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train	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI ended up 56.79 points, or 0.67 percent, at 8,588.36 -- its highest level since January 17.	There were 293 human cases of West Nile in Indiana in 2002, including 11 deaths statewide.	3.75
train	After Freitas' opening statement, King County Superior Court Judge Charles Mertel recessed trial until after the Thanksgiving weekend.	Douglas Robinson, CA senior vice president, finance, will fill the position in the interim.	2.6
train	The plane was estimated to be within 100 pounds of its maximum takeoff weight.	The damaged area of the garage was not stable, with ``the real potential for a secondary collapse,'' McGreevey said.	3.8
train	They also found shortness was associated with a family history of hearing loss.	The House has passed bills the past two Congresses, but the Senate has not.	2.4
train	The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was off 58.69 points, or 0.64 percent, at 9,137.86.	Spansion Flash memory solutions are available worldwide from AMD and Fujitsu.	3.5
train	The monkeys could track their progress by watching a schematic representation of the arm and its motions on a video screen.	In late-morning trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Corixa was up 74 cents, or 10%, at $7.94.	4
train	British Airways' New York-to-London runs will end in October.	He refused to say what percentage of domestic flights had security officers on board.	4.091
train	Officers threw him to the ground and handcuffed him, and Reyna dropped a knee into his back, according to testimony.	"I am advised that certain allegations of criminal conduct have been interposed against my counsel, J. Michael Boxley,'' the Silver statement said. "	2.6
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.	Early Monday, insurgents threw a homemade bomb at a U.S. convoy in northern Baghdad, killing an American soldier.	3.8
train	Caldera acquired the Unix server software of the original SCO and changed its name to the SCO Group.	DRINKING green tea can dramatically reduce the risk of men contracting prostate cancer, a study by Australian researchers has discovered.	3.75
train	Both devices implement the v1.2 standard's eSCO facility to provide the basis for new cordless telephony applications.	Dealers said the euro's downward momentum may pick up speed should it break below $1.15.	4.4
train	The company didn't detail the costs of the replacement and repairs.	Emily Church is London bureau chief of CBS.MarketWatch.com.	1.6
train	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 3.47 points, or 0.36 percent, to 977.59.	For the 12-month period ending June 30, high-speed lines installed in homes and businesses increased by 45 percent.	4.2
train	In 2006, the group says the market will rebound 29.6 percent to $21.3 billion in sales.	He and the other lawyers planned to stay until the river starts receding.	3.6
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.	Micron's numbers also marked the first quarterly profit in three years for the DRAM manufacturer.	3.6
train	The weather service reported maximum sustained winds of nearly 105 miles an hour with stronger gusts.	"He hasn't got much choice," said the Bishop of Armidale, Peter Brain.	2.8
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 cradle for the h2200 has space for recharging a second battery.	3.6
train	The camp hosts summer religious retreats for children and other events year-round, according to its Web site.	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.	0.25
train	Southwest said its traffic was up 4.6 percent in the quarter, and it ended the quarter with $2.2 billion in cash.	Democrats dominate the Assembly while Republicans control the Senate.	2.25
train	Critics say the law violates civil liberties, something House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., says he is sensitive to.	The heatwave was due to a mass of hot, dry air from the southeast, said Mario Almeida of Portugal's weather service.	2.5
train	Barbini said the union may reach a compromise with the United States but it wants a system for labeling such foods, something the industry successfully fought here.	Meningitis is an infection of the fluid in a person's spinal cord and around the brain.	4
train	The bishop told police he thought he had hit a dog or a cat or that someone had thrown a rock at his vehicle.	Home Depot reported a 22 percent jump in third-quarter profit behind a nearly 8 percent rise in same-store sales.	3.25
train	Ms. Cripps-Prawak left last Friday, two days after the department introduced a plan to distribute medical marijuana through doctors' offices.	The grant also funds beach testing in King George County, Norfolk and Virginia Beach.	3.4
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.	Chiron and Aventis Pasteur together made about 80 million doses, ordinarily enough for U.S. demand, The Associated Press reported.	3.8
train	One of the 14 Kurds pointed at the word "refugee" in an English/Turkish dictionary.	"I'm really excited about going to Cleveland," James told ESPN.com.	1.4
train	"Americans don't cut and run, we have to see this misadventure through," she said.	Sgt. Ernest Bucklew, 33, was coming home from Iraq to bury his mother in Pennsylvania.	2.4
train	In the latest violence, insurgents threw a bomb at a U.S. convoy in northern Baghdad, killing one soldier.	Vivendi shares were 0.3 percent up at 15.62 euros in Paris at 0841 GMT.	3.6
train	Shares of Corixa were gaining 71 cents, or 10%, to $7.91 on the Nasdaq.	Officials are trying to retrieve the bodies from the water," police official J.D. Tambe told Reuters.	3.8
train	He also recruited others to participate in the scheme by convincing them to receive fraudulently obtained merchandise he had ordered for himself.	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
train	Security experts are warning that a new mass-mailing worm is spreading widely across the Internet, sometimes posing as e-mail from the Microsoft founder.	The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 86.56 points, or 0.94 percent, to 9,109.99, after giving up more than 1 percent earlier.	4.176
train	Florida's Supreme Court has twice refused to hear the case.	Gemstar shares moved higher on the news, closing up 2.6 percent at $5.49 on Nasdaq.	3.6
train	Amazon also reported that the New York Attorney General's office had settled civil fraud charges with one of the spoofers it identified.	FirstEnergy Corp. should have determined that modernizing one of its plants would increase overall pollution emissions, U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus ruled Thursday.	3.333
train	Besides Hampton and Newport News, the grant funds water testing in Yorktown, King George County, Norfolk and Virginia Beach.	The European Commission, the EU's powerful executive body, described the move as "legally unwarranted, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful."	3.2
train	Aventis, based in Strasbourg, France, is one of a handful of companies that still make the flu vaccine.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 6.48 points, or 0.66 percent, to 990.51.	3
train	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was off 58.69 points, or 0.64 percent, at 9,137.86.	"What has happened to you, sir, by way of punishment, is certainly more than enough," Covello said.	3.8
train	One, Fort Carson-based Sgt. Ernest Bucklew, 33, had been on his way home to attend his mother's funeral in Pennsylvania.	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.	3.75
train	The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 19.67, or 1.3 percent, to 1523.71, its highest since June 18.	The 27-year-old rapper's attorney in the civil matter, Mark Gann, did not return calls for comment.	4.4
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.	While waiting for a bomb squad to arrive, the bomb exploded, killing Wells.	4.75
train	By state law, 911 calls are not public information and were not released.	Mr Blair went on: "I think we did the right thing in relation to Iraq.	3.2
train	Dusty had battled kidney cancer for more than a year.	King County Superior Court Judge Charles Mertel will then recess the trial until Monday.	3.2
train	The two-year note US2YT=RR fell 5/32 in price, taking its yield to 1.23 percent from 1.16 percent late on Monday.	Bashir also felt he was being tried by opinion rather than facts of law, he added.	3.8
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."	Since early May, the city has received 1,400 reports, he said.	3
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.	The Mets took Lastings Milledge, an outfielder from Florida, with the 12th pick.	2
train	GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. Annika Sorenstam drew the crowds, Michelle Wie got the publicity but Angela Stanford took her first LPGA victory.	He also recruited other people to take delivery of fraudulently obtained merchandise he had ordered.	3.2
train	Wal-Mart estimates more than 100 million Americans visit their stores every week.	British Airways plans to retire its seven Concordes at the end of October.	3.2
train	The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX gained 19.72 points, or 1.98 percent, to 1,015.69.	Still, changes to IE "may affect a large number of existing Web pages," according to the W3C's notice.	2.6
train	She asked to be excused from last week's Cabinet session to prepare for a meeting with the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda.	"Mr. Bryant is innocent and expects to be completely exonerated," Mackey said in a statement.	3.4
train	Fletcher said he expects to have the support of lawmakers from agricultural states, many of whom are on the committee.	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	Waksal, in a letter to the court, said: "I tore my family apart.	"We've put a lot of effort and energy into improving our patching progress, probably later than we should have.	2.4
train	According to SunnComm's Peter Jacobs, "MediaMax performs exactly as 'advertised' to the companies who purchased it.	Five-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is in Denver today for a meeting about surviving cancer.	4.25
train	The American Anglican Council, which represents Episcopalian conservatives, said it will seek authorization to create a separate group.	Trish York, a spokeswoman for Boeing, declined to comment on the deal.	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 sales leave Mr. Turner with about 45 million shares in AOL.	2
train	Captain Robert Ramsey of the US 1st Armoured Division said a truck had exploded outside the building about 11am, and that one of the compound's outer walls had collapsed.	ESPN reported that Knight's two-year deal is worth $2.38 million, including a $300,000 signing bonus.	4
train	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was 0.46 points lower, or 0.05 percent, at 997.02.	"I'm going to try to march with a number of different groups," Bloomberg said.	3.4
train	The world's two largest automakers said their U.S. sales declined more than predicted last month as a late summer sales frenzy caused more of an industry backlash than expected.	Cavender did say: "I felt that if I disagreed with Rosie too much I would lose my job."	1.8
train	Mr Pollard said: "This is a terrible personal tragedy and a shocking blow for James's family.	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI jumped 2.09 percent, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX leapt 2.23 percent.	3.75
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.	Steve Squyres, a Cornell University scientist, is principal investigator for the missions' science instruments.	3.6
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.	Shares jumped almost 7 percent in pre-open trading, rising to $18.26 from $17.05 at Tuesday's close.	2
train	But church members and observers say they expect that the decision could be problematic for many Episcopalians.	She, in turn, occasionally told John that she was still sleeping with an ex-boyfriend, "Baywatch" hunk Michael Bergin.	0.8
train	"Saddam is gone, but we want the (U.S.) occupation to end," said Hit resident Abu Qasim.	On Wednesday next week, Mr Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Aqaba, Jordan.	2.5
train	Argentine Guillermo Coria and Netherlander Martin Verkerk are in the other half.	Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call had expected Kodak to earn 68 cents a share for the quarter.	4.2
train	Higher courts have ruled that the tablets broke the constitutional separation of church and state.	Corixa's stock barely flinched on the news, dipping 12 cents to close at $6.88.	3
train	And when asked if he felt regret or guilt about the attack his answer was an adamant "no".	With 97 percent of precincts counted tonight, 68 percent of voters opposed the tax.	4.4
train	Still, he said, "I'm absolutely confident we're going to have a bill."	The meat, poultry, butter, cheese and nuts were being stored by more than 100 wholesalers in Chicago.	1.75
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.	Fujitsu Siemens Computers on Tuesday made good on a promise to offer a workstation based on Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processor.	3.4
train	In April, it had forecast operating earnings in the range of 60 to 80 cents a share.	The royal household was bracing itself for any more revelations in A Royal Duty, based on the former servant’s time with Diana, Princess of Wales.	3
train	Hilsenrath and Klarman each were indicted on three counts of securities fraud.	A long awaited report on the Hong Kong government's handling of the SARS outbreak has been released.	3.25
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.	The Federal Trade Commission asked Congress yesterday for broader powers to attack the rapidly growing problem of spam, which new studies show accounts for half of all e-mail traffic.	1.75
train	The ADRs fell 10 cents to $28.95 at 10:06 a.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading today.	Of the 24 million phone votes cast, Studdard was only 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.	3.6
train	The House has passed prescription-drug legislation in the last two sessions, but the Senate has failed to do so.	"It just seems like all the issues that we support he doesn't," said Gabriela Lemus, the league's director of policy and legislation.	2.4
train	He playfully chided the Senate's "little bitty tax relief plan."	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.	2.5
train	Additionally, the h2210’s cradle has room to charge a second battery.	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.	4.5
train	Turkish authorities have said all the suicide bombers were Turks.	Moore of Alabama says he will appeal his case to the nation's highest court.	1.75
train	At 12 months there was still a difference in function, although it was not a significant one.	But the United States' ultimate goal was not just to topple Mr. Hussein but to stabilize the country and install a friendly government.	4.2
train	He also said the academy will get its own internal report next week detailing the seriousness of the remaining problem.	"I'm absolutely confident we're going to have a bill," Frist, R-Tenn., said Thursday.	3.4
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.	Kodak expects earnings of 5 cents to 25 cents a share in the quarter.	2.4
train	The new companies will begin trading on Nasdaq today under the ticker symbols PLMO and PSRC.	Last Thursday, the RIAA sent a stiff copyright warning to Penn State's department of astronomy and astrophysics.	3.6
train	Excluding litigation charges, RIM's loss narrowed even further to 1 cent a share.	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.	2.8
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.	They will not elect as president a Democrat who sounds an uncertain trumpet in these dangerous times."	4.75
train	The updated products include Pylon Pro, Pylon Conduit, Pylon Anywhere, and Pylon Application Server.	Along with Boston, Watertown, Saugus and Framingham also are going smoke-free Monday.	4.25
train	On the other hand, if this will help further establish Steve's innocence, we welcome it."	The Philadelphia Stock Exchange's semiconductor index .SOXX jumped 6.10 percent.	2
train	"It was a little bit embarrassing the way we played in the first two games," Thomas said.	A tropical storm rapidly developed in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday and could have hurricane-force winds when it hits land somewhere along the Louisiana coast Monday night.	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.	Nvidia will take advantage of MediaQ customers, which include such players as Siemens AG, Sharp, Philips, Dell, Mitsubishi and Sony Corp.	3.4
train	Its former chief Mickey Robinson was fired for cause when he left in September, the company said.	"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.	1.4
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.	It generated $4.47 billion of profit and $20 billion of revenue in the year's first half, 53 percent of Citigroup's totals.	3.6
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.	According to an arrest warrant, Bryant, 24, attacked a woman on June 30.	4.8
train	This year the Audubon Society once again hosts its annual Christmas Bird Count.	Morales, who pleaded guilty in July, expressed "sincere regret and remorse" for his crimes.	3.2
train	Shiites make up 20 percent of the country's population.	The researchers gave copies of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" to the carb-cutters.	4.2
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.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> climbed 19.11 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,615.02.	0.75
train	The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX inched up 3 points, or 0.32 percent, to 970.	Aventis, based in Strasbourg, France, is one of the leading producers of the vaccine and one of a handful of companies that still make it.	3
train	State Education Commissioner Kent King said Wednesday that the scores on the Missouri Assessment Program tests disappointed him.	Perry has since called two special legislative sessions to try force the redistricting plan through.	3.75
train	Revenues for "The Hulk" came in well below those of last month's Marvel Comics adaptation, "X2: X-Men United," which grossed $85.6 million in its opening weekend.	Frankel said Peace Rules will run in the Preakness Stakes on May 17.	3
train	"Spending taxpayer dollars to create terrorism betting parlors is as wasteful as it is repugnant," they announced at a press conference yesterday.	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.	5
train	The Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 4.77, or 0.5 percent, to 929.62.	World No.2 Lleyton Hewitt has accused his professional peers of long-standing malice, including an attempt last year to dupe him into refusing a drug test.	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.	The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX shed 0.17 of a point, or just 0.02 percent, to 934.	3.8
train	Get it all out," says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a national retail consulting firm based in New York City.	Stardust was designed to gather thousands of dust particles streaming from Wild 2.	3.8
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.	It will appear in the next few weeks on the Web site of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.	3.75
train	Oracle Corp's Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison didn't rule out sweetening the company's unsolicited offer to acquire rival PeopleSoft Inc.	Fighting has continued sporadically in the west, where it is complicated by the presence of battle-hardened Liberians on both sides.	3.75
train	Florida Sen. Bob Graham was not identifiable by 61 percent of those polled.	The dollar dropped to $1.1564 per euro at 7:30 a.m. in London from $1.1486 on Friday.	4.2
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.	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.	3.176