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David McCool took the money and decided to start Muzzy Lane in 2002. | David McCool is the founder of Muzzy Lane. | 100 | -1no label
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The six defendants in the case are former Assistant Auditor Terri Webster, former Human Resources Director Cathy Lexin, former Treasurer Mary Vattimo, city management analyst Sharon Wilkinson, Municipal Employees Association Vice President John Torres and City Firefighters Local 145 President Ron Saathoff. | Mary Vattimo was involved in the city management. | 101 | -1no label
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German Chancellor-designate Angela Merkel and Social Democrat leaders reached a coalition agreement calling for a higher value-added tax and 25 billion euros ($29.3 billion) in new domestic spending. | Angela Merkel leads the Social Democrats. | 102 | -1no label
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The government repudiates these irrational and criminal actions and the terrorist attack carried out on the 30th of October by the FMLN against the armed forces staff installations, where 1 civilian died and 14 others were wounded. It is evident that these actions are part of a plot whose objective is to block the dialogue initiated by president Alfredo Cristiani. | Civilians were injured in a terrorist attack. | 103 | -1no label
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Thomas, who captained Wales to the 2005 Grand Slam and skippered the Welsh side against New Zealand in Cardiff last Saturday, now plays for French champions Toulouse. | Thomas plays for French champions. | 104 | -1no label
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Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs will be barred from voting on English laws if Conservative leadership hopeful, David Davis, becomes prime minister. | David Davis becomes prime minister. | 105 | -1no label
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Mugabe arrived in Beijing on Saturday and toured the northeastern province of Jilin, visiting the headquarters of First Automotive Works Group, China's top vehicle maker. | Mugabe is visiting Beijing. | 106 | -1no label
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Samir Geagea, the only Lebanese warlord punished for his role in the 1975-90 civil war, left jail after 11 years on Tuesday in a step toward reconciliation after the end of the Syrian tutelage Samir Geagea bitterly opposed. | Samir Geagea supports Syrian tutelage. | 107 | -1no label
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Salvadoran Social Democratic politician Hector Oqueli Colindres was kidnapped today, in Guatemala city, along with Guatemalan Social Democratic leader Gilda Flores, his party, in Mexico City, reported. | Gilda Flores has been kidnapped in Mexico city. | 108 | -1no label
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Officials in Arnold Schwarzenegger's Austrian hometown of Graz have removed his name from a football stadium in an ongoing row over the US death penalty. | Arnold Schwarzenegger faces the death penalty. | 109 | -1no label
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East Timor's Prime Minister says he expects within two months to announce a deal with Australia on developing a disputed oil and gas field. | East Timor expects a deal with Australia. | 110 | -1no label
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Ministers are still deadlocked over plans to ban smoking in pubs, clubs and all enclosed public spaces in England. | English ministers are united on the smoking ban. | 111 | -1no label
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She is the second woman mayor killed this week by alleged commando groups of the Maoist Shining Path. | A woman mayor is an alleged member of Maoist Shining Path. | 112 | -1no label
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The company, whose registered auditors are Deloitte & Touche, has instructed Ernst & Young to carry out a thorough review of the accounts of Eurest Support Services, a subsidiary which feeds UN peacekeepers in at least eight countries. | Ernst & Young feeds UN peacekeepers. | 113 | -1no label
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Zanzibar, the Indian Ocean island paradise favoured by thousands of tourists each year, was racked by violence yesterday after heavily armed security forces fired teargas and rubber bullets at scores of demonstrators who claimed that elections had been rigged. | Zanzibar is situated in the Indian Ocean. | 114 | -1no label
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According to the criminal complaint, Van Meeteren operated a business called Mental Health Professionals in International Falls. | Van Meeteren was the manager of Mental Health Professionals. | 115 | -1no label
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The government of El Salvador strongly condemns the terrorist attacks carried out with explosives today against The Committee of Mothers of Political Prisoners and Missing in El Salvador and against The Salvadoran Workers National Union Federation. | The Committee of Mothers of Political Prisoners and Missing was bombed. | 116 | -1no label
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Leaders of international groups and countries Wednesday condemned the assassination of two Algerian diplomats by al-Qaida's wing in Iraq. | Al-Qaida has its headquarters in Iraq. | 117 | -1no label
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Responding to Scheuer's comments in La Repubblica, the prime minister's office said the analysts' allegations, "beyond being false, are also absolutely incompatible with the contents of the conversation between Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and U.S. Ambassador to Rome Mel Sembler." | Mel Sembler is employed by Rome's council. | 118 | -1no label
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Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd has questioned how serious Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez was in his attempts to re-sign Michael Owen in the summer. | Rafael Benitez resigns as Liverpool boss. | 119 | -1no label
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Mugabe's visit to China comes at a time he is increasingly isolated from the West over policy differences including his government's forcible redistribution of white-owned commercial farms to blacks. | Mugabe canceled his visit to China. | 120 | -1no label
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Moreover, this official denied that Jubiz Hazvumb, captured on the 22nd of August by Colombian authorities for his alleged involvement in the murder of senator and presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan, was an Israeli citizen. | Luis Carlos Calan murdered Jubiz Hazvumb. | 121 | -1no label
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His old enemies joined calls for his release after Hariri's killing fuelled opposition to Syria. | Hariri was buried in Syria. | 122 | -1no label
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In an unusually candid admission, the federal chief of AIDS research says he believes drug companies don't have an incentive to create a vaccine for HIV and are likely to wait to profit from it after the government develops one. | Drug companies create a vaccine for HIV. | 123 | -1no label
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President Bush said Miers is the most qualified candidate for the job, and Mrs. Bush agreed: "Absolutely. Absolutely." | Mrs. Bush supports Miers. | 124 | -1no label
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The explosion wounded the arm of Beatriz Iero, damaged the doors and walls of the offices, and broke the windows of neighboring buildings. | Beatriz Iero was injured in an explosion. | 125 | -1no label
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Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page apparently have settled on a Boeing 767 as their personal jet. | Sergey Brin is a partner of Larry Page. | 126 | -1no label
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Family members told media that Keri Davies, 29, was killed and that his American partner, Kristina Miller, 26, was missing. | Kristina Miller is an American citizen. | 127 | -1no label
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The Hong Kong government said the case was its first successful action against peer-to-peer file sharing. The maximum penalty is four years' jail and a hefty fine. | The government acts against peer-to-peer file sharing. | 128 | -1no label
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Charles Armitage, broker to the defence and aerospace equipment maker at Merrill Lynch, says it is the type of business where "you shut your eyes and expect about 10 per cent growth." | Charles Armitage works as a broker at Merrill Lynch. | 129 | -1no label
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Keevil, a graduate of Oxford and Harvard universities, began his career in New York at Morgan Stanley, the second-biggest U.S. securities firm by market value. He is a dual citizen of the U.K. and U.S. | Keevil has British nationality. | 130 | -1no label
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Reporter Luis Morales, who works for an Ayacucho regional organization, reported that five unidentified individuals attempted to kidnap him, but he luckily escaped. | Luis Morales was kidnapped by five unidentified individuals. | 131 | -1no label
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The European Commission, on Tuesday, warned Bulgaria and Romania that their accession to the EU could be delayed until 2008 if they fail to take urgent action to fight corruption and speed up reforms. | The European commission blocks the Romanian accession to the EU. | 132 | -1no label
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A roadside bomb that injured six U.S. soldiers in eastern Afghanistan, was followed by a blast near a Kabul police station, Monday, that hurt two police officers and a civilian. | A police station is based in Kabul. | 133 | -1no label
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Winkeler, an 18-year veteran employee of The Southern Illinoisan, is a native of Beckemeyer, but graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1976 with a degree in journalism. | Winkeler resides in Beckemeyer. | 134 | -1no label
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Trent Barrett replaces injured Kangaroos captain, Darren Lockyer, at five-eighth while prop Steve Price has been omitted from the preliminary 19-man squad named on Tuesday. | Trent Barrett replaces Steve Price. | 135 | -1no label
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Only a few days ago, ARENA assassins tried to kill the president of the Mortgage Bank, Mr. Mason, for not following their orders. | Mr. Mason kills the president of the Mortgage Bank. | 136 | -1no label
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The protestors arrived from Grizinkals Park, not far from downtown, where they had been holding a protest. | The protestors were resident in Grizinkals Park. | 137 | -1no label
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Some 420 people have been hanged in Singapore since 1991, mostly for drug trafficking, an Amnesty International 2004 report said. That gives the country of 4.4 million people the highest execution rate in the world relative to population. | 4.4 million people live in Singapore. | 138 | -1no label
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The Mall School in Richmond has replaced its aging Windows 2000 PCs with a state of the art Linux thin-client network, offering access to a wealth of educational software at a fraction of the cost of an upgraded Microsoft-based solution. | The Mall School is a customer of Microsoft. | 139 | -1no label
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Kotler, 37, is familiar with the problem. Immigrating from the Ukraine in 1991 he became the first Reform rabbi from that wave of immigration and for the last four years he served as the Reform Movement's envoy in Russia. | Kotler is a member of the Reform Movement. | 140 | -1no label
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The Zimbabwean delegation includes the central bank governor, finance minister and Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, who met his Chinese counterpart Li Zhaoxing on Tuesday. | Li Zhaoxing rejects Chinese nationality. | 141 | -1no label
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Jose Reyes scored the winner for Arsenal as they ended a three-game league losing streak with a victory over battling Charlton. | Jose Reyes scored the winner against Arsenal. | 142 | -1no label
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GUS, on Friday, disposed of its remaining home shopping business and last non-UK retail operation with the 390m euro (265m pounds) sale of the Dutch home shopping company, Wehkamp, to Industri Kapital, a private equity firm. | Industri Kapital acquired Wehkamp. | 143 | -1no label
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Recent Dakosaurus research comes from a complete skull found in Argentina in 1996, studied by Diego Pol of Ohio State University, Zulma Gasparini of Argentina's National University of La Plata, and their colleagues. | A Dakosaurus complete skull was found in Argentina. | 144 | -1no label
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Patrick's managing director Chris Corrigan says the law has been broken and the company will be writing to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). | Chris Corrigan has broken the law. | 145 | -1no label
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Mathew Staver, president of Liberty Counsel, a conservative law group based in Florida, called on the president to withdraw the Miers nomination, saying that Bush passed over several highly qualified candidates with proven track records and well-developed judicial philosophies for an unknown. | Mathew Staver is a supporter of Miers. | 146 | -1no label
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At the same time, Old Mutual Asset Management, which is owned by London bank Old Mutual, announced that it would merge Pacific into corporate sibling Barrow Hanley. | Barrow Hanley is a competitor of Pacific. | 147 | -1no label
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Trent Barrett replaces injured Kangaroos captain, Darren Lockyer, at five-eighth while prop Steve Price has been omitted from the preliminary 19-man squad named on Tuesday. | Steve Price injured the Kangaroos captain. | 148 | -1no label
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We don't think about it much, because it hurts, says Albertman, who is formulating a civil code for the Democratic Choice party. | Albertman is a member of the Democratic Choice party. | 149 | -1no label
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They also openly list the address of LeT`s regional office as "4 Lake Road, Chaubhurji, Lahore," a location reportedly not far from the city police headquarters. | Chaubhurji lies in Lahore. | 150 | -1no label
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Running water to about 26,000 people in Dalianhe on the outskirts of this northeastern city, stopped at 6 p.m. as a slick of toxic benzene on the Songhua River approached. | The Songhua River was polluted with benzene. | 151 | -1no label
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DaimlerChrysler sold its remaining shares in the Mitsubishi Motor Corporation of Japan today, effectively ending the grand scheme of its chairman, Jurgen E. Schrempp, to create a global car company. | Jurgen E. Schrempp created Mitsubishi Motor Corporation. | 152 | -1no label
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The Actors Studio offering will be based on Simon's female version of the play which was premiered in 1985 in New York, at the Broadhurst Theatre, with the characters' names being Florence Unger and Olive Madison, played by Sally Struthers and Rita Moreno respectively. | Sally Struthers played the role of Olive Madison. | 153 | -1no label
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Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page apparently have settled on a Boeing 767 as their personal jet. | Google was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. | 154 | -1no label
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US authorities have been secretly monitoring radiation levels at Muslim sites amid fears that terrorists might obtain nuclear weapons. | Nuclear weapons are stored at Muslim sites. | 155 | -1no label
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Those accused of the assassination of six Jesuits will have a "fair trial" and if found guilty, will be punished whether they are civilians, military, or influential people, supreme court President Dr. Mauricio Gutierrez Castro said. | Six Jesuits were assassinated by the military. | 156 | -1no label
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A few years earlier Ronnie Gilbert, one of The Weavers, had introduced me at one of the Newport Folk Festivals saying, "And here he is ... take him, you know him, he's yours." | Ronnie Gilbert formed part of The Weavers. | 157 | -1no label
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Baldwin graduated from Butler University in 1995, and he served his alma mater as an assistant coach from 1994-99. | Baldwin dismissed by Butler University. | 158 | -1no label
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Superstars scheduled to appear include Death Row, Johnny 8-Ball, Ogre, Junkyard Joe, Justin Nuff, The Joykiller, Baine, Shane Youngblood, Dave Century, Mike Savage, Los Lizmarkos, Calo, Crazy Cat, El Satanico with Pennsylvania Pete, Showtime and a special attraction with Freddy vs. Jason. | Mike Savage is an employee of Los Lizmarkos. | 159 | -1no label
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Since it saw the light of day in 2004, Katamari Damacy has gone on to become one of the biggest cult hits in the history of video games. | Katamari Damacy was released in 2004. | 160 | -1no label
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An internal investigation led Chief Dana Van Leuven to contact deputies at the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department's Big Bear Station. | Big Bear Station is subordinate to San Bernardino Sherriff's Department. | 161 | -1no label
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Testifying before the Senate inquiry into the new anti-terrorism laws, Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner John Lawler defended the need for extra powers by giving examples of where the current system falls down. | John Lawler testified before the Senate inquiry. | 162 | -1no label
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Competition between IBM and Oracle is certainly nothing new, and the customer does ultimately benefit. | IBM is a partner of Oracle. | 163 | -1no label
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Desforges, who lived in Saguenay, about 155 miles north of Quebec City, was almost immediately given a shot of adrenaline, a standard tool for treating anaphylactic shock brought on by an allergy to peanuts. | Anaphylactic shock is caused by adrenaline. | 164 | -1no label
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Four US cable companies, including industry leaders Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable, have entered the fast-growing wireless arena through a joint venture with Sprint Nextel. | Four US cable companies formed a joint venture with Sprint Nextel. | 165 | -1no label
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Greek coastguard officials say they have found a body on a boat that sent out a distress call as it carried 150 would-be immigrants to Italy. The identity of the dead man and the circumstances of his death are unclear. | Coastguard officials have found a dead man. | 166 | -1no label
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On the same day last week that Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, Iran's fundamentalist president, called for Israel to be "wiped off the map" at an anti-Zionist conference in Tehran, his first vice-president was attending a different sort of event in Moscow. | Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad attends a conference in Moscow. | 167 | -1no label
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Some large Russian oil companies, including Lukoil, Zarubezhneft, the state-owned oil company, and Alpha Eco, the trader, were implicated by the report. | Lukoil and Zarubezhneft are Russian oil companies. | 168 | -1no label
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The possibility for Yevgenia Timoshenko, daughter of the Ukrainian ex-prime minister, to be married to the English rock singer Sean Carr, in church, is still questionable. | Yevgenia Timoshenko is the wife of Sean Carr. | 169 | -1no label
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La Paz department police authorities have disclosed that investigations into the murder of two young U.S. Citizens are being conducted by a specialized group (not further identified) summoned specially to clarify this crime. | Two young U.S. Citizens were murdered in Bolivia. | 170 | -1no label
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Germany will pay more into the EU coffers than Britain had originally proposed - but still less than it had been prepared to pay at the last summit six months ago. | Germany will pay more into the EU coffers than Britain. | 171 | -1no label
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Tokyo's High Court has rejected an appeal for compensation by 10 Chinese survivors of Japanese germ warfare experiments during World War II. | Tokyo's High Court approves an appeal for compensation by 10 Chinese survivors. | 172 | -1no label
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Marshall, 54, and Warren, 68, discovered the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and uncovered its role in causing ulcers and stomach inflammation. | Helicobacter pylori causes ulcers. | 173 | -1no label
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As he headed to his Camp David retreat for the weekend, relief for Mr. Bush that Karl Rove, his chief strategist, had not been indicted was tempered by the prospect of further torment from the continuing inquiry and likely trial of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, chief of staff to Dick Cheney, vice-president. | Karl Rove works as chief strategist for Mr. Bush. | 174 | -1no label
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Owen left Real Madrid after Newcastle outbid Liverpool to clinch a 17m pounds deal, but Benitez has hinted the striker may yet make a permanent return to Anfield. | Owen was bought by Liverpool. | 175 | -1no label
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Since hurricane Katrina hit, acting New Jersey Gov. Richard Codey has met with state police and other agencies to review their terrorism plans. | Richard Codey is attacked by Katrina. | 176 | -1no label
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I've seen the evolution from hoodlums to families, said LeGros, 72, who has owned the drive-in with his wife, Dorothy, for 25 years. | LeGros is related to Dorothy. | 177 | -1no label
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The mounting debt exasperated U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar as the world body embarked on new, costly peacekeeping ventures. | Javier Perez de Cuellar is employed by the U.N. | 178 | -1no label
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Defence Minister Robert Hill says a decision would need to be made by February next year, if Australian troops are to extend their stay in southern Iraq. | Australian troops extend their stay in southern Iraq. | 179 | -1no label
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Only a few days ago, ARENA assassins tried to kill the president of the Mortgage Bank, Mr. Mason, for not following their orders. | Mason leads ARENA assassins. | 180 | -1no label
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Sirius Corporation, the UK's leading Linux and open source consultancy, installed the new network of 28 workstations that are connected to a high-powered server, running the LTSP Linux terminal server. | Sirius Corporation is the developer of Linux. | 181 | -1no label
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The sources, speaking days before Scheuer's interview appeared July 4 in the Italian daily La Repubblica, said those actions were routine in such cases, known as "renditions" -- transfers of subjects from one country to another. | La Repubblica publishes in Italy. | 182 | -1no label
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Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh, Power Mac, iTunes and iPod are trademarks of Apple. | ITunes is a product by Apple. | 183 | -1no label
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The government of El Salvador strongly condemns the terrorist attacks carried out with explosives, today, against the Salvadoran Workers National Union Federation, in which several persons were wounded and others died. | Several persons were injured by explosives. | 184 | -1no label
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan's detractors may wish for him to take up wedding planning and ditch the peacekeeping. | Secretary-General Kofi Annan takes up wedding planning. | 185 | -1no label
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The Calm & the Storm is the brainchild of Dave McCool, who got rich when Northern Telecom bought his communications start-up Aptis Communications. | Aptis Communications is owned by Northern Telecom. | 186 | -1no label
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The US state of Kansas has ruled that science classes in public schools should include the teaching of intelligent design and the doubts it casts on Darwinian evolution. | Intelligent design casts doubts on Darwinian evolution. | 187 | -1no label
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Singapore is one of Australia's strongest allies in Asia and Australian Prime Minister John Howard has rejected calls for trade and military boycotts over the execution, which is scheduled for Friday. | Australia is going to boycott Singapore. | 188 | -1no label
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Profits at oil giant Shell have surged as the recent rise in oil prices more than offset the cost of US hurricanes. | Shell profits drop due to the recent rise in oil prices. | 189 | -1no label
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For the second time, unidentified terrorists dynamited the oil pipeline between Huila department and Barrancabermeja. | Terrorists attacked an oil pipeline. | 190 | -1no label
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The chaotic situation unleashed in Bogota last night with the assassination of justice Carlos Valencia began on July 28th in Medellin, when motorized paid assassins murdered third public order judge Maria Elena Diaz. | Assassins murdered Maria Elena Diaz. | 191 | -1no label
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General Miguel Maza Marquez, chief of the Colombian administrative department of security (DAS), today confirmed foreign participation in the assassination of Luis Carlos Galan, senator and liberal party presidential candidate, on the 18th of August in Bogota. | Luis Carlos Galan was murdered in Bogota. | 192 | -1no label
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Opposition Leader Peter Debnam released a reference the Premier wrote in 1999 as a junior minister for Mamadou Ndaw in his bid to be granted residency. | Peter Debnam was elected Premier. | 193 | -1no label
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Bombing suspect Muktar Said-Ibrahim got on the No. 26 bus at 12:53 last Thursday in the bank area of downtown London, carrying a grey and black backpack. He sat toward the back of the bus with the pack next to him and tried to set off a bomb near Hackney Street. | Muktar Said-Ibrahim used the No. 26 bus. | 194 | -1no label
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They have decided to invest that in the U.S. rather than overseas, said Richard Withagen, an analyst at Delta Lloyd Securities in Amsterdam who recommends investors sell their Danone shares. | Richard Withagen is employed by Delta Lloyd Securities. | 195 | -1no label
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The defense has portrayed the Lorenzo brothers (both charged with money laundering) as legitimate businessmen who made it big adopting a gangster persona and starting Murder Inc. with Def Jam, a subsidiary of Universal Music. | The Lorenzo brothers are founders of Murder Inc. | 196 | -1no label
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Five Iraqi policemen have been killed and at least three others wounded in an insurgent attack on a checkpoint, police say. | Five Iraqi policemen have attacked a checkpoint. | 197 | -1no label
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The reconsecration tomorrow in Dresden of the Frauenkirche will be a very special moment for Hans and Erna Keller. | Hans and Erna Keller live in Dresden. | 198 | -1no label
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Arensberg and a group of nine other professors directed by Ofer Bar-Yosef of Harvard University and Bernard Vandermeersch of the University of Bordeaux in France have studied the findings at Kebara for the past six years. | Arensberg lectures at the University of Bordeaux in France. | 199 | -1no label
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