White House Silent on Bremer Troop Request WASHINGTON - The White House refused to say Tuesday whether the top U.S. civilian official in Iraq after Saddam Hussein's ouster had asked the president for more troops to deal with the rapid descent of postwar Iraq into chaos...


BHP Billiton launches A\$1.5 bn share buyback programme NEW YORK, October 5 (newratings.com) - BHP Billiton Limited (BHP.NYS), the world #39;s largest mining company, has announced its plans to return up to A\$1.


Kodak #39;s Restructuring Develops Why is it that so many times people take pictures of me I come out looking like the Goodyear (NYSE: GT) blimp? I #39;ve lost 20 pounds in the past few years, and people are usually


UPS to acquire Menlo Worldwide Forwarding Palo Alto-based CNF Inc. says it #39;s selling its Menlo Worldwide Forwarding business to United Parcel Service, Inc., of Atlanta, Ga.


Wal-Mart to Add 55 Million SF in 2005 com Daily Report. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville said Tuesday that it plans to add 55 million SF of retail space in the new fiscal year beginning Feb. 1. In the United


IBM ThinkPads Get Biometric Access Tech IBM hopes to ease the minds of roving execs by adding yet another layer of security to its ThinkPad notebooks. Mirroring Microsoft #39;s  quot;biometrics for the desktop quot; move, IBM has added fingerprint readers to


Cold water poured on Intel #39;s Symbian deal Chipmaker Texas Instruments (TI) has played down the importance to the smartphone market of Symbian #39;s new alliance with Intel.


Intel Korea Unveils Newest Pentium 4 Intel Korea on Tuesday released the Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor 548, which targets the personal laptop computer market. The central processing unit can operate multi-media programs that need a high performance capacity, explained the company.


E-Rate Inspection which allows schools and libraries to purchase telecommunications and Internet access at discounted rates -- are causing officials to take another look.


Who should win: Buck Showalter Dick Vermeil looks as if he #39;s on the verge of tears, Jon Stewart has finished a bizarre and semi-coherent interview with Desmond Tutu, and the Blog #39;s flight to Atlanta for the Braves-Astros series boards in a few hours.


BAR-Honda confirm Sato for 2005 Takuma Sato will return with BAR-Honda in 2005. The team confirmed the Japanese driver #39;s return on Tuesday ahead of this weekend #39;s Japanese Grand Prix.


Rooney up for world award Wayne Rooney has been shortlisted for the Fifa World Player of the Year award which will be decided in December. Rooney, 18, is one of 10 players from the 35 contenders who play their football in the Premiership.


Vikings #39; Smith to begin four-game suspension Onterrio Smith, a key part of the Minnesota Vikings #39; 2-1 start, will miss the team #39;s next four games as he serves a suspension for violating the NFL #39;s substance abuse policy, the league announced Tuesday.


Pederson has back injury, broken rib Barring unexpected complications from the concussion Brett Favre suffered Sunday, the Packers will have their starting quarterback in the lineup for their Monday night game against the Titans.


Africa #39;s Needs in Focus as Commission is Set for Meeting British Prime Minister Tony Blair is traveling to Ethiopia this week, for the British-sponsored Commission for Africa meeting to discuss the continent #39;s pressing needs.


Sanderson Takes Coaching Job at Iowa Sta (AP) AP - Olympic gold medalist Cael Sanderson was hired as an assistant wrestling coach at Iowa State, where he went 159-0 while winning four NCAA championships.


Kuerten, Grosjean Drop Paris Masters (AP) AP - Three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten and Sebastien Grosjean pulled out of the Paris Masters with injuries Tuesday.


Ryder Cup Reminders Tee-Off Some Players (AP) AP - When people say it's important to play the Ryder Cup in the right spirit, that apparently goes beyond the week of the matches.


Seven-Time All-Star Scottie Pippen Calls It Quits  CHICAGO (Sports Network) - Seven-time All-Star and six-time  World Champion Scottie Pippen announced his retirement from the  Chicago Bulls Tuesday.


Earnhardt Bounced from Top Spot in NASCAR Standings  DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (Sports Network) - NASCAR driver  Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been fined \$10,000 for cursing during a  TV interview following his win at Talladega Superspeedway.


SpaceShipOne: Flights of fancy With two short trips to the edge of space, the little rocket that could may have ushered in a new era in high-tech travel.


Yahoo offers personal search Yahoo Inc. launched a new service designed to let users of its search engine save and manage their query results for accessing later and sharing with others, the company said Tuesday.


70 die as Iraq violence escalates Insurgents in Iraq mounted a third straight day of serious attacks yesterday, killing 17 people when they opened fire on buses delivering workers to an ordnance disposal site.


Via readies 64-bit capability for Isaiah Via Technologies Inc. will add 64-bit capabilities into Isaiah, a multimedia processor core design expected to arrive in 2006, the company plans to announce Tuesday at the Fall Processor Forum in San Jose, California.


U.S. Services Sector Slips, Jobs Mixed  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Growth in the vast U.S. services  sector slowed in September, but mixed data on employment on  Tuesday focused economists' attention on upcoming payrolls data  to get a clearer sign about the outlook.


PeopleSoft Denies Execs Visited Oracle  NEW YORK (Reuters) - PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O on Tuesday  denied an analyst report that its executives recently met with  Oracle Corp. ORCL.O, the rival software vendor that last year  launched a hostile bid for PeopleSoft.


Veolia Wins \$800 Million U.S. Deal  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veolia Environment VIE.PA executives  on Tuesday said the French utility's waste management unit had  won a 10-year, \$800 million contract extension in Florida.


T-W to Aggressively Woo Cable Subscribers  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner, the world's largest media  company, on Tuesday said it plans to aggressively pursue new  cable service subscribers to staunch a loss in video  subscribers to Rupert Murdoch's DirecTV GroupDTV.N and  EchoStar Communications Corp. DISH.O


Lots of Profits in This Forest Forest Laboratories, down sharply from its high, offers value and growth.


Kodak's Restructuring Develops The legendary film company is cutting slower-growing segments in favor of newer technology.


Greenspan: US Banks in Good Shape The top US central banker says the country #39;s banking system has weathered a recession and major corporate bankruptcies, and emerged  quot;strong, vibrant and profitable.


CNF to Sell Forwarding Business to UPS Transport and logistics company CNF Inc. on Tuesday said it agreed to sell its Menlo Worldwide Forwarding business to United Parcel Service Inc.


Wal-Mart bucks backlash, continues growth plans CHICAGO (CBS.MW) - Undaunted by the scorn of a growing number of communities across the US, Wal-Mart will duplicate this year #39;s growth plans again next year.


Profits for Canadian retailers seen rising 33 this year <b>...</b> OTTAWA (CP) - Profits at Canadian retailers are forecast to rise by nearly one-third this year, according to a report by the Conference Board of Canada.


New Toshiba notebooks highlight long-running trend OCTOBER 05, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Toshiba Corp. #39;s new desktop-replacement multimedia notebooks, introduced on Tuesday, are further evidence that US consumers still have yet to embrace the mobility offered by Intel Corp.


Grosjean, Kuerten pull out of Paris Masters Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean and Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil have pulled out of the upcoming Paris Masters Series tournament due to injuries, the French Tennis Federation said Tuesday.


Pippen calls it quits SCOTTIE Pippen, one of the members of the legendary Chicago Bulls team which scooped six NBA titles in the 1990s, announced his retirement today.


Israeli Missile Hits Car in Gaza, at Least one Palestinian Killed An Israeli missile attack in Gaza City has killed a top official of the Palestinian militant organization, Islamic Jihad, and another member of the group.


Ireland issues passport to Bigley Ireland has issued a passport to British hostage Kenneth Bigley in the hopes it will help secure his release in Iraq.  quot;Mr. Kenneth Bigley #39;s family has asked for an Irish passport to


US fires on Sadr City The attacks came after gunfire on an American patrol. Meanwhile, four GIs were charged with murder in the death last year of an Iraqi general.


US job cuts reach 8-month high A Chicago outplacement firm says planned job cuts announced by employers hit an eight-month high of 107,863 in September. Challenger, Gray  amp; Christmas, in a report released Tuesday


UPDATE 1-Bear Stearns to buy Cigna #39;s TimesSquare bond firm Bear Stearns Cos. (BSC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said its asset management arm agreed to buy Cigna Corp. #39;s (CI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) TimesSquare Capital Management Inc.


Astronaut Gordon Cooper Dies Summary - (Oct 5, 2004) Astronaut Gordon Cooper, who piloted missions in both the Mercury and Gemini programs, died on Monday at his home in Ventura, California; he was 77.


Early man left trail of lice Humankind #39;s inexorable spread across the globe may have had an unwelcome side-effect - it brought us face to face with our ancient hominid relatives just long enough to catch their head lice.


Sun hypes new UltraSPARC and Siebel love Sun Microsystems today took aim at two core pieces of its server strategy, announcing a new generation of UltraSPARC processors and a key software win for Solaris x86.


SAP, Infineon Team Up To Accelerate RFID Deployment Cycles RFID vendor Infineon uses SAP #39;s NetWeaver platform to help companies better connect and manage RFID systems from diverse suppliers.


Symantec releases data recovery tools Security company Symantec Tuesday announced the availability of new versions of its LiveState data recovery software. The company is releasing updated versions of its LiveState Recovery Advanced Server, Standard Server and Desktop products.


Sports: NFL tells Vikings #39; Smith to sit out four MINNEAPOLIS Onterrio Smith of the Minnesota Vikings will miss his team #39;s next four games for a violation of the NFL substance abuse policy.


Pippen retires from NBA The versatile 39-year-old forward won six NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls between 1991 and 1998, playing alongside legendary shooting guard Michael Jordan.


Ravens have no answer for Priest The Baltimore Ravens, known for their bullying defense, were pushed around in alarming fashion in Monday night #39;s 27-24 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs at M amp;T Bank Stadium.


Yankee directs anger at Bonds There are many reasons Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield and Giants slugger Barry Bonds don #39;t hang out together anymore, but one of the biggest is the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative.


Bomb warnings show airlines are hostage to hoaxers German airline Lufthansa diverted an Israel-bound plane to Cyprus on Tuesday in the sixth mid-air bomb scare over Europe in 10 days, acting at Israel #39;s insistence despite concluding the threat was a hoax.


Bigley gets Irish passport The Irish government today issued a passport to Kenneth Bigley, the British hostage who has been held in Iraq for almost three weeks, in an attempt to help secure his release.


Bomb blasts wound two in Thailand #39;s south a day after paper dove <b>...</b> BANGKOK: Two bombs exploded in troubled southern Thailand on Monday, injuring a soldier and a civil servant, police said, a day after the government scattered millions of paper doves as a peace gesture.


PeopleSoft Denies Execs Visited Oracle (Reuters) Reuters - PeopleSoft Inc.  on Tuesday\denied an analyst report that its executives recently met with\Oracle Corp. , the rival software vendor that last year\launched a hostile bid for PeopleSoft.


Exhibit Traces Impact of Isaac Newton (AP) AP - If you asked people strolling down Fifth Avenue to name a genius, most would probably cite Albert Einstein. "Ask them to name another one, it would be (Isaac) Newton," said Mordechai Feingold, curator of a new exhibit about the 17th-century English mathematician and physicist who transcended science to become a lasting icon in society.


Number of Endangered Steller Sea Lions Up (AP) AP - The number of endangered Steller sea lions counted between the Gulf of Alaska and the tip of the Aleutian Chain has increased again, according to new data released by the National Marine Fisheries Service.


Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper Dies at 77 (Reuters) Reuters - Gordon Cooper, one of the Mercury\Seven astronauts who helped pioneer human space exploration,\piloting the last of the Mercury missions and the troubled\Gemini 5 flight, died on Monday. He was 77.


Paneer is easy. Paneer is a kind of soft cheese used in Indian cuisine.  It's a bit like ricotta.  It takes minutes to make, and you can experiment with it.  This recipe is neither particularly original, nor particularly authentic.  But, you get stuff that looks and tastes like the paneer you get in Indian restaurants, so it must be pretty close.  It doesn't use rennet, so it's vegetarian-safe.  It isn't vegan-safe.


Update 6: Judge Indicts 2 Former Parmalat Auditors A judge ordered two former auditors at dairy giant Parmalat to stand trial for false accounting and market rigging, handing down the first indictments in the massive fraud scandal that stripped many Italians of their savings.


Blu-ray Disc Association Launches Today, more than 70 companies from the consumer electronics, information technology, media and software industries held the first official meeting of the Blu-ray Disc Association.


Internet Explorer vs. the little guy, Firefox Alternative browsers have been around for years, including Netscape, which was long ago absorbed by the Time Warner conglomerate. The popular open source browser Mozilla is based on Netscape, a program called


Owen raises England hopes MICHAEL Owen believes he has  quot;a very good chance quot; of playing for England in Saturday #39;s World Cup qualifying match against Wales.


UNconscionable (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - Oil For Food: It's one of the great scandals of our time, no less so because the big media have mostly ignored it. Now comes a report hinting why some key former allies opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq: They were bribed.


Expanded African force, peace talks key to Darfur strategy UNITED NATIONS : An expanded African force must be urgently deployed in Sudan #39;s troubled Darfur region, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said in a report discussed by the UN Security Council.


Asia #39;s Human Bird Flu Toll Reaches 31 BANGKOK, Thailand Oct. 4, 2004 - The human toll from bird flu reached 31 on Monday when Thailand confirmed a 9-year-old girl died from the disease, while Indonesia announced that it was among the countries


Wartime security as Karzai campaigns amid spiralling violence (AFP) AFP - Wartime security was rolled out for Afghanistan's interim President Hamid Karzai as he addressed his first election campaign rally outside the capital amidst spiralling violence.


Ohio Focuses on Job Growth for Elections (AP) AP - Sen. John Kerry has 237,400 reasons for hope in Ohio. That's the number of jobs Ohio has lost since President Bush won the state by 3.6 percentage points four years ago. Ohioans consider jobs and the economy their top concern, with terrorism and homeland security close behind.


Canada Top Court Seen Leaning Toward Gay Marriage  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Even before the Supreme Court begins  weighing whether same-sex marriage must be allowed across  Canada, advocates on opposite sides of the argument agreed on  Tuesday that the judges would most likely say yes.


Venezuela Welcomes U.S. Overture to Improve Ties  CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela on Tuesday reacted  warmly to a U.S. overture seeking better relations, but urged  Washington to recognize that left-wing President Hugo Chavez's  government was democratic, stable and independent.


Samarra peaceful after US blitz Life returns slowly to normal in the battered Iraqi city after a huge US-led operation to wrest control from insurgents.


Protests target nuclear shipment Protests continue in France in a bid to stop delivery of  weapons-grade plutonium from the US for recycling.


Britain Blocks Drug Firm From Supplying Flu Vaccine The company that makes half the flu vaccine used in the U.S. was suspended for manufacturing problems.


Stocks Mixed As Oil Nears \$51 Per Barrel NEW YORK - Stocks were mixed Tuesday as oil prices climbed close to \$51 per barrel and investors worried that rising energy costs would dampen a widely expected fourth quarter rally.    Wall Street was uneasy but not panicky as a barrel of light crude was quoted at \$50.63, up 72 cents, on the New York Mercantile Exchange...


Officials Warn of Major Flu Shot Shortages LONDON - U.S. health officials warned Tuesday of major flu shot shortages after British health officials abruptly pulled the license of the maker of half the U.S...


UPS to buy Menlo arm from CNF NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- United Parcel Service is buying Menlo Worldwide Forwarding Inc., a global freight-shipping business and subsidiary of CNF Inc.


T-Mobile adds security measure to hot spots com October 5, 2004, 10:57 AM PT. ZDNet #39;s survey of IT professionals in August kept Wired  amp; Wireless on top for the 18th month in a row.


Pay, benefits cuts announced for airline management ARLINGTON, Va. US Airways says it plans to cut 45 (m) million dollars a year in pay and benefits in a move the airline hopes will convince its union employees to accept 950 (m) million dollars in annual cost cuts.


US Stops Short of Backing Brazil on UN Council Seat

 By Saul Hudson

 SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - The United States stoppedshort of endorsing Brazil's ambition for a permanent seat on anexpanded U.N. Security Council but did say the country would bea "solid candidate."


Macromedia giving away Flex The move is part of an effort by Macromedia to expand the use of its Flash format into a broad foundation for delivering Web services and media.


Briefly: T-Mobile adds security measure to hot spots roundup Plus: Slashdot dips into politics...IBM releases low-cost Unix servers...Former Cisco exec joins Red Hat board.


Judge's Aide: Jamal Lewis to Plead Guilty (AP) AP - Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis has agreed to plea guilty in his federal drug conspiracy case, an aide to the presiding judge said Tuesday.


Caminiti Gets Jail for Failed Drug Test (AP) AP - Former NL Most Valuable Player Ken Caminiti admitted in court Tuesday that he violated his probation by testing positive for cocaine last month, and was sentenced to 180 days in jail.


Ask Kim Komando Q: I have Windows 98 and want the Internet Explorer upgrades (such as the built-in pop up advertisement blocker) that came with Service Pack 2. When will Microsoft release versions for all Windows users?


IBM Draws Power for Mid-Sized Biz IBM #39;s homegrown server processor, the Power5, continues its migration across an ever-widening range of systems; this time making its way to machines aimed at the upper edges of the SMB market, especially those firms in retail, finance, banking, and health


AMD Describes Dual-Core Chips, Performance SAN JOSE -- As expected, Advanced Micro Devices unveiled its dual-core architecture Tuesday at the Fall Processor Forum, along with its first performance estimates.


Rescue effort for Canadian sub launched off Irish coast A major rescue effort has been launched off the coast of Ireland after a Canadian submarine sent a distress signal for assistance from the North Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday.


Israel/Occupied Territories: Excessive use of force Amnesty International is concerned about the deterioration of the human rights and humanitarian situation as a result of the Israeli army incursion in the Jabaliya refugee camp and surrounding areas in the northern Gaza Strip (including sectors in the


Vikings RB Onterrio Smith Suspended  MINNEAPOLIS (Sports Network) - Minnesota Vikings running  back Onterrio Smith, who has been suspended four games for  violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, will begin serving  that suspension Sunday.


D.C. Councilmen, Residents Protest Baseball Plan  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Citizens' groups, residents and some  Washington, D.C., councilmen on Tuesday protested Mayor Anthony  Williams' proposed \$440 million baseball stadium plan, calling  it a "giveaway" to Major League Baseball.


Olympic Tennis Champ Massu Ousted in First Round  LYON, France (Reuters) - Top seed Nicolas Massu of Chile  was ousted in the first round of the Lyon Grand Prix, losing  6-3, 6-4 to Argentine Agustin Calleri Tuesday.


T-Mobile adds security measure to hot spots The company is adding the 802.1x security standard throughout its hot-spot network.


CA pushes on-demand trend NEW YORK - Avoiding any mention of the accounting scandal that has rocked Computer Associates International Inc. (CA), interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kenneth Cron used his keynote speech at the opening of TechXNY Tuesday to place the company at the center of the trend toward on-demand computing.


Lazard Meeting Ends Without IPO Decision (Reuters) Reuters - Lazard's board on Tuesday failed to\decide on a share sale that would end over 150 years of private\ownership at the independent investment bank but most partners\seemed to back the plan, sources close to the matter said.


U.S. Stocks Flat as Oil Spikes Over \$51  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were mostly flat on  Tuesday as record oil prices and economic data showing  slower-than-expected growth weighed on the markets.


Texas Roadhouse Shares Up on Market Debut  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Shares of restaurant operator Texas  Roadhouse Inc. TXRH.O soared as much as 28 percent in their  stock market debut on Tuesday after pricing above their  targeted range a day earlier.


UPS to Buy Menlo Worldwide for \$150M United Parcel Service Inc., the world #39;s largest package-delivery company, will buy CNF Inc. #39;s Menlo Worldwide Forwarding business for \$150 million, the companies said Tuesday.


Sharp shows off 65-inch LCD HDTV MAJOR JAPANESE manufacturer Sharp said it has succeeded in developing a 65-inch Aquos colour high definition LCD TV. The unit includes a 6.22 million dot panel and Sharp is showing it off at the Ceatec show in Japan this week.


US services sector expands at slower pace in September WASHINGTON : The vast US services sector grew at a slower pace in September as hurricanes and high energy prices inflicted pain, a survey showed.


Pulte drops earnings expectations Pulte Homes, the owner of Phoenix-based Del Webb, Tuesday announced a profit warning for the third quarter. Citing poor sales in Las Vegas, Pulte now expects third quarter earnings from continuing operations


SAP, Infineon unveil RFID management system OCTOBER 05, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - German business software vendor SAP AG and chip maker Infineon Technologies AG today launched a new software management system for connecting radio frequency identification hardware and software from multiple vendors.


Grosjean, Kuerten will skip next month #39;s Paris Masters Paris, France (Sports Network) - French favorite Sebastien Grosjean and three- time Roland Garros champion Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil will not play in next month #39;s Paris Masters due to injuries.


Australia begin quest to conquer  #39;final frontier #39; India and Australia go into Wednes-day #39;s first Test here without their first-choice teams amid growing concern about both the incle-ment weather and how the wicket will play.


Sanderson joins Iowa State coaching staff Ames, IA (Sports Network) - Former Iowa State standout wrestler Cael Sanderson has joined the school as an assistant for the upcoming season.


Sheffield unknowingly used steroid Gary Sheffield admitted to unknowingly using an illegal steroid during the 2002 season, becoming the first Major Leaguer involved in the BALCO investigation to do so.


Megawati accepts election result There is still some political uncertainty in Indonesia despite a speech by President Megawati Sukarnoputri in which she said the election result has to be accepted by all.


US: UN Gaza Resolution Not Balanced UNITED NATIONS Oct. 5, 2004 - The United States said Tuesday a draft Security Council resolution by Arab states demanding and end to a large-scale Israeli offensive in Gaza was not balanced and vowed that the measure will not go forward.


Former Enron asst treasurer strikes plea deal A former assistant treasurer at Enron Corp. (ENRNQ.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud on Tuesday and will cooperate with


Flight 001 To Outer Space Now Boarding MOJAVE, Calif., Oct. 4--The PM.Zone was on the scene again today to watch aeronautical engineer and designer Burt Rutan and his crew at Scaled Composites in Mojave, Calif.


IBM #39;s Meyerson: Chip industry needs a  #39;Plan B #39; The days of relying on shrinking transistors to achieve performance gains are over, and the chip industry needs to enter a new era of innovation where system-level features are just as important as thinner transistor gates, said IBM Corp.


NetContinuum rolls Web app, Web services security Most IT Managers won #39;t question the importance of security, but this priority has been sliding between the third and fourth most important focus for companies.


Schools, Libraries Internet Aid Delayed (AP) AP - An accounting change that could cost schools and libraries an estimated  #36;1 billion in aid drew fire Tuesday from senators who said they were blindsided by the move.


A look around the Big 12 Is the Oklahoma defense a notch below its predecessors? Is Texas #39; offense a step-ahead? Why is Texas Tech feeling good about itself despite its recent loss?


IBM Adds Biometrics to ThinkPads (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced a new ThinkPad notebook line that will use biometrics for added security. Due for release on October 19th, certain models of the ThinkPad T42 will have embedded fingerprint readers that will allow users to sign on using fingerprints rather than passwords.


Warlord politics heats Afghan vote As the hometown of the current Afghan president, Kandahar should be wrapped up for Hamid Karzai. But look around, and


UK #39;s Blair to Put Africa at Heart of the G-8 Agenda in 2005 UK Prime Minister Tony Blair this week will put efforts to curb disease and poverty in Africa at the center of the agenda of the Group of Eight industrial nations next year.


Intel Pushes Further into Mobile Space (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Intel has served notice that it will be a major player in the emerging\smartphone market, announcing a collaboration with leading handset maker


IBM Rolls Out Low-End Express Servers (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Taking aim at mid-market businesses, as well as its competition in the server space, IBM (NYSE: IBM) is delivering two new Unix-based products designed to meet the company's cost-conscious Express guidelines.


Conservationists Appeal for Deep Sea Trawling Ban (Reuters) Reuters - Environmentalists appealed on Tuesday\for the United Nations to stop a handful of the world's fishing\nations ravaging ocean beds to put delicacies on the plates of\the rich.


SpaceShipOne Wins  #36;10 Million Prize with Flight (Reuters) Reuters - The world's first privately\funded manned spacecraft soared to the blackened frontiers of\space for the second time in a week on Monday, setting a new\altitude record and clinching a  #36;10 million prize designed to\spur commercial space travel


U.S. Stocks Flat as Oil Spikes Over  #36;51 (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. stocks were mostly flat on\Tuesday as record oil prices and economic data showing\slower-than-expected growth weighed on the markets.


Martha Stewart Witness Acquitted on Perjury Charges A Secret Service ink expert was found not guilty Tuesday of lying on the witness stand during the Martha Stewart trial.


Growth in U.S., European Service Sectors Slows The service sectors in the United States, Europe and Britain all posted the slowest growth in more than a year in September, surveys of purchasing managers showed Tuesday, suggesting global growth may be cooling.


Microsoft's Ballmer takes things in stride On a European tour, the CEO weighs in on threats ranging from Linux and EU regulators to music pirates and "bad people out there in cyberspace."


Briefly: Macromedia giving away Flex roundup Plus: T-Mobile adds security measure to hot spots...Slashdot dips into politics...IBM releases low-cost Unix servers.


CORRECTED - UPS buys CNF #39;s Menlo Worldwide Forwarding In NEW YORK item, please read headline as ...UPS buys CNF #39;s Menlo Worldwide Forwarding... instead of ...UPS buys CNF #39;s Menlo Worldwide for cash,debt... (Clarifies that UPS buying just a unit, not whole of Menlo Worldwide).


Update 1: Ex-Enron Assistant Treasurer Is Charged A former assistant treasurer Enron Corp. was charged Tuesday with conspiracy for allegedly helping make the energy company #39;s financial picture appear rosier than it really was.


Drug Stocks Mixed, Outpacing Dow Pharmaceutical stocks were mixed in afternoon trading, performing slightly better than the Dow Jones Industrial Average but seeing sharp declines in smaller stocks on clinical trial snags.


Microsoft, PalmOne ink deal for mobile email services NEW YORK, October 5 (newratings.com) - Microsoft Corporation (MSFT.NAS) and PalmOne Inc have announced a new licensing deal to enable mobile email services on PalmOne #39;s Treo smart phones.


Gordon Cooper, Mercury Mission Astronaut, Dies at 77 Gordon Cooper, one of seven original US astronauts, died yesterday at his home in Ventura, Calif., at age 77. In the 1960s, with the nation determined to prevail in a space race with the Soviet


Soccer: Owen on track for crack at critics and Wales MANCHESTER, England : Michael Owen is confident of recovering from a back injury in time to line up for England against Wales in Saturday #39;s World Cup qualifier at Old Trafford.


Earnhardt penalized for cursing, knocked out of Nextel Cup lead NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. was fined and knocked out of first place today for a slip of the tongue. Earnhardt was docked 25 points and fined \$10,000 by NASCAR for cursing during a TV interview after his victory at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.


Playoffs present new challenge for Angels ANAHEIM ---- The Anaheim Angels began their off-day workout for the American League divisional series Monday with a gentle breeze blowing through Angel Stadium and flipping the flag from their 2002 World Series championship in center field.


Israel Arrests 13 UN Employees - Army Israel has arrested 13 UN employees and plans to indict them for  quot;suspected links to terrorism, quot; an Israeli army officer said Tuesday.


Gadgets galore at Japan show photo gallery CEATAC exhibition features electronic gear from a 65-inch TV to a fuel cell-powered mobile phone.


IBM's Meyerson: Chip industry needs a 'Plan B' SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - The days of relying on shrinking transistors to achieve performance gains are over, and the chip industry needs to enter a new era of innovation where system-level features are just as important as thinner transistor gates, said IBM Corp.'s Bernie Meyerson in a keynote address at the Fall Processor Forum Tuesday.


PeopleSoft #39;s Courtroom Confession You #39;d think that after the disaster Jean-Marie Messier created at Vivendi (NYSE: V) by overhyping the prospects of an aging French water utility, no executive would ever again resort to lying about his company #39;s prospects.


US Measure to Regulate Tobacco in Doubt Senators conceded on Tuesday they faced an uphill battle to win the power for the Food and Drug Administration to regulate nicotine and tobacco products, due to strong


Update 1: Camden Property to Buy Summit Properties Camden Property Trust has agreed to buy Summit Properties Inc., a rival owner of upscale apartments, for about \$1.1 billion. The two real-estate investment trusts Monday said the merger creates the country #39;s


UPDATE 2-White House expects upward revision to jobs data The White House expects revised data due on Friday to show job creation from March 2003 to March 2004 was much more robust than thought, economists who received


Yahoo Search Gets Personal, Too Following in the footsteps of search rivals Ask Jeeves and Amazon.com #39;s A9, Yahoo on Tuesday unveiled a beta version of a toolset that personalizes searching the portal and the Web.


Sun Drives Multithreaded Processor Innovation with New UltraSPARC <b>...</b> Throughput Computing is the underlying strategy of Sun #39;s new family of UltraSPARC processors designed to significantly increase real-world application performance.


Computer Associates Temp CEO Outlines Growth Plans With its most serious legal troubles apparently behind it, Computer Associates is once again focusing on growth and new ways of packaging and delivering its products, interim CEO Ken Cron said in an interview on Tuesday.


AMD spells out dual core features CHIP FIRM AMD has revealed more details of the dual core processors it expects to introduce next year. The firm presented at the Processor Forum in San Jose earlier today, and, according to EE Times, revealed some further details of its plans.


Owen says he can still score for England despite rocky Madrid <b>...</b> Michael Owen hasn #39;t scored yet for Real Madrid, but he #39;s sure he can still contribute for England. Owen, who picked up a lower back injury in Real Madrid #39;s 1-0 weekend loss to Deportivo


Canadian Charmaine Hooper nominated for FIFA World Player of the <b>...</b> ZURICH (CP) - Canadian veteran Charmaine Hooper is one of 21 women on a short list for FIFA #39;s women #39;s World Player of the Year award, the world governing body of soccer announced Tuesday.


NASCAR point dock for swear drops Little E into 2nd in Nextel Cup <b>...</b> (Daytona Beach, Florida-AP) Oct. 5, 2004 - A slip of the tongue has cost Dale Earnhardt, Junior, first place in the Nextel Cup standings.


NBA great Pippen retires after 17 seasons (Deerfield, Illinois-AP) Oct. 5, 2004 - Scottie Pippen has called it quits. Pippen has announced his retirement as a member of the Chicago Bulls, who he helped lead to six NBA titles alongside Michael Jordan.


Fire breaks out on Canadian submarine A Canadian submarine off the coast of Ireland was forced to call for assistance from the British Royal Navy after a small fire broke out on board, it is reported here Tuesday.


Experience has taught US not to enter dangerous territory <b>...</b> TEHRAN (MNA) -- Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said here Tuesday that he was confident that experience has taught the United States not to dare to attack Iran.


Israel arrests 13 UN employees Israel  arrests 13 UN employees on suspicion of "links to terrorism" but does not give  their nationalities.


Gordon Cooper, NASA Mercury Pioneer, Dies LOS ANGELES - Gordon Cooper, the last astronaut to take flight during NASA's pioneering Mercury program, has died. He was 77...


Amendment Banning La. Gay Marriage Tossed BATON ROUGE, La. - A state judge Tuesday threw out a Louisiana constitutional amendment banning gay marriage...


PeopleSoft's Courtroom Confession PeopleSoft's board is willing to talk about a deal if the price is right.


PARMALAT: NEXT HEARING SCHEDULED OCT. 29 (AGI) - Milan, Italy, Oct. 5 - A preliminary court hearing in the Parmalat case was held today. Judge Tacconi scheduled the next hearing on October 29.


UPDATE 1-Former Enron asst treasurer strikes plea deal A former assistant treasurer at Enron Corp. (ENRNQ.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to committing securities fraud on Tuesday and will cooperate


UPDATE 2-CNF sells freight forwarding unit to UPS Transport group CNF Inc. (CNF.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday it sold its Menlo Worldwide Forwarding unit to United Parcel Service Inc.


Intel, Nokia, Symbian Drive to 3G Future Hoping to solidify the often-diverse smartphone marketplace, three high tech companies said they are collaborating on future 3G (define) developments.


Yahoo CEO Sees No Need to Join Media Merger Frenzy (Reuters) Reuters - In an era of widespread media\consolidation, Internet media company Yahoo Inc. \believes television networks, movie studios and music companies\should look to it as a partner rather than a merger candidate,\Yahoo Chief Executive Terry Semel said on Tuesday.


Newcastle meets Sporting Lisbon LONDON -- Italian hopefuls Lazio will take on Villarreal, Newcastle United faces Sporting Lisbon and two former winners will meet when Schalke 04 plays Feyenoord after Tuesday #39;s draw for the group stage of the UEFA Cup.


The mother of all sponsorships Emirates Airline and Arsenal Football Club have signed the biggest club sponsorship in football history, collectively worth about 100 million (Rs 816.


Gates: Microsoft To Target Malware (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is working on the development of a product to remove adware and malicious software from PCs, Bill Gates told a meeting of technologists in Silicon Valley.


Can the Pony Ride Again? (Forbes.com) Forbes.com - Remember 1965? We had Vietnam and Watts, free love, Vatican II, the Beatles, Joan Baez. And we had the Mustang. Back then cars were really important, and the Ford 1965 Mustang, introduced at the New York World's Fair in April 1964, created a wave of car excitement in America never seen before or since. The Mustang and its evangelist, Lee Iacocca, were on the covers of Time and Newsweek the same week.


SpaceShipOne Wins Ten-Million-Dollar X Prize SpaceShipOne, the world's first privately built manned spacecraft, completed its third round-trip journey to space today, laying claim to the ten-million-dollar (U.S.) Ansari X Prize.


Hawk Watch: Where to See Fall's Migrating Raptors While leaves tumble from trees this fall, another natural wonder is soaring overhead. Hawks in North and South America are taking to the air as part of a seasonal migration.


Reliving Lewis and Clark: Conflicts With the Sioux This September things suddenly got interesting for reenactors retracing the route of Lewis and Clark up the Missouri: Reliving the journey also meant reliving conflicts with the Sioux Indians.


An Opportunity From Chiron's Misfortune? Plus, PeopleSoft's courtroom confession, and Wal-Mart looks overseas.


Shackin' Up With Big Sam RadioShack signs a deal to operate wireless phone kiosks in Sam's Club locations.


Via to throw hat in 64-bit x86 chip ring Taiwanese firm makes mulitmedia performance a key measure of its upcoming processor.


EarthLink to offer free Net telephony The ISP's new software supports speed dialing, caller ID, three-way calling, hold capability and call logs.


Visa, MasterCard Lose High Court Appeal, Amex and Discover may be <b>...</b> Do you already feel like your mailbox is clogged full of free checks and offers for low introductory rates for new credit cards?


Viacom enters US Hispanic radio Viacom Inc. said Tuesday it will sell a radio station to Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. for a 10 percent stake in SBS, marking Viacom #39;s entry into the US Hispanic radio market.


AT amp;T Wireless Launches Online Music Store AT amp;T Wireless launched this week an online music service that provides instant gratification to subscribers who hear a tune they can #39;t wait to download.


Sun Launches UltraSPARC IV Sun Microsytems Inc. on Tuesday unveiled an upgrade of its dual-core UltraSPARC processor, which the company claims is twice as fast as the older version.


EarthLink to offer free net telephony ZDNet #39;s survey of IT professionals in August kept Wired  amp; Wireless on top for the 18th month in a row. Earthlink on Tuesday said it now distributes software that lets people make free unlimited calls over a broadband connection.


PeopleSoft board opens up to Oracle SAN FRANCISCO - While it has so far rejected each of Oracle Corp.'s takeover offers, PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors is willing to talk about a deal at the right price, a member of PeopleSoft's board said Tuesday.


12-0 Auburn, 10-1 Cal big losers in BCS The controversy smoldering over the continuing inability of the Bowl Championship Series to set up an undisputed national title game couldn #39;t overshadow Sunday #39;s big news for South Florida.


iMac G5:  #147;Marvel on the Inside, too #148;  #147;The new G5 iMac is the finest personal computer I #146;ve ever used, hands down, #148; writes Mike Wendland for the Detroit Free Press.  #147;Nothing comes close. If you have ever thought of switching from a Windows-based PC to a Mac, this is the deal-clincher. It is simply a stunning machine both to look at and to use. #148; Oct 05


Sony Nixes Copy-Protected CDs in Japan (AP) AP - Sony Corp.'s Japanese music unit says it will no longer sell CDs with built-in copy protection, a technology it had been pushing for two years.


Cal #39;s demoted to Holiday Bowl It was just another Bowl Championship Series selection Sunday, as unhappy teams from coast-to-coast once again sparked debate about the BCS, even if there were mostly agreement that USC and Oklahoma


Syrian President Shuffles His Cabinet (AP) AP - President Bashar Assad shuffled his Cabinet on Monday, just weeks after the United States and the United Nations challenged Syria over its military presence in Lebanon and the security situation along its border with Iraq.


U.S., Iraqi Forces Open New Offensive Iraqi insurgents attacked a U.S. convoy with a car bomb in the northern city of Mosul and killed an American soldier with a roadside bomb near Baghdad, Iraqi and U.S. authorities reported today.


135 arrested in telemarketing probe WASHINGTON - More than 135 people have been arrested in an investigation of global telemarketing scams that have victimized 5 million people, many of them elderly, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Tuesday.


Martha ink expert found not guilty In a major blow to Martha Stewart, the government ink expert who testified during her trial was found not guilty of perjury after less than two days of jury deliberations.


Oil Surges to Record, Breaching \$51 a Barrel, on Supply Concern Crude oil prices surged to a record, exceeding \$51 a barrel in New York for the first time, amid concern that hurricane damage to production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico will keep supplies from rising enough to meet winter needs.


Cardinals Drum Dodgers in Playoff Opener (AP) AP - Larry Walker and the St. Louis Cardinals turned Game 1 into a slugfest, and that was big trouble for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Walker homered twice and the Cardinals tied a postseason record by hitting five home runs, overwhelming Odalis Perez and the Dodgers in an 8-3 blowout Tuesday in the opener of their NL playoff series.


Yank Heavy Hitter Sheffield Fan Favorite (AP) AP - Gary Sheffield emerged from the trainer's room after games, his left shoulder wrapped in bandages that resembled football pads. Most days, one or two fingers were taped, too.


Intel Links Up With Symbian After seeing little success with the reference designs it created for Microsoft #39;s smartphone platform, Intel will now work with Symbian to create reference platforms for 3G handsets.


Sony abandons copy-control CDs SONY #39;S music unit is abandoning its CDs that use built-in technology that limits copying them, after pushing the program for two years.


McAmmond signs AHL contract EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ (Ticker) -- An NHL lockout did not stop general manager Lou Lamoriello from conducting some business. The New Jersey Devils signed left wing Dean McAmmond to an American Hockey League contract with Albany on Tuesday.


Opportunistic Defense Helps Jets Improve (AP) AP - When Jets coach Herman Edwards started reviewing the many problems that plagued his defense last year, one glaring weakness jumped out at him.


Crisis talks in Paris as concerns grow for kidnapped French <b>...</b> PARIS (AFP) -- As hopes dimmed that two French journalists held captive in Iraq would be freed soon, French President Jacques Chirac was to discuss the crisis Sunday with his foreign minister, who returned from a mission to the Middle East with no news of


Iraq town struggles back to life after US assault Iraqi security forces and American troops have been patrolling the battered streets of Samarra as normal life began returning after a US-led assault wrested the city from rebels.


Cherrad Banned by FIFA for Ref Insult (AP) AP - FIFA banned Algeria's Abdelmalek Cherrad on Tuesday for four matches for insulting a referee during an African World Cup qualifying match against Gabon.


Devils Sign LW Dean McAmmond to AHL Deal (AP) AP - The New Jersey Devils signed veteran left wing Dean McAmmond to a contract to play with Albany of the AHL.


U.S. Open to Return to Congressional (AP) AP - The U.S. Open will return to Congressional Country Club in 2011.


Fed's McTeer: U.S. Economy Back on Track (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. economy is on track\after a weak stretch and an uptick in consumer prices seems to\have passed, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert\McTeer said on Tuesday.


PalmOne/Microsoft Deal Not Good For Good NEW YORK - Microsoft and PalmOne today announced a partnership that will likely have a negative impact on Good Technology, a well-capitalized startup with eyes on a public offering.


Sony Nixes Copy-Protected CDs in Japan Sony Corp. #39;s Japanese music unit says it will no longer sell CDs with built-in copy protection, a technology it had been pushing for two years.


Opportunistic defense helps Jets improve When Jets coach Herman Edwards started reviewing the many problems that plagued his defense last year, one glaring weakness jumped out at him.


Onterrio Smith to begin 4-game suspension Minnesota Vikings running back Onterrio Smith will miss the next four games for violating the NFL #39;s substance abuse policy. Smith was notified by the league Tuesday that he will


Wolfowitz Recalls Nazi Crimes Vs. Poland US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz compared the crimes of Saddam Hussein to the atrocities of the Nazi and Stalinist eras in a speech in Warsaw on Tuesday, and argued that the Sept.


Crude oil prices top \$US51 a barrel Oil prices darted above \$US51 a barrel Tuesday as output in the Gulf of Mexico remained in shambles more than two weeks after Hurricane Ivan tore through the region.


Oil Prices Pressure US Stocks Uneasy investors sold stocks mostly lower on Wall Street today as oil prices climbed above 51 per barrel, creating new worries that rising energy costs would curb consumer spending and corporate profits.


Singapore selldown of Air NZ well anticipated by market Singapore International Airline #39;s (SIA) selldown of its 6.3 per cent stake in Air New Zealand, announced yesterday, seems to have been well anticipated by the sharemarket.


Hundreds Arrested in Telemarketing Scheme An international investigation of telemarketing fraud schemes has resulted in the arrests of more than 135 people in cases involving more than 5 million victims, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced Tuesday.


Kodak to cut jobs in England, France Eastman Kodak Co. will close a plant in England, shut down product lines in France and make other shifts in the two countries as part of the company #39;s historic push into digital imaging.


EarthLink Offers Free VoIP Calls Officials at EarthLink (Quote, Chart) rolled out an expansion of its VoIP (define) service for broadband users Tuesday, giving its 1.2 million high-speed users unlimited free calls to other SIP-enabled (define) phones.


Sony Abandons Copy-Control Music CDs Sony #39;s music unit is abandoning its CDs that use built-in technology that limits copying them, after pushing the program for two years.


Playoff Capsules Larry Walker homered twice and the St. Louis Cardinals tied a postseason record by hitting five home runs, overwhelming Odalis Perez and the Los Angeles Dodgers in an 8-3 blowout Tuesday in the opener of their NL playoff series.


Pierce, Hantuchova win; Zvonareva driven out of Porsche event Filderstadt, Germany (Sports Network) - Former champion Mary Pierce of France and 2002 runner-up Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia were opening-round winners on Tuesday, but sixth-seeded Russian Vera Zvonareva was an upset victim at the \$650,000 Porsche


Klitschkos to go it alone WBC champion Vitali Klitschko and his younger brother Wladimir have announced plans to promote their own fights. The Ukrainian heavyweights are in a court battle to end their contract with German promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl.


Picking your poison Once again the New York Yankees finished the division race in their customary position, first place. However, the road to the top of the first mountain peak wasnt as easy as the 101-61 record would indicate.


Houston vs. Atlanta The plot: Although some of the key players aren #39;t familiar to fans, the Braves are no strangers to the playoffs. Their unprecedented streak of 13 consecutive postseason appearances


Iran Says Its Missiles Can Now Reach 1,250 Miles Iran has increased the range of its missiles to 1,250 miles, a senior official was quoted as saying on Tuesday, putting parts of Europe within reach for the first time.


Deadly car bombs explode in Ramadi, Mosul A second car bombing in the Iraqi city of Ramadi has left four people dead and possibly injured a US soldier. Hospital officials say the booby-trapped car exploded as a US military convoy passed by.


Brazil Solid Candidate #39; for UN Council, Powell Says (Update2) The US considers Brazil a solid candidate #39; #39; to join an enlarged United Nations Security Council, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said.


U.S. Urges Rationing of Flu Shots as Supply Is Slashed Officials said that most healthy adults should delay or skip flu shots so that people most at risk can get scarce supplies.


Iraqi labour movement makes global debut with tough task ahead (AFP) AFP - Iraqi labour unions making their global debut at a conference in Japan are seeking tips on their tough task -- how to make workers aware of rights suppressed for years by Saddam Hussein.


House GOP Seeks to Quash Draft Rumor (AP) AP - WASHINGTON  #151; House Republicans sought Tuesday to quash an undying Internet rumor that the government will reinstate a military draft after the election, hoping with a vote to kill legislation that would do it, and the rumor as well.


World's Top Game Players Battle for Cash (AP) AP - For the world's best video game players, getting the high score is no longer enough.


Microsoft CEO: Merger Strategy Unchanged (Reuters) Reuters - Microsoft Corp.  is still\targeting smaller companies for acquisitions, despite\speculation that now-scuttled merger talks with business\software giant SAP AG  signaled a shift in strategy,\Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday.


Infineon Execs Jailed for Price Fixing Four executives at German chipmaker Infineon were jailed today on charges of engaging in illegal price fixing of PC memory chips according to the US Department of Justice.


Stocks Fall As Oil Surpasses \$51 a Barrel Uneasy investors sold stocks mostly lower Tuesday as oil prices climbed above \$51 per barrel, creating new worries that rising energy costs would curb consumer spending and corporate profits.


Hundreds Arrested in Telemarketing Scheme More than 135 people have been arrested in an investigation of global telemarketing scams that have victimized 5 million people, many of them elderly, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Tuesday.


Online Stock Trading Gets Cheaper Doing business from home is about to get easier. Charles Schwab Corp. will lower fees next month in a move that could trigger a price war as online brokers battle for customers.


Next for Private Spaceflight: Tourist Ships After flying successfully three times in space, SpaceShipOne is in demand as an alternative way to fly people and small payloads to suborbital space.


Gates Chats Up DRM, Web Services MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Microsoft #39;s (Quote, Chart) chairman and chief software architect said the move to Web services (define) could ease the Internet #39;s security woes and that digital rights management can balance out piracy.


Tennis: Seeds tumble as Zvonareva crashes out of Filderstadt FILDERSTADT, Germany : Russian Vera Zvonareva became the second seed to crash out of the 650,000-dollar WTA event falling to a straight sets 6-3, 7-5 first round defeat against compatriot Elena Likhovtseva.


Australian FM plays down Poland's announcement on Iraq withdrawal (AFP) AFP - Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has declined to reveal any timetable for a possible withdrawal of Australian troops from Iraq following a statement by Poland that it is aiming for a pullout by the end of next year.


Landmine kills Afghan policemen Seven Afghan policemen are killed by a landmine in the Kandahar province, ahead of landmark elections.


Fujitsu, Cisco team up to provide IP network products in Japan TOKYO (AFP) - Japan #39;s Fujitsu and Cisco Systems of the US said they have agreed to form a strategic alliance focusing on routers and switches that will enable businesses to build advanced Internet Protocol (IP) networks.


Hormone Leptin May Treat Infertility BOSTON - An appetite-curbing hormone that failed to live up to its early buzz as a possible key to slowing obesity is now being probed as a potential aid for women who suffer from infertility and eating disorders.   "This represents essentially a new era for leptin," said Dr...


Rock's Recluse Wilson Center Stage Again LOS ANGELES - If Brian Wilson could change just one thing in life, it wouldn't be the legendary emotional traumas, the insecurities, the drug abuse, the battles with weight or the endless legal conflicts that nearly destroyed him.   "I would have made the rhythm of 'California Girls' a little better," Wilson deadpans...


Edwards, Cheney to Meet in Only VP Debate CLEVELAND - Both presidential campaigns are looking for a boost at the other's expense Tuesday when Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic rival John Edwards square off for the only vice presidential debate of the 2004 election.    Most of the pre-debate talk was about Iraq...


White House on Defensive After Bremer Talk WASHINGTON - The White House staunchly defended its Iraq policy Tuesday as new questions emerged about President Bush's prewar decisions and postwar planning: An impending weapons report undercut the administration's main rationale for the war, and the former head of the American occupation said the United States had too few troops in Iraq after the invasion.    Four weeks before Election Day, Democrat John Kerry pounced on the acknowledgment by former Iraq administrator Paul Bremer that the United States had "paid a big price" for insufficient troop levels...


U.S., Iraqi Force Seizes Suspected Rebels BAGHDAD, Iraq - More than 3,000 U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major operation Tuesday against insurgent strongholds just south of Baghdad in an area notorious for kidnappings and ambushes...


AT T looks into closing Windows A team of researchers is evaluating how Linux and Mac OS X stack up against Windows for internal use.


Ballmer takes on the troublemakers CEO weighs in on Linux, EU regulators, music pirates and "bad people out there in cyberspace."


PeopleSoft board opens up to Oracle While it has so far rejected each of Oracle Corp. #39;s takeover offers, PeopleSoft Inc. #39;s board of directors is willing to talk about a deal at the right price, a member of PeopleSoft #39;s board said Tuesday.


AlphaSmart cuts earnings view due to lower demand LOS GATOS, Calif. (Dow Jones/AP) -- AlphaSmart Inc. stock set a year-low Tuesday after the maker of simple computers cut its 2004 outlook, citing lower-than-anticipated demand in the education market.


Fed chairman makes no comments on monetary policy WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- US banks have learned painful lessons from crises and competition and have adapted to succeed in today #39;s economy, Alan Greenspan told an audience of bankers on Tuesday.


Kodak Seeks \$1 Billion from Sun in Java Suit Eastman Kodak #39;s patent-infringement lawsuit against Sun Microsystems now moves into the penalty phase, as the jury considers whether to award Kodak as much as \$1 billion in damages.


AT amp;T Denies Move Away from Windows  quot;The security and virus argument for Linux and against Windows is real, but in many, though not all, aspects, that #39;s a reflection of how much more widely Windows is deployed, quot; said Gordon Haff, Illuminata senior analyst.


Steelers' Bell Out for at Least Two Weeks (AP) AP - In his fourth NFL season, Kendrell Bell is reliving his sophomore jinx. The playmaking inside linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers will miss at least the next two games with what is now being called a sports hernia.


Coleman insists start must  quot;wake up and smell the coffee quot; Fulham boss Chris Coleman will use the forthcoming break for World Cup qualifying to rally his beleaguered troops and plot an end to the club #39;s dismal start to the season.


Tigers exercise option to keep Trammell for 2006 The Detroit Tigers exercised their option on manager Alan Trammell #39;s three-year contract Tuesday, keeping him with the team through the 2006 season.


Mourning Takes It Easy in First Practice (AP) AP - Alonzo Mourning wasn't ready Tuesday to put too much strain on his body, and the New Jersey Nets weren't rushing Mourning along in his attempt to become the second NBA player to return after a kidney transplant.


Arab nations demand end to Israeli raids As a massive Israeli offensive continues in the Gaza Strip, Arab nations at the United Nations have proposed a resolution demanding an end to the assault.


Irish passport given to Bigley to save his life Irelands government has granted British hostage, Kenneth Bigley, an Irish passport; responding to his family #39;s calls which hopes that stressing his Irish origin will convince his kidnappers to release him.


Blair Seeks to Prick World Conscience on Africa Britain hopes to use a summit in Ethiopia this week to force an international community obsessed with Iraq and terrorism to also focus on the  quot;scar quot; of Africa.


Ohio St. Regroups After Northwestern Loss (AP) AP - After losing to Northwestern for the first time in 33 years, there is plenty of blame to go around for Ohio State.


Annika Appeals to All Golfers in New Book (AP) AP - Ernie Els was intrigued when he saw the cover of the book, showing Annika Sorenstam looming large with a club over her shoulder and a smile on her face.


Tech edges ahead at Japan show At CEATEC, Sony unveils a home server packed with a terabyte of storage. Also: Networking via ordinary light fixtures?


Cardinals Start Strong The Cardinals overwhelm Odalis Perez and the Dodgers in an 8-3 blowout in the opener of their NL playoff series.


Siebel to push customer education to make CRM work Siebel Systems today unveiled a series of initiatives to help companies roll out software implementations more successfully and consolidate customer views in real time.


PeopleSoft board willing to talk to Oracle While it has rejected each of Oracle Corp.'s takeover offers today, PeopleSoft's board of directors is willing to talk about a deal at the right price, a member of the company's board said today.


Bush signs extension to R D tax credit The R D tax credit, first passed as a temporary measure in 1981, has been extended 11 times and allows U.S. companies conducting research and development activities to get a tax credit of up to 10 of R D spending.


Radisson Hotels unveils online check-in service Using a new "Express Yourself" system, guests at Radisson Hotels   Resorts can now check in via the Web at their convenience and provide preferences in advance of their arrival, eliminating the traditional hotel check-in process.


New Toshiba notebooks highlight long-running trend U.S. consumers don't want to pay for low-power, high-performance chip.


New systems cut cell phone finger work Several companies ease burden of using Internet via cell phones.


Flash memory abounds in PalmOne's Tungsten T5 Total of 256MB of memory saves data when batteries die.


SAP, Infineon unveil RFID management system The new platform is designed to help companies speed the deployment of smart-tag systems and cut the costs of managing both hardware and software components from several suppliers.


Users: Information life-cycle management standards needed IT managers at this week's ILM Solutions Conference said information life-cycle strategies are still a work in progress.


IBM touts new Power5 servers IBM today launched a pair of high-performance, low-priced Unix servers and related security services that are aimed at small to medium-size businesses.


Rackable Systems adds new NAS to line Rackable Systems has added to its line of NAS solutions with its new S3116-NAS server appliance. The new NAS server is designed for datacenters looking for a high-performance SATA system at an affordable price, according to Geoffrey Noer, senior director of storage products at Rackable Systems. Companies using expensive Fibre Channel-based storage can migrate older projects to a lower-cost Rackable Systems NAS, Noer said. Other uses include disk-based backup, small and medium business workgroups, and applications such as seismic processing and video rendering, he said.


Tools wrap: Web services, e-commerce, XML touted Systinet, Amazon, and Altova this week are announcing tools geared toward development of Web services, e-commerce, and XML applications, respectively.


Bonds Slip as McTeer Counters Oil Rally (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. Treasury prices eased on Tuesday\as upbeat comments from a Federal Reserve Bank president\balanced weaker-than-expected results from the U.S. services\sector and record high crude oil prices.


Yum Profit Up, Raises View (Reuters) Reuters - Yum Brands Inc.  on Tuesday\said quarterly earnings rose 13 percent and raised its profit\forecast for the year as strong sales at its fast-food chains\helped offset a run-up in commodity costs.


Open Text Revises 1Q Lower Business software maker Open Text Corp. lowered first-quarter expectations Tuesday due to a number of deals that will fail to close during the period.


AT amp;T looks into closing Windows com October 5, 2004, 2:09 PM PT. This fourth priority #39;s main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half.


Rome Defends Sending Migrants Straight Back ROME, Oct. 5. - Italy has defended its new policy of airlifting illegal immigrants straight back to Libya the maoment they set foot on Italian soil as an emergency measure.


PeopleSoft Says Its Board May Consider an Oracle Takeover Offer PeopleSoft Inc. said it #39;s willing to discuss a bid by Oracle Corp. at the right #39; #39; price, the first time officials have raised the possibility of ending the companies #39; 16-month takeover fight.


Yum Profit Up, Raises View Yum Brands Inc. (YUM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said quarterly earnings rose 13 percent and raised its profit forecast for the year as strong sales at its fast-food chains helped offset a run-up in commodity costs.


Key Martha witness found not guilty A government ink expert was found not guilty of lying on the witness stand during Stewart #39;s trial. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Larry Stewart, a government witness who testified against Martha Stewart, was found not guilty Tuesday on all counts of perjury.


Astronaut Gordon Cooper dies WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 5: Gordon Cooper, 77, one of the seven US astronauts who made the nations first manned spaceflights and became known as possessors of The Right Stuff, died on Monday at his home in Ventura, Calif.


quot;Smoking Louse quot; Rewrites Human Evolution They #39;re tiny and pesky, but also hold secrets to our evolution: Head lice have shown researchers that an extinct species of early human had direct contact with modern-day man 25,000 years ago.


CA Outlines Unicenter Efforts Computer Associates International plans to launch an upgraded version of its Unicenter management software  quot;just before the summer of 2005, quot; Ken Cron, CA #39;s interim CEO, said Tuesday.


Beckham gets warm welcome in Manchester David Beckham returned to Manchester today for a book signing, to promote a new edition of his autobiography. The footballer posed for photographers before signing copies of David Beckham: My Side for eager fans.


Zvonareva upset at Filderstadt behind 13 double faults Vera Zvonareva #39;s bid to join four of her Russian compatriots in the top 10 of the WTA Tour rankings was slowed Tuesday at the Porsche Grand Prix when she double faulted 13 times in a loss to Elena Likhovtseva.


US says Iran #39;s missile is threat The US State Department Tuesday said iran #39;s missile program posed a threat to the region and US interests. The United States has had and continues to have serious concerns about Iran #39;s missile program, department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said.


Task for Indonesian leader: Fight terror, but not for US While Iraq remains the controversial center of debate about the war against terrorism, Indonesia is quietly emerging under its new leader as a potentially significant counter to Islamic extremism.


Afghanistan hits fever pitch as warlords turn  #39;democrat #39; From the thriving centre of Kabul to remote mountain villages, Afghans go to the polls on Saturday still under the shadow of the old regimes.


Wariness over Turkey #39;s EU bid As the European Union approaches a contentious decision - whether to let Turkey join the club - the Continent #39;s rulers seem to have left their citizens behind.


Cypriot protests after Israeli jets force airliner into flight <b>...</b> LARNACA, Cyprus, Oct 5 (AFP) - The Cypriot authorities issued a strong protest Tuesday after Israeli warplanes forced a German airliner into their flight control zone without prior authorization amid a bomb alert.


Massachusetts Pension Fund Rehires Putnam (AP) AP - Putnam Investments, which was fired from managing  #36;1.7 billion in Massachusetts pension investments during the mutual fund scandal, is returning as a money manager in its home state after adopting reforms intended to ensure fair trading.


Wal-Mart CEO Sees Strong Finish to Year (Reuters) Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s  Chief\Executive Lee Scott is "optimistic" about the holiday season\and expects a "strong finish" to the year, he said on Tuesday.


AT T looks into closing its Windows A team of researchers is evaluating how Linux and Mac OS X stack up against Windows for internal use.


Homebuilder Stocks Among Biggest Losers Homebuilder stocks were the biggest losers among the 86 sectors of the Dow Jones indexes Monday after jittery investors began selling off the stocks over concerns about price cuts in the booming Las Vegas housing market.


Smartphone industry gathers for Symbian Expo Symbian Expo, London, UK - 5 October 2004 -ymbian, developer of Symbian OS, the market-leading mobile phone operating system today opened the Symbian Expo  - smartphone show.


France call up Luyindula Marseille #39;s DR Congo-born striker Peguy Luyindula has been called up for France #39;s World Cup qualifier against Ireland. France coach Raymond Domenech picked Luyindula to replace Juventus striker David Trezeguet.


Mortars Hit Baghdad, US Strikes Sadr City Insurgents in Iraq fired several mortar rounds into central Baghdad Tuesday, as US forces hit insurgent targets in the Sadr City neighborhood.


US share prices skid on record oil price NEW YORK : US share prices struggled as the crude oil price gushed to a record high in New York, passing 51 dollars a barrel for the first time.


US CREDIT-Pulte #39;s price hike troubles likely fleeting Stockholders have pounded home builders this week on an earnings warning from Pulte Homes Inc., but credit investors believe the company #39;s Las Vegas troubles do


Gordon Cooper, astronaut on final Mercury mission WASHINGTON Gordon Cooper, the astronaut who flew the last of the pioneering Mercury space missions and stayed aloft in a Gemini capsule long enough to demonstrate that a trip to the moon was feasible, died at his home in Ventura, California, NASA announced


2 rival alliances formed Two groundbreaking alliances took shape in the mobile communications industry Tuesday as the largest players continued to vie for customers in the growing market for high-end phones.


iMac G5: The all-in-one computer redefined OCTOBER 05, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Editor #39;s note: Last month, Online News Editor Ken Mingis snagged one of the first iMac G5s and offered an early look at Apple #39;s latest desktop (see story).


Roundup: Pippen retires Scottie Pippen on Tuesday announced his retirement from the Chicago Bulls, the team he and Michael Jordan led to six NBA titles in the 1990s.


Premier League Slammed by Lma over Wigley Steve Wigley continues to face opposition to his role as Southampton head coach after the League Managers Association revealed their anger at a decision to let him stay on as Saints boss until the end of the season.


Penalty for on-air curse drops Earnhardt out of first place A slip of the tongue on TV cost Dale Earnhardt Jr. first place and \$10,000, penalties imposed by an increasingly image-conscious NASCAR.


Ricky Williams asks league to clarify his status Ricky Williams has asked the NFL for a hearing to clarify his playing status, a possible first step if the running back tries to return to the league.


Conditions on Turkey  #39;not new #39; BRUSSELS The European Commission will not set special conditions for Turkey when it decides on Wednesday whether to recommend opening membership talks with Ankara, the commission president, Romano Prodi, said on Tuesday.


Allawi sounds note of gravity on war BAGHDAD In his first speech before the interim national assembly here, Prime Minister Ayad Allawi gave a sobering account Tuesday of the threat posed by the insurgency, saying that the country #39;s instability was a  quot;source of worry for many people quot; and that


Endangered black rhino hunting ban lifted A ban on hunting critically endangered black rhinoceros has been lifted by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, The Telegraph reported.


Britain welcomes Indo-Pak talks: Hoon Visiting British Defense Secretary Geoffrey Hoon Tuesday welcomed the on-going Indo-Pak dialogue process and said Britain is keenly watching the progress,according to the private News Network of International.


Microsoft Unveils News Version of MSN TV (AP) AP - Microsoft Corp. introduced on Tuesday a new version of its Internet TV service, seeking to broaden its appeal beyond a relatively small base of older, computer-phobic users.


Rackable Systems adds new NAS to line (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Rackable Systems has added to its line of NAS solutions with its new S3116-NAS server appliance. The new NAS server is designed for datacenters looking for a high-performance SATA system at an affordable price, according to Geoffrey Noer, senior director of storage products at Rackable Systems.  #8220;Companies using expensive Fibre Channel-based storage can migrate older projects to a lower-cost Rackable Systems NAS, #8221; Noer said. Other uses include disk-based backup, small and medium business workgroups, and applications such as seismic processing and video rendering, he said.


More circulation woes at Hollinger Hollinger International Inc. said Tuesday that it had found cases of inflated circulation at some of its newspapers, including the Jerusalem Post, in addition to previously disclosed problems at the Chicago Sun-Times.


SIA sells its stake in Air NZ for \$70m SINGAPORE Airlines is closing the book on an ill-fated and costly bid, starting four years ago, to gain a foothold in the lucrative Australian and New Zealand markets.


Wal-Mart CEO Sees Strong Finish to Year Wal-Mart Stores Inc. #39;s (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Chief Executive Lee Scott is  quot;optimistic quot; about the holiday season and expects a  quot;strong finish quot; to the year, he said on Tuesday.


Update 2: Ex-Enron Treasurer to Testify at Trial Merrill Lynch  amp; Co. drafted a letter in mid-June 2000 instructing Enron Corp. to wire \$7.5 million to a specified account by the end of that month to buy out the brokerage #39;s \$7 million investment in three barges.


Coming soon: full-scale DVD format war TOKYO - A full-scale war over DVD formats is only a matter of time - the electronics industry can smell it in the air. As the two opposing camps continue to recruit allies, negotiations are no longer about averting a confrontation.


Pippen retires as one of game #39;s best, not one of its most loved He had a body straight out of an NBA laboratory and a face like a Peruvian sun god. He was a versatile Swiss Army Knife who could shoot, pass and run the floor.


Arsenal get \$300m Emirates boost LONDON - In two years, Arsenal will play their home matches in the Emirates stadium. That is what their new stadium at Ashburton Grove will be called after the Premiership champions yesterday agreed to the


Sports: Ricky Williams may be considering a return to football NEW YORK A source within the NFL says Ricky Williams is asking the league for a hearing to clarify his playing status. The former Miami running back announced his retirement just before training camp.


US Vetoes UN Measure Demanding Israel Leave Gaza The United States on Tuesday vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate end to Israeli military operations in the Gaza strip that have cost some 68 Palestinian lives.


Warlord politics heats Afghan vote President Karzai's rival gains ground by appealing to Afghanistan's former anti-Soviet resistance fighters.


Latest front for US forces: rural Iraq Volatile and remote areas outside the Sunni triangle are now being scoured by US and Iraqi troops.


R. Kelly and Jay-Z Reluctantly Unite ROSEMONT, Ill. - The handwritten script appeared slowly at first, unspooling across the wide-screen video monitors inside the Allstate Arena as if scrawled by some giant, invisible hand...


House GOP Seeks to Quash Draft Rumor WASHINGTON - House Republicans sought Tuesday to quash an undying Internet rumor that the government will reinstate a military draft after the election, hoping with a vote to kill legislation that would do it, and the rumor as well.    The specter of a wartime military draft like that of the Vietnam era has lingered around the presidential campaign for the past few weeks, fueled by an e-mail driven rumor mill and a campaign by Rock the Vote, a nonpartisan group that seeks to boost voting among young people...


Adobe does document security Electronic document giant Adobe Systems said that it was partnering with digital certificate company GeoTrust to provide technology that will allow documents that use Adobe #39;s popular PDF (Portable Document Format) to be digitally certified.


Wild Weather Hampers Submarine Rescue Mission Wild weather was tonight hampering an operation involving British forces to rescue a Canadian submarine. Five British vessels are en-route to the stricken HMCS


Tobacco regulation backers fail to restore it to corporate tax <b>...</b> House and Senate negotiators defeated an effort Tuesday to have the Food and Drug Administration regulate tobacco products. The proposal was part of a corporate tax bill


IBM Aims Low-Cost Unix Servers At SMBs, Puts Bulls-eye On Sun IBM Tuesday pushed harder against rival Sun by releasing a pair of low-priced Unix-based servers geared for small and medium-sized businesses.


FIFA Announces World Player of the Year Nominations Brazilian players have picked up the most nominations for FIFA #39;s World Player of the Year award with a total of six, including Real Madrid #39;s Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos.


Search engine for developers is hailed (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - An Eclipse IDE plug-in that would provide search capabilities specifically for developers is being readied by a University of California, Berkeley computer science professor.


US vetoes Security Council resolution on Gaza The United States has vetoed an Arab-backed resolution at the United Nations Security Council that demanded an end to Israel #39;s military operations in the Gaza strip.


Bomb scare forces Israeli fighters to intercept aircraft Israeli fighter jets forced a passenger plane bound for Tel Aviv to land in Cyprus yesterday in the sixth such bomb scare to hit flights over Europe in the past week.


Bulgaria Discovery Sheds Light on Ancient Thracians (Reuters) Reuters - Archaeologists have unearthed\a treasure of gold and silver in a Thracian tomb in Bulgaria,\calling it a unique find from classical antiquity.


Markets extend rally as oil falls from high Wall Street extended its fourth- quarter rally yesterday, supported by falling oil prices and a bullish assessment of the economy from a Federal Reserve official.


Martha ink expert acquitted The former head of the US Secret Service #39;s forensic lab was acquitted Tuesday on two counts of lying repeatedly on the stand as the gvernment #39;s ink expert at the Martha Stewart trial.


AT amp;T looks into closing its Windows Network services giant AT amp;T is evaluating different operating systems, including Linux and Mac OS X, as alternatives to Windows for internal use.


Schumacher aiming for Suzuka victory Motorsport.com. The titles may be wrapped up for Michael Schumacher and Ferrari but the 2004 champion is keen to notch up another victory at the penultimate race of the season.


New Chechen President sworn in Moscow, Oct. 6. (UNI): The new President of war-torn Russian republic of Chechnya, Alu Alkhanov took the oath of office in Grozny, the Chechen capital, amid very tight security throughout the region.


Iran: Getting Back on Track Since the worlds nuclear watchdog agency confirmed reports of Irans extensive and secret nuclear activities more than two years ago, international concerns that Tehran might soon acquire bomb-making capabilities have grown.


Blogger father resigns from Google Search company Google Inc. has lost the services of Evan Williams, father of the Blogger Web logging service.


Panel: Kerry would take new approach to tech issues WASHINGTON - Senator John Kerry, Democratic challenger to U.S. President George Bush, would seek more government involvement on issues such as broadband adoption, cybersecurity and spam, while Bush, if re-elected, would continue to take a more market-driven approach to those issues, a panel of Washington, D.C., technology experts predicted Tuesday.


Google lays out lofty plans for Search Appliance Google Inc. is working hard to broaden the searching and indexing capabilities of its enterprise Search Appliance from Web documents based on the HTTP and HTTPS protocols to multiple and disparate non-Web data repositories, a Google executive said Tuesday.


Search engine for developers is hailed An Eclipse IDE plug-in that would provide search capabilities specifically for developers is being readied by a University of California, Berkeley computer science professor.
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Bush signs extension to R D tax credit WASHINGTON - U.S. President George Bush on Monday signed a bill that included an 18 month extension of a research and development (R D) tax credit sought by many IT groups.


Adobe does document security Electronic document giant Adobe Systems Inc. said that it was partnering with digital certificate company GeoTrust Inc. to provide technology that will allow documents that use Adobe's popular PDF (Portable Document Format) to be digitally certified.


AMD further details dual-core Opterons SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s (AMD's) dual-core Opteron processor will fit into the same area occupied by its single-core product, helping to hold down manufacturing costs, AMD said Tuesday at the Fall Processor Forum.


Soros gives bigger role to sons Billionaire philanthropist and speculator George Soros has given his sons greater responsibility in his firm as it spins off real estate and credit card operations in a move to return to its roots as a hedge fund, a company memo said.


Head Lice Provide Clue to Prehistoric Lives, Loves A study of an ancient human pest -- head lice -- suggests that the ancestors of today #39;s American Indians may have met and fought with


New deal for Wenger as Arsenal hit the jackpot Arsne Wenger celebrated Arsenal #39;s massive 100 million sponsorship deal yesterday by declaring that he expects to sign a new contract this week, committing himself to the Premiership champions until at least 2008.


NHL veteran opts for stint in minors EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -- The New Jersey Devils signed veteran left winger Dean McAmmond to a contract to play with Albany of the American Hockey League.


Wilkinson convincing as man to  #39;bind side together #39; Goal-kicker, tackler, distributor, organiser, role-model, conscience, keeper of the flame - Jonny Wilkinson is a man of many parts, all of them fundamental to the immediate well-being of the


News: North Korea has 600 computer hackers, South Korea claims The Associated Press By Soo-jeong Lee


Do Not Adjust Focus. Those Blobs Are Atoms. Scientists have produced the sharpest picture yet taken of atoms, with a resolution of roughly one 400-millionth of an inch.


Israeli Tank Fire Hurts 3 in Gaza -- Witnesses (Reuters) Reuters - Israeli tank fire wounded at least three\Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip early on Wednesday,\witnesses said.


Britain's Blair to demand answers from Sudan on Darfur (AFP) AFP - British Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to arrive in Sudan on a landmark visit during which he is to demand immediate action from the country's leaders over the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn western region of Darfur.


EU Commission to Bless Turkish Membership Bid (Reuters) Reuters - The European Commission was set to\recommend on Wednesday that Turkey start accession talks with\the European Union, finally unveiling its watershed decision\after 40 years of on-again, off-again talks.


National Guard Hands Over More Bush Papers (AP) AP - More than a week after a court-imposed deadline to turn over all records of President Bush's military service, the Texas Air National Guard belatedly produced two documents Tuesday that include Bush's orders for his last day of active duty in 1973.


Bush Asks Another  #36;691M in Hurricane Aid (AP) AP - President Bush asked Congress Tuesday for an additional  #36;691 million to aid victims of hurricanes and other natural disasters as the election-year price tag for recent emergencies surged toward  #36;13 billion.


Moore Accused of Offering Gifts for Votes (AP) AP - Republicans say filmmaker Michael Moore should be prosecuted for offering underwear, potato chips and Ramen noodles to college students in exchange for their promise to vote for John Kerry.


Georgia Congressman Has Lung Transplant (AP) AP - Rep. Charlie Norwood, who has suffered a breathing disorder for more than six years, underwent a lung transplant Tuesday that doctors said was necessary to save his life.


Depp denies calling US war 'dumb' Hollywood actor Johnny Depp insists that he never called America "dumb" for going to war with Iraq.


On Debate Day, Cheney Keeps a Low Profile and Edwards Campaigns Vice President Dick Cheney stayed largely out of sight today, while Senator John Edwards was stumping at an Ohio rally.


U.S. Flu Vaccine Supply Cut in Half WASHINGTON - Americans' supply of flu vaccine was abruptly cut in half Tuesday, prompting the government to ask most healthy adults to delay or skip flu shots so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, prompting a record shortage in this country just as flu season is about to begin...


AMD's dual-core performance boost Though about the same size, the forthcoming dual-core Opteron will be up to 55 percent faster than today's single-core chips, AMD says.


Shutters come down for Kodak THE photo-equipment maker Kodak yesterday announced plans to axe 600 jobs in the UK and close a factory in Nottinghamshire, in a move in line with the giants global restructuring strategy unveiled last January.


BoSox Win 9-3 to Open Series With Angels (AP) AP - Curt Schilling and the Boston Red Sox got the jump on Anaheim in the AL playoffs. Perhaps that's how the Angels prefer it. Schilling pitched 6 2-3 effective innings, Manny Ramirez and Kevin Millar homered during a seven-run burst, and the Red Sox beat the Angels 9-3 Tuesday in Game 1.


Tiger Woods wedding is talk of island GOLFER Tiger Woods was reportedly close to tying the knot last night with his Swedish fiance, Elin Nordegren, as guests were seen gathering at a Caribbean resort.


Fears over fixture clash Uefa insisted last night that security will not be a problem when Middlesbrough and Newcastle supporters join those of Arsenal in Athens this month to play European matches against three Greek clubs.


A look around the Big Ten What is JoePa working up to stop Kyle Orton? Where did the Little Brown Jug come from? What #39;s the deal with Iowa #39;s newfound running game?


Anderson in frame after a change of luck at last RUSSELL Anderson is right not to dwell on why he has been given the opportunity to revive his Scotland career since it means risking being seen as someone revelling in the misfortune of others.


Oklahoma Defense Likes Challenge of Texas (AP) AP - There's something about Texas that brings the big plays out of Oklahoma's defense.


Nuggets Sign White Despite Gun Charge (AP) AP - The Denver Nuggets signed free agent forward Rodney White to a 2-year deal Tuesday, a day after a judge allowed him to leave Washington D.C. for the first time since his arrest last month on a gun charge.


US vetoes Arab draft demanding Israeli withdrawal from Gaza The United States killed with its veto power on Tuesday another Arab draft UN Security Council resolution. Germany, Britain and Romania abstained from the vote on the draft proposed by Algeria, Tunisia and Pakistan.


Florida Gators Returning to Big-Play Ways (AP) AP - The way Florida's offense is playing, you'd think Steve Spurrier was coaching the Gators again.


Williams Asks NFL to Clarify His Status Ricky Williams has asked the NFL for a hearing to clarify his playing status, a possible first step if the running back tries to return to the league.


Lewis Readies Defense Laywers for Ravens tailback Jamal Lewis are preparing to challenge any league mandated penalty  from his expected plea bargain because the incident occured prior to his NFL career.


Red Sox Strike First Curt Schilling limits the Angels and the offense blasts the Angels for a 8-3 victory Tuesday in Game 1.


PalmOne licenses Microsoft Exchange for mobile e-mail PalmOne Inc. has licensed technology from Microsoft Corp. to make its devices work directly with Microsoft's Exchange e-mail server, the companies said Tuesday.


BHP plans up to A\$1.5bil buyback MELBOURNE: BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc, the world #39;s largest diversified miner, said yesterday it would buy back up to A\$1.5bil of its Australia-listed shares at a discount to the market price.


Update 2: Ex-Enron Exec Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy A former assistant treasurer at toppled energy giant Enron Corp. pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge Tuesday for his alleged role in making Enron #39;s financial picture appear rosier than it really was.


Kodak plight a snapshot of UK work The digital revolution #39;s two-way impact on British jobs was felt yesterday when Eastman Kodak announced mass layoffs in Nottingham and Middlesex and B amp;Q said it had been struggling to find staff in the Midlands.


Delphi Deepens Third-Quarter Loss View Auto parts maker Delphi Corp. on Tuesday warned of a greater-than-expected third-quarter loss because of higher commodity prices and charges from cost-cutting measures and restructuring.


Cash is king for Diageo investors Ker-ching. An extra \$2.14bn (1.2bn) has landed in the coffers at Diageo, the global drinks giant whose brands include Guinness, Baileys, Johnnie Walker whisky, Gordon #39;s gin and Smirnoff vodka.


AMD #39;s dual-core performance boost SAN JOSE, Calif.--Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday detailed performance results for its forthcoming dual-core Opteron processor, showing a speed boost of 30 percent to 55 percent compared with today #39;s single-core models.


EarthLink to offer free net telephony Earthlink on Tuesday said it now distributes software that lets people make free unlimited calls over a broadband connection. EarthLink Free Online Calling is anything but revolutionary.


IBM Rolls Out Low-End Express Servers IBM has introduced two new Unix-based servers aimed at small- to mid-size businesses. Based on the Power5 microprocessor, the new servers join IBM #39;s On Demand Express product line, and are priced starting at \$3,993.


Concern Grows Over RFID Tag Production With the countdown for compliance with radio-frequency identification mandates from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and others #39; closing in, concern is growing that supplies of the necessary


SAP, Infineon Team Up To Accelerate RFID Deployment Cycles Infineon Technologies AG today will launch a radio-frequency identification package designed to help companies more easily connect and manage RFID hardware and software from multiple suppliers


Cardinals, Red Sox Use Homers to Win Baseball Playoff Openers The St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox put on power-hitting displays to win the openers of their first-round Major League Baseball playoff series.


Yahoo Adds Personalization to Search Technology Yahoo! Inc. (www.yahoo.com) unveiled new versions of its Front Page, and My Yahoo! (my.yahoo.com). Both pages show enhancements in design and functionality, and are rolled into Beta versions starting yesterday.


Housing affordability gap yawns Home buyers in England face the biggest affordability gaps in South West and London, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation says.


Proposed new UN rules could have allowed Iraq war: Britain (AFP) AFP - New rules being proposed for a reformed United Nations might have allowed the United States and Britain to carry out their invasion of Iraq with the approval of the world body, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said in a newspaper interview.


House OKs Bill Imposing 'Spyware' Fines (AP) AP - Companies and others that secretly install "spyware" programs on people's computers to quietly monitor their Internet activities would face hefty federal fines under a bill the House passed Tuesday.


GOP Gets House to Nix Draft Bill 402-2 (AP) AP - House Republicans sought to quash a persistent Internet rumor that the government will reinstate a military draft after the election, engineering an overwhelming vote Tuesday to kill legislation they hope will put the rumor to rest.


Intel Joins Nokia, Symbian To Make Smart Phone Chips (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - In an effort to get inside the growing number of advanced mobile phones throughout the world, the company has joined with cell phone maker Nokia   and U.K. software company Symbian to develop processor chips for such high-end smart phones.


Mount St. Helens Exhales Ash, Steam (AP) AP - Mount St. Helens exhaled a spectacular roiling cloud of steam and ash Tuesday, sprinkling grit on a small town some 25 miles away.


Jetstar Asia Seeks Destinations in India Budget airline Jetstar Asia on Monday announced cut-rate fares to its initial destinations of Hong Kong, Thailand and Taiwan and said it was seeking rights to fly to India and additional routes to China.


Edwards, Cheney Gear Up for Sole VP Debate (AP) AP - Both presidential campaigns are looking for a boost at the other's expense Tuesday when Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic rival John Edwards square off for the only vice presidential debate of the 2004 election.


Kerry: Bush Uses 'Scare Tactics' (AP) AP - Sen. John Kerry, fighting back after President Bush accused him of having dangerous policies, said Tuesday that the Republican incumbent was resorting to a "blanket scare tactic" rather than focusing on his own important choices to keep the country safe.


NASA Studies Space Railway to Explore Origins of Planets, Stars, and Galaxies A NASA-led team is studying the construction of a railway in space for a pair of telescopes that will provide views of planet, star, and galaxy formation in unprecedented detail. The proposed Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT) mission will also examine the atmospheric chemistry of giant planets around other stars.


Republicans Accuse Moore of Vote Bribery LANSING, Mich. - Republicans say filmmaker Michael Moore should be prosecuted for offering underwear, potato chips and Ramen noodles to college students in exchange for their promise to vote...


Hormone Leptin May Treat Infertility in Women By MARTIN FINUCANE    BOSTON (AP) -- An appetite-curbing hormone that failed to live up to its early buzz as a possible key to slowing obesity is now being probed as a potential aid for women who suffer from infertility and eating disorders.    "This represents essentially a new era for leptin," said Dr...


Flu Vaccine Supply Cut in Half By LAURAN NEERGAARD     WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans' supply of flu vaccine was abruptly cut in half Tuesday, prompting the government to ask most healthy adults to delay or skip flu shots so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies.    British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, prompting a record shortage in this country just as flu season is about to begin...


Library Exhibit Traces Impact of Isaac Newton By MALCOLM RITTER     NEW YORK (AP) -- If you asked people strolling down Fifth Avenue to name a genius, most would probably cite Albert Einstein.     "Ask them to name another one, it would be (Isaac) Newton," said Mordechai Feingold, curator of a new exhibit about the 17th-century English mathematician and physicist who transcended science to become a lasting icon in society...


UPDATE 3-Delphi sees wider loss partly on materials costs Delphi Corp. (DPH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday warned that its third-quarter loss would be far wider than expected, the latest auto parts supplier to say


Adobe Does Document Security Electronic document giant Adobe Systems says it will partner with digital certificate company GeoTrust to provide technology to allow documents that use Adobe #39;s popular Portable Document Format to be digitally certified.


Sun #39;s New Multi-threaded Processor, UltraSPARC IV Implemented using Texas Instruments #39; 90 nanometer process technology, UltraSPARC IV will double the application throughput of the existing UltraSPARC IV through expanded caches and buffers, a better branch prediction mechanism, augmented prefetching


Pippen:  quot;If I had anything to give, Id leave it here... quot; October 5, 2004 -- Following the official announcement of his retirement, Scottie Pippen and Bulls GM John Paxson met the media at the Berto Center after the teams first official training camp practice this season.


Gardenhire Surprised by Song Fuss (AP) AP - Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire still is surprised over the fuss made last year when he said a long version "God Bless America" may have affected Twins pitcher Brad Radke in Game 2 of the playoff series against the New York Yankees.


Dozens Arriving for Apparent Woods Wedding (AP) AP - Former NBA superstars Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley were among the dozens of guests that arrived at this Caribbean resort island Tuesday afternoon, where Tiger Woods reportedly is to marry his Swedish model fiancee.


Schilling and Big Bats Give Red Sox Game 1 Curt Schilling pitched 6 2-3 effective innings, Manny Ramirez and Kevin Millar homered during a seven-run burst, and the Red Sox beat the Angels.


Microsoft looks to enlist European partners in SMB push LISBON - Despite the growing profile of Linux, continued security concerns and an anticompetion ruling from the European Commission, Microsoft Corp. faced no coup d'etat when it rolled into Lisbon on Portugal's revolution day Tuesday.


New security products "adapting" to threats As networks increase in size and complexity, security products are growing in sophistication and security threats are becoming more ingenious.


Tokyo Stocks End Lower  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei closed down 0.84 percent  Monday after a weak U.S. jobs report kept the dollar near a  five-year low against the yen, helping reverse recent gains in  exporters such as Nissan Motor Co.


Microsoft Unveils New Version of MSN TV Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) introduced on Tuesday a new version of its Internet TV service, seeking to broaden its appeal beyond a relatively small base of older, computer-phobic users.


House Approves Bill Imposing 'Spyware' Fines By TED BRIDIS    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Companies and others that secretly install "spyware" programs on people's computers to quietly monitor their Internet activities would face hefty federal fines under a bill the House passed Tuesday.    The most egregious behaviors ascribed to the category of such software - secretly recording a person's computer keystrokes or mouse clicks - are already illegal under U.S...


Kodak cuts 600 jobs and shuts two plants as digital toll rises Eastman Kodak, the world #39;s largest photographic company, announced it was cutting 600 jobs in the UK and 270 in France yesterday, as it pressed on with its strategic refocus, brought on by the


International telemarketing fraud probe nets 135 WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (AFP) - More than 135 people have been arrested in an international crackdown on fraudulent telemarketing operations that may have netted hundreds of millions of dollars from unwary victims, US Attorney General John Ashcroft said Tuesday


Philip Morris to invest \$200M in Cabarrus plant Philip Morris USA will invest \$200 million in the next three years to upgrade its cigarette plant in Cabarrus County, Gov. Mike Easley announced Tuesday.


SpaceShipOne Makes Second Trip to Space, Wins X Prize The privately owned and operated SpaceShipOne spacecraft has won the \$10 million Ansari X Prize by successfully making its second manned flight into space.


LA #39;s comeback strategy won #39;t work in playoffs ST. LOUIS -- The Dodgers absolutely love the team persona that they nurtured throughout the long regular season, the never-say-die, don #39;t-count-us-out, play- #39;til-the-end Comeback King thing.