to 1,606.87.	Both studies are published on Thursday in Nature, the British weekly science journal.	2.75
train	Nine seconds later, it broke the sound barrier and continued its steep powered ascent.	"I marched in the streets against Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War," she said.	3.4
train	Besides Hampton and Newport News, the grant funds water testing in Yorktown, King George County, Norfolk and Virginia Beach.	The latest shooting linked to the spree was a Nov. 11 shooting at Hamilton Township Elementary School in Obetz, about two miles from the freeway.	3.2
train	Rusch has also allowed five or more earned runs in each of his last three starts.	Klarman was arrested by FBI agents Monday morning at his home in New York.	3.6
train	She had only a single condition, that the book not be published until her death.	Shevaun Pennington disappeared on Saturday morning after arranging to meet 31-year-old Toby Studabaker.	5
train	"It was a little bit embarrassing the way we played in the first two games," Thomas said.	Cavender did say: "I felt that if I disagreed with Rosie too much I would lose my job."	3.4
train	Its former chief Mickey Robinson was fired for cause when he left in September, the company said.	Altria Group Inc. MO.N fell 50 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $41.81.	2.8
train	Douglas Robinson, a senior vice president of finance, will take over as chief financial officer on an interim basis.	The dollar was at 117.85 yen against the Japanese currency, up 0.1 percent.	4.5
train	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 3.47 points, or 0.36 percent, to 977.59.	Tour doctors later confirmed that he had broken his right leg near the hip and also sustained wrist and elbow fractures.	3
train	Mr. Heatley, who suffered a broken jaw and torn knee ligaments, faces several charges.	On Wednesday next week, Mr Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Aqaba, Jordan.	5
train	AFTRA members approved the merger by a vote of 75.88% to 24.12%.	An Ohio law that bans a controversial late-term abortion procedure is constitutionally acceptable and the state can enforce it, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday.	2.25
train	The bank's shares fell 45 cents in trading yesterday to $91.51 per share.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 6.48 points, or 0.66 percent, to 990.51.	2.6
train	In addition, the Justice Department said that the FBI has conducted ''fewer than 10'' investigations involving visits to mosques.	But the inadequate performance of students in various subgroups, such as race, pushed the state onto the needs-improvement list under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.	2.5
train	"The figures are becoming catastrophic," said Dr. Patrick Pelloux, the president of the association of emergency room physicians.	Watches or warnings could be issued for eastern Cuba later on Thursday.	3.8
train	The tech-loaded Nasdaq composite rose 20.96 points to 1595.91, ending at its highest level for 12 months.	Of the 24 million phone votes cast, Studdard was only 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.	3
train	The commission estimates California lost $1.34 billion -- the most of any state -- to tax shelters in 2001.	Nine seconds later, SpaceShipOne broke the sound barrier, the company said.	5
train	"City-grown pollution, and ozone in particular, is tougher on country trees," says Cornell University ecologist Jillian Gregg.	Vivendi shares were 0.3 percent up at 15.62 euros in Paris at 0841 GMT.	3.75
train	But Forest, the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, said: ''Mention the word prohibition and everyone knows what happened there.	Captain Robert Ramsey of US 1St Armored Division said a truck had exploded outside the building at around 11 am.	2.5
train	Klarman was arrested by FBI agents in the Hamptons, an exclusive summer resort enclave east of New York City.	"Saddam is gone, but we want the (U.S.) occupation to end."	4.75
train	She survives him as do their four children -- sons Anthony and Kelly, daughters Linda Hope and Nora Somers -- and four grandchildren.	Despite problems in the job market, the latest snapshot of the labor markets was slightly better than economists were expecting.	2.75
train	On Sunday, a U.S. soldier was killed and another injured in southern Iraq when a munitions dump exploded.	Wells' other series include NBC's "ER" and "Third Watch."	3.417
train	His lawyer, Pamela MacKey, said Bryant expects to be completely exonerated.	Organizers established a Web site, http://defacerschallenge.com, listing in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate.	3.6
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.	Fighting has continued sporadically in the west, where it is complicated by the presence of battle-hardened Liberians on both sides.	3
train	Hispanics, the fastest growing ethnic group in the US, have overtaken blacks to become the largest minority in the US, according to newly released government figures.	U.S. officials did not say whether American forces, who were acting on intelligence, crossed into Syrian territory and were vague about how the Syrian guards were involved.	2.5
train	The others were given copies of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" and told to follow it.	Kerry was viewed favorably by 66 percent of those polled; Dean at 57 percent.	4
train	Before it was removed, the site listed in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate.	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.	5
train	Selenski descended down the wall and used the mattress to climb over razor wire.	The crates are full of hardback copies of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	3.8
train	Michael Bloomberg, NYC Mayor: "I'm gonna try march with a number of different groups.	That compares with January 2000, when laptops represented less than 25 percent of sales volume, NPD said.	4.733
train	In morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 40.12, or 0.5 percent, at 8,571.69, having fallen 51 points Monday.	Bishop O'Brien, aged 67, had told police he thought he had hit a dog or cat.	3.8
train	When the bomb exploded at the Casa de España, customers were eating dinner and playing bingo.	"We condemn this raid which is in our view illegal and morally and politically unjustifiable," London-based NCRI official Ali Safavi told Reuters by telephone.	3.643
train	The meat, poultry, butter, cheese and nuts were impounded a year ago at a LaGrou Cold Storage warehouse in Chicago.	The team has named the sensor Canary, for cellular analysis and notification of antigen risks and yields.	3.4
train	The best-performing stock was Altria Group Inc., which rose more than 27 percent to close at $42.31 a share.	Thousands of revellers, celebrating the decision, vowed to push for more legal rights, including same-sex marriages.	4.6
train	Joining Boston on Monday were the Massachusetts communities of Watertown, Saugus and Framingham.	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
train	Ms. Cripps-Prawak left last Friday, two days after the department introduced a plan to distribute medical marijuana through doctors' offices.	The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's original application in December 2001, saying the trial had been sloppily conducted.	4.4
train	Only New Jersey now bans holders of learners permits or intermediate licenses from using cell phones, pagers or other wireless devices while driving.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> climbed 19.11 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,615.02.	4.091
train	"I am proud that I stood against Richard Nixon, not with him," Kerry said.	"It's not zero," said David Ropeik, director of risk communication at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.	3.4
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.	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
train	On May 1, he crawled through a narrow, winding canyon, rappelled down a 60-foot cliff and walked some six miles down the canyon.	"It just seems like all the issues that we support he doesn't," said Gabriela Lemus, the league's director of policy and legislation.	1.333
train	Knight agreed to a two-year, $2.38 million contract that included a $300,000 signing bonus.	China's foreign ministry said: "We hope all parties will continue to make efforts and continue the process of dialogue."	3.273
train	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was up 7.60 points, or 0.46 percent, at 1,653.62.	The Dodgers won their sixth consecutive game and seventh in their last nine as they beat Colorado 3-2 on Wednesday in front of a crowd of 25,332 at Dodger Stadium.	3.333
train	Linda Saunders pleaded guilty in federal court to six charges, including extortion, money laundering and conspiracy.	In addition, the NTSB also recommended to NHTSA that state legislation be enacted to prohibit holders of learners permits and intermediate licenses from using mobile phones while driving.	3
train	That triggered a 47-hour police standoff that inconvenienced thousands of commuters, as traffic backed up in Downtown Washington and northern Virginia.	World No.2 Lleyton Hewitt has accused his professional peers of long-standing malice, including an attempt last year to dupe him into refusing a drug test.	3
train	In two weeks, he'll probably send out Peace Rules in the Preakness.	IBM shares closed up $1.75, or 2.11 percent, at $84.50 on the New York Stock Exchange.	2
train	Still, he said, "I'm absolutely confident we're going to have a bill."	The fire spread to several surrounding structures on the property and destroyed them as deputies held back firefighters.	5
train	"These changes may affect a large number of existing Web pages," the statement continued.	Bremer said he would launch a $70-million program in the next two weeks to clean up neighborhoods across Iraq and build community projects, but gave no details.	4.2
train	The elderly and those with weakened immune systems are also urged to protect against mosquito bites.	The director of the Office of Medical Access, Cindy Cripps-Prawak, left her job after the department introduced a plan to distribute marijuana through doctors' offices.	4
train	Cisco executives said they were encouraged by $1.3 billion in cash flow and the increase in net income, but hoped for a rebound.	The currency briefly weakened on Monday morning but rebounded to trade at 55.25/29, little changed from Friday.	3.5
train	The 51-year-old nurse worked at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the latest outbreak.	The developers, The Related Cos. and Apollo Real Estate Advisors, hope sales top $1 billion.	1.2
train	So was Edie Falco, the critically praised co-star of "Frankie and Johnny."	Today, Dean ends his four-day, 10-city "Sleepless Summer" tour in Chicago and New York.	3.6
train	I think we made the right case and did the right thing."	But Itar-Tass news agency said four of his bodyguards were among those killed by the bomb.	3.8
train	He said the attackers left behind leaflets urging staff at the Ishtar Sheraton to stop working at the hotel and demanding U.S. forces leave Iraq.	But Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich said the "somewhat ambiguous ruling" by regulators might be a setback for Static Control depending on how it developed its competing product.	5
train	"The European Union is basically absent," said Tito Barbini, regional minister for agriculture in Tuscany, Italy.	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.	4.4
train	Dusty had battled kidney cancer for more than a year.	"I am advised that certain allegations of criminal conduct have been interposed against my counsel, J. Michael Boxley,'' the Silver statement said. "	4.2
train	On health care, the NDP says there will be no privatization and no health-care premiums.	The proportion of Americans with insurance from employers declined to 61.3 percent, from 62.6 percent in 2001 and 63.6 percent in 2000.	3.75
train	U.S. prosecutors have arrested more than 130 individuals and have seized more than $17 million in a continuing crackdown on Internet fraud and abuse.	Under NASD regulations, Mr. Young can file a response and request a hearing before an NASD panel.	3.25
train	Fletcher said he expects to have the support of lawmakers from agricultural states, many of whom are on the committee.	She took the highly unusual step of skipping cabinet to attend a meeting with the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda.	4.6
train	The monkeys could track their progress by watching a schematic representation of the arm and its motions on a video screen.	Marissa Jaret Winokur, as Tracy, won for best actress in a musical.	3.25
train	Agents found more than 1,000 credit cards and credit card duplicating machines during a search of Ragin's address.	He had been arrested twice before for trespassing and was barred from the complex.	4.5
train	"This is an easy case in my view and wholly without merit, both factually and legally."	In 2006, Asia Pacific will report growth of 7.9 percent to $81.8 billion.	3.4
train	British Airways' New York-to-London runs will end in October.	Richard Miller, 57, survived a lifesaving liver transplant but remains hospitalized.	3.5
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.	Zambrano pitched seven innings and allowed two runs on five hits and four walks.	2.6
train	VeriSign introduced its Site Finder service on Sept. 15.	License sales, a key measure of demand, fell 21 percent to $107.6 million.	3.75
train	"IT is the only vehicle on which established economies will be able to compete," Barrett said.	The academy will get its own internal report next week and it will be made public, Rosa said.	3.8
train	Chavez said investigators feel confident they've got "at least one of the fires resolved in that regard."	The judge scheduled another oversight hearing for late January.	3.2
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.	When Ragin's address was raided, authorities found more than 1,000 credit cards and duplicating machines.	3.25
train	Last year, he made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination for governor.	The government recently shelved peace talks being brokered by neighbouring Malaysia after a spate of attacks on Mindanao, including three deadly bombings, that it blamed on the MILF.	3
train	Dynes came to UC San Diego in 1991 after 22 years as a physicist with AT&T Bell Labs.	King County Superior Court Judge Charles Mertel will then recess the trial until Monday.	3.5
train	Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Azdi, turned himself in in June; his deputy was killed in a recent shootout with Saudi forces.	Ankara says all four suicide bombers were Turkish.	3.25
train	The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX gained 19.72 points, or 1.98 percent, to 1,015.69.	Van-Vliet, who was also injured, called in the accident on the school bus radio.	3.8
train	The rapper's lawyer, Mark Gann, didn't return calls for comment.	That was the biggest drop since August 1993 and stemmed from falling prices for cars, trucks, men's and boys' clothes and cigarettes.	3.25
train	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI edged up 13.33 points, or 0.15 percent, to 9,196.55.	Total shipments reached 19.5 million units last year, compared with 8.9 million units in 2001.	2.25
train	Vice President Dick Cheney and Mississippi Republican gubernatorial candidate Haley Barbour acknowledge the cheering crowd.	Spansion Flash memory solutions are available worldwide from AMD and Fujitsu.	4.667
train	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC rose 17.26 points, or 1.06 percent, to 1,640.06, based on the latest data.	The mother also contended that she was sexually assaulted by one of the guards during the 1998 confrontation.	4
train	It will also help reform the Royal Solomon Islands Police, strengthen the courts and prisons system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry from intimidation.	Australian researchers believe they have found a trigger of type 1 diabetes in children - their mothers eating potatoes and other tuberous vegetables during pregnancy.	3
train	Along with chipmaker Intel, the companies include Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Gateway Inc. and Nokia Corp.	But church members and observers say they anticipate that the decision here could pose doctrinal problems for some Episcopalians who believe the Bible prohibits homosexuality.	3.667