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Ignorance Is Slavery We are at war with Iraq. We have always been at war with Iraq. This is the first time I've read 1984 all the way to the end, and I finally understand it, and why it's so important. Winston lost entirely, and it was the most complete loss that is possible. This was important, because it sticks in th... | 1 |
New phones put world in palm of the hand But are they a niche device for business travelers or a bombshell set to rattle the wireless industry? | 1 |
James Practices, May Play Against Packers (AP) AP - Running back Edgerrin James, sidelined two days with a strained hamstring, returned to practice Thursday and could be ready to play when the Indianapolis Colts host the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. | 1 |
Advertisers Go Digital to Track Ads NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top marketers are going digital to track the delivery of commercials into U.S. homes with a system some advocates say will revolutionize advertising the way product codes changed the selling of sliced bread. | 1 |
Martha #39;s new home is jail TREND-setter Martha Stewart yesterday began a five-month jail term, for lying about a stock sale, at a minimum-security prison known as quot;Camp Cupcake quot;. | 1 |
Chinese Groups Seek to Halt a Dam and Save a Treasured Place Environmentalists in China are fighting plans for a hydropower project that they say would endanger one of the world's deepest gorges. | 1 |
Brussels crisis to cloud EU constitution ceremony (AFP) AFP - Europe's leaders gather in Rome on Friday to sign a historic constitution for the European Union (EU), but a crisis over the bloc's new executive Commission will only add to clouds over the ceremony. | 1 |
Google to Give Yahoo More Stock to Settle Dispute Online search engine leader Google Inc. (GOOG) will surrender more than \$300 million of its stock to Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) in a settlement that removes a legal threat hanging over its IPO at the expense of enriching a nettlesome rival. | 1 |
Report: Egypt brokers Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire, peace <b>...</b> The official news agency of Egypt says leaders there have reached an understanding with Israel, the Palestinians, the United States and Europe. | 1 |
S.E.C. Warns American Exchange Officials of Civil Charges The top three executives of the American Stock Exchange may face civil charges for failing to properly enforce the exchange's rules. | 1 |
Alcatel Ups U.S. Business with Acquisitions PARIS (Reuters) - Alcatel has expanded its foothold in the key North American market with the acquisition of a mobile software provider and a conference technology business for \$277 million. | 1 |
Cingular Sells IDEA Cellular Stake Cingular Wireless continues to meet its AT amp;T Wireless merger approval obligations to shed some assets. The latest: The carrier is selling its stake in IDEA Cellular. | 1 |
7 Palestinians Killed; CNN Producer Held (AP) AP - Israelis killed seven Palestinians in attacks Monday, including a Gaza airstrike that killed one militant and wounded a militia commander, who vowed revenge from his hospital bed. | 1 |
Computer Associates To Cut 5 of Workforce Computer Associates (Quote, Chart) said it would cut 800 employees from its payroll in order to save \$70 million per year. The move is part of the Islandia, NY-based management software maker #39;s plan to streamline operations. | 1 |
Branch return breathtaking It took Deion Branch nine weeks to get his quot;breath quot; back but when he did he left the Kansas City Chiefs breathless. | 1 |
RealNetworks promises iPod lockout fix (MacCentral) MacCentral - Apple Computer Inc. has updated the software for some of its iPod music players so that songs bought from RealNetworks Inc. won't play. RealNetworks says they're not sure why it's happened, but they're working on a fix. Apple suggests that it's what to ex... | 1 |
America #39;s great hope in 1,500 has early exit, Devers squeaks into 100 semis Alan Webb, who was supposed to end America #39;s streak of mediocrity in middle-distance races, got outmaneuvered and outrun as he failed to make it out of the preliminary round in the 1,500 meters. | 1 |
Microsoft to step up SP2 downloads com September 21, 2004, 4:05 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. | 1 |
Vice chairman quits Wal-Mart (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Thomas Coughlin, who joined Wal-Mart Stores as head of security and rose to vice chairman, will give up the post early next year after 25 years of service that helped the company become the world's biggest retailer. | 1 |
Q1 Labs tackles intrusion prevention Q1 Labs this week plans to release the latest version of its flagship software as well as add-on software that the company says enables its security management tool to not only detect security issues but also prevent them. | 1 |
Unilever and Colgate Warn of Slowdowns in Their Earnings The two companies do not operate in all the same markets, but Monday's warnings seemed to suggest that both were suffering from tougher competition in some areas. | 1 |
Storm Moves Steelers-Dolphins to Evening (AP) AP - Hurricane Jeanne forced the Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers to move their game to prime time Sunday. | 1 |
US Stocks Edge Higher as Oil Tops \$52 US stocks were higher on Wednesday even as crude oil prices touched a record at over \$52 per barrel, which helped boost energy shares. | 1 |
Claims Over Tasers' Safety Are Challenged Taser International says that a study endorses the safety of its electrical guns, but the laboratory that conducted the research disagrees. | 1 |
Defense delivers late for San Diego SAN DIEGO -- LaDainian Tomlinson and Drew Brees aren't the only ones who can win games for the resurgent San Diego Chargers. Their defense is pretty good, too. | 1 |
Oracle Will Take Its Quest Back to Court Oracle will continue its pursuit of PeopleSoft this week, asking a judge to dismantle one of the last obstacles to a deal. | 1 |
U.S. Troop Numbers in Iraq to Hit Record 150,000 (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. military will boost its\troops in Iraq to 150,000 this month, the highest level since\the war began in March 2003, in order to improve security for\scheduled Jan 30. elections, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. | 1 |
EU Allows More Catches of Exotic Deep-Sea Fish (Reuters) Reuters - EU fisheries ministers agreed quotas\on Tuesday for new member states to catch deepwater fish,\exotic but threatened species that are fast becoming an\alternative to mainstays like cod and hake, officials said. | 1 |
Boston College Upsets W. Virginia, 36-17 (AP) AP - Paul Peterson threw two first-half touchdown passes and No. 21 Boston College returned two punts for scores to beat No. 13 West Virginia 36-17 Saturday. | 1 |
Halliburton may sell troubled KBR Halliburton will restructure and may even sell its controversial KBR subsidiary, which is mired in overcharging scandals in Iraq. | 1 |
National Semiconductor Sells Imaging Unit Integrated circuit maker National Semiconductor Corp. said Tuesday that it will sell its imaging unit to photo equipment maker Eastman Kodak Co. | 1 |
Deja vu as Yankees beat Blue Jays 8-7 Derek Jeter, Hideki Matsui and Bernie Williams each hit home runs as the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-7 on Friday. | 1 |
Patriots Buckle Down Before Weis Moves (AP) AP - Bill Belichick took a few minutes Monday to convey his congratulations to his offensive coordinator on becoming Notre Dame's head coach. Now it's time for Charlie Weis to get back to work for the New England Patriots. Weis will finish the NFL season #151; at least six mo... | 1 |
Wrigley to Buy Kraft #39;s Candy Brands for \$1.48 Bln (Update4) Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., the world #39;s largest gum maker, agreed to buy brands including Altoids mints and Life Savers for \$1.48 billion from Kraft Foods Inc. | 1 |
The old-school approach It was early September when Northeastern women's hockey coach Laura Schuler climbed the steep staircase in Matthews Arena to her new office for the first time. | 1 |
Quota Move on Garments Riles China The Ministry of Commerce filed a protest Thursday over the possible imposition of quotas in the United States on five categories of garment imports. | 1 |
Ringtone chartshow to air on British TV (FT.com) FT.com - A new weekly music television show that will showcase charts for mobile phone ringtones and music downloads is to be aired on ITV1 in a sign of the growing influence of both the mobile phone and the internet on music sales. | 1 |
Sox preying upon Angels Growing up near Camp Pendleton as the son of a Marine gunnery sergeant, Dave Roberts learned all about baseball in Southern California. He played for UCLA before he wound up across town as the center fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers, keenly aware that losing a Freeway Series to the Angels was... | 1 |
No relief, no playoffs for A #39;s 5-4 loss to Anaheim ends postseason <b>...</b> Barry Zito did all he could to keep Oakland #39;s hopes alive on Saturday, but in a rehash of the team #39;s early-season bullpen problems, the A #39;s relievers could not hold on to a lead, and this time, it cost them everyth... | 1 |
Battery Sales Power Gillette Net income rose 14 to \$475 million, or 47 cents a share, thanks to a 15 increase in sales at its Duracell battery unit, which benefited from the series of hurricanes that hit Florida and other parts of the Southeast US during the period. | 1 |
Hitting History: Seattle outfielder singles in first two at-bats <b>...</b> What once looked like a forgettable season-ending weekend at Safeco Field came alive Friday night. Ichiro Suzuki became major league baseball #39;s single-season | 1 |
Russian President Turns on Washington Over Ukraine The political crisis in Ukraine has touched off a fresh debate inside the White House and foreign policy offices over how President Bush should handle Russian President Vladimir Putin #39;s increasingly | 1 |
Two goals by Pizarro as Bayern beats fearful Wolfsburg Peruvian forward Claudio Pizarro returned after a three-game injury absence with two goals Tuesday to lead Bayern Munich to a 2-0 win over Bundesliga leader VfL Wolfsburg. | 1 |
Paul McCartney to Headline Super Bowl Show (AP) AP - Paul McCartney will headline the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 6 as the NFL goes mainstream after the controversy over last January's show. | 1 |
Rouse Jumps on General Growth Buyout Commercial real-estate developer Rouse (RSE ) agreed to be acquired by General Growth Properties (GGP ), the No. 2 US shopping-mall owner, in a \$12.6 billion deal, which includes the assumption of \$5.4 billion of existing debt. Terms: \$67.50 cash per ... | 1 |
The Times Company Lowers Its Forecast for 2004 Earnings The New York Times Company said yesterday that its profit for the year would fall short of what it had initially forecast, a casualty of higher costs and of advertising revenue that has | 1 |
McLeish #39;hopeful #39; Yesterday #39;s 0-0 draw at Hearts left Rangers fourth behind Aberdeen and Kilmarnock and without an away goal in three league games. | 1 |
Fed audit rules cost firms cash and time Champion Enterprises Inc. produces and sells manufactured homes across the nation. It is no Enron Corp. But because of the infamous energy company and other corporate wrongdoers that spawned the Sarbanes-Oxley | 1 |
Chevron to appeal pipeline ruling ChevronTexaco, America's second-biggest oil company, is to appeal a court ruling ordering it to pay damages from a pipeline leak, reports say. | 1 |
Dali-Disney Collaboration Premieres NEW YORK - A narrow waisted, emerald-eyed brunette flits through a desert full of melting clocks and wacky perspectives, looking for her lover. Giant telephones levitate... | 1 |
Sharon says he is ready to work with Arafat #39;s successor Ariel Sharon said yesterday that he would end his boycott of the Palestinian leadership and begin a new era of working | 0 |
Lycos Europe halts anti-spam counterattacks NEW YORK Just four days after it began, a spam-fighting campaign by Web portal Lycos Europe has been ended on the grounds the cure might be worse | 0 |
Career Education falls 7 pct after news report Shares of Career Education Corp. (CECO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) fell on Thursday, after a newspaper said a grand jury probe was launched that could | 0 |
UPDATE 3-Kiwis fight back against Australia Mathew Sinclair and Jacob Oram completed half-centuries to help New Zealand recover from an early batting collapse and reach 250 for seven at the end of | 0 |
Russian oil exports to go north Russia, the world #39;s second-biggest oil exporter, next month will increase northern Baltic port loadings on expectations winter storms in the Black Sea and traffic in | 0 |
Design and Coding for the Complete Package - WMW Conf 7 Design and Coding for the Complete Package - WMW Conf 7\\Roger Sooley from CompStar was up first, his forum name is | 0 |
Stocks Turn Higher As Oil Hits Record High NEW YORK - Stocks enjoyed a late-day rally Wednesday to finish higher despite a new record price for oil and gloomy third-quarter outlooks from | 0 |
Brown returns to job while lights are out Larry Brown was in the building, he brought a suit, and a special high-backed chair was set up at the end of the Pistons | 0 |
NBA Wrap: Returning Trio Help Pistons End Skid Chauncey Billups scored 21 points in his return to the line-up as the host Detroit Pistons also welcomed back coach Larry Brown and Ben | 0 |
Analyst: CRM Mergers and Acquisitions Picking Up (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Most industry observers agree that the CRM-software market is picking up speed this year and will continue to do so next year. | 0 |
Vital Signs for the Week of Nov. 22 The dollar is dipping again. After falling against major currencies such as the euro, yen, and Canadian dollar in 2002 and 2003, the greenback | 0 |
A #39;s top M #39;s, maintain lead over Angels OAKLAND, Calif. - Bobby Crosbys sacrifice fly with one out in the ninth scored Erubiel Durazo with the winning run in the Oakland | 0 |
IBM in Voice Services Deal With Lloyds International Business Machines Corp. said Monday it will provide voice and data services to British financial-services company Lloyds TSB Group PLC for seven years in | 0 |
Deaths Raise Fears Over Stomach Stapling Surgery By LINDA A. JOHNSON (AP) -- An obese Massachusetts woman and her 8-month-old fetus died of complications 18 months after stomach-stapling surgery, an apparent first | 0 |
HP hands Itanium to Intel HP has ended its development of the Itanium chip and handed the work back to Intel. The chip giant has taken over HP #39;s 300-strong Itanium development | 0 |
Strike, Hurricane Ivan cause flat quarterly earnings at Alcoa Alcoa yesterday reported third-quarter net income of \$283 million, or 32 cents per diluted share, unchanged from the aluminum maker #39;s results in | 0 |
Blackstone takes Prime Hospitality NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- The Blackstone Group agreed to buy Prime Hospitality Corp., which owns Wellesley Inn and AmeriSuites hotels, for \$790 million, including the assumption of debt. | 0 |
Making Over Motorola (Forbes.com) Forbes.com - Edward Zander always wanted to be in charge. After 25 years in high technology, including five years as a prominent second banana at Sun Microsystems, Zander | 0 |
Smucker Sells Brazilian Unit to Closely Held Cargill (Update1) JM Smucker Co., the largest US maker of jellies and jams, sold its operations in Brazil to closely held Cargill Inc. The sale | 0 |
Voters show they want more say in growth issues (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - Voters are sending mixed signals about how they want their communities to grow, embracing strict controls in some places and | 0 |
Tour to Honor U.S. Women's Soccer Team (AP) AP - A 10-city farewell tour for longtime U.S. soccer stars Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy and Joy Fawcett will kick off Sept. 25 in | 0 |
United Tech Unit Gets NASA Pact Building systems and aerospace products maker United Technologies Corp. said Thursday that NASA selected its flight systems manufacturing unit as the prime contractor for extravehicular systems | 0 |
Palestinians plan elections within 60 days to pick Arafat #39;s <b>...</b> Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei pledged Saturday that presidential elections would be held within 60 days to replace late leader Yasser | 0 |
Red Sox retrospective The last time the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, Woodrow Wilson was president, suffragettes were demanding that women get to vote and doughboys were quot;over there, quot; | 0 |
Mittal is world #39;s undisputed king of steel after \$21bn merger deal Lakshmi Mittal, the steel tycoon, announced a deal to form a \$21bn (11bn) giant of the industry yesterday, dubbed the | 0 |
Home Designed to Produce Energy It Uses (AP) AP - Builder Jim Sargent paused on the staircase of the model home, sweat glistening on his forehead as the temperature outside rose into | 0 |
Virgin Blue budget airline announces fuel surcharge hike Australian budget airline Virgin Blue announced Monday it will increase the fuel surcharge it adds to ticket prices from Aug. 26 because of soaring | 0 |
UPDATE 1-IMF lauds #39;exemplary #39; Australian economic record The International Monetary Fund on Monday commended Australia for its strong economic performance and said the country #39;s outlook was favorable and unlikely to | 0 |
U.S. Blue Chips Flat After Data NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue chips were flat on Monday after a report showing an unexpected drop in November construction spending offset a drop in | 0 |
Black Watch Head for #39;Triangle of Death #39; The Black Watch were tonight heading for the so-called Triangle of Death outside Baghdad to free US Marines for an expected all-out assault on | 0 |
US no-show: Teamwork When the NBA began sending its players to the Olympics in 1992, one of the league #39;s goals was to spread basketball around the globe. Clearly, the idea worked. | 0 |
Despite wine losses, Foster #39;s net rises SYDNEY Foster #39;s Group, Australia #39;s biggest maker of beer and wine, said Tuesday that full-year earnings rose 73 percent after the company sold its | 0 |
Armed group claims to have obtained missing explosives US soldier places a rocket he removed from nearby the wreckage of a car bomb along a road north of the city of Baquba, | 0 |
Skulls Trojan Virus Hits Symbian Phones A new low threat virus has been popping up on some Symbian OS-powered phones, according to an F-Secure anti-virus. The virushas been found at some Symbian | 0 |
Arab countries say US support of Israel makes political reform a difficult task RABAT, Morocco -- Senior Arab officials attending a US- sponsored conference to promote democracy in the Middle East emphatically | 0 |
Indonesia rejects plea by terror suspect An Indonesian court ruled Thursday the trial of terror suspect Abu Bakar Bashir would proceed, rejecting a plea from the cleric #39;s lawyers to drop the | 0 |
Group: Ivan Damaged Gulf Barrier Islands (AP) AP - Hurricane Ivan's storm surge and pounding waves swamped the barrier islands that stand guard along the central Gulf of Mexico coast, eroding their | 0 |
BHB TO SEEK EXTENSION OF LEVY SYSTEM Racing #39;s rulers are to seek Government approval to defer the scrapping of the 100million levy scheme in order to secure the future funding of | 0 |
Vote Swaps Revamped for 2004 If you'd like to vote for a third-party candidate, but don't want to cost the Democrats or Republicans the election, take heart. Sites are cropping up to | 0 |
Pierce Beats Wimbledon Champ Sharapova NEW YORK - Maria Sharapova's drive to win another Grand Slam title got dashed Saturday when tennis' newest "It" girl lost to Mary Pierce 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 | 0 |
German Snow White sacked for posing nude (Reuters) Reuters - A German singer who plays Snow White has lost her job at Dresden's\Christmas market after posing for nude photos in a bathtub, | 0 |
Ban for rare Asian dolphin trade The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) has banned sales of a rare Asian dolphin. Environmentalists say the move is necessary to save the | 0 |
Siemens 65 Series Bug could cause Hearing Damage Siemens mobile has warned users about a software-related defect in its 65 product series, the C65, CX65, M65, S65 and SL65 may cause an | 0 |
Forget politics, lifting Curse of the Bambino is the Series <b>...</b> ASK a Democrat in Massachusetts whether he would rather see John Kerry win the presidency or the Boston Red Sox take | 0 |
NHL Lockout at a glance The NHL said Wednesday it was imposing a lockout of the players association, effective Thursday -- the day after the expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement. | 0 |
Lidge puts Astros games in fridge For a guy who spent most of his first four professional seasons on the disabled list, Houston Astros reliever Brad Lidge has developed into quite the | 0 |
Oil Giant BP Reports Increase in 3Q BP PLC reported an 11 percent increase in production for the third quarter on Monday, which may help its profit results over the same period. | 0 |
6 US Troops Die in Three Bomb Attacks Anxiety grows as a holy month approaches. Iraqi premier gives an ultimatum to Fallouja to turn over a militant. By Ashraf Khalil. BAGHDAD - | 0 |
Olympics 2004: Canoeing: Veraas Larsen ready for K-1 500m finals Eirik Veraas Larsen had no problem winning his heat in the K-1 500m semifinals on Thursday morning, and is now favourite to | 0 |
Israel ensures security during the funeral of the Palestinian <b>...</b> Israel will allow Yasser Arafat to be buried in the Gaza Strip, the territory occupied by Israeli troops, if the Palestinian President | 0 |
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