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train	The weather service reported maximum sustained winds of nearly 105 miles an hour with stronger gusts.	Israeli soldiers began tearing down settlement outposts in the West Bank yesterday - an Israeli obligation under a new Mideast peace plan.	3.25
train	The camp hosts summer religious retreats for children and other events year-round, according to its Web site.	Republicans had pledged to complete a Medicare drug package by August, then extended it to Oct. 17.	3
train	The first health-care worker in the country to die of SARS was a Filipina-Canadian who contracted the disease at North York General Hospital, the site of the second outbreak.	Families stuck on the highway were being urged to remain in their cars, and to use their cell phones only in case of emergency.	2
train	Schofield got Toepfer to admit on cross-examination that she ignored many of O'Donnell's suggestions and projects.	U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman kicks off the three-day Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology on Monday.	3.4
train	The router will be available in the first quarter of 2004 and will cost around $200, the company said.	The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> climbed 19.11 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,615.02.	3.25
train	But church members and observers say they expect that the decision could be problematic for many Episcopalians.	In seeking leniency, Waksal apologized to the court, his employees and his family.	3.2
train	Entrenched interests are positioning themselves to control the network's chokepoints and they are lobbying the FCC to aid and abet them.	The company also said it would cut wholesale prices on cassettes and change the suggested retail price to $8.98.	3.6
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.	A long awaited report on the Hong Kong government's handling of the SARS outbreak has been released.	2.75
train	The support will come as a free software upgrade called WebVPN for current customers that have support contracts.	With 97 percent of precincts counted tonight, 68 percent of voters opposed the tax.	3.4
train	Some 95 million Americans -- half of all households -- invest in mutual funds.	Kodak expects earnings of 5 cents to 25 cents a share in the quarter.	1.6
train	They were at Raffles Hospital over the weekend for further evaluation.	Meningitis is an infection of the fluid in a person's spinal cord and around the brain.	3
train	Dusty had battled kidney cancer for more than a year.	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.	4.176
train	A jury convicted rapper C-Murder, also known as Corey Miller, of second-degree murder Tuesday night in the shooting death of a 16-year-old in a Jefferson Parish nightclub.	The federal courts have ruled that the monument violates the constitutional ban against state-established religion.	4
train	Agriculture ministers from more than one hundred nations are expected to attend the three-day Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.	Six new Krispy Kreme stores were opened in the first quarter, bringing the total number of stores to 282.	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.	Details on pricing will be announced within a few weeks, McBride said.	2.6
train	The 30-year bond US30YT=RR firmed 31/32, taking its yield to 4.16 percent -- another record low -- from 4.22 percent.	She, in turn, occasionally told John that she was still sleeping with an ex-boyfriend, "Baywatch" hunk Michael Bergin.	4.5
train	The weakness exists in the way that VBA looks at the properties of documents passed to it when the document is opened by a host application.	Perry has since called two special legislative sessions to try force the redistricting plan through.	1.9
train	During the hearing, Morales expressed "sincere regrets and remorse" for his actions.	Mr Levine said she had been offered $400,000 to tell her story to an Australian TV network.	2.4
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.	That was up from the year-ago quarter, when the company earned $54.3 million, or 22 cents a share.	3.4
train	The BlueCore3-Multimedia includes a 16-bit stereo audio CODEC with dual ADC and DAC for stereo audio.	Fighting has continued sporadically in the west, where it is complicated by the presence of battle-hardened Liberians on both sides.	3.8
train	Aventis, based in Strasbourg, France, is one of a handful of companies that still make the flu vaccine.	The latest shooting linked to the spree was a Nov. 11 shooting at Hamilton Township Elementary School in Obetz, about two miles from the freeway.	4.6
train	They also found shortness was associated with a family history of hearing loss.	Two federal agencies are investigating telecommunications gear maker Lucent Technologies for possible violations of U.S. bribery laws in its operations in Saudi Arabia.	3.2
train	Rich media doubled its share, increasing from 3% in Q2 2002 to 6% in Q2 2003.	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.	2
train	The bank's shares fell 45 cents in trading yesterday to $91.51 per share.	Wells' other series include NBC's "ER" and "Third Watch."	3.2
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.	Palm said on Wednesday it plans to buy Handspring, a company created by renegade Palm co-founder Jeff Hawkins.	3.6
train	The only other person who had not been accounted for Sunday was a man from Fort Worth, Texas.	The meat, poultry, butter, cheese and nuts were being stored by more than 100 wholesalers in Chicago.	4.2
train	National Breast Cancer Centre chief executive Professor Christine Ewan said it was too early to quantify the risk to women.	Heatley underwent surgery Saturday for a broken jaw and an MRI found two torn ligaments in his right knee.	3
train	The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI edged up 13.33 points, or 0.15 percent, to 9,196.55.	"I am advised that certain allegations of criminal conduct have been interposed against my counsel, J. Michael Boxley,'' the Silver statement said. "	3.333
train	At 12 months there was still a difference in function, although it was not a significant one.	"What has happened to you, sir, by way of punishment, is certainly more than enough," Covello said.	4
train	Also weighing on the market was news that General Motors GM.N planned to issue $10 billion in debt, in part to plug a hole in its pension plan.	Those talks have not taken place, according to an Oracle spokeswoman.	2.6
train	Douglas Robinson, a senior vice president of finance, will take over as chief financial officer on an interim basis.	Hispanics have officially overtaken African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, according to a report released by the US Census Bureau.	1.75
train	No. 2 HP saw its Unix server sales dropped 3.6 percent to $1.36 billion.	According to an arrest warrant, Bryant, 24, attacked a woman on June 30.	3.667
train	The hearing occurred a day after the Pentagon for the first time singled out an officer, Dallager, for not addressing the scandal.	They say second-quarter earnings reports will be key in giving investors that guidance.	2.75
train	Waksal has pleaded guilty to securities fraud and is to be sentenced next week.	The benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR lost 11/32 in price, taking its yield to 3.21 percent from 3.17 percent late on Monday.	3.2
train	"There is no doubt about the chemical programme, biological programme, indeed nuclear programme, indeed all that was documented by the UN," he said.	It will appear in the next few weeks on the Web site of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.	2.8
train	Stocks dipped lower Tuesday as investors opted to cash in profits from Monday's big rally despite a trio of reports suggesting modest improvement in the economy.	That compares with January 2000, when laptops represented less than 25 percent of sales volume, NPD said.	1.6
train	And when asked if he felt regret or guilt about the attack his answer was an adamant "no".	Today, Dean ends his four-day, 10-city "Sleepless Summer" tour in Chicago and New York.	3.5
train	The New York Mets then selected outfielder Lastings Milledge from Lakewood Ranch High School in Florida.	Morales, who pleaded guilty in July, expressed "sincere regret and remorse" for his crimes.	3.6
train	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> gave up 11.91 points, or 1.19 percent, at 986.60.	Investigators uncovered a 4-inch bone fragment Thursday night, but authorities said it was from an animal.	1.5
train	The fines are part of failed Republican efforts to force or entice the Democrats to return.	The dollar dropped to $1.1564 per euro at 7:30 a.m. in London from $1.1486 on Friday.	2
train	Gainer said the two staff aides are "very sorry this all happened," and the security personnel had performed "well within standards."	It ain't coming to me, but it's only about a third of what I owe in the world.	2.5
train	In the latest violence, insurgents threw a bomb at a U.S. convoy in northern Baghdad, killing one soldier.	"My understanding of this is that there is a lower percentage of successful impregnations with frozen," Ezzell said.	3.2
train	So far, they have searched Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana, authorities in those state said.	One man had brandished an English-Turkish dictionary and pointed to the word "refugee".	1.6
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.	Shevaun Pennington disappeared on Saturday morning after arranging to meet 31-year-old Toby Studabaker.	3.5
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.	"We're in the Stanley Cup finals, and it was a little bit embarrassing the way we played in the first two games.	4
train	Selenski descended down the wall and used the mattress to climb over razor wire.	He had been arrested twice before for trespassing and was barred from the complex.	3.692
train	Ridge said no real explosives or harmful devices will be used in the exercise.	Trouble flared when at least four North Korean reporters rushed from the Taegu media centre to confront a dozen activists protesting against human rights abuses in the North.	4.25
train	During 2001 and 2002, Morgenthau said, wire transfers from just four of Beacon Hill's 40 accounts totaled more than $3.2 billion.	Further out the curve, the benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR shed 18/32 in price, taking its yield to 3.24 percent from 3.17 percent.	4.2
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.	Hickenlooper clobbered city Auditor Don Mares, 46, in the Tuesday runoff.	2.625
train	Hilsenrath and Klarman each were indicted on three counts of securities fraud.	Mr. Mills declined to comment yesterday, saying that he never discussed personnel matters.	3.417
train	The leading actress nod went to energetic newcomer Marissa Jaret Winokur as Edna's daughter Tracy.	For the 12-month period ending June 30, high-speed lines installed in homes and businesses increased by 45 percent.	3.5
train	In 2006, the group says the market will rebound 29.6 percent to $21.3 billion in sales.	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.	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.	The Saint Sophia Camp hosts religious retreats for children during the summer months as well as other events year round, according to its Web site.	1.4
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.	Fujitsu Siemens Computers on Tuesday made good on a promise to offer a workstation based on Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processor.	3.75
train	The index, which measures activity in the service sector, climbed to 50.7 last month from 47.9 in March.	Kernan, who was O'Bannon's lieutenant governor, friend and political partner, was sworn in six hours after O'Bannon died Saturday.	3.8
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.	Selenski used the mattress to scale a 10-foot razor wire, Fischi said.	2.4
train	The Senate agreed Tuesday to lift a 10-year-old ban on the research and development of low-yield nuclear weapons.	Sunnis make up 77 percent of Pakistan's population, Shiites 20 percent.	4
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.	The mother also contended that she was sexually assaulted by one of the guards during the 1998 confrontation.	3.643
train	The boy also sprayed the room full of retardant from fire extinguishers, which made it hard to see, the chief said.	The European Commission, the EU's powerful executive body, described the move as "legally unwarranted, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful."	3.6
train	Squyres is principal investigator for the Athena payload - a collection of science instruments carted by each rover.	The heatwave was due to a mass of hot, dry air from the southeast, said Mario Almeida of Portugal's weather service.	3
train	Dixon was otherwise the class of the field at Pikes Peak International Raceway.	In that case, the court held that the city of Cincinnati had violated the First Amendment in banning, in the interest of aesthetics, only the advertising pamphlets.	3.444
train	Oracle Corp's Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison didn't rule out sweetening the company's unsolicited offer to acquire rival PeopleSoft Inc.	The researchers gave copies of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution" to the carb-cutters.	3
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.	The vulnerability exists in the way Microsoft's Visual Basic for Applications checks document properties passed to it when a document is opened.	4.75
train	In an E-mail statement to the Knoxville News Sentinel, Shumaker said, ''I am not giving any consideration to resignation.	The report added that "spin" and manipulative public relations "are not the answer," but that neither is avoiding the debate.	3
train	The plane was estimated to be within 100 pounds of its maximum takeoff weight.	Amnesty International said that over the past 20 years it had collected information about 17,000 disappearances in Iraq.	1
train	Caldera acquired the Unix server software of the original SCO and changed its name to the SCO Group.	Of the 24 million phone votes cast, Studdard was only 130,000 votes ahead of Aiken.	2.6
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.	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.	4.6
train	The film is the second of a trilogy, which will wrap up in November with The Matrix Revolutions.	He ran last year for the Democratic nomination for Texas governor, but lost the primary to multimillionaire Tony Sanchez.	4.4
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.	It generated $4.47 billion of profit and $20 billion of revenue in the year's first half, 53 percent of Citigroup's totals.	4.222
train	Police then called a bomb squad, but the device exploded, killing Wells, before bomb technicians arrived.	Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday it will take time to locate die-hard remnants of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime in Iraq.	4
train	In two weeks, he'll probably send out Peace Rules in the Preakness.	Organizers established a Web site, http://defacerschallenge.com, listing in broken English the rules for hackers who might participate.	4.6
train	The procedure is generally performed in the second or third trimester.	She took the highly unusual step of skipping cabinet to attend a meeting with the presidents of Rwanda and Uganda.	3.4
train	Halabi's military attorney, Air Force Maj. James Key, denied the charges, which could carry a death penalty.	The number of households acquiring music fell from a high of 14.5 million in April to 12.7 million in May and 10.4 million in June, according to NPD.	4
train	An arrest warrant claimed Bryant assaulted the woman June 30 at a hotel.	The sales leave Mr. Turner with about 45 million shares in AOL.	1.333
train	It was the best advance since Oct. 1, when the index gained 22.25.	But other sources close to the sale said Vivendi was keeping the door open for further bids in the next day or two.	2.75
train	On May 1, he crawled through a narrow, winding canyon, rappelled down a 60-foot cliff and walked some six miles down the canyon.	The S&P 500 had climbed 16 percent since its March low and yesterday closed at its highest since Dec. 2.	3.75
train	Mr. Mask said Mr. Cullen would be taken from the Somerset County Jail by Thursday and moved to the Ann Klein Forensic Hospital just outside Trenton for psychiatric care.	The company has publicly identified Linux as one of its biggest competitive threats.	3
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 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.	3.25
train	From Broadway comedies like "The Seven Year Itch" (1952), "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"	Nvidia will take advantage of MediaQ customers, which include such players as Siemens AG, Sharp, Philips, Dell, Mitsubishi and Sony Corp.	3.8
train	Others with such a status are Egypt, Israel, and Australia.	The damaged area of the garage was not stable, with ``the real potential for a secondary collapse,'' McGreevey said.	2.75
train	Argentine Guillermo Coria and Netherlander Martin Verkerk are in the other half.	Peregrine sold its Remedy business unit to BMC Software in November for $355 million.	5
train	Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Azdi, turned himself in in June; his deputy was killed in a recent shootout with Saudi forces.	"I notice a mood change in their priorities," said one Iraqi politician after meeting with Mr. Bremer.	3.8
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.	3.5
train	If convicted of the spying charges, he could face the death penalty.	Zambrano pitched seven innings and allowed two runs on five hits and four walks.	3.333
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 consumer-confidence index came in at 83.5 in June, down slightly from a revised 83.6 in May, the Conference Board said.	4.2
train	Counties with population declines will be Vermillion, Posey and Madison.	Ridge said that no actual explosives or other harmful substances will be used.	2.25
train	Mr. Turner transferred about 10 million shares to a charitable trust before they were sold.	The Nasdaq had a weekly gain of 17.27, or 1.2 percent, closing at 1,520.15 after gaining 30.46 yesterday.	4
train	Excluding litigation charges, RIM's loss narrowed even further to 1 cent a share.	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	"I'm real excited to be a Cleveland Cavalier," James said.	Douglas Robinson, CA senior vice president, finance, will fill the position in the interim.	3.75
train	Monkeypox is usually found only in central and western Africa.	But the inadequate performance of students in various subgroups, such as race, pushed the state onto the needs-improvement list under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.	2.4
train	"It just seems like all the issues that we support, he doesn't," said Gabriela Lemus of LULAC.	Trish York, a spokeswoman for Boeing, declined to comment on the deal.	3.4
train	The American Stock Exchange biotech index .BTK surged 5 percent.	Gemstar shares moved higher on the news, closing up 2.6 percent at $5.49 on Nasdaq.	4.8
train	Palm Wednesday announced plans to acquire Handspring, a company started by Jeff Hawkins, regarded by many as the father of the Palm handheld.	Vivendi shares were 0.3 percent up at 15.62 euros in Paris at 0841 GMT.	4
train	The best-performing stock was Altria Group Inc., which rose more than 27 percent to close at $42.31 a share.	BA said the second quarter, which included unofficial industrial action at Heathrow, had been difficult.	4
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.	CELF's founding members are Hitachi, Matsushita, NEC, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, and Toshiba.	1.75
train	"It is safe to assume the Senate is prepared to pass some form of cap," King said.	Halliburton shares fell 54 cents, or 2.4 percent, to $21.76 a share in midday New York Stock Exchange trade.	2.667
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.	Shares of Express Scripts ESRX.O fell about 4 percent to $66.73 on the Nasdaq in late morning trade.	3.5
train	The new companies will begin trading on Nasdaq today under the ticker symbols PLMO and PSRC.	They will not elect as president a Democrat who sounds an uncertain trumpet in these dangerous times."	4
train	The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was 0.46 points lower, or 0.05 percent, at 997.02.	A Caesarean had originally been planned in mid- November, two weeks early.	2.6
train	Shares of Littleton, Colorado-based EchoStar rose $1.63, or 5.3 percent, to $32.26 at 10:55 a.m.	The matter could then be sent to the U.N. Security Council.	2.5