[Q]: Ryland Group ( nyse : RYL - news - people ) , a homebuilder and mortgage-finance company , sank $ 9.65 , or 11.6 percent , to $ 73.40 .

Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson ( nasdaq : QCOM - news - people ) jumped $ 2.88 , or 15.7 percent , to $ 21.28 .

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[A]: no

[Q]: The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC > rose 8.25 points , or 0.45 percent , to 1,861.15 .

The Nasdaq composite index dropped 6.8 percent , and the Standard & Poor 's fell 4.9 percent .

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[A]: no

[Q]: At least 29 American troops have been killed in action since Bush declared major combat over on May 1 .

Some three dozen American and British troops have been killed since Bush declared major combat over in Iraq on May 1 .

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[A]: yes

[Q]: " We 're optimistic we can deliver the vaccine to these people in time to do good , " said Dr. David Fleming of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

" We 're optimistic we can deliver the vaccine to these people in time to do good , " said Dr. David Fleming , the CDC 's deputy director for Public Health and Science .

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yes