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train	Higher courts have ruled that the tablets broke the constitutional separation of church and state.	The Korean Air deal is expected to be finalized "in the next several weeks," Boeing spokesman Bob Saling said.	1.4
train	Wal-Mart estimates more than 100 million Americans visit their stores every week.	FirstEnergy Corp. should have determined that modernizing one of its plants would increase overall pollution emissions, U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus ruled Thursday.	4
train	The man accused of using fake grenades to commandeer a Cuban plane that landed in Key West in April was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison.	Republicans had pledged to complete a Medicare drug package by August, then extended it to Oct. 17.	2.4
train	Dynes came to UC San Diego in 1991 after 22 years as a physicist with AT&T Bell Labs.	"I marched in the streets against Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War," she said.	3.8
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.	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.	2
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.	"I'm really excited about going to Cleveland," James told ESPN.com.	3.273
train	OPEC producers at a meeting on Wednesday are set to pressure independent oil exporters to contribute to the cartel's next supply cut to allow for the return of Iraqi oil.	Frankel said Peace Rules will run in the Preakness Stakes on May 17.	3
train	Nationally, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 4,156 cases of West Nile, including 284 deaths.	Texas Instruments climbed $US1.37 to $US19.25 and Novellus Systems advanced $US1.76 to $US36.31, each having been raised to "overweight" by Lehman.	4.5
train	It will take time to oust die-hard remnants of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime in Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday.	People who once thought their blood pressure was fine actually need to start exercising and eating better, according to new U.S. guidelines published on Wednesday.	3.75
train	"People are obviously inconvenienced," said Dr. Jim Young, Ontario's commissioner of public safety.	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.	3
train	The BlueCore3-Multimedia includes a 16-bit stereo audio CODEC with dual ADC and DAC for stereo audio.	Oracle chairman Larry Ellison has hinted that the company could yet again increase its offer for rival PeopleSoft.	3
train	Families stuck on the highway remained in their cars, and used their cell phones to call home.	However, we have decided to opt for the European consortium's engine as the best overall solution."	3.75
train	"Saddam is gone, but we want the (U.S.) occupation to end," said Hit resident Abu Qasim.	Several shots rang out Wednesday night, but no gators were killed then.	3.75
train	The updated products include Pylon Pro, Pylon Conduit, Pylon Anywhere, and Pylon Application Server.	He added: "There is no doubt about the chemical programme, the biological programme and indeed the nuclear weapons programme.	2.25
train	Kroger Co., which owns Ralphs, and Albertsons Inc. bargain jointly with Safeway and locked out their union workers the next day.	Swartz had sought to have the charges dismissed, saying New Hampshire was the wrong place to charge him.	1.4
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.	By law, 911 calls are not public information in Rhode Island.	3.6
train	"IT is the only vehicle on which established economies will be able to compete," Barrett said.	"This is America, my friends, and it should not happen here."	4
train	The MDC called the strike to force Mr Mugabe to either resign or negotiate a settlement of the Zimbabwe crisis.	The Fed also said the risks to the economy were biased toward weakness.	3.4
train	A Royal Duty is based on his experiences with Diana, Princess of Wales and letters allegedly to and from her.	Mr Levine said she had been offered $400,000 to tell her story to an Australian TV network.	3
train	Several states and the federal government later passed similar or more strict bans.	And I really liked him, and I still do.	4
train	The House has passed prescription-drug legislation in the last two sessions, but the Senate has failed to do so.	Five-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is in Denver today for a meeting about surviving cancer.	3.444
train	He left the army for Syria where he received religious training.	ESPN reported that Knight's two-year deal is worth $2.38 million, including a $300,000 signing bonus.	4.2
train	"I am advised that certain allegations of criminal conduct have been interposed against my counsel," said Silver.	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
train	He allowed two runs in seven innings and struck out six.	Dennehy, who transferred to Baylor last year after getting kicked off the University of New Mexico Lobos for temper tantrums, became a born-again Christian in June 2002.	4.2
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.	On Thursday, a Post article argued that a 50 basis point cut from the Fed was more likely.	3
train	By Sunday night, the fires had blackened 277,000 acres, hundreds of miles apart.	Van-Vliet, who was also injured, called in the accident on the school bus radio.	2.8
train	A promotional poster, complete with countdown dial, reminds readers of the upcoming release of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	DRINKING green tea can dramatically reduce the risk of men contracting prostate cancer, a study by Australian researchers has discovered.	3.5
train	"I came basically to Washington to establish relationships and to make sure that we are getting more federal money to California," Schwarzenegger said after meeting with congressional Republicans.	Richard Miller, 57, survived a lifesaving liver transplant but remains hospitalized.	4.2
train	Excluding the charges, analysts, on average, expected a loss of 11 cents a share.	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.	4
train	British Airways' New York-to-London runs will end in October.	It's the National Audubon Society's annual Christmas Bird Count, now in its 104th season.	3.25
train	Aventis, based in Strasbourg, France, is one of a handful of companies that still make the flu vaccine.	Forest, the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco, said it had greeted The Lancet's call with "amusement and disbelief'".	0.5
train	In January 2000, notebooks represented less than 25 percent of sales volume.	Innocent or not, "she's damaged goods," said Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a national retail consulting firm in New York.	3.643
train	"These changes may affect a large number of existing Web pages," the statement continued.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC lost 2 points, or 0.18 percent, to 1,649.	3.2
train	The Nasdaq composite index added 30.46 points, or 2 percent, to 1,520.15.	U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman kicks off the three-day Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology on Monday.	3.8
train	Such a step could put the issue before the UN Security Council.	Wall Street moved tentatively higher Tuesday as investors weighed a trio of reports showing modest economic improvement against an urge to cash in profits from Monday's big rally.	3.25
train	Meningitis is an infection of the spinal cord fluid and the tissue around the brain.	The heatwave was due to a mass of hot, dry air from the southeast, said Mario Almeida of Portugal's weather service.	1.6
train	A spokesman said: "Since November, we have co-operated fully with the police.	Waksal pleaded guilty to insider trading charges last year, and he is scheduled to be sentenced June 10.	2
train	Michael Bloomberg, NYC Mayor: "I'm gonna try march with a number of different groups.	Chief Executive Mickey Robinson was fired for cause in September, the company said last month.	4
train	The meat, poultry, butter, cheese and nuts were impounded a year ago at a LaGrou Cold Storage warehouse in Chicago.	Security analysts said the new version, W32/Sobig.C-mm, had already reached a "high level" outbreak status by mid-afternoon on Monday.	3.8
train	He claimed Red Hat and the Free Software Foundation with trying to undermine U.S. copyright and patent law.	Israeli soldiers began tearing down settlement outposts in the West Bank yesterday - an Israeli obligation under a new Mideast peace plan.	1.9
train	But the inadequate performance of students in various subgroups tagged the state as deficient under the federal No Child Left Behind act.	Also hurting was news General Motors GM.N was to issue $10 billion in debt, in part to plug a hole in its pension plan.	3
train	The currency briefly weakened slightly on Monday to trade at 55.34/39, not far from its record low of 55.75.	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.	3.6
train	Roy Moore, the suspended chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, stood accused but unrepentant Wednesday in the same courtroom he recently presided over.	Sunnis make up 77 percent of Pakistan's population, Shiites 20 percent.	3.8
train	"Unlike many early-stage Internet firms, Google is believed to be profitable.	Prices for Treasury securities also rose, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note falling to 4.19 percent.	3.5
train	Young has 28 days to file a response and ask the NASD for a hearing.	The dollar was at 117.85 yen against the Japanese currency, up 0.1 percent.	2.4
train	Taiwan has attempted to gain observer status to the United Nations-affiliated WHO for seven years, but again was rebuffed March 19 at its annual conference in Geneva.	"I have acknowledged that I behaved inappropriately," he said.	4.8
train	"The European Union is basically absent," said Tito Barbini, regional minister for agriculture in Tuscany, Italy.	"This case is wholly without merit, both factually and legally," Judge Denny Chin scoffed.	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.	The countys first and only human case of West Nile this year was confirmed by health officials on Sept. 8.	3.6
train	Pataki praised Abraham's decision, and LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said the cable should be kept in operation permanently.	Douglas Robinson, CA senior vice president, finance, will fill the position in the interim.	3.4
train	Southwest said its traffic was up 4.6 percent in the quarter, and it ended the quarter with $2.2 billion in cash.	So far, authorities also have searched areas in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan.	3.25
train	Critics say the law violates civil liberties, something House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., says he is sensitive to.	The virus killed 44 people in the Toronto area, including one doctor and two nurses.	2
train	Squyres is principal investigator for the Athena payload - a collection of science instruments carted by each rover.	"We've put a lot of effort and energy into improving our patching progress, probably later than we should have.	3.6
train	Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports of dead blue jays and crows, Jayroe said.	But neither he nor Peace Rules could keep Funny Cide from drawing away.	3.25
train	The government did not identify the taikonauts — a term coined from ‘‘taikong,’’ the Chinese word for space — who would travel on the second mission.	That was up from the year-ago quarter, when the company earned $54.3 million, or 22 cents a share.	3.667
train	The Episcopal Church ''is alienating itself from the Anglican Communion,'' said the Very Rev. Peter Karanja, provost of the All Saints Cathedral, in Nairobi.	Mr. Powell told a crowd at a cemetery with a thousand headstones, many of them marking the graves of entire families.	4.5
train	They also found shortness was associated with a family history of hearing loss.	The damaged area of the garage was not stable, with ``the real potential for a secondary collapse,'' McGreevey said.	3.25
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.	Meningitis is an infection of the fluid in a person's spinal cord and around the brain.	3.5
train	Joining Boston on Monday were the Massachusetts communities of Watertown, Saugus and Framingham.	The world's first portal potty was soon to be rolled out at summer festivals in Great Britain.	0.75
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.	Last week, former chief financial officer Franklyn Bergonzi pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and agreed to cooperate with the government's investigation.	3.25
train	Bond bulls would like the Fed to recognize that risks are biased toward economic weakness.	Close cooperation between regional law enforcement agencies and intelligence services was at the heart of the fight against terrorism, he said.	4.8
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.	It will appear in the next few weeks on the Web site of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.	2.8
train	After Freitas' opening statement, King County Superior Court Judge Charles Mertel recessed trial until after the Thanksgiving weekend.	His protest led to a 47-hour standoff with police that caused huge traffic jams in downtown Washington and northern Virginia.	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.	Shares of Express Scripts ESRX.O fell about 4 percent to $66.73 on the Nasdaq in late morning trade.	1.75
train	"This has been a persistent problem that has not been solved," investigation board member Steven Wallace said.	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.	3.6
train	Doctors have speculated that the body’s own estrogen protects against cell damage and improves blood flow.	The cradle for the h2200 has space for recharging a second battery.	4.222
train	Once converted, BayStar will own an aggregate of approximately 2.95 million shares of SCO common stock or 17.5 percent of the company's outstanding shares.	But Itar-Tass news agency said four of his bodyguards were among those killed by the bomb.	3.6
train	It later emerged that he had broken his right thigh and bones in his right wrist and elbow.	The federal courts have ruled that the monument violates the constitutional ban against state-established religion.	5
train	Sources say agents confiscated "several" documents he was carrying.	Twenty-four players broke par in the first round, the third highest figure in U.S. Open history.	4.5
train	Ridge said no real explosives or harmful devices will be used in the exercise.	It ain't coming to me, but it's only about a third of what I owe in the world.	4
train	Looking to buy the latest Harry Potter?	Tito Barbini, a regional minister for agriculture in Tuscany, Italy, criticized the absence Tuesday in Sacramento.	0.889
train	The index, which measures activity in the service sector, climbed to 50.7 last month from 47.9 in March.	The injured passenger at John Peter Smith died later in the morning; his name has not been released, Jones said.	4.091
train	Ms. Cripps-Prawak left last Friday, two days after the department introduced a plan to distribute medical marijuana through doctors' offices.	Trish York, a spokeswoman for Boeing, declined to comment on the deal.	3.8
train	Mr. Turner transferred about 10 million shares to a charitable trust before they were sold.	BAT also said Antonio Monteiro de Castro, director for Latin America and the Caribbean, would become chief operating officer on January 1, 2004.	2
train	"I'm real excited to be a Cleveland Cavalier," James said.	Federal officials said the document remained sealed until Thursday morning to allow authorities to make arrests in five Western states.	3.2
train	For the entire season, the average five-day forecast track error was 259 miles, Franklin said.	The report added that "spin" and manipulative public relations "are not the answer," but that neither is avoiding the debate.	3
train	The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 19.67, or 1.3 percent, to 1523.71, its highest since June 18.	Analysts polled by Thomson Financial First Call had been expected to see a loss of about 11 cents a share from continuing operations.	3.333
train	GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. Annika Sorenstam drew the crowds, Michelle Wie got the publicity but Angela Stanford took her first LPGA victory.	HP fell to second place with server sales growing 0.4 percent to $2.9 billion.	2.667
train	Lawyers and others familiar with the federal investigation say it remains focused on Campbell, though prosecutors declined to discuss the probe.	Thirty-four of the men have been arrested and the others are being sought, US Attorney Daniel Bogden said yesterday.	2.5
train	The army said the raid, which comes just days after Israeli troops shot and killed Abdullah Kawasme, the Hamas leader in the city, targeted militants in Hamas.	"We're being hyper-vigilant," said Dr. James Young, Ontario's commissioner of public safety.	4.2
train	He also said the academy will get its own internal report next week detailing the seriousness of the remaining problem.	BlueCore3 also implements v1.2's eSCO facility to provide the basis for advanced cordless telephony applications for Bluetooth transmission.	3.2
train	Shiites make up 20 percent of the country's population.	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.	4.2
train	He had been arrested twice before for trespassing and barred from the complex - home to his mother and two children.	The missing workers, two men and a woman, were inside the building when the first blast occurred, Mayor Joe T. Parker said.	4.2
train	The camp hosts summer religious retreats for children and other events year-round, according to its Web site.	While federal prosecutors refuse to discuss the investigation, lawyers and others familiar with it say it remains focused on Campbell.	3.8
train	Shares in BA were down 1.5 percent at 168 pence by 1420 GMT, off a low of 164p, in a slightly stronger overall London market.	He was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday night by police acting on a tip-off.	2.7
train	Orange shares jumped as much as 15 percent.	There will be 9.3 million visitors to hot spots in 2003, up from 2.5 million in 2002, Gartner said.	3.8
train	Tail wagging, Abbey trotted on stage with Conway before a crowd of more than 10,000 attendees at PeopleSoft's annual customer conference at the Anaheim Convention Center.	The Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJ: news, chart, profile) rose 56 points, or 0.7 percent, to 8,588.	3.6
train	Chavez said investigators feel confident they've got "at least one of the fires resolved in that regard."	The boy fired once into a wall and sprayed the room with fire extinguishers, making it hard to see, the chief said.	4
train	Shares of Halliburton fell 71 cents, or 3 percent, to close at $21.59 yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange.	The arrests came just days after Israeli troops shot and killed Abdullah Kawasme, the militant group's leader in Hebron.	3.75
train	The Senate agreed Tuesday to lift a 10-year-old ban on the research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons.	A Caesarean had originally been planned in mid- November, two weeks early.	3.2
train	Albertsons and Kroger's Ralphs chain locked out their workers in response.	The grant also funds beach testing in King George County, Norfolk and Virginia Beach.	3.4
train	Thirty-three of the 42 men had been arrested by Wednesday evening, said Daniel Bogden, U.S. attorney in Nevada.	Kroger's Ralphs chain and Albertsons immediately locked out their grocery workers in a show of solidarity.	3.75
train	Police believe Wilson shot Reynolds, then her mother once in the head before fatally turning the gun on herself.	A spokesman for SCO could not be reached for comment this afternoon.	2.6
train	The government recently shelved peace talks with the MILF, being brokered by Malaysia, after a string of attacks, including three bombings, on Mindanao.	King County Superior Court Judge Charles Mertel will then recess the trial until Monday.	5
train	Five-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong had a few words of advice for other cancer survivors in Denver on Friday.	The virus spreads when unsuspecting computer users open file attachments in emails that contain familiar headings like "Thank You!" and "Re: Details".	3.5
train	Along with chipmaker Intel, the companies include Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Gateway Inc. and Nokia Corp.	The academy will get its own internal report next week and it will be made public, Rosa said.	2.75
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.	It has sought observer status for seven years, but was again rebuffed May 19 at the annual WHO conference in Geneva.	3
train	The Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's 2001 application to sell Erbitux, citing shoddy research.	Officials are trying to retrieve the bodies from the water," police official J.D. Tambe told Reuters.	3.25
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.	The team has named the sensor Canary, for cellular analysis and notification of antigen risks and yields.	3
train	In a not-too-subtle swipe at Dean, he predicted Americans would not elect a Democrat "who sounds an uncertain trumpet in these dangerous times."	A convicted killer and two other inmates cut through two fences topped with razor wire and escaped from a state prison on a busy street.	4.6
train	SARS went on to claim the lives of 44 people in the Toronto area, including two nurses and a doctor.	The letter bomb sent to Prodi exploded in his hands but he was unhurt.	3.6