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train	Only New Jersey now bans holders of learners permits or intermediate licenses from using cell phones, pagers or other wireless devices while driving.	He refused to say what percentage of domestic flights had security officers on board.	1.75
train	The meat, poultry, butter, cheese and nuts were impounded a year ago at a LaGrou Cold Storage warehouse in Chicago.	The privately held Google is believed to be profitable.	3.6
train	The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that an Ohio law banning a controversial late-term abortion method passes constitutional muster and the state can enforce it.	A long awaited report on the Hong Kong government's handling of the SARS outbreak has been released.	3
train	The Winston-Salem, North Carolina company opened six stores during the quarter, bringing the total to 282.	"Spending taxpayer dollars to create terrorism betting parlors is as wasteful as it is repugnant," Wyden and Dorgan said Monday in a letter to the Pentagon.	3.75
train	Yes, from today Flash memory purchased from AMD or Fujitsu will be branded Spansion.	Several shots rang out Wednesday night, but no gators were killed then.	3.25
train	"If you pass this bill, Big Brother will be watching you," said Rep. John Mabry, D-Waco.	Bremer, 61, is a former assistant to former Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry Kissinger.	4.2
train	No. 2 HP saw its Unix server sales dropped 3.6 percent to $1.36 billion.	"I know this sounds counterintuitive, but it's true: City-grown pollution -- and ozone in particular -- is tougher on country trees," U.S. ecologist Jillian Gregg said.	1
train	Police then called a bomb squad, but the device exploded, killing Wells, before bomb technicians arrived.	Hollywood actor Robert De Niro has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his spokesman said today.	5
train	Shares of McDonald's Corp. and Wendy's International Inc. continued a modest run-up on the New York Stock Exchange Monday.	Cavender did say: "I felt that if I disagreed with Rosie too much I would lose my job."	3.6
train	He allowed two runs in seven innings and struck out six.	This is unacceptable," said Patrick Pelloux, the president of France's Association of Emergency Doctors.	3.8
train	Plofsky said the commission won't investigate because the three-year statute of limitations has expired.	"What has happened to you, sir, by way of punishment, is certainly more than enough," Covello said.	3.4
train	The new policy gives greatest weight to grades, test scores and a student's high school curriculum.	That saw the benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR slip 5/32 in price, taking its yield to 3.36 percent from 3.34 percent late on Thursday.	3
train	Critics say the law violates civil liberties, something House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., says he is sensitive to.	A woman who underwent such an abortion could not be prosecuted under the bill.	3.5
train	Thirty-three of the 42 men had been arrested by Wednesday evening, said Daniel Bogden, U.S. attorney in Nevada.	Redman has allowed two earned runs or less in six of his nine starts.	3.75
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.	"The clear message is it should not be used to prevent cardiovascular disease," Manson said.	3.6
train	Still, he noted Miami must decide whether to seek ACC membership for the next school year by June 30 to adhere to Big East guidelines.	"Our outcomes are very encouraging," George Mason researcher Ken Alibek said.	3.6
train	The network is also dropping its Friday night "Dateline" edition.	The government did not identify the taikonauts -- a term coined from taikong, the Chinese word for space.	3
train	U.S. forces struck dozens of targets on Monday, killing six guerrillas and arresting 21 others, the military said.	About half of all U.S. households have money in mutual funds.	2
train	As part of a restructuring Peregrine sold its Remedy help desk software unit last year to BMC Software Inc.	To watch pay television, consumers would insert into the set a security card provided by their cable service.	4
train	The camp hosts summer religious retreats for children and other events year-round, according to its Web site.	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.	5
train	Oracle Corp's Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison didn't rule out sweetening the company's unsolicited offer to acquire rival PeopleSoft Inc.	The Philadelphia Stock Exchange's semiconductor index .SOXX jumped 6.10 percent.	3
train	"We put a lot of effort and energy into improving our patching process, probably later than we should have and now we're just gaining incredible speed.	Families stuck on the highway were being urged to remain in their cars, and to use their cell phones only in case of emergency.	5
train	But church members and observers say they expect that the decision could be problematic for many Episcopalians.	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.	5
train	But the inadequate performance of students in various subgroups tagged the state as deficient under the federal No Child Left Behind act.	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
train	This led to the recovery of the 270-kilogram Cancuen altar, announced on Wednesday by the Vanderbilt University in Nashville and the National Geographic Society.	They will not elect as president a Democrat who sounds an uncertain trumpet in these dangerous times."	4.25
train	"Further testing is still under way, but at this stage, given the early detection, the outlook in such instances would be positive," the specialist said yesterday.	The crates are full of hardback copies of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	3.6
train	The Nasdaq composite index added 30.46 points, or 2 percent, to 1,520.15.	I am not giving any consideration to resignation," Shumaker said in a statement.	3.6
train	A Washington County man may have the countys first human case of West Nile virus, the health department said Friday.	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.	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.	The judge scheduled another oversight hearing for late January.	3.667
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.	Shares in BA were down three percent at 165-1/4 pence by 0933 GMT, off a low of 164 pence, in a stronger market.	4
train	The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7 per cent to 9,547.43 while the S&P 500 was 0.8 per cent weaker at 1,025.79.	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.	2.769
train	"It appears from our initial report that this was a textbook landing considering the circumstances," Burke said.	The 27-year-old rapper's attorney in the civil matter, Mark Gann, did not return calls for comment.	3.75
train	The company didn't detail the costs of the replacement and repairs.	Jim Williams, director of the US-VISIT project, said that by the middle of November, inspectors will be fingerprinting and photographing many foreign passengers arriving in Atlanta.	3.6
train	They also found shortness was associated with a family history of hearing loss.	"MediaMax performs EXACTLY as "advertised" to the companies who purchased it," Jacobs said in the statement.	2.6
train	Waksal has pleaded guilty to securities fraud and is to be sentenced next week.	The new products on the desktop side include the latest versions of Pylon Conduit and Pylon Pro.	4.5
train	Women who eat potatoes and other tuberous vegetables during pregnancy may be at risk of triggering type 1 diabetes in their children, Melbourne researchers believe.	An audiotape aired last week by the Arab al-Jazeera television network may be the strongest evidence yet that Saddam survived the war.	3.4
train	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI edged up 13.33 points, or 0.15 percent, to 9,196.55.	The heatwave was due to a mass of hot, dry air from the southeast, said Mario Almeida of Portugal's weather service.	4.4
train	By state law, 911 calls are not public information and were not released.	It's the National Audubon Society's annual Christmas Bird Count, now in its 104th season.	3.25
train	Against the Japanese currency, the euro was at 135.92/6.04 yen against the late New York level of 136.03/14.	Van-Vliet, who was also injured, called in the accident on the school bus radio.	3.5
train	In connection with the incident, I have acknowledged that I behaved inappropriately."	Twenty-four players broke par in the first round, the third highest figure in U.S. Open history.	2.75
train	Excluding litigation charges, RIM's loss narrowed even further to 1 cent a share.	Supermarket chains are accusing union leaders of breaking off contract talks prematurely over the weekend as grocery clerks gear up for a possible strike.	3.2
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.	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."	4.8
train	Median household income declined 1.1 percent between 2001 and 2002 to $42,409, after accounting for inflation.	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.	4.2
train	The procedure is generally performed in the second or third trimester.	According to law enforcement officials, the individual decrypted passwords on the server.	5
train	When the bomb exploded at the Casa de España, customers were eating dinner and playing bingo.	Tour doctors later confirmed that he had broken his right leg near the hip and also sustained wrist and elbow fractures.	4.6
train	Orange shares jumped as much as 15 percent.	While waiting for a bomb squad to arrive, the bomb exploded, killing Wells.	3
train	Spokesmen for the FBI, CIA, Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Royal Canadian Mounted Police declined to comment on El Shukrijumah's stay in Canada.	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.	3.8
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.	Kernan, who was O'Bannon's lieutenant governor, friend and political partner, was sworn in six hours after O'Bannon died Saturday.	3
train	The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asked Congress today for additional authority to fight unwanted Internet spam, which now accounts for up to half of all e-mail traffic.	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.	2
train	The only other person who had not been accounted for Sunday was a man from Fort Worth, Texas.	Along with Boston, Watertown, Saugus and Framingham also are going smoke-free Monday.	3.6
train	"They were tossed around like feathers," Gordon said.	She, in turn, occasionally told John that she was still sleeping with an ex-boyfriend, "Baywatch" hunk Michael Bergin.	4.2
train	"It is about a third of what I owe in the world," he told reporters.	The Saint Sophia Camp hosts religious retreats for children during the summer months as well as other events year round, according to its Web site.	4.25
train	But JT was careful to clarify that it was "not certain about the outcome of the discussion at this moment".	The military said it had killed 16 rebels and captured nine in the campaign so far, with one soldier killed and six wounded.	3.6
train	Albertsons and Kroger's Ralphs chain locked out their workers in response.	Rapper C-Murder has been convicted of second-degree murder, a crime that carries an automatic life sentence, in the shooting death of a 16-year-old inside a Jefferson Parish nightclub.	3.25
train	Both devices implement the v1.2 standard's eSCO facility to provide the basis for new cordless telephony applications.	Chiron and Aventis Pasteur together made about 80 million doses, ordinarily enough for U.S. demand, The Associated Press reported.	3
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."	Sources in the racing industry said Fontana will get a second NASCAR race on Labor Day weekend starting next season.	5
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.	"My understanding of this is that there is a lower percentage of successful impregnations with frozen," Ezzell said.	3.2
train	Texas Instruments climbed $1.37 to $19.25 yesterday and Novellus Systems Inc. advanced $1.76 to $36.31.	The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades endorsed Mr Dean several weeks ago.	3.8
train	The 51-year-old nurse worked at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the latest outbreak.	The Arizona-based ISM reported Monday that its non-manufacturing index rose to 50.7 last month, from 47.9 in March.	4.4
train	Still, the "somewhat ambiguous ruling" might be a setback for Static Control depending on how it developed its competing product, Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich said.	In seeking leniency, Waksal apologized to the court, his employees and his family.	4.111
train	Bulger's brother is now on the agency's ''10 Most Wanted'' list, sought in connection with 21 murders.	Excluding patent litigation, RIM's loss for the quarter was $700,000, or 1 cent per share.	3.4
train	Kids, adults, booksellers and postal workers all are preparing for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	Former Phipps aides Linda Saunders and Bobby McLamb have both pleaded guilty to federal charges including extortion.	1.8
train	The company posted a profit of $54.3 million, or 22 cents per share, in the year-ago period.	The virus spreads when unsuspecting computer users open file attachments in emails that contain familiar headings like "Thank You!" and "Re: Details".	2.75
train	He claimed Red Hat and the Free Software Foundation with trying to undermine U.S. copyright and patent law.	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.	3
train	The last time the survey was conducted, in 1995, those numbers matched.	Junya Tanase, forex strategist at JP Morgan Chase, said "I expect Japan to keep conducting intervention, but the volume is likely to fall sharply."	4
train	The Standard & Poor's 500 index advanced 6.48, or 0.7 per cent, to 990.51.	Agents confiscated several classified documents in his possession and interrogated him.	2.6
train	The union had not yet revealed which chain would be targeted.	Last Thursday, the RIAA sent a stiff copyright warning to Penn State's department of astronomy and astrophysics.	3
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.	Mr. Powell told a crowd at a cemetery with a thousand headstones, many of them marking the graves of entire families.	2
train	Along with chipmaker Intel, the companies include Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Gateway Inc. and Nokia Corp.	Vice President Dick Cheney says Mississippi Republican Haley Barbour would be a good governor because of his government and business savvy.	4.5
train	Fighting erupted after four North Korean journalists confronted a dozen South Korean activists protesting human rights abuses in the North outside the main media centre.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> gained 5.51 points, or 0.56 percent, to 981.73.	2.75
train	The University of Michigan released today a new admissions policy after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down in June the way it previously admitted undergraduates.	The charges of espionage and aiding the enemy can carry the death penalty.	2.7
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.	Authorities performed an autopsy Thursday on one of three bodies recovered from beneath a layer of freshly poured concrete in the basement of a northwest Indiana home.	3.25
train	It later emerged that he had broken his right thigh and bones in his right wrist and elbow.	FirstEnergy Corp. should have determined that modernizing one of its plants would increase overall pollution emissions, U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus ruled Thursday.	3
train	"This has been a persistent problem that has not been solved," investigation board member Steven Wallace said.	"This was a persistent problem which has not been solved, mechanically and physically," said board member Steven Wallace.	4
train	"I'm real excited to be a Cleveland Cavalier," James said.	The FBI, CIA, Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Royal Canadian Mounted Police declined to comment on the Washington Times report.	3
train	Brendsel and chief financial officer Vaughn Clarke resigned June 9.	One man had brandished an English-Turkish dictionary and pointed to the word "refugee".	3.5
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.	Griffith, 77, grew up in Mount Airy and now lives in Manteo.	4
train	Kodak expects earnings of 5 cents to 25 cents a share in the quarter.	Morales, who pleaded guilty in July, expressed "sincere regret and remorse" for his crimes.	3.8
train	Part of the accord was the implementation of a special health council that would monitor health spending and progress in reforming the health system.	Mr Levine said she had been offered $400,000 to tell her story to an Australian TV network.	4
train	School officials said Van-Vliet reported the accident using the bus’ radio.	He and the other lawyers planned to stay until the river starts receding.	3
train	During a screaming match in 1999, Carolyn told John she was still sleeping with Bergin.	National Breast Cancer Centre head Professor Christine Ewan said there was no need for panic.	4.4
train	The American Anglican Council, which represents Episcopalian conservatives, said it will seek authorization to create a separate group.	Two federal agencies are investigating telecommunications gear maker Lucent Technologies for possible violations of U.S. bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia.	2.588
train	He planned to stay all day until the river crested, which was forecast for late last night.	Innocent or not, "she's damaged goods," said Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a national retail consulting firm in New York.	1
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.	Shevaun Pennington disappeared on Saturday morning after arranging to meet 31-year-old Toby Studabaker.	3.2
train	They said they had concluded that the film failed "to present a balanced portrayal" of the Reagans.	The American Anglican Council, which represents Episcopalian conservatives, said it will seek authorization to create a separate province in North America because of last week's actions.	2.25
train	Mr. Turner transferred about 10 million shares to a charitable trust before they were sold.	"I'm really excited about going to Cleveland," James told ESPN.com.	2.4
train	The report by the independent expert committee aims to dissipate any suspicion about the Hong Kong government's handling of the SARS crisis.	Australian researchers believe they have found a trigger of type 1 diabetes in children - their mothers eating potatoes and other tuberous vegetables during pregnancy.	3.2
train	The nation's largest retailer has told its 100 top suppliers they have to start using electronic tags on all pallets of goods by Jan. 25, 2005.	Emile Laroza, 51, contracted SARS while working as a nurse at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the second SARS outbreak.	3.4
train	The BlueCore3-Multimedia includes a 16-bit stereo audio CODEC with dual ADC and DAC for stereo audio.	SCO changed its name to Tarantella, and Caldera later changed its name to the SCO Group.	3.8
train	This year the Audubon Society once again hosts its annual Christmas Bird Count.	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.	2.25
train	Southwest said its traffic was up 4.6 percent in the quarter, and it ended the quarter with $2.2 billion in cash.	CBS said the show "does not present a balanced portrayal of the Reagans for CBS and its audience.	3
train	The boy also sprayed the room full of retardant from fire extinguishers, which made it hard to see, the chief said.	Stardust was designed to gather thousands of dust particles streaming from Wild 2.	2.6
train	He playfully chided the Senate's "little bitty tax relief plan."	The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 44 points, or 0.46 percent, to 9,568.	3.273
train	The weather service reported maximum sustained winds of nearly 105 miles an hour with stronger gusts.	BAT also said Antonio Monteiro de Castro, director for Latin America and the Caribbean, would become chief operating officer on January 1, 2004.	4.75
train	Box cutters were used as a weapon by the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers and have since been banned as carry-on items.	That was up from the year-ago quarter, when the company earned $54.3 million, or 22 cents a share.	4.091
train	In an E-mail statement to the Knoxville News Sentinel, Shumaker said, ''I am not giving any consideration to resignation.	Republicans had pledged to complete a Medicare drug package by August, then extended it to Oct. 17.	1
train	Former company chief financial officer Franklyn M. Bergonzi pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy on June 5 and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> climbed 19.11 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,615.02.	3.25
train	Ms. Cripps-Prawak left last Friday, two days after the department introduced a plan to distribute medical marijuana through doctors' offices.	That compares with January 2000, when laptops represented less than 25 percent of sales volume, NPD said.	3.8
train	Shares of Corixa were gaining 71 cents, or 10%, to $7.91 on the Nasdaq.	Google's early stage backers in include California-based Stanford University and VC firms Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital.	2
train	The CWA, which represents more than 2,300 Comcast employees, called that excessive when a typical union employee makes about $27,000 a year.	Harvey was taken to St. Luke's Hospital for precautionary neck X-rays, which came back negative.	2.8