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train	Some 95 million Americans -- half of all households -- invest in mutual funds.	However, we have decided to opt for the European consortium's engine as the best overall solution."	4.4
train	Entrenched interests are positioning themselves to control the network's chokepoints and they are lobbying the FCC to aid and abet them.	BAT also said Antonio Monteiro de Castro, director for Latin America and the Caribbean, would become chief operating officer on January 1, 2004.	4
train	International rescue workers are scouring flattened debris for survivors in Iran's shattered ancient Silk Road city of Bam after a violent earthquake killed more than 20,000 people.	Mr Levine said she had been offered $400,000 to tell her story to an Australian TV network.	1.8
train	Police launched an international hunt for Shevaun Pennington after she ran away with 31-year-old Toby Studabaker Saturday.	The rally overshadowed ceremonies marking the sixth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China on 1 July 1997.	2
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.	The department ordered a 12 percent reduction for State Farm Lloyds, the state's largest insurer, and an 18.2 percent reduction for Allstate Texas Lloyds, the third-largest.	4
train	When the bomb exploded at the Casa de España, customers were eating dinner and playing bingo.	The sales leave Mr. Turner with about 45 million shares in AOL.	3.5
train	It was the best advance since Oct. 1, when the index gained 22.25.	There will be 9.3 million visitors to hot spots in 2003, up from 2.5 million in 2002, Gartner said.	3.4
train	Turkish authorities have said all the suicide bombers were Turks.	The privately held Google is believed to be profitable.	2.8
train	They were at Raffles Hospital over the weekend for further evaluation.	SCO changed its name to Tarantella, and Caldera later changed its name to the SCO Group.	4.111
train	Its shares jumped to $54.50 in pre-open trading from $50.90 at Wednesday's close.	According to law enforcement officials, the individual decrypted passwords on the server.	3.2
train	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was up 7.60 points, or 0.46 percent, at 1,653.62.	Spitz is expected to testify later for the defense.	4.091
train	Pataki praised Abraham's decision, and LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said the cable should be kept in operation permanently.	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.	3.5
train	Forecasters said warnings might go up for Cuba later Thursday.	"I'm not going to be sponsoring it because it's not our proposal, but I'm not responding to it in a negative way," he said.	4.2
train	The bank's shares fell 45 cents in trading yesterday to $91.51 per share.	The countys first and only human case of West Nile this year was confirmed by health officials on Sept. 8.	4
train	The British Foreign Office said Monday that coalition authorities in Iraq were pleased that the men were freed.	The charges of espionage and aiding the enemy can carry the death penalty.	3.333
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.	Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Azdi, surrendered in June; his deputy was killed in a shoot-out with Saudi forces recently.	3.75
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.	The scientist also quarantined himself at home as soon as he developed SARS symptoms, officials said.	3.75
train	The only other person who had not been accounted for Sunday was a man from Fort Worth, Texas.	Fighting has continued sporadically in the west, where it is complicated by the presence of battle-hardened Liberians on both sides.	3.8
train	The helicopter burst into flames upon impact, according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office.	He had been arrested twice before for trespassing and was barred from the complex.	3.333
train	Authorities said the scientist properly quarantined himself at home after he developed SARS symptoms Dec. 10.	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.	4
train	Kadyrov was not injured, but four of his bodyguards were among those killed.	"We've put a lot of effort and energy into improving our patching progress, probably later than we should have.	4.5
train	Excluding litigation charges, RIM's loss narrowed even further to 1 cent a share.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 6.48 points, or 0.66 percent, to 990.51.	2.4
train	In two weeks, he'll probably send out Peace Rules in the Preakness.	Stardust was designed to gather thousands of dust particles streaming from Wild 2.	3.75
train	A federal grand jury indicted them on Tuesday; the document was sealed until yesterday to allow authorities to make arrests.	But other sources close to the sale said Vivendi was keeping the door open for further bids in the next day or two.	2.4
train	The WiFi potties were to be unveiled this summer, at music festivals in Britain.	With the remaining three shuttles grounded in the wake of the Columbia accident, the rookies will have to wait even longer.	3.4
train	The government recently shelved peace talks with the MILF, being brokered by Malaysia, after a string of attacks, including three bombings, on Mindanao.	The security personnel performed ``well within standards'' and the two staff aides were ``very sorry all this happened,'' Gainer said.	3.75
train	Caldera acquired the Unix server software of the original SCO and changed its name to the SCO Group.	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.	3.25
train	Shares of Littleton, Colorado-based EchoStar rose $1.63, or 5.3 percent, to $32.26 at 10:55 a.m.	Federal officials said the document remained sealed until Thursday morning to allow authorities to make arrests in five Western states.	3
train	The new policy gives greatest weight to grades, test scores and a student's high school curriculum.	I am not giving any consideration to resignation," Shumaker said in a statement.	2.75
train	Kodak expects earnings of 5 cents to 25 cents a share in the quarter.	Ankara says all four suicide bombers were Turkish.	3.4
train	But the inadequate performance of students in various subgroups tagged the state as deficient under the federal No Child Left Behind act.	Kernan, who was O'Bannon's lieutenant governor, friend and political partner, was sworn in six hours after O'Bannon died Saturday.	3.75
train	It will also help reform the Royal Solomon Islands Police, strengthen the courts and prisons system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry from intimidation.	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> gained 5.51 points, or 0.56 percent, to 981.73.	4
train	Bashir felt he was being tried by opinion not on the facts, Mahendradatta told Reuters.	"I marched in the streets against Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War," she said.	3
train	He was referring to John S. Reed, the former Citicorp chief executive who became interim chairman and chief executive of the exchange last Sunday .	Marissa Jaret Winokur, as Tracy, won for best actress in a musical.	4
train	Of 24 million phoned-in votes, 50.28 percent were for Studdard, putting him 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.	Gemstar shares moved higher on the news, closing up 2.6 percent at $5.49 on Nasdaq.	0.8
train	If convicted of the spying charges, he could face the death penalty.	Klarman was charged with 16 counts of wire fraud.	3.6
train	Both devices implement the v1.2 standard's eSCO facility to provide the basis for new cordless telephony applications.	House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., says he is sensitive to civil liberties complaints.	4
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.	Its safe to assume the Senate is prepared to pass some form of a cap....The level of it is to be debated.	4.222
train	The attack seemed similar to others staged near foreign compounds in Riyadh on May 12.	The mother also contended that she was sexually assaulted by one of the guards during the 1998 confrontation.	3.4
train	People who have opposed these actions throughout are now trying to find fresh reasons to say this wasn't the right thing to do."	IBM shares closed up $1.75, or 2.11 percent, at $84.50 on the New York Stock Exchange.	2.8
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.	4
train	Several shots rang out in the darkness, but only one gator had been killed by 11 p.m.	Bremer, 61, is a former assistant to former Secretaries of State William P. Rogers and Henry Kissinger.	2.6
train	"This is an easy case in my view and wholly without merit, both factually and legally."	Fujitsu Siemens Computers on Tuesday made good on a promise to offer a workstation based on Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processor.	4.2
train	Albertsons and Kroger's Ralphs chain locked out their workers in response.	U.S. forces struck dozens of targets on Monday, killing six guerrillas and arresting 99 others during 1,729 patrols and 25 raids conducted over 24 hours.	1.75
train	The BlueCore3-Multimedia includes a 16-bit stereo audio CODEC with dual ADC and DAC for stereo audio.	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.	3.4
train	They also found shortness was associated with a family history of hearing loss.	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	The New York Mets then selected outfielder Lastings Milledge from Lakewood Ranch High School in Florida.	The heatwave was due to a mass of hot, dry air from the southeast, said Mario Almeida of Portugal's weather service.	2.75
train	But church members and observers say they expect that the decision could be problematic for many Episcopalians.	The House has passed bills the past two Congresses, but the Senate has not.	1.4
train	Bond bulls would like the Fed to recognize that risks are biased toward economic weakness.	While federal prosecutors refuse to discuss the investigation, lawyers and others familiar with it say it remains focused on Campbell.	2.75
train	A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that Congress can force the nation's public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters.	Bashir also felt he was being tried by opinion rather than facts of law, he added.	4.2
train	According to law enforcement officials, the person arrested was a known sophisticated hacker.	Nvidia will take advantage of MediaQ customers, which include such players as Siemens AG, Sharp, Philips, Dell, Mitsubishi and Sony Corp.	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.	Spansion Flash memory solutions are available worldwide from AMD and Fujitsu.	1
train	He left the army for Syria where he received religious training.	Harry Potter's latest wizard trick?	3.2
train	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was off 58.69 points, or 0.64 percent, at 9,137.86.	DRINKING green tea can dramatically reduce the risk of men contracting prostate cancer, a study by Australian researchers has discovered.	1.4
train	Perry has called lawmakers into two special sessions to address congressional redistricting.	Waksal pleaded guilty to insider trading charges last year, and he is scheduled to be sentenced June 10.	5
train	The 51-year-old nurse worked at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the latest outbreak.	Major fires had burned 264,000 acres by early last night.	2.4
train	The injured passenger at John Peter Smith Hospital died later Friday morning, Jones said.	Corixa's stock barely flinched on the news, dipping 12 cents to close at $6.88.	1.75
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.	Families stuck on the highway were being urged to remain in their cars, and to use their cell phones only in case of emergency.	3.75
train	Police believe Wilson shot Reynolds, then her mother once in the head before fatally turning the gun on herself.	One man had brandished an English-Turkish dictionary and pointed to the word "refugee".	2.6
train	Dean told reporters traveling on his 10-city "Sleepless Summer" tour that he considered campaigning in Texas a challenge.	Last Thursday, the RIAA sent a stiff copyright warning to Penn State's department of astronomy and astrophysics.	4.2
train	The fines are part of failed Republican efforts to force or entice the Democrats to return.	More than 130 people have been arrested and $17 million worth of property seized in an Internet fraud sweep announced Friday by three U.S. government agencies.	3
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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected ImClone's original application in December 2001, saying the trial had been sloppily conducted.	3
train	Southwest said its traffic was up 4.6 percent in the quarter, and it ended the quarter with $2.2 billion in cash.	The European Commission, the EU's powerful executive body, described the move as "legally unwarranted, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful."	3.6
train	Russin did not comment; his lawyer did not attend the hearing and did not return phone messages.	The 27-year-old rapper's attorney in the civil matter, Mark Gann, did not return calls for comment.	2.7
train	And when asked if he felt regret or guilt about the attack his answer was an adamant "no".	Junya Tanase, forex strategist at JP Morgan Chase, said "I expect Japan to keep conducting intervention, but the volume is likely to fall sharply."	3.5
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.	Emile Laroza, 51, contracted SARS while working as a nurse at North York General Hospital, the epicentre of the second SARS outbreak.	3.6
train	Board Chancellor Robert Bennett declined to comment on personnel matters Tuesday.	"I'm going to try to march with a number of different groups," Bloomberg said.	2.4
train	But JT was careful to clarify that it was "not certain about the outcome of the discussion at this moment".	A Caesarean had originally been planned in mid- November, two weeks early.	3.2
train	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.	On Wednesday, attendees will vote on resolutions that express the Southern Baptist view on issues, but are not binding on individual churches.	1.5
train	Swartz, indicted in February, had argued that New Hampshire was the wrong place to charge him.	The virus killed 44 people in the Toronto area, including one doctor and two nurses.	1.6
train	"Americans don't cut and run, we have to see this misadventure through," she said.	Police believe Wilson then shot Jennie Mae Robinson once in the head before turning the gun on herself.	3.8
train	The audiotape aired last week by the Arab Al-Jazeera television network appears to be an effort to incite attacks.	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.	3.75
train	There are 103 Democrats in the Assembly and 47 Republicans.	He said the attackers left behind leaflets urging workers at the Ishtar Sheraton to stop working at the hotel.	4
train	Families stuck on the highway remained in their cars, and used their cell phones to call home.	It's the National Audubon Society's annual Christmas Bird Count, now in its 104th season.	4.25
train	The commission estimates California lost $1.34 billion -- the most of any state -- to tax shelters in 2001.	The judge scheduled another oversight hearing for late January.	4
train	The dollar fell as low as $1.1624 per euro from $1.1486 on Friday, and traded at $1.1594 at 10:15 a.m. in London.	"There's very strong interest in getting money back to the ratepayers as quickly as possible," Commissioner Susan Kennedy said.	1.75
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.	Tito Barbini, a regional minister for agriculture in Tuscany, Italy, criticized the absence Tuesday in Sacramento.	3.25
train	At midnight on Wednesday, 68 percent of voters said "no" to the tax, with 97 percent of the votes counted.	They will not elect as president a Democrat who sounds an uncertain trumpet in these dangerous times."	3.25
train	Shares of Corixa were gaining 71 cents, or 10%, to $7.91 on the Nasdaq.	"Maybe, but the old age helps us to understand our strength and our weakness and the reality of the world.	3.5
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.	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.	5
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.	Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call had expected Kodak to earn 68 cents a share for the quarter.	3.333
train	She asked to be excused from last week's Cabinet session to prepare for a meeting with the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda.	Captain Robert Ramsey of US 1St Armored Division said a truck had exploded outside the building at around 11 am.	3
train	Excluding the charges, analysts, on average, expected a loss of 11 cents a share.	By law, 911 calls are not public information in Rhode Island.	3
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 news also comes in conjunction with Suns annual JavaOne developers conference in San Francisco.	2
train	The launch coincides with the JavaOne developers' conference in San Francisco this week.	Mr. Powell told a crowd at a cemetery with a thousand headstones, many of them marking the graves of entire families.	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.	The meat, poultry, butter, cheese and nuts were being stored by more than 100 wholesalers in Chicago.	3.25
train	By state law, 911 calls are not public information and were not released.	On Wednesday next week, Mr Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Aqaba, Jordan.	1.75
train	The ADRs fell 10 cents to $28.95 at 10:06 a.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading today.	The team has named the sensor Canary, for cellular analysis and notification of antigen risks and yields.	4.4
train	The new companies will begin trading on Nasdaq today under the ticker symbols PLMO and PSRC.	GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. >> Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie drew the crowds, but Angela Stanford took her first LPGA victory.	2.4
train	The valid signatures of 897,158 registered California voters must be collected and turned in to county election officials by Sept. 2.	That compares with January 2000, when laptops represented less than 25 percent of sales volume, NPD said.	4.4
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.	The world's first portal potty was soon to be rolled out at summer festivals in Great Britain.	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.	The intervention force will confiscate weapons, reform the police, strengthen the courts and prison system and protect key institutions such as the Finance Ministry.	2.4
train	In April, it had forecast operating earnings in the range of 60 to 80 cents a share.	Under NASD regulations, Mr. Young can file a response and request a hearing before an NASD panel.	1.2
train	The mother also alleged in the lawsuit that she was sexually assaulted by one of the guards.	While some other parts of Africa have been used as Al Qaeda staging grounds, Malawi had previously not been a major focus of investigations into the group.	3.8
train	Dynes came to UC San Diego in 1991 after 22 years as a physicist with AT&T Bell Labs.	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.	3.8
train	Licensing revenue slid 21 percent, however, to $107.6 million.	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 79.43 points, or 0.86 percent, to 9,117.12 on Friday.	1.5
train	The proportion of people covered by employers dropped from 62.3 percent in 2001 to 61.3 percent last year.	Lay had refused to turn over the papers, asserting his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.	3.6
train	The company said it would cut the wholesale price of most top-line CDs to $9.09 from $12.02.	She took the highly unusual step of skipping cabinet to attend a meeting with the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda.	3
train	He refused to reveal what percentage of flights carried sky marshals, or whether they would be increased.	"But at this stage, given the early detection, the outlook in such instances would be positive," he said.	0.5
train	Lay had argued that handing over the documents would be a violation of his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.	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.	4