label: 1 text: Gagne is shaky in ninth In the never-ending and rarely successful quest to neutralize Barry Bonds, conventional baseball wisdom is about as useful as a fastball down the middle.


label: 0 text: Pakistan arrests 'important' Egyptian Al-Qaeda operative (AFP) AFP - Pakistani security forces arrested an Egyptian Al-Qaeda operative in the northwestern city of Peshawar bordering Afghanistan, a security official said.


label: 2 text: Gap Profit Off, Sees More Store Closings (Reuters) Reuters - Gap Inc. (GPS.N), the largest U.S.\specialty apparel retailer, on Thursday reported a 7 percent\decline in quarterly profit, meeting lowered forecasts, after\summer clearance sales drew surprisingly small crowds.


label: 2 text: Oil prices hover above US\$43 in Asia but market calm after Saudi <b>...</b> SINGAPORE : Oil prices pushed past 43 dollars in Asian trading but the market was quite calm as the focus shifted to OPEC following a bloody attack on the US consulate in the Saudi port city of Jeddah.


label: 1 text: Now Playing: The Old Man and the Football Team Tim Frisby, a 39-year-old father of six and 20-year Army veteran, will be part of South Carolina's 105-man squad dressing for Saturday's home game against Troy.


label: 3 text: Via gives away disk-scrubbing software Taiwanese chipmaker dangles open-source software to lure in programmer interest.


label: 3 text: Hammer Time for Computer Associates It's fall and the leaves aren't the only things starting to drop -- so are more executives who are falling from grace as swashbuckling accounting methods of the 1990s continue to come under the microscope of Uncle Sam. -washingtonpost.com


label: 0 text: African Union Force Seen as Main Hope for Darfur (Reuters) Reuters - Days before a U.N. deadline for\Sudan to disarm and prosecute those responsible for violence in\the country's Darfur region, nations are looking to the African\Union rather than any U.N. sanctions to curb further killing.


label: 1 text: Twins' Santana Named AL Cy Young Winner  NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Minnesota Twins lefthander  Johan Santana, who won his final 13 decisions of the regular  season, was a unanimous selection for the 2004 American League  Cy Young Award.


label: 2 text: Calpine Accounts Questioned  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Calpine Corp. CPN.N has been  struggling badly ever since the Enron Corp. collapse in 2001  exposed the weaknesses of its power generation and trading  business, but a recent study of its accounts suggests worse may  still be to come.


label: 0 text: Ivorian leader rejects blame for airstrike Ivory Coast #39;s embattled leader sounded one of the first conciliatory notes Tuesday in his West African nation #39;s devastating confrontation with its former colonial


label: 2 text: G7, Paris Club Agree on Iraq Debt Relief  BERLIN (Reuters) - The United States, Germany and other G7  nations agreed Saturday to write off up to 80 percent or \$33  billion of Iraq's Paris Club debt, which could pave the way for  a wider international accord, officials said.


label: 3 text: Microsoft Fights to Keep China Business Microsoft (Quote, Chart) is fighting to hold onto a multi-million dollar deal with the municipal government of Beijing. On Nov. 17, Microsoft beat domestic software developers to snag a \$3.6 million, three


label: 0 text: Despite Warnings, Drug Giant Took Long Path to Vioxx Recall A review of Merck's handling of Vioxx suggests that actions the company took - and did not take - may have affected the health of potentially thousands of patients.


label: 0 text: Web Site: 2nd U.S. Hostage Killed in Iraq (AP) AP - An al-Qaida-linked group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed Tuesday to have killed the second of two American hostages  #151; back-to-back slayings that have notched up the Jordanian militant's ruthless campaign of terror.


label: 2 text: Microsoft Moves Closer to Wiping Its Antitrust Slate Clean By reaching antitrust settlements with two additional litigantsNovell Inc. and the Computer  amp; Communications Industry AssociationMicrosoft Corp.


label: 1 text: Royals Pound Tigers 26-5 (AP) AP - Joe Randa had six hits and tied a major-league record with six runs scored as the Kansas City Royals broke a club record for runs in a 26-5 rout of the Detroit Tigers in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday.


label: 2 text: Fewer students pursue MBA A shrinking pool of young adults, a dearth of international students and a tight job market are reducing demand for traditional, two-year master #39;s of business administration programs across the country.


label: 0 text: ConocoPhilipps wins stake in Russia's Lukoil for nearly  #36;2 billion US (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - MOSCOW (AP) - In a deal paving the way for future joint ventures, U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips has won an auction with a bid of nearly  #36;2 billion US for the Russian government's 7.6 per cent stake in Russia's Lukoil - the world's No. #160;2 oil company by reserves.


label: 1 text: Sox say Schilling to pitch in Game 6, if there is one Curt Schilling #39;s gimpy right ankle, which still could alter the course of this World Series, caused Schilling to limp across the clubhouse yesterday, one day after the Red Sox ace led Boston to the 6-2 win in Game 2.


label: 0 text: Brazil launches rocket into space Brazil launches its first rocket into space,14 months after a deadly accident killed 21 people.


label: 1 text: Hewitt states intent with demolition of Moya Lleyton Hewitt was able to get off the mark after an overnight delay at the Masters Cup here yesterday. The Australian former world No 1 completed his opening round-robin contest, defeating Carlos Moya, of Spain, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4.


label: 3 text: Will pocket-size Sony PC take on iPod? Consumers can take music, photos and movies on the road when Sony's Vaio U hits the United States next month.


label: 1 text: Sven gets vote of confidence London - England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has been given a vote of confidence from the Football Association (FA) with the governing body dismissing suggestions they would be prepared to let the Swede leave for Real Madrid.


label: 2 text: Appeals court: RIM violated patents update A federal appeals court affirmed that Research In Motion has infringed on holding company NTP #39;s patents but can continue selling its products in the United States pending a district court #39;s decision.


label: 2 text: The Dollar Dips Against the Euro  LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar dipped against the euro on  Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve proved less hawkish on  interest rates than some investors had expected, while the yen  rallied on a key Japanese business survey.


label: 1 text: Weary Eli, Giants Face Big Ben's Steelers (AP) AP - Eight months ago, the New York Giants were patting themselves on the back after engineering a draft-day trade to get Eli Manning. No one seemed to care the Giants mortgaged the franchise in the deal with San Diego for the No. 1 overall pick.


label: 1 text: DirecT Touchdown Football has come a long way -- and I #39;m talking about a lot more than just the hundred yards that separate the goal lines. Last night DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) announced a \$3.


label: 3 text: MSN fighting Messenger difficulties, virus People using Microsoft #39;s instant-messaging software, MSN Messenger, may have been a mite lonely this weekend, with only a virus to keep them company.


label: 1 text: Schilling questionable for Game 5 with dislocated tendon NEW YORK -- Curt Schilling #39;s postseason might come to a premature end because of a dislocated tendon in his right ankle. Boston team doctor William Morgan said Wednesday afternoon that Red Sox trainers will


label: 3 text: Voting opens for web's villains Web users can vote for the best and worst of the net in the Future UK Internet awards.


label: 0 text: Howard, Latham battle for Oct 9 poll Prime Minister John Howard has ended the phoney election campaign, naming October 9 as the day he hopes to cement his place in history by winning a fourth consecutive term.


label: 1 text: Jim Tracy to Return As Dodgers Manager LOS ANGELES - Dodgers manager Jim Tracy agreed Wednesday to a two-year contract after leading Los Angeles to its first postseason appearance in eight years.


label: 0 text: Professor devises climate-based model to predict football sackings (AFP) AFP - The life of a football manager in the English Premiership is frantic, pressured and apt to end in sometimes arbitrary dismissal. But now under-fire bosses can predict when they might face the sack -- using the weather.


label: 1 text: SA helped save Zim cricket tour South African cricket played a key role in behind-the-scenes negotiations to save the England tour of Zimbabwe. The tour went ahead this week when the Zimbabwean government allowed the entire media contingent


label: 3 text: Toshiba trumps iPod with 60GB rival Toshiba is releasing four new portable digital music devices - one boasting a 60GB capacity - to rival Apple #39;s iPod and iPod mini.


label: 0 text: EU Presses United Nations on Genocide Question in Darfur Foreign ministers of the European Union have called for the United Nations to immediately probe whether atrocities in the Darfur region of Sudan are genocide.


label: 3 text: Dania Beach woman #39;s holy sandwich sells for \$28,000 The grilled cheese sandwich that launched a thousand or more eBay hits was sold to the highest bidder Monday for \$28,000. The sandwich, said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary, was first offered up for sale


label: 1 text: Canadian Golf Star Moe Norman, 75, Dies (AP) AP - Moe Norman, the eccentric Canadian golf star whose amazingly accurate swing dazzled tour stars for many years, died Saturday. He was 75.


label: 2 text: Attack of the Killer Fees Lenders have concocted a frightening brew of fees. Are there fang marks on your wallet?


label: 3 text: Rumbling at Mount St. Helens Triggers Alert (Reuters) Reuters - Government scientists have warned\hikers and researchers not to go near the crater of the Mount\St. Helens volcano because there is an "increased likelihood"\an explosion could occur, sending rocks and debris down the\side of the mountain.


label: 1 text: Guaranteed contracts: the truth If the NHL and NHL Players #39; Association do reach a negotiated settlement this season, or next summer, or any time after that, a hard individual team salary cap will not be part of it.


label: 3 text: Oracle settles on quarterly patch regime Oracle Corp is following rival Microsoft Corp in making its security patching schedule more predictable for customers. Unlike Microsoft, which faces more scrutiny from security researchers and patches every month, Oracle will patch quarterly.


label: 3 text: Tim's Cook-For-Yourself Diet Plan:  Save money and lose weight My weight has been up and down over the past several years.  I'd lose weight, but I'd have trouble keeping it off, and all the other problems that many people have.  Looking back on it, I find that one of my biggest problems is lack of discipline.  While I could keep myself under control for a while, that control would slip, and the weight would come back.    Over the past year, however, I have managed to find a diet plan which I have been successful with.  As with anything that works well, the progress has been slow, but it has been steady.  This diet plan is of my own devising, so your mileage may vary, but I think it's a lot of common sense that you've already heard anyway.


label: 2 text: Williams-Sonoma Warily Pessimistic The specialty retailer's uncertainty about the fourth quarter is unsettling.


label: 1 text: Soccer: Big Names Through to UEFA Cup Group Stage  LONDON (Reuters) - Most of the big names advanced safely to  the inaugural group stage of the UEFA Cup after a frantic  night's action Thursday, though Parma, Real Zaragoza and  particularly Rangers, cut it fine.


label: 3 text: Amazon creates greenhouse gas THE burning and deforestation of Brazil #39;s vast Amazon rain forest causes nearly 3 per cent of the world #39;s greenhouse gas emissions, according to a government report released today.


label: 1 text: Harrison 'Accepts Responsibility' for Doping -Lawyer  SALVO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Olympic 400 meters relay  gold medallist Alvin Harrison "accepts responsibility" for  doping violations that led the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)  to ban him for four years and he plans to quit athletics, says  his attorney.


label: 2 text: Marsh Stock Jumps on Talk of CEO Change  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Marsh   McLennan Cos. shares were  whipsawed on Friday amid conflicting reports that a change in  the insurance broker's top management was imminent.


label: 0 text: Middle East Approaches That Won #39;t Work Brent Scowcroft #39;s Nov. 12 op-ed column,  quot;A Middle East Opening, quot; was a reminder of the Middle East policy that failed the first George Bush and his successor, Bill Clinton.


label: 3 text: Europe's Eel Population Collapsing (AP) AP - When a poacher with a baseball bat mugged Willem Dekker for his baby eels, it was further confirmation for the Dutch biologist that the species is in trouble.


label: 2 text: Powell: FCC Chief Gets Ruling In Favor Of VoIP Ring, Ring. Someone answer the computer. Voice-over-Internet Protocol got a boost today as The Federal Communications Commission ruled that providers of the service are exempt from some major state regulations


label: 0 text: Cheney's Plane Avoids Collision (AP) AP - A military plane carrying Vice President Dick Cheney came within almost half a mile of a small private plane over Bridgeport, Conn., last month, forcing the pilot to take evasive action, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday.


label: 2 text: American Express sues Visa and MasterCard American Express on Monday filed a suit against credit card associations Visa and MasterCard and eight major banks for what it called illegal and anti-competitive practices.


label: 0 text: Sadr orders followers to cease fire across Iraq Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday ordered his followers to end clashes with US andIraqi forces across Iraq, one of his aides said.


label: 1 text: RIJKAARD SALUTES RONALDINHO Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard lavished praise on Ronaldinho after the Brazilian #39;s brilliant late winner saw off the challenge of Champions League opponents AC Milan.


label: 1 text: Serena Blasts Umpire After Dramatic Defeat Bitter, angry, upset and cheated were a few of the words Serena Williams used to describe her feelings after a controversial quarter-final defeat by fellow American Jennifer Capriati at the US Open on Tuesday.


label: 3 text: Search Engine Forums Spotlight Links to this week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Google Launches Search for Scholars - Adwords to Ban Affiliates? - MSN's 'Near Me' Search Button - The Difference In Traffic for #1 and #10? - Robots.txt   Security Issues - One year anniversary of the 'Florida' Update - What is the Future of the 'Niche Directory'


label: 1 text: New-look India shine How refreshing that an entire summer of predictable one-day cricket should end with a match that turned the formbook on its head. India looked down and out of this match when they were bowled


label: 2 text: OECD Forecasts Steady Economic Growth The OECD revised the growth projections for its major members. The growth of the US economy this year is likely to be 4.3 percent, instead of an earlier forecast of 4.7 percent, it said.


label: 0 text: As Ivorian crisis deepens, so do concerns for region NIAMEY, Niger -- French troop reinforcements flew to the coastal city of Abidjan in riot-torn Ivory Coast yesterday amid rising concerns that the conflict between government and rebel forces was on the verge of spiraling out of control and could dramatically hurt its West African neighbors.


label: 2 text: Macquarie Bank trading halt MACQUARIE Bank Ltd announced a suspension of trading in its shares after the market closed today. Paterson Securities adviser Michael Heffernan said the trading halt could be related to two issues - the


label: 0 text: Sudan #39;s other humanitarian crisis The country #39;s peace envoy says that negotiations will resume next month to end the north-south civil war. By Mike Pflanz  Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor.


label: 1 text: Comets to miss 1st WNBA playoffs HOUSTON -- For the first time in franchise history, the Houston Comets will not be part of the WNBA postseason. Tangela Smith had 17 points and six rebounds for the Sacramento Monarchs, who used a 12-0 run


label: 1 text: Sosa reportedly fined \$87,400 The Chicago Cubs are not ignoring the fact that Sammy Sosa arrived late to last Sunday #39;s season finale, and then left early. The club announced Wednesday the slugger will be fined a day #39;s pay - or \$87,400, according to the Chicago Tribune.


label: 0 text: Police Find Explosives In St. Petersburg Cinema 9 September 2004 -- Russian police in St. Petersburg said today they found explosives, detonators, and a gun in a cinema which was closed for renovation.


label: 3 text: U.S. Spy Agency Turns Eye on America (AP) AP - In the name of homeland security, America's spy imagery agency is keeping a close eye, close to home. It's watching America. Since the Sept. 11 attacks, about 100 employees of a little-known branch of the Defense Department called the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency  #151; and some of the country's most sophisticated aerial imaging equipment  #151; have focused on observing what's going on in the United States.


label: 1 text: Ganguly and Punishment 2004-05: Because of slow over-rate during the BCCIs Platinum Jubilee one-dayer against Pakistan at Kolkata, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly was suspended for two Tests against South Africa.


label: 0 text: Kerry, Bush Votes Could Affect State Races (AP) AP - State Sen. Neil Schuerer is a small-town lawmaker not accustomed to rubbing shoulders with world leaders. But the Republican shared the stage with Dick Cheney during a recent campaign appearance in which he was given a few minutes to talk to the crowd before the start of the vice president's speech.


label: 1 text: Key to the deal was respect When bouncing back and forth between offers from the Boston Red Sox and the New York Mets, Pedro Martinezs decision to come the Big Apple over


label: 0 text: Armed Attackers Seize School in Russia Heavily armed insurgents, some with explosives strapped to their bodies, seized a school in southern Russia today and herded scores of people into its gymnasium.


label: 3 text: Radioactive waste progress urged Peers express dismay that long-term solutions are not forthcoming on disposing of radioactive waste.


label: 0 text: Venezuelans Throng to Polls in Chavez Referendum  CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelans crowded polling  stations on Sunday to vote on whether to recall left-wing  President Hugo Chavez or back his mandate to govern the world's  No. 5 oil exporter for the next two years.


label: 0 text: US hits Mosul The US military attacked rebel targets in Mosul with air and ground fire yesterday after an upsurge in violence in the northern Iraqi city.


label: 2 text: BT poised to expand in US with \$1bn deal BT GROUP is likely to clinch a controversial \$1 billion (550 million) expansion deal this week in a third attempt to build a substantial overseas presence in America.


label: 1 text: Singh poised for history The No. 1 player takes the Chrysler lead and is in position to tie Tiger Woods for victories in a season. By BOB HARIG, Times Staff Writer.


label: 2 text: PepsiCo Reaffirms 2004 Profit Forecast PepsiCo Inc. (PEP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world #39;s No. 2 soft drink company, on Wednesday reaffirmed its 2004 profit forecast and named former Kraft Foods Inc.


label: 0 text: Injured Devers Can't Finish Hurdles ATHENS, Greece - Gail Devers failed once again in the Olympic 100-meter hurdles, falling to injury just steps into her first race. Devers, 37, who has three world championships in the event, pulled up short and screamed as she slid under the first hurdle Sunday...


label: 1 text: SIGNS OF STARDOM The colossal sign that is draped around one end of the American Airlines Arena is a rather imposing spectacle, to say the least. Theres little doubt that Dwyane Wade has achieved star status in south Florida.


label: 3 text: Vivisimo Launches New Clutsy Search Engine Vivisimo Launches New Clutsy Search Engine\\Vivisimo has launched a new search engine, Clusty. I'm going to get in a lot of trouble because I keep wanting to type "Crusty" instead of "Clusty" but let's continue anyway. You can get it at http://www.clusty.com ; as you might suspect it's in beta.\\Clusty ...


label: 1 text: Europe's Ryder Team Is Set Colin Montgomerie, who has had a tough year, took a turn for the better Sunday, when he was chosen to play in his seventh Ryder Cup.


label: 2 text: Wal-Mart Lowers August Sales Forecast (AP) AP - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, lowered its sales forecast for August, citing Hurricane Charley's swipe across Florida and slower than expected back-to-school sales.


label: 2 text: European Bank Chief Talks Up Dollar The dollar edged higher against the Swiss franc and the euro on Monday as traders took profits after the head of the European Central Bank said the euro zone unit #39;s recent


label: 0 text: Concert for Beslan siege victims A fundraising concert will be held in London in memory of the hundreds of victims of the Beslan school siege.


label: 1 text: Kidd, Houston start season on injured list When the NBA season tips off, the New Jersey Nets will be without All-Star Jason Kidd, and Allan Houston of the New York Knicks will be on the injured list, too.


label: 0 text: Families Recite Names of 9/11 Victims NEW YORK - Their voices breaking, parents and grandparents of those lost on Sept. 11 stood at the World Trade Center site Saturday and marked the third anniversary of the attacks by reciting the names of the 2,749 people who died there...


label: 0 text: Sri Lankan opposition MP jailed A leading Sri Lankan opposition politician is given a prison sentence for defaming the supreme court.


label: 3 text: Google Challenges Amazon with Book Search Google Challenges Amazon with Book Search\\Google has quietly launched a new book search service which is predicted to rival Google publishing partner and Internet book retailer Amazon.com. Accoding to a Rueters report Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will be holding a press conference on Thursday to demonstrate the ...


label: 0 text: Powell says WMD may not be found in Iraq US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that weapons of mass destruction (WMD) may not be found in Iraq, while both Iraq and the United States expect the


label: 0 text: Turkey abandons plan for adultery to become a crime Turkey yesterday shelved plans to criminalise adultery which were threatening the country #39;s prospects of joining the European Union.


label: 2 text: Mercosur, Ancom create world #39;s fifth largest trade bloc The Common Market of the South (Mercosur) and the Andean Community (Ancom) signed a trade agreement here Monday to create the world #39;s fifth largest trade bloc.


label: 2 text: Insurance sector braces for fallout from probe Eliot Spitzer #39;s probe into bid-rigging and insurance practices is likely to usher in an era of greater transparency, decreased compensation for insurance brokers and revamped business models.


label: 0 text: Black box missing as investigators look into cause of China plane <b>...</b> BEIJING (AFP) - Investigators in China are searching for clues as to the cause of a plane crash that killed 54 people, but after more than 24 hours of efforts they have still not located the crucial black box.


label: 2 text: Higher sales lift PF Chang shares CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- Shares of PF Chang #39;s China Bistro jumped 7 percent in early trading Wednesday after the casual dining chain said sales jumped amid new store openings, higher traffic and a hike in prices.


label: 1 text: India ; Tendulkar backs beleaguered Parthiv India News, New Delhi,Sachin Tendulkar has come out in support of wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel after criticism of his work behind the stumps in the first two Tests against Australia, saying the teenager has done a  quot;good job quot;.


label: 3 text: Comet Research Pioneer Whipple Dies (AP) AP - Fred L. Whipple, a pioneer in astronomy who proposed the "dirty snowball" theory for the substance of comets, has died. He was 97.


label: 3 text: Europe's heatwaves 'soon routine' The heatwave which killed thousands in Europe in 2003 could soon seem cool, UK climate scientists say.


label: 3 text: Cendant buying Orbitz.com in \$1.25B deal Travel and hospitality company Cendant Corp. today announced plans to acquire online travel vendor Orbitz.com for approximately \$1.25 billion.


label: 1 text: Boxing: Ronald Wright retains titles Ronald Wright used an effective right jab to retain his World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council junior middleweight titles when posting a majority decision over former champion Shane Mosley in Las Vegas yesterday.


label: 1 text: West Brom acquires Inamoto Bromwich, England (Sports Network) - West Bromwich signed Japanese international Junichi Inamoto to a 2 1/2-year contract on Tuesday.


label: 1 text: Bayern back in confident mood after Maccabi win Whatever problems Bayern Munich face in their quest for a European and domestic treble this season, a lack of self-belief is unlikely to figure among them.


label: 3 text: IETF knocks back Microsoft anti-spam plan The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has turned down Microsoft #39;s technical contribution to the Sender ID proposal. A combination of Microsoft #39;s Caller ID and a domain authentication scheme devised by


label: 3 text: Sun refreshes development tools line Refreshing its development tools arsenal, Sun Microsystems on Tuesday revealed plans for upcoming versions of Java Studio Creator and is unleashing upgrades to the NetBeans open source platform and Java Studio Enterprise.


label: 3 text: All That Secrecy Is Expensive Not only is the U.S. government keeping too many secrets, it's spending too much money to do it. That's the conclusion of a government watchdog group, which estimates more than \$6.5 billion was spent last year keeping data under wraps. By Noah Shachtman.


label: 2 text: Drilling update hits Cairn shares Shares in UK oil company Cairn sink 20 after a disappointing drilling update and worries over possible tax demands.


label: 1 text: The race for The Chase begins at Richmond Richmond, VA (Sports Network) - Ryan Newman earned the pole for Saturday night #39;s Chevy Rock  amp; Roll 400. The No.12 Penske Dodge circled the 0.750-mile Richmond International Raceway short track in 20.


label: 0 text: Rumsfeld: El Salvador Can Be Iraq Model (AP) AP - Iraq can learn from the recent history of El Salvador, a country wrecked by civil war that has developed into stable democracy and close U.S. ally, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday.


label: 3 text: Senate postpones vote on file-swapping bill com September 30, 2004, 9:28 AM PT. There #39;s no doubt the Internet will continue to make its mark in the world of business and technology.


label: 0 text: PITCAIRN WITNESS: CULTURE OF SILENCE In the first of a series of Pitcairn sex abuse trials, a British woman allegedly raped during her childhood on the remote Pacific island has told a court that men on the island were given free rein to treat young girls as sexual playthings.


label: 3 text: AMD mobile Athlon 64 targets Intel Pentium-M AMD has fleshed out its mobile chip catalogue this week by shipping the Mobile AMD Athlon 64 3000 processor. It joins a range of mobile models, from 2800 to 3400, but is the first to be built using 90nm technology.


label: 1 text: Bernie to pull GP plug F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has reportedly lost patience with Silverstone #39;s owners and has moved to have the 2005 British GP scrapped from the calendar.


label: 2 text: Before the Bell: GE, Sirius Slip  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of General Electric Co. GE.N  fell slightly before the bell on Friday after the industrial  conglomerate said quarterly earnings rose.


label: 2 text: Mylan Laboratories Rejects Icahn #39;s \$4.9 Billion Buyout Bid The board of Mylan Laboratories rebuffed the financier Carl C. Icahn #39;s bid to buy the company yesterday, saying it remained committed to acquiring the brand-name drug maker King Pharmaceuticals.


label: 3 text: Skype goes cordless with Siemens Skype has announced its free software is now available for the Siemens Gigaset DECT cordless phones, meaning that users can now utilise a cordless phone to place calls to other telephones, over the Internet.


label: 1 text: Jenson vows he can thrive at BAR In a remarkable - and predictable -hange of tune, Jenson Button says he can thrive at BAR next season. Having signed a contract with Williams for the next two seasons because he believed they offered


label: 1 text: GM, Great One talked in June about possibility PHOENIX -- Phoenix managing partner Wayne Gretzky, asked if he was interested in coaching the Coyotes, put the idea on the back burner.


label: 3 text: Robbie album sold on memory card Robbie Williams #39; Greatest Hits album is to be sold in memory card format for mobile phones and hand-held computers. It is believed to be the first time a major artist has sold music on the small, portable format.


label: 3 text: Apple deepens Sony #39;s woes as iPod takes off Juliana Sasaki did not bother checking out Sony Corp #39;s digital music player in Tokyo before buying her green iPod mini.  quot;I knew Sony and other companies had MP3 players, but


label: 3 text: Space crew cuts down food, awaits resupply Astronaut Leroy Chiao is instructed to return by the flight controllers because of a food shortage on the international space station.


label: 1 text: LARSSON SUFFERS INJURY AGONY Barcelona striker Henrik Larsson is unlikely to play again this year because of a knee injury. The Sweden international had to be carried from the Nou Camp pitch during the second half of Saturday night #39;s


label: 0 text: Zarqawi Movement Vows al-Qaida Allegiance BAGHDAD, Iraq - The most feared militant group in Iraq, the movement of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, declared its allegiance to Osama bin Laden on Sunday, saying it had resolved a dispute with al-Qaida over strategy and vowing unity against "the enemies of Islam."   The question of al-Zarqawi's relationship to bin Laden and the al-Qaida leadership has been the subject of considerable speculation. Some experts believed al-Zarqawi - who has claimed to be leading a bloody campaign of bombings against U.S...


label: 3 text: IBM unveils high-end Power5 i5 server IBM on Friday unveiled the latest in its line of next-generation iSeries servers, the most powerful one to date, in its i5 line of systems based on the Power5 chip.


label: 0 text: Family  #39;Devastated #39; by Woman Soldier #39;s Iraq Death The brother of the first British female soldier to die in Iraq since the war began said today her family were trying to come to terms with her death.


label: 0 text: Bomb Blasts in Northeast India Kill 10, Wound 35 A series of bomb blasts killed nine people and wounded 35 in northeastern India on Saturday in the deadliest attack since a cease-fire with the main separatist group in Nagaland began seven years ago.


label: 0 text: Production Resumes at GM Plant in Germany (AP) AP - Production resumed Monday at a General Motors plant in Ruesselsheim that was idled by a lack of parts after workers at another factory staged a six-day walkout protesting threatened job cuts.


label: 3 text: MSN Ends Hotmail #39;s Free Outlook Access Citing a rise in spam abuse, Microsoft Corp. #39;s MSN division has ended free access to its Hotmail Web-based e-mail service through the Outlook and Outlook Express clients.


label: 2 text: Conoco forges alliance with Lukoil MOSCOW ConocoPhillips won 7.59 percent of the Russian oil giant Lukoil for \$1.988 billion on Wednesday in a largely symbolic auction that still ranks as the Russian government #39;s most lucrative post-Soviet privatization.


label: 3 text: Ky. Park, Univ. Open Cave Learning Center (AP) AP - Mammoth Cave National Park and Western Kentucky University have opened a facility that is designed to give students a hands-on learning environment in the longest known cave system in the world.


label: 2 text: Mercedes in 3Q Is Ugly Duckling to Chrysler #39;s Swan Daimler-Benz #39;s \$34 billion acquisition of Chrysler Corp. in 1999, having wiped out substantial shareholder value, finally may be starting to justify the rationale of its architects.


label: 0 text: Israeli Missile Kills One in Gaza Camp -- Medics (Reuters) Reuters - An Israeli helicopter fired a missile into\a Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza early on Saturday, killing\an elderly man and wounding at least three people, Palestinian\witnesses and medics said.


label: 1 text: Alison Williamson takes bronze to hit her Olympic target after 12 years Inspired by the magnificent surroundings of the Panathinaiko stadium and assisted by a gust of wind and a police siren, the British archer Alison Williamson ended her 12-year quest for an Olympic medal at the fourth attempt when she won bronze in the ...


label: 0 text: Crippled sub towed toward safety A crippled Canadian submarine was late Thursday being towed toward Scotland after two days spent adrift near Ireland without power following a fatal fire, an Irish captain participating in the rescue said.


label: 2 text: UK's EMI Says to Face Music Industry Probe in U.S.  LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - EMI Group PLC, the world's  third-largest music company, on Friday said it and other music  companies faced a New York probe into how music companies  influence what songs are played on the radio.


label: 1 text: Goals Still in View The Ravens are focusing on the positives following a 24-3 loss to the Patriots. Baltimore is still in playoff position and faces two losing teams in the next two weeks.


label: 2 text: U.S. Gasoline Prices Fall to \$2.01/gallon  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The average U.S. retail price of  gasoline fell 2.67 cents in the past two weeks, its first  decline since early September due to increased crude oil  production, a leading industry analyst said on Sunday.


label: 3 text: Morphinefree Mutant Poppies: Novel plants make pharmaceutical <b>...</b> A Tasmanian company has developed a poppy that produces a commercially useful drug precursor instead of full-fledged morphine, and an international research team has now reported how the plant does it.


label: 0 text: Rare 1929 Mercedes become world's second most expensive car (AFP) AFP - An ultra-rare 1929 Mercedes has become the second most expensive car the world has ever seen after selling at a British auction on Friday for 4.18 million pounds (6.16 million euros, 7.43 million dollars).


label: 0 text: China, Asean eye biggest free trade zone VIENTIANE - China and 10 South-east Asian countries signed historic trade pacts to pave the way for the world #39;s biggest free-trade zone by 2010, with a total population of nearly two billion people.


label: 1 text: Azeri to Run in Classic Azeri will try to beat the boys again, this time in the \$4 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Lone Star Park on Saturday.


label: 1 text: Frazar fires 64 to share Vegas lead Harrison Frazar shot a bogey-free 64 to take his place among a crowded group at the top of the leaderboard with an 8 under at the Michelin Championship at Las Vegas.


label: 1 text: Cowboys Are Coming One hundred four of 117 precincts reporting showed 55 percent for the stadium and 45 percent against as of midnight Tuesday. The Vote Yes, A Win for Arlington Committee, celebrated its victory with several


label: 2 text: Stock Futures Whipsaw After Jobs Data US stock futures fell on Friday then quickly rebounded, after a US report showed job growth in August came in slightly below expectations.


label: 1 text: Jets' Moss Probable for Sunday  HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., (Sports Network) - New York Jets wide  receiver Santana Moss is probable for Sunday's AFC East  showdown against the red-hot New England Patriots. Both teams  are undefeated and will square off at Gillette Stadium in  Foxboro, MA.


label: 2 text: Blair 'is obstacle to Euro vote' Tony Blair could hinder efforts to winning a "yes" vote in the referendum on the EU constitution, says a leading think tank.


label: 3 text: First Look: HP's Hot New DV1000 Notebook Well-designed notebook lets you play movies and music sans Windows.


label: 3 text: Video Game Sales Seen Pausing After Record 2003 (Reuters) Reuters - Video game sales soared to a record\ #36;18.2 billion last year, but the days of strong growth are on\pause as players await a new generation of consoles in 2005 and\2006, a new study showed on Wednesday.


label: 1 text: Big East out of WAC #39;s league The WAC is better than the Big East. I became convinced of that this past weekend after watching Boise State dismantle Oregon State and Fresno State pummel then-No.


label: 1 text: Toronto Blue Jays to Buy SkyDome for \$21 Million The Toronto Blue Jays baseball team will buy their home stadium, the SkyDome, from closely held Sportsco International for C\$25 million (\$21 million), team owner Rogers Communications Inc.


label: 2 text: Seagate Floats -- for a Day Seagate Technology offers a better than expected revenue and earnings forecast; the stock should still be avoided.


label: 1 text: Rangers 9, Athletics 4 The Texas Rangers aren #39;t giving up on their long-shot chance in the AL West. Michael Young hit a grand slam, Mark Teixeira had a two-run double and the Rangers beat All-Star starter Mark Mulder for the second


label: 3 text: The start of something big? CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says start-ups and their innovative ideas are the lifeblood of Silicon Valley.


label: 2 text: Bank of America to cut more jobs Bank of America Corp. said yesterday it will eliminate 4,500 more jobs as it absorbs the operations of FleetBoston Financial Corp.


label: 2 text: Russian oil company problems likely to affect global oil prices ELEANOR HALL: The high price of oil is already threatening global economic growth, but that price could yet be pushed higher by events in Russia.


label: 3 text: Oracle's Wish Comes True Now that a judge has ruled against the federal government's effort to thwart Oracle's hostile bid for PeopleSoft over antitrust concerns, the tech sector could see a rash of acquisition attempts.\
-washingtonpost.com


label: 0 text: British Mercenary May Head to African Jail (AP) AP - From special forces commander to soldier of fortune, Simon Mann's colorful career reads like a thriller. Born to a world of wealth and privilege, the British mercenary made a fortune in some of Africa's bloodiest wars  #151; and even enjoyed a stint in the movies.


label: 2 text: Yen Weighed Down by Rising Cost of Oil  LONDON (Reuters) - The yen sank to a four-month low against  the euro and a six-week low versus the dollar on Tuesday as  investors fretted that soaring oil prices could jeopardize  Japan's economic recovery.


label: 1 text: India to take on Bangladesh India #39;s first Test against Bangladesh begins on Friday in Dhaka and already all the talk is not on whether India will win but when.


label: 1 text: Colorado Rockies Team Report - October 1 (Sports Network) - The Colorado Rockies will try to play the role of spoiler this weekend when they take on the playoff-hopeful Houston Astros in a season- ending three-game series, starting tonight from Minute Maid Park.


label: 1 text: Licensing game means betting on a winner In souvenir trailers spread throughout Homestead-Miami Speedway, thousands of Nextel Cup champion T-shirts and hats are sitting in boxes.


label: 1 text: Braves have a Schuerthing This isn #39;t good news for the Phillies, who thought they had beefed up their pitching staff, or for the Marlins, who felt their offense gave them an edge.


label: 2 text: Congress closes in on reviving Net tax ban WASHINGTON - Lawmakers revived a long-stalled effort Wednesday to block state and local governments from taxing Internet connections, in a last-minute agreement to ban the taxes until 2007.


label: 1 text: Pats keep a-rollin #39; Tom Brady threw for two touchdowns as the New England Patriots held off the visiting Cincinnati Bengals for a 35-to-28 victory Sunday.


label: 2 text: Soft Margins Cut Bombardier Profit Second-quarter profit fell by two-thirds at plane and train maker Bombardier Inc. (BBDb.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) as its regional aircraft business lagged a rebound


label: 0 text: Bitter legacy of a flawed leader Plugged into the tubes and puffing ventilators of a life-support machine far from home, his vitality draining away, this was not the end that Yasser Arafat saw for himself.


label: 0 text: Marine Killed in Iraq's Anbar Province (AP) AP - A U.S. Marine was killed while conducting security operations in Anbar province, the military said Thursday.


label: 3 text: Chickenpox Vaccinations Lead to \$100 Million Savings By LINDSEY TANNER    CHICAGO (AP) -- Vaccinating children against chickenpox saves the U.S. health care system nearly \$100 million a year in reduced hospitalizations for severe cases of the itchy disease, a study found...


label: 2 text: News Corp AGM begins in Adelaide News Corporation management and shareholders have begun gathering in Adelaide for what is expected to be the company #39;s last annual general meeting in Australia.


label: 0 text: Suicide Attack in Kabul; Vote Counting Nears End  KABUL (Reuters) - A Taliban suicide fighter killed himself  and wounded at least seven others, including three members of a  NATO-led peacekeeping force, in a grenade attack on a busy  shopping street in central Kabul on Saturday.


label: 1 text: Sox deliver miracle of lost souls THERE he was, novelist Stephen King, master of the horror story, watching his beloved Boston Red Sox from a front row seat at Yankee Stadium yesterday (AEST), and it was obvious he feared the worst.


label: 0 text: Kerry Hints GOP May Suppress Black Votes WASHINGTON - John Kerry suggested Saturday night that Republicans may try to keep black voters from casting their ballots to help President Bush win in November.   "We are not going to stand by and allow another million African American votes to go uncounted in this election," the Democratic presidential nominee told the Congressional Black Caucus...


label: 1 text: Rangers coach calls on fans to back spurned Australian Olympian Rangers coach Alex McLeish has called on fans to back the likely return of Australian Olympian Craig Moore for the crucial Champions league return leg against CSKA Moscow here.


label: 3 text: Mark Cuban prompts dot-com redux com October 7, 2004, 4:00 AM PT. There #39;s no doubt the Internet will continue to make its mark in the world of business and technology.


label: 2 text: Vioxx Withdrawal to Reduce Merck Earnings The withdrawal of painkiller Vioxx means Merck  amp; Co. will miss the already diminished expectations of Wall Street analysts for 2005, the huge drug maker said Wednesday.


label: 0 text: Militia Offers to Cede Control of Shrine NAJAF, Iraq - A rebel cleric's militiamen kept their guns outside a holy site Friday after issuing a surprise offer to give up control of the Imam Ali Shrine to Shiite Muslim religious leaders, but negotiators wrangled into the night over getting the militants out of the compound.    The removal of weapons and pledge to hand over keys to religious authorities was seen as a big step toward a resolution of the two-week faceoff in Najaf that has killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds in fighting between Muqtada al-Sadr's militia and a joint U.S.-Iraq force...


label: 2 text: October Airline Traffic Up at Independence NEW YORK, Nov. 4 -- Low-cost carriers Southwest Airlines Inc., JetBlue Airways Corp. and Independence Air on Thursday reported upbeat October passenger traffic figures, signaling greater demand for air travel and lifting airline stock prices.


label: 0 text: Court Doctors Examine Pinochet for Trial Three court-appointed doctors examined Chile #39;s former military dictator Augusto Pinochet on Thursday, a key step that will decide whether the 88-year-old general will stand trial for human rights abuses.


label: 0 text: Floods Kill at Least 241 in Haiti (AP) AP - Rescuers pulled bodies from receding floodwaters Monday that had raged through parts of Haiti's third-largest city, swept people from their homes and forced survivors to spend the night in trees, atop cars and on rooftops. The rapidly rising death toll from Tropical Storm Jeanne's weekend devastation stood at 241.


label: 1 text: Berdych Wins First ATP Title in Sicily (AP) AP - Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic captured his first ATP title, defeating Filippo Volandri of Italy 6-3, 6-3 Sunday at the Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia.


label: 2 text: Stocks Higher on Oil Price Relief (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. stocks gained on Monday, getting\a boost from lower oil prices after news the Venezuelan\president survived a recall eased fears about the country's oil\exports.


label: 3 text: Yahoo Mail Adds Authentication, Storage Yahoo on Monday implemented its own sender authentication scheme, dubbed DomainKeys, for its free Web-based mail service. DomainKeys is one of several authentication technologies that hope


label: 2 text: How to Spot a Serial Acquirer Acquisitions can juice sales but can also lead to messy balance sheets. A simple test can sort them out.


label: 2 text: Cadbury sees results at lower end of targets The world #39;s biggest confectioner, Cadbury Schweppes, says its full-year results will be at the lower end of target ranges after a wet summer hit soft drinks sales in Europe.


label: 0 text: Israeli Lions Symbols of Peace at Palestinian Zoo Shouts of joy from excited schoolboys greeted the arrival of an Israeli convoy on its entry to a Palestinian town where visitors from the Jewish state are usually soldiers searching for militants.


label: 0 text: Actors hit Venice despite protest Actors Al Pacino, Kate Winslet and Johnny Depp attend the Venice Film Festival despite protests.


label: 2 text: Stewart Company to Expand Furniture Line Martha Stewart #39;s media and merchandising company said Wednesday it plans to expand its furniture line amid strong demand from consumers.


label: 2 text: Westfield lands \$1.48b. knock out blow to Multiplex Westfield Group has upped the ante in its expansion plans into the United Kingdom retail market with a \$1.48 billion cash bid to buy out Duelguide plc, the company which owns retail property group Chelsfield plc.


label: 2 text: Gas Prices Drop As Crude Oil Supply Rises An increase in the worldwide supply of crude oil contributed to a dip in US prices at the gas pump over the last two weeks, an industry analyst said Sunday.


label: 2 text: Debt Quality Boosts Credit Agricole in 3Q Lower bad loan provisions helped Credit Agricole SA #39;s third-quarter profit to rise 71 percent, the French bank said Wednesday.


label: 3 text: IBM Brings High-Performance Computing to Houston (Ziff Davis) Ziff Davis - The company's third supercomputing center will focus on the energy industry.


label: 2 text: GM to cut jobs in Europe Automaker, unions agree to eliminate up to 12,000 workers to curb losses and save \$665 million a year. By Ed Garsten / The Detroit News.


label: 2 text: Foster #39;s shares down following poor earnings results, US wine <b>...</b> SYDNEY : Shares in Australian brewer and winemaker Foster #39;s fell sharply in early trade amid disappointment over the poor performance of its US wine operations after the group reported year-to-June results.


label: 3 text: Novell Delivers Latest SuSE Linux (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) is poised to launch the latest version of its SuSE Linux operating system, providing new features designed to appeal to both Linux neophytes and current users of the open-source desktop software.


label: 1 text: Bills RB McGahee Gets First Career Start Buffalo running back Willis McGahee made the first start of his career in the Bills' game against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.


label: 1 text: VOLLER HAPPY TO STEP ASIDE Newly-appointed Roma coach Rudi Voller would be willing to step down if his predecessor Cesare Prandelli decides to return to the Giallorossi club.


label: 3 text: Gateway returns to Japan after three years While taking a back seat to software and security efforts, hardware is still a big time concern according to our survey. Organizations are taking the opportunity to consolidate their environments as they replace


label: 1 text: Lions #39; Printers sits and watches OTTAWA (CP) - In the end, Wally Buono #39;s decision to start Dave Dickenson at quarterback Sunday ahead of the CFL #39;s most outstanding player Casey Printers probably didn #39;t have much of an effect on the outcome of the 92nd Grey Cup.


label: 1 text: Chelsea 2 CSKA Moscow 0 But, no, it was no hallucination. The Icelander really had tucked away a 45th-minute header for his first goal since the opening day of the season against Manchester United.


label: 0 text: Six Pitcairn Islanders guilty of sex crimes (AFP) AFP - Six out of seven men charged with multiple sex abuse crimes on Pitcairn Island have been convicted, officials said, after a trial which exposed the dark side of the remote Pacific community.


label: 1 text: Woodgate backing for Robson Jonathan Woodgate has backed former Newcastle manager Sir Bobby Robson to make a speedy return to football. The veteran tactician was relieved of his duties on Monday by Magpies chairman Freddy Shepherd, citing poor results as the reason for his sacking.


label: 0 text: Pinochet faces tax evasion charge Chile's Inland Revenue files tax evasion charges  against the former military ruler Augusto Pinochet.


label: 1 text: Clippers miss shot Coming off a double-overtime loss to Boston and not arriving in Salt Lake City until 3:30 am, the Clippers surprisingly showed no signs of fatigue against the Utah Jazz -- until perhaps the final minutes.


label: 2 text: ADV: Compare Credit Cards - 0 #37; APR and More Compare credit cards with 0 #37; APR on purchases and/or balance transfers. Also, compare cards that give cash back, other rewards and more. Choose from multiple offers for good or bad credit.


label: 1 text: Healthy Iverson vows changes this season Allen Iverson declared Monday that he is 100 percent and promised to be a better leader and teammate. Calling last year  quot;the worst season of my career, by far, quot; Iverson


label: 0 text: Castro Breaks Knee in Dramatic Public Fall  HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel Castro tripped and  shattered a kneecap in a tumble captured on live television  that raised new questions about the political future of the  communist-run country he has led for 45 years.


label: 1 text: College Football Report How good is Utah?  quot;They are a potential national-championship caliber team. Some people may question that, but they are playing good football and are as good as any team in the nation.


label: 3 text: Survey: IT spending to grow modestly next year IT spending is forecast to grow in the high single-digits next year and remain on that pace through 2008, according to two reports released Monday by Forrester Research.


label: 1 text: Mascots for Turin Winter Olympics unveiled Two cartoon characters named Neve and Gliz, representing a ball of snow and block of ice, are the mascot for the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics.


label: 0 text: US, Iraqi forces clash with militants BAGHDAD, Iraq - American and Iraqi troops clashed with insurgents north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing two militants and injuring three Iraqi National Guards, the US military said.


label: 0 text: Bird flu outbreak in Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Malaysian agriculture officials confirmed Thursday bird flu has been detected in two chickens in the northern state of Kelantan.


label: 3 text: A Sense of Security An Independent News writer tells of his switch from Windows to a 15-inch PowerBook,:  #147;Two months in, I have a prevailing sense of security and safety. There #146;s been not a sniff of system meltdown. The software and security updates are easy, convenient and (via broadband) fast. The sense of considerable computing power and massive processing going on is very evident, but it feels secure behind the OS X firewall and a router; and all with no need for antivirus software. #148; Aug 20


label: 3 text: More Voter Supression Rules \\I love these NeoCon vote supression rules.  They're *sooooo* cute!\\I have some more:\\ - If you've ever traveled outside of the US you can't vote.\\ - If you have a graduate degree you can't vote.\\ - If you make less than 6 figures you can't vote\\ - If you can spell Nuclear and pronounce it correctly then you can't vote.\\ - If you haven't accept Jesus as savior then you can't vote.\\ - If you've never ordered anything from Bass Pro Shops then you can't vote.\\This is fun... if you can think of anymore please add a comment!\\


label: 3 text: Wireless Internet Napster Enters Ringtone Market Music download sewvice Napster will try to claim a piece of the growing market for mobile phone ringtones through a partnership with Dwango Wireless, which specializes in wireless content.


label: 3 text: Microsoft Extends Overture Deal to 2006 Microsoft and Yahoo agreed to a one-year extension of MSN #39;s deal to show Overture Services #39; paid listings on its Web sites.


label: 1 text: Davenport regains No. 1 ranking American Lindsay Davenport regained the No. 1 ranking in the world for the first time since early 2002 by defeating Dinara Safina of Russia 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of the Kremlin Cup on Thursday.


label: 1 text: Big Upsets Shake Up AP Football Poll (AP) AP - For the first time this season, The Associated Press poll received a serious shake-up  #151; just not at the top. Big wins by Auburn, Georgia, California and Purdue, combined with surprising losses by West Virginia, Ohio State and Fresno State helped to overhaul the media poll released Sunday.


label: 3 text: Microsoft Files More Spam Suits Microsoft intensified its legal assault on spam with the filing of seven lawsuits against alleged spammers marketing sexually explicit material, the company said last week.


label: 2 text: Stocks Open Flat  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were little changed in  early trade on Tuesday, as a report of a possible \$24 billion  takeover of cardiovascular device maker Guidant Corp. GDT.N  by Johnson   Johnson JNJ.N and easing oil prices provided  support.


label: 3 text: The Apple iPod - now from Hewlett-Packard HEWLETT-PACKARD unveiled its own version of the iPod portable music player, showing the fruits of a groundbreaking partnership it had previously announced with Apple Computer.


label: 0 text: Olympic training helped end siege Anti-terrorist training received by Greek police ahead of this year #39;s Olympic Games helped resolve the Athens bus hijacking, the government has said.


label: 3 text: Saturn probe may reveal key to life A space probe headed for Saturn #39;s largest moon, Titan, is nearing the end of its two billion mile journey, reports Nic Fleming.


label: 3 text: FCC: 8M Wireless Users Keep Cell Numbers (AP) AP - Nearly 8 million mobile phone users have switched carriers and kept their cell numbers since a new rule allowing that flexibility went into effect one year ago, the Federal Communications Commission disclosed Tuesday.


label: 2 text: An insider's take on revamping US health policy Dr. Jerry Avorn brings convincing data and sharp analysis to ''Powerful Medicines, quot; his timely, challenging appraisal of health policy.


label: 3 text: IBM Supercomputer Again Claims Record A \$100 million supercomputer being built to analyze the nation's nuclear stockpile has again set an unofficial performance record - the second in just over a month.


label: 0 text: Stocks Edge Up on GDP Reading, Oil Prices NEW YORK - Stocks moved higher Wednesday as investors digested a jump in the second-quarter gross domestic product while keeping a close eye on falling oil prices. The tech-dominated Nasdaq composite index posted especially robust gains...


label: 2 text: Sugar business sours as US goes diet crazy Mary Poppins was wrong.  quot;A spoonful of sugar quot; doesn #39;t cut it anymore. In a diet-obsessed culture, many Americans are going sour on sugar.


label: 0 text: CIA staff told to avoid politics US intelligence chief Porter Goss tells CIA employees not to support opposition to the Bush administration.


label: 2 text: Bristol-Myers Squibb seeks to sell cholesterol medicine over <b>...</b> Bristol-Myers Squibb plans to ask US regulators to allow it to sell Pravachol over the counter, in a move that could shake up the growing, lucrative market for cholesterol-reducing drugs.


label: 1 text: Rooney scores hat trick in debut for Manchester United In his debut for Manchester United on Tuesday, the 18-year-old England striker scored three goals as United thrashed Turkey #39;s Fenerbahce 6-2 in the second rotation of the Champions League.


label: 1 text: Olympic Discus Champion Thrown Out of Games  ATHENS (Reuters) - Hungarian Olympic discus champion Robert  Fazekas will lose his gold medal and be expelled from the Games  after being caught trying to tamper with a urine sample, an  International Olympic Committee source said Tuesday.


label: 1 text: Porto fans target Mourinho Porto fans have pledged a warm welcome for Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho in Tuesday #39;s Champions League clash. Mourinho, who led Porto to the Champions League title last season, was spat on at the Stamford


label: 0 text: Govt works on roadmap for troops cut in J amp;K NEW DELHI: A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced reduction of troops in Jammu and Kashmir, defence minister Pranab Mukherjee today said a roadmap was being prepared for the withdrawal.


label: 0 text: Music company EMI reports loss for first half but says sales on way back up (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - LONDON (AP) - EMI Group PLC, one of the world's Big Three music companies, reported a fall in sales and a net loss for the first half of its fiscal year Friday but said it expected an improvement in the second half when its album release schedule kicks in.


label: 0 text: American Military Relief Effort Picks Up Steam The American military relief operation picked up steam Monday, with U.S. helicopters dropping off cartons of food aid in Sumatra and warships with 2,200 Marines arriving in the Malacca Straits to ferry supplies to the tsunami-battered Indonesian island.


label: 2 text: Hurricanes Hit Office Depot Profit (Reuters) Reuters - Office Depot Inc.  on Tuesday\warned of weaker-than-expected full-year profit because of the\string of hurricanes in Florida and poor sales across North\America and Europe, sending its stock down nearly 8 percent.


label: 0 text: Iraq hostages hopes rise after diplomat freed An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Iraq last month has been released by his captors but the fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including Briton Kenneth Bigley threatened with beheading, remains unclear.


label: 3 text: Techincal problem delays launch of Soyuz spacecraft The next crew of the International Space Station likely will wait a few more days to blast off from Kazakhstan after Russian engineers found another technical glitch with their Soyuz spacecraft.


label: 3 text: Web Server Takedown Called Speech Threat Devin Theriot-Orr, a member a feisty group of reporter-activists called Indymedia, was surprised when two FBI agents showed up at his Seattle law office, saying the visit was a "courtesy call" on behalf of Swiss authorities.


label: 1 text: Great Boston Marathon The last two marathon games between the Red Sox and Yankees are second to none in the game's postseason history.


label: 1 text: Redskins #39; Arrington re-injures knee in practice Ashburn, VA (Sports Network) - Washington Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington suffered a setback Monday in his return from knee surgery, as the All-Pro strained his right knee during a practice session.


label: 1 text: USF-Pittsburgh Rescheduled for Dec. 4 (AP) AP - South Florida and Pittsburgh have rescheduled their hurricane-delayed game for Dec. 4.


label: 1 text: Mets sign Pedro for \$53M The Braves will have to face Pedro Martinez regularly for the next four years. If the former Boston Red Sox right-hander with the questionable shoulder can stay healthy, that is.


label: 2 text: Continental cuts 425 jobs Carrier says cuts in management, support positions are 1 of workforce; trying to avoid wage cuts. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Continental Airlines Inc.


label: 0 text: Three Japan Quake Victims Found After Four Days In a drama that gripped Japanese watching on live television, a two-year-old toddler was pulled alive from a car that had been buried under tons of rock and mud for nearly four days after a deadly earthquake.


label: 1 text: Hamm judges self as worthy American gymnast Paul Hamm has a message for all his detractors: Don #39;t disparage his gold. Speaking at Chelsea Piers yesterday, Hamm remained defiant against growing criticism over his controversial gold medal


label: 1 text: World icons Hamm, Foudy take their last kicks tonight After 18 years, 785 games, 230 goals, two Women #39;s World Cup championships, two Olympics gold medals - and an unparalleled sociological legacy - Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy


label: 2 text: Netherlands CSM Sells Candy Operations Dutch bakery ingredients company CSM NV said Thursday it will sell its candy business to investment company CVC Capital Partners Ltd.


label: 3 text: Overcoming the piracy stigma in China SHANGHAI -- Walk into the access-controlled room full of software developers at Bleum Inc.'s headquarters here and you can't miss the slogan written in large blue and black letters that stretches across the far wall: "Protect our customer."


label: 1 text: Tulane Green Wave The Cardinals got touchdowns from five different players - including two from Eric Shelton - in a 55-7 romp over Conference USA rival Tulane.


label: 0 text: British Soldier Killed in Iraq A British soldier has been killed and another injured after clashes with militia forces in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, said the British Army.


label: 1 text: After Some Minor Success, Heilman Has Major Failure Aaron Heilman's start was over by the fourth inning on Monday night as the San Diego Padres rattled him and then rolled to a victory at Shea Stadium.


label: 3 text: Google rises in market debut The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday approved Google Inc.'s IPO plans, and the company's stock jumped 20 on its first day of trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange.


label: 1 text: Is Vieri #39;s Inter career over? The chemistry between Adriano and Obafemi Martins raises questions further marks about Christian Vieri #39;s future at Inter Milan.


label: 2 text: World Oil Prices Hit \$50 Barrel Crude oil prices have jumped to \$50.00 a barrel in after hours trading in New York. The psychologically significant level was reached in electronic trading after the close of the markets Monday.


label: 3 text: Taiwan market: LGE launches three mobile phones, including one <b>...</b> LG Electronics (LGE) announced the availability of three mobile-phone models, the T5100, L3100 and L1100, in Taiwan on November 6. The T5100 features the companys first model equipped with a 1.3-megapixel camera.


label: 1 text: All signs point to victory PRESIDENTIAL PREDICTIONS: We were an idiot on Sunday, believing, suddenly, in the power of nonsense as the Washington Redskins mounted a horrifying drive to beat the Green Bay Packers.


label: 2 text: Saudi boosts oil output to rein in prices Saudi Arabia, the world #39;s largest oil exporter, is to raise production from 9.5 million barrels a day to 11 million barrels in an attempt to rein in prices that have topped US\$50 a barrel.


label: 3 text: Sony players to be compatible with MP3s Electronics giant Sony has reversed its position on the formats playable by its range of digital music players. The company has announced its new devices will now be able to play music tracks in the MP3 format


label: 0 text: This week, 4 Guantanamo detainees to be arraigned GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- The first Guantanamo detainees to be arraigned on terrorism charges are an alleged Al Qaeda accountant, a poet accused of crafting terrorist propaganda, a man accused of being a driver for Osama bin Laden and an


label: 3 text: IBM fits PCs with new hardware-based security chip SEPTEMBER 17, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - IBM Corp. has begun using new security hardware from National Semiconductor Corp. in its desktop PCs in an effort to fend off viruses and hackers.


label: 3 text: Oracle faces daunting challenges integrating PeopleSoft As Oracle embarks on one of the software industry's largest acquisitions in history with its \$10.3 billion purchase of PeopleSoft, it needs to show it can chew what it has bitten off.


label: 0 text: In Our View: Sanctions not enough for Sudan While most of the country #39;s attention has been focused on Iraq, a human-rights crisis has been unfolding in north Africa. In Darfur, Sudan, more than 50,000 people have been killed and 1.2 million displaced


label: 1 text: USA gets silver in kayak singles Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - American Rebecca Giddens captured the silver medal today in the Women #39;s K1 kayak singles competition at the Summer Olympics in Athens.


label: 0 text: Kosovan war crimes trial begins Three Kosovo Albanians are going on trial at the International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague.


label: 3 text: Oracle readies integration splash Oracle at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco the week of Dec. 5 plans to unveil Oracle Integration, a product that combines the companys application server with several other technologies for integration and enablement of SOAs (service-oriented architectures).


label: 0 text: Major paedophile trial begins in Portugal (AFP) AFP - Seven people, including a popular TV star and a former diplomat, went on trial in Portugal in a high-profile child abuse case involving minors from a network of state-run children's homes.


label: 3 text: Linksys goes dual-band on Wi-Fi (MacCentral) MacCentral - With its eyes on the future of home entertainment and a relatively uncluttered band of radio spectrum, Cisco Systems Inc.'s Linksys division on Wednesday unveiled a line of IEEE 802.11g/a wireless LAN products.


label: 3 text: Cellular Union Wins Final Approval The company's \$41 billion merger with AT T Wireless poses it with the challenge of stitching together networks, billing systems and customer-care operations without inconveniencing customers.-The Washington Post


label: 0 text: US: al-Qaida, Taliban Plotting Attacks Leaders of al-Qaida and the Taliban have held a series of meetings in Pakistan to discuss how to disrupt Afghanistan #39;s upcoming elections, the US military said Monday.


label: 2 text: Fannie Mae Under Inquiry The mortgage company is the target of a formal inquiry by the S.E.C. over its accounting practices, the company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.


label: 1 text: Federer and Roddick Ease Into Thailand Semi-Finals  BANGKOK (Reuters) - Top seeds Roger Federer and Andy  Roddick reached the Thailand Open semi-finals with  straight-sets wins on Friday.


label: 1 text: Beltran, Astros have the power HOUSTON -- The Houston Astros not only tied the National League Championship Series with a 6-5 triumph yesterday over the St. Louis Cardinals. They sent a message entering tonight's Game 5 that they have more than enough to cope with the NL's most potent offense.


label: 1 text: It #39;s fun  #39;n #39; games again at Florida The Florida Gators have charisma again and chutzpah. And presence and prestige. And eloquence and arrogance. The Gators introduced Urban Meyer as their new football coach Tuesday, and the man who is named


label: 2 text: US Forecasters Fret About Oil Hit Top US economic forecasters are growing increasingly worried about the impact of surging oil prices on consumer and business spending in 2005, a survey released on Sunday showed.


label: 1 text: Steelers defeat Bengals Bettis ran for 129 yards and the Steelers #39; blitzing defence created havoc Sunday, setting up a 19-14 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals that kept the NFL #39;s longest winning streak growing.


label: 0 text: Car Bomb Kills Top Hamas Leader in Syria DAMASCUS, Syria - A car bomb killed a leader of the Hamas militant group in Damascus on Sunday and Israel claimed responsibility.    Police at the scene were seen retrieving pieces of the body of Izz Eldine Subhi Sheik Khalil...


label: 3 text: Sun sales tactic targets Linux Company will compensate its sales staff for selling non-Sun machines, as part of its effort to boost Solaris on x86 hardware.


label: 3 text: New Hybrid Disc Offers CD-DVD Combination SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Recording companies looking to wring more profits out of music sales are hoping to sell retailers on a new hybrid disc. On one side is standard CD audio; on the other, the enhanced sound, video and other media capabilities of a DVD...


label: 0 text: Pak to sell arms to Nepal Pledging cooperation with Nepal in its fight against terrorism, Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz today said his country would supply arms to the Himalyan kingdom on a credit basis.


label: 3 text: Dell, Microsoft Team For  #39;One-Click #39; Management Dell (Quote, Chart) and Microsoft (Quote, Chart) continued their joint efforts to automate the data center with a deal to bundle management software that triggers changes with one mouse click.


label: 2 text: J J Says to Buy Guidant for  #36;25.4 Billion (Reuters) Reuters - Johnson   Johnson  on\Wednesday said it agreed to buy Guidant Corp. , for\ #36;25.4 billion in cash and stock, giving the healthcare products\maker a foothold in the fast-growing market for implantable\devices that regulate heartbeats.


label: 0 text: Ex-Yugoslav Head Milosevic Begins Defense THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic opened his long-delayed defense at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Tuesday, describing the battles of his Serbian people as self defense against internal rebellions and external attacks by Islamic warriors.    Milosevic, charged with genocide and crimes against humanity in the Balkans, portrayed the Serbs as victims rather than aggressors: victims of a plan supported by the United States and Europe to break up Yugoslavia, of an attempt to wipe out Croatia's Serb minority, and of a Saudi-financed plot to create an Islamic state in Bosnia...


label: 1 text: Spain's Freire Wins World Cycling Title Spain's Oscar Freire won the road race at the cycling world championships for the third time Sunday in a sprint finish. He joined Belgium's Eddy Merckx and Rik Van Steenbergen and Italy's Alfredo Binda as the only three-time winners.


label: 2 text: In IMF talks, US shifts toward debt-forgiveness pact WASHINGTON With public pledges and in private conversations, Britain managed over the weekend to move the United States closer to full forgiveness of the debts of the poorest countries during the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International


label: 1 text: Schumacher singing in the rain Michael Schumacher again proved his supremacy in the rain by splashing his way through to the fastest time in the pre-qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.


label: 0 text: Two Blasts Rock Kazakh Ruling Party's Headquarters (Reuters) Reuters - Two powerful blasts rocked\the headquarters of President Nursultan Nazarbayev's ruling\Otan (Fatherland) party in Almaty's busy central district\Sunday evening, a spokeswoman for the Emergencies Agency said.


label: 0 text: From Taba to Fallujah Since the invasion of Iraq, the people of the region find themselves in the face of scenes that exceed the threshold of tolerance of most of them.


label: 1 text: Lewis leads Sonics to ninth consecutive win By wire services. Rashard Lewis scored 27 points and Ray Allen had 24 to lead the Sonics to their ninth straight victory, 101-94 over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.


label: 3 text: Word flaw could lead to denial of service A highly critical vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Word 2000 and 2002, an advisory from security advisory service Secunia says.


label: 1 text: Eriksson tells Beckham to give up on kick and tell SVEN Goran Eriksson has warned David Beckham to keep quiet about his indiscretions on the pitch as he intimated the players cardinal sin was not getting booked on purpose - but admitting to it in public.


label: 3 text: Worst Oil Spill in Five Years Off S. China Coast (Reuters) Reuters - Two container ships collided and\spilled some 450 tons of fuel oil off China's southern coast,\the country's worst oil spill in five years, a maritime\official said on Thursday.


label: 0 text: Darfur Rebels Boycott Talks for 24 Hours (Reuters) Reuters - Sudan's two Darfur rebel groups\walked out of peace talks in Nigeria for 24 hours Saturday,\saying they needed to mourn 75 civilians killed by Sudanese\government forces and Arab Janjaweed militia in the last three\days.


label: 2 text: Thomson receives SEC subpoena NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Thomson Corp. #39;s Thomson Financial unit said it received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission requesting documents related to its Capital Markets Intelligence business.


label: 2 text: Hewlett-Packard 4th-Qtr Net Rises on Server Rebound (Update4) Hewlett-Packard Co., the world #39;s No. 2 personal-computer maker, said fourth-quarter profit rose 27 percent, exceeding its forecast, as sales of servers rebounded and PC revenue set a record.


label: 3 text: Oracle Earnings Beat Analyst Forecasts (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL), the world's second-largest software vendor, has beaten Wall Street analysts' expectations with its first-quarter results, due to strong sales of its \database software.


label: 3 text: Intel, Nokia team up to develop  quot;smart quot; phone Chip giant Intel announced that it has joined forces with the world #39;s largest handset maker, Nokia, to develop the next generation mobile phone.


label: 2 text: Industry outlines agenda for Bush The nation #39;s home builders, real estate salespeople and mortgage bankers stood by their man in the presidential election, and now they hope he stands by his housing agenda during the next four years.


label: 3 text: Apple Enhances iBook, Cuts Prices Before Holidays (Reuters) Reuters - Apple Computer Inc.  on\Tuesday announced a faster version of its popular iBook\notebook personal computer and a less expensive model of its\PowerMac desktop line, as the computer maker gears up for the\holiday shopping season.


label: 0 text: Israeli Troops Enter West Bank Hospital Israeli troops hunting militants raided a West Bank hospital Monday, searching rooms and calling on fugitives over loudspeakers to surrender, and in Gaza soliders


label: 3 text: Nvidia Puts a Firewall on a Motherboard Motherboard chip sets don #39;t normally excite much attention in the security world, but Nvidia #39;s NForce 4 could turn out to be the exception.


label: 1 text: No deficit is too large for Nelson Larry Nelson needed a huge comeback, and an extra hole, to win his second Champions Tour event of the year. Nelson rallied from seven strokes off the lead and made a 5-foot


label: 2 text: Dow, Nasdaq Rise as Crude Falls  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The blue-chip Dow average ended  slightly higher on Monday and the tech-driven Nasdaq also  gained as declining crude-oil prices made equities aside from  energy names attractive.


label: 2 text: The Neutral Fed Funds Rate  The level at which the Federal Reserve #39;s federal funds rate, the overnight rate charged between banks, neither stimulates nor slows economic growth.


label: 1 text: About mood and confidence The day ended with India having regained some of the ground they lost in the morning due to their shoddy display with the bat, but throughout, there were displays by the batsmen of the two teams which brought out clearly the mood and confidence levels in


label: 3 text: Indian Monsoon Seen Below Normal on El Nino Effect (Reuters) Reuters - India's monsoon is expected to be 12 to\14 percent below normal in the June-September season, mainly\because of an El Nino-like weather condition, a senior Indian\weather official said on Tuesday.


label: 1 text: Record 13th straight mens title HOUSTON - Top-seeded Roger Federer of Switzerland won a record 13th straight final Sunday, beating Australian Lleyton Hewitt, 6-3, 6-2, in the title match of the Association of Tennis Professionals Masters Cup.


label: 0 text: 9/11: NY port authority sues Saudi Arabia The New York port authority has decided to join a lawsuit charging Saudi Arabia with providing financial assistance to the Osama bin Laden-led Al Qaeda.


label: 0 text: Police Killed in Pre-Poll Chechnya Attacks -- Agency  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a police station and  voting centers in Russia's war-torn Chechnya, killing at least  11 people, Interfax news agency said Saturday.


label: 2 text: Credit card costs buried in the fine print If you have a credit card with a variable interest rate, you may have noticed your rates have been going up.


label: 2 text: J amp;J in Guidant merger talks Johnson  amp; Johnson, the US medical and consumer goods group, is in advanced discussions to buy Guidant, a maker of medical devices, in a deal that could be worth about \$24bn (12bn).


label: 0 text: Egypt Air and Gulf Air sign strategic alliance (AFP) AFP - Egypt Air and Gulf Air signed a strategic alliance to boost their cooperation, especially in the Middle East.


label: 1 text: F1: Trulli to Drive for Toyota Team Next Year Italian Formula One driver Jarno Trulli will drive for Toyota #39;s Formula One team next year. Toyota said Trulli, who was released by Renault this week, signed a two-year deal and will be paired with Germany #39;s Ralf Schumacher next year.


label: 1 text: Sports in brief: Locked-out NHL players look for work NHL players began scattering across the globe Thursday in search of work on Day 1 of the lockout, with no negotiations scheduled between union and management.


label: 3 text: Four Firms Buy Intelsat Intelsat Ltd., the pioneering commercial satellite company that connected the world through global television and telephone communications, announced Monday its sale to a group of private investors for \$3 billion in cash. -The Washington Post


label: 2 text: Abercrombie Warns of Profit Shortfall (Reuters) Reuters - Youth-oriented retailer Abercrombie  \Fitch Co.  on Tuesday posted an unexpected fall in\quarterly profit, due largely to a lawsuit settlement charge\and warned of a profit shortfall for the current quarter.


label: 2 text: Nations ask for study of effect of quota end A group of developing countries proposed yesterday that the World Trade Organization study the global effects of phasing out a textiles and clothing quota system, saying that many countries are losing out because of this trade liberalization.


label: 1 text: Jennings to coach South Africa England can expect to face a bristling South African team this winter after Ray Jennings #39; interim appointment to succeed Eric Simons as coach.


label: 0 text: After Kashmir, PM bids to calm northeast fires (Reuters) Reuters - Having reached out to Kashmiris during a two-day visit to the region, the prime minister heads this weekend to the country's volatile northeast, where public anger is high over alleged abuses by Indian soldiers.


label: 0 text: Police make first arrests in bombing outside Australian embassy JAKARTA - Indonesian police investigating the bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta last week have made their first arrests.


label: 1 text: AL notables Oakland won the season series against Seattle for the first time since 2000. Angels' Vladimir Guerrero matched a career high for hits with his fifth four-hit game this season and 15th in his career. It was the second two-homer game this week for Guerrero, who has 38 this year and is hitting .338 with a team-record 123 runs and 124 ...


label: 0 text: Three children missing on moors Three children from a care home are missing on the Lancashire moors after they are separated from a group.


label: 2 text: Crude Passes \$55, Greenspan Unfazed SINGAPORE -- Crude oil futures rose to a record for a third day Monday, surpassing \$55 in New York on speculation US demand for heating oil will deplete inventories this winter.


label: 1 text: Rams still feel sting of losing Super Bowl Almost three years have passed, but a St. Louis victory over New England today may help heal some of the lingering wounds from the Patriots #39; 20-17 victory over the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI.


label: 3 text: The iMac G5: A first look at Apple's new all-in-one The latest incarnation of Apple's iMac all-in-one desktop computer sports a new look and a beefy G5 processor. Computerworld Online News Editor Ken Mingis snagged one and offers his first take on the latest Mac.


label: 3 text: The Security Industry: Where Objectivity Is a Lie It #39;s not that there aren #39;t Unix attacks that work. It #39;s that pretty much everything the security industry does misrepresents the actual balance between attacks on Microsoft #39;s products and attacks on Unix and open source.


label: 0 text: RAF ESCORT JET IN BOMB SCARE RAF jets ecorted a diverted jet to Stansted Airport yesterday after a caller claimed there was a bomb on board. The US-bound Olympic Airlines plane made an emergency landing and all 301 passengers were evacuated safely.


label: 0 text: BBC finds security lapses at airport Persistent and alarming lapses in security at Manchester airport have been exposed by an undercover BBC film, which shows planes left unlocked overnight and falsification of x-ray search records.


label: 1 text: Rossi king of Sepang ! na sunny race watched by over 40,000 spectators on the grandstands, Rossi has again shown his supremacy at the Sepang Circuit by clinching yet another race victory in the MotoGP class of the Malaysian Grand Prix.


label: 1 text: Hennessy rouses Andover from a slow start ANDOVER -- In one play, Andover's Matt Hennessy surpassed his team's first-half output, rushing for 23 yards to spark a sluggish Golden Warrior offense to a 17-7 victory over Lowell. Andover (6-0), known for its potent offense, was held to one first down and 20 yards of total offense in a scoreless first half.


label: 2 text: COAST TO COAST The FBI and New York police detectives have unearthed the mob equivalent of an elephant graveyard. Descending on Ruby Street, in a far-flung corner of Queens, the agents dug for a week in watery soil.


label: 0 text: Nuclear Freeze Talks Must Not Last Too Long - Iran  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran is prepared to keep uranium  enrichment activities frozen as long as nuclear negotiations  continue with the EU, but those talks should not last too long,  Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Hassan Rohani said Tuesday.


label: 2 text: Airline asks court to void 3 labor pacts US Airways Group Inc. yesterday asked a federal bankruptcy judge to void labor agreements with three unions to help it slash costs and avoid liquidation.


label: 1 text: Ailing Roddick beats Fish in exhibition match ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Andy Roddick beat Mardy Fish 6-3, 6-3 in the Minnesota Tennis Challenge exhibition Wednesday night. Roddick, playing for the first time since firing coach Brad Gilbert over the weekend, was fighting a cold but still managed to win.


label: 3 text: Hire a hacker? com September 22, 2004, 12:17 PM PT. 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.


label: 2 text: McDonald #39;s: CEO Resting After New Surgery The chief executive of McDonald #39;s Corp. (MCD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is recuperating after another surgery, the world #39;s largest fast-food company said on Saturday.


label: 2 text: Breaking Merck #39;s Bones NEW YORK - Merck suffered a huge blow last week when it had to pull its blockbuster painkiller Vioxx from the market after a big study showed that it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.


label: 3 text: Microsoft sets licensing policy for dual-core chips Microsoft Corp., world #39;s largest software maker, announced a new licensing policy for dual-core microprocessors from Intel and AMD.


label: 3 text: Dell CEO Says Considering AMD Chips for Servers (Reuters) Reuters - Dell Inc. , the No. 1 personal\computer maker and the best customer of leading computer chip\maker Intel , is mulling using rival chips from AMD\, its chief executive said on Thursday.


label: 3 text: This support for Kerry came at a bad time Last Thursday #39;s presidential debate was still in progress when the e-mails started trickling in from citizens around the country.


label: 1 text: South Africa Ends Phelps Medal Quest  ATHENS (Reuters) - South Africa ruined Michael Phelps's  dream of winning a record eight gold medals at the Athens  Olympics with a stunning victory in the men's 4x100 meters  freestyle final on Sunday.


label: 2 text: Subsidy battle heats up PARIS The chief executive of Boeing, Harry Stonecipher, insisted Thursday that he was trying to prevent a trans-Atlantic dispute over subsidies for Airbus by demanding an end to government aid programs for the rival aircraft manufacturer.


label: 1 text: Tim and world are one Maybe coach Lenny Wilkens should make copies of the game tape of the Knicks #39; 99-81 loss last night at SBC Center and distribute them to his players as required viewing.


label: 1 text: Today's schedule College field hockey: Quinnipiac at Northeastern, 2 p.m.; Maine at Fairfield, 2 p.m.; Lasell at MIT, 6 p.m.; Virginia vs. BC at Bentley College, 7 p.m.; Vermont at UConn, 7 p.m.


label: 2 text: Britain #39;s first wholly Sharia #39;a bank opens in London The first branch of Britain #39;s only wholly Islamic bank - which will operate strictly in accordance with Shariaa principles -as been opened in London today.


label: 1 text: Harrys keeping Kewell SOCCEROOS superstar Harry Kewell is optimistic he can overcome a painful groin injury and play in Saturdays Confederations Cup qualifier against the Solomon Islands.


label: 0 text: Militants Try to Stir Arab-Kurd Violence (AP) AP - Insurgents battling U.S. and Iraqi forces in the northern city of Mosul have been trying to drag the Kurdish minority into their fight and set off a sectarian war, Kurdish and Arab officials say.


label: 2 text: Update 2: Germany #39;s Lufthansa Posts 3Q Profit German airline Lufthansa posted a euro125 million (US\$155 million) net profit in the third quarter, more than making up losses from a year ago thanks to stronger demand for air travel, the company said Thursday.


label: 2 text: Bush Signs Corporate Tax Cut Bill (Reuters) Reuters - Without fanfare, President Bush\signed into law on Friday a nearly  #36;140 billion corporate tax\cut bill derided by both Democratic presidential rival John\Kerry and Republican Sen. John McCain as a giveaway to special\interests.


label: 2 text: Jasc acquisitionm - Corel #39;s come-back sign Corel has acquired Jasc Software, developer of the Windows-only Paint Shop family of products. Discussing the move, Corel calls the acquisition:  quot;A crucial part of its ongoing growth strategy.


label: 1 text: Maryland Wary of No. 7 West Virginia (AP) AP - Overconfidence usually isn't an issue when facing the nation's seventh-ranked team on the road, yet Maryland has every reason to feel smug about its chances of winning Saturday against West Virginia.


label: 1 text: Australian rowers reprimanded ATHENS: The Australian Olympic women #39;s eight have been reprimanded for a breach of team protocol over an ugly war of words between crew members after one quit rowing three quarters of the way through the Olympic final.


label: 2 text: IBM reclaims world supercomputing title The United States today reclaimed the lead in global supercomputing more than two years after Japans Earth Simulator shook the computing world by claiming the top spot.


label: 1 text: Celtic are rocked by Stewart Temerity is suddenly in fashion in the Scottish Premier League. Dundee United forced a draw with Rangers at Ibrox on Sunday and last night Aberdeen.


label: 0 text: Rumsfeld: Iraq Must Grow Own Govt. System KIRKUK, Iraq - After listening to two U.S. Army officers describe recent progress in battling the insurgency and stabilizing northern Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H...


label: 3 text: Nasa test flight sets new record An unmanned experimental jet has broken a world record for speed, cruising over the Pacific Ocean at just under 7000 miles (11,265km) per hour in a NASA test of cutting-edge  quot;scramjet quot; engine technology.


label: 3 text: U.S. Broadband Growth Slows - Analyst  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. telephone and cable companies  saw the growth of high-speed Internet services slow in the  second quarter to the lowest rate in a year, an industry  research firm said on Tuesday.


label: 3 text: Researchers Develop Method to Find Algae HOUSTON - Marine researchers are hoping to prevent tides of destructive algae from killing fish and fouling beaches through early detection of the microscopic organisms.


label: 1 text: Lonard four back in pursuit of Slam Australian David McKenzie, who missed qualifying for his US PGA tour card by one shot six days ago, had an 8-under-par 64 Saturday to take a two-stroke lead after the third round of the Australian Masters.


label: 1 text: Transactions BASEBALL Anaheim (AL): Activated P Jarrod Washburn from the 15-day DL. Arizona (NL): Recalled OF Doug DeVore from Tucson (PCL).


label: 2 text: US: PepsiCo Q3 figures on the rise PepsiCo has posted a rise in Q3 revenue and operating profit. The drinks and snack company today (30 September) reported earnings for the three months to 4 September of US\$1.


label: 3 text: VMware Pioneers New Way to Deploy Software Environments Last week, I spoke with VMware Vice President of Marketing Michael Mullany about VMware ACE, a fascinating solution that simplifies and secures the deployment of software environments to mobile workers, contractors, and telecommuters.


label: 2 text: Turkish PM Issues Message On 59th Anniversary Of Foundation Of UN ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed belief on Saturday that Turkey #39;s contributions to world peace and stability would increase if it became a non-permanent member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council.


label: 2 text: 144,000 Jobs Were Added in August, a Bit of an Uptick The Labor Department report offered some political relief to the White House but only tepid signs of a rebound in employment.


label: 0 text: M.T.A. Spent \$15 Million on Officers' Overtime A third of the M.T.A.'s police officers were paid more than \$100,000 last year, and some officers doubled and even tripled their base salaries by working overtime.


label: 3 text: Human Lie Detectors Almost Never Miss, Study Finds As he lies, the young man shrugs, flutters his eyelids and shakes his head. Another, on a witness stand, grimaces for a millisecond as he answers a question.


label: 3 text: Microsoft Files Suits Over Certificates of Authenticity Microsoft has filed its first lawsuits over allegedly counterfeit and illicit certificates of authenticity, the labels attached to software packages and computers to verify the legitimacy of the programs inside.


label: 3 text: USPTO trims FAT from Microsoft patents Plans by Microsoft Corp to charge royalties on a library of patents are looking uncertain after the US Patent and Trademark Office rejected a key software patent claimed by the company.


label: 1 text: Phelps, U.S. Win Men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay  ATHENS (Reuters) - Michael Phelps led the United States to  a narrow victory in the men's 4x200 meters freestyle relay at  the Athens Olympics Tuesday to collect his third gold medal in  four days.


label: 0 text: In  quot;year of opportunity, quot; Sharon offers state to Palestinians HERZLIYA, Israel An adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says a final vote on his planned pullout from Gaza and four West Bank communities could take place months sooner.


label: 2 text: Inflation Worriers, Dollar Pessimists As the whole world expected, the Federal Reserve continued its policy of normalizing short-term rates by raising its policy target to 2 percent this week.


label: 1 text: NFL Wrap: Bettis Sinks Bengals in Steelers Win  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jerome Bettis ran for 129 yards and  the Pittsburgh Steelers used a stifling defense to edge the  host Cincinnati Bengals 19-14 for their eighth straight win  Sunday.


label: 1 text: Cygan #39;s error puts Arsenal in another spot of bother ARSENAL are proving even more adept at throwing leads than pizzas. This was the third time in four Champions League matches that they have allowed two points


label: 1 text: Defensive stand lets USC stay unbeaten The drive covered just over three minutes, but in that brief amount of time USC #39;s football team yesterday discovered the kind of resolve that often produces a champion.


label: 3 text: Row brewing over peer-to-peer ads Well-known brands advertising on eDonkey raises questions about the popularity of free downloads.


label: 3 text: DNA Pioneer Maurice Wilkins Dies at 88 (AP) AP - Nobel laureate Maurice Wilkins, one of the scientists involved in the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, died Tuesday in London. He was 88.


label: 0 text: UK considers US demands for military assistance in Iraq British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoonconfirmed on Monday that the British government was considering the US request to deploy troops outside the British-controlled southern sector


label: 0 text: U.N. Pulls Workers From Afghan City The United Nations evacuated 38 foreign employees from this western Afghan city Monday after a day of rioting by supporters of the ousted governor turned half a dozen international aid facilities into smoldering, looted ruins.


label: 3 text: iRobot readies for war--and the household Whether mopping up a battlefield or living room floor, the robot maker is working on vehicle to get the job done.\


label: 1 text: NBA Wrap: Returning Trio Help Pistons End Skid  NEW YORK (Reuters) - 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 Wallace with a 93-85  triumph over the Minnesota Timberwolves Wednesday.


label: 3 text: To get or not to get Windows XP Service Pack 2? That is the <b>...</b> The talk in the computer world seems to be whether or not to get Microsoft #39;s Windows XP Service Pack 2. Both sides of the argument offer pros and cons as to whether or not computer users should proceed with this upgrade.


label: 1 text: No place for the faint-hearted Assuming Australia bat first at the Waca ground against Pakistan, you can be sure the blood will be pumping through my heart and veins faster than on most occasions that I face the first ball in a Test match.


label: 1 text: Gardner #39;s storied career ends with a thud Rulon Gardner #39;s bid for a second consecutive gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling #39;s super heavyweight division fell to the mat with a resounding thud yesterday along with the big man himself.


label: 2 text: Oracle Moves Earnings Forward to Monday  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Business software maker Oracle  Corp. ORCL.O on Friday said it will release its  second-quarter earnings before U.S. markets open on Monday,  instead of Thursday, due to issues related to its takeover bid  for PeopleSoft Inc. that may come up in court later on Monday.


label: 1 text: UPSET WIN IS  #39;TALK #39; OF TRACK In one of the biggest upsets -nd most controversial finishes  -the year, a 27-1 betting orphan named Better Talk Now won the \$2 million Breeders #39; Cup Turf


label: 2 text: OPEC Expects Oil Prices to Recover Next Week as Cuts Are Made OPEC, the producer of more than a third of the world #39;s oil, expects prices will recover from their second-largest drop this year as nations enforce yesterday #39;s decision to lower output, ministers said.


label: 3 text: Justice Dept. Cracks Down Internet Crime (AP) AP - The FBI seized computers, software and equipment as part of an investigation into illegal sharing of copyrighted movies, music and games over an Internet "peer-to-peer" network, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced Wednesday.


label: 1 text: Johnson Wins, Busch Gains in Title Chase (AP) AP - Jimmie Johnson's series-high sixth victory of the season Sunday was overshadowed by word that a plane carrying members of the Hendrick Motorsports organization crashed on the way to Martinsville Speedway.


label: 1 text: JUST TOE BAD The Knicks #39; season took another odd turn when Eddie Robinson #39;s physical yesterday morning revealed he had a fracture under his left big toe that would require season-ending surgery, according to sources.


label: 2 text: CNN Chooses Ex-CBS Official as Its US Chief CNN announced another change in its top management yesterday, appointing Jonathan Klein, who used to be the No. 2 executive at CBS News, as president of the company #39;s domestic network.


label: 3 text: These Traffic Numbers Are Real Tens of thousands of web publishers are too small to show up on industry-standard traffic reports, so they can't attract advertisers. But I/Pro, a small traffic-auditing firm, says it can change all that. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg.


label: 2 text: Strike threat hits US Airways Flight attendants at bankrupt US Airways Group Inc. have authorized their union to call a strike should a federal court allow airline management to void their contract, the Association of Flight Attendants said yesterday.


label: 2 text: Honda to build SUV in Ohio Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. said Tuesday that it will build a new Acura sport utility vehicle in Ohio. Production on the new model, for Honda #39;s luxury marquee Acura brand, will begin in 2006.


label: 0 text: US SLAMS REBELS American-led forces backed by warplanes tightened their grip on the Iraqi rebel stronghold of Samarra yesterday, saying they had killed 125 militants in one of the largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein.