label: 2 text: Starbucks Profit Climbs, Extra Week Helps  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp. SBUX.O, the  world's largest coffee shop chain,  on Wednesday said quarterly  net profit rose 47 percent, helped by its aggressive store  expansion and an extra week in the period.


label: 0 text: Cricket: England stun Aussies Michael Vaughan stars as England crush Australia to reach the ICC Champions Trophy final.


label: 0 text: Federal Liberals were ahead in recent national poll with 40 per cent support (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - MONTREAL (CP) - The governing federal Liberals recently had the support of 40 per cent of Canadians, a shade above the popular vote they scored in last June's election, suggests a recent opinion poll.


label: 3 text: Door open for silicon replacement A breakthrough in the way scientists make crystals could lead to a replacement for silicon in electronic devices.


label: 0 text: 'Not yet time' for sanctions against Sudan: UN envoy (AFP) AFP - The time has not yet come to impose international sanctions against the government of Sudan, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's envoy Jan Pronk said during a visit to Oslo.


label: 1 text: Shouldering a Giant Load Giants rookie quarterback Eli Manning will take an 0-2 record as a pro starter into Sunday's game against the Redskins at FedEx Field.


label: 2 text: Halliburton Uncovers Nigeria Bribe Scheme The US energy company Halliburton says it has discovered that a consortium linked to it considered paying bribes to Nigerian officials on an energy project at least 10 years ago.


label: 3 text: Enter your e-mail: Here at the Digital Life trade show in New York City Internet search behemoth Google has created quite a buzz on the show floor with the launch of its much-anticipated Google Desktop Search utility.


label: 1 text: Brooks gets into the flow TEMPE - Before yesterday, Brooks Bollinger was last seen in the final preseason game, leading the Jets to 21 unanswered points in the final five minutes to defeat the Eagles.


label: 0 text: Fresh violence engulfs Darfur EL-FASHIR, Sudan Just two weeks after the Sudanese authorities and their guerrilla enemies signed a pledge to restore security and broaden access to aid groups, a fresh surge of violence is engulfing Darfur.


label: 0 text: Ukraine Leader: U.S. Meddled in Election (AP) AP - Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych accused the United States on Monday of meddling in Ukraine's internal affairs, claiming the Americans have financed his opponent's presidential campaign.


label: 0 text: Kerry sees 'route to a nuclear 9/11' in North Korea (AFP) AFP - US presidential hopeful John Kerry slammed President George W. Bush's North Korea policy amid reports of a mysterious blast in the isolated Asian state.


label: 3 text: Craig McCaw describes a global wireless world SAN FRANCISCO - For someone who rarely appears before large gatherings, Craig McCaw has spent a lot of time in the spotlight this week at a wireless industry trade show.


label: 2 text: World Oil Prices Approach \$55 a Barrel Though oil prices have eased slightly, they remain close to record high points approaching \$55 a barrel. World oil prices have more than doubled from about \$20 a barrel in New York at the start


label: 2 text: Stocks Slip as Profit Warnings Weigh  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slipped on Wednesday after  several companies issued profit warnings, while Fed Chairman  Alan Greenspan's remarks that the economy was pulling out of a  summer soft patch did little to quell expectations for a rate  hike later this month.


label: 0 text: Plenum Could Bring Leadership Changes China #39;s ruling Communist Party leaders, led by Hu Jintao, began a four-day closed-door plenum in Beijing today that is due to set policy for the next year and could bring some leadership changes.


label: 1 text: Brit GP on  #39;05 calendar - reports The track-owning BRDC ultimately gambled on making a loss next year by succumbing to Ecclestone #39;s proposed race fee. The only sticking point now is the duration of a new contract -- Bernie wants to renegotiate


label: 1 text: Hamm can keep Olympic gold, court rules For weeks, Paul Hamm #39;s Olympic gold medal sat in a drawer at his boyhood home, carefully tucked inside a sock so it wouldn #39;t be scratched or damaged.


label: 1 text: Vargas valiant in loss ATHENS -- The tears rolled down the bruised cheek of Devin Vargas last night. They were not there because his injured left knee was throbbing, although it was. Vargas cried for a dream, and a fight, lost.


label: 2 text: Oil Holds Above \$46 Supply Worries Linger  LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices held firm on Tuesday as China  showed no let-up in its strong import growth and U.S. Gulf  producers reported damage to offshore rigs from Hurricane Ivan.


label: 3 text: Stolen 'Halo 2' hits pirate sites Microsoft vows to punish whoever stole the hotly anticipated Xbox game, due for release next month. \


label: 2 text: Federated Says Frances Cost  #36;20M in Sales (AP) AP - Hurricane Frances cost Federated Department Stores Inc. about  #36;20 million in lost sales at Florida stores, the retailer said Tuesday.


label: 3 text: Sidebar: PeopleSoft Puts CRM App on BlackBerries OCTOBER 25, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - PeopleSoft Inc. today will announce that it #39;s porting the sales force automation module from the latest version of its CRM software to Research In Motion Ltd.


label: 1 text: Tennessee earns a little respect defeat of Georgia No. 17 Tennessee arrived at No. 3 Georgia on Saturday, coming off a loss to Auburn, while the Bulldogs had thrashed LSU. Not only did the Volunteers drop nine spots in the national rankings


label: 0 text: Muslims held after Spanish raids Judicial sources said Monday #39;s operations had foiled a planned bomb attack on the High Court. The interior ministry said further arrests could be made imminently, as police moved against what was described as an active Islamic militant group.


label: 3 text: NTT DoCoMo unveils Japan's first prototype micro fuel cell for 3G handsets (AFP) AFP - NTT DoCoMo, the top cellular phone operator in Japan, unveiled what it calls the nation's first prototype micro fuel cell aimed at boosting battery life for its powerful third-generation FOMA handsets.


label: 1 text: Manning closes in on Marinos TD mark HOUSTON - With only a few seconds left in a certain victory for Miami, Peyton Manning threw a meaningless 6-yard touchdown pass to Marvin Harrison to cut the score to 24-15.


label: 3 text: Kazaa  #39;worried about piracy #39; Kazaa, the internet #39;s most popular file-swapping system, told a court in Sydney yesterday that it was worried about users exchanging unauthorised files and had held talks with record companies in the United States.


label: 1 text: Rallying against Rivera Beating Mariano Rivera once in a season, as the Boston Red Sox did on July 24, is unbelievable. Twice? Almost unthinkable. Yet, it happened again Friday night -- and at Yankee Stadium no less.


label: 2 text: State Compensation Insurance Fund Files an Average 5 Rate <b>...</b> SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- State Compensation Insurance Fund today announced it has filed with the Department of Insurance an average rate decrease of 5 percent on new and renewal workers #39; compensation


label: 2 text: AirAsia ordering 40 Airbus planes Airbus won an order to sell 40 planes to AirAsia, Southeast Asia #39;s largest discount airline, beating out Boeing. The Kuala Lumpur-based airline said in a statement to the Malaysian stock


label: 3 text: Ireland cracks down on Internet fraud Ireland has become the first country on earth to cut off direct-dialed calls to entire nations in a bid to crack down on Internet-based fraud.


label: 1 text: Many loyal Cal fans still afraid to believe BERKELEY -- Because a season unfolding as this one comes so seldom to Cal football, many who have spent years loyal to the program await not the immortal victory but the inevitable heartbreak.


label: 1 text: UConn denies Temple Dan Orlovsky threw for 260 yards and two touchdowns and Cornell Brockington rushed for two scores to lead Connecticut to a 45-31 win over visiting Temple.


label: 1 text: Johnson #39;s Quickfire Hat-Trick Leads US Past Panama Eddie Johnson came off the bench to score a hat-trick in 16 minutes as the US thrashed Panama 6-0 in a CONCACAF zone World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.


label: 1 text: Without the wicket it wouldn't be cricket As the Red Sox ready for a shot at post-season play, a group of batters across town prepares for their own championship finale where they'll face an impressive lineup of -- bowlers.


label: 1 text: Busch Stadium Far From Fenway in Style (AP) AP - Players were back in shirt sleeves, and many of the 96 arches atop Busch Stadium were lit by the late-afternoon sun as the Red Sox took batting practice.


label: 1 text: Earnhardt Jr. Speaks Out Dale Earnhardt Jr. responds to the NASCAR penalty that knocked him out of the Nextel Cup lead and says the punishment was too severe.


label: 1 text: Gustafsson Leads at Leopard Creek as Els Wilts  MALELANE, South Africa (Reuters) - Sweden's Peter  Gustafsson shot a four-under 68 to take a two-stroke lead after  the second round of the Dunhill Championship at the Leopard  Creek Country Club on Friday.


label: 1 text: Taylor Scores 2 TDs As Ravens Beat Lions (AP) AP - Chester Taylor ran for 117 yards and two touchdowns, and the Baltimore Ravens got a solid performance from their depleted defense in a 17-6 preseason victory over the Detroit Lions on Saturday night.


label: 3 text: IBM creates fastest super model in the world International Business Machines Corp (IBM) said it created the world #39;s fastest supercomputer and is using it as the model for smaller, less costly systems due next year that can handle trillions of calculations a second.


label: 1 text: Myskina to Defend Moscow Title in Roland Garros Final Rematch Anastasia Myskina, entering the WTA Moscow semifinals with an 0-4 career record versus Lindsay Davenport, got over the hump Saturday with a 6-4, 7-6(1) victory against the new No.


label: 0 text: U.S. Women Show Dream Team How It's Done ATHENS, Greece - Three teammates, three Olympics, three gold medals. Dawn Staley, Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes...


label: 0 text: U.N. Envoy Says Rights Violations Continue in Myanmar  BANGKOK (Reuters) - A top U.N. rights envoy condemned on  Wednesday the arrest and jailing of opposition activists in  military-ruled Myanmar and said he had received credible  reports of rights violations in border areas.


label: 0 text: New Iran missiles can reach London Iran said today it has successfully test-fired a long-range  quot;strategic missile quot; and delivered it to its armed forces, saying it is now prepared to deal with any regional threats and even the  quot;big powers.


label: 3 text: Police Display Weapons Confiscated From Teen #39;s Home Police arrested a 17-year-old in Clinton Township Thursday after receiving news that the boy was planning an attack on his own school.


label: 3 text: Verizon, Covad Reach Line-Sharing Pact Verizon Communications Inc. on Tuesday said it reached an interim line-sharing agreement with Internet service provider Covad Communications Group Inc.


label: 2 text: Mirant names CFO as chief restructuring officer Mirant Corp. (MIRKQ.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) has named its chief financial officer to the additional role of chief restructuring officer, the bankrupt power producer said on Thursday.


label: 0 text: Probe Recommends Against Overseas Census (AP) AP - Congressional investigators recommended Tuesday that the Census Bureau not include Americans living abroad as part of the U.S. census in 2010.


label: 3 text: Work on Halo 2 game 'finished' The sequel to the best-selling Xbox game, Halo, is finished, say its makers.


label: 0 text: Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Pleads for Aid TOKYO - Iraq's deputy leader pleaded with donors Wednesday to fulfill their promises of aid to help rebuild his war-ravaged nation, and accused the United Nations of failing to provide crucial support.    Of the \$13.6 billion in grants and loans promised last year by nations and lending institutions, only about \$1 billion has been deposited in World Bank and U.N...


label: 3 text: Intel Cuts Prices in Preparation for New Product Line (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Intel has slashed prices by up to 35 percent on some of its \Pentium 4 and Itanium processors, bringing down the costs of some desktop and notebook computers by as much as  #36;200.


label: 2 text: Interstate Bakeries Runs Low on Dough  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Interstate Bakeries Corp. IBC.N,  maker of Hostess Twinkies and Wonder Bread, filed for  bankruptcy on Wednesday after struggling with more than \$1.3  billion in debt, high costs and weak demand for bread products  amid the popularity of low-carbohydrate diets.


label: 2 text: Fund looks at debt relief plan The International Monetary Fund agreed to keep studying the possibility of revaluing its gold reserves as a way to raise money for debt-relief programs, Britain #39;s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, said.


label: 2 text: Merck gets good news on drug to replace Vioxx Drug giant Merck says the Food and Drug Administration wants more information, but is prepared to approve the company #39;s successor drug to recalled pain reliever Vioxx.


label: 1 text: Who #39;s the boss? Densham upstages Force John Force, the NHRA #39;s winningest driver and 12-time Funny Car champion, is quick to point out that his 25-year friendship with teammate Gary Densham helped forge Force #39;s remarkable career.


label: 1 text: Lawyer: Cop Not Responsible For Snelgrove Death BOSTON -- A police commander working to control the rowdy crowd around Fenway Park after the Red Sox won the American League pennant last week was not responsible for the death of a college student.


label: 0 text: 78 Thai Muslims Suffocate to Death in Police Trucks PATTANI, Thailand, 27 October 2004 - At least 78 Muslims were suffocated or crushed to death after being arrested and packed into trucks by security forces following a riot in Muslim-dominated southern Thailand, officials said yesterday.


label: 3 text: Bloodlines bites Half-Life 2 #39;s release date The second game to use the Source engine will be released on the same day as the first one--November 16. Since last fall, the release date of Half-Life 2 was put on hold because its Source engine had been compromised by hackers.


label: 0 text: U.S. Battles Militants in Baghdad Slum (AP) AP - U.S. and Iraqi forces clashed with militants loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Iraq's capital on Saturday, officials and witnesses said.


label: 2 text: Postal Service Cancels PhotoStamps The innovative Stamps.com program has been halted after its test run.


label: 2 text: Anthem-WellPoint merger deal wins approval in California NEW YORK, November 10 (newratings.com) - California #39;s insurance commissioner has approved the proposed \$16.5 billion merger between Anthem Inc (ATH.


label: 2 text: Chinese firm buys IBM PC business IBM, the pioneer of the personal computer, is selling its PC hardware business to number one Chinese computer maker Lenovo.


label: 0 text: Suicide Bombers Kill 14 in Iraq  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A double suicide car bomb attack  devastated a police station just outside Baghdad's fortified  Green Zone on Saturday, killing seven people and wounding 57 in  the latest strike against Iraq's beleaguered security forces.


label: 2 text: Piper Rudnick to Merge With Big British Firm Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP, a law firm with major operations in Washington, agreed over the weekend to merge with British firm DLA LLP, creating one of the largest combinations ever of law firms from different countries.


label: 1 text: Wasteful Valencia held to draw Wasteful Valencia had to settle for a 1-1 draw away to Real Betis on Saturday, while Atletico Madrid missed a chance to move into the Spanish leaguie #39;s top three when they were beaten 1-0 away to Real Sociedad.


label: 3 text: Apple Launches EU iTunes Music Store SAN JOSE, CaliforniaOctober 26, 2004Apple today launched a European Union version of its revolutionary iTunes Music Store, giving music fans in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain the same


label: 1 text: Giants' Coughlin Gets Win Over Redskins Linebacker Barrett Green scored on a 16-yard fumble return and the Giants forced seven turnovers, handing Tom Coughlin his first win as the team's head coach.


label: 2 text: Enron Trial to Shine Light on Wall Street A criminal trial scheduled to start Monday involving former Enron Corp. executives may shine a rare and potentially harsh spotlight on the inner workings


label: 0 text: US feeling the heat at climate conference BUENOS AIRES -- Two sets of Americans have come here to talk global warming: the United States, opposed to controls on carbon emissions, and a bloc of united states, from Maine to Delaware, that plan to impose them.


label: 2 text: Ford brings star back to life in ads To introduce its six new cars and trucks, Ford Motor Co. #39;s namesake brand is launching an aggressive and energetic marketing campaign.


label: 2 text: HarperCollins' State of Bliss The News Corp. publishing division appears to have a winning title on its hands.


label: 2 text: Magna International Offers to Take 3 Units Private (Update3) Magna International Inc., Canada #39;s largest auto parts supplier, offered to buy out shares in three units for as much as C\$1.3 billion (\$1.


label: 0 text: Philippines storm toll over 900 as new typhoon hits MANILA: Over 900 people were dead or missing after a storm triggered landslides and floods in the Philippines this week, rescuers announced on Thursday as a new and even more powerful typhoon approached the main island of Luzon.


label: 2 text: EU suspends US export sanctions The European Union suspends tariffs on US imports imposed earlier this year during a bitter trade dispute.


label: 0 text: Nine killed, 10 injured in blast in northern India At least nine workers were killed and 10 others injured Thursday in an explosion believed to have been triggered by some explosive materials brought as scrap in a steel factory in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.


label: 1 text: Busch withstands pressure to win Cup HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Acknowledging the reputation he had earned as an aggressive young driver with a penchant for wrinkling a few car fenders and ruffling a few feathers along the way, Kurt Busch yesterday seemed to come of age.


label: 2 text: House Approves \$477 Billion Defense Bill Congress on Saturday approved a \$477 billion defense bill with a military pay raise and new money for Iraq and Afghanistan. Underscoring the bill #39;s lack of controversy, the House approved


label: 0 text: Peru Ex-President Rejects Extradition Call Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori on Thursday rejected his successor's call, made at the United Nations, for world leaders to press Japan to extradite him to face corruption charges and allegations of involvement in death squad massacres, according to a statement broadcast by news media here.


label: 3 text: MCI to Take \$3.5 Billion Charge in 3rd Quarter MCI Inc. reported Monday that it will take a \$3.5 billion non-cash charge in the third quarter to reflect the severe downturn in its consumer long-distance telephone business.\
-The Washington Post


label: 3 text: EU pledges \$63 million for grid computing Grants aim to accelerate European research into business applications of shared computing.


label: 0 text: Serb chief defiant after foiled attempt on his life Following an apparent attempt on his life, Serbia #39;s President Boris Tadic said yesterday that no threats would prevent him from  quot;pursuing the mission of establishing democracy in the country quot;.


label: 1 text: Pavano hears Yankees' sales pitch; next step Baltimore names The Carl Pavano tour across the American League wrapped up its New York engagement yesterday with the free agent righthander meeting with Yankees officials and Reggie Jackson . Pavano, who went to Yankee Stadium Saturday to meet with team trainers and video personnel, had dinner in Manhattan with Yankees president Randy Levine , general manager Brian Cashman , and ...


label: 2 text: Shrek Maker Dreamworks Charms Wall Street  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Star-struck Wall Street gave a  dazzling welcome to DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. DWA.N on  Thursday, sending shares of the animated film maker up more  than 35 percent in their market debut.


label: 2 text: Nortel stock battered by more bad news Shares in Nortel Networks Corp. dropped 9 per cent yesterday after the telecom equipment giant, the subject of several Canadian and US accounting probes, hinted that rivals are taking a bite out of its market share.


label: 2 text: Iran Wants OPEC to Return to Quotas  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran on Saturday reiterated its call for  OPEC to pull supply back down to official quota levels and  mapped out a way to fund a long-promised production hike, a  newspaper reported.


label: 3 text: Sea Knowledge Not Very Deep An ambitious project to catalog life in the ocean shows that so far we've just scratched the surface. By Stephen Leahy.


label: 1 text: No one comes to defense on turnover-plagued day They spent the summer marveling over their lineup changes and their improvement, the big-name veterans they signed and the strategic concepts they imported from the champion New England Patriots.


label: 0 text: Save lives The United States can and must fulfill its duty to stem the bloodbath in Darfur. It can do so without endangering US soldiers. Unlike so many other crises that the United States must consider entering, the


label: 3 text: Pandas benefit from wireless net A broadband wireless network is helping researchers at an important panda park in China.


label: 1 text: 6 turnovers stymie MSU in 31-24 loss to Irish Michigan State looked like a bunch of shamrocks in their green jerseys, pants and helmets, but it couldn #39;t take the luck of the Irish away from Notre Dame Saturday night in Spartan Stadium.


label: 1 text: Donovan Claims Soccer Player of Year Again (AP) AP - Landon Donovan was voted the U.S. soccer team player of the year Thursday, becoming the first three-time winner.


label: 1 text: Court Rules on Hamm Medal New York - Paul Hamm says Thursday #39;s decision from sports #39; highest court confirms what he #39;s always felt in his heart. That he was champion in the men #39;s all around that night at the Athens Games and Olympic gold medalist.


label: 2 text: BoE hints rates on hold for now The Bank of England appears set to hold interest rates steady for at least the next few months after revealing policymakers did not even discuss raising borrowing costs at their November meeting.


label: 2 text: WSJ: Gap to test new stores that target boomer women UNDATED Gap may be looking at opening its first new retail chain in a decade. A published report says the San Francisco-based retailer is preparing to test specialty clothing stores aimed at women over 35.


label: 2 text: Time Warner #39;s AOL Unit to Cut 700 Jobs -Source America Online, the world #39;s largest Internet service provider, plans to lay off about 5 percent of its US work force as it faces an ever-dwindling subscribership, a source close to the company said on Tuesday.


label: 1 text: Wales caught as Poles vault ahead towards finish Mark Hughes farewell as Wales manager turned into a wake as their World Cup dreams were shattered by a remarkable Polish comeback.


label: 0 text: West sets deadline for Iran to freeze uranium enrichment Four western countries set the scene yesterday for a showdown with Iran by demanding that it freeze its uranium enrichment activities immediately.


label: 0 text:  #39;A wonderful father, husband, brother and son #39; We can confirm that the family has received absolute proof that Ken Bigley was executed by his captors. How we all, as individuals, handle crisis situations will differ from person to person, family member to family member.


label: 1 text: McCown Still Starting QB for Cardinals (AP) AP - Despite being benched after three fumbles against Atlanta, Josh McCown is still the Arizona Cardinals' quarterback.


label: 3 text: PC Screen Price-Fall to Slow in Fourth Quarter  TAIPEI (Reuters) - Prices of computer screens are expected  to fall by less than 5 percent in the fourth quarter as the  market stabilizes on hopes of a pick-up in demand during the  Christmas season, a U.S.-based research firm said on Tuesday.


label: 0 text: Mass whale strandings found in Australia, NZ Mass strandings of marine mammals have occurred in Australia and New Zealand this week, proving an earlier predication made by Australian scientists, New Zealand Press Association said Wednesday.


label: 1 text: Raptors answer coach #39;s rip, pound Knicks TORONTO (CP) _ A night after being called out by their coach, the Toronto Raptors were at their best.  quot;I think for ourselves we wanted to turn it around and play better, quot; Raptors star Vince Carter said Wednesday


label: 3 text: PeopleSoft's Board Rejects Oracle Bid PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors said it rejected Oracle Corp.'s \$9.2 billion takeover bid Saturday, continuing its staunch resistance a day after the company's own shareholders tendered more than 60 percent of stock to Oracle.


label: 3 text: Time Warner Raising Broadband Speeds (AP) AP - As part of an ongoing race in the cable industry, Time Warner Cable is raising the speed of its broadband Internet offerings to 5 and 8 million bits per second without increasing prices.


label: 2 text: Stronger yen clips Toyota #39;s profit No. 1 Japanese automaker posts drop in 3Q earnings, but boosts forecast for global sales in 2004. TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp.


label: 1 text: Fulham Could Face Severe Punishment Fulham face the prospect of severe punishment after the Football Association threw the book at the club following Saturdays stormy match against West Brom.


label: 3 text: Schwarzenegger Aide Outlines Fuel Plans (AP) AP - A top aide to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger described the administration's plans to reduce California's oil dependence, calling Thursday for more conservation, fuel-efficient vehicles, and hydrogen power.


label: 1 text: Glorious Garcia inspires charge A BRACE of eagles from an inspired Sergio Garcia lit up the World Cup overnight as home-country favourites Spain overhauled a big England halfway lead in the second session of fourballs.


label: 3 text: AP chief says Internet represents the future of news President and CEO Tom Curley told the Online News Association conference in Hollywood today it #39;s time for traditional media outlets to tailor their products for consumers who demand instant, personalized information.


label: 0 text: Seven Marines die in Anbar fighting Seven Marines have died in combat in western Iraq. The fighting in Anbar, a vast province including Fallujah and Ramadi, was the deadliest for US forces since eight Marines


label: 0 text: Afghan opium cultivation area increased by 64 percent: UN : New York, Nov 19 : In a highly disturbing development, the area under opium cultivation in Afghanistan increased by 64 percent this year, giving the country the dubious distinction of establishing a new record in its cultivation and becoming the largest


label: 3 text: Amazon #39;s A9 Reaches Beyond Google #39;s Basics Amazon.com is trying to out-Google the king of Internet search with a new site that puts a fancy face on Google #39;s plain-Jane search results.


label: 2 text: First Post-IPO Google Earnings Deliver Google Inc. is making everyone who snubbed its unconventional initial public offering of stock regret their decision. In the latest rebuke to its skeptics, Google wowed Wall


label: 0 text: A River Pulled in Two Directions The Lower Delaware, site of a recent oil spill, seems as if it has been mistakenly stuck at the end of the pristine Upper Delaware.


label: 3 text: Is Interest in Online Music Fading? Research firm NPD Group says that, while Apple Computer #39;s ITunes service remains the clear market leader in the sector, the number of paying customers using such services has declined since April.


label: 2 text: Nordstrom profit soars in quarter, but not enough for Wall St. Nordstrom reported a strong second-quarter profit as it continued to select more relevant inventory and sell more items at full price.


label: 2 text: Defense Missile for US System Fails to Launch WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 - An important test of the United States #39; fledgling missile defense system ended in failure early Wednesday as an interceptor rocket failed to launch on cue from the Marshall Islands, the Pentagon said.


label: 0 text: Presidential debates: high drama, disputed impact (AFP) AFP - For sheer political drama, few spectacles can match the sight of two men going toe to toe before tens of millions of television viewers, slugging it out for the most powerful job on Earth.


label: 1 text: At Least Someone Wants to Play Here It #39;s not all bitterness and resentment in Raptorland these days. While Vince Carter has demanded to be traded, Rafer Alston was expressing his joy yesterday at being back in Toronto.


label: 1 text: Staying home for dream job The pinstripes were a brighter blue, the cap featured an orange NY, but Willie Randolph, a Yankees icon, seemed right at home yesterday when he was introduced at Shea Stadium as the new manager of the Mets.


label: 3 text: Lexmark Recalls Laser Printers  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 39,400 laser printers made by  Lexmark International Inc. LXK.N and sold by IBM IBM.N and  Dell Inc. DELL.O are being recalled in the United States  because of a potential electrical shock hazard, the Consumer  Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday.


label: 1 text: Pacers #39; Foster Activated From Injured List Indianapolis, IN -- Indiana Pacers center Jeff Foster was activated from the injured list Tuesday. He had missed the first 17 games of the season after undergoing hip surgery in October.


label: 3 text: Hybrid Phones Keep Getting Smarter The big deal with the Treo 650 is its beautiful, sharp screen and a color liquid-crystal display that offers four times the resolution as the Treo 600's LCD.


label: 2 text: KB Toys to Close Up to 238 Stores  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bankrupt toy seller KB Toys Inc. said  on Tuesday it plans to close 141 to 238 underperforming stores  by the end of January as part of its reorganization effort.


label: 0 text: New polio outbreak adds to woes of Sudanese refugees Polio, which can paralyze small children, has become the latest threat to refugees already struggling with famine and disease in the camps of Darfur.


label: 2 text: Oil: Oil rebounds on supply woes, election jitters Oil prices bounced back on Friday, ending this week #39;s 8 per cent slide on renewed winter supply fears and jitters ahead of next week #39;s US presidential election.


label: 3 text: West Braces for Elderly Population Boom (AP) AP - The Census Bureau says the population of those 65 and older will increase more rapidly in the West than in any other area of the country. While retirees settle in, states are figuring out how to keep up with an aging population. Will there be enough doctors and nurses? Hospitals and nursing homes? Will housing be affordable?


label: 3 text: HP Board Pondered Breaking Up the Company
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 By Duncan Martell

 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The board of Hewlett-Packard Co.\<HPQ.N> discussed breaking up the No. 2 computer maker three\times in the past, yet each time decided to keep it intact,\Chief Executive Carly Fiorina said on Tuesday, defending her\strategy for the company.


label: 2 text: Walkout Ends for GM Workers 10/21/04- The assembly line began is rolling again at a General Motors plant in western Germany. More than two-thirds of the workers there have decided to end a 6-day walkout protesting the threat of job cuts.


label: 0 text: As First Debate Nears, Rivals Seek to Bring Iraq Into Focus President Bush ridiculed Senator John Kerry today, and Mr. Kerry assailed the president's Iraq policy in a statement issued by his campaign.


label: 0 text: Europe Sets Deadline for Iran on Weapons (AP) AP - Europe's major powers have agreed to set a November deadline on Iran to meet demands meant to resolve concerns that it is secretly trying to make nuclear weapons, in a confidential document made available Saturday to The Associated Press.


label: 1 text: NFL Suspends Saints' Hodge for 4 Games (AP) AP - New Orleans Saints linebacker Sedrick Hodge has been suspended for four games by the NFL for violating its substance abuse policy.


label: 2 text: Tech Stocks Rise; Oil Prices Boost Sector  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Technology stocks rose on Monday as  semiconductor companies returned to favor, led by Intel  Corp.INTC.O and Broadcom Corp. BRCM.O, helping to lift  major indexes.


label: 2 text: Sirius Names Karmazin CEO, Shares Jump (Reuters) Reuters - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.\ on Thursday named former Viacom Inc. President Mel\Karmazin as its chief executive, in the latest migration of a\mainstream radio heavyweight to the fledgling satellite\industry.


label: 0 text: Threat to Australia continues Australian officials have been investigating unconfirmed reports that an Iraqi group has captured two Australian security workers in Iraq.


label: 0 text: Clinton Breathing on Own After Surgery NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton was described as doing well Tuesday, breathing on his own as he recovers from an operation to relieve arteries so severely clogged that he was in imminent danger of a major heart attack.    He was taken off his respirator Monday night - a crucial step in his recovery, Dr...


label: 2 text: US Airways Stock Falls After Pilot Leaders Rebuff Cost-Cut Plan US Airways Group Inc. stock fell as much as 21 percent in early trading after leaders of the airline #39;s pilots union rebuffed a plan to cut \$295 million in wages and benefits the company


label: 0 text: Australia's biggest city up in arms over "politically correct" Christmas (AFP) AFP - The Lord Mayor of Sydney has sparked outrage among citizens of Australia's largest city by decorating town hall with a single tree in a modest "generic" festive show aimed at not offending the immigrant non-Christian community.


label: 2 text: Stocks to Open Higher Despite Weak Dollar US stock futures were headed higher Wednesday as traders dive into a new month looking for an upbeat December market despite lingering questions about oil prices and a weaker dollar.


label: 2 text: MCI said looking for buyers WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- MCI reportedly is looking for a buyer and has hired a trio of law firms to help the company explore its options.


label: 1 text: How young Hughes impressed Saint When Bill Shankly signed this young lad from Blackpool, we couldn #39;t believe the energy this boy had, he was always in the front of the queue at training.


label: 3 text: Latest iPod adds photos to its mix Millions of fans adore Apple #39;s iPod, the world #39;s most popular digital music player. Now, Apple has unleashed expensive new iPod models that do more: They can carry pictures with your music.


label: 0 text: China hands out  quot;green card, quot; winning acclaim of foreigners BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- China is granting some foreigners permanent residence in the country with a  quot;green card, quot; a credit card-sized photo ID that was revealed to the public at a press conference here Friday.


label: 3 text: Apple no longer reviewing itself Apple Computer is still the apple of its own eye, but the company is trying to take a more modest tack with the public. Missing Links


label: 3 text: UbiSoft Get Ready With The Next Rainbox Six Installment Ubisoft today announced its plans to launch the next installment in the Tom Clancys Rainbow Six franchise in Spring 2005. The next Rainbow Six game follows Team Rainbow, the worlds most


label: 0 text: U.S. Plane Launches Airstrike in Fallujah (AP) AP - U.S. forces launched an airstrike Friday in the troubled Iraqi city of Fallujah, witnesses said. A U.S. plane fired at least one missile into an industrial area of the city, located 40 miles west of Baghdad, witnesses said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.


label: 0 text: US may boycott ASEAN meetings when Myanmar takes over helm in 2006 WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States warned it might boycott ASEAN meetings when Myanmar takes over the chairmanship of the Southeast Asian grouping in 2006, unless the military-ruled state improves its human rights record.


label: 0 text: Australia to Upgrade Embassy Security (AP) AP - Australia's foreign ministry said Wednesday it will boost security spending at its embassies by  #36;452 million after a terror attack on the U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia left nine dead earlier this week.


label: 0 text: African Union Summit meeting for peace in Darfur opens in Tripoli A mini summit opened on Sunday night in Tripoli where the situation in Darfur was discussed. The Libyan leader, Muammar Qadhafi, had invited the presidents of Egypt, Chad, Sudan and Nigeria as well as the


label: 0 text: Al-Sistani Wants US-Led Forces to Leave Najaf (Update2) Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq #39;s foremost Shiite cleric, wants US-led military forces to leave Najaf and nearby Kufa as a condition for establishing peace with cleric Moqtada al


label: 2 text: Johnson Controls Earnings Rise 24 Percent  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Johnson Controls Inc. JCI.N, on  Tuesday said quarterly earnings rose 24 percent on growth in  both its automotive interiors and building controls businesses.


label: 2 text: NWA pilots OK wage cut Northwest Airlines Corp. pilots will take a 15-percent pay cut during the next two years to help the airline survive in an industry beset by high fuel prices and low-cost competition.


label: 0 text: Chirac Visits Blair Amid Rancor Over Iraq (Reuters) Reuters - French President Jacques Chirac began a\visit to Britain Thursday overshadowed by his withering\accusations against Washington and London of endangering the\world by invading Iraq.


label: 2 text: US, EU to stick to textile quota phase-out deadline #39; THE US and the EU are not backing the move by some least developed countries (LDCs) to stall the abolition of apparels #39; export quota regime slated for January 1, next year.


label: 1 text: Group B: Real breeze through behind Bayer Real knew they had to win against the Italians to be assured of a place in the next round and went ahead in the ninth minute when after a lengthy passing move, Zinedine Zidane put in Ronaldo and the Brazilian lifted the ball past the advancing Roma keeper


label: 2 text: UPDATE 1-Amex, CBOE face antitrust probe, NASD says US antitrust regulators are investigating possible anti-competitive practices at the American Stock Exchange and Chicago Board Options Exchange, according to the annual report of the National Association of Securities Dealers.


label: 2 text: Boston Scientific Recalls Ear Implant  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boston Scientific Corp BSX.N said on  Friday it has recalled an ear implant the company acquired as  part of its purchase of Advanced Bionics in June.


label: 2 text: Microsoft Research to open lab in Bangalore Microsoft Research will open a laboratory in Bangalore, India, the company #39;s third research installation overseas and a sign of India #39;s increasing importance in tech.


label: 2 text: Dollar Slips on Current Account Deficit  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar was on the defensive on  Tuesday as data showing the U.S. current account deficit  ballooned to a new record in the second quarter put further  downward pressure on the U.S. currency.


label: 2 text: German business outlook drops Business confidence in Germany, Europe's largest economy, falls to its lowest level in more than a year.


label: 1 text: Singh on Top of Pile Again in Pennsylvania  FARMINGTON, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - World number one Vijay  Singh kept up his red-hot form when an eight-under-par 64 gave  him a three-shot lead after an incomplete first round at the  \$4.2 million Pennsylvania Classic Thursday.


label: 0 text: Religious Groups Compete to Court Voters (AP) AP - In voter registration drives, sermons and voter guides, religious groups from across the ideological spectrum have intensified the level of their political activity this year, prompted in part by right-left culture clashes and the legacy of the tight presidential race in 2000.


label: 3 text: SpaceShipOne completes first flight in X Prize pursuit Several St. Louis business people were on hand Wednesday to witness SpaceShipOne #39;s first attempt in its effort to win the \$10 million Ansari X Prize.


label: 1 text: No Easy Return for Trinidad Ricardo Mayorga swung so hard at Cory Spinks throughout their fight last December that once, when a wild shot missed its mark, Mayorga spun around in a cartoonish pirouette.


label: 2 text: Protection key to News US move THE News Corporation Ltd could probably satisfy most of the corporate governance criticisms relating to its proposed move to the US by simply formally adopting its previously stated intentions.


label: 2 text: Lessons Airlines Can Learn From PCs Without radical strategic change, the legacy carriers won't survive.


label: 2 text: Get Your Head Out of the Game (The Motley Fool) The Motley Fool - Are you overthinking your investments? We'd never advise you to make money decisions without some careful consideration. But according to the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII), even the most well-adjusted investors fall victim to mind games.


label: 0 text: India-Pakistan working for  #39;acceptable #39; solution of Kashmir NEW DELHI (India): Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Sunday said India and Pakistan were working towards achieving  quot;credible and mutually acceptable quot; solution of all outstanding problems including Kashmir issue.


label: 2 text: EBay #39;s Rent.com Purchase Fraught with Risk In a real-estate market in which homeowners have been flipping properties almost as quickly as they would stocks, eBay #39;s getting in on the action.


label: 2 text: Stocks to Open Lower Stocks were headed for a mixed-to-lower opening on Monday after oil prices spiked to new record highs, raising fears that soaring energy costs could crimp corporate profits.


label: 2 text: AUTO INDUSTRY REPORT: Ford CEO has new goal Ford Motor Co. CEO Bill Ford Jr. plans to revive his push to make the automaker more environmentally friendly now that he no longer has to deal with a financial crisis, Newsweek reported.


label: 0 text: UK Hostage in Iraq Pleads for Life After 2 Americans Killed Kenneth Bigley, a Briton taken hostage in Iraq, asked UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to help save his life in a videotape posted on the internet and aired by broadcasters worldwide, after


label: 1 text: Premiership race heats up CHELSEA go to Highbury today knowing a win will open up an eight-point advantage over Premiership champs Arsenal. And we want YOUR views on the title race as soon as the final whistle blows in north London.


label: 3 text: Ashlee Vance: the readers have spoken Poll results Bright news for resident Reg ladyboy


label: 2 text: Handling Hostess Sticker Shock Food, friends, and elf figurines add up. Here's some advice on how to handle the holiday tab.


label: 0 text: Olympics Chiefs Want Bush Campaign to Back Off (Reuters) Reuters - Olympic officials are seething at a\campaign ad for President Bush which, they say, hijacks the\Olympic brand.


label: 1 text: Bob Ike #39;s Oak Tree Handicap Entries for Thursday, October 21 (18th day of a 26-day meet). Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita. Oak Tree Racing Association, Arcadia, Calif.


label: 1 text: BCS rankings still rankling It didn #39;t take long. First poll, first controversy. Or at least mini-controversy. If you had taken the wisdom of the two human polls, the first Bowl Championship


label: 3 text: Business leaders see election affecting offshoring In Meta Group study, nearly half of managers surveyed predict offshore outsourcing will decline if Kerry elected.


label: 2 text: Fannie Mae Whistle-Blower Won't Testify

 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Fannie Mae employee whogave U.S. regulators information about alleged accountingirregularities will not testify as planned before acongressional hearing next week, the committee said Friday.


label: 3 text: Group urges EPA to cut pollution If the government required deeper cuts in air pollution from power plants, at least 3,000 lives would be saved and 140,000 children would avoid asthma and other respiratory ailments, an environmental group said Tuesday.


label: 3 text: Microsoft peaks at mobile strategy (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - SAN FRANCISCO -- At the CTIA Wireless IT  amp; Entertainment 2004 conference Monday, Mike Wehrs, Microsoft #8217;s director of technology  amp; standards for its Mobility Division, disclosed some details about Big Red #8217;s future mobile plans.


label: 1 text: Game plan falls short ST. PAUL -- The finality of losing usually leaves the vanquished searching for answers. Not the United States hockey team.


label: 3 text: White House Creates Cabinet-Level Ocean Policy Panel (Reuters) Reuters - The Bush administration created on\Friday a cabinet-level committee to address rising pollution\and overfishing in U.S. territorial ocean waters.


label: 2 text: Hitting The Jackpot NEW YORK - Las Vegas Sands #39; IPO is a good bet to open strongly and perform well in the aftermarket. It #39;s a profitable company in a solid sector, and it #39;s going public in a strong IPO market.


label: 3 text: Apple Shares Rise to Highest Level in Four Years on iPod Demand Apple Computer Inc. shares rose to a four-year high, erasing the slump triggered September 2000 by a disappointing profit forecast, as demand for the iPod digital music player surges before the year-end holiday shopping season.


label: 2 text: UPDATE 2-Greenspan-Aging US population to strain finances An aging US population will strain public finances and hurt the economy without swift fixes to the social safety net, such as raising the age for


label: 0 text: Japan and US agree to co-operate in missile defence programs Japan and the United States on Friday agreed to boost co-operation in their missile defence programs - an important first step in carrying out new defence guidelines that ease Tokyo #39;s strict postwar pacifism.


label: 0 text: Israeli captain charged in death JERUSALEM Military prosecutors on Monday charged an army captain with five separate offenses following accusations by fellow soldiers that he repeatedly shot a 13-year-old Palestinian schoolgirl to make sure she was dead.


label: 0 text: Bush Says Importing Medicines 'Makes Sense' if Safe (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush, facing growing\anger among senior citizens over the high cost of prescription\drugs and a virtual revolt by some states, conceded on\Wednesday it "makes sense" for Americans to be able to import\cheaper medicines as long as they are safe.


label: 0 text: Turkey Agonizes on Cyprus as Last EU Hurdle Turkey agonized over pressure to recognize Cyprus in the last hurdle to an historic agreement as EU leaders held a crucial summit on Thursday on opening membership talks with Ankara.


label: 0 text: Iran Wants to Amend Nuke Freeze, EU Says No  VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has requested that it be permitted  to continue conducting "research and development" with  centrifuges, machines that can be used to develop material for  nuclear weapons, diplomats said on Wednesday.


label: 3 text:  #39;Dolly #39; scientist seeks human clone licence The British scientist who created Dolly the sheep, has applied for a licence to clone human embryos in the hope of finding a cure for motor neurone disease.


label: 0 text: Iraqi Sunni Clerics Threaten Election Boycott A powerful group of Sunni Muslim clerics threatened Sunday to call a boycott of Iraqi elections planned for January if US forces launch a widely expected full-scale assault on rebel-held Falluja.


label: 2 text: Credit Dings = Insurance Woes A few problems on your credit report can boost your auto insurance premiums.


label: 2 text: Getting Animated About Summer Call it the CG dance -- CG as in  quot;computer generated. quot; A day after Pixar (PIXR ) and Disney (DIS ) announced they would delay for seven months the release of their next animated feature, Cars, DreamWorks SKG Animation (DWA ) said it will do the same with


label: 3 text: Most cars in whiplash study fail to protect necks: report WASHINGTON - The seats and head restraints in many cars fail to offer good protection against neck injuries in rear-end accidents, recent crash test results suggest.


label: 0 text: Race row as Mbeki blood rejected SA's blood service faces questions after President Mbeki's blood is destroyed because he is black.


label: 3 text: UK Seeks Global Support for Stem Cell Research (Reuters) Reuters - Britain's leading scientific institution\said Monday it is urging countries to back a campaign to stop a\possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty\banning human cloning.


label: 2 text: Harrah #39;s and Caesars Seeking to Sell 4 Casinos to Protect Merger arrah #39;s Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment, which announced plans to merge in July, are in talks with a group of financiers about selling the Atlantic City Hilton and three other casinos as a way to win approval from regulators for their merger


label: 0 text: China's Land Grabs Raise Specter of Unrest As farmers are pitted against developers allied with local officials, peasants and other rural landowners who still make up 60 percent of China's 1.3 billion people increasingly have tried to resist.


label: 0 text: Gov #39;t Launches France Telecom Stake Sale France launched the sale of at least 9.6 percent of France Telecom, a move that could raise up to 5.8 billion euros (\$7.1 billion) that will be used to help the French government reduce its national debt.


label: 3 text: Business-to-business online ad network launches Ads served to search query results based on category rather than keywords.


label: 0 text: Barnes Upset About Helping Bush Avoid War AUSTIN, Texas - Former Texas House Speaker Ben Barnes' recollections over how he helped President Bush get into the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War have evolved over the years from fuzzy to distinct, with him now expressing remorse for what he did.    Barnes, a Democrat who was one of the most powerful politicians in Texas in the '60s and '70s, said at an Austin campaign rally for Democrat John Kerry that he was "ashamed" for helping Bush and sons of other wealthy Texans avoid service in Vietnam...


label: 1 text: NFL Wrap: Steelers End Bills' Playoff Hopes  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (Sports Network) - Jeff Reed kicked five  field goals and James Harrison returned a fumble for a  touchdown, as the Pittsburgh Steelers completed the best season  in franchise history and knocked the Buffalo Bills out of  playoff contention with a 29-24 victory at Ralph Wilson  Stadium.


label: 0 text: Bush, Kerry on swing-state tours US presidential candidates George W Bush and John Kerry tour states seen as important to win November's poll.


label: 1 text: Jail for Olympic pool jump ATHENS (Reuters) - A Canadian man advertising an online gaming site, who broke security and jumped into the Olympic diving pool, has been given a five-month prison term for trespassing and disturbing public order, court officials say.


label: 3 text: Spyware charges praised The groundbreaking action by the Federal Trade Commission against two New Hampshire software companies is  quot;long overdue, quot; said one local computer expert.


label: 3 text: Storage Networking World: ILM a business matter Users at Storage Networking World are developing information life-cycle management schemes within their storage networks to more efficiently and cost-effectively store data according to business policies.


label: 0 text: Howard Baker Undergoes Heart Surgery (AP) AP - Howard Baker, the former Senate majority leader now serving as U.S. ambassador to Japan, underwent open heart surgery Monday.


label: 1 text: Irish And Huskies Set To Battle This Afternoon The Washington Huskies pay a visit to Notre Dame Stadium for the first time since 1996. The Fighting Irish (2-1) will look to extend their winning streak to three games while the Huskies


label: 1 text: Glazer increases united stake Glazer, who on Friday spent 45 million to take his stake in the Old Trafford club to 25.3. has bought another six million shares in United, offering a further indication that he is not about to back down from his desire to take control.


label: 0 text: UK urged to review terrorism laws A UN committee asks the UK to review its policy of detaining terrorism suspects without trial.


label: 2 text: Spoon #39;s summer drought JD WETHERSPOON embarked on a fresh round of price promotions yesterday to win back drinkers after a dismal summer for the pubs chain.


label: 3 text: AT amp;T chief refuses to  #39;miss #39; VoIP Ma Bell--under prior management in the 1990s--let the Internet revolution slip from its grasp, as companies like America Online, EarthLink and MSN grabbed the lead in providing Internet access.


label: 3 text: Top libraries to go online in deal with Google Students take note - endless journeys to the library could become a thing of the past thanks to a new multimillion-pound scheme to make classic texts available at the click of a mouse.


label: 3 text: Indian IT major Infosys net profit jumps 49 percent as outsourcing booms (AFP) AFP - India's second-largest software exporter, Infosys Technologies, quarterly net profit jumped 49 percent, well ahead of market expectations, thanks to a sustained outsourcing boom.


label: 2 text: Canada foresees record drilling CALGARY, ALBERTA - The number of oil and gas wells to be drilled in Canada next year could climb 8 percent to a record because of a surge in coal-bed methane activity, the oil-field service industry predicted last week.


label: 3 text: Bill Gates: U.S. Need Not Fear Overseas Tech  BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) - The United States has nothing  to fear from rapidly growing technology markets in China and  India, Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of  Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O said on Friday.


label: 1 text: Gennaro Filice: Say it ain #39;t so Barry. Please. If you look closely at my photo directly above, you can see that my hat features the silhouetted batter representative of major league baseball.


label: 1 text: US Davis Cuppers plan to use patience SEVILLE - Andy Roddick is known for his power. He #39;ll need patience, too, in the Davis Cup final against Spain. Playing on red clay in front of an expected record crowd, Roddick might need to tone down his


label: 2 text: Signs point to slowdown in housing market The local real estate market is showing signs of slowing down. There are more homes on the market in Greater Boston than at any time during the last five years, some properties -- especially the more expensive ones -- are taking longer to sell, and price reductions are becoming increasingly common. Meanwhile, sales of single-family homes across the state fell ...


label: 2 text: Antitrust Ruling Reverberates The stock prices of Oracle and PeopleSoft jumped on the news yesterday, as did shares of other major software companies, including ADP Inc.


label: 0 text: UN orders Ivory Coast arms ban ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- The UN Security Council has voted to impose an immediate arms embargo on the Ivory Coast. The 15-member council also vowed to punish key government and rebel leaders with additional


label: 2 text: Legal Loophole Inflates Profits in Student Loans The government is paying hundreds of millions of dollars in unnecessary subsidies to student loan companies even though the White House has the authority to cut them off.


label: 2 text: Mitsubishi crashes into the red Japanese car maker Mitsubishi, hit by a defect cover-up scandal earlier this year, posts heavy losses as sales plunge.


label: 0 text: Bomb scare forces Singapore plane to UK A Singapore Airlines plane flying to New York from Frankfurt has been diverted to Manchester airport after a bomb threat. The Boeing 747-400 landed safely at around 11.


label: 0 text: British Terror Suspects to Appear in Court  LONDON (Reuters) - Eight British terror suspects charged  with conspiracy to commit murder in a plot linked to security  alerts at financial targets in New York, New Jersey and  Washington make their first appearance in court on Wednesday.


label: 0 text: UN force in Congo gets a boost Britain, France and the US have agreed to a 5,900 increase in the strength of the UN force in the Democratic Republic of Congo, fewer than half the reinforcements requested by the secretary general, Kofi Annan.


label: 3 text: A Long March From Maoism to Microsoft The metamorphosis of a Communist Party expatriate to business consultant mirrors China's shift from a closed-door state to a freewheeling money-making society.


label: 0 text: Hague Prosecutor 'Set Warcrimes Test' for Serbia  BELGRADE (Reuters) - The handover of a Bosnian Serb war  crimes suspect to The Hague at the weekend was a deliberate  cooperation test for Serbia arranged by U.N. chief prosecutor  Carla del Ponte, Belgrade radio reported on Monday.


label: 1 text: Old Firm plum tie in Scottish Cup Tennent #39;s Scottish Cup holders Celtic have been drawn to face Old Firm rivals Rangers in next month #39;s third round. Martin O #39;Neill #39;s men, who knocked out their Glasgow neighbours in the quarter-finals last


label: 1 text: Japan #39;s Professional Baseball Players #39; Association Threatens to Go <b>...</b> Japan #39;s professional baseball players #39; association says it will go on strike for the first time in its 70-year history if owners approve a proposed merger of two teams later this week.


label: 2 text: China ZTE Expects Sales Abroad To Bring 40 Rev In 2006 HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--China #39;s No. 2 telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp. (0763.HK) said Sunday it expects overseas sales to rise to contribute around 40 of its total revenue in 2006, compared with 13.4 posted in the first half of 2004.


label: 2 text: Media General expects fourth, full-year earns to top expectations Media General Inc. said Tuesday it expects fourth-quarter and full-year earnings to exceed Wall Street estimates, primarily due to the robust performance of its broadcast division.


label: 2 text: Magna to take auto parts subsidiaries Intier, Decoma and Tesma <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - Magna International Inc. has made a bid to take its three publicly traded auto parts subsidiaries private. The big auto components maker said Monday it has made separate proposals to the boards


label: 0 text: Hydro-Quebec had the right to cut power at house of delinquent account holder (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Hydro-Quebec had the right to cut power at the home of clients who refused to pay the utility money from another building they own, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday.


label: 1 text: In brief: Han wins another title at Golden Gloves event El Paso #39;s Jennifer Han won her fourth national championship at the National Golden Gloves boxing tournament Saturday in Chicago, earning a decision against Jennifer Barber of California in their 125-pound title bout.


label: 1 text: Randolph Guaranteed  #36;1.88M in Mets Deal (AP) AP - Willie Randolph is guaranteed  #36;1,875,000 under his three-year contract with the New York Mets, one of the richest deals for a first-year manager.


label: 0 text: Sudanese Darfur Rebels Block Aid Pact for Refugees  ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Sudanese rebels said on Tuesday  that the government must disarm its militias in Darfur before  they would sign a deal to bring aid to 1.5 million civilians  displaced by violence.


label: 3 text: Intel Takes Aim at Microsoft with Linux Push Intel, the worlds largest semiconductor and Microprocessor Company, is officially helping China and other Asian countries adopt Linux over Microsofts popular Windows platform.


label: 0 text: India #39;s Ruling Congress Party Wins Key State Election India #39;s ruling Congress Party has retained power in legislative elections in the country #39;s second largest state of Maharashtra.


label: 2 text: EU Confident In Aircraft Subsidy Dispute With US The European Union voiced confidence on Thursday that it could win its case against the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over state aid for aircraft rivals Boeing and Airbus.


label: 0 text: UN suspends aid operations in South Darfur after killing of workers (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - The United Nations has suspended its humanitarian operations in Sudan's troubled South Darfur area following a shooting that killed two aid workers, the agency said Monday.


label: 2 text: RIM patent dispute referred back to lower court A US appeal court has delivered a mixed ruling in a patent dispute between Research in Motion (RIM) and NTP. It upholding a decision that RIM had infringed on patents held by NTP, but cancelled an injunction


label: 3 text: Physicists Teleport Photons Across Danube Austrian researchers have teleported photons, or particles of light, for the first time outside a laboratory using the same technological principles imagined by <I>Star Trek.</I>


label: 2 text: Oil price pain kicks in Like a patient staring wide-eyed as a doctor readies a syringe, Australian business owners and consumers are nervously watching global oil prices scale new heights -- and waiting helplessly for the pain to kick in.


label: 2 text: Oil Slips Below \$46 as Iraq Flow Rises  LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices dipped below \$46 on Tuesday,  making a third day of falls as a more optimistic Iraq export  picture unwound some of the supply worries that have lifted the  market to historic levels.


label: 1 text: England, Italy, France Win England lifts the pressure off Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson with a 2-1 win at Poland in a World Cup qualifier Wednesday night, while Italy and France also get victories.


label: 0 text: Court rejects Chechnya acquittal A Russian court overturns the acquittal of four army officers accused of murdering six civilians in Chechnya.


label: 0 text: U.S. Sends in Secret Weapon: Saddam's Old Commandos (Reuters) Reuters - Twenty months after\toppling Saddam Hussein, U.S. troops still battling his\followers in the heart of Iraq's old arms industry are hitting\back with a new weapon -- ex-members of Saddam's special\forces.


label: 0 text: India signs prosperity deal with ASEAN VIENTIANE: India and 10 Southeast Asian nations on Tuesday signed a prosperity blueprint focused on plans for a full free-trade area by 2016 and political and security cooperation to combat terrorism.


label: 0 text: Ukraine vote a threat to West Ukraine #39;s extremely important national elections tomorrow are causing deep concern among Canada #39;s ethnic Ukrainian communities and, far too late, in Europe and the United States.


label: 1 text: Pleat casts doubt over foreigners David Pleat says Tottenham #39;s managerial problems have been caused by too many foreign coaches at White Hart Lane. The former Spurs manager told BBC Five Live:  quot;To understand how the game works in this country


label: 2 text: SunTrust Will Restate First and Second Quarter Earnings The company has placed chief credit officer Sandra W. Jansky and controller Jorge Arrieta on paid administrative leave until the review is completed.


label: 0 text: Cambodian Monarch Wants Out King Norodorn Sihanouk, known as much for his colorful personality as his controversial statesmanship, has been synonymous with Cambodia #39;s modern history for six decades.


label: 3 text: A Face That Launched a Thousand Chips As the first star-driven film to cross completely over to the digital domain, "The Polar Express" might change the way movies are made and seen.


label: 3 text: Cisco to Buy P-Cube for About  #36;200 Million (Reuters) Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO.O), the\world's largest maker of equipment to direct traffic on the\Internet, on Monday said it will buy privately held software\developer P-Cube for about  #36;200 million in cash and options.


label: 0 text: Fighting Erupts Around Rebel-Held Iraqi Shrine  NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. marines and Shi'ite militiamen  fought fierce battles around a shrine in the Iraqi city of  Najaf on Monday in some of the heaviest fighting since the  20-day-old rebellion erupted.


label: 3 text: News: Feds say Lamo inspired other hackers Prosecutors blame the New York Times hacker for inspiring others of his generation to become cyber outlaws.\


label: 0 text: 3 killed in Fallujah attack United States forces attacked a house in Fallujah leaving three people dead early on Thursday. The target was a suspected safe house for Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.


label: 2 text: With Vioxx gone, now what do I do? Drug companies rushing to fill the vacuum left by Merck  amp; Co.'s withdrawal of its best-selling arthritis drug Vioxx are flooding the airwaves with competing advertising claims that are bewildering many patients.


label: 2 text: China exports 4 million home brand mobile phones in first nine <b>...</b> Latest statistics from the Ministry of Information Industry show that China exported more than four million Chinese-brand mobile phones from January to September, far exceeding last year #39;s total of 2.06 million.


label: 1 text: Glazer set for charm mission MALCOLM Glazer is to launch a charm offensive to persuade fellow major Manchester United shareholders to back his proposed takeover bid.


label: 1 text: Henman rises up rankings Tim Henman #39;s journey to the semi-final of the US Open has seen him rise from sixth to fourth in the world rankings, matching his previous highest position.


label: 2 text: GE earnings up 11 percent in third quarter STAMFORD, Conn. -- General Electric Co. #39;s third-quarter earnings rose 11 percent and revenue jumped 15 percent as orders rose sharply, the company said Friday.


label: 2 text: Barclay #39;s statement worries market Barclays, Britain #39;s third-biggest bank, said annual profit for the year would be in line with expectations at 4.5 billion but its shares fell more than two per cent amid concern


label: 0 text: US Forces Attack Iraqi Insurgents in Fallujah, Samarra Another US air strike on the Iraqi rebel-held city of Fallujah has killed at least five people and wounded 11 others. American and Iraqi forces also are pressing ahead with an offensive in the city of Samarra


label: 1 text: Expos Fans Say Farewell at Shea Stadium (AP) AP - Joe Palau had an advantage over most Montreal Expos fans who wanted to say goodbye at the team's last game.


label: 2 text: Grocery outlook grimmer The grocery workers union representing about 19,000 members in the Sacramento Valley have terminated a contract extension with Safeway, Albertson #39;s and Ralphs, increasing the threat of a strike at stores throughout Northern California.


label: 0 text: Darfur clashes block access to refugees Clashes between Sudanese army and rebel forces in Darfur are stopping aid agencies assessing the needs of some of the more than one million displaced people there, the United Nations says.


label: 2 text: Airtel in JV with six cell firms in Asia-Pac Airtel has signed an agreement with six cellular operators to form Bridge Mobile Alliance, which will invest \$30-40 million over three years to build a shared infrastructure in Asia Pacific for mobile phone technology, report newswires.


label: 1 text: Roundup: Colts receiver Walters might need surgery Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Troy Walters might need surgery on his broken right arm that he injured in Saturday #39;s night preseason game against the New York Jets.


label: 3 text: Update: PeopleSoft throws customers a discount and free upgrade PeopleSoft Inc. unveiled a new incentive program on Wednesday offering customers free upgrade assistance and a credit toward new purchases, an initiative the company hopes will spark sales and encourage customers to move to its latest releases.


label: 1 text: Ichiro Sets Hits Record Ichiro Suzuki set the record for hits in a season with 258, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old mark with a pair of singles Friday.


label: 1 text: Yearning for more: Sachin eyes 50 tons Sachin Tendulkar today described his record-equalling 34th century as a  quot;turning point quot; in his career. The champion batsman did not agree with suggestions that he had gone past his prime and said he will continue to  quot;hit back quot; at critics.


label: 3 text: Digital Agenda: 10 facts you should know about broadband President Bush and Sen. John Kerry's positions on the issue are closer than anticipated.


label: 2 text: Disney Direct? Plus, Kellogg's healthy but plain, BellSouth's Cingular pursuit, and Wild Oats grows stale.


label: 0 text: Explosion rocks central Baghdad A car bomb attack Saturday at the al-Arabiya network offices in Baghdad killed seven people and injured 19, police said. Police Lt.


label: 2 text: Hollinger Inc to file accounts soon FALLEN Press baron Lord Black #39;s Canadian holding company Hollinger Inc will present its long-awaited 2003 accounts in the next few weeks, followed by interim statements for the first three quarters of 2004.


label: 2 text: Spitzer Suit on Insurance Names Broker in California The New York attorney general #39;s investigation into abuses in the insurance industry escalated yesterday with a lawsuit accusing a California broker of fraudulent practices that led to higher


label: 0 text: British say US gave terror suspects a heads up Eight alleged terrorists were charged in Britain this week. One was caught with detailed plans of several US buildings.


label: 1 text: Shaq turns up Heat at home Shaquille O'Neal made sure the arena was filled. Dwyane Wade took care of sending the record crowd home happy.


label: 1 text: Russians win all WTA events, Horna in ATP final Elena Bovina added her name to the list of Russians to watch at next week #39;s US Open when she beat Nathalie Dechy to win the New Haven Open on Saturday.


label: 3 text: Novell Seeks to  #39;Unbend #39; MS  #39;Facts #39; About Open Source Steve O #39;Grady of research firm Red Monk said he is not surprised that Novell would take a jab at Microsoft and its anti-open-source rhetoric, but he is shocked that Novel Vice Chairman Chris Stone has left the company.


label: 0 text: Oh brother! He stripped him off AMMAN: Jordan #39;s King Abdullah II has stripped his half-brother, Prince Hamzah, of his title as crown prince and heir to the Hashemite throne in an unexpected move that surprised many Jordanians.


label: 3 text: Airlines Ordered to Expose Data The government says all U.S. airlines must turn over passenger data so that it can test a planned screening system. The airline industry and others complain that the order will mean massive privacy violations, extra expenses and possible trouble with foreign countries. By Ryan Singel.


label: 1 text: Chelmsford takes Lowell in stride Chelmsford could have approached last night's contest against Lowell with trepidation. The Lions hadn't managed their first win of the season and coach Bruce Rich was concerned about his players' confidence.


label: 3 text: A Computer With the IPod's Bloodlines Apple's new iMac G5 desktop computer was clearly designed to send a message to the world's iPod fans: "If you think our music player is great, you should check out our computers."


label: 2 text: Google Blazes Lonely IPO Trail Few experts who tried to predict how Google's much-antipated IPO would perform managed to get it right, and no firms have opted to follow its auction approach. By Joanna Glasner.


label: 0 text: Ministers criticise Prince #39;s  #39;out-dated #39; views on schooling Two of the Cabinet #39;s senior members criticised the Prince of Wales yesterday, saying his views on schools, which emerged during a discrimination case, were old-fashioned, out-dated and wrong.


label: 2 text: Cendant Nears Deal to Buy Orbitz Travel Site The deal would end a daring experiment by the nation's airlines, which created Orbitz as a competitor to Expedia and online ticketing sites like it.


label: 3 text: Bush Signs Internet Tax, Special Ed Bills (AP) AP - State and local governments will be barred from taxing connections that link people to the Internet for the next three years under legislation signed Friday by President Bush.


label: 3 text: IBM previews new supercomputing server The Power5-based system is part of Big Blue's push to oust Hewlett-Packard from the top spot in high-performance set-ups.


label: 2 text: Stocks Rise, Dollar Slips After Fed Move  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rallied, bonds erased  losses and the dollar pared gains on Tuesday after the Federal  Reserve raised U.S. interest rates for the fifth time this year  and left its policy and inflation stance unchanged.


label: 1 text: Diouf  #39;spat at 11-year-old fan #39; Police are investigating claims that the striker El-Hadji Diouf spat at an 11-year-old Middlesbrough fan during Bolton #39;s 1-1 draw at the Riverside.


label: 2 text: Money Funds Rise in Latest Week (AP) AP - Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds rose by  #36;2.85 billion in the latest week to  #36;845.69 billion, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.


label: 2 text: CNBC #39;s Rukeyser to end weekly show Television #39;s dean of financial news, Louis Rukeyser, is giving up his CNBC show  quot;Louis Rukeyser #39;s Wall Street. quot;.


label: 0 text: Ukraine Faces Split, Bloodshed, Putin Ally Says  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian parliamentary speaker Boris  Gryzlov said Tuesday Ukraine was headed for breakup or  bloodshed over its deadlocked presidential election.


label: 1 text: Bronze possible for Hill ATHENS -- Shawn Hill #39;s Olympics are over, but it remains to be seen if he will bring back a medal from Athens. The 23-year-old Mississauga pitcher tossed six quality innings in Canada #39;s 8-5 loss to Cuba on Tuesday night, ending up with a no decision.


label: 2 text: Belfast brewery to close after 107 years Northern Ireland #39;s only brewery is to close with the loss of up to 85 jobs after failing to find a buyer, its Belgian owner Interbrew says.


label: 1 text: NCAA ruling makes Mike Williams a football star without a team Mike Williams is a terrific wide receiver -- an All-American at Southern California last season who will probably be a star in the NFL someday.


label: 3 text: Gartner optimistic about chip numbers But that optimism isn #39;t matched by Infineon, which said that while the market worldwide remains buoyant, the US is a special case and cautioned that growth might not be as strong as it expected.


label: 3 text: Bush signs extension to R D tax credit WASHINGTON - U.S. President George Bush on Monday signed a bill that included an 18 month extension of a research and development (R D) tax credit sought by many IT groups.


label: 0 text: Golf: Singh revels in top spot Vijay Singh is delighted at becoming the new world number one after winning the Deutsche Bank Championship.


label: 2 text: Nikkei Slips 0.8 Pct on Data  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average fell around 0.8  percent by mid-afternoon on Tuesday after industrial output  data sapped investor appetite for tech issues and profit-taking  hit recent gainers such as Nippon Steel Corp.


label: 3 text: Samsung shows cell phone with hard-disk drive BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA -- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. plans to begin selling later this month a cellular telephone that includes a hard-disk drive. The handset was unveiled as the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom Asia 2004 event began here on Monday and is the first cell phone of its kind in the world, according to the company.


label: 1 text: Soccer: Ferguson looking for City present MANCHESTER : Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has said even just a 1-0 win over Manchester City would be the ideal way of marking his 18 years in charge at Old Trafford.


label: 1 text: Miami Struggles on Offense The Redskins on Saturday will face a Dolphins team facing a number of issues on offense.


label: 3 text: More Physical Education Time May Fight Obesity in Girls By RICK CALLAHAN    (AP) -- Just an extra hour of exercise a week could significantly cut obesity among young overweight girls, according to a study that researchers say could lead to major changes in the way schools fight obesity.    The study - the largest look yet at obesity among young children - did not show the same results for boys, possibly because they generally get more exercise than girls...


label: 3 text: Microsoft readies Host Integration Server 2004 Microsoft has announced the imminent availability of Host Integration Server 2004 in a bid to compete with IBM #39;s WebSphere.


label: 0 text: Israel to Leave Palestinian Cities During Election (Reuters) Reuters - Israel plans to pull troops out of\Palestinian cities for a Jan. 9 presidential election to pick a\successor to Yasser Arafat, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said\on Monday.


label: 2 text: InBev #39;s Labatt to Cut 180 Jobs, Close Canada Brewery (Update1) InBev #39;s Labatt Breweries, which makes Blue, Bud and Bud Light beers, said it will close its New Westminster, British Columbia, brewery on April 21, eliminating 180 jobs.


label: 1 text: Wayne Rooney enters Man U folklore with hat trick in debut Yet none made the breathtaking impact in his Man U debut as 18-year-old Wayne Rooney did Tuesday night. Support your favorite team with official Champions League gear from the FOX Soccer Shop!


label: 2 text: Delta, Pilots Come to Tentative Agreement Delta Air Line #39;s pilots negotiation committee last night reached a tentative cost-cutting agreement with the Atlanta-based airline.


label: 1 text: Blues glide into final 16 EUROPEAN FOOTBALL: The English club was the first to make the cut after defeating CSKA Moscow. AC Milan advanced after overcoming Barcelona 2-1.


label: 2 text: Letters to the Editor: Poor odds for super-casinos TESSA JOWELL should visit Atlantic City, New Jersey, the former equivalent of Blackpool, if she thinks casinos will regenerate run down resorts and provide jobs for the locals (News, last week).


label: 0 text: Drug Addict Drifter Who Murdered Backpacker Caroline Jailed for <b>...</b> A drug addicted drifter was today starting a life sentence after he was found guilty of murdering British backpacker Caroline Stuttle in Australia.


label: 0 text: Young French woman murdered in London park (AFP) AFP - A young French woman died in a London hospital on hours after being struck violently on the head with a blunt instrument while walking home across Twickenham Park, a police spokesman said.


label: 0 text: European diplomats ask to meet detained activists in Maldives (AFP) AFP - European nations have requested the Maldives authorities to give them access to activists detained after last week's pro-democracy demonstrations, diplomatic sources said.


label: 2 text: Justice gives nod to phone deal The Justice Department reached a settlement agreement yesterday allowing Cingular Wireless to buy AT amp;T Wireless and create the nation #39;s largest cell phone company.


label: 0 text: Syria Redeploys Some Security Forces in Lebanon  BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria, under intense pressure to quit  Lebanon, pulled out its security forces from three key  positions in Beirut and north Lebanon on Saturday and  redeployed them in eastern Lebanon.


label: 2 text: More data requested on Vioxx successor Merck  amp; Co., which withdrew the Vioxx painkiller last month because of a heart risk, said yesterday that US regulators have asked for more safety data before they will approve the medicine #39;s successor, Arcoxia.


label: 0 text: IAEA Considers Action on Failures to Report Nuclear Activities The International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meets behind closed doors Monday to discuss whether failures by Iran and South Korea to fully declare nuclear experiments should go to the United Nations Security Council.


label: 0 text: India's Mirage 2000 crashes during exercise with Singapore (Reuters) Reuters - An Indian air force Mirage 2000 fighter jet crashed on Tuesday during joint exercises with Singapore's air force but no one was hurt after the two pilots bailed out in time, an Indian military spokesman said.


label: 3 text: Intel awaits government move on expensing options Figuring it's had enough of fighting over options, the chip giant is waiting to see what Congress comes up with.


label: 0 text: Buried toddler survives A two-year-old boy was rescued yesterday after surviving four days buried in a landslide from the powerful quake that ravaged northern Japan over the weekend.


label: 3 text: Toshiba #39;s 1.8-Inch Hard Disks Are First To Use Perpendicular <b>...</b> You know that hard disk manufacturers have worked miracles to increase the areal density or storage capacity of any given size platter, but Toshiba Corp.


label: 3 text: US to deploy hyper-missiles American scientists are developing hypersonic cruise missiles that will fly 10 times faster than current rockets, penetrate concrete armouring and could be launched from any site in the world.


label: 2 text: Financials Mostly Flat Despite Probes Shares of financial services stocks on Thursday generally shrugged off a Securities and Exchange Commission action against Raymond James Financial Services Inc.


label: 1 text: Jazz Activate Arroyo The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has activated Carlos Arroyo from the injured list and placed rookie forward Kris Humphries on the injured list.


label: 1 text: Hoosiers have opportunity to prolong Buckeyes #39; woes On Sunday, the day after Ohio State dropped to 0-3 in the Big Ten with a 33-7 loss at Iowa, the Columbus Dispatch ran a single word above its game story on the Buckeyes:  quot;Embarrassing.


label: 3 text: Is It Still Called a Venture Fund When You Use Your Own Money? Halsey M. Minor, the founder of CNET, is now running his own, very private, investment fund.


label: 0 text: Suicide bombing in Jerusalem kills 1 A female suicide bomber set off a blast Wednesday in the French Hill section of Jerusalem killing one person, police and emergency services said.


label: 0 text: Man Pleads Guilty in Tsunami Death E-Mail Case (Reuters) Reuters - A British man admitted Monday to sending\hoax emails to friends and relatives of people missing since\the Asian tsunami.


label: 2 text: Yukos cuts output, seals shipping deal Russian oil company Yukos's crippling tax debts finally forced a much-feared production cut yesterday, but its exports to Europe looked safe after it made a barter deal with the pipeline monopoly.


label: 2 text: McDonald #39;s tests MasterCard PayPass NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - McDonald #39;s Corp. announced Wednesday it would launch later this year a new  quot;contactless quot; payment option called MasterCard PayPass, which lets customers simply wave or tap the card to complete a quick transaction.


label: 1 text: Pat Symonds explains a key engineering tool: Sector Sensitivities Race engineers arrive at any circuit armed with facts and figures - Pat Symonds explains what these are for ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix.


label: 2 text: Euro Near New High; Asian Stocks Gain (Reuters) Reuters - The dollar hovered near a record low\around  #36;1.31 per euro Wednesday but was steady against the yen\after Russia suggested it might buy more euros, while Asian\stocks rose on expectations of good earnings.


label: 0 text: Arafat to Be Flown for Treatment in France  RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Seriously ailing  Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat agreed on Thursday to be  rushed to a French hospital as fears grew for the icon of the  struggle for a Palestinian state.


label: 2 text: Russia Sets YUKOS Sale, Ignores U.S. Ruling  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday it would go ahead  and sell Yuganskneftegaz, the main oil production unit of  YUKOS, despite a U.S. bankruptcy court order that seeks to halt  Sunday's auction for at least 10 days.


label: 1 text: Holders Porto held to draw Porto, Portugal (Sports Network) - Champions League play began Tuesday and Groups G and H featured few surprises, as Valencia, Inter Milan and Chelsea all emerged victorious.


label: 3 text: Linux sees big potential in small businesses Linux is expected to make steady gains over the next few years on the desktop PCs of small businesses, according to a new report. The report, released on Monday by The Yankee Group, says Linux has minimal


label: 0 text: Rival Uses Bin Laden Ad to Attack Murray (AP) AP - Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., has "a different view of Osama bin Laden," her campaign rival charged Wednesday in an attack ad that uses a picture of the al-Qaida leader and the senator's words to challenge her credentials in the war on terror.


label: 3 text: Running turned humans into what they are today, U. of U. biologist <b>...</b> The thousands of runners who step up to the starting lines of marathons each year may be following in the footsteps of our earliest human ancestors.


label: 1 text: It's crunch time for Crennel Saturday is the last day that NFL assistant coaches and front office personnel whose teams are in the playoffs can interview for jobs -- until their team's playoff run ends. That means this could be a big week for Patriots defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel, who has coveted a head coaching position for the past few years.


label: 0 text: Ukraine President, Assembly Deadlocked Over Poll (Reuters) Reuters - Ukraine's outgoing president and\opposition appeared deadlocked on Tuesday after the collapse of\a tentative deal intended to smooth a rerun of elections\annulled because of fraud and defuse weeks of turmoil.


label: 3 text: Solar-system births witnessed Giant planets and broad bands of dust swirl around seven distant stars in new images captured by two NASA telescopes, both built partly in Colorado.


label: 3 text: Airbus tests in-flight mobile phones The successful Airbus tests involved communications to and from several different types of GSM mobile phones onboard to mobile and fixed telephones on the ground, and to another mobile phone on the plane.


label: 2 text: Former CA CEO Charged with Fraud  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Computer Associates  International Inc. on  chief executive Sanjay Kumar was charged  on Wednesday with securities fraud and obstruction of justice  stemming from a two-year investigation of improper accounting  at the software maker.


label: 1 text: Rampant Arsenal Stretches Lead, Everton Loses Champions Arsenal opened a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League after a 4-0 thrashing of Charlton Athletic at Highbury Saturday.


label: 3 text: Apache, open-source groups wary of Sender ID The Apache Foundation pulls support for the antispam technology because of Microsoft's license requirements.


label: 0 text: Kirsten Dunst Pretends to Be a Jock Grunting tennis pro. Evil brat. Marie Antoinette. What kind of roles are these for a young, blond Hollywood ingnue?


label: 2 text: Community Bancorp Soars in IPO Debut Four new stocks shot out of the starting gates Friday and posted upbeat opening-day gains, riding investor momentum spurred by stronger-than-expected pricings from two initial public offerings while two others came in at the top of expectations.


label: 3 text: Samsung claims DRAM design-win in AMD low-cost  #39;PIC #39; SAN JOSE, Calif. - South Korean DRAM maker Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., said Thursday (Oct. 28) that it  quot;played an integral role in the development and manufacturing quot; of the Personal Internet Communicator (PIC), announced by Advanced Micro Devices Inc.


label: 0 text: Huge poll protest grips Ukraine Ukraine's opposition leader urges thousands of supporters to defy the government, alleging massive poll fraud.


label: 2 text: Settlement reached in \$1 billion metal trading suit Japan #39;s Sumitomo Corp and UK broker Credit Lyonnais Rouse have settled a \$1.1 billion (600 million pounds) suit in the High Court, drawing a line under a rogue trader scandal


label: 3 text: Google introduces wireless service Google today launched a beta test version of Google SMS, this new service will allow US wireless users to query Google for almost any type of information.


label: 2 text: German car sector faces autumn of discontent Labour conflict looks set to boil over in the German automobile sector in the coming weeks as car makers such as Volkswagen and Opel seek to impose rigorous belt-tightening measures as an answer to chronically weak demand.


label: 2 text: Guidant Profit Up on Defibrillator Sales  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cardiovascular device maker Guidant  Corp. GDT.N said on Thursday its quarterly net profit rose,  helped by sales of implantable devices to treat irregular heart  rhythms.


label: 1 text: NBA #39;s Stern is self-serving  quot;It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living. quot;. In the wake of one of the more violent incidents in National Basketball Association


label: 3 text: SANS Unveils 2004 #39;s Top 20 Internet Vulnerabilities The security research group The SANS Institute on Friday released its annual Top 20 list of the most critical Internet-related vulnerabilities to give organizations a way to prioritize their defensive efforts.


label: 2 text: US Airways' Grim Warning If US Airways files for bankruptcy a second time, its chairman says, there will be no outside investor, other airline or government aid to rescue it.


label: 2 text: Appeals Court Ruling Favors File-Sharing SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19 -- The makers of two leading file-sharing programs are not legally liable for copyrighted works swapped online by their users, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a blow to the entertainment industry.


label: 2 text: Chip downturn fears overblown? Gartner strengthened its forecast for 2004 global semiconductor sales Tuesday, saying it saw the market growing by 27 percent to \$226 billion, a 25 percent increase from an earlier prediction.


label: 3 text: Volcanic Activity Possible on Object Beyond Neptune (SPACE.com) SPACE.com - A large planet-like object out in the realm of Pluto shows signs of either a relatively recent collision or perhaps volcanic activity, astronomers said today.


label: 0 text: Opec states to press for oil cuts The oil producers' group is set to meet, with some members pressing for a reduction oil output.


label: 0 text: Susilo to form Cabinet as of Oct. 5: Minister JAKARTA (Antara): Presidential front-runner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is leading in the vote-count by a wide margin ahead of President Megawati Soekarnoputri, will likely start drawing up his Cabinet on Oct. 5., a party leader has said.


label: 1 text: Roundup: US fights to keep relay gold medals The US Olympic Committee is contesting an international ruling that could cost Michael Johnson and the rest of the US 1,600-meter relay team their gold medals from the Sydney Olympics.


label: 2 text: Airline alliance downed in court Aviation industry analysts expect Qantas to head in a different direction now the Air NZ alliance is off. Picture:Reuters. Qantas #39; plans to take a 22.


label: 0 text: Abbas says intifada was mistake Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader campaigning to succeed Yasser Arafat in elections next month, said the four-year-old armed uprising against Israel was a mistake and must end.


label: 2 text: Whitehall settles federal investigation for \$13 million CHICAGO Whitehall Jewellers Incorporated has agreed to pay 13 (m) million dollars to settle a lawsuit and a federal investigation into fraud charges.


label: 1 text: Injury crisis engulfs Rangers SCOTTISH Premier League leaders Rangers have nine players out of action for Sunday #39;s clash against Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Pittodrie.


label: 1 text: First Monday game is a classic battle (Sept. 13, 2004) -- Last season on the weekend of Jan. 10-11, two of the most unlikely scenarios in the NFL played out, and we never found out what was going to happen if the Packers played for the right to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl.


label: 0 text: Depth of Planning by Rebels Is Evident in School's Remains Investigators suspect Chechen rebels had hidden weapons or other equipment beneath the first-floor library weeks or months before their attack on a Russian school.


label: 2 text: American to cut 400 jobs at KC base KANSAS CITY, Mo. About 400 workers will lose their jobs at the American Airlines maintenance base in Kansas City, a union official said.


label: 3 text: Nintendo Says 12 DS Games to Debut in Japan  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co. Ltd. said on  Thursday it will make available 12 software titles for its new  "DS" handheld game console when the dual-screen machine debuts  in Japan on Dec. 2.


label: 3 text: Apple Introduces Photo-Display iPod Steve Jobs, chief executive of Apple, today unveiled a new iPod music player model that that is able to display digital photographs on a screen.


label: 1 text: Sportsview: Attitude Change May Help U.S. (AP) AP - The Americans have run out of explanations, but not excuses.


label: 1 text: Boro draw Lazio and Partizan MIDDLESBROUGH have landed themselves with the most glamorous ties of the new-look Uefa Cup - but also face the most difficult opponents of the inaugural group phase of the competition.


label: 2 text: JetBlue Profit Tumbles, Misses Estimates  NEW YORK (Reuters) - JetBlue Airways Corp. JBLU.O on  Thursday said third-quarter earnings fell 71 percent, missing  analysts' lowered estimates, as it struggled with skyrocketing  fuel prices, storm disruptions and competition.


label: 2 text: Allied raises glass to 6 profit rise ALLIED Domeq, the worlds second-biggest spirits maker, today toasted an  quot;excellent year quot; with news of a six per cent rise in annual profit.


label: 0 text: Florida Court Rejects Law Keeping Comatose Woman Alive The court said that Gov. Jeb Bush violated separation of powers when he signed a law to keep Terri Schiavo alive.


label: 1 text: Sportsview: Dodgers' Season Mysterious (AP) AP - The first tipoff came from the stands, not the locker room. The playoffs were in sight, and up in the massive decks of Dodger Stadium, fans weren't racing to their cars during the seventh-inning stretch.


label: 3 text: Business in brief The Red Roof Inn hotel and motel chain plans to offer high-speed wireless Internet service in all rooms and public areas at its 359 US locations in coming months.


label: 2 text: Virgin and SN seal Belgian merger Low-cost airline Virgin Express agrees a tie-up with SN Brussels, the successor to collapsed Belgian carrier Sabena.


label: 1 text: Alou goes to bat for Sosa Moises Alou, who hit a career-best 39 home runs last season but doesn't expect the Cubs to re-sign him after they declined his \$11 million option, dismisses reports that Chicago will trade Sammy Sosa this winter.


label: 1 text: Team losing veteran defenders left and right For the second time in a week, the Jacksonville Jaguars have lopped off a veteran who was supposed to provide the team with a consistent outside pass rush.


label: 2 text: Dollar Recoups Losses But Stuck in Range (Reuters) Reuters - The dollar recouped earlier losses\against the yen on Thursday, but currencies shuttled in narrow\ranges as investors awaited direction from U.S. growth data and\comments from Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan.


label: 0 text: U.N. Expands Iraq Presence Beyond Baghdad (AP) AP - The United Nations is expanding its presence in Iraq outside Baghdad to the cities of Basra and Irbil but is planning to have only about 25 electoral experts in the entire country ahead of elections next month, a U.N. spokesman said Wednesday.


label: 3 text: Study: CDs Still Overshadow Digital-Music Downloads The CD will remain the dominant format for music distribution in Europe at least until the end of the decade, according to a new study.


label: 0 text: A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq (AP) AP - As of Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004, at least 1,216 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 945 died as a result of hostile action, the Defense Department said. The figures include three military civilians.


label: 3 text: Hobbyists Fill Out the Weather Map Thousands of armchair sky watchers are pairing computers and consumer-grade meteorological equipment to share their observations of local conditions online.


label: 0 text: Hurricane Ivan pounds US mainland Hurricane Ivan pummels the US Gulf Coast, causing at least 12 deaths and widespread damage.


label: 3 text: Microsoft Doubles Blocking Time For SP2 Microsoft has doubled the time that businesses can block Windows XP SP2 from downloading automatically, giving them until mid-April to test the update.


label: 2 text: Trial Letdown Hits Possis Medical Disappointing trial data regarding the AngioJet catheter takes a 38 bite out of Possis Medical's stock.


label: 1 text: MLB: Boston 9, Anaheim 3 The Boston Red Sox erupted for seven runs in the fourth Tuesday and posted a 9-3 win over the Anaheim Angels in Game 1 of their AL Division Series.


label: 0 text: Bomb rocks southern Thailand on eve of PM visit, 19 wounded A bomb ripped through a food market in Thailand #39;s troubled Muslim south injuring at least 19 people, including police and soldiers, on the eve of a visit by the prime minister, said the police.


label: 1 text: FOOTBALL: UEFA CUP FIRST ROUND, FIRST LEG TIES: SOUEY CALL FOR <b>...</b> GRAEME Souness has vowed his Newcastle side will be known for an aggressive attacking style as he kicks off reign in the UEFA Cup tonight.


label: 3 text: MIKE #39;S MAILBAG I #39;ve received lots of e-mail from readers who disagreed with my dissing of the combination laptop and Tablet PC I reviewed Tuesday (catch up online at www.


label: 0 text: Karzai's Running Mate Escapes Afghan Mine Blast (Reuters) Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's running\mate for Saturday's historic presidential election escaped\unhurt Wednesday when a mine exploded under his convoy in the\remote northeast of the country.\Vice presidential candidate Ahmad Zia Masood, the brother of\assassinated resistance hero Ahmad Shah Masood, had gone to\Faizabad, the capital of mountainous Badakhshan province, for a\campaign rally.


label: 1 text: Wenger faces tough choice over Lehmann Arsene Wenger faces a difficult choice over whether to keep faith with keeper Manuel Almunia or bring back Jens Lehmann for tomorrow #39;s crunch Champions League match with Rosenborg.


label: 2 text: Google cuts price range, ends auction SAN JOSE, California - Initial shares of Google Inc. were priced late last night at \$85 US each -- the low end of estimates that the company had revised downward hours earlier.