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train	Shares of McDonald's Corp. and Wendy's International Inc. continued a modest run-up on the New York Stock Exchange Monday.	Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports, he said.	3.6
train	Authorities said the scientist properly quarantined himself at home after he developed SARS symptoms Dec. 10.	His protest led to a 47-hour standoff with police that caused huge traffic jams in downtown Washington and northern Virginia.	2
train	Nationally, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 4,156 cases of West Nile, including 284 deaths.	Trouble flared when at least four North Korean reporters rushed from the Taegu media centre to confront a dozen activists protesting against human rights abuses in the North.	4
train	The military said it had killed 12 rebels and captured nine in the campaign so far, for the loss of six soldiers wounded.	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.	3.5
train	Also weighing on the market was news that General Motors GM.N planned to issue $10 billion in debt, in part to plug a hole in its pension plan.	France Telecom shares dropped 3.6 percent while Orange surged 13 percent.	3.25
train	Amazon also reported that the New York Attorney General's office had settled civil fraud charges with one of the spoofers it identified.	When Ragin's address was raided, authorities found more than 1,000 credit cards and duplicating machines.	4
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.	On Wednesday next week, Mr Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Aqaba, Jordan.	4.8
train	Gainer said the two staff aides are "very sorry this all happened," and the security personnel had performed "well within standards."	Both the House and Senate bills would end the ban on research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons.	3.4
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.	Sunnis make up 77 percent of Pakistan's population, Shiites 20 percent.	4.25
train	In that case, the court held that Cincinnati had violated the First Amendment in banning only the advertising pamphlets in the interest of aesthetics.	Emile Laroza, 51, contracted SARS while working as a nurse at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the second SARS outbreak.	3
train	"I felt that if I disagreed with Rosie too much I would lose my job," she said.	As Sayliyah was the command base for the Iraq war, but hundreds who ran the war have returned to the United States.	2.8
train	Bond bulls would like the Fed to recognize that risks are biased toward economic weakness.	Several shots rang out Wednesday night, but no gators were killed then.	3.75
train	"The figures are becoming catastrophic," said Dr. Patrick Pelloux, the president of the association of emergency room physicians.	The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's original application in December 2001, saying the trial had been sloppily conducted.	2.2
train	He had been arrested twice before for trespassing and barred from the complex - home to his mother and two children.	While waiting for a bomb squad to arrive, the bomb exploded, killing Wells.	2
train	He allowed two runs in seven innings and struck out six.	Peregrine sold its Remedy business unit to BMC Software in November for $355 million.	3.2
train	The currency briefly weakened slightly on Monday to trade at 55.34/39, not far from its record low of 55.75.	But company officials expect the costs of the replacement work to run into the millions of dollars.	3.2
train	The updated products include Pylon Pro, Pylon Conduit, Pylon Anywhere, and Pylon Application Server.	Bashir also felt he was being tried by opinion rather than facts of law, he added.	4
train	Additionally, the h2210’s cradle has room to charge a second battery.	Hickenlooper clobbered city Auditor Don Mares, 46, in the Tuesday runoff.	2.625
train	Site Finder has been visited 65 million times since its introduction, Galvin said.	In late-morning trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Corixa was up 74 cents, or 10%, at $7.94.	3
train	The router will be available in the first quarter of 2004 and will cost around $200, the company said.	The Mets took Lastings Milledge, an outfielder from Florida, with the 12th pick.	3.25
train	The proportion of people covered by employers dropped from 62.3 percent in 2001 to 61.3 percent last year.	"Saddam is gone, but we want the (U.S.) occupation to end."	3.5
train	Amnesty International has said that over the past 20 years it has collected information about 17,000 disappearances in Iraq but the actual figure may be much higher.	To watch pay television, consumers would insert into the set a security card provided by their cable service.	3.6
train	The Winston-Salem, North Carolina company opened six stores during the quarter, bringing the total to 282.	Apple Computer Inc. said Monday it exceeded record industry expectations by selling more than 1 million songs since the launch of its online music store a week ago.	4.2
train	FRIENDS of Robert De Niro yesterday rallied around him after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.	He also recruited other people to take delivery of fraudulently obtained merchandise he had ordered.	2.6
train	Sequent representatives could not immediately be reached for comment on the SCO announcement.	Seven 20- and 21-year-old male cadets were caught in an off-campus hotel room early Saturday with two female teens, 16 and 18 years.	4
train	"This has been a persistent problem that has not been solved," investigation board member Steven Wallace said.	Moore of Alabama says he will appeal his case to the nation's highest court.	3.6
train	The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX gained 19.72 points, or 1.98 percent, to 1,015.69.	Richard Miller, 57, survived a lifesaving liver transplant but remains hospitalized.	3
train	The last time the survey was conducted, in 1995, those numbers matched.	Amnesty International said that over the past 20 years it had collected information about 17,000 disappearances in Iraq.	3.25
train	The findings appear in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association (news - web sites).	"Mr. Bryant is innocent and expects to be completely exonerated," Mackey said in a statement.	3
train	The consumer group generated $4.47 billion of profit and $20 billion of revenue from January to June, 53% of Citigroup's profit and revenue.	Oracle chairman Larry Ellison has hinted that the company could yet again increase its offer for rival PeopleSoft.	3.643
train	Added Mr. Prodi: "Maybe, but the old age helps us to understand our strengths and our weakness."	International rescue workers hacked desperately through flattened debris for survivors and cemeteries overflowed in Iran's ancient Silk Road city of Bam yesterday.	3.4
train	As a result, 24 players broke par in the first round.	The Philadelphia Stock Exchange's semiconductor index .SOXX jumped 6.10 percent.	5
train	The Senate agreed Tuesday to lift a 10-year-old ban on the research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons.	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	The Portuguese weather service said Europe's heatwave was caused by a mass of hot, dry air moving from the southeast.	He refused to say what percentage of domestic flights had security officers on board.	4
train	Russin did not comment; his lawyer did not attend the hearing and did not return phone messages.	There will be 9.3 million visitors to hot spots in 2003, up from 2.5 million in 2002, Gartner said.	3.6
train	Beleaguered telecommunications gear maker Lucent Technologies is being investigated by two federal agencies for possible violations of U.S. bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia.	Dealers said the euro's downward momentum may pick up speed should it break below $1.15.	2.5
train	Micron has declared its first quarterly profit for three years.	The other semifinal between Guillermo Coria of Argentina and Martin Verkerk of the Netherlands is also compelling.	2.4
train	The 30-year bond US30YT=RR firmed 31/32, taking its yield to 4.16 percent -- another record low -- from 4.22 percent.	Shortness was found twice as often in those with hearing loss.	3.4
train	Bremer said one initiative is to launch a $70 million nationwide program in the next two weeks to clean up neighborhoods and build community projects.	The European Commission, the EU's powerful executive body, described the move as "legally unwarranted, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful."	3.5
train	Now, with the agency's last three shuttles grounded in the wake of the Columbia disaster, that wait could be even longer.	BAT also said Antonio Monteiro de Castro, director for Latin America and the Caribbean, would become chief operating officer on January 1, 2004.	4.4
train	The support will come as a free software upgrade called WebVPN for current customers that have support contracts.	Police used pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse a downtown march and rally last night by activists protesting an annual police intelligence-training seminar.	3.8
train	And when asked if he felt regret or guilt about the attack his answer was an adamant "no".	The fire spread to several surrounding structures on the property and destroyed them as deputies held back firefighters.	3.25
train	Some 95 million Americans -- half of all households -- invest in mutual funds.	Their belief was based on speculation that estrogen prevents cell damage and improves blood flow.	3.25
train	The Nasdaq composite index added 30.46 points, or 2 percent, to 1,520.15.	In his letter, McBride charges the Free Software Foundation and Red Hat with trying to undermine U.S. copyright laws.	4.75
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 security personnel performed ``well within standards'' and the two staff aides were ``very sorry all this happened,'' Gainer said.	3
train	The bank's shares fell 45 cents in trading yesterday to $91.51 per share.	Mr. Powell told a crowd at a cemetery with a thousand headstones, many of them marking the graves of entire families.	2.8
train	The Bush administration blames Hussein loyalists and foreign Muslim militants who have entered Iraq to fight U.S. troops for the wave of bombings and guerrilla attacks.	Rich Media interactive ad formats doubled their share from 3% in second quarter of 2002, to 6% in the second quarter of 2003.	4.2
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.	In 1995, the last survey, those numbers were equal.	5
train	The new system costs between $1.1 million and $22 million, depending on configuration.	Amazon and the New York attorney general's office have already settled with one of the alleged e-mail forgers.	4.2
train	Before it was removed, the site listed in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate.	Box cutters were the weapons used by the 19 hijackers in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.	4.5
train	Doctors had planned to deliver him two weeks early, on or around November 14.	Sources in the racing industry said Fontana will get a second NASCAR race on Labor Day weekend starting next season.	1.4
train	Agents found more than 1,000 credit cards and credit card duplicating machines during a search of Ragin's address.	While some other parts of Africa have been used as Al Qaeda staging grounds, Malawi had previously not been a major focus of investigations into the group.	3.6
train	So far, they have searched Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana, authorities in those state said.	Twenty-four players broke par in the first round, the third highest figure in U.S. Open history.	3.273
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.	The House has passed bills the past two Congresses, but the Senate has not.	3
train	Palm Wednesday announced plans to acquire Handspring, a company started by Jeff Hawkins, regarded by many as the father of the Palm handheld.	The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC shed 8 points, or 0.45 percent, to 1,645.	3.2
train	A search for three missing teenagers uncovered at least two bodies buried beneath freshly poured concrete in the basement of a house, authorities said Wednesday.	The bill is among the first of 13 that Congress must pass each year to fund the federal government.	2.75
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.	The grant also funds beach testing in King George County, Norfolk and Virginia Beach.	5
train	A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that Congress can force the nation's public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters.	Charles Cullen, 43, was transferred from the Somerset County Jail in Somerville to the Anne Klein Forensic Center, a 150-bed psychiatric treatment facility in Trenton.	1
train	They said they had concluded that the film failed "to present a balanced portrayal" of the Reagans.	With the remaining three shuttles grounded in the wake of the Columbia accident, the rookies will have to wait even longer.	2.8
train	That took the benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR down 9/32, its yield rising to 3.37 percent from 3.34 percent late on Thursday.	Mr Blair went on: "I think we did the right thing in relation to Iraq.	3.2
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.	In a mixture of ancient Melanesian pagan and modern Christian ceremonies the people tried again to erase the misfortunes they believe have kept them poor since that long-ago meal.	3.6
train	Her lawyer Donald Levine told The Telegraph she had been offered $US250,000 to tell her story exclusively to Australian TV.	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.	4.8
train	Aventis, based in Strasbourg, France, is one of a handful of companies that still make the flu vaccine.	Shevaun Pennington disappeared on Saturday morning after arranging to meet 31-year-old Toby Studabaker.	2
train	Argentine Guillermo Coria and Netherlander Martin Verkerk are in the other half.	"We're in the Stanley Cup finals, and it was a little bit embarrassing the way we played in the first two games.	3
train	The launch coincides with the JavaOne developers' conference in San Francisco this week.	The team has named the sensor Canary, for cellular analysis and notification of antigen risks and yields.	3.75
train	Richard Miller remained hospitalized after undergoing a liver transplant, but his wife has recovered.	Barbini said the EU may reach a compromise but it wants a system for labeling such foods, something the industry has resisted.	3.4
train	Ms. Cripps-Prawak left last Friday, two days after the department introduced a plan to distribute medical marijuana through doctors' offices.	Consumer groups oppose the changes, saying they would concentrate too many outlets in too few media empires.	3.8
train	Amgen shares gained 93 cents, or 1.45 percent, to $65.05 in afternoon trading on Nasdaq.	LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said that meant the cable could be used "as we see fit.	3.6
train	So was Edie Falco, the critically praised co-star of "Frankie and Johnny."	Total shipments reached 19.5 million units last year, compared with 8.9 million units in 2001.	1.75
train	WORLD No. 2 Lleyton Hewitt has accused the Association of Tennis Professionals of malice, including an alleged attempt last year to dupe him into refusing a drug test.	The meat, poultry, butter, cheese and nuts were being stored by more than 100 wholesalers in Chicago.	3.5
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.	"Reloaded" is the second installment of a trilogy; "The Matrix Revolutions" is slated for debut in November.	4.75
train	No. 2 HP saw its Unix server sales dropped 3.6 percent to $1.36 billion.	He was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday night by police acting on a tip-off.	3.6
train	The Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 4.77, or 0.5 percent, to 929.62.	"He hasn't got much choice," said the Bishop of Armidale, Peter Brain.	2.667
train	The procedure is generally performed in the second or third trimester.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> climbed 19.11 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,615.02.	1.2
train	This northern autumn US trainers will work with soldiers from four North African countries on patrolling and gathering intelligence.	Heatley underwent surgery Saturday for a broken jaw and an MRI found two torn ligaments in his right knee.	3.2
train	People who once thought their blood pressure was fine actually may be well on their way to hypertension under new U.S. guidelines published on Wednesday.	He said the attackers left behind leaflets urging workers at the Ishtar Sheraton to stop working at the hotel.	3.25
train	Douglas Robinson, a senior vice president of finance, will take over as chief financial officer on an interim basis.	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.	5
train	U.S. forces struck dozens of targets on Monday, killing six guerrillas and arresting 21 others, the military said.	Griffith, 77, grew up in Mount Airy and now lives in Manteo.	1.75
train	Critics say the law violates civil liberties, something House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., says he is sensitive to.	Southwest said its traffic was up 4.6 percent in the quarter on a capacity increase of 4.2 percent.	4.6
train	Michael Bloomberg, NYC Mayor: "I'm gonna try march with a number of different groups.	This is unacceptable," said Patrick Pelloux, the president of France's Association of Emergency Doctors.	1.8
train	But other sources close to the sale said Vivendi was keeping the door open to further bids and hoped to see bidders interested in individual assets team up.	"This is America, my friends, and it should not happen here."	3
train	On July 22, Moore announced he would appeal the case directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.	CBS said the show "does not present a balanced portrayal of the Reagans for CBS and its audience.	1.75
train	Consumer groups are against the changes, saying they hurt individuality in markets.	Domestic sales at both GM and No. 2 Ford Motor Co. declined more than predicted as a late summer sales frenzy prompted a larger-than-expected industry backlash.	4.2
train	U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus ruled that the Akron-based company should have determined that changes at one of its plants would increase overall pollution emissions.	Shares of M&T, which is based in Buffalo, fell 41 cents, to $91.51.	4.2
train	Heather, 35, who lost a leg in a road accident, is thought to have steel plates fitted in her hips, which would make natural childbirth impossible.	The New Democrats also renewed their commitment to no health-care privatization and no premiums.	4.25
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.	In a show of corporate solidarity, Kroger Co., which owns Ralphs, and Albertson Inc. locked out their workers the next morning.	4
train	"I expect Japan to keep conducting intervention, but the volume is likely to fall sharply," said Junya Tanase, forex strategist at JP Morgan Chase.	But neither he nor Peace Rules could keep Funny Cide from drawing away.	3.4
train	Perry has called lawmakers into two special sessions to address congressional redistricting.	Academic achievement -- including grades, test scores and high school curriculum -- are given the highest priority.	3.5
train	Chavez said investigators feel confident they've got "at least one of the fires resolved in that regard."	Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday it will take time to locate die-hard remnants of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime in Iraq.	3.4
train	This is America, my friends, and it should not happen here," he said to loud applause.	The MSN Messenger 6 software will be available from 11 a.m. PST on Wednesday, according to Microsoft.	5
train	He refused to reveal what percentage of flights carried sky marshals, or whether they would be increased.	For the 12-month period ending June 30, high-speed lines installed in homes and businesses increased by 45 percent.	3.4
train	Selenski descended down the wall and used the mattress to climb over razor wire.	Junya Tanase, forex strategist at JP Morgan Chase, said "I expect Japan to keep conducting intervention, but the volume is likely to fall sharply."	3.2
train	The House voted 425 to 2 to clear the bill, the first of 13 that Congress must pass each year to fund the federal government.	The Hulk trailed last month's Marvel Comics adaptation, X2: X-Men United, which grossed $85.6-million in its opening weekend.	4
train	He also said the academy will get its own internal report next week detailing the seriousness of the remaining problem.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> shed 2.38 points, or 0.24 percent, at 995.10.	3.6
train	Complicating the situation is the presence of battle-hardened Liberians who have been fighting on both sides.	He crawled through a narrow, winding canyon, rappelled down a 60-foot cliff, and walked some six miles down the canyon near Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah.	3.692
train	Founders of the group are Matsushita Electric, Sony, Hitachi, NEC, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung, Sharp and Toshiba.	The missing workers, two men and a woman, were inside the building when the first blast occurred, Mayor Joe T. Parker said.	3.75
train	MEN who drink tea, particularly green tea, can greatly reduce their risk of prostate cancer, a landmark WA study has found.	The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was off 7.75 points, or 0.08 percent, at 9,175.47.	3.5
train	As part of a restructuring Peregrine sold its Remedy help desk software unit last year to BMC Software Inc.	"If you pass this bill," Rep. John Mabry Jr., D-Waco, told colleagues, "Big Brother will be watching you."	4.5
train	The leading actress nod went to energetic newcomer Marissa Jaret Winokur as Edna's daughter Tracy.	Forest, the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, said it had greeted The Lancet's call with "amusement and disbelief'".	3.8
train	The companies, Chiron and Aventis Pasteur, together made about 80 million doses of the injected vaccine, which ordinarily would have been enough to meet U.S. demand.	On Sunday, a U.S. soldier was killed and another injured when a munitions dump they were guarding exploded in southern Iraq.	4