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train	The monkeys could track their progress by watching a schematic representation of the arm and its motions on a video screen.	Klarman was charged with 16 counts of wire fraud.	3.5
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.	Both studies are published on Thursday in Nature, the British weekly science journal.	4
train	Amgen shares gained 93 cents, or 1.45 percent, to $65.05 in afternoon trading on Nasdaq.	Of the 24 million phone votes cast, Studdard was only 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.	3.6
train	At midnight on Wednesday, 68 percent of voters said "no" to the tax, with 97 percent of the votes counted.	Those talks have not taken place, according to an Oracle spokeswoman.	1
train	Police believe Wilson shot Reynolds, then her mother once in the head before fatally turning the gun on herself.	The company also said it would cut wholesale prices on cassettes and change the suggested retail price to $8.98.	3.2
train	Looking to buy the latest Harry Potter?	Playwright George Axelrod, who anticipated the sexual revolution with The Seven Year Itch and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?	4
train	The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI climbed 164 points, or 1.91 percent, to 8,765.38, brushing its highest levels since mid-January.	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.	2.75
train	A tropical storm rapidly developed in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday and was expected to hit somewhere along the Texas or Louisiana coasts by Monday night.	The virus killed 44 people in the Toronto area, including one doctor and two nurses.	3.333
train	Joining Stern and McEntee on stage was International Union of Painters and Allied Trades President James Williams.	The world's first portal potty was soon to be rolled out at summer festivals in Great Britain.	4.222
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 pressure will intensify today, with national coverage of the final round planned by ESPN and words that are even more difficult.	4.25
train	"But HRT should not be used to prevent heart disease or any other chronic condition."	Ankara says all four suicide bombers were Turkish.	3.8
train	Fletcher said he expects to have the support of lawmakers from agricultural states, many of whom are on the committee.	Prairie dogs, usually found in southwestern and western states, aren’t indigenous to Wisconsin.	4
train	During a screaming match in 1999, Carolyn told John she was still sleeping with Bergin.	Southwest said its traffic was up 4.6 percent in the quarter on a capacity increase of 4.2 percent.	4.2
train	Graham is expected to be nominated and elected to a second one-year term today and will deliver the presidential address.	Details on pricing will be announced within a few weeks, McBride said.	4
train	The only other person who had not been accounted for Sunday was a man from Fort Worth, Texas.	He and the other lawyers planned to stay until the river starts receding.	3
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.	Scott Dixon eventually made winning the Honda Indy 225 look easy Sunday at Pikes Peak International Raceway.	1
train	Entrenched interests are positioning themselves to control the network's chokepoints and they are lobbying the FCC to aid and abet them.	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.	1.6
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.	At 12:10 p.m. EDT, Canada's benchmark S&P/TSX composite index was up 6.87 points or 0.1 per cent to 6,979.29.	4.2
train	Peace Rules defeated Funny Cide in the Louisiana Derby.	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.	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.	The Hispanic population increased by 9.8per cent from the April 2000 census figures, despite less favourable social and economic conditions than in the 1990s.	3.4
train	In connection with the incident, I have acknowledged that I behaved inappropriately."	The hearing came one day after the Pentagon for the first time singled out an officer - Dallager - for failing to address the scandal.	3.2
train	Before it was removed, the site listed in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate.	Twenty-four players broke par in the first round, the third highest figure in U.S. Open history.	3.2
train	A new study, conducted in Europe, found the medicine worked just as well as an earlier disputed study, sponsored by ImClone Systems, said it did.	Shevaun Pennington disappeared on Saturday morning after arranging to meet 31-year-old Toby Studabaker.	3.333
train	Micron has declared its first quarterly profit for three years.	They underwent more tests over the weekend, and are now warded at Raffles Hospital.	3.692
train	Perry has called lawmakers into two special sessions to address congressional redistricting.	Halliburton shares fell 54 cents, or 2.4 percent, to $21.76 a share in midday New York Stock Exchange trade.	3.6
train	"I'm not going to be sponsoring it because it is not our proposal but I'm not going to be negative about it".	The crates are full of hardback copies of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."	5
train	The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield <US10YT=RR> dipped below 4.20 percent on Tuesday.	He moved to Syria, where he underwent further religious training in traditional Islamic beliefs.	2.8
train	Dusty had battled kidney cancer for more than a year.	Allegiant's stock closed Wednesday at $23.40, up 64 cents, in trading on the Nasdaq market.	3
train	Kadyrov was not injured, but four of his bodyguards were among those killed.	The panel will not begin a formal investigation because the statute of limitations has expired, Plofsky said.	3.6
train	Common side effects include nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat and cough, the FDA said.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was up 7.42 points, or 0.45 percent, at 1,653.44.	3.8
train	The currency briefly weakened slightly on Monday to trade at 55.34/39, not far from its record low of 55.75.	Wal-Mart has told its top 100 suppliers that they'll need to have radio-frequency ID systems in place for tracking pallets of goods through the supply chain by Jan. 25, 2005.	4.75
train	At 12 months there was still a difference in function, although it was not a significant one.	She took the highly unusual step of skipping cabinet to attend a meeting with the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda.	3.6
train	Several states and the federal government later passed similar or more strict bans.	Israeli soldiers began tearing down settlement outposts in the West Bank yesterday - an Israeli obligation under a new Mideast peace plan.	2.75
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.	That was up from the year-ago quarter, when the company earned $54.3 million, or 22 cents a share.	2.6
train	Counties with population declines will be Vermillion, Posey and Madison.	"I'm absolutely confident we're going to have a bill," Frist, R-Tenn., said Thursday.	4.8
train	Excluding litigation charges, RIM's loss narrowed even further to 1 cent a share.	A woman who underwent such an abortion could not be prosecuted under the bill.	3.8
train	"This has been a persistent problem that has not been solved," investigation board member Steven Wallace said.	On Tuesday, a Florida appeals court again refused to block removal of the tube.	3.75
train	The ADRs fell 10 cents to $28.95 at 10:06 a.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading today.	The European Commission, the EU's powerful executive body, described the move as "legally unwarranted, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful."	3
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 Fed also said the risks to the economy were biased toward weakness.	3.4
train	ISRAELI soldiers knocked down empty mobile homes and water towers in 10 tiny West Bank settlement outposts overnight as part of a US-backed Mideast peace plan.	This led last month to the recovery of the 600-pound Cancun altar, Vanderbilt University in Nashville and the National Geographic Society announced Wednesday.	4.75
train	The helicopter burst into flames upon impact, according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office.	National Breast Cancer Centre head Professor Christine Ewan said there was no need for panic.	4.4
train	Vice President Dick Cheney and Mississippi Republican gubernatorial candidate Haley Barbour acknowledge the cheering crowd.	Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Azdi, surrendered in June; his deputy was killed in a shoot-out with Saudi forces recently.	3.8
train	Kroger Co., which owns Ralphs, and Albertsons Inc. bargain jointly with Safeway and locked out their union workers the next day.	Dusty had surgery for cancer in 2001 and had a kidney removed.	3.4
train	After Freitas' opening statement, King County Superior Court Judge Charles Mertel recessed trial until after the Thanksgiving weekend.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 6.48 points, or 0.66 percent, to 990.51.	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.	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.	3.417
train	Those conversations had not taken place as of Tuesday night, according to an Oracle spokeswoman.	With 97 percent of precincts counted tonight, 68 percent of voters opposed the tax.	3.667
train	Median household income declined 1.1 percent between 2001 and 2002 to $42,409, after accounting for inflation.	I am not giving any consideration to resignation," Shumaker said in a statement.	3.75
train	On the other hand, if this will help further establish Steve's innocence, we welcome it."	"I came to Washington basically to establish relationships and make sure we are getting more federal money," Schwarzenegger said after one meeting.	2.4
train	Another shooting linked to the spree occurred Nov. 11 at Hamilton Central Elementary in Obetz, about two miles from the freeway.	Organizers established a Web site, http://defacerschallenge.com, listing in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate.	4.056
train	The BlueCore3-Multimedia includes a 16-bit stereo audio CODEC with dual ADC and DAC for stereo audio.	Sunnis make up 77 percent of Pakistan's population, Shiites 20 percent.	3.5
train	Scientists believed Stardust trapped thousands of particles of dust.	Shares jumped almost 7 percent in pre-open trading, rising to $18.26 from $17.05 at Tuesday's close.	3.25
train	Ridge said no real explosives or harmful devices will be used in the exercise.	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.	3.5
train	Agents found more than 1,000 credit cards and credit card duplicating machines during a search of Ragin's address.	Democrats dominate the Assembly while Republicans control the Senate.	3.2
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.	But Itar-Tass news agency said four of his bodyguards were among those killed by the bomb.	5
train	Excluding the charges, analysts, on average, expected a loss of 11 cents a share.	Consumer groups oppose the changes, saying they would concentrate too many outlets in too few media empires.	3.5
train	This northern autumn US trainers will work with soldiers from four North African countries on patrolling and gathering intelligence.	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.	1.5
train	Authorities said the scientist properly quarantined himself at home after he developed SARS symptoms Dec. 10.	Families stuck on the highway were being urged to remain in their cars, and to use their cell phones only in case of emergency.	3.6
train	Advanced Micro Devices said Fujitsu Siemens Computers is offering a high-end workstation based on AMD's Opteron 200 Series.	Captain Robert Ramsey of US 1St Armored Division said a truck had exploded outside the building at around 11 am.	3.75
train	"Saddam is gone, but we want the (U.S.) occupation to end," said Hit resident Abu Qasim.	Sgt. Ernest Bucklew, 33, was coming home from Iraq to bury his mother in Pennsylvania.	3.4
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.	In Nairobi, the provost of All Saints Cathedral, the Very Reverend Peter Karanja, said the US Episcopal Church was alienating itself from the Anglican Communion.	3.2
train	Michael Bloomberg, NYC Mayor: "I'm gonna try march with a number of different groups.	The meat, poultry, butter, cheese and nuts were being stored by more than 100 wholesalers in Chicago.	4
train	So was Edie Falco, the critically praised co-star of "Frankie and Johnny."	The government did not identify the taikonauts -- a term coined from taikong, the Chinese word for space.	3
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 27-year-old rapper's attorney in the civil matter, Mark Gann, did not return calls for comment.	2.5
train	The weather service reported maximum sustained winds of nearly 105 miles an hour with stronger gusts.	Colgate shares were down 30 cents at $56 in morning trade on the New York Stock Exchange.	3.25
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.	His protest led to a 47-hour standoff with police that caused huge traffic jams in downtown Washington and northern Virginia.	3.4
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.	Its safe to assume the Senate is prepared to pass some form of a cap....The level of it is to be debated.	1.8
train	A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that Congress can force the nation's public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters.	Klarman was arrested by FBI agents Monday morning at his home in New York.	1.4
train	Ms. Cripps-Prawak left last Friday, two days after the department introduced a plan to distribute medical marijuana through doctors' offices.	Micron's numbers also marked the first quarterly profit in three years for the DRAM manufacturer.	3.5
train	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 3.47 points, or 0.36 percent, to 977.59.	The sales leave Mr. Turner with about 45 million shares in AOL.	3.6
train	The others were given copies of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" and told to follow it.	"I'm really excited about going to Cleveland," James told ESPN.com.	3.2
train	Florida Sen. Bob Graham was not identifiable by 61 percent of those polled.	"IT is the only vehicle on which established economies will be able to compete" with fast-growing economies such as China and India, Barrett said.	2.6
train	The valid signatures of 897,158 registered California voters must be collected and turned in to county election officials by Sept. 2.	A spokesman for SCO could not be reached for comment this afternoon.	3.75
train	Consumer groups are against the changes, saying they hurt individuality in markets.	The researchers gave copies of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" to the carb-cutters.	4.091
train	But church members and observers say they expect that the decision could be problematic for many Episcopalians.	"I am advised that certain allegations of criminal conduct have been interposed against my counsel, J. Michael Boxley,'' the Silver statement said. "	4.6
train	Get it all out," says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a national retail consulting firm based in New York City.	Douglas Robinson, CA senior vice president, finance, will fill the position in the interim.	3.25
train	Families stuck on the highway remained in their cars, and used their cell phones to call home.	The report also claims that there will be up to 9.3 million visitors to hot spots this year, up again from the meagre 2.5 million in 2002.	2.2
train	Supermarket chains facing a possible grocery clerk strike this week accused union leaders Monday of breaking off contract talks prematurely over the weekend.	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	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.	"Our outcomes are very encouraging," George Mason researcher Ken Alibek said.	3
train	On health care, the NDP says there will be no privatization and no health-care premiums.	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.	4
train	Is it in the food supply?" says David Ropeik, director of risk communication at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis.	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.	3
train	Mr Sahel said police had identified the bodies of seven of the 14-strong cell believed to have carried out the five almost simultaneous attacks on Saturday.	The developers, The Related Cos. and Apollo Real Estate Advisors, hope sales top $1 billion.	4.4
train	Rich media doubled its share, increasing from 3% in Q2 2002 to 6% in Q2 2003.	The security personnel performed ``well within standards'' and the two staff aides were ``very sorry all this happened,'' Gainer said.	3.6
train	They were at Raffles Hospital over the weekend for further evaluation.	Dynes has been at UC San Diego since 1991 after spending 22 years with AT&T Bell Labs, where he worked on superconductors and other materials.	3.4
train	The new research will be published soon in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.	Kernan, who was O'Bannon's lieutenant governor, friend and political partner, was sworn in six hours after O'Bannon died Saturday.	2
train	"It is safe to assume the Senate is prepared to pass some form of cap," King said.	Swartz had sought to have the charges dismissed, saying New Hampshire was the wrong place to charge him.	3
train	Her lawyer Donald Levine told The Telegraph she had been offered $US250,000 to tell her story exclusively to Australian TV.	Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports, he said.	4.5
train	The report by the independent expert committee aims to dissipate any suspicion about the Hong Kong government's handling of the SARS crisis.	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 79.43 points, or 0.86 percent, to 9,117.12 on Friday.	1.4
train	The author is one of several defense experts expected to testify.	Intel on Wednesday unveiled its next-generation processor for cell phones, PDAs, and other wireless devices.	2.4
train	In a mixture of ancient pagan and modern Christian rites, the villagers have staged a series of ceremonies hoping to erase the misfortunes they believe have kept them poor.	Amnesty International said that over the past 20 years it had collected information about 17,000 disappearances in Iraq.	4.4
train	Investigators uncovered a 4-inch bone fragment from beneath the concrete slab Thursday, but it turned out to be an animal bone, authorities said.	AFTRA, on the other hand, approved the merger by a whopping 75 percent.	2.8
train	Additionally, the h2210’s cradle has room to charge a second battery.	Supermarket chains are accusing union leaders of breaking off contract talks prematurely over the weekend as grocery clerks gear up for a possible strike.	4
train	Higher courts have ruled that the tablets broke the constitutional separation of church and state.	The system is priced from US$1.1 million to $22.4 million, depending on configuration.	3.333
train	One of the 14 Kurds pointed at the word "refugee" in an English/Turkish dictionary.	The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX shed 0.17 of a point, or just 0.02 percent, to 934.	2.6
train	The company posted a profit of $54.3 million, or 22 cents per share, in the year-ago period.	The mother also contended that she was sexually assaulted by one of the guards during the 1998 confrontation.	2
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.	And I really liked him, and I still do.	1
train	"It just seems like all the issues that we support, he doesn't," said Gabriela Lemus of LULAC.	At the Casa de Espaa, customers were eating dinner and playing bingo when a bomb went off.	3.4
train	Only New Jersey now bans holders of learners permits or intermediate licenses from using cell phones, pagers or other wireless devices while driving.	Fighting has continued sporadically in the west, where it is complicated by the presence of battle-hardened Liberians on both sides.	2.5
train	The report forecasts there will be 71,079 hot spots worldwide this year, up from just 14,752 in 2002 and 1,214 in 2001.	"The average track error for the five-day (forecast) is 323 nautical miles.	2.25
train	Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Azdi, turned himself in in June; his deputy was killed in a recent shootout with Saudi forces.	That compares with January 2000, when laptops represented less than 25 percent of sales volume, NPD said.	2.667
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.	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.	4