label: 3 text: Web Founder Promotes Future Cooperation (AP) AP - The inventor of the World Wide Web told a technology conference on Wednesday that making the Web more useful hinges on a familiar challenge: Getting the players behind the technology to agree on standards governing how computers communicate with one another.


label: 1 text: Kennedy suffers knee injury It didn #39;t look good when it happened on the field, and it looked worse in the clubhouse. Angels second baseman Adam Kennedy left the Angels #39; 5-2 win over the Seattle Mariners


label: 3 text: Week ahead: Apple #39;s Paris buzz Following are some of the notable technology-related events scheduled for the week of Aug. 15. Apple Computer fans are dishing the scuttlebutt this week.


label: 2 text: Oil prices top \$53 LONDON - The price of crude oil futures surged to new highs today despite assurances from Middle East oil producers that they were committed to bringing the price down as a strike began in Africa #39;s largest exporter.


label: 3 text: Guinness World Records Recognizes NASA X-43A Speed Record NASA -- Guinness World Records has recognized the world speed record set by NASA's hypersonic X-43A aircraft earlier this year in an experimental flight over the Pacific Ocean.     Using a scramjet engine, the unpiloted, 12 foot-long aircraft achieved Mach 6.83 -- almost seven times the speed of sound - - or nearly 5,000 mph, in a March 27 flight...


label: 3 text: Tech Trio Share Cell Processor Details IBM, Sony, and Toshiba dropped some details on the co-developed next generation processor, code-named Cell, which was first announced in 2001.


label: 2 text: Rates Mean End of Low Interest Costs Despite record federal deficits, the Bush administration has benefited from historically low interest payments, but as rates continue to rise, the era of cheap debt service may be over.


label: 0 text: China Urges Canada to Hand Over NKoreans in Embassy  BEIJING (Reuters) - China urged Canada on Thursday to hand  over 44 North Korean asylum seekers who broke into the Canadian  embassy in Beijing, promising to deal with the men, women and  children in a humanitarian way.


label: 2 text: EADS Sees 2005 Earnings Rising 9.1 on Plane Demand (Update1) European Aeronautic, Defense  amp; Space Co., the controlling shareholder of Airbus SAS, expects 2005 earnings before interest, taxes, amortization and one-time items to rise 9.1 percent as sales of aircraft grow.


label: 2 text: Wireless telecoms sector leads the way For the past year, ever since the AT amp;T Wireless management first put the then third-largest US mobile phone group on the auction block, Wall Street has been abuzz with rumours and


label: 2 text: Credit Suisse to Overhaul First Boston Operations Credit Suisse Group announced yesterday that it would integrate its Credit Suisse First Boston investment banking arm into the parent company over the next two years in an effort to create a  quot;more focused franchise.


label: 3 text: Study in Science reveals recreational fishing takes big bite of <b>...</b> Taking a hard look at the common belief that recreational fishing accounts for only 2-3 of total landings in the US, a new study published in the journal Science (August 26th) reveals that recreational catches account for nearly a quarter of the total


label: 0 text:  #39;Two systems #39; tested in Hong Kong On Sunday, voters will have a limited chance to elect members to the city #39;s parliament. By Robert Marquand  Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.


label: 2 text: Glum US shoppers push dollar down An unexpectedly weak reading for US consumer confidence pushes the dollar to a fresh low against the euro.


label: 3 text: AOL Launching New Online Shopping Site (AP) AP - America Online announced the launch of an online shopping site it says will provide and easy and fast way to compare products from thousands of online merchants.


label: 0 text: Underage Teens Turn Profit on Old Beer OSLO, Norway - Confronting a grocery store with its promise to pay shoppers a bonus if they found any products with expired freshness dates, two enterprising teens turned a 7,000 kroner (\$1,030) profit by loading up shopping carts with out-of-date beer they weren't old enough to buy.    The boys, ages 14 and 15, got their reward despite being underage, the Oslo daily Verdens Gang reported Tuesday...


label: 0 text: U.N. Agency Demands N. Korea Scrap Nukes (AP) AP - A 137-nation meeting of the atomic watchdog agency demanded on Friday that North Korea scrap nuclear weapons ambitions and urged it to again allow agency inspectors to supervise its return to peaceful activities.


label: 3 text: Search Engine Optimization For Blogs Search Engine Optimization For Blogs  \\Blogging software is really a simple Content Management System (CMS) that easily adds new pages and integrates them into your site's navigational structure and linkage. Blogs and blog posts are naturally search engine friendly because they are text-rich, link-rich, frequently-updated webpages that use stylesheets ...


label: 3 text: Burnout offers racing with attitude The latest instalment of the Burnout gaming franchise offers a good mix of speed and attitude.


label: 0 text: Scandal Forces Interrogators to Explain Military and civilian interrogators in Iraq who have long relied on the element of surprise and fear of the unknown find themselves having to explain their methods.


label: 1 text: Mientkiewicz Starts at Second for BoSox (AP) AP - Former Gold Glove first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz got a rough introduction in his first career start at second base.


label: 3 text: Nature Outings Reduce ADHD Symptoms 'Green' treatments could provide cheap, healthy therapy for children, study says    HealthDayNews -- The great outdoors provides great benefits to children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.    So says a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign study in the September issue of the American Journal of Public Health...


label: 0 text: World mourns murder of Hassan Australia joined the world yesterday in mourning the apparent murder of Iraqi aid worker Margaret Hassan. British-born Mrs Hassan, 59, headed CARE International #39;s work in Iraq, a position funded by CARE Australia


label: 1 text: Eli earns  #39;E #39; for effort Some quarterbacks take weeks to get comfortable in the NFL. Sometimes it takes several years. Yesterday it took Eli Manning a mere 30 minutes.


label: 2 text: Medtronic Told to Pay \$400 Mln Damages  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal jury on Tuesday ordered  Medtronic Inc. MDT.N to pay \$400 million in punitive damages  to an inventor of spinal surgical devices sold by the medical  equipment maker.


label: 3 text: Viral movies possible with RealPlayer flaw com October 1, 2004, 4:25 PM PT. Most IT Managers won #39;t question the importance of security, but this priority has been sliding between the third and fourth most important focus for companies.


label: 0 text: Eritrean Deportees Surrender After Hijacking, Diverting Plane To <b>...</b> A group of Eritreans being deported from Libya hijacked their aircraft and diverted it to Sudan earlier Friday, before surrendering to authorities.


label: 0 text: Vatican Says Anti-Kerry Lawyer Hoodwinked Them (Reuters) Reuters - A conservative U.S. lawyer's\attempt to enlist the Vatican in his drive to declare Senator\John Kerry a heretic over his abortion views backfired\Wednesday when the Holy See said it had been hoodwinked.


label: 0 text: 13 killed in Israeli raid on Hamas activists  #39;training #39; in Gaza GAZA CITY : Thirteen members of the radical Palestinian group Hamas were killed and more than 45 wounded in an Israeli raid in the Gaza Strip, medical sources and witnesses said.


label: 1 text: Federer, Roddick Clash Again at ATP Bangkok World No. 1 Roger Federer and No. 2 Andy Roddick showed why they are a level above the rest of the players on the ATP on Saturday, both gutting out three-set wins at the ATP stop in Bangkok to set up a renewal of their rivalry for the Sunday final.


label: 2 text: US retail sales fell 0.3 percent in August Retail sales slid in August as people steered away from buying cars and shoppers kept a close eye on their spending after splurging in July.


label: 0 text: Leaders Threatened by Terrorist Groups Large and Small The vulnerability of world leaders to terrorist attack was starkly exposed again today by the discovery of a bomb near Tony Blair #39;s holiday villa on Sardinia.


label: 0 text: Fears grow for Falluja civilians Iraqis trapped in the besieged rebel city of Falluja face a humanitarian disaster, aid agencies warn.


label: 2 text: Strong Demand Pushes Honeywell Profit (Reuters) Reuters - Diversified manufacturer Honeywell\International Inc.  posted a rise in quarterly profit as\strong demand for aerospace equipment and automobile components\boosted revenues, the company said on Wednesday.


label: 0 text: Nigerian teacher flees Koran row A Christian teacher goes into hiding in the northern Nigerian city of Kano for offending her Muslim pupils, police say.


label: 3 text: IBM launches Atlantic Calling it their most significant release in the last four or five years, IBM's Rational Software on Wednesday formally rolled out its Rational Software Platform, code-named Atlantic, intended to better unify software development across IBM's line of server software.


label: 1 text: U.S. Women Edge Russia, Advance to Basketball Final  ATHENS (Reuters) - Olympic champions the United States  narrowly edged Russia 66-62 to reach the final of the women's  Olympic basketball Friday.


label: 1 text: From Russia, with love game NEW YORK -- Whom do we blame for what happened last night -- a Russian woman Svetlana Kuznetsova taking home the US Open tennis championship?


label: 2 text: UPDATE 4-Nastech in obesity treatment pact with Merck Shares of Nastech Pharmaceutical Co. Inc. (NSTK.O: Quote, Profile, Research) soared 70 percent on Monday after the company said it had formed an alliance with Merck  amp; Co.


label: 0 text: Bombings kill at least 8 in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Bombings struck four coalition and Iraqi military convoys and a provincial government office yesterday, killing at least eight people, including an American soldier and an Estonian trooper in the Baghdad area.


label: 0 text: Clinton Likely to Have Surgery Monday Former President Bill Clinton's heart bypass, expected Monday, likely will be an ordinary replumbing of his ailing heart, not some new whiz-bang robotic or "keyhole" surgery, leading surgeons say.    A source close to the former president who spoke on condition of anonymity said Clinton has told him the surgery was scheduled for Monday morning...


label: 0 text: The Iranian-European nuclear accord is good news on several fronts The announcement Monday that a preliminary agreement reached between Iran and the European Union #39;s three big powers may be finalized soon is good news on several fronts.


label: 3 text: When parents are too hands-on The most common back-to-school message from educators and parenting experts is: Get involved with your children, their school, their activities.


label: 1 text: Gators Fire Ron Zook After Two-Plus Years Florida #39;s head football coach Ron Zook tries to maintain his composure during his remarks to the media following his firing by the University of Florida Monday, Oct. 25, 2004 in Gainesville, Fla.


label: 1 text: Time for Red Sox to say goodbye to Pedro? So Pedro Martinez slipped off to Tampa for a brief, none-too-secret rendezvous with George Steinbrenner. Was this supposed to make Theo Epstein and the Red Sox brass jealous?


label: 3 text: Octopus Doesn't Give Up on Motherhood (AP) AP - It was a May-December romance that really had legs: Young Aurora, a female giant octopus and her aging cephalopod suitor J-1 were thrown together for a blind date seven months ago by aquarists who hoped the two would mate.


label: 2 text: Hi-tech tools fuel phishing boom Reports suggest phishing gangs are turning to automatic tools to mount more attacks than ever.


label: 2 text: Stocks Open Lower as Oil Climbs  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened lower on Wednesday  with oil prices rebounding on fresh supply disruptions and  investors cautious before Friday's jobs figures amid concerns  of possible attacks and disruptions to the Republican party's  convention in New York.


label: 1 text: Golden State Warriors Team Report - November 16 (Sports Network) - The Golden State Warriors lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers, 99-88, on Monday at Gund Arena. Jason Richardson scored 27 points to lead the Warriors, who have dropped seven of their first eight games.


label: 1 text: Frazier Advances at ASB Women's Classic (AP) AP - Top-seeded Amy Frazier advanced to the second round of the ASB Women's Classic on Monday with a 6-3, 6-3 win over fellow American Laura Granville.


label: 2 text: Quattrone barred from Wall Street NEW YORK The NASD on Monday said that it had permanently barred Frank Quattrone, the former star banker, from the securities industry for refusing to testify in an NASD investigation of his role in possible document destruction and obstruction of justice.


label: 0 text: Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II Blasts Vatican  #39;proselytism #39; ROME, Aug 27 (AFP) - Russian Patriarch Alexy II blasted the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches Friday for proselytising in traditionally Orthodox areas of the former Soviet Union, even as the Vatican handed over a precious icon to his Orthodox Church.


label: 2 text: Business ; Tokyo Stocks Weak, Dollar Hurts Exporters Business News, TOKYO - Japan #39;s Nikkei average fell 0.69 percent by mid-afternoon on Thursday as a fall in the dollar further weakened investor confidence over company earnings, prompting selling on exporters such as Canon Inc.


label: 1 text: Nets take wild ride to win Alonzo Mourning never said he doesn #39;t want to play basketball. He just doesn #39;t want to play it for the Nets. But Mourning said he would continue to play hard every time he #39;s on the floor, no matter what team he #39;s on.


label: 0 text: Israel Loses Spy Satellite (CBS/AP) A sophisticated Israeli spy satellite plummeted into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after launch, dealing a blow to Israeli efforts to keep an eye on Iran #39;s alleged nuclear weapons program.


label: 1 text: Arrington, Hall out for Sunday #39;s game Washington Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington and kicker John Hall were ruled out for Sunday #39;s game against the Chicago Bears.


label: 3 text: Local Search: Missing Pieces Falling into Place Some pundits claim that the paid search market has peaked, but new research tells a different story, suggesting that local search is emerging as an important and powerful driver for the paid search market.


label: 3 text: Earnings alert: EarthLink trims outlook Plus: AT #38;T posts \$7.1 billion loss...Lucent sees first profitable year since 2000...EMC issues sunny report...IBM net income inches higher, despite legal bill.


label: 1 text: For Jefferson, it's not easy being green Ever since rookie Al Jefferson showed up late for a team meeting after misinterpreting the Celtics schedule, he has been the subject of more training camp jokes than he cares to remember. Coach Doc Rivers quipped after practice yesterday that Jefferson risked missing the team's charter flight to Chicago after misreading the trip itinerary. Jefferson insisted that he ...


label: 2 text: US anti-dumping law draws WTO sanctions GENEVA - The World Trade Organization approved strong sanctions Friday against the United States for legislation that allows US companies to receive some duties collected from foreign competitors.


label: 1 text: Nuggets win without Carmelo DENVER -- Earl Boykins scored 22 points to help the Denver Nuggets overcome the absence of Carmelo Anthony and defeat the New Orleans Hornets 76-67 on Monday.


label: 0 text: Pakistan to Sell Islamic Bonds by January, Aziz Says (Update2) Pakistan plans to sell its first Islamic bonds by January as it seeks to tap rising demand for securities that conform to Muslim law, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said in an interview.


label: 0 text: Series of small explosions shake Madrid The explosions hit five gas stations simultaneously, after a telephone warning from the armed Basque separatist group ETA. Two police officers were slightly wounded by one of the bombs.


label: 0 text: Clashes Break Out in Heart of Baghdad BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces raided suspected insurgent hideouts in the heart of the capital Wednesday, sparking clashes along a main Baghdad thoroughfare...


label: 2 text: US Airways makes last-minute offer to unions As US Airways confronts the possibility of a second bankruptcy protection filing, the Arlington-based carrier has a new offer for the unions representing its pilots and flight attendants.


label: 1 text: Villarreal's Senna Suspended for 60 Days (AP) AP - Villarreal's Marcos Senna has been suspended by UEFA for 60 days for failing a doping test, the Spanish club said in a statement posted on its Web site Thursday.


label: 3 text: Q A: Microsoft's Linux strategist Martin Taylor, Part 2 After a year as Microsoft Corp.'s chief Linux strategist, Martin Taylor has a lot to say about where he sees Linux going and how Microsoft plans to compete with the open-source operating system.


label: 1 text: UPDATE 1-Rangnick appointed Schalke coach Bundesliga club Schalke 04 named former Stuttgart and Hanover coach Ralf Rangnick as their new trainer on Tuesday in succession to Jupp Heynckes.


label: 0 text: Above the Clouds, the French Glimpse the Old Grandeur Higher than the Eiffel Tower, the Millau bridge is a triumph of engineering and imagination.


label: 2 text: IRS looks for Arkansans due checks The Internal Revenue Service is looking for more than 600 Arkansans whose federal income tax refund checks totaling almost \$424,000 were returned to the IRS as undeliverable by the Postal Service.


label: 2 text: European officials urge US to halt dollar #39;s slide BRUSSELS European finance officials on Tuesday called on the United States to take concrete action to halt the slide of the dollar.


label: 0 text: Brazilian Soldier Wounded in Haiti Unrest A Brazilian soldier with the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti was shot and wounded Saturday when peacekeepers and local police faced gunfire in a crackdown on armed gangs in the Haitian capital.


label: 2 text: Profit may silence critics: Coles Myer Australia #39;s biggest retailer, Coles Myer, hopes it has silenced its detractors by posting a record annual profit, which was above its own guidance and market expectations.


label: 3 text: Sun #39;s Java Infringes on Kodak Patents A jury in Rochester, NY, found Sun Microsystems (Quote, Chart) liable for using patented technology owned by photography company Eastman Kodak (Quote, Chart) in the Java programming language.


label: 3 text: Will Beatles Take a Bite out of Apple? Apple Computer is slated to be in court this fall in England to answer claims that is infringing on a trademark agreement dating back to 1991.


label: 0 text: THE BIG HEAT Levels of the main greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, have risen alarmingly over the past two years,. Experts fear this will lead to catastrophic changes in the climate far sooner than previously predicted.


label: 0 text: Kidnappers give French 48 hours MILITANTS have reportedly set a 48-hour deadline after taking two French journalists hostage in Iraq and demanding the rescinding of a ban on the Islamic headscarf in French schools.


label: 0 text: U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq Pass 1,000 (AP) AP - U.S. military deaths in the Iraq campaign passed the 1,000 milestone Tuesday, with more than 800 of them during the stubborn insurgency that flared after the Americans brought down Saddam Hussein and President Bush declared major combat over.


label: 3 text: Yahoo buys MusicMatch SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo just bought the most expensive jukebox ever. But the price was anything but a few quarters. Yahoo bought online jukebox provider Musicmatch.


label: 1 text: Check this out Two 2-0 teams, Terrell Owens and Steve Mariucci make the Eagles-Lions matchup about as attractive to Bay Area fans as an early-season game not involving the 49ers or Raiders can be.


label: 0 text: A Rush to the Polls in Afghanistan The mere fact of tomorrow #39;s presidential elections in Afghanistan is cause for (subdued) celebration. Afghans are headed to the polls in the country #39;s first-ever  quot;democratic quot; election, and early indications


label: 0 text: Bhutto #39;s Husband Wants Fresh Election in Pakistan Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto #39;s husband said on Saturday only fresh elections and an end to military rule could lead to a rapprochement between Bhutto #39;s party and President Pervez Musharraf.


label: 1 text: WOMEN #39;S MARATHON The Pain of Defeat Is Still Fresh Crushed by her failure to finish the women #39;s Olympic marathon Sunday, Paula Radcliffe broke down twice yesterday as she struggled to explain how her dreams were shattered.


label: 3 text: Arctic Thaw Could Open Vast Oil and Gas Region (Reuters) Reuters - An accelerating thaw of the Arctic\may open vast regions for oil and gas exploration but that\brings worries of spills in the fragile environment, experts\said Thursday.


label: 2 text: FTC Pulls Plug on Infomercial Giant The FTC has banned well-known TV infomercial host Kevin Trudeau from peddling a myriad of health care products claiming to cure everything from old age to lupus, the first such prohibition ever imposed by the agency.


label: 1 text: Davenport Could Steal No. 1 Ranking This Week at WTA Moscow Five of the Top 6-ranked players on the WTA Tour compete this week at the Tier I stop in Moscow, though that could change with the possible withdrawal of top seed Amelie Mauresmo, who sustained a muscle pull in her leg Sunday, forcing her to pull from the


label: 2 text: Brokerage probe has expanded New York #39;s attorney general has broadened his insurance-brokerage probe into life and health insurance, investigating whether brokers have taken payoffs to steer business


label: 0 text: Three Hostages Freed In Kabul Afghan officials say three United Nations workers kidnapped on Oct. 28th in Kabul were freed late Monday in Kabul. The hostages were released late Monday and are in good condition, three Afghan officials


label: 0 text: Nigerian Woman Appeals Stoning Sentence Eighteen year-old Hajara Ibrahim waits at the court waiting room while a police officers stands guard in Dass, 40 km (25 miles) south of the state capital Bauchi Nigeria, Wednesday Oct. 27, 2004.


label: 1 text: Newest Yankees fail to deliver They had just been on the bottom side of the greatest el foldo in major league baseball playoff history. Maybe at some point down the road, that will irk the Yankees.


label: 3 text: Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Piracy Case The Supreme Court on Tuesday sidestepped a dispute over whether Internet providers can be forced to identify subscribers illegally swapping music and movies online. -AP


label: 1 text: Lonard retains Australian Open title Peter Lonard won his second straight Australian Open title on Sunday with a come-from-behind 68 to win the championship by one stroke over Stuart Appleby.


label: 2 text: GM to Close Van Factory In Baltimore  General Motors Corp. said yesterday that it will shut its 70-year-old van factory in southeast Baltimore next year, confirming a closure that some 1,100 workers have long expected but that state officials had hoped to stave off.


label: 3 text: Sun Microsystems to acquire technology services firm NEW YORK, November 30 (newratings.com) - Sun Microsystems (SUNW.NAS) has agreed to acquire SevenSpace Inc, a closely held technology services company, for an undisclosed amount.


label: 0 text: Bribes cited in downing of Russian jets MOSCOW -- Two Chechen women suspected of blowing up Russian passenger jets last month were briefly detained by police before the flights but bribed at least one airline employee to get on the planes, media reports said yesterday.


label: 2 text: Sainsbury warning  #39;could be followed by another #39; J Sainsbury, the deeply troubled supermarket group, yesterday gave its third profits warning since March, and some analysts fear that a fourth could arrive as early as next Tuesday.


label: 3 text: Apple recalls 15-in. PowerBook batteries AUGUST 19, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Apple Computer Inc. has issued a recall for about 28,000 PowerBook batteries sold between January and August for use with its 15-in. PowerBook G4 computers. The batteries, which were made by LG Chem Ltd. of South Korea, ...


label: 3 text: Information, Please: Wine Goes Digital As with so many other businesses, wine stores are turning to computers to help keep track of new varietals and vintages.


label: 2 text: US Airways Pilots Approve 18 Pay Cut US Airways pilots yesterday approved a five-year, cost-cutting contract that will reduce their pay about 18 percent and save the airline about \$1.


label: 0 text: Muslim gathering ends with prayers for peace Nearly 2 million Muslims from around the world have ended their three-day annual prayer for global peace and harmony outside the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka.


label: 0 text: Abkhazian police defiant Police in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region refuse to take orders from the government.


label: 1 text: Jets ride second-half express On any given Friday, a team's hopes can be crushed or created. The AJJ Express (Aaron Flythe, Jimmy Yarde, and Julius  quot;Juice quot; Williams) made it another TGIF for East Boston yesterday, leading the Jets over West Roxbury, 24-12, to stay atop the Boston North.


label: 1 text: Jimenez Snatches Back Masters Lead  CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Miguel Angel  Jimenez snatched back the lead at the European Masters on  Saturday with fellow Ryder Cup players Sergio Garcia and Luke  Donald sharing second place.


label: 0 text: Full Sudanese peace talks get off to a shaky start ABUJA (AFP) - Peace talks on the conflict in the Sudanese region of Darfur ran straight into trouble on the first day of formal negotiations as angry rebel leaders refused to sign an agreement to protect civilians.


label: 3 text: Netflix, TiVo Make Deal Official (AP) AP - Netflix Inc. and TiVo Inc. made official Thursday their deal to create a service that will use high-speed Internet connections to pipe DVD-quality movies into the homes of their mutual subscribers.


label: 3 text: Warm Warnings If more evidence was needed that global climate change is occurring - and having serious consequences - it arrived in force this week.


label: 1 text: New York Mets hire two more special assistants in front office The New York Mets hired two special assistants Tuesday, getting former major leaguer Tony Bernazard from the players #39; union and grabbing Sandy Johnson from the Arizona Diamondbacks.


label: 2 text: Stocks Seen Higher; Oil Steady at \$50 Bbl  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks looked to open higher on  Tuesday, with beaten down shares tempting investors and oil  producer stocks bolstered by crude oil prices breaking through  the \$50 a barrel mark.


label: 3 text: FCC to Act on Fiber-Optic Networks The Federal Communications Commission is planning to approve  a proposal to give the major telephone companies more leeway in the design of new fiber-optic networks, sparing them from the regulation that governs traditional phone lines. -The Washington Post


label: 1 text: Domenech pleased with France despite dull performance France coach Raymond Domenech was surprisingly pleased with his team #39;s lacklustre performance in the goalless draw against Ireland in their World Cup qualifier on Saturday.


label: 3 text: The Call Is Cheap. The Wiretap Is Extra. t first glance, it might seem like the simple extension of a standard tool in the fight against the bad guys. But in fact, wiretapping Internet phones to monitor criminals and terrorists is costly


label: 3 text: Netscape Updates Browser Mozilla-based Netscape 7.2 improves printing and integrates instant messaging.


label: 1 text: Thrill of chase a season-long ride for Martin Let's get one thing straight about Mark Martin: The 45-year-old NASCAR driver is no dark horse in the Chase for the Nextel Cup.  quot;You guys can call him a dark horse, but I don't, quot; said Jeff Gordon, who will be a 5-point leader over Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson when NASCAR's inaugural 10-race playoff format is unveiled today in the ...


label: 3 text: The Apprentice Says  quot;You #39;re Hired quot; To Yahoo com. Yahoo is hosting the official Web site for the second and third seasons of the reality television program  quot;The Apprentice.


label: 0 text: Saddam allowed to meet with lawyer AMMAN - Saddam Hussein, Iraq #39;s jailed former dictator, was allowed to meet with a lawyer on Thursday for the first time since his arrest a year ago.


label: 2 text: Oil Hovers Around \$53 a Barrel That #39;s despite assurances from Middle East oil producers that they were committed to bringing the price down as a strike began in Africa #39;s largest exporter.


label: 1 text: More top sports news THE first pro opponent of Danny Williams believes the Brixton Bomber will cut 6ft 7in Vitali Klitschko down to size to be WBC heavyweight champion, writes STEVE BRENNER.


label: 2 text: EU lifts sanctions on US  for now The European Union decided yesterday to lift heavy punitive tariffs on US goods but said it might renew them if the World Trade Organization confirms suspected loopholes


label: 0 text: Australian court convicts drug addict of murdering Stuttle (AFP) AFP - A drug addicted-drifter was found guilty by a Supreme Court jury of murdering a teenage English backpacker by throwing her from a bridge after robbing her of her handbag.


label: 0 text: Tamil Tigers contact Sri Lankan president The chief of Sri Lanka #39;s Tamil Tiger rebels sent an unexpected message to the country #39;s president via Norwegian peace brokers on Thursday, offering ways to revive stalled peace talks aimed at ending a two-decade civil war.


label: 0 text: Bin Laden tape put online A new audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden was put on the internet yesterday, praising gunmen who attacked a US consulate in Saudi Arabia last week and blaming the royal family for unrest in the kingdom.


label: 1 text: ON SOCCER Beckham apologizes for intentional foul David Beckham #39;s remarkable goal in England #39;s 2-0 victory over Wales has been overshadowed by the controversy over whether he picked up a second yellow card on purpose.


label: 2 text: Kroger Is King Nation's leading supermarket operator posts 29 rise in third-quarter earnings, strong same-store sales.


label: 2 text: GOP Convention May Briefly Lift Stocks  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fasten your seatbelts. The Republicans  are in town. If things go smoothly at the Republican National  Convention, the stock market could get a brief boost this week,  experts say.


label: 0 text: Darfur humanitarian crisis easing, UN says KHARTOUM, Sudan  While violence remains a major concern, the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region is easing and large-scale deaths from malnutrition and disease are likely to be averted as international assistance pours in, UN ...


label: 2 text: Yen Eases Against Dollar  TOKYO (Reuters) - The yen edged down against the dollar on  Wednesday as Japanese stock prices slid, but it remained within  striking distance of three-month highs on persistent concerns  about the health of the U.S. economy.


label: 3 text: Beckoned by the Balkans LONDON For a company that had just reported a 26 percent increase in its quarterly earnings, sharply beating market expectations, Telekom Austria found itself with an awful lot of explaining to do as its top executives met with analysts and investors in


label: 0 text: Chavez Declares Recall Victory; Foes Claim Fraud  CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's left-wing  President Hugo Chavez on Monday declared victory in a historic  recall referendum on his rule, but his opponents vowed to  challenge vote results they rejected as a "gigantic fraud."


label: 2 text: Martha Stewart Reports to Prison to Begin Sentence Trendsetter Martha Stewart reported to a minimum-security prison known as  quot;Camp Cupcake quot; on Friday to serve a five-month sentence for a suspicious sale of stock, US prison officials said.


label: 3 text: HTTP Deltas, RSS, and Differential Content Fetching \\It seems  PubSub.com is offering a bounty  on an HTTP Delta implementation\of RFC 3229.  This seems in response to the current meme  of RSS and Atom\syndication bloat.\ \First off this is certainly *very* generous of them.  I'd like to see this\happen more.  Good for you guys!\\I myself  have thought that HTTP Deltas were a viable solution but I was\wrong.\\Of course most people aren't familiar with HTTP deltas.  Eseentially what an\HTTP delta enables is a client/server differential protocol that can exchange a\patch from the server to the client.  The client is then patched and it will\then have the updated version without having to transfer the *entire* document\again.\\For example say you ...\\


label: 0 text: Peru Rebel Says Will Surrender Monday  LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - The leader of a 200-strong armed  group that killed four policemen and seized a police station  and part of a southern Peruvian town, to demand the resignation  of President Alejandro Toledo, said it would hand over its  weapons on Monday.


label: 0 text: Russian Parliament Proposes New Anti-Terror Law Russia #39;s parliament drafted proposals for an anti-terrorism law Monday, the day it began an inquiry into the Beslan school siege that killed more than 320 hostages, half of them children.


label: 2 text: Fewer mortgages approved in July The number of mortgages approved for house purchases fell by more than a fifth in July, the British Bankers' Association says.


label: 1 text: Yankees sort through wreckage Three things all Yankees baseball people were on the same page about at their Tampa meeting with George Steinbrenner: 1) Going for Carlos Beltran.


label: 0 text: Australian terrorist seeks deal to testify in foreign trials SYDNEY : Australia #39;s first convicted terrorist, who confessed to conspiring with Al-Qaeda to blow up the Israeli embassy in Canberra, wants a deal in exchange for testifying against terror suspects in foreign courts.


label: 3 text: Sony on Collision Course with Music Majors over MP3 including its own Sony BMG venture - over the MP3 song format. Sony is considering manufacturing devices that play digital


label: 1 text: Donald finds the taste for battle after shaky start In the wake of the Montgomery-Woods skirmishes already commenced, we half expected to find the bloody detritus of combat as two virgin soldiers prepared for action on this dank, grey opening morning.


label: 1 text: Federer Is Too Much for Hewitt in U.S. Open Final Roger Federer won the U.S. Open over Lleyton Hewitt and became the first player since Mats Wilander in 1988 to win three Grand Slam titles in one year.


label: 0 text: Indonesian cleric on trial for terrorism Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has gone on trial in Indonesia on charges of leading Jemaah Islamiah, a militant network seen as the Southeast Asian arm of al Qaeda.


label: 3 text: Dell, Microsoft Team for Management of Dell Servers Microsoft and Dell are pairing to develop free software for Dell server customers that will integrate Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 with Dell #39;s OpenManage 4 Change Management tool.


label: 3 text: Whitney Matheson:Pop Candy - What makes a great greatest-hits CD? (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - If it weren't for the Columbia House record and tape club, I'd own far fewer greatest-hits albums.


label: 0 text: The five points of the Najaf peace agreement NAJAF: Rebel cleric Moqtada Sadr and his Mehdi Army were preparing to hand over the keys to the Imam Ali shrine on Friday after Sadr agreed a peace initiative by Iraqs top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, to end fierce fighting in the


label: 2 text: IMF: High Oil Price a Threat for Years  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Tight oil supplies could leave the  global economy worryingly vulnerable for years to come, a  senior International Monetary Fund official said on Thursday.


label: 1 text: BoSox Win 9-3 to Open Series With Angels (AP) AP - Curt Schilling and the Boston Red Sox got the jump on Anaheim in the AL playoffs. Perhaps that's how the Angels prefer it. Schilling pitched 6 2-3 effective innings, Manny Ramirez and Kevin Millar homered during a seven-run burst, and the Red Sox beat the Angels 9-3 Tuesday in Game 1.


label: 1 text: Milloy won't be ready for Patriots Injured Buffalo Bills safety Lawyer Milloy ruled out any chance of returning to face the Patriots next month. That means Milloy, who broke his right forearm in a preseason game Aug. 28, will miss at least another three weeks, including the Oct. 3 game against the Patriots in Buffalo.  quot;Believe me, I would love to come back for that game, quot; ...


label: 3 text: Telescope Can See a Future PHOENIX -- A troubled, 20-year journey to create the world #39;s most powerful optical telescope is nearing an end, with astronomers hoping to begin using the instrument to look for heavenly breakthroughs early next year.


label: 1 text: Sharapova on Course for Third Title with Dementieva Win  ZURICH (Reuters) - Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova  remained on course for a third successive WTA title by beating  fellow Russian Elena Dementieva 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the  semi-finals of the Zurich Challenge on Saturday.


label: 3 text: Telecom Italia CEO sees innovation in design and features of wireless devices  VENICE - One of Europe's biggest fixed-network operators is following the lead of its wireless counterparts in demanding a greater say in the design and service features of cordless phones and other wireless devices used in the home.


label: 1 text: Garrard Subs Nicely David Garrard, in for injured quarterback Byron Leftwich, keeps the Jaguars steady improvement going with a 23-17 overtime win over the Lions on Sunday.


label: 3 text: IBM Retakes Top Supercomputer Rank as NEC Slips IBM IBM.N , the world #39;s biggest computer maker, has regained its position at the head of the Top 500 list of supercomputer installations, dislodging rival NEC Corp.


label: 1 text: Golf: Sorenstam surpasses two million dollars in season earnings WASHINGTON : Swedish superstar Annika Sorenstam, who surged past South Korean Grace Park to win the Samsung World Championship, has surpassed the two million-dollar mark in earnings for the fourth straight season.


label: 3 text: Nokia joins secure digital memory card group With the economy slowly turning up, upgrading hardware has been on businesses radar in the past 12 months as their number two priority.


label: 2 text: Google Inc. says its initial public shares are priced at \$85 each SAN JOSE, Calif. (CP) - Google Inc. says its initial public shares are priced at \$85 each, at the low end of the Internet search giant #39;s downgraded estimates.


label: 0 text: Venezuelan Car-Bomb Suspect Killed, Weapons Found

 By Patrick Markey

 CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - A Venezuelan lawyersuspected in last week's bombing murder of a top stateprosecutor was killed in a gunfight with police on Tuesdayafter he tried to ram detectives with his car and opened fireon them, officials said.


label: 3 text: Cassini Orbiter Gets Closeup Shots Oct. 27 - Scientists are getting a closer look at one of the most mysterious moons in space, Saturn #39;s largest moon, Titan. The Cassini orbiter flew within 750 miles of the cloud covered moon Tuesday.


label: 3 text: Intel launches top end Centrino chip A new top-of-the-range Pentium M processor has been introduced by Intel: model 765, which clocks 2.1GHz, with a 400 MHz system bus and 2MB of Level 2 cache.


label: 3 text: WinXP SP2 Home Edition To Be Available On Automatic Update Aug 18 Microsoft #39;s channel partners are getting set to put out fires when Windows XP Service Pack 2 becomes available to consumers over the Windows Update service on Wednesday.


label: 2 text: BJ #39;s will fight banks #39; \$16M claim BJ #39;s Wholesale Club Inc. is gearing up for legal battles with credit-card-issuing banks, which are demanding \$16 million to offset fraudulent credit card charges and other costs related to a security breach apparently involving BJ #39;s ...


label: 1 text: Report: Dolphins Win Grievance Against Williams  MIAMI (Sports Network) - Former Dolphins running back Ricky  Williams was ordered by an arbitrator Friday to pay a huge sum  of money to Miami, which filed a grievance against the star  after he retired just prior to training camp this season.


label: 3 text: Carbon Storage Comes to Disused Texas Oil Fields (Reuters) Reuters - A short distance from Spindletop oil\field, the site of the gusher that triggered the Texas oil rush\more than a century ago, scientists have found a purpose for\the long-disused underground reservoirs -- as storage for the\pollution emitted by burning fossil fuels.


label: 3 text: Airport Uses Web-Based Flight Info System (AP) AP - Fresno's airport is the first in the nation to use a Web-based wireless system that relies on radar  #151; not the carriers  #151; for the flight information displayed in its terminals, airport officials said.


label: 1 text: British govt to complain to Spain about racist chants Britain will seek action at top government level after England #39;s black soccer players were racially abused by the crowd during Wednesday #39;s friendly international against Spain in Madrid.


label: 2 text: Intl Game Tech Posts Lower 4Q Profit International Game Technology, the world #39;s largest designer and manufacturer of casino slot machines, said Tuesday that fourth-quarter profit declined year-over-year due to a \$77 million charge for the early redemption of the company #39;s senior notes


label: 0 text: Force ruled out in Russian siege Russian authorities say they will not use force to rescue hundreds of hostages held in a school in North Ossetia.


label: 0 text: U.S.: Iraqi Forces Gaining Effectiveness (AP) AP - When Iraq's 202nd National Guard Battalion faced insurgents six months ago, it simply, in the words of one American general, "evaporated." Now, the same outfit, tested in recent combat, is being touted as a vital building block of the force the United States says will increasingly replace its own troops on the front lines.


label: 3 text: Nortel to lay off 3,500 The scandal-beset company will also lay off about 10 percent of its work force.


label: 0 text: Mitsubishi Shareholders Demand Changes (AP) AP - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. shareholders approved a move Wednesday enabling the scandal-plagued Japanese automaker to raise cash through a share offering, but demanded the company clean up its image and improve its product offerings to turn its lagging business around.


label: 0 text: CNN Producer Seized by Armed Men in Gaza  GAZA (Reuters) - Armed Palestinians kidnapped an Israeli  Arab producer for the CNN television network from a car in Gaza  City on Monday after asking for him by name.


label: 3 text: Bush campaign website takes a dive (AFP) AFP - President George W. Bush's official re-election website was down and inaccessible for hours, in what campaign officials said could be the work of hackers.


label: 2 text: Hollywood Awaits Start of Ovitz Trial Description: A shareholders #39; lawsuit against Walt Disney Co. board members begins Wednesday. The suit concerns the expensive hiring and firing of former Disney President Michael Ovitz.


label: 0 text: Bush Ready to Accept GOP Nomination NEW YORK - The four-day Republican National Convention comes to a close Thursday with a speech by President Bush that will touch off a two-month dash to the finish line in a nation that seems as closely divided now as it was four years ago.    Last night, Vice President Dick Cheney and convention keynoter Sen...


label: 0 text:  #39;Why the Bombings? #39; Ask Bangladesh Protesters Thousands of Bangladesh opposition activists holding banners reading  quot;Why the bombings, why the bloodshed? quot; protested on Monday against a deadly grenade attack


label: 0 text: Police defies court and deports S.African unionists Zimbabwean police expelled a South African trade union team early yesterday in defiance of a court order allowing them to stay until the afternoon, union officials said.


label: 3 text: Study: Spammers, Virus Writers Getting Chummy A new MessageLabs report says more than 86 of the E-mail it sampled in June was spam--and nearly one in 10 contained a virus.


label: 2 text: Slowing house market quiets lending Mortgage lending has declined for the second consecutive month as a result of the slowing housing market, says the Council of Mortgage Lenders.


label: 0 text: Viewpoints: Tackling climate change If the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is right, our planet is heading for some big upheavals. By 2100, they predict, global sea levels will have risen by 9cm to 88cm, and average temperatures will be about 1.5 to 5.5C higher than now.


label: 1 text: Iverson hits buzzer-beater, Hill stars for Magic Allen Iverson waited his entire NBA career to make a buzzer-beating shot. Grant Hill waited four long years just to get back to full strength.


label: 3 text: European Commission restarts clock on Oracle-Peoplesoft BRUSSELS -- The European Commission has restarted its investigation into Oracle Corp.'s hostile bid to acquire PeopleSoft Inc. and will issue its judgement by early November at the latest, it said on Thursday.


label: 0 text: Pentagon leaders faulted in prisoner abuse - officials A high-level panel investigating US military detention operations has concluded that top Pentagon officials and the military command in Iraq contributed to an environment in which detainees were abused at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, a defense official said


label: 0 text: Suicide Bomber Attacks Iraqi Police, Kills 12 (Reuters) Reuters - A suicide car bomber plowed into\policemen waiting to collect their salary at a police station\west of Ramadi Monday, killing 12 people in the latest\insurgent attack on Iraq's beleaguered security forces.


label: 3 text: Small Wineries Find Ally Supporters of interstate shipping of wine from producers to consumers see their cause as a contest between David and Goliath: mom-and-pop wineries and connoisseurs of the grape vs. powerful liquor wholesalers.


label: 2 text: Paper: Sirius Pricey Despite Howard Stern (Reuters) Reuters - Shares of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.\ look pricey despite the company's new five-year,  #36;500\million pact with shock jock Howard Stern to air his program\starting in 2006, according to the latest edition of Barron's,\the weekly financial newspaper.


label: 3 text: Shadows Loom Over Sun #39;s Open-Source Plans Sources close to the vendor say an intense, high-level debate continues about Sun #39;s open-source Solaris plans, which were first announced in June.


label: 0 text: Aides on Way to See Arafat Despite Wife's Fury  PARIS (Reuters) - Palestinian leaders headed to Paris on  Monday to see critically ill President Yasser Arafat at a  French military hospital, despite a scathing attack by his wife  who accused them of plotting to "bury him alive."


label: 2 text: Nikkei Falls for Ninth Day  TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei edged down 0.27 percent to  close lower for the ninth day in a row on Wednesday, its  longest losing streak in two years, as worries over the impact  of high oil prices on earnings weighed on exporters.


label: 1 text: College football team hopes Big Boi concert keeps team in Division <b>...</b> NASHVILLE, Tenn. The football team at Middle Tennessee State is pinning its hopes on Big Boi. He #39;s not a football player -- he #39;s the guy who #39;s part of the hip-hop duo OutKast.


label: 2 text: Arsenal cheers surge in profits Profits at Premiership champions Arsenal soar and the club says construction of its new stadium is running ahead of schedule.


label: 3 text: Space station astronauts told to ration food Two astronauts face a not-so-merry Christmas after being told to ration their food and hope a cargo ship with extra supplies docks on December 26.


label: 0 text: Malaysia #39;s ruling party told to put Anwar issue aside KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia #39;s deputy premier has urged his ruling party to stop speculating on the possible political comeback of Anwar Ibrahim and remain focused on its annual congress next week.


label: 3 text: Northwestern Medical cites performance boost from Concord software Concord management software has helped uncover a range of problems at Northwestern medical group, which is now seeing improved system performance.


label: 2 text: But hurricanes and more impact in the third quarter LONDON (CBS.MW) - British oil major BP Monday said third quarter production rose 11 percent on the year-ago quarter to 3.88 million barrels of oil equivalent a day, missing some analyst expectations for a rise of as much as 14 percent.


label: 3 text: Open Office XML May Satisfy ISO Microsoft #39;s (Quote, Chart) dominance on the desktop may turn out to be Sun Microsystems #39; (Quote, Chart) gain in the end. A letter to Sun Microsystems #39; COO Jonathan Schwartz by the European Commission (EC) this


label: 0 text: Australian PM says no regrets over SMS statement after Jakarta <b>...</b> SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Monday he did not regret a releasing details of an SMS that reportedly warned of an attack minutes before his country #39;s Jakarta embassy was bombed last week.


label: 1 text: Brady Not Satisfied Despite Strong Start (AP) AP - Going 17-1 in games decided by fewer than seven points isn't enough for Tom Brady. Neither is throwing for 335 yards and three touchdowns in his season opener.


label: 2 text: Jobless Claims Up Less Than Expected (Reuters) Reuters - The number of Americans lining up to\claim an initial week of jobless aid rose less than expected\last week, according to a report on Thursday that the Labor\Department said was unaffected by recent hurricanes.


label: 0 text: Budget airline faces bankruptcy Italy's Volare is expected to be declared insolvent, as it becomes the latest casualty of budget airline competition.


label: 2 text: United Says It Needs \$2 Bln More in Cost Cuts  CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines, trying to revamp its  business after nearly two years in bankruptcy, has told its  unions it must terminate and replace their pensions as part of  its drive to cut costs by an additional \$2 billion a year.


label: 0 text: Muslims attend Bangladesh prayer About four million Muslims have ended an annual gathering in Bangladesh considered the faith #39;s second largest congregation after the Hajj pilgrimage.


label: 1 text: Irish talk of softening schedule a little which bows to no conference commissioner, has its own network and grazes from coast to coast for prestigious opponents -- could be changing its scheduling philosophy.


label: 0 text: Probe launched into parliament intrusion Britain has launched an inquiry into the first storming of its parliament since 1674 after a protest stunt revealed shambolic security at the heart of Prime Minister Tony Blair #39;s government.


label: 1 text: Houston vs. Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- David Carr would like to finally get a win against Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts Sunday when the AFC South teams meet for the first time this season.


label: 2 text: Plexus to close Seattle-area plant; will cut 160 jobs Neenah-based Plexus Corp. plans to close a Seattle-area plant, resulting in the layoff of about 160 employees, in an effort to save about \$2 million a year, the company said Wednesday.


label: 2 text: Boeing tanker deal unlikely The Pentagon #39;s top weapons buyer Tuesday said he expected officials to decide soon whether to solicit new bids for a multibillion-dollar deal to begin replacing the Air Force #39;s aging fleet of KC-135 refueling tankers.


label: 3 text: Microsoft offers kit for XP SP2 application testing IT administrators preparing for the Windows XP SP2 juggernaut may want to catch up on their reading before deploying the service pack.


label: 0 text: Turkey divided over EU entry Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged yesterday to press forward with democratic reforms even if the European Union refuses to open membership talks with Turkey this week.


label: 2 text: Stocks Set for Flat Start, Data Awaited  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures pointed to a flat  open on Friday, with investors awaiting November inflation  numbers due before the opening bell and oil prices hovering  around a two-week high.


label: 2 text: Congress approves military and defense spending Lawmakers Saturday approved a \$447 billion 2005 defense spending bill as Congress pushed forward with final actions before adjourning for the elections.


label: 3 text: HP to spend \$210m enhancing its radio sensors Hewlett-Packard said it will invest \$US150 million (\$210million) over five years in radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, to appeal to large corporate customers such as retailers Wal-Mart Stores and Best Buy.


label: 2 text: Oil prices climb as fears over Iraq turmoil loom LONDON: World oil prices rose yesterday on concerns over the possibility of further unrest in major producer Iraq despite a ceasefire in Najaf, where fighting has raged for weeks, traders said.


label: 2 text: Kmart-Sears merger about price, quality Average customers know the same thing that ministers of high finance understand: It #39;s all about the price. Shoppers Thursday at the Billings Sears store were eager to find out what a proposed


label: 2 text: Merck should have pulled Vioxx in 2000, study concludes Merck  amp; Co. #39;s Vioxx painkiller showed heart risk in studies four years before the drug was recalled, and it should have been pulled from the market then, according to a study published in the medical journal Lancet.


label: 3 text: Man accused of infecting computers with  quot;spyware quot; says he #39;s <b>...</b> A man accused of infecting computers with intrusive  quot;spyware quot; and then trying to sell people the solution has denied any wrongdoing.


label: 0 text: Sen. Corzine: Sudan Not Disarming Militias in Darfur Description: Sen. Jon Corzine (D-NJ), who just returned from a trip to Sudan, says he saw little evidence that Sudan is trying to disarm militias carrying out attacks in Darfur, despite government claims.


label: 3 text: Yahoo's Yang Looks Back on 'Amazing Ride' Cofounder reflects on company's first ten years at Web 2.0 Conference.


label: 3 text: Home Users Most Vulnerable to SP2 Flaw (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - One of the first flaws found in Windows XP SP2 -- which leaves a PC vulnerable through a drag-and-drop hole in Internet Explorer -- could be used by hackers for even greater mischief.


label: 0 text: Heir to Jordanian throne relieved of duties AMMAN - Jordans King Abdullah relieved his half brother Prince Hamza of his duties as crown prince, royal palace sources said on Sunday.


label: 2 text: Air NZ fears for future after Qantas bid fails AIR New Zealand today claimed it faced an uncertain future after the countrys High Court threw out plans for a tie-up with Qantas, its Australian-based rival.


label: 3 text: Top Cyber News 10/22 It used to be the most popular online file-sharing software, but Kazaa #39;s long-term run at the top of the heap is now over. An online tracking firm says the new #1 site is the e-Donkey Overnet network.


label: 3 text: Science prize celebrates fish flatulence, hula hoops That #39;s assuming the Scottish Association for Marine Science is correct in its conclusion that the tiny fish communicate via strategic gas releases, one of the scientific breakthroughs recognized in the 2004  quot;Ig Nobel quot; Prizes.


label: 2 text: Shares in Lastminute.com Sink 13 Percent Shares in European online travel retailer lastminute.com PLC sank by 13 percent Thursday after the company reported losses well below its own predictions and market expectations.


label: 2 text: Asia Stocks, Oil Rise; Dollar Firm (Reuters) Reuters - Asian stocks were mostly higher on\Monday, led by electronics and telecoms firms, while oil\extended gains and the dollar edged up ahead of an expected\U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate rise on Tuesday.


label: 0 text: Russia Terrorism Plan Meets Mixed Reviews UNITED NATIONS - China on Friday welcomed a Russian draft resolution to draw up a new list of terror suspects who would be subject to extradition in a stepped-up global campaign against terrorism. But the United States and France eyed the plan with a measure of caution...


label: 0 text: 5 are killed as wall in Dubai falls At least five people were killed and a dozen were injured Monday after an unfinished wall collapsed during construction of a multi-billion-dollar expansion of the Dubai International Airport, airport authorities said.


label: 2 text: Famous film maker put up for sale Ilford Imaging, the world's largest producer of black and white camera film, is up for sale after going into administration.


label: 1 text: Hancock, homers hurt Chicago The Reds dealt Chicago #39;s playoff hopes a blow Tuesday night by using the Cubs #39; formula for winning: good starting pitching and home runs.


label: 1 text: Freshman mixer SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame found a familiar way to make its problems go away -- beat Michigan.


label: 1 text: Moss Has Slight Tear in Hamstring  EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (Sports Network) - Minnesota Vikings  wide receiver Randy Moss will not play at full speed for a few  weeks after an MRI Thursday revealed a slight tear in his  injured right hamstring.


label: 0 text: Singapore verifying reports of new Malaysian bird flu outbreak SINGAPORE : Singapore says it is verifying reports of another bird flu outbreak in a Malaysian farm. Singapore was scheduled to review its current ban on Malaysian poultry and eggs on Saturday, but this may now be delayed.


label: 0 text: US firm allowed to sue Diana fund A US firm gets the go-ahead to sue the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund for 16m in a row over souvenirs.


label: 2 text: Wind disperses genes of bioengineered grass Genes from a biotech turf grass have spread as much as 13 miles from a test plot - a discovery that confirms the ability of altered traits to spread great distances into the wild on wind-borne pollen.


label: 0 text: Bush, Kerry Pause to Trade Barbs on Iraq (AP) AP - President Bush and rival Sen. John Kerry paused from private debate practice on Monday to accuse each other of a lack of clarity on Iraq as they campaigned in "must win" states for each  #151; the Republican incumbent in Ohio and his Democratic challenger in Wisconsin.


label: 2 text: Conoco, Lukoil form alliance US oil major pays nearly \$2B for 7.6 of Russian firm, partnership eyes projects in Russia, Iraq. MOSCOW (Reuters) - US oil major ConocoPhillips and Russia #39;s Lukoil announced Wednesday they would form a strategic


label: 2 text: Pfizer, AstraZeneca Pummel Drug Stocks Another shock hit the drug sector Friday when pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. announced that it found an increased heart risk to patients for its blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex.


label: 1 text: Royals Erupt for 26 Runs Joe Randa ties a major-league record with six runs scored as the Kansas City Royals break a club record for runs in a 26-5 rout of the Detroit Tigers in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday.


label: 3 text: Nintendo DS Box Art The full archive of completed, final boxes for Nintendo #39;s launch line-up. All in glorious high resolution. October 20, 2004 - Every day brings us one day closer to the launch of the Nintendo DS system.


label: 2 text: Starbucks Sales Up 13 Pct, Shares Rise Starbucks Corp. (SBUX.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said sales at stores open at least 13 months rose 13 percent in November, helped by the coffee shop chain #39;s early launch


label: 1 text: American Peirsol, Australian Hanson excel at world championships Peirsol plays a part in 2 world records: Aaron Peirsol of Irvine, Calif., lowered his world record in the 200-meter backstroke at the short-course world championships, which ended last night in Indianapolis.


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label: 2 text: Successful investing requires economic growth Ordinary people don't need an economics lecture to get a sense of the big global financial issues of the day.


label: 0 text: Death toll of Salvadoran jail riot rises to 30 MEXICO CITY, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- A riot taking place Wednesday at La Esperanza Jail, in Mariona, in the outskirts of El Salvador,left a toll of 30 dead and 28 injured, with six grenades exploding.


label: 2 text: Source: EU-Coke Antitrust Deal in Works  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission plans to  announce a formal proposal settling the long-running Coca-Cola  antitrust case later on Tuesday, a source close to the  situation said.


label: 1 text: Schiavone rallies to upset Petrova The tough Russian women #39;s field suffered its first loss early Wednesday when Italy #39;s Francesca Schiavone came back from a set down to upset eighth-seeded Nadia Petrova 0-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the US\$2.


label: 3 text: Yahoo, SBC extend partnership, plan new services Yahoo and SBC Communications will collaborate to extend to cell phones and home entertainment devices some of the online services and content they currently provide to PC users.
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label: 2 text: Spitzer Accuses Insurance Industry of Rigging Bids Brokers required to provide competing bids to customers have been taking payoffs from insurance companies resulting in widespread corruption in the industry, New York's Attorney General charged today.


label: 3 text: Home Designed to Produce Energy It Uses (AP) AP - Builder Jim Sargent paused on the staircase of the model home, sweat glistening on his forehead as the temperature outside rose into the 90s.


label: 1 text: Manchester United: The richest and possibly most famous football <b>...</b> Manchester United, which said on Monday it had received a takeover approach, stands as the richest and one of the most famous football club #39;s in the world, 126 years after being formed by railway workers.


label: 0 text: Russia Looks for Cause of 2 Plane Crashes (AP) AP - Russian investigators labored Wednesday to determine whether terrorism caused the near-simultaneous crashes of two jetliners, killing all 89 people aboard and spreading anxieties about a possible bloody escalation of the Chechen conflict.


label: 2 text: Argentina loan program delay  #39;unadvisable #39;-bankers Argentina #39;s postponement of its International Monetary Fund loan program was  quot;very unadvisable quot; as the country tries to regain access to international credit markets, a global banking group said on Tuesday.


label: 2 text: Prices of oil drop despite sabotage Oil futures dropped by nearly \$1 per barrel yesterday despite more sabotage of Iraqi oil infrastructure, reinforcing the view among traders that prices had risen too fast earlier this summer.


label: 1 text: Teen to Play PGA Tour Event Next Season (AP) AP - Michelle Wie will make another appearance on the PGA Tour after accepting a sponsor's exemption Tuesday night to play next month in the Sony Open.


label: 2 text: Alltel closes deal with US Cellular on heels of Cingular <b>...</b> Alltel Corp. on Tuesday said it has completed its \$144 million summer deal with US Cellular and TDS Telecom, only days after announcing it plans to acquire wireless properties


label: 2 text: Johnson  amp; Johnson to Acquire Guidant Johnson  amp; Johnson said on Wednesday that it will acquire device manufacturer Guidant Corp. for \$25.4 billion. Under the terms of the deal announced on Wednesday, each Guidant share will be exchanged for \$30.40


label: 2 text: US Airways Pilots May Be Near Pay Pact US Airways Group Inc. #39;s pilots union said on Wednesday it may agree this week on a plan to cut wages and benefits to help the seventh-biggest US airline avoid a second bankruptcy filing.


label: 0 text: UN panel proposes criteria for legitimate military action With countries still bitterly divided over the war in Iraq, a high-level panel appointed by the United Nations has recommended a five-step guideline to determine when to use military action.


label: 2 text: Hilfiger to acquire Lagerfeld brands Tommy Hilfiger Corp. announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to purchase German designer Karl Lagerfelds brands for an undisclosed cash amount.


label: 1 text: Tuesday #39;s Sports Transactions Dec 7, 2004 - KANSAS CITY ROYALS Agreed to terms with RHP Kevin Appier on a minor league contract. OAKLAND ATHLETICS Named Von Hayes manager and Javier Alvidrez trainer of Midland of the Texas League, Todd


label: 3 text: Add 'Podcasts' To Your Tech Terms Playlist (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - Just as you can download music to an iPod, some folks are doing the same with a new form of talk radio.


label: 0 text: Palestinian killed in car blast as Israeli forces take control of <b>...</b> A car exploded Wednesday in the occupied West Bank, killing the Palestinian driver. The car exploded about 200 metres from an Israeli occupation military checkpoint, not far from the nortern West Bank village of Baqa al Sharqia.


label: 1 text: Barcelona beats Albacete, opens nine-point lead FC Barcelona opened a 12-point lead in the Spanish league after Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez scored in a 2-1 win at 17th-placed Albacete on Saturday.


label: 1 text: Clash of unbeatens While New England #39;s 20-game win streak will be forever etched in history, the prospect of the Patriots adding to their record run is a subplot in Sunday #39;s game with the New York Jets.


label: 0 text: School raiders #39; nationality identified Security officials have identified six of the militants who seized a school in southern Russia as being from Chechnya, drawing a strong connection to the Chechen insurgents who have been fighting Russian forces for years.


label: 3 text: CA posts Q2 loss on restitution charges OCTOBER 21, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Computer Associates International Inc. yesterday reported a 6 increase in revenue during its second fiscal quarter but posted a \$94 million loss after paying to settle government investigations into the company.


label: 0 text: Iran wants centrifuges exempted from uranium enrichment freeze <b>...</b> Iran insisted Thursday it had a right to exempt some equipment from an agreement with the European Union committing it to freeze all parts of a program that can make nuclear weapons-grade uranium, a move that diplomats said


label: 3 text: IBM, Unisys work to rejuvenate mainframes IBM has taken several new steps to keep its mainframe server line a vital part of computing, including adding features and an expanding sales and training in China, while Unisys has upgraded its rival products.


label: 2 text: S amp;P Lowers Ratings on BellSouth, SBC On September 28, 2004, Standard  amp; Poor #39;s Ratings Services lowered its ratings on regional Bell operating companies (RBOCs) BellSouth (BLS ) and SBC Communications (SBC ) and their jointly-owned affiliate, Cingular Wireless.


label: 1 text: IOC Receives Bid Books From All Five 2012 Bid Cities The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Monday that it has received the bid books from all five Candidate Cities bidding to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.


label: 2 text: Employers Planned More Layoffs in Nov. Planned job cuts at US companies climbed during November, a report said on Tuesday, a further sign of sluggishness in the labor market.


label: 2 text: Government not to raise fuel prices New Delhi, October 15 :The Government on Friday decided not to increase petrol and diesel prices this fortnight.  quot;The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has decided that prices of all petroleum products will be held at the same level.


label: 1 text: Jags turnaround has them in first place in AFC South Their are several reasons the Jacksonville Jaguars have gone from 1-6 at this time a year ago to their current 5-2 record, The answer given by most players is just one word: confidence.


label: 2 text: UBS Buys Schwab Unit for \$265 Mln Swiss-based banking giant UBS AG has agreed to buy Charles Schwab Corp. #39;s capital markets unit for \$265 million in cash, making UBS a leading


label: 0 text: Experts Examine China Aviation Oil Books (AP) AP - Financial experts combed through records Thursday at China Aviation Oil, the jet fuel supplier that sought court protection from creditors this week after admitting losses of US #36;550 million (euro414 million) from speculative trading.


label: 0 text: Blair Visits Sudan British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned Sudan on Wednesday the international community would not rest until violence was ended in Darfur and a comprehensive peace deal was struck across the whole country.


label: 0 text: Dissecting flu's deadly weaponry Scientists hope the understanding of past flu pandemics can help us better prepare for future crises.


label: 3 text: Kerberos critical hole allows system access The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has warned of security vulnerabilities in its implementation of Kerberos that could allow attackers free access to protected systems. Users of MIT Kerberos 5 are urged to apply patches immediately.


label: 3 text: IBM's T-Rex Still Preserves Plenty Of Bite (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - Though pundits have long dismissed mainframe computers as throwbacks to a long-gone era, the big, brawny machines are very much alive.


label: 3 text: Zero-gravity jet simulates space for regular folks Space is the one frontier that #39;s out of reach to the average person, but the feeling of space travel is now a little less elusive.


label: 3 text:  #39;Highly critical #39; flaws fixed in RealPlayer RealNetworks Inc. recommends users download updates it released to patch multiple security holes in RealOne Player, RealPlayer and Helix Player.


label: 2 text: US Airways lands GE financing deal US Airways and its largest lender yesterday struck a new financing arrangement that could free up \$140 million while the strapped airline remains in bankruptcy -- but only if holdout unions agree to major cost cuts.


label: 3 text: E-university's record 'abysmal' The failure of the UK's e-university was blamed on weak marketing by the higher education minister.


label: 1 text: NFL Blocked From L.A. As with Washington-area efforts to land a baseball team, Los Angeles' quest for an NFL team spans years, and is hindered by an owner who feels he has rights to the market.


label: 1 text: Parma hits back to keep Italian hopes alive Parma hit back from an early goal down to beat Besiktas 3-2 on Thursday and maintain Italy #39;s hopes of winning a UEFA Cup championship it used to dominate.


label: 2 text: Merck Looks Ahead Despite Vioxx Suits Merck  amp; Co. officials said Tuesday they intend to defend aggressively their handling of the painkiller Vioxx against claims by patients who say they were harmed by the now-withdrawn drug.


label: 1 text: Duquette denies report on Howe Partially out of necessity, Art Howe opts to ignore the newspapers that circulate throughout his neighborhood. As a result, he had to be briefed on a New York Daily News


label: 3 text: Microsoft math: dual core licensed as one chip Siding with chip makers, Microsoft said it won't charge double for its per-processor licenses when dual-core chips come to market next year.


label: 1 text: Never-ending saga The Cubs and manager Dusty Baker on Monday hotly disputed right fielder Sammy Sosa #39;s notion of the truth on two separate fronts.


label: 1 text: UNIT ABOUT TO LAND IN BRONX If LA #39;s Shawn Green waives a no-trade clause and agrees to land in Arizona and Johnson gives his OK to work in The Bronx, the Dodgers, Diamondbacks and Yankees will have put together a blockbuster


label: 0 text: Russian textbooks omit Soviets #146; dark chapters MOSCOW -- If you can judge a book by its cover, then the  quot;History of Russia and the World in the 20th Century quot; tells students that the Soviet past was all pride and glory: Three of four cover photos invoke Soviet propaganda.


label: 2 text: U.S. Economy Seen on Solid Footing  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Orders for U.S. durable goods fell  unexpectedly in August but beat forecasts once transportation  equipment was stripped out, government data showed on Friday in  evidence the economy is again pumping strongly.


label: 2 text: Tribune #39;s Hoy cutting its staff by 20 percent CHICAGO -- Spanish-language daily Hoy -- owned by the Tribune Co. -- said on Thursday it is reducing its staff by 20 percent across the company.


label: 3 text: Sony #39;s PSP Console Sells Out in Tokyo After Debut (Update1) Sony Corp. #39;s new PSP portable game console sold out at Tokyo electronic retailers such as Yodobashi Camera Co. and Bic Camera Co.


label: 2 text: Oregon trees head to Texas to cheer military families #39; holidays Oregon Christmas tree growers are shipping 1,300 donated trees to military families based at Fort Hood, Texas, industry officials said.


label: 2 text: SARS Outbreak May Hit Asia This Winter, WHO Says (Update1) An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, may hit Asia this winter, the World Health Organization said today in an e-mailed statement.


label: 3 text: Gates stumps in Silicon Valley BERKELEY, Calif.--Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates kicked off a whirlwind day in the Bay Area on Friday, talking to college students about a range of topics, from open-source software to malaria to the next Xbox.


label: 1 text: === Mashburn to sit out 2004-05 campaign === New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - New Orleans Hornets forward Jamal Mashburn will sit out the 2004-05 season due to a patella femoral irritation of his right knee.


label: 2 text: British Airways Raises A\$1.1 Bln From Qantas Sale (Update2) British Airways Plc, Europe #39;s second- largest airline, raised about A\$1.1 billion (\$770 million) from the sale of shares in Qantas Airways Ltd.


label: 0 text: Tokyo Stocks Rise, Dollar Lower (AP) AP - Tokyo stocks rose Tuesday as investors bought blue chips and issues of consumer electronics makers following Wall Street's overnight rally. The U.S. dollar inched down against the Japanese yen.


label: 3 text: X-43 hits 6,600 mph over Pacific Ocean NASA #39;s X-43 unmanned aircraft hit a record 6,600 mph Tuesday in the program #39;s final test flight, providing researchers with data for use on future ultra-high-speed aircraft and spacecraft.


label: 1 text: Artest gets bum rap from Pacers CLIPPERS 102, PACERS 68---At Indianapolis, Pacers F Ron Artest said yesterday that he asked coach Rick Carlisle for time off because of a busy schedule that included promoting a soon-to


label: 0 text: Russia Delays Reopening of Schools After Siege  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Unfinished security checks have delayed  the reopening of schools in Beslan, the Russian town where at  least 327 hostages were killed when Chechen rebels seized a  school, local media reported Tuesday.


label: 3 text: Get ready for SPIT (spam over Internet telephony) If spam could talk, it would spit. SPIT stands for spam over Internet telephony and could become just as annoying, according to executives from Qovia Inc., which recently filed two patent applications for technology to thwart SPIT.


label: 2 text: Some businesses boom after Fla. hurricanes Every time Paul Mehok of National Nail Co. sees a hurricane coming toward the Southeast, he feels  quot;this little guilt twinge. quot;.


label: 0 text: Bomb scare diverts BA flight A British Airways passenger plane was forced yesterday to make an emergency landing, escorted by two fighter jets, after a security scare.


label: 3 text: Briefly: OSDL hires lawyer, opens China office roundup Plus: Oracle gives PeopleSoft shareholders more time...Cisco reports access control server flaws...Toshiba tinkers with Wi-Fi for TV.


label: 0 text: SORRY DAD, SAYS HARRY PRINCE Harry has said sorry to Prince Charles over his nightclub clash with a photographer. The 20-year-old apologised after explaining why he lunged at Chris Uncle.


label: 2 text: US Airways, pilots at impasse ARLINGTON, Va. -- Talks between US Airways Group and the union representing pilots have broken down, the Air Line Pilots Association said Monday.


label: 2 text: Stocks to Watch Monday  The maker of Colgate toothpaste and Irish Spring soap  warned that earnings for the second half of the year will fall  short of earlier forecasts due to high marketing costs.


label: 2 text: Harmony Gold Bids for Gold Fields  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Harmony Gold has  made an unsolicited 52.9 billion rand (\$8.2 billion) bid to  take over bigger domestic rival Gold Fields to create the  world's biggest gold producer, it said on Monday.


label: 0 text: UN Nuclear Watchdog Demands Iran Freeze Enrichment  VIENNA (Reuters) - The International Atomic Energy Agency's  board of governors passed a resolution on Saturday demanding  that Iran freeze all activities related to uranium enrichment,  a diplomat present at closed-door meeting said.


label: 2 text: OECD Applauds Turkey #39;s Economic Growth, Urges Cutting Unofficial <b>...</b> While praising Turkey #39;s  quot;stunning quot; economic performance over the last three years, the OECD also outlined some major problems the country needs to address.


label: 3 text: Samsung Debuts First Mobile Phone with Hard Drive Samsung #39;s V5400 mobile phone boasts a high-resolution 2.2-inch liquid crystal display and includes features such as an MP3 player, electronic book reader and Korean-English dictionary.


label: 3 text: Quirkiest News of 2004: Flatulent Fish and Beyond See our top ten picks of the oddest and most unexpected discoveries of the year, from cat cloning to hobbit-like humans to bloodsucking bedbugs.


label: 0 text: Palestinians fail first post-Arafat leadership test The Palestinian Authority Friday failed its first post-Arafat test to determine whether or not it was serious about making peace with Israel.


label: 3 text: Nokia Demos IPv6 Mobile Looking to the future of the internet, voice over IP, streaming video, and other applications, Nokia has developed a prototype handset that supports Mobile Internet


label: 2 text: Stress-free shopping with a seasoned pro Bring Jenny DiDomenico a list of 12 friends and relatives, and she could have your holiday shopping done for you in about two hours.


label: 3 text: Microsoft Readies Five Windows Fixes As part of its new advance warning policy, Microsoft on Thursday said next week #39;s regularly-scheduled patch day will feature five fixes for Windows, none of them more severe than  quot;Important.


label: 3 text: Briefly: Microsoft tests Windows Marketplace roundup Plus: Nortel delays financials again...Microsoft updates SharePoint...Overture heads toward automation.


label: 3 text: Secure Flight Gets Wary Welcome Air travelers face a new screening process before they step on a plane, Secure Flight. Civil liberties advocates say it's better than CAPPS II, but aren't completely sold yet. By Ryan Singel.


label: 2 text: Wall Street Not Troubled by Oil Rise--Yet This oil thing is just temporary, Wall Street has been figuring, and figuring and figuring. The surge in prices is a temporary phenomenon that #39;s lasted for two years now.


label: 3 text: UK co joins bid to launch satellite mission China is actively taking part in international co-operation in Earth observation satellites, to study meteorology, natural resources, environment surveillance and other civil


label: 3 text: Home Computer Users Highly Vulnerable (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Home computer users who think that they are well protected from malevolent acts should think again. The vast majority of home computers operate at risk of intrusion by invasive code, according to the results of a study conducted by America Online and the National Cyber Security Alliance.


label: 1 text: Probe expanded into Greek sprinters #39; crash, coach #39;s past The state drug agency asked for a warrant Friday to search a warehouse belonging to the coach of two disgraced Greek sprinters who withdrew from the Olympics after they missed a doping test.


label: 1 text: Green to Sit Out Dodgers Game for Yom Kippur (Reuters) Reuters - Shawn Green of the Los Angeles\Dodgers is planning to miss Saturday's game against rivals the\San Francisco Giants in observance of Yom Kippur, the holiest\day on the Jewish calendar, a team spokesman said Thursday.


label: 2 text: Account deficit blows out to \$13.7 bn MARK COLVIN: It #39;s been a day of records on the economic front, but they #39;re not the sort of achievements the Federal Government likes to trumpet.


label: 1 text: Favre #39;s brother-in-law killed in ATV accident The brother-in-law of Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre died Wednesday evening after crashing an all-terrain vehicle on the player #39;s property.


label: 0 text: Reuters Poll: Bush Holds Two-Point Lead Over Kerry (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush holds a slim\two-point lead over Democratic rival John Kerry for the second\consecutive day in a tight race for the White House, according\to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Saturday.


label: 1 text: Pascal Vasselon: Two different approaches According to Michelins F1 chief, the two tyre manufacturers have gone for very different approaches at Shanghai. It could make the race interesting.


label: 1 text: Chelsea held to a draw LONDON: Chelsea were held to a 0-0 home draw by Tottenham Hotspur yesterday and remain two points behind champions Arsenal in second place after the weekends Premier League action.


label: 3 text: Scientists Follow Doomed Matter on a Ride Around a Black Hole Cambridge University -- Scientists have pieced together the journey of a bundle of doomed matter as it orbited a black hole four times, an observational first. Their technique provides a new method to measure the mass of a black hole; and this may enable the testing of Einstein's theory of gravity to a degree few thought possible...


label: 0 text: Sharon's Likud Rejects Coalition Bid--First Returns  TEL AVIV, Israel (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon's right-wing Likud party voted Wednesday to bar a  coalition with center-left Labor that he seeks to advance his  Gaza withdrawal plan, according to early returns.


label: 3 text: Lava Breaks Surface at Mount St. Helens (AP) AP - After weeks of earthquakes and steam eruptions, Mount St. Helens has a new lava dome that could even eclipse the volcano's old one.


label: 3 text: DoCoMo to come to UK No sooner than weve all got used to the idea of 3G services in the UK, mm02 has teamed up with NTT DoCoMo to allow 02 to launch the I-mode internet service in Britain, Germany and Ireland.


label: 1 text: Mourning Meets Ratner: Don't Ask Alonzo Mourning again shook things up when he questioned the Nets' new owner, Bruce C. Ratner, on his motive for purchasing the team.


label: 3 text: Xbox to Stop Making Some Sports Games (AP) AP - Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox video game business will lay off 76 workers and stop making some sports games, the company said.


label: 2 text: The Tax Man May Take a Bite  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks may come under pressure next  week as investors sell shares at year's end to prepare for tax  season. But crude oil prices, earnings outlooks and moves in  the dollar will also be closely watched.


label: 3 text: Conway acknowledges slamming Oracle (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - A subdued Craig Conway admitted Wednesday that he responded to a hostile takeover bid for the company he led, PeopleSoft (PSFT), with a campaign of "vilification" aimed at Oracle (ORCL) and its chief executive, Larry Ellison.


label: 2 text: Insurance probe widens; Marsh suspends 4 California's top insurance regulator said yesterday that he will file a civil suit shortly in the widening scandal over insurance industry sales practices.


label: 2 text: Deal key to opening energy sector to foreign investment SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a plan Tuesday to merge state oil company Rosneft into Gazprom, a move that would end restrictions on foreign ownership in the giant gas company, according to published reports.


label: 3 text: Chimps Shown Using Not Just a Tool but a "Tool Kit" Wild chimpanzees have been filmed using tools in combination to extract termites from mounds #151;further evidence that tool use is not unique to humans.


label: 1 text: Goosen wins Nedbank Challenge South African Retief Goosen, the US Open champion, shot a final-round 69 to win the US\$4.06 million (euro3.05 million) Nedbank Golf Challenge on the 7,162-meter (7,835 yard) par-72 Gary Player Country Club course.


label: 2 text: Dollar May Strengthen Versus Euro Ahead of Greenspan Testimony The dollar may rise against the euro in Asia for the first day this week on speculation Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan will express optimism about the US economy in testimony before Congress today.


label: 1 text: Moulds favors opening up Bills passing attack Receiver Eric Moulds is all for team owner Ralph Wilson #39;s suggestion that the Buffalo Bills open up their passing attack.  quot;I think we #39;ve got the players to open it up, quot; Moulds said, Thursday.


label: 1 text: Three Peters Challenge in Australia European Tour Members Peter OMalley, Peter Senior and Peter Lonard remain in contention to tale the Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship as they trail fellow Australian James Nitties going into the final round at the Hyatt Collum on the


label: 0 text: Israeli army chief stalls rabbis instigated mutiny JERUSALEM: Israeli military authorities have launched a fierce counter-attack to calls by right-wing rabbis who have urged soldiers to disobey any orders to uproot settlers from the Gaza Strip.


label: 1 text: Astros Sorry for Showing Tavarez Replay (AP) AP - The Houston Astros apologized to the Cardinals on Monday, saying they erred a day earlier by showing a replay of St. Louis reliever Julian Tavarez's tantrum on the stadium scoreboard.


label: 2 text: Fortescue Metals capitalises on China #39;s boom HAMISH ROBERTSON: China #39;s enormous appetite for raw materials to fuel its economic boom is continuing to have spin-offs for Australia, with a new mining deal announced between the two countries.


label: 3 text: EarthLink finds spyware running amok The average Internet-enabled PC hosts 26 spyware programs, according to an audit by Internet service provider EarthLink, a sign of increasing bombardment by malicious software.


label: 3 text: New world, more on horizon European astronomers reported Thursday the discovery of a rocky  quot;super Earth-like object quot; orbiting a nearby star much like our own sun.


label: 1 text: English Premier League match reports The Manchester derby ended goalless despite faltering United having several good chances, possibly the best of which came in the 63rd minute when Alan Smith #39;s acrobatic effort was cleared off the line by City #39;s Steve McManaman.


label: 3 text: Study: meager recovery for IT job market IT employment in the United States rose 2 percent in the first quarter, but the demand for IT workers continues to drop.


label: 3 text: MPAA targets core BitTorrent, eDonkey users com December 14, 2004, 11:46 AM PT. The Motion Picture Association of America launched a new legal campaign Tuesday targeting the BitTorrent and eDonkey file-swapping networks, two technologies widely used to trade movies online.


label: 2 text: Oil Prices Hold Firm Near  #36;47 (Reuters) Reuters - Oil prices held steady near  #36;47 on\Wednesday, a day after striking another record peak as U.S.\inflation stayed in check despite scorching energy costs and\ahead of weekly data expected to show a drop in crude stocks.


label: 3 text: Macromedia readies Captivate for demos and simulations (InfoWorld) InfoWorld - Macromedia on Monday is announcing Captivate, formerly known as RoboDemo, for recording onscreen activity and building software demonstrations and interactive simulations.


label: 3 text: Red Hat names new CFO Six weeks after it changed the way it books support subscription revenue, Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. has named Charles E. Peters Jr. as its new CFO.


label: 0 text: China Confirms Bird Flu in Pigs China has confirmed that it found a deadly strain of bird flu in pigs as early as two years ago. China #39;s Agriculture Ministry said two cases had been discovered, but it did not say exactly where the samples had been taken.


label: 2 text: Higher oil prices and lowered corporate outlooks leave stock <b>...</b> TORONTO (CP) - The Toronto stock market cruised to a flat close Monday as the latest rise in oil prices propelled energy stocks higher.


label: 0 text: Trip for Clean Water Kits Proves a Tortuous One By the time the first truckload of clean water solution reached the refugee camp in Desa Rueng Bakjok village on Sunday, about 50 of the 1,000 people living here on muddy ground under plastic tarps were suffering from dehydration and diarrhea.


label: 3 text: Lexmark recalls 39,000 laser printers The recalled printers include the Lexmark E232, E232t, E330, E332n and E332tn models; the IBM Infoprint 1412 and 1412n; and the Dell 1700 and 1700n, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.


label: 0 text: Darfur Rebels Say Peace First, Disarming After (Reuters) Reuters - Rebels from Sudan's Darfur region on\Thursday rejected calls to disarm or garrison their fighters\before a political solution to the conflict there has been\decided and implemented.


label: 1 text: There #39;s no stopping Boston-NY buzz  quot;I #39;m not sure I can think of any scenario more enjoyable than making 55,000 people from New York shut up, quot; the Boston Red Sox ace said Monday, a day before starting the opener of the AL Championship Series against Mike Mussina.


label: 1 text: NETS GET LICKED WITH UGLY SHTICK Games like these are why coaches don #39;t carry firearms. You play good defense, hold an offensive, blistering team under 80 points.


label: 3 text: Techbits: AOL security, Digital archives, Dual-network phones <b>...</b> America Online Inc. is packaging new features to combat viruses, spam and spyware in response to growing online security threats. Subscribers will be able to get the free tools


label: 3 text: Cisco routers get an upgrade com September 12, 2004, 9:00 PM PT. With the economy slowly turning up, upgrading hardware has been on businesses radar in the past 12 months as their number two priority.


label: 1 text: Roma coach steps down, Voller eyes job ROME: Cesare Prandelli has stepped down as coach of Italian top flight side AS Roma, according to reports here yesterday which also said that former Germany coach Rudi Voller is ready to step in.


label: 1 text: Transactions BASEBALL Chicago (NL): Placed P Kyle Farnsworth on 15-day disabled list; recalled P Todd Wellemeyer from Iowa (PCL). Houston (NL): Designated P David Weathers for assignment. Milwaukee (NL): Activated INF Keith Ginter from the 15-day DL; optioned INF Trent Durrington to Indianapolis (IL). New York (NL): Recalled P Jae Seo from Norfolk (IL). St. Louis (NL): Placed P Steve Kline ...


label: 1 text: NHL players meet Seventy-five National Hockey League players met with union leaders yesterday to get an update on a lockout that shows no sign of ending.


label: 2 text: Information tech slow to reboot At a job fair in downtown San Diego yesterday, dozens of information technology workers wandered the Civic Theater community concourse looking for leads on jobs.


label: 2 text: Sure, It's Pragmatic. But Stylish? The Minivan Is Getting a Makeover Making the minivan hip would be an Olympian feat, but the pragmatic advantage of vans was underscored in statistics that showed them to be safer than cars.


label: 1 text: Spinal Defect Forces Brezina From Football (AP) AP - Brad Brezina feels just fine, which might be the worst part of all.


label: 3 text: Nokia Taps Ex-Coke Exec for Branding Help (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - On the heels of -- and perhaps in response to -- its recent struggles with declining market share, mobile-handset maker Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has signed former Coca-Cola executive Keith Pardy to head up its branding efforts. Pardy, a 17-year Coke veteran, was vice president of the company's non-cola branding efforts.


label: 0 text: Bosnia Mass Grave Yields 182 Bodies, More Expected  KEVLJANI, Bosnia (Reuters) - Forensic experts said Friday  they had found remains of 182 people, believed to have been  wartime prisoners killed by Bosnian Serb forces, in a mass  grave in western Bosnia and that they expected to find more.


label: 0 text: Yudhoyono faces power struggle in parliament Street Musicians perform on a makeshift stage with a portrait of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004.


label: 3 text: Ex-Viacom Chief Karmazin Joining Sirius Satellite Radio Mel Karmazin, the former president of media conglomerate Viacom Inc., is joining Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. as CEO, replacing Joseph Clayton, who is staying on as chairman, the company announced Thursday.


label: 0 text: Rwandan troop incursion prompts Congo to respond Thousands of Rwandan troops have crossed into the remote forested hills of east Congo, a Western diplomat said Monday, in an account supported by park rangers and local chiefs near the border of the two neighbors and wartime enemies.


label: 0 text: Violence erupts in Baghdad Baghdad was again rocked by violence on Saturday as rebels launched an assault on a police station and four civil servants were assassinated, while US and Iraqi troops took the battle against insurgents from Fallujah to Mosul.


label: 2 text: Stock Options: Pause to Reload Was this a crack in the defenses, or was it a calculated retreat to more favorable ground for what is shaping up to be the decisive battle on employee stock options?


label: 0 text: Israel offers UK key peace role The UK can play a "key role" in helping Israel and the Palestinians achieve peace, Israel's Foreign Minister says.


label: 2 text: Ispat in \$4.5bn deal to form biggest steel firm London - Indian-born billionaire Lakshmi Mittal has agreed to acquire the US #39;s International Steel Group for about \$4.5 billion (R27.


label: 1 text: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution St. Louis -- Jason Marquis pitches tonight with both eyes facing forward. He has tried it the other way. It didn #39;t work, not while he played in Atlanta.


label: 1 text: Texas Tech hoping comeback unnecessary against No. 2 Sooners NORMAN, Okla. - Is any lead safe with Texas Tech #39;s offense and a suddenly stingy defense primed for a comeback? After rallying from 21 and 25 points down in back-to-back weeks, the Red Raiders aren #39;t planning to find out when they play No.


label: 1 text: Campbell takes bronze ATHENS, Greece - Veronica Campbell snatched Jamaica #39;s first Olympic medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games with a third-place finish in the women #39;s 100-metre final last night.


label: 0 text: Bush pledges to carry on fight against terrorism US President George W Bush today sketched out the agenda for his second term in office vowing to carry on the fight against terrorim and reach out to allies divided by the war in Iraq.


label: 1 text: Akhtar faces misconduct charge Shoaib Akhtar has been charged with level one misconduct for pointing Matthew Hayden towards the dressing room when he trapped him lbw in the first Test at the WACA yesterday.


label: 1 text: NFL Still Barring Williams The NFL #39;s position on Ricky Williams #39;s playing status didn #39;t change following Thursday #39;s meeting in the Los Angeles area with attorney David Cornwell, who represents the retired Miami Dolphins tailback.


label: 3 text: Study: Apple, Dell lead PC customer satisfaction index The PC industry is doing a better job of satisfying its US customers than in recent years, and improvements to technical support seem to have done the trick, according to the


label: 1 text: Williams Rejects Deal Ricky Williams rejects a deal that would have allowed him to serve a four-game suspension this season and return to the NFL next year.


label: 1 text: MLB: Anaheim 6, Seattle 1 Anaheim got help from Seattle errors and scored four runs in the eighth inning Thursday in a 6-1 win over the Mariners. The Angels stayed two games behind first-place Oakland in the American League West.


label: 3 text: Hybrid Sunflower Oil May Keep Arteries Clean By BETSY BLANEY    LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- Some farmers are placing their hope in a hybrid sunflower seed that could help keep arteries clear and hearts pumping in a nation smitten with snacks and processed food.    "It's a healthier oil," said Willie Wieck, 62, who started growing sunflowers on his 450 acres in the Texas Panhandle in the early 1970s...


label: 3 text: UMC posts 160 surge in earnings TAIPEI United Microelectronics Corp., the world #39;s second-largest supplier of made-to-order semiconductors, said on Wednesday that its third-quarter profit rose 160 percent from a year earlier.


label: 1 text: UPDATE 1-Fleming sets two records as Kiwis dominate Captain Stephen Fleming set two national records on Tuesday as New Zealand took control on the first day of the second test against Bangladesh.


label: 2 text: Pfizer Affirms Celebrex Safety The news report, based on voluntary spontaneous event reporting to Canadian Health authorities, is misleading. The story is not supported by any clinical or epidemiological studies and has the potential to


label: 1 text: Loeb hangs in to maintain early lead Motorsport.com. Current World Rally Championship points leader Sebastien Loeb started out early with a bang to maintain the lead in the Rally of Great Britain on the close of the first day.


label: 2 text: Crude oil may rise on supply threats Crude oil futures in New York, after passing US\$49 a barrel, may rise further next week on increasing concern that shipments will be curtailed just as demand accelerates, a Bloomberg survey of traders and analysts showed.