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Runner for the ages It is a tribute to his fighting spirit that Evening Attire, at the relatively advanced age of 6, is still a serious factor in a \$1 million race. | 1 |
Summary: Senate GOP Set to Dump Filibuster (AP) AP - THE FILIBUSTER: The notion of talking a measure to death dates to the Founding Fathers. In the 1950s and '60s foes of racial progress used it to block civil-rights legislation and in 1957 Strom Thurmond launched the longest one-man filibuster in history. He spoke for... | 1 |
9/11 Proposals Lead the Agenda Facing Congress Members of Congress return for a march to Election Day that is complicated by the call to reorganize U.S. intelligence agencies. | 1 |
Hill brings magic back to NBA (The Sporting News) The Sporting News - The day after the colossal mess into which his team landed in Detroit, Pacers coach Rick Carlisle paused to say something most in attendance tolerated impatiently. Indiana was preparing to face Orlando, and Carlisle said unprovoked, "It will be good ... | 1 |
Injuries, frustration continue to mount in Miami Davie, FL (Sports Network) - The Miami Dolphins learned Monday that they could be without quarterbacks Jay Fiedler and AJ Feeley for this Sunday #39;s game against the Buffalo Bills. | 1 |
Security Flaw in Browsers Poses Phishing Threat (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - A security issue has been discovered in a common feature included in several Web browsers, including Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, Konqueror and Camino. | 1 |
Hewitt beats French teen Monfils to reach third round at Paris <b>...</b> Second-seeded Lleyton Hewitt defeated French teenager Gael Monfils 6-3, 7-6 (3) at the Paris Masters on Tuesday, then heaped praise on the former junior champion. | 1 |
Adobe: Health strong overall, despite quarterly drop Sequential revenue and profit declines had been widely expected; year-over-year growth robust. | 1 |
Gardner Puts Down Boots to Begin New Life A giant man placing his blue boots in the center of a yellow mat would be a strange sight to the uninitiated. But to American Rulon Gardner, the symbolism was huge. | 1 |
HP Fends Off Critics Hewlett-Packard (HPQ:NYSE - news - research) bested expectations on earnings and revenue for its fourth quarter, the company said after the bell Tuesday. | 1 |
Oil prices fall as storm worries wane LONDON : Oil prices fell back as worries about the impact of tropical storm Frances subsided. The price of benchmark Brent North Sea crude oil for delivery in October lost 11 cents to 40. | 1 |
Mobile phones to get TV reception I was pretty amazed to see 3D graphics coming to mobile phones, and now it looks like TV is coming to them too! Texas Instruments has started work on a chip that | 1 |
Resolving Kashmir with a Musharraf model The studied casualness with which Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf presented his big idea on Kashmir this week has not been able to hide its innovative and indeed revolutionary | 1 |
World Scene ABUJA, Nigeria - Sudan bowed to international pressure yesterday for a ban on military flights over the Darfur region, where 1.5 million people have been forced from their homes, and signed two landmark peace deals with rebels. | 1 |
Sears Sales Rise on Appliance Strength Sears, Roebuck amp; Co. (SN: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said sales at stores open at least a year rose 1.9 percent in October, breaking a string of six straight monthly declines, helped by growth in appliances. | 1 |
Gold Medal Dispute Set to End Thursday (AP) AP - Paul Hamm is finally going to have an answer for everyone who asks if he's going to be able to keep his Olympic gold medal. | 1 |
AOL Rings Up New Shopping Service NEW YORK (Reuters) - America Online, the world's largest Internet service provider on Monday launched an overhauled online shopping center it hopes will help it keep pace with competitive offerings by Yahoo Inc.<A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=YHOO.O... | 1 |
Ambush Kills 50 Iraq Soldiers Execution Style The soldiers were taken from three buses at a fake checkpoint northeast of Baghdad and killed mostly with bullets to their heads. | 1 |
Pirates Agree to Terms with Mesa and Torres PITTSBURGH (Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to terms Thursday with closer Jose Mesa on a one-year contract, with a club option for 2006. | 1 |
20,000 rally against Hardie MORE than 20,000 workers and victims rallied across Australia today, pledging to force James Hardie Industries to meet its responsibilities to those suffering asbestos related diseases. | 1 |
Interior Official and Federal Biologists Clash on Danger to Bird The issue of political overseers modifying information from federal scientists that conflicts with policy goals has arisen periodically in recent years. | 1 |
Dell May Soon Unveil More Consumer Goods -Analyst NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dell Inc. <A HREF="http://www.reuters.co.uk/financeQuoteLookup.jhtml?ticker=DELL.O qtype=sym infotype=info qcat=news">DELL.O</A>, the world's largest PC maker, could announce an expanded selection of its consumer electronics line in the ... | 1 |
Blogs look burly after kicking sand on CBS Bloggers enjoy a moment of glory after pooling their expertise to uncover the truth about the forged memos on Bush #39;s service record. | 1 |
Students Follow the Music to Apple Laptops Jefferson Graham writes for USA Today, #147;Apple #146;s trendy iPod digital music player, which has revitalized the company, is giving laptop sales a boost during back-to-school season. Many students, after falling in love with the iPod, are packing for college with new Apple... | 1 |
Murdoch Offers Record Amount for Triplex Description: News mogul Rupert Murdoch pays a record-setting \$44 million for a three-story Fifth Avenue penthouse in Manhattan formerly inhabited by the late Laurance Rockefeller. | 1 |
Russo on Football: No. 1 USC shows its flaws The inexperienced receivers had a tough time getting open. The retooled offensive line had some trouble protecting the star quarterback. | 1 |
Greenspan: U.S. Needs to Cut Budget Gap (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan\Greenspan said on Friday the United States should cut its\budget gap to foster a more balanced pattern of global trade\and avoid painful economic consequences. | 1 |
India, China have improved invt climate The World Bank has called upon the governments of poor countries to work for improving their investment climates as done by India and China, saying it was central to economic growth and poverty reduction. | 1 |
NTT DoCoMo chooses Linux for next-gen phones MANHASSET, NY - MontaVista Software Inc. has announced that its MontaVista Linux has been chosen as the operating system for three new Foma third-generation (3G) mobile phones from NTT DoCoMo. | 1 |
Bobby-Trapped Car Explodes in Mosul (AP) AP - A car bomb exploded Monday in western Mosul as an American military convoy was passing by, witnesses said. First reports indicated it may have been a suicide attack. | 1 |
Hakkinen to race Mercedes DTM in 2005 Motorsport.com. Mika Hakkinen will make his return to racing in 2005 with Mercedes in the German Touring Car (DTM) series, it was confirmed on November 6th. | 1 |
SEC Settles with Ahold, Execs The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed enforcement actions against Royal Ahold NV and three former executives, alleging fraud and other violations stemming from the Dutch food giant #39;s massive accounting scandal. | 1 |
KarstadtQuelle to sell 77 department stores, waive 2004, 2005 dividends (AFP) AFP - KarstadtQuelle, Europe's leading department store operator, said it planned to sell quot;as quickly as possible quot; 77 of its 181 department stores around the country as part of a massive restructuring programme aimed at pulling it ou... | 1 |
Johansson #39;s serve the kicker vs. Hewitt Joachim Johansson is quot;the Euro Roddick, quot; a Swede whose approach to tennis is much like Andy Roddick #39;s. Serve big and get out of there. | 1 |
Canada may put levies on US imports Canada may impose retaliatory duties on US imports for the first time since 1986, exposing strains in the world #39;s largest trading relationship. | 1 |
Dangerous #39; Kimi fined Formula One drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Nick Heidfeld are both \$10,000 poorer after separate fines for #39;dangerous driving #39; in Sunday #39;s year-ending Brazilian grand prix. | 1 |
Raiders Kicker Gets Contract Extension (AP) AP - Sebastian Janikowski finalized a #36;10.5 million, five-year contract extension with the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday that makes him the highest paid placekicker in the NFL. | 1 |
Regulators Probing Tips on Offerings -WSJ NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are looking into whether Wall Street firms are providing insider information on upcoming offerings, either on purpose or inadvertently, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. | 1 |
Maradona on Christmas Break from Drug Rehab HAVANA (Reuters) - Diego Maradona left Cuba on Sunday, interrupting his cocaine-addiction therapy to spend Christmas at home with his family in defiance of his doctor's advice. | 1 |
Ivan strands Utahns; help is on the way A family from Layton and more than a dozen other Americans have been stranded on Grand Cayman Island for five days without much food, clean drinking water or electricity in the wake of Hurricane Ivan. | 1 |
Video Game Review: 'Political Machine' (AP) AP - Political couch potatoes who can't get enough of the impending presidential election will find endless fun with "The Political Machine." | 1 |
Millar Left Out of Boston's Lineup (AP) AP - Kevin Millar was the odd man out of Boston's starting lineup in Game 3 of the World Series against the Cardinals on Tuesday night. | 1 |
ARM's new Cortex cores deliver big punch in small chip SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - Chip designer Arm Ltd.'s new Cortex family of processor cores will help designers of mobile and embedded devices build powerful systems that use less memory, the company said Tuesday at its developer conference. | 1 |
Beckham hopes to make injury return later this month LONDON English soccer star and pop icon David Beckham is hoping to return to the field later this month. Beckham is suffering from a broken rib and says he wants to begin playing for his Spanish league team next weekend. | 1 |
At Least 3 Killed in Car Bombing Near Baghdad A car bomb exploded today west of Baghdad, killing at least one U.S. soldier and two Iraqi policemen and wounding 60 people, Iraqi and coalition officials said. | 1 |
X-Ray of King Tut Mummy May Reveal Clues (AP) AP - The mummy of King Tutankhamun is to be X-rayed in an attempt to solve the mystery of how the teenage Pharaoh died at age 17, Egypt's chief archaeologist said Sunday. | 1 |
Kobe, Los Angeles are getting adjusted to NBA life without Shaq in <b>...</b> The Lakers were in town. So, automatically, the first thing you did was look around for the big guy. You kept searching for a guy named Shaquille O #39;Neal, who once played for LSU. | 1 |
Israeli Army: al-Qaida Behind Egypt Blasts Relatives of Assaf Grinvald attend his funeral service in the Israeli town of Ramat Hasaron, north of Tel Aviv, Monday, Oct. 11 2004. | 1 |
Football: Uefa Cup round-up Sasa Ilic hits a hat-trick for Partizan Belgrade in a 4-0 win over Egaleo, plus Thursday's other matches. | 1 |
In face of losses, Woods answers questions BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- There was a stern look on his face when he won the first hole, courtesy of Paul Casey's three-putt bogey, and when Tiger Woods went 2 up at the fifth, he hardly showed emotion. | 1 |
Salvation Army rings in the holidays or so hopes the Salvation Army. Each year volunteers and employees appear in malls across Broward County to ring bells from early November to Christmas Eve. | 1 |
UK watchdog targets Belgian firm The Office of Fair Trading takes legal action against a Belgian mail-order firm, using new cross-border powers for the first time. | 1 |
Chip-Maker Posts Profitable Quarter Higher prices and increased production gave Micron Technology Inc. its second straight profitable quarter, but its fourth-quarter results still fell short of Wall Street estimates. | 1 |
Raptors Send Carter to Nets for 3 Players (AP) AP - After dismantling the team in the summer and aggravating Jason Kidd, the New Jersey Nets began the job of rebuilding as well as repairing their relationship with their best player. | 1 |
Apple quarterly profit doubles; outlook tops views Apple Computer (AAPL) on Wednesday reported its quarterly profit more than doubled, on strong sales of its iPod digital music player and notebook computers, and said earnings for the current quarter would be much better than | 1 |
#39;Kick up the backside for England, #39; says Vaughan after loss POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa (AFP) - England captain Michael Vaughan admitted his team had received a quot;kick up the backside quot; when they crashed to a seven-wicket defeat against South Africa A at Sedgars Park. | 1 |
New bid to end talks deadlock Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy and Irish foreign minister Brian Cowen will chair talks involving unionists and nationalists at Stormont aimed at ending the stand-off over proposed changes to devolution. | 1 |
Doan Goal Lifts Canada to World Cup Glory Shane Doan scored 34 seconds into the third period to break a 2-2 tie and give Canada a 3-2 win over Finland in the championship game of the World Cup of Hockey on Tuesday. | 1 |
The Wi-Jack Wi-Fi Wall Outlet It might cost you \$25 to pick up a wireless access point at Circuit City, but if you want to fool around with some enterprise-level WiFi you normally gotta shell out the big bucks for some commercial-grade ceiling-mounted gear. | 1 |
Google AdSense Expands with Web Search Google AdSense Expands with Web Search\\When Google launched Adsense, millions of website owners scurried to sign up. By adding "AdWords Text Ads" to your website, you can make a nice little income with no work on your part. Once the code is placed on a page, Google scans it for .... | 1 |
Review: GPS in Cell Phones Performs Well (AP) AP - O.K., so I don't like asking for directions. But I don't get lost so often that I need to spend more than #36;1,000 on a built-in car navigation system to plot my course with global positioning satellites. | 1 |
Aviation Fight Mirrors Larger French-German Rivalry The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company, or EADS, is scrambling to quell an internal squabble that could increase tensions between French and German shareholders. | 1 |
Ashour Conquers World Junior Squash Title ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : Aug 23 (PNS) - Egypt Ramy Ashour became the newest World Junior Squash Champion following a 3-0 finals victory in the PIA 13th World Junior Squash Championships against Yasir Butt of Pakistan at the Mushaf Ali Mir Squash Complex | 1 |
Intel to maintain 775-pin P4 prices to 2005 - report Despite proximity of faster, cheaper AMD rivals | 1 |
Blue Jays, Devil Rays Swap Two Players (AP) AP - The Toronto Blue Jays acquired right-hander Chad Gaudin from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for catcher Kevin Cash in the first transaction completed Sunday at the winter meetings. | 1 |
Alcan spinoff Novelis will have \$2.8 billion US in debt MONTREAL (CP) - Alcan Inc. #39;s rolled-products division will be saddled with a debt of \$2.8 billion US as it becomes a separate company under the name Novelis, says a preliminary prospectus. | 1 |
APEC forum: is there any point to it? WASHINGTONFifteen years after its birth, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum is increasingly dogged by an uncomfortable question: Is it any use? | 1 |
Maine Slated to Get Advanced Microscope (AP) AP - The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor is awaiting delivery next year of what may be the world's most advanced microscope, a #36;1 million machine it will share with other members of a Maine scientific consortium. | 1 |
The Euros cash in Bloomfield Township, Mich.- In the end Sunday, it seemed fit ting that Colin Mont gomerie, the spiritual leader of Europe #39;s Ryder Cup team, would seal ownership of the cup once again. | 1 |
Finjan Software warns of ten new vulnerabilities in Windows XP SP2 Finjan Software, the leading provider of proactive secure content management solutions for enterprises, announces today 10 serious security vulnerabilities discovered by Finjan #39;s Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) in Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP... | 1 |
Cal faces No. 1 USC with eyes - and its offense - wide open Bee Staff Writer. BERKELEY - Jeff Tedford said the lasting image from last year #39;s Cal-USC game wasn #39;t necessarily Tyler Fredrickson #39;s field goal that gave the Golden Bears a triple-overtime triumph. | 1 |
Hamilton fails doping test Olympic cycling champion Tyler Hamilton, whose name has become synonymous with resilience and grit, could lose his gold medal and be banned for two years after blood tests showed evidence of banned transfusions. | 1 |
Microsoft Issues Five Bulletins on Windows Flaws Microsoft has released five Security Bulletins warning of several vulnerabilities that put computers running Windows at risk of attack. | 1 |
Lawyer introduces harassment scheme in Ovitz case In the trial of former Walt Disney Co. President Michael Ovitz, the plaintiff #39;s lawyer accused the company #39;s former official of leaking rumors to the press accusing NBC West Coast chief Don Ohlmeyer of sexually | 1 |
Melvin will not return Members of the coaching staff, with the exception of Bryan Price, can pursue other opportunities. Price is under contract for the 2005 season. | 1 |
Afghan women blaze a trail ATHENS, Greece -- At 14.14 seconds, Robina Muqimyar posted the second-slowest time among 63 women in the 100-meter trials. But she and judo competitor Friba Razayee also have achieved historic firsts -- they | 1 |
Trend Micro Gives Away Mobile Antivirus App Trend Micro will become the latest major antivirus software company to provide protection against mobile phone viruses, with new antivirus and antispam software for mobile phones running the Microsoft Windows Mobile and Symbian operating systems. | 1 |
Acrimony, recriminations follow Manchester United victory over <b>...</b> That #39;s when Arsenal and Manchester United are set to meet again in the Premier League. The bitter rivalry between the two giants of English soccer grew even nastier after Sunday #39;s 2-0 United victory at Old | 1 |
Legal firms agree global merger UK law firm DLA is merging with US peer Piper Rudnick to create a legal empire with the third most lawyers on board in the world. The combined firm will have 2,700 lawyers on its books situated in 49 offices across 19 countries. | 1 |
Finally, right-minded on the right In a bold and controversial move, Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon has decided to pull out and destroy all Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza strip. | 1 |
Lots of Points for Top-Tier NFL Teams (AP) AP - Points were in abundance for some of the NFL's top teams, even in road games. | 1 |
Pistons Top Cavaliers 81-69 (AP) AP - Richard Hamilton scored 21 points and the Detroit Pistons held Cleveland to a six-point third quarter and almost held LeBron James scoreless in the second half in an 81-69 win Thursday night. | 1 |
Muslims Appeal to Iraqi Captors BAGHDAD, 30 August 2004 - Muslim leaders in Iraq and France yesterday appealed for the release of two kidnapped French journalists facing death. | 1 |
Adult ADHD Costs Billions in Lost Income While attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is widely perceived as a children's disorder, many adults struggle with it, too. It costs adult sufferers billions of dollars each year in lost wages and in the inability to hold steady jobs, making it one of the nation's mor... | 1 |
Ireland Cracks Down on Internet Scams (PC World) PC World - Calls to 13 other countries will be blocked to thwart auto-dialer software. | 1 |
IBM Debuts Power5 Server Line for Linux Harking to the belief that Linux is replacing Windows, Unix and other operating systems in small and medium-sized businesses, IBM unveiled a new server line optimized for the open source operating system. | 1 |
Hearing Set After Microsoft Rivals Quit BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The judge considering Microsoft Corp.'s appeal against European Union sanctions has called a closed meeting for Thursday to decide what action to take after two more major opponents of the U.S. software giant withdrew from the case. | 1 |
CIA Analyst Cautious About Iraq In a farewell assessment of Iraq's security and political situation, the CIA's senior officer there wrote that a stronger government and economy are necessary to avoid descent into wider violence, a U.S. official said yesterday. | 1 |
World Cup Hockey: Finland Upsets US, Advances to Finals Finland scored twice in the third period Friday to advance to the finals of the World Cup of Ice Hockey with a 2-1 upset over defending champion the United States. | 1 |
No Patriots Letup After Pennington's Long Day On the worst day of Chad Pennington's career, he threw five interceptions in a loss to the Patriots last year. The Jets face the Patriots again on Sunday. | 1 |
ISS Crew Successfully Redocks Soyuz Spacecraft The tenth crew of the International Space Station (ISS) made a short spaceflight early Monday to move a Russian lifeboat to a new docking port and prepare the station for a pair of upcoming spacewalks. | 1 |
Update 1: German Business Sentiment Rises in Dec. German business sentiment improved unexpectedly in December after slumping sharply in November over concerns about high oil prices and worries that the strengthening euro could damage exports, a closely watched survey showed Friday. | 1 |
At Last, Success on the Road for Lions (AP) AP - The Detroit Lions went three full seasons without winning an away game, setting an NFL record for road futility. They ended that ignominious streak Sunday in their first opportunity of the season, beating the Chicago Bears 20-16 at Soldier Field. | 1 |
Citigroup Says SEC May Take Action Against Jones (Update3) Citigroup Inc., the world #39;s largest bank, said the US Securities and Exchange Commission may take enforcement action against Thomas Jones, who ran the company #39;s investment-management unit. | 1 |
The science of hurricanes The BBC's Peter Gibbs explains why hurricanes happen, and what can be done to limit their impact. | 1 |
IBM System Named Fastest Supercomputer (AP) AP - Big Blue has brought the title of the world's fastest supercomputer back to the United States for the first time in three years. | 1 |
Intel whacks mobile chip prices Intel cut the prices of its premier mobile chips by up to a third on Sunday, as it prepares for the holiday season. The Santa Clara, Calif. | 1 |
Health hurdle for Latham #39;s campaign MARK Latham #39;s campaign to become prime minister has suffered an unexpected setback after the Labor leader was rushed to hospital suffering stomach cramps, forcing him to cancel all public engagements until next ... | 1 |
Mexico's Fox Says U.S. Migration Deal a Priority MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Vicente Fox said on Monday he hoped President Bush's re-election meant a bilateral accord on migration would be reached before his own term runs out at the end of 2006. | 1 |
Quiet Goosen roars to victory Commotion simply isn #39;t part of his makeup, the level of Retief Goosen #39;s stoic personality fast approaching legendary proportions on the PGA Tour. | 1 |
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